I've always been a bit bigger since I was a kid, but growing up did skiing and distance swimming, so I was more of a 'chunky but muscular' sort of body type. During the pandemic I lost my mother and had some other major life changes, and I rocketed from around 190lbs to around 230lbs. For the next couple of years I would try to get back down; I'd see about 10-15lbs lost, I'd track calories, but something would happen and I'd creep back up. By 2024 I was hovering between 215-220, and had been for the last year or so.
Spring of 2024 I got pretty badly injured at work and ended up going through the worker's compensation system. It was a rough year, and I eventually realized that though my injury would have happened regardless, it may have not been as bad if I was in better shape. So in September I really started watching my calories; I gave myself a goal weight to get down to (140), and a weight that I'd like to then gain muscle to after I drop the fat (160).
I had the surgery I needed to fix my shoulder in December 2024, and used the rehab PT as a way to get extra advice not just about how to recover, but what I could do to start to really gain a more active lifestyle. By May 2025 I had gotten down to 195, and though it's a bit on the slower end of weight loss, the 3-4lbs a month of weight loss felt a lot more manageable than trying to lose 2lbs a week. Since that I've gotten an awesome new job in my dream field that has me averaging about 9,000 steps a day, and that's helped me lose almost another 15lbs.
In a few weeks my fiancee and I will be traveling for a wedding, and since I started losing weight I had hoped to be at 180lb by the time the wedding was. Today I weighed in at 182 even, and with the wedding in two weeks, I feel confident that I'll be within a pound of 180 by September 6th. This is the first time since I've started tracking my weight years ago that I managed to actually stick with my fitness goals. It's crazy to look at how differently my clothing fits compared to 40lbs ago.
The biggest things that have helped me have honestly been limiting red meat to 1-2 times a week, eating a large, protein filled lunch (beans and fish have been clutch), following a daily PT regimen, and walking to and from my job. I'd credit these four things with the majority of my weight loss. I haven't sworn off anything; I still pick up gas station snacks and I'll go drinking with coworkers after a long week, but holding to those four things has helped me see serious and consistent weight loss, while also feelings stronger and more stable in my joints.
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