Hey, so apologies as this might be a bit rambly and incoherent at times. I'm not always the best at putting my thoughts into words.
I also realise that this will be similar to a lot of the posts that are here, but I think I need to have something written, if only to try and hold myself accountable to somebody other than myself, if that makes sense?
31/M 5"9 262lbs
Overview
So yeah, the name's Dale and it's time for me to get my act together. I've been battling my weight for years with different levels of effort, but I've decided that I now really need to get things together...I kinda don't want to die soon, you know?
So I got new batteries for my scales yesterday and I weighed myself this morning. I was dreading it, but I came in a bit lighter than I thought at 18st 10lbs, or about 262lbs for those of you that measure in freedom units. I was expecting to be about 10-15lbs heavier, I've not weighed myself in a long time, but that's a start.
I was doing well until the start of the year and all the COVID stuff hit. My gym closed and then shut down, I went through an incredibly stressful lockdown and it's kinda gotten a bit more out of control since then.
My big issue is that I eat all the time (Crazy, right?). I eat when I'm happy, I eat when I'm sad or stressed, I eat when I'm bored, I eat when I'm active. I eat when I'm hungry and I eat when I see something that looks nice. I've realised that eating comes as naturally to me as breathing. I'll eat my dinner, take my plate through to the kitchen and before I know it I'm in the cupboard or the fridge looking for something else to have...immediately afterwards.
So I guess my biggest issue is that I need to change my relationship with food. I've started using MyFitnessPal today and I ended the day with an almost 650kcal deficit, which included breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. So it's clear to me that I can actually do it if I set my mind to it, but it's just trying to readjust my outlook, find the snacks and the foods that are going to fill me up for longest, or find the foods that I can safely binge on when I feel the need to eat (I hear things like popcorn are good for that?)
(EDIT: My TDEE is apparently 2.5k calories, MFP says I should be eating 2200 and today I finished on 1529... none of these numbers really make all that much sense to me)
Goals
So I need to change my outlook to food. I'd like to take it slow and see if I can consistently lose 1lb a week. Going with that rate, it feels like it'd be healthy and safe weightloss, and this time next year I'd be down 3.5 stone, which would be fantastic.
I want to be able to fit in to nice clothes again. When I was younger, late teens to early 20's before the weight came thick and fast, I used to dress really smartly. I want to go back to that. I want to be able to look in the mirror and be happy with the person that's looking back at me. I know this wont entirely be achieved purely through weightloss, but it's going to be a big part of it for me.
So yeah. I guess that;s everything? It's late here in the UK, I'm tired and I'm rambling and I don't really know what else is relevant to talk about?
If you have advice for me, I'd be more than open to it... is MFP the best app to use? Do you have any recipe or food advice (I'm a vegetarian btw), any good excercises or activity suggestions for an overweight asthmatic? What other things should I be doing/should I be avoiding?
Thank you for reading this wall of rambling text. Stay safe and take care of yourselves! :)
EDIT: Edited bits in because I keep forgetting things :/
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