Weight loss: Habits I've noticed from my "naturally skinny" friends |
- Habits I've noticed from my "naturally skinny" friends
- Four Weeks Ago
- I just spent $80 on pizza. How did I get this bad?
- I would like to speak to those of you that have trouble starting or get overwhelmed easily
- Do you ever just fantasize about being your goal weight?
- Today is a special day because I hit my goal weight and my weight now matches my drivers license again! (SW:182lbs GW/CW:133lbs)
- Bad mental health and gaining weight/ need advice/ rant/ need compassion?
- Had my first unplanned binge in 16 months :(
- I feel so defeated and need help bouncing back.
- Lost weight but no one noticed
- Eating under 1200 calories (short inactive female)
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Friday, 10 April 2020: Today, I conquered!
- Today I F**ed up.
- Brief but Useful Concepts of Weight Loss
- Free Talk Friday for 10 April 2020 - Come Talk About Anything!
- When did you start losing face fat?
- 30lbs down hitting a wall in my diet. Any advice?
- Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: April 10th, 2020
- 24-Hour Pledge - Friday, 10 April 2020 - The Plan for Today!
- I’m tired of being sad because people don’t like my body
- I feel depressed rather than better after a workout. Please help!
| Habits I've noticed from my "naturally skinny" friends Posted: 09 Apr 2020 10:50 AM PDT First off, they're not just "naturally skinny." I know metabolisms vary, but most of my "naturally skinny" friends have some habits that vary a lot from my own right now. These are habits that I unintentionally had up until 1 year ago when I put on some weight (back then, my BMI was 20, now it's 22.5). I'm not trying to offend anyone, I think many of these people who we assume are effortlessly thin actually have daily routines that help them stay in shape without constantly thinking about dieting or food. It keeps them from yo-yoing in weight. These are just some things that I've observed:
For me, noticing these things has helped me realize that I'm not just ~unlucky~, it's that I've let myself fall into bad habits like snacking on calorie dense foods and overeating. It's so easy for me to point my finger at a "naturally" skinny person and almost blame them, but that's not reasonable or fair to them. Most likely, they're making subconscious healthy decisions and then they indulge when they want to. I can limit myself when I think hard about it and focus, but it always feels like torture because it's always a "diet" or a "fast." For them, it's just a matter of eating in their normal pattern. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2020 08:32 PM PDT Four weeks ago, I weighed 365 pounds. My BMI was 51. Four weeks ago, I heard for the first time that my weight put me at higher risk from the coronavirus. And I kind of freaked out. So four weeks ago, I started "working out". I put that in quotes because my "workout" was a 20-minute walk. 20 endless minutes. I couldn't wait for it to be over. I also started a pretty aggressive diet, keto + intermittent fasting. Now, four weeks later, my weight is down to 340 pounds. My BMI is down to 47.5. My walks last an hour to an hour and a half, and I've started-- barely started-- some strength training (I'd be embarrassed if anyone saw what I consider a "pushup") and some jogging. Again, just barely jogging, but it's happening. Why am I posting this? Because I've been reading the posts on this sub, and seeing the worry about the coronavirus. It's a worry I know personally. And I want to encourage everyone. It doesn't take long to make a real difference in your health. Am I proud that my BMI is still way over the CDC's warning number of 40? Nope. Am I proud that I can only jog for a few seconds at a time without getting winded and needing to slow down? Nope. Am I proud that I'm doing five "pushups" a day, and it's exhausting? Nope. It's embarrassing. I'm still worried about coronavirus. I know that I'm still way over a BMI of 40. But I also know that I'm taking steps to get under that number. I know that the steps I'm taking are also reducing my risks of hypertension and diabetes, and that's reducing my risk from the virus. I know that if I become sick today, my body is in better shape to fight the virus than it was just four weeks ago. And the truth is, I'm grateful that in the midst of the fear and anxiety I'm experiencing, this virus has pushed me to take steps to protect my health; God willing, for years to come. I know a lot of us are in the same boat. We're at an elevated risk because of our weight, and there's no fast way to fix that. So I just want to encourage everyone in that boat: regardless of whether we can get our weight down to a safe level, we CAN make changes today that will reduce our risks. We CAN make investments in our health that will pay dividends within a few weeks. We don't know if or when we'll become infected, but we do know that the virus is going to be around for a long time. The choices we make now can set us up for better odds when we do get sick, regardless of whether we're under that magic number of 40. So let's do that. I'll be pulling for you. I hope you'll pull for me, too. TL;DR, even if we can't get to a "safe" BMI, we can take steps to be healthier in case we become infected with coronavirus. [link] [comments] |
