smlfrysamuri
Explorer
Hi all!
Long time lurker, first time poster...
As far back as I can recall, I've been obese. ADHD that went untreated for my whole childhood, plus social anxiety, meant I ate my feelings away, and when I finished high school I weighed 325 lbs and was in a bad way with cardiovascular problems that run in my family - my grandpa died at 51 from a massive heart attack, and my mom survived a stroke 2 years ago at 53, so my turn is almost certainly coming and I had to change something...
My timeline:
2 years after graduation (20 years old), I got so sick and tired of feeling like I was 80 years old because of my weight...but no matter how hard I try, exercising has never been something I enjoy. Still, I pushed myself for 2 years and got 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...
As far back as I can recall, I've been obese. ADHD that went untreated for my whole childhood, plus social anxiety, meant I ate my feelings away, and when I finished high school I weighed 325 lbs and was in a bad way with cardiovascular problems that run in my family - my grandpa died at 51 from a massive heart attack, and my mom survived a stroke 2 years ago at 53, so my turn is almost certainly coming and I had to change something...
My timeline:
2 years after graduation (20 years old), I got so sick and tired of feeling like I was 80 years old because of my weight...but no matter how hard I try, exercising has never been something I enjoy. Still, I pushed myself for 2 years and got 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...)
