♥ Shinx ♥ (12-26-2022)
I have body dysmorphia to some degree
I've never been happy with my weight but got to my heaviest weight this year, last month.
I was 232 lbs.
Currently down 7 lbs.
I'm a yoyo dieter so this time I'm really trying to make it a life style change.
Maybe when I have more progress I'll post some before and afters.
Lots of motivation here.
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♥ Shinx ♥ (12-26-2022)
I feel good about where I'm at now to show a before and work in progress.
I think the most noticeable change is my shorts require a belt now.
I'm still not happy and have this idea in my head that I'll be happier when I'm a below 200lbs.
I just started this new workout routine almost 2 weeks ago. I like the direction I'm going. I have since changed my diet pretty drastically.
I also cut out drinking.
I think I would be less hard on myself if I had stuck to anything I started. I would see significant changes and still fall off the wagon.
Determined to make life style changes this go around!
Feeling better about myself at least.
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I want to join!
I lost over 20kg before, but I fell off the bandwagon and got everything and more back... But in January I want to start again, but without the scale, because weighing is stressing me. Instead I only want to make photos and measuring myself.
Pidgey (12-28-2022)
Measuring is a great way to track progress!
Sometimes your weight can go up even though you are losing.
I struggle with not weighing myself daily. Some days I retain more water.
And other days I couldn't say why the number went up. It gives me motivation to oush myself harder the days I hate the numbers I saw.
I feel like their is an equation that works for everyone out there and it's different for lots of people.
Do what works for you! That's what I'm trying. And everytime I fail I try to ask myself why didn't the last diet work, what did I struggle with, and how can I learn and tweak that for the next diet.
I've failed on so many of my plans its discouraging. But when you find what works for you run with it!
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Remember guys that the weigth isn't that important in a fitness journey!
You need to measure your fat/muscle mass in order to know what is happening.
Sometimes you're gaining weigth but is because maybe you lose 1 pound of fat and gained 2 of muscle!
Take my by the example, like 7 years ago my weigth was 165lbs(75kg), nowadays I'm 214lbs(97kg) and I'm happier, I'm stronger, and I have a lot of muscle with just a little fat.
So start measuring that, please.
Cinnamoroll (12-31-2022),Pidgey (12-28-2022)
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Yeah, I don't put that much stock in my weight itself because there's been so little correlation in my own past experience. Like right now I weigh a little less than I did when I was the fittest I was in my life, but I am bigger and slower and weaker and generally worse in any other traditional measure of fitness.
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Getting sick earlier this year was really rough for me, eve though it wasn't COVID, I have a history of reactions to viral respiratory infections that cause reactions like long COVID. I've been slowly clawing my way up since 2011, but for a few reasons my fitness sort of wavered the past couple of years (lifestyle changes, the pandemic, et cetera). Then, not even considering that, this illness I had, I feel like my recovery timeline was set back by a few years and it's been really disheartening. I'm not back at square zero by any means, but it's still a huge blow.
In a more practical sense, I do want to slim down for my brother's wedding in a few months, or really sooner so I can buy the dresses, so I'm going to have to figure out what I can manage even with my limitations.
Pidgey (12-28-2022)
So, I started again =)
We as a family were all very sick in November and then the diet has not worked at all.
And after that just before Christmas I just let go and gorged myself. Sugar addiction is real...
But that's how I found out what ares the diet did me good: Cycle, hair, skin, mood. Everything went down the drain.
Oh well, what the heck. Get up and move on.
That's why I restarted on Jan. 1 and am already noticing improvements again.
But as I said before: this time without calories and without the scale, that only puts me under unnecessary pressure.
Nice! I totally agree that you should not count calories and to not use the scale, it often gives you a lot of pressure.
What I do is eat what I know I need to eat in a daily basis. The pouns of protein/carbs. I don't usually worry about the fat.
And don't be rude with you, every step is a good step! And you don't need to be always on a diet. I usually eat healthy laboral days and in the weekends I can eat whatever I want, obviously to know the limits.
Hi everyone! Currently recovering from an injury. I had bicep tendinitis which resulted in major months of physical therapy. So now not only do i lift with more reps, i try to stay under heavy weights. i do miss pushing on plates for heavy lifting... but, i just cant with two injuries. I currently weigh 209 and wanting to bulk to 215 and then cut. first pic is of when i first started my jouirney (2011 110ish lbs) and second is current (2022-ish 209ish lbs)
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