I hope this helps someone.

Started my journey in early 2020. I went from 138 lbs to 115 lbs but then I fell off for a couple of years and got my weight up to 125 lbs. In the early 2023, i had a health scare so I changed my lifestyle.

• intermittent fasting (have always done this but recently increased to 18-19 hours from 16 hours) and stop eating 4 hours prior to bedtime

• less alcohol (1-2x a month reduced from almost every weekend), no more dinner cocktails at dinner dates

• tracking all my food with a scale, started at 1200-1300 calories daily, now eating 1600-1900 calories since I am more active

• less processed food and sugar (this made me crave it LESS), made a bunch healthy meals that I enjoyed and can stick to, more protein and vegetables, cut out the artificial sugar from my coffee, cut down on diet drinks, only drank water and black coffee

• walking 15k steps daily, monthly hikes, Grow with Jo videos, at least 20 mins of walking after each meal (if i had to walk around my small living room, i did it), slowly working my way up to weight-bearing exercises (currently using 6 lb dumbbells)

• weekly cheat days, and allowing myself to eat ice cream if I really wanted it, I tried to be good 80-90% of the time

• progress photos

• telling my friend and family that I was improving my health

What improved: - my cholesterol is now normal - my blood pressure is now normal - way more energy - mental health is much better - higher confidence