Welcome to 2019! Resources for our Day One Members, Plus Bonus Interviews!

Welcome to 2019 r/loseit!!

Today is the first of the year which means it is also the day everyone’s New Year's resolutions kick in! In 2018 ,r/loseit grew to 1.3 MILLION subscribers with the existing community losing a collective 1,669,143 lbs! If you are new to loseit for 2019 we are here to welcome you and are glad you have joined us! We have tons of resources and one of the best online supportive communities you can find anywhere.

We have a many resources that can help reach your goals for 2019 ranging from an FAQ to different ways to keep you engaged and accountable throughout your journey. The full array of these are available in the sidebar and in the Daily Quests thread, but we've highlighted a few here that will probably be the most helpful to our newcomers:

• POSTING GUIDELINES Read these before posting
• QUICK START GUIDE Want to start losing weight? Here is the quick start guide.
• THE COMPENDIUM The loseit Wiki
• F.A.Q. Got a question about weight loss? Check the FAQ, you might find what you are looking for
• Daily Q&A You've got more questions? We've got more answers!
• Day 1 Starting your journey today? This is the place to go!
• SV/NSV For when you have an accomplishment to share
• 24hr Pledge Tell us your plan for the day

We also have challenges that we run throughout the year. The next one starts this Thursday on January 4th and features a Pokemon theme! Sign up, get assigned a team and work together to complete inter-team exercise challenges and lose weight together!! It is sure to be fun and motivational, so please sign up! More information can be found here.

To ring in the new year we are bringing you a bit of bonus motivation. A brief interview with a few of our long time members!
Here are our four interviewees and their progress pictures so far:

• u/fluffstermcmuffin - https://imgur.com/a/x4XBwBJ
• u/ThatCanadianGuy88 - https://i.imgur.com/jH8DljF.png
• u/funchords - https://imgur.com/a/cPA6J
• u/walkSMASHwalk - https://i.imgur.com/b2Twxmz.jpg Full body (underwear): https://i.imgur.com/W7tFcRb.jpg

Question: How long were you overweight or obese?

• Fluffstermcmuffin- I had a brief stint around high school where I was a normal weight due to an illness. Otherwise I’ve always been overweight. I can remember my mother talking to my doctor about me needing to lose weight as a kid.
• CanadianGuy88- Basically my entire life. At 14 I was already at or near 300 pounds. I'm not entirely sure when I crossed 400 but if I had to guess it would be around 24.
• Funchords- Since the mid 1970s -- or about age 12 or 13. When I hit puberty, the weight piled on.
• WalkSMASHwalk- I've yo-yo'd between 140 and 180 lbs several times in my life. I'm 32 and 5'8", for reference (although I thought I was 5'7" until this year!).

Question: What are some of your motivations to lose weight?

• Fluffstermcmuffin- While at the time I couldn’t recognize it, hindsight has made me understand that at the start of this I was in a pretty serious depression. I was both apathetic and completely pissed off about everything. The world felt out of control and I thought if I can just control one thing, maybe that would help. Perhaps even more importantly, I wanted to prove to myself and everyone else that I could be more than what I was. It felt like I had lost my identity, or maybe never had one in the first place, so this was my attempt to find out who I was and what I could do.
• CanadianGuy88- When I started I just wanted to be able to move more without panting for breath. I also wanted to not use a belt extension any airplanes anymore.
• Funchords- My diabetes was no longer being managed just by the pills and the shots, and it was getting tougher and tougher to manage it plus travel.
• WalkSMASHwalk- I always hated feeling very self-conscious and discomfited in my own body. Feeling comfortable in your own skin is indescribable.

Question: How many times did you attempt to lose weight previously?

• Fluffstermcmuffin- I hadn’t. I had thought about it, even said that I would, but I never once actually tried.
• CanadianGuy88- Way to many to count accurately but if I had to put a number on it at least a dozen times. Most likely more.
• Funchords- Several major efforts, some resulted in 60-70 pound losses, but I always gained it back immediately.
• WalkSMASHwalk- I've lost the same 40 lbs at least three or four times, if not more!

Question: What was different this time around that allowed you to achieve success?

• Fluffstermcmuffin- In the simplest terms, my desire to lose weight was stronger than anything that could have possibly stopped me.
• CanadianGuy88- I had a fellow close friend drop nearly 100 pounds and I thought if he could do it so could I. I also got linked up with a lifelong friend who owns a personal training gym who got me connected with a personal trainer and a nutritionist.
• Funchords- This time I made a 52 week commitment to tracking my food. Both the time commitment and the food tracking helped me push through plateaus, low moods, difficult weeks, sometimes rebellious behavior and proved that I could do this.
• WalkSMASHwalk- I'd lost most of the weight before and even maintained for a while. But I never got all the way to my goal weight until this time. One big difference was using MyFitnessPal and a food scale for the first time, really tracking calories religiously (I'd done a food diary before but it was pretty fast and loose). The other huge difference is continuing to track and/or eat very mindfully even nearly a year into maintenance. I either track in MFP, weigh daily or, better yet, both! That way, I always stay on track and course-correct if necessary, before a few lbs becomes 40 lbs all over again.

Question: What are your personal weight loss tactics? (calorie counting, IF, etc. with a brief explanation of what a day of losing weight might look like for you)

• Fluffstermcmuffin- I have always done calorie counting. On a normal day I eat pretty much everything after I get home from work. Some people call that OMAD, but for me it is more like 4 hours of snacking and then getting ready for bed. :)
• CanadianGuy88- At first I counted nothing but eventually I got into counting my calories and using a tracking app. My day is pretty simple food wise. Breakfast is either a smoothie (with coconut milk, avocado, protein powder and fruit) or an egg scrambler of some sort. Lunch/Dinner is always a mix of either salad or cooked veggies with some sort of protein and a bit of cheese. Simple yet effective.
• Funchords- Calorie counting and doing some fitness that I enjoy. Making and keeping habits, and tolerating failure without self-damning regret, has been the key to making this manageable.
• WalkSMASHwalk- I used MFP and ate 1200-1400 a day for 6 months (my TDEE is 1700-1800). I love walking and biking and do some sort of fat burning activity for an hour or more most days. I still do these things in maintenance (although I've been trying to eat intuitively since the beginning of December!).

Question: What are your plans when you reach your goal/if you have reached your goal - how do you intend to keep the weight off? (Brief explanation of your strategy)

• Fluffstermcmuffin- For the most part I have lost the weight, and I’ve maintained my current weight for about a year. However, with the holidays and all I need to cut back again and lose a few pounds. Once I do it is all about strength. My New Year's resolution is to do a be able to do a pull up
• CanadianGuy88- I am not entirely sure what my plans are when I finish. I’m coming off a year of mostly maintaining my weight. Though I already have lifelong sustainable changes in place food wise too keep me going forever. I won’t use a tracking app forever but it will be a vital tool to help get me to the finish line I desire. I just have to not fall back into old bad habits. Plain and simple. But easier said than done sometimes.
• Funchords- I'm continuing to log food, continuing to track weight, and continue to be active in my health. It's a habit like brushing my teeth now. It's not a lot of work when it's so automatic.
• WalkSMASHwalk- I'm just as disciplined and diligent as I was while losing. I developed much better dietary habits and make eating mindfully an everyday practice. As mentioned above, I either track in MFP, weigh daily or both -- NO exceptions!

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So, What's your plan for the new year? Do you have any questions we can help with? 2019 can be the year to accomplish those weight loss goals, so let's work together and make it happen!

Here is to a safe, happy and healthy 2019!

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1 My 2019 starts with me at my my lowest adult weight EVER

My tum has been acting weird for the past couple of days.

I tried to fix myself before New Year's eve, I couldn't.

I couldn't eat or drink properly at the New Year's Eve Party because I was terribly unable to.

I stayed within my 1200 extremely unwillingly last night and had terrible diarrhea before bed and first thing after I woke up.

I walked to the scale and weighed myself as is my morning routine!

I see 60.8kg! WHAAA!

I started at 170lb(76kg) in June I wanted to hit 132lb(60kg) by January. I saw 60 on my scale on the FIRST DAY! AWESOMEEE.

I got my goal! Sure, I have to maintain it but it is so awesome to see that number on the scale! It's such an unexpectedly motivational way to start 2019 for me.

2018 has been iffy in terms of other life goals. I wanted to lose the weight six months ago. I set my mind to it and here I am 30 lbs lighter! Awesome!

