"Hot and Spicy" is now in theaters.
When Jia Ling appeared in a long dress,
after losing 100 pounds,
she amazed countless viewers.
In reality,
also has such a hot life:
Xiao Feng, a post-00s girl from Lishui, Zhejiang,
spent a year losing 100 pounds.
But there are successes and failures.
Many people are struggling to lose weight.
They have spent money and stepped on pitfalls.
In the end, they have their own understanding...
Lose 100 pounds in one year How does
do it?
"It's not that I've lost weight, but that I've become stronger. As long as you persist enough, everyone can have a better version of themselves."
html On February 21, she told Chao News reporters a story about gaining strength through weight loss. .Like every "plus-size girl", 23-year-old Xiao Feng has also experienced the darkest times.
She was a little chubby when she was a child. After entering adolescence, the number on the scale continued to hit new highs, even reaching more than 200 kilograms.
Xiao Feng before losing weight, taken during military training in the second year of high school. Photo provided by interviewee
Xiao Feng didn’t like to go out when she was in high school, and her parents didn’t want to take her to parties. For a long time, her clothes were the simplest and loosest dark colors she bought online.
In the physical examination report before entering college in 2020, there were a large number of dazzling arrows behind Xiao Feng's various physical indicators - high uric acid, high blood lipids, high blood sugar, and mild fatty liver. She then realized that she could no longer be fat.
After entering college, Xiao Feng started a long road to weight loss. "The main thing is exercise and diet." Xiao Feng summed up two key points.
At the beginning, for her with a large base, the process was a bit stumbling.
"I get very out of breath when I run, and I can only run 200 meters at most at a time." Xiao Feng had never exercised before. In order to lose weight, she slowly started to develop the habit of exercising every day. She would run circles around the playground on sunny days, and on rainy days. Climbing uphill on the treadmill in the gym.
Improving physical fitness is a step-by-step process. "Run a little more every day. After about half a year, I will be able to run 8 kilometers in one breath." Xiao Feng said.
Xiao Feng’s exercise record Photo provided by the interviewee
In the past, she never had food taboos and could eat whatever she wanted. Deciding to lose weight, she thought about various healthy recipes and formulated a diet plan for three meals a day: "Eat eggs and sweet potatoes for breakfast, one meat and one vegetable for lunch, and a little rice, and try to eat the least amount for dinner."
Various food temptations It always comes unexpectedly, and Xiao Feng will dig out all kinds of "eokbang" to watch. She silently set a flag in her heart: to lose weight and become the best version of herself. No matter how difficult it was, she wanted to give it a try.
After adhering to this "devil's" weight loss plan for about a year, almost the entire freshman year, Xiao Feng's weight dropped to 114 pounds in his sophomore year. "I lost almost 100 pounds, and I was a little afraid to do so." Believe it."
Picture taken when he was a sophomore in college, he lost weight successfully. The interviewee provided
Xiao Feng after losing weight, taken in January this year. Picture provided by the interviewee
Others would only describe it as "wow". Only Xiao Feng himself knew how painful and unforgettable the journey to lose weight was.
"At that time, I often hid in bed and cried secretly. In order to lose weight, I couldn't eat many things I wanted to eat." Xiao Feng said that for a while, she suffered from bulimia, and she only adjusted after seeing a doctor.
"Losing weight is not achieved overnight. The most important thing is persistence." Xiao Feng said that she has maintained the healthy habits of exercise and diet control until now.
She did not lose weight
but became stronger
A few days ago, Xiao Feng and her mother went to the cinema to watch "Hot and Spicy". Not only did Jia Ling successfully lose weight, what she saw was also a period of self-healing and self-growth. process. In the
movie, Jia Ling's words "live for yourself" touched her deeply.
“When I lost weight, I was not purely pursuing a good figure. In fact, it was to make myself better and stronger.Xiao Feng said that obesity is like one of the countless difficulties in our lives. When you have the courage to face the challenge, you will have the power to overcome other difficulties.
Many clips in the movie reminded her of Her own weight loss journey, those nights of running alone, and the sweat she shed, all told her to love herself and encourage herself to have unlimited possibilities.
After losing weight, Xiao Feng, not only had many of her previous favorites but also wore I can buy all kinds of beautiful clothes, and most importantly, all the arrows on the physical examination report have disappeared.
“I still exercise almost every day, but it’s not for weight loss, but for health. Xiao Feng said that after developing healthy habits, her weight has been maintained at a healthy level. "I have not lost weight and become a 'paper figure', but I think this is good." "
What followed was a change in her mentality. In the past, she would weigh herself two or three times a day to see if she had lost weight. Now, she is not so strict about her weight.
“Allow yourself to indulge occasionally and eat what you want, after all, health and happiness are the most important thing. "She said.
Xiao Feng now. Picture provided by the interviewee
Jia Ling's "transformation" has given many people the idea of losing weight.
