A glimpse into the past
In October 2019 I run my last official half-marathon. At this time, I was 25 and fitness wise this was my peak performance:
A year later I run something similar, but this was no offical event:
I also did some other stuff like running a 5k under 25 Minutes and I did a lot of interval training for that. My bodyweight was at between 85 and 90 Kilos at a height of 188 cm. With around 20% body fat which wasn’t optimal.
I felt so great, as I was literally overweight my whole life, started running and cycling, improved my diet and lost 25 Kilos, starting from 115 Kilos. With all that training and weight lost I had so much energy over the day. I could concentrate a lot better which was beneficial for my computer science studies. Wake up at 6 am, do a 10 k run, go to work, go to university and don’t feeling tired was no problem at all.
Since I kept up with this for some years, I felt that I cloud never fall back into old behaviors or gain to much wait again. But here we are…
The here and now
In December 2024 my bodywheight was a stunning 129 kg which was the most weight of my life. Now my weight is at about 118 kg with a body fat of a bit over 33%. I lost about 10 to 11 kg. However, I lost this weight quite inconsistently, and I always fall back into old behaviors and starting over again and again. At least this lead to an overall weight lost.
But that’s not all. I started to get sleep apnea which leads to very bad sleep overall. I snore very loudly most of the time and can’t get enough oxygen while sleeping. All of which is a consequence of gaining weight. As a result, I feel unmotivated and unfocused almost every day. This affects my work, my social life, and my ability to lose weight. Since my sleep apnea ist very mild, I have some days or weeks when I feel okay, and there may be other days and weeks when I feel bad. That’s one of the reasons why losing weight is so difficult at the moment. I don’t want to blame everything to the sleep apnea here.
Besides that I also got high blood pressure, for which I have to take a pill every day. Doesn’t feel right to do that at the age of 31. Especially because I can resolve the issue by losing weight.
Sport wise, I do a lot of cycling at the moment and go to the gym for weight training. Unfortunately, I do not visit the gym very regular. Paired with bad nutrition, there are no visible results except I can lift a little more weight. Running is not an option at the moment, as it puts too much strain on my joints.
And what’s now?
And now I want to start over.. again.. losing weight, but hopefully more consistent. This time, by also writing blog posts about it, to keep my focus. The aim is to reach under 100 kg this year, bringing back my old, wonderful life with good sleep, focus and half-marathons. There will be post about different problems I face, strategies to lose weight, sport and nutrition. I also keep you up to date about my progress 🙂
PS: Just ignore that ChatGPT generated two halfs of a dumbbell for the featured picture of this post 🙂
