Consistency is key. Weigh yourself every day, track it weekly on a graph, take progress pictures every month, know that this is a journey of miles - you’re going to plateau, you’re going to backslide, in a month, a year, when a girl breaks your heart, when your dog dies, it happens. Having that record will show you just how easy it is to turn it around, to turn it on again.
Buy new clothes every 30 pounds. Slacks and a couple shirts, not a new wardrobe. Personally, I tried to hold out until I’ld lost all the weight I wanted to. It bit me in the ass - I lost out on a lot of positive reinforcement (swimming in clothes two sizes two large leaves you looking like shit) and I fell off the wagon, hard, a couple times. Now when that waistband starts getting a little snug I get the signal to start on it.
Also, start lifting as soon as you can - just to get yourself used to the movements, the routine of it, build up that momentum so when you’re ready to bulk you can turn it right around.
Good luck Brother - we’ll probably never meet, but I’m hoping you get it.
Buy new clothes every 30 pounds. Slacks and a couple shirts, not a new wardrobe. Personally, I tried to hold out until I’ld lost all the weight I wanted to. It bit me in the ass - I lost out on a lot of positive reinforcement (swimming in clothes two sizes two large leaves you looking like shit) and I fell off the wagon, hard, a couple times. Now when that waistband starts getting a little snug I get the signal to start on it.
Also, start lifting as soon as you can - just to get yourself used to the movements, the routine of it, build up that momentum so when you’re ready to bulk you can turn it right around.
Good luck Brother - we’ll probably never meet, but I’m hoping you get it.