My other goals are(seem) a lot harder. With weight loss, all I needed was this discipline. The HOW part was so clear-CICO. Not so much with the other life goals. I know what I want, but I am not sure how to get there, who to ask or how long anything takes or even I am going to get where I want to at all. It is so fucking scary. But I have definitely not been trying, just putting things off, making excuses. I'm done with running away, it is stressing me out.

This weight loss has been giving me a sense of accomplishment. I will use this as fuel for achieving my other goals. If I discipline myself enough, I can get shit done. and it will get done better than browsing Reddit all day.

Here's to more 2019 goals! Cheers!

PS: I took my Imodium.

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Let myself go for 3 months... Enough is enough!

It's easier to say that the past 3 months of not going to the gym, eating all the wrong foods and not following my CICO was all because of the stresses of work, planning my wedding for next September, a death in the family, so much this year. The hard truth is that I just got lazy, and now I'm paying for it. 5'3", 180lbs again... enough is enough!

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I'm putting my foot down, and I'm going to get to my goal weight of 160lbs, and I'm gonna stay there.

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I've put down in writing my plan, which includes exercising 4 times a week, following CICO down to the very last calorie, and drinking nothing but water and occasionally coffee. It's tough. At one point I was down to 168lbs and then things just spiraled out of control.

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I got 9 months until my wedding, and I'm going to fit in the tux I want to. I'm going to get my flexibility back. I'm going to be able to do 40 consecutive pushups again. I'm going to do it.

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Started this year weighing 236 with a goal to get to 200 by 1/1/19...weighed myself this morning and I weigh 199.4!

I haven’t weighed less than 200 pounds in at least 15 years. My weight loss was slow because I’ve cut calories, but still ate a lot of things that I wanted to eat (carbs, carbs, and more carbs). Nonetheless, I’m still proud of my progress. I’ve been working with a trainer for two months now and just started attending exercise classes. My additional goals for 2019 is to eat healthier foods while trying intermittent fasting (I’m on my third day). I’d like to drop at least 25 more pounds (I’m 5’11”). Best wishes to all of you for a happy and healthy New Year! The support shown in this sub is top 10!!!

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I’m ending 2018 only 4lbs away from a healthy BMI...

And I couldn’t be happier.

My goal was to be at a healthy BMI by 2019, but the fact that I even got this close is an accomplishment all on its own, honestly.

It was July of this year when I decided to make a change. It wasn’t a new year’s resolution, or a life changing event that made me decide to change, it was just that I woke up that day with the overwhelming feeling that I had lost myself.

I went from 200 pounds to 167 pounds from July to now. A little over 30 pounds gone in 5 or 6 months isn’t crazy impressive, but I’m so proud of myself.

I just wanted to thank everyone on this sub, everyone who offered advice and personal experience, or shared their struggles. Without this sub I couldn’t have made it to where I am now, which is not only healthier, but so much happier.

Thank you for everything, and see you next year.

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Remember to make SMART goals

You'll have a much higher chance of meeting your goals if you make sure they are

Specific-- "Lose weight" is not specific. "Exercise more" is not specific. "Eat healthy" is not specific. Be as specific as you can. Add as much detail as you can.

Measurable-- Whether your goal is calories per day, weight lost per week, or minutes of exercise per week, you should be able to measure what you're doing and be very clearly successful or not. Put a specific number on your goal.

Achievable-- Don't set out to lose 20 lbs a month all year. You're setting yourself up for failure. Make your goal very achievable. It's better to exceed your goal than to set yourself an impossible goal and get frustrated after a few weeks. It's also smart to focus on what you can control. We can't really control how much weight we lose, so saying "I want to lose 2 lbs a week" may be less achievable than saying "I want to eat no more than 1500 calories per day". You have much more precise control over what you eat and how much you exercise than how much weight you lose. The weight loss will come if you're doing the other two.

Relevant-- Know WHY you want to make this change. The goal won't be important to you unless you have a clear and well-defined motivation. This also includes learning a bit about nutrition and exercise. If you want to do low carb, for example, you should know the basic science behind it and why it works. If you want to start a strength training program, research about what makes an effective program and why.

Timebound-- Put a time on your goal. Give yourself both short term and long term goals. "Lose 50 lbs this year" is a great goal, but you need a clear plan of action for THIS WEEK. Focus mostly on short term goals, which add together to make long term goals. Shorter term goals can also be more flexible as you can change it up more often if you find your previous goal unrealistic or too easy.

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I didn’t meet my goal this year. I feel like giving up.

I’m parked in my car and feeling extremely down. I’m supposed to be at a party right now.

I started this year at 141 pounds, 5’4”. Not my proudest weight. I decided I would do CICO until getting to 110 pounds and then start building muscle.

This morning I weighed myself and I am 137 pounds. I don’t think I have ever been so disappointed in myself. I was 125 months ago, and I just blew back up again.

I feel so discouraged to the point of wanting to give up.

Thank you for reading. A million credits to those who met their goals, that is extremely impressive and admirable. Hope everyone had a good year.

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6 months, 50 lbs, and one hand tied behind my back: losing it with cerebral palsy

Hi, Reddit! I was born with spastic hemiplegia, a form of cerebral palsy which impairs my fine motor skills and muscle development on my left side. In layman's terms, I have the muscle development of a 9 year old, and the fine motor skills of a toddler on my left side. So when it came to exercise, I didn't know where to start.

But something needed to change. In the summer time, I was a wreck: 6'1, 230 lbs, depressed, and bouncing around antidepressant prescriptions. I knew I needed to start, but I didn't know how.

I was recommended a trainer, who works with people like me. Together, I started to work out. And it was torture. I remember days I'd come home unable to walk on my left side. But I kept going at it. I knew I couldn't let this go.

And then results started coming in, which made working out easier. So I decided to double my efforts, and take a good look at my diet (a foreign concept in my family). But thanks to /r/keto, this was the easiest part. And after a couple months of it, I don't really miss any of the crap I cut out from my diet.

Now today, I'm 180 lbs, my lowest since middle school (20 now). I've gained the confidence to look past my disability and find a boyfriend who's willing to do the same. And generally, life is better. Am I completely satisfied? No, but i do believe I've come a long way, and that 2019 is going to be a great year as I finish out my fitness goals and get into peak shape.

My only advice is this: if you haven't tried everything, don't quit. Who would end it knowing there's more they could've done?

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I started early.

M, 34, 6'1, 310.

I've been in a terrible mood since the end of football season. I'm a high school coach and we ended up making a playoff run and won state. The season was such a drain mentally, emotionally, and physically. We had so many meetings where alcohol was following and no time to cook healthy so lots of fast food.

It's been a month and a half since it ended and I've just been down and withdrawn. I didn't go home for Christmas break because I wanted to be home alone.

Well, I though to myself I'm going to go make something happen. I really have a problem with portion control, both food and alcohol, so that was going to be a focus this new year.

But yesterday I was sitting in the couch watching TV and wanted to get started. So, I got up, leashed up the dogs, and walked. Went a mile around the sub division. Then today, in the snowstorm I caught myself trying to convince myself that I didn't have to go because of the weather. Well, I called BS on myself and went. It was so pretty out, big snowflakes and Christmas lights.

The dogs loved it. I am so ashamed that I haven't been walking them every day, but we are going to start.

I didn't wait till New year's to make a change. I started two days early. I don't

I don't have a weight loss goal, no magic number. I just want to be healthier and happier.

Thank you for reading.

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Keeping myself accountable for 2019

https://imgur.com/a/ehK7vBX

I've tried a lot of things over the past decade to lose the weight I've carried with me since I was 8 or 9 years old, but none of my efforts have worked so far (largely because of my own stupidity, lack of willingness to put in the effort, and general laziness). In 2018, I got to my highest weight ever of 335-345lbs (honestly, I'm not sure what it was because I stopped weighing myself after I hit 330, but I know I was larger than that at my heaviest). I'm a touch over 6'0"; with the weight gone and having the confidence to stand up straighter, I'd probably be 6'1" or close to it.

