Let me start by saying I'm 28(m) and have been overweight my whole life. I reached 300 pounds my freshmen year of high school and have been above that weight until today. Around 2015 I reached my highest weight of about 395, after I saw that number I knew I didn't want to reach 400 and started my long slow journey of losing weight. Today I finally saw 299 lbs on my scale.
Around 2015 I started keto which worked well but I realized it wasn't a long term solution for me personally. I had gotten down to about 350 lbs and my weight flucutated after as I stopped really working on my weight. After trying multiple more diets throughout the years but not being able to really keep up with them I started intermittent fasting with mixing in a few days of OMAD. This worked really well for me as I was counting the calories of the meals I was eating and I only had to count one or two meals.
Along with diet I would attempt to supplement them working out. Of course everyone always told me to do cardio, but as someone who couldn't stand doing cardio I went out and bought a cheap weight rack. I started doing Stronglifts 5x5. I got to the point where I actually enjoyed working out as I was lifting. I could see my progress there more than cardio. Over time I have slowly been adding biking and hiking.
My journey has been long and slow due to me getting off track so many times. But along the way I learned so many new things. I still also have quite a way to go to finish my journey but this for sure has been the biggest milestone I've achieved along the way.
This subreddit has really helped me get back on track so many times with seeing the amazing progress so many of you make and it always gives me hope. So I want to thank all of those on here who post their stories and inspire people like me to get their ass in gear.
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