30 Day Accountability Challenge - January Sign Ups!

Hello lovely losers!

It's about to be a whole new year! And mon, 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: Yarg. Logged though.

1800 calorie a day, do not adjust for exercise: I want to be hitting this number consistently before I consider fucking with it. I also think I did better when I was just aiming consistently for one number, not planning or allowing maintenance days. They will happen without me planning as I get back into a more rigorous routine again so I don’t feel the need to plan them into the schedule. 1800 will not be that strict of a deficit for me so I'm comfortable with that.

Built into this habit is also:

Pre-logging meal prepped meals for the whole week. (I have a very simple brekkies if at all & only meal prep work lunches, this isn’t as hard as it sounds, self!)

Logging dinners before they happen (I always meal plan but I've been slipping about pre logging dinner).

Not purchasing items that are trigger foods, only purchasing single serve sweets, no snacks or calorically dense stuff that is easy to eat a massive amount of in a moment of opps.

Focusing on bulking out meals with veggies/non calorically dense foods so I feel full consistently aka no room to shove more calories in my body

Exercise 5 days a week (strength work/tbar swings 3 days a week): I want to keep up a lunch walk plus workout, not in exchange of. X/X days.

Nanowrimo and/or journaling -1,666 words a day: 54561/50000 words. Made time to journal up on this.

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

How about you folks? What are you excited to get after in 2022? Also, RIP to the last Golden Girl. So glad to have shared a planet with her for as many years as I got to!

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30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 31 & Wrap Up for 2021!

Hello lovely losers,

It is New Years Eve! After a harrowing travel adventure, I'm home safe & sound. Hopefully lol. I hope you all have the same joy & comfort!

Let's talk about the month of December & 2022! Whichever you want, both if that suits ya!

Here is the sign up post kids!

https://redd.it/rt8hx5

Weigh in daily, enter in Libra & remove moral judgement/stigma/shame directed at yourself about it: I would like to be lower on the scale. But I have continued to learn a lot about weight loss, nutrition & physical activity & my own body. So I feel I'm going in a positive direction. And I am still here doing better than a previous version of myself.

Maintenance calories: Managed to maintain this month.

Exercise 5 days a week (strength work 3 days a week): Habitual. More for my mental health than my physical which is weird to say but here we are. 25/31 days.

Nanowrimo and/or journaling -1,666 words a day: 54561/50000 words. Made a lot of time for this in December. I would like to keep it up!

Todays gratitude list: Important every day of the year to keep you mindful & grounded.

Express gratitude to today me for good choices: So many good choices are reinforced by my habits now. Always good to remember that wasn't always the case!

Your turn! Tell us all about it! Newbies, feel free to chime in too, we're nice here, no biting.

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How to make 2 days a week in the gym the most effective?

I usually go to the gym 3-4 days a week. I’m not perfectly consistent but it’s around there.

Starting in January I can only go 2 days a week. I’m starting college placement and it’s hard to explain but the only time I’ll have in my schedule is Saturday and Sunday.

I’m not completely new to working out but I don’t follow a perfect diet either. 2019 I was 210 and now I’m 168.

How can I make the two days a week most effective? Can I make any muscle progress at all with that? :/

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How do I get rid of beer belly, man boobs and a mom butt ? I know I cannot spot reduce, but I am thin for a guy my height - it is almost as if my fat is LAUGHING at me.

My thyroid and T levels are normal.

6ft 1in male, wt 75 kgs (166 pounds).

This has especially become an issue for me since I've done a 15 day water fast, 30 day water fasts, 2 day dry fasts, etc.

Yeah - consistency and lifting figure nowhere.

But I am especially disappointed since the last 2 months I've been religiously walking 10-12 steps per day and some days about 20k.

My thighs still seem to be fat as ever, I've got bat wings on my arms, stretch marks everywhere. Add to this the mom butt, weird ass hip (like women have) along with the beer gut - it makes me extremely self abusive and this sabotage has seeped in EVERYWHERE.

Many friends have said to me to quit for good any cardio and my obsession with fasting.

If I should lift, what should be the starting reps and guidelines ? Any channel for beginners ?

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Getting back into fitness and struggling with endurance/motivation

Lost over 80 pounds about 5 years ago and gained it all back (plus more). I'm ready to get back into exercising again to lose weight and improve my mood. I went to the gym today and was really struggling with endurance on the elliptical. I kept stopping and starting back again over and over. It's like I'm not mentally motivated enough to push myself like I used to be able to and it's demoralizing.

Because I've lost and gained weight so many times, I don't have that excitement that we typically experience when starting a weight loss journey. So what can I do to find that motivation and excitement?

What has worked for you guys?

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I hate showers, what's your gym routine regarding clothing?

This is actually quite the reason I don't go to gym on a daily basis. I literally have a free gym that's 5 ft away from my place. Yet I hate having to do laundery for my sweaty clothes and having to take a cold shower every single day. Any tips on that? Like having dedicated clothing that's ok to sweat in? Idk, I tried using the same clothing twice but it didn't feel right, I work in a cold office and its winter so you get the point.

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Im starting to find ANY form of snack as a trigger..

SW: 175 CW: 145 5'1

By trigger i mean, to eat the rest of the snack. and ofc... thatll probably lead to me binge eating in general. but the thing is, i thought this was only triggered by having junk food in the house. like, i was having issues with a bag of hot cheetos someone gifted me for christmas and binged on a bunch of junk food i had in the house that i usually didnt have a problem with. the next day, eating literal TRAIL MIX as a snack resulted in me binging the same junk food i had in the house. after that i threw away all the snacks i was starting to have an issue with. and i assumed i had a problem with the trail mix bc of how tasty it was, so i threw that away too. (i know im wasting a lot, pls forgive me) so after those two days was christmas, where i let myself binge. for some insight, i dont really feel guilty after i binge. like those two days was just an inconvience... and im kinda fine with my weight loss being slow. so fast forward to yesterday where i decided to snack on almonds since i was kinda hungry. well guess what? SOMEHOW THE ALMONDS. THE ALMONDS. were TRIGGERING??? like they were literally so yummy i didnt expect it?!?! i was able to stop myself from eating the whole bag but i felt the same triggering feelings i felt when eating those other snacks. like this never happens to me unless i eat a snack...eating meals doesnt trigger me!! do i just ditch snacks completely? it wouldnt be terribly inconvient but i dont want to be afraid of snacks. please give me some tips/strategies to deal with this!!!

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Looking forward to this next year

I’m not going to be a stereotypical New Years resolutioner, but starting tomorrow I’m getting back on CICO. I started this year hovering around 184 and currently I’m at 171. I allowed myself to indulge in Christmas goodies as well as going out to a fancy steak house tonight for my anniversary dinner. This included two glasses of wine, lobster bisque, filet mignon, chipotle Mac and cheese, bread and a dessert. And I feel zero guilt about it. Moved to Florida about two weeks ago and I’m looking forward to getting into shape for the summer.

To those who are starting this journey, best of luck to you. For those who are continuing or maintaining your losses, congratulations! Best of luck to all of you in 2022!! 💙

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Why Do I Always Feel “Tension” After Eating Anything?

I've been trying to exercise more and more frequently(small win for me but today I did a 4.5 mile run!), but for some odd reason, not matter the amount how little, or what I eat, after dinner, I always feel some "tension" in my stomach like I've miraculously gotten gained a good amount of belly fat over the course of 20 minutes or so. Does anyone else experience something similar, and why do it happen?

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Don't have time to go to the gym but I'm hell bent on losing weight and building a nice body

I'm a 27 year old pot bellied man with moobs. I've fallen off the wagon multiple times. This time however, with a 10+ hour work day and 3+hr commute, I barely have time to go the gym. I'm looking for advice on what sort of exercises I can do. I've looked at resistance bands and body weight training. I'm currently researching the kind of exercises i can do to lose weight.

I lack the resources or space to build a home gym. I do however have access to a public park. What sort of exercises should I be looking at to build muscle and lose fat.

Any advice on diet is also welcome. I don't know if I should put this here but I currently following an unhealthy diet and drink everyday. I'm trying to quit but it has not been easy.

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Just having a rough go of things and could use some support...

