Weight loss: Eat sugar = crave more sugar?! |
- Eat sugar = crave more sugar?!
- What I learned from trying to lose weight for 10 months
- I'm... actually doing it??
- My medication is doing wonders for my sweets craving. (ADHD)
- I saw a picture of myself today and cried
- Honesty and follow through
- Excited rant
- has anyone successfully dealt with "the munchies" while losing weight?
- Day 50 tracking!
- After 25 years of unhealthy habits my dogs death has made me start to take care of myself
- My girlfriend (soon to be fiance.. hopefully) needs help!
- I got fat because I am happy
- a little bit at a time!
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 4
- A small milestone (M28, 5'8, SW: 230 - CW:199.2 - GW: 170
- For people who starved themselves to lose weight, what happened? What’s your story?
- Stress/emotional Eater - Parenting is Stressful...Help...
- Quick Check-In - Feeling great!
- One month in, down 10
- Starting to realize I waited too long
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Thursday, 05 March 2020: Today, I conquered!
- NSV 7 Months in the making: 10 Flights of Stairs!
- Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Thursday, 05 March 2020? Start here!
| Eat sugar = crave more sugar?! Posted: 04 Mar 2020 02:05 PM PST I've found that if I eat sugary items, I crave even more sugary items no matter how much I've already had! It's easier for me to resist sugar temptations if I just don't do it at all. For example, I do really good on a day where I don't add sugar to my coffee, have cereal for breakfast, or eat "dessert" such as low-fat ice cream or a piece of chocolate after dinner. But if I add sugar to my coffee I crave sugary yogurt and eat more for lunch, then crave junk after lunch. I can be really full after dinner, but if I have a piece of chocolate, I instantly want another piece which easily cascades to a whole bar gone and a search for other desserts. I am kind of annoyed that I can't be like other people who can have a little bit. Strangely, cutting sugar cold turkey is easier. Which, I guess is nice? [link] [comments] |
| What I learned from trying to lose weight for 10 months Posted: 04 Mar 2020 11:57 PM PST I started my weight loss journey about 10 months ago and as I see a lot of starting posts here I wanted to share some of my learnings I had so far (I'm 5'8, SW250 CW177) progress pic 1 progress pic 2
Good luck to everyone & feel free to add more tips for me as well xx [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2020 03:40 PM PST I'm so used to being the same weight (240's) that sometimes when I check my health app or my journal I'm shocked to see that I'm actually at 215! I've tried to lose weight a few times in the past and the efforts were empty and weak. I gave up easily. I cheated on myself. I got distracted with terrible relationships and let people peer-pressure me. But it's been over 3 months now and I'm keeping to my healthy lifestyle and being more active and I think I'm doing it! I'm making changes in my life that are impacting my mental health positively, like sleeping more and drinking lots of water. I think fixing (not completely, but making an effort) my mental health was the 1st step I had been missing all along. I'm doing IF and releasing the reliance I had/have on food. I started kickboxing and it feels so good to connect with the bag and do a perfect move. I feel great. I'm losing weight. I have achievable goals and healthy motivations. I have a list of things I'm going to do for myself at certain milestones.. 2 more lbs and I can buy a new fancy travel mug for my tea! 7lbs and I am getting my eyebrows threaded. I even had a burger on the weekend (homemade) and I felt good about myself after eating it. Do you know how long it's been since I've been able to eat a burger without mentally harassing myself for weeks afterwards?? Years! I'm proud. I still don't see any physical change... but I'm trying to be okay with that. It will come eventually. Anyways, that's my happy rant! I'm actually DOING it. I can't believe it. [link] [comments] |
