Weight loss: Honestly, just quit all those weight loss support groups on Facebook (since often they do more harm than good) and stay active in Reddit communites instead |
- Honestly, just quit all those weight loss support groups on Facebook (since often they do more harm than good) and stay active in Reddit communites instead
- Chris Hemsworth just released a free six-week trial of his workout app, for those worried about losing motivation in isolation
- I'm on a 9 day streak of consistent exercise, and I'm not stopping now.
- [NSV] I fit into my pants!
- M 26 WEIGHT LOSS TRANSFORMATION - 10 MONTHS 220 pounds -> 150 pounds (~ 100 to 68 kg) SV
- 8 Years Ago Today, I Began My Journey With a Visit To A Dietitian
- I need to be truthful with myself
- Obese Teen wants to become a Healthy Adult! Please help me.
- I feel disappointed in myself that this quarantine situation made me bounce back to old habits.
- I need to know where to start this the right way
- Restarting again. I failed. I need words of encouragement.
- 25 lbs down - Wish I had weighed myself more before starting my journey!
- Scared of new relationship with food
- 16 year old boy looking to change lifestyle while quarantined
- Mistrust of The Scale
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Monday, 23 March 2020: Today, I conquered!
- I [16f, 5’1.5”, 181 lbs] find it extremely difficult to lose weight since I’m always hungry and I have awful self control. Please give me any sort of advice!
- Motivation Monday. Get and give motivation for yourself or others.
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: March 23rd, 2020
- 24-Hour Pledge - Monday, 23 March 2020 - The Plan for Today!
- within my first few weeks of weight loss, i lost alot but put it back on?
- Just felt like sharing.
- Why am I not losing at 500 cal deficit? Reading conflicting information.
- Psychological Changes following Weight Loss in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Prospective Cohort Study
| Posted: 22 Mar 2020 02:47 PM PDT I'm actually terrified what I've seen in countless of FB groups over the past few months and by now I quit all of them. It's good to see the positivity and encouragement people give each other but whenever someone needs an advice, they just go apeshit. Like they heard something a long time ago and now they state it as a fact without actually knowing anything about the topic. Or just the classic "it worked for me, it must work for anyone". No, the body doesn't work that way. You can't even bring up science to argue them because they think you are some know-it-all and start to attack you. Toxic. Many groups mistake dieting with anorexia. Seriously. People are posting their daily mealplan consisting of 5-800 calories with 20g of protein and people tell them to eat even less. I even saw some saying that your body doesn't need protein, wtf?? I saw some complaining about sudden hair loss and gum decay and everyone started to defend their diet immediately, it cannot be that. Sure. The only thing they changed was their diet, but it can't be. People who just start on their diets get so many terrible advices in these groups, it's crazy. I'm so happy I started my journey on Reddit. Maybe my posts didn't get 30 replies in an hour, but way more useful than anything I read in those communities. I was trying my best to help people out who were clearly damaging their health following some bad advices but someone always attacked me stating some bullshit with zero research to back it up. I know how it feels like when you suddenly change your lifstyle 180 and in that information-overload you don't even try to google the stuff you read, whatever someone says becomes the holy bible because you are happy if you can keep that little in mind at that time. But make sure that little comes from a valuable source. And one last thing: before you jump into anything hardcore, like keto or OMAD, spend a few days reading tutorials and watching videos from reliable sources, and do your research. All of these extreme diets can be very much simplified but there are a lot of details that you have to pay attention on to have the right results without damaging your health. I learned it the hard way too. Suddenly losing weight doesn't mean you do it right. Hell, even cutting out sugars can cause a sudden weight loss. Many folks who start dieting are eating healthy for the first time in their life. They will drop weight eventually. It doesn't mean you are being effective with your diet, it "just works" but it can also backfire long term. And please, please, eat your maintanance protein at least. You need it. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Mar 2020 06:17 PM PDT Howdy loseit. I've been following this sub for a while and have slowly lost 20 pounds over the last year by making small changes. I just recently got into the habit of working out and then b, COVID-19. The world is kind of crazy right now, and I know a lot of people are stuck at home and it's really disrupting routines. I just saw on Instagram that Chris Hemsworth is releasing his fitness/training app for a free 6-week trial. There's a lot of body weight/HIIT workouts that don't require equipment with videos of each exercise by a trainer. I know I only have a set of weights, but there's a lot of options for those of us without access to equipment. It also has some meal plan and other mental well-being resources. It does still have you enter a cc but it's like super discounted or you can just cancel before your trial ends, but I genuinely might keep it because it has a lot of content. I still have to go to work even in a statewide lockdown (hi Starbucks) but having this option seems like a great resource when I am home instead of sitting around, and to mix up my Ring Fit Adventure routine haha. Just thought I'd share with anyone else worried about not being able to hit the gym or go outside too much! Stay safe out (or I guess, in) there. Edit: I somehow managed to not say the name of the program. It's Centr. Sign up through the website to get the 6 weeks, it won't work if you sign up through the app! [link] [comments] |
