11 Of The Biggest Things I Stopped Doing To Lose 90 Pounds - WITH PICS! *What have YOU had to STOP?

For me it was ignoring the guys that were CICO but would eat ramen noodles and ice cream and tell me IIFYM bro! I had skinny fat problems, I had all visceral fat, and it was a sign that my doctor told me was early onset Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Blood tests confirmed that if I kept up eating sugars and carbs I was headed for a diabetic coma. For me there was no room for carbs and sugars and cheat meals, and a lot of people didn't understand that because it didn't affect them, they didn't have diabetes. I didn't switch to keto because it was the in thing, I literally couldn't eat more than 10 grams of carbs in a meal without passing out on my couch afterward for two to three hours. People tried to downplay the seriousness of the condition, and every time I would lose some weight they would tell me that I could have lost twice as much as I did if I just ate 30-40% carbs in my macros. Eventually I had to block a lot of "fitness gurus" that just had an axe to grind about keto or low carb diets, and I only recommend them to people like me, who are knocking on death's door and need help. So for me it was 100% cutting the carbs, and that made a lot of people mad and scared because I was dropping weight without killing myself in the gym or counting my calories everyday, and that went against everything they'd ever been taught. If you don't have serious medical problems, if you aren't a candidate for diabetes or heart disease then relax, eat your ice cream and ramen noodles, you'll be fine, but as for me... I had to change.

Congratulations on your weight loss. I have to admit, that is my list. I would add - get rid of the negative people in your life. I have had "friends" that would try to sabotage my weight loss journey. I have to remind myself that I am not weak and that I can do anything. I remind myself that the weight didn't come on overnight and it won't come off overnight and that this is a journey that is part of my life. I restarted my weight loss journey on January 1st (like always) and so far have lost 15 lbs. I still have another 90 lbs to go, but I know that I can do it.

I’ve given up thinking I can somehow wing it. ‘Exercise more, watch what I eat, just be sensible’ hasn’t worked so far. Now I’m using cold, hard data and not kidding myself. Calorie counting, weighing, journaling, and adjusting the plan as necessary. I’m basically project-managing my weight loss. But fully accepting it’ll be a life-long project.