Mid 20s, wanting to lose 70lbs. Anyone in a similar boat?

ElliotM6

Hello all,

I've been doing an awful lot of lurking lately, and I've learnt so much about how to do this right, exercising and the like. I feel like I have all the tools I need, except some of you awesome people to keep me motivated!

I suppose I should say a bit more about myself. I fell like I've been fat forever, even when I see pictures of myself as a skinny kid. It was easier to pretend I had always, and will always be this way. How could you be expected to lose weight if you were always fat? Excellent reasoning, I know. I feel like I'm lucky in a way because I was never really teased about my weight, not to my face anyway. The only person who was harsh on me was myself, I would think horrible things about myself, really hateful things, and I would punish myself for being this way.

None of that ever translated into weight loss though. I feel as though a large part of that was ignorance, ignorance about what a healthy diet and lifestyle looks like. Part of it was obviously laziness too, I bought a gym pass in my first year of Uni and went exactly once. I'm deathly afraid of people seeing me all sweaty and red and gross, I suppose it's because I feel as though I look awful enough already! So after my first session I ran into some friends and was so embarrassed I never went again.

My "turning point" was finding an old shirt I'd loved, and after squeezing my arms through the sleeves, I realised it was far too small. I didn't own a scale, so I didn't know how much I'd gained, but I knew it was enough!

But I've gotten myself educated, and while I'm not yet okay with going to the gym, I've been doing the 30 day shred 5 days a week, and using my new exercise bike too. After reading many topics on the subject I went out and got a HRM to calculate calories burned instead of relying on MFP.

Anyway! If you're in the same position as me, or even if you just need motivation too, please feel free to add me