I am 26, 5'4" and 235 lbs and feel happy with how I look. I have been going to the gym consistently for a year and have lost a bit of weight, but mostly have focused on being able to do things I want to do. My PCP is not concerned about my weight and all my blood work is fine. I want to lose weight for my future health and being able to keep up my lifestyle. However, I don't know how to frame it in my mind without me feeling like I have to hate part of what I currently am. Most of my adult life has been about dealing with bipolar disorder with psychotic features, suicidal ideation, and now a brain injury. I deal with a lot of pressure from my Asian side of my family to lose weight, so I probably have a disordered way of thinking about weight and weight loss.
I was wondering what kind of tricks people use to lose weight while feeling happy at the size you currently are. I wish my future health was a bigger motivator for me. I know most of weightloss happens in the kitchen. I like the feeling I get when I have nutritionally healthy low calorie meals. I also like the feeling i get when i eat chocolate. I drink a lot of green tea to satisfy hunger cravings. I don't mindlessly eat. It sucks that cutting out those bad habits I used to have didn't fix my weight, so i know I need more things to change
glp-1s are too expensive for me unfortunately. I would take them for my sleep apnea in a heart beat.
A phrase that helped me learn to love going to the gym and pushing myself in that way was to "think about how good I will feel after". I am hoping I can find a phrase or idea that clicks with me in a similar way. I feel like I am almost there, but I am just missing that final mental push to give me more discipline. Any ideas or words of wisdom?
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