I'm done with being fat. I'm done looking in the mirror and hating what I see. I'm done having my belly and hips and moobs get in the way while having sex with my wife (who is currently 5 months pregnant, super horny and wanting it all the time, but so many of the positions don't work because of my weight). I'm tired of her not being physically attracted to me anymore (I was 220lbs when we met 10 years ago... still a little pudgy and flabby, but nowhere near where I am right now). I'm tired on not being able to be an active part of my toddler son's life and not being able to chase him around for hours. I'm tired of getting on the floor to play with him and having a hard time getting back up on my feet without a good amount of grunting. I know I'll need to be more active if I want to keep up with 2 kids under 5 in the next couple years! I want to be active with my kids and wife instead of them going off to do active things together, leaving me behind because I can't keep up or complain the whole time we're being active together. I'm tired of having aches and pains to complain about when I'm being active. I'm tired of making excuse after excuse for myself being fat (i.e. the morbidly obese family I was raised in, the eating habits I learned from them, my addiction to eating (especially convenience foods), having flat feet, being tired after I get home from work, and general lacking energy to do the things I want to in life. I want to not only be around to see my children graduate, get jobs and become parents themselves, but I want to be in good enough physical shape by that time that I can be active with them and my wife, and go traveling, hiking, biking, and enjoy my retirement years. I want to GET to my retirement years! I don't want to turn into my father who, at age 57, has high blood pressure (my blood pressure is already elevated), DVT, joint problems and gout just to name a few of his issues. I don't want to be taking medications of any kind for the rest of my life. You only have one body. I've already f*ed mine up plenty in my just-under 30 years of life (I'm 29). I'M DONE!!!! 2019 IS THE YEAR I CHANGE!!!! Before I turn 30!

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So here I am, putting my current physical state out there on the worldwide web, in hopes that the presence of these pictures online will motivate me to post a better set of photos by this time next year. Thanks for listening.

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New years inspirational Speech to myself

I'll start out by just saying that I had a horrible day - nothing was going right, it was news years eve, and I decided to stay in, lie in bed and eat some comfort food. I could have gone out and celebrated the new year, but I decided to stay in and (lets be honest) feel sorry for myself.

But when the clock just struck 12 I heard the first fireworks going off .... and I realised that I regretted dwelling on my day so much that I missed experiencing something incredible. I ran to the nearest window and realised I couldn't even see the fireworks, though I could hear them - and if I had pulled my head out of my ass earlier my whole night could've gone differently

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Super long winded, I know, but all of this put into perspectives all of my weight struggles and the constant cycle of gaining and losing weight - I spent too long this year dwelling on my weight and drowned in my own self-doubt and insecurity. Like it did today, I sabotaged myself and missed out on so many experiences because I disliked myself and it wasn't until it was too late that I decided to make a change.

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I don't know if anyone actually read all of that - all I know is that this is a message to myself and anyone who has felt the same way. This year I plan to start living my life so that I have no regrets later - whether that means cutting down on the sugar, doing a bit more exercise and going through a bit of temporary pain, I know that it's worth it in the long run. Because I don't ever want to miss out on a once-in-a-lifetime experience just because I don't love myself enough.

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Happy New Year everyone!! Here's to smashing all our goals in 2019!

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I am no longer short of breath at work! 2018 progress

Hello there. 5’6” F, 30 yo. SW 140 lb CW 126.9 GW 125. I started out wanting to just lose weight, being tired of my “skinny-fat” figure, and most importantly trying to improve my overall fitness. I noticed last year that whenever I had to go up a couple flights of stairs with coworkers I was the only one extremely out of breath, red, and flustered! I would even be sore the next day if I had gone up more the 4 flights of stairs in one day!!! I avoided hikes because I was afraid I would ruin it for everyone by being slow :/ . I’m close to my goal now, and I’d like to share my slow progress over the past year.

Diet:

• Jan-October: avoided regular soda, avoided sugary drinks (except for natural fruit juice), chips, tortillas, excess bread. Focused on not buying crap at the grocery store more than anything, did not completely cut out any one thing, but tried to avoid the fattiest cafeteria meals when possible.

• November-December: Started tracking calories with goal of 1200 cal, but I actually averaged 1320 cal per day over the two months. Tracked every single day on MFP even when I messed up by having 4 drinks on one night which led to 3 chocolate cupcakes and late night sushi :’( , etc. Holidays were harder than expected, went over 2K cal a couple times, but that made me be extra careful the days around it.

Exercise:

• March-October: got a gym membership in March! I started out pretty slow, only walking on treadmill and occasional low weight machine exercises. Only 2x a week in average.

• Nov-Dec: decided I HAD TO make time for the gym, had to plan my day better, and I averaged out 4x per week. I picked up running, started with one slow-ass mile every other day, now averaging 8 miles a week at a respectable pace. I started doing squats, but have been pretty slow to increase weight. Since I’m near goal weight, I’ll start getting more serious about strength training and plan my gym time around that instead of cardio.

Other:

• Alcohol: I started tracking how much I drink, turns out I was drinking about 10 drinks per week (lots of end of shift beers, social outings, dates, drinks with the roomies, etc). I have lots of work to do with bringing this down further, but last two months I restricted to 6 drinks a week and I didn’t get the shakes, so I’ll go down to 4/wk for next couple months and see.

• Sleep: While I haven’t officially tracked my sleep, I overall have made better decisions (like not going out for a drink on a Wednesday) leading to more sleep. Also gym is exhausting, so my insomnia issues are practically gone.

• Appearance: noticed clothes fit better, my jeans go up more easily, and just over past month I feel my extremities are visibily more toned and my mid-section (where all my troubles are) is slowly but surely getting smaller and now I think I have a little bit of a but 🤣

Overall, I’m happy I developed better habits and I hope I can keep it up beyond my original goal end point. I feel a lot more confident, I don’t feel out of breath with minimal exertion, and my goal is now to get stronger and continue to wean down off my bad habits. Overall, I think starting slow was important for me to not quit when the scale wasn't changing or when I had a couple bad days of drinking and over eating. I also tried over restricting and it ALWAYS back fired, so beware. For this next year, I plan to drink less, cook more and see where things go.

LET’S THIS BE A SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR ALL OF YOU PEOPLE NEW TO THIS WEIGHT LOSS THING, AND FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE RE-STARING OR MAINTAINING AND GETTING STRONGER. Happy new year <3 🤗

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Finally broke 20lbs of weight loss!

F/21/ SW:195/ CW:170/ GW: 130

As the title stated, I've finally passed the 20lb mark! I know it's not a lot compared to what a lot of people on here have lost, but I'm still really excited about it! My work out buddy isn't around at the moment to celebrate with me, but I had to share it with someone!

I've always done the half-hearted, "oh I'll watch what I eat and cut back on my portion size" but it never really stuck. So I'm really really proud of losing just this much! I feel great! I'm down a size for my shirt, two for my pants, and I experience nowhere near as much knee pain as I used to! I do still have more to lose before I'll be in the healthy weight range, but I'm proud of what I have done so far!

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Accepting a lonely life

To the people who have lost lots of weight, and have a lot of loose skin, but no money to fix the problem. How do you deal with the fact that you can never be in a relationship, because you will gross the other person out? This isn't a hypothetical. I have lived this. I lost over 200 pounds and now have a vile body. Somehow I convinced a woman to date me for two months, we had sex, but I kept my shirt on and we only did it in the dark. Once I tried missionary without a shirt and I caught the grimacing face of disgust that she made, it was heart breaking.. suffice it to say that after that for the short amount of time that we lasted (that she could stomach me, pun intended) we never tried missionary or shirtless again. So, how do you guys cope with the unavoidable lonely road ahead? I get very sad and very down on life in general, I sink into the darkest corners of my mind. I don't know how to cope with the fact that I will never experience love and will definitely live and die alone. I feel that life is pointless.

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Day 1 Wednesday

43 M 5-8 CW:303 GW:199

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A few years ago I got serious about weight loss and dropped over 70 pounds. I was so proud of myself and felt so much better. I have since put all the weight back on and have started and stopped trying to get healthy numerous times. Well now I have eaten myself into diabetes as well as other health problems and I truly believe this time it's a matter of life and death. I have two children and I don't want them to have to bury their father while they're still kids.

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I have been inspired by so many stories on here and am ready to not only try again, but to succeed. I'm trying to post a picture of myself but am having trouble doing so, so I am not sure if it will show up. I chose not to hide my face because I feel like I need to own up to who I am and acknowledge where I am starting from. Of course, if the pic doesn't show up, that plan backfired.

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New Year's Resolutions

This will be the first new year's eve where weight loss will NOT be a resolutions. It was last year ( as it has been for every year I can remember ) but this past year I tried something I had never tried before and it did the trick.

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Am 55 and have done it all ( with the exception of keto - I didn't know about it ) ...CICO, low carb, no carb - you name it and I tried it and everything worked - for a while. Then because I went whole hog into what ever method I was trying , the restrictions wore me down over town and I would cave and fall hard off the wagon. The weight would come back and it always brought more friends with it.

