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Today is your Day 1?
Welcome to r/Loseit!
So you aren’t sure of how to start? Don’t worry! “How do I get started?” is our most asked question. r/Loseit has helped our users lose over 1,000,000 recorded pounds and these are the steps that we’ve found most useful for getting started.
Our bodies are amazing (yes, yours too!). In order to survive before supermarkets, we had to be able to store energy to get us through lean times, we store this energy as adipose fat tissue. If you put more energy into your body than it needs, it stores it, for (potential) later use. When you put in less than it needs, it uses the stored energy. The more energy you have stored, the more overweight you are. The trick is to get your body to use the stored energy, which can only be done if you give it less energy than it needs, consistently.
The very first step is calculating your calorie needs. You can do that HERE. This will give you an approximation of your calorie needs for the day. The next step is to figure how quickly you want to lose the fat. One pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories. So to lose 1 pound of fat per week you will need to consume 500 calories less than your TDEE (daily calorie needs from the link above). 750 calories less will result in 1.5 pounds and 1000 calories is an aggressive 2 pounds per week.
Here is where it begins to resemble work. The most efficient way to lose the weight you desire is to track your calorie intake. This has gotten much simpler over the years and today it can be done right from your smartphone or computer. r/loseit recommends an app like MyFitnessPal, Loseit! (unaffiliated), or Cronometer. Create an account and be honest with it about your current stats, activities, and goals. This is your tracker and no one else needs to see it so don’t cheat the numbers. You’ll find large user created databases that make logging and tracking your food and drinks easy with just the tap of the screen or the push of a button. We also highly recommend the use of a digital kitchen scale for accuracy. Knowing how much of what you're eating is more important than what you're eating. Why? This may explain it.
How do you create a deficit? This is up to you. r/loseit has a few recommendations but ultimately that decision is yours. There is no perfect diet for everyone. There is a perfect diet for you and you can create it. You can eat less of exactly what you eat now. If you like pizza you can have pizza. Have 2 slices instead of 4. You can try lower calorie replacements for calorie dense foods. Some of the communities favorites are cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash in place of their more calorie rich cousins. If it appeals to you an entire dietary change like Keto, Paleo, Vegetarian.
The most important thing to remember is that this selection of foods works for you. Sustainability is the key to long term weight management success. If you hate what you’re eating you won’t stick to it.
Is NOT mandatory. You can lose fat and create a deficit through diet alone. There is no requirement of exercise to lose weight.
It has it’s own benefits though. You will burn extra calories. Exercise is shown to be beneficial to mental health and creates an endorphin rush as well. It makes people feel *awesome* and has been linked to higher rates of long term success when physical activity is included in lifestyle changes.
It can seem like one needs to make a 180 degree course correction to find success. That isn’t necessarily true. Many of our users find that creating small initial changes that build a foundation allows them to progress forward in even, sustained, increments.
You will struggle. We have all struggled. This is natural. There is no tip or trick to get through this though. We encourage you to recognize why you are struggling and forgive yourself for whatever reason that may be. If you overindulged at your last meal that is ok. You can resolve to make the next meal better.
Do not let the pursuit of perfect get in the way of progress. We don’t need perfect. We just want better.
Now you’re ready to do this. Here are more details, that may help you refine your plan.
* Lose It Compendium - Frame it out!
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Any advise or explanations why weight loss causes hair loss? I’m 95% sure it’s my diet, because this happened to me before. What stinks is I haven’t lost that much maybe 5 to 10lbs. If that. But still my hair is falling out like crazy.
Last time I went to a doctor she said there’s really nothing that can be done. She said, by the time biotin goes through me, for it to work I’d have to take it for 6 months.
I’m hoping one of you have some answers for me.
Incase you are wondering….I cut out red meats and pasta. Yup, that’s it. And the weight is falling off!!!! The other thing is once a week I eat cabbage soup for a few days. That’s all I’ve done really that’s changed. I guess I feel better, because I’ve caught a few guys looking at my butt in the grocery store. Which wasn’t happening a few months ago.
Not the point, but back to hair loss. Anyone got ideas? As to why? Or what I should take vitamin wise to help? I’m very upset about it my hair is down to my mid back.
I’m thinking it’s the loss of iron causing my hair to fall out. But I don’t know. I’m really worried about it.
tonight i got my photo taken with my halloween pumpkins and, of course, was confronted with the reality of my weight. the photo wasn't painful to look at and, tbh, i think if i dressed properly i could look sort of cute fat. i mean, to me that's not the end goal, i'm just saying i don't think i look the worst i've ever looked. although i'm not a monster and i don't hate my body, i still think that if most women my age were to find themselves in my body, they would be horrified and eat nothing but salads and drink nothing but water until they looked better. as someone who would like to have a normal, healthy bmi that wouldn't cause a slim person to panic, i think a question i should ask myself more often is 'do you really think you should be eating that?'
if someone else were to ask me that, i would tell them to go fuck themselves because i can eat whatever the hell i want. it's part of my nature to be defensive, a contrarian, to resist authority and to flirt with taboos. sometimes being fat feels like a protest but in the end, it just doesn't do me any favours. being less defensive, i realize i really do need to lose weight, and i can't take until forever to do it. i'm wasting good years of my life that i won't ever get back and risking my health and quality of life.
i always find myself surfing youtube cooking videos for cooking ideas, and what i'm watching is often shit i shouldn't eat. for me, that's where the food i eat starts: as an idea. from the idea, it goes to the grocery store, then the kitchen then the plate. if i'm already going to the trouble of finding and cooking recipes why don't i eat healthier food? why don't i change up my diet to include healthier foods and exclude all the treats that are keeping me from my goals? there's no reason not to. i admit it, i give up. you're right, voice of criticism, i really shouldn't be eating this.
