Hi there,
I followed this sub for like a good 3 months now.
I've always tried to lose fat/weight. In highschool every summer I would try to do pushups and situps (as a young naive boi would do expecting results XD). And I would always give up after 2 weeks. I was always plagued with how prominent the flab on my chest looked and hunched my back for pictures. I would stand at the back so I could cover my body and edge my neck out to make sure my double chin wasn't there. There was one month when I started university, during the summer of my first year I cut out all carbs and meat. I was always so tired and without energy, but I lost a lot of weight. But I didn't continue because of how miserable and unprepared I felt. After a few more years at uni I started feeling my coats become tighter, dress shirt buttons not being able to hold my stomach in when I sat, and just a lot of flab. It sucked. I was humiliated at times where acquaintances would try to grab the fat on my chest and squish it. I couldn't hide from it anymore but I didn't know where to start.
I bought a jumping rope earlier this year. I didn't look at my weight but I jumped 3 times a week. It felt good when I finished and I felt I was working to something. But whenever I looked at the mirror I was taken a back. I still thought that progress could come overnight XD. I jumped rope for a month and started not eating as much junk as I did before. And when I started measuring myself on the scale I was losing 4-5kg a month. It's been 2 months now and progress is still going well. It's actually gotten better! I used to not be able to control myself around chips, would eat a whole pack by myself (the big ones, not the lunch ones). But so many people were hoarding junk during the initial outbreak - that I was actually left with fruit and vegetables.
I think what really motivated me is I remember the weight I was 4-5 years ago. I gained 20kg in those 4-5 years. Yet I have lost around half of that in just around 2monthsish (maybe a bit more). And that's really put things into perspective. If I just control my calories and hit those deficits while exercising I can reach my goal in about 4-6months (I want to lose another 30kg to get me to my BMI). And that's basically the length of the lockdown from where I'm from!
Sorry for the long rant, and thank you if you've read it this far. I guess I just wanted to share my experiences with someone. But not my friends. I heard that sharing goals creates an effect in your mind where you get satisfied with sharing it but you don't continue working on them? Especially if it's with your friends. And because I'm really looking forward to a flow up. Since I was like 8, I always thought I was just going to be fat. But now, just maybe if I keep going I can prove myself wrong.
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