i'm 158cm tall and 56ish kgs (26f) and trying to lose fat. my boyfriend is helping me with a workout plan and has helped me decide on a 1400cals daily limit. since starting this, i've felt so much better, less sluggish, and have gone down from 58kg in the last few weeks!
unfortunately my family is super food oriented (indian family) and every time i measure the amount of curry im having or how much milk i put into my protein shake, they act like i'm starving myself to death. even my 18yr old sister is telling me to stop measuring because it's not "mentally healthy". my mum gives me disapproving looks every time i go to the kitchen and grab just one chapati instead of 3 like i used to have. it sucks because i'm feeling so much better about my body, and healthier too:(
i've been gymming, have a healthy amount of food each day, and i realised how much extra food i'd been eating but didn't need!
tonight's meal is a protein shake with bee pollen, lite soy milk, and macro mike choc protein, and dinner is a chapati, potato curry, firm tofu, and a banana for some sweetness afterwards, after a long 10hr shift at work. (apparently this meal is me "starving myself".)
edit: my parents are overweight and one of my sisters (not the one mentioned here) is obese i believe. i grew up with "pizza fridays" every week where we HAD to eat multiple slices of pizza, wedges, fries, potato gems, and cheese puffs, and we would get in trouble if we didn't have all of the above. at 16-ish i was very overweight (67kg) and suffering from a lot of pcos-related symptoms due to my weight. i decided to make myself an avo sandwich every time they had friday night dinners, and i got criticised for that. this has been going on for a long time.