I'm at my highest weight of all time right now. I'm feeling super discouraged and hopeless and i just need some community encouragement.

I recently, through therapy and self discovery, have identified my eating habits as "binge eating". I haven't yet come to terms with that through therapy because we've been focusing on my Borderline Personality Disorder diagnosis we just discovered (but long suspected).

I tried to qualify for weight loss surgery a couple years ago but just wasn't ready emotionally or mentally, and my depression got bad and I dropped out of the running.

I'm 19 years in remission from cancer when i was a teen. They all but force fed me high calorie foods back then because i was losing too much weight during treatment. I've struggled with weight since i was in 3rd grade. I've struggled with my emotions since i was a toddler. I've had diabetes for several years now.

I've been considering attempting qualifying for weight loss surgery again. I semi-casually requested my primary care provider to put me back on a weight loss med in the mean time, and she prescribed naltrexone. And it's the only bright light of hope I've seen in decades. It's curbing my appetite, it's dulling the cravings and the compulsive urges. It's even helping with my excoriation disorder!

And to top it all off, this morning I had an evaluation at the lymphedema clinic. I found out I'm in need of therapy treatment to manage the buildup of fluid in my legs. A lifelong affliction. Insurance may or may not cover what I need.

And still... Is it enough to make me change? Is it enough to finally say "ok this is too much I HAVE to do something"? I just don't know. I feel like no matter what happens, it's just not going to be enough to convince me to flip the switch. I just don't know what it's going to take to finally change.

Thanks for listening, guys.

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How to overcome this addiction?

I quit smoking cigarettes after 15 years of smoking at least one pack a day, and I've virtually quit drinking after being an alcoholic for about as long. I've done other things that catch a lot of other people up in addictions and I've overcome them, too. But I can't stop eating poorly. If there's chocolate or candy in the house, I'll binge eat more of it every day than would be considered healthy to eat in one sitting even once, until it's eventually gone. If there's cereal I'll eat a bowl at least once or twice every day until it's gone, regardless of any other meals I might have already eaten. I have kids so it's hard to completely avoid these things and other junky foods. Even healthy food is only healthy when controlled for portion.

I just can't seem to control myself. A lot of it happens late at night, but going to bed earlier isn't really an option. With kids and grad school and a full time job, my only time to work is often late at night. I think a lot of it is in response to stress, but stress is just a constant in my life and I'm not sure I can do anything about that either. I occasionally try a diet or I get on a workout kick for a while, but it never outlasts my desire to consume terrible things and be sedentary. CICO doesn't seem to work very well for me because a fair number of my meals are homemade and not consistent with recipes that can easily be found on apps or online, and besides, I just sort of lose the will to keep track after a while.

I'm sure there are guides on this sub that would be useful, I've looked around in the past. I just have this problem of consistent motivation that I don't know how to overcome despite my experience fighting addiction in the past. I'm just not sure what to do and it's only getting worse. My drinking was social in nature, so I stopped going to bars and parties. Cigarettes are only smokable if you buy them. Food is everywhere all the time and you have to eat to survive, so it's hard not to eat way more than I need to survive. It's been unhealthy for a while and I just can't stop.

Let me know if you have something that really worked for you in a similar situation. Appreciate your help.

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Health goals for 2022.

F26, SW: 304.2 (299 last week) GW: 200.

I want to add more Fitness into my life. I used to lose weight faster the more active I was along with meal prepping. I want to start prepping for the whole week, If I don’t I end up finding something random. I usually workout 3-4x a week, at home, But I’ve been slacking lately from needing to rest. I just went back to the gym yesterday and remembered how much I love it, So I’d like to start doing the gym 3x a week as well.

I want to find a kickboxing class that’s in my budget and I think it’d be good for meeting new people too. I was thinking of cutting sugar out of my coffee to see how I like it, I wasn’t measuring it and probably adding way too much. I will probably do low carb and keto the best I can. It usually works for me in the first two weeks. So I’m hoping to stick to that in the new year as well. Switching to healthier snacks, Such as Atkins or slim fast. They just came out with nachos and it looked so good. I will probably use both of their shakes as well, (Already have slim fast powder) and looking to upgrade to protein powder.

I hope these changes will help me drop the weight in the new year! I am also working on self image but I won’t feel better until I get close to the body I want.

I’ll be 27 on the 8th of January, So I’m hoping to drop a few pounds before then so I’m back in the 200’s!

Edit: I think a steady 2 lbs a week is best for me, Which is 8 lbs a month. That’s normally what I lose!

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Trying to lose weight after quitting Zoloft. Any advice/encouragement would be amazing!

Hey everyone! So I've been a lurker on this sub for a while, and I finally felt brave enough to post for the first time lol. Bit of background about me: I'm 20yrs old, female, 5'4" and weigh about 140lbs (the most I've ever weighed). I started taking sertraline/Zoloft last August, but I've decided that I can't take the side effects anymore and have begun tapering my dose. I hope to quit entirely by the end of January.

Overall, I feel like I don't have any control over my body anymore. I know that I don't eat enough on a daily basis (like maybe 1300kcal). It's a self-defeating cycle bc I don't eat enough, so then I don't have any energy or desire to exercise, but then I don't eat more bc I'm deathly afraid of gaining more weight. I got into lifting last year, completed a half marathon in October, and still fit into my clothes from when I weighed 125-130ish, so I know that at least SOME of this weight gain is muscle. However, I miss feeling confident and in control of my body. I haven't exercised consistently since the half marathon, so I also am struggling with the knowledge that I'm wayyy out of shape. There's no worse feeling than knowing you USED to be able to run 8, 9, or 10 miles but now struggling with half that distance.

My goal is to get back into the 120s range, but at this point, it all just feels impossible. Any advice, words of encouragement, etc. would be fantastic. Thanks in advance!

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Body Recomposition/Queries

Hello,
I am a male(172cm and 84Kg) and my BMI is 28.7(overweight). I am planning of doing the body recompositon. Most of my fat sits around the belly, as I have thin forearms and muscular legs. My body has a good muscle memory as I have done running and gym in the past. I can start running and can do 5k in a week in less than 30 minutes. With the weights, my body adapts easily whenever I starts lifting them. I have few questions about the plan

1) Body recomposition- Should I do body recomposition or lose the excess 11Kg weight by HIIT/Cardio(Healthy BMI) and then start building the muscle?

2) Program I work as courier, and don’t eat fast food as my meal. I prefer home cooked food and can exercise 4-5 times a week. I think my Maintenance calories should be around 2000-2100 calories?

On the internet, this is what I concluded from the research for workout and diet for the body recomposition

EXERCISE
Weight - 2 days

Cardio HIIT - 2 days

Rest - 2 days
Weight+LIIT - 1 day

DIET

Lift days- Maintenance calories + (15% MC)

Cardio days -Maintenance calorie

Rest days - Maintenance calorie - (15% MC)

MC = Maintenance calories

Is it the right program?

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1. Digestion I have tried eating 120gm plus protein throughout the but I always feels like it’s sitting there in my stomach and does not make me crave for the next meal/snack. I do drink a lot of water more than 5-6litres a day but not helping! But, yes I don’t take any strolls after the meals! Should I consider doing this? For the protein sources, I use whey shake for brekkie, chicken breast, tofus, BCAAs and lentils. I also take Multivitamins 3 times in a week. Please help me here!

2. Bloating- Dairy products give me bloating, so I avoid them most of the time but obviously can’t stop the Whey. Should I do the Vitamin D or Calcium for mission calcium from dairy products?

3. TIMING I workout late in night, actually three hours before going the bed and whey shake becomes my last meal of the day. Should I push my workout early in the evening or in the morning to reap more benefits?

4. DAYS CONFUSION The articles said, I should have ‘more calories on the days I lift weight’. Since I workout late in the night, what constitutes my ‘day’ for the recovery and muscle building? The next 24 hours after weight lifting or the whole pre day on which I did weightlifting? I think, it would make more sense if I workout early in the morning. Please shed some light here.

7 Supplements I use Whey, BCAA, Creatine and Multivitamin? If I am missing anything here, please add!

Thank you!