| I'm on a 9 day streak of consistent exercise, and I'm not stopping now. Posted: 22 Mar 2020 01:45 PM PDT Last Saturday, I decided that since spring break had begun at my area, I'd make an effort to lose weight again. I begun doing a variety of home workouts and going on walks with my family occasionally. The situation has worsened and although my gym is still open because it's a complex gym for the townhouses in my area, my mom has told me not to go anymore. However, everyday I'd workout, whether it was no jumping workouts, hiit workouts, popular workouts or programs. It is possible to lose weight during this pandemic. There are so many helpful workouts on YouTube. Here are some of the workouts I've done this past week that you can try: Abs • Alexis Ren 10 min abs workout Hiit • Sarah's Day 15 minute fat burn • Full Body Fat burn MadFit 10 minutes • Chloe Ting 2 weeks shred program • Chloe Ting 25 days slim leg program • Lucy Wyndham Read 7 minute calorie burning workout Low Impact (no jumping) • Emi Wong 15 minute at home workout with kids • Emi Wong 10 minute no jumping hiit • Blogilates 12 minutes to burn fat Cardio: • Jump Rope while watching YouTube • Walks with my family around the neighborhood I know I'm not a consistent person and I get bored easily so I just do workouts that I feel like doing each day. Although I did some of Chloe Ting's programs, I didn't do them everyday because I'd get bored of the same videos every day. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Mar 2020 04:56 PM PDT About two years ago, I weighed 165lbs (I'm 5'7'') and moved to a different country for a yearlong work project. My life became much, much simpler, and I lost 20 lbs. I hadn't been that light and active for at least 5 years. While that may not seem like a long time for some, I'm in my late twenties and it felt very good to get back to my end of college weight. I bought some new clothes to celebrate, including a crop top, something I never felt comfortable wearing before. When I moved back to the US, my goal was to make it to 135lbs. Well, that didn't happen. I had a lot of reverse culture shock. I went from working 35 hours a week back to working 60 to 70 (which I think was in large part responsible for my initial weight gain). I moved into a new house with my partner and was struggling to afford my portion of living expenses. I also started experiencing CPTSD after a repressed experience stopped being repressed. I've continued to have a very problematic relationship with my PhD advisor. Very quickly, I gained back 20 lbs. I felt awful. Like such a failure. In January 2019, I started seeing a therapist. In May 2019, I started doing Krav Maga. In October 2019, I told one of my bosses (I work three jobs) that I wouldn't stay on past May 2020. By December 2019, I was down to 155 lbs and feeling very strong, but sad that I still wasn't 145lbs. In February, I started doing personal training. I have no idea how I'll keep affording it, but I'm going to keep doing it as long as I can. I'm still 155lbs, but I've maintained that weight for months and, importantly, I have a lot more muscle now, which means I've lost a lot of fat if I'm still 155lbs. On Friday, the weather was projected to be fairly warm. I was trying to decide what to wear and it dawned on me: maybe I can fit back into the cute boyfriend capri pants I bought while abroad. I hadn't been able to sit comfortably in them last summer so I packed them away, hoping one day I'd be fit again. I dug them out. THEY ARE TOO BIG. By maybe a size. Then I thought, maybe the Madewell pants that couldn't even button fit in August will fit. I dug those out, slightly grateful I didn't donate them. THEY FIT. They are snug, but not too snug. I can sit comfortably in them, walk comfortably, bend over easily. It is excellent! This moment caused me to think a lot about all of the progress I have made that the scale doesn't really show. By treating my mental health, I stopped binge eating and stopped sabatoging my fitness progress. By working out more, I helped treat my anxiety, got stronger, and made a lot of supportive friends. This, in turn, supported my mental health improvement. I'm not longer concerned about a number on a scale. I'm still trying to "loseit" when it comes to fat, but I'm now focused more on what my body can do and how it looks. [link] [comments] |
| M 26 WEIGHT LOSS TRANSFORMATION - 10 MONTHS 220 pounds -> 150 pounds (~ 100 to 68 kg) SV Posted: 23 Mar 2020 12:47 AM PDT STATS : Height : 5'8 Before/After : https://imgur.com/a/2YVaezj Warning Long post ahead, scroll to the bottom for tldr: Around January 2019 i was near 100 kgs (220 pounds) of weight. Looking back, i always felt lethargic , sluggish and my weight was also affecting my confidence. Around May 2019, i decided to change things. I read up a lot about weight loss online and decided to fix my diet first (thanks reddit) and started exercising at home. Initially for the first month or so, I just cut off junk food from my diet. I still ate parathas (pan fried indian bread), and fried things at home, and consumed sugar regularly. I exercised for 20 mins everyday following a youtube video I found online. ( Link at bottom) After about 2 months or so i started to see results. I joined the gym around this time, and started going at 6 am in the morning. I had lost around 6 kgs of weight in this time period and i decided to take my diet and dedication to another level. I focused on cutting off homemade "bad" food first. I cut off parathas (pan fried indian bread), fried sabzi (vegatables) and started focusing more on macro nutrients. I still ate rotis (regular indian bread) and cut down rice to once a day. I ate a lot of daal (lentils and legumes) , rotis(regular indian bread) and vegetables during this period. I also started working out and going to the gym during this time period. I worked out for about 1.5 - 2 hours a day following the REDDIT PPL, and made my goal to get abs. I read up a lot online during this period and realized i was still not hitting macro nutrients such as protein and started counting my calorie intake regularly. I did abs twice a day ( once during the workout in the morning , once after coming home from office). To get more protein, i took up my only feasible option, egg whites! I detest the taste of boiled eggs. I remember almost puking when i ate one ( after mixing it in a sandwich and slathering it with sauces). I increased one egg to 2, 2 - 4 and at some point i started eating 8 eggs worth of egg whites (divided into 4 egg whites per meal twice a day) After about 2 more months (4-5 months into exercising regularly) into the above diet i had lost around 12-15 kgs of weight. I was starting to plateau in my weight loss so i decided to up my game further. I started to eat a lot of daal (boiled lentils and legumes), vegetables and cut off rice completely. I also cut off sugar completely and added a protein shake to complete my macro goals. I added Paneer(cottage cheese) for some fat as it is needed and helped me fulfill my macros. I cut off roti (indian bread) to twice a day ( 2 roti (indian bread) per day). I started swallowing 16 eggs worth of egg whites per day to hit my protein goals ~160 g. I tracked regularly on MFP, a habit which i follow everyday After about 7-8 months into this diet i cut off rotis completely. My abs were starting to show at this point. To fulfill every macro nutrient, i ate a lot of daal (lentils and legumes), chole (chickpeas), rajma (beans). To fulfill my carb goals, i ate toasted brown bread grilled paneer ( cottage cheese) sandwich, or a cup of rice per day. I drank protein shakes, paneer(cottage cheese) and dal(lentils) to fulfill my protein and fat goals. My exercise and hard work was paying off as i had finally crossed into normal BMI from overweight after a lot of hard work and discipline. I stopped working out abs twice a day as it got too much, but i replaced it with walking for 20 mins during my lunch breaks in office. I gobbled down 16 eggs worth of egg whites everyday. For abs, I continued the same diet and restricted my total calorie intake further, and added more cardio to my workout routine. I also exercise my abs and core 6 days a week. Right now, my abs are not very well defined but they are starting to show up (15 percent bodyfat) My goal is to reach 12 percent before end of May ( that would mark 1 year) and get well defined abs. I do hanging leg raises ( progessed from supported to 12 X 3) , and weighted situps. I also do a video of athlean x on abs which is killer and is only 7 mins long! I did slip off / went into maintainence unintentionally in between, and i heard about the advice of adding refeeds to your workout, but i really wanted abs so i pushed myself. My learning: From being joked about, to random people coming up to me in office, in my localityand my relatives telling me that i inspire them, it has been quite a journey. I never told anyone that I was working out, and the people closest to me didn't even notice when i lost around 10 kgs (20 pounds) of weight initially. Don't do things to impress anyone else. When people started noticing, they started complimenting me and telling me that i inspire them. Some people told me that i can't keep it up for life, i just shrugged those negative feedback off. You do it with a goal in mind, and you do it for yourself. Nothing will get you farther than discipline. Sometimes you just need to push yourself and make it to the gym. I haven't missed a single day of workout when i was able to. If i couldn't make it to the gym for some reason, i would workout at home following a youtube video. If the gym was closed i would go for running. I did something everyday, and the only break I took was when i was unwell. Motivation is fickle, build discipline it will last you a lifetime. Also after a certain point, not going for a workout feels bad. You have to build up to that habit. My advice: Start slow, and build a habit. Cut off the junk, you know what it is. Diet is 70% of the game, and exercise only 30. You don't need any special diet, just track what you eat, add portion control, and switch to healthier choices. Slowly get used to your new diet. Fitness is a marathon, not a race. Don't compare your progress to others, but keep a track of your progress. Measure your weight, the scale doesn't lie. Keep working on yourself and keep improving wherever you can, and you will see results soon. Everyone can do it. Huge shoutout to the reddit r/fitness community. It has been my only resource. Youtube channels I watch JTS Juggernaut training system ,, alan thrall ( again heard about these from reddit ) for form. Jeff Nippard/ Athlean X for general fitness stuff. My workout routine Reddit ppl with added exercises: Pull: I added a bit of the glamour muscles to the last leg day with barbell curls, chinups, triceps extension, lat raises . This kills me by the end of my last leg day ( saturday) On Sundays: My lifts are pretty weak tbh, but i started from an empty bar or 10kgs and i am around : I do 10 mins of cardio AFTER my workout everyday. What im doing due to the virus: Bodyweight stuff / pair of dumbles and reps until failure. Diet is a struggle now since im not going to work. Trying to get more equipment to workout at home! tldr Was fat now i am not by following reddit ppl! [link] [comments] |
| 8 Years Ago Today, I Began My Journey With a Visit To A Dietitian Posted: 22 Mar 2020 11:47 AM PDT For many of us who are/were the biggest person in any crowd, we look long term. Ok, 8 years may be excessive. But victory does not just come at the end; it comes at many points along the way. May be 399, 299, 199, fitting on a roller coaster, buying smaller clothes, & having others, especially strangers, treat us differently. All were my small victories. This has not an been easy, 1-directional journey. As a 6'M, I started at 410 lbs. I have had 2 serious zig-zags up of 30 bs. & 55 lbs. Became lax because I was so much smaller than before, and both were when I was about 250. In November 2018, I started my next zag down. I have counted calories (CICO) for all 8 years; during my 2 relapses I was sloppy about accuracy using >2100 for an entry. I weighed in this morning at 194.6. I had no bariatric surgery & have no loose skin except on my neck. Genetics, or the fairly small weight loss per month. One practice I have which is probably not normal: I eat a limited number of foods, eating the same thing over and over. I don't need variety & I don't cook. Think salads with a protein & 0-calorie dressing, frozen portion-controlled meals, turkey or grilled cheese sandwiches. Many a fight I had with my dietitian over "is a calorie a calorie". I was with her for 4 years, 1 or 2x a month, until I moved away. She was my accountability rock, as was my doctor who was 5'2' 105 lbs. My journey is not near an end; I now have to be successful at maintenance; failed 2x. May you find a plan that works only for you and work it. Along the way I also acknowledged I was not only addicted to food, but was an alcoholic and am now sober. In fact, it is my 500th day of sobriety. Thanks to all the post I have read on here over the past year. [link] [comments] |
