Early last year, I decided to start doing something about my weight. I'm going on 30, I've been big since my teens, and when I finally stepped on a scale in January of last year, I weighed 410 pounds. (I had to buy a new scale because the one I had previously went to 350 and error'd out every time I stepped on it). Before that, the last time I knew how much I weighed was during a doctor visit in my late teens where I tipped the scale at over 300.
Cutting sugary drinks and carb-heavy foods like pasta and sandwiches, as well as skipping breakfast... I managed to rapidly lose weight. 30 pounds by the end of February (roughly 5 pounds per week because I started in mid-January). I got down to about 380 pounds, and even had to cut a couple inches off of my ratchet belt because I wasn't able to pull it tight enough to keep my pants up anymore.
Then covid happened.
I changed shifts at work, skipping breakfast became harder, and I started eating pizza and donuts again. The only things I had going for me were the fact that I've remained sugar-free in terms of beverages and I went outside and was generally much more active all summer than I've been in years, which helped suppress my boredom eating tendencies.
When I finally weighed myself again back in November, I had expected to have gained back at least some of the weight, but to my shock, the scale read in the low 370s... I had somehow managed to lose almost another ten pounds despite eating junk.
Fast forward to now, and I've resumed a low-carb diet, intermittent fasting, and I've started going on onto walks. I actually walked over ten miles yesterday between work and a trip around a local reservoir. As of yesterday, the scale read 348. I've lost over 60s pounds total... but the perplexing thing is that I'm still wearing the same clothes I was wearing when I was 410 pounds. They're not sagging or falling off me or anything. I haven't cut any more inches off my belt.
There are some signs that I've lost weight though. My feet don't hurt nearly as much after a day of work. I can actually drop into a full squat, which makes work a lot easier because I don't have to bend over all the time anymore, and I can fit between things that seemed narrower before, but only just barely. I've also had coworkers, friends, and family mention that I look like I've lost weight, which is encouraging. I just can't seem to get past the clothes thing. Surely being on my way to losing a quarter of my bodyweight should have me looking at changing my wardrobe, right?
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