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+title: "I've lost weight!"
+date: 2022-07-10
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+Ever since I started middle school, I've been a bit of a chubby kid. I was
+never into sports & honestly I just like food. The fact that my main hobby,
+computer stuff, requires me to sit down all the time doesn't help my case
+either.
+
+My health was never really a big concern for me, as I generally felt pretty
+good physically. A few months ago however, I finally found the courage to go
+donate blood (I absolutely despise needles)! Whenever you want to donate blood
+(at least, here in Belgium) they check your blood pressure to make sure you're
+allowed to give blood, and that's when I found out that my blood pressure was
+apparently way too high. This was a big eye-opener for me, as it was the first
+time I was being confronted with a consequence of my weight and just general
+lack of self-care.
+
+Shortly after, I made an appointment with a doctor, who then referred me to a
+cardiologist, who then once again told me that my blood pressure is indeed way
+too high. Due to my young age however, they were hesitant to prescribe me
+medication and instead encouraged me to start exercising more to see if this
+helped the problem.
+
+Suffice to say, my health has notably improved ever since I changed my
+lifestyle! I've started running regularly (and have been enjoying it
+surprisingely) and lowered my portion size when eating. For the first couple of
+weeks, I was constantly hungry, but afterwards my stomach adjusted. Nowadays,
+I'm already full after a portion half the size of before!
+
+This post has been in the back of my mind for a while, but I wanted to wait
+until I hit a specific milestone. When I started losing weight, I weighed
+around 111kg, but a few days ago I weighed less than a hundred kilos for the
+first time in years! My weight definitely ballooned when I started university,
+so it felt really good to see that 99.9 on the scale. My blood pressure has
+also notably improved, thanks to the weight loss and exercise.
+
+Of course I'm not going to stop now, but this was a specific goal that I had in
+mind to motivate myself to keep going. My friends and family have been
+commenting on my weight loss, and it's really nice to hear people say that I
+lost weight for a change. I am grateful that this was discovered so soon. Being
+only twenty-one, I'm still more than capable of becoming healthier. I'd rather
+exercise now than deal with the possible implications from high blood pressure
+years down the road.
+
+As usual, I have no idea how to end these posts; I just wanted to share my
+accomplishment, as I'm quite proud of it :) Anyways, if you've gotten this far,
+thank for you reading and have a very nice day <3