Height 6’3” Current weight 230lbs Goal weight 190lbs
Over the past 17 years of my entire adult life my weight has fluctuated 40-50lbs from around 190 all the way up to 240 at its highest.
This happens in 3-4 year cycles, I eat like shit, my weight balloons, I feel like the worst person on earth and that kicks me into gear to switch over to exercising to the point of it being an addiction and over 6-12 months I drop all of the weight.
After getting down to a goal weight, by intensely sticking to CICO logging and calculating as well as becoming super fit through intense cardio like running and cycling, feel great about myself, my determination and just the fact I could stick to a goal and achieve it,
This is the point I gradually get lazy, because I have reached my goal and incrementally gain weight again because I feel like I can relax on the eating and exercise
Right now I am at the peak of an upswing at 230lbs. I’m 35 years old and am very aware of the fact that if I don’t get this under control and keep it that way, I am at the point in life where being overweight is going to start causing significant health problems and I need to get my act together.
The most frustrating part of this is the amount of times I have been through this process. I know what I need to do, I am exercising regularly with a much larger focus on weight lifting than ever before, my cardio is pretty good being able to run a flat 10k in around and hour
I just can’t stop overeating, even with it being a healthy snack, it can’t just be a yoghurt, it has to be a yoghurt, with nut butter, and raspberries, and honey. So it goes from 190calories to 500 calories. It can’t just be a light salad. It has to be a salad with creamy dressing, croutons and cheese. So a 500 calorie meal becomes a 900 calorie meal.
This is kind of a cop out, but honestly I think this all stems from having obese parents and food being used as a reward system as a kid and I just can’t break the habit.
If anyone else has been stuck in this loop I would love to hear from you, and thanks for reading the post if you got this far
[link] [comments]
from loseit - Lose the Fat https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/z45792/6_months_and_i_am_going_nowhere/
Comments
Post a Comment