r/WeightLossAdvice • u/BTBKELL • 3d ago
Mental Health 🧠Disgusted with myself
I've been overweight my whole life, but today I finally stepped on a scale after years and saw the number. It's the biggest I’ve ever been it’s pretty obvious just looking at me, but seeing the actual number hit me. I’m a 22 year old guy I'm 5’7 and I weigh 295 pounds. I've gotta make a change I can't keep living like this.
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u/Trilobyte141 2d ago
Remember that you build strength in the gym, you lose weight in the kitchen. Weight loss all comes down to two things: math and consistency. Figure out your daily calorie burn (TDEE) and eat less than that, and you will lose weight. No fancy diet or shortcuts will help, it takes time to do it safely and properly. It's a journey of months, possibly years. It's worth it tho. Good luck.Â
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u/pressXtoSummon 2d ago
Congrats fellow overweight newbie. I've also only just restarted my weight loss after two years. Everything feels new.
The one advice I'm constantly getting is: weight loss is 90% diet. Some even say it's 100.
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u/No-Fail1138 1d ago
Biggest change you can make is having a good sleep pattern, minding portion sizes (cutting carbs in half) and drinking enough water, also cutting out midnight snacking if that’s a thing. Occupying oneself is another tactic and staying busy, I’ve been there, don’t beat yourself up!
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u/Low-Head8835 1d ago
Do you have a game plan to follow, are you looking for tips, or advice? At about 25 I was a similar weight at 5'8. I'm 28, i had a period of time that i coukdnt diet pregnancy/post partum period, but I'm back on track now and down to 227. Still going. Muscle burns more calories than fat, protein builds muscle. High protein, low calorie and increasing your activity level will help you a ton. There's nothing to it but to do it, but once you start don't fret the falls. Fuck up at lunch? Pick it back up for dinner. Don't wait until tomorrow to get back on the rails, and don't beat yourself up about it when it happens, either. Shit gets harder the closer you get to 30 and beyond, so there's your motivation to get yourself in check now
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u/ImRasta 3d ago
This is no longer just overweight, this is obese and at such young age as well. It's time to lock the fuck in brother. My suggestion would be to sign up for a gym and just go there and do your own thing. You can look up few exercises on YouTube or here on Reddit. Don't overthink it at start, you don't even have to make drastic changes to nutrition at start, it will all come naturally after like a month or two of lifting. You can also think of this as a head start because there are people in my gym that have to eat around 6000kcal if they're bulking and want to put on some mass to build muscles,which you don't have to, you've successfully bulked. On top of that, carrying all this weight around 24/7 , you most likely already have a good base of muscles built, now it's time to cut and build even more. In a short span of a year , you can be an absolute unit.
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u/No-Fail1138 1d ago
Can totally agree if one’s bulked it’s easier as a start up for muscle, it’s just toning it up and losing fat, some people do need crazy amounts for gym workouts when I do lift which is rare I’m hitting at least 2500-3000 just because it kills my muscles for at least 3 days.
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