Weight loss: Always log your food! |
- Always log your food!
- Being a teenager in the era of the "body positivity" movement is the worst thing ever
- Down 15lbs, proud and humbled
- I didn’t think I’d ever be able to lose 10 pounds
- Coronavirus motivation
- 15lbs down as of today!
- Mildly inconvenient NSVs and the things your body surprises you with of
- My partner said I’m embarrassing
- I stepped on the scale today and started crying
- I constantly think about food...
- I’m extremely nervous about my first weigh-in!
- I feel like this sub is losing its roots. It seems it be becoming more like r/fatlogic, with many posts about how gross fat people and their habits are now that many of us aren’t “fat” anymore, and less about supporting weight journeys. It makes me sad to see the sub deteriorating.
- Have you lost weight?
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 8
- NSV: Went down 4 dress sizes!
- Finally deciding to lose this weight to save my life and not to look good naked
- The right path
- A lengthy rant from someone who needs to be honest with himself.
- Experiences with loose skin tightening?
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Monday, 09 March 2020: Today, I conquered!
- Depression and Losing Weight... Fight!
- Losing it with Nintendo Switch Games
- I’m just tired
| Posted: 08 Mar 2020 07:14 PM PDT I'm sure it's said here all the time, but it really helped me today. I went on a huge binge tonight, getting a big Taco Bell meal, a candy bar and cupcakes from a vending machine, and this was just a couple hours after I had eaten dinner. I felt SO guilty and ashamed, but thanks to this sub, I forced myself to log it all in. All in all, in came out to a little under 1900 calories. And while that is a huge amount to eat in a couple hours span, and they were pretty unhealthy choices, it was still not enough to cause me to have excess calories for the day. Logging my calories, while initially scary, ended up giving me some peace of mind, acceptance, and a desire to do better going forward. [link] [comments] |
| Being a teenager in the era of the "body positivity" movement is the worst thing ever Posted: 08 Mar 2020 04:10 AM PDT Edit: Thank you for the gold! I (16F) used to be overweight. I had hypothyroidism and an emotional eating issue that led to my rapid weight gain. My entire life I had always been a little bit chubby, but most of it was baby fat and I was still considered to be of a healthy weight. It never really hit me how big I was until I developed an eating disorder. It started with models who talked about eating a shit ton of pizza and junk and yet they were still skinny, meanwhile it felt like I breathed next to a pizza and gained weight, even though I would usually just eat an entire large pizza BY MYSELF, meanwhile now I eat 2 slices of a small and I'm knocked out, but obviously in my little brain I didn't comprehend that the amount of food I was eating was FAR too much and that simply reducing my portions would've made me lose a lot of weight. So I fell into the cycle of unhealthily restricting calories. That was during the time when Victoria's Secret models were still a thing and were still idolized. Then 2016 came around and "body positivity" was the new thing. All these obese and "plus size" models talking about how you can be happy in your own body no matter your weight or no matter how your body looks. Sounds good right? WRONG. Nobody ever mentioned how body positivity was created for those with "deformities" or disabilities that affected how they looked that they COULDN'T CONTROL, so people with missing limbs for example. Now I got sucked into this whole movement and shifted from my pr* an* forums to "body positivity" forums and "big is beautiful" forums, where random adults would tell me that teenagers are stupid and that I shouldn't worry about my weight because when I'm an adult I'll realize "men like bigger women" or some other nonsense. Now obviously I believed it, and I believed it for a while. I believed that birth control could make you the size of a hot air balloon or that my hypothyroidism was going to make me fat anyways so why even bother. That lasted until I noticed none of the "plus sized" models that were supposedly similar to me, actually looked like me. Most of them, even at their larger sizes still had perfectly shaped figures and slim faces, like Ashley Graham or Iskra Lawrence, and I realized I actually didn't love myself, I was just lying to myself to hide the fact that I was unhappy. There's nothing fun in not being able to find your size in stores, or not wanting to participate in sports because you're afraid you'll look like a flailing whale, there's nothing fun in barely being able to climb a flight of stairs without wheezing or having a large hawaiian pizza be the highlight of your week. I realized that I was unhappy and my health was deteriorating. I started watching YouTubers like Natacha Oceane or Coffee (a Chinese YouTuber) who I learned a lot from and