I was 148 lbs. December 15th with a body fat percentage of 32.1% (BMI of 28.4). I had lost 16ish pounds since the semester began, going from obese to overweight. I came back to my dorm last night and stepped on the scale. 159.4 lbs. I know that that most likely wasn't the actual number since I ate that day but the real number was most likely only at most a couple pounds less.
I tried so hard but ultimately failed at maintaining. With Hannukah food, good Chinese food, and New Years, I just couldn't control myself. My parents wanted to reward me for me doing so well last semester. Unfortunately this took the form of food. Even after explaining to my both obese parents (one is even a type 2 diabetic) that I tried so hard to change my diet and I was seeing the results, they both ignored me and my mom even made several comments that I should reward myself after a whole semester of "starvation". And so Italian cookies and other bakery items were never in short supply when I was back. My mom kept getting me high quality chocolate bars and cheeses. They wanted to keep taking me out for dinner but that would be anytime from 5-9pm. I winded up feeling like I didn't have any control and I was very anxious the entire break. I just wanted to make my own low calorie/low carb meals so I could know what I was eating, something I couldn't do if i was eating out at a Greek place. The only time I felt in control was when I would have a 300 lunch but I still feel like whatever I ate at a restaurant was more than 1200 calories itself and dessert felt like 600. I was even stalled out of getting a gym membership because "your only home 3 weeks so you're wasting a week". So I could only burn 200-300 calories a day through walking. My TDEE is basically 1300. It just astonishes me that I could gain 3 pounds a week that easily while holding back and I have to go through a whole week of 1200 calories in and 2200 calories out (~700 calories burned through exercise!!!) to lose 2 lbs in a week.
I'm just so sad and angry that I regained so much as to put me in the obese category again in as little as 3 weeks and my clothes already feel tighter. It's going to take at least over a month to get back down to the weight I was before break meaning that I most likely won't get down to my goal weight of 125 lbs. before this semester ends, which was my goal timeline.
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