carorees wrote: This day last year I did my first fast. Gosh it was a hard slog! But I succeeded! And now a year later, today's weigh-in shows that I've shed 31.5kg (69.5 lbs; a smidge under 5 stone)
Plus:
- My waist has shrunk by at least 25 cm (10 inches)...not sure exactly how much as I didn't measure my waist at first.
- I've gone from a size 20 (UK) to a size 12.
- My BMI has decreased from 38.6 to 27
- My % body fat has gone from at least 50 (I didn't get body fat analyser scales until nearly 6 months in) to 36.7.
- My blood pressure has dropped from 150/100 to 127/80.
- I've learned a massive amount about weight loss, nutrition, metabolism, exercise.
- I've discovered that being hungry is just temporary.
- I've gone from feeling that my weight would continually increase until the associated health problems would send me to an early grave to feeling that I am in control of my weight and also my health.
And last, but by no means least, I've met a lovely bunch of virtual friends here on the forum.
In summary...its all good!
Flip me AMAZING, congratulations. That hard slog was the first foundations to where you are today and where you will be in the future.