Hello! Around 5 months ago I was considered obese. I was 5 foot 9 at 215lbs. I felt horrible and looked horrible. I knew I needed to make a change for a LONG TIME. I finally felt like doing something about it amidst the COVID pandemic (4-5 months ago) as it was my first year of high school and I had time to become more confident about myself before we went full in-person school (we were online at this time).
I knew what a "calorie" was but didn't know what I had to do to lose weight. I thought at the time I would have to do some kind of exercise to burn calories. I was able to find some good YouTube videos that educated me on eating in a calorie deficit to lose weight. I looked online for "meal plans" and followed one. As I got better at understanding macros I was able to follow meal plans of my own!
After about 4-5 months of eating in a decent deficit, I have lost 40 pounds! I am now 175lbs and considered borderline normal weight! My old goal weight was 175lbs but I think somewhere around 160lbs will do better for me. My plan for when I lose weight will be to gain some muscle and become somewhat lean.
If I didn't have a community like r/loseit , I doubt I would have been able to sustain this deficit. The posts of peoples progresses just motivated me further and further and still continues to motivate me today. I hope this post does the same! I might post some before and after pictures if I'm able to find a good before picture (I was shy about taking pictures before).
I'm excited to go into my second year of high school next month, my goal of becoming more confident has been reached!
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