taught me how to take better care of my health and be more in tune with my body, and I managed to lose over 30lbs and am now at a healthy weight, and with that weight loss I was able to completely reverse my hypothyroidism and my thyroid is now at a healthy size. Even just thinking about my habits and the things I believed back then and just how easy it is for teenagers like me to be influenced by these people makes me angry. Sure you may not be insecure about your big thighs or bony elbows, but you don't "love your body", you hate your organs and bones that have to work extra hard to simply function, or your failing organs that can barely function to the point where you feel dizzy even when sitting down or your bones crack with almost every movement and THAT is your body. Sure, some people are born "naturally skinny" or "big boned", but that doesn't make you extremely underweight or overweight/obese and there are even different healthy weights based on bones structure which is how I'm weighed at my hospital. And sure you might have a health issue that makes you underweight or overweight, but people with those health issues don't just accept their deteriorating health and start telling people it's okay to neglect your body because of that. I wish more people my age or even just in general understood that being on or being close to the extreme end of those spectrums is not healthy, and that physical and mental health are ALWAYS the priority above physical appearance. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 08 Mar 2020 02:37 PM PDT I finally broke through to 149 lbs this morning, which is 15 lbs down since Christmas. I'm 5'5" which means I'm officially now a normal BMI! Thank you to this sub, a daily source of motivation and inspiration. Now for what I've been doing to loseit- started with tracking everything in the loseit app, even on cheat days (and even booze). At first, I was weighing food with a food scale, counting every calorie, and staying around 1,200-1,250 calories a day. Now, I am a bit more relaxed, but still try to estimate and log everything. I got a Nintendo ring fit and started doing that 3 times a week, as well as taking back up running. I also use a meal plan service (eat clean bro), and although I despise the name, it has been working for me. I've also been trying to get over 7,500 steps in a day on top of workouts. My progress has slowed, and I believe that is due to a combination of not being as strict on calorie counting as well as the weight loss being more dramatic in the beginning. I saw some old coworkers on Thursday who I haven't seen since I quit my old job (about a year ago) and they were raving about how much weight Ive lost. I definitely don't notice it as much, but I look at myself daily. I've also lost an inch in my bust, an inch at the waist, 2.5 at the hips and 1.5 inch from each leg. I want to lose 10 more lbs, and start a more robust fitness routine to tighten up everything. I know what I need to do in order to meet these goals, thanks to this sub! Everyone keep up the good work and we're going to make this year the best one yet for our health! I used to make excuses and now I'm making progress. [link] [comments] |
| I didn’t think I’d ever be able to lose 10 pounds Posted: 08 Mar 2020 11:49 AM PDT I FINALLY DID IT! I LOST TEN POUNDS! I'm now at 237.4 and on January 1st I was 247.4. It's not exactly where I want to be, but I'm so, so happy. I was pretty worried, I met this guy that I fell in love with that broke my heart recently and I started binging horribly and I just totally fell off. I still feel horrible. Last night I had Mcdonald's, Dominos, and five cookies. I felt absolutely terrible but decided since I had skipped my last weigh day I needed to do it now. I was fully expecting at least two pounds gained-hell, I would have been lucky if that's all it was-but I had actually lost 2 more pounds and finally hit 10! I immediately took a progress picture and while I didn't feel like I was getting smaller, you can clearly see my stomach is getting flatter!!!!! I got these super cute pants for Christmas that I couldn't get into at all and I got to wear them to work last Friday! I'm so fucking excited. I have the motivation to start up again. (: I'll post a link of my progress picture! Progress pics! Yay!!!! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 08 Mar 2020 11:13 PM PDT This is silly, but the coronavirus is motivating me more than a lot of other things right now. I have fairly bad asthma and I have been running on the treadmill to try to beef up my lungs since January. Obviously I'm slow and it's not that enjoyable. Ever since the news of the Coronavirus broke, I feel like I find comfort in the runs. I feel like while I might be in the high risk pool, at least I'm doing what I can to improve the situation. I'm losing weight and I'm working out. I may not have that much control over whether or not I come down with the illness, but at least if I do get it, I'll be the healthiest I've been in years, and fully ready to kick its ass. I hope we all stay healthy. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 08 Mar 2020 06:33 PM PDT Hey guys been on my weight loss journey not very long, since the 21st of January and I went on the scale today and hit 15 lbs down. I've been using my fitness pal and took progress photos every now and then and wasn't really seeing a difference, besides my tighter jeans feeling more comfortable. Boy should I take progress photos more, I could tell a huge difference in my stomach. I'm a 21F 5'4 and one 167.6 so obviously have a long way to go but I hope to be 150 by my college graduation in August. Then go on from there as needed. I was 150 at 17 so that would be stellar! I'm just really proud of myself it's amazing what treating yourself right feels. I definitely need to workout more because I've been slacking but taking 16 credits can really take it's toll on ya, especially when I commute two hours to school three days a week. Any tips for that? I was doing dance videos on YouTube but recently have done leg and butt exercises like squats and burpees. [link] [comments] |
| Mildly inconvenient NSVs and the things your body surprises you with of Posted: 08 Mar 2020 06:51 PM PDT Alright BODY, guys, we need a chatty bit, grab your notebooks. KNEES: why do you have to be everywhere? How is it physically possible for me to stab myself with you at every turn? Sleeping on my side? Stab. Sitting cross-legged? 50% chance of stabbing. Now i know i used to complain about INNER THIGHS and the chafing thing with skirts and summer but we got this sorted out. KNEES chafing though? That's new. ARMPITS: what the heck? Stop running away and caving in when I try to shave you will you??? That's just rude. LOOSE SKIN: wait are you fat or loose skin? Definitely fat but—- no, definitely loose skin—- but then again——— ELBOWS: stay in your lane! Guys, how many times do I have to say this??? How else can I get this across, we go THROUGH door frames, we do NOT run into them. Thanks team, keep up the good work. Remember we all have to coexist in this time of change. (What are your most mildest inconveniences in your greatest SVs and NSVs?) [link] [comments] |
| My partner said I’m embarrassing Posted: 09 Mar 2020 12:46 AM PDT It's finally come to a head. I've tried so many times before to loose weight, but always manage to put it back on. I am currently a 25 year old female who is 5"3 and needs to loose 50 pounds. Tonight I showed him a dress I was planning to wear for an event, a black body con dress, but still mostly modest thanks to a high neck and below knee hem. He looked at me in it in, and said it was too clingy. I said it was the style. He said he just did want me to embarrass myself. I asked him what he meant. He said he just didn't want me to wear something that would embarrass me. That you could 'see every bit' in the dress. The implication is obvious to me. I don't even know why I'm posting this really, I guess I just need to feel less lonely. [link] [comments] |
| I stepped on the scale today and started crying Posted: 08 Mar 2020 01:49 PM PDT At my highest weight I was 210 in June 2019. I've always been a perfectionist and to see that number on the scale disgusted me- of course there's nothing wrong with that weight but I always hated my body, and I hated it even more now that it was bigger. Even when I was 120 at 5'7 I was unhappy with my body and picked it apart, always wanting to be thinner, leaner, and hourglass shaped. Depression + antidepressants caused rapid weight gain and though I counted calories obsessively, i couldn't control my body. And with no motivation my grades dropped from the A's I had consistently attained. I just felt like a disgusting fat failure. I decided to take a gap year after high school and it's been really lonely and confusing, I've been feeling like a complete failure in so many ways. But I've been trying SO HARD to be a better me. I stopped weighing myself and have just been focusing on listening to my body. I'm finally learning how to be gentle with it and grateful for all its capable of! The last time I weighed myself was in November at around 200 lbs. Today I decided to face my fears and took out the old scale, hoping desperately for 190 and fearing 200. To my shock it read 183.4! I just started weeping. I know it may be silly but my weight is something I've struggled with for so long and lately I've felt worse than ever with my depression coming back. Its like maybe if I can do this and lose this weight, I can really get my life together again. I felt hope for the first time in so long. Thank you so much if you read this all the way through, i just had to get this off my chest! [link] [comments] |