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I’m struggling from overeating, but I got myself down to 165 from my all time high of 178. (5’10”) Over 13 pounds lost and I’m still seeing no change and starting to feel discouraged.

What should I do? This is all extra difficult for me because it is the holidays. I struggle with stopping myself from eating unhealthy foods but I worked so hard to be where I am now over the past 3-4 months, but I see no change with my body even though it looks like I’ve lost a good amount on my scale.

I’m starting to feel discouraged. I used to be 147 pounds and even then felt a but chubby, but looking back at photos of me then I was in such good shape, but then I started binge eating.

I’ve been limiting my intake to 1500 calories a day because of my very sedentary lifestyle and that way I have lost a good amount of weight, but recently I’ve been climbing back to 2000s, and even gained a little bit back (was 164.5 now 165.3) and feeling very bad about myself. How can I motivate myself to stay on track? Thanks.

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im scared

hi everyone. Im a 15 year old girl who weighs 86 kg. I´ve been fat all my life but covid made it worse. beeing fat always made an impact in my healt like for example, my period has never been regular, ive got strech marks everyweher, and i have asthma. A year ago i was cleaning myself and i discovered 2 little bumps under my vag, at first i thought they were hemorroides but they werent because they were closer to my private area. They are painless but they havent gone away. I am also worried because i do have a hemorroide that i´ve taken pills for but just like the bumps it has not gone away.

Im mostly worried about it being cancer, because recently my armpit has been hurting and i think (not so sure) i have a lump as well. I said im not sure because, like i said im fat and it could just be my extra fat.

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i have not told my parents because im too scared. Sorry if this doesn´t has taht much to do with weight i just didnt know where else to write it.

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Replacing soda with water?

I've just begun tracking my calories again after about 4 years. I'm just done and I'm committed. I've noticed/know there's a pattern in my eating where I drink too much soda. like half the day's calories, bad. and after a few days I want to turn this around. when ever I drink water I miss the carbonation and the flavor, but I do find it refreshing and have a favorite brand. I also have a gallon sized water jug I bought a while back. I'm ready to go ahead and do this but I know I'll have trouble with cravings. do you have any tips and tricks to get past that? I also drink a fanta everyday I'm at work with my meds I take daily so I won't feel lightheaded and bc I don't have time for breakfast in the mornings.

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How to overcome food addiction?

I have a history of yo yoing with my weight because I seem to love food too much. I've tried to do moderation where I stick to my calories and implement foods I enjoy but it seems that the cravings never go away. Abstinence seems like it would be even harder. I will crave foods all day even right after eating them. I've tried to view it as my "lizard brain" but that approach doesn't seem to help. It seems like I just crave it non stop until it gets overwhelming and I give in. I've tried to replace it for other enjoyable activities but nothing feels as good as it. It sort of seems hopeless at this point that I can actually change and it's ruining my health. I do see a therapist but I've never found therapy helpful. Has anybody dealt with this and managed it?

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I screwed up and ruined months of progress in the past week. How do I forgive myself?

I had gotten down to 136, I loved my physique, I felt so confident, I walk a lot and my body looked so toned and great. I left for the holidays for a week and ate like a pig everyday and didn't even get up from the couch, I have no idea of how many sweets and carbs I had, I think I stayed around 4k calories per day for a whole week. I look like a giant balloon, my legs and belly are bloated like crazy and the scale reached 150.. I feel so guilty and I can't even look at myself in the mirror. I hate what I've done and what I see.. what can I do to undo the damage?

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22kg in 2022

SW: 125.5kg CW: 96.7 GW: 75kg

I [M20] wanna lose 22kg in 2022. I wanna come back to this post on the end of 2022 and hopefully I can achieve my goals.

I started my journey on May 2021 and have made amazing progress, losing 28.8 kg mostly through diet change (95% diet, 5% workout).

Should I stick to mostly dieting for my weight loss or should I start incorporating exercising more like cardio and weight training? I would appreciate any advice going forward.

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Weight/Fat Loss Success

I would say that I started this journey a few months ago, but that's not really true. It's really been an on-going effort for about 8+ years. I'm 5'3 or so, and male. If you're my height, you know how it doesn't take much for the excess weight and fat to show up. I was about 15% and maybe 118 lbs. But for the past few years, I started to creep up slowly. 123, 125, 127.

I started to feel that maybe everything I was doing wasn't right. I've been seeing nutritionists and doctors and they said, "Eat 6 small meals a day. Never forget to eat breakfast. Get lots of grains, breads, whole wheat. Let's drop your fat to 30%, increase your carbohydrates to 60%. But you need to drop your calories to about 1800 based on your height and weight".

I got up to 131 lbs and nearly 21% body fat as of the 16th of September. I knew that I was going in the wrong direction. What was worse is that I was a long time advocate of counting calories, tracking macros to be nice and tight, jogging, and doing weight lifting. I would get my BMR tested through a calorimeter to see where I was actually idling at, as opposed a general formula for people similar to my height and weight. I was very unhappy about all of this.

What finally turned the tide is when I came across a video from a nephrologist who was reframing how I thought about food. I learned that eating 6 small meals a day was running counter to my goal. How consuming processed carbohydrates (foods made from flour) was pushing me off center. How dropping my calories was the opposite of what I needed to do. How abstaining from fats is actually poor advice. How the consumption of sugar is very fattening as far as how it is physiologically received by the body.

So with that in mind, I changed it up. I slowly reduced as much I could with sugar, starting with my morning coffee, which wasn't that high anyways. 12 grams for a 16 fl. Oz with half N half. I now have it black and it's very tasty. I cut out the trips to the Vending machine for chips. Even though they're only 160 calories, it's processed carbs. Garbage, really.

I reduced my eating occurrences to 2-3 times a day, as defined by consuming anything but water and black coffee. I adapted an eating style that contained lots of dietary fat such as Avocado, nuts, cheese. I made sure not to drop my calories to create a calorie deficit. Also because CICO is a grossly oversimplified and misrepresented way to present it. And finally, I started to follow a 16:8 method of eating for 8 hours, and not eating for 16. Just amounts to skipping breakfast, really.

The end result? I'm 115 lbs again, and 15% body fat, and edging towards 14%. I am so glad that I did it this way, but my goal is to get to 12%, which is the next big goal.

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I've walked or run 3650km in 2021 to (nearly) maintain 120lb loss.

I hope this is ok to post here, I'm a frequent lurker and normally happy in the shadows. But I just want to share with people who understand that yesterday I hit my target of walking or running 3650km this year. After losing 120lbs (M44 6ft 1 SW325 CW208) during 2019 and 20 I knew from previous experience the difficulties in maintaining weight loss, so set myself the target of averaging 10km a day which I thought would help me stay well.

It has been hard work and I'm so pleased to have done it. I never missed a day and the mental benefits have been as good as the physical ones (even though I have still managed to gain 4lbs this year). I just went for short walks during the day and runs in the evening, apart from when I was tired/injured/ill when I just walked. I've gone through alot of footwear, listened to many Grateful Dead concerts, made the most of my Audible subscription and seen some amazing wildlife.

Three years ago I was in a very bad way, in poor physical and mental health and eating far, far too much. I could barely climb the stairs or walk half a mile without feeling ill and looked awful. I was on a heavy dose of antidepressants and had just given up smoking. Things are infinitely better now and I know achievement is its own reward, but I'm so proud of my 3650km feat that I wanted to share it with people who might be inspired to do the same.

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When throwing out food, "waste" is a matter of perspective

I used to refuse to throw out food because I viewed as "waste." A waste of money, a waste of food, a waste of the effort that went into making the food. Maybe it's because my parents always made me clear my plate when growing up. But one day I had a realization that every time I throw out food I feed trillions of microorganisms. Plus, depending on the food, other wildlife will happily eat my food such as bugs, birds, mice, etc. They live hard lives and would be excited to find my "waste." Now I no longer feel bad about tossing my leftovers or junk food outside and I actually feel good about myself, like I'm being charitable. Food doesn't have to go just into a human's mouth to be not be wasted. Instead, you can feed literal trillions of life forms!

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I lost 7lbs in 2 weeks from just limiting sugar and I can't believe it

I don't have anyone to freak out about this to so I'm posting here. I'm so excited!

