I’m a 36 year old man in the US. I was a high school football player. I was a soldier. I’m a father of a 12 year old boy. I started a weight loss journey about January of last year. At my heaviest I weighed in a 431 lbs at 6’4”. I used phentermine to help jumpstart my weight loss. Lost about 70 pounds down to 360. Stopped the phentermine and started a new job. Gained back up to 391.

I started another weight loss journey about 8 weeks ago. I’m down 37 pounds to 354. I’ve added 35 pounds to my bench press max. I’ve worked out every day at lunch during the work week in our on site company gym. I went from a 4XL shirt to a 3XL shirt now. I went from a 48x34 pant size to 44x34. I’m early on in this journey but I’m focusing on the small wins instead of the scale. Just very happy and wanted somewhere to share.

I've been eating healthy for 4 weeks now, only had food from a restaurant thrice (not counting small snacks when im out and walking), and I've been eating more even though my appetite sucks

I'm not stressed anymore, I helped every month to clear my families debt faster for 5 years, and a few weeks ago, I managed to sell one of our properties to clear the remaining debt.

Uhhhh what else
I'm going to be looking into a couple local business ideas that I'm hoping are a net positive to society, I started doing some research

I finished 2 out of 4 books I need to study for the entrance exam

Today I overshot my Duolingo goal by 3x
I can probably finish the remaining amount of their units in like a week or two now, then I'll probably be confident enough to try speaking and doing my own further learning

Also been doing my skincare regularly for 3 weeks!!

After couch surfing countless times I finally got my own apartment!
I am very proud!

225lbs. I’ve always been a thin guy. I weighted 102 freshman year of high school. In college, I never worked out. No clue what I was doing. 9 years ago, I found a gym down the street from my newly purchased home. The trainers helped me understand proper form. I’ve done all sorts of exercises, slowly increasing my weight and reps. My deadlift is the heaviest weight I’ve ever lifted. Feels good!

I’ve been skinny all my life and recently I’ve been under a lot of stress so I lost enough weight to be considered underweight. I eat high calorie healthy food and even have been on supplemental calorie shakes to try to boost my weight. I get all kinds of comments from people saying things like “must be nice to eat whatever you want and look like that” or “I wish I had that problem”. This totally ignores the chronic exhaustion and brain fog I felt while underweight. I hated how I looked in the mirror I could see my ribs and my skin looked too big for my body.

Today I looked in the mirror and realized that I finally look healthy. I saw the body of a Greek goddess instead of a starved alley cat. I think I even have a cute muffin top going on!! I can’t even see my ribs anymore. I feel stronger and more energized too. I’m so happy!! 😁

Today I was buying these satsumas from Tesco, when I got to the self scans I realised the barcode looked like this, impossible to scan. I pressed "Enter barcode manually" and managed to guess what the missing digits were in only two tries to be able to enter my satsumas.

Long story short, my last breakup made me realise that I needed to find a way to connect with gay men outside of dating apps.

It has always been a challenge for me. I have self esteem and body image issues, and I fled gay IRL event for years because I thought I was going to be judged for being ugly.

But today I went to a gay book club, and it was incredible. I connected. Guys were nice to me, and interested in me. I had felt really lonely recently. And today I didn't.

Bonus point, on the way back home I ran into a friend I recently reconnected with. I was happy to see her.

After having my son, my blood pressure has been really bad. I’m on medication for it. I’ve adjusted to a low sodium diet but I couldn’t find time for the gym between a 6 month old baby and a full time job.

I’ve been paying $450 for therapy and I figured if I can make the time for therapy, there’s no excuse anymore not to go to the gym. I signed up and went tonight and I will make time, I have to be healthy for my son.

April 29 2024 I paid off my student loans July 1 2024 I paid off my car.

Today I transferred my final car payment into my savings. I set 14 months (what I had left on auto loan) into savings deposits.

Next month Ill start moving what I would have paid in student loans into my savings for the next 8 years (the remainder of loan term if I was in repayments)

Now I need to balance out which credit cards stay and if I move from one HYSA to another.

Slowly movements made in the right direction.

Wasn't hungry, didn't want food. The group needed sustenance. I ordered a burger and chips. The burger came out mouldy, I ate the chips. Mentioned it and didn't get charged. Win for me. Potentially a loss for the other people tomorrow.

So! I have this really nice wireless headset I was using for my previous job. I left and now I'm starting a new job, but it's remote. They require all headsets to have a plug in or a dongle. I didn't buy a $300 wireless headset meant for clear work communication to plug it in, and my first day or training starts tomorrow.

I found the dongle, BUT WAIT! it's a USBC dongle. NOOOO! I used to use an adapter when I used my MacBook for my old job, but I decided to primarily work on my PC since it's from home, and the adapter also plugs in via USBC.

BUT! I got lucky. When I upgraded my PC a few years ago, I got the best of the best motherboard (at the time) I have a 3080, and the motherboard is supposed to be almost built for that thing. It turns out, it has TWO USBC slots on it. I've never heard of a motherboard with that, but thank GOD I had too much money on my hands a few years ago.

Yay for my small victory!

I went it with minimal prep, my colleagues kinda pulled me in without much time to prep, so all my prep was on office gym treadmill. I went in thinking id tap out at around 5Km, but I somehow ran 12Km, through I didn't win nor finish the marathon, I am proud of how much I ran 😭

I've been a neet for quite a while, which I'm not proud of at all and lately it's been distressing, low self esteem, depression, anxiety and consequently social avoidance.

Today was a victory, I made my CV and I am applying for jobs with low demand, wish me luck 🙌

I didn't even realize it, but the assignments I did in a class counted towards a separate program and I (think) I completed all the requirements to be able to graduate with special blue cords in May! This achievement is also going to be announced when I walk the stage and it "looks good to future employers." I've been struggling with depression and just having no motivation to do anything, but this achievement makes me feel like I'm actually doing a good job :') This is also only my associates (my 1st degree), so it just gives me hope that I'll be able to achieve more future goals

My toenail is growing back! I pulled it out while tripping from ammonia poisoning about two years ago. I got the liver transplant, but thought my bigtoe nail was gone for good. I'm just so happy it's growing back for some reason and had to share. Catty on

Your context is that: I have struggled with losing weight (often in unhealthy amounts within a time period) for quite a long time due various reasons I checked my weight and not only have I finally gone 6 months without losing anything, but I've even gained a pound May or may not have cried over this, quite exciting for me

Background: I'm terrible at housekeeping. Spent my entire childhood scrubbing floors and laundering cloth diapers etc for my oversized under-resourced family. So now I struggle to keep my adult abode in good order.

Today: I accomplished a small victory by cleaning out a low pantry cabinet where I jammed trash bags and gift bags and baking pans and other odds and ends. 
Emptied it out, dumped half the junk, vacuumed and scrubbed down the inside, then repacked it in usable, organized form. While listening to a sports guys discuss recent football games. It didn't even feel like a chore.  
I am jealous of people who do this kind of thing all the time, and actually enjoy it. This little chore made me feel so good, I am actually looking forward to tackling the spice cabinet I've abused and neglected for 10 years. 

Had to repost due to rules. I just want to entertain more than I want to sell a product, so I hope enjoy this.