| I just spent $80 on pizza. How did I get this bad? Posted: 09 Apr 2020 06:52 PM PDT I'm ashamed of myself. I live alone and I just bought $80 worth of pizza. Two 12" and a calzone, what the fuck was I thinking? I'm 250lbs, and as far as I can remember my father had always called me a fatass. I tried eating as little as possible, avoiding snacks and entire meals as a kid but no matter what he'd always tell me I'd be the next competitor on The Biggest Loser. A few nights ago I decided to look at some pictures of my elementary school online and by some chance I saw my sixth grade self in a photograph, and now I'm fucking furious. The kid in that photo looked absolutely normal. They were being told they were a fatass while being just the same as their classmates. Then I looked at my ID which was taken 3 years ago and it stated I weighed 110lbs less than I do now. I'm so depressed, why did I order all this pizza? Why did my father call me a fatass if I was just fine? Why can't I tell how much food is too much? I want to start losing but I don't know where to start. [link] [comments] |
| I would like to speak to those of you that have trouble starting or get overwhelmed easily Posted: 09 Apr 2020 08:30 PM PDT Up front I want to say that not every method works for everyone. Sometimes someone needs to go to an extreme and sometimes someone needs to take it very slow or thousands of steps in between. So if your method works but this is a possibility for those that have had trouble getting started or maintaining their weight loss. I also know I am not saying anything that hasnt been said before. When I started I was at 420lbs and probably would have kept rising. I had done tons of plans and specific diets and this that and the other thing. Sometimes I went down, sometimes I went up and some just didnt work. So I decided to not change anything. Then I made one simple change. I didnt change the food I was eating, I simply made a very small concious effort to eat less. An example was that at Taco Bell I would get 4 bean burritos, large dr pepper and cinnamon twists. So I decided to just eat 1 burrito less. Still tons of crappy food but it was slightly less than I normally would. So I didnt change my foods, I just made VERY SMALL portion changes. To me this was more about being able to get through my day with less food. Maybe it was 5% less volume a day. A small adjustment. I still ate candy, still ate all the crappy foods. What I had found was that my problem was that I was trying to eat healthy, exercise AND eat less all at once. I just couldnt do it. So I chose to eat less and do the other stuff later. I noticed I slowly was losing weight, not much but some. So then I decided to reduce a small bit more AND fill in that reduction with healthier choices. So going back to the taco bell example I stayed at 3 burritos but I cut out the cinnamon twists and kept the soda. Then if I was still hungry i would eat a healthy snack. Baby carrots or celery were my choices. Usually with a small bit of peanut butter. Was the calorie adjustment equal to what I lost? maybe up sometimes and maybe down. Anyway I kept going on this path. Slow adjustments, things I could easily get into eating. To me this worked great because I was not having any of the mental struggles I had before on healthy diets that made me sad. I then decided that it was time for exercise. I of course made the same mistake I always do, i tried too much. I went hard core for about a week. Lifting, cardio, the works. Of course after that week I dumped it as was my usual process. After another week of nothing I decided to do just 1 thing at the gym at a time. Maybe 10 minutes on the bike or 2-3 lifts. No program, no tracking, just getting used to the idea of gym as a regular thing. SO you can see how the pattern goes. Well about 1.5 years ago I lost my job. Went through a natural depression as I couldnt find work. But without even trying, I maintained the weight loss I had AND still found a way to do something exercise related every day. All without really thinking about it. For 2 years I have maintained a 100lb weight loss without really thinking about it. I still eat like crap but I have trained myself for the proper volume of food. So now at 320 lbs I am starting to get back to making a strong conscious effort to lose again. But using the same method. Reduction but not elimination of the bad and replacing with good and working to be active again. Tl;dr - go for 1%, then go for 2%. Dont look at 100% as too far away, 1% is right there. Go get it. [link] [comments] |
