BurnItBeamic님의 저널, 2022년 07월 19일

I started experiencing back, shoulder and groin pain about 2 months ago. Turns out I need posture changes and certain muscle activations to carry the new lighter me. From years of carrying that heavy belly, my hips moved forward and my shoulders moved backwards as a counter balance for the lost 20+kg. My chiro and physio are helping to realign my feet, hips, shoulder and neck into the correct posture for the new lighter me. Maybe my current weight plateau is my body's way of saying "hold on, slow down with the weight loss. 

My untold truth is that my initial weight loss resulted in a divorce, my ex husband kept calling me Chuck, and then told me he married a big juicy T-bone and now had Chuck more bones than meat. Instead of him being happy and proud of my weight loss, he was angry and not at all impressed. Thankfully it resulted in me meeting my true soul mate and present husband, who is very happy with my weight and extremely proud of me for the efforts I put in to maintain it😁😊 

@Charmaine, I see the sad, funny and blessing in your truth. Well done on your weight loss journey. 

Great job. 

My truth - i am still working on self acceptance a lot. With 30kg down i thought I would feel perfect all the time and have all the confidence, and I do have more confidence, but I do find myself struggling mentally with self acceptance, especially these last few months and I don't know why. I have fallen in to some destructive habits, like binging and purging from my teenage days, which I am really working on trying to defeat. I guess the point of all this - losing the weight won't solve all your problems, this truly needs to be a journey of self love. 

My truth is that I’ve been obese my whole life… but that gain in weight last year made me so uncomfortable Walking, lying on my back I’m too young to have such problems 

Such authentic truths from beautiful people. Our struggle is real and multifaceted. 💌💟 

I'm down 17kg from September 2021 to now things are still tough. judging my love handles and tummy but learning to self love me on what I've achieved. Learning how to maintain. learning how to accept compliments. 

wait how did you lose the weight? what dis you do please share  

@Roly2019, it took a health fright for me to start my journey. Blood tests showed dangerously high risk factors because junk food and bad sleeping patterns were spiking cortisol levels. With high cortisol levels, nobody can lose weight. There and then I took the decision to change my lifestyle. I figured out what works for me doesn't necessarily work for others...I have an interest in stats, so I monitor and manage my sleep patterns, calorie intake, blood markers, omega-3 intake, and weekly weight. I manage healthy food intake, portion size, carbs, junk, and processed food. I don't strictly diet, but I do follow the 28-day program quite loosely with some light exercise by walking twice a week.