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Long story short - this past January there was a work sponsored health / wellness weight loss competition. I joined a team and decided to try something that had very recently come on my radar - Intermittent Fasting. I won't go into a big explanation of the science behind it - there is a ton of info online and I will always answer messages asking questions. But because I don't believe there is a perfect one size fits all approach to weight loss - I just wanted to put it out there for those that might not have ever heard of it.

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I research everything - this was no exception and I went into it as fully knowledgeable as I could be and I crushed it. The results I got were 'genie in a bottle grants a wish' amazing.

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Below is a link to an old before/after post but at 55 I am now the leanest and strongest I have ever been. The best benefit from Intermittent Fasting is not the fat loss. It is why everyone starts it but to me the better benefits are the ramped up HGH production ( my body responds more to exercise now than ever before ) and the autophagy - the immune system boost. I have not been sick a single day in 2018 - not even a headache. My Dr and Dentist ( my gums are amazing now ) gave glowing reports from my last visits.

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Any way - I just wanted to share what worked for me to give me a total body transformation that I never believed was possible and certainly not at my age. I melted through fat like I didn't believe was possible and once I was adapted to it - it felt effortless. I have been in maintenance for 6 months now and it has been easy.

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IF is not a diet or eating plan. The changes that IF brings on are not tied to what is on your plate - they happen in the fasting hours when your insulin drops to fasting levels. It couples with what ever eating style you choose..cico, keto, low glycemic, weight watchers...you name it and you can pair it with Intermittent Fasting.

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I am not trying to convert anyone or sell this as the only way to lose weight...but I can say that it did for me what none of the others could...this was the perfect fit for me.

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Best of luck in 2019. I would highly recommend doing some research into Intermittent Fasting if you have never heard of it and if you do and have questions...please feel free to reach out to me - I spent about 80 hours online googling it and everything related to insulin and autophagy and while IF is a very easy concept, there is a learning curve to successfully putting it into practice.

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Happy New Year Everyone

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https://www.reddit.com/r/progresspics/comments/a07sjh/m5559_240_lbs_150_lbs_90_lbs_70lbs_of_that_lost/

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New year's resolution to lose 20lbs and maintain it

I used to be an obese kid. I don't remember what age it started at but ever since I can remember, i remember being fat. At my biggest I was around 175lbs at only 5'1. I couldn't stand people looking at me. I was bullied and depressed. Eventually I stopped going to school due to the anxiety and bullying. 3 years of school I missed. But being away from the anxiety and horrible people left me with the ability to think with a clear head and I managed to lose 70lbs though calorie counting.

As someone that was 106lbs I still wasn't happy with my body but I soon found myself in a loving relationship alongside attending college full time. I stopped looking at myself and met myself enjoy food again along side my partner family and his family but my weight started to become a problem again. Yes I could out eat my 6'1 muscular boyfriend, yes I loved his mum's home made chocolate cake and the constant fast food we'd eat when together but soon enough I couldn't look at myself in the mirror again, my clothes didn't fit me anymore, I could no longer wear shorts or feel comfortable in my body. It even began to affect my relationship as I didn't feel attractive anymore and became more reserved. I started university and moving 3 and a half hours away from home didn't help like I thought it would.

My roommates all slim beautiful girls. Oddly enough we all wear the same size clothes and are roughly close in height. Me still being 5'1 and the other girls being 5'2 and 5'3. However I still looked bigger than those girls. My body is damaged from the years of obesity, my skin sags, I'm covered in stretch marks and cellulite and despite having a TINY waist the lower half of my body looks like a fat girls body when my top half looks average. I get sad that these girls get to have perky boobs and weight that they can easily maintain. When they eat fast food I want it too, when they want cake or seconds so do I. But when I eat it I gain weight almost instantly and these girls continue to maintain.

I look back at my skinny pictures and wonder why did I think I was fat? I'd kill for that body again. So this year I'm going to try and kick my binging habit, stop giving into temptation and hopefully fond some healthy foods I actually like the taste of as well as hopefully start exercising a bit.

My goal is to lose hopefully 20lbs by next year and get a lower fat percentage as I currently have barely any muscle. I hope to find a way to maintain my body and save up for surgery to fix my childhood mistakes.

Current weight 136.2lbs Height 5'1 Goal under 120lbs

Any tips would be appreciated

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Running with LoseIt - 12/31/2018 - Running in the New Year

This is a weekly post for the runners of LoseIt to check in and share. Runners of all levels are welcome. Brand new to experienced are encouraged to check-in and share details of your plan to start running, details of your first run, last training run, or your last/next race.

This will be short and sweet this week.

New Year Wishes for Running in the New Year

What are your wishes for running in the new year? Starting to run? Working towards a 10K, half marathon, marathon, or ultra? Starting trail running? Going to do a destination run/race this year?

Weekly Check-in

How did your week go? Complete your first run, a race, a week of C25K? Let us know how it is going.

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I lost 55lbs as my last NYR - let’s do it again

Last year I went from 185 to 130 lbs, mainly thanks to food logging apps (started with loseit). Zero exercise (I know, I know, I have a bum IT band). But between thanksgiving and now (I reached my goal in September) I put back on something like 30 lbs or more due to a terrible attitude with “I’m done dieting now!” So this year I will again embark on an adventure to lose weight - here are some random tips that helped me last year.

• tell everyone you got s NYR to eat better. Then a) they’ll understand when you refuse their bar/restaurant invites or extra helpings of leftovers they bring. B) will set you up with a “guilt hostage”, someone who you know, knows you messed up if you do.

• stay the HELL away from your office break room for the first weeks, people will dump all their goodies they can’t eat because of their NYR. Get your coffee and get out.

• pick up an exercise, even if it’s something tiny, like “jog 10 minutes” or “do 4 sets of core exercise”. The point is 99% mental, making you feel like you’re putting effort into your life. Feel free to up intensity but NEVER allow yourself to burn out. It will end your diet. It’s better to be lax on exercise than burn out.

• a runners adage says “you can’t outrun a bad diet”. I never ever put deficit calories on my tracking, and unless you’re running (I mean running for real, not just strolling or lightly jogging) I think you’re tricking yourself into cheating the system.

• bears repeating: don’t exercise so much you burn out. Rather do zero exercise than let yourself burn out. Drop the exercise if you must, the food is more important to control.

• you’re gonna fall of the wagon. Probably many times. Get back on.

• when you DO fall off the wagon, don’t say “oh well, next year”. Don’t even say “next month/Monday/tomorrow” you can stop mid-bite and say “next MINUTE, I’ll start again”

• cut sugars to near zero if you want to cut one macro. Everyone’s different, but to me sugar (and fast carbs) are hell. They make me incredibly hungry and craving more.

• separate yourself physically from food. Do activities outside of the kitchen, don’t go shopping hungry, don’t cook hungry, etc.

• one big detractor to me was the urge for instant gratification. Sometimes it felt so futile to see the scales go up due to water/salt, or plateau for a while, or the same love handles week after week. But keep in mind this isn’t a goal reached in a week. I used to tell myself “in April, I’ll see change”. Yes by April I saw change but by then I didn’t care as much about the instant gratification.

• keep drinking a lot of water every day. Drink water before every meal. If you’re about to go off the wagon, that’s okay but make me a promise, chug a liter of water before you dig in to the Ben and Jerry’s, then go ahead (and log the Ben and Jerry’s)

• log ALL your food. Don’t cheat. If you can’t log it, don’t eat it.

• if you go off the wagon, no worries, but KEEP LOGGING. Log every bite.

• I started last NYR by eating poorly for a few days, but logged everything. That way it was easier to keep logging when I fell off the wagon as opposed to dropping the log habit too.

If I think of others I’ll add them! Good luck all and happy 2019!!

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Easily saying no to candy 2019

I’m a bit over 100 days without candy. Four times not counted, but none of those were impulsive, so I’m totally fine with that. One of those times were tonight. Got a box of chocolates a month ago from a student, decided to open it today so it didn’t tempt me anymore. None of it were particularly tasty and now my stomach hates me. Not even the Julmust* was really good - I used to drink insane amounts of it during Xmas.

Anyway, here’s to a candyfree 2019, and it will definitely be pretty easy after this.

*Julmust is a Swedish Christmas soda, which is dark in colour and tastes “christmassy”. It’s only sold around Christmas (and then relabelled and sold around Easter) and it’s really A Thing when you open the first bottle in November/December. This year I waited until Christmas Eve and it tasted pretty meh then as well.

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2019 is THE YEAR for me

M24/268.5 lbs

So this isn’t just a weight loss thread per se.

