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Weight Loss: How I Lost 40+ Pounds in 3+ Months
On March 29th, 2020, I weighed myself: I was 221 pounds (100+ kilos). I was overweight and on the exact tipping point of being obese.
Some Backstory on My Weight Loss Challenges
As a kid, weight was never an issue for me. My weight loss struggles emerged in my mid to late twenties. My bad diet finally caught up to me.
In early 2017, I went to the doctor with some bodily complaints. At that point in time, I was 223 pounds. My cholesterol was high and I was having serious health challenges. With a wake-up call from the doctor and staring some significant health disasters in the face, I got all the way down to 193 pounds, which was great. The doctor said I was a success story.
I gained seven pounds back and for roughly a year I steadied and leveled off at 200 pounds. My doctor said I would preferably fluctuate between 180 and 190 pounds. In a follow-up visit, I told her I was struggling to stay below 200 but was glad to not be over 200 anymore.
“Maybe that’s where your body levels off at,” she said. And she said that was OK. My cholesterol was back to normal, for the most part.