| Do you ever just fantasize about being your goal weight? Posted: 09 Apr 2020 12:04 PM PDT I've been overweight since I was a small kid. "My mom put me on my first 'diet' at 8 years old" kind of young. As such, I've never seen my body as a thin person. Right now I'm F, 28, 5'6" 272 lbs (at last weigh in before this Corona nonsense closed my gym 2 weeks ago), very overweight. I've been on my weight loss journey for 2 months and I can already wear a size down in clothing. But I can hardly wait to reach my goal weight of 150 and see what my body looks like at a healthier weight. I think about it all the freaking time. Being a weight where my mom won't wrinkle her nose up at me and make snide comments. A weight where I don't feel tired all the time. A weight where I can buy cute clothes and not circus tents. I know this journey will probably take a year and a half to two years and that these lifestyle changes need to be permanent. I'm not looking forward to "finishing" or "going back to normal" because I know that is the wrong mindset, but damn I cannot wait to meet healthy me. I bet she's awesome. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2020 12:08 PM PDT Hey everyone! This is an update from my first post last year. first post Ive been lurking here a lot, especially after my original post and I'm so proud of everyone on here getting healthy, it's been such an inspiration for me to continue my own journey. I just continued with my healthier eating and lost weight I didn't realize I had to lose! I've now learned I have a different body type then I originally thought! My goal weight was something I thought was unattainable but I felt that I needed that type of goal to keep me going. Turns out it was definitely doable! I set it at the weight I was at 18 years old(when I renewed my license to include motorcycle and updated my weight, and haven't since). I honestly thought I was just thin because of my age at the time and that I had grown into a new body type. I'm so happy to be wrong! You all have inspired me to keep going now, and move on to working out as well as eating right. For the last week since I hit my goal, I've been using weights and doing yoga at home during this quarantine. I'm so excited to share yet another happy story here on this super positive sub. Thanks everyone! I truly feel I wouldn't have gotten this far without your constant inspiration! [link] [comments] |
| Bad mental health and gaining weight/ need advice/ rant/ need compassion? Posted: 10 Apr 2020 01:26 AM PDT I've been trying to lose weight for a long long time. Gained weight after developing bulimia after anorexia. Turned into a binge eating disorder I can't seem to get out of. Now that there is social distancing my psycologists office is closed and all my appointments are cancelled. I had even set up appointments with a nutritionist. I've just been gaining weight and I feel hopeless. I keep doing the "today I start" then failing three or two days later. Or the same day. It's excausting having to "start" all the time and I'm not that dumb, I see that I've started over like every day for two years now. It's starting to impact my health. I feel out of breath dramatically more than I did a few months ago. I have no clue what to do, I'm lonely and I really need some advice. I know I eat when I'm sad so I've stopped trying to shame myself into losing weight. But I just can't seem to be happy for more than a few hours at the time. I've also been spending a lot of time with my boyfriend and he usually cooks, making it hard for me to count calories. Here are some things I'm going to try: -Actually counting calories. My sense of full etc is damaged so I need to count. -Counting calories yes even when with my boyfriend. -Eat only one portion. No seconds. -Not eating if something tastes bad or I don't actually want it. -Not eating more than my boyfriend and trying to eat less (he is a skinny boi trying to gain weight). -Not eating the second something feels off. If I feel sick, in pain, sad or dizzy. -Having good and healthy options near by, especially ones that are easy to count the calories of. Yogurt, fruits, homemade veggie stews (I have a formula on excel so I know the calories of stuff I make). -Being active for minimum 30 minutes a day. Working out, going for a walk in the forest etc. Problem is I forget all my rules the second I am presented with food? Advice? Or just idk, I need someone to tell me I'm not the grossest thing thats ever walked the earth and that doing drugs isn't the healthy way to lose weight (I struggled with using drugs as a coping mechanisms/ as a way to lose weight when I had anorexia and I wanna go back). Sorry about the long text. I need a nap [link] [comments] |
| Had my first unplanned binge in 16 months :( Posted: 09 Apr 2020 10:00 AM PDT I have lost 95lbs in 16 months. I typically plan one 'binge/cheat' day every 6 weeks, this is a day where I eat whatever I want. I still count the calories and always end up somewhere around 3000-3500. I always get back on track the next day, it works for me! I typically eat savoury foods like pizza, garlic bread etc on these days. However, I had my first unplanned cheat day today... I have had 4500 calories and its not even 6pm where I live. I am embarrassed to admit this but most of these calories came from creme eggs! I HAD TWELVE!!! I have been on a 1200-1500 calorie diet for the 16 months, I prefer to use my calories for savoury food so I really don't consume much sugar... according to MFP I have around 4-7g a day. I HAVE HAD 318g of sugar today... that is more sugar than I have had in the past 50 days combined. I am so disappointed in myself and I feel physically sick already. I lost control for the first time in a long time. My TDEE is 1700 so I suspect I will gain almost a pound of fat and a LOT of water weight. Any tips on how to deal with this tomorrow? A fast? or get back on track like nothing ever happened. I suspect I will have a sugar crash/blood sugar issues tomorrow for sure. [link] [comments] |
