What size do you wear?I feel so fat!

DefyGravity

Fri, Mar 09 2007, 9:38 am

suomynona wrote:

DefyGravity wrote:

I think that I'm probably a 6.
I'm 5' and weigh 116 (down from 133!)

Can I ask how you did it and how long it took you? That's exactly how much I weigh and and that's exactly what I'd like to weigh.
I'm 5'2".

It took me over a year - but it definitely could have happened a lot faster. I'd always been the type of person that could eat anything - and tons of it - and never gain weight. I had put on weight slowly over a 2-3 year period. I didn't realize it so quickly b/c a lot of my clothing stretched with me! Also, I didn't own a scale, so I didn't really notice until someone told me that I didn't look as thin as I used to Smile

If you're already used to portioning out food and KNOW how you should be eating, it should come off a lot faster. It took me a long time to learn what I was supposed to eat, b/c I never had to think about it before.

The first thing I did was cut out snack foods - that helped me lose 5 pounds right away. After that I just tried cutting down my portions. It took me a long time to figure out what works best for me. I've found that I need to eat sandwiches in order to keep my portions down. It's just very important to eat a balanced diet - carbs, protein, veggies at every meal.

I think that weight also comes off a little slower when you're not really overweight. Thankfully, I'm within 8 pounds of my goal, and suddenly it's coming off a lot faster. In the past 3 months I've lost 10 pounds. In the past two weeks I've lost 3 pounds!

I think it's coming off faster now b/c I'm following a low-cholesterol diet and going to the gym regularly. I'm eating more carbs than I used to, and I suppose it's because it's such a balanced diet, everything's coming off quickly.