63 pounds in 6 months - M 5'9

6 months ago, the first Monday in January, I weighed in at 227 lbs. Today I weighed in at 164, a total loss of 63 pounds.

I always struggled with my weight from as early as I can remember. I was always a little thicker than my thin friends and never felt comfortable in my skin. I was in the overweight BMI category from middle school until college, when I started to gain weight and became obese. I've never seen myself as a healthy BMI, only overweight and obese. I always chalked it up to genetics assuming I ate the same and just put on more weight than the skinny people.

This year I decided to make a change. I had a cruise planned for March and my goal was to get healthy and lose as much weight as possible before the cruise so that I would feel comfortable and confident. I started counting calories and incorporating regular exercise. I used to eat as much as I wanted and would rarely exercise. I would go to the gym but hiking long distances became my new favorite thing to do. By March I was hiking 10-15 miles at a time almost every weekend. The cruise was ultimately canceled (thanks covid) but I had already lost around 30 pounds so I decided to keep it up and try even harder. I exercised more and kept up the calorie restriction and was able to lose another 33 pounds between the end of March and today.

This is the first time I have been at a healthy BMI and I feel much more comfortable in my own skin and have experienced an insane confidence boost because of it. My ultimate goal is to be 158 for a nice 69 pounds lost but I'm planning on easing my efforts just a bit. I am tired of counting every calorie I consume and I don't think that is a sustainable practice so I am going to attempt to continue losing/maintaining without counting calories. I feel like I have a better grasp of how much I should be eating so it shouldn't be that hard.

NSV:

• I now wear a medium shirt size instead of XL
• I don't wake up feeling like shit every morning because of what I ate
• I'm in the best shape of my life
• I feel more mentally mature, since losing weight is largely a mental battle

Graph of weight loss

Progress pic (NSFW)

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