My success so far.
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I'm going to follow your post. You are an inspiration and for some reason I feel that you are going to conquer this and teach many of us. So please please keep commenting and updating us on your journey. I will look forward to what you have to say.6
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I'm going to follow your post. You are an inspiration and for some reason I feel that you are going to conquer this and teach many of us. So please please keep commenting and updating us on your journey. I will look forward to what you have to say.
Thank you so much. I will try my best to come back and give updates. Social media and sharing is still very new to me so the updates may come slowly. But thank you for your kind words and support. Good luck on your journey and I hope you can take something away from reading about mine as well.6 -
StephanieStC wrote: »Wow! Congratulations! You must be so proud of/happy with yourself! You've done a tremendous thing for yourself!
Also, I just want to say I'm so sorry you went through all that shame and depression. I hope you are feeling better now.
I can't say I'm completely healed just yet.. but I am well on my way.. thank you. It hasn't been easy but getting all this support from my first posts has been an enormous help.5 -
Absolutely amazing!!!1
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You lost a half of you! I bet your feeling fabulous inside and out. I am hoping to be able to get there too. Thanks for the inspiration!!2
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Very Impressive. I must admit I never came across someone like yourself who feels hungry all the time, sound horrible. I think that is what caught my attention, I look for motivation and found some right here in your story. A healthy fit life is not handed to anyone, it takes dedication and perseverance. Easy to fall back out of it, it is stories like this that help me keep going. When you read and see the results, it is inspiring. Thanks for that.5
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take another update photo with a smile, because you have done great2
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daveredvette wrote: »take another update photo with a smile, because you have done great
Thanks lol, I've never been much of a smiler.. I'm afraid this is about as smiley as I get 😂
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U a cutie pie4
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Thank you. Thank you for sharing your story. Many parts of it resonate with many of us I am sure. You give us hope 🙂. Stand up tall and proud because you have done amazingly well, look terrific and I am guessing helped motivate many others. Keep up the journey-you have so many wonderful days and experiences ahead!2
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Nvr2L82BGr8 wrote: »Thank you. Thank you for sharing your story. Many parts of it resonate with many of us I am sure. You give us hope 🙂. Stand up tall and proud because you have done amazingly well, look terrific and I am guessing helped motivate many others. Keep up the journey-you have so many wonderful days and experiences ahead!
Thank you, I didn't exactly intend on inspiring people, nor did I even think I could be inspirational until I was typing out the closing sentences lol. I just kind of put it in because it seemed like it may actually help someone. But before then, It didn't really cross my mind.. but I hoped someone could learn from my mistakes, they could see that if they're similar or were in a similar situation, that it's not too late. I could have been years, months or even days away from losing everything at the size I was at. It's miserable, and I hate knowing I'm not the only one that experienced that struggle. I believed whole heartedly that I was just meant to be another one of the news articles on someone that just couldn't get their life together in time. I'm so glad I kept getting that little jump start every now and then to try again. It was rare.. but I had that hope somewhere deep down. So I know others do too. I finally understand why people say, "if I could do it you could too." Usually those people weren't quite as detached from the world as I was, and I didn't take it well.. But because I literally gave up on everything for over a decade.. I can say with certainty that anyone can change.. they just need that connection, that perfectly timed push or little glimpse of a better future.. and the rest comes easier than you'd think. It's still hard af.. plenty of challenges and little things that make you feel so silly for struggling with them.. but it IS possible. Trust the process.7 -
NecessaryChange wrote: »daveredvette wrote: »take another update photo with a smile, because you have done great
Thanks lol, I've never been much of a smiler.. I'm afraid this is about as smiley as I get 😂
That's a great smile! My mom will beg me to smile showing my teeth, but it always feels incredibly forced. 😆3 -
This is outstanding! Wow! How many calories did you start out with eating to lose?1
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This is outstanding! Wow! How many calories did you start out with eating to lose?
Well to be honest I just kind of jumped right in without much knowledge at the beginning.. so when I put all my info into the app it said my daily calories was.. a little over 3000 or so to lose 2 lbs a month. But I felt like that was too much because I didn't really understand gradual loss and not going too low, and got a little obsessed with just getting rid of it all quickly. So I believe I ate about 2000 to 2400 and kept chipping the number down.. unfortunately I went all the way down to 1200 to 1400 and sometimes even lower. When I saw those MFP warnings that lower than 1200 isn't good for you, I started to eat a bit more and built back up to around 1600 to 1800 and stayed there for a while because I felt ok, had energy to spare and I felt it was manageable. The past few months with my coach, that I have been working with since November, had me go up to 2000 to 2200 again to address my issue of never feeling full while trying several variations of food groups and macros, even at my biggest I would eat and eat and eat because I've always had this empty stomach, rumbling.. like the feeling you get when you haven't eaten for a full day. I never really binged per say, I just desperately was trying to feel satiated. Unfortunately that hasn't worked either so I'm back to around the 1600 to 2000 range to gradually lose the rest so I can hopefully have a successf consult with the Herwitz Center for Plastic Surgery in a few weeks about my loose skin. (It's causing lots of issues including some bad back issues). It was a bit of a rollercoaster and it could have been done a bit safer and healthier. But I think I'm making up for it now! ☺️ My current "stats" are:
6'3" or 6'4", roughly 285lbs, Dr and coach believe I could have anywhere from 30 to 60lbs of loose skin total atm and ~30 lbs to lose through diet and exercise, and not much fat in the body cavity itself, which is good news for my organs. Then it's all about maintenance and patience.. So while I'm almost there, it feels like I'm super far away because of how much loose skin there is 😅. Trying to get a better mindset about it though.11 -
3000 calories to loose 2 lbs a week* didn't see that mistake.0
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Wow, this is one of the most inspirational stories I've ever read. Kudos to you! Congratulations on so many levels of your achievements!
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Thank you for posting and sharing. I am really glad you are here. Both in these forums and on this planet fighting to live your life. Your story is inspirational and will help other people.7
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Hi Rich! How are you doing? Hoping that it is going well for you. Keep up the great work. We are all cheering you on!1
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Very inspirational! Thank you for sharing0
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