History: I've been hovering between 142-145 pounds for at least a year and have been wanting to cut out sugar (I'm completely addicted, my sweet tooth is intense). I've had some body image issues lately as I've gained about 30 pounds in the past few years. I LIKE having a little bit of extra weight compared to my previous 117lbs which was very close to underweight, but I feel a little flabby and out of shape now.

What I did differently: logged my calories, protein and *added sugar intake each day. I tried to keep added sugar under 25g, protein above 50g and calories around 1600 (I counted calories more out of interest to see if I'm eating enough, not really to adjust). I used to have probably 100-200g of sugar easily on a normal day without any binge eating chocolate at the end of the night, which I would often do.

I watched videos on YouTube about sugar addiction and documentaries like fed up that show how malicious processed food companies are. It made me disgusted while grocery shopping and kept me from grabbing drunk.

I replaced things like ketchup and tomato sauce that I normally buy with sugar free options. If I craved sweets I would have a keto ice cream bar or have some fruit. I fell off the wagon a little bit for Christmas and I know I will a little bit for new years as we have fondue plans, but awareness and looking at every food label has been key!

I weighed myself today as I got in the shower as I noticed I looked a little lighter then usual. 135lbs!! I haven't been below 140 in at least a year. The only thing I changed was my sugar intake. That's it. I do have an active job but I've been working there for months.

I'm just absolutely appalled. Thank you for listening!

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Time to lose some weight.

Hi folks!

In the last couple of years, life changed a lot for me. I went to work from home as an already-fat guy. Packed it on worse. I moved up a position and started making enough money to see a doctor regularly. He confirmed some of my suspicions -- high blood pressure, tachycardia, insulin resistant. I'm a walking mess. I hit my highest weight of 425. Just by being more mindful of what I'm eating I've dropped down to 418. But I've dove into reading legitimate resources about weight loss. Calories, y'all. CICO. I've decided I'm going to hit either 3MAD at 400/600/600 or skip breakfast some days doing 2MAD 800/800. I've bought a gym membership to start hitting the treadmill. I feel great about it. I'm aiming for 5 to 10 lbs per month.

I started an account just to join this subreddit. I think having a place to share gains and even potential setbacks will help me stay accountable. Looking forward to interacting with you all and becoming a healthier version of myself. I've went ahead and made a grocery order to meal prep. My wife is on board and she's going to join me in the new year which I feel will help tremendously. Late night is my trigger point and if she's got Reeses in here I'm feeling like a dog staring at a pork loin!

Best wishes to all.

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Weight Loss as a South Indian

Hi! Long time lurker here, and started reading the posts here even before I started my weight loss journey. Reading the posts from this subreddit and stepping on the scales after years and seeing 89.7kgs and realizing that I am overweight made me horrified and led me to start on this weight loss journey.

I started my journey in August and I have reached my first goal weight right before New Year. I have lost around 14.5 kgs and I am no longer overweight. I have never felt better or more beautiful in my life. Clothes fit me better, I look younger and I have so much more confidence in myself. However, it isn't easy losing weight as a South Indian who stays with her parents, and where the staple diet is rice and which they insist we eat 3 times a day. So here are some tips and tricks (which worked for me, please don't take it as a formal guideline) for my fellow Indians who are struggling with weight loss.

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• Calorie Counting/Portion Control: It is very difficult to get accurate calorie counts, even in Healthify, especially when some of the foods your parents' cook are available only in your region and doesn't even have a standard name. My idea was to reduce my portions. Instead of eating 3 dosas, I had just 2 for breakfast, two servings to half a serving of rice for lunch, just fruits for dinner, etc.

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• Snacks: We have so many fattening, oily snacks in India. Try to avoid them as much as possible. This is what I believe helped me the most. I stopped having snacks with my evening tea. I have a sweet-tooth, so I still had sugar cravings. I satisfied it by eating a small 5Rs Munch or some other small chocolate.

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• Exercising: This was easy as my grandmother walks at 5AM daily and I started going along with her. I don't know how much it helped me in terms of burning calories, but it helped me set the tone for the rest of the day, by making me feel accomplished right in the morning itself. Currently I am doing C25k and I love it. I also love cycling, and do it if I have energy and time after work.

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• Negotiating with parents: They would want you to eat more rice/rotis, but we know we can't. To console them, fill your plate with the vegetable sides that they cook. Then you'll automatically end up taking less rice, and they would be fine too, as they would see your plate filled. Eat an egg instead of an extra dosa/idli in the mornings. Replacement would work fine for them. In their eyes, volume matters more.

I hope these help at least a few of you all. I am in the second phase of my journey, inching slowly towards my GW2 and I still follow these steps. Weight loss is slower now, but it still works. Good luck to everyone trying to lose their weight and Happy New Year! Also, huge thanks to this sub for being the biggest helping hand in my journey. Finally, sorry for the extremely long post.

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Failure after failure with weight loss 😢

Hello everyone, First I want to say that I love reading all the motivational posts and helping others with their weight loss. I have been dreading posting here and asking for help because I feel like I should already know how to kickstart my weight loss due to the fact I have failed miserably in the past. I’m here to ask for some guidance and advice from people who have been obese and dealing with bad health conditions.

I have uncontrollable high blood pressure and I take 3 pills to try and control it. I track my calories, macros, and water intake. The problem I have is the exercise portion. My wife and I are both 250lbs + and I have been trying to get my wife to exercise with me and start walking, or start going to the gym or anything. I guess I feel like I have to get her to exercise with me or I won’t exercise.

Has anyone had similar experiences? How do I just kick my ass into gear and start working out for me and my health rather than slowly dying while I try to convince my wife to join me? Please be a little respectful, I know I need help… that’s why I’m reaching out to this sub.

Thank you.

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Trying to find a specific weight loss / lifestyle YouTuber who inspired me… goth girl with black hair? Other recommendations are helpful too

I remember really enjoying her videos but even with my best efforts can’t find them again.

While I’m here asking- any other recommendations for weight loss / healthy lifestyle YouTubers who are alt / quirky women? I have a hard time with a lot of these accounts feeling similar or just not people I relate to so any recommendations of women with great content who are younger, and have alternative style (punk / goth / etc) or tattoos etc.

Thank you so much for any guesses or other recommendations!

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30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 28

Hello losers,

I'm traveling & it's been hectic, so let's get after it shall we?

Weigh in daily, enter in Libra & remove moral judgement/stigma/shame directed at yourself about it: Away from home scale & that's okay.

Maintenance calories: On it! Super active day possibly under.

Exercise 5 days a week (strength work 3 days a week): Long but light hike today. 21/28 days.

Nanowrimo and/or journaling -1,666 words a day: 54561/50000 words. Too busy today but I'm here, so that is definitely something!

Todays gratitude list: Today I’m grateful for being in a comfy bed. Yep. That kinda tired I'll be real.

Express gratitude to today me for good choices: Thanks, I hate it. Today I'm glad I choose to drink lots of water & go easy on my body.

your turn kids!

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Autopilot Mode On

Hey everybody, I've been a member here from a few months and did my best to avoid posting about my situation. I guess I'm in denial and running on autopilot. I've been suppressing any feelings of stress, depression or frustration by eating my emotions. I'm a 44 years old - only son with a miserable childhood - and married from 9 years. I have two adorable kids. My wife loves me and I love her too, but we argue and quarrel a lot. Good friends but incompatible. The kids are hyper and very demanding too. Online schooling exhausted both of us while the incompatibility ruined just me. I find myself many times sad, depressed, tired, stressed, bored or frustrated. I was in control of my weight before even with yoyo dieting and sporadic visits to the gym, and during the pandemic I kept my keto regime strict till June 2020. After that I fell off the wagon and started eating my emotions till today. I guess I've gained 40 pounds - I'm 275 pounds now - and it's been giving me hell. Body pains, knee pains, back pains, sleeping pains and the list goes on and on. I lost my health insurance too so I have no means of doing any physiotherapy. I wanted to join a gym from the past 6 months to get back on track but my budget was tight. The pandemic forced me to live off of a 25% salary pay for 9 months, then 50% salary pay for 2 months and just yesterday I started getting a 75% salary pay. I'll pay back some credit cards debts and though the money is not enough, I decided to sell some stocks to pay more debts and pay for a gym.

