3 taboos on losing weight that nobody talks about
Today we're talking Tacheles! The world of fitness bloggers is often bright, motivating and inspiring. But there are things that have happened to me on my weight loss path that I have not read about. Out of shame? WHO CARES! We are here among us 😉 These are the taboos on losing weight, about which no one speaks:
Let crack
A healthy diet meant for me then, from simple, processed convenience products (white bread, pizza, etc.) to complex, fiber-rich foods. This has a very positive result: The stomach fills with fiber and you are full longer! The disadvantage: the stomach and intestines have much more work than before and thereby do not smell like roses fragrant. It's quite normal to fart as a young god at the beginning of your diet change. But if you have severe abdominal pain, you should get your oat bran and whole grain consumption down.
Damn you, gravity!
Ever since I had gained almost 30 kilos in a few months after completing high school (boredom, excessiveness and Toffifee's thanks), I have stretch marks all over my body>. Especially bad is it on the chest, on the butt and on the thigh insides. But also on the calves and upper arms, the tissue in the subcutaneous tissue expanded so rapidly that I have large areas of gray stripes there. When I was fat, it was not so noticeable, because the skin was bulging due to the underlying fat.
With 30 kg less, it looks quite different. Even with strength training and muscle building , the skin remains uneven and partially flaccid due to the scars. Although much can be improved with exercise, my connective tissue only plays with it to a degree. I've learned to accept that. I've learned my lesson never to put my body back in such a situation and see the scars as a lesson.
From Calorie Counting to Obsession
At the beginning of my life change, it was very important for me to get more involved with food and its nutrients. What is actually in there in such a Leberkäs roll? What are proteins? How many calories do I consume during the day? A great help was the Kalorie Countapp MyFitnessPal. You specify exactly what you eat and see (more or less exactly), how many calories your food has and what macronutrients (carbohydrates, fats, proteins) they contain.
In itself a good thing, because it informs and learns about its nutrition. BUT! As soon as you realize that you can not enjoy a meal without paying meticulous attention to the calories or you lose touch with intuitive eating, STOP! I see such an app as an initial aid to portion sizes and nutritional values to assess better, but as soon as calorie counting and grams of addiction become addictive, the brake gets in! Otherwise you're well on the way to eating.
In the end, we all make mistakes and nobody has the ultimate directions to the healthy self. It is important that we recognize, accept and learn from our mistakes. Then we can talk openly about it!