How much COVID weight have you gained?

[Anonymous]

Gained maybe 5-7 pounds between Mar and July, and hit obese BMI. Since July I’ve lost 30 pounds and am a couple pounds away from normal BMI. 5’2”

[Anonymous]

I think it is going to be so crazy when we return to normal life and see people for the first time. Some people are going to be much bigger.

[Anonymous]

I've lost 20. I gained weight after Trump inauguration. Couldn't keep going in that direction. I turned 50 this year. Had to do an intervention on myself.

It's hard. I'm a stress eater.

Good luck.

[Anonymous]

20. Working on getting it off now. Currently down almost 5lbs. I was overweight to begin with, but I always put everyone before myself in general. Finally making time for myself. It's been good.

[Anonymous]

Gained 5 and then lost 20. Super happy with myself. I quit drinking too, which helped I think. I am only 5 feet.

I was going down a shame spiral and depressed. It was pretty much 100% nutrition.

[Anonymous]

I was 10 lbs over when it started and I gained probably 10.

[Anonymous]

About 10 over at the start and gained 20 from stress eating. I pulled it together after Halloween and now have lost 10. I'm trying to be realistic so I probably can lose another 10 but not 20, because this winter especially I will need holiday foods and fun cocktails by the fire!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5 pounds, but I'm 5'0 so it's a lot and I can see/feel it. Mostly from drinking more, I think. And exercising less - made me realize how many calories I burned just going through my normal day (lots of walking/moving around at work) in the Before Times. Now I just sit on Zooms all day.

Do you think others can notice the difference 5 lbs makes, or only you? I'm 5'3" and people can't seem to tell if I've gained or lost until I get to 10+ pounds either way, which for me is already 1 size difference in pants. And I mean my kids, DH, my friends -- people who see me pretty often. I'm only 3" taller than you, maybe that does mean that the weight is more distributed on me, but it is hard to picture 5 lbs making that much of a difference in a 5' person?

[Anonymous]

Lost 20, started to see some of it come back and worked to stop the slide. I have been able to get in a bit more exercise and watch my snacking. Fewer meals out for lunch and dinner and I am eating better.

[Anonymous]

about 5 lbs- all around the middle- my body looks different (I'm only 5'2)

[Anonymous]

Wow, you guys are good. I have gained 30+ on a 5’7” frame. So much work stress. (I lead technology integration for a school. It’s been unrelenting stress since March.) Nome of my clothes fit. I feel horrible. Yet I keep stress eating. It’s my most reliable (yet destructive) coping mechanism.

[Anonymous]

Lost about 12 lbs.

[Anonymous]

10lbs

[Anonymous]

My weight is unchanged. I work out of the home 3 days a week. And on my days off, I’m doing a zoom ballet class in the mornings and then either a hike or weight training in the afternoon.

[Anonymous]

Gained 59 lbs