Weight loss: I acted in a weight loss commercial full of lies |
- I acted in a weight loss commercial full of lies
- I got rid of my buffalo hump!
- Out of 2000 COVID ICU patients in France, 83% are overweight.
- I lost 4.5 lbs!!!!
- Quarantine AKA Biggest Loser at home
- No, there is nothing wrong with me for wanting to lose weight.
- Quarantine changed my view on cheat days
- I can't stop sabbotaging myself?
- I had a revelation during this pandemic...
- Slowly making progress [162 > 139]. Photos really so show progress more than you might realise. Same grey t-shirt, but now it fits!
- I don't know what I'm doing wrong
- And...now I'm overweight.
- How to Stay Motivated for the First Few Weeks of Dieting?
- When motivation ends, discipline kicks in.
- Silver lining while in isolation.
- I’m seeing a lot of venting posts. Here’s mine.
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 7
- Onederland...at long last!
- Anybody decide not to track your weight when trying to lose it?
- My friend asked me if I’ve ever considered lap band surgery. It never once crossed my mind. But I looked it up and it looks like I might qualify.
- If quarantine is weakening your resolve it’s never too late to turn it around!
- Petty or vain reasons for losing weight?
- How to stay motivated for small amounts of weight loss?
| I acted in a weight loss commercial full of lies Posted: 07 Apr 2020 05:53 PM PDT I wanted to post a little tidbit about weight loss products and how they're marketed. I'm an actor and long-time loser! 3 years about 60-some lbs off, a good bunch of inches too. I owe all of my progress to the learning that happened on this subreddit, and the support and accountability that let me feel successful even when I was eating over my calorie goal or down and out with injury. Recently I accepted the role as a weight loser for a commercial advertising a fancy scale. If you're a new loser or are looking around for some great tools (water bottles, new scale, meal replacements/plans, measuring devices like calipers and tape) here's some advertising red flags; some more obvious than others: Being told it will help you lose weight AND keep it off: There is no tool in existence that can force you to have discipline (that I know of), you find that within yourself, motivated by the tools, community, and individuals you keep around you. The person on screen has never used that object before, even if they take a selfie style video saying they did: It is extremely common practice for people who are influencers or actors to be paid just to say that they "...used this thing, and it works amazing!" It is catered to look that way, and it's a total lie every time. They may have been shipped the product days before and take a bunch of quick shots of using it, trying to make it look as good as possible. I have taken these kind of jobs for dating apps (I have a spouse), scales (use a normal scale and measuring tape), VPNs (I had never even heard of that VPN until the day I shot the video). If your clips aren't good enough and they don't use it, you might not get paid. Weight loss on screen is all clothing, photoshop, filters, lighting, angles, and facial expression: I had a string of radiohead songs playing as motivation while I sat pretending to be depressed and afraid for my health in the baggiest things I owned, just to get shots that showed the how fat and sad. But then, I changed into a tight dress and smiled and they turned up the light and BAM apparently I lost weight! I even had my REAL weight loss progress pics used in the commercial with my permission. Yes, even those photos are likely not taken for that product. My before and after photo was all me using CICO, not some fancy scale (for the record my scale is $15 from a walmart). I bet you even weight watchers and gyms do this. Products have a bunch of unique, fancy features shown off: Personally I don't want or need my bone density every morning along with my weight, though some do I suppose. The product I used was incredibly inaccurate on my actual weight, TDEE, BMI, and estimated required weight loss by varying percentages. I was baffled. It is telling if a product does a lot of fancy or different things, it could be garbage at even its most basic function. How the heck does it know my bone density from my weight? The product just used my stats to run averages I suppose. So why did I do the commercial? The easy answer is I didn't know I was selling a scale until I got there, I just knew they needed an ambiguous body shape (not quite fat, not quite thin, chubby as a good descriptor). The less honourable answer is I'm an actor, it's my only job, this is how I survive. TL;DR: If you see an ad for a product that does lots of fancy stuff, and says it will make you lose and maintain weight loss, it isn't necessarily true, even if it's a video testimonial with before and after photos. Anyone else acted or modeled for weight loss? I had a friend's photo stolen and shopped into before and after photos once. Any products you have that ARE worth the money or a total pass? I think the best way to find a good tool, app, or community is to search on r/loseit , r/fitness , and similar subs. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2020 08:18 PM PDT For those of you who don't know know, Buffalo hump is this lump like thingy on the back of your neck. I was around 20 pounds overweight and I knew it's the fat that's surrounded there and nothing to do with my bones. My mom saw the lump and was super scared, thinking it was some sort of bone deformity. I knew once I lose the weight, it'll go away. The hump probably also has to do with hormone imbalances. But just losing weight will stabilize it. Now I'm almost 20 pounds lighter and hold behold the lump is gone. Today the back of my neck was exposed and my mom was like hey, the lump is gone and I was like, told you it wasn't a bone deformity, it was just fat! She hid her smile and It made my day. [link] [comments] |
| Out of 2000 COVID ICU patients in France, 83% are overweight. Posted: 07 Apr 2020 06:39 PM PDT If this post isn't allowed please delete it. Kind of eye opening, all the stats of hypertension and diabetic deaths in NYC being the leading cause of death, I bet if they recorded the BMI's of those individuals overweight and obesity would be the leading cause of death. Stay strong don't starve yourself to loose more weight because of this, but keep at it. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2020 08:36 PM PDT I know it's not much, but I managed to lose 4.5lbs in two weeks!!!! My highest weight, two weeks ago, was 230lbs. I'm an 18 year old woman and was recently diagnosed with hyperinsulinemia. I used to jokingly tell myself it would probably take a "professional diagnosis" to actually motivate me to lose weight, and unfortunately I was right. I actually went in to test for PCOS!! At least we caught this early! And I don't have PCOS. But I have a long way to go before I'm healthy. My current goal is to lose 40lbs by late August. It sounds like a lot, but if I can keep losing 1.5-2lbs each week I'll be golden!! Since my doctors visit I've been eating more produce (mostly sweet potatoes to replace russet/yukon, Brussels sprouts, zucchini, mushrooms, asparagus, and other easy roasting veggies), cooking my own meals, cutting back on my carbs (and replacing with whole grain), and snacking way less. I'm grateful to have caught this as early as I did, and thankfully with enough hard work it's reversible. I'm also strangely grateful for the extended period of time at home lately. It's challenged me to be more thoughtful about my eating and I'm actually starting to feel motivated to go outside and exercise!! For the first time since I can remember!! All around I feel great at the moment and I hope others can appreciate their small victories as well. Stay safe and healthy! :) [link] [comments] |
| Quarantine AKA Biggest Loser at home Posted: 07 Apr 2020 12:19 PM PDT So originally I saw this quarantine as a difficult time to lose weight. I'm home all day and I live alone so I don't have anyone to call me out, and I also don't have anyone to look 'good' for or show my weight loss too. No work clothes to fit into or external motivation. Then I remembered the show Biggest Loser and thought about how cool is would be to go to a house in the middle of nowhere and focus solely on losing weight, only to return to 'normal life' at a much lower weight. So I decided my quarantine is going to be a home version of Biggest Loser. The next time I go to work or leave my house for reasons other than grocery shopping, I'm going to show off my weight loss like a hidden transformation. So if any of you are struggling, highly recommend this way of thinking. I just think it would feel so amazing to leave quarantine for the first time in weeks/months showing off a brand new body. [link] [comments] |
| No, there is nothing wrong with me for wanting to lose weight. Posted: 07 Apr 2020 11:56 AM PDT I just need to vent about this for a second. I have successfully been sticking to a new lifestyle change for the first time in my life, and it feels amazing. I struggled with binge eating disorder for years before this, and I feel so happy and free to not have binge eating in my life anymore. Prior to deciding to get my life together, and a bit before my disorder got bad, I strongly believed in the "Health at Every Size" (HAES) movement. I stopped following it when I realized that no, you actually can't be healthy at every size. I'm currently in school in a STEM field, and a lot of the things that were being said in that community about weightloss and obesity did not align with the science on the matter. That was a few years ago back when the movement had less of a following. I see messages from it a lot more now, however, and some of them are really discouraging. For example, a lot of influencers will pathologize weight