Hey everyone, I've never posted anything on reddit before but I thought it might be time to share what I'm planning to do (since I don't really talk about things like weight loss with friends and family).
Currently: absolutely hate how I look (I'm 5'8, about 70-72kg), constantly getting ubereats and turning to food whenever there's pressure in life (habit I've had since I was a kid), weight constantly going up and down because cooking and working out are not part of routine, lethargic, night owl, always late for work, frequently shitty moods
Routines I want to have down:
1) Intermittent fasting: eating between 8:30 - 6:30 for a 14 hour fast; I actually just want to sustain this for the rest of my life since I've grown up watching everyone in my family eats breakfast, lunch, and dinner at regular times. Having a regular eating schedule set in my mind instead of eating randomly and binging late night is going to really help.
2) Working out in the morning: having the energy and self esteem to kick off my day. would influence my food choices positively and force me to sleep early and get to work on time. my local gym opens at 5am on weekdays but I'm going to be doing 6am workouts (gonna forget about being part of 4:30am wake up gang for now because that is just intangible to me if I'm getting up at 8:30 right now)
3) In bed by 9:30 and wake up by 5:30: this has always been super hard because I have anxiety but with meditation, magnesium/melatonin for sleep and having an organized home (clutter really fucks with anxiety as well) I believe I can do it. I'm very unproductive after 9 and tend to watch tv/snack - when it gets too late I have to fall asleep to a movie because my brain in the late night is not a fun place. Sleeping around 9-9:30 would help me feel less alone and calm since it's now summer and the sun sets pretty late and rises earlier. I ordered an extra alarm clock so I can put it in the bathroom so I'd be forced to get up and maybe attach an encouragement post-it note beside the alarm.
4) Make fitness part of my lifestyle: I don't really have a group of people to gym with so I'm hoping to make this journey more sustainable by getting involved with run clubs and going to races. I did my first 5k race this month and it was a lot of fun - I find the social aspect pretty motivating. It pretty much helped me curb smoking.
Motivation (might add to this later):
- Mental health - I've struggled with anxiety and depression for almost 10 years since grade 9. I'm a pretty outgoing and social person but I almost constantly am so self aware and anxious. I get depressed and my place becomes a mess if I don't feel like I have a handle on my lifestyle
- Professional Confidence - I'm a pretty ambitious person and I get involved with a lot of work presentations and community leadership/volunteering and I'm working on becoming an entrepreneur. I can come across as assertive and confident but in the back of my mind is always a nagging voice reminding me I'm not my best self because of my body image and it sucks. It's so unnecessary to be in my own way like that when there are actual obstacles to focus on. Self confidence in how I'm perceived is something I have control over and I will overcome.
- Love life - obvious one for many of us. There are so many times where I just don't want to hang out with people because I feel fat and ugly. Even if they're interested I'll tell myself they're not serious about me because they can do better. I feel way more judgemental because I project my sense of inadequacy onto others and it's not cool.
- Human potential - I've never looked at myself in a swimsuit picture and have been proud of it. I've never been photographed at the beach. If it's within my capacity to get there, why would I spend my twenties wondering what if? I'm turning 25 in a month and even though I spent a large portion of my early 20s feeling uncomfortable in my body doesn't mean I can't achieve freedom from this pain in my late twenties.
There's thousands of people here and this was just intended for me to get out there and refer to, but I don't want to just keep it to myself. I want to be held accountable and do check-ins and eventually show others that they can do it too.
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