SW:190 CW:140 GW:120 I started working out this January 2021 and by June I lost 50 pounds. I’m proud of myself. I feel healthier and by that I mean my skin no longer breaks out, I have more energy to do things, I no longer have upper back pain and sleep is much better.
Prior to losing weight I had red stretch marks on my stomach and well NOW they’re no longer red. Some are completely gone and other stretch marks look white.
My question is do stretch marks ever go away completely ??? I don’t like how I lost weight and still deal with the fact that I still have stretch marks ???!? I tried cicatricure, Mederma,and Bio Oil on my stretch marks and they’re still noticeable? Please don’t hate on me y’all I’m trying my best to love myself. I’m not seeking attention or anything. I had stretch marks since I was 12 year old girl on my stomach and Now I’m 20. So I’m obviously very insecure at that fact that I don’t feel confident now either. I felt insecure ever since I got red stretch marks as a 12 year old girl and I still feel insecure. Please don’t hate on me I’m doing my best to love my body.
I posted a few weeks ago about gaining the weight I lost back. I took your advices and got my shit together, and I am almost back to the weight I was, just 2 pound left. I went from 150 to 142, and I look lean like before. I know a good chunk of it is water, but its still incredible. This is not a short term thing, I was around 150 for at least a month. I thought it was water retention at first but after a month I gave up hope.
Does it mean I was just retaining water before? Because I was bingeing on lots of sugary things. I did notice that I weighed a lot more than I expected (from counting calories) before. I also had my period recently (which is irregular due to IUD). I mean, I had a pretty big deficit of 1500 calories per day and I eat significantly less carbs but it was mainly from walking as I have a treadmill desk and I am more productive using it which I need for my exams happening now.
I am confused.
Hey. I currently weigh 140 kgs / 310 pounds.
In 2020, I lost 30 kgs through keto alone. Zero exercise. No cheat days.
This year, I started going to the gym regularly while still on keto and ended up plateauing for months. Frustrated with the lack of results, plus being thrown into another lockdown, I've relapsed and regained 10 kgs.
I need something extreme, especially since gyms aren't open yet. I'm thinking about doing keto + IF, allowing myself a 4 hour window from 6pm to 10pm. (I wake up and sleep late and I don't mind not eating during the day.)
I've tried to look into which intermittent fasting technique or time period is the most effective for weight loss but there seems to be a lack of data. I'm assuming the larger the fasting period, the more effective it would be?
Anyway, tldr: Planning on doing keto + 20:4 IF. Good idea or do I need to make an alteration to my plan?
I'd appreciate any advice. Cheers.
Hi everyone, I’m a 5’8 M coming from 271 lbs now at 215. It’s taken me about 6 1/2 months. In that time, I’ve fallen in love with running and lifting, which has aided my diet in weight loss, until recently. Ive had trouble losing over the past month and have fluctuated between 214-218 with no real drop in sight. In this past month, I’ve incorporated Brazilian jiu jitsu 3x a week for 2 hours a piece. This extra work has made me extremely hungry. I haven’t been acting on this hunger for the most part, but haven’t had any further weight loss since upping my workout regimen. I thought adding this in would have an impact on my weight loss, but it’s only made my deficit more difficult to maintain. I’m worried about slipping on my diet, or if my body isn’t being given the amount of calories I need to maintain weight loss? Building muscle? Im looking for any advice on what may be going on, and what I can do to adjust my diet for the new exercise volume to make me less ravenous after big workouts.
For reference I'm 24/F/5'4.5", SW 136lbs, CW 104lbs.
I wanna start by saying that I've struggled with body image issues and my weight even since puberty (when I was 10 years old). At the time I gained weight really quickly and was overweight (before this I was at a normal weight). My highest weight was 160lbs but it dropped between 150-155lbs. I maintained that weight throughout my teenaged years. I was really upset about my weight and felt disgusting, ugly and fat. I was also going through a difficult time and I would often emotionally eat. I dreamed of being skinny.
When I started university at the age of 18, I became very stressed and unintentionally lost 14 pounds in a month (136lbs). I was happy about the weight loss and felt more confident in my body.
Fast forward to 2020 when the pandemic started. I kept seeing posts online about how many people were gaining weight during the pandemic. I live with my parents and sister and I noticed that they were gaining weight. What really scared me was that my sister who has been underweight her whole life was gaining weight. I was TERRIFIED that I would gain the weight that I was during my teenaged years as I felt truly horrible during that time. I also wanted to live my teenaged dream of being skinny. So during the fall of 2020 I decided to try to lose weight (my original goal was 120lbs). When I started I estimated my calories. At the time there was no scale in the house to use to track my weight and I didn't purchase one as I didn't want my parents to know that I was trying to lose weight (I ended up getting one later when the weight loss was noticeable).
Fast forward to now, and I lost too much weight. I'm underweight, my period has been gone for 7 months, my appetite is gone, my stomach is in a lot of pain, and I'm having health issues now. I'm an emotional mess and it's affecting my relationships.
My doctor has recommended that I eat 2500-3000 calories per day to regain my period. 2500 seems to be the common recommended amount for people with missing periods. The thing is, I'm pretty sure I ate around that amount when I was 136lbs! I'm ok with gaining some of the weight back but I don't want to gain all the weight back (or more) just for my health. It will feel like all my progress will be lost. I'm also scared of gaining more weight than intended as I've changed my eating habits (I have severely limited my liquid calorie intake).
TLDR: I lost too much weight and it's affecting my health. I have been told to eat 2500-3000 calories per day however I'm scared that if I eat that much I will gain back all the weight that I lost (or even more!) and all my progress will be lost. I'm scared I'm going to have to gain it all back for my health.
