Weight loss: I'm so frustrated when I see people who are like "I stopped this one thing and it made all the difference, I lost so much weight!" |
- I'm so frustrated when I see people who are like "I stopped this one thing and it made all the difference, I lost so much weight!"
- Boys and girls I hit my goal weight this morning!!! 5’9 65kg 24m
- I lied about eating an entire cake today. My s/o just found the empty box in the trash. I’ve never been more ashamed or felt so alone.
- I am an normal BMI! (and only 20lbs away from my tentative GW) [NSFW]
- What’s your story that broke you over the edge to lose weight?
- I finally saw a difference in my body today when I found an old picture on my phone from Christmas, and I wanted to share!
- NSV: I have logged my calories for two weeks!
- Daily Q&A Post for Thursday, 30 April 2020 - No question too small!
- I did a full pushup for the first time!!
- NSV : I only had one slice of pizza!!!
- Binged last night and feeling terrible, any advice?
- For the first time in my life I'm losing weight 25(M)
- One bad day is not the end of the line.
- 75 pounds down in 18 months!
- Taking 250 steps every hour!
- After recently turning 26 with a new born I’ve decided to try and make some some permanent changes. Here is a rough history of my weight because seeing it written down makes it more real.
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: April 30th, 2020
- Junk food, when and how much?
- Plateaued and lost.
- I celebrated hitting my goal weight with a cheat day
- A reminder that it doesn't happen overnight
- NSV - Yesterday I messed up.. and thats OK.
- I physically realized how much weight I gained today
- Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Thursday, 30 April 2020? Start here!
| Posted: 29 Apr 2020 11:17 AM PDT I don't drink soda, or milk. I rarely drink alcohol. I rarely eat sweets, practically never eat fast food. I'm tall for a woman, 30lbs overweight, and fairly active. My only option to lose weight is a complete overhaul of my approach to eating, cause I can't just cut one thing out and be golden. I guess I'm lucky that I'm not unhealthy enough that stopping soda or fast food makes a massive difference, but it's still frustrating. I have to track every little thing that passes my lips, to the point where I've taken over all the cooking in my family because otherwise I'll have no clue how many calories I'm eating. If I don't cook our dinners, I'd have to eat a tiny amount all day to prepare for the inevitable calorie bomb that is dinner. I have to put so much thought, preparation, and mental effort into my eating and it's exhausting. It's not even that it's hard to not eat when I want to, or that I'm massively hungry. I'm just sick of putting the mental effort into tracking everything, and if I let myself slip from it even a bit I'll completely fall off and gain all the weight back. I'm not trying to say that it's easy for those of you who completely cut out one thing. I know it's very hard to stop eating/drinking something you love or are addicted to. But I just wish I could put all my mental effort into withholding one specific food, rather than all the random thoughts and anxieties about every piece of food I eat. [link] [comments] |
| Boys and girls I hit my goal weight this morning!!! 5’9 65kg 24m Posted: 29 Apr 2020 11:27 PM PDT Hi everyone, don't see as many dudes posting on here so thought I would chip in! This morning I hit my goal weight of 65kg, down from 90kg in 2018. Since Christmas I have been super serious about CICO, taking in about 1600cals per day, averaging around 180g of protein to maintain muscle. I have eaten grilled chicken and steamed veggies for days and not sure I could face another plate! My workouts have changed slightly since being in lockdown - I know run between 40-50kg a week, as well as doing light resistance bands, dumbbell, and ab work in my city centre flat 😅😅 not ideal but we have to make do. I'm super happy with my progress since Christmas, and if you take away one thing from this post, it's that the body you want is found 👏🏻 IN 👏🏻 THE 👏🏻 KITCHEN. You won't reach your goals as efficiently or effectively without getting serious with yourself and your diet. Anyone with any questions, my DMs are open. Talk to me about anything! We're all going to make it, friends - keep working hard and being true to yourself and no one can say otherwise 🤞🏻🤞🏻 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 29 Apr 2020 07:14 PM PDT Every Wednesday my s/o and I shop from a restaurant to support them during this time (odd day, I know, but weekends are too crowded for us to socially distance while out and my s/o's mom is high risk). He was working all day so I, recently laid off, offered to pick up our favorite toasted almond cake from a local bakery. I get home and he's still in the home office working. An hour passed and I have a taste of the cake. Then a slice. Every 20 minutes for about 3 hours I keep eating the cake. By 4pm the cake I bought at 10 am was gone. I buried it in the trash under everything I could find. A little before 5 my s/o asks if I'm ready for a slice. I tell