I just initiated a CICO diet on Sunday (Australia time) with a limit of 2400 calories a day. 2 days later I’ve already lost 2.5 pounds. For a good few years I’ve been eating crap and been worried about my health for a few weeks because i refused to brush my teeth, ate approximately 2000 calories each meal and been a hermit on my ass playing video games for a good 6 months. Safe to say, things will have to change.

I have continued brushing my teeth twice a day starting the week before Christmas and as of the second last day of 2018, I’ve been calorie counting. For the first time ever last night I only had 1 steak and a teeny bit of salad for dinner, nothing else. If this were old me I would’ve had 2 steaks and 5 sausages for dinner alone.

One more thing to address is to make more connections, go outside every couple days and enjoy the town I live in. I previously went all over the closest city to go to places but stopped for 6-8 months after a bad experience. I’m just gonna focus on my town for now.

It’s funny how this all came about, I brought some friends over for a get-together and as they were binging MTV, I noticed the life I’m missing out on. The lack of social and romantic connection, the non-hermit life. I ran back to Instagram and was immediately reminded by the models I follow that my life was headed downhill. Boyfriends, actual great lives, great looks etc. were abundant and I felt in order to get it all back together I need to respect myself.

I tried Tinder again but with my neckbeardy looks, it didn’t get me anywhere as expected.

The motto I made up (I think) is “to love myself before others”. Apparently I’ll be at 198 lbs by 2020 according to Lifesum if I keep up my diet. As I’m 268 it’s a massive improvement itself.

Happy new year! I’m hoping to keep this up and my end goal is to become a brilliant-looking guy with a good lifestyle which I’m aiming for 2020.

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Anyone else going to lose 100lbs in 2019?

I’m ready!New alt account so I can be completely honest. I’m excited and trying not to get anxious because it’s a bit overwhelming.

My goals are quite vague: Walk: I average a measly 2500 steps a day

Track everything: I track maybe 40% of food, it will be easy to get much better though.

Drink water and quit soda!

Talk to myself as I do to my best friend: No negative comments allowed

Eat as much plant based as possible

I think I’ll probably meal prep quite a lot to start with, I break easily when I’m hungry and will just grab the quickest thing. I haven’t given myself rules about treats because I think I’d take advantage of them if there is the option. I’ll face that decision when it comes.

Is anyone else trying to lose this much? What are your plans?

Any tips from anyone who’s already lost a lot?!

Happy New Year everyone, I hope you have an incredible 2019

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Thoughts from 2018--a Maintainer's Year in Review

Felt compelled to share this latter half of my journey. Hopefully someone can take something helpful away from it ♥️

I started this year at 136 lbs. I'd been maintaining it for a few months at that point, having lost a total of ~75 lbs since I had my third baby in fall 2016. 136 was what I weighed at my high school graduation so for those who say your hs weight is impossible....lies!!

I thought I would be happy with that weight, but then I hit it and I still hated what I saw in the mirror. My body fat % was high, and even though my BMI was perfect, I felt I looked...clumpy. gross. still fat. I thought I could solve it by getting into running and eating even less. So I started pushing myself to run 10k distances (without properly preparing my body for it) and I started eating even less. I was exercising like crazy, chasing after three small kids, still breastfeeding the third, and I was miserable. But I refused to give it up, convinced I just needed more discipline.

By the time summer came, I was waist deep in eating disorder land (not for the first time in my life) and so depressed. To make matters worse, my body had barely budged. I'd lost FOUR pounds and screwed up my knee and my bf % was 27%. Lower than it was in January but still higher than the ideal for my age/gender/etc. Seeing that almost pushed me deeper down but thankfully I'd been having some spiritual awakenings about my disordered eating by then so I was open to what the personal trainer at my gym (an acquaintance...Ive never done personal training) had to say that day.

She convinced me to lay off the cardio (I was fond of hour long super sessions where I'd try to break my personal records of calories burned per hour), to amp up the strength training, and to eat enough. It was scary. I was terrified I'd get fat again if I stopped running, if I dared to eat an afternoon snack sometimes, etc. But I couldn't keep on how I was living and I have three daughters and I was more terrified of passing my crazy on to them. So I changed. I do one cardio session a week now. And I don't berate myself if it's just 40 minutes. I started lifting and taking strength training classes. I started eating more. Still clean and healthy, still no fast food, but enough.

And y'all. I am in such a better place now. I've lost two inches in my waist since July. I'm happier. I'm not plagued with constant low blood sugar. I have energy with my kids again. I look fitter and tighter in the mirror. My husband loves it but he also loved it when I was 9 months pregnant and 210 lbs so his opinion might not count haha!

So today at the gym I stepped on the scale again, just curious. My weight? 139 lbs. I have gained seven pounds since July. A year ago, that would've sent me into a tail spin. Now though? All I can think about is how good I look in my size 6 jeans, how excited my family is for the fried fish I'm cooking tonight (sometimes I do that now....the horror ;)), how I can chase after my four year old now without having to stop because I'm so lightheaded. This is healthy. This is happy. This is what my body needs to weigh and it is good and I am not fat because my BMI is closer to 25 than it was when I weighed 132. (I'm 5'5" for reference.)

Just wanted to share this because I think it's important that we realize our weight loss goal/ideal might not be what we think it should be. You might still have to fight for contentment when you reach it. Be flexible and open. Be kind to yourself. Don't lose the weight because you hate yourself. Lose it because you love yourself. And make sure you nourish yourself every step of the way.

Much ♥️ and Happy New Year!

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Year in Review: 30 pounds lost, 6 months maintenance

Hi friends, new and old!

I lost 30ish pounds during 2018, on top of the 15 that fell off during 2017 when I finished grad school and started drinking less. I also maintained for the second half of this year-- at first accidentally, and then as a conscious choice. I'm ready to lose the last 15-20 pounds, but thought I'd pull together some thoughts for all of the new loseiteers! Welcome! We have open, increasingly skinny arms!!

Here's what I know you're all here for: progress pics!

Here's what I learned:

Know your TDEE: in January 2018, I started hanging out on r/loseit. I saw a lot of people talking about 1200 being plenty and, never having tried CICO before, thought that was what you had to do in order to succeed. I'm 5'11" and fairly active. This was a terrible idea. I was cranky and lightheaded, and was stomach-grumblingly hungry all the time. As we all know, we make poor decisions when hungry, so I soon found myself going over my 1200 calories/day by a lot. Then I'd feel disappointed, then I'd try to be even more strict the next day. That way eating disorders lie, and I was lucky to have a good support network that suggested eating more, but not too much more. It took a few weeks of experimenting to realize that 1800 is the sweet spot for me-- low enough to still lose, but not so low that I'm starving all the time. Your TDEE is going to be different depending on your starting weight and activity levels-- take time to figure out what works for you, and adapt if your rule is actually hurting you!

Use the tools that work for you: On that note, just because someone swears by one weight loss app doesn't mean it'll be the right fit for your brain/emotional state/needs. For example: I started with just My Fitness Pal, then I added in Libra (Happy Scale for you apple folks) to get more of a sense of trends. Then I wanted more accurate TDEE info, so I threw in the 3Suns adaptive TDEE spreadsheet. Then I was getting impatient and wanted to know when I'd reach my goal, so I started using the losertown predictor. I was soon entering my weight in three or more different apps every day. That was fine when the scale was trending down, but when I wasn't happy with the number on the scale, every extra app was just a reminder of my feelings of failure and impatience. My system wasn't healthy for me, so I cut back to just Libra, and enter my weight in MFP whenever I remember.

Know your eating habits: With time, you'll figure out where you need to put your calories to get the most bang for your caloric buck. For me, that's less than 300 calories for breakfast, being at around 1000 calories consumed by midafternoon, and having 800 calories to play with for dinner/dessert/an evening tipple. I've learned overtime that I just feel lightheaded and woozy if I don't eat breakfast and that I need to save up a ton of calories for the end of the day so that I can enjoy being spontaneous with my bf, rather than worrying about finding a 200 calorie dinner when he wants to go out to eat. Find the caloric breakdown that works for you, your exercise habits, and your lifestyle.

It's ok to maintain, even if you're not yet at your ultimate goal, even if maintenance is an accidental decision: By about mid-May, I was consistently in the 180s. Then I was in the low 180s throughout June. Then I moved to a new city in July, and was living at other people's houses while we looked for our own place. Then we found an apartment, but settling in after a big move is no joke. Soon it was September and I was starting a new job, and I was still in the low 180s. Because of all the eating out that happened in June and July, I'd stopped entering my food in MFP. I was also straight up tired of thinking about losing weight every day. So, I decided to consciously commit to maintenance, even though I'd already been maintaining for a several months. I kept the rules simple: weigh in once a day. I've since maintained for another three months, and have rediscovered my discipline and enthusiasm for weight loss. Sure, it'll take me longer to get to my target weight, but I'm pretty sure I'll be happier for it and more likely to stay at that goal weight. This is all to say that your eating habits should fit with the bigger picture of your life, maintenance breaks can be great, and finding ways to keep yourself trending in your desired direction is more important than "perfect" weight loss.

