Hi everyone!
This is my first post on this sub but I wanted to share my journey with all of you. I’m a 24 y/o M/5’10 and I now weigh in the 200 lbs - 195 lbs range but when I first started I was 265 lbs which isn’t a terrible starting point but the issue was that I didn’t see being a 5’10 265 lbs guy for a long time. I always lifted weights off and on and I used to watch power lifters who were also hefty fellas so I thought to be strong like them I needed to weigh in like them. I’m not really sure what made me snap out of it but one day in 2016 it hit me, I no longer wanted to carry all this weight, I wanted to be able to do more. So i changed up my routing from going to the gym 3-4 days a week to 5-6 days training as hard as I could with weights and I’d almost always end it with a run, which sucked when I was heavy. I also strictly followed CICO, my issue was since I was eating less I’d want to midnight snack. I made progress and then halted it a ton by doing that most nights. I thought eating healthy foods at nighttime were healthy to eat, but boy was I wrong. Once I was able to kick that habit after many nights of gorging I finally started to lose serious weight. In the length of 3-4 months after starting I dropped to 225, got stuck there for another month then dropped to 210, got stuck there again for another month or so, then dropped to 200 (first time since I was 17 years old), got stuck again then almost over night I dropped to 185 it was crazy. I could see all my definition for the first time ever and I felt amazing. I could run, when I played basketball at the park I could jump, I never got winded for the very first time in my life. This was the first time I’ve ever truly achieved something good in my life that I worked very hard for.
Anyway enough tooting my own horn, I just wanted to share in case anyone else is struggling with motivation and their weight doesn’t seem to be dropping fast enough. It will, you just have to keep going and look inward at yourself and ask if what ever habit is holding you back is actually worth it or not. Generally it’s not and once you kick it things get moving in the right direction. Don’t give up, it’s been two years since for me and I’ve been able to keep most the unhealthy weight off me despite being at 200 now.
Things get better, don’t give up.
Much love all.
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