How I lost 2kg without calorie counting

At first, I thought nothing could stop me from losing weight.

Now I have a messed up metabolism, my periods are irregular and my immune system is a mess.

One this I wanna say is TO NEVER. STARVE YOURSELF.

Especially to all young girls that maybe be reading this and trying to lose weight. You need to listen to me to not repeat my mistakes.

First thighs first, you'll need to reflect on yourself and get a good mindset.

Why is it that you are doing this? If it's because of other people? That isn't worth is.

If you wanna do it for yourself, be sure to follow next steps as consistently as you can.

How much you do something doesn't matter as long as you are consistent.



1. Calculate your BMR

BMR is the number of calories your body burns at rest I never got that when I was younger.

"By resting? Doing nothing?", How is that possible?

Well your organs work constantly, you breath, your blood is flowing, your tongue might be moving inside your mouth etc.

It's how many calories you burn while laying down and just letting your body work.

That's minimum how many calories you should be eating. Although it's not safe but if you are recovering from ED like me, it's a good start.



2. Be in a calorie deficit

We all saw this milion of times but what does it actually mean?

Let's say, if you are eating as much as your BMR, you will not gain or lose weight. Your weight will be the same.

If you eat more and exercise a bit, you'll still maintain it.

What you need to do is calculate how much calories do you wanna burn that includes BMR.

If I eat like 1800 calories, my BMR is around 1500. I would need to burn at least 400 more calories.

Burn more than you eat.

You don't have to look closely at how much calories you ate. Sometimes it can be more, sometimes less than your goal.

But no matter what, it can't go under BMR. Your organs need calories that BMR said to work properly.



3. Be active

If you ate a bit more and don't have time to work it off, that's totally fine!

Consistency is what matters. You can always eat lighter tmrw or work out more if you feel like it.

But don't overwork yourself. Listen to your body when you need water and break.

Easiest form of workout for me is walking. I'm not good at any sport, I can't pay to do any sports or anything.

Having a scheduled workout with same exercises everyday is boring for me as I have ADHD.

So walking is my best friend.

I usually don't have time to gi outside walking so I just walk in my room/house. I try to aim for at least 6k every day, 10k if I ate a bit more than usual.

If you don't like simple walking or you want something more calories burning, I have few recommendations!!

•Rucking

Yes rucking is still a form of walking but it can burn 2-3x more than normal walking.

It's basically if you had more weight and walked.

You can hold/carry anything heavy while walking and you are already burning more calories!

If you are student, you can put as much books as you can in your backpack. If you have something heavy like openned bag of flour (and you are 100% sure you can carry it), give is a try!

You should carry at least 10% of your weight for calories to real start burning off.

•Do your favourite sport

You don't have to actively be good at it... Just play it! Alone or with someone else, it's good as long as you are enjoying and moving.

You can always play with a wall if you want to!

If you have disability, injured leg/s or just can't move much, that's totally fine!!

If your sport can be played with hands then do it!

Sit down on the ground/floor and play like it's most fun you had in a while.

Yes you would occasionally need to get up or crawl to get the ball but hey! You are still moving so that counts too!

•Throw any ball at wall

Not much of a workout but good for motivation.

I used to do this every time I was lazy to work out.

I used tennis ball (but you can use any that is bouncy enough), would sit on floor and would throw it as long as I got wish to work out.

Well not exactly. My arms would be falling off at some point that I would get mad at myself, say fine and go work out or walk around.



4. Stay put

You don't need to track your weight constantly and every day.

Once a week or even a month is better. It doesn't cause the extra anxiety of losing any weight.

If you are worried though, you can always check number. Please, try to restrain yourself for at least 3 days though.



5. Drink water

Last but not least is drinking water. Best you could do is 2l if you are comfortable.

Maybe 1.5l but it can't go under that amount.

Your body needs water to clean itself and your body.

Safe bet is 2-3l, more if you are going somewhere or it's hot in place you live, especially during summer.





These are just some tips I wish someone told me when I was younger and before I fell down a rabbit hole.

This is what I think would be good for a healthy weight loss, since I'm healing and already lost 2kg in a month. For you it might not mean much but to me, it's world.

It might not be for you but at least you might have further understood the importance of caring for your body and that's all it maters.

One bite of food doesn't make you you, neither does how you look. Whoever says that should be ignored.