| I need to be truthful with myself Posted: 22 Mar 2020 08:18 AM PDT Last week really threw me for a loop. I was riding a high of reaching 10 pounds lost and then everyone started panic buying food, my gym closed, and then my state was ordered to "shelter in place." I have to be truthful with myself, I slipped back into comfort eating. I reasonably stocked up on healthier foods for quarantine, but started ordering more takeout just because I could. I smoked weed and grazed all day as a way of coping with all the crazy news reports. I was still reading here and reading everyone's motivating posts about keeping up routines while quarantined, but I just couldn't get back into the swing of things. I gained 2 pounds back, not ideal, but I'm not going to beat myself up over it. Today is the day I get back on track and nip this falling back into bad habits thing in the bud. I got up this morning and made my usual measured out quick oats with fruit. I'm getting back into drinking 128oz of water. I'm tracking my foods and lowering my calories just a bit since I'm less active than before. And I'm going to look up strength training yoga routines to do in my living room since I can't go to the gym and I have no equipment. I'm not going to let this quarantine ruin all the progress I had made. I intend to come out of this weighing less than I did coming into it. [link] [comments] |
| Obese Teen wants to become a Healthy Adult! Please help me. Posted: 22 Mar 2020 11:26 PM PDT I'm male, 17, and weigh approximately 250lbs at 5'10/11". I have a very large belly and extremely large moobs. I've been trying to lose weight now and could really lose your help. Some extra info: I play games, love watching films, and (unsurprisingly) hate exercise. Where I live, I have enough room to do some running even during quarantine. I don't think I am ugly as a person (without the weight), but my weight has made me extremely insecure and made me more introverted than I'd like to be. I dated a girl for one month 2 (almost 3) years ago but felt too nervous and broke things off because I felt I was too immature to be with her. In reality, I felt that she would grow to hate me for my weight. I am more secure about myself as a person on a mental level now (or at least try to be). I'm very introverted most of the time, but can occasionally be outgoing. I've had at least somewhat of a weight issue since around 5th grade. My body has only gotten worse since and I've felt more embarrassed. My stomach has a bunch of stretch marks but the worst part is my moobs. I fucking hate those. They're huge. It's not even funny. I feel like I can never secure with myself with these giant things. It's awful. I hate it. That's IMO the worst part. Going back to talking about women, I feel like I stand no chance against other guys. I can never take my shirt off without seeing the enlarged useless milk sacks on me. With them, I could never see myself getting with a women. And when I mean getting with a women, I don't mean hooking up. I've personally never liked the idea. I've always wanted to be in a real relationship and to care for someone as much as they care for me, but I feel like in my current state it's near impossible. Now the reasons I want to lose weight are simple, and are the following: 1. I don't want to live my whole life being the fat one 2. I feel like I could never get with a woman in my current state 3. I want to not hate my body anymore 4. I want to prove to people in my life I'm not lazy. I've lost a few pounds recently (and have progress picks to prove they weren't just water weight), but I'd really love to here what you guys think I should/can do during quarantine. Feel free to ask any questions. I'd love the help, or even just to talk. [link] [comments] |
| I feel disappointed in myself that this quarantine situation made me bounce back to old habits. Posted: 22 Mar 2020 12:42 PM PDT I live in a state with a lockdown. Meaning that unless you're essential (health, groceries, etc.) you are highly encouraged to practice social distancing and stay inside. Prior to this, I've had a really good thing going. From February to a few days ago, I went from 195 to 184. 184 was my lowest weight last year before I plateaued and eventually dropped out for reasons. I mealprepped. I had a place in the mall that had a good calorie sized meal that I can go to on my lunch break. My CICO was great for losing 1.5-2lbs/week. I've had a retail job where I worked full time, all day walking around multiple floors. I would clock in anywhere from 10-15k steps on my watch by the end of the day. On TOP of that, I would work out at least 3 times a week doing cardio and lifting. I recently started a nice workout routine that worked up a lot of sweat. Now with this lockdown. I'm trapped inside my house, so I barely do any steps. Brocolli, Frozen Chicken Breasts, and other things are just as bad as Toilet Paper and Hand Sanitizer in terms of how difficult it gets. My house is small and packed, so it's hard to do at home workouts other than like maybe jumping jacks in my own room. I often order fast food because it's cheap even though I KNOW it's not healthy. Maybe there's healthier options, but I don't know the status of my work after they gave us two weeks off. How do I know that if even fast food will be an option in the future with those whole pandemic? Barely any food at home and I (22M) don't want to take the already limited food from my family who are more older. I felt like I was at a good place and I know that this situation with the whole lockdown is a unique one many of us weren't expecting in 2020, but damn. I'm just really sad that I know I'm gonna yo-yo back and lose the work I've already done. [link] [comments] |
