A change in lifestyle begins with small steps. My small step starts with a weigh-in: nearly 280lbs, morbidly obese for my height of 5’7”. I’ve had active cycles in the past, fluctuating between 220-250lbs, but after a manic episode November 2018, I’ve slowed down considerably. 2019 was pretty active, living onsite at an outdoor center, with upwards of 2mile walks daily, but plenty of carbs with fries, rice & white bread toast almost every meal. Added with the new Latuda medicine for my newly diagnosed bipolar type 1 disorder, I gained 20lbs last year to 270lbs.
This winter has been sedentary. Returning home from the Scotland outdoor center to western NY, I found a part time job at Pizza Hut, so there was a big shift in daily fitness. Days consist of sleeping in, lazing in bed, eating sugary cereal and whole milk, then getting rides to and from the Hut.
My lifestyle is changing. Today. I quite the toxic pizza-making job to work now at a Walgreens, still hungry for a full-time job, but no more sleeping in. No more lazy web browsing in bed late at night. Small steps- daily routine, like a constant sleep schedule, cutting out cereal for eggs, lowering or even eliminating whole milk consumption, keeping up with my medication.
Hopefully this will lead to bigger steps- 1 mile walks to and from work, daily walks around the block, even keeping up with chores.
I need this lifestyle change. I must improve to live longer & vividly. I wanna stop the cycles and go all in on being better.
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TL;DR: Weighing my heaviest today. Lifestyle changes from bedside web browsing & couch potato tv watching to daily walks & better diet & establishes sleep cycle. Improving habits to not only lose weight, but to gain a new life
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