Yesterday, I went to shop for clothes because I just want to be happy and feel good. When I was fitting, I feel so bad because all the clothes and bottoms that I tried look baggy on me. I only realized that I lose 2 inches on my waist line when the sales clerk gave me a smaller size. At first, I thought it was just a discrepancy on store sizes. So just to be sure, I picked everything again which are a size smaller for tops and 2 inches smaller for bottoms. Y’all, I am not kidding when I say that I was shocked for a few seconds. Everything fits well. Damn. That 5-second moment where I just looked at myself in the mirror was surreal.
Why did I not notice the weight loss right away? First, I committed a mistake when I started 16:8 over a month ago, I did not know my initial weight, I started IF right away when I read it somewhere, did not expect anything from it. Next, I don’t really think much about IF daily since it just comes naturally because of my school/work schedule. Third, this was the first time that I shopped after starting IF.
That’s why I was so surprised yesterday. It was mixed emotions: shocked, happy, intrigued. I could say I was mind blown lol.
I’m just happy that it is working for me because I don’t feel restricted at all with 16:8. I can still eat whatever I want. Although I noticed that I naturally stopped eating a lot because my stomach can’t handle it.
I didn’t know my initial weight when starting IF either. I didn’t even weigh myself until a good month or so had passed. After 3 months, I could see the numbers on the scale lower, but I didn’t know how it translated into fitting into clothes. I grabbed an old dress shirt and expected it to be too tight still or maybe not-as-tight as to show some sort of progress.
When I put that shirt on, there was NO tightness whatsoever. In that instant, my brain broke. I stood in silence, staring down at the shirt for awhile. Then I ran to the mirror to see if maybe my mind was playing tricks on me. Nope. It looked as normal as could be on me.
Even though I felt I still looked the same, fitting into that shirt that I thought I’d never be able to fit into again made me feel like a MILLION BUCKS.
The point of all that was to show not everyone realizes the progress they’ve made until they have an epiphany like trying on some previously impossible clothes! So congratulations and I hope you have many more positive IF experiences like this!