Weight loss: Just got to my goal weight of 140 |
- Just got to my goal weight of 140
- How I fixed my scale anxiety without giving up my daily weigh-ins - it only cost me $30
- Some things I never considered with weight loss.
- NSV : Today I put on and perfectly fit my SO's size 32 jeans that almost three years ago couldn't clear my knees!
- I smiled in my new before picture.
- I reached nearly 245lbs. One more and I’m done.
- Some self-reflections on emotional well being and weight loss
- Daily Q&A Post for Wednesday, 29 April 2020 - No question too small!
- Cutting not working?
- I've lost (nearly) all motivation
- [Need Advice] How to drop more fat? M32 5’9” (207 -> 194 lbs) 24% body fat sedentary job
- Losing weight with chronic illnesses. Ideas and encouragement, please.
- I cried today
- Seeing no change and ready to throw in the towel.
- I've gained back 30 pounds in less than half a year..
- Why can't I stop?
- One Week In, CICO, And It's Working!!!
- Started my new loser life a while ago and I have a feeling that this time I might succeed
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: April 29th, 2020
- I ate only smoothies for 3 days. Here is what I learned
- I'm tired of failing.
- 30 day accountability challenge - Day 27 (substitute post)
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 27 & 28
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Wednesday, 29 April 2020: Today, I conquered!
- Just started CICO 1 week ago. Struggling to hit 1500 calories a day, a couple questions.
| Just got to my goal weight of 140 Posted: 28 Apr 2020 04:38 PM PDT Ive been up and down for years but I've just reached my goal weight of 140 !!! I started at my largest at 180lbs in april of last year and I've been very slowly changing all of my eating habits with lots of work and determination to get healthier.I got down to about 150lbs and then plateaued for a long time and honestly got complacent with my weight due to my doctor being happy with what I had lost. Well, recently I decided to start calorie counting to try to stop my plateau and to kick start my weight loss again and I've been scared of the scale recently b/c of the pandemic and my inactivity/ plain ol' laziness but I thought I should hold myself accountable and weigh myself this morning. I was exactly 140.0!!!!! I am so excited and can't believe it I've been wanting to get to 140lbs for 2 years and I am finally here!!! Of course now I've got another goal of 130 :-) but i'm so satisfied with what I've done so far. [link] [comments] |
| How I fixed my scale anxiety without giving up my daily weigh-ins - it only cost me $30 Posted: 28 Apr 2020 08:06 AM PDT I posted here a few weeks ago about how water weight was messing me up and how I used to dread standing on the scale some days when I knew my weight would be up. The fact is, I love to cook and I love to eat. Both of these things kind of got me fat in the first place. Now, with OMAD, I'm finding a way to cook and eat almost anything I want while staying within my calorie goals and consistently losing weight. Unfortunately, my nightly OMAD is often decadent and salty, which leads to morning bloating. Still, I wanted to weigh myself daily so I could get a good idea of how my weight fluctuates and trends. I found in past weight loss efforts that weekly weigh-ins were unsatisfying, and sometimes if I "picked the wrong day" to weigh I would be left feeling awful for the next week. A few weeks ago however, my scale anxiety peaked, nearly to the point of derailing my weight loss efforts. I needed to find a way out without giving up weighing myself altogether, I wanted to have my cake and eat it too. So, I found a smart scale on Amazon for $30 that doesn't need to be connected to your phone. This is the exact one I bought, but there are several other with the same feature in a similar price range...I encourage you to shop around. It stores up to 20 weigh-ins for you without you having to connect it to the phone app that stores your metrics. I stuck a piece of opaque tape on the digital display, and I spent an entire week weighing myself on it without looking. On the 8th day, I weighed myself with the phone app open, and it showed me my weight that day (2lbs down!), as well as a graph of my weight over the last week that I was able to look at impartially, with no anxiety or emotional attachment. Some days I was down, some days I was up. It was okay, because I was predictably down 2lbs that week. Now, I weigh myself everyday, but, I am able to choose when I look at the weight and when I don't. Sometimes, I go several days in a row without looking, but I always know it's there. It's like having an assistant record my weight for me! I thought I would share, this has been a huge help for me in my battle with scale anxiety. [link] [comments] |
| Some things I never considered with weight loss. Posted: 29 Apr 2020 01:28 AM PDT Hey guys, it's been a long time since I've written in here. Long story short I am 35 years old male and on my 30th birthday I decided I could no longer be the size I was which was around 21 stone or 294lbs. I started eating healthier and was on/off doing exercise (walking and DDP yoga) I did lose a few stone and ever since I have been around the 18/19 stone range after stop start health kicks. I suffer from anxiety and depression and I always let that get in my way. In February I was very low I was in a job that while it was a good job was too much stress for me and I my girlfriend of 10 years broke up. I had a choice, to sink further and see one way out or to make a decision there and then and to climb out of this pit however hard it may be and regain control of my life. I chose the latter guys, I spoke to my bosses at work who helped get me transferred to a department with a less stressful environment, and I decided to get healthy in my mind and body. I have been intermittent fasting since the 4th of February this year and I'm down 50lbs I am so proud of my progress and wanted to talk about things I never even considered before now.
