A year ago, I weighed 310 lbs. Today, I weigh 200 lbs. I'm 6'4", so according to the BMI chart, I'm not even overweight anymore!
It's been a long journey with ups and downs but I'm proud of how far I've come. It's weird, though, looking in the mirror and seeing a different person. I've been big my entire life. The person I see in the mirror is so different than the person I was for 23 years that it's hard not to stop and stare for a little while. Maybe I've become a little vain. I feel attractive. I'm happy with my body, the clothes I've always wanted to wear fit me now, and I'm so much more confident in myself now that I'm sure my demeanor has changed for the better too. It's a big change, but a positive one for sure.
Anyways, I want to share some advice. May or may not be helpful, idk, but I figure someone might appreciate it:
1: Work on your mental health. I know a lot of people try to lose weight to improve their mental health, but it's a two way street. I tried for years to lose weight but never got off the ground until some serious mental health issues were addressed.
2: Be careful not to develop an eating disorder. When I first started losing weight, I got obsessed with eating as few calories as I possibly could and watching my weight plummet (sometimes losing as much as 2 pounds in a day) only encouraged that bad habit. I didn't think I had a problem until I had a particularly bad anxiety attack over eating more than a thousand calories in one day. Yeah, it was that bad.
3: Everyone's gonna hate this one but I figured I'd share it anyways. Consider going vegan. Ignoring the ethical and environmental reasons to go vegan (though they are very good reasons imo), I found it was really helpful in keeping my diet healthy and low calorie in a way that was much better for me than that eating disorder thing I had going on. Plus, the food is pretty dope too.
Anyways, that's all I've got to get off my mind. I hope someone's found this helpful. I guess I can answer questions if anyone's got any. Thanks for reading my dumb rambling :)
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