My story
Hey everyone, first time posting to this sub, but I wanted a place to celebrate! A year ago I started to realize that I was having a problem. I was the heaviest I have ever been in my life. I was eating so much sugar and I think I was addicted to gummy worms. I would literally come home and my wife would smell them on my breath haha, it was a problem. I was spending around $60-70 a month just on gummy worms. My mental health was at an all time low. I had been on antidepressants for years but they began to be less and less effective. I was talking to a friend of mine who told me flat out "You are getting really fat and killing yourself slowly! Go to the gym!" I did my best to explain that I thought you could lose weight by just eating well but he refused to believe me. I ended up getting so frustrated that he didn't think you could lose weight without exercise that I decided I was going to eat better immediately!
I started on a Keto diet- which I now have somewhat mixed feelings about- and saw success. I stuck with Keto for about 6 months. My diet had a lot of greens, a lot of eggs, and a lot of meat. I immediately started feeling a lot better! I think the fact that I went from eating 1K calories from gummies in a day to 0 had a big impact! My skin cleared up, and I started to feel a lot better emotionally. I continued for about 6 months but near the end I began getting really bad brain fog and just generally not feeling great. I think the issue was that I became lenient on keto and did more of a dirty keto. I would eat a bacon-wrapped cheesy beef patty pretty regularly as long as it fit my macros.
Keto took me from 285 to 245 in this time.
After Keto I switched to a more plant-based diet. I still eat limited meat and animal products, but probably only around 3 times per week. There are some ethical/religious reasons for this, but mostly I think I just got burned out on Keto and enjoyed the variety that came with this new way of eating. Within a few weeks I started feeling much better mentally (Although I had farts from hell itself for the first month. I was NOT used to that much fiber). After a few months of WFPB-ish eating I decided I wanted a physical outlet as well and began training in Brazillian Jiu Jitsu. I train for about 4-5 hours per week. With all of these combined I began feeling WAY better, much more confident, and I was able to work with my psychiatrist to get off of my anti-depressants (Although I acknoledge that this was just my personal experience and I am in no way implying dieting can "cure depression" for everyone)
Today I am weighing in anywhere from 230-235 pretty consistently and my weight loss has slowed a lot, but I still feel great.
Takeaways
- I went from 285-235 lbs in about a year
- Brazillian Jiu Jitsu is amazing and everyone should do it
- Morning oatmeal gives me so much energy!
- Blood work also improved:
Blood Pressure went from 135/84 to 118/72
Total cholestoral went from 172 mg/dl to 148
LDL: 120 to 89
Minimal change in HDL
I feel wonderful and I am excited to continue my journey!
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