| I need to know where to start this the right way Posted: 22 Mar 2020 08:14 PM PDT I apologize in advance for the poorly written novel below. I'm on mobile and to be frank I'm just feeling all kinds of overwhelmed so this is just a super long rant and ask for advice. Some background first: I have never, I mean NEVER had a healthy relationship with food whether it be in one direction or another. I grew up hearing constant body remarks from adult family members, and I used food to cope with things as a kid. It has always been my comfort. There was a time in my life when I was really little where food was scarce, so when I was really little, if something was yummy, I'd eat it ALL. All of it. I'd hide it and scarf it down in secret or take enough helpings of dinner to make my stomach hurt and then I'd go back for more. I also had a crap ton of younger siblings who I'd care for instead of getting involved in doing anything physical. I wasn't just a chubby kid, I was a huge kid. With absolutely no physical fitness know how or athletic ability. At ten years old my (kind of distant) birth father told me one summer that I had to lose 50 pounds by Christmas break or I wasn't going to see him again. That was the first time in my life I stopped eating. And yeah, I lost a bunch of weight. The adults in my life seemed pleased. And then at 12 I was sexually assaulted and I'm learning now through therapy that it's not so uncommon that I began to eat to cope with that afterwards. I got into a really shitty, toxic marriage as an adult and long story short, got up to 298lbs. I'm 5'3" and I was disgusted with myself. When that marriage ended (thank god) I basically was like "No way in hell am I getting up to 300lbs" and I stopped eating again. Or I'd eat to save face in public and then find the soonest opportunity to stick my fingers down my throat. There was a LOT of shit in my life that was out of my control, like $15k in my ex husbands debt I was paying, multiple pregnancy losses I was just then getting the opportunity to have feelings about, and to be quite honest I was on my OWN for the first time ever. I used food (or the lack thereof) to regain some control I guess. I lost SO much weight. And nobody thinks to question the methods of weight loss when you're that big. Everyone was super happy for me and the compliments came all the time about how great I looked. So it encouraged it for sure. I was getting attention I'd never before gotten in my life. I was kind of attractive and I knew it. I got down to 152lbs in the span of a year (yikes). But my periods stopped, I began growing all kinds of body hair that wasn't there before, and I'd pass out all the freaking time. I met my now husband, and he noticed something wasn't right. He encouraged me to seek help and for a while I did. I began eating healthy and things were going really well. Until they weren't. We had a miscarriage in April last year, and I absolutely lost control again. When I was with my ex I had multiple losses. But knowing the problem was ME hit different. I'm still recovering. I'm back up to 230lbs again from then to now and I'm absolutely disgusted with myself again. I feel like crap- I get out of breath walking up the stairs. I tried going back to working out but literally got laughed out of a gym (that's a whole other story) and then tried to do it myself and tore my labrum in my hip, and basically used that as an excuse to do nothing again. I'm back in counseling and I want to repair my relationship with food. But most importantly I want to be healthy AND lose weight this time. I need some baby steps for this. I adore this group, and I've found it so much more helpful than any other online forum so far. Im looking for somewhere to start that is one, small step at a time. I work 60ish hours a week. I'm in a program for my masters degree. I have 5 and 7 year old step babies. I know that I'm busy but I need to find a way to do this. And to do it right this time. I want to be able to play with my kids and not get out of breath. I want to have sex with my husband without being so self-conscious I can't be present in the moment. I want to actually feel proud of how I do it this time. And, I don't know, I'd like to actually not obsess over food in one way or another every waking moment of my day. So, what works for you guys? What are some "baby steps" I can focus on? What is the very best advice, words of encouragement, accountability, or anything else you guys can offer? I'm tired of my "I'll start next week" attitude. I'm tired of feeling this way. I'm ready to get started. I know I need help. Thanks if you made it this far. I hope this is the right group to ask in. I appreciate you all. [link] [comments] |
| Restarting again. I failed. I need words of encouragement. Posted: 22 Mar 2020 06:36 PM PDT Mobile atm. Sorry for spelling/grammar mistakes. I was fairly active on this subreddit. I'm 22f I 5'3 weighed 287lbs. Lost 40-50lbs (237lbs lightest) in 4-5 months. In august 2019. Worked out 5x a week, ate 1500kcal a day. My goal weight is 130lbs or whatever BMI that makes me feel healthy Had a traumatic experience Now I'm sitting at maybe 300lbs+. Havent been to the gym since september 2019. Eating out of control. I'm too scared to look at the scale again. I feel super heavy, very weak on my feet. I feel fucking gross. I had to buy bigger clothes 3x-maybe 4x now. I used to be 1x or 2x. I used to be so good with weighing food and being careful. Now I just down everything. Eat whatever I want. I hate admitting to it but I have to before it becomes too hard to walk or becomes too hard to even live. I asked my dr to refer me to get a gastric bypass.. but the waitlist is over 4 years. I lost 50lbs before so idk. I want to be able to do this naturally if possible. I'm so sad. Why did I let myself get bigger. My kids were my aspirations :( [link] [comments] |
| 25 lbs down - Wish I had weighed myself more before starting my journey! Posted: 22 Mar 2020 12:37 PM PDT Hello all! I've been doing CICO since January and lost 25 lbs so far, with no plans on stopping. Thanks to this sub for motivating me! (F/5'4"/SW301/CW285) This is a long story but I just have to share/rant. Before starting my weight loss journey in January, I hadn't weighed myself in nearly a decade. I know it sounds crazy, but I have a memory of being weighed at the doctor's office when I was 12/13 and they said I was 206 lbs. i have been obese my entire life, but looking back, I was definitely in denial. I was so shocked and embarrassed that my coping mechanism was to never weigh myself again. Whenever I'd go to the doctor, I would look away when they weighed me. Since then, I have been gaining and gaining weight. When I weighed myself in January I was 301 lbs. Now that I'm losing weight (and weighing myself regularly) I really wish I knew what I weighed at different stages in my life for comparison. For instance, when I graduated college a few years ago I look back at those photos and am excited to be at that weight/look that way (even though I was still obese). The problem is I don't know what that weight was so I'll have no idea if I achieved that other than going off of the size of clothing. Can anyone else relate to this? Is it possible to ask my doctor what my weight was on previous records? Just so frustrated with myself for being in denial for so long. Thanks to anyone who read! [link] [comments] |
