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A little backstory on me.
I'm a 24 yo male who started their journey at 425 lbs. I'm down to 360 lbs since December, and started weight lifting a little over a month ago. I feel like I've made amazing progress, but I haven't shared with people outside of my family.
Some people have noticed my weight loss, but I don't tend to talk about it much to people. Just the, "Yeah, started working out in my free time, nothing too crazy."
I decided that I've committed enough to let people publicly know about my weight loss journey, and made a post on my Instagram about it. It was just a picture of the gym, with the caption stating that "it's time for a change." I really hate talking about myself or drawing attention to me, so that post was out of my comfort zone.
Today at work, which I do customer service work in my small hometown, I received not one, but multiple remarks of mockery about my post. People have told me that I won't last till next week, without knowing I've been at it for months. Literally soul crushing to hear these things from people I thought were friends, and people I've been nothing but nice and supportive too.
I tell myself that their negativity only fuels me, but does it really? I'm too driven to stop now, but people just piss me off. Rant over.
Tldr: people suck.
Freezing my eggs update… Thoughts on the next step of the process to freeze my eggs. After a week of birth control I had an appointment at the doctor’s office for more blood work and an ultra sound. Once that got the all clear I sat down with the nurse to learn what injections I’d start doing in a few days.
She went through how to set up and get the injections ready – it’s a lot more complicated than I expected!! Watch the video for what I thought it was going to be versus what it actually was…
So I enlisted the help of my friend that’s a nurse practitioner for the first night. I’m thanking God for her big time.
I’ll share more on the details of the shots soon. This is just a quick update as I’m living it. Let me know if you have any tips or questions.
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Seen a lot of posts recently about people having some struggles.
Here’s a tip: Everyone feels like crap if they have had a bad few days, a bad week, or even a bad few months. Relax! You can’t expect to be perfect. Look at professional sports teams/athletes. These guys go on losing streaks all the time. But they show up to practice and try to get better. The losing streak eventually ends.
I know how it feels to slip up, but what counts is you keep trying and moving forward. Ups and downs and plateaus are all part of the journey. Keep being awesome! The fact you are even thinking about bettering yourself is the key. Everyone is capable, and mistakes are natural. Good luck and keep pushing forward!
Yes I am getting married but this is not the only reason I want to lose weight but it has provided a deadline.
I’ve wanted to lose weight for the best part of 5 years but I have struggled with motivation despite hating my body, the way I look etc. I do not enjoy the gym and due to an Achilles injury I picked up playing football (soccer to you US guys) running/ team sport, whilst this is my preference, makes this type of activity difficult. I used to love the gym but find to motivate myself to go coz god damn - when did it get so hard?! Lastly, I am an emotional eater - I am aware of it and trying to make changes but it’s a habit of a lifetime so i underestimated how difficult it is to change the way I view food (without getting too restrictive which I have in the past).
For context, I am looking to go down at least 2 dress sizes and preferably around 20 kg by the end of the year/start of next year. Is this doable?
So many of you have done so well but I dunno where to start. Am I trying to change too many things at once? Any advice or tips on how much exercise to do and how regularly? Also any tips on how to combat my stress eating would be greatly appreciated.
First off, I come from an obese family with lots of health problems, not that it makes a huge difference but it definitely plays a part.
I have a strange body type. I’m 5’1”, female, and 176lbs. I’m very muscular instead of fat-heavy, with extra weight around my legs and arms and an almost flat stomach and waist.
For my height, my ideal weight would be around 95-120ish pounds, so I aimed for the middle and said 110.
The problem is, every time I’ve told my family this, I’m met by shock and disbelief. They say that it’s unhealthy and I should aim for 135 or 145, which I am not happy with doing. I put it off as my family just being concerned and moved on. Yesterday I was talking with my friends about weight loss and I shared my goal, and was met with the same reaction. One of them said that if I were to weigh that much, I would be skin and bones.
I’m so confused and discouraged by this! Its not healthy to be obese like I am, but then everyone around me keeps saying that my goal would make me look bad. Is this an unreasonable goal or something?