Liu Chenbing, a nutritionist at the Health Management Center of the First Hospital of Zhejiang University, told the media that Jia Ling Ling's case can be reproduced by ordinary people. On the one hand, her weight loss cycle was relatively long, and she lost weight and maintained it for nearly a year. On the other hand, her weight loss rate was also well-proportioned, which is generally more appropriate. The weight loss rate is 1-2 pounds per week, 52 weeks a year. Ideally, people with such a heavy weight can indeed lose 100 pounds within a year. The most important thing about is that her weight loss process is relatively scientific, and fat loss And gain muscle.
For girls who overly pursue the so-called perfect figure, Xiao Feng wants to say: "Beauty is not only about being thin. In fact, being a little fat is okay, as long as it does not affect your health." Only by slowly accepting your true self and making peace with yourself can you love yourself well. "
Those who stand on the stage and shine after losing weight successfully,
are certainly worthy of praise.
In fact,
there are too many "Jia Lings" who have failed to lose weight,
and people who are struggling on the road to weight loss. The pits
stepped on, the money spent,
eventually became lessons.
But there are also people
Between countless efforts and giving up,
found a way to reconcile with himself,
and the world.
Boxing for half a year, " "Failure" is shameful
As long as she can remember, Qiu Yun has been called "little fat guy" and her chubby face has been pinched.
She didn't think it was abnormal, and she was often praised for being cute. Until adolescence, others were always there As she grew taller, her body remained stable but her weight increased quietly.
Qiu Yun was short. When she was running in high school, she stood in a large group and had to walk faster than others, otherwise she would not be able to keep up. She ran two laps , she was panting and her face was red.
She didn't dare to look at herself in the mirror. She weighed nearly 140 pounds and had bangs that couldn't cover her face. Because she was too fat and had abnormal hormones in her body, she had acne all over her face.
After she went to college, she tried to lose weight off and on, but she gave up after a few days of persistence. It wasn't until she started working and had to deal with society that she decided to change.
She happened to have a free time at work, and she saw an advertisement for a boxing gym and couldn't stand it. Encouraged by a personal trainer, she signed up for a class. One class cost 400 yuan, and each class lasted 2 hours. She applied for an annual membership card.
She formulated a devilish training plan. She practiced seven times a week, two hours each time, and gave up all gatherings. Invisible in social circles.
For beginners, boxing training is mainly divided into sparring and sandbag training. When sparring with the coach, you practice punching, and with the sandbag, you practice kicking. Each class will focus on a certain item.
After Qiu Yun arrives at the gym , First run for 1 hour, then box for 1 hour, and then stretch and relax for half an hour. The intensity of boxing is high, and I "lay down" after practice. At 9 o'clock in the evening, I am so tired that I want to sleep.
Just practicing boxing is not enough, you have to Supplemented by weight loss meals. Every meal she eats consists of boiled eggs, steamed fish and shrimp, and almost no oil or salt.
Two months later, she felt obvious changes. Her weight dropped to 110 pounds, and she lost the most belly fat. The self in the mirror is wearing boxing gloves, very capable, and has a vague curve in the waist.
Photo provided by the interviewee
After half a year of high-intensity training, Qiu Yun was a little tired. is busy with work. She no longer goes to the boxing gym every day. Sometimes she has social gatherings and has no time to cook boiled meals.
Later on, life began to speed up, with love, marriage, promotion at work, and more and more things on the desk. Boxing training was put aside, and the annual pass was put in the corner. She went from the lowest point of 105 pounds to more than 120 pounds.
Recently, she discovered that the boxing gym had posted a new advertisement, using the slogan from "Hot and Spicy". personal training classes were sold for 700 yuan. "The price has increased so much that I can't even afford the training."
"Now I am happy and fat!" She should eat and play, all with the purpose of health. She summed up the lesson: if you want to lose weight, just do it all in one go. Don’t stop cutting, as it’s easy to slack off.
After watching the movie, Qiu Yun was very calm. Not everyone has the conditions for Jia Ling to lose weight. Her success is enviable, and her "failure" is not shameful.
"Some people will feel ashamed of being fat after watching the movie. In fact, there is no need. The movie has an artistic treatment. Losing weight cannot change your life. What changes your life is your hard work day after day." She said.
Don't be confrontational, communicate instead
Luo Ying is tall and looks very big. She claims to have a body that makes her gain weight easily, and she will gain weight just by drinking water.
The popular small-size clothes on the market, navel-baring style, and women's shoes only up to size 39, all seemed to make a mockery of her.
Looking at the slender female stars on the stage, with their light and graceful figures, Luo Ying couldn't help but envy: Why can they lose weight but I can't?
started to lose weight ten years ago, and she calls herself a "krypton gold player" on the road to weight loss.
Before losing weight, she bought everything. Sports bracelets, body fat scales, Decathlon sports suits, and a bunch of meal replacements. This set cost thousands of dollars.
People at the gym told her that newbies have to spend money to learn how to breathe, how to tighten their core, what hip flexion, knee flexion, shoulder flexion, etc. are all about. All in all, the money invested is useful.
