I had started going to the gym just before the pandemic and was really dedicated. I had picked up healthier eating habits and was starting to look pretty lean and cut.
After the pandemic hit, I worked out at home for a week or so and then just lost motivation. I had not only quit working out, but I had started eating a lot of unhealthy junk food and eating fast food a lot. I gained quite a bit of weight during the pandemic. Although I was only 3-4 lbs. over my suggested weight/BMI and was still fairly thin I just didn't like the way my body looked. I was to a point that I didn't even want to take my shirt off around my wife. It was embarrassing. I had a gut and absolutely no definition to my abs. My arms were small with no muscular definition also. I was literally having sex with my shirt on because I didn't want her seeing my body. About 2 months ago I decided that enough was enough and that I wanted to get back to looking better.
I started back going to the gym. I go about 4-6 days per week. I do weightlifting and cardio. I have also started eating healthier. I do meal planning and spend around $150 extra per month on healthy food options for myself. Wife and kids aren't really with the healthy foods. They still eat out and stuff often. I haven't had a soda, any candy, chips or snack cakes in over 2 months now.
What's crazy is that I actually eat more food and am still losing the fat but gaining muscle mass.
I lucked out and the physician I work with is also weight management specialist. So, I can pick her brain about stuff quite often. Plus, we recently started an extra assignment doing weight management 2 days per week so I am able to use the specialty scale at the clinic to get my body fat percentages and muscle weight and water weights.
Within the last month I have lost 2.5 lbs. of body fat, gained 5 lbs of muscle, and my body fat percentage is down from 25.5 to 23.9.
