How do I become disciplined enough to stop being obese?

[Ramem7mm]

Tons of great info. So I will keep my thoughts simple
1. you gotta want to do it
2. Start small, make a long term plan and that way you have goals to work towards. Need to include exercise and diet plans. keep a diary maybe too that way you can reflect on where you started and if you get discouraged you can reflect on where you started and if your making progress then you gotta keep it up.
3. Use an app to track your food and see what you eat. Look at what you are eating and do some research on what is actually good for you and what is not

 

[dlee56]

Lots of good info above, but one of the big shifts for me personally came when I made eating good and exercising “cool and exciting” in my own mind. I was a fat kid growing up and got into shape through college and I’ve been on and off the boat since then, but the biggest success factor for me was changing how I thought about clean eating and exercise.

This may not make a ton of sense, but this stuff is hard to stick to mainly because it takes work and discipline. But if you think about other areas of your life that come easily like hunting or shooting or watching sports, doing that stuff doesn’t take much discipline because in your mind it’s cool and exciting. So the more you can try to adopt the attitude that eating clean and exercising is badass, and genuinely try to see it that way, the more successful and consistent you’ll be.

 

[Yoder]

I lost 30 pounds in about 4 months this year and put on about 10lbs of muscle. I had no ambition to do anything, so I had my T level checked and it was low. I went on TRT and this changed everything for me. It gave me the drive to start training. It's not crazy high now, just 750 to give you an idea. I didn't do any particular diet, I just cut out all sugar except for a treat a few times a week and limited my carbs and snacking. Your mental state is huge in losing weight. Being fat and depressed is really tough. It makes you feel like anything is a struggle. That was the biggest change with TRT. That depressed, sluggish, anxious feeling is completely gone. I have no problem training hard and suffering, but the mindset has to be there. Now I average 8 hrs a week in the gym weight training and also hike, ruck and bike on my off days. Before I would work out here and there but nothing consistent. I don't care if you think I cheated or it's steroids, whatever. I feel great and it changed my life along with a hell of a lot of hard work.