Doughly Noted

Hi there! Welcome to Doughly Noted. Do you have a dream weight you've always wanted to hit? For me, at 163cm (about 5'4"), that magic number has always been 48kg (105 lbs / 7 stone 7 lbs). For some reason, I used to vaguely think, "If I finally reach that number, maybe I’ll get married?!" But honestly, seeing a '4' as the first digit of my weight seemed like an impossible dream. I hadn't seen that number since my growth spurt back in school. To be fair, it’s not like I was obsessed with dieting before. I was just living a perfectly normal (hopefully), and contented life. Sure, a bunch of random diets passed through my life—mostly just because a friend was doing it, or because I suddenly felt a bit self-conscious, or out of that mysterious longing for 48kg thinking it would reveal the "true me." But nothing ever stuck. Looking back now in 2026, I’ve decided to open up my journals from last summer. In this section, I want to share my honest, ...