| I constantly think about food... Posted: 08 Mar 2020 07:38 PM PDT And I'm exhausted. I started this whole journey about 2 years ago. I'm (F27) 5'0" and started at around 160. This past fall I got to my lowest around 133. Life things started happening and I lost track of my physical health. I'm back up to 140ish and I'm so disgusted with myself. I'm not as proud as I should be that I haven't gained it all back. I think about food constantly. I keep thinking 'tomorrow, I'll start counting again.' but tomorrow never comes. My brain screams at me that also I start counting again 'ilL neVeR hAve GoOd fOOD AgAin! You better eat it all now and savor it.' Which I know is bullshit. But it doesn't stop me from thinking like that. My relationship with food sucks but I don't know how to fix it... Help please ip [link] [comments] |
| I’m extremely nervous about my first weigh-in! Posted: 08 Mar 2020 09:16 PM PDT It's only been a week of mindful eating and calorie counting (1400), and according to myfitnesspal, I should loose 2lbs (which I don't expect), but I'm scared I won't loose weight. It has happened where I worked out for a month, and gained 3lbs (none which the scale calculated as muscle mass). I know it's not about weighing yourself, it's how you feel overall in your body and with your health, but last week was the first time I weighed 200lbs (exactly). I don't want to see that number anymore, and I'm scared it won't even go down just a little. And I'm scared that the results will make me want to quit even though I feel overall better. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 08 Mar 2020 07:21 PM PDT I know, I know. Many won't agree. Or many will think I'm saying "obesity is healthy!!!". I'm not saying that. At all. I just think a lot of the posts in this sub lately are problematic and not about supporting people's weight loss journey, and more about being a place for people to use as a soap box for their own opinions. I've also seen a huge increase in posts that definitely read as someone being disgusted with fat people, but hiding behind the claim that they are only disgusted because people keep saying "fat is healthy"! It's actually the very small minority or claim that message, but it's used by people often to justify their hatred and disgust of people simply for their body size. I don't see as many posts about underweight people like this, despite the severe dangers of that too. Why did I even post this? Just to be annoying? Aren't I just adding to the problem I'm complaining about. Probably! I just needed to vent. Anyway, that's all. And I'm saying this as someone whose lost over 100lbs and is still losing. I'm not saying this as someone refusing to lose weight. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 08 Mar 2020 07:16 AM PDT So I'm finally getting the have you lost weight questions! I'm 5'1 and started out at my highest weight of 165lbs in May 2019, this putting me in the obese category. Anyway 10 months later I lost 25lbs and am currently 140lbs. My mom started to notice that I lost weight once I lost 10lbs in August. I noticed once I lost 15 lbs. But it took other people around me 25 lbs to notice that I lost weight! And I'm short as well. I'm just posting this because I've seen some posts where people were losing motivation since no one around them noticed that they lost weight. And I just wanted to say it takes time. It took me a long time to lose a noticable amount of weight and it was 100% worth it. So if you ever feel like you're losing motivation remember to be patient and remember that you're doing this for yourself, not for others. [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 8 Posted: 08 Mar 2020 03:39 PM PDT Hello losers, Happy Sunday! Weight by end of month (200 lbs, preferably trend weight): No weigh in today. Stay within calorie range (1500 ish): Should be good, there is chocolate hummus in my future! 5/6 days. 2/2-4 maintenance days. Exercise 5 days a week: Long walk on a local trail. Sunshine very yes. 8/8 days. Self-care time (journaling, working on love journals, beauty treatments, drawing, fancy coffee out no more than 3 times a week 5/13): Journal time! Working on my favorite topic, reading about how trauma impacts the brain. And I remembered sun screen for my walk. Try a new recipe once a week: Peanut butter hummus so far. I'm eyeballing a 15 bean soup recipe as a potential meal prep. 1/4 weeks. 50 pages of The Body Keeps the Score: Sat down with it today. I'm into the meat of it & it's easier & more interesting. 15/50 pages. Drawing prompt every day: I'll try to hit this up before bed & report back. 3/8 days. Be more mindful & express gratitude, avoid the hedonic treadmill: Today I'm grateful for all us humans have learned about how the brain, body & what you may call spirit/soul interact. And how much we still have to learn! It's really fucking cool to think & read about. How about you all? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 08 Mar 2020 07:50 AM PDT I'm 29F/4'11 and have been hovering around 155-165 lbs for two years. This weight isn't very forgiving on a small frame and I had big thighs and a big belly to match. I even almost convinced myself that this is a "set point" weight for my body and just to accept this fact and deal with it despite hating everything about my body. I felt gross and hated looking in the mirror and seeing a short, stubby Pillsbury Doughgirl staring back at me. I wanted to feel happy and comfortable in my own skin. I was a size 12/14 in bottoms and a large in tops and I noticed those clothes were getting too tight for me and every time I had to size up I would feel extreme guilt and shame that I allowed myself to get to this point. Enough was enough. After 5 months of incorporating better eating habits and moving more, nothing in the closet fits. I've managed to drop to a size 4 in bottoms and an XS in tops (I've completely lost all my boobs in the process). I have never been this small before and I feel like a completely new person — albeit it costing me money to buy new clothes, I'm so fucking proud of my accomplishments. I hope everyone in this community could feel this sense of elation on their own journey. [link] [comments] |
| Finally deciding to lose this weight to save my life and not to look good naked Posted: 08 Mar 2020 11:23 AM PDT I'm 23, 5'3, and as of this morning I weigh 279.1lbs. All my life my weight has gone up & down. But I've never been at this number. My weight spiraled out of control after I had my son in 2016. I went into a deep depression that caused me to emotionally eat, I'm talking a bag of hot Cheetos daily and McDonald's every other day. Before I had my son I was at 180lbs, which was my heaviest at that point. After birth I weighed 219lbs, and now I'm here. I can tell my health is declining. Last week I noticed my legs were visibly swollen out of nowhere, my fingers also feel swollen, I get winded by just talking, and I haven't gotten my period in 6 months (not pregnant!) I'm starting out with low carb, not completely keto. I'll probably see the doctor once I lose at least 20lbs. I don't even want it on my medical records that I've ever weighed this much. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 08 Mar 2020 10:28 PM PDT I've been browsing these forums for a long time, but only now I've gotten the courage up to post. [link] [comments] |
| A lengthy rant from someone who needs to be honest with himself. Posted: 09 Mar 2020 01:40 AM PDT Apologies early, as this might end up being really long. I'll probably bullet point some stuff or tl:dr it at the bottom to make it easier for you guys, but I think I really just need to dump some stuff out and this might be the only place that will care to hear it. I came to this point last week some time. I'm a habitual procrastinator, and have adopted a "do it right when you think of it" attitude that has been helping a lot. Trash needs to go out, just take it out; don't sit and think of a good time to do it. That sort of thing. It's been working really well for weeks, and I even got me a nice dry-erase board that hangs on my wall with a list of all my routines, daily tasks, goals, etc that I can check off as I do them which feels GREAT. One thing that I've been procrastinating on is, of course, dropping this extra weight. So last week I finally added it to the whiteboard: P90X3. Now, for YEARS (basically since I had seen the first commercials for it), I have been telling myself someday I will add P90X to my life and it will help solve a lot of my body issues. Thoroughly convinced myself of it. I was SO excited to get started and really "bring it!" I generally do well with extremes more than slow-and-steady situations, so this seemed like a great fit for me and my "style," so I got the resistance bands (have to workout in a basement with a low ceiling so pull-ups aren't really an option in a classical sense), a set of 30# dumbbells, pushup handles, jump mat, a kitchen chair and a shit ton of bottled water. I even mounted a spare tv and connected it to a laptop so I can just load up the videos without needing to swap DVD's and all that crap. It's all perfect except for one minor detail: I can't do it. P90X3 has an optional "cold start" workout that you can do before the main event for the day, so I started with that. The cold start routine is a very basic stretching and calisthenic ordeal just to loosen you up and get you ready for the workout. I BARELY made it through the cold start video, but it felt good to be moving and I pressed on. Then I went into the first video of the program, which is called Total Synergistics. For those who aren't familiar with the program, Total Synergistics is a decent workout focused on a reliable, full-body routine that doesn't really emphasize any muscle group in particular and doesn't work you too hard. The video is 30 minutes (as all workouts in X3 are), but due to pausing, drinking water and catching my breath, it took me over an hour to do it. The small victory here is that I got through it, I suppose, but here comes the worst part: I can't bring myself to load up the next video in the series. All this has also kinda "killed" my whiteboarding tasks and such, which is currently blank. I'm sure there is some sort of depression/dysthymia thing at play here. Without going into too much detail, here are a few relevant things about myself. I'm a little over 6ft tall, around 265 pounds. 