loss and say that there must be deeper reasons why someone wants to lose weight. The reasons, they say, might include low self esteem, or unresolved issues with your past. Well, what if I just want to be healthy? What if I'm tired of being fat, not because of low self esteem, but because it's objectively unhealthy and I can't achieve my goals in this body? What if I don't want to feel controlled by food anymore? What if I don't want to be fat for me, and not for others? There is nothing wrong with me for wanting to lose weight. A big part of my recovery from binge eating was realizing that I kept binging simply because I kept acting on the urges, and not because I was using food to cope with anything. I think the idea that THERE IS something psychologically wrong with a person for wanting to lose weight stems from another idea that's common in these communities: that you should love yourself at every size. Honestly, I agree with this idea, but not with how they promote it. Personally, I was only able to get my life together when I accepted where I was at with my eating disorder, and when I decided that I was going to love myself no matter what. But, that being said, loving yourself doesn't mean not changing yourself. The HAES community seems to perpetuate this idea that loving yourself and changing yourself are incompatible. Well, I disagree. I am changing myself BECAUSE I love myself. Anyway, that was my rant. [link] [comments] |
| Quarantine changed my view on cheat days Posted: 07 Apr 2020 03:37 PM PDT I've been on my weight loss journey for over a year now. From the beginning, I implemented one cheat day per week, where I allowed myself to go over my deficit and eat what I want. I would mostly schedule these cheat days in a way that they were on days I went out to eat with my friends, or have a movie night or something. But now in quarantine with all those social 'pressures to eat' (ofc no one pressures me to eat then, but I don't wanna miss out on it either way) removed, I haven't had a cheat day in over two weeks, and I don't think I'll have one in the forseeable future. I have started exercising, so I have a few extra calories, and over the last few months I have learned to fit all i want to eat in my 1200 cal budget. If I want a pizza, I'll eat a pizza. I have thought about having a cheat day, maybe at a day where I work out particularly hard so I have more calories anyways, but then I immediately think 'Why waste that on a cheat day? You can eat all that food anyways. Why not create a bigger deficit?'. It's not like a cheat day would mean any different food. I eat all the food I want anyways, just smaller portions. I think I'll go back to having cheat days when that social eating is happening again, but I realised that I don't need it when I'm by myself, and personally I see this as a win. Just wanted to share :) [link] [comments] |
| I can't stop sabbotaging myself? Posted: 07 Apr 2020 07:21 PM PDT I recently lost 85 pounds and that is significant because it puts me under 300 lbs for the first time in 8 years. I currently weight 294, but I have been at this weight for 5 weeks. Its not a plateau because i have been making conscience decisions to eat over my calorie budget or indulge in birthday meals or flat out just buy junk food. For instance today i hit 294 again for the third time and I went out of my way to sabotage myself. I feel like I am afarid of not being the fat guy. Has this happened to anyone else. Is there a way for me to recommit to my weight loss or let go of that image. [link] [comments] |
| I had a revelation during this pandemic... Posted: 07 Apr 2020 07:23 AM PDT So as a 5'5" woman who bounces around 128-133 and who loooves food, I had a bit of a revelation...I know this is petty, but I've always been kinda jealous that men get to eat almost twice the amount of calories as my TDEE, or more if they exercise. I know other women feel my pain with this. But a revelation during this epidemic has put me at peace with this situation. I don't have to cook as much food during this pandemic. I don't have to make too many grocery runs. If I make a run and fit it all in the freezer I realize I can last quiiiite a while without going out. Finally, I see the positive, I see the light, in having lower calories to maintain. I now clearly see the TDEE that is right for me now that I'm not able to gorge myself on new restaurant foods everyday. I've lost a few pounds now without trying. With just chilling at home and not feeling much hunger. I promise I (probably) won't complain about men getting to eat so much more than me anymore ; ) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2020 04:02 AM PDT 3 years it's taken me to drop just 23lbs. I know that might seem ridiculously slow to a lot of you, but I came to realise early on that I struggle if I try and do too much at once. Instead I decided to do cycles or losing and maintenance. So far it's working, still use CICO and IF during maintenance periods to stop me gaining, just not as strictly. I've always been very active, cycling 15 miles per day to commute, running several times a week with weight training and climbing mixed in. This made it more clear than ever that exercising more wasn't the answer for me to lose weight and it really did come down to eating less. I stopped buying snacks as if they're not there, then you can't eat them. I guess I'm just here to say it's ok to go at your own pace and take breaks when you need them. link to progress pic [link] [comments] |