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Yesterday, I went to the doctor's office and weight 47 kgs which should be within my weight goal of 45 - 50 kgs (im 4'11 and was considered overweight at 55 kgs) but rn i an experiencing lots of stressors on that day too and ate 2100 calories. As youve guessed it, i gained 2 kgs when i stepped into the scale the next day
I panicked, tried to compensate by reducing the calories the next day and exercising more. But its like a dam got broken. I kept eating. I want to eat less than 1000 calories to compensate but im eating 1200, 1300 even with the exercise.
The 1200 calorie diet was recommended by my doctor who diagnosed me with prediabetes. And im having a hard time right now trying to gain control. I feel sick of myself, i want to vomit. I honestly feel like im in a cusp of an eating disorder but i feel like thats just an excuse
I dont want to think about food or diet anymore. But since i have prediabetes that is not an option
I dont know what to do anymore. Can someone pls help
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Welcome to r/Loseit!
So you aren’t sure of how to start? Don’t worry! “How do I get started?” is our most asked question. r/Loseit has helped our users lose over 1,000,000 recorded pounds and these are the steps that we’ve found most useful for getting started.
Our bodies are amazing (yes, yours too!). In order to survive before supermarkets, we had to be able to store energy to get us through lean times, we store this energy as adipose fat tissue. If you put more energy into your body than it needs, it stores it, for (potential) later use. When you put in less than it needs, it uses the stored energy. The more energy you have stored, the more overweight you are. The trick is to get your body to use the stored energy, which can only be done if you give it less energy than it needs, consistently.
The very first step is calculating your calorie needs. You can do that HERE. This will give you an approximation of your calorie needs for the day. The next step is to figure how quickly you want to lose the fat. One pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories. So to lose 1 pound of fat per week you will need to consume 500 calories less than your TDEE (daily calorie needs from the link above). 750 calories less will result in 1.5 pounds and 1000 calories is an aggressive 2 pounds per week.
Here is where it begins to resemble work. The most efficient way to lose the weight you desire is to track your calorie intake. This has gotten much simpler over the years and today it can be done right from your smartphone or computer. r/loseit recommends an app like MyFitnessPal, Loseit! (unaffiliated), or Cronometer. Create an account and be honest with it about your current stats, activities, and goals. This is your tracker and no one else needs to see it so don’t cheat the numbers. You’ll find large user created databases that make logging and tracking your food and drinks easy with just the tap of the screen or the push of a button. We also highly recommend the use of a digital kitchen scale for accuracy. Knowing how much of what you're eating is more important than what you're eating. Why? This may explain it.
How do you create a deficit? This is up to you. r/loseit has a few recommendations but ultimately that decision is yours. There is no perfect diet for everyone. There is a perfect diet for you and you can create it. You can eat less of exactly what you eat now. If you like pizza you can have pizza. Have 2 slices instead of 4. You can try lower calorie replacements for calorie dense foods. Some of the communities favorites are cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash in place of their more calorie rich cousins. If it appeals to you an entire dietary change like Keto, Paleo, Vegetarian.
The most important thing to remember is that this selection of foods works for you. Sustainability is the key to long term weight management success. If you hate what you’re eating you won’t stick to it.
Is NOT mandatory. You can lose fat and create a deficit through diet alone. There is no requirement of exercise to lose weight.
It has it’s own benefits though. You will burn extra calories. Exercise is shown to be beneficial to mental health and creates an endorphin rush as well. It makes people feel *awesome* and has been linked to higher rates of long term success when physical activity is included in lifestyle changes.
It can seem like one needs to make a 180 degree course correction to find success. That isn’t necessarily true. Many of our users find that creating small initial changes that build a foundation allows them to progress forward in even, sustained, increments.
You will struggle. We have all struggled. This is natural. There is no tip or trick to get through this though. We encourage you to recognize why you are struggling and forgive yourself for whatever reason that may be. If you overindulged at your last meal that is ok. You can resolve to make the next meal better.
Do not let the pursuit of perfect get in the way of progress. We don’t need perfect. We just want better.
Now you’re ready to do this. Here are more details, that may help you refine your plan.
* Lose It Compendium - Frame it out!
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* Did you just change your flair? pass a milestone? reach a goal?
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SW193llb, GW 123lbs.
I'm on medication that affects mulitple dopamine receptors, glucose tolerance and increases ghrelin levels. Half of the people on it become obese - myself included in that figure. I have put on 80lbs since starting it. It also increases my risk of diabetes 5 fold, increases cholesterol levels, heart disease etc - some of that increase is due to the metabolic syndrome that it causes.
I cannot come off this medication. It's just not an option. So I have to deal with it. I tried for 4 months earlier this year and I lost 9lb over 4 months - but I was busting my arse (I thought) to do it. This time I've starting using MyFitnessPal, and going on really long walks when I can have time with no kids. I'm just a couple of weeks in to it - so there is a fair amount of water weight in there, but I KNOW I'm in deficit. I KNOW I will see more results. I just need to stay focused - and will likely always have to log my food and exercise to stay on track.
I lost a significant amount of weight before - after pregnancy I lost around 40lbs. This is definitely harder. I know my biochemistry is stacked against me more than that time. But I am determined. I am no longer getting a sugar hit with sugary coffees, and am eating more fruit and vege.
I have struggled with my weight since I was a teenager. Everytime I've had success, I get burnt out over time and return to my old habits. I've been putting a lot of thought lately into what I need to do to make some long term changes. I currently weigh 250 and would ultimately like to be about 175. I had a baby last August (2020) and told myself when she weaned I would do something about it. It's been over a month and I'm still not doing anything.
