How did you get started being healthy?

It all comes down to making your health a priority over whatever is stopping you from doing so. When it comes down to the gym or a run vs watching a movie, you go to the gym. When it comes down to going home to cook and eat a healthy meal vs stopping for Popeyes because you're tired and don't feel like cooking, you go home and cook. Every time.

Things that help tremendously:

Remove temptation from your life.Separate your food from the rest of your family's, and allow yourself to only eat from yours.

Set a schedule. You exercise at this time. One minute late is tardy, same as work.

Treat your health like the other things you value most and you will become healthy.

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Remove temptation from your life.Separate your food from the rest of your family's, and allow yourself to only eat from yours.

Set a schedule. You exercise at this time. One minute late is tardy, same as work.

Treat your health like the other things you value most and you will become healthy

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Writing this down, thank you.

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Start small. I always had these grand plans and complex routines and I never stuck with it. One day I decided to start simple and now I do crazy daily routines and am in the best shape of my life.

My advice? Set aside 30-45 minutes a day and walk. If you can do that for two weeks, you’ve committed to yourself and can start changing other things like diet… which will be the key to unlocking results.

I was getting terrible gout attacks and thought losing weight might help so I started with losing a bunch of weight (counting calories daily with an app) but then I didn't want to be just skinny so after that, I started to try to get bigger and stronger so I've gained most of the weight back but now I'm much stronger and mostly happy with where I am but still trying to get PR lifts in the gym.

I think taking it one step at a time may be the best approach. Start by either changing diet or going to gym. Maybe don't totally change diet or go all out at first but make small changes over time. Now I lift, do cardio, and eat a low-sugar diet but I probably couldn't have started doing that all at once.

Just remember, there’s only one way to eat an elephant, one bite at a time. Consistency is the most important thing IMO.

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Set a schedule. You exercise at this time.

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This.

Make a routine that turns into a habit.

My journey over the past ten years morphed from working out a couple times a week to, now, working out every morning.

If I miss a day or want to skip a day, I tell myself "Don't be a bitch". And I don't want to be a bitch.

It's not going to be a quick change/fix in your lifestyle, IMO. Be realistic with yourself.

Worked at Blockbuster Video through college. Ate whatever I wanted and was able to stay skinny. But, I stood up all day, and was constantly moving.

I graduate, get a "real job," where I sit at a desk 8+ hours a day, and put on 50 lbs fast.

Realizing I've become a sloppy piece of shite, I start working out. I didn't really have a plan, just go to the gym and lift weights. Maybe hit the elliptical for 30 minutes.

Then I saw the movie 300. I wanted to know what those guys did to get in that kind of insane shape. Which led me to Crossfit. I dropped a ton of weight on Crossfit, doing The Zone diet. But I felt I was missing out on the strength aspect.

Crossfit led me to Mark Rippetoe and Starting Strength.

Starting Strength introduced me to Johnny Pain and Greyskull. He set me up with an individualized plan, and the weight on the bar skyrocketed. I brought my squat from 315 to 405 in less than a year.

Since then I've bounced around to different programs, depending on my mood and what I want to accomplish. But, all programs have consisted of at least the squat, deadlift, press, and bench press.

So, to answer your question, I became a disgusting fat body and decided I needed to do something about it.

none of this is gonna matter unless you start, plain and simple

many are going to be against GLP-1 drugs...its because they are ignorant as frick or they just dont want to tell people to use them out of princple and hard headness. dont try and get healthy habits first, get on the damn medicine period, longer you put it off the worse your health will get. stop waiting, just excuses

after that start developing your healthy habits

1) an easy way to control calories is simple...only eat lunch and dinner to start. all meals must be sit down with no distractions. I.e. no phone, no computer, no tv etc. if you start lifting, you can have a small protein shake after lifting. other than that, lunch and dinner

2) no beverages with calories outside of a protein drink. dont be afraid of zero calorie drinks though, studies show people lose more weight when they use things like coke zero to kill cravings.

3) priortize protein. period. so when you sit down to eat, you eat your protein first. then your veggies and fruit. then you can have your carbs.

4) only eat until full. after every bite, put your fork down and wipe your mouth, take a sip of water and count to 10 before taking another bite.

5) start doing 10 min walk before and after each meal

6) start lifting weights progressively 2-3 days a week for about an hour. this should be progressive and free weights or bodyweight to start. can start at home with just pushups, squats and lunges.

start doing the above and get on glp1. do it now cause gonna be an onslaught of people after Jan 1 that jump on the medicine.