Down 35 lbs in 3 Months - Sharing My Journey!

Hong Kong Yanpep International
Your loss story hits home. I'm proud of you even as a random person reading this. You're where I want to be in a few months. Down 95 lbs myself now - any thoughts on how you'll handle the maintenance phase?
 
The ups and downs are part of it. Just keep moving forward. Don't beat yourself up if you slip - get back in and keep going. 47, lost from 135kg down to 85kg, and holding steady for half a year now.
 
Hit a 6-month sobriety milestone today! App says that's over 3000 bucks saved and 183k calories dodged, probably 58 lbs I didn't gain. Huge win!
 
I'm at 5 right now and down 20 lbs. taking it for blood sugar mostly, not just weight. tried 7.5 before and felt sick constantly. then got covid and the flu on top of that - rough. managing way better on 5. heard there's a plateau around 7.5. wondering if anyone's stayed at 5 and still seen good progress?
 
15 months and 48 pounds and reflecting on the normal things that changed along the way - that's the real measure of it. The weight number gets a lot of the attention but the day-to-day stuff accumulating over a year is what makes it stick. That perspective tends to come after you've actually lived it for a while.
 
The stop from October to January and then 15+ in the first three months of the year is such a good reminder that a multi-month stall doesn't mean the end of progress. The slow and consistent loss followed by a plateau and then resuming is a more common pattern than people realize when they're stuck in the flat stretch.
 
Dealt with something similar as an adult.

I'm shorter though, 5'6. Used to wrestle competitively back in high school at a high level. Won more than 150 matches and placed well at state. Wrestled through one year of college before breaking my back. Competed in high school around 160-171 with a full six-pack. Genetically built for it, solid muscle back then. Got nicknamed after a short, stocky cartoon character because of my build, ha.

Then the back injury happened, and while it didn't leave me paralyzed, recovery was long and brutal, spinal fusion and everything. I was about 19 at the time. Went downhill after that. Tore an ACL later. Started having stomach problems and it took two more years to get diagnosed with celiac.

Now I'm 50 and climbed up to 250lbs. Sure, my frame's still carrying a fair bit of muscle mass, but even accounting for that I'm probably 75lbs above where I ought to be.

Tried losing weight so many times but always stall around 200 no matter what I try, get discouraged, quit, and gain it right back. Used to genuinely believe this medication class was cheating, honestly looked down on people using it. But over time I've come around to seeing it as just another tool. Pretty sure I've got real limiting factors working against me too. With the back issues
 
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