Hi everyone!
I've been at a healthier path with my boyfriend for close to 5 months now and jotting some thoughts down in a private blog. It is really motivating to read other people's stories and questions, which brought me to this forum. So I figured getting some feedback would help to keep me in track as well. I'm investing a lot of energy into this new lifestyle, thinking about it constantly - maybe writing about it in a public forum on a semi-regular basis would help clear my head
I'm a happy eater. Eating makes me happy and happiness makes me eat. I've been blessed with a lot of happiness in my life which translated into a lot of kg. I've gained weight every time I've fallen into a comfortable lifestyle and moving in with my boyfriend 2 years ago brought my weight to new heights - about 95 kg to my 170 cm. I've always been curvy and thankfully never bothered enough to wreck my system with crash dieting, but I have never been sporty either so as I got into comfortable routine (read: not being in the "dating market" anymore), I ate large portions and devoured desserts.
As I finally realised that I no longer have a waist and can't see past my tummy, I felt down and tried to make our meals healthier. Counting calories, trying to consume everything whole-grain and low fat, keeping well away from soft drinks, crying over eating a few pieces of chocolate - it did NOTHING. I do admit that I only counted calories for about a month but eating healthy lasted way longer. For whatever reason, no results lead to decreased motivation.
While my BMI had reached obese category last year (ouch!), I am far healthier than my bf. He's the greatest person I know - supportive, sweet - but also the laziest. When I first met him, I didn't know where to look - he was the roundest man I'd ever been in contact with. After a few years of knowing each other, I was able to look past it and fall in love for all the right reasons. Soppy, I know - but it has been a fairy tale of sorts, I am quite judgmental as a rule He is in good health despite his weight, has no medical reason for the roundness (at least none have been found) and eats like a regular man, so it's a mystery. I'm pretty sure I ate more than him during my latest weight gain. But he is really lazy so there's very little chance to get him to work out just for the sake of working out but he's not afraid of manual labor, so with a bit of cunning from my side, there is hope
As calory counting didn't work for me and hunger turns me into a monster, we decided on a low-carb lifestyle starting from January 2016. It has worked out real well - minimal sugar keeps cravings at bay and once we got used to not having the usual set-up on the plate, we discovered we can eat good food and not be hungry. We're eating large breakfasts - mainly eggs and bacon or flour-free seed-bread sandwiches and smallish pieces of meat/fish with salad for lunch and dinner. Lots of cabbage and cauliflower, occasional berries to satisfy the sweet tooth, being allowed to eat mayo is a treat and sometimes there are interesting finds in the grocery store like low-carb peanut butter. The main thing is the drastically reduced sugar intake. He used to take 4 teaspoons with his morning coffee and is now using stevia. I went from 1 teaspoon to none. He gave up all soft drinks - previously unheard of! We make most of our meals at home so there's little chance of hidden sugar. This allows us to have the occasional glass of fresh orange juice or a sweet pear.
I've lost 10 kg in 5 months (at 83 kg at the moment). We don't know his starting weight but based on the measurements, I'd say he started at around 170 kg/180cm and is now at 158. My weight-loss has slowed considerably month to month so I've started exercising a few weeks ago to see if it helps. More detailed posts on that later, otherwise this post is going to be tl;dr.
The goal for this year is to get me to around 70kg. I've got an active summer coming up and in October a week of very active travel I absolutely have to be in better shape for. For him, I'd say simply continuing on this path for now as we're not sure of the rate of his weight-loss at the moment - for his BMI to be under 40, he'll have to lose another 30kg.
We're in it for life, there's obviously no other way. One day we're hopefully going to be responsible for a brand new person and teaching him/her our lazy food-centered lifestyle would be horrible. Universe, please help us to see happiness does not equal food and there is pleasure in leaving the couch to sweat a bit!
Talk to you soon!
I've been at a healthier path with my boyfriend for close to 5 months now and jotting some thoughts down in a private blog. It is really motivating to read other people's stories and questions, which brought me to this forum. So I figured getting some feedback would help to keep me in track as well. I'm investing a lot of energy into this new lifestyle, thinking about it constantly - maybe writing about it in a public forum on a semi-regular basis would help clear my head
I'm a happy eater. Eating makes me happy and happiness makes me eat. I've been blessed with a lot of happiness in my life which translated into a lot of kg. I've gained weight every time I've fallen into a comfortable lifestyle and moving in with my boyfriend 2 years ago brought my weight to new heights - about 95 kg to my 170 cm. I've always been curvy and thankfully never bothered enough to wreck my system with crash dieting, but I have never been sporty either so as I got into comfortable routine (read: not being in the "dating market" anymore), I ate large portions and devoured desserts.
As I finally realised that I no longer have a waist and can't see past my tummy, I felt down and tried to make our meals healthier. Counting calories, trying to consume everything whole-grain and low fat, keeping well away from soft drinks, crying over eating a few pieces of chocolate - it did NOTHING. I do admit that I only counted calories for about a month but eating healthy lasted way longer. For whatever reason, no results lead to decreased motivation.
While my BMI had reached obese category last year (ouch!), I am far healthier than my bf. He's the greatest person I know - supportive, sweet - but also the laziest. When I first met him, I didn't know where to look - he was the roundest man I'd ever been in contact with. After a few years of knowing each other, I was able to look past it and fall in love for all the right reasons. Soppy, I know - but it has been a fairy tale of sorts, I am quite judgmental as a rule
He is in good health despite his weight, has no medical reason for the roundness (at least none have been found) and eats like a regular man, so it's a mystery. I'm pretty sure I ate more than him during my latest weight gain. But he is really lazy so there's very little chance to get him to work out just for the sake of working out but he's not afraid of manual labor, so with a bit of cunning from my side, there is hope As calory counting didn't work for me and hunger turns me into a monster, we decided on a low-carb lifestyle starting from January 2016. It has worked out real well - minimal sugar keeps cravings at bay and once we got used to not having the usual set-up on the plate, we discovered we can eat good food and not be hungry. We're eating large breakfasts - mainly eggs and bacon or flour-free seed-bread sandwiches and smallish pieces of meat/fish with salad for lunch and dinner. Lots of cabbage and cauliflower, occasional berries to satisfy the sweet tooth, being allowed to eat mayo is a treat and sometimes there are interesting finds in the grocery store like low-carb peanut butter. The main thing is the drastically reduced sugar intake. He used to take 4 teaspoons with his morning coffee and is now using stevia. I went from 1 teaspoon to none. He gave up all soft drinks - previously unheard of! We make most of our meals at home so there's little chance of hidden sugar. This allows us to have the occasional glass of fresh orange juice or a sweet pear.
I've lost 10 kg in 5 months (at 83 kg at the moment). We don't know his starting weight but based on the measurements, I'd say he started at around 170 kg/180cm and is now at 158. My weight-loss has slowed considerably month to month so I've started exercising a few weeks ago to see if it helps. More detailed posts on that later, otherwise this post is going to be tl;dr.
The goal for this year is to get me to around 70kg. I've got an active summer coming up and in October a week of very active travel I absolutely have to be in better shape for. For him, I'd say simply continuing on this path for now as we're not sure of the rate of his weight-loss at the moment - for his BMI to be under 40, he'll have to lose another 30kg.
We're in it for life, there's obviously no other way. One day we're hopefully going to be responsible for a brand new person and teaching him/her our lazy food-centered lifestyle would be horrible. Universe, please help us to see happiness does not equal food and there is pleasure in leaving the couch to sweat a bit!
Talk to you soon!
