oliviaisgoingtoloseweight

[oliviaisgoingtoloseweight]

So, hi guys!

I guess I'll be straight with you, I'm 178 pounds as of yesterday. For those who are unaware, at the start of April 2024, I was around 225 pounds. It's the beginning of September 2024.

I stopped a medication I had been taking for years, an antipsychotic, and suddenly, my appetite crashed (in a good way?) and I felt like my entire world shifted. I've been the happiest I've been since I was 10 and first started having problems with my mental health. Everything about me is suddenly different, including my weight.

I never expected stopping that medication to change my entire life, but it has and I know that's probably an easy way out in most people's minds, but I just wanted to say I did lose weight, I am healthier and I am very, very happy. If your weight is something that bothers you, change can happen and it isn't always in the way you expect. If your weight is something you're happy with/don't care about, your feelings are just as important as mine. Not everyone feels the same and that's okay!

[oliviaisgoingtoloseweight]

Whew, been a while since I checked in here.

To start with, I haven't been working out at all over the last month, but luckily my weight has remained relatively stable.

I've had a few appointments with several types of doctors, two of whom emphasized that weight loss is something I need to work on. My mom and I had a brief discussion this morning about ways for me to healthily lose weight and I've decided to look into Weight Watchers. If anyone who sees this knows anything about WW and how it works, I'd appreciate your thoughts greatly!

Either way, I'm hoping to get back to my health journey again and finally lose the weight I've had for the last 5 years.

[oliviaisgoingtoloseweight]

Still at 228 pounds, but I went eight miles in one go yesterday! Today was too rainy to ride outside, and I had a lot of things going on that prevented me getting on my peloton. Tomorrow.

Tomorrow.

[oliviaisgoingtoloseweight]

We got in another four miles, something came up that prevented me from going longer, even if I'm certain I could have gone another two miles. It is what it is, I suppose.

I went for a six mile bike ride this morning! This is the farthest I've gone in one go except for last week when I went six miles for the first time!

I was tired at the end, but I am setting the goal to go another six to eight miles in the late afternoon, we'll see if we get there!

[oliviaisgoingtoloseweight]

I went for a six mile bike ride this morning! This is the farthest I've gone in one go except for last week when I went six miles for the first time!

I was tired at the end, but I am setting the goal to go another six to eight miles in the late afternoon, we'll see if we get there!

[oliviaisgoingtoloseweight]

Ended up riding indoors today due to some things going on around me, BUT, I did a thirty minute class and managed to almost keep up! I'm so proud of myself, because I know I couldn't even keep up with a twenty minute class in the spring!

There's always progress, sometimes you just don't see it outwardly, and that's okay!

[oliviaisgoingtoloseweight]

Last Monday, I weighed 227 pounds even, today I weighed 228 even. I think I gained another pound because I skipped bike rides three days in a row because of bad weather (rain, thunder/lightning, over 90 Fahrenheit).

While this did upset me, I'm trying to focus on the fact that I went for a very nice ride this morning and that I didn't have any binges in the past week.