I weighed myself today for the first time in a while, and i'm 8st 4lb at 5ft 1. Which is a healthy Bmi, however i'm very petite and small framed so not comfortable with it.
I used to always be able to eat what I wanted and stay slim but are those days finally over? I was about 7st 6lb as a teenager, 7st 10lb in 2012, 8 stone in 2023 and now 8st 4lb!! The heaviest I've ever been. I am 35 years old, never been pregnant or had children. No medical conditions I'm aware of. I work in a shop, so I guess this could be considered light exercise? I have always been in retail, that hasn't changed. Neither have my eating habits massively.
I don't snack excessively and thought what I ate was ok, but maybe not?
I have no idea where to start on trying to lose half a stone, as I didn't have to do it before, not seriously anyway. I also want to do it in a way that is sustainable, I'm not the biggest fan of salads and the like so I know eating that for the rest of my life won't work. I also like eating out. I thought about the gym, but feel silly because I don't know what machine to even use to lose the weight I need to lose. I carry the weight on my bottom half.
Would counting calories be enough? Can I eat things like Pizza and Pasta and still lose weight? Would I eventually need to get a weight loss injection and micro dose it?
Trouble I have had when trying to 'cut down' is feeling hungry all the time. Then if I don't eat when I feel hungry, I end up getting headaches.