Oh my god. Where do I start? Well since I’m not finished I’ll let you all know about my journey.
In march 2017 I weighed in at 108kg, 238lbs, and with a height of 165cm, 5’ 4’', it was all but flattering. I started riding MTB in November 2016 and as that interest grew so did the urge to loose weight to become faster.
I started out with the 5:2-diet meaning 500kcal restriction on mondays and thursdays. That held on about a month before I realized that I didn’t have to eat those 500kcal salads that I did. It actually only made me more hungry. So I stopped eating on Mondays and Thursdays altogether.
In August 2017 I started commuting to work 3 days a week, ~65km in total, and I also started to only eat between 12:00-20:00, 12 pm-8pm. Meaning that from Sunday 20:00 - Tuesday 12:00 I ate nothing but trained as usual. Same thing on Wednesday - Friday.
December 31:st 2017 I weighed in at 69,7kg and in February 2018 I was down to 68,8kg. I’ve since then kept the weight around 70-72kg but since starting to strength train mid 2018 I’ve converted a lot of fat to muscle. However I did not realize that the hardest part of this whole journey would be to shed all that fat mass. I’m still around 18-20% fat percentage but continuing down takes time. It’s really taxing on the mind. But my goal is somewhere around 65kg maybe 63kg. But I really don’t know because I’ve never been so lean that I’d know where my actual “goal” weight is.
Around 108kg, 238lbs
Around 71kg, 156lbs