I know it sounds incredible, but it's possible. I won't lie to you with a story about how I have always struggled with my weight and that I finally found a miracle cure. I've been relatively lucky in this regard.
I was never fat and relatively slim until I reached my adolescence at which point I would have described myself as curvy, but still within normal limits of BMI and the likes (BMI = Body Mass Index, which is a good indicator of your weight in relation to your stature - there's plenty of literature online about this). However, I was certainly not skinny and felt a little self conscious about my body.
Self conscious or not, I never really did anything about it except try to improve my lifestyle a bit half-heartedly. I've never had very good eating habits, didn't do sports, and grew up drinking Coke as if it was water. At an adult age, I realized that this was not very healthy and tried to stop drinking coke, eat more veggies etc. But I was never very dedicated.
However, about 6 months ago I had a shock when I stepped on the scale and I was heavier than I ever was. I am 169 cm and weigh 69 kg. My BMI was at 24.2 and a normal BMI is considered to run from 18.5 to 24.9. I wanted to avoid going out of this range and felt like I was dangerously close. I decided it was time for a real diet.
I went whole heartedly into it and lost 5 kg in 4 weeks. I won't say it was easy, far from it. Especially for someone addicted to sugar and everything bad for your weight, it was very difficult. But it was also an amazing experience. In the end it went faster that I thought.
I also discovered that with enough motivation you can do anything and there is no reason to starve yourself. I tried to stay as healthy as possible during this whole time. Thanks to new technology, you can have a little extra help and more insight to what you are eating, helping you to improve your habits.
I now am 63 kg and happily stable. I am no longer on a diet and eating irresponsibly and staying on target. I'd like to lose the final 3 kg as I had set my goal at 60 kg though so I will start again on my journey. This is how I did it.
