I began losing weight when I was 13 years old, 5’7, 231.2lbs, and with an upsetting BMI of 35. I’m now 14 years old, 5’8, 175.2lbs, and with a BMI a little under 27. I lost all of this weight between the months of may 2020 to current day. Losing weight is an exceptionally hard thing to do, and I was able to completely and entirely change who I am as a person using diet and mostly exercise.
I started losing weight with a normal diet, this carried me down to the 220s, at this point I began exercising. Something that I’ve always been proud of myself for is that I can subvert expectations, by the end of that summer, weighing 200ish, I was able to bike 100 miles in a week. Now that is nothing to me, I’ve biked 50 miles in a day, but it’s still something impressive for a normal kid, let alone a kid with no athletic background, additionally suffering from obesity.
I moved to a new school, I was still obese and immensely self conscious. During my time in the school I completely sprouted into a new person. Being depressed for most of my life, I learned that exercise, at least for me, is the key to happiness. Losing more weight gave me confidence, I started to like how I look. This confidence gave me the ability to make my friends, something that I have lacked my whole life. Now I couldn’t live without them
During the half of the school year, the scale dropped down to 180s, I was still depressed, it was cold outside and there was little to do, still building a friendgroup. Later in the year, I strangely joined track, I’m the opposite of what a track kid looks like. I was slow, and I did bad in my events, but I loved it, just exercising for an hour after school with my friends.
In time for this summer, I have lost most of the weight I need to, just ten pounds left to a normal BMI. (I wanna lose more though) I feel completely fine swimming and being shirtless in public. I think it’s understated how much losing weight and exercising can change someone’s life. I was a sad obese boy rotting away inside, no sports or social life, but I blossomed into somebody who helps people find happiness and love their life. My best friend hated life, but I made her exercise and join track with me, and she thanked me later for helping her find something that made her happy.
And a small bonus that my crush likes me too (had my first kiss with him) (:
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