Keep tracking weight, if nothing else: research shows that people who lose significant weight and maintain that loss have several things in common, one of which is regular weigh-ins. So, hop on that scale! Yes, even on mornings when you had multiple beers, fries, and pizza the night before, even when you just got back from a trip to the land of no fiber and all the sugar, even when you know your weight is going to be up. Remind yourself that the number is just a signifier of your gravitational relationship to the earth, step on the scale, and record your data.

That's it for me! I'd love to hear your thoughts!

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Podcast about losing weight w/o counting calories and working on the emotional/mental side of losing weight

Hey everyone so I have been listening to a podcast called Losing 100lbs with Phit N Phat and the podcasters, who have each lost their own weight without counting calories, talk about the mental and emotional aspects that get in the way of weight loss

Here’s some things that I think are practical:

1. Meet yourself where you are at: don’t go try to cut out all junk food in one swoop, ease into it; I have tried to just go cold turkey on things but planning to have certain foods helps

2. Plan your meals ahead of time so you can stay committed: if you already eat pizza every night, you should plan it and write it down the night before or day of so it is intentional rather than random eating

3. Eat when you’re hungry, stop when you’re satisfied: notice when you’re actually feeling physical hunger versus boredom, stress, etc. then when you are eating, stop when satisfied and this may mean leaving some food behind

4. Journaling: helps with general awareness about day to day life

Just thought to share because sometimes those mental and emotional aspects are what trigger me personally to overeat

If you have any questions let me know!

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[Major SV] Two Years Almost to the Date, and I Am Giving Myself the Best Birthday Gift "-210lbs"

Well, here we are... on the cusp of 2019, having survived one of the longest years ever ~.~ 2018 was truly trying at times for everyone, and this made losing weight kind of hard, but through it all We have kept on the path... I generally did :/

 

I started my journey on May 14th 2017, at a whopping 405lbs. I was just fed up with being excluded from some of life's best moments because of my weight, so on that date I made a deal with my mom. If she cooked healthy food I would eat it, and that is exactly what happened. I started out watching carbohydrates, and that soon developed into watching calories. Now my daily routine includes entering every bite of food that I eat, good or bad. This has become as regular to me as taking a shower, and that was what I needed. Being able to do the math and figure out how much weight I should be losing based on how many calories I was eating is honestly what really powered me on and kept me going, and is keeping me going through this bout of maintenance I am in(I have maintained my weight for three months now).

 

Not all of this journey has been about weight loss, a lot of it has been about changing my mindset on many things in my life. I keep saying that I am broken now, but I am not actually broken, I have just been reshaped in to a different person... Weight loss alone did not change me, but weight loss coupled with a series of serious events in my life has completely changed my demeanor, and what is important to me. I have now applied for a second job, something I would not have been able to handle at 400+lbs. I am hoping to get an additional 30 hours of work weekly. I will be finally getting out on my own in my own place because of this extra money I will be earning. I know I know, congrats to me on becoming less of a loser right :/ but it really means a lot to me, and I am actually really glad on the way things turned out. What has happened in my recent past has truly made me into a much better version of myself, and that is what is keeping me going now.

 

Now, here we are, 2019... and my birthday is only two days away(January second). I will have lived a quarter of a century, I have not been this relatively thin since I was five years old, and I truly have given myself the best personal birthday gift of my life; independence, confidence, boldness, tenacity, and 210 less pounds to deal with daily... all of that in less than two years... not to bad.

 

P.S. - I am still about 10-20lbs off of my goal of 185-175, but my New Years resolution should take care of that. I plan on only eating around 1300 until I get to my goal weight, and then I will maintain my goal weight within 10lbs as my resolution, and this is one I will easily keep :)

 

P.P.S. - Thanks for all of the long term support r/loseit ... I would not have been able to do it without this support, literally. I was about to give up around 390lbs when I hit my first plateau, but I was talked down by r/loseit, and for that, I thank you :)

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Postpartum weightloss progress and a review of the past year nsfw progress pics

I have had two kids, inbetween the two pregnancies I know I weighed in at least 215, although I may have been heavier it's not like I was willingly stepping on a scale. In April I gave birth to thing two and somehow had lost some weight and was down to 196 just thanks to eating more nutrients less chocolate while pregnant.

End of June/ beginning of July I decided I wanted to lose some weight so I could be a better example for my kids. I redownloaded a calorie tracking app just like I had done 20 other times. The only difference is I did it on a weekend after eating my usual crap all day and logged all of it. I had ate 3500 calories that day at a party. I followed tips from this sub and just tracked for the next day or two.

Now my baby is almost 9 months old and I weigh in at 153ish. I still have weight to lose but indulged over Christmas and am still down 2 pounds for this month after eating what I wanted in excess for a week.

Things I did 1. Count liquid calories!

In the past I would eat nothing and still be up the next day. Lets ignore the two venti frappuccinos, glass or two of wine, and Sprite or dr. Pepper. Now I drink water with a small macchiato every day. I track my calories to allow that fancy coffee because it's what I look forward to.

1. Portion size

Before I would go out to eat and gorge myself until I felt sick because I didn't want the food to be wasted. Now I drink water before eating and eat until I feel done not based on the food on the plate.

1. It's ok to be hungry

I was afraid to be hungry- there isn't some sad story for why. I just felt like the moment I became hungry I needed toPp stuff my face. I was known as the girl at work with chocolate and a weeks worth of snacks in her drawer. I was always snacking unless I was with patients.

1. It's ok to say no

Coworkers ordering chipotle for lunch? Nobody is offended that you turned down lunch with them. Husband wants to try out another restaurant this week? He knows I need to know ahead of time for calorie reasons.

I have not excersized for the most part, I have the energy to work out and plan to start doing that more but all weight has come off just making sure calories taken in is less TDEE.

Progress pics (nsfw)

Side view May to December http://imgur.com/a/v16s03M

Front View July to December same bikini top different shorts. Old ones won't stay on http://imgur.com/a/BHKJ3Cm

Face View http://imgur.com/a/nCaehLt

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We Tried it For You: Hip Hop Dancing

If you love dancing in your car, shower or kitchen, it’s time to try it as your new favorite source of cardio.

The post We Tried it For You: Hip Hop Dancing appeared first on Under Armour.

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Leaving 65lbs and obesity behind in 2018

Progress pics

This morning I hit -65lbs lost since January and yesterday I made it into the overweight category! The progress pics are from last winter (I think I actually gained about 5lbs more than that pic), at my biggest I was 250lbs. The middle pic is from the end of August when I started Bright Line Eating, which is based on the food addicts anonymous eating plan and has allowed me to start recovering from binge eating disorder. In a nutshell I eat 3 weighed meals each day, I don't snack and I don't eat sugar or flour. I had lost 25lbs in those almost 9 months, really struggling to lose every single pound because I was still binging regularly so it was almost impossible to maintain a calorie deficit. Since I started BLE I haven't binged once and not surprisingly the weight is flying off! I've lost 40 more pounds since August 23, which is mind blowing.

When I was just doing CICO I had to work really hard to eat at my calorie goal, which was around 1700 at that point to lose a pound a week. Now I usually land around 1200 and actually feel full and satisfied. Part of it is that I'm eating TONS of produce--20oz of vegetables and 12 oz of fruit each day. I eat mostly whole foods so they are very satisfying. But also I've eliminated my trigger binge foods so my cravings are mostly gone (occasionally I'll have a craving pop up, maybe once a month, but it no longer has any pull). I started binge eating around age 10 so being able to eat what I intend to eat each day is really freeing and I'm grateful that I found something that works for me. I'd tried a lot of things over the years, CICO, weight watchers, intuitive eating, vegetarianism, just not trying to stop the binges as I often see recommended since lots of people find that any restriction triggers a binge, and nothing allowed me to stop binging. Of course it's amazing that I'm losing weight but it's also a relief to not be in that cycle of binge eating, which affected my self esteem and mental health way more than I even recognized.