| Scared of new relationship with food Posted: 22 Mar 2020 01:58 PM PDT Hi all, I've been a lurker on this subreddit for a while now. I am morbidly obese at 317 pounds. If it helps, I am female and 5'11. Currently on a calorie deficit to lose 1.5 lbs per week, and should be under 300 by the middle of the year. However, I'm losing it quicker than expected because of my new relationship with food. I started counting calories at the beginning of last month. Since February I have lost 12 pounds from counting calories. It's changing me in a way that makes me feel empty (emotionally) and afraid. I used to look forward to dessert every night. But now, my stomach hurts if I overeat even just a little bit. I can no longer eat/drink to the point where I feel full/satisfied. Otherwise, I get super uncomfortable and anxious, since feeling full now makes me feel sick. I find myself being repulsed by a lot of foods that used to make me happy, like chocolate, green tea, or sushi. I just no longer like how they make me feel. At first I thought that this new relationship with food was a great thing. But now, I am skipping meals randomly, just to avoid the feeling of fullness. But whether I am feeling hungry, or full, it all just gives me an incomplete, empty feeling. It makes me feel, dare I say, depressed. Food used to bring me joy and now, it all kind of disgusts me, even water, tea, and coffee, which I used to love. I can't drink matcha tea because I now have a heightened sensitivity to caffeine. I can't drink herbal tea because it now gives me digestive issues. I now feel repulsed by most foods because since I started restricting calories, my body has become more sensitive to food. The only time I am actually hungry is after I do strenuous work (long distance walking, exercise, moving boxes, chores, etc.). I guess I used to really look forward to eating food. But now, it just gives me a really Hollow feeling, where I end up regretting taking a single bite of anything. I guess this post is more of a vent, but I was wondering if anyone has ever felt a similar way. I'm really not sure how to navigate my new emotions surrounding food. I started this weight loss journey because I was worried about my health. But now, this new problem has arisen that makes me worry about both my mental and physical health. Any advice would be stellar. Thanks for reading. [link] [comments] |
| 16 year old boy looking to change lifestyle while quarantined Posted: 22 Mar 2020 10:26 PM PDT Well, where do I get started. I was a regular weight all my childhood until my parents got divorced. I then started to suffer trauma and as a result began to stress eat starting in like 4th grade. I have finally received help 6 years later, and my situation with my family is now safe and ok. Unfortunately, I'm a rather big kid, 5'6', 182 lbs. I feel insecure about my weight as kids make fun of me and it's hard for me to talk to people. My lifestyle as a result is just being lazy and playing games. I'm involved in lots of clubs and play golf. I want to lose weight, and just come back to school feeling better than ever. I want to lose weight for my golf game. I want to gain muscle for personal gain. And most importantly want to live a healthy life. So what can I do during these times? And what's immediate advice to change a lifestyle of lazy to proactive. Thanks [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Mar 2020 10:02 PM PDT 36F, SW:342 CW: 191?? I have been on my journey, actually taking it seriously for about 14 months now and have lost approx 120lbs in that time. I bought my own scale when I was 275 and have been weighing myself on it daily for about the last 12 months. It has been a love/hate relationship with my scale and there have been long periods of time where I refused to step on it for the sake of my sanity. As I crept closer and closer to Onederland, my scale decided it would do some real dink behavior and weigh me really off. For example, one day it would weigh me at 205 and 212 the next. Logic told me that there was no way that could be possible. The next day when I weighed myself it seemed to go back to normal but theeeeen a week later I stood on it again and it said 196. I of course was over the moon, literally crying in my bathroom, in the dark looking at the scale. I have been sharing my journey on social media so I snapped the pic of the scale and couldn't wait to share it. I held off for several days because I had an irrational fear that maybe the scale was not accurate. 3 days later when I weighed myself and decided to share my news, the scale read 194. It felt safe to post and so I did. You can imagine how much people celebrated with me and I rode that high straight to the scale weighing me at 187. I couldn't believe it....aaaaaaand this is where my scale mistrust really set in. I weighed myself a week later and it told me I weighed 210. What...the...heeeeeeell?!?!? Major doubts started seeping in. I stood on and off that stupid scale and it kept saying 210...209...210. I frustratingly picked it up, ripped its batteries out and put in new ones, set it on the floor...212!!! I felt so defeated, for 2 days I had a "poor me" party for myself but then, after the wise words of my boyfriend: "Who cares of you really weigh 212lbs. You are doing this for yourself not anyone else. Keep that number to yourself and just keep doing what you have been doing. The weight will come off anyways.". Gah! He is right, it will come off and I know all I have to do is keep working at doing the right things. The scale read weird again this last week but has slowly been declining every day. Today it said 179 and laughed, gave it the middle finger and got back on...191 it conceded and I shrugged and accepted it. At the start of my journey this would have devastated me, probably completely derailed me. I'll probably have major trust issues with my scale and only ever trust the scale at my doctor from now on to be the real truth delivery machine... Long story short: Scales are great for keeping you on track and motivated but they're also enormous assholes and you shouldn't rely on them as your sole measure of success! [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Monday, 23 March 2020: Today, I conquered! Posted: 23 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?)
