As of this morning, I have lost 50 pounds!

I posted a before/after pic in r/cico as I couldnt seem to do that here.

I've been planning this post for a while now and been excited for it all day as I didnt have time to do it before work, but now that I'm here, I've forgotten what I wanted to say lol. But, I did remember the most important part: Thank you.

This community has been a massive help. I can't say I could have done it without you guys. Especially mountainlioness with her daily posts. Having a daily accountability to her and the others made it far easier to be accountable to myself.

The variety of posts makes it to where there's always something new to learn. All of the different little tips and tricks that give new ideas to approaches when the current one has lost its flavor have been one of the best reasons to keep coming onto here. Then the straight up food hacks on r/volumeeating have made losing weight simpler than I thought it could be. Or, at least far less miserable than it could have been.

I had to learn things from the ground up when I first got started. Imagine to yourself the most basic knowledge possible that basically everyone knows, count me as the one person that didnt know because I live under a proverbial rock lol.

The basics of cooking were all new to me. Growing up, my "cooking lessons" consisted of: follow the directions on the box. That's basically it. Fresh fruits and veggies were a rarity, except for potatoes. I couldn't cook something from scratch to save my life (with the exception of eggs or the aforementioned potatoes). I had to completely relearn what a portion size looks like. I had to relearn what foods were actually healthy in terms of calories and nutrition and in relation to portion. If you can think of it, I probably had to relearn it. The stuff I had been taught growing up was pretty much all incorrect.

The posts that covered those basics were so important. All that stuff was desperately needed, but would have been embarrassing to have to ask just in the sheer quantity of things I needed. So thank you to those who make the posts that cover the most basic of the basics.

I most recently started to focus heavily on self-care. I have always done the bare necessities, but I never did anything with regards to doing nice things for myself. For example, my clothes have always been just for the sake of functionality at the smallest expense. Just recently, I got myself a few items that are legitimately nice. And I'll be doing it again in the somewhat near future.

When I've arrived at the weight I want to maintain, I will be ouftfitting myself with a new wardrobe that doesnt consist entirely of clearance rack rejects from the thrift store, because I deserve to have nice things like that. Thats only one example, but the same idea applies to basically everything in my life, as I've pretty much only done the absolute minimum to get the job done with no regards to my own feelings. I guess you could say I'm learning self-love. So, thank you for that.

I still have about another 100lbs to go. One upon a time, I was somewhere around 130 pounds and felt good in my skin (until my parents ripped that little bit of confidence away from my teen self). I'd like to get that way again. I'm hopeful to be at 100 pounds lost in July, or maybe a bit after. if everything goes to plan, I'll be in onederland for the first time in maybe 10 years this summer.

So, here's to losing another 50 pounds. And thanks again you guys.

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