him the bakery was out. He asked why I didn't get something else. I told him because that's what we REALLY wanted and no point to waste calories on something we'd be settling for. Oh the irony. This made me getting caught later sting so much worse. Now that we have no cake, we decide to bake cookies after dinner. As we're throwing away cookie box, egg shells, etc, my s/o goes to push down the trash to fit more. A second later he's pulling out the empty cake box. He looked HORRIFIED. So visibly confused. And I just started crying. This is my lowest low. He knows I've been "trying" to stick to a diet but I haven't told him that I can't control myself around food. And it doesn't even matter what food. I'll binge on anything in the house - including disgusting concoctions when I can't find real snacks like flour mixed with butter and sugar. I haven't been losing weight but I've been telling him I'm doing "everything I can". Obviously that's not true. And today was the most humiliating way for him to find out. I want to say I'll change tomorrow but I've been saying that every day. I have 55 pounds to lose to my goal weight and 40 to be a normal weight. I'm short so that's A LOT. I know all the advice, books like brain over binge, etc, I just need to do it. I just wanted to share with people who might understand. I feel like a freak. Normal people don't eat like this. Normal people CAN'T fit all this in their stomachs let alone have meals after pretending they didn't eat all day. I've never felt so alone or ashamed. Hence the throwaway. [link] [comments] |
| I am an normal BMI! (and only 20lbs away from my tentative GW) [NSFW] Posted: 29 Apr 2020 04:14 PM PDT Back Gains! (Well, losses). Photo is NSFW since I'm in my underwear and you can see my bum. I weighed in at 165 this morning. I have a BMI of 24.4 and I'm considered normal!!! When I started this journey at 225lbs I couldn't imagine being 60lbs lighter, yet here I am! I still have some areas that I struggle with (my tummy and my arms seem to be really holding on to some stubborn fat), but I feel great overall. This is the smallest I've been in the past 10 years! My success is due to sobriety, CICO, and intermittent fasting! I started fasting on a 16:8 schedule in November and have gradually worked my way up to 20:4. Fasting isn't for everyone though, and at the end of the day it really came down to sobriety and CICO. Anywho, just wanted to share my progress! Happy losing everyone! Edit: I forgot to specify here that the Day 1 photo I'm weighing in at 202 lbs. I don't have a photo of me at 225 because I deleted out of embarrassment when I fell of the loseit wagon. I started back up again seriously in November of last year once I knew I committed to my sobriety. [link] [comments] |
| What’s your story that broke you over the edge to lose weight? Posted: 30 Apr 2020 01:59 AM PDT Last summer I was in a friend's pool with a couple of these girls. We were all rough housing in the water and I noticed the girls were trying to play rough with my friends and not me. After seeing how uncomfortable the girls got when I tried to initiate it with them, I just felt so embarrassed. I remember clear as day stumbling into the bathroom and looking at my big ass gut thinking I wouldn't exactly feel myself up either... I never wanted to be in that situation ever again, it was horrible. I initially plateaued at 10 pounds for a month after that day and gave up. It wasn't until February that I remembered that gut wrenching feeling of being repulsive that got me to go full force. I've dropped from 232 to 203 and I can fit a large t-shirt again. I can probably say it's safe to believe I might even be at my goal weight of 180 by July. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 29 Apr 2020 08:21 PM PDT I wasn't noticing too much of a difference until I found this old pic from Christmas last year. I've lost 40 pounds in the last 3 months. I started at 300 now I'm 260 at 5'1. I have so much more to lose, but I'm feeling really good! I couldn't believe how bad I had gotten and at the time I didn't believe I could ever feel good physically again. I was always in pain, leaving the bed was hard, my depression was through the roof. Now I'm walking everyday, I finally have a spring in my step and I feel super motivated! A few days before Christmas 2019 https://imgur.com/w6UB6HX Today https://imgur.com/a/Mbm61qV https://imgur.com/a/ypgzQGy I haven't been able to wear this shirt for 3 years! [link] [comments] |
| NSV: I have logged my calories for two weeks! Posted: 29 Apr 2020 08:12 AM PDT I logged into MyFitnessPal pal to log my breakfast and I was surprised to find that it was the fourteenth day I have logged calories! No cheat days or break days. I eat at a deficit everyday. Not much, I eat about 1500 calories a day still but it feels like I'm losing weight everyday. I don't think I've ever gone this long while doing CICO. There was always some trick like I have to be vegan or keto or high protein. But now I'm stuck in my parents home for quarantine (I don't live here) so I don't control what groceries the house gets so I can't only have "diet food" in the house. It took awhile to get used to eating smaller portions of my "normal" food but after three days it just became a habit. I appreciate food so much more now. I taste it and I can tell the difference between food I don't like and food I like. I used to think I could just eat anything but now I can actually taste the food. After I eat even if I'm not overly stuffed I feel at peace. I know I'm doing the best thing for my body and I feel like it knows it too. I'm so excited to see what revelation comes next. [link] [comments] |