I know that moderation is by far the most popular method in this sub, but I tried for over 20 years to eat anything I wanted moderately and I could never do it. I think it's hard to understand if you are able to moderate but some people can't do it. Not eating sugar or flour is a SMALL price to pay to not be a slave to food every day. Before I started it sounded awful and impossible, but surprisingly it's totally fine! I'm not sure if I'll abstain forever or if I'll be able to moderate at some point down the line. It's just impossible to know at this point. I used food as a drug for 23+ years so it will take time to change those pathways in my brain if I can. I take it one day at a time right now; I don't miss sugar and flour today so I don't have to worry about never eating a bagel or ice cream again.

At the beginning of this year I had no idea if I'd be successful this time around or not. I had a lot of false starts since my son was born 4.5 years ago, each one resulting in me being even bigger than before. I'm so glad I kept trying! If you are struggling keep on trying, if I can do it anyone can!

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One year of this journey, Down 70lbs +

I'm down 70lbs+ (31.75 kg) going into the new year!

One Year of Weight Loss Jan 1st to Dec 31st 2018

Last year, I got on that "New Year, New Me." It was a struggle, I wanted to quit constantly, I didn't feel any different most of the time, it didn't feel worth it.

I kept going.

My New Year's resolution wasn't a solid weight goal but simply to be a healthier version of me. While I can't necessarily say I took the best route to being healthy because I've added zero exercise to my routine this last year, but I love the progress from pure diet.

Shout-out to this sub for your encouragement, for your tips, and for your progress pics. For you New Year lurkers I say you can do it!

Stats M 5'6" SW: 306lb CW: 234.8

Pic 2: weight loss will murder your wardrobe

Edit: make words good

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How do you know when to listen to your body and when to duct-tape their mouth shut and shove 'em in the trunk?

Today I reached the weight loss goal I never thought I'd see: I'm in the 130s again for the first time in my adult life. (139.4, to be exact, but hey, it still counts). It started with intermittent fasting, then I added on food journalling, calorie counting, and exercise. When I hit a plateau a few weeks ago, I adjusted my calorie count lower based on my TDEE, and jacked up my protein intake significantly.

With that being said, y'all, I am tired. My body doesn't seem to want to work out unless I've overeaten the day before. I feel like I only have two options: one, eat more, have more energy, workout harder, and keep on the weight, or two, eat less, have no energy, struggle through every workout, and lose weight but feel like shit. Has anybody else had a similar dilemma? Is there something I'm missing? How do you keep things balanced when it comes to listening to your body?

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I‘ve struggled with food and obesity since early childhood, and I’m the heaviest I’ve ever been today. I feel kinda low, but hopeful. Any encouragement would be appreciated!

Today, I’m the heaviest I’ve ever been in my life. My pregnancy was what really did me in. I’m 9 months postpartum and weighing in at 242 at 5’6. At most, I usually hovered around 198. I have to do something now or else I will end up in a far worse position mentally and physically, and it’ll feel a lot more impossible to accomplish if I can’t even get out of bed.

I have a long history with depression. The “I just want to find a dark cave, lay down and die” kind of depression. This year is the first year I can say I am hopeful for life, and I am a genuinely happier person than I’ve been since my early teen years. I have a beautiful family and my life is finally calm. So naturally, I’d like a healthy body and lifestyle to reflect my healthier mindset. Especially for my daughters sake. My mother was 380lbs and got gastric bypass just as soon as it was available to the public. She struggled for years, fluctuating in weight even after her surgery (still never getting nearly as large as before). She always told me that postpartum depression and pregnancy was what kick started her major weight gains.

I don’t want that future for myself, and I don’t want that for my daughter. I’ve struggled immensely with childhood (really, lifetime) obesity, my own weight has fluctuated drastically. At one point, I was 130lbs at 9 years old. Then at 15 I was maybe 140lbs. Then at 17, 180lbs. From anywhere between 115-242 lbs, my body has been through a lot. I struggle with using food as an emotional crutch, and I have sever sugar cravings. I’m in therapy currently addressing these issues, so I’m really wanting to just get passed this. This is the single thing in my life I have not been able to overcome, and that has held me back from so much in life that I feel like I haven’t even lived yet. I’m tired. I want to be a person that is healthy and happy. I am currently neither. I’ve been slowly working through this and paying attention to what I’m eating and what I should be eating for the last two months and while I’m still very ignorant of nutrition and exercise, I know diet is the most important factor and I know how to track calories lol.

I’m not sure there’s much point to this post except to put myself out there and hold myself accountable. I do not discuss my weight with anyone in my life. I’m obviously obese, but no one will ever acknowledge it. It an unspoken plague and I just need a place to say “hey I’m actually fat and need to talk about it” and then do something about it. If anyone would like to share how much their life has changed since they decided to get healthier, give any helpful tips that they’ve discovered (I definitely need advice on curbing sugar cravings!) or really any other encouragement, it’s all welcome and appreciated! Z

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Weight loss competitions to win money?

Good Day and Happy New Year's Eve!!!

First time poster to this sub... Started my journey, casually, around one to two months ago, by meal planning and integrating whole, healthy foods, quit smoking, quit drinking (except rare occasion), quit refined sugar (only honey and maple syrup for me!), and limiting eating out. Didn't seem like a huge jump because this was kind of a lifestyle my SO and I had been moving towards anyways... and I'm 10 lbs down! Even over the holiday - whoop, whoop! Looking to get more serious come the new year. I was wondering if anyone is aware of any weight loss challenges/competitions that result in payment should you win? I have a significant amount of weight to lose and plan on doing it anyways, so why not make some money and have that extra motivation, amirite?

If anyone is curious, I'm a 5'7" 24 yr old female, currently 258, started at 268, with a goal weight of 170 lbs.

I did find the site healthywage... With a $10/mo wager, I could gain ~$500 in a year. There are actual contests though, where its like $100 to enter, and you can win up to $5,000? Just curious if anyone else has any ideas?

Thanks a bunch!

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Almost 300 lbs at 16. I Won’t fail this year!

Hey Everyone. I feel uncomfortable actually writing this but hopefully it will provide some sort of accountability. I’m a 5’8’’ 280 lbs 16 year old Female. Since childhood I’ve always been quite overweight, I didn’t have a great at home life and at school I was constantly picked on for my weight which caused me to eat even more than I would’ve but back then it wasn’t as much of a problem. At 14 I was 230, I constantly felt ugly and uncomfortable in my own skin so I went on a diet and lost 20 lbs but because I was so starved I quickly gained it back (plus a lot). At 230 I didn’t really physically feel it, obviously I am really young so it felt more like 150 but now everything seems to ache and running feels like a heart attack! (I also recently got a blood test and things aren’t looking up) My stomach is comparable to a black hole, it’s so hard for me to get full and my diet consists of microwave burritos and cheese ramen... I could honestly write a trilogy on my weight and how it’s affected my life as I’m sure you all know. I’m going to try my hardest to make it to my goal of 180 and hopefully I won’t be back here with a 300 pound mark announcement lol. Good luck to everyone else on their journey!

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My Year In Review - M 44, 246 - 165 = 81 pounds lost

So it's been a year since I've started eating better, exercising and taking better care of myself. My first goal was to lose 50 pounds, then to lose 75. I started on January 1, 2018, weighing in at 246 pounds and I'm ending the year down 81 pounds finishing up at 165. See progress pics from day 1 to today - https://imgur.com/a/pHvXn13. You can also see the various pics that I've posted throughout the year by browsing my profile.

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By May, I had achieved my first goal and lost my first 50 pounds. It was such an incredible feeling knowing that the hard work and effort that I had been putting in was paying off. I kept at it and lost another 25 pounds, achieving my second weight loss goal of 75 pounds by the end of August. I continued putting in the work and kept losing until I lost a total of 87 pounds. My new goal was to lose 90 pounds so that when I reapply for life insurance, I would be in my BMI ratio for my height and it should hopefully get me a better rate. I haven't quite made it there yet.

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Now that being said, the last 12 pounds took a long time to lose as I had gotten a bit complacent and didn't work as hard at it as I had in the past. I started thinking that I've put in the work all year, I can enjoy a little bit more treats here and there. Well that's a slippery slope that never leads to anything good. Well now Christmas season is here, with lots of food and lots of treats around and I got a little lax in my snacking and I've gained a few pounds back. Nothing crazy, I'm still finishing the year at 81 pounds lost.

So here's what I've learned -

• Support and encouragement always help, but don't rely on anyone you know to fully support you through your journey. The best way that I kept encouraged was to visit this sub and r/progresspics every day. I would look at pictures and read the stories and they would keep me inspired to keep going. These two subs are the reason that I started my weight loss journey in the first place. I could see that regular people just like me were getting results by putting in the work. I told myself if they can do it, so can I.
• Take pictures. Lots of pictures before and during the weight loss. I still look at myself in the mirror and go wow, there's still lots of belly there, but I tend to forget what I looked like last year. Going back to see the before and after differences can be quite motivational.
  
