I have always struggled with my weight. I yoyo'd quite a bit over the years - going up to 330, down to 245, back up to 300, down to 260, and most recently up to 380.
In the past year, though, I decided I really needed to do something about it, especially since I had been diagnosed as prediabetic. That was something of a wake up call, and I found myself trying to figure out how to lose the weight.
So, after some searching, I found that intermittent fasting may work for me. I had a friend that it worked really for, too, so I decided to try it. I found that it came pretty naturally to me. I skipped breakfast and sometimes lunch, and would try to eat better dinners and cut out the late night snacking (this was always my weak spot, being a night owl and all). So, I would stick with a 16/8 or 20/4 schedule, depending on the day and the demands on my time for work. I also go to a few high intensity MMA classes per week to help.
And so far over lost over 80 lbs! A good chunk of that has just been in the past few months since I actually started tracking my weight a bit more closely. Watching it go down seems to be giving me greater motivation to remain disciplined. Plus, I recently got my blood work done and found that not only am I in pretty good shape, but I managed to reverse the prediabetic diagnosis =).
I've still got another 90 or so to go, but I'm determined get there!
Progress pics - the first one is from June of 2019, but my SW is based on a doctor visit in early 2020 (so, god only knows how much more I weighed in the first pic!); the second pic is from last week, but reflects how I look today =).
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