Hey all.
To start with, I'm 6'2, currently running at 250 lbs, Male that just hit 30. I've been very on and off about losing weight, but I had my breaking point two months ago. The constant mistreatment and feeling like a joke for so long pushed me to buckle in and take weight loss seriously, for once. I just want to feel comfortable in myself, and wear the clothes that I actually want to wear, and feel attractive. I started at around 270 to get to this point, currently. This all kind of plays into why I'm making a post today.
Right now, I'm eating about 1700 calories, give or take at most 100 in any direction. I wasn't truly tracking my eating habits until recently, about 3 weeks ago, nor was I tracking my weight loss, though I do know I've made some decent headway. I'm fairly sedentary outside of what I'm doing for cardio, which is at least an hour of walking per day, usually hitting about 3 miles in that time for about 400 calories burned per walk, and rowing three times per week, which nets me about 250 calories burned in 20-25 minutes if I'm pushing. My diet is pretty rigid right now, and I'm logging literally everything I eat, down to the olive oil (cut that out completely recently) and cooking spray I use when I'm cooking, and pretty much eat the same 4 things every day.
The doubt is coming in through a few sources. For one, the math seems pretty air-tight, which is about a 1k calorie deficit every day as an average. I've been on this for about over a month, so I'm not worried about "breaking" or anything to overeat again, but I do notice that I barely want to eat at all, as of late. I'm worried that I'm eating too little, even if it's planned. The scale in particular is aggravating, due to the natural bounces due to water retention and stool and muscle inflammation, even if I know that I'm doing my best. It honestly feels like my body is stalling out now that we got the "easy" weight off. The doubt is also coming from my own family sometimes, as it feels like they're unsupportive like I'll just fail to stick with this or won't get very far at all.
I guess the reason I'm making this post is to genuinely ask people going through the same thing or have gone through it. Am I really doing this right? Is this sustainable? I plan on adjusting my diet and workouts month to month the farther I go, but it feels like I just won't succeed sometimes. I'm just planning on getting to 210-200 at a decent 12% body fat percentage and creating a new "diet" to maintain, but it feels like I may not even get that far sometimes. Does it always feel this hopeless?
Any criticism or advice would be appreciated. I can post my logs from myfitnesspal too, if that's needed. Thank you for taking the time to read this rambling session, either way.
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