I started my weight loss journey at 424 pounds. I've always had struggles with my weight ever since I was a kid, always been the chubby kid growing up. When I was in high school my junior year, I was 370 pounds and went on a diet for 2 years and got all the way down to 220. After graduating college and being unable to find a job, I started to get depressed and discouraged and managed to gain most of the weight back. Over time I've slowly gained more and more weight over the years, dealing with my mental health and other issues. I stopped working, my mother passed away, my grandpa got dementia and I stayed at home to take care of him. I was put on anti-depressants (zoloft) and although I would try half-hearted diets before, I felt like the medicine was preventing me from losing weight so I quit it cold turkey 3 months ago.
Fast forward to one month ago, and I started my diet, and this time I wanted to take it seriously. The first three weeks were great, I got down to 407 pounds and was completely changing what I was eating. More fruit, more vegetables, protein shakes, nuts, and various other healthy meals. I began walking as much as I could every day and slowly it got easier. My anxiety/depression were at a peak during this time, and my doctor suggested I take wellbutrin which I have been on for three days. My mood has been great the past 4 days that I've been on it, and I'm really feeling confident about myself.
The only problem is, the past 5 days I have not lost any weight. One week ago I weighed in at 408.2 and today it's only 407.8. I don't know what has caused this, since the last three weeks I lost nearly 5 pounds a week. I'm still eating in a big calorie deficit (1300-1400 calories per day), but the only difference I made was adding 600 calories worth of food that I would enjoy (for two days it was a subway sandwhich, and the other days it was half a frozen pizza per day). I was still eating my 1400 calories, but 600 of it was more unhealthy (higher sodium/fat) than usual. The other change would be my medication, which is supposed to cause weight loss in most people (why my doctor recommended it to me).
I'm feeling a little discouraged. I want my diet to work and I want to get down to 220 like I was in college, but it seems like losing weight when I'm 30 and not 18 is a much more difficult challenge. At 18, I could eat whatever I wanted as long as I only had 1500 calories and the weight would fly off. But at 30, I have half a pizza and cut my calories by a ton and the scale doesn't move.
What advise would you give someone like me? Should I keep doing what I'm doing and hope the weight loss will continue? Or is there changes I need to accept and more sacrifices I need to make to become a healthier person.
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