Dramatic drop in blood pressure

In Dec ‘21 I was put on a diuretic for high blood pressure. It was finally the kick in the pants I needed to take my health more seriously. It wasn’t until Aug ‘22 I started CICO earnestly, but my blood pressure didn’t really start going down. Last month it was 150/90 and I weighed in at 345 lbs (I had lost almost 40 pounds at this point). I had another appt today and was still expecting my blood pressure to be sky high, but it was 130/86! Obviously still high but way better. I was so afraid my doctor was going to say I needed another med. I think the craziest thing is the difference in weight between today and last month was only around 7 pounds so it’s kind of crazy to see a big difference with that small of a weight loss.

Anyway I’m looking forward to my bp getting back to normal soon!

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It just feels like it's forever to go.

I might be falling into a depression or something, but I feel overwhelmed with guilt about running my weight up so high, and I can't erase that guilt until I'm a normal weight, until I can be a normal person.

I'm afraid of falling into a disorder, because when the rest of my life hits a lull, weight loss feels like a form of pennance that I must do for my failure.

I'm going to weigh myself in a couple days and I hope to see some success. I expect to given the way clothes feel on me. But I also want to cry. I'm a year from my goal even in the best case. I know my life went to shit, I gained this weight because I lived on fast food under a ton of stress, that I should let go, that some guy telling me to "put down the video game controller" didn't really get that my mom died and her illness exhausted me, but I don't know how if I'm working on it like this. I'm taking every negative comment to heart. One of my friends jokes about my lack of fashion sense, but even that's ringing in my ears now.

I'm four months into losing weight, about three from when I first had the courage to weight myself, and I feel like I'm cracking from everything I'm not. Like the more I focus on my faults and try to correct them, the more they hurt me. I don't have creative outlets, so I take an art course, but I'm an absolute beginner; I applied for a higher paying job, but I feel inadequate; I tried my hand at online dating and got a few early matches, but I got bored when they steered the conversation to interview-style questions.

I should feel good that I'm trying. So many people never do. But I don't. I feel absolutely terrible.

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Today I hit 20lbs lost on my journey. Why am I such an awful mood?

Over the holidays I hit my all time high of 280lbs. I'm a male in my mid 30s, and have had some moderate weight loss success in the distant past, but this was one step too far. So I set a (loose) goal to get back to 200.

I saw a nutritionist, starting eating healhy balanced meals, and I've been losing weight at what I feel is a safe pace. In two months I've lost 20 lbs as I said. But some days, I just feel so irritable. I eat regular meals, 3 times a day, with some fruit or skinny pop as snacks. I don't feel like im starving myself, but some days my body or blood sugar is just like "fuck you for doing this to me."

I'm proud of myself, I'm not focusing too much on the numbers, just trying to put nutritious fuel in my body instead of garbage.

I guess I'm just looking to see if anyone else has these days where they struggle on their journey. Maybe it's time start meditating again to cope with the hard days.

Thanks everyone <3

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Weight loss journey - 5kg down!

23/02/2023 SW - 68kgs/ CW - 63kgs/ GW - 50kgs

Measurements Chest - 95 > 91 - 4cm lost Right arm - 34 > 32 - 2cm lost Left arm - 34 > 32 - 2cm lost Waist(across) - 83 > 79 - 4cm lost Waist(down to navel) - 88 > 82 - 6cm lost Right thigh - 60 - 58.5 - 1.5cm lost Left thigh - 60 > 56.5 - 4.5cm lost Stomach(widest part) - 98 > 92 - 6cm lost Weight - 68 > 63 - 5kgs lost

I'm 30f, 154.5cm if it matters and restarted my weight loss journey this year. I lost some weight last year but put everything back on plus some extra. I decided to start again because I didn't like what I saw in the mirror or how I looked in pictures. I started my caloric deficit on 23/01/23 and started exercising on 30/01/23. Above is my 1 month progress. For the 1st time in 30 years I can actually say I like how my body looks and actually look and admire myself in the mirror every morning whereas before I avoided the mirror as much as possible. Before I'd give up after 1/2 weeks but now I've come further in my work out plan than ever before. I will be updating to give me accountability and to push myself to go further

NSV ¬

-Not out of breath walking up my steep driveway/up a hill

-Can finish a set without stopping and restarting

-Can complete my whole workout routine

-Do push ups (on my knees but still count that as a win)

-Being consistent (working out 5-6 times a week)

I'm so proud of myself!

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Celebrating that I didn’t drink tonight, so I’ll stay on target for tomorrow! 🎯

Social drinking is such an ingrained habit that it’s hard for me to not do it when going out with friends, so I’m counting this as a win.. lol

Alcohol always fucks up my weight loss, so one of my new plans that I heard/adapted is to make it so that I have to “earn” alcohol and other “special occasion food” as a reward for reaching weight loss goals.

With alcohol, it’s a bit harder for me because I’m liable to succumb to peer pressure, even if no one directly says anything, and I did feel it tonight, especially since it was apparently “national margarita day” too, but I stuck with my Diet Coke and Mediterranean Plate appetizer, and I’m proud of that.

I was afraid that someone would say something about it and make me feel weird, but no one did! I was also afraid about being perceived as the “look at me, I’m eating healthier than you” friend, and that’s not what I want. I want us all to feel good about ourselves and not second guess our choices.

Beyond all that, it’s also a win because whenever I drink, I have a bad habit of eating super poorly when I get home (ridiculously large take out orders etc), and gaining back a ton of weight.

Anyway I’m def happy that I’m making progress in changing my unhelpful habits, and I wish everyone reading this all the best in accomplishing your goals too!

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Need advice for weight loss

I (18f) have always had self image issues. I was always aware that i was bigger than my friends, and around maybe 6th or 7th grade i decided i wanted to try and lose weight. It started off pretty tame, i would eat healthier and workout a little everyday, but it never lasted more than a few days. I would give up, then try again, and then give up a few days later, and it kept going like that. over the next few years however, it got worse. I got into this cycle where i would eat healthy and workout for a few days, counting my cals and aiming for under 1500, and then after a few days i would lose my self control and eat one unhealthy thing, and then binge eat because i felt like that one snack ruined all my progress. This cycle happened almost weekly for a long time. and then, when i was 16 i got my license and a car, and that was when my binge eating really spun out of control. I started going out and buying a bunch of food (pizza, candy, etc) and hiding it from my family, forcing myself to eat just for the sake of eating. I no longer have any self control, and to this day i can barely even get myself to go longer than a day eating healthy or going to the gym, without giving up or binge eating. Even on the rare day that I do go to the gym, I instantly get bored and leave without even doing much exercise. It sucks because i know i need to lose weight and i want to so badly, but I just cant bring myself to do it. Any advice would be much appreciated.

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Reminder to measure yourself along the weight loss journey!!

Hi long time lurker and just recently been on my journey to lose some weight and get healthier for the past month. I’ve been doing the Chloe thing weight loss challenge this past month and am on my last week. I was getting a little disappointed looking at the scales since I only lost around 4 pounds. I also took measurements and realized I slimed my waist down by almost 2 inches though.

I’ve constantly struggled with checking the scale every couple days and feeling discouraged. I just want to say if anyone out there feels similar remember to use other metrics to track your journey. Change can be hard and it will take time to see the difference outwardly, don’t count yourself out👏🏽

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