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Hey folks! Wanted to share my (probably lengthy) story and hopefully find a few new friends to help stay motivated together with.
High school I was always a bit chubby - around 21 years old I hit my all-time high (back then) of 190lbs. I stand about 5’7” so that felt pretty hefty. I got into cardio and running. Cut my calories way down and over the summer dropped to about 150lbs. I was in the best shape of my life, able to run 5+ miles per day and feel great after.
I injured my knee about a year later working as a package loader which put me off my running game. Even walking more than a mile would start to hurt - going down stairs always hurt. Lasted over 6 months - and before it recovered fully I got a sedentary job working in IT. I never did get back into running again. Lost control of my diet.
Fast forward, I’m now 31. I peaked last month at about 280lbs. A family member passed away recently and it was kind of a reality check. I knew I had to do something to fix my health, otherwise the road ahead would get worse and worse.
1 month ago to the day I started doing StrongLifts 5x5, focused on reducing my calorie intake substantially, and have been going for increasingly longer walks. As of today I’m down to 255lbs. That’s 25lbs, which feels huge for me. I still have a long ways to go, but am feeling a ton more energy and am way happier for it. Yesterday I started trying to introduce a cardio element as well. Ran a block, walked a block, enough to keep my heart pumping. I’m taking it slow since I’m still quite heavy. Aiming for 3 days a week to do even 20 mins of this for now until I can slowly handle more.
Some days I wake up and feel pumped to get up and go. Other days I’m stuck working my desk job all day and find it much harder to stand up afterward and use my body. Just want to potatooooo.
I’ve found many of my friends want to be supportive, but... most of them seem to take my progress as an attack on them for not progressing in whatever way they want to in their own life. Which isn’t ever my intent, but it does make me hesitant to talk to others about my journey back to being healthy. So I’d really like to get to know some spirited folks here. Maybe share progress and what has worked for ourselves; help motivate each other especially on the tougher days. Or even if you’ve hit your goals but just enjoy hearing about people pushing to better themselves, I’m down to connect.
tl;dr I’m fat and nerdy but working at it. Be my friend. Thanks!
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