5’11. Male. 26 years old. Starting weight: 400 lbs. Current weight: 250 lbs. 604 days of hard work and hellbent dedication.
Hey, y’all. It’s me again. I always feel slightly bad when I post updates here when it hasn’t really been that long since the previous one, but half another hundred pounds feels like a pretty big deal to me. And I dunno, I guess I just feel really proud of myself.
Another reason why I’m feeling particularly hyped right now is that I tried on a size large t-shirt completely expecting it to not fit and was more than pleasantly surprised to notice that it had. They were out of XL for this Spider-Man t-shirt, and I’m quite a fan of graphic tees (especially of the superhero variety though I normally gravitate toward Batman lol). And I was just like, “Fine, I’ll bank on a large and if it doesn’t fit, I’ll hold onto it until it does.” The place I bought it from closed their dressing rooms because of COVID-19. Blah blah blah, not important.
What is important is that I honestly couldn’t tell ya the last time I managed to fit into a large. I can barely even tell you the last time I managed to fit into anything under a 3XL before I started this journey. So for that, I’ll call it a huge milestone.
What I’m doing:
Low-calorie dense recipes that are satiating and high in volume. I’ve said this in previous posts: check out a YouTuber by the name of Greg Doucette. He specializes in this concept, and following his advice offers a lot of very sustainable dietary freedom. His biggest advice is that if there are foods that you love that are outside of the circle of what’s considered to be healthy, alter the food in the kitchen and prepare it in such a way that it’s in the circle. For example, I love pizza. So lately I’ve been making tons of cauliflower pizzas and I’ve actually gotten pretty decent at it. Way lower in calories, and I’ve got a gluten intolerance, so it’s great for that. There are tons more recipes that are specifically from Greg that I like, like protein ice cream, anabolic French toast (of course I need to use gluten free bread lol), wraps, etc. Check him out.
When it comes to exercise, I’ve been jogging much more lately. I’ll mix it with some walking so I don’t die, but I’ve been enjoying cardio. The idea of enjoying cardio has always been strange to me, but that’s where I’m at. I also lift weights three days out of the week. Just simple shit in my room with dumbbells, but I’m consistent so I’m seeing results.
It’s like I’ve said before: this has been a very emotional journey. Much of it was spent learning more about myself, and learning out to adapt and overcome through my failures. I’ve slipped up many times in the past 604 days, but the main thing is that I stayed resilient and kept getting back on the horse. I’m not done yet. Probably never will be as long as I continue to care about my body, and believe me, I plan to always care about my body.
We only get one of them after all.
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