I don't have any support from family or friends about losing weight and I definitely am an introvert so I don't discuss these things with anyone. I'm also trying to be a strong man by suppressing all negative emotions, as if they don't exist, but I guess that strategy is not working. I'm an emotional eater and I failed to find a solution to my problem.

Can you recommend a simple diet that suits me? Keto is not so healthy on the long run and CICO seems to require a mindful person, but I can only maintain mindfulness for a day or two before I drift to autopilot again.

Thank you in advance.

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How fat do I have to get

I'm especially self-conscious around the holidays. People take pictures with me and post them on IG/Facebook and I get to see how much of a fat guy I'm becoming and getting even fatter with every month that passes.

I hardly interact with anyone anymore due to my weight. I feel like hell and wear baggy clothes that mentally make me feel like I'm hiding my belly and man-tits.

When I look at pictures of myself, I immediately get this sickening pit in my stomach, almost paralyzing me. I actually despise my body.

I don't know how much more motivation I need to lose weight. I don't know how many times I've tried and failed. After a few days of feeling shitty about myself, I just return to normal and eat whatever I want, pretending like I won't gain any more weight.

I've lost 50 pounds in the past and I felt so happy about myself. I don't know how the fuck I managed to put it all back on, but even if I could possibly lose all of my weight twice, I'd never be able to maintain it.

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Really struggling with Cardiac diet

First, a little back story. I’m an active 35 year old male 5’4” - 160 lbs. I work in construction and work out 2-3 times a week. I don’t smoke and rarely drink. I still had a heart attack. I had 3 coronary stents put in about a month ago after having chest pains for about 5 days before finally going to the ER. I never would have guessed I would have a heart attack at such a young age and being as active as I am.

I have been struggling to get my cholesterol under control for over 15 years. My body tends to produce massive amounts of cholesterol and most medications have only worked short term before they stop and I have to try something else. This is what caused the heart attack. It all leads back to my diet. Although I don’t eat super terrible(I don’t ever eat fast food and prefer to eat 90% of my meals at home. I also always bring a lunch with me to work) I was mostly a meat and potatoes kind of guy. Unfortunately, I am a somewhat picky eater.

Now more than ever, I have been trying my hardest to eat a mostly vegetarian/low sodium diet. I still eat chicken breasts a couple times a week made in various ways. I have been eating mostly recipes with sweet potato, peppers, cauliflower, and small amounts of whole grain brown rice. My biggest problem is, simply, that I am HATING IT. I know I have to continue for my healths sake, and to ensure I am around for a much longer time for my wife and daughter, but honestly, I no longer look forward to any meals.

I’ve tried dozens of recipes so far to try and find new things to enjoy but I have struck out the majority of the time. I can’t seem to get myself to like any type of seafood, anything with mushrooms, legumes of all types, squash, and avocado just to name a few things. Its really starting to bring me down.

Basically, I’m just looking for some of your favorite recipes and why you like them so much, as well as any tips to enjoy healthy foods more than I currently do.

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Weight loss coaching (question)

I have been yo-yo-ing most of my adult life, and I feel like I just can’t find success alone. I find the idea of a weight-loss/health coach very appealing, but I just don’t know how to find one. Online everything kinda seems like a scam, or people want $30k for a year of coaching.

I’m not super overweight, but could stand to lose 50 pounds or so. I just need advice and accountability.

Has anyone seen success with coaching? Online or locally? Any advice?

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Why do I feel the need to order food or takeout?

Stats: 21M; SW: 93kg CW: 86kg, GW: 65kg.

To start off, I make amazing food, almost restaurant quality (I love cooking). But no matter what I do, I keep ordering food from outside. I always end up getting broke because of the amount of money I spend on takeout. I tried meal-prepping, but still ended up ordering and throwing away the food. The food I made was delicious. I loved it. I pat myself of the back, but I still ended up ordering in at dinner. At this point, it is almost like an addiction. I try hard, I delete apps but download them again to order. I don't know what to do.

I previously suffered from a binge-eating disorder. I did start having reasonable portions now and started losing weight. But this habit of mine is simply not going away. I eat to soothe my depression and loneliness. I try cooking at home, and no matter how much I eat, nothing is replacing food from outside. I even learned and started doing what exactly restaurants do so I can keep eating food at home, but still end up ordering. Whatever I do, it doesn't work. Right now, I have surplus money, and I do not intend to waste it once again as I did for at least three years now. I want to lose weight and want to save money. Ideally, if I eat at home I can eat under $120 per month. But I almost spend $400 because of all the money I spend on outside food. I have to buy winter boots because my city can get as cold as -40 C. But I have been managing with my weathered boots because I always end up spending too much on food.

I want to get to the root of it. I want to stop doing this. I am 21M turning 22 soon. I never had a single date because I was afraid of asking someone out because I am fat. I keep losing weight when I am with family and keep gaining it back once I am alone again, because of all the outside food. It is not even a small weight, almost like 15kg (~33lbs). My health is getting worse, and I have hypertension. I just want to stop the nonsense and get my act together. But I have no idea why I keep doing it, despite how much my friends and I love my cooking.

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Is there a way to get cardio in instead of walking or running

I got this weird pain on top of my foot and I can’t run or walk without it hurting so much. I got checked out and they told me not do any cardio for a while. Is there a way to get my cardio in somehow because strength training doesn’t burn as much calories and I usually burn a lot with cardio and strength training. So far I can only do strength training and idk if I could still loose weight doing strength and no cardio at all. I usually eat 2.1k cals to lose a pound a week and I’m not sure if I’ll have to reduce it because I won’t be doing cardio for a while.

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Battling people telling you not to lose (any more) weight

When I started in October or so I had planned for my goal to be around 58 to 60kg (128-132 lb) knowing that if I got there I'd be at a BMI of 21.51 and far from underweight. My current BMI of 24 still puts me in the overweight cohort according to this (Asian) chart I'm referencing (https://www.researchgate.net/figure/WHO-Asian-BMI-classification_tbl1_296026141).

However, almost all of my friends and family have been incessantly telling me that I only need to maintain from here and that losing more weight is undesirable. As a result I'd had to literally stop dieting and claim to "eat at maintenance" before they got occupied with other things and I could restart my diet again. This has happened multiple times. They also managed to put a stop to my IF efforts. Other claims they have made include "Don't change up your diet, just exercise more" and "If you want the belly gone just do sit-ups".

Context: my mom has been the most vocal about her opinions and she's overweight. Most of her friends are the same. Do I write it off as jealousy and move on or nah? How do I convince them that slimming down further is not hurtful in any way?

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Any Advice On Portion Control When Eating Out?

Hey everyone, I’m on what feels like my umpteenth attempt at losing weight and this time feels different because whereas I usually gained (and lost weight) almost exclusively through snacking, this time around I’m beginning to notice that my portions are really what is doing me in. As a college student I’ve been eating out a lot more often and I’m really struggling with not polishing off my meals when eating out. I always go into my meals with a game plan to eat half and take half home, but once the food is hot and in front of me, after the first bite those thoughts almost go entirely out of the window and I just finish the whole meal. I just don’t know why the self control to not finish everything in front of me is so hard to develop. At home, I’ve developed a habit of making smaller portions, but in restaurants obviously the portions can’t be chosen and it’s not really realistic to forego eating out altogether. In addition to that, I constantly have the thought of not wasting money when I have leftovers that will eventually be tossed out and even though I know technically the money is already gone, it’s just so upsetting. Any advice/discussion on this would be great!

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Hello! Day 1 - Update

Hi everyone!

I posted yesterday about my day 0. Today was my day 1:

Here is how today went (12/27/21)

Breakfast: Homemade hashbrowns with cherry tomatoes

Lunch: Chicken strips and roasted cauliflower and broccoli

Snack: 4 turkey sticks and a cheese stick; two pieces of 60% dark Lindt Chocolate

Dinner: Baby carrots with ranch, whole wheat penne pasta with sour cream. Ended the day with a cup of Chamomile tea with two teaspoons of sugar.

