From July 2016 to June 2017 I lost 135 pounds. I went from 351 to 218, started hiking, being outside again, just loving life. I felt great. Over the next 2 years I put about 20 back on but was still enjoying life and getting out. Then I started making more unhealthy eating choices. I didn't really relate the two, but I also started growing lazy again. Hard to convince myself to get up and get out. Mental issues that were dealt with started getting worse again. Started eating for comfort again. Bags of candy. Fast food. Not feeling full until I was so stuffed I could hardly move. Couldn't stay away from soft drinks.
Wrestled constantly with getting back on a diet and I just couldn't do it. Then the quarantine hit and the junk food express really took off and I exploded. Stepped on the scale a week ago and wanted to jump out a window. I was done. Stopped the junk, tossed the candy, poured out the diet soft drinks, and started counting calories again, and walking in the evening. After a week of this I am sitting at 261. About 4 pounds down, mostly water weight.
But I have noticed some other unexpected results already. My mental health is really coming around. The fog of depression is lifting, energy is already going up, hard to just sit. I knew sugar and junk food was evil, but I am convinced the thing that brought me down was the sugar and other chemicals in fast food and soft drinks, even diet drinks. But thankfully I didn't get all the way back to 351. Shooting for onderland this time!
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