Post it here! This is the new, improved place for recording your acts of awesomeness! Due to space limitations, this may be an announcement (sticky) only occasionally. Please find it daily and keep it the hottest thing on /r/loseit! On reddit your vote means, "I found this interesting!" Help us make this daily post the most read, most used, most interesting post on /r/loseit by reading, commenting, and participating often! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Mar 2020 06:49 PM PDT As the title says, I (16f) am about 5'1.5" (~156 cm) tall and weigh nearly 181 lbs (~ 82 kg). This is a huge change from my heaviest weight at 192 lbs from last year, but I can't seem to lose anymore weight. If I'm going to be honest here, I have awful eating habits. For starters, I have a total sweet tooth, I'm constantly eating Oreos and drinking sweet tea and snacking on any sort of chocolate or ice cream I can get my hands on. But, I'm also not a picky eater at all, and as a result, I'll eat practically anything I can get my hands on. My mother used to call me a "garbage disposal" when I was younger since not only would I finish off my plate, but I'd even finish off the plates if anybody who wasn't going to finish theirs, which more or less leads me into my next point. Not only do I love all sorts of food, but I'm always hungry. And that really isn't an exaggeration. All day, all I can think about is my next meal and what I want to eat next. Being on quarantine and at home when there is so much food for me to eat, its hard to resist. I even keep a bag of Oreos in my desk drawer and snack on them ALL DAY LONG. Not to mention the stock of sweet teas I keep on me. I find it hard to control myself. Like mentally, I know I shouldn't take more cookies, or drink another tea, or snack on whatever is in the fridge, but I'll be damned if it isn't impossible for me to resist. This has been going on for years now, and I can kind of pinpoint why I started this (childhood trauma involving food), but it's so difficult to break out of it. I hate exercising since I get so tired and sweaty, I'm afraid of my knees giving out beneath my weight, I hate my double chin, I hate how my body looks in the mirror, I just... I hate everything about my weight, but I can't control my eating habits. I've tried dieting, I've tried calorie counting, I've tried exercising, but I can never stick with anything long terms. I wish there was something to physically stop me from eating, but I just can't. Eating is essential, and I know I can't just not eat. I'm tired of being obese, I want to go back to being a healthy weight like when I was a kid. I'm graduating high school in a few months- I don't want to be the biggest girl at the graduation. I don't even like exercising, my hobbies involve reading, and drawing, and writing, and literally anything that involves me sitting down at a desk and just working. I don't like sports, and the only "exercise" I enjoy is walking, but with the quarantine and the fact the weather has been so awful lately means I can't go out and do that. What I'm asking for is help, any sort of advice to help me start losing weight and keeping it off. I'm constantly fluctuating between 179-182 lbs, and for once, I want to see that scale drop and stay below those numbers. My goal weight as of right now is just 150 lbs to keep it simple and obtainable, I just want to start becoming healthy so I don't fiddle myself with health issues by the time I'm in my 20s. I don't want oto develop arthritis or diabetes or high blood pressure or anything. Please, anything helps. I just want to be healthy again, I don't care about being super skinny or looking like a super model. I just want to stop being obese :( [link] [comments] |
| Motivation Monday. Get and give motivation for yourself or others. Posted: 22 Mar 2020 10:00 PM PDT "Why I need or how I found motivation."Just starting and need a kick in the pants? Please revisit this post through the week to help motivate yourself and others! [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: March 23rd, 2020 Posted: 22 Mar 2020 11:49 PM PDT Hi team Euro accountability, march 23rd is here! For anyone new who wants to join today, this is a daily post where you can track your goals, keep yourself accountable, get support and have a chat with friendly people at times that are convenient for European time zones. Check-in daily, weekly, or whatever works best for you. It's never the wrong time to join! Anyone and everyone are welcome! Tell us about yourself and let's continue supporting each other. Let us know how your day is going, or, if you're checking in early, how your yesterday went! Share your victories, rants, problems, NSVs, SVs, we are here! [link] [comments] |
| 24-Hour Pledge - Monday, 23 March 2020 - The Plan for Today! Posted: 22 Mar 2020 09:11 PM PDT Wake up with determination; go to bed with satisfaction!This is our daily check-in, to help keep us accountable over the long haul. Feel free to post whatever goals will help keep you on track. Here's the regular text on behalf of this thread's originator, kingoftheeyesores, taken with his blessing > I'll be posting a daily, 24 hour pledge to stick to my plan, or whichever small piece of my plan I am currently working on. Whatever your dietary goals may be, I hope you stick to them for the next 24 hours (and then worry about the following 24!). Who's with me? Thanks to /u/nofollowthrough who made the 24-Hour Pledge an ongoing /r/loseit institution. Due to space limitations, this may be a sticky only occasionally. Please find it daily using the sidebar or top message. On reddit, your vote means, "I found this interesting" (...read more about voting on reddit) [link] [comments] |