I've realized about 80% of my struggle is coming up with what to eat - it's exhausting! I was thinking about coming up with two months worth of menus that I could just cycle through. I could do the same breakfast/lunch for a week but need some variety with dinners. So I would need 8ish breakfast and lunch ideas then maybe 45 dinners as I could reuse some. I don't have a lot of hurdles for B&L. I work from home 4 days a week so I have my full kitchen and I'm not overly picky. For dinner, I would like to make one meal that everyone can eat. I have a one year old that has a dairy allergy (so no cheese, milk products, etc) and a pretty picky husband.
Give me your suggestions to build my calendar! The simplier and more staple ingredients, the better. Thanks in advance for your help.
So to start i went to the doctor today and i got weighed my weight loss goal is 134 pounds it feels so far away from where i am now which is a 530 pound 5 ft 4 woman. I feel that I’m gaining weight at a rapid speed because 3 months ago i was 496 pounds and i gained 24 pounds in only 3 months! I just know i need to change I’m so tired of my back hurting and running out of breath easily even my desk job is getting affected by it! I can just say I’m happy with being this size but it would be lying. One of the worst parts is that all my weight transfers to my belly which is super difficult to lug around a almost 2 foot long tummy around. I know what to do but i need guidance and i hope this community can help me. Thank you 🙏
For context, I started counting calories in 2010 or 2011 and I've been in "maintenance" for a while, but I'm trying to crack down on 10 lbs I gained back. For that to be successful for me, I know I have to be really strict about calorie counting and weighing myself every day. I feel fine about that most days, but sometimes I'll hear about a person who has an eating disorder, and their disordered behaviors sound a lot like my own.
An example: yesterday, I found myself still a bit hungry late in the evening, but had no calories left. I knew I was going to a birthday party today where there would be cake and probably other junk food, so I decided to just push through the hunger and enjoy the party today instead. For me, that choice felth very healthy and like good self control, but if I told someone like my mom that I let myself go to bed hungry so that I could enjoy cake the next day, she'd be worried that I have an eating disorder.
I guess what I'm wondering is: where is the line? When does strict calorie counting (or other weight loss techniques) become disordered eating? It seems like it's when a person continues to lose weight past the point of it being healthy, or if someone becomes so obsessed with it that it causes distress to their life. Maybe there isn't a line, and what works for some people doesn't work for others, but I'm curious if anybody else has thoughts or experiences regarding the topic.
I'm male 17 176cm and currently 91kg about 200 pounds. My goal is to lose around 20kg by the end of March 2022 I don't have access to a gym any advice would be appreciated. If it help pretty much 90% of my fat is located in the upper half of my body before it got cold as shit I bike a lot so I've got a pretty well built lower half just need to work on the top now. The whole reason I got to this point was due to ADHD meds making me want to eat more from a young ange and now that I've been off for around 2 years I have no idea what to do to loose weight. Again any advice is greatly appreciated trying to loose this weight as soon as possible.
m21, 185 pounds, 6’0 for reference
i didn’t know how else to describe them, so i went with “phantom calories” to get us in the spooky mood. ive been dieting and losing weight since january this year and have lost about 110 pounds, but i’m still scared that ill log my food wrong and overeat accidentally.
i even use a food scale and measure everything by gram (unless i eat the whole container, like those pre-packaged protein drinks or a whole can of fish, then i just log the whole container).
despite weighing everything, i’m worried that i’m going to mess up and weigh something wrong. or, more frighteningly, ive heard that calorie amounts can be off by more than you’d think. i have no reason to worry that this is happening. ive been consistently losing weight this entire time, but im still worried that my weight loss might stall because i chronically eat something that has a mislabeled calorie amount.
i kinda wrote this to vent about what’s going on inside my head, but if anyone has some advice or reassurance or info about how nutrition facts are labeled in the us, i’d appreciate it.
Hey, I was just wondering... is it even a realistic goal for someone like myself who at my heaviest was 443lb, with 260lb to lose to get to my goal weight to imagine myself one day having defined and tight pecs and abs? Is that even possible with body contouring surgery / loose skin removal? Or will there always be loose skin / sagging at this point that will never really get me to the same level of tautness that you see in magazines and other media of physically fit men?
I want to do this for my health... but I have never had that kind of body in my life and it is one of my biggest goals. I just don't want to idolize and hold that goal on a pedestal if it's entirely unrealistic.
I was wondering if anyone knows of even one example on the internet or can point me to some progress photos showing someone who has had SIGNIFICANT weight to lose who went from morbidly obese (400+) to shredded after the fact.
Thank you.
I'm pretty new to gymming, been at it for about a month and a half. I noticed that after I finish my workouts, I'll be completely exhausted, but I'll feel like I have enough energy for another full gym session several hours later. Is this normal? Should I just pace myself more between my sets/take breaks and continue later? Feeling like I have enough energy later makes me feel like I didn't put enough effort into my first session, should I just go to the gym a second time in one day? I'm not sure if it's just because my brain is pumping adrenaline into my body or not because I'm really eager to lose weight.
Hello lovely losers,
Technically, it's day 30 so you can wrap up if you like! I'm going to wrap up tomorrow.
Here's the sign up post for November.
Onto goals!
Weigh in daily, enter in Libra & remove moral judgement/stigma/shame directed at yourself about it: Missed this morning.
Maintenance: On it!
Exercise 5 days a week: Did strength work & cardio. I think my squat form isn't as tragic as I thought. 25/30 days.
Alone time to word vomit into journal: Nailed it!
Todays gratitude list: Today I’m grateful for opal apples, moon drop grapes & feeling a little more at ease in my own head lately.
Express gratitude to today me for good choices: Thanks, I hate it. Today I'm glad I drank lots of water & get my workout knocked out first thing. I'm also glad I went to my doctor last week to get some adjustments made.