| My medication is doing wonders for my sweets craving. (ADHD) Posted: 04 Mar 2020 05:41 AM PST EDIT PLEASE READ: Hey getting some comments and PMs about not to get too reliant on the medication for weightloss. This post is about how it is assisting me and my mental capacity to make certain choices. In this scenario food choices. I am seeing a psychiatric nurse regularly to get my medication. I am being observed for any signs of addiction. I am educated and aware enough. This is NOT a concern for me. 28F 5'2". 170lbs goal of 130lbs. I post here on/off on occasion. Often to start my journey only to fall off the wagon soon after. But today feels like a new day! I'm 28 and have been officially diagnosed with ADHD predominantly Inattentive and suspected Depression. For those who are unaware of the specifics about ADHD the main thing is that it's an executive functioning impairment. So long term goals without a immediate hit of dopamine (because we "lack" it) are difficult to start/finish. I suspect that sugar is the stimulant I've been using. Recently started medication for Ritalin 5mg a day. I still want sweets. I was eyeballing the Tillamook ice cream on sale at the grocery store but had more control and power over telling my brain, "No. You had a lot of sweets yesterday. Don't need it today." Never in the past has that decision making process been so easy for me! It's insane! And my appetite for food is relatively the same so I can't even attribute it to that. :) I start my depression medication today now and I'm excited to see how I am in a couple weeks time. I know some peeps have said here that they've gained weight on medication I just wanted to show another side of this especially if it holds any power over your choice of food. [link] [comments] |
| I saw a picture of myself today and cried Posted: 04 Mar 2020 10:07 AM PST Today i got sent a newsletter from the creche I volunteer/substitute in. I was in one of the pictures with the children and i look ROUND like physically like a circle and i just burst out into tears. I'm not the most lucky face wise either so i just feel so utterly grotesque like is this what people see when they look at me ??? i don't FEEL this big like yeah sure i feel chubby but not MASSIVE. I've been calorie counting for three weeks now ( third time attempting this hopefully its the charm) and i struggle to stay under my daily calories which i know i need to work on, and i've been hitting my 10,000 steps but i just want to cry. I dont know how it got this bad. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2020 05:38 PM PST I made a post last week about my long plateau and the frustrations associated. I just wanted to thank this sub and especially the people that commented and held me accountable. It seems as though my "light" unrecorded snacking was part of my issue. I have since began time restricted eating on a 16:8 schedule. Eating around 1800 calories from 8 am to 4 pm and having nothing but water in between. I have keep up my exersize routine during this as well (every 3/4 days weight training, cardio, sauna). I am very happy to share that I have broken through the plateau because I got honest about my logging/snacking/workout intensity. I have gone from last week at 238 lbs (36/M/6'2) down to 232 lbs this week. I'm hoping this keeps going with the new 16:8 eating routine matched with continuing my workouts. Side benefit is I've been sleeping much much better than I ever have been. If you're stuck in a rut like I was (for almost a year) even with a lot of hard work, better food choices, etc etc please don't stop. I was so close to quitting last week but I decided to go all out and really try my hardest in every aspect and it is paying off. Don't be afraid to be a guinea pig and try new things. New workout routines, new macro ratios, new eating times etc etc. It takes a longggg time to figure it out and it can be easy to just say f#@*k it but I promise you it feels so friggin good to get to the other side and now I feel like I have momentum that I don't want to stop by making a mad decision or breaking my fast. I hope this post pushes someone thru to the other side! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2020 08:02 PM PST I went from 285 to 190. I was 210'ish semi bulking when i dislocated my ankle (crutches for 12 weeks + rehab) and gained weight up to 235lbs. As of last May i was 230lbs and needed to focus. I've been lifting / cardio / eating fairly good. My eating has been the biggest issue, i just got a little lazy from my previous habits. Fast forward to do today. I'm 203lbs, i've ran 5 miles each of the last 4 days in a row and feel like i'm right back in my groove when i initially lost all my weight. Arguably i'm close to being in the best shape of my life, though before injuring my ankle my all lifts were a bit higher than currently. It just takes consistency. And with consistency comes tremendous momentum. I went from 285 to 225 to 265 to 190 until i really understood it and then i remained a healthy weight for 4 years until injuring my ankle and getting out of my habits. But I have my habits back and just it's about consistency. Eat a little better this week than last week, move a little more, create a little more obligation in your life. [link] [comments] |
