Yo! I'm a bit of a lurker, I think this is my first post, and this is a bit of a rant. Feel free to pass this post up if ya wish!
I've been heavy my whole life. I've been floating around 350lbs for the last five years or so. Sometimes I spike way up, other times I go down.
Around April of this year, when I was near the top end of 360, I decided to steal an idea I found on r/loseit that was comprised of two simple things: 1) Drink only water 2) Eat only before 7pm
I decided to do this for 30 days, and with the occasional hiccup, I followed through! I saw results, and my weight started plummeting. I got to say things like "this is the lightest I've been since two/three/four years ago!" This food and drink trend carried on, until some time mid-summer I started eating later and later, and the occasional sugary drinks won't hurt...
Fast forward to last week. Stress is beginning to mount with work and school, and the holidays are upon us (food available on every countertop). I stepped on the scale for the first time since October to find that I'd gained back about half the weight I'd lost. I was disappointed, sure, but it feels different this time. It doesn't feel like I failed... It feels like I got sidetracked.
So, here I am, now in the low 350s... My short-term goal was and still is to get below 340.
But the challenge I find myself facing every time I recommit myself to losing weight is the WHY... You'd thing health risks would be enough, but for whatever reason, I'm unfazed. So in my eternal quest to find my compelling reason to discipline myself, I humbly ask you if you have any insight into the matter?
For now, I dust myself off, and get back on the wagon.
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source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/k48l72/finding_my_why/
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