i have been wondering when, or if ever, i'd be able to make this post. i started trying to actively lose weight in 2016 when i reached my highest weight of around 275-280. i am rather short, so that is quite obese for me. i lurked in this sub to learn about what i was doing wrong, and tried to build a mental aggregate of all of the various kinds of dieting methods, advice, anecdotal accounts etc, that people gave.
Eventually what i found, of what worked for people, shared these traits: dieting is not something you can do temporarily, it is a permanent lifestyle change; do not drink sugar; drink more water; study your portion size for your height and compare it to the portion sizes of people of healthy weights of the same height to see how it differs; exercise has absolutely no bearing on weight loss but it's important to your recovery from obesity anyway, think of it as physical therapy; change your diet away from processed foods to meals made from whole ingredients; use less oil; cico works but is unnecessary if you follow the previous guidelines.
and so.... that's what i set about doing. i don't count calories, because i found it made me a bit neurotic. i started observing the portion sizes of others around me and reducing mine to around the same. i avoid processed food as much as possible.
this was not even remotely easy. the first couple years were hell. i struggled with food addiction most of my life. overeating, eating to cope with depression, ptsd from childhood, etc. but i had noticed the health effects the weight was giving me, sleep apnea, chronic pain, etc, and it scared me. and obviously, i didn't look like myself, i had been The Fat One in my family for so long, but i didn't view myself as fat mentally. but i literally have no idea what i look like under all this fat.
i've suffered backslides and such. but i just kept picking up and going anyway. there were times i thought i could get away with undereating... and also learned the hard way that is not good for you either. now... i eat a healthy amount daily, and only when i'm hungry, and don't find myself snacking much. i am currently roommates with someone as obese as i used to be, and their habits are as bad as mine used to be, and it's been pretty jarring to observe. it has been pretty helpful to stay on course, tbh, even with the smell of fast food constantly filling the house.
anyway, i'd post progress pics but the last time i tried i was downvoted, i assume due to my appearance, so whatever.
i have 27 more lbs to go before im out of the obese bmi. i'm looking forward to that. i already feel so much more spry and limber now.
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