So I'm a 29-year-old male, I am 6'1 and I weigh 384 pounds. I was really not prepared for that shock when I stood on the scale. I didn't think I had gotten that big, I haven't weighed myself in years but It's really been on my mind for the past week since I've found out.
I'm a father to a very beautiful 3-year-old girl, and I want to be in her life for as long as I can. I myself lost my mother at the age of 61 two years ago. She was a heavier woman, smoked, drank and I think a combination of the three took her away from us early.
I don't want that to be me, I don't want my daughter to live without her parents. It immediately caused me to stop all fast food. I think that was probably the main contributing factor. Where I work, there is a McDonald's within a 2 minute walk and I chose convenience over my own health.
Some days I would eat McDonald's twice a day, once for breakfast and once for lunch. Quitting soda is probably one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. I have switched completely over the past few years from regular soda to zero sugar soda and I know it's not the best thing in the world but I feel like I'm making progress. Lately I have been using mio in water to help curb that craving.
I went to Walmart and bought 20 of the healthy choice frozen dinners. 270 calories each and eat two of these a day, along with whatever my wife may cook for me at dinner.
A lot of advice I've heard is you can't outrun a bad diet, so I figured I would start there. Problem is, I don't like cooking. I hate it, I can't stand cooking and everything about meal prep just turns me off from the idea of dieting.
And on the other hand, exercise for me is nearly impossible. Because of my size, my hip, left leg and my back are in near constant pain from the pressure of the weight. I'm okay for a few hours after I first wake up, but after moving around for a little while, it's near constant agony. And if I sleep wrong the night before, I just don't want to get out of bed because I hurt so bad.
I'm just ready to be normal again. If I ever was normal. This is no way to live
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