| Daily Q&A Post for Thursday, 30 April 2020 - No question too small! Posted: 30 Apr 2020 03:01 AM PDT Got a question? We've got answers! Do you have question but don't want to make a whole post? that's fine. Ask right here! What is on your mind? Everyone is welcome to ask questions or provide answers. No question is too minor or small. TIPS:
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| I did a full pushup for the first time!! Posted: 29 Apr 2020 01:24 PM PDT Long story short I have been obese my entire life. A year ago I made the change and everything changed. I weighed 260 at my highest and now im 216. Im so happy that I did my first ever pushup and I recorded it too. In the morning I tried and felt like I actually could do a pushup. So I set a camera up and did it with full confidence. Quarantine might just be the best thing that has happened to me! I have been eating better and I finally feel confident again so much work that I have done finally shows. This came at a great time as I began to lose hope! Just keep grinding and everything will get better. [link] [comments] |
| NSV : I only had one slice of pizza!!! Posted: 29 Apr 2020 05:43 PM PDT Just wanted to share on here because this is a big difference from how I used to eat. 21F ; SW: 180 ; CW: 165 ; GW: 120 I have been using this quarantine to crack down on my exercise and diet routine (a LOT of walking on a nature trail that is by where I live, and CICO). I have been cooking a lot of stir fries (a lot of veggies, some shrimp, tsp of oyster sauce) and it's been working! I see the difference in the mirror everyday and the weight is melting off. I am really glad that I am putting in the effort and that the effort is paying off. However, today was the first real "test". My dad brought home two Korean-style Pizzas (about a third the size of a normal pizza- think personal size) and wings. Usually, even up until about a month ago, I could finish off a pan myself. Today, I made sure to have my normal dinner (some boiled eggs and sweet potatoes with hot sauce) and only had one slice of pizza, which kept me under my CICO limit (I usually end up way under everyday just because vegetables and sweet potatoes keep me very satisfied). I am so proud that I was able to eat just one slice, and that I was SATISFIED with that one slice. That ravenous fast food monster in my stomach was appeased with one slice. It's been so nice to see my gains over the past two months and what kept me from slipping was the knowledge that one pizza slice would not make me a failure! I love CICO! I can have that small pizza slice, I can make it to my GW, and I will become healthier and stronger for myself! I am a long time lurker and just wanted to share my first NSV :) Thanks loseit! [link] [comments] |
| Binged last night and feeling terrible, any advice? Posted: 30 Apr 2020 03:32 AM PDT Hey, long time lurker first time poster here. Context: I've (24F) been doing the couch to 5k running plan for 7 weeks now and cico for around 4 weeks without any major slip ups. Sure I've gone over what I hoped I would eat by a few hundred cals every now and again and had arranged "cheat meals" but overall I've been steadily losing weight. Last night I completely lost it and turned to emotional eating like i havent since my teenage years. I work designing medical technology for a university/hospital so obviously everything at work is crazy stressful now. I decided there was no point to doing any of this weight loss stuff any more, as all I am doing is staying home at my computer all day. I might as well just do what I want. So I ordered a huge takeout (I would guess around 3000 calories, and this was after I'd already eaten a healthy dinner) and ate as much as I physically could of it while watching divorce court in my pjs. I made the massive mistake this morning of logging "the event" on MFP and it basically ate up my entire calorie deficit for the last week. I can't help but feel super unmotivated about this and don't even want to start tracking again. How do I pick myself up after something like this and stay on the wagon? Tl;dr: I ate a takeout and am feeling sorry for myself [link] [comments] |