37 years old, average white guy. I've only ever been relatively "in shape" a couple times in my life and it was not on purpose. The best shape I was ever in was when Dance Dance Revolution was super popular and I fell into it really hard (luckily for me my high school prom was around this time so my prom picture is on point). A few years ago I even went so far as to buy my own Dance Dance Revolution arcade machine (DDRMax2, for those of you fellow nerds who are wondering) and put it in the garage with the other big toys. Sadly, the "fire" wasn't there so I didn't hardly ever use it and ended up getting rid of it after a few months. I was pretty convinced that if I had one of those, it would be smooth sailing back to fit-town. This is a theme that has repeated throughout my life: I am convinced of the answer to my fitness, set myself up to do whatever that is, then reality kills it. As a lot of us here on r/loseit, I read a LOT about diet and metabolism and the like. I know all about CICO, IF, HIIT, IIFYM, OMAD, etc. Trying to find what works for me has been, let's say, less than fruitful. Basically, out of pure annoyance and stubbornness, I've been OMAD almost all of my life simply because cooking/eating is kind of a pain, so I guess that makes me IF, as well. But we all know here that CICO is the most important, and whenever I see a post about "where to start" that is the most repeated response. My problem, I believe, is a big failure to launch. How do people get started on this stuff? How do they maintain? Most frustratingly, how am I going to tailor this new lifestyle to my situation where I have a 9yo son and I also take care of my disabled mother? I get overwhelmed with these thoughts and I just shut down. Originally I was going to use this to launch into asking for help with some of these issues, but I think I'll just leave this as a rant and make a separate post for that. Thanks for reading, everyone. Good luck on your journeys! TL;DR: I've always convinced myself that I could do an extreme workout routine and "solve" my fitness issues, but learning that I'm not in good enough shape to do it has left me questioning everything and looking for a more realistic place to start. [link] [comments] |
| Experiences with loose skin tightening? Posted: 08 Mar 2020 05:20 PM PDT A few facts about me. I am 25, 5'1" and about 110. I lost 70 pounds from my highest of 180. According to the bodyfat scale of my dietician I have 16.5 percent bodyfat from my highest of about 39 percent (I do know these scales aren't reliable, but I thought I would include the numbers.) I have some loose skin on my breasts and lower abdomen and my stomach as a whole. I lost the last 25 pounds in the last year. Also the year I started seeing the loose skin. I am thinking about surgery, but my dietician talked about they idea of weighting a year before actually deciding. As I don't know many people personally who lost a lot of weight I wanted to ask here on reddit. If people who have maintained for a year or close to it have seen improvements when it comes to loose skin. I know it's unpredictable if mine will tighten, but I am thinking about waiting another year before having the surgery as I am not totally sure if I would want to do it. And I thought some real life experiences would help me decide. I also want to know if it is even possible for it to tighten somewhat, because the information on the internet is very diverse on the topic. Right now I am leaning to waiting until next year and giving my body a shot at tightning. I also hope it might be the difference between a full abdominoplasty and a mini, because I would rather not have a scar around my belly button. The doctor I visited this week said a circular one all around might be the best one, but honestly that is way to drastic as I don't want perfection. He told me a mini abdominoplasty would definitely be an option, but he would advice a full one. Obviously it ultimatly is my decision, but I don't know if a plastic surgeon might have a different goal in mind then I do. Which is a close to perfect body for him and just a close to normal body for me. I also plan to take my collagen for that year. Scrub close to 3 or 4 days a week or more and moisturize every day. Work out and increase strenght training and keep on eating clean and drinking a lot of water. [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Monday, 09 March 2020: Today, I conquered! Posted: 09 Mar 2020 01:12 AM PDT The habit of persistence is the habit of victory!Celebrating something great? Scale Victory, Non-Scale Victory, Progress, Milestones -- this is the place! Big or small, long or short, please post here and help us focus all of today's awesomeness into an inspiring and informative mega-dose of greatness! (Details are appreciated!! How are you losing your weight?)