• I can eat whatever I want, pizza, nachos, bread, it doesn't matter, as long as I don't go overboard. There's no need for me to eat 4 or 5 slices of pizza when 1 or 2 will do. Portion control is the key.
• Exercising helps. I used to be the most lazy person I knew. I started going for walks, then I started bicycling, then jogging and now I regularly do 5K runs twice or more a week. I never would have thought of running 1K last year let alone 5. The key to this for me was to take it slow and not try too hard too quickly. I worked my way up from walking 1Km to 2, to 3, 4 then 5. Then I started walking some, then jogging some and walking some and jogging more until I worked my way up. I think that by setting achievable goals, you are more likely to try and work towards them rather than give up. The same went for bicycling. When I bought my first bike in the spring, I went for a little ride, total of 1K. I had to stop at the halfway point to catch my breath. I never would have thought that I'd be doing 40K rides by the end of the summer.
• The most important thing that I've learned is that my weight loss is totally up to me. I can't blame others or make any excuses such as my metabolism just isn't as good as that person's or whatever. I've proven to myself that I can get results if I put in the work. It's not always easy, but it's also not rocket science. Eat less, eat well and exercise more, the weight will go.
  
• CICO has been the best thing that I've ever learned. I use My Fitness Pay every day to log everything I eat. I can tell you everything that I've eaten in 2018. By logging my food every day, it helps to keep me accountable for what I'm eating.
• I step on the scale every morning. Sometimes I don't like the results, and other times I'm quite happy, but this is also a part of my routine that helps me stay on track. By starting my day on the scale, it helps to remind me that I don't want to go back to my old habits.

So it feels like I rambled on a lot, but it's been a big year for me. I could not have done it without the support and encouragement that I've found in the different Reddit communities. Again r/progresspics, r/loseit and r/c25K have helped me turn my life around.

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I'd like to thank everyone who posts in these communities. You are the reason that I am where I am today and for that I'm very grateful. I know how lazy I was so when I say this I mean it - If I can do it, so can you.

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Keep up all the good work folks and let's make 2019 another great year.

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2019 is the year I'll hit healthy weight - what are the mantras you use to keep on track?

Let's start with stats! F, 21,173cm, SW 95kg, CW 80kg, GW 65kg

Some background: I started my weight loss journey in April 2018 and lost 15kg this year - which is nothing compared to some of the numbers on this sub! However, it's the first time the scale has gone in the right direction for me, it's halfway to my goal, and despite my slow, stop and start progress, I am determined to be proud of myself.

In 2019, I hope to achieve my goal weight that puts me slap bang in the middle of a healthy BMI. I can lose a pound a week and make it by fall, and then I want to start maintaining and strengthening my body.

I come to this sub daily for encouragement and reinforcement, although I don't interact as much as I'd like to. I was wondering which pieces of wisdom you keep handy when you're feeling your focus drift from your health goals? What mantras, pieces of wisdom and sayings that you learned on this sub, or elsewhere, do you remember to stay alert? What really stuck with you and encouraged you this year?

For me, recently reading this sub really helped me to get perspective on the calorie fest over the holidays and manage it in a way that works for me. It's what you eat between New Years and Christmas that counts, after all!

Apologies for any typos, I'm on mobile and commuting! 🌻

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Lost 60lbs this year! Now I am having a hard time understanding how to maintain my current weight.

You're gonna roll your eyes. I just know it. I can't stop losing weight, and I really don't want to anymore.

F 27 5'8" 147 lbs over the holiday I have been between 147-151 but as soon as I go back to my usual eating habits I start losing weight again, the more I lose the more loose skin I have, and now that I'm at a healthy BMI with a little wiggle room I'm working on strength training and I have a goal to run/walk/bike 1,000 in 2019.

Every calculator says I should eat about 1750~ a day but I tend to eat 1500 during the week and save the extra 1,000 for the weekend.

My Fitbit says I consistently burn 2,000+ cals a day.

I do power yoga (1 hr medium to high intensity) and pound classes (30-45 mins low to medium intensity) three times a week plus I do a small 30-45 min cardio/weight lifting session 2-3 times a week. Since I have increased my work outs over time I am also trying to increase my protein intake. (Protein bars, eggs, beans, chicken-so much chicken) Honestly tho the more I increase my calories the harder I find it to eat. When I'm full I don't want to shove my mouth full of and extra 250 cals just to make sure I maintain.

I am looking for advice on how to figure out how many calories I actually burn and where I need to be at. I eventually do not want to count calories anymore so the faster I can find my maintenance rate the faster I can reach that goal.

Please help! Any advice from maintainers would be appreciated-anything that worked for you guys!

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Could use some encouragement

Hi all!

Started my weight loss journey in August of this year. In all I’m still down 27 pounds. Things went a bit haywire in November when my husband suddenly became disabled and was diagnosed with cancer.

Due to stress and probably awful eating habits, I quickly lost 7-8 pounds in about 10 days. I called my doctor, was diagnosed with what is likely stress-induced IBS, and was put on Bentyl. It helped a bit. I ate more (at maintenance), and my weight stabilized, which was the goal. I maintained for 2-3 weeks.

My diet is definitely still “off” compared to what it was. Gone are the 6+ fruits/veggies per day I was eating. Im more like 2 or maybe 3. I’m taking care of two kids on my own, chasing them around, cleaning the house, and managing bills on my own now. Plus I’m trying to visit him twice per day, though our son isn’t allowed on the floor (due to age), so we have to get creative.

In short, I’m still stressed and I’m not cooking or doing any meal prep.

Yes I should probably cut myself some slack, and I do, to a point.

I’ve started a C25K program last week to get me moving on my days off of work (job keeps me active), as well as for my mental health. I also started eating at a deficit again a week ago. Overall I’m averaging about -400 calories per day. With this, my weight is still stable this week, and I haven’t started losing again.

I am probably consuming more sodium than I had been. The steady weight can likely easily be explained, but given my emotional state at times, it just gets so frustrating.

I just want my old life back. I can’t have that back, so in light of that, I just want to be making progress for myself again. I want THAT back to normal. I need it for me, and I need it to be healthy for my kids.

Here’s to hoping for a better 2019.

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Hi there. Im finally ready.

Hey, everybody. I'm F(26), 5'3", 181lb. I've lurked here for a long time on a different account and finally decided to post because, well...I had a major anxiety attack last night.

My incredibly generous and sweet mother in law got my husband and me into a pretty swank Washington DC New Year's party. And as fun as it sounds, I've been dreading it for days because of how much I absolutely detest living in my own skin. Two years previously, I lost a lot of weight for my wedding and got down to 147lb. But since then, I've gained it all back and then some. Trying and failing so many times to get back on the wagon has made me feel like such a loser.

I'm the type of person who has a lot of emotional control. I am very good at dealing with my emotions in healthy and constructive ways to help me solve problems, and I'm definitely not the type to wallow in self-pity. But my appearance and my body are the one area where I have zero emotional control whatsoever. And last night I lost it at the idea of spending an entire day and night in DC trying to look halfway like something while feeling like ten pounds of crap in a 5-pound bag.

I have all the typical bad habits with food. Emotional/stress/boredom eating, not dealing well with hunger, etc. And I'm mainly here to say...hi. I'm done ignoring this problem. I'd like to do a combo of keto and CICO and slowly start working out to create new habits. Anybody have any advice? Any pitfalls I should avoid? It's nice to finally meet you all, and I look forward to actually being a part of this sub.

TL,DR: I'm F(26) 5'3", 181lb. I'm sick and tired of how I feel in my skin and I need to get my crap together. I want to do some keto/CICO. Any advice?

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Exercise Advice

Hey everyone! I feel a bit lost when it comes to exercise. Obviously, I know- just “move”. Do it everyday. Get my heart rate up. That all means, essentially, cardio. So I actually have an elliptical. I have some weights too. I have a gym membership too. But I have a lot of weight to lose. I will have loose skin, for sure. I am sure I need to work on strength, right? Can someone help me with some goals? Or some tips? What else should I be doing other than just cardio? I’m thinking if I have a routine or goal each week it will help me stay in a groove.

My weight a year and a half ago was 377. I’m 5’3. Right now I’m 303. I have 3 young kids so going to the gym is not easy but like I said, I have some stuff here.

ANY advice and tips would be very helpful. I feel overwhelmed and kind of lost. Thanks!

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