| I don't know what I'm doing wrong Posted: 07 Apr 2020 08:13 PM PDT I'll start with the basic information. Im 5'3", about 160 lbs and I want to weigh 120. I practice intermittent fasting and don't eat until around noon most days. I eat 1300 calories maximum in a day. I eat fruits and vegetables and I cut back carbs. I go for an hour long walk almost every day and work out about once a week, but I want to do more. I count my calories. I drink at least 5 cups of water in a day. But nothing is working. One more crucial detail in all this is that I'm 13. I understand that that's young but that's exactly why I want to do something now. I know I'm overweight and I just want to be confident in myself. Any kind of advice would be helpful honestly. I just can't stand being disappointed in myself every time I look in the mirror. But I'm not going to starve myself. I want to be healthy, and I'm doing this for myself and my future because I know I can be better, I just don't know how. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2020 10:05 AM PDT Today's scale reading is 190, and according to the CDC BMI calculator my BMI is 29.8! That's -22 pounds, -3.4 BMI points since 1/11. -52 pounds since March 2019. I still feel like I could be doing better; personal circumstances haven't been great for the last month. I'm high risk due to pre-existing conditions, and was working 12 hours a day in a hospital. So, stress, overwork, no gym...pretty much what we're all going through. This is where it gets tough, though. Daily calorie intake is now 1247. Still trying to find an inexpensive bicycle so I can exercise and get my daily doses of vitamin d & pollen at the same time. Best thing about this weight loss: lower blood pressure and blood glucose levels. Worst thing about this weight loss: it's noticeable now, and my co-workers are "worried that I'm losing so much weight right now. If you get sick, you won't have any energy reserves." Most surprising thing about this weight loss: my feet are skinnier; I had to tighten the laces on all my sneakers. My stress incontinence (57, female, 2 pregnancies-3 kids; it's a thing) has gotten better. [link] [comments] |
| How to Stay Motivated for the First Few Weeks of Dieting? Posted: 08 Apr 2020 12:25 AM PDT Hey all, first post ever on Reddit! Today for the first time in my life, I (25M, 5'9, 205lbs, >25%bf) looked in the mirror and hated what I saw. I'm not really here for any messages on being comfortable in my own skin, I think we're all entitled to some self-criticism so long as it isn't leading to self-harm. A little back story here, I was a collegiate athlete, specifically I played football. And I wasn't a lineman or anything, I was a kicker, and up until that point I had been extremely lean my entire life, I was "skinny fat" in high school 5'9 145lbs, no real muscle. And then in college I was about 160lbs, probably at or just under 13% body fat. When I graduated college I was really into weightlifting and tracking macros, it was easy for me because my parents paid for my groceries, personal training, and I didn't have a job, my life revolved around training. I was about 171lbs at 7% body fat (dexa scan). I had been tracking macros for probably close to 4 years when I had an incident in the gym (June 2017), I fainted without warning or health concerns. This spooked me. Big time. For all intents and purposes, I haven't truly worked out like I used to since that day, almost three years. When that had happened, I allowed myself to eat food that I hadn't had for years; burgers, burritos, tacos, anything I wanted to, I ate. Fast forward to today, and I'm sitting at 205lbs, >25% body fat, and a SEVERE lack of motivation. I'm scared because I know just how much work it took and how long it took to lose 10-12lbs, I'm afraid of what it will take to lose 20-30. This fear stops me from being disciplined and causes me to slip back into eating garbage food. I blame it on being busy at work, getting home late, being tired, but it's all bullcrap excuses. Anyone who has lost that amount of weight or more, how did you stay motivated and on your diet when the weight loss is so slow? I'm trying IMF and using a macro split of 40C/40P/20F. Any tips and advice on nutrition and training are also welcome! tl;dr: Used to be extremely fit, now I'm overweight and scared of the time and effort it takes to lose weight. What keeps your nose to the grind stone? [link] [comments] |
