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AndImADAM
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hi I’m Adam! I’m 28 years old and live in New Mexico. A little about me, I like to cook, work on cars and play video games. My journey started 4 years ago I started to eat healthier and eat less, I started at 305lbs and in a course of 8 months lost 142lbs bringing me to 168lbs body weight, I thought I was done but that was just the beginning, over the next year I would develop a horrible anxiety and panic disorder and ultimately, agoraphobia. The doctors switched my medication and the cravings mixed with the stress and weight gain of the medications caused me to gain everything back and more over the course of two years, my end weight was 308lbs. In January I started to diet again, only finding myself failing at almost every corner. I am currently 295lbs so I’ve at least made some progress, and I’m not giving up! Any tips and recipes would be greatly appreciated!
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Welcome, Adam! Hopefully this time around you can make some sustainable changes.
Based on the numbers you shared (142 lbs in 8 months), you might have been a bit too aggressive the first time around. When you have a lot to lose, more than 2 lbs per week is okay to start. But as you get closer to goal it's usually a good idea to slow it down. You want changes you'll stick with so that you don't go back into old habits even when life stuff happens.
Since you're sort of starting over again, take a look at this thread. https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10300331/most-helpful-posts-getting-started-must-reads#latest
It's a list of the "most helpful" threads, as recommended by members of the community.
We also have a good recipes section with loads of ideas. https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/categories/recipes
And this is my favorite thread there, where people share photos of their meals:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/823358/what-do-your-meals-look-like-show-me-pictures#latest1 -
Is this the diabetes team? I am very confused and just joined.0
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@pickie98 I think you might be looking to join this group?
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1772-type-2-diabetes-support-group0
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