Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve updated my blog! My last post was prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. So many different struggles have happened since then, and I’m sure many are in the same boat. I have listed out my top 3 struggles with weight loss during this pandemic below and what I’m trying to do to turn things around.
Exercise
My first struggle is exercise. I finally lost enough to start weight training again and joined a gym, went 4 times and then they had to close down due to COVID-19. March is still very cold and snowy where I live so this threw a wrench in getting active. When the gym shut down I decided to join a StepBet group to help me stay active. I’m entering week 6 of that, and am happy I have made all my goals so far (despite lots of crappy weather until recently).
Stress & Diet
My second struggle is staying focused on a diet in a stressful situation. When the stress of all the changes due to COVID-19 happened my focus on diet fell by the wayside in importance. I’ve been trying to get back on track, but I cannot seem to stay under 1,000 calories a day, even if I cut out carbs completely (which drains my energy level significantly). I have increased my goal to 1,200 this week, and find even that is very hard. I’ve been trying to make up for the excess in calories by unloading my stress into exercise (lots of walks!).
Hunger
My third struggle is hunger. I’m pretty sure I still can’t eat as much as before my revision, but I continue to struggle with hunger. Some of it is head hunger, and some of it is real hunger. Some of it is I’m just too stressed and busy to focus on making healthy choices, and my weight loss (or lack thereof) shows. I have not lost any weight in the last month, and even gained 3 lbs (depending on the day I weigh). I’m glad it isn’t more than that, which I attribute to being much more active, but that’s still a hard pill for me to swallow. I keep thinking I could just get down another 15 or 20 lbs I’d be able to increase my exercise enough that it would help immensely continuing to lose. I’m really not sure what to do about the hunger other than try to distract myself from it and keep carbs really low. This is the part I just haven’t been able to solve yet.
This goes to show, even with ESG (or any weight loss procedure), the work still has to be put in. Hopefully my next update is more encouraging and positive. I still want to lose another 20lbs, and I’m hoping I can still do that now that the newness of this stressful situation is turning into a “new normal”.
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