As the title says: I lost more than 23 kg this years. I dived right in to 20:4/OMAD. Not only did I lose weight my skin (redness and stuff) also improved. Around August I think I had more hairloss than usual. I thought it was lack of protein and because I wanted to go slow and steady I decided I would try maintainance for a couple months and go for further weightloss in 2022. My skin and my mind could try to adjust to the new me. It was hard to find balance between fasting and eating at first. I now got the hang of it. I have got the feeling that I won’t gain back weight as easily as before i did IF. After a cheatweekend the weightgain is pretty minimal. Probably because I get full way faster than before. I slowly lost another kg last month. It just that I have a hard time adjusting that I am not that of a big person anymore. Still quite chubby, but not with a BMI of almost 40 as before. I don’t always recognise myself in store windows. And then I read articles online that say that almost 80% of the people gain most of their weight back after and I think: what are the chances that I can make this work long term? The odds are slim according to statistics. I then feel this is a temporary-me if that makes sense, and bigger me is still in there and will maybe be back again. Can anyone relate to this feeling?
29/f I can def relate, the statistic are there for sure, I lost a lot of weight with keto from 208-170 and hovered at 170 for years and during Covid got up to 188. I’ve been doing IF and low-ish carbs and feeling really good and I know I’ll be back where I was at.
If it helps my mom was well over 330 when I was little and she got into running slowly overtime (as well as diet choices) and is now strong as hell and probably around 150 and she’s maintained that well over 15 years now. It can absolutely be done and I think the fact you’re concerned about it means you’re already on the right track.
F31, i lost 18 kg some years ago with CICO and irregular IF. Meanwhile I had a baby. Pregnancy and maternity leave in a pandemic, stress-eating, tiredness-eating, depression - and here I am starting again with my all time high weight. But you know what? After I did it once, it’s completely different. I know what to do. I know I can do it. It’s soothing to know that even if you slip up in the future, you can get right back on track.
That 80% includes everyone who did crash diets, lost weight for a specific event, or did other methods that weren’t feasible in the long term
Take it slow, and focus on building healthy routines that are sustainable in the long run. Sure, you could do week long fasts to purge weight faster, but when you reach your goal weight, will you keep fasting?
I’m currently doing maintenance now, though I have more weight I’d like to lose. My focus is making sure I can balance my weight despite exercising less and eating more. I think it also helps reset your body’s weight “baseline” if you happen to pig out a bit (as I know I will over Christmas), so your body will return to your current weight easier if you do put on a couple of kilos