I don’t know why I’m making another one of these posts so soon. I guess I just feel really motivated right now. I feel strong, like I can do anything. Admittedly, I feel as though I’ve had to sort of overcome myself in many ways recently, as in I’ve been going through some self-confidence issues or had some depressive episodes creeping in that I thought were long gone at this point. Sometimes it’s not until I look back that I can get even somewhat of an idea for what I’m capable of. Please grant me this opportunity to pat myself on the back for a bit. I am certainly proud of myself, and I’m eager to keep pushing forward.
Male. 5’11. 26 years old.
In 558 days, I’ve managed to drop 143 lbs. Granted (and I’m sure many can at least empathize with me on this), I could probably be closer to my goal by now if it weren’t for all the holiday eatin’. But you live and you learn, you slip up and you bounce back. I’ll at least credit myself for having learned to be resilient over the past year or so.
When it comes to how I’m eating, it’s honestly just calorie management. I take a lot of dietary advice from a YouTuber named Greg Doucette. He’s all about eating low calorie dense meals (basically recipes that compile a bunch of inherently low calorie ingredients). I highly recommend checking him out. I also do a lot of walking, some jogging, weight lifting (very basic exercises with a couple of dumbbells). Nothing super crazy, but I am super consistent, and I guess that’s what does the trick.
I started this journey about a year before I even started losing weight. So yes, I am 558 days into weight loss, but in terms of becoming a better, stronger me? I’m probably on about day 923. Before I could even confidently attempt losing weight (something that I’ve dreamt and fantasized about doing since I was very young), I had to learn how to love and accept myself. I had to learn how to stop hating who I was, to be comfortable in my own skin. I can still remember a time when I thought that my life wasn’t worth saving, and that I was inherently worthless. I know now that that’s absolute bullshit, and that I deserve every bit of love I can muster for myself. For my whole life, I needed to be there for myself, and I wasn’t. But now I feel like I have the power to change my fate. It breaks my heart when I think about it for too long, but for the first time in my life, I feel like I can do something, like I can be something more, like I can be strong.
I’ll see this through. No matter what.
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