I did not exercise but I did do some cleaning around the house. Overall, I did my best to add a veggie to my meals. I do need to eat more fruits, though. However, I am proud of how I did today.

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Also - I did create a new subreddit called: LoseItAccountability. I realized yesterday that posting every day on this subreddit was not the purpose of this subreddit - and I totally get it! If this type of post is not allowed, please delete it.

SW: 226 pounds

CW: 226 pounds

GW: 160 pounds

Age: 25

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The thought of having to buy bigger pants is triggering me

So my mom is toxic. There is no if/ands about that.

When I first joined a gym and I was doing weight lifting only, she thought my trainer was an idiot and didn't know what he was doing and insisted I add/do cardio instead.

Anyway I have a final job interview that I have to fly out for (yay!) and I tried on my pants and well they were snug around the belly and the thighs. I called my grandma ( who is actually nice and super considerate) and she offered to get me pants in a bigger size but the thought of having to do that just makes me want to cry and give up.

I have only been going to the gym since late October and I really don't know if I see a difference. I just feel a little defeated.

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Quick things to consider:

Still eat like crap ( I am an extremely picky eater. Always have been) and I am working on my junk food habit and resisting cravings.

I have a history with ED and thus haven't weighed myself and I honestly don't feel comfortable doing that with the only scale in my mother's room

Any Advice?

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3 day binge

M/20/5’9 SW:230lbs CW: 155lbs GW:143

What was a simple Christmas binge turned into a three day binge. I literally have been so depressed that I just let go. I stopped being strict and the floodgates opened. I know I can stop but I don’t see a point in stopping. I hate myself and my body I am tired of dieting. I have been one year in maintenance and my body just looks deflated. A less fat version of my obese self. I’m not hot, I don’t have abs, I just want to eat and eat and drink and smoke. I don’t want to better myself anymore m. I tried for a year and it didn’t work. I want to stop binging because it’s going to fuck me over, but at the same time I don’t care enough. Maybe I should just get fat again.

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Check in: How is everyone doing post holidays?

I didn’t track or workout for Christmas Eve or Christmas Day to really enjoy the holidays!

I ate whatever I wanted: prime rib, roast potatoes, cornbread, roast pork, pasta, ribeye steak, roast veggies, fried appetizers, roasted garlic soup, spinach dip, desserts, chocolate, cookies, charcuterie, apple cider etc.

The day after Christmas, I still ended up losing 1 lb and another inch off the waist!

Other times, I’ve hit a plateau for 2 weeks.

Can someone explain this phenomenon?

It seems that weight loss really isn’t linear 😅

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Trying to lose with PCOS.

Hello everyone. I'm 26 years old, 5"3 and weigh 186 pounds. In May 2021, I weighed 165 lbs and after going through a very stressful time, I gained 21 pounds in 3 months. I thought that after being done with the stress, I would lose weight. But I was wrong. I have been eating healthy for the most part and doing exercise and keeping calorie deficit (1200-1400 cal per day).

I was diagnosed with PCOS at the beginning of the year and I attribute my weight gain and lack of weight loss to it. Has anyone else been through this?

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I feel like I'm being crushed by my own body.

I've never been this heavy in my life. The weight gain was so rapid - almost doubled my weight in 2 years. And now I can't handle the discomfort of all this fat on me. My back hurts, I can't sleep on my sides, I feel like I'm choking on my own fat in my sleep. Walking is agony, my feet can't handle this added weight. Everything is uncomfortable. That's it. That's all. Just wanted to vent about how I wanna crawl out of my skin.

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Advice & resources for starting my journey into fat loss, healthier eating relationship with food, and fitness.

Im 25(M) and in the last 3-4 years i let myself loose and gained good bit of weight, but now I want to get back into shape and being fit. I went from being 155 lbs to 193lbs. Today it hit me that I need to change my diet and activity level.

Now i want to build the discipline and habits for healthier eating patterns and workout consistency. I am willing to commit to this journey. My initial goal is to lose 20-30 lbs of fat first, once I achieve this then I can set my next goal whether it is to lose more weight or focus on muscle building or maintaining weight. I am giving myself 6-7 months to achieve this goal. By end of this journey I want to have achieved my fat loss, gotten into habit of working out/being active , and eating overall healthier foods.

I am considering doing Intermittent Fasting with being in a calorie deficit. I do not have access to gym, so i’ll be doing body weight workouts and then maybe slowly buy equipment like dumbbells etc.

Any advice or online resources linked here would be appreciated. Tell me about what helped you stick your fat loss journey, diet, workouts, etc.

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Lost 40 pounds, unsure how to continue

I (19F) have always had problems with binge eating. My parents are both obese and never taught me good food skills, nor how to exercise.

Recently I moved in with my fiance, and over the span of 6 months, have lost around 40 pounds (18kg). Due to us living frugally, I lost a lot of the stubborn weight. My current weight is 175 pounds (79kg), with a BMI of 29.1.

Currently I am a vegetarian, as per the wishes of my fiance. I get most of my proteins from milk, eggs, cheese, etc. I try my best to cook, but sometimes I end up going out for Indian, Korean, or something with an accessible vegetarian menu.

Where I am most at fault? I work at a movie theater. I do receive free food and beverages, and for someone who is still living paycheck to paycheck, I will never turn down a free meal. Mostly I eat unsalted, unbuttered popcorn when I feel myself getting hungry. My beverage is normally Peace Tea or Powerade. I enjoy drinking water, but can never go for more than a glass or two due to it making me feel sick and sloshy. I am more of a snacks all day type of person, not a big meal eater. I do not have access to gym in my area, as it is a college town with high Covid-19 cases. At home I have a workout bench to help!

Any tips for keeping down my calories, and small exercises I can get into at home? Any ideas on how to cut back (mentally and physically)? Along with tips on how to drink more water?

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So my friend has asked me to come here.

Hello, my bestfriend said I should come here to find support. I'm an obese male and I would really like to change how I am. For my health and self respect. I started by joining a program called RuntheEdge starting 2022, that'll help me with reminders to work out, while I began intermittent fasting in the process, I'm also thinking of picking up a Ring Fit Adventure for my birthday to help me work out at home. As well I've been looking up different sites for ideas for grocery idea. To be completely honest I'm really nervous starting this, its such a large change to my daily life. I don't want to fail this, because my health is at stake. In all honesty what got me to even start thinking of losing weight is after I tried on a 2 XL jacket and it wouldn't zip up, it was crushing emotionally. My bestfriend said she'd help cheer me on and be a positive influence toward my life style change.

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I got body shamed at family Christmas dinner

At the dinner event, family members made mocking jokes saying that I could be a YouTube professional eater. Implying that I eat too much.

It made not want to eat anything again for the next day. Then I ended getting sick from drinking beer in the evening on an empty stomach.

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Things like this have happened throughout my life. I will either starve or binge when bad events like this happen. Some says something about my weight, so then I won't eat anything for a while to sort of prove a point, but then I would just end up binging to over compensate.

How do I stop emotional eating disorders like this from happening in the future?

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How I’ve been kicking binge eating in the butt

I’ve always enjoyed feeling super full. That feeling when you eat enough that you start feeling full during the meal, and then you keep eating a little longer. That feeling in the evening after a big dinner, sitting on the couch in a food coma.

Since I started eating healthier and counting calories near the start of the year I broke that binge eating habit. And I’ve started to appreciate feeing a little hungry. Particularly first thing waking up in the morning, or before dinner in the evening. I used to incorrectly connect that feeling with being stressed or feeling bad in some way. But now I’m really into it. I love the way it builds anticipation before a meal and the way it makes me appreciate and enjoy my food sooo much more. All the flavours are so much stronger and I can feel my brain lighting up in all sorts of new places.

But what I didn’t count on is that binge eating doesn’t take me to my happy place anymore. After months of healthy eating I tried buying one of my favourite binge eating meals- two foot long sandwiches from subway. I was really excited to chill out and get in the food coma zone. But after the first six inches I started feeling quite full. By the time I finished the first footlong I was really full and I realized there was no way I’d eat the other one. This is UNHEARD OF for me. I’d long ago accepted that binge eating is just something my brain likes.

