She has lost around 4 stone since around April, but now has muscle weakness, is cold all the time and is losing a lot of hair. She has lost the weight she wanted to but at what cost?
That seems somewhat bitter.
Back in 2017 I decided to lose weight. No clubs, programs, tracking or special diets. And defo no WLI. I just started eating only healthy, whole foods. And took up running (in a big way).
I lost a stone a month for 7 months and went from 18st to 10st in the 9 months between January and September. No muscle loss, in fact only muscle build because I started running 50-100 km a week.
The process taught me two things:
One. I didn't know how to manage ending weight loss. I had all-or-nothing thinking around eating. I didn't know how to maintain while exercising heavily. I am working on that this time.
Two. People get jealous. They make underhand jibes at losing weight too quickly. Or losing too much weight and bring too thin (although at my lightest I was only 4lb under top end healthy BMI). Or things about damaging my knees/body running, knees will regret it when im older. Or investing too much time on myself running - inferring having that much free time for running makes a woman lazy. Odd.
"But at what cost...?" I realise this narrative is about their perspective on their own health, their words were not about me and my (amazing) weight loss.
(Makes me think of the America Ferrera speech in the Barbie Movie).
Bonus three. I also learnt I can do this. I need to focus on maintaining when I get to Target.