First reddit post here. I found the r/loseit community and it's helped get me the energy to start back up on losing weight.
I'm 30 years old. I'm 5'4" and 242 lbs. I have a vague end goal weight of 140 lbs, since that's the middle of a healthy BMI, but I'll see where I'm at when I get near it. At the moment, I'm working towards small goals. First goal is 220 lbs.
I walk to work, which is about a 17 minute walk (34 round trip). Otherwise, I do data entry and am sitting all day. I do walk twice a day for 10 mins each (one loop around our building) when my friend is there, but I don't like walking alone. When I get home, I'm on my computer or playing video games with my husband.
My husband has a great physique, and is kept active by his job as a daycare teacher. My body image has severely affected our intimacy, as I hate getting naked in front of him. Which is also hurting our attempts to have a child together. Not to mention the weight itself is making it more difficult as well.
A few years ago, when I still worked at the daycare (same one as my husband) I weighed in at 193 and told myself I'd never hit 200. I started counting calories and working out. I went down to about 165. Then I changed to a night shift job doing data entry. I was constantly on the brink of exhaustion and shoveling anything in my mouth to stay awake at work. Coffee, candy, snacks. Anything. After a year, I left that job for my current company, also doing data entry. I kept telling myself, now that I was on day shift, I would start counting calories and eating better. I started again so many times, and wouldn't last even a week. Now here I am at nearly 250.
My weight isn't just frustrating because of the flab and the bad image. My stomach hangs now and the overlapping skin keeps getting irritated. I had to buy diaper cream to fix it. My thighs are practically stuck together and get the same problem with the skin chafing. I can't wear skirts or dresses anymore without shorts or leggings on underneath. And I go through pants like crazy from the friction. I'm constantly having to buy new pairs because the thighs weaken and split. My back is also just a complete wreck between the sitting all day and the extra weight on it.
I've done a lot of things to help myself, including getting on antidepressants for the first time. I feel I have a better hold on things and I'm tired of all these stupid little things that drive my crazy. I don't want this to be yet another time I quit. I don't want this weight anymore. So, in an effort to be held accountable, I wanted to check in here. Sorry this was so long.
Anyway, I was thinking, it might be fun (well "fun" at first) to do like, a weekly check-in of some kind. People love photos so I was thinking maybe like a Friday Face Progress thing? Grab a picture of your face from the start, and take a new picture each week to compare the progress. Is this something other people would be interested in? I don't want to bombard y'all each week with my face if no one else wants to participate.
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