Hi r/loseit, longtime lurker first time poster. Im a 31 yo male from the US, 5'9 who has struggled with weight since middle school. I've been fortunate in almost every other aspect of my life, have a successful career, a great social life, in the upper middle class, a wonderful and supportive wife, yet I've struggled with motivation and keeping a healthy lifestyle my entire life. This pandemic was a wake up call. I was diagnosed with hypertension in 2018, and have had light asthma associated with my weed smoking and weight for about a decade. 342 at my heaviest, and started this particular journey at 333 back in February. I slowly lost 10 lbs leading up to late March just by drinking less, and really started getting serious after late March, quit smoking my weed and tracking calories. I stepped on the scale at 299 yesterday, and I'm looking to get down to 269 by 8/15 and 239 by March 2021, which will mark a tad more than 100 lbs off my heaviest. What has worked for me? Being forced to cook all my meals! Ive discovered how many fewer calories there are when you can control how much butter and oil go into recipes. Ive finally discovered how to make myself feel full with less. I have also been excercising around the neighborhood, starting at 2 miles every day the weather cooperates, and have worked my way up to 5 miles of 25% run 75% walks averaging around 3.9 mph. I did more than 5 miles 3 days last week, at a BMI >40. I plan to keep it up all the way to what my doctor called my first goal weight of 239, when then we can re evaluate my focus towards more weight loss or muscle building based on my body fat percentage. A bit on my high blood pressure. On my water pill, i was registering around 140/89 at the end of the day. Now at the end of my day when I take it I am averaging 120/70 and sometimes its even lower which might mean i can come off the pill soon. Ill find out in august at my next pcp visit if im still hypertensive, i might not be! I know for many, these times are difficult to stay focused, but I figured id share how these times have motivated me if others were searching for it. If anyone has some words of wisdom who has been on this journey before and succeeded, id appreciate it. I love you all. Go crush your goals!
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