How about y'all? How was your day? Doing anything fun for Halloween/Samhain?
Hello lovely losers! It's almost November, which means it's time for a new DAC!
For the newbies to the sub reddit, please start here, so much good info!
https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/wiki/quick_start_guide
https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/wiki/faq
And hey, maybe it’s not a bad idea to review them anyway to you returning conquerors. I do occasionally to remind myself of the basics.
Here’s what we do in the DAC my friends!
This is the sign up post (and day 1) to outline your goals, weight loss, self care, creative, whatever keeps your motor going.
There will be a daily update post for you to chime in about how day whatever is going!
At the end of the month, there is a wrap up post to reflect on the progress you made or didn’t make & what you learned. Learning is progress my friends!
We try to foster a supportive, caring place to discuss the actual day to day of deficits & counting & caring so much about how we fuel our bodies & lives. So be kind, interact if you like & hopefully you feel supported and cared for. Leading by example, here I go!
Weigh in daily, enter in Libra & remove moral judgement/stigma/shame directed at yourself about it:
Maintain weight for the holiday season:
Exercise 5 days a week (strength work 3 days a week): X/X days.
Nanowrimo (replacing the journal goal for this month): X/X days.
Todays gratitude list: Today I’m grateful for
Express gratitude to today me for good choices: Thanks, I hate it. Today I'm glad I choose to
Your turn everyone! What do you want for the month ahead?
I am 20M, 5'8 and 180lbs. My goal is to lose 40lbs and get back to 140lbs as soon as possible.
I already started a couple days ago, but heres my plan:
Eat 2500 calories a day. 100 grams or more protein everyday to help keep on muscle.
Burn 3500 calories everyday. This will include me riding my bike for for 90-120 mins everyday and daily résistance training.
So there should be about a 1000 calorie deceit everyday, which should lose me about 2 pounds per week. 20 weeks to reach my goal of 40lbs.
Preferably I would like to lose it faster but from what I know it seems like a bad idea, would slow down my metabolism too much and would lose a lot of muscle instead of fat.
So please tell me what you guys think of my plan. Is it too aggressive or can I do more? Any suggestions or comments are welcome. Thank you!
I really don’t know if this is the right place to post this so lmk if there’s a better sub.
I started my weight loss journey 254 days ago and it has been going extremely well. It was the first time I wasn’t emotional about the process and just counted everything. Had a few cheat days but no major relapses or anything and I’m happy with what I look like, even though my journey is not completely done.
I do have a problem though. Ever since I reached a major milestone of abt 70 lost, I kind of just think less of fat people. Not like chubby or overweight but huge people that remind me of before I started CICO. I just kinda think they’re lazy and think that a lot of this “body positivity” is really stupid. I know it’s wrong to judge people like that, and I know I hated myself when I was that big and felt bad about it so it’s likely these people do too.
It was just so easy for me that I see all these people with BMIs of 35+ and I can’t respect them as people cuz they can’t control their eating. If anybody else has experience with this I’d love input. Thanks.
First time posting here. This post is more of a "off my chest" and questions.
So. Here I am, 25M, 5 feet 10 inches and three quarter, 205 lbs.
Here is my story.
When I was a kid (yes let's start there), I was a skinny small kid that liked to be cuddled in tightly in my bedsheets. Like a little sausage. Then, APPARENTLY when my parents got divorced, I started to gain weight. My peak was in university not so long ago where I weighted approximately 216 lbs or perhaps 222 lbs I don't remember. I lost weight during COVID when I moved back to my mom's house to live there with her and my sister instead of staying alone in my room with no one else. That was a good move. My mom and I started to watch our calories and we both lost weight. She continues today to track her calories, but I abandonned a long time ago. I got as low as 198 lbs.
Now, I live alone again in a new city (since May 2021) with, like, 1 friend (not that cl0se) and 2 other people I know but rarely see. My closest friends are in another city 1h30 away. My family too. I am gaining weight. Right now, I can't stop ordering Uber Eats. From August to October I've spent between $750 an $950 on food alone in each month. This is hurting my health and my wallet. I'm not in debt because of it, but I could surely save money and pay down faster other debts.
Now, of course, I am asking myself so many questions. I feel like my overeating is definetly linked to emotions. Like, why would I gain weight after my parents divorcing. It's not like the divorce was a surprise! But, I guess, it might have played a role since I always had difficulty to make friends (I preferred to talk to adults in elementary school until I was about 10 when I made a best friend for the first time and then I got more social).
Being in the new city right now doesn't help I suppose but, that whole social situation is altogether another problem (that might be linked). I know I should get out of my comfort zone more often. Meet new people. But after university this is really hard and unnatural.
On top of this, I don't like my job. I have difficulty to pinpoint what I don't like though. I think it has something to do with meaning and tasks actually. I like some tasks of course, but I know if I stay in this job I'll accomplish nothing. I'm an urban planner by the way. There are solutions to this problem though : I am applying to other jobs. In landscape architecture (my bachelor), transit planning (more data analysis which I like) and other jobs using more technical skills and working "by projects". I feel awful though that I don't like the job I studied for. I feel like it's a failure. What if I still don't like the other jobs? I feel awful to also tell eventually my amazing boss (she's so sweet, but she'll understand) that I'll be leaving for another job. If I succeed in finding another, I'll probably be moving again since the city I currently am in, there isn't a lot of opportunities even though the city is kinda nice. It's 140k people, and, I feel like I want to have a bigger impact in the world too. I have energy to spend and I was thinking going into the private sector for some jobs I mentionned.
However, if I move, should I move closer to my current friends and closer to my family (bigger city too) or move to the prettier city (still big but not as big) if I get a call back from this city instead? I do have friends in the other city, but not as close.