| within my first few weeks of weight loss, i lost alot but put it back on? Posted: 22 Mar 2020 11:20 PM PDT Basically i'm currently on the slimming world plan. my doctor advised it for me. In my first week i lost 7 and a half pounds. then, 2 weeks later ive gaines a pound. Ive been keeping to the rules and dutch yet ive gained. No i'm not doing any exercise, i'm doing this just by not eating as mutch and not eating anything bad. I've not had any chocolate for 3 weeks witch is big for me as i use to eat like almost a thousand calroes a day on chocolate-avarage (wispa packs, full family bars sizes etc) i have been craving like hard for some chocolate tbh, but, ive just not have any pluce none in the house for me to eat. Anyway, how to i keep up at most 3 pounds a week weight loss? In weight watchers you dont have to count calories, ive swapped out my fizzy drinks for flavoured water (normal water makes me sick, ive tried it in the past, lost weight but then after a while it just made me sick). beed eating alot of fruit and vedge, aswell as alot of potato as it's a filling food. all last week i had a jacket potato and beans for dinner. Ive been weiging my morning cereal and watched what i had for tea yet i lost so mutch in the first week and gained back a pound within the following 2 weeks. what am i doing wrong? how can i maintain losing weight if i'm not eating that mutch bad foods and i'm keeping to the plan? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Mar 2020 05:54 PM PDT Male, 6' maybe 6'1". Can't really give an accurate weight because I really have no idea if my scale is working properly or not. I weighed myself a few days ago and it said 245 but I certainly don't believe I look 245lbs and neither does anyone else I tell that. I care more about the results rather than the number on the scale anyway. I'm 17, a couple weeks from 18, and started cutting out old habits around the end of February/beginning of March. I work in retail at a store that is literally a couple minutes from my house. Since I'm still in school (or was at the time thanks a lot COVID-19) and live with my parents I don't have a lot of things to pay for which meant I had more money to spend on food. Every time I went to the store, which was basically once a day since it was so close, I would look at the sales on the 2-liter sodas. If they were on sale I would buy 2-4 of them. I definitely became addicted to soda. It got so bad to where I could drink an entire 2-liter in a day. It didn't stop there. I began to fall in love with pizza, specifically Dominos. I would order the same thing every time I had it, which could be like 3-5 times a week. I would order a large pizza with double cheese, double pepperoni, and extra sauce... and yes I could and almost always would eat the whole thing in one sitting. Other days when I didn't feel like having pizza I would go to McDonald's because I fell in love with their signature sandwich, the Big Mac. My regular order was two Big Macs with extra pickles and extra Mac sauce, and a large French fry. No drink because I would take the food home anyway and drink whatever soda I had in the refrigerator. I ate more than just that of course but that's all I'll go into for now. This all went on for months. I was already pretty badly out of shape, but I could tell I was gaining even more weight. I was previously told by my doctor a while back I have high blood pressure and I should really think about quitting sugary drinks. Obviously I didn't listen. My parents started to notice I was eating fast food a lot, and my mom frequently would let me know I've gained weight. I know she wasn't trying to be mean or anything and frankly I'm glad that she did let me know because that's what eventually helped snap me out of this eating disorder I had. One night I just continued to think about what I was doing to my body and kept telling myself that I can quit. I guess my mom was thinking about me that night too because when I got up she wanted to have a serious talk with me about my food intake. I would say it's been about four weeks give or take since I started turning my life around. I've quit basically anything that someone could consider unhealthy. This is already a really long post so if you're interested in specifics just ask in the comments. Currently I can tell I'm losing weight, and I'm happy. Plus I'm currently recovering from wisdom teeth removal so that's probably also helping with weight loss too. If you actually read all this then I seriously commend you. [link] [comments] |
| Why am I not losing at 500 cal deficit? Reading conflicting information. Posted: 22 Mar 2020 07:40 PM PDT I am a male 5'9", 174 lbs. My TDEE says 1950-2000, there's no way it can be 500 off right? I've been doing a clean cut for 1.5 months. I weigh every gram, I'm positive I am tracking correctly. Breakfast: 1 cup of oatmeal and protein shake (2 cups milk, 2 scoops protein mix) ~700 calories Lunch/Dinner: 200g cooked shrimp, 1.5 cup cottage cheese, 200g cauliflower, 100g brussels, 100g broccolli, 100g sweet potatoes. ~700 calories. ~1400 total, I eat the same meal every day. I don't add exersize to my calories, but I weight train 50-60 minutes every single day. Half body one day, other half the next day. My muscles are gaining a good bit of definition. But why have I not lost weight in 6 weeks? 174 lbs at the end of January, and 174 today. Does my TDEE have to be 1500? How is this possible? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Mar 2020 10:36 AM PDT http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0104552&type=printable
I ran across this while going through the "Science of Well-Being" class that Yale recently released on Coursera and thought it was really interesting. Have any of you fellow losers out there noticed that you feel less happy overall, or more depressed overall while/after losing weight? If so, what worked for you to improve that? [link] [comments] |
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