Hey folks :) It's the last day of February and I wanna do a bit of summary for this month and share some experience that hopefully might help y'all.
I am 23/M and currently 227 lbs (103 kg). I started at 285 lbs (129 kg) last November and looking at it now I have really came a long way, physically and mentally. The first month was really easy to lose weight - I had all the determination in the world and I powered through the hunger and went to the gym every single day.
My problem was I was just starting and didn't know how my diet should be at all. I lost 30 lbs that month and NOTHING the followed month as my willpower began to fall apart and I couldn't take the continuous torture of hunger anymore.
I still went to the gym everyday but I was definitely eating at a calorie surplus that month. Thankfully I figured out my diet was more important than going to the gym at the beginning of this year and have started losing weight again.
February however, has been a rough month. My gym and the local kitchen that I get my healthy meals from are all closed to celebrate new year, so I kinda went on a junk food binge for 2 weeks. Fortunately I didn't gain any weight during that time. All the socializing with friends were fucking up my routine as well, and I've put a stop to that. Friends are important, but not as important as losing these dangling fat on my belly.
Diet wise I have realized that all junk food does is leave me bloated and guilty after consuming them. They really drag my performance at the gym too, if I ate something like a dish of pasta I am bloated for at least the next 3-4 hours and I will have a hard time doing cardios. Also it causes lots of skipped beats because my heart is trying to get blood to my stomach and provide energy for my exercises at the same time.
So for now I will stick to salads and my avocado toasts. It is one of the most significant changes in my lifestyle - I have began to fall in love with eating vegetables. If I said this to myself a year ago I would take it as a joke and laugh my ass off, me eating veggies - not in a million years. But here I am, chunking down a bowl of salad like the hog that I am.
The key is to get the right flavor out of your veggies. If the veggies tasted flavorful it's really easy to enjoy them, I was so hung up on the idea of eating veggies with nothing added to them because I don't want the extra calories, and nothing made me hate it more than that mind set.
And let me tell you - if you eat it right, you won't feel the hunger at all. Protein and fats take a long time to digest, fibers help a lot too, so you're gonna be more fulfilled than when you were eating highly processed foods.
Also, I have really bad sugar cravings. I love eating chocolates and gummy worms, both are calorie intense. My solution for now is to have lots of fruits stocked inside my house, whenever I get these cravings I just eat an apple, or some strawberries, or a banana. If this is something you're struggling with, hopefully this can help you.
I didn't intend to write such a long post but these are the things I have learned along the way. Remember guys, you can do anything you set you mind to :) let's get it!
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