I’m no life advice giver, but I’ll tell you what I tell my mom when she is stressed that her house is so dirty. I say to her, don’t think that the whole house needs to be cleaned. Just get the countertops clean. Once you do that maybe you’ll feel like cleaning the stove, and maybe the oven after that. Next thing you know you might have finished cleaning the kitchen. Now that’s one less room to think about cleaning (for now). Now maybe you’re into a routine of cleaning and want to keep going.

This could be bad advice but maybe don’t think about it being 80 pounds you want to lose in a year. Just commit to losing 5 pounds these next few months. Who knows where you’ll be in a year!

Good luck to you!

One thing that works for me is to try to do something instead of trying to avoid doing things. So instead of saying I can't have cake, I say I have to start the day with a healthy breakfast with protein and I have to eat 200 grams of veggies. In the end it leads to me eating less cake, but mentally it is easier. You only have to do the thing once (per day) but you have to avoid things every fucking minute.

my steps :

• count calories.
• have a non-food reward system in place, use monthly, or increasing lengths of time for rewards. make the first one splashy.
• keep data. if you ever doubt yourself, look at how the data is working out.

I went from 125 to 78kg this way.

Next year you'll wish you started today, so start today. Take it from a man who was on that path for years.

Hey if you haven’t looked into it… ozempic is a fucking miracle drug. I know there’s this negative stigma around getting help, but you only get one life man. It’s not cheating.

Source: drugs saved my life

I’ve lost 40 lbs so far this year. Every time I feel hungry, I drink a bunch of water and wait awhile to see if I’m still hungry. Almost always, the hunger and cravings disappear in ~15 minutes.

also, try a synergistic form of exercise, like commuting by walking or learning to play the drums

It's not on the fast side if you're over 400lb. The rule of thumb is 1% of your body weight a week.

I was thinking the same, that’s over 1kg per week.

Fucking awesome. You have this internet stranger's respect.

Hey man, good for you. It's all a journey. You know what you need to do next (booze) to keep improving. There are healthier ways to cope. No shame, I like a good drink now and then, but if you can cut out all that other stuff, booze will come easy.

Not downplaying the challenge, here, but trying to encourage you.

But the shadow hanging around him shrinked

Now that I've lost 100 pounds, I realize how much more work I was doing, just doing normal stuff like walking up steps, or even getting up from a chair. It's like doing it while carrying a 100 pound box at the same time. It even throws off you balance when you're that heavy.