Good luck dear! I was heavy too, around 180-190lbs at 5 feet way back July-Aug 2010, then I had the annual physical exam which made me realized that I really need to lose weight (i was obese class 2!). I started doing unhealthy diets during the first 5-6 months, drinking apple juice, eating way below the required caloric intake and at the same time, doing cardio and weight lifting (which dint help much because I tend to make kwentuhan with my trainer). I lost weight, but no dramatic slim down ever happened until I had like the worst experience in professionalism, he would not show up when I need to do training, always late, etc. so I stopped doing training sessions for about a month. One of the trainers noticed that I stopped training so he offered to train me, and I accepted and just about a month of doing circuit (no dramatic exercise, just lunges, squats, push ups, jumping jacks, running, biceps), and it just happened, body slimmed down and I didnt even noticed that I lost that much weight, I wasnt buying new clothes and I just realized that I lost so much inches when I packed my smallest sized jeans and it was too big for me. I bought 2 new jeans every week, and after just a week, i would lose another inch, it made me frustrated a first cause clothes are costly. And then i changed trainers cause I just wanted something new (and maybe because I stopped losing weight, may until september - I was steady at 118-121lbs). There's the use of medicine balls, resistance bands, it was fun but I didnt lose weight, then I have to change trainers cause I just felt that I would lose weight if I did (maybe a spike in the metabolism will help), but it didnt, then I did barre3 for a month (without gym) and ef, I i think i gained weight. I was always looking for something new, I did the free trial of club 360 (which was so easy for me) and crossift (which i loved but too expensive!) Now I'm back again with training sessions and I feel lost, really.
I gained weight (about 3 lbs), currently at 123.4 lbs right now and I'm aiming to lose the last 24 lbs before the year ends. I'm thinking of joining crossfit for about a month and doing at least 15km of treadmill weekly to improve my cardio. I'll also cleanup my diet by eating wheat bread (which I once removed from my diet since I read that it causes estrogen increase) and egg (for protein), protein shakes, almonds, oat brans. And removing sugar intake and sodium intake as much as possible.
Too sum it up, I started changing diets around August 2010 (starting weight is at 85.8kg from my annual physical exam), then I started gym September 19, 2010. I lost around 30.8kg by April end. And gained about 1.1kg this Oct (ef!). But I noticed that even if I gained weight, my belly looks way better than it did during the time that I was just 55kg.
I know, I should ditch the scale and just look at the inches, but when it comes to running, I'd really really love to be light so it would be easier for me.
