Introduction
Alright so here is my first ever post for this blog. I have been wanting to put a post in here for a few days now since I created this site almost a week ago. I’m very happy with the domain name that I chose too, it’s very basic and if I ever want to share it with anyone it’s super easy to say, no need to give out a business card. So, in the image below you’ll see the first before and after pictures I took from when I was 330 pounds to when I lost about 32 pounds a few months later. That was a huge milestone in my books since I basically have not been able to lose much ever since this weight gain spike back in 2017. I thought while it was happening, “oh I’ll just lose the weight later”, and I tend to assume things will work out way too often without thinking if I am actually capable of doing that. I know today I can probably do it but, fast forward almost 10 years and it’s only since last August 1st of 2025 that I realised that I had to do something about this weight and it wasn’t going to be easy. I did actually delay starting this diet because of affordability, and I still am currently struggling financially and I’m trying my best to eat healthy despite still eating alot of frozen meals from the supermarket.
So from August 1st, 2025 until around December 18th, 2025 I was trying my best to go on 2 hour long walks once a day and eating only one meal a day for that whole time period. I think I was around 290 pounds at that time. In between December 18th, 2025 and January 1st, 2026 I had to find a new place to stay and I think it was after I moved into this new place I noticed that I had lost some weight without trying too hard. I had been focused on eating 1-2 meals per day during the transition of moving and because of that I actually saw results and it taught me that patience is definitely worth it and I did realise that I actually was trying the whole time. Gradually losing weight is probably going to be the only way for me to lose this weight until I am able to increase my income in the future so that I can afford healthier foods.
Fast Forward To Today, I am only 265 Pounds
Since that moment I weighed myself and noticed I had actually lost weight during the time I was moving I decided to take things slow still since I couldn’t really go any faster than this and it was more sustainable for me, I have lost quite a bit of weight and so the actual number of weight I lost is 65 pounds which is a huge milestone for me (in my own books) and I think before this I actually only had lost max 30 pounds before using the same method… One Meal A Day. And before I even heard of the name for this kind of diet “OMAD”, I was actually doing this during middle school when I was overweight and I have to admit that it was not easy at all, but I did it because I was so sick and tired of being made fun of in school for being fat.
I do take breaks here and there, though, and I believe this is actually the key for longevity for myself and possibly other people too. The “One Meal A Day” diet is actually not for everyone, though for me it has saved me for many years of being judged by others. I know people personally who have chosen to stay overweight the rest of their lives and I see them suffering in many ways. With the last 10 years I have gone through of being over 300 pounds and finally realising just about a year ago that I had to do something about this makes me realise just how hard it actually is for me to achieve things, and how hard it actually is for people who are overweight still and may never lose anything in the future.
What Motivates Me?
My most recent family doctor actually asked me this a few months ago, and at that time he didn’t know me very well. I remember talking to him during an appointment about my weight loss goals and he at some point during that conversation asked me “what motivates you to lose weight?”, and I just told him at that time “I just wanted to be thinner”, and honestly I think you all know the obvious reason that I wanted to lose weight and that main reason (from losing lots of weight in the past) is what has increased my motivation levels for the future. In my own opinion, going from overweight to skinny back in middle school, the effort I put into losing all that weight was 1000% worth every single second spent in the effort towards achieving my goals of losing weight at the time.
Why Does Anyone Try To Lose Weight?
This is what you have to think about, and what I’m currently thinking right now is the time I was talking to an older guy and he actually gave me some really good advice in saying to me “life is too short” and I will admit that I have had difficulty motivating myself to do certain things in the past since he told me that but, I still will always remember what he said and I’ll also remember every single mistake that I have made since he told me that too and in my own opinion for myself, I’m probably doing so much better than some other guys that aren’t really capable of motivating themselves to achieve anything in their lives. So why does any human being on this earth try to lose weight in the first place?.
Obviously, it might be…
- To be more attractive to the opposite sex.
- To be healthier.
- To become more confident in themselves.
- To live a longer life.
- Maybe to be able to fit onto a small plane? (I had this problem in the last 3 years).
Wouldn’t you agree with me on all these reasons?. Honestly I don’t admit all these reasons to friends and family, for the specific reason that I might get laughed at or criticized. I like to give them a reason that will make them think “that’s a pretty good reason” when they walk away from me. But anyways, what’s your reason to lose weight?, leave a comment down below if you want and give me your reason. I may have given stupid reasons in the past when people asked me, and I of course noticed every time when the person I was talking to had something negative to say about what I said. Even to the point that they will go to their friends that knew me and tell me the “stupid” thing that I said.
I lose weight for myself, and I’m not just going to stop trying just because of discrimination in the recent past. To stop trying just because of judgement from others you know only makes them happier, and makes you more depressed than you already were before you even started trying to lose weight in the first place. So if this has happened to you I encourage you to keep going, because if someone did say something to you negatively about what you were doing you can piss them off by continuing to try, and see results over time. Then you can walk up to them when you are dramatically thinner and ask them about what they said to you in the past.
So anyways, I think I am finished this rant of a post about my past, I feel I have shown you guys my opinions, and I am going to continue to move forward. I do still feel overweight even though I have lost 65 pounds so far. I did sacrifice so much to get to this point, but it was for a good cause. In the picture above you’ll see a photo of myself that I took today. Like I said, I still feel overweight but I believe this is a part of the process when it comes to losing over 100 pounds. I have heard of worse cases of people over 400 pounds trying to lose 200 pounds or more and that my friends is definitely a challenge that would be more difficult than anything else one person has ever gone through in their own lives. There are people who are obese and can achieve in school but cannot lose weight. This tells me that losing weight can be significantly more difficult than going to school in some ways, but everyone is different I suppose.
Always remember one saying that I watched a guy say in a social media video… and that is: “as long as you do not give up you will succeed“.