How about you guys? Do you have any changes that while for the good you never thought about during your loss? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2020 06:14 PM PDT My SW was 241 lbs my CW is 165 lbs. I've been doing pretty relaxed IF in 16:8 and 20:4 increments with clean eating (with occasional snacks) for about 14 months maybe? My SO is very tall and thin (6'2" maybe 150ish I think?) and wears a 30 or 32 in jeans. I needed pants to wear for work and all of my pants are size 16 and 14 in women's jeans and I swim in them even with a belt on. So he offered for me to wear a pair of his old ones and at first I wanted to say "no way not happening" because when we first met I had tried the same pair on and it didn't even make it past my knees. It was embarrassing to say the least to see just how much larger I was than him. But I have been working hard and knew that I have made progress and wanted to see just how much. So I grabbed a pair and pulled them on and buttoned them no issue. I felt great and couldn't help but just smile like a dodo lol! I had been struggling with my confidence lately because of having to wear clothes that its obvious are more than 2 sizes too big! Making the decision to take my health seriously and work harder to be in shape made such a difference in my life. Instead of waking up at 11 am groggy and feeling like shit because I only ate takeout the day before, I wake up at 6:30 am and take care of my dog, exercise, shower, clean, and make breakfast for my SO and I all before 9 am. I am more energized, productive, and overall happier. My body image isn't affecting my depression or anxiety. With all the positive life changes I've had the energy (and now time thanks to Covid19 ironically) I have felt happier lately than in the past 15 or so years. [link] [comments] |
| I smiled in my new before picture. Posted: 29 Apr 2020 05:36 AM PDT Hey all! Just made another throwaway to just get my thoughts out. There's no pictures here, just my brain coming out through my fingers. Like a lot of you, I've gone up and down and up and down, I have at least 4 different sets of before pictures, a few old "afters", and I'm starting, yet again, this thing that I know I can do, because I already did it once. I just took my new before picture this morning. Only this time, I smiled. I went back and looked at my old before pictures. June 27, 2017. January 7, 2018. July 18, 2018. March 18, 2019. Each time, I have the same face; aggravated, embarrassed, ashamed, hopeful, doubtful, afraid. I remember being motivated back then. I remember being happy in my life. I was psyched, ready, encouraged, but why didn't it translate in my pictures? Am I just a sucker for the contrast between a before and after? Was I lying to myself about how I felt? Am I lying now? I don't know what happened, but this morning, in front of the same mirror, the same weight as those other times - if not higher - I smiled. It was almost instinctive. Like I was thanking the me that I saw in the mirror. I am happy where I am right now. Of course I wish I was skinnier, but that doesn't mean I'm not beautiful or acceptable or loved. The me that I am right now is just doing her best. I'm trying to think back on the mistakes I had made those other times. I have a tendency to get completely absorbed by one thing and be burned out by it. I set these insane lofty goals, I compare this time to the other times where the weight freaking fell off my body and how it's going slower than a sloth covered in molasses this time. I'm one of those people that always has the right advice for other people but has a hard time following it herself. "Comparison is the thief of joy!" I tell others, as I literally compare myself to myself and other people. I think what I'm going to do this time is take it 24 hours at a time. Fuck getting overwhelmed by how long it will take. Of course it will take long. But that time is going to pass by anyway. Hell, we've been quarantined for a month already and that time just passed anyway. One day at a time. One decision at a time. One cookie (or choosing not to) at a time. Some days the extra cookie will win. Other days, the will to succeed will. And that's okay. As long as it's not the cookie every day. I don't even know why I picked cookies as the example when I know damn well that chips are my kryptonite (curse you, salty snacks). To anyone who made it this far, thanks for indulging my inner monologue. I'm in a place of being confident and realistic about how I will actually do it this time. Forgiveness, commitment, realism, and patience. If you're on a similar journey, I'm with you, my friend. We're just doing out best, and we've got this. :) [link] [comments] |