"Now we even charge for teaching rope skipping and jogging!" She was surprised, but also worried about getting injured during sports, so she had to spend money to sign up for a membership and buy professional courses, from aerobic, fat burning to strength training, a full set of courses. Didn't fall.
She goes on the scale every day and her weight is slowly decreasing. However, the weight loss effect is not fast through exercise alone.
Luo Ying signed up for a fat-reduction class, which cost 3,000 yuan a month and had specialized guidance from a nutritionist. She lost weight very quickly at first. She thought it was the last stop for weight loss.
This is a long battle with the body. For more than a year, she recorded her food intake every day and burned them off through exercise.
Photo provided by interviewee
When she woke up in the morning and saw the declining numbers, it was her motivation to lose weight in the next day. I was as thin as 66.35kg. I thought I was about to see the light of day, and 65kg was just around the corner. However, I hit a plateau, hovering between 66 and 67kg for two consecutive weeks, and couldn't get down.
During the plateau period, he suffered from constipation and depression. He struggled with his appetite every day, and he felt frustrated. Every night late at night, Luo Ying wanted to cry. Why could she still not reduce her investment after investing so much?
Her mentality collapsed. ate a lot of things that she didn't dare to eat. She thought it would be an indulgent meal and continued fasting the next day. But she couldn't stop eating once she ate. She ate a lot for two or three days in a row and lost all the meat. Came back immediately.
This cycle of light eating and then overeating tortured her body and mind, and she gave up.
However, after several tug-of-wars with her body, she understood one thing: don’t fight, but communicate.
Her idea has changed. She no longer wants to lose weight and become a female star, but wants to be healthy and confident herself. Accept your body as it is and establish a set of goal-oriented rules.
Now, she will set limits for herself and will never allow herself to exceed 140 pounds. Once she finds out that she has exceeded 140 pounds, she will immediately exercise more and eat less. A habit that has lasted for several years has formed a self-rule.
Luo Ying watched "Hot and Spicy" and had a question in her mind: If the protagonist fails to lose weight at the end of the movie, is it still a good movie?
Being eager for quick results
It is easy to hurt yourself
Watching Jia Ling's movie, Tutu cried while watching it, and wiped it with a tissue.
"It's really similar." Tutu said that in the first half of the movie, he was just filming himself. Others only saw jokes and forgot about them after laughing. What she saw were bitter memories.
When I first started working, my company issued work clothes, a dark gray suit, which looked quite slim when others wore it. But not long after, the button at her belly button burst, just in time for others to see, and Tutu was deducted etiquette points.
She was a bridesmaid for her best friend and visited one dress shop after another. The plus-size clothes had to be specially customized. She finally fell in love with one, but she couldn't keep up with the schedule and canceled it again.
Over the years, Tutu has suffered a lot of grievances. There was no reason why she was fat. When she was studying, she was under a lot of pressure from her studies and had some mental problems. She took antidepressants and gained 180 pounds.
She has joined many weight loss groups and wants to supervise each other. Seeing others falling off the scale quickly, she asked curiously. It turned out to be a weight-loss drug imported from Thailand. Someone was asking to buy the medicine in the group, and it cost several hundred yuan for a small box.
Tutu wanted to find some radical way to lose weight, without suffering and with quick results, so he bought the medicine. Although the scales fall off quickly and I can lose one pound a day at first, I am prone to insomnia, palpitations, and side effects.
She took the medicine for a while and quickly lost about ten kilograms. However, after she stopped taking the medicine, she gained another five kilograms. At night, her heart beat rapidly, and her symptoms lasted for nearly a year.
She tried the "lazy man's weight loss method" for another 21 days. I fasted for the first three days and drank only water. Then I ate light meals, only green beans, broccoli, and chicken breasts, but I gave up after a few days. "You are so hungry that your hands and feet become weak, you have no desire for anything, and you become depressed."
Picture provided by interviewee
Just like this, she lost weight several times, but if she didn't pay attention to her diet and rest, and then caught a holiday, she would rebound quickly, like a roller coaster.
"Losing weight is one thing, maintaining it is another thing." Tutu said that if you use the wrong method, the more you lose weight, the less happy you will be.
Tutu found that external forces can only play a small part, mainly daily habits. Eat well, don’t eat too much, and don’t be picky about food. You have to eat both vegetables and meat.
"Don't take slimming pills or slimming injections. Those that make you lose weight quickly will harm your body." This is Tutu's lesson of blood and tears. If you are eager for success, failure is inevitable.
Nowadays, she has started exercising, traveling, and controlling her diet, and no longer cares about the number on the scale. She has her passion: photography, taking photos of flowers and plants, chasing sunsets, and helping others with their travel photography.
She has regained her confidence. Being thinner is not better, and being too fat is not good either. No matter what, loving your body is the most important thing.
Tutu felt calm after walking out of the cinema. Although she did not have the ending in the movie, Jia Ling said, "It doesn't matter if you are unhappy, it doesn't matter if you are laughed at, it doesn't matter if you fail, because you only live once."
(the above interviewees are pseudonyms)
Source: Chao News
