& 13 Other Key Points & Observations I've Made Since I Started Losing Weight:
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1) I started getting serious in May. My 1st progress pic was taken 7/10/21 @ 215 lbs. After that I took an updated picture every month on the 10th.
8/10 @ 210, 9/10 @ 203.4, skipped October because vacation yay 🎊 11/10 @ 196.4
2) Progress is easier to see when you have a variety of photos to compare. This is on top of the standard monthly picture. It's best to take them in a few different yet reoccurring poses in the same enviroment at spaced out times. The more exposed, the better.
3) Discipline × Consistently = Results over a period of time.
4) I am hot. I think seeing myself naked more often makes me feel more comfortable in my clothes & idk how to explain it. Maybe because it makes me feel more comfortable in my skin.
5) This is a learning process. There are many parts to living a healthy life & I have to be ready to be a novice at a lot of things. I basically had to reinvent my diet & learn how to safely lift weights & gain muscle. That shit can get complicated but hey it can be pretty fun.
6) Get back on the wagon. We're making life style changes here, no time to dilly dally. But it's okay to take your time. It's actually necessary.
7) I'm still fat. I'm obese. I'm 5'4 & about 60 lbs over weight. I'm at my lowest adult weight, the last time I was below 200 was for like a summer when I was 17. My body has been a certain way for a looong time & I'm doing something entirely new altogether.
8) It is very hard to envision myself at my goal weight.
9) I'm confident, committed & disciplined. I am going to get healthy.
10) I had to be extremely conscious of how my weight loss effected my self-esteem & mental health. Was I judging myself more? Am I doing okay with how I counted my calories? Was I developing an eating disorder because you have to be careful about stuff like that. Was I more self conscious. Did I equate my value to my weight? Did I hate myself?
11) I was more self conscious but not in a bad way. I think if I did have an ED then I had it since I was 12 & it was how I got here to begin with. I am fixing my relationship with food no matter what, that is the goal, that is the plan.
12) Yes I equate my value to my weight. It's not a thought process it's just a feeling that comes & goes. I think it's just natural. Just like it's natural to be self concious. My body's going to be around as long as I am & we're in this together so yes, I mind it.
13) My journey started with self love & it will only be successful if it continues that way. It's why I eat healthier, it's why I go to the gym, why a large portion of the media that I ingest is based around healthy weight loss & strength training along with what I consider to be the other mental part of weight loss; Studying. Self Love is what curtails the ideas of my importance being determined by the scale.
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Hello! I comment every now & again but I come to this sub daily. I wanted to see if I couldn't share something that others could relate to. This community has been such a great tool in my weight loss journey. Amazing support, very versatile, challenges & so so so much knowledge. Really, I think the mods have themselves a pretty amazing sub that you can tell is well cared for.
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