How i lost 12lbs (5kg) in two weeks whilst living at home with a cautious mother:
DISCLAIMER. I am not pro ana. I will never be pro ana, i want everybody to recover eventually. This is my way of feeling control about my situation and I’m writing a post i can look at if i feel like i am slipping. These are not guaranteed to work for everybody. This is what worked for me and i am sharing my feelings and thoughts and experiences. Stay safe 💖
~I am a vegetarian, so i dont eat meat, with the exception to tuna in sushi because its my favourite food and cant give it up. I only have it once a month if that though, this is good if the rest of your family eats meat, so you can offer to cook your own meals, which makes working out the calories significantly easier.
~i stick to 100-300 calories a day and fast one day a week, no cheat days. This is difficult to do, and i gradually got there, i dont advise restricting heavily right off the bat.
~i drink 3 litres of plain, ice water a day and either in the morning or before i go to bed have 1 litre of lemon ice water. This sounds like a lot, but the way I manage is i got a litre drink bottle so i only have to fill it up a few times, and it has a straw so i dont have to really think about it and can sip whilst doing homework or anything like that. I take 15 sips every time i go for a drink, it goes down quicker than you’d think.
~i have a teaspoon of peanut butter right before i go to bed too to boost my metabolism.
~green tea. I know this is stereotypical but it really does help me, and i happen to really love the taste. Some other alternatives to green tea i enjoy are peppermint, and even a loose leaf black and unsweetened earl grey tea are all fantastic for weight loss and boosting your metabolism.
🧘🏼♀️EXERCISE // BURNING EXTRA CALORIES
~i get 10,000 steps a day, no excuses. If i dont quite hit 10,000 during my day walking around the city/school i take my dogs for a walk or pace up and down in my room checking my steps on myfitnesspal.
~fidgeting! I have ADHD so fidgeting comes more naturally to me than some and was prone to fidget beforehand anyway, but it does burn calories, leg shaking, hair fidgeting, thumb twiddling, literally anything.
~ the dreaded cold shower. I know some people REFUSE to do this. It’s winter where i live so it’s especially more difficult. However i found the best method, is to start of warm and gradually get colder, its like people say when boiling lobsters how if you just threw them into a hot pot they’d put up a fight and jump out but if you slowly boil it whilst they’re in there they dont even realise they’re being cooked alive. (Sorry for that morbid statement) but the same works in reverse. Once it’s cold set a timer for 5 minutes and have the cold shower, in this time let your conditioner sit in your hair or if youre feeling brave wash your hair in the cold water! I personally cant get my head cold in the shower that kills but washing your hair in cold water is better for it anyway. Then after the 5 minutes is up hit it on warm again for 2 minutes and it will feel so much nicer.
~my daily workout consists of 100 sit-ups, 40 squats, 60 lunges (30 each leg) 40 calf raises, 100 second wall sit, 100 jumping jacks, 40 sumo squats, 30 leg raises (15 each leg) incase you couldn’t tell, i really hate my legs and trying to tone them up.
~use a spikey ball/roller! I roll this on my calves and thighs to release all the toxins building up in my legs before i go to bed and so far it’s helped me drop nearly 2 inches around my calves.
~stretching! I look up yoga workouts 3 times a week to stretch out my body and its great.
~singing, each song can burn around 10-20 calories, especially in the shower depending on pitch and all that stuff.
~sleeping in a cold room, your body will burn calories whilst you sleep anyway but the colder you are the more you’ll burn because your body will try to keep itself warm and burns calories trying to do that.
~i talk to an ana buddy on kik and we set reminders to tell each other to keep drinking water and making sure we’re both mentally okay and staying safe whilst sharing our progress. She’s fantastic.
~thinspo, i check thinspo every single day on tumblr first thing when i wake up and scroll through finding pictures to save whenever i can, on the bus, before i go to bed, watching tv, reminding myself of what i want.
~i set thinspo as my wallpaper, but so that nobody is suspicious i set it to a celebrity that i admire or an outfit i really like incase anybody asks why skinny legs are my wallpaper
~i allow myself to purchase one small item on wish or eBay for a few dollars if i stick to my goal, something that makes me feel good.
~if i know my mums coming home after me i make my own dinner that is incredibly low calorie but still make enough dishes to prove i made something more filling as she is trying to make me eat 3 meals a day even though she knows breakfast has made me ill since i was a kid.
~if i feel like binging, i wait until i am home alone (and mostly i buy my own binge food so i dont feel bad about wasting my mums money) i go to my room and chew and spit everything. Making sure not to swallow a bite so I’m still getting the taste, i do that until my mouth hurts from being cut on chips and then immediately drink a litre of water and drink tea and then brush my teeth. I have never actually binged thanks to this.
~i keep a toothbrush and whitening toothpaste in my bag (because i also smoke) but whitening toothpastes, especially the one i use is so minty and strong and makes my teeth look so nice i dont want to ruin my nice breath or looking teeth by eating it keep the urge to eat especially at school at bay
~i still take food to school so my mum doesn’t get suspicious about not taking anything, i then either give it to homeless people, save it for my “fake binges” later or if its within my calorie limit for the day and i know i can make my own low calorie dinner later ill eat it.
~i carry peppermint tea and green tea with me at all times, both are hunger suppressants.
And thats about everything i did, in another two weeks i might almost be at my UGW ^-^
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