I lost 20 pounds.
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| Before |
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| 143-ish |
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| After |
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| 123-ish |
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| Took about 3 months |
Things I did:
1. Stopped going to the gym
2. Took more walks
3. Ate more fruit
4. Got happy
The last one is actually the most important one. I had struggled with my weight pretty much the whole year in 2022. Hindsight is really cool because everything is symbolic. Physically, I was struggling with my weight, but spiritually I was struggling with the weight of my beliefs.
Everything felt so heavy.
In order to lose, I had to let go.
I felt energetically constipated.
Things were not flowing.
So I booked a trip to Costa Rica.
I started journaling more consistently.
I began painting.
Meditating & visualizing what I wanted.
Like, all you have to do to lose weight is do what makes you happy and then listen to your body.
We spend so much of our energy living in resistance to ourselves, forcing ourselves to do what we think we "should" instead of what we really want.
I thought going to the gym was going to be all fun and cool and badass, and it was for like a week. But it didn't inspire me. It took so much of my energy just to go and while I did build an amazing bum, I honestly can't say it was worth it.
My body was like, "Can't we do something easier? Walk maybe? Like outside?"
Sure, bae. Sure.
I let go of stupid concepts I had that were just getting in my way such as: calories matter (they don't), and you have to restrict your portion size or the things you want to eat (you don't).
You see, when you're overeating, you're either bored or trying to feed an emotional need. When you restrict yourself, you're making the problem worse because you're going to be even more miserable.
When you turn your attention and just focus on being HAPPY, you naturally don't want excess food. You listen to your body and let your body do what it is designed to do.
You want Cheetos? Go for it.
Fruit smoothie? The best.
Tacos every day? It can't hurt.
True story.
I even let go of regular mealtimes.
Sometimes I ate lunch at 3 in the afternoon because that's when I got hungry.
Sometimes I would eat late at night which is a huge "no-no" because of metabolism or whatever (another stupid concept to let go of), but I just listened to what I wanted.
I was able to discern between need and craving.
I also let go of a timetable. My SMART goal was really just a SMAR goal.
Sure, my February vacation helped me conjure some bikini vibes, but it was really more something to get happy and excited about rather than me force myself to be a certain weight before I left.
When I got back, I lost an additional 7 pounds which was even 2 more than my original goal even though losing the last 5 pounds is supposed to be "one of the hardest things to do".
Seriously, can we just flush all of these weight loss lies down the loo?
Except in Costa Rica, you can't flush much of anything down the loo, so we'll just put it in the trash can instead. LOL
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| This shoreline smells like sunshine and freedom. |
Costa Rica is one of the highest vibe places I have ever been to. I learned so much while I was there and it broke so many of my energetic blocks because I was able to just open up and let go.
So I'm going back there in 11 days to level up even more.
Pura vida,
TWS
