smlfrysamuri
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Hi all!
Long time lurker, first time poster...
I have been obese as long as I can remember. Untreated ADHD through my childhood and social anxiety led to eating my feelings away, and by the time I graduated high school, I was 325 lbs and moribund with cardiovascular issues running in my family - my grandpa having passed away at 51 from a massive heart attack, and my mom having had a stroke (which she fortunately survived) 2 years ago at 53, my time will almost certainly come and I needed to make a change...
My timeline:
2 years after graduation (20 years old), I decided I was so sick and tired of feeling like I was 80 years old because of my weight...however, as hard as I try, I have never been able to enjoy exercising. Nevertheless, I pushed myself for 2 years and managed to get down to 225 lbs at my lowest! No help, just good ol fashioned diet and exercise!
Then I ate a cheeseburger...6 months later, I was 280 lbs again. Darn human biology not evolving fast enough for this modern calorie-centric world! 4 years after that, I was back down to 230. Then I had a beer...275 lbs again in 6 months. The universe is cruel.
Some years later... (let's just say I am in my 30s...)
For the last 2 years, I have gone from compounded, which was too expensive and I hated the ceremony of pretending a faceless "doctor" wasn't just peddling...but, hey, I lost 30 lbs. Lost access. Tried to keep the weight off the old fashioned way. Didn't work. Tried a different approach.., too expensive, but I lost 20 lbs. Then I lost access to that. Gained 10 lbs back over the last month and a half. Ugh.
Suffice it to say, I am sick and tired of the medical-industrial complex, so here I am.
Thanks for reading! (PS: Took me almost an hour to get around the aggressive filter, would help if it pointed out what exactly triggered it...)
Long time lurker, first time poster...
I have been obese as long as I can remember. Untreated ADHD through my childhood and social anxiety led to eating my feelings away, and by the time I graduated high school, I was 325 lbs and moribund with cardiovascular issues running in my family - my grandpa having passed away at 51 from a massive heart attack, and my mom having had a stroke (which she fortunately survived) 2 years ago at 53, my time will almost certainly come and I needed to make a change...
My timeline:
2 years after graduation (20 years old), I decided I was so sick and tired of feeling like I was 80 years old because of my weight...however, as hard as I try, I have never been able to enjoy exercising. Nevertheless, I pushed myself for 2 years and managed to get down to 225 lbs at my lowest! No help, just good ol fashioned diet and exercise!
Then I ate a cheeseburger...6 months later, I was 280 lbs again. Darn human biology not evolving fast enough for this modern calorie-centric world! 4 years after that, I was back down to 230. Then I had a beer...275 lbs again in 6 months. The universe is cruel.
Some years later... (let's just say I am in my 30s...)
For the last 2 years, I have gone from compounded, which was too expensive and I hated the ceremony of pretending a faceless "doctor" wasn't just peddling...but, hey, I lost 30 lbs. Lost access. Tried to keep the weight off the old fashioned way. Didn't work. Tried a different approach.., too expensive, but I lost 20 lbs. Then I lost access to that. Gained 10 lbs back over the last month and a half. Ugh.
Suffice it to say, I am sick and tired of the medical-industrial complex, so here I am.
Thanks for reading! (PS: Took me almost an hour to get around the aggressive filter, would help if it pointed out what exactly triggered it...)
