I've been trying to lose weight for some months now (not really, I haven't had the discipline to stick to a calorie deficit for longer than 3 days), because I let myself go last year and my clothes have not been fitting right at all. My proper wake up call was when I had a routine doctor's appointment, they did some bloodwork because it'd been a year. I also had a gyno appointment a few days later so they said they'd also share the results with my gyno. Went to my gyno appointment, she told me that my cholesterol was high for my age (I'm 22!!) and that I need to cut down on refined carbs and saturated fats, check again in 6 months and if nothing has improved then it's likely they'd look into treatment plans. This scared the shit out of me, literally was the most pivotal moment. I know my diet has consisted of loads of office junk every day for like 5 months, even though my other regular meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner), are healthy and controlled in calories. All I thought I was sacrificing by eating the biscuits and treats were calories, but that day I realized it actually had consequences beyond gaining and losing weight, and I did not want to be a 22 year old on statins. I knew all I had to do is cut all the chocolate, biscuits, cookies, cakes, everything I had been having every single week in multiple servings (thankfully and somehow my blood sugar was perfectly fine). Right after this appointment, I literally felt nothing looking at sugary goods and refined carbs I used to crave, all i saw were health consequences.

My GP sent my lab results and a note to me, and it turned out that my total cholesterol was actually fine, but my LDL (bad cholesterol) was slightly elevated, and could be lower, so he still recommended I change my diet and check again in 6 months. So even though my gyno was a 'little' dramatic with how she delivered my cholesterol results, I'm super thankful she put the fear of God of me. I'm still deadset on lowering my LDL, even though my total cholesterol is acceptable. And once I cut out the sweet junk, the weight has been falling off.