I graduated college last year, and I used my graduation as a way to turn my life around. I had the resources to take some time off to work on myself, so I did. Since I graduated I put my 200% into my health.
I started small, simple things like removing all liquid calories, drinking water only which I now do 2 gallons a day (give or take of the activities I done in the day), then started counting calories for a deficit (from 2800 all the way down to 1500-1300), started doing more activities as I got more comfortable (walking dog 10 minutes, which later turn to an hour, then speed walking, jogging, jumping rope, and now bike riding), I tried different methods to improve my weight loss such as IF, OMAD, Prolonged Fasting, etc. I started working out at home with a pair of adjustable dumbbells, 4 resistance bands and my own bodyweight.
I never did any of the above all at once, I gradually started something as the previous became part of the norm.
Now, I understand I am SUPER lucky to be in the position where I was able to give myself much needed time to basically change my life around, no kids / responsibilities etc and able to focus solely on myself.
She has done this to me pretty much since I lost the first 40 or 50 pounds. Would give herself the excuse that I only did it because X and she cannot do it. Since the beginning I have TOLD HER I understand where she is coming from, but she does NOT HAVE TO LOOK AT ME FOR INSPIRATION.
I have seen COUNTLESS of parents, people with X amount of responsibilities lose over 100 pounds on this sub and others. I literally show her posts of people similar to her base stats / circumstance which have given me plenty of encouragement to keep going.
She knows I been applying to jobs left and right, but this covid19 thing isn't exactly doing me any favors.
I get it, I had it easy but that doesn't diminish the effort I have put on myself to teach myself things I had seriously no idea before. I gained some much needed discipline and self control, and I know for a fact OTHERS have done as well with a crap ton of responsibilities.
I think it doesn't matter if you lost 5 or 50 pounds, if your situation is worse than mine, I think we are all ultimately doing the best we can to be a better version of ourselves at the end of the day.
Good luck
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