I am, apparently a clown. Lost 130lbs, and put every single pound back on in the last two years.

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  • Thoin
    Thoin Posts: 961 Member
    Welcome to the circus! Just need to vent this out, as.... I don't really know where to vent it out at.

    myfitnesspal was absolutely instrumental in getting into the best shape of my life (also a lot of weight lifting and martial arts). It took me around 2-3 years to go from 315lbs to 185lbs.

    I mean, things I'm sure were slowly creeping back on, but then the pandemic hit. I didn't leave my house, didn't exercise, had all my food delivered, etc for a year.

    Stepped on the scale today. Holy cow.

    I went from having visible vascularity on my legs to stay puft marshmallow man in the blink of an eye. I thought I was like 250ish, MAYBE 260ish, but wow. Every single pound came back.

    Lessons learned! Not much I can do but go back at it! At least I have a better handle on "new normal" now, and have a diet/exercise routine that works despite the quarantine/pandemic. Just wish I did it a year ago, but oh well!

    This pandemic has been awful. Absolutely truly awful. The government telling me to #stayhome did incredible damage to my physical and mental health, and took a long time to get a handle on.

    I had something very similar happen to me where I lost over 80 lbs and then gained it all back. It took a long time and it seemed to make it harder to do this time around. The reason it seems harder is because I know how hard it was to lose the weight the first time.

    I don't want to count calories all my life, I know because I keep quitting these apps I start. So now I am trying to find my forever diet. I know I'll have to monitor calories for a long time and to lose this weight again.
  • Ddsb11
    Ddsb11 Posts: 607 Member
    Welcome to the circus! Just need to vent this out, as.... I don't really know where to vent it out at.

    myfitnesspal was absolutely instrumental in getting into the best shape of my life (also a lot of weight lifting and martial arts). It took me around 2-3 years to go from 315lbs to 185lbs.

    I mean, things I'm sure were slowly creeping back on, but then the pandemic hit. I didn't leave my house, didn't exercise, had all my food delivered, etc for a year.

    Stepped on the scale today. Holy cow.

    I went from having visible vascularity on my legs to stay puft marshmallow man in the blink of an eye. I thought I was like 250ish, MAYBE 260ish, but wow. Every single pound came back.

    Lessons learned! Not much I can do but go back at it! At least I have a better handle on "new normal" now, and have a diet/exercise routine that works despite the quarantine/pandemic. Just wish I did it a year ago, but oh well!

    This pandemic has been awful. Absolutely truly awful. The government telling me to #stayhome did incredible damage to my physical and mental health, and took a long time to get a handle on.

    Awe 💕 You’re amazing. Sounds like you give yourself enough tough love and just need an army of support. We got you!!!
  • charmmeth
    charmmeth Posts: 936 Member
    I really sympathise. I lost less than you did first time around, from around 88kg to around 72kg. However, I never got my head round maintenance and I can now see from my graphs that my weight was creeping back up all the time I was thinking that I was "maintaining". Then came some medication, peri-menopause, a year with a lot of conferences (hotel food...) and I was back into the low-mid 80kgs. At the end of Lent last year I weighed in at 81kg (top of normal bmi for me) but after Easter 2020 I ballooned to over 88kg again... In my case I knew it was happening but the gradual gain never seemed enough to do anything about it, and in 2019-20 (when I scarcely weighed in at all) I think I didn't want to take seriously what was happening. However, 88kg seems to be some kind of trigger for me.

    Since Easter 2020, I have lost 13 kg and am back to just over 75 kg which I had set as my goal weight this time around. I'm working now on strategies which will mean that my "trigger" weight is much lower, at between 77.5 and 78.5 kg, so that when I get there I start to track food and stop this from happening again.
  • elisa123gal
    elisa123gal Posts: 4,394 Member
    I think as we all get vaccinated and we resume life; we'll find there was much more damage done in the way of people gaining weight, drinking alcohol too much.. and other health problems surfacing from the lockdown requirements. Not to mention the mental health problems suffered and that will linger.

    So, cut yourself a break.. most people gained weight; don't blame yourself. ..just get back on the program that gave you your success before. You can do it!
  • amyepdx
    amyepdx Posts: 750 Member
    That's the trick. Don't cry over the spilled milk, just mop it up before it stinks any worse.

    I love this! I Gained more than 1/2 of the 98lbs I lost - slacked for about a year before pandemic +20 - then emotional eating + inactivity +35 more.
    Thanks for the timely words of wisdom!

  • Ddsb11
    Ddsb11 Posts: 607 Member
    I think as we all get vaccinated and we resume life; we'll find there was much more damage done in the way of people gaining weight, drinking alcohol too much.. and other health problems surfacing from the lockdown requirements. Not to mention the mental health problems suffered and that will linger.

    So, cut yourself a break.. most people gained weight; don't blame yourself. ..just get back on the program that gave you your success before. You can do it!

    Legitimate sources?
  • ZoneFive
    ZoneFive Posts: 570 Member
    I think as we all get vaccinated and we resume life; we'll find there was much more damage done in the way of people gaining weight, drinking alcohol too much.. and other health problems surfacing from the lockdown requirements. Not to mention the mental health problems suffered and that will linger.

    That's kind of a sweeping statement.

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