May 7th to August 7th here we are! I never imagined I would get this far or feel this great. Especially my birthday was 6 days ago and I feel like I met it with a totally different mindset and as a totally different person that last year. Now I’m not going to sit here and pretend that I’m perfect or that this journey has been easy and free of mistakes. But the point is that it is a journey and that I don’t have to be perfect; I just have to keep pushing forward. Let’s take a look at the stats.
My weight as of this morning was 83.3kg (183.6lbs). Waist: 33 inches. Chest: 36 inches. Hips: 39.5 inches. Left arm: 11.5 inches. Right arm: 11 inches. Thighs: 23 inches. Body fat: 32.3%. Muscle: 31.7%.
This comes to a total of 30 pounds (13.6kg) in 3 months! -5.5 inches on my waist, 4 inches around my chest, 1 inch from my left arm and 1.5 inches from my right arm, 1 inch from my thighs, -8.7% body fat, and +3.2% muscle.
I’m personally pleased with my results this month. Especially because I reached my first goal!! Getting out of the 190’s was such a big deal for me and I haven’t bounced back up to the 190’s at all. I’ve even touched 184 this month! However, I cheated. Like a lot. I know, I know I should be ashamed. But I’m not. My mom and brother flew all the way to Korea to visit me for two weeks. Where I live, there aren’t that many food options unless you like spicy food and we don’t eat spicy food. Like at all. So I did allow myself some allowances. On and off for about 2 weeks (cough, cough). That’s a long time I will admit, but I am fat-adapted and I hopped right back into strict Keto after my birthday.
It’s kind of funny, because my first week of cheating, I continued to drop weight. That was when I reached 184 for the first time. The second week my body was like “Okay, you’re trippin now” lol and my weight started bouncing back up. Around 5 pounds, so I was back to 189. I also started working out the 2nd week of my cheating.
I started the Beachbody workout series 21 day fix with Autumn Calabrese and mannnn are those workouts effective! I also started back up with doing pole fitness twice a week. I’ve been hella sore but also committed and my body feels like it’s becoming stronger so quickly!
Jumping back into Keto after cheating, I wanted to kick it off with a 48-hour fast, but because I was working out so intensely I figured that might not be a good idea. So instead, I did a 24 hour fast and then I egg fasted for 5 days, so that I could still give my body enough nutrition and protein to power through my workouts.
I don’t plan to cheat again anytime soon. I felt like it was worth it with that particular situation, but I still haven’t lost sight of my goals. Rather, I’m trying to be realistic and sustainable. If I stress over being absolutely perfect and losing X amount of weight every month, I’m gonna burn out and get too discouraged to continue on. But because I’m making this a lifestyle, I’m just working to the best of my abilities. Pushing myself to be better, but not hating myself when I backtrack a little.
Also, I’m really starting to regret not taking a before picture. I didn’t imagine I would ever say that, because the thought of taking a picture of my fat and flab gives me the shivers, but I have come so far on the scale and in the inches. Sometimes I look at myself and how much farther I wanna go and I wonder how much bigger I looked back then? 30 pounds ago since starting this journey. Almost 50 pounds since coming to Korea.
Looking at my stats, my arms and thighs haven’t changed that much in 3 months. Also, to be fair, it took me awhile to learn how to measure myself correctly, so some of my beginning stats might not be super accurate. I do carry most of my weight in my stomach and thighs though, so I’m not surprised that most of the inches I’ve lost seem to be in the waist/stomach area. But I am happy 🙂 lol. My stomach has always always been a huge insecurity to me and to look in the mirror every week and see it shrinking? Blows my mind. Also the frame of my body isn’t very wide (like I don’t have wide hips or a big butt or big boobs), so my body just seemed to get rounder with weight, if that makes sense. Like looking at me from the front, I feel like my body doesn’t look that different width-wise because of my body frame. But if you were to look at me from the side, my body is just…thicker (?). Like my stomach and chest (but not boobs) were a lot bigger. I don’t know how to properly describe it.
I actually teared up a little when I tried this outfit on and it fit so well. I remember how I felt when I first bought the outfit. The top was tight and constricting and I had to suck in as much as I could to get the skirt to button up all the way. But I wanted to buy the outfit and that was the biggest size it came in. So I bought it and stuffed it in the back of my closet. I didn’t expect it to fit when I tried it on in the second picture and I was amazed. The top was much looser and the skirt was actually a little too big around the waist and kept slipping. The skirt also was a lot longer now that I didn’t fill it out so much. My face also looked slimmer. Although I had been seeing the results on the scale, mostly when I looked in the mirror I just saw myself and how much farther I needed to go. I forgot to fully appreciate just how far I’ve come.
I still want to lose another 40 pounds, but I’m not racing towards it. Rather, I want to try to be healthier and make better decisions every step of the way.
Keto Nera 