| When motivation ends, discipline kicks in. Posted: 07 Apr 2020 05:16 AM PDT I've been working from home for 4 weeks now. I can honestly say that I've seen in full force the saying "when motivation ends, discipline kicks in." I can't imagine going through social distancing like this last year. I would have used the situation as a free pass to eat whatever I want in mass quantities. I probably would have ended up gaining 10 lbs if not more easy. BUT using the tools at my disposal and keeping my attitude in check I haven't gained a single pound! Granted, with everything going on in the world and being stuck home I have shifted my focus from weight loss to maintenance... but 4 weeks stuck at home with fuck all to do and I haven't gained! I have continued to log and weigh myself while also allowing myself to have snacks (in moderation) and been going for 2 mile walks about every other day. What I'm trying to say is even in weird scenarios and trying times you got this - stay focused, stay disciplined. Use your tools and the methods that got you where you are and trust the process. [link] [comments] |
| Silver lining while in isolation. Posted: 07 Apr 2020 05:57 PM PDT Hey all. 27 year old dude here. Highest weight I ever hit was 225. I'm only 5'8 and although I could be way worse off, my lifestyle and weight have hindered much of my life. Mental health especially. I lost about 15 pounds over the last 6 months through light exercise and making healthy choices where I could. I lived in a 600 square foot apartment with 3 cats and a significant other for the past 2 years and that's where I jumped from a comfortable 170 to where I am now. I used to be athletic until depression slowly took over. The fact that I even lost that weight in the environment I was in is kind of a miracle. I was miserable. Anyway, right when COVID19 hit, I closed on a house. That week, my job switched to working from home. Went from a 600 square foot apartment to a 1400 square foot home. First order of business was setting up a personal room for myself (man cave, but I hate the term) and second was a home gym. I have a very nice dumbbell set and an elliptical that spent the last 2 years in storage. Just broke them out and set up a gym on my enclosed back deck. I've worked out every day since March 28th. I'm confident that I'll accomplish this. I'm back. Looking forward to the journey. The journey from 210 back to 170, specifically. [link] [comments] |
| I’m seeing a lot of venting posts. Here’s mine. Posted: 07 Apr 2020 07:56 PM PDT Quarantine sucks. I put on a few pounds like most when I first got stuck home. Now my clothes are tight, shirts ride up & I'm generally disgusted with myself. My job is essential & fortunately we can work from home. We started doing these 15 minute "Let's have coffee" meetings where we can't talk about work stuff, but try to stay in touch with each other. What I got from the meetings is this: While those people get fatter on Oreos, I'm going to be a Type A personality. Lol. If I get sick, I want the confidence of knowing that my several jogs per week kept my lungs healthy & strong so I can fight illness. I want to go back into the office wearing loose clothes and a smile. Okay, sure... I feel this way now and I have a terrible habit of falling off the wagon, but I DO get back on it. I try everyday to choose one thing over another to serve me well instead of setting me back, however small. If I pick up my house, catch up on laundry but eat chips n salsa just before eating a normal lunch, I feel accomplished. I overate but my house is good. I'm coming to realize that weight-loss is a goal of mine but so everything else. Thats not permission to eat a whole row of Oreos. I gotta keep trying & use this time wisely instead of slipping into a host of new bad habits. I'm not a slacking teenager. I'm an adult goddamnit, and I have to be the driving force behind progress. Not Reddit, not my family or friends. Me. Whose going to drink her expensive protein shakes and utilize this extra time at home to shine bright like the big achiever I am? I'm hoping ME, but time will tell right? All I can do is try. [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 7 Posted: 07 Apr 2020 05:54 PM PDT Hello losers, Running late today, post & run! Weight by end of month (200 lbs, preferably trend weight): 206.6 this morning, 207.7 trend weight. Uterus be scumbaging. Stay within calorie range (1500 ish): 1534 ish calories planned for today. 1/1 average calories weekly average. Exercise 5 days a week: Rest day. 6/7 days. Self-care time (journaling, working on love journals, beauty treatments, drawing, fancy coffee out no more than 2 times a week 3/10, no fast food): Chill day. Going to play some Grand Theft Pony. Try a new recipe once a week: Cheesy broccoli & rice casserole so far. 1/4 weeks. 