I (20M) have been overweight since I was a teenager, I struggled a lot with my eating habits and even the smallest amount of exercise would cause me to be out of breath and sweating profusely. 3 years ago I decided I wanted to change that, I started eating keto and it kind of worked but I had little discipline and would have cheat days more often than not. Then, when I turned 18 I did what most 18 year olds do (Sorry USA) and started drinking which did nothing to help my weight loss journey.
At the start of this journey I got a scale that would record in an app every time you weighed in and give you easy to track and measure stats. From 2021 to last week every time I opened the app it would say Weight: Obese and BMI: Exceeded. At my heaviest recorded weight I was 315 pounds and had hovered between 315-280 for the most part, it was pretty disheartening to see the weight go up and down constantly and I quickly stopped weighing myself consistently.
Come April of this year I decided I needed to lock in. I went cold turkey on the alcohol, firmly committed myself to my keto diet and started intermittent fasting to control how much I ate in a day. It took a lot of effort but became easier and easier as time went on. I even went on holiday and didn’t restrict myself at all, came back and readjusted with minimal effort (which I’d been quite anxious about before going).
Last weekend I did my weekly weigh in (which are consistent now that I know I can be), measured in at 213lb and for the first time the app said Weight: Overweight and BMI: High. I still have a long way to go but I’d be embarrassed explaining this win to anyone else. I feel weird whenever someone notices my weight loss even if it is ultimately a good weird, so I thought I’d share it here given how much this community has helped me motivation wise this year.
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