| I feel so defeated and need help bouncing back. Posted: 10 Apr 2020 02:42 AM PDT From 2016 until 2018 I CICO'd all the way down from 255+ to 208.4. I got a lot of "wow I didn't even recognize you" and a lot of positive attention from friends, but if I'm being honest it still felt like I was very fat and ugly on the outside. It was very hard to get any positive attention from women. I was regularly going to therapy and doing my best to be confident in myself and emotionally open, but it didn't seem to help either. That wasn't the whole of why I was losing weight but seeing how ineffective it was made me lose heart. It was so much of a struggle to maintain the lifestyle and it didn't feel like anything of note had changed. From 2018 onwards I slowly lost my grip on CICO. I changed jobs, and my new job was much more sedentary and less hours. In addition this job was (and still is) extremely stressful and it brought back a lot of stress eating habits. I have gained all but 5 pounds of the weight back. Sometime around mid 2019 I realized what was happening and I kept trying to start back on CICO and being conscientious of what I was eating but I keep getting discouraged and stumbling. Things are going horribly from so many perspectives right now. The world feels like it's on fire, my social circle has disappeared as friends have moved on or gotten married, my family situation is stressful, and I hate my job in a down economy. Food is an emotional crutch I can't seem to break. Even with a few years of therapy under my belt I can't seem to change my pattern. I feel so hopeless and lifeless. It is devastating to look at a closet full of your old "lost weight" clothes that are now 30-40 pounds away, again. I know how I'm supposed to move forward, but it just never seems to fully take. [link] [comments] |
| Lost weight but no one noticed Posted: 10 Apr 2020 02:29 AM PDT In the last year I have lost a little over 40 pounds but no one has even noticed. I am 17 y/o 6'3" 180 lb now (I was 6'1" 222) and I've never gotten those, "oh you've lost so much weight" compliments from anyone at school or anywhere else. I feel like everyone still thinks I am fat. It pisses me off and makes me kind of depressed. I can lose more weight, I've still got a decent amount of fat on me (I'm like 17% body fat) but I just feel like someone should have noticed by now. Maybe it's because I have gynecomastia and wider hips for a guy. I also have some loose skin on my chest, and I'm not that skinny but I just don't know what to do. My face isn't close to being chiseled but I have better jawline than I used to. Everyone talks about when they lose weight it changes their lives and everyone sees them different. I never got that from anyone. Please just give me advice or something. It's 4:00 AM and I just need to hear from someone other than myself. (I would send pictures but I am new to Reddit and I don't think I have karma or whatever you need to post pics) [link] [comments] |
| Eating under 1200 calories (short inactive female) Posted: 09 Apr 2020 03:53 PM PDT Hi all, this is my first post not really sure what to expect but I'm 5ft0 120lbs female and I'm trying to lose around 5-10lbs that I've gained during my time at uni. I've calculated my TDEE to be around the 1450 mark using online calculators (selecting the sedentary option) and my BMR is around 1250 calories. At the moment I'm quite literally in bed for the most part of the day or say at my desk at my bedroom working (currently got a broken ankle from sports so most intense exercise is out the window oops) so I'm really not expending that many calories. Now the online calculator I used (tdeecalculator dot net) says that for weight loss I should be eating 900 and something calories which I won't be doing as I think I would go insane and that just sound way too low but I was wondering if it would be safe for me to eat something more like 1100 - 1200 calories a day to lose weight? I'm always hearing advice to not eat so little because it's dangerous but I really am very short and at the moment very very inactive! Has anyone got any experience or advice with my situation? Just a bit at loss at what to do to lose these few pounds Thank you!!! [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Friday, 10 April 2020: Today, I conquered! Posted: 10 Apr 2020 01:09 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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| Posted: 09 Apr 2020 06:58 PM PDT So I went over my calorie alotment by about 700 (yea I know. It's a lot). I decided to treat myself to.some rotissrie chicken from a place a a pint of ben&jerry. In the past I would usually get super depressed about it and just go back to my old habits. Idk why but tonight is different. I made a post about a 50lbs box yesterday and it got a lot of attention. Maybe the support I received from this community finally gave me the strenght to work thru this feeling. I am able to acknoeledge and realize that a 1 day slip up is a lot better than a going bad to old habits. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. To anyone who have went thru that mistake, how back did a dlip up threw you in term of progress? Thx [link] [comments] |