| For the first time in my life I'm losing weight 25(M) Posted: 29 Apr 2020 08:04 AM PDT I'll keep this brief. I have struggled with weight issues all my life. I wore husky Jean's as a child. I played football (offensive line) in my early years and in high school. Putting on weight has always been very easy for me (both muscle and fat). After I stopped football all the muscle dropped off and the fat piled on. Life happened and several years later there I was. 342lbs. Unreal that i allowed myself to get there. 2020 has been a year of growing though and i have made every effort to get in the mind set required for consistant daily practices that will lead to my goals. I dipped below 300 lbs yesterday and I couldn't be happier. There will inevitably be more hardship to come but as long as I remind myself every day that I am worth the effort, that my goals are attainable, and that I am not the sum of my failures I'll see success. My goal is 220 lbs. Thanks for your support and for this sub in particular. [link] [comments] |
| One bad day is not the end of the line. Posted: 30 Apr 2020 04:38 AM PDT I guess this is myself, preaching to myself, letting you guys in on it. I am guilty, as many of us are, of being great at doling our encouragement and terrible at taking it. Last week I broke my plateau and managed to get myself into the 130s after years of being in and around the 150s. I had been following the good old calories in calories out method with some rigorous exercise. That evening, I caved and ordered a pizza. And from there I spiralled. "I may as well have the leftover slices for breakfast" "Well I've had pizza today so I guess this is another cheat day" "I'm really craving chocolate, I guess since I'm indulging I may as well do it now and get it out of my system" One week of excuses and indulgences later and I'm back at 144lbs. I'm disappointed in myself but it's ok. I'm going to get back to the diet today. I know I can do this now, I've done it already, and I'm still over 10lbs lighter than when I started. I haven't undone all of my work, and nobody's weight loss is a straight line. This will be the first time ever that I haven't seen a gain and decided to abandon the diet completely, only to come crawling back when my weight becomes unbearable again. I am breaking the cycle, it ends here. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 29 Apr 2020 01:19 PM PDT So growing up I (now 29f) was always one of those people who could eat anything and never gain weight, even through puberty. I was healthy and strong, but I could also lay on my back and people could count my ribs through my t-shirt. I rounded out some but that was it. I was expecting the typical freshman 15 in college, but actually lost a little my freshman year. Because of all this I assumed I'd never have to worry about weight. I might gain and lose within 10 pounds or so but that seemed like nothing. Then I hit a couple bad years. I was stressed out, work was demanding, and I had a couple friendships fall apart and was depressed. I reached out for help and got put on a small dose of antidepressants, and right around then I started putting on weight pretty quickly. I knew I had gained but couldn't bring myself to care. Food was a comfort and made me feel better. I remember eating bowl after bowl of lucky charms - with only the marshmallows. I started getting a little better but it was up and down, and it was like I purposely ignored my physical state to focus on my job and the mental and emotional stuff. It wasn't until I decided last minute to join some friends for a sky-diving trip that I realized how bad it had gotten. I signed up two days before the jump, and in the paperwork there was a weight limit of 220 pounds. I thought there was no way I was higher than that, but stepped on a scale just in case- and weighed 225. I had already paid for the jump and basically starved and sweated for two days to get below the limit. I made it, but it was a huge wake up call. I tried a few different things after that, but what really worked for me was the keto diet (admittedly dirty keto) and intermittent fasting. I've done some yo-yo-ing because I still eat traditional foods during the holidays and have gone off dieting for vacations and for my wedding. I also signed up for a healthywage challenge- turns out money is a great motivator for me! I bet 700 dollars that I would lose 50 pounds in 18 months. Now my weigh out is in two weeks, and my prize will be $2,450. I'm very excited and I really feel like I've worked hard to earn it. I sort of wish I'd found it earlier, as I'd already lost 25 pounds before I stumbled on it. It's amazing to compare how I feel now to how I did then. I was so proud of myself my last check-up; my doctor was pretty happy for me too, considering I'd broken into tears during the previous one. I have so much more energy, and I'm amazed at weird things like how tiny my wrists are. I remember celebrating with friends when my BMI passed from 'obese' to just 'overweight,' and now I'm finally 'normal' again! I'm wearing bathing suits and bikinis that I never would've been brave enough to wear as a skinny teenager, and I feel so beautiful in my wedding dress. I go to the gym, which I actually enjoy, and I'm hoping some weight lifting with help with shaping my upper arms and legs a little better. I've also tried running, and although hate it I'm also impressed with what my body is capable of and how much progress I make when I keep at it. There are a few problem areas, mostly my thighs that still want to flab, and I'm sure part of that is just skin that's lost its elasticity. I'll keep working on toning those areas, but even if they never go away I'm still happy with where I am now. I'm not quite finished, as my final goal is 145 (I was hoping for 140 but with my height I think that might be unreasonable), but I'm back to the point where 5 or 10 points don't really matter. I'm just happy to finally feel like myself again, and I never want to let myself go back to where I was two years ago. I keep the pictures from that skydiving trip to remind me where I started. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 29 Apr 2020 10:30 AM PDT There's this thing fitbits do where it prompts you to walk 250 steps every hour. I started doing this a couple weeks ago for 9 hours a day, though I recently upped it to 13 (starting at 9am). That's 3,250 steps just by pacing around the house a little bit, almost a mile and a half, and you're going to walk more than that. I'm trying to double it every day for 3 miles, and it's been awesome. I feel way more aware of how much time there is in a day, & how I spend it. It encourages me to go do my laundry, get the mail, organize. Checking a daily mobile game, brainstorming, or idle sitting activity? I walk and do it instead. Since I'm doing 1000-1200 calories daily, it makes a difference. Thought I'd post because I didn't notice the feature until now! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 30 Apr 2020 03:07 AM PDT 2010-11 maintained ~185lbs mostly muscle was in the gym 6 times a week before moving to London at 17 and becoming an functioning alcoholic with a food addiction (eating fast food 3 times a day and drinking 6 cans of coke a day) Rapidly got up to my heaviest weight 294lbs ~2012-2013 2014-17 fluctuated between 210lbs & 280lbs 2018/19 maintained 266lbs 243 lbs towards the end of 2019 but then got really ill (pleurisy & appendicitis) took 6 weeks to diagnose due to so much wrong with me & a week I'm hospital. This combined with buying my first house with my (then) pregnant partner led to me eating lots again. Currently 261lbs 30/04/2020 Desired weight by 30th birthday (04/24) 182 lbs Need to loose 79lbs 19.75lbs/year 1.65lbs/month [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: April 30th, 2020 Posted: 30 Apr 2020 12:05 AM 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. For all new people that have joined in April, at the end of the month we do a roundup of April. Tomorrow we'll talk about our goals for May. How was your April? You're free to structure this however you want, but think about the following topics:
Thank you for keeping this thread alive and kicking in these interesting times, and see you in May! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 30 Apr 2020 04:58 AM PDT Hi, I'm a female, 25 years old. Well I decided I want to lose weight, I generally do lose weight easy, but I always get back to the weight I have right now. I am at least 20kg overweight. I can lose those kilograms pretty fast but the problem I always face is junk food. I tried different approaches, quitting sugar and fried food entirely, eating them once in a week, eating them once in a month. I usually end up the same way, which is eating junk food once, then feeling cravings and eating it always. I can't stick to fruits (I rarely eat them) or some type of vegetables that I never had in my diet before. This morning I decided to have a healthy breakfast and it was so difficult! I wanted to have some pizza or cookies, or whatever with lots of calories and that could be also savory. So I came here because I need advice. How much junk food do you eat in a week? When? How much is the portion's size? How do you get back to eat healthy after a "cheat meal"? I don't want to have this lifestyle for the rest of my life. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 30 Apr 2020 04:01 AM PDT I've been fluctuating between 144.8 lbs and 144.2 lbs for the past 2.5 weeks. I've been hitting my steps, getting my workout in and eating in a deficit (I eat about 1200-1500 kcals) I have no idea what I should do or what I should change. I feel very lost and unmotivated. Also, I was at about 152lbs at the begining of March so I'd say my weight loss has been steady. The only change that has taken place is that I weigh myself at 4PM instead of 7AM. This is because before Ramadan I was using IF along with CICO and so I weighed myself 12 hours after dinner. Now that my last meal ends around 4AM, I thought it would be alright to weigh myself 12 hours after. I'm a 5'3, 20 year old female with a goal weight of 114lbs. [link] [comments] |
