26m 5"11 sw275 cw 199.7 gw 175. Boy oh boy is today a good day. I weighed under 200lb for my official weekly weigh in (I weigh in everday, but Thursdays are the one that counts for tracking). I have officially lost 75 pounds and my goal to lose 100 pounds and get to 175 no longer feels like a maybe, it feels inevitable. I am going to share pics and some final thoughts with you all once I get there, but there is one thing I want to talk about now. And that is the power of our minds.
Weight loss on paper is easy. Calories in, calories out and exercise (if you want you don't have too). Easy right? As all of you know calling that easy is a downright disservice to all we have accomplished. It's not the act of doing these correctly, it's the act of all the mental battles it takes to achieve your goals. I am a 26 year old man and this journey has brought me to my knees many times. Weather it's in the beginning where people doubt you, the stress of not being able to turn to food when things get hard, seeing how differently people treat you as you lose weight, and the days when you feel like no progress is made and your waisting your time. I have had so many mental breakdowns on this journey, but I always picked myself up. How? By using the power of my mind. When a workout it hard, I don't think this sucks I want to quit. I think, isn't it a blessing I get to work on my body this hard, isnt it a blessing my joints and muscles can handle this and they are getting stronger because of what I am doing? And when diets get tough, I follow a military philosophy, "embrace the suck". Yeah this sucks, but it is working and making me healthier. I love my body and I can embrace the fact that it is going to suck, but it is going to make me healthier.
My point here is that weight loss journies are won and lost in our minds, not the gym or the kitchen. Embrace the suck everyone. You are all doing something incredible for yourselves by being on this road. Don't let your mind beat you and you will achieve your goals.
Thanks everyone for your help getting me here. This journey is not only my greatest accomplishment, but it changed me in more ways than just my physical appearance.
More to come when I get that final 25 off me!
EDIT: I would like to mention that this post does not negate the fact that long term successful weight loss is a life style change.
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