I thought I would never see this day. As of today, I'm not officially not longer classified as obese! Just overweight.... With a fair share of muscle too (cyclist tights, I can dance my pecs a bit). However, I'm very worried this was too fast. I hoped this goal would take me 6 months, and its only being 3.
So, here my story. Please, be respectful, I don't think I have shared this before
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I have been a fat kid since I remember, the fattest kind the classroom. I have tried dieting before, specifically when I was 20. I also believe that it was one of the biggest mistakes of my life. It was under a physician, with strict day to day portion and type meal plans, and yes, I lost a lot of weight to just a bit higher than what I'm now, only to win it all back and more in the next year when I got severely depressed in the following years. I don't believe that the diet in specific led to a depression, I believe it was a combination of factors. But the thing is, before the diet, I had managed to maintain an steady weight on my own, even though I was still growing (getting taller).
Since I was a tween, I have always tried to maintain an active life. Soccer games in junior high, ping-pong and fronton in high-school, along with crunches, dumbbells and mini climber machine at night. I didn't got slim, but I maintained an steady weight, until the diet and the depression that followed, a big blank in my life that I will never recover.
After years of crippling depression, and years of battling it under expert care (during my treatment, weight was the less of my worries), I managed to get my life in a sort of track and started to move forward again. At this time, I decided that If I were to lose weight again, I would do it on my own way. Foolish, perhaps, but I wasn't going back to a physician for that.
My first step, no more drinks with calories. This meant, no more soda, fruit juice, sweetened tea or beer. Also, I started to exercise again. Other than that, I wasn't picky on my food choices and even indulged in pizza or taco nights from time to time, desert after a main meal or a chocolate snacks by midday. Starting point: ~120kg. I was successful in the sense that I managed to get my weight under control again. I went to a month long trip to Japan, where the long walks along with the lack of calorie rich Mexican food meant that I lost about 4kg and never got them back. I even started to lose 1kg from year to year.
Step two, bought a bicycle. It was an electric bike, but still. I pedaled as hard as I could and sweated hard, like I hadn't in a long time. Starting point, ~115kg. Since it became my main mode of transportation, along with leisure cycling nights and weekend rides, I exercised like never before. After four months, I bought a regular folding bicycle and then, a high-end folding bicycle after the first was stolen. Riding the $3k bike is a bliss and I stopped using the electric one all together, even for long (10km+) trips. After more than a year like this, I was in the best shape of my life.
Step number three: (Temporally) changed countries, and bought my foldable bike with me. Starting point: ~107kg. That was 3 months I ago. I calculated that, since food was going to be more expensive, less calorie rich and smaller portions than in Mexico and my daily commute was going to be longer, my weight loss would accelerate. Kinda like happened in Japan. My goal was to return at ~90kg, with my PhD mostly done and ready to take the next steps in my life: find a long term income source and, hopefully, a kind life partner.
So, we are now in the present. A few weeks ago, I foolishly thought that my weight loss had stopped and reduced my calorie intake. My first time on a "real" diet since the depression. Yesterday, I had a carrot, 3 peaches, a cheese and jam sandwich and 4 protein bars. I also bought a scale. So, I woke up a few hours ago, and surprise... I weight 92kg! This means that my BMI is lower than 30 (no longer obese!) But also that I lost ~15kg since coming to Sweden, in just 3 months. That's fast, way too fast. Have I screwed my metabolism?
I'm I doomed to experience a yo yo effect? Please, help fitness GAF!
TLR Was 15kg in 3 months too fast and I have already screwed my body up?
So, here my story. Please, be respectful, I don't think I have shared this before
.I have been a fat kid since I remember, the fattest kind the classroom. I have tried dieting before, specifically when I was 20. I also believe that it was one of the biggest mistakes of my life. It was under a physician, with strict day to day portion and type meal plans, and yes, I lost a lot of weight to just a bit higher than what I'm now, only to win it all back and more in the next year when I got severely depressed in the following years. I don't believe that the diet in specific led to a depression, I believe it was a combination of factors. But the thing is, before the diet, I had managed to maintain an steady weight on my own, even though I was still growing (getting taller).
Since I was a tween, I have always tried to maintain an active life. Soccer games in junior high, ping-pong and fronton in high-school, along with crunches, dumbbells and mini climber machine at night. I didn't got slim, but I maintained an steady weight, until the diet and the depression that followed, a big blank in my life that I will never recover.
After years of crippling depression, and years of battling it under expert care (during my treatment, weight was the less of my worries), I managed to get my life in a sort of track and started to move forward again. At this time, I decided that If I were to lose weight again, I would do it on my own way. Foolish, perhaps, but I wasn't going back to a physician for that.
My first step, no more drinks with calories. This meant, no more soda, fruit juice, sweetened tea or beer. Also, I started to exercise again. Other than that, I wasn't picky on my food choices and even indulged in pizza or taco nights from time to time, desert after a main meal or a chocolate snacks by midday. Starting point: ~120kg. I was successful in the sense that I managed to get my weight under control again. I went to a month long trip to Japan, where the long walks along with the lack of calorie rich Mexican food meant that I lost about 4kg and never got them back. I even started to lose 1kg from year to year.
Step two, bought a bicycle. It was an electric bike, but still. I pedaled as hard as I could and sweated hard, like I hadn't in a long time. Starting point, ~115kg. Since it became my main mode of transportation, along with leisure cycling nights and weekend rides, I exercised like never before. After four months, I bought a regular folding bicycle and then, a high-end folding bicycle after the first was stolen. Riding the $3k bike is a bliss and I stopped using the electric one all together, even for long (10km+) trips. After more than a year like this, I was in the best shape of my life.
Step number three: (Temporally) changed countries, and bought my foldable bike with me. Starting point: ~107kg. That was 3 months I ago. I calculated that, since food was going to be more expensive, less calorie rich and smaller portions than in Mexico and my daily commute was going to be longer, my weight loss would accelerate. Kinda like happened in Japan. My goal was to return at ~90kg, with my PhD mostly done and ready to take the next steps in my life: find a long term income source and, hopefully, a kind life partner.
So, we are now in the present. A few weeks ago, I foolishly thought that my weight loss had stopped and reduced my calorie intake. My first time on a "real" diet since the depression. Yesterday, I had a carrot, 3 peaches, a cheese and jam sandwich and 4 protein bars. I also bought a scale. So, I woke up a few hours ago, and surprise... I weight 92kg! This means that my BMI is lower than 30 (no longer obese!) But also that I lost ~15kg since coming to Sweden, in just 3 months. That's fast, way too fast. Have I screwed my metabolism?
I'm I doomed to experience a yo yo effect? Please, help fitness GAF!
TL
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