Lost 70lbs since starting 260 days + winning story
Since starting I've lost 70 lbs and learnt a lot about weight loss, how water retention works, how stress and illnesses can slow weight down, and just how this isn't all just maths and 1000 off my recommended calorie intake to maintain weight doesn't guarantee 2 pounds off every week. But I know it's working now, I better understand random pounds put on is a lot of factors that isn't fat gain. And that increase will be gone in a week or two because it's happened a few times over my weight loss journey, and what I'm doing is working cause I'm 70 lbs lighter from when I started and in a few months I'll be 100 lbs. That's for the people who might be worried after every weigh-in to see a increase.
The reason I started my weight loss journey last year was for my grandmother when I went to see her after a long time, I had never seen the woman look so brittle that I knew that maybe the next year she'd be gone, she's still around thankfully but I knew that I didn't want her passing worrying that I might be joining her sooner than I should, so I started losing weight for her. A few days ago I told her over the phone that this was all for her and that how many years she has left I wanted it to be her enjoying herself and without the worry I'm not looking after myself. She said how proud she was and she was indeed worried, but now she feels a lot better. And I told her that even if she did go, I wasn't going to stop till I was healthy.
I wanted to post this because I wanted to tell people, and it's not something I would have done ages ago because I never had a lot of self worth, but since starting I am also proud of myself like my grandmother is, and feeling like I deserve some self worth again.