In 2014 when I was 15 years old at my highest I was 200 pounds with no considerable muscle weight which meant manboobs lovehandles and generally not looking aesthetically pleasing which was for a 15 year old me at the time a big bummer as I had little to no hopes of getting any kind of relationships with people and generally people just looked through you I accepted it because thats just the way life is.
On the summer of 2014 after a failed attempt at a relationship with a girl something clicked inside me and I had the mindset of not caring about anyone or anything but that I would like to lose all this weight for good and started a keto diet which I later combined with OMAD. I started cardio on a stationary bike at home and was watching movies while I was cycling. I lost close to 35 pounds in 2 months and at the end of that summer my lowest was 154 pounds and I have never in my life felt better than that.
Peoples behaviour around me completely changed. They actually acknowledged me and gave me attention whenever I started talking. My self-esteem and self-confidence got a huge boost and I was both mentally and physically balanced. I also had 2 long lasting relationships in those years the second of which was one where the relationship itself was not healthy and as a way to cope with my surroundings I developed my old binge eating habits.
Junk food on top of junk food and in a little over 6 months sat the end of this summer I weighed around 220 pounds (held this weight for over a year) which was a little negated by muscle mass I amassed in the years before this because I was hitting the gym for longer periods but still way above my normal weight range. Again, manboobs, lovehandles, general fatigue no matter what, out of breath in a flight of stairs. I experienced this once before and I hated myself for letting this happen. I broke up my unhealthy relationship and was in a limbo of starting dieting and jumping back to junk food for a few months before meeting my new girlfriend who is a woman who loves me not for my body or my slenderness but for me.
This in itself gave me enough motivation to give her a boyfriend who I think she deserves because I know she likes me thin since she mentioned a few times how she likes my older photos but not in a way that would make you feel bad for not looking like that anymore. I had the freedom of choice between staying like this or getting back on the weight loss train and doing it all over again. I decided the latter and now 3 weeks in im down 10lbs starting with keto and later combining it with omad and in the future start doing cardio.
I know this is not a great amount compared to some of you guys but I feel the most important thing in these situations is making the decision that you want to change. Everything after that is just another challenge which you might fail but can use that as an opportunity to improve or find alternate ways that works for YOU!
I am writing this post as a way to be held accountable for my plans and as a way to show people all you have to do is decide and stick with it theres no magic formula. Dont care about anything or anyone because once you decide you’re doing it in 2 months nothing will matter because you have already lost X amount of pounds and if that isnt showing people you made a decision nothing will. Treat it like you already the person at your goal weight but just need a little time and work to be there.
Feels good to get this off my chest and really hope this helps some of you in any way! See you in 2 months!
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