u/Brokenkitoz

Hi people,

I wanted to share my story on how I lost over 40kgs in 271 days so far in an (hopefully) sustainable way. When I came back from summer holiday last I really didn't like the way I looked and figured out enough was enough.

Started by making a plan under the simple presumption that if I spend more calories a day then I put in my body, I will lose weight. Since then I weigh myself every day when waking up. My goal was to eat 2000 calories a day and get a lot of physical activity in. I literally put everything I ate/drank in this food app and transferred the daily values to a sheet by hand at the end of the day. The first days/weeks I really had to get used to the feeling of being hungry, but when you persist in thinking your mind is stronger than your body it can work out.

On top of that I changed my lifestyle from being a couch potato to get more exersize in. Not running or anything, because that might cause a lot of injuries to my knees being heavier but by starting to walk a lot. Trying to het at least 10k steps in every day (still not succeeding in that). It was really cool to see my heart rate slowing decreasing over time with the same, where I do the same 1 hour walk. When I started walking I was sweating profusely and my heart rate was continuously 130 BPM at least from just a walk. Nowadays I really have to push a bit harder to get it even over 100.

I used the sheet I have with all the data of weight, calorie & nutrient intake, excersize data as a basis to build my own app. I'm pretty sure the effort I put in building this app, also contributed to staying focussed on the goal I set myself in the beginning. It is really rewarding to see the weight come off data wise, especially when seeing it on your body is not really a thing in the beginning for me.

Now there are 7 more weeks before going on holiday again, hopefully losing about 7 more kgs along the way. The future is bright!

Disclaimer:

Source of this data is my own measurements put into a Sheet, using Google AppSheet to visualize it.

Hi people,

I wanted to share my story on how I lost over 40kgs in 271 days so far in an (hopefully) sustainable way. When I came back from summer holiday last I really didn't like the way I looked and figured out enough was enough.

Started by making a plan under the simple presumption that if I spend more calories a day then I put in my body, I will lose weight. Since then I weigh myself every day when waking up. My goal was to eat 2000 calories a day and get a lot of physical activity in. I literally put everything I ate/drank in this food app and transferred the daily values to a sheet by hand at the end of the day. The first days/weeks I really had to get used to the feeling of being hungry, but when you persist in thinking your mind is stronger than your body it can work out.

On top of that I changed my lifestyle from being a couch potato to get more exersize in. Not running or anything, because that might cause a lot of injuries to my knees being heavier but by starting to walk a lot. Trying to het at least 10k steps in every day (still not succeeding in that). It was really cool to see my heart rate slowing decreasing over time with the same, where I do the same 1 hour walk. When I started walking I was sweating profusely and my heart rate was continuously 130 BPM at least from just a walk. Nowadays I really have to push a bit harder to get it even over 100.

I used the sheet I have with all the data of weight, calorie & nutrient intake, excersize data as a basis to build my own app (bit of a nerd). I'm pretty sure the effort I put in building this app, also contributed to staying focussed on the goal I set myself in the beginning. It is really rewarding to see the weight come off data wise, especially when seeing it on your body is not really a thing in the beginning for me.

Now there are 7 more weeks before going on holiday again, hopefully losing about 7 more kgs along the way. The future is bright!