| has anyone successfully dealt with "the munchies" while losing weight? Posted: 04 Mar 2020 05:41 PM PST first post in this sub, please let me know if I need to fix this post. I quit drinking when I started to lose weight in January - didn't need to factor in the extra calories. Most of my friends either drink or smoke weed (which is legal here) and I was feeling really left out as the only sober person on multiple occasions when we were hanging out. Last night I had some weed for the first time in a few months and had an incredible bout of "the munchies". my friend and my partner, both of whom know i'm working on losing weight, stopped me from going absolutely feral with food delivery but I still ate at least 500 calories over my daily budget, of highly processed snack food. Does anyone else on this sub use weed AND manage to lose weight? what are your strategies for managing cravings while high? I don't partake very often but i'm hoping to not be stuck being completely sober for the rest of this journey.... [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2020 06:15 PM PST I am a 60 year old F 5'2" and have yo yo dieted my whole life. Fortunately for me, I did not diet my way into obesity but the up and down and anxiety and stress of always failing or starting a new diet does wear a person down. I'm tired! I've been doing CICO and faithfully tracking now for 50 days! I've decided to celebrate my own dedication and honesty regarding my eating and food choices. The weight does not fall off, but I am definitely doing the right thing to alter my thinking and behavior. I have lost probably 8 pounds (haven't weighed myself in 3 weeks), and would like to lose 10 more. But mainly I feel better about my overall health and grateful for this community of supportive friends. Each evening I check in and I am so incredibly inspired by this community. Thank you all! [link] [comments] |
| After 25 years of unhealthy habits my dogs death has made me start to take care of myself Posted: 04 Mar 2020 06:30 PM PST Sorry for mobile formatting. I am a 25 F, 5'8 and around 230 pounds. I don't look like it, but I feel like it. I grew up in an abusive household where nutrients and vitamins were two words that were NEVER used. If there was a hot meal it was canned soup, microwaveable meals and on special occasions mashed potatoes, pork chops and gravy - no jokes that was special occasions. The other times I had to eat random things I found in the house, condiments and such. When I got my first job I would buy my own food but it would be pure junk and a lot at once. That continued on for years, I'd go through spurts of trying to work out and eat healthy but never lasted. I drank, smoked cigarettes on and off since high school until I was about 17-18? Then in my early 20's I went through periods of smoking for maybe a month straight or having a few cigarettes when partying. Not a lot by any standard but I fully regret every picking up a cigarette. When I met my now fiancé at 18 and moved in with his family, I ate pretty healthy as his parents cooked. And then when we moved out we did eat healthy items but more times we ate junk food and lots of fast food. I drank a lot too. The only thing that kept me semi active was some of the jobs I had and my dog, taking her for walks and running around with her in the backyard. A month and a bit ago she passed unexpectedly, it took a toll on me. I went a few days without eating and barely drinking anything. All I did was lay in bed or on the couch. After that when I ate it wasn't healthy, quick meals or fast food. Almost zero movement unless I absolutely had to. Lots of anxiety and stress and then a week ago I said enough, I know my sweet girl would want me to take care of myself so I can live a long and happy life with my fiancé, I know she is in no rush to see me. I really regret the way I've treated my body for so long. I'm ashamed of myself. I've started to try and eat healthier, more nutritious meals. Lots of water. Started taking women's multi vitamin, B-12, Biotin for the hair thinning caused by stress, vitamin c and Metamucil in the morning. Started trying to incorporate working out and I'm going to try and go for a run tomorrow. I'm also vowing to stop smoking weed tonight. It's not doing my body any good, every time I smoke I have a panic attack and my chest feels like it's going to implode and my entire body shakes. I think my body isn't used to all these nutrients or went so long without them, it doesn't know how to react. Not feeling the greatest but I know that's my body adjusting. I know I have caused damage to my body that may not be reversible but that doesn't mean I can't start taking care of myself and making sure I'm healthy, mentally and physically. I'm excited to see where I'll be in 6 months, I know I'll still be missing my sweet old girl but maybe I'll just have abs that flex when I cry. [link] [comments] |
