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@HatBeard
ballooned in weight in 2019 when I stopped having a daily commute and I got stuck in shit situation I've discussed before having to become live in support for my mum and being away from home for like 90% of the time and being too stressed to exercise and eating extremely poorly. went all the way through pandemic and out the other side. at peak I was around 145kg maybe higher.
things have improved a little stress-wise in last year or so and spending almost 6 months renovating our new house last year I was settled down around 135kg.
had a recent over 40 health check and blood test shows I'm (unsurprisingly) now type 2 diabetic.
thankfully it's triggered a manic phase in my (tbd properly diagnosed) adhd so i'm currently in get shit done phase rather than sit and helplessly watch myself do fuck all about it which has been the last 4.5 years in a nutshell.
have immediately switched to calorie counted diet with T2 diabetes friendly macros.
breakfast: 3 egg omelette with small amount of cheese and 1/2 avocado
lunch: wholemeal pitta with 2 falafel, spinach, houmous and salad
dinner: seasoned/marinated chicken with salad.
snack: greek yoghurt, banana, dribble of honey.
drinks: one flat white and black coffee after that.
will swap out meals here and there but that's the blueprint until i get bored of it as it tends to balance quite well.
was tempted to keep grazing in the evenings so am doing 10am-6pm intermittent fasting which has only really meant eating dinner about an hour or two earlier than normal so not really a major change.
started couch 2 5k with my dog and onto week 2 tomorrow. trying to hit 10k steps on most days unless trying to let legs recover from runs.
started weighing myself properly 10 days ago and was 133.2kg, currently at 128.8kg so made a decent start. first goal is to get to 10% bodyweight lost (120kg). once I'm down to 110kg I'll get back on the bike but my halo aerorages aren't really up to more than that and I don't want the hassle of sorting out new wheels cost my lard ass buckled them going off a kerb or something stupid.
hoping by starting the running now i get some decent strength in the legs with the extra weight so as the weight comes off the improvements come a lot easier. so far i'm sore the next day but no detrimental effects on my legs that tell me i'm overdoing it.
if i can get back to running 5k comfortably again then I'll have everything I need to lose the weight. having done this exact thing back in 2010 after my dad had his stroke which lit the same fire under my ass.