Just a little post I've been thinking about typing up to get my thoughts off of my head. Oh, how wild this Journey has been. Started in 2019, I was at my heaviest feeling out of breath, getting friend-zoned and drinking too much beer and junk food (Weight: 265 Pounds, 6'0''). Went on a friend's road trip to a famous waterfall, everyone decided we should cliff jump, and being the adventure seeker that I am and not realizing I've let myself go I made the leap. I ended up dislocating my leg from the 20ft drop upon impact. Stranded under the raging waterfall all I could feel was the survival instincts. Managed to swim up screaming from pain. Dragged onto the side of the waterfall by another friend who realized something was wrong. During that pain and horror is when I realized it's not because I didn't have proper form but because my body was obese. It hit me, hit me hard, after a trip to the hospital and leg popped back in I decided I was going to focus on my health and fitness more than ever. Considering I am 29, I do not wish to let myself go as I get older. Started eating right, working out lost several pounds, and dropped down to 240s in few months. Then came Pandemic, lockdown, no longer access to a gym, and old habits starting to come back of eating junk food at home, ordering junk, and "treating" myself since the world is currently hell. Stepped on the scale to realize, I've gained back 10 pounds and on my way back to my old life. Adjusted my diet, got back on track, bought some workout bands on Amazon that mimic free weights. Decided to use my bodyweight exercises and band workouts 4-5 days a week then throw in some hiking on the weekends. As of 1/22/2021, I am at my lowest weight of 231 and not planning to slow down, I had a long plateau that lasted 5 weeks. No matter how much healthier I ate, counted calories my weight would not budge. Normally, during this phase in my past attempts is when I'd give up. This time I decided I'll ride through it and not give up. I am glad I didn't give up because the weight has now started sliding off slowly again. My end bodyweight goal is 185, still have a while to go but really just needed a place to go and share my experiences. If I can be this disciplined, so can you. No one is stopping you but yourself. Change that mentality, get to work and never give up. Counting calories and staying at solid 2000 calories daily have ultimately helped me a lot, I don't feel hungry or entirely boycott certain foods. In short, you'll have ups and downs, mostly ups on the scale but don't let that get to your head. Your body holds onto more water when you're working out and eating better. The changes will show eventually, to encourage some folks, I am attaching a graph of how my progress has been.
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