| Brief but Useful Concepts of Weight Loss Posted: 09 Apr 2020 01:31 PM PDT
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| Free Talk Friday for 10 April 2020 - Come Talk About Anything! Posted: 09 Apr 2020 10:00 PM PDT Happy Friday everyone! Free Talk Friday is a free discussion post. Come talk about anything you want, whether it's health/fitness related or not. So tell us, what's on your mind today? Any fun plans for the weekend? (Credit to u/HermionesBook for running these in the past.) [link] [comments] |
| When did you start losing face fat? Posted: 09 Apr 2020 11:48 PM PDT For reference, I am a 5'5 128 lbs female. I used to weigh 164 lbs, so it's 36 lbs down so far! It's been a tough journey but one that I am proud of nonetheless. Despite this, my face fat really bothers me. I know I should be proud of the fact that my clothes sizes has shrunk significantly, and that everywhere else on my body is seeing improvements!! But I just can't get over the fact that my face isn't shrinking no matter how much I lose 😅 It's really noticeable when I smile too, which affects my self confidence. I am asking this because I think it would affect my current goal weight. My goal weight would probably be somewhere around 115-120 lbs, but now I am worried that that isn't enough to shed the face fat! Am I just worrying too much? Or is face fat known to be stubborn? [link] [comments] |
| 30lbs down hitting a wall in my diet. Any advice? Posted: 09 Apr 2020 04:05 PM PDT Hey everyone, So I've lost a total of 30lbs. From 327lbs to 297. It's nice to be back under 300, but my weight has fluctuated back over 300 a few times. I am really struggling with change in my diet. If you have any general advice that would be really great! More specifically below is what I feel I'm struggling with. A common thing I see is that folks who are losing weight mention that their tastes change. They no longer crave the fast food, sweets, or pop. I can never seem to get over that hump and it's really difficult to imagine my life without having those foods when I want/however much I want. When did your tastes begin changing and when did you notice you no longer craved those "bad" foods/drinks? Thank you all, I hope you are staying safe and healthy through this time. [link] [comments] |
| Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: April 10th, 2020 Posted: 09 Apr 2020 11:29 PM PDT Hi team Euro accountability, I hope you're all well! 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 - Friday, 10 April 2020 - The Plan for Today! Posted: 09 Apr 2020 09:08 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] |
| I’m tired of being sad because people don’t like my body Posted: 10 Apr 2020 02:44 AM PDT Met a guy through a language exchange app and had been talking everyday for the past two weeks on a messaging app. I had a profile picture of my face so he knew what I look like. Today, he asked me for my Instagram. We have good conversation and even made plans to FaceTime on Sunday so I thought why not? He's going to see me on FaceTime anyways. I have some pictures with my full body and I know I'm a bit overweight but I didn't expect him to BLOCK ME right after seeing my pictures. I know I should lose around 40 pounds but I didn't think someone would be so displeased with my body to cut me out like that. I just felt horrible, like no one will ever find me attractive/ worth even being a friend to because of my body. Ive attempted to lose weight many times but have never stuck with it long enough to see results. After crying for a while, I realized that I'm DONE being sad over other people's reactions to the way I look. This time, I'm going to stick with losing the weight. If not for myself, then to show all those who ever made me feel like crap about my body that they can kiss my FAT ASS [link] [comments] |
| I feel depressed rather than better after a workout. Please help! Posted: 10 Apr 2020 02:22 AM PDT I need to exercise to lose weight as I'm at a healthy BMI but just have the random extra chub on certain areas of my body that I need to lose fat in and tone up. After an exercise I don't have that 'feel good' feeling most people talk about though. I just feel bummed out for like 3/4 hours after. Almost like I'm depressed. I don't think its a mental thing because I want to exercise and I feel good knowing I've pushed myself. I think it might be some kinda chemical imbalance or something. Does anyone else experience this? I've tried exercising before and been put off because of this weird feeling. Anyone got tips or advice to make it easier? [link] [comments] |
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