Cut to Christmas dinner this year and again I’m ready to enter the food coma zone. I ate a bit lighter leading up so I was responsibly prepared to enjoy going nuuutts on Christmas dinner. Just like everyone does. So I load up a first round of ham and salmon and potatoes and everything and using my new knowledge of portions I find myself serving a normal dinner portion. Nothing crazy, but nothing restrictive or diety. I think to myself well I’ll start with a normal dinner and expand out from there. I eat my food with the family and we’re drinking wine and laughing, and then the strangest thing happens. I don’t think about serving up more. I’m too distracted talking and enjoying my first serving at my new slower pace that comes naturally to me now. They start clearing the plates and I realise that I just ate a regular dinner and I feel full and satisfied.

Has anyone else changed their relationship with long term binge eating? Are you seeing casual evidence of those changes popping up over the holiday period?

TL;DR: A surprising side effect of eating healthy this year is that I don’t get a kick out of binge eating anymore. Or at least for now?

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Help, getting through frustration

I've been on a weight journey for ever always being morbidly obese. I'm almost 400lbs, 33 and really feeling the health issues.

It's such a long game, and it's hard to not get frustrated and give up every so often.

I get serious for a week, then will give up. My family and friends get mad when I talk about weightless as they think I'm a cause, so im pretty alone in this journey.

Are their any resources, discord or anything. It's a new year, so a new attempt at loosing weight.

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It’s Crazy To Me How Disordered My Eating Is, Or My Brain Re Eating, As I’m Enjoying Restriction Now — TW, Anorexia and Bulimia

I am in the process of looking for an eating disorder specialist for a therapist. I know I need it reeeeally badly, but…if you don’t mind me coming here to vent and get some support…

I’ve been on my weight loss journey (forever, it seems) for going on three weeks now. Last time I weighed myself, two weeks ago, I was 312. Down two pounds from the week prior. Threes is the heaviest I’ve ever been. My highest was 335, from what I saw. Could have been more at points where I wasn’t paying attention at all. I was chronically ill, not yet diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that was crippling me. So, I put the tiny bit of happiness I could muster into food.

I have a history of starvation eating disorders. Twelve through about seventeen I struggled with anorexia and bulimia. I was even hospitalized twice for it. Long term stays. Inpatient. I had always been an overweight kid and then I found the other side of disordered eating. I became the thinnest i’d ever been in life. Food and eating disorders have ruled over my life. I was left back in HS because of my absences and cutting classes because I was not in my right mind while starving myself. I made a lot of bad choices. It seems I’m always not making the greatest choices. But I’m working on becoming better at it.

I want to lose my weight for good this time, and healthfully, and become healthy. I’ve given myself a goal of losing my excess weight (about 165lbs, blows my mind) by the time I’m thirty five. Which is in about two years. I’ve been counting calories well for two weeks. I didn’t want to weigh myself last week because I wasn’t feeling mentally healthy about it. And then I wanted to enjoy Chinese food today, so saved over 900 calories throughout the week so I had about 3,000 to use today. I didn’t get through all of them, and I’m so happy about it. I almost didn’t want to use what I’d worked so hard to save.

I’m wearing tighter pants today. Ate way less calories than I thought I would. Just set my calories a bit lower to lose 1.5lbs per week without activity, while hoping to add activity in and just not count it. And I have that fcked up, almost drug-like excitement and feeling about being restrictive. It’s a different feeling than binging and being out of control. This is a feeling of supreme control. It feel sexy and almost dominating.

I’m trying not to pay too much attention to myself. I’m trying to just allow this feeling to pass through me, remind myself that I’m working on my health and healthy weight loss. That my calories are healthy and perfect for weight loss. And maybe that it’s even okay to feel good over having more control over my body and my health, and that it doesn’t need to be an evil feeling, or menacing. It’s just crazy to me how easily it comes back. It’s been over twelve years since I did any of those starvation tactics, but it’s waiting right there to creep up on me. Something in me just likes being unhealthy. Or maybe I just don’t know what healthy looks and feels like. I think it’s because my family always made me feel so bad about everything, and I didn’t have a parent that was strong enough to show me a way away from that. But I’m really working to find it and the balance. I have to make it for myself now.

Anyways. Thanks for letting me vent.

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I flushed 450g of chocolate. Do I have an ED for doing this?

This is my first time doing something weird and extreme. I have had a lot of gifts involving sweets even though I specifically said I didn’t want anything sweet from my roommates and friends. I ate most of them and felt icky. I would have preferred even 0.0001 BTC.

I have a sweet tooth and I know I would have eaten all that by end of tonight when I get hunger pangs so I flushed it and went to drink water.

I had opened the package so couldn’t even give to someone else and I know when my cravings came, I would eat all that.

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Weight loss advice for a non driving worker

Hey guys. I(22M) have been gaining weight since I started working my job. My daily commute it an 1 hour 30 in the morning and 2 hours 30 in the evening. This has left me very exhausted and it has made it hard for me to find time to workout. I have to wake up at 5am to get to work on time and by the time I get home at 7:30 I am usually exhausted from work, so I can't really work out. It has really been making keeping up with my weight. My CW is 225 pounds and I used ro walk around at 195. I need help.

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Question! Is my scale weird or is it me?

I've been on a weight loss journey since November 21st. Started at 171lbs and now (December 25) am at 158.2. I weigh myself every day (in the morning after using the restroom but before breakfast), just so I can view trends by day and such. Here is the last week:

Dec 19- 158.8

Dec 20- 154.3

Dec 21- 158.4

Dec 22- 155.3

Dec 23- 158.4

Dec 24- 154.2

Dec 25- 158.2

My weight has been fluctuating like this for the past week and I'm really confused. Is it my scale that's off or do I actually weigh that much at that time? Whenever this happens I usually reweigh myself after 5 minutes just to make sure, but I get the same number. What could this be? I'm super curious also a bit worried if something's wrong because I'm dropping 2~4 pounds in a day.

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Question about Fat Burn Zone Heart Rate.

Hello, im 22 male, which would put my bpm about 198bpm, and im 330lbs 5'8 Asian. (already lost more than 20 pounds). a little bit background story, I'm extremely obese but not a slob (well I kinda am), as a kid I always liked to eat big portion (was always morbidly obese) but I was a very active kid which led to my horrible injury in 2015, left me almost bedridden for years, and became a big giant bear that I am now.

I have a question about Fat Burn heart Zone rate. since im extremely obese, raising my heart rate and maintaining that high heart rate is a piece of cake. I exercise for 1 hr 5 mins everyday on empty stomach

My exercises are: Alternating between walk 10 steps, and sprint 10 steps for about 40 minutes with this exercise I manage to keep my heart rate consistently between 160 to 170 which is about 80% to 86%. sometimes it goes higher than 170, highest reading was 178, about 90%, I wasnt feeling comfortable at this bpm, i could hear my own heartbeat with my ear.

After that, I do casual walk for 25 minutes as insurance for my 2 slices of cheese, and a small cup of sweetened tea (since id be out of stamina after 40mins of alternate exercise). I dont feel like im using much energy, i dont detect my heart beating with my hands, although i feel the pressure when im breathing, and it does affect my breathing a little bit, so My heart rate is consistent above 70% between 140-145. which, according to experts, is in Fat Burning Zone.

My Question is: Do I get that Fat Burning benefit above 70% of heart rate only doing Casual walk?

NOTE: Just for educational purpose or motivational purpose (whichever), I've been doing cardio for more than 7 weeks now 1hr+ a day. I have the lowest resting heart rate in my family while being the biggest (most likely being active is the cause). My big brother who is 190lbs, he dont exercise for years now, and his resting heart rate is between 90-95. the same with my 3 other siblings. and my resting heartbeat is between 69-73

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Lost even more weight—2 lbs of it was not on purpose.

5’1, 150 to 121, stopped losing on purpose at 123. Original goal was 122, then changed my goal to 105 (for unhealthy reasons) during a rough patch. I no longer am aiming for 105. Aiming for the very low end of the normal range is a recipe for disaster for me, having dealt with an unhealthy relationship with food, so I told myself, no more!

I’m glad I lost 2 pounds without doing it on purpose though, just by being more active and trying to maintain! I love going outside now, and taking long walks again after a rut with exercise. Yay!

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Am I Skinny Fat? If so is Body Recomposition my best course of action? Please Help me get unstuck.

Hello all,

I posted a while back on here in regards to a plateau that I seem to be beating currently and eating well. I’m just curious if I should be losing more weight or focusing on body recomp or potentially doing both at the same time with a smaller calorie deficit perhaps.

I am currently at 6’3 204.6 lbs & 21 years old. My biggest goal is simply to get to a flat stomach with the slightest hint of ab visibility to begin to show. It’s all I’ve wanted.

I’m just curious if I should cut to 180 or (190) and then my abs will begin to show or to hover at 200 and get on a training regimen until I build enough muscle where the body fat will get burned away.

I went from 260 to 204 which is why I’m curious if more weight loss is needed (I presume there is but don’t know how much more.)

Pictures for reference: first photo is me 3 months ago at 205 post pump + after sauna second photo is same weight a few weeks back without a pump/bloated/no sauna.

Third pic is just me at my worst and then back to what my current best shape is/was looking like. I slacked off the gym from midterms to finals which was like 6 weeks ish but I’m back at it now. Diet didn’t change though.

Here are the pictures

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So frustrated I want to eat everything in sight right now

Really feel like I’m about to lose it right now.

I decided to travel for the holidays and stay with a family member that I have a decent relationship with but is honestly emotionally abusive. Staying with her for even a few days drives me crazy and is beyond emotionally exhausting and taxing. Literally the only reason I decided to not cancel my trip and put up with her abuse is because of the food.

I’m a vegan so the options are still limited even in a large city where I live or the city I’m visiting now. I got to go to one place. Saturday is my treat day. I was planning on going to a bakery today to pick up some vegan pastries which are quite hard to come by, partially my fault but I didn’t realize they closed early Fridays and even though I would have been there an hour before closing they were already sold out. That really really bummed me out because I have been waiting in anticipation to try to this place for months (Literally for 8 months maybe longer). I also didn’t buy any cookies or cakes for treat day like I usually do because I thought I would get it at the bakery.

Then to top it off, she won’t even be leaving the house tomorrow because the weather is going to be bad. So whatever food I order (which is also from one of my favorite places that I’ve been waiting to get since I last visited) I won’t be able to enjoy and eat in peace because she’ll be hovering over my neck and commenting on the portion sizes (even though she’s no stick) and asking to try some. I just hate it.

I also brought a homemade vegan pastry I baked that is quite difficult to make and not available to purchase anywhere (trust me I looked). I brought several portions with me expecting that we would each have some, except she ate all of it, despite me asking her to save some.

Then just an hour ago she saw a picture of me and a friend and couldn’t stop talking about how drop dead gorgeous my friend was and this made me feel horrible about myself even though I’m usually pretty confident about myself especially after losing 25 pounds.

So after finishing a difficult semester and taking exams, risking Covid (cases are spiking here) not being able to go to the gym because I don’t want to catch Covid, having to run outside in the freezing cold and among crowds instead of a treadmill at home, I don’t have a single pastry to eat on my treat day. I’m just super bummed. Yes I do count and exercise to be healthy, but looking forward to treats is a huge motivator for me. I feel like people who eat whatever they want whenever they want don’t understand the sacrifice and the anticipation of counting and exercising and treat days/meals. Maybe you guys can relate.

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Eating 150 calories a day and losing 1 pound daily. Thoughts?

6’1 male, 218 lbs at the time of writing, technically overweight according to the BMI, not sure what other stats to put here. After a school semester of eating whatever I felt like, I started this trend early last week and had lost 10 pounds in that time. My diet consisted of one 150 cal yogurt cup with one water bottle in the morning and then absolutely nothing for the rest of the day. I typically follow this up with a 30 minute run on the treadmill in the afternoon and have another water bottle afterwards.

Yeah my muscles feel kinda weak, yeah I do get kinda hangry, and yeah I feel sleepy during the day, but I’m pushing forward with this. Am I saying this will work for everyone? No. Do I regret doing this? Not in the slightest, because I want people to actually be interested in me and for my parents to not be to be disgusted in me for my weight. Yes she actually said that, and she’s a licensed sonographer. Father who’s a licensed cardiologist also said that muscles will be burned first when plenty of threads and other online sources says fat is burned first.

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Meal plan/grocery list advice

After manyyy failed attempts at weight loss, I think my biggest obstacle is just knowing what to make for each meal, and having a grocery list for those things. At this point, I don’t even want to shop in person because I always get junk. I need like-eat this for breakfast, lunch, and dinner…and have it be within calories but also having the right amount of protein, fiber, etc. I’ve always been bad at planning. Like, just in general life lol. :(

Does anyone have any good resources for this? Seeing a nutritionist or doing any doctor things has been impossible with my insurance, which is why I’m asking here.

Any advice/pointers appreciated! :)

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Just a rant: weight gain

I have never had such a hard time with my body.

About 6-8 months ago, before college, I (18f) was very active in this subreddit and on a great routine with fitness and a great relationship with food. I was very in tune with my body and feeling so confident having lost 30+ pounds and doctors telling me how great I was doing. I felt like I was going back to normal and went shopping for new clothes for my smaller body. I was not “skinny” by any means, but I was significant smaller than I am now, and I was happy. I felt happy and healthy and my doctors celebrated me.

Then, I went to college and gained back all the weight and then some. I have a lot of texture issues with foods because of autism, and the dining hall doesn’t offer any of my healthy safe foods. As a result, I eat very shitty at school. I was having such a hard transition mentally that I didn’t even care about filling my body with nutritious food, just junk. I have so many new stretch marks, I don’t fit in my jeans, and so many other new things about my body that I hate. My jawline isn’t defined and I hate having my photo taken. I feel like shit and it shows.

I need to somehow get back into it. I need to start eating better at school, but I’m not sure where to start because I don’t have a lot of options and I’m broke. I might try to find a better job, but at this point I just need some little thing. I just want to rant somewhere to be heard, because I feel embarrassed discussing my weight gain with others

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Looking for help, all my body fat goes straight to my belly.

I hope this is the right place for this. I'm a 24 y/o woman, and I recently went on a huge weight loss journey going from 360->210 (I'm 6'4).

I've been staying at 210ish for about 6 months now and have incorporated more exercise over the past 3 months. I never top over 2000 cals a day, and take in very very low sugar and carbs; most days I stay around 1200-1500 cals.

My problem is, all my body fat goes straight to my belly, never anywhere else. I feel like I shouldn't even be gaining anything back due to my low calories (for 6'4), but I do. I have to spend most of my exercise on my core and cardio, so I don't start gaining back on my belly. I'm also not seeing any progress from my upped exercise routine on my butt or hips, on top of getting nowhere with my belly. I'm really just at loss and feel like I'm wasting my time, so any help would be appreciated.

Sorry if it's kind've jumbled, I'm cooking as I write this

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How long does it take to lose a moderate sized belly ?

Hey community !

I posted in this sub about a 50 days ago and i got some great advice on dieting for sedentary weight loss. The previous post can be seen HERE, in case someone wants context

I have since made improvements to my diet and only eat twice a day, within a 6 hour cycle. My TDEE was around ~1800 calories so i try to limit my intake to 1400 calories or less (the campus cafeteria has calorie labels on all the food they sell, so that's convenient)

As of November 6th 2021, i weighed around 64 kg

Now, i weigh at around 57 kg ; Detailed Weight Report

Which is great ! i lost 7 kg within 2 months' time just by eating less !

However, my belly ( which is not too huge, but midsized rather) did not go away. I did not expect it to disappear, but i was hoping for it to reduce a bit in size.

I frequently measure the circumference of my waist with an inch tape, by using the most protruded part of my belly as a baseline for measurement.

The measurement has stayed the same as before

Just to provide a perspective, i am not fat - i have somewhat thin (but not skinny) arms and legs.

So i am struggling to comprehend as to why my belly did not exhibit even the slightest reduction in size despite the weight loss ?

Realistically, how long is it going to take for me to lose my belly ?

I would greatly appreciate some advice !

Best

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