Pray for me that this is my moment.
I won an award at work which was nice. They wanted to give me a little certificate and take my picture.
Take my picture.
I work from home and had allowed myself to get fat and gross. I was planning on dieting a bit to get rid of the water weight so I wouldn’t be all bloated. I would start on Monday.
The Thursday before we were part of a prayer rally and it was late so we all went out to eat.
I couldn’t fit behind the booth. I technically could fit behind the booth, but it was uncomfortable. We made it work, but something just broke in me. It’s hard to explain. Yes it’s very embarrassing, but it’s not like I can duck around the corner and shed 50lbs. You’re just there in the moment, solve the immediate problem. That was Thursday evening and the picture was not the next day but the Friday after. I had 8 days.
I fasted for 8 days. That will get rid of all the water weight. I’ve done slightly longer fasts in the past but for some reason I started feeling sick, so I broke fast and went to OMAD. I’ve been on that for the past week. Keto and OMAD.
I am at 300 lbs, my guess is that I started my fast at 330 lbs. People don’t stay 300 lbs, you either lose weight or you go up to 500 lbs. I don’t know what to say because I have successfully lost weight in the past and kept it off for years, then life got really stressful, I didn’t deal well with it.
Food is definitely an addiction for me. Please send up prayers for me that I can stick with my diet. My thought is that by combining Keto and calorie counting then there is no way I can not lose weight. If I stick to my plan eventually I will hit my goal. I’m 6ft plus, 300 lb guy. If I eat 1500 calories a day, I will lose weight. If I eat high fat low carb, I won’t get hunger cravings.
My last plea to you is - don’t get fat. If you have to lose a lot of weight your own biology really works against you. If you need to lose 20 lbs, do it now.
Thanks for listening.
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Do your best, bud!
I’ve fought my entire life to stay in reasonable shape (Not always entirely successfully), and it isn’t easy. Our bodies contain memories of famines, and so have methods to survive past crises that maybe aren’t so useful today.
Even if it’s difficult – in fact, especially if it’s difficult – virtue is still virtuous.
the creation of !fathate and my post on gluttony then was either good or bad timing LOL
Through discussions and my own experience elsewhere, it seems like maybe people are gaining weight due to eating too many carbs. The keto (high fat) diet has become popular in reaction, or carnivore (all meat) diets.
For myself I found replacing meals with protein shakes or protein meal replacement shakes to be helpful; I am of the opinion that ample protein is of great help for weight loss
There’s also the snake diet approach of drinking electrolyte water and not eating anything, between certain filling (usually keto / carnivore-ish) meals
That’s the “scientific” end of things perhaps, then perhaps there’s a spiritual side of people are maybe being too caught up in eating for pleasure.
Certainly we pray for you and support you in your efforts towards greater health
Lots of reasons Keto like diets work. Main one for me is it’s Just harder to eat more. Eating 5k calories of pizza in a day is not hard for an adult male. Eating 3k calories of rib-eye steak in a day is challenging.
Lol, I’ve been thinking about what you said here. Basically I can eat all the deviled eggs I want, AND suffer? Don’t threaten me with a good time!
All the boiled eggs and vinegar you want for sure. I would not eat mayonnaise. It’s often cut with sugar and soy oil.
My wife made some mayo with bacon fat. It was very yummy. We need to make more of it for sure!!
1500 is pretty aggressive at that weight, if you’re an average height male at 300lbs you can eat 2300kcal and still lose like 2 lbs a week. You don’t want to starve yourself, if you want to be aggressive, eat 2100 (700kcal deficite, recommended is 500kcal). Adjust every other week or so.
Calculate your BMR here, and look at the table depending on your exercise level: https://www.calculator.net/bmr-calculator.html?ctype=standard&cage=25&csex=m&cheightfeet=5&cheightinch=10&cpound=300&cheightmeter=180&ckg=60&cmop=0&coutunit=c&cformula=m&cfatpct=20&x=22&y=20
Sending prayers, you got this homie
Hey OP you should also visualize. Try and spend five minutes per day just imagining that you’re thinner.
Do it in first person perspective, in the present. Just close your eyes or keep them open and imagine what it would be like to know that you are thinner.
I feel your pain. I have had to buy pants two sizes larger since I started working from home. Good luck and hope for a happy follow up post soon!
Sending prayers my dude. My dad used to weigh 400lbs but once he started working out on an empty stomach, and battling the sickness that came with it, he dropped to 240. Sense you way 300, I’d say give that a shot. Wake up, don’t eat and go to the gym, you’re body will use the fat stored up as energy and you’ll burn it a lot quicker. The trick is that after, have a low calorie meal and a protein shake. Keep that up and I’m sure you’ll get you’re desired weight! If my 400lb dad could do it, so can you!
Protein helps build muscles, and muscles consume energy continually in proportion to their volume.
Lmao a prayer rally, it’s that mentality that leads to your current state
How is that? There are plenty of thin Christians. I don’t see a correlation. Are you saying something helpful or just being a dick because you’re insecure about your beliefs?