| I reached nearly 245lbs. One more and I’m done. Posted: 29 Apr 2020 02:13 AM PDT I'm 5'7, I weight 245lbs. I look like a swamp monster and yes, I let myself go that much. By the beginning of the lockdown I was about maybe 230lbs. My pants are tighter, my back fat grew huge, the double chin is back. I feel disgusted, disappointed and very down about myself. All I do is I work from home, eat 3 meals a day and I when I'm bored I eat. I know how to eat well (veggies, proteins, less carbs) but I feel so low I have no motivation whatsoever. Like I can't even get that ugly, cellullite, fat, square ass off of the couch and workout. I'm also ashamed of working out at home because I live with my boyfriend. He's unbothered by my weight but I can see that it's not what he likes best. I wanna do it for me but for him too. I want him to adore my body, I don't want it to be a sad necessity. He loves me whole but you know how it works. Truth is, I was almost near to 200lbs half a year ago. I'm tired of going back and forth, I feel trapped. My goal is to weight at least half of that, and get rid of that disgusting back fat. I don't even mind that I have cow udders for breasts. I don't even mind my ugly, stretch marked jelly stomach or huge rubbing thighs. Or arms flabby enough to allow me to fly if I wasn't that fat. I hate that body. I want to change it, but I don't even know where to start. Can I get some help? [link] [comments] |
| Some self-reflections on emotional well being and weight loss Posted: 28 Apr 2020 05:15 AM PDT Hey, I wanted to share some unsorted reflections on how my weight loss journey has affected me emotionally. This is because, after 5 years of obesity I am finding a life that is very different from what I had gotten used to and it's honestly intimidating. In short my story is, that I was skinny all my life, then developed an unhealthy relationship with food and gained weight fast. I went from 5"11 at 180 pounds to 250 pounds in two years when I started college. This changed everything for me, I had intense body dysmorphia and detached myself emotionally for everyone around me. It was like the continuity of myself throughout my life was broken and there was suddenly this fat apathetic guy in the mirror, that I didn't recognize. Even when I got out of the circumstances that we're causing my depression and moved to a different town, I still felt very detached from my own life. I was caught up in self loathing and had a lot of trouble making friends over it. I hurt other people emotionally and started to be excluded socially, which made me feel horrible. I had tried a lot of different weight loss strategies over the time, lost like 45 pounds doing keto, that I gained back and tried CICO, which just made me even more sedentary due to fatigue. The first thing that actually worked for me was starting to go bouldering at 110 pounds, because it gave me very actionable goals. I started going many times a week and made a lot of new friends over it. For the first time I felt like I was changing my lifestyle rather than temporarily changing my eating habits. I'm now at 198 pounds with a much improved body composition and the last 5 years feel a bit like a bad dream. Which leads me to the headline. There is so many positive things about losing weight, I feel more attractive (which is huge) and my emotional wellbeing was improved a lot. But there is still the aftermath, yes stretch marks suck I have them everywhere, but I feel like I lost 5 years and that really hurts. There is people I could have had a romantic relationship with, that I didn't notice because I was too bitter about myself. At the same time nothing is lost of course. There is only one way, and it's forward. I guess my point and opinion is, treat overweight as a symptom of a hurt relationship with yourself. Yes you can lose weight by itself, but