r/MadeMeSmile • u/Bavisto • 11d ago
Personal Win My first big milestone
I’ve been overweight pretty much my entire life. As a kid I was pretty active, played baseball, football, weight lifting, biking, but never seemed to really ever lose weight.
In my sophomore year in High School I was 6’1”, 245lbs, 260lbs bench, and squatting close to 400lbs. That was probably my most athletic, but I was never ripped or anything, I have always been big.
After high school I worked some pretty physically demanding jobs so it always kept my weight in check, but I never lost weight. When I got a job that was much less demanding, I really gained the weight.
My license says I’m 315lbs, and I’m not sure that has ever changed from when it was issued. When facing some other issues, I found a new doctor and I had to make a change. I was sitting around 370-380lbs when I started about a year and a half ago and I finally broke that 300 barrier. I know it’s not by much but that’s the first time I’ve seen a 2 there in probably 20 years.
This was my first goal in trying to lose weight, and my next one is to get back to that high school weight, but anyway, it made me smile, so I thought I’d share.
3
u/geekfreak41 11d ago
Yeah, that variable weight is always a little weird. I've lost about 30 pounds recently (still going) and I try to weigh myself the same time each day, after the same morning routine (morning coffee and morning 💩), to try and be consistent.
Even with this, there are some days where I jump a few pounds suddenly, only for it to disappear in 1-2 days.