| My girlfriend (soon to be fiance.. hopefully) needs help! Posted: 04 Mar 2020 06:57 PM PST Hey guys! I'm at a loss. My girlfriend is really struggling with her appearance and I need to step in and do something. I figured the best place to start was turn to all of you. I'll give you a little bit of background on her... She's 24 years old, weighs around 150lbs and is 5'3. She works out 4-5 times a week consistently doing the BBG workouts by Kayla Itsines. She eats incredibly well eating almost all of her meals from the BARE guide by Leah Itsines. Her father is slightly obese while her mother is quite slim to give some genetic background as well. I really don't understand why she hasn't been seeing results. She has been extremely healthy for the past 2 years but has continually put on weight when she looks back in photos. She's starting to feel quite defeated and it honestly breaks my heart to see. I think she's gorgeous but she feels like her arms are getting bigger (yet you can't see muscle), she has a slight baby bump belly that won't go away, and her legs are quite large but not defined. I know I might need to provide more information, but does anyone have any suggestions for things she should try? I'm just looking to give her some ideas moving forward. She just wants to feel comfortable in her swimsuit again, which I think is understandable as she works incredibly hard trying to achieve it but never sees the results she wants. On a final note as well, she has had some unusual things come up healthwise lately. She feels extremely bloated and needs to take a pill before eating to help. Dairy doesn't sit well with her anymore. She has also found that some random allergies have just been spawning such as an avocado allergy. Not sure if any of that is correlated. Anything you guys can offer up to help is super appreciated. Thank you all so much for taking the time. I really really appreciate it. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2020 09:27 PM PST So, yeah, since I am in a relationship, a happy one, I put on some weight. I'm about 108 kg 5'7, 25f. I've lost about 6kg last autumn but it came back. I moved in to my bf, I cook at home, BUT I cannot overcome his habits. When I say I am not hungry I get all the lecture about regular eating. His meals are high carb like grilled cheese, scrambled eggs WITH CHEESE, everything with cheese. I love cheese. But I started to buy small packages to limit our cheese intake. The thing is I put on weight easily, and he's a lean 6'4 piece of an athletic body. Before I moved in my eating habits were so much better, my meals so much smaller. Also my sugar addiction is killing me. I eat a lot of sweets, chocolate, cookies etc. I feel awful but I don't want to give up. Summer's around the corner, and again I'll be hissing and puffing all red on my face like an old locomotive. And first, I want to cut out sugar. Have you got any tips? I feel like through the last month my clothes shrunk 1/3. Shirt are tight in my shoulders, double chin is back, muffin tops are back and my belly got more jiggly. Bleh. What do I have to know before I start? I can't excercise now. I'm still recovering after a leg bone fracture [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2020 07:06 PM PST Hi, I posted the other day asking whether 5 minute workouts are OK to start, since my stamina is totally shot right now for various reasons. That was only on Sunday and I could only manage 5 minute bursts at a time on my new (to me) elliptical. But tonight I was on there for 11 minutes, all at once. I realize 11 minutes isn't long, but it's more than double what I felt was my limit just a few days ago. Just posting this to maybe encourage some folks who might be in a similar situation right now. It's not too late to squeeze in a little workout tonight! I had a rough day, almost didn't work out at all, but I decided to get on the machine with my headphones on and now I'm feeling proud of myself and hopeful for my continued improvement. Thank you for your encouragement on my last post. It really did help. [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 4 Posted: 04 Mar 2020 01:28 PM PST Hey fluffy monsters, Hope you're out there slaying the run way! Weight by end of month (200 lbs, preferably trend weight): No weigh in today. Stay within calorie range (1500 ish): I ate some feelings yesterday, revoking my check mark. I've got binner with lots of veggies planned tonight & should be better. 2/3 days. 1/2-4 maintenance days. Exercise 5 days a week: 30 minute walk at lunch. I'd like to get some yoga or swings in tonight. 4/4 days. Self-care time (journaling, working on love journals, beauty treatments, drawing, fancy coffee out no more than 3 times a week 2/13): I will be putting myself to bed early tonight my body is fatigued. 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: I should have some time for this over the weekend. 0/50 pages. Drawing prompt every day: Tried to draw a cartoon butt to make a funny. Execution was meh. 3/4 days. Be more mindful & express gratitude, avoid the hedonic treadmill: I have been doing a guided breathing/visualization exercise at night that seems helpful. Today I'm grateful for some sunshine & going home after work with an early bedtime in sight. How are you guys doing? [link] [comments] |
