Skinny butterfly.

Okay so lots of people on my instagram voted yes to me explaining how I lost 10 pounds a week. Now before I get into this I want to say that I do NOT encourage this behavior but I know lots of you are struggling with weight loss. I am not a professional and some of my methods will not work for your body.

So to start off, I would wake up every morning and drink at least 2 cups of green tea (and water) and do light exercise  (I’m not much of a workout person so I mainly did jumping jacks, squats, etc.) The green tea boosts metabolism and exercising can burn off calories before you consume calories. Halfway throughout the day I would drink water. Everytime I would have cravings or want to eat something, I would drink warm water, exercise,brush my teeth, or any type of distracting thing after a while the cravings would go away and the hunger pains or my growling stomach would settle. At night time when my parents came home i would have to eat dinner (anything from 150-600 cals) before I would eat I would drink 1 cup of green tea and do light exercise. During eating I would chew each bite about 20 times. taking sips of water between each bite. After eating I would do more light exercising  (do NOT throw up your food!! It will not help with weight loss because you’ve already consumed the calories) before I go to sleep I would drink 2 more cups of green tea (it should amount to 5 cups of tea. 5 cups of green tea a day helps you lose 1 pound)

Extra Information:

* I would usually get about a 12, 23, or 24 hour fast (depending on if I ate extra foods)

* I ate dinner around 5 or 6pm

* Sleeping counts as fasting. Your body goes into starvation mode during sleeping however you don’t feel it.

* do not eat after 7pm or before 7am

Overall I’ve lost 60lbs. I still have about 30 to go before I’m happy but I wanted to share some stuff for my higher weight fam that I wish I’d known:

Your body will get smaller but your shape stays kinda the same unless you exercise. That’s why you don’t always notice the changes.

Just because it fits doesn’t mean you have to buy it! Once you’ve dropped down to a small or a medium you’re gonna want to keep this in mind. Gone are the days of being stuck with whatever happens to fit your body. You get a choice now. Save your wallet and don’t buy it just because it fits you! Buy it if you like it!

The weight comes off easy at first. The pounds drop off quickly but it gets harder the more you drop because your body isn’t using as many calories to keep your body going since there’s less of it. You’re gonna plateau and feel stuck and frustrated but that isn’t the end. Change things up!

You’re knees will hurt as you lose weight and knock together because there isn’t as much fat there to pad them.

You’re periods are going to get weird. There isn’t going to be a schedule anymore. Some months you’ll have one. Some months you won’t. Some months you’ll have two. It’s a mess.

Drinking more water helps you lose weight. I know it seems logical that if you’re dehydrated and have less water in you then you’ll weigh less but you’re body actually holds onto water to like, ya know, not die when you’re dehydrated so it hikes up your weight. Maintained for a few days? Randomly gained 2lbs overnight? Check out how much water you’re drinking. You need 2 liters a day, minimum.

You’re going to be tired and cold a lot more. Buy some warm socks.

Buying a size medium so it will fit kinda baggy on you feels fucking fantastic.

Having a size small feel loose feels even better.

Smoking and vaping do make you lose weight but it’s expensive and really unhealthy. Plus it makes your feet extra cold for some reason??? Again- socks are v important.

It gets easier. You get less hungry. Your cravings are less frequent. You have an easier time saying no when someone offers you food. You enjoy fruit more and processed sugar less to the point where most stuff tastes TOO sweet.

Stay safe, my lovelies 💜

Me: WTF!!!! 400 CALORIES? LOW CALORIE???!?!?

You think that your calories just reset every morning? Fuck no. You can’t sleep off that binge you whale.

Breathe.

Ask yourself, “Why did I do that?”

The answer will always be “Because I am human and I make mistakes”.

Breathe. Cry if you have to. Think about all the weight you’ve lost so far, and how thin you’ll be in a few months if you don’t give up.

Don’t purge.

Instead, go for a jog and burn off as many of those calories as you can.

Come home, have a cup of green tea. Have a hot shower.

Breathe.

You’re alive aren’t you? You’ll be okay, right? You’re human, and you make mistakes. Do not give up.

Me: looking in the mirror “YOU KNOW WHAT?! IM FUCKING HOT! HELL YA GIRL WORK IT! BODY POSITIVITY”