මම විශාදය (ඩිප්රෙෂන්), ඒඩීඑච්ඩී වගේම ඇන්කසයටි වලට බෙහෙත් ගත්තා, ගොඩක් වෙලාවට ඔය දක්ෂිණාංශික ඇමරිකන් ඉන්ටර්නෙට් පර්සනෑලිටිවලට ඇහුකම්කම් දෙනවා. ඒ අතර ප්රසිද්ධ ටේට් සහෝදරයොත් හිටියා. මට හිතට වැදුනා බතල සහ කම්මැලි මිනිස්සු කොයි තරම් කාලකණ්නිද කියලා උන් කියපුව අහලා. මගෙ හොදම යාලුවත් හෙන ඇත්ලටික්. ඌත් ෆැට් ෆක් කිය කිය අපහාසෙට කියුව වර්කවුට් කරහන් 30 පැන්නම දෙයක් කරගන්න අමාරුයි කියලා. අන්තිමේ මම වැඩේට බැස්සා සති හතර පහකට කලින්.
එතකොට මගෙ බර කිලෝ 107, මුලින්ම එකතැන උඩපයින එක ට්රයි කරා, විනාඩි 3යි කරන්න පුලුවන් උනෙ. ඇන්ක්සයටි නිසා කොහොමත් ජිම් යන්න බැරි උනා. ඉතින් ආයි වැටිලා අතඅරින්න හදනකොටම ජේවොලර් කන්ස්ට්රක්ෂන් පොරගෙ වීඩියෝ එකක් දැක්ක. මොක උනත් ජිම් එකට යන එකම ප්රමාණවත් (වර්කවුට් කරන එක) කියලා මට දැනුනා. ඉතින් ඔහොම වැඩේ කරනකොට මට චැට් ජීපීටී මතක් උනා. බැස්සා වැඩේට. ටික ටික වැඩේ ඇදන් ගිහින් පැයට වැඩි කරා, පස්සෙ මගෙ මල්ලි යාලුවෙක්ගෙන් ඉල්ලලා ඩම්බෙල් සහ බාබෙල් එකක් දුන්නා. දැන් මාසය පැනලා.
ඔය අතර යාලුවා මට පොරගෙ ස්කේල් එක දුන්නා. මගෙ බර දැන් 90.9 ක් වෙලා. මම කරෙ කෑම අඩු කරලා ව්යායාම කරපු එක විතරයි. චැට්ජීපීටී සහ ඔන්ලයින් කියපුවා තමා. තමං මහත නම් මිනිස්සු අපහස කරනවා නම්, ඒක ශක්තියක් කරගෙන ගේම ගහන්න. අපි දැන් පොඩි ළමයි නෙවෙයි. කවුරුත් අපිට උදව් කරන්න අපිව ඇදන් යන්න එන්නෙ නෑ. අපිම තමා ඒක කරගන්නෝනෙ.
ටිකක් දැනුම් තේරුම් තියන අය හිටී නම් උපදෙස් දෙන්න මගෙ වැඩපිළිවෙල ස්ට්රීම්ලයින් කරගන්න. මම දැන් 85 මස්/මාළු/බිත්තර සහ 15 බත් යනවා. අප්ටේස් දාන්නම්.
ප.ලි. - ඩිප්රෙෂන් ඇතුළු මානසික ගැටළු කොහෙන් ගියාද නෑ අවංකවම... තව එක්ස්රේටඩ් මැටිරියල් බලන එකත් නැත්තටම නැති වෙලා ගියා.
I'd like to share my journey with you all. I'm a work-from-home person, and I have been dealing with depression, anxiety, and ADHD. I was on medication for these conditions. Politically, I lean towards the right and am a conservative. I also follow the Tate brothers and various other right-wing personalities in U.S. politics (Please, no hate, we're all entitled to our own thoughts and opinions.)
I was deeply impactd by the fat-shaming done by my best friend (whose an athletic individual), and the Tate brothers; their derogatory comments felt personally targeted towards me tbh. The final straw was when Tristin voiced his lack of sympathy for people like me, who he perceived as choosing to remain fat and "losers" because we don't work out.
