Male: 5'10: 24 years old: SW: 220-230: CW: 190.2: GW: 170:
Hey there! Long time lurker, first time poster blah blah. First off, I wanna give a huge shoutout to this sub, when I was struggling to keep with the diet, reading everyone's experiences gave me the motivation to keep going!
Anyways, just wanted to share some progress here. I started out around 220-230, not quite sure cause I was always too afraid to step on the scale, I was obese though and I knew I needed to change. In September I started going to the gym with the mindset "fuck it, I want to eat whatever I want so I'll just be fat and strong.", that obviously didnt work because I could never see results of my hard work due to all the fat I was carrying around.
I started out trying to do IF but I work nights and frequently work around 60 hours a week so finding a good eating window was incredibly hard for me, I would get out of the gym after getting off work at 6am and be so hungry I couldn't sleep and I hated it. I had heard about Keto but refused to "jump on any fad diet band wagon.". Long story short, I broke down, started Keto the day after X-mas and it was the best decision I have ever made for my health.
I was probably around 220 when I started because I did lose a little weight on IF but it was a struggle, yesterday I weighed myself and I am now 190.2! Which is insane, I havent been under 200 pounds since I was in the military about 4/5 years ago. It was hard as hell at first, I had fever dreams of eating entire loaves of bread, the cravings suck, the keto flu sucked, but it's all so worth it and I feel amazing. On top of the Keto diet, I go to the gym 5 days a week, I do two weeks of super sets to help me lean out and then a week of power lifting and strength training to well...maintain strength.
I want to keep this short and sweet but have been really excited to share my progress with everyone here! Like I said in the beginning, this sub had been a major motivation to my progress, when I was struggling sticking with the diet I would browse here for hours reading success stories and telling myself "that will be you as long as you push through." My ideal weight is around 170 so I've still got a little bit left to lose and then I'm going to really start diving head first into power lifting and strength training. Once again, thank you so much to everyone in this community, couldn't have done it without ya!
PROGRESS PIC. (Holy fuck i was ROUND)
http://imgur.com/gallery/hbm16Vi
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... keep reading on reddit ➡Some time ago, I posted about my relapse and how depressed I was. Since then, I jumped into detox, completed a 30 day program, and am now in sober living in a new environment. I was so lost and hopeless when I started treatment. Now I’m full of hope. It’s crazy. I have nothing—not a job, not much money, not a lot of material things—but I experience happiness. And peace. Because over the past 41 days, I’ve actually given recovery my 100% effort and have put effort into bettering myself. My relationship with my family is on the up. I’m making new connections in the sober community. I never thought I could just be content and happy with simple pleasures. I never thought I would have the complete surrender and willingness to do this. Guys—this is amazing. If I can feel this, you can do. IWDWYT, thank you everyone for your support.
I've been a long time lurker on this subreddit, but felt compelled to share my journey after gaining so much from all of you. I also hope I now have some knowledge to share after finally being happy with my skin in so long.
Back story: For the last 2-3 years, my skin has been incredibly dry, irritated, sensitive, red and prone to cystic acne. It was also dull and starting to get a lot of fine lines and hyperpigmentation (but I assumed this was just ageing and pretty much irreversible.) Basically every single skin concern you can have, all over my face.
I got unhealthily obsessed with skincare and must have spent 1000€+ on products within a year (Avene, LRP, TO, Cerave, etc etc). I saw a dermatologist, without much success and everything I put on my skin just seemed to make it worse - even the most delicate products designed for highly sensitive skin.
I came across a post on this community about damaging you skin barrier that really resonated with me and I ended up throwing everything I owned away (I actually now regret that as I've ended up repurchasing a lot of things) But it helped in the long run.
After years of exfoliation, the skin barrier article made complete sense to me. I had done so much damage to my skin that it was completely ruined to the point that even things like the LRP cicalplast balm irritated me. I decided to go back to basics... I was strict with only a Cerave moisturising cleanser, a treatment cream recommended by my dermo and LRP shaka fluid sunscreen. The first weeks where really rough. My dry skin was so bad and flaky, I felt compelled to exfoliate and did a few times with a Konjac sponge, but for the rest I kept it simple.
Fast forward to 6 months later and my skin has never looked better. I have a glow, no dryness, limited redness, tighter skin and minimal breakouts - infact now I have the opposite problem, my skin has become slightly oily - I thought my dry skin must be genetic because i've had it for so many years, but in actual fact it was just very damaged. Now i actually have come to like the glow of a bit of oil.
Anyway, I wanted this post to help people who like me, keep spending hundreds of dollars on skincare products and who are not seeing results and feeling more and more hopeless, you start to believe that skin is "just like that" and always will be. The truth could be that all the money you are spending on 'helpful' products are just
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As you can gather from my title, I’ve just been feeling really hopeless lately and worried that nothing is gonna get better. I just moved to a new state in the US in August and I’ve been going through some really tough personal issues. I’m worried I’m going to start spiraling down, as I have before in circumstances like these, and I just need some help. Someone’s previous post about them traveling alone and beating a substance abuse issue sparked a hope in me I didn’t know I had. I’m worried the spark is gonna go out so I was just hoping that those who felt comfortable in sharing their triumphs (big or small) would do so here.
I appreciate all of you for taking the time to just read my post and I appreciate you all for still being here. Please don’t feel pressured to share but I thank you in advance if you do. Have a great day.
Rock bottom could be scary
After coming to terms with this disease 6 weeks ago, I felt like I was getting my shit together. I got a new job, a new puppy and 5 weeks of sober life. I was going to meetings, telling my family about my new journey and was feeling hopeful. But then I went to my friend’s wedding, had one sip of a drink and literally went back to drinking to oblivion every day for a week. I’ve already had to miss two days of work because I’ve been so ill because of the booze. I can’t live like this. This addiction is ruining my life. I want to be well and happy and clean. I want to be present in my relationship. So here we are, Day One. Let’s go.
Send good vibes my way! Please.
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I feel like the 90s don't get talked about enough here. Those teams with Muggsy/Dell/LJ/Zo were special. People went nuts for those teams, sold out arenas, playoff games, a team on the rise, all of it. Obviously, things fell apart with injuries and locker room problems. I know we haven't reached that level since we got relocated and then revived, but dammit, the Carolinas love a winning basketball team. If we can actually rebuild in the next few years, we could have a really fun team like we did 25 years go. I know this is a rambling post, but it's late July and there's nothing else going on. With smart drafting and not completely awful cap management (lol, Kupchak, but a man can dream) we could be a really solid team soon.
I highly recommend watching some Hornets hardwood classics. The immediate future is dim, but the long term future could be bright.
Anyways, happy July.
Also, I've been thinking about this: people tell me I'm going to miss these days a few years from now. If that's the case, will the future be even worse than it is now, for me to miss these dark days?
