Sorry, I don't really have anyone to be excited about it with; everyone I've told is just disinterested, which I understand, but I'd like to celebrate a small win especially with how much my life has been falling apart in other areas! I (24, 5'7 Trans guy) have officially lost 20lbs. From 290 to 270 in about 3 months. It's such a small amount from what my goal is (180), but it feels huge. I'm on several medicines that increase my appetite significantly, plus having a thyroid condition that made it very difficult for me to regulate my weight even when I felt like I was starving all the time. My doctor and I talked, and he figured out the thyroid thing and some other stuff so now I have been able to lose weight for the first time in my life at a reasonable, steady pace. It doesn't feel like my body is yoyoing between 250 and 290 all the time, as was the problem for so long. It's slow, but in this case that's a great thing - it's a signal that whatever the heck was going on is stable now! My cholesterol has gone down and is now a healthy level, too. I also had an injury that laid me up and took exercise out of my routine last month, so hopefully I'll see the weight come off a little faster now that I'm healed. I'm sticking to my lifestyle changes and the new meds and I'm not only looking better, but feeling better. I would like to get down to 180, and for once I feel like it's possible! I've been doing 30 minutes of exercise a day (minus the two weeks I was laid up almost completely) and I'm moving it up to 45 minutes now, which is also partially because of physical therapy requirements lol. I'm excited and confident continuing this journey. A little bummed no one has noticed or cared when I told them, but this sub has helped me feel better a lot! So thank y'all so much. I've gotten a lot of help from here :)
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