About a month and half ago (when I weighed 107 Kg), I decided to make a change. I stopped taking my meds and initiated a variation of lateral jumps as a physical activity, but I could only last for 3 minutes. My anxiety had always kept me from going to a public gym, so I was confined to my room for workouts. I was on the brink of giving up, when a clip from Jwaller came up on my Twitter/YouTube shorts. In it, he advised, "No matter how you feel, go to the gym and do something." Andrew always says similar stuff, that as a man, what you feel doesn't matter, as no one really cares. His words, "You gotta do what you gotta do," kept echoing in my mind.
That's when I thought of GPT Plus, the tool I had purchased for work. I explained my situation to it, highlighting my lack of workout equipment. In response, it provided a list of exercises that relied on body weight. Over the subsequent days, I made some progress, gradually extending my jumping workout to a full hour. Unfortunately, this resulted in a few days where I was barely able to walk. I learned my lesson and reduced the duration to 25 minutes. My teenage brother, hearing about my struggle, gave me a rusted dumbbell, a barbell, and some weight plates he had received from a friend.
These days, I devote about 1-2 hours to exercises that I found online. I can't say for sure if I'm performing them correctly, but I sweat like crazy, which feels productive. I also learned the concept of calorie deficit so reduced my meals to 1 spoon of rice and other dishes (we usually have 2 dishes)- it was extremly hard at first... But I drank a lot of water and kept my mouth under control. I only eat a spoon of rice and whatever the dishes that's available, mostly 2 to 3 dishes a day. I also started consuming large amounts of coffee which helped me keep my focus!!!
yesterday, a close friend of mine UberFlashed his digital scale until December 2023. Imagine my surprise when it revealed that my weight had dropped to 91 Kg! A recent visit to the office led to four compliments on my appearance. One colleague even said, "You look nice, great!" It was a moment of crazy joy for me. I even received comments from the ladies about my complexion appearing lighter (I am a dark-skinned individual not sure why that happened).
I no longer take medication and my depressive mindset seems to have disappeared. Also, I took a leaf out of Andrew's book and started drinking coffee (minus sugar), which has significantly improved my focus. This photograph was taken just yesterday. By the way, I'm proud to say that I've overcome my addiction to adult-content. I wish i could hug Tristin for his honest insults on those who consume such material.
Dear ElaKirians, if you're battling obesity (like I still am), when people give you those judgmental looks or outright insult you, let those moments fuel your resolve to work hard. We are the only ones who can uplift ourselves. We're adults now, and the only person who can truly help us is ourselves. Just a note - I'm not living overseas, I'm in LKA.
Dear Gym nuts,
Help me streamline my workouts and achieve best results if you could.. appreciate it a ton... My equipment's are a dumbbell with around 6kg and a barbell with 8 kg.
එතකොට මගෙ බර කිලෝ 107, මුලින්ම එකතැන උඩපයින එක ට්රයි කරා, විනාඩි 3යි කරන්න පුලුවන් උනෙ. ඇන්ක්සයටි නිසා කොහොමත් ජිම් යන්න බැරි උනා. ඉතින් ආයි වැටිලා අතඅරින්න හදනකොටම ජේවොලර් කන්ස්ට්රක්ෂන් පොරගෙ වීඩියෝ එකක් දැක්ක. මොක උනත් ජිම් එකට යන එකම ප්රමාණවත් (වර්කවුට් කරන එක) කියලා මට දැනුනා. ඉතින් ඔහොම වැඩේ කරනකොට මට චැට් ජීපීටී මතක් උනා. බැස්සා වැඩේට. ටික ටික වැඩේ ඇදන් ගිහින් පැයට වැඩි කරා, පස්සෙ මගෙ මල්ලි යාලුවෙක්ගෙන් ඉල්ලලා ඩම්බෙල් සහ බාබෙල් එකක් දුන්නා. දැන් මාසය පැනලා.
ඔය අතර යාලුවා මට පොරගෙ ස්කේල් එක දුන්නා. මගෙ බර දැන් 90.9 ක් වෙලා. මම කරෙ කෑම අඩු කරලා ව්යායාම කරපු එක විතරයි. චැට්ජීපීටී සහ ඔන්ලයින් කියපුවා තමා. තමං මහත නම් මිනිස්සු අපහස කරනවා නම්, ඒක ශක්තියක් කරගෙන ගේම ගහන්න. අපි දැන් පොඩි ළමයි නෙවෙයි. කවුරුත් අපිට උදව් කරන්න අපිව ඇදන් යන්න එන්නෙ නෑ. අපිම තමා ඒක කරගන්නෝනෙ.