I want to mention that I am single and I never had any romantic relationship yet. I feel like I can't fall in love. I did try a bit, maybe not enough. Although, more recently (last two years) I feel like I am feeling more emotions and being able more and more to like and maybe even love some people! Which is a good sign. Just got to face my fears.
Anyway, back to overeating. I order restaurant food from UberEats because, first, I can order what I specifically want to eat right now and not prep it. I actually like cooking when I begin though. It's more about near-instant gratification. It's also about seeking a specific feeling. Like, watching a movie friday night with good food, but like every single evening. It's almost nostalgia or somthing. I also eat like I'm always going to miss something. Food or FOMO. And I live alone, it's not like someone will steal my food.
I feel, with everything I have written, that I am afraid of taking responsability of myself. To assert myself. To dig deep into something and stick with it (be it a job or dating). Of course, I want to change my current situation. I will change my job. But even then, if I am serious about it, I should consider a pay cut to really gain experience at first (in landscape architecture for example) which, again, is not easy to accept and feel like a failure a bit.
I am trying to work towards a better and happier life. I am very afraid to fail however. I did try weight watchers, calorie counting, physiqonomics (this one was nice actually), etc. I just can't stick with anything. I will try to stick to CICO again maybe. I just... It's frustrating not being accurate and approximating what I eat when I order food for example. I just go by with registring the main ingredients.
I think that sums up almost everything that goes on inside my head. If any of you has or had a similar situation or simply dealing with emotions and want to share your insights, I'd be more than happy to hear them.
Thank you :)
Hey everyone, I hope you all are doing well. So recently I've wanted to get back on the weight loss goal that I set, but couldn't do because of two waves of the pandemic in my country and various other reasons. I wanted to start a healthy habit that continues in 2022 and not make it a new year's resolution that I end up failing
The first time I lost weight at 19, I didn't really make sustainable habits and lost 30kg, but I would constantly beat myself up for eating so much, be happy for starving myself and got into self harm and in short depression and the need to be judged on the on my weight really caused me to drastic steps to lose weight.
I'm currently 23 years old and at 110Kg (242 Pounds) and would like to go down to 100-102 Kg (220-224 pounds) by the year end. I'm currently in a better place mentally, but this time I want to lose weight sustainably and would need your help in doing so. I've associated weight loss with a negative mindset because of my past experience and would like to know some positive approaches I can take when I fall off track with my diet plan.
PS. My body image of myself is positive and my health is one area I'm looking at improving to bring changes to my life.
I [22M] have been trying to lose weight for a very long time. Through the first half of 2020, I got down from 225 to 190, then hit a plateau for over a year.
Come august, I returned to my college campus and finally had access to a gym again, and started exercising multiple times a week, where I’m jogging for at least 2 miles and a mix of jogging and running for the remainder of 1 or 2 hours, for maybe 4-5 hours of exercise a week, more depending on how busy I am. During August and September, I ate roughly 1750 calories a day.
Despite the relatively large calorie deficit and exercise, I wasn’t losing any weight, so I lowered my daily intake to 1500 calories starting in the last week of September. Despite this, I’m still stuck at around 185-187 lbs. I don’t know where to go from here, because I just want to drop another 15 lbs, which shouldn’t be so hard after losing 35!
I have my Apple Watch synced to lose it! and my weight loss plan set to sedentary (work from home with light Pilates during the week and hiking on weekends) and losing 2lbs per week (female/35yo).
My calorie limit from lose it is 1432kcal/day, which sounds fine if I’m trying to lose quickly. However, I also have my Apple Watch synced which will add about 500 calories per day from “Active Energy” even if I’m not exercising.
The catch is I also know from experience that I have a low metabolism and that if I eat close to 2k a day then I will not lose weight, even with moderate exercise. How can I modify either the active energy settings or lose it calories so I have a better idea of what my calorie limit actually needs to be? I know I can’t choose to eliminate the active energy calories completely, but they seem very high for my activity level.
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I was sitting with a group of aunties yesterday. They started discussing multiple food etc then the topic of dieting was brought up. Everyone knows I am on a diet, I went from 106 to 70 kg at 161 cm in about a year. The aunties know that because I keep rejecting food etc. One of them looks at me and says was laughing "I sometimes want to have dinner then I think of you and I stop". I smiled and remained silent really because it's none of my business but I found it funny. It's kind of a humble brag? I don't comment on people's weight nor give diet advices unless asked because whatever works for someone wouldn't work for someone else.
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I'm doing a very strict diet to lose weight quickly (meeting ex girlfriend and I don't want her to see me fat.) And honestly the worst thing about it isn't hunger, it's that feeling of I don't know what to do with myself ??
I usually end up smoking weed, which sometimes makes me hungrier, so then I take a couple ritalin (I'm prescribed) and that makes the hunger go away but then I have to smoke more weed again to fall asleep.
I'm taking a lot of ritalin right now and just trying to get through all the projects I need to do. I feel this weird disassociation and disconnection from reality. Kinda light headed and not really bothered by anything. I've been doing this diet for a month, happy with my weight loss, but I need to keep it up for another couple months. I'd like some tactics to distract myself, if anyone knows what I'm talking about. I do exercise sometimes but I get dizzy easily because of the low amount of food.
I went to a birthday dinner with a few friends I went to grad school with. I’ve gained quite a bit of weight in the last few years due to a combination of hypothyroidism, PCOS, and an anxiety medication that caused very rapid weight gain. I know I need to lose weight. I am working on it. I don’t love the way I look, but I’m much better than I was before in terms of just accepting where I am now and knowing it isn’t a permanent situation and hiding myself or avoiding photos doesn’t change reality. But still, how do you deal with situations like this?
