Downsides of Being Overweight.

More than a third of the U.S. population is overweight.

And it’s not just in the U.S.—even in my home country, the Netherlands, the number of overweight people is rising fast.

I used to be overweight.

Yep, me.

This is a photo of me right after the lockdown.

During that time, I ate some of the worst foods imaginable—pizza, fries, hamburgers… you name it. Naturally, I gained a crap ton of weight, about 18kg (x lbs) to be exact.

It got so bad that my wiener was barely visible.

Yeah, it was really that bad.

During that time, I noticed a few things that most people don’t talk about.

1. My girl was visibly turned off

Back then, I had a girlfriend. I won’t get into the details of our relationship, but we had a pretty healthy sex life.

That completely changed once I gained all that weight.

I could tell she wasn’t feeling it. At all.

And honestly? I don’t blame her.

I looked like a bean bag.

2. I got tired way more easily

Even though my strength went up (since I weighed more), I got tired a lot quicker.

Everything took more effort.

Even lifting weights started to feel like a chore. And because of that, every other aspect of my life took a hit.

Without energy, you can’t do a whole lot.

And if you think about it, it makes sense—I was carrying around an extra 18kg everywhere I went.

3. Grogginess

Besides the physical downsides, I also noticed some mental ones.

For those who don’t know, I’m a programmer/coder, so I need to use my brain to cook up code.

But because I was constantly tired and low on energy, thinking straight became a lot harder.

My mind wasn’t clear at all.

Coding is a mental sport—sometimes you solve a problem in minutes, other times it takes hours.

But when I was overweight, I made countless small mistakes that I normally wouldn’t make.

There are many more downsides to being overweight.

But these are the biggest ones I personally experienced.

The good news?

I came out on the other side—fit and confident in my body again.

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Kind Regards,
Loc Nguyen