Well I have been recently turning my life around. I am a large person, but not too rotund, maybe just a little. But about 6 months ago I slipped in cat vomit, not a fancy story, and severely sprained my knee. Bad enough that I was unable to walk for 2 and a half weeks. X-rays reveled I didn't tear anything thankfully but did reveal I had minor arthritis in my knees, I'm 34 that's not good, I been heavy my whole life. I'm also freakishly tall which I guess has been an excuse in a way for my hi weight. But the doc said the weight is the cause of the arthritis, and he didn't think I could recover in the time frame of a year from this injury because I'm so overweight, at the time i was about 430 lbs.
So I'm a bit of an arrogant donkey, for terms likely to be censored. And used my uh stubbornness for positivity and his statement to galvanize my will to turn things around. Now I'm 390 lbs and losing about a half pound a day through diet and a bit of exercise which is right now just rehab exercises for my knee.
The key to weight loss is WATER. drink lots of it, peeing is how your body gets rid of waste, extra jazz your body doesn't need, poopin' is just what's left of the food you ate. water water water. I eat veggies n a little poultry, fruit shakes in the morning, fresh fruit snacks, I gave up soda, almost eradicated bread out of my diet, some bread is good but only a little. no sweets or crackers, nothing that looks processed fresh everything. I will eat fruit but no juice, juice is loaded with sugar. portion control that's my main issue but I'm getting a handle on things.
Drink water, no tea, no coffee, no soda, not even fruit juice. water man minimum 64 fl oz a day. coffee and tea are diuretics and just make the fluid flow through the body and your kidneys not enough time to dump waste. and get a fit bit, helps you track your progress and food, count calories. Helps realize what exactly you are putting into your own body. wanna lose weight fast?eat 1000 calories less than you need to eat to maintain body weight. to maintain, for me it's 3000 calories. I try to eat 2000 or less per day. That's a bit radical but I'm ready mentally to be less. And that is equally as important. Mentally changing your identity from a fatso to a more healthy person and eventually to a healthy in shape individual, because if you don't internally view your self as healthy you are going to pack on those pounds all over again.
You are your greatest supporter or worst enemy. Who you choose to be is entirely up to you.