Long story coming and I am on mobile so bear with me.
23M 6' 0"SW:250 CW: 230 GW:190
Back in February I had a pretty bad skiing accident and ended up with two fractured vertebrae and it was the most painful thing I have ever experienced in my life emotionally and physically. It was essentially 12 weeks of excruciating pain whenever I would move in the slightest and I ended up watching countless movies and TV shows while on disability at work. I had always been athletic but have been out of college and working for almost two years now and definitely knew I put on some weight when I stopped playing basketball in school.
It finally hit me just how much I had gained through my spine specialist appointments where they weighed me and I was up to 250 lbs. Never knew how much I weighed really since i have always been chubby and very self conscious about it, but I knew that was much more than I should be at.
Anyway back to the story. The emotional toll of seeing myself that heavy and not being able to do anything about it was brutal. I told myself I would never have a sedentary lifestyle ever again and it has been very easy to keep to that so far after this experience.
Started out with just walking around the block if my back could take it and adding in a little running when I felt up to it but could usually only run a few hundred feet before my back started to tense up. Probably could have taken a few more weeks but hindsight is 20/20 and im fine now.
I used to eat out a ton since I work in a major city downtown and there are endless options and I have definitely cut back on that. Even when I do grab something out now im really just not eating until I am stuffed each and every meal which was never something that happened in my life up until now. I started with tracking calories meticulously and have really learned that I just needed significantly less food than I was consuming. I don't log the calories anymore but it was important for me to see just how much I was eating.
I have kept up with the running as well and am running anywhere between 3-7 miles 4X a week and biking 10-30 miles 2X a week now that it's getting nice out on the east coast. I am doing one day a week where I do both a bike ride and a run since I set myself a goal of completing a triathlon in the area next June.
I promise there is a point here.
I am currently on a vacation with my now fiance and her family in Bosnia. The diet is almost entirely meat, potatoes, and bread and the salads are tomatoes cucumbers and onions. Delicious food but not great for weight loss but I've been sticking to my once I don't feel hungry im done strategy and it has been working (I think?)
My perfect and loving girlfriend through all of this and I took a few days alone and went to Croatia. I asked her to marry me and she said yes! That night we went out to dinner to celebrate and I decided it was time for a treat to a nice burger and fries since I was on an adrenaline high and it had been months anyway. It was absolutely delicious, one of the best I've ever eaten and the fries were perfect as well. I didn't realize until the next morning but I had left my plate with about half the burger bun and about half of the fries still on the plate and had absolutely no desire to finish either of them. As im typing this it sounds like nothing but it was mind boggling for me and it may have been the first time I've left something on a plate when eating out my entire life.
I finally feel in control of my weight and the healthy lifestyle feels like second nature to me now. I know I have a long way to go still on my journey but it is not feeling like I'm working hard to change it is just the way it is now. My fiance and I have been together for 4.5 years now and I've probably gained about 40lbs, maybe more and she has loved me through every second. She makes me want to be better and healthier more than anything and Im excited to finally look and feel good for my future wife who is absolutely stunning with little effort (very jealous sometimes.)
I can't thank this community enough as I have been coming every day for about 6 months and it was what got me through my recovery and off my ass. You all let me know that weight loss is possible and it's just a matter of making changes to your lifestyle that are sustainable and incremental.
Wow I was not expecting this rant when I started writing so my apologies. There's been a lot changing in my life recently and I had to put it all somewhere. Anyone who made it all the way through thanks for listening and sorry if there still wasn't a big enough point!
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