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Officially "overweight" as of this week šŸŽ‰ 28F 5'3" SW: 182 CW: 164 GW: 140

Been doing a very very very lax 16:8/18:6 for almost a year now (which worked for me to build the habit so I didnā€™t get burnt out). This month, I finally decided to try adding a 6-day/week sugar restriction (my biggest vice!!) and start working out more consistently (instead of my once-every-other-month manic ā€œoh fuck iā€™m fatā€ workout sesh). Iā€™m also going to be more consistent with IF and restricting alcohol (most times, when I donā€™t start a fast on time, itā€™s because of alcohol šŸ„¶)

This is the first time Iā€™ve ever seen the scale go down in my adult life and Iā€™m glad I found a way to make it a long-term habit. A year of keeping a habit is a pretty cool thing! This sub has been super inspiring! I feel like Iā€™m so much less controlled by food and amazed at what my body is capable of (after ā€˜body positivityā€™ kinda ruined any motivation/agency I could have had for a couple of years, paired with some grief and family issues it was a recipe for disaster).

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I actually hadnā€™t even thought about what weight moves me from an ā€œoverweightā€ BMI to a ā€œnormalā€ BMI so thanks for the inspiration! Just looked it up and have added it as a specific milestone in my tracking doc :)

Love to hear how you made IF a lifestyle change. I am hoping to eventually be more lax about it, but I panicked in January when my scale showed me a number Iā€™d never seen before. If I feel any signs of burning out (currently doing 42 hour fasts) I will pull back to 23:1 OMAD or even 18:6 if I need to. Some form of IF is definitely my normal now, canā€™t imagine eating 3 meals per day!

Thanks for sharing, and keep up the great work!

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Itā€™s sounds like youā€™ve done a magnificent job making IF a part of your life, and that you know what dials to turn to continue to see progress.

Congratulations on all of your success and new habits āœØ

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