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| Depression and Losing Weight... Fight! Posted: 08 Mar 2020 06:56 PM PDT I've posted here a few times, trying to help others remain positive and encouraged and motivated. It's an attempt to keep myself positive and encouraged and motivated in my own weight loss journey. But I'm getting to the point where my depression is overriding my weight loss and making things... more difficult. I'm still losing weight, which is great, but I don't get the same excitement from it. It isn't a novelty anymore. Maintaining my healthier lifestyle is becoming harder even though it's not all that much more maintenance than an unhealthy lifestyle since all I've changed currently is my diet and calorie counting. Right now I'm just tired from the amount of willpower this is requiring since my motivating is waning but I really don't want to give it up or slide back into bad habits. I like the progress I'm seeing and I want to get healthy so incredibly badly. Does anyone have any tips for continuing to remain motivated so I'm not expending so much energy on sheer willpower? Even the littlest thing to help me cope with my depression. I'd rather not go on antidepressants, I have in the past and all they do is give me the energy to have motivation. I have the energy, but lack the motivation. (Little access to therapy due to American health system) [link] [comments] |
| Losing it with Nintendo Switch Games Posted: 08 Mar 2020 02:51 PM PDT Hi there! I am F29, 5'6 and currently weigh 189 lbs. My highest was 193 lbs and after I ruined my favorite pants I decided I need to break out of the cycle of restricting too hard, lose weight, binge, gain, repeat. I was down to 175 last November, then all hell broke lose and I started eating like a maniac. I started IF and CICO two weeks ago, had a binge relapse last week but since then I've been good. Yesterday I started with exercise in addition to the rest. Since I feel to bad about my body I can't bring myself to go to the gym (yet), I decided to start at home. I have had two games laying around: Fitness Boxing and Ring Fit Adventure. So I want to start exercising regularly (boxing at least 5x/week for 30 minutes and RFA every other day when I feel like it, but at least 2x every week. I hope everything works out this time. I started down this road so many times during the last few years. I really want to get it together this time. I am so sick of failing. Does anybody here play these games? If yes, has it helped you? Are you curious how it works out for me? I plan to put my progress in the comments here, for accountability. Edit: The estimated calories are from the game itself. I do not have a Fitbit yet, but I added one to my wishlist and want to save money for one now! I don't thinke these are the actual values, I know that it's probably a lot less, maybe 50-60% of what it says. However, every calorie burned is a calorie added to my deficit. As I said above, I do practice IF. I found it works best for me when I do 20:4, so if I don't snack in between and stay away from trigger foods I only manage to eat about 1400 calories worth of food within these 4 hours, depending on what I eat. Exercising will only increase my deficit and it doesn't matter to me how much. I see it as an extra on top, helping me to reach my goals faster :) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 08 Mar 2020 06:48 PM PDT I have had weight and body image issues most of my life. I'm at my heaviest, but I don't seem to have the will power to stick to anything. I'm good for about a week and then here comes a binge. I feel like I have zero control. This week starts the second week of working out at least 3 times per week and as of right now I'm motivated, but I can't help but feel so anxious that I won't feel like this tomorrow. I've taken the "just do it" attitude and that has helped with the workouts. I'm just so tired of trying and failing and trying and failing and gaining weight in the process. I do have major depressive disorder, I am on meds and recently started neurofeedback therapy so hopefully maybe now I have the mental health support I need? I don't know..I'm just a little discouraged [link] [comments] |
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