Hi! I'm Kerry-Ann and I am 80 days into my weightloss journey and have lost 12.9% of my weight. I am not revealing my weight until the end of the year. Maybe I watched too many episodes of Super Size vs Super Skinny but I want a grand end reveal of my progress and losing weight gradually means I will need to give myself some time. I also did ALL of this at home during lockdown- not a single calorie burnt outside of my house.
Okay, great, that's my story- now let's talk about yours. I am going to assume your journey is much like mine- years of failure and weight gain, failed fad diets and perhaps even super unhealthy attempts that just led to more weight gain afterwards.
So I'm going to tell you about the two things that really help me. Both really suck for your feelings but they are useful. So what made me start?
After months of binge eating and being sad and knowing I had gained weight but actively ignoring it, I walked past the scale in our house. I saw it looming over there and, with a singular sigh of defeat, I walked over and stepped on it.
I had gained 25kg.
I felt my heart drop to the floor and all I heard in my head was, "I cannot be this heavy."
I felt the excruciating pain of feeling like a failure, like a blob. But I knew I did not want to feel that pain forever.
So now listen closely to me, to hindsight Kerry-Ann- if you count your calories and excercise it it TOTALLY possible for you to be 1kg lighter same time next week. I promise you with everything in my heart this is true and that the time flies and eventually it becomes a habit- the counting of calories and the exercising and soon it feels like it was just yesterday you started and yet you're tons and tons of kilograms lighter.
Just ask yourself, "Do I really want to be this weight? Do I really want to look this way forever?"
If the answer is no, just start. Go to your phone and download a calorie counting app. Log in everything you eat.
But it isn't that easy for everyone, so, what was my second motivator?
A very passionate and angry YouTuber. I was watching one of his videos where he spoke of a morbidly obese YouTuber and he spoke directly to her and anyone listening that wanted to lose weight but wasn't,
"You are not special. You are not the only person on this Earth who cannot lose weight while the rest of us can. You can lose weight. Just do it."
That was a rough remembrance of his exact words but the point still stands. You can do it.I am not a super fit gym rat looking down upon you- I am a friend and an ally telling you you can do it.
Step on that scale and remember you CAN lose the weight. Look at that weight and hate it. While you exercise and walk away from that second serving of food say, "I hate this. I absolutely wholeheartedly despise every single part of this goddamn stupid process... and I am going to do it anyways."
Fear it and do it anyways. Hate it and do it anyways.
So, to get you on your "I'm angry, I hate this, but I have it in me to do this." journey I'll recommend you some things. Note that, even if some of these people or things are harsh and rude to overweight people we a) have to fuel your anger/passion to lose weight and b) get you into the gym rat mindset to make the process easier.
Also, I don't want to promote hatred and don't fully agree with everyone below so if it hurts you or offends you, don't watch it- I just know the motivation I got from it worked for me.
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