| A small milestone (M28, 5'8, SW: 230 - CW:199.2 - GW: 170 Posted: 04 Mar 2020 08:25 PM PST First off, I want to thank this community for it's positivity. For me, it's helped me stay accountable just by having this sub show up on my homepage (between r/memes and r/aquariums). I've been slowly working on changing my lifestyle for a little over a year. I lost 15 pounds in the first six months and (drum roll) I just hit a small milestone. I'm under 200 (199.2 to be exact!) For the first time since college, And I'm thrilled! I lost motivation this Fall 2019, so I decided to have a "weight loss" resolution as I'm sure we've all tried (I had tried at least 3 times with the resolution motivation). One resolution is so big and cheating on it (which I'd inevitably do) feels like such a huge loss to motivation. This time I tried something different - Every month I've picked a new thing to try and get better about. January: Don't eat out so much. This went swimmingly until about day 15 when I just HAD to get stoned and eat Cheeba Hut. Next day, though - I was right back to eating at home. I stayed pretty good, (saved a lot of money) and rediscovered my love for meatless chicken (the kind made from veggies -- seriously, they taste so real). February: Go to the gym more. I mean... I was paying for the membership anyway -- why not see if I could put it to good use First week, I went once. But, the remaining weeks I made it 3 times a week. Eliptical: 30 mins Weights: 20 mins March: Try not to drink any calories. Ya'll this one was gonna get me. I felt it day one. I love soda and I failed, DAY ONE (March 1st, those damn $1 McDonald's cokes). But days two, three, and four have been water only! I'm sure I'll miss my target again, but I'll just have to take another shot at it the next day. I don't know what's in store yet for April, I guess I'll decide when I get there. But, it just seems less "final" when I miss a goal I set for myself two weeks prior. It's kept me on (better) track. Thanks for reading fellow weightloss champ! TLDR: I hit under 200 pounds for the first time since college! I make little weight related goals for myself every month and get back on the horse when I miss my target. [link] [comments] |
| For people who starved themselves to lose weight, what happened? What’s your story? Posted: 04 Mar 2020 12:11 PM PST Wondering if anyone else had a similar experience as me. Also sharing my personal story to discourage extreme diets. I was hoping to hear from some other people too. I unintentionally didn't eat much once starting college, since I lived in a tiny dorm and didn't like going out for meals. At first I didn't notice much, but once I realized I was losing weight, I was pleasantly surprised. I was a healthy weight but everyone likes to be thinner, right? My story is that I basically developed an eating disorder (tw?). I would feel lightheaded/dizzy on the treadmill. I could rarely add more weight on my resistance training days. I eventually lost my period and my doctor did bloodwork on me, he said my hormones looked like I was post-menopausal (at age 18). I became obsessive with food and calories and still am. I would binge eat around my family to convince them I was eating enough and they encouraged it, saying they were amazed I could eat that much without a stomach ache. I tried different unhealthy methods to eliminate food once I've eaten it to avoid processing the calories. I made no friends trying to avoid eating in public or eating without knowing the caloric values. I got unexplained migraines. I was always lethargic and slept through alarms. I couldn't focus on studying at times and bombed some exams because I would either sit at my desk eating or sit there thinking about food with MyFitnessPal. I've only come to realize that I have an issue, now, nearly two years later. I can't believe I let this have so much power over my life for the past two years and still today. [link] [comments] |
