My world was virtual. There, no one judges you I'm not…
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My world was virtual. There, no one judges you
I'm not great at making friends and as you can guess, the PC became my escape from reality. Every evening, like clockwork, I'd put on my baggy clothes and sit for hours until 12-1am, sometimes way later, in internet cafes, playing Counter-Strike and chatting in mIRC.
Now you have the full picture: junk food, zero movement, inconsistent sleep, the perfect recipe to become a fat blob. I didn't care, because my world was virtual and there no one judges you.
At that age I was into girls (first crushes and all), but I was scared to ask them out simply because I was insecure. My thinking was, what girl would even notice a fat blob like me? So I closed even more in myself.
I started seeing where this would end up. I had two options: completely surrender to that virtual world, or escape it and introduce myself to the real one.
The first few days were simply unimaginable. Cutting your old habits, Coca-Cola, junk food, all of it - at once has a price, and I experienced it with my body. Your brain wants sugar, your body wants to sit in one place for hours instead of moving. If I said it was hard I'd be lying, because it was beyond hard.
I started with a normal bike, 9-11km mostly uphill, an extra layer on purpose to sweat more. Then gradually added walking and light running at the stadium. Then finally the gym, but only when my body and mind were ready for it.
I went from 238lbs to 137lbs in 2 years but the biggest lifestyle change was mental. I stopped eating to escape reality and started moving to build one.
#inspiration
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I'm not great at making friends and as you can guess, the PC became my escape from reality. Every evening, like clockwork, I'd put on my baggy clothes and sit for hours until 12-1am, sometimes way later, in internet cafes, playing Counter-Strike and chatting in mIRC.
Now you have the full picture: junk food, zero movement, inconsistent sleep, the perfect recipe to become a fat blob. I didn't care, because my world was virtual and there no one judges you.
At that age I was into girls (first crushes and all), but I was scared to ask them out simply because I was insecure. My thinking was, what girl would even notice a fat blob like me? So I closed even more in myself.
I started seeing where this would end up. I had two options: completely surrender to that virtual world, or escape it and introduce myself to the real one.
The first few days were simply unimaginable. Cutting your old habits, Coca-Cola, junk food, all of it - at once has a price, and I experienced it with my body. Your brain wants sugar, your body wants to sit in one place for hours instead of moving. If I said it was hard I'd be lying, because it was beyond hard.
I started with a normal bike, 9-11km mostly uphill, an extra layer on purpose to sweat more. Then gradually added walking and light running at the stadium. Then finally the gym, but only when my body and mind were ready for it.
I went from 238lbs to 137lbs in 2 years but the biggest lifestyle change was mental. I stopped eating to escape reality and started moving to build one.
#inspiration
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