First time under 200 in 10 years (SW265+, CW197.0, GW175)
Throughout elementary and middle school I was a competitive swimmer, stopped when I hit high school but didn't make nearly enough changes to my diet. Things got even worse through college, especially with easy access to junk food. Fast forward 10 years and I'd hit over 265 and was facing early stages of liver failure.
Having your primary care physician spell out the details of exactly how badly you've effed up your body is an extremely sobering experience. It took a long time to get momentum going, but finally got into the right headspace to make some serious changes. Initially dropped 50 pounds in about 2 months by logging calories in and out, generally limiting input to around 1k calories per day, but burned myself out on it. Stagnated at 215 for almost a year, making a bit of progress on and off but usually bouncing back up to 210 before any real progress could stick.
Two weeks ago I got the kick in the pants I needed to start taking care of myself again, and rebooted the 1k diet and am now doing close to 13k steps per day (with 2-5k of them being on an elliptical with resistance mode). This morning I weighed in at 197.0 and didn't believe the scale the first few times I stepped on it. I haven't been below 200 in a decade and it feels amazing. Still have another 22 to go, but much more "in the groove" this round than I have been before so hoping I can stick to it the rest of the way!
Tldr: hit 265, got told by doctor that liver was effed, stopped snacking and started tracking, lost 68 pounds so far, 22 to go!
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