#50by50ish #50 – Lose weight – Two strikes down
Well, my first attempt with transparent commitment, public goals, everything arrayed to push me led initially to weight loss of about 30 pounds, and then regained about 15 of it. Strike one.
My second attempt, my “reboot” this year, was wiped out by depression and I ended up not only regaining all of the other 15 pounds I had first lost, but I also added another 5 on top of it. Pushing me to my largest weight ever, 345 pounds. Strike two.
Sigh.
So I’m working on a reboot plan, I know why it’s not working, and what I need to do, but apparently the online transparency plan isn’t working for me as a way of keeping my nose to the grindstone. I have a couple of new things to try, but I guess I’ll try those out on my own and post updates more sporadically. Stay tuned!
Weight loss is so so hard and one I need to focus on again too. Happy to be a weightloss buddy if you are looking for one…
Based on past performance, I wouldn’t be much of a buddy, but thanks for the offer!
P.
I’ve come to believe that fat loss happens when other hormones are sorted out. Insulin, thyroid, cortisol are the ones I need to keep happy… and when they are, the weight comes off with zero effort. Trying to willpower yourself into fat loss and when you relax, or get stressed, or get depressed, it comes back.
PS there’s evidence that depression is at least partially about gut health. Maybe even fully so, in some instances (less so in others). Which makes sense since a lot of serotonin is made there.