Im "officially" healthy!!
So, about 4 months ago I hurt my back, got a slipped disc(not entirely sure what the english name for it is, I'm not a native speaker) and had excruciating pains for a couple weeks. This made me decide to get out of the mess that was my then health. My weight was 94kg. Being a not very tall dude (175cm) that was way off where I should be. I used a BMI calculator I found somewhere on the internet and it showed "OBESE". Yikes. I had never really really thought about it, I've been fat or at least chubby my entire life, so it wasn't really something I noticed.
That is until my back just decided to break completely, my work contributed to it going bad, absolutely, but me being to big for my own body to manage didnt really help. So I decided to do something about it.. First couple of weeks I was close to bedridden, I couldn't move much due to being in pain, but I started my conscious thought about what I put in myself almost instantly. No more Coke and Chips. No more eating every time I was "hungry" (In reality I know now after not doing it for a bit, I was just bored).
After about 3 weeks since my injury I started to walk, first I set a goal of 9000 steps per day, I was still hurting a bit so I didn't want to exaggerate any injury so started slow. I also started eating with a limit. My macro-calculations said that I could do 1400 cals without issue. It might be on the low side, but I've decided to do that while also listening to my body, if I feel bad/hungry I'm not going to fuss about going to 1500 or so.
This worked so well, I dropped down to 85 quickly, then to 82 and then about 3 weeks ago I saw my scale starting with a 7 for the first time that I can remember.
After hitting 79.x its been getting slow, there is no instant results anymore, the weather here (warmest summer ever recorded) + me exercising a lot more (my goal is now 15000 steps and I've hit it all but one day last month) means I drink so much more water and I at least think that is affecting the loss slightly. But I'm not in any kind of rush. Losing half a kg a week or not doesn't matter as long as I feel healthier, which I do. Its really night and day. I have energy for anything now, I work full time and come home and head out on the golf course or walking for 10km without issue. Its just amazing what a difference losing that extra weight has done.
Anyhow, today I measured myself and my scale said 76.5 KG. Which means my BMI officially has gone in to the less then 25kg/m3 to be considered "healthy". And whats great is that I dont feel like this has been "tough" or whatever, which I dreaded when I started. That I would get tired of not eating snacks and exercising daily, like it would feel like I was punishing my self daily. I feel like I've just started and that's probably a good thing! I've set my goal at below 70. Which would put me smack middle of the healthy category, and it should be doable in time.
It feels really good to actually see results like this. I feel healthier and now the proof is there that its not just placebo.
I also got to buy a smaller sized t-shirt today which was nice :)
To anyone that read through this, thanks!
[link] [comments]
from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/2LixxlB
No comments: