I lost 100lbs back in 2018, but gained it back and more in 2019/2020. I've lost all my self steamand motivation to try to lose it again. Because it was hard work. But I miss how it felt. To be lighter, and to be happier with myself and my accomplishments. Now I just feel like a failure...
My question is, how do I start up again without failing immediately into it? How can I lose 100lbs again just as I did before with little to no hope or motivation....
Thanks
I’m 23 | 181CM / 5ft10 | 98KG / 216 POUNDS I’m strictly tracking my calories and sitting between 1000 - 1500 kcal a day while my BMR is around 2200 kcal. So i’m usually technically 700 - 1200 kcal below. I’m hitting the gym 5 days a week and i do cardio (treadmill) after my workouts for half hour. Weekends are my rest days for muscles so i do an hour cardio on treadmill only.
I’m open for any advice or feedback. Also share any supplements if y’all know any! I’ve been following this community for a long time and want to thank you all for all the motivation. This sub feels like a family ❤️
My current pictures:
I understand that it's ultimately just calories in vs calories out. I have for the past two weeks maintained a calorie deficit under 2000 calories a day. I've noticed a bit of weight loss but have noticed it has kind of stopped. I read somewhere that in addition to eating less, what time of day you eat matters. Along with most of the true fat loss happening due to burning excess calories? How can I structure a diet plan to be the most effective to loss weight a week.
I lost 30 kgs and then gained 15 kgs and I'm wondering what systems you have in place to be able to notice early on that you've gained weight so you can stop it early.
It's so much easier to gain a bunch of weight in a short period of time than losing, which usually takes a lot longer.
I weigh myself but still managed gaining a lot, bit by bit and ended up halfway back up and it's of course harder to lose it now.
What kind of stuff do other people do?
My issue may also be that I have mild body dysmorphia, especially when I slowly gain, I can't tell myself until I see pictures someone's takes of me and I'm like Oh no what happened! Doesn't match what I see in the mirror.
Also doesn't help that all my clothes are comfortable and stretchy?
What are systems in place or rules you have to be able to nip weight gain in the bud?
I've also been calorie counting daily during this whole process so I can see I've been in a surplus.
Looking for advice and tips and tricks, to know what skinny or healthy weight people use to keep track.
Hi! I thought I’d share how I finally have got this weight loss thing down! Ofc as I lose weight, I have to shift methods... but here’s what’s really been working.
1) cut out lattes for tea 2) intermittent fasting - 17:7 3) a ONE hour brisk walk daily (I work from home so this is important) 4) lollipops - I’m a weed smoker and I get the munchies at night 5) eating my first meal at 1, and my next meal at 6 and a snack at 8. - for dinner? I eat as MUCH as I want. As long as it’s relatively healthy, I’ll usually have about 800 calories to spend here. This is helpful because I am always so hungry by dinner (When I work I don’t notice my appetite so by the end of the day it’s really there)
I also track deficit (600 a day).
I’m still learning but this is what’s made me go from 138 to 120 lbs :)
Hello so after my spinal injury I gained a lot of weight at 5.7 I was almost 260 pounds but after getting my ability to walk and start riding bikes I have lost 80 pounds so far after about 8 months but I am just stuck now at 178 I'm trying to lose another 30 pounds I'm counting calories and raking yohimbine and taurine would anyone have any advice on getting rid of a few more pounds? Oh I started eating tuna and spinach and for a snack air popped popcorn is this okay?
Im F/26/124lbs and 5’4”. I’ve been doing strength training exercises regularly for a couple months now but no matter how much weight I lose I always have a bit of that belly pouch. Even at my lowest of 110lbs I still had it! Im at 124 lbs now but still can’t shake off this bit of fat in my lower belly. I’m not sure if it is just extra skin from weight loss or just fat. I am trying to eat more proteins and just get as strong as possible. But It’s practically the only thing about my body that I don’t like. I know we can’t target weight loss but if I were to reach a certain BF% will it be gone or is it a lost cause? I added some crappy pictures for reference. I know it doesn’t look that bad but it’s worse in real life 😂 Any help would be appreciated!
Like a crack fiend.
But food is my crack.
My dealer is DoorDash. And I tip him for dropping off my drugs.
I’m not even hungry but i’m stuffing another freaking fork-full into my mouth. No part of me was even hungry when I ordered the meal.
I want to get better but the thought of starting another round of the same-old weight loss circle is seriously depressing.
I don’t want to fcking exercise. No part of me wants to go for a walk. I hate vegetables, they taste like shit. Yes, i’ve had them prepared every conceivable way - they suck. Diet Soda tastes like cough syrup. Water is disgusting - my partner says it tastes like nothing, I say it tastes awful. I could eat pasta every day. With a coke.
I am so fcking addicted to food.
I would love to find something else and good that I could eat for lunch at work. I used to pack sandwich with chips but I’m looking for something better than that and better to lose weight/healthier. Also, how do you make your salads better? I already know a lot of people are going to recommend salads since they are good for you and can be tasty, but how do you make them better for you and not just taste like lettuce. Also, I wanted to know what you guys thought about the bmi charts, seems like the weights are low but that is just my opinion, what do you think?
Hey!
I'm about 5 feet tall female, I use to weigh about 150 pounds now I'm 110.
I know I needed new clothes but struggling to do so.
When I was 150 it took me 10 years to cultivate and build a wardrobe that I loved and suit me, my body, and style. Now however with this "new" body, I'm struggling to let it go and to essentially start over again with my closet.
I have already given/donated all of my pants and things that straight up don't fit me already but just can't seem to go out and purchase anything new.
I had to get a new suit last week and was having a hard time since anything I tried on, I just didn't see me in the mirror like I use to. I liked that it fits however it ended up being too much for me. Trying on the smaller clothes that never fit me before that is.
Also the places I use to shop at hardly carry the very tiny sizes I need now, so I would love if anyone can suggest anything.
Have a great day to you all and thank you for reading.
First-year student here. Never believed in the freshman 15, but damn is it true. I didn't gain 15 pounds but I'm sure I gained like five or eight and it's honestly stressing me out. I've tried eating healthy, like cutting off fried foods and eating more fruits and whole grains, but it's literally impossible here. Dining hall food is all fried (cheeseburgers, fries, fried chicken, etc.), the other side is the 'healthy' side but it literally only has two things: salad and rice. And the rice is terrible- I'd be okay with white or yellow rice but they make some weird shit and somehow manage to make it unhealthy. All close restaurants are Subways, McDonalds, Burger King, and pretty much just fast food in general. The healthiest thing I can buy on campus is Hibachi fried rice, and it's not even healthy it's fried rice. I try buying healthy things from the market but it's impossible to eat a healthy meal when we don't have a kitchen. Healthiest thing I've been eating has been a chicken Ceaser wrap or oven-baked potato skins. I've been going to the gym to lose weight but I feel like I'm going nowhere with how I'm eating right now. I feel so bad about eating like this I've been cutting my meals down to one a day and an occasional snack here and then. Any advice?
Hello wonderful losers!
March 29! We’re closing in on the end of another fabulous month. Are you folks thinking about what April’s goals will be yet? Yeah, me too, finally! Here’s the sign up post!
Weigh in daily, enter in Libra & remind self that it’s a number not a self-worth estimate: Got it! 27/29 days.
1800-2000 calories a day, two pounds to lose this month: On it today 15/22 days.
Exercise 5 days a week (strength work/tbar swings 3 days a week): Lunch walk! 23/29 days.
Writing project and/or journaling -1,666 words a day: Digital tappy tap and therapy.
Todays gratitude list: Today I’m grateful for rain & puddles to splash in.
Express intention (day, week, month or moment): My intention for today/tomorrow is to treat myself with kindness, not skip my evening work out & enjoy some quiet time. My intention for this week is to finish out the month strong & meeting my calorie goals. My intention for this month is to make it through the seasonal transition with a sense of joy rather than annoyance. April is going to be lovely, damn it!
Respond to y’all one day a week: Managed to chat with y’all at least once a week so far!
Your turn! How was your day?
In May of 2020 I decided to quit drinking alcohol (was a heavy drinker,) stop smoking cigarettes and start counting calories. I decided I wasn't going on a diet, I was going on a lifestyle. That meant I wasn't going to cut out the foods I love, I still eat what I want, but I count the calories for it. This was an option that allowed me to still eat good food and desserts. I learned how to cook (I NEVER cooked before... Only fast food and microwavable stuff.) I decided to meal prep and freeze delicious 1 cup meals (lasagna, taco lasagna, breakfast casseroles, creamy chicken chili and lots more!) I used MyFitnessPal and tracked about 1200-1500 calories a day. I'm still on a slow weight loss now and I exercise 6 times a week only because I find it fun (water aerobics!) I'm not sure what my goal weight is, I have more of a goal look/feel and I don't think I'm there yet, but I am happy. The first half of my weight loss was only counting calories, no exercise. I treat my calories like they are money in the bank and only spend them on things I want. I also do not track exercise calories or eat them back, they are my savings account if I ever want a day where I'm just not paying attention to my calories.
36/F….was a little too proud of myself in 2020 for not gaining weight like all my work friends, but I fell off the wagon in 2021. Back into martial arts (Muay Thai) went my round derrière as my New Year’s gift to self…and as of today I’m back in pants I hadn’t worn in 8-9 months. So happy!!
I don’t know if I’ve actually lost weight, but I do know my waist is down by 3” and I have a lot more energy.
Thoughts:
Net benefits: martial arts helped me a LOT with body confidence in my late teens and twenties, even though I didn’t need to lose weight at the time. Now that I do, it’s helping me with my confidence again, as well as my figure.
Fillers: the instructor has us practice stances and things at home which feels silly but I’ve noticed I can do them while I’m waiting for other things to happen. Instead of filling time by eating popcorn during commercials, I can do squats. Waiting for the microwave, I can work on whatever stance or short routine I’m assigned (burns about as many calories as Thai Chi). Plus, it FEELS a lot better than just standing there waiting for the proverbial water to boil.
Baby steps: super simplistic I know but I’m working on my diet very slowly. Right now it’s all about liquids. Soda once a week or less; I’m at 16 oz more water/day. No creamer in coffee.
I've been a yo-yo dieter for just over a decade. I would restrict myself into the narrowest of paths and if the slighted deviation occurred, I'd wave my prepared white flag and give up.
The past few months, I've done something I'd never even considered before - I gave myself leeway and the benefit of understanding I'm human. I plan my cheat days instead of letting them surprise me and absolve all my motivation.
On my weekly cheat day, I eat at maintenance and don't chastise myself for eating what I want. I've made an agreement with myself to have just the one day, and get back to working on my health the next.
Anyway, I can see myself healthy in the not so distant future. Whereas before, I'm pretty sure I had my mind already preparing for failure before I even began.
Hi all. I originally posted this in the daily Q&A but didn't receive a response. I'll try here and hope for some feedback. Comment directly copy and pasted from thread:.
So I am 5'7", F 31, 167lbs.
I have been doing IF (16-8) and keeping my calories to 1300/day and averaging 110g of protein. I have a sedentary desk job, but walk 5km a day after work. I cut out all alcohol too.
I have been doing all of this for five weeks.
I've gained 4lbs and don't see ANY visible progress (I take a photo every Sunday). This doesn't seem possible.
I use a food scale to measure my portions and log everything. I make sure to track any cooking oils I use, and I've cooked all my meals so there's no room for error in guestimating on takeout/restaurant food.
Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong? I've tried googling but everything just says I am counting my calories wrong and to get a good scale. I already have and use one. I know I'm counting correctly.
E: also, my cycle is super regular. I can tell exactly which day I'm going to start my period, even which days I expect to be a little on edge, bloated, etc. I weighed myself initially on a day I knew I'd be heavier due to bloating/water retention and I still gained.
I'm so confused and discouraged.
I'd like to exercise more. I have a few exercise games like Ring Fit Adventure but rarely feel like playing them. I do a 1-3 hour walk least every other day but it's boring going on the same routes all the time.
I'm thinking about joining a local gym. I'm interested in the treadmill and stepper but buying my own equipment is way too expensive.
At the same time, I'm embarrassed at joining a gym. I just want to use the treadmill for a while and call it a day. Being around all these health savvy fitness people works up my health anxiety.
Is it even worth money using these equipment when I can do it for free by going out more?
Hello wonderful losers!
March 29! We’re closing in on the end of another fabulous month. Are you folks thinking about what April’s goals will be yet? Yeah, me too, finally! Here’s the sign up post!
Weigh in daily, enter in Libra & remind self that it’s a number not a self-worth estimate: Got it! 27/29 days.
1800-2000 calories a day, two pounds to lose this month: On it today 15/22 days.
Exercise 5 days a week (strength work/tbar swings 3 days a week): Lunch walk! 23/29 days.
Writing project and/or journaling -1,666 words a day: Digital tappy tap and therapy.
Todays gratitude list: Today I’m grateful for rain & puddles to splash in.
Express intention (day, week, month or moment): My intention for today/tomorrow is to treat myself with kindness, not skip my evening work out & enjoy some quiet time. My intention for this week is to finish out the month strong & meeting my calorie goals. My intention for this month is to make it through the seasonal transition with a sense of joy rather than annoyance. April is going to be lovely, damn it!
Respond to y’all one day a week: Managed to chat with y’all at least once a week so far!
Your turn! How was your day?
These were 4 great months, I got from 303lb (137kg) to 220lbs (100kg) in just 4 months. In other words, from 43% body fat to 24%. Still some more work to do, but really happy for now achieving something that seemed to be impossible.
Progress picture: https://imgur.com/a/qe7xBIt
This sub helped me a lot, so it's time to give back and I hope this can help somebody. It was time for a big change! Just starting with my new startup work-life balance did not really exist and I also needed to get out of an unhealthy loop in life. I am a really hard working person, but I never really focused like this on self-development, time after time weight got worse through multiple small rebounds and felt more unhealthy, so I got a really good suggestion: what would happen if I focus my skills into self-development for some months? I love data and taking a scientific approach with everything, so let's get into the challenge!
Overall speaking about diet and exercise I developed a plan, but differently from the common way of doing it, this time I just focus on not failing to follow it 80% of the time (Hi Pareto!), so even though it might sound really strong I often have cheat days, cheat meals (eating x2-x3) and rest days. I listen to what the body asks for but usually the success rate is above 90%.
Anyway, I did not set a time goal and I didn’t really expect to get better so fast.
It seems that food intake is the most important part, so let's see:
Starting point: Not really healthy...
Diet plan target:
Main foods:
Eating schedule:
Usually intermittent fasting 20/4 (Fast 20h, eat in 4h) or just eat once a day. The main meal is always after working out at midday.
Exercise:
Main target is 3h workouts 7 days a week (For the first month I had to split it in 2, so I worked out 2 times/day with about 10h rest in between). No planned rest days, currently what I call my rest day is going out of my daily routine and doing a 5h hike. As I said, anytime I feel really tired I rest that day.
My best time of the day for working out is right after I wake up. I get into the gym as soon as it opens and end with a cold shower, that gives me energy for the rest of the day.
Daily optimal workout is divided into 1h strength training (weight lifting) + 2h cardio u/130bpm
Strength training:
Overall I improved weight lifting by about 30% since I started. Usually 4x12 reps, 2x exercises per muscle group.
Day 1) Chest + Triceps
Day 2) Back + Biceps
Day 3) Legs + Shoulders
Everyday) Abs+Lower back
Cardio training:
As I said, I try to stay around 130bpm for optimal fat burning and not getting too exhausted. Although lately I’m getting more motivated some days and I get up to the 150bpm range.
50% uphill walking (10% grade) for the first 13 weeks and jogging/running from there.
50% elliptical (hills mode)
Running:
Starting point: I avoided running/jogging to prevent joint injuries until feeling in shape for it.
Week 14: Started couch to 5k 9 week program day 1 on monday, on tuesday I jumped straight into week 6 and finished also the 7th.
Week 15:
Day 1) Finished the 5k in 35 min. Thinking about the 5k to 10k 8 week program.
Day 2) Finished the 10k in 70min.
Rest of the week) 2x 5k + 2x 10k
Week 16:
-15k seems feasible this week, but currently doing 5k-9k u/9kmph.
Hiking:
Starting point: 2h+300m elevation gain
Current: 5h+1500m elevation gain
Target: 7h+2000m elevation gain.
Rapid weight loss unwanted consequences prevention:
The liver has to process a lot of fat and the gallbladder is not used so much anymore as a result of the sudden decrease in fat intake. To prevent liver damage and gallstones I take supplements of Milk thistle, Artichoke and Dandelion.
Same for kidneys, a massive amount of fat and protein is being excreted so I drink above 1 gallon of water (4L) of water per day. When I began I didn’t drink enough water so I got a really high value of Urate in a blood check but it completely went away when I started drinking more water.
Regular blood checks (common stuff+vitamins+minerals+hormones):
- Supplements for low values or deficits, vit c, d, zinc and magnesium.
- All the other blood values are perfect.
Other supplements:
I had to stop training a few times:
Mental health:
Some more interesting findings:
Effects on other previous health conditions:
Once I get to my target goals for this change (I guess 2-3 more months):
I will slow down, adjust everything for maintenance, make more free time to enjoy the summer and find new goals!
I’m 17 and obese, I didn’t realise until a few weeks ago how severely overweight I a, when I use a BMI calculator and it shows me having just over a 31BMI . I’m 250LBS and 6”3.
I essentially starved myself (1 meal medium sized meal per day) for the past 10 days and lost 8lbs but I realise it’s not healthy in the longterm.
Is it safe to start to follow a moderate calorie deficit or should I wait until I am a few years older before I start to lose weight?
My goal weight would be 199LBS which is a healthy weight according to a BMI calculator.
Hello friendly people! I have long used Splenda as my go-to zero cal sweetener. I make a great zero cal vanilla syrup with it, and I use it reliably in low cal baking. I find it doesn't have a cooling effect or any weird aftertaste. Unfortunately my local costco doesn't seem to be carrying it anymore (sadness!). Instead they seem to now be carrying "Volupta Erythritol & Monk Fruit Zero Calorie Sweetener" Has anyone tried it? Does it do that cooling thing that erythritol does? Does it work in baking? Does it have a weird aftertaste? I don't really want to buy an entire costco sized bag of it only to find that I hate it! Any experience and thoughts on the product are appreciated! Thank you!
I have Ehlers-Danlos Type 3 (hypermobility) and a natural dislike of exercise. Also mental illness, which can sometimes make it difficult to motivate myself.
Two years ago, when I started working from home because of the virus, I suddenly had more time to take little walks around the block. I had more time to prep and cook meals. I almost immediately went from sedentary (and in terrible pain) to walking 10,000+ steps most days. I got mildly injured several times, so I invested in bandages, BioFreeze, and heat packs. I worked my ass off and lost 45 lbs in a year, going from 231 to 186 at 5'4" as a 39 year old ladyperson.
And then... I got a traumatic brain injury. A year ago, I received a really bad head bonk and it completely derailed me. All of a sudden I had no energy, was dizzy, couldn't concentrate, and was once again eating my feelings to try to deal with the trauma of what had happened to me. The TBI wasn't my fault at all, and it's actually a really shitty story that I am legally required not to tell anyone about because I finally got a bit of $$$ (not enough) for how bad I got fucked up by it.
I am now mostly back to myself, although I have persistent and possibly life-long issues from the brain trauma. I am trying to get back on track. I had almost hit my top weight from two years ago when I enrolled in a insurance-sponsored health coaching program. They sent me a scale (I already owned a scale, but still, nice.) So I weigh myself when I remember to, and just from trying to eat less crap (and eat less, well, everything,) I've lost about 4 lbs in the past month.
I know I went WAY TOO HARDCORE two years ago and it wasn't sustainable. I'm trying to build good habits now that I can maintain for the long haul. And cardio is good for recovery from brain injury. I'm rejoining Loseit so that I can be accountable and also feel a sense of community and hope. I still don't have a lot of energy for exercise but I'm trying to at least get the ball rolling on that. I'm turning 41 soon and I don't want to be out of shape at 45/50/60.
If anyone has advice or support, if anyone has tried to heal from a devastating injury and get back on track, please respond and let me know how you did it.
Thanks.
It may be too early to post this, but I’m impatient! So I started a diet almost two weeks ago - in the first 8 days, I lost 7 pounds. Then, in the last four days, I haven’t lost any weight. I’m afraid that I lost water weight, and now that I’m done with that, I’m not losing anything with this calorie intake - I’m only eating 1300 calories per day on the weekdays and 1500 on the weekends. Any thoughts? Is it common to hit a plateau after losing the water weight, and then start losing again after that? Any advice would be helpful!
The past few years have been rough (for all of us). I had lost about 60 lbs 5 years ago but managed to gain it all back. Along with the pandemic, my health issues spiraled me into a constant depression and anxiety.
I have several autoimmune issues - the worse ones being a joint mobility issue and fibromyalgia. I have constant pain from tight muscles trying to hold my joints together. The fibro exacerbates it. I had been exercising (yoga, barre and Pilates) for 2 years about 5 times a week. I loved it.
That all came to a screeching halt when I ended up with bursitis in both hips from hip instability, rib/muscle pain from a floating rib that likes to float too much, a pinched nerve in my neck and various other points of pain. It took nearly a YEAR to resolve.
And then the anxiety kicked in. I was (and still am) so afraid of having all that pain come back. I’m used to daily pain, but it’s more background noise and I can push through. But man, I was down for awhile. I could barely walk, couldn’t sleep etc. I was terrified to go back to that.
But today…. today I exercised. Granted, I could only do a few reps of the resistance bands and I’m low key worried how I’ll feel tomorrow. But I did it!!
Excuse my ignorance here. I know, I know, calorie deficit = weight loss. For context, I’ve been seeing amazing results from my current diet and workout routine, but I’ve decided to modify my regime a little. Still eating very healthy/in a deficit, I plan on sticking to regular treadmill running instead of 30 min treadmill running AND a 15/20 minute HIIT cardio workout before each run. I feel like I haven’t been loving squeezing the HIIT into my routine but I love the running. My question is, can I expect to lose significant progress in my weight loss by cutting out this portion of my workout? Thanks in advance Sincerely, an anxious gal
might not be an eating disorder but dunno how else to describe it, basically i lost weight nearly 2 yrs ago, during lockdown, which probably didnt help. I am now a healthy weight and look normal but I have a fear of food and obsess over it and sometimes do weird stuff like chew food and spit it out...i sometimes even make myself throw up after eating (rarely though, I dont like it). Sometimes I stop being so strict and weird with food, unfortunately those days I tend to eat more. Despite all this I am very healthy, I work out hard every day and almost always eat a very healthy diet. All my bloods are great except mild vitamin deficiencies which i'm fixing.
I get fixated on weighing and logging all food and tracking my weight and it feels like such a waste of time cause I never used to be someone who cared about stuff like that. I used to be a "chill" type of person. I can't eat a little slice of pizza without stressing over it or worrying I miscalculated. I never even eat out cause of it. It is stupid to be so obsessed with my weight, there are much more important things in life, but I can't seem to let it go. It's not like I want to be super skinny, I just want to look fit and healthy with low body fat. The difference in how I'm treated is crazy and it feels like one wrong step and I'll be back like that. I would lose the nice new life I built for myself with a beautiful gf and new found confidence..
At the end of the day, I would rather have this eating disorder than be fat, but I wish is wasn't such a struggle every day. I want to be able to eat normal food without my inner fatty despearate to eat junk all the time and ruin my progress
for ref i am 27, 5'11" male, 117kg to 64kg (257 lbs to 142)
Anyone else gone through this ?? If I have to just accept it then okay, but if anyone has some tips on how to tone down the obsession/ shut up my inner fatty without gaining weight or ruining progress that would be great.
So I’ve been big all my life (literally, I had to do food diaries at 3 years old) and all that time I’ve had doctors/teachers/family shout and nag me to lose weight. In the past they just talked to a brick wall as obviously it’s only me who can make that decision but now I finally actually have a motivator. It’s silly and a lot of people have said I’m not going to stick to this but I’m obsessed with the character Harley Quinn, as in the jokers ex, and so I want to be the exact same weight as her (140lbs).
What’s your motivator? Has it been for health reasons? Scared for the future or did you too start with a silly reason? Sometimes the words stick and I start to believe that I might not actually follow through with it and it’d be like the last times I’ve wanted to lose weight. Do I rethink this?
It is officially a month since i started dieting. I’ve made a few posts in the past and they’ve all been about me binging and eating shit food despite how badly I want to lose weight and get in better shape. I don’t workout and if I do (which is like once every two weeks) I will do some squats. I’ll attach photos of my workout routine and step count for the month. As you can see I’m really not active and I don’t leave the house. If only I went on walks more often or did some crunches in the comfort of my own home i would have lost more weight. As for what I eat daily? I try to stay between 1200 to 1500 but to be completely honest I can’t do 1200 and have gone between 1500 to 1600. Hopefully by this month I’ll make it to 1400 and then be able to go lower and lower. I still find it hard to eat. Hard to choose cucumber slices instead of bread or chips. Hard to choose a salad instead of a chicken sandwich from a fast food place. I try to eat in smaller portions now. And although I haven’t fully switched to being healthier, I choose smaller sizes. I used to order venti coffees from Starbucks and made the switch to a grande. Used to get a large mocha frappe from McDonald’s (cause it’s kinda goooood) and am down to a small (which has 460 calories ?!?! wtf). And if im really craving chicken nuggets and fries i get a happy meal and satisfy my cravings. I even grabbed ice cream the other day, ate a bit and then felt fine and put it back.
Sorry for the long post. I still can’t do what others can. And I wish I had lost more. If I wasn’t so lazy and hungry all the time maybe I would have lost 10 or even 15. But I’ll get there. My plan is to lose 50 pounds by August or September. Is that doable? Maybe if I put in more work. But i am proud of myself for this month. The beginning is always the hardest I think. I treated myself to two cookies today. And they were so fucking good.
Do you guys have any tips for getting rid of soda from your diet?
I’m a 36 year old male, about 270 pounds. I just tried going cold turkey. Day 1 was surprisingly great. Day 2, I experienced the most brutal headaches of my life.
I know that dropping the 3-5 20oz sodas I drink per day are going to be a huge part to my losing weight. Do any of you have experience on how you did it?
Thank you so much! I am so grateful for this subreddit!
6'4 340 lb male here. Have a waist size of 50 inches. Started at 370 lb, lost 30 lb so far in 3 months. I'm not sure what my final goal weight should be though? I know some people will say I should do small step goals one at a time, but I just don't work like that.
My goal physique is not to just be skinny, but lean with a good amount of muscle that gives a strong manly look - what weight would that be?
Is there anyone here at my height who has a good idea/is at/was once at a physique that I'm describing?
I find myself in an endless loop of making some progress and then falling into a binge, over and over and over again.
I spoke to my doctor about my binge eating when I was 15. I spoke to my parents. I spoke to my closest friends. I spoke to 4 different therapists in the span of 6 months because they all ended up downplaying the severity of my B.E.D. since I’m a “healthy” weight. I spoke to dietitians on Instagram and even my school counselor. No one could understand me, so I just stopped reaching out for help and tried to figure my problems out on my own.
I’m about to turn 18 and nothing has changed. I’m 5’7 and weigh 130 lbs. right now. Sure, I lost weight. But it wasn’t even in a healthy way. I still binge and can’t seem to find balance.
My mom is putting a lot of pressure on me to lose 10-15 more pounds to look nice for my graduation. I know she just wants me to eat healthier and tone up but I feel so disappointed not being able to reach that simple goal. I know I’m going to binge more if I try another diet. It really does make me sad to be a quitter but I don’t think I can do this anymore. Good luck to everyone on their own weight loss journeys. You guys can do it.
Most of my life I was pretty thin, I’m 5’2 and at one point I was 125 lbs and feeling great. I ate healthy and did some exercises throughout my week but nothing crazy ( mainly just some small cardio to get myself up and moving) but then I started gaining crazy amounts of weight when no changes were made to my diet. Fast forward I discovered I had issues with my thyroid and it’s affected my metabolism like crazy, I’ve gained like 70 pounds and it won’t come off. It’s gotten to the point where I’ve lost motivation because no matter how good I ate nothing was changing, so I said screw it I’ll just eat what I want since I can’t lose weight anyway. Now I’m done and I mean just done living like this and need to change things but I’ve gotten so far into eating just garbage foods that it seems impossible to get out of. My relationship with really unhealthy foods has gotten terrible and I need help
Long story short I’ve failed to lose weight for the past 6,8 months I really want to participate in a competition soon and it’s 2 months away there’s a weight limit that’s not too bad it’s abt 60kg which I think is decent I’m abt 70 something kgs and I have two months to reach that point I started it a week ago and failed I ate a light breakfast 🍳 and lost track and kept eating even fried some nuggets while I was at it….I’m 19 btw at some point I tried just eating one dish a day which for me was pizza I was really craving it so I figured if I didn’t eat anything the whole day and just eat pizza it would be fine for my weight but my weight has increased double and I can’t believe my sad pathetic life back at square one once again …I feel like losing that much weight in 2-3 months is impossible pls how do I control myself and is it possible to lose 10kgs in a few months or should I just give up on this competition and stop doing this diet if it’s not gonna work out….
I am 35, and a dad to 3 kids, I’ve always been on the “thicker side”. I’m just built sturdy at 6’0”, with broad shoulders. I’ll never be “skinny”, but I’ve bounced up and down over the last 10 years from 210-240 usually, but over the last 2 years, I’ve ballooned to 260. It’s the heaviest I’ve ever been. This week I’ve got to go back to the office and 2 years ago I was 230. I’m very self conscious about how people are going to see me with this extra weight on. I know I have to get back on track and get into better shape for my wife and kids, especially since we’ve got a 4th on the way due in July. Idk why I’m posting this other than to maybe take some accountability or here others who are in the same struggle as me. I’ve decided I want to commit to losing 30 lbs first to get back to where I was pre-pandemic and maybe drop 10-15 more after that. I’ve always been most happy with myself at around 215-220. I’ve done Keto in the past and it’s worked. I just don’t want this to happen again.
I’ve lost ~100lbs and maintained it for 5 years! I have been working out consistently for 2 years. When I search for recommended thigh specific workouts, it’s typically already thin people who just want more definition! I feel like I have a lot to work through before I get to that point! I wanted to come to y’all to see if you had any personal success, routines, or recommendations to help me build stronger, smoother legs!
Thank you!
I'm 18 at 174cm, I weighed 99kg but now im 84kg.
I've been intermittent fasting for 3 months, did 16/8 then 20/4 and now for the last 2 months I've been eating one meal a day with occasional long fasts from 36 to 48 hours.
I ate about 1200 to 1600 calories on normal days and between 2400 and 3000 calories on the weekend, but now i started to get concerned because some people said it was unhealthy, and after researching a bit i got even more confused, people saying i would get gallstones, dizziness, heart attacks and other problems.
I haven't felt any symptoms or anything but i'm here to ask if i have or am i going to have any problem and also what should i do? ( eat a bit more?)
Thank you for your time.
Edit: Forgot to add, i exercised every day with pushups, squats, abs, burpees and some more.
My wife and I had our first child back in September. Before he was born I was a gym fanatic and in great shape.
But for the last 6 months my life has completely flipped upside down. Don’t get me wrong I love my son to death but he literally wakes up every 2 hours through the night since he has been born. We get about 5-6 hours of sleep broken up into 2 hour segments.
So as you can imagine I’m physically and mentally exhausted throughout my day. I couldn’t imagine trying to workout feeling this way, but I can see my health and weight quickly going in the wrong direction.
I want to try and start back to the gym but will I be wasting my time if my body is sleep deprived? I wonder if it will get my body going back in the right direction and just make it worse.
Hi all! Been eating fastfood for most of the pandemic, put on 60 pounds and almost 2 weeks ago, I finally cut it all out my diet. No more sugar, soda, fast food , trans fat, I now eat a lot of fruits, vegetables, lean protein, white meat, fish, lots of good things. I want to specify I take a little bit of peanut butter and olive oil to have some good fat, I should now feel amazing ...but somehow I feel so weak and lethargic, is this normal? lol
I weight 228 pounds, 6ft, 2700 good calories a day to be around maintenance, not losing weight yet, just wanted to get off the fast food first but diet is amazing, I eat enough calories, I sleep very well, I just feel so tired and it makes it hard to go to the gym and do as much cardio as I'd like to, which will be a problem for weight loss when I start it.
Is this normal? Is this like withdrawal from fast food? Any idea how long this lasts? I quit almost 2 weeks ago but it's becoming problematic. I was mopping the floor at home and felt so tired I almost collapsed to the floor. lol I take fish oil supplements, vitamin D, blood test was perfect, not really any deficiency that we know of, copper seem to be okay, this is strange.
Thank you very much for the infos and insight, have a good night! =)
I would like to preface this by telling everyone I wrote this in a rush, so sorry for my grammar mistakes!
Hi yall, It has been a while since I last posted, but wanted to update everyone on my weight loss journey. I will get right to it and say I am currently sitting at 207lbs instead of the 274lbs I was during last March. my physical appearance has changed so much and I am so happy that I started this life improvement journey. I have been very lucky through this entire journey as my family has been very supportive of my choice in losing weight. I have as of March 25th, 2022 have gone a full calendar year without none necessary sugar. This means I had cut all sweets of every kind. No candy, sweet desserts, etc. I have been very lucky to get over the cravings in the first few months and be able to hold so strongly after all this time. The only thing I really fell back on after 8 months of cutting soda was I now drink a sugar-free calorie-free soda every blue moon. One of the MANY things I noted on this journey is that my weight loss was that I blasted off like a rocket when losing weight in the beginning but eventually I hit a plateau that caused me not to lose weight for over 2 months. around month 9 I started to not lose weight as quickly as I did when I first began. I realized this was natural and over the next 3 I had lost slowly but surely another 10lbs. It was very discouraging at first, but after looking at this sub and how other people were going through the same thing I realized I was not alone. Every time I would get nervous or think something in my weight-loss journey was going wrong I would come and lurk here for a little bit and eventually find the right information that I needed. Just seeing how this community was here with all the information that it holds really did help me change my life.
Since summer is starting back after that harsh winter (which was colder than I remembered due to losing the 60+lbs of blubber I was carrying around) I am finally going to start going to a full-time gym instead of just using whatever I can find here at my home. I am also going to start following a set meal plan instead of just waking up and making stir fry for the thousandth time. I just wanted to let you guys know that I have not failed my promise to myself and I believe that if I can do it then most people can. Last bit of advice and motivation I will tell you now that the hardest step is the first. If you have trouble going for a walk getting the motivation for that first step will make you do that walk. Getting out with all your gear and headphones on will make you see you have come too far to turn back now. It is not a race it is a challenge that you have put on yourself to do better. Just one foot in front of the other my friends and take that first step. My final note and the best advice I can give to anyone trying to do the same thing as I did is pick your head up and look at yourself in the mirror. Take a deep long look and ask yourself "Is this the person I imagine myself to be? Is this the person I want to be seen as from the point of view of the rest of the world?" if it is? Then you are good! If not? well, get to it bud because you are about to change your life to what you want it to be.
Sincerely your favorite swallow bore coconut,
The_Migrated_Coconut
Which one actually keeps you full longer? I've been told carbs keep you satisfied for a short period of time, but then I hear people say oats keep them going for hours.
I also hear fat is what keeps you full, but then I hear that protein is actually more important. Does protein powder actually do anything for you, or is it like liquid calories even when mixed with oats? Does butter and oil help in keeping you full, or do they just add unnecessary calories?
I have tried eating lupine flakes because they're supposed to be high in protein, but they make me hungry 30 minutes later like oats do.
Can someone dumb this down for this dummy?
I've always had trouble with stress and boredom eating.
I've recently become serious about my weightloss journey and am using the CICO method. I'm still trying to find a scale so I haven't weighed myself, but it's only been since the start of the month so not much has changed how I physically look. But I've started changing things that make me feel better.
I've tried to avoid fries, among other things. I've still had them once or twice, but with less salt and pepper, and I've made a conscious choice to not order them if I can help it. Today, I got takeout. I ordered chicken and rice. Unfortunately, there was a mess up and I got fries instead of rice. It also came with a side salad that I was gonna save for later so I just had that with dinner instead and still ate enough to be full but stay in my calorie limit - walking to and from the restaurant definitely helped with that - but before I would've still saved the salad and just had the fries anyway. But today I didn't!
For someone who doesn't struggle with eating just because food is there and all of the psychological issues that go with that, it doesn't seem like a lot, it's just normal for them. But for someone like me, who does struggle with that, who finishes her plate even if she's full halfway through, who eats whole bags of chips without realizing it, it's a pretty good feeling knowing that I didn't have the fries, that I made the choice to have a side salad instead and not because of shame, but because I'm choosing to make healthier choices.
Hey guys, im a guy age 23 and im 5'9 (idk if that matters) and to be honest im kinda dumb when it comes to understanding weight loss, to me its both very simple yet ridiculously complicated at the same time.
Recently ive reached my heaviest weight which is about 280lbs and i feel like crap, my confidence has been all but completely eradicated with my negative self image and general self loathing, ive told myself im 23 nearly 24 its now or never time to get a move on and make an effort. Im starting off small with long walks up to an hour most days ive kicked sugar almost entirely out of my diet which i actually did a while ago and have been keeping up with however i neglected to kick out artificial sugars too which i have learned are not good either so ive substituted 99% of what i drink with ice cold water and im kinda loving it low key.
i looked to youtube for answers and i cant help but feel like i have to take everything with a grain of salt bc im constantly being advertised to and told that this kind of weight loss advisor is lying to you or misinforming me and this one isnt so its hard to trust anything thats said tbh.
I dont really eat a lot, usually one meal a day or two small ones anything more ill be sick my big issue tho is ill drink a lot of sugar free drinks which i thought wasnt unhealthy but boy was i wrong, ive tried my best to take away the useful information and ive come up with the following steps to implement into my life.
1) I cant afford a gym so im gonna do free exercise for up to an hour 4-5/7 days a week say walking, brisk jogging or hiking all things im happy to do.
2) Goodbye sugar drinks and hello water about 1.5 L a day, ill be reducing my starchy food and carb intake for more lean meats or whatever veggie options i can tolerate bc i genuinely gag with vegetables idk why and i hear meat fills you up longer and takes more energy to process
3) Im gonna try to get my sleep schedule back to a healthy routine bc i am always up so late and feel terrible the next day, also stress in general i think contributes to comfort eating so i think ill walk more often around nature areas to feel a little more at ease.
So yeah, pretty basic but thats what i got. any feedback or advice would be massively appreciated. thanks guys :)
So around July of last year I decided to lose weight without knowing anything about dieting and was consuming pretty low calories for my size and height. While dropping weight i changed my lifestyle too like eating more healthier and exercising daily but i was still consuming too few calories to sustain myself.I stuck to it for a long time and managed to drop a lot of weight in a short amount of time. I realized that I wasn’t feeling good at all after the long time of not eating enough and decided to stop dieting and take a break. Got checked by a doctor and by surprised I was told that I was malnourished. I decided to take a break from exercise and dieting and man things went down hill from there. Not eating enough led me to binge and binge a lot. Day after the binges I couldn’t even make it to the gym because I was feeling so sluggish. The binges kept going on and gained alot of weight back and it’s just making me feel bad about myself because I really did it to myself. I ate too few calories for a person who was really active at the time. I’m just another loser who I guess crash dieted too long and now is regaining all the weight back. I’m trying hard to go back to my lifestyle but my energy is so low for some reason now causing me to wake up really late and not feel motivated. I really lost all hope for myself and I guess I was always meant to be a “bigger” person.
stats: 18F 5'7 (SW: 133 lbs. CW: 133 lbs. GW: 115 lbs.)
breakfast: eggs, sausage, and a plum
lunch: 8 pc. chic-fil-a nuggets with medium fries
dinner: pesto pasta and a can of coconut water
workout: Pamela Reif 15 min. Boxing Cardio, Pamela Reif 12 Min. Happy Cardio
thoughts: I'm really proud of myself for not snacking today. I definitely think that I could have made some wiser food choices but as long as I don't binge, I can't complain. I am recovering from bulimia and would like to lose some weight in a non-restrictive way. I've been able to get away with maintaining this weight while eating slightly unhealthy for the past year. So I think that as long as I cut down on snacking and start working out, I should shed a few pounds. If I reach my goal weight, that's great but if I don't, I just hope that I'll have a healthier relationship with food before I go to college. That's all for today.
I’m 21, 6’0, 190.5 lbs, at 18% body fat. Body composition described below:
• 34.2 lbs body fat mass
• 41.9 lbs lean dry lean mass
• 114.4 lbs total body water
According to this tdee calculator, I should be getting in 2,435 cal / day if I wanted to cut (I put “moderate exercise” since I gym 5x a week).
I’m currently trying a 2,000 cal / day diet, which is a deficit of around 900 cal / day or 1.8 lbs / week (assuming a deficit of 500 cal / day is equivalent to losing 1 lb / week).
I want to cut for 8 weeks, which means I’ll lose 1.8 lbs / week * 8 weeks = 14.4 lbs, and I’ll weigh somewhere around 190.5 - 14.4 = 176 lbs post-cut.
Is there a way to know what my body fat percentage will be at the end of the cut? Or do I have to go get a body composition test again?
I don't know if it's my upcoming period (expecting it sometime next week), the fact that I'm coming off of long-term adrenaline (the kids are finally letting me sleep through the night more often than not for the first time in almost 2 years), or the two together but...my willpower is sucking tonight.
Oh well, I choose to work with my body instead of against it. Clearly, today isn't the day to prioritize losing weight. I will try to make healthy choices when I can, I know I won't get derailed for more than a few days, and then I'll pick myself up, dust myself off, and start afresh.
for the lipedema lurkers or ladies that suspect or dont even know they have it (trunk legs bony feet skinny torso)
theres hope! just got my surgery consult complete and she even changed the order and zones to make sure it works for my ehlers danlos so i can wear my braces!! im super happy. know theres hope ladies! anthem for the record. aetna also covers it.
just keep working to lose the other body fat they will help you! AMA
3 years ago I was in my best shape. I was still working in the office, had a great social life. Then covid happened. I gained 50 lbs from 2020-2021. I’m a short girl and I mean 50 lbs is probably drastic for anyone. I felt unhealthy, my breathing started to take a hit. As of September 2021, I lost 20 of those pounds. I went through a break up, moved out, and am starting to get back on track with working out and OMAD.
In the meantime I turn down invites all the time. I turned down an invite to a comedy show with old co workers today that I haven’t seen since we were in the office. Yesterday a neighbor invited me to go out for Karaoke and I didn’t go. I’m not going to a March madness work event tomorrow.
I’m in my late 20s and I know I’ll regret missing out on these things but I don’t want people I’ve know to even notice how much bigger I’ve gotten and I don’t want new people to know me as a bigger girl. I know this is an internal battle, but I wish I wasn’t like this. My weight has always controlled my life. I wonder if it’s this debilitating for other people where it feels like my weight is ruining my life.
I search for recipes on Skinny Taste sometimes, but I'm looking for some fresh new recipes. Where do you all have the most success with finding a wide variety of delicious recipes that aren't super high in calories?
While you're here, feel free to drop your favorite one-pot, meal prep, or casserole meal staples that have been tasty and effective on your weight loss journey!
One recent one I've been really into is Skinny Taste's "cheeseburger casserole". I have been making it with veggie meat, Banza chickpea noodles, and full fat cheddar. The recipe says it's 9 servings but I usually divide it into 6 servings and it's about 400 calories and 30g of protein.
[this is me thinking out loud/rant about maintenance.]
At 5’5 I am not a short woman. But I am smallish and certainly smaller than most men. I’ve been trying to figure out why maintenance has been a hard concept for me. I changed my calories in MFP today to maintenance and initially felt a wave of relief… but then dread? Dread that my maintenance was only 200 cal more than my cut (which was purposeful! I wanted to lose slowly!).
I think it’s because as a shorter person, it’s ingrained in me that 200 calories is the difference between gaining, maintenance, and loss. And so because I’ve been so careful these last few weeks, the idea of eating 200 cal more is very odd.
Like… someone who was cutting a 500 cal deficit could still eat more than the deficit and lose weight. I couldn’t really do that. And now I’m asking myself mentally to be okay with the one thing I couldn’t do—eat 200 more calories.
Ahhh it’s so silly! I’ve been cranky and tired and bloated. I need to eat at maintenance—I reached my goal! But it felt weird changing my goal in MFP!
Hello wonderful losers!
Day 24! Are you guys thinking about what April’s goals will be yet? Yeah, me neither. Let’s put that off for tomorrow!
Weigh in daily, enter in Libra & remind self that it’s a number not a self-worth estimate: Missed it this morning. Wasn’t in the head space to use that information kindly. 23/24 days.
1800-2000 calories a day, two pounds to lose this month: Swing and a miss today. I know better than to get into anything sweet early in the day but I did it. Tomorrow is a new opportunity for success even if today wasn’t a complete victory. 14/19 days.
Exercise 5 days a week (strength work/tbar swings 3 days a week): Rest day. 18/24 days.
Writing project and/or journaling -1,666 words a day: Digital tappy tap. And therapy which is verbal journaling with a sane person there to check your shit.
Todays gratitude list: Today I’m grateful for how beautiful a spring day today was. Mountains, sunshine, a very lively breeze.
Express intention (day, week, month or moment): I intend to find more joy in my body. It’s been a bit of a struggle lately & I want to reclaim it. I’m saying it again because it wasn’t so much a success the first try. Still trying! Looking for some sensory grounding exercises if you all have any ideas. I’m going to have a long bath tonight & see how that suits my senses! We’ll call this a work in progress. This isn’t going great, but I’m going to keep at it. Loudly, until it works.
Respond to y’all one day a week: Managed to chat with y’all at least once a week so far!
Your turn! How was your day?
Is anyone else at that stage in their weight loss journey where they are starting to redefine feelings of fullness and hunger?
I feel like I've made a breakthrough!
Today, I had takeout for dinner as a treat, and ate a pre-prepared lunch as usual. I felt stuffed! Based on relative portion sizes, and my feeling of fullness, I assumed this was my "cheat" day. It felt like I had eaten a ton of calories.
However, after carefully adding up the calories, it came to a grand total of... 1800 kcal! AKA my maintenance amount! (if I factor in light exercise)
Wow - I feel like I'm finally getting to the stage where I'm no longer sure I could physically binge eat if I wanted to, and boy, does it feel nice.
Anyone had a similar breakthrough experience?
Hello wonderful losers!
Wednesday! The middliest of day of the week!
Weigh in daily, enter in Libra & remind self that it’s a number not a self-worth estimate: Got it this morning. 23/23 days.
1800-2000 calories a day, two pounds to lose this month: Swing and a miss today. I know better than to get into anything sweet early in the day but I did it. Tomorrow is a new opportunity for success even if today wasn’t a complete victory. 14/18 days.
Exercise 5 days a week (strength work/tbar swings 3 days a week): 30 minute stationary bike. Too many rest days in a row blech. 18/23 days.
Writing project and/or journaling -1,666 words a day: Digital tappy tap.
Todays gratitude list: Today I’m grateful for a potentially short walk.
Express intention (day, week, month or moment): I intend to find more joy in my body. It’s been a bit of a struggle lately & I want to reclaim it. I’m saying it again because it wasn’t so much a success the first try. Still trying! Looking for some sensory grounding exercises if you all have any ideas. I’m going to have a long bath tonight & see how that suits my senses! We’ll call this a work in progress. This isn’t going great, but I’m going to keep at it.
Respond to y’all one day a week: Managed to chat with y’all at least once a week so far!
Your turn! How was your day?
I'm very close to my goal weight, and I was excited to discover this morning that my "skinny" pants that I'd been holding onto for like 11 years are back in fashion now! I have two pairs of jeans that I'd saved from my smaller days (a size 8 and a size 10), and the last time I fit into them was probably 2010. They're both bootcut/flare jeans, and so for the last decade or so that I was too big for them, I told myself that they wouldn't be very stylish anyway, since skinny jeans and jeggings have been all the rage, but now, bootcut and flare (and all things 90s) are back in, just in time for me to wear them again!
I started my weight loss journey a bit ago (for those of you who are concerned with my first post I’ve upped my calories to 1800 so no worries) and going to the gym daily has been part of that.
Running has never been my friend, mostly due to asthma but now obviously because my weight as well.
Even back when I was in good shape I have never been able to run more than half a mile without stopping, because I did not medicate my asthma in anyway at the time.
This has made me shy away a ton from cardio and the thought of it was dreadful for all my years up until this week.
The elliptical allows me to choose a pace where I can keep my heart rate between 135-155 which is my aerobic training hr and now I can go for 3 miles straight without stopping (this usually takes me just under 40 min)
Bc I could never train cardio running even at a slow jog would raise my heart rate too much, I tried it again recently and I still couldn’t manage even a quarter mile before having to walk due to my weight and an asthma flare up (I was outside).
But now thanks to the elliptical I can train my cardio and progress my way to being able to run one mile as I lose weight and cardio has actually been somewhat meditative for me and has had a really positive impact on my mental and physical health in only a week of doing it every day!
Just for reference: Body weight: 377.6 Height: 6’5 (194cm rougly) Calorie intake before diet: 3000-5000 Calorie intake now: 1800 Workout schedule: 3 miles of elliptical daily and upper body weight lifting every other day
I heard it is really hard to loose weight after 40...I turned 43 this year. I gained 50 pounds in the last 2 years, as the results of stress, pandemic, bad breakup and illness.
I finally found the courage to start my weight loss journey, which scares me quite a lot, I must admit..
I am more motivated than ever! Just found some super cute weight loss tracker online to helps me track my progress, I am now ready to start!!
Do you have any other advice for me on "how to loose weight over 40"?
I started at a whopping 205 started calorie counting the third day in. I have already lost 2lbs. I live in a group home, so it is hard to control what I eat so I just portion control what I eat. I stopped drinking the kool-aid, and am stopping the night time snack. I walk three hours a day, I know that is a lot but my medication has caused me to gain a ton of weight in a short amount of time, I don't have to live this way. I am 5 ft 3in.
I understand that it’s not predictable whether or not I’ll have it once I lose weight, but I would like to state that is isn’t coming as malicious or hateful. Over the years, growing up I’ve felt with horrible self image issues (bullying for being fat, wearing glasses, having a gummy smile) anything that you could think of I grew up with issues in that from family but mostly schoolmates. I know it’s in the past but it holds so much on me. I also understand that’s it’s me who will see the loose skin and future partner…but I feel so guilty feeling this way. People say, “well it’s better than being fat and unhealthy.” And I get that, but I worked so hard to get in shaped and to be left with loose skin would cause me more body issues. Yes, there is loose skin removal, but I’m nervous to ever consider that. I don’t have good genes, I’m 29F 5’2. Started at 212 and trying to get to 130. Is there any way to prevent some of it? I was thinking about losing 1 pound a week (if possible and I know it won’t always be that way), drinking more water and strength training. Again, if you find this post mean…I truly don’t want it to reflect on you like that. This is a problem within myself that I’m facing and how I value me. Thanks.
So I have ~major~ body dysmorphia. Im 24yo now but weight wise I've been 260 at my highest (17/18ish) and 150 at my lowest (19/20) I don't weigh myself anymore cause I've dealt with bulimia and anorexia so it's just easier and healthier for me to go by how I feel. It's pretty impossible to go by how I look because well... i have no idea how I look. I didn't realize I had a thigh gap before someone commented on my snapstory about it. BUT I can always tell when I'm at a "decent" weight because strangers will be so nice to me.
I assumed I lost weight recently because I've been swimming regularly and lifting weights too if I have the energy. I've also been forced to eat really healthy (basically raw food diet healthy) because there's lead in my water and I didn't find out until my diet was fucked up and I was too tired to move (ended up in urgent care). Months later eating out is still a challenge.
I assumed right because these past couple of days men have been ~really nice~ to me. Going out of their way in stores to talk to me. Employees attitudes at my gym and pool are all of a sudden more cheery tward me and strangers will randomly complement me. Not just men but people of any age, men have been more adamant though. Ill catch more eyes on me when I'm swimming. Going to the bars, I've been paying less and less for my nights out.
This also happened when I was at 150, but i thought it was just because i was in a much better mood because the only thing i noticed differently about myself was my mental state. My friends would make jokes about it, when we would go out shopping or to bars because people would just give me free things ~all the time~. I was like "its because I'm nice :)" and they'd be like "not it's because you're hot and skinny". And on god that's when I was like "wait..im skinny?" Because never in my LIFE had I been called skinny. I've always been bigger.
I like my body no matter what weight I'm at. I prefer to have a bit more fat on me cause when I was at my lowest I hated how my skin hanged and I lost my ass and tits :l
But DAMN like I wish it wasn't so obvious sometimes? Like I'm the SAME EXACT PERSON but now everyone wants to switch up and be my friend and now all these complements are comming out the woodwork 😐 it's nice but frustrating at the same time. Like my social life literally gets so much harder at a certain weight and that's such bullshit. God forbid I have a stomach.
Tldr: I got mad body dysmorphia and I can track my weightloss by the amount of complements I get in a day :l it's dumb and we should complement everyone because all bodies are beautiful bodies
So I am a 25 year old 5'11 indian guy. I am an electronics engineer. Due to the lockdown and a lot of inactivity I ballooned upto 103.5 kgs or around 229 lbs. Around mid August I decided that enough is enough and I needed to make a change to my life and my lifestyle. I started working out, joined a jiujitsu class and started doing intermittent fasting. In around 4 months I lost around 33 lbs or 15 kgs. I plan to get to around 165 lbs and participate in an iron man marathon and also maybe compete in mma, be it as an amateur.
The finish line is far but I am not stopping anytime until I achieve what I have set out to.
There are a few life lessons that I learnt from this journey until now that I would like to share for anyone who is going through the same struggle:
1.) First step is actually the toughest - What I found out a month in my training is that it is very easy to get trapped in a vortex where we keep delaying what we need to do. The inertia from not doing anything is too big and making the first move is actually very hard. We keep delaying it thinking once we start, we are not going to stop and thus it is fine to rest for one more day. That one day turns into weeks and months. So anyone who in this phase, please make one move start from something small such stopping to drink coke or eating sweets for a day. Take one small step.
2.) Rome wasn't built in a day - Now obviously we can't get in the shape that we thought of in one day or achieve whatever we set out to in a day or even a week or a month. But what I found out that before starting to train, I always had the thought process that I have a very strong will power from whatever I have done in my academics and research and that is going to permeate in my physical training as well. Well after just a day or two, I found out that it is not true. We cannot carry forward same level of tenacity from one field to the other. It takes time to build up that level of commitment and discipline. So anyone who is trying and failing to follow a particular regimen, please be patient. It is fine that you have failed today. Atleast you tried and I don't even mean as a consolation. The fact that you tried means you are one step closer to be better. And in some time you will see the number of days where you falter and do not follow the routine become less and less.
3.) Happiness is not in the end goal, it is in the journey you undertake - If you are thinking that the day you will achieve what you set out to, is the day you will enjoy, then you won't be able to complete the journey. You have to find happiness in your daily or weekly success that only you know. They may sound insignificant to others but that's not even the point. You can't get happiness from showing others that you achieved something. True happiness is innate and it only comes from the realization that you are better, you are improving. For me I set every Friday as the day I used to check my weight. Some weeks I lost 1 lb of weight. In absolute terms it is not much but I was the happiest in the week, at that moment. Honestly, I couldn't stop smiling as it validated the fact that I was on the right path and my work was paying off.
I think this post is getting too long. There are few other points that I think will help people on their own journey of growth and self discovery. I will write another post if people are interested to read.
Hello everyone,
I've started my weight loss journey in December and started taking monthly pictures in January.
First 10kg(22lbs) were quite easy to do. Started practicing OMAD and going to gym regularly.
After that, it is getting harder and harder to lose weight.
I've had Covid a few weeks ago and stopped going to gym because of it. I am all fine but it just broke my consistency and can't get back to going to it ever since.
Lately, I've restricted my diet to around 1500-1800 calories per day and still can't go down...
Just now, when I prepared those before/after photos, I can actually see the difference visually. I feel much better but I am afraid that next -10kgs will be really hard to get to.
Losing weight mainly because I am done being a fatty and because love life is kinda suffering right now... :D
Any tips on how you keep yourself motivated?
Before/after : https://imgur.com/a/cKUlWit
I got on the scale at my doctor's today and I'm about 145, I've gained 15-20 pounds in the last year. Now I know I'm within healthy range (5'7'') but I'm developing a beer belly of sorts and I'm not able to fit in my old pants... I even bought a pair today that I thought I'd fit and I tried them on and could barely button them. I have the receipt but I'm not returning them right away, that's my motivation right there.
My goal is pretty much to lose 10-15 lbs in about 3 months ideally. But I won't be too angry at myself if I can't meet that goal. I mainly just want to get healthier, look better.
The cause: I've been drinking a little too much and eating unhealthy stuff. I'm also on remeron which increases my appetite a ton. My mental health has been great, despite the wake up call today about gaining weight. So I need to change some things about my lifestyle so that I can be healthier, and maybe not have to buy new pants. I fell and hurt my knees (skinned and bruised really bad) late last week so it's been hard for me to be active until that heals up, I should be much better by the end of this week.
The plan: tracking calories honestly on an app, making healthier choices about food, cutting back on drinking and going back to the gym once I'm able to without paid.. All of these things will definitely help. I'd like to intermittent fast but remeron gives me the munchies 24/7 it's horrible.
I'm going to find healthier snacks and meals and go for walks during the day (something that won't hurt my knees that bad.)
If anyone has tips for filling and healthy meals and snacks or just tips in general let me know. I think my ideal loss per week is about 1.3lbs but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
Long story short, I gained 40 pounds. I'm the biggest I've ever been. I decided to step on a scale after a year of avoiding them. There it was. I knew something was up because nothing fit right. I'm overwhelmed with how much I need to lose to get to a healthy weight again, but I can get there by the beginning of summer if I start now. And I will. I'm rolling my sleeves up tomorrow and getting down to business. I know it'll be hard, but I needed this. Wish me luck... here we go again...I pray for the last time 🙏
hello! looking for some advice here, hopefully it’s the right place for it. I’ve looked in previous threads but I’m still struggling. So I’ve had a past with struggling with my relationship with food, I also have PCOS. I’m trying to recover my relationship with food but also trying to lose some weight so I’ve been on a calorie deficit. Essentially I’ve been on a deficit most of my adult life (due to my past restrictions and ED).
So I wanted to download MyFitnessPal so I know that I’m reaching my calories, my deficit is 1850 and I work out 4x a week (weight lifting and cardio). I really struggle to get my full deficit in unless I eat out or something like that. like today i feel like i ate a good amount but I’m only at 1500 calories. sidebar: i am vegetarian with the recent addition of eating tuna and salmon to get more protein.
i hope this isn’t too much info, just looking for some tips/advice! thank you in advance :)
