HOW I lost 50 pounds during QUARANTINE: 4 things I Did to lose Weight

When the neighborhood quarantine was implemented, I was obese as well as at my heaviest — 207 lb. Today, I have reached the healthy weight for my height — 157 lb.

In less than five months, I have lost a overall of 50 lb (22.7 kg).

I’m not alone in this. Vins, my blogging partner, has lost 40+ pounds over the exact same period. We online in the exact same apartment, so we comply with almost the exact same diet plan as well as eat the exact same meals.

When we published recent pictures on Facebook, a great deal of our buddies were shocked by the transformation. I can’t blame them since even I am still surprised that we were able to pull it off. however since we get a number of messages asking us for weight-loss tips, I decided to compose this publish (even though it’s not travel-related).

Here are some before-and-after pics of Vins as well as me.

But first, a bit background on exactly how I gained weight in the very first place.

I was skinny for most of my life. Some buddies back in college even commented that I looked frail as well as sickly. Haha. however whatever altered when the terminate nation attacked. as well as by terminate Nation, I mean the constant stress at work. When I joined the war zone that is the business world, the one sure thing that made me feel happy was — yep, you guessed it — food. It didn’t assist that our building had its own food court with a smorgasbord of delectable choices. Over the years, I slowly however surely gained more pounds. When I stop smoking five years ago, I just… ballooned. (I don’t regret quitting smoking, of course. It’s one of the very best decisions I made in my life. however it did make me eat more.)

I believed I might turn things around when I stop my full time task to travel. however I soon discovered that it was so damn difficult to withstand tasty food when traveling. however that’s not when our weight would jump even higher. After all, whatever additional calories we devour is canceled out by regular walking as well as trekking. The issue is after the trip — when we get house hungry for some rice as well as lutong bahay. That’s the genuine culprit right there.

Fast ahead to 2020. I wished to lose weight however the begin of any type of year was the most difficult time to do that for us. After the joyful Christmas-New Year season, Vins enjoyed his birthday in January, we had a 2-week cuisine-centered trip to Taiwan in February, as well as I celebrated my birthday in March. I just woke up one day, stepped on the scale, as well as was alarmed by the number — 207 lb, the heaviest I have been ever.

So I tried to do something about it. I enrolled at a close-by gym. This is it, I thought! however after only my evaluation session, that crazy bit thing called COVID-19 ruined everybody’s life plans as well as brought the world to a standstill. All fitness centers stopped operations, so I never got to utilize my membership.

But I decided to not let it stop me. If I was gonna be stuck at home, I’d rather utilize the time well. I guaranteed myself that I would still accomplish the physical fitness goals that I had long set aside.

Please note that I am not a physical fitness or nutrition expert. I’m just sharing my own experience. What works for me may not work for you. as well as what’s been working for me is the combination of the following.

WHAT’S covered IN THIS GUIDE?

1. part Control
2. Intermittent Fasting
3. routine Exercise
4. moral support from Friends!
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1. part Control

If I might condense this whole publish into just one tip, this is it — part control. I strongly believe that this has been accountable for much of the weight loss.

In fact, when I shed off the very first 20 pounds, part manage was the only thing I did. I wasn’t exercising or doing intermittent fasting consciously. I was just limiting the size of my meals up until I got utilized to it.

At its core, weight loss is all about consuming less calories than what your body burns. I checked out that to lose weight, guy requirement cut intake to less than 1500 calories per day. I utilized that as a rule. We have a little kitchen area scale that I utilize to evaluate the food I put in my body. then I google exactly how many calories it equates to.

There are a number of reasons why this works for me.

I was a starved eater. I believe this is truly my problem. Pre-quarantine, my default quick food order is 2-piece fried poultry with rice as well as spaghetti as well as drink as well as dessert. Yep, you checked out it right, with rice as well as spaghetti. Hahaha. Takaw. So just reducing my food intake significantly pushed down my weight.

I was downsizing economically as well as as well terrified to go out. The travel market was the most terribly hit by the pandemic so I have not been earning since March. So to minimize the everyday costs as well as the time spentoutside, I deliberately downsized the amount of food I eat. When I shop for groceries online, I try to make them last by not consuming as well much per meal.

I can eat whatever I want. I’m not restricted to the type of food, only the serving size. I still eat chocolate as well as other sweets. just the other day, I still had French fries. This is fantastic since I don’t feel like I’m depriving myself.

I can’t utilize it as an reason to overeat. It’s likewise psychological, I guess. I have tried other diets as well as going to the fitness center before however none of them worked since I compensate by eating more than usual. At mealtime, I was always like, “It’s okay to pig out, I’ll work out anyway.” Or when I’m on a low-carb diet, I would have a big serving of protein as well as dessert thinking, “It’s fine. I don’t eat rice anyway.” When you’re counting calories, there’s just no method around it.

But I drink a great deal of water.

It was a struggle in the beginning. any type of diet plan is tough at the start. however after a couple of weeks, I totally failed to remember that I was downsizing. I just weighed someday as well as was surprised — this time, pleasantly.

2. Intermittent Fasting

Is it effective? Here’s the thing: I’m not sure.

Yes, I do intermittent fasting however not consciously. even before I had any type of intention of dieting, I was already doing this since I always avoid breakfast. I’m just not a fan of breakfast since I didn’t like feeling bloated or heavy in the morning.

So NO, I’m not that sure whether or not it helped. however YES, I’ve been doing it this whole time.

My very first meal is around 12:30 pm. My last for the day is around 6:30 pm.

I sometimes slip in a fruit in the afternoon. however outside this 6-hour window, I don’t eat anything other than water as well as hot unsweetened tea.

3. routine Exercise

When I noticed that my weight was going down, it influenced me to work out in parallel with the diet. keep in mind when I stated that I was able to go to one evaluation session before they closed all gyms? during that session, the fitness instructor taught me some fundamental body weight exercises. These are just simple exercises that you can do without equipment. So I did those over as well as over again. When I got tired with them, I searched YouTube for other routines, which I followed.

Sometimes, I would utilize the elliptical machine that Vins bought last year (which was cheaper than a treadmill). I had never touched that before, however I utilize it now. Hahaha.

Then, when I would get tired with a workout, I’d move on to a new one. just recently, I ordered a hula hoop online. Hahaha. It’s fun.

Often, I would just dance alone in my room. I most likely look crazy doing it however no one’s looking.

4. moral support from Friends!

I was alone during the very first month of my weight loss journey. Vins was most likely watching his weight as well however we weren’t truly comparing notes. When I lost the very first 20 pounds, I published it on Facebook. It turned out that two other buddies were likewise trying to lose weight on their own.

Since we have the exact same goal, all three of us decided to support each other by producing a group chat, in which we publish our development every day. We likewise report what we eat. Whenever we’re craving something or about to overeat, we message the group so somebody might talk us out of it. It’s like a mini-support group.

The goal isn’t to be competitive however to influence as well as discover from each other.

That’s it!

I still have a long method to go. Yes, I have already lost 50 pounds as well as have reached the ceiling of the healthy weight variety for my height. however I don’t want to stop now. I still requirement to lose 20 more to reach the middle of that range. as well as I still have a somewhat extending stomach to flatten.

Kahit ‘yun guy lang ma-flatten. Juice ko this pandemic.

2020 • 8 • 7

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