Dieting: how it all started

So this is what you've all been waiting for, my diet plan. Most of you have seen my before and after picture of my weight loss, I'm still not done, there are more kilos to lose! But it was a huge difference, the comparison of how I used to look and of how I look now.

I used to weigh 99 kilograms, 1 kilogram away from the big 100, yikes! I gained a huge amount of weight during my IGCSEs. Back then, I wouldn't touch a scale, I was terrified of it so I can't really say how much I gained or how much I used to weigh before my senior exams, but I gained so much that even the high school secretary noticed and commented on it, so much that even my school uniform that I was wearing all year, became too tight.

That was my wake up call. I started dieting after I was done from high school, but that failed, because I thought going to the gym during the summer would do it, I'd be thin by the time I'd be in university.

WRONG.

Guys, girls, whoever's reading this, the number one rule to weight loss is PATIENCE. You cannot expect to be at your goal through just a few work outs and a few weeks of dieting.

I tried going to my gym classes as much as I could, laziness kicked in and the way I ate was still full of junk.

I used to drink up to 2 cokes per meal, everything was a large meal and was from a fast food joint. I'd have huge portions of Kuwaiti dishes like rice, the famous "mchbous deyay" and other very fatty dishes, then expect to burn it all off in gym.

You can guess that I lost nothing during that process. When Ramadhan came along, I managed to lose 1.5-2 kilos because all I did was sleep, then eat one huge meal then nothing till the next day. I started my own bad diet after it too, I cut back on cokes, went back to drinking water and still had junk but it was a better portion than what I used to eat. So during all of that, I might have lost 1.5 to 2 kilos.

Started university, still as overweight, I was 97 kilograms. I was pretty much sick of it, university made me eat even more, I took 5 subjects so my classes were after the other, no time to eat, once I was home, I ate huge meals since I was starving. Started the bad diet again, thinking I'd lose the weight that way, but no, it didn't work at all.

Basically, the answer to my weight loss, was my dietician. If anyone's in Kuwait and is interested, his name's Dr. Bader Nasrallah. He is very honest.

I still remember my dietician appointment nearly 4 months ago. It was 9th of October. I walked in the office, nervous as hell from all the rumours I got from my friends, telling me he was mean, he was going to basically slap me in the face with his words on the first day and he was tough. I gave him a huge smile, hoping for a good first day, he went right to business, asked for my age and height.

"97 kilograms," he said, checking my weight on his huge scale. He had a disappointed look to his face, he went back to his seat and I followed him. My sister was by my side, supporting me. I believed that I only needed a few kilos to lose and I'd be good, I wasn't that fat.

"You are super, super, super obese," he said.

And yes, that was the slap to my face. I laughed it off but on the inside? I was shocked, all the years of people telling me I only needed a little bit of dieting and I'd be perfect.

"What's your goal?" He asked, looking crisp in his suit, his expression serious.

"To be realistic, 70 kilograms but to be optimistic, 60 kilograms would be perfect."

"You're 166.5/167 cm, your thin weight is 60 kilograms." (Healthy weight ranges from 60-67kg for me, I think.)

"60 kilograms it is."

And after that day, the dieting began.