I'm not sure if anyone has replied to you or not yet, Grace, but I feel like it's hard to say. I would maybe look it up on another site or calorie-counting tool like MyFitnessPal just to double-check it.
I guess this is as good a place/time to share this as any, but weight issues have been a huge struggle for me for most of my life, and I have been very self-aware and self-conscious of my weight ever since I was little. It's caused a lot of self-esteem issues for me, but those have been easier to ignore I guess in the times of my life when I've been more fit. I was around 300lbs for most of high school, and then my freshman year of college I had a lot of extra time on my hands and went to a super healthy university, and my weight dropped to 255. I did take care of myself but wasn't super into counting calories or anything at the time.
Starting my junior year, I had less free time and I also had chosen to transfer at that point and took a semester off to work. No more campus food, more money, and a car started to mean eating out more for me. Then I transferred to a university that wasn't as healthy. The campus food was terrible and they didn't have much for exercise facilities, and paired with my silly lack of self-care and discipline, it resulted in me eating out frequently while pretty much never exercising at all. This trend continued on into my post-college years, and for the past year or two, my weight plateaued, but that was only after some really significant weight gain (I'm embarrassed to share the number, honestly).
About a month ago, I had it. I was sick of this being a problem, and I was sick of not being able to do anything about it, and by God's grace I was able to get into a simple routine that I have stuck with since. I use MyFitnessPal, count calories, stick to a calorie limit, drink a ton of water, avoid soda, and exercise almost every day. My exercise has involved walking, lifting weights, and playing basketball once a week, but I'm hoping to move from just walking to a little bit of running mixed with mostly walking. I've seen good results so far. I had a little bit of weight loss the first couple of weeks, and then the weight loss was really significant last week (like 14lbs or so). This week it has fluctuated like crazy (even though I do weigh myself at around the same time every day--right after I wake up), so it's hard to tell where my progress is at, but I know that it is going to slow down considerably, and that it is going to take a couple of years at least to get down to where I want to be. I also plan for this to be a lifelong set of habits, so hopefully as I continue to live those out, I will see positive results.
I have had so much encouragement and support from friends and family, but I think the hardest thing about it has been continuing to go on with this while feeling alone. I've recently gone through a phase of feeling loneliness more than I typically do, and I know it'll eventually pass, but it does make this a little bit harder.
This is a recent development. Not sure what is causing it to suddenly start happening.