| I celebrated hitting my goal weight with a cheat day Posted: 30 Apr 2020 12:13 AM PDT After all, I deserved it. I worked my ass off to get here, so I might as well celebrate. I have pancakes for breakfast which were drowned in nutella and maple syrup, for lunch I have 2 smoked salmon sandwiches, and for dinner I have an extra large bowl of Pad Thai. Not bad right? Perfect balance between celebrating while keeping my health in mind. But then after dinner, the late night cravings hit. I stuff myself with everything in the kitchen. Brownies, cookies, even plain slices of bread. If it was edible, I was shoving it in my mouth. It didnt even taste good anymore, but I needed food in my mouth. After the cheat day I feel like shit. In one day I feel like I undid all my hard work in one night, lying on my bloated stomach in bed thinking "what did I just do?" I toss and turn all night and don't get much sleep. "It's ok" I tell myself, "I'll just restart tommorow." Tomorrow comes. I wake up extra bloated and do the worst possible thing to do after a cheat day - I step on the scale. 5 lbs gained. I know I didnt actually gain 5 lbs, but seeing that number on the scale made me scared and stressed. Well now I'm bloated, stressed out, and coming off of a night with no sleep. I get cravings, and basically repeat my cheat day. The same the next day. And the day after. And the day after. I cant control myself. I dont even remeber how I stuck to a diet and how I used exercise every day. I can't beleive that everything changed so quickly. Every night I tell myself "I'll restart tomorrow." That day never comes. Now 3 weeks since my "celebration". Up 15lbs (weighed when I wasnt bloated). Still eating like shit. Confused, lost, and trying to break the binge cycle. What a celebration. [link] [comments] |
| A reminder that it doesn't happen overnight Posted: 29 Apr 2020 10:52 PM PDT I have been feeling pretty discouraged lately since I didn't see much change in the scale anymore despite being strict with my diet. It has been almost a month since I started my weight loss journey (again), and even though it was satisfying to watch the scale go down rapidly the first few days (all water weight, I know...), I've been at the same weight or maybe lost only 2-3 more lbs most of the time afterwards. Then I looked at my weight loss chart back in 2018 when I started my first serious weight loss journey. It took me 6 months to get to (almost) my goal weight. I needed that reminder that this too will take time, and I'll need to stick with it instead of giving up and stuffing my face with junk food again. Maybe someone out there can also benefit from this reminder. Weight loss is not a linear process, but it's ok; all we need is the discipline to get back on track and keep going. [link] [comments] |
| NSV - Yesterday I messed up.. and thats OK. Posted: 29 Apr 2020 09:51 AM PDT We are all here because we have one or more demons to fight when it comes to food, eating habbits and weigth. But we're only human and that means sometimes we fail. One of the hardest lessons I've had to learn so far is that THATS OKAY. It's okay to fail sometimes. Yesterday was a bad day on all accounts, I was tired, sad, stressed, you name it... And the old support of sugary and fatty foods won the battle of the wills... that ment cheesy breadsticks for breakfast.... pieces of chocolate....then skipping lunch in a last ditch effort to curb the calorie intake and ending up with a bag of crisps on the sofa instead. Dinner was a bean bowl, the first decent thing all day but I kinda kicked in the teeth by eating ice cream in front of the TV later.... I didn't even have the guts to log it all yesterday because I felt guilty and angry at myself, blaming myself for ruining my progress and falling into old habbits... I had: 7 bread sticks, not the whole box: ~275 kcal 1 bean bowl: ~380 That's a total of ~1700 kcal Logging it all I realized that my bad day is only a bad day compared to my goal of eating 1200kcal/day. Its no where close to my old bad days when I would have eaten all the cheese sticks, chocolate and ice cream. And most likely another one or two meals on top of that.... My new habbits are working so well that even a bad day is still at a deficit, and that feels AMAZING. Instead of feeling ashamed of my laps yesterday I now kinda feel proud that I have come so far that even on a bad day I am able to kind of stop myself from going overboard. Totally todays NSV. [link] [comments] |
| I physically realized how much weight I gained today Posted: 29 Apr 2020 06:44 PM PDT I (25F) was online shopping for some new workout leggings today. I've always been curvy with a thicker lower body since childhood, but I've consistently been a medium even with my weight yoyo-ing. However, when I checked my size chart, I was dead in the middle to fit into a large. Then I walked into the bathroom and looked in the mirror and didn't even recognize myself. I feel so self conscious and bad about myself :( Now let me back up... For the past 5 years I've been "trying" to lose weight (I'm currently 177lbs and I've always floated around 155-160lbs). I've never stayed disciplined or consistent and sabotage myself every time I try to start losing weight. The only time I've successfully lost weight was very strict calorie restriction, clean eating, and lots of cardio = sad velvetoreo About 1.5 years ago, I has some mental health issues and went down to 140ish pounds because I just couldn't eat, but I gained it all back plus some; I'm the heaviest I've been been. I don't know why I'm spewing all this. I just really want to hit my goal weight (145lbs). My workouts usually consist of strength training (which I love) and very little cardio (walk the dog). I can't count macros to save my life (always mess up and say f*ck it) and I don't know what to do. My husband is supportive, but he knows how inconsistent I am and doesn't usually have much hope for me following through (sounds bad but I don't blame him lol). I'm starting a new chapter in my life this fall, and I really want to be my best self and healthiest self. Also, I'm going to need a new wardrobe and I don't want to size up. Thank you for reading this. I'm trying to get all my negativity out and stay positive but I guess I don't really believe in myself. Thanks for any words of advice :) [link] [comments] |
| Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Thursday, 30 April 2020? Start here! Posted: 30 Apr 2020 03:24 AM PDT Today is your Day 1? Welcome to r/Loseit! So you aren't sure of how to start? Don't worry! "How do I get started?" is our most asked question. r/Loseit has helped our users lose over 1,000,000 recorded pounds and these are the steps that we've found most useful for getting started. Why you're overweightOur bodies are amazing (yes, yours too!). In order to survive before supermarkets, we had to be able to store energy to get us through lean times, we store this energy as adipose fat tissue. If you put more energy into your body than it needs, it stores it, for (potential) later use. When you put in less than it needs, it uses the stored energy. The more energy you have stored, the more overweight you are. The trick is to get your body to use the stored energy, which can only be done if you give it less energy than it needs, consistently. Before You StartThe very first step is calculating your calorie needs. You can do that HERE. This will give you an approximation of your calorie needs for the day. The next step is to figure how quickly you want to lose the fat. One pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories. So to lose 1 pound of fat per week you will need to consume 500 calories less than your TDEE (daily calorie needs from the link above). 750 calories less will result in 1.5 pounds and 1000 calories is an aggressive 2 pounds per week. TrackingHere is where it begins to resemble work. The most efficient way to lose the weight you desire is to track your calorie intake. This has gotten much simpler over the years and today it can be done right from your smartphone or computer. r/loseit recommends an app like MyFitnessPal, Loseit! (unaffiliated), or Cronometer. Create an account and be honest with it about your current stats, activities, and goals. This is your tracker and no one else needs to see it so don't cheat the numbers. You'll find large user created databases that make logging and tracking your food and drinks easy with just the tap of the screen or the push of a button. We also highly recommend the use of a digital kitchen scale for accuracy. Knowing how much of what you're eating is more important than what you're eating. Why? This may explain it. Creating Your DeficitHow do you create a deficit? This is up to you. r/loseit has a few recommendations but ultimately that decision is yours. There is no perfect diet for everyone. There is a perfect diet for you and you can create it. You can eat less of exactly what you eat now. If you like pizza you can have pizza. Have 2 slices instead of 4. You can try lower calorie replacements for calorie dense foods. Some of the communities favorites are cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash in place of their more calorie rich cousins. If it appeals to you an entire dietary change like Keto, Paleo, Vegetarian. The most important thing to remember is that this selection of foods works for you. Sustainability is the key to long term weight management success. If you hate what you're eating you won't stick to it. ExerciseIs NOT mandatory. You can lose fat and create a deficit through diet alone. There is no requirement of exercise to lose weight. It has it's own benefits though. You will burn extra calories. Exercise is shown to be beneficial to mental health and creates an endorphin rush as well. It makes people feel awesome and has been linked to higher rates of long term success when physical activity is included in lifestyle changes. Crawl, Walk, RunIt can seem like one needs to make a 180 degree course correction to find success. That isn't necessarily true. Many of our users find that creating small initial changes that build a foundation allows them to progress forward in even, sustained, increments. AcceptanceYou will struggle. We have all struggled. This is natural. There is no tip or trick to get through this though. We encourage you to recognize why you are struggling and forgive yourself for whatever reason that may be. If you overindulged at your last meal that is ok. You can resolve to make the next meal better. Do not let the pursuit of perfect get in the way of progress. We don't need perfect. We just want better. Additional resourcesNow you're ready to do this. Here are more details, that may help you refine your plan.
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