I used to be way more active on this subreddit in 2018-2020. I lost a lot of weight and was feeling pretty happy with my success. It happens to the best of us, though... covid shut down the gyms, I started taking an SSRI, I was happy with my weight so I thought I would "go on maintenance" but not actually count calories while I was "maintaining".
I weighed myself the other day. I am now 320 pounds. At the height (depth?) of my weight loss I was 190 pounds in late 2019 (this is a very healthy BMI considering my height). How the hell did I gain 130 pounds without noticing?!?!
Well I thought about it as a gradual process. It has been 6.5 years since Christmas 2019. 130/6.5 is a solid +20 pounds a year. That is +1.6 pounds a month or +0.4 pounds a week. There are 3500 calories in one pound of body fat. So... I was overconsuming on a weekly basis by 1400 calories a week. And that was enough to gain 130 pounds in 6.5 years. Holy fuck lol
It is really, really, really easy to gain 0.4 pounds a week and just not notice. Sure you might be like "damn this shirt doesn't fit me anymore" or "I don't remember riding my bike taking this much effort", but it is such a gradual change that it is really easy to not pay attention to until you hit, uh, threenderland.
I am back on the weight loss train. I am renewing my gym membership today and I have been eating at a deficit for the last week. Lots of whole grains, psyllium husk, fiber-rich vegetables and zero-sugar protein bars. My stomach feels like a bottomless black pit and it is frankly difficult to concentrate on anything other than hunger BUT I am sleeping better, I have more energy and I know I can lose the weight again because I totally lost it before. When I do have a big meal now I am still hungry after. This is a good sign. A healthy amount of hunger is the feeling of fat leaving the body.
One last thing I will leave yall with. I love this photo. Take a look at these two monkeys. https://i.ibb.co/TM8NpTPZ/325-201-f1.jpg
Citation https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1173635
The monkey on the left was given access to eat whatever it wanted. The monkey on the right was on a calorie restricted diet. They are the same age. Which monkey do you want to be?
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