AthalaRanger
New member
Hello dear forum! I am quite glad my password actually worked and i didn't have to start a new account!
Well.. Let me introduce myself. You can call me Diego, or my name here, Athala. Im a 22 years old male living on Chile. And im currently weighing around 92.0 Kg. My height is around 171 cm or 5'7 if thats the proper conversion.
I used to be a regular member on here a couple of years ago. I see many new faces and some older ones! The progress i made here was outstanding — I firmly believe that social accountability is a factor that keeps you committed. For me, I think it is what is usually missing on my dieting.
Okay, so how did it got to this point? Well it's a
long story.
I'll leave the past story to some other post on this journal, I'll say this: after this forum, i lost from about 100 - 90kg to 72 Kg I believe. I was a bit skinny fat but at my weight, nonetheless.
After that, I started going to the gym, my weight fluctuated a bit, sometimes i was fatter, sometimes thinner , but I was generally happy with the way I looked. My problem has always been emotional eating and some binge episodes.
eventually, as time passed, I got to the best shape of my life, and boy it was glorious. It was a total different me. i had confidence I never had before. I had a knowledge i could face challenges in front of me, a faith things would be alright. But what I can very clearly remember is the feeling of 'why did I wait so long to get here'?
It might sound cliche, but the well being and quality of life you obtain, make it an actual question to yourself, not a cliche.
I have always been either obese or overweight. The best shape i got was nothing out of this world, but for me it was the best version of myself I ever created.
So this lasted for a while. However I'm a person that struggles with brutal endogenous depression. I get bouts of it, some can last over 1 or 2 years. So while this happened, circumstances simply swallowed me up. I started eating more and I noticed how i was slowly gaining weight. One of my relatives also passed away at the start of my University year.. I could not handle it. I had to freeze that year in the hopes I would heal. I gained a lot more during this year (2018) and things did not improve.
Now, 2019, I cannot say it has been much better. Im still struggling with this brutal bout of depression, my heart got broken by a person who made me fall in love and was unsure about her own feelings, and this semester im failing because of unnasistance to class.
However, there has got to be a turning point. I always go back to the things that worked for me, and this is no exception. The other things in my life might need some time, but the weight part can be addressed, and that way one of the concerns I have will be gone.
And I think this will be it for post 1. I might edit it to add a couple things later.
I need to weight myself tomorrow to get an starting point. And that's it for this entry. Im really happy for this forum and for being back.
Well.. Let me introduce myself. You can call me Diego, or my name here, Athala. Im a 22 years old male living on Chile. And im currently weighing around 92.0 Kg. My height is around 171 cm or 5'7 if thats the proper conversion.
I used to be a regular member on here a couple of years ago. I see many new faces and some older ones! The progress i made here was outstanding — I firmly believe that social accountability is a factor that keeps you committed. For me, I think it is what is usually missing on my dieting.
Okay, so how did it got to this point? Well it's a
long story.
I'll leave the past story to some other post on this journal, I'll say this: after this forum, i lost from about 100 - 90kg to 72 Kg I believe. I was a bit skinny fat but at my weight, nonetheless.
After that, I started going to the gym, my weight fluctuated a bit, sometimes i was fatter, sometimes thinner , but I was generally happy with the way I looked. My problem has always been emotional eating and some binge episodes.
eventually, as time passed, I got to the best shape of my life, and boy it was glorious. It was a total different me. i had confidence I never had before. I had a knowledge i could face challenges in front of me, a faith things would be alright. But what I can very clearly remember is the feeling of 'why did I wait so long to get here'?
It might sound cliche, but the well being and quality of life you obtain, make it an actual question to yourself, not a cliche.
I have always been either obese or overweight. The best shape i got was nothing out of this world, but for me it was the best version of myself I ever created.
So this lasted for a while. However I'm a person that struggles with brutal endogenous depression. I get bouts of it, some can last over 1 or 2 years. So while this happened, circumstances simply swallowed me up. I started eating more and I noticed how i was slowly gaining weight. One of my relatives also passed away at the start of my University year.. I could not handle it. I had to freeze that year in the hopes I would heal. I gained a lot more during this year (2018) and things did not improve.
Now, 2019, I cannot say it has been much better. Im still struggling with this brutal bout of depression, my heart got broken by a person who made me fall in love and was unsure about her own feelings, and this semester im failing because of unnasistance to class.
However, there has got to be a turning point. I always go back to the things that worked for me, and this is no exception. The other things in my life might need some time, but the weight part can be addressed, and that way one of the concerns I have will be gone.
And I think this will be it for post 1. I might edit it to add a couple things later.
I need to weight myself tomorrow to get an starting point. And that's it for this entry. Im really happy for this forum and for being back.