All three of the women I went out with are very thin, and are least 5 inches taller than me. I’m very short so the weight looks particularly noticeable on my short frame.
One of the women, the entire night, just kept calling herself fat and objectively speaking, she is not, by any measure, fat. As we talked about stories of when we were in school, she would again find a way to reference her own self in this way, when she has never objectively been large. With every photo we took, they all obsessively needed to check to make sure they didn’t look fat specifically, and complaining they did when they didn’t, but I clearly did. Especially in one set where we were sitting down for a shot and no table in front of us, I looked particularly large in comparison, sitting in the middle, and they kept re-shuffling around me to make sure they didn’t look “fat” in the photos. But they seemed to pause with this set, like waiting for me to not approve because I looked worse in those than the others, due to the fact we were sitting down. I just said they’re fine and I don’t care. They confirmed twice, while also continuing to complain about themselves. So I just let them do whatever they want and post whatever they want online. I genuinely have stopped caring, but this night it was just constant references and behaviors the entire night.
I just find these situations so uncomfortable. I just don’t say anything and let comments like this pass, and wait for the topic to change. I also don’t participate in the obsessing over the photos, because I know that at this point in time, I can’t change how I look in the photos, and in comparison to them, there simply won’t be one where I look amazing. I just don’t want to join in and get the fake “oh no you look amazing” comments from anyone and discussing my weight is far more emotional for me because it’s been a genuine struggle my entire life, but even more so lately.
Again, usually I let this stuff pass but it was just so constant this time, it almost felt like they wanted me to join in or self deprecate myself to make them feel better by saying no you look amazing, I’m the one that’s fat. I just felt so uncomfortable and just wanted to go home. Like when they are eating something while saying “oh I shouldn’t be eating this I’ll get fat” how am I supposed to then eat my dinner? Like I’m already fat, am I supposed to not eat at all? Is that what they’re thinking? Or if they say oh I’m so hungry I’m going to get fat, like I feel like I cannot ever say that I am hungry. I also end up feeling like I need to justify my meal, like oh I was working all day and haven’t had anything since breakfast aside from a protein shake. Am I supposed to be putting myself down with them, even though for me it’s true and evident, why do I need to publicly talk about it?
Idk I know this is something that’s common and people deal with it all the time, but what do I do or say in these situations. Do I just continue to stay quiet and just not acknowledge these kinds of comments and let them pass? Or something else?
Does anyone have any tips for losing weight and getting in shape while in college?
I'm 5'6" and (as of the last time I weighed myself) around 220-230 lbs. I'm a trans man, about 4 months on T (he/him pronouns only please, don't be a dick). I'm in school from about 8:30 am to 5:30 pm two days a week, 8:30 am to 1:30 pm on Fridays. On the rest of the days of the week, I work 9-hour shifts, but with commute, I'm out of the house for about 12 hours, except on Sundays.
I know the key to weight loss is dieting, counting your calories, eating plenty of protein and low carbs/sugar (at least that is what has helped me lose some weight in the past), and exercise. I don't have the time to exercise, and I barely have the time to cook. My current diet mostly consists of pancakes, popcorn, eggs, peanut butter, tortillas, toast, and fast food. As you can see, not the best. Far from it, actually. Any tips on losing weight and/or eating right on a budget? I'll probably try to work out more in the summer since I'll have more days off then without needing to worry about school.
(Edit: Why is this getting downvoted? I’m just looking for advice :/ )
I still don’t know what to do with myself. Tonight I ruined what could have been a great relationship because of one stupid comment. I had gone on four dates with this guy and things were going pretty well. Tonight I had him over for dinner, I had prepared sushi and baked salmon and had worked really hard to make a nice dinner.
Things were going well until after dinner he made a small comment and I took it personally. I have lost 50lbs at this point so I am not close to my goal of 100lbs lost but I have made significant progress. I am still slightly overweight but I still think I have an overall medium figure. I honestly forget what his comment was but it was thoughtless and I should have been more forgiving, but instead I took it very personally. After talking for a bit about my insecurities he was honest with me and said that he thinks I’m overweight but hasn’t minded up until now. I was hurt by this, I know I’m still working towards my goal but hearing it so blatantly from someone I really liked just stung. After this, he said he was put off by my reaction and didn’t feel he could see this continuing in the future. I really liked him and am absolutely heartbroken. I have no good photos of myself which makes it annoying to find matches on dating apps much less someone actually interested in a relationship.
I don’t know what to do. I’m in a place now mentally where I don’t ever want to look at food again and just work myself to the bone until I finish losing the weight. I’m never going to be happy or attractive until I reach my goal weight. Tonight feels like all my deepest insecurities about myself have come to life. I honestly don’t know what to do with myself now because I know that weight loss takes time but I’m absolutely miserable in the state that I am now.
20F 5’2 - SW: 156lbs CW (and also GW: 124lbs).
So I’ve lost weight by eating in a calorie deficit, aiming for fruits, vegetables, and other whole foods but not restricting food groups. I exercise 30-50 minutes mostly cardio but a bit of weight 6 times a week.
My biggest struggle is maintaining weight. I understand weight fluctuates but I really don’t want to gain all my weight back. I feel so much better and confident now. Problem is, since I’ve done my typical exercise for 4 months, I’m starting to get bored and exhausted of it. I’m starting to not finish them. I have considered seeing a personal trainer but I’m not sure. However, in regards to eating, I am happy with my new eating habits and feel satisfied and no temptation to binge.
I have a treadmill at home and some weights, but should I consider seeing a personal trainer or going to a gym to start doing new exercises. Do I do too much cardio or exercise too many days in the week?
