Up and down and back again

So last December I was roughly 210lbs 5'9'' or 5'10'' depending on who you ask. I decided it was time to make a serious change and started running. That's it. I ran every day as much as I could for about 30-45 minutes. I saw almost no results. In January of 2018 I decided maybe this CICO stuff was something to try. I started doing it and lost about 35 lbs by May.

In May I quit working out every day and by June-July I was back to eating whatever I wanted and drinking soda again.

I am now around 195lbs (same height) again and am pretty bummed. I know what I need to do to get back to where I was and my goal originally was to get down to 155-160 but the lowest I got was around 175 last summer and I just lost the will to keep at it.

I know there isn't a secret to losing weight but GOSH I wish there was!

I get tired of chicken breast, vegetables, and not gorging myself on chocolate covered pretzels or beer on the weekends. I started a "contest" with another co-worker to see who could lose more weight in the upcoming months to give me a kick in the pants to get back to work and I have posted here previously about the real secret to weight loss is to just do the work but lately with winter coming on I just don't want to do it.

I regret letting myself slide back this far but I am not quitting yet. I watch your guys posts on here a lot and see mostly three things. Either amazing transformations by some of you who are killing it and doing the work, or people discussing what I call the "side effects" of weight loss, (loose skin, difficult co-workers, etc.) or the others like me who post about this being Day 1 for real this time.

I just wanted to throw up a little story from someone who has done the work, dealt with the co-workers, and lost most of the progress made and is now back to "zero" so to speak. This time around I am going to focus more on the CICO but get back to my workouts because they help with anxiety/seasonal depression etc.

Sooooo, HERE WE GO AGAIN!

And good luck to all of you on day 1! I have been there and am almost back there again this year. It is not impossible but it is work. Hard work! Let's do it together!

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