| Stress/emotional Eater - Parenting is Stressful...Help... Posted: 04 Mar 2020 09:30 PM PST I'm a person that has been stress/emotional eating since a young age. Since my middle school years, I have been able to manage my wight in interesting and unorthodox ways. All have combatted my comfort of food quite well...Until I became a parent. I didn't gain my weight while pregnant, I gained it when my daughter turned 1. We are now in the middle of the "terrible twos". I'm the heaviest I've ever been, and I don't care if you have opinions about parenting if your not a parent. Being a parent is the hardest thing I've ever done in my life, and I been threw some crazy sh*t. It tests your mental sanity more then I ever thought it would, and I'm generally a very mellow person. Every time I seem to be on the right track, one stressful day with my toddler can send me into a light binge that ruins my progress from the previous days. My diets fail and workouts don't push my limits, issues that were never issues before. I'm a work from home mom (no, not an MLM), so it seems I should have it made. My boyfriend works long sporadic hours and all the grandparents work as well. I've tried working out with my daughter with me, but she seems to like putting a stick in my spokes with every mommy/daughter work out I come up with. I'm not a smoker, and I don't drink often. Video games aren't relieving stress like they use too, oh and I have no friends to vent too. I don't seem to have a healthy outlet for my stress. So as one of my first posts on this platform, I thought perhaps turning to the users of reddit might be of some help. Any stay-at-home or work-from-home moms going threw something similar and found a way to combat it? [link] [comments] |
| Quick Check-In - Feeling great! Posted: 04 Mar 2020 02:14 PM PST On day 38, feeling the best in my life. Confidence has sky-rocketed,the gym is getting addictive, weight dropping slower but noticing more changes in my body with each pound now (Toilet paper effect!). I went into all this with the mentality like "Oh I'll just lose 30 pounds, and then I'll go back to eating and just maintain." But now day 38 in, I don't think that way anymore, I don't crave crappy foods whatsoever. When I do have cheat meals I don't even enjoy them as much as I did before. Also fyi, been doing low carb and intermittent fasting, gym daily. Down 25 pounds to date. See you guys at 100 days :) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2020 06:28 AM PST 5'8 M, 37. SW 218.2, 2/4/20. Down 10.6 as of today. This has been accomplished largely through CICO. I've tinkered with CICO for years, always fearful of eating "too little" versus the copious amounts of cardio I always planned. See, OUAT I was an avid runner and consumed so much to maintain weight. Then, marriage+kids+sloth/gluttony. A month plus one day ago, I tried on a suit that I planned to wear to an upcoming wedding and figured I had to either get it altered or get a new suit. Instead, I rolled the dice on being able to fit into it with five weeks of diet/exercise. The big differences between this attempt and prior attempts:
If I could change one thing, it would be to have taken a waist measurement on Day 1. FYI - The suit fits now. [link] [comments] |
| Starting to realize I waited too long Posted: 04 Mar 2020 04:59 AM PST Growing up I was a chronic yo-yo dieter (common story here huh?) and I remember an older lady once said to me: "you better lose it now, and keep it off. It's much harder when you're older" Well now I'm older. And yes it feels impossible. Basically since September 2019 I have been working my ass off at the gym, only my ass is still there. I know I made progress working out but I've gotten so discouraged I haven't gone to the gym in week. The scale hasn't moved in months. What's the point of going to the gym? Why should I even bother working out so hard if noting I do matters? Why pretend I'm so hardcore workout person. Clearly no one believes me anyway because I'm fat. I'm just at a point where I feel like I'll be fat forever and I don't care anymore about. [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Thursday, 05 March 2020: Today, I conquered! Posted: 05 Mar 2020 12:08 AM PST 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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| NSV 7 Months in the making: 10 Flights of Stairs! Posted: 04 Mar 2020 10:56 AM PST Background: I am 33F, around 240lbs, and 6 years ago I broke my right ankle going down the stairs at my apartment. It was rebuilt with screws and pins and I've avoided stairs since. I've been wanting to write this post for months! I work on the 9th floor of a 10 story office building. Last August I started doing stairs twice per day as a break from my screens. Each flight is 20 steps, with a landig in the middle. At first I could only do 2 flights at a time, my endurance was just gone. I increased by half a flight per week for several months. In just a couple weeks, I noticed my pants fitting differently. If I was sick, or in meetings half the day, or exhausted from a sleepless night with my toddler, I wouldn't do any stairs. Over Christmas i got stuck at 7 flights, and did that for several weeks. I tried to be kind to myself, and made going all 10 floors at some point in 2020 my New Year's Resolution. Today, much sooner than I anticipated, I hauled my 240lbs from the basement to the 10th floor. I'll do it again this afternoon. Because I am strong, dammit, and so are you! [link] [comments] |
| Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Thursday, 05 March 2020? Start here! Posted: 05 Mar 2020 02:24 AM PST Today is your Day 1? Welcome to r/Loseit! So you aren't sure of how to start? Don't worry! "How do I get started?" is our most asked question. r/Loseit has helped our users lose over 1,000,000 recorded pounds and these are the steps that we've found most useful for getting started. Why you're overweightOur bodies are amazing (yes, yours too!). In order to survive before supermarkets, we had to be able to store energy to get us through lean times, we store this energy as adipose fat tissue. If you put more energy into your body than it needs, it stores it, for (potential) later use. When you put in less than it needs, it uses the stored energy. The more energy you have stored, the more overweight you are. The trick is to get your body to use the stored energy, which can only be done if you give it less energy than it needs, consistently. Before You StartThe very first step is calculating your calorie needs. You can do that HERE. This will give you an approximation of your calorie needs for the day. The next step is to figure how quickly you want to lose the fat. One pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories. So to lose 1 pound of fat per week you will need to consume 500 calories less than your TDEE (daily calorie needs from the link above). 750 calories less will result in 1.5 pounds and 1000 calories is an aggressive 2 pounds per week. TrackingHere is where it begins to resemble work. The most efficient way to lose the weight you desire is to track your calorie intake. This has gotten much simpler over the years and today it can be done right from your smartphone or computer. r/loseit recommends an app like MyFitnessPal, Loseit! (unaffiliated), or Cronometer. Create an account and be honest with it about your current stats, activities, and goals. This is your tracker and no one else needs to see it so don't cheat the numbers. You'll find large user created databases that make logging and tracking your food and drinks easy with just the tap of the screen or the push of a button. We also highly recommend the use of a digital kitchen scale for accuracy. Knowing how much of what you're eating is more important than what you're eating. Why? This may explain it. Creating Your DeficitHow do you create a deficit? This is up to you. r/loseit has a few recommendations but ultimately that decision is yours. There is no perfect diet for everyone. There is a perfect diet for you and you can create it. You can eat less of exactly what you eat now. If you like pizza you can have pizza. Have 2 slices instead of 4. You can try lower calorie replacements for calorie dense foods. Some of the communities favorites are cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash in place of their more calorie rich cousins. If it appeals to you an entire dietary change like Keto, Paleo, Vegetarian. The most important thing to remember is that this selection of foods works for you. Sustainability is the key to long term weight management success. If you hate what you're eating you won't stick to it. ExerciseIs NOT mandatory. You can lose fat and create a deficit through diet alone. There is no requirement of exercise to lose weight. It has it's own benefits though. You will burn extra calories. Exercise is shown to be beneficial to mental health and creates an endorphin rush as well. It makes people feel awesome and has been linked to higher rates of long term success when physical activity is included in lifestyle changes. Crawl, Walk, RunIt can seem like one needs to make a 180 degree course correction to find success. That isn't necessarily true. Many of our users find that creating small initial changes that build a foundation allows them to progress forward in even, sustained, increments. AcceptanceYou will struggle. We have all struggled. This is natural. There is no tip or trick to get through this though. We encourage you to recognize why you are struggling and forgive yourself for whatever reason that may be. If you overindulged at your last meal that is ok. You can resolve to make the next meal better. Do not let the pursuit of perfect get in the way of progress. We don't need perfect. We just want better. Additional resourcesNow you're ready to do this. Here are more details, that may help you refine your plan.
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