Hi, I'm a morbidly obese male. 25/M/6'2"/365lbs. I was 375lbs about 3 weeks ago when I started my weight loss effort. I've lost about 10 pounds in that time just by controlling my calories. So just diet at this point. After a few months of this I'll start incorporating exercise.

A brief history of my weight; I was pretty much always a fat kid. When I left high school I'd say I was around 220-30 pounds. Since then I've just ballooned up. Some of it might be mental. I don't know. I have been put on antidepressants by a doctor, but I can't tell if that's just bullshit. I don't think I'm particularly depressed, I just like to eat. But letting yourself get so big must be an indication of some emotional issues, right? I don't know. In any case, I've just gotten bigger and bigger each year of my adult life. My doctor gave me a blood test and ultrasound earlier this year and she says I'm developing fatty liver disease. By blood pressure is OK but my cholesterol is high. Basically, I need to do something about this weight or I'm going to have a tonne of health problems from here on out.

I tried this before. I tried hitting the gym and doing regular exercise. But because I'm such fat fuck I found it way too hard, and because I'm lazy I gave up. That's why I'm trying a different tactic this time. Just cutting back the eating to start with. Which hasn't been all that difficult actually.

See, I used to eat when I wasn't hungry and I ate more than I needed to. So counting calories has helped me keep track of what I'm actually putting in my mouth. Eating has become more purposeful, which is a good thing. I no longer eat just because I'm bored or because I'm watching a movie. I eat when I'm hungry and only enough to satisfy my hunger. And at this point I'm not eating any specific, or cutting out any specific. I'm just eating less.

I'm taking baby steps. I know what my healthy weight should be, and ultimately that's what I'd like to achieve, but that's a long way off and if I set that as my goal it'll just be too overwhelming and I'll feel like it's impossible. So for now I'm just trying to lose 50 pounds by the year's end. Which is a lot, but I've got a lot to lose. If I keep losing weight at the rate I have been (about 3.5 pounds a week), I should achieve that goal.

I found this subreddit and thought it would be a good way to keep track of my progress and sort of be held accountable. Maybe not too many people will read this post but to me I feel like if I put this in writing and publish it to the internet, that makes it official. There's some element of embarrassment if I pussy out of this.