1 year 2 months down!

Hello again!! I’m so late on replying to all these WONDERFUL comments, I didn’t even realize I had this many responses! First off, thank you all so much for the positive feedback and kind words, it means so much to me!

evelynaugros wrote: »

Thank you for sharing!! I am in the position you were at the beginning of your journey. Just had a baby girl in February and at the end of pregnancy I was 208, I dropped to 178 not long after but now I'm having trouble getting the scale to budge. Do you have any advice for starting out?

My best advice for starting out is break up you main goal into several parts, don’t look at it as a whole. I got extremely discouraged thinking about the total weight I wanted to lose so I thought of it in 10 pound increments instead! What kept me motivated was thinking of my future self. Far too many times when I had failed previous “diets”, I’d think back to it and about how if I had just stuck to it, where might I have been at that point in time? Anytime I felt like I was struggling, I reminded myself of that feeling and I would tell myself “future you will thank you”.

beautyandababe wrote: »

How did you do it? What were your macros and calories? What did you do for exercise?

Calorie deficit overall! For my height, weight and activity level at the time, MyFitnessPal had set me to 1330 for calories so I always stayed just under that. For macros, whatever it was set to under nutrition, I always tried to go above my protein each day and be mindful to stay under the carbs and fats. I paid attention to the sugar and sodium as well. It wasn’t until I began regularly exercising, a combo of cardio and strength training this past January that I upped my calorie intake to 1600 and increased my protein to 140+ grams per day to increase muscle. This may not work for everyone as everyone’s body is different, but this is just what worked for me! I was and am never hungry at the end of the day so pay attention to your body.