So "actual" day 1 would be about 2 weeks ago, because that was when I decided to start tracking again. I remembered this sub about a week ago and have been kinda nervous about posting (both because I didn't want to post in a way I wasn't supposed to, and it would mean I'm "really" trying I suppose)
Stats or whatever: (couple weeks from) 29, m, 6'4" (193cm/~1.93m), SW: ~440, CW: 430, GW: 275
So, a bit of a history:
Since I can remember I've been chubby/fluffy/overweight/fat, I weighed about 275 when I was 13, through high school I was 330-360 depending on if school was in or not, afterwards I was consistently closer to 350. I'm convinced without my best friend I would have been bed ridden or even dead by about now (we walked a lot since the beginning of high school).
When I was about 22 I was working an intensely active job, still walked with my friend, and kinda started seeing someone and over that year I lost a lot of weight, I was more or less a healthy relatively thin guy on a big dude frame. Unfortunately about that time I lost my job, I moved away, and the woman I was seeing passed away. I don't think I did anything for about 2 weeks, like at all, then I was forcing myself to eat something because that's what humans do and I was living with family then so that probably helped... (~2016-2017)
Anyway, got a job, then got the flu which is important because that's where I found out I was 275 lbs again. Was encouraged to get a car to drive myself to work, which is important because then I had money and a car so I started eating food I rarely got (ever in life cause I was poor growing up, which gave me a poor relationship with food). I ballooned over that year (2017-2018ish) I went from 275 to over 400, so we'll say ~150 lbs up.
So, I've been about level at ~450 for the past 3-4 years. Recently I've gotten a customer service job (that relies on tips), which is one reason for finally trying to do something about this, and secondly a person finally convinced me (without actually saying anything about it) that I should get off of the auto-pilot I've been in the last 6 years.
Backstory TL;DR: been big for ever, got a lot bigger recently (pre-pandemic) so I'm trying to be thinner/healthier now
On the more technical side:
I've started tracking what I eat and the activity(ies) I do. until a couple weeks ago I guess I've been consuming 3500-4500 kcal a day on average, since I started watching what I'm eating I'm apparently averaging closer to 3000 and trying to be more active (more specifically it says I'm averaging about 2700 but there's some low days and some higher days). kinda strange because I'm tracking midnight to midnight, instead of wake-to-sleep since I have an irregular sleep schedule.
My nutrition could be better but I am taking a multivitamin every day. I need to be more consistent about my water, e.g. I drink a liter one day and a few sips the next.
I deliver pizzas, so I try not to eat or drink anything at work so I don't get tempted by more soda or a whole pizza, plus it's not exactly an "active" job. And I'm trying to be more active outside of work but haven't gotten into that yet, mostly walking but I plan on finding a gym to try not to lose muscle (Idk if I want to actually "gain" anything yet).
the scale says I lost 10 lbs this week. 8 lbs was toward the beginning and I'm assuming it was mostly water weight.
I took a picture of when I was ~445 so this time I don't get fooled by the mirror like I was before, I don't really have pictures from when I was thinner since I've never liked my picture taken.
I suppose this is me in a nutshell. Questions? Comments? Advice?
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