I now weigh less than the last time I gave up

SW: 450 lbs CW: 358 lbs

A few years ago I was on a roll getting my weight down after many years of losing control. At one point I had gotten to a weight of about 360 lbs. Then as time went by I hit a wall and I wasn't emotionally mature enough to handle it and didn't have the right support group at the time to push me back on the right track. So I turned to binge eating again and extreme dieting which only made me feel worse. Soon enough around 2018 I had reached my highest weight at 450 lbs. I did small changes here and there and eventually got to about 365, but then me and my partner went through a rough patch and I lost the will to continue with it and I practically put the weight back on.

Now in May of this year I decided I wanted to build a new foundation for myself that wasn't a thrown together half assed attempt. I brushed up on what I knew and learned more and just kept building new routines.

Somethings I started to do to help was - writing in a daily mood journal about my day my feelings and so on and so forth. Being able to read my times of lows for inspiration to reach my highest of highs really helped me to push my self

• counting every single calorie and making sure they were worth it. I began to teach myself to revalue my relationships with certain foods and food rituals.

• Got a therapist that helps me with my problems from and unbiased and 3rd party perspective. She's been a massive help to me finding the core of my binge eating and I was able to act accordingly

• started a work out routine that has too happen before any fun can begin

Since then I've been able to expand my workout routines to nature hikes, resistance band exercises, full body workouts. I practice keto and OMAD and extended water fasts.

So today I weigh in this morning as 358 lbs, two pounds less than when I gave up. I like to joke that it took me 5 years to lose 2 lbs. But really it took me 5 years to realize I was worth putting in the effort to make my life more fulfilling and healthy, its something I deserve and now its something I'm being able to earn.

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