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progress pic! (yes I love Disney lol)
Last November I was the heaviest I had ever been. I was 240 pounds, and absolutely hating myself. Ultimately, these things motivated me to actually lose weight: - I love my wife so freaking much, and I didn’t want to have continual health problems because I had no self control, and in turn, force stress on her. - I hated my band-aid mentality. Eat a ton of food at McDonald’s? Take some tums to make your stomach feel better. Your heart rate feels high? Your probably just stressed, just chill out. - I absolutely love sneakers, and let me tell you how sad it made me to do them absolutely ZERO justice, because I looked like such a fat ass. No outfits looked good, and I dreamt of the day that I could wear cool sneakers with a cool outfit.
I began my journey by lurking this subreddit (shout out to y’all for inspiration!), and asking people that I personally knew what worked for them. My friend Dan actually helped it click the best for me: losing weight is just math. It’s putting less in than you burn. For me, that helped tremendously.
I started tracking food regularly through MFP, which ultimately led to the majority of my success. I also cut out drinking calories entirely. I only have black coffee, or water at this point (aside from the occasional adult beverage). Soda was contributing tremendously to my calorie intake, and I am proud to say it has been more than a year now since I have had one!
I also layered in running, which is something I have always hated my entire life. Something that made it easier was running/walking. I would just run for a few seconds, then walk. This came from the advice of my friends that had run in marathons and such. Ultimately, this led to me absolutely LOVING running. I loved what it did for my psychologically, and it made me burn even more calories.
This leads me to today. Last November, I set the goal of running a half marathon after one year. I just wanted to reach be able to get as close as I could, and on Sunday I ran in the Disney wine and dine! I had hit my goal weight of 180 pounds earlier this year, but it was so satisfying to be able to complete something like this. It felt like it all came together.
Now, I no longer log food down anymore, but mostly because I eat a lot of the same stuff, and I always try to keep it under 2000. And if I have a bad day, I offset it by making up a calorie deficit through out the week. I have stuck at 180 pounds since about April, and it’s more of a lifestyle to keep my calorie count low at this point.
Losing weight has been great for my health I’m so many ways, but I mostly feel overjoyed that I am able to love myself, so that I can love others even more. Thanks for reading y’all!
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