Mid 20’s M 5’10” SW:297 CW: 250 GW:200lb for now
Well, as we close out day 89, I thought I’d take the time to share my progress...what has helped me...what I have changed...and what I have done to get where i’m at.
I have always been overweight since I was 10, probably. It’s just been getting worse over time. I’ve tried weight loss diets a few times, with no more success than like 10lb lost. I just fizzled out after about a week or two. Mostly just lost the initial water weight and then stopped when no progress was made after that. It finally came to a head when I was maintaining almost 300lb. I knew something had to change.
I heard from a friend that he had success with weight loss, but found it too difficult to maintain. It kind of clicked for me that I could do it if I actually tried.
I decided CICO was really going to be it. I was going to drastically cut my calories from my probably 3500 a day to 1,500. Honestly, I was so focused on the challenge I set forth that I didn’t find it too difficult to do. I continuously ended my week at around 400 calories surplus, so I reduced it to 1,300 with the knowledge I could go over if need be. In addition to that, I decided to take up walking. (Baby steps). I set my goal over 6,500 steps a day, and walk my backyard on the weekend to hit 3 miles, sometimes 5. Once I started getting down in weight, I even tried getting conditioned to run. I’m still working on that, but it’s honestly fun. I can’t run for long, but probably 20 times what I was able to before.
So here I am, knocking on 50lb down, probably 5-6” on my waist lost, and i’m still making great progress with CICO. I hope this continues the way down. My eating habits have really changed for the better, so i’m confident I can easily maintain below 200 when I get there. I won’t let that happen again...
It honestly doesn’t feel like I lost 47lb, and also doesn’t look like it to me, but i’m sure that’ll change once I lose the rest. Losing weight from here on out should be a much greater difference, so I hear. I do feel better in general, though.
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