50 pages of The Body Keeps the Score: Couldn't make myself do it yesterday. That book is a tough gig. 0/50 pages. Drawing prompt every day: Haven't yet, we'll see what's doing tonight. 3/7 days. Be more mindful & express gratitude, avoid the hedonic treadmill: I'm grateful for the relative security I have in my career, grocery store availability & health. I will continue to be cautious but it's nice to feel okay about things. How about you? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2020 11:01 AM PDT I finally hit my first big milestone--finding onederland! I haven't been under 200 lbs. in well over 3 years, and it feels good to finally see a 1 at the beginning of my weight on the scale. I still have a long way to go to goal weight, but hitting this first big goal is a huge win for me thus far. Instead of rewarding myself with food (which I have done in the past), I purchased myself a new band for my Apple Watch! The last few weeks I've been stuck in a small plateau trying to get under 200, but I stuck with my CICO despite this, and I'm finally moving forward again. My goals moving forward are going to go according to decades, so my next goal: get in the 180s. Here we go! [link] [comments] |
| Anybody decide not to track your weight when trying to lose it? Posted: 07 Apr 2020 09:12 PM PDT I've been overweight my whole life, but my love affair for over eating and moving never really didn't play well into my adult life. Realizing I can't do physical things I used to do sucks every time. My first trip to the big and tall store sucked balls. The sleep apnea, the indigestion, all sorts of changes you'd never really think of. Once I passed 300, I stopped being able to weigh myself with a regular scale. My last doctor's appointment a few years ago had me at about 365, and I'll bet I ended 2019 close to 400. I've made declarations and set out to lose weight dozens of times. But this year something snapped, and I'd like to feel like a person again. Anyway, I knew this was different. And made a conscious choice not to take my initial weight, take before pictures, or even tell anybody what I'm doing. I didn't want to make it a thing, didn't want to sweat over the numbers or have people ask me about it. I figured I'd feel the differences just like I did on the way up. I've been keeping at 1,200 calories or less most days. Completely cut out snack foods which is insane. No more fast food, no more eating late. Up until recently I was hitting the gym when I can, doing hour runs on the bike. I've fallen into the habits with little resistance. I'm not often tempted by cravings, and have been cooking the hell out of seafood and Korean food. It's been four months, and my clothes fit me the same. I don't look or feel any different, and nobody's said anything. At my size, it's a scientific fact that I must be losing weight taking in 1200 calories a day. But now I wish I at least had a reference point to prove this wasn't a waste of... I don't know, not binge eating McChickens every day. I'm starting to gain some perspective that this is really a journey, not a task. I wish I had those numbers right now to see how far I've gotten. I truly didn't think I'd need them. Sorry if this is a shitty post, I've been passively lurking subs like this since I started, but have never talked about it at all. Does anybody else have any experience taking on a major change like this without any landmarks? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2020 06:00 PM PDT Self-explanatory title. I've been doing really well with my eating and working out lately so when my friend asked me how I've been lately I told her about it. She replied by asking me if I have ever considered lap band surgery. At first I was taken aback and my initial response was no, I'm not sure if I'm fat enough or desperate enough for that. A pretty defensive and judgmental response if I do say so myself. But I looked it up and it looks like I might qualify simply based on my BMI which is over 45. I'm a 5'5" 269 (formerly 275) pound female with a solid 120 pounds to lose. The thing is, I've never wholeheartedly given more than a month of real effort towards my physical health and weight loss in the last 7 years which was the start of my weight gain. After a month, I backslide. I feel like this time is different though. Something clicked in my mind and I'm pleased with my progress so far. I'm looking for any kind of guidance and first hand experience with both surgical and non-surgical weight loss of around 120lbs. I've read a lot of success stories on here and I'd love to learn more about how you got there. Motivation and constructive criticism would also be much appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| If quarantine is weakening your resolve it’s never too late to turn it around! Posted: 07 Apr 2020 09:05 AM PDT 2 weeks ago the quarantine caught up with me and I basically shut down for 5 days. Didn't want to move, binge ate all day, bare minimum got done for work. I weighed myself the day before it started at 123 lbs