Hey guys, using a throwaway account because I never normally post on reddit, just read. FYI I'm M, 6"1, 21.
I've lurked on this sub for ages, and I find it really inspirational hearing other people's success stories and seeing how supportive this community is, so I guess I'll start with thanks!
On Christmas Eve 2017, I weighed in at 108kg (238lbs). This was a year and a half after I'd started university and stopped the competitive rowing I did in high school. Since I stopped rowing, I had gained 28kg (60lbs), despite losing muscle. My family and friends were making comments about how much weight I had gained, and I felt shit about myself, but apart from that my life was going great and I guess I just didn't have enough of a motivator to overcome my bad relationship with food.
Skip forward to May. I'd been exercising more but I still ate like a pig, so I had got down to 103kg (227lbs) but had plateaued there. My girlfriend of 3 and a half years broke up with me very suddenly. I was heartbroken, and when I'm upset, I completely lose my appetite, so I basically didn't eat for a couple of weeks. I saw some friends who I hadn't seen in a while, and they told me I'd lost weight, so I got on the scales, and for the first time in over a year, I was (just) under 100kg (220lbs). This small achievement just made me feel so much better about the whole situation - I knew it was unhealthy how I'd lost it but this one thing had gone well and it was like a light in the darkness.
This kick started me taking weight loss seriously. Between May and October I lost a further 12kg (27lbs), until I was down at 88kg (194lbs) which I've maintained since. Overall, weight loss of 20kg, or 44lbs, in a year.
I feel so much better about myself, my friends and family have all said how much better I look, and I'm with a new partner who is very active and feeds my healthy habits. But I don't want to stop here. Ideally, I would like to reach the same weight and body composition as my 18 year old self, and I've got plans to do it.
I guess I'm not really asking anything in particular, I just wanted to thank you guys for all the love and support in this sub that has helped me more than I can say, and post my story in the hope that it might have the same effect on even one other person. I wanted to change, but I didn't honestly think I'd ever be in the shape I am now just one year ago. So please don't doubt yourself, whoever you are, because you will be amazed at what you can do if you set your mind to it!
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