ටිකක් දැනුම් තේරුම් තියන අය හිටී නම් උපදෙස් දෙන්න මගෙ වැඩපිළිවෙල ස්ට්රීම්ලයින් කරගන්න. මම දැන් 85 මස්/මාළු/බිත්තර සහ 15 බත් යනවා. අප්ටේස් දාන්නම්.
ප.ලි. - ඩිප්රෙෂන් ඇතුළු මානසික ගැටළු කොහෙන් ගියාද නෑ අවංකවම... තව එක්ස්රේටඩ් මැටිරියල් බලන එකත් නැත්තටම නැති වෙලා ගියා.
I'd like to share my journey with you all. I'm a work-from-home person, and I have been dealing with depression, anxiety, and ADHD. I was on medication for these conditions. Politically, I lean towards the right and am a conservative. I also follow the Tate brothers and various other right-wing personalities in U.S. politics (Please, no hate, we're all entitled to our own thoughts and opinions.)
I was deeply impactd by the fat-shaming done by my best friend (whose an athletic individual), and the Tate brothers; their derogatory comments felt personally targeted towards me tbh. The final straw was when Tristin voiced his lack of sympathy for people like me, who he perceived as choosing to remain fat and "losers" because we don't work out.
About a month and half ago (when I weighed 107 Kg), I decided to make a change. I stopped taking my meds and initiated a variation of lateral jumps as a physical activity, but I could only last for 3 minutes. My anxiety had always kept me from going to a public gym, so I was confined to my room for workouts. I was on the brink of giving up, when a clip from Jwaller came up on my Twitter/YouTube shorts. In it, he advised, "No matter how you feel, go to the gym and do something." Andrew always says similar stuff, that as a man, what you feel doesn't matter, as no one really cares. His words, "You gotta do what you gotta do," kept echoing in my mind.
That's when I thought of GPT Plus, the tool I had purchased for work. I explained my situation to it, highlighting my lack of workout equipment. In response, it provided a list of exercises that relied on body weight. Over the subsequent days, I made some progress, gradually extending my jumping workout to a full hour. Unfortunately, this resulted in a few days where I was barely able to walk. I learned my lesson and reduced the duration to 25 minutes. My teenage brother, hearing about my struggle, gave me a rusted dumbbell, a barbell, and some weight plates he had received from a friend.
These days, I devote about 1-2 hours to exercises that I found online. I can't say for sure if I'm performing them correctly, but I sweat like crazy, which feels productive. I also learned the concept of calorie deficit so reduced my meals to 1 spoon of rice and other dishes (we usually have 2 dishes)- it was extremly hard at first... But I drank a lot of water and kept my mouth under control. I only eat a spoon of rice and whatever the dishes that's available, mostly 2 to 3 dishes a day. I also started consuming large amounts of coffee which helped me keep my focus!!!
yesterday, a close friend of mine UberFlashed his digital scale until December 2023. Imagine my surprise when it revealed that my weight had dropped to 91 Kg! A recent visit to the office led to four compliments on my appearance. One colleague even said, "You look nice, great!" It was a moment of crazy joy for me. I even received comments from the ladies about my complexion appearing lighter (I am a dark-skinned individual not sure why that happened).
I no longer take medication and my depressive mindset seems to have disappeared. Also, I took a leaf out of Andrew's book and started drinking coffee (minus sugar), which has significantly improved my focus. This photograph was taken just yesterday. By the way, I'm proud to say that I've overcome my addiction to adult-content. I wish i could hug Tristin for his honest insults on those who consume such material.
Dear ElaKirians, if you're battling obesity (like I still am), when people give you those judgmental looks or outright insult you, let those moments fuel your resolve to work hard. We are the only ones who can uplift ourselves. We're adults now, and the only person who can truly help us is ourselves. Just a note - I'm not living overseas, I'm in LKA.
Dear Gym nuts,
Help me streamline my workouts and achieve best results if you could.. appreciate it a ton... My equipment's are a dumbbell with around 6kg and a barbell with 8 kg.
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