and after I got my shit together (I repeat, five (5) days later) I weighed in at 142 lbs. Neither of those numbers are a typo. I haven't binged since I quit drinking and started losing weight in January 2019. It was sad and scary to feel that out of control again, and that weigh-in was obviously appalling. Physically, I felt horrific. Seeing a number that high was demotivating for sure, but I stuck to a moderate deficit for the past 2 weeks and today almost all of the water is off and I'm back down to 125. I've been getting stuff done for work and my fiancé and I built a stone wall for our garden this weekend, which was one of the best workouts I've ever gotten. I'm posting this because I've been there before, mid-food-bender, deciding whether to keep self-destructing or turn it around. I gained 30 lbs in a couple months studying abroad in 2012 by isolating myself and couldn't pull it together to stop until I came home after the program ended. I kept telling myself I would deal with the weight then. For me, the pattern is identifiable now: if I'm isolated, I'm likely to binge. If the isolation situation is a departure from my normal routine and circumstances, I am likely to try to rationalize continuing the binge until the situation is "over." A big part of me wanted to abandon my plan completely until the end of quarantine. I wanted to dive into indulgence, knowing that no one but my partner would see the evidence until it was too late. What stopped me? My fiancé gently mentioned that he'd noticed half a cake disappeared (yeah, I know) and hoped I was ok. And I realized that no, I wasn't. If I kept it up I'd have too much emotional and physical work to do when quarantine ends, and I want that to be a happy time. I want to look forward to seeing my friends and family again, and if I gained the weight back I knew it would lead to a longer path of avoidance and isolation of my own creation. You can always lose a few lbs and stressing excessively during quarantine is silly for sure. But if you're a self-destructive binger like me, don't make this an excuse to return to those ways. Life will go on and you will thank yourself later. And if that ship has already sailed, don't fall back on the fallacy I described above - there's no need to wait for the end of quarantine to start over. Stay strong and safe, and thanks for reading! [link] [comments] |
| Petty or vain reasons for losing weight? Posted: 07 Apr 2020 02:35 AM PDT It's been a while since I saw the last thread for this and I think petty reasons can be good motivation when willpower is waning! Plus it's just fun to talk about the less serious stuff. A few of my own: I want to be the slim cousin, I am the biggest of all my cousins and always have been. Currently living out of the country but I want to come back and shock them all. I want to be the fit friend, similar to above. All my friends are smaller than me but they don't exercise or workout. I want to be the fit one. I love over-sized clothing but when you're bigger it doesn't always look right. It would make charity shopping easier, always lots of cute things in smaller sizes. I want to wear a bikini for the first time. And honestly I just want to be hot! What are your petty/ vain reasons for losing weight? [link] [comments] |
| How to stay motivated for small amounts of weight loss? Posted: 07 Apr 2020 09:08 PM PDT First time poster here, so I (F19) am 5'3 and 140 pounds. I've browsed through this subreddit and a couple others for a few hours, and it seems most posts are about big weight losses. I'm curious as to how people stay motivated to lose smaller amounts of weight? My main motivation right now is I want to feel better about pictures (specifically I wanna start posting thirst traps lol). But I don't really have a problem with my body - I eat relatively healthy most of the time, drink only on weekends, and don't have any health problems. I wouldn't consider myself regularly active, but my body does move when I want it to, and I've noticed I gain muscle pretty easily when I workout consistently. I have begun to notice I go through cycles where I really want to reach 130 pounds and be able to take good pictures without posing so damn hard, so I eat superrr healthy and have a regular workout schedule. This usually lasts a week or two, until I get tired of having to put so much effort into my food/daily life, and I justify it by saying I'm not insecure so why am I trying so hard anyway? Then I go back to basically sedentary lifestyle with somewhat healthy eating again. I'm looking for other people who have been in similar situations, how do you stick to it? What is your motivation to lose a few pounds? How do you not "give in"? Is it possible to lose weight while being happy with yourself? **BTW I don't mean to come off mean at all. I'm sorry if anything comes off that way, please let me know and I'll clarify! [link] [comments] |
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