Tips please :)
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Our bodies are amazing (yes, yours too!). In order to survive before supermarkets, we had to be able to store energy to get us through lean times, we store this energy as adipose fat tissue. If you put more energy into your body than it needs, it stores it, for (potential) later use. When you put in less than it needs, it uses the stored energy. The more energy you have stored, the more overweight you are. The trick is to get your body to use the stored energy, which can only be done if you give it less energy than it needs, consistently.
The very first step is calculating your calorie needs. You can do that HERE. This will give you an approximation of your calorie needs for the day. The next step is to figure how quickly you want to lose the fat. One pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories. So to lose 1 pound of fat per week you will need to consume 500 calories less than your TDEE (daily calorie needs from the link above). 750 calories less will result in 1.5 pounds and 1000 calories is an aggressive 2 pounds per week.
Here is where it begins to resemble work. The most efficient way to lose the weight you desire is to track your calorie intake. This has gotten much simpler over the years and today it can be done right from your smartphone or computer. r/loseit recommends an app like MyFitnessPal, Loseit! (unaffiliated), or Cronometer. Create an account and be honest with it about your current stats, activities, and goals. This is your tracker and no one else needs to see it so don’t cheat the numbers. You’ll find large user created databases that make logging and tracking your food and drinks easy with just the tap of the screen or the push of a button. We also highly recommend the use of a digital kitchen scale for accuracy. Knowing how much of what you're eating is more important than what you're eating. Why? This may explain it.
How do you create a deficit? This is up to you. r/loseit has a few recommendations but ultimately that decision is yours. There is no perfect diet for everyone. There is a perfect diet for you and you can create it. You can eat less of exactly what you eat now. If you like pizza you can have pizza. Have 2 slices instead of 4. You can try lower calorie replacements for calorie dense foods. Some of the communities favorites are cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash in place of their more calorie rich cousins. If it appeals to you an entire dietary change like Keto, Paleo, Vegetarian.
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After years of trying and doing my best to lose weight I did it today. I reach 190lbs my god damn goal weight. I'm so fucking proud of myself I just want people to know it.
This whole fucking experience has been awful. I hated damn near every minute of it. I wouldn't of done this any other way. I'm so happy and feel so accomplished its incredible. As much as I hated it, I loved it. I loved focusing and forcing myself to do things I hated and were out of my comfort zone. I think it has improved damn near every part of my life. My career is going well, My child is growing great, I have a pretty damn good life.
Now I still have my Ups and Downs in life mentally and physically, but this experience has helped me understand sometimes you needs to push yourself farther than you think you can go. Go get help if you need it. Therapy/psychologists are there to help you work through your issues. Fucking go to one and have a chat one time. This will improve your life full fucking stop. Get help in life stop trying to be the strongest wasting your time failing.
That's all for now. I just wanted to say I lost 135 pounds, reached my goal weight and really have no one else to tell that would really give a fuck. I love ya'll. Sleep well.
Hey guys I lost a lot of weight before 220-150 and gained it all back over the past few years plus more. My BMI is currently 35.3 at a whopping 245 lb 5’10. Just wanted some advice/motivation on how I can tackle this new problem. My bench PR currently is 210lbs, deadlifts 400lbs, and squats are at 275lbs.
I’ve always focused on strength and getting bulky but I think I want to focus on circuit training and running/cardio more now, because I feel like my heart is gonna have problems in the future cuz I’ve always been a bigger individual. What do you guys think about this?
Honestly just drop me any advice lol, ik this post is a mess but I hope I can get some solid advice here.
I am a 170 cm (5’7) and around 75kg (165 lbs) 21 year old woman. I have struggled with my weight and self image since middle school. I used to weigh over 90 kg, but lost it around a year ago.
I really want to lose more weight, as I’m moving in 8 months home to Sweden and I’d like to have reached my goal by then, but I can’t calorie count because of a history of eating disorder behaviour (starving, binging, purging). I’m trying to lose by intuitively eating but consciously making an effort to pick better options and eat smaller portions. I log my meals with photos on an app. I also work out 3-4 times a week, it depends.
How do you stay motivated? I’m well aware results aren’t visible over night, but I’m so worried that I’m not doing enough and that no results will ever show. How do you guys deal with that kinda anxiety? How do you know what you’re doing is helping? I feel so lost right now and any feedback or tips would be appreciated.
I love cooking, but I just couldn't take it anymore. I'm stuck at the moment, not making any progress, and I've actually gained some weight back. Seeing all those food related discussions, pictures and recipes was too much of a temptation and I would costantly think about what to eat, what to cook and how good it would taste... not helpful at all. Cutting all food related content from my social media was tough, somewhat like losing an interesting hobby, but I hope it will help me in the long run. Did anyone else run into the same problem? Did you delete all food related content from your social media, and was it helpful to you?
today's dinner was a big plate of french fries. i eat something sweet once a day after dinner in the evening and it's usually a little healthier (and tastier) than today's marshmallows and chocolate chips. what happened? i live with other people and couldn't get any time with the kitchen to myself. i have food in the house, and if i'd forced my way into the kitchen and worked around what other people were doing, i probably could have put something together but today i was just sick and tired of having to push so hard to get that done. 'fuck it' i said 'i'll just put some fries in the oven and be done with it.'
so, no, this wasn't a good eating day, but when shit happens i just remember it could be worse. i was out today looking for halloween candy and, even though it's intended for halloween night, i'm sure if i'd picked some up, i would have eaten my way through a few hundred calories by now, if not a thousand. i also remember a few other items catching my eye at the store. 'ah caramels' are an all-time favourite and there were some halloween themed chocolate cookies i resisted. all of this could easily have been a caloric nightmare. this is exactly the kind of binge i would totally have done and, somehow, justified doing in the past. not a great day, but still a reminder of where i used to be.
