How did your life change? How did you do it? How was your mental health? Did you feel like you lived in a deep dark hole?
I’m 31 and I weigh almost 400lbs. I used to run 10km every night after work, go hiking, all sorts of stuff. I was never skinny, but i developed really bad plantar fasciitis from running and now even 2 years later I’m almost immobile from pain and have gained 140lbs. I feel like there is no escape and I’m trapped. Life seems really dark. I’m even more scared because I got diagnosed with bipolar 2 and adhd and my new meds can cause crazy weight gain.
Has anyone else ever been this low?
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Yes. I’ve been fat my entire life. I hit my peak weight in my mid-20s following completely unchecked PCOS and a deep depression after my dad died.
From my peak weight (305) to my ideal weight (170), the difference is nearly 150 lbs. I’ve had different stages of losing the weight where I would drop a chunk and hit a new baseline and “stick” there.
Medication has been the only useful solution for me for every chunk of weight successfully lost and kept off – first birth control, then Metformin. Careful diet and exercise helped me drop another 40 from there, but then I reinjured my lower back and gained back about 30 of the weight, which was my new baseline for several years. Recently I started Zepbound and I am quickly shedding the weight again – down 20lbs since mid-January.
The weight isn’t laziness. It’s not a moral failure. I have stuff wrong with my body that people who don’t struggle with weight don’t have.
Not quite that much. I did lose 100 pounds over 18 months though.
TW: ED
In Dec 2016 I weighed 370 lbs and my doctor diagnosed me with Insulin Resistance. I got so scared of becoming T2 Diabetic that I started a clean keto diet almost immediately. I went for 8 months with no cheating and lost 100 lbs. I got down to 270 lbs. I felt much better mentally and physically. My brain fog went away and my depression was pretty much non existent. I felt happier and more confident.
Unfortunately the keto alone only worked for the first 4 months. I plateaued for several weeks after losing 40-ish pounds (presumably mostly water weight). I recalculated my macros and calories SO many times and nothing worked. I was getting discouraged that someone so heavy was not losing weight, in spite of my dedication to weigh and record everything that went into my mouth, down to the last GRAM. The only thing that got the scale moving again was an extreme caloric deficit. I have such messed up hormones that the only thing that works for me is a literal crash starvation diet. By month 6, I was eating less than 1000 calories per day, or there were some days I could not eat anything at all bc thinking about food would make me physically nauseous. I do not condone this of course. Not healthy. I could have kept going but my hair started falling out.
I do regret fully stopping when I should have just readjusted my calories again. Now I am over 400 pounds 7 years later and miserable.
ETA: My pants size did not drop all that much either. I went from a size 28/30 down to a 22/24 in Torrid pants. Which also was bullshit.
Following this post because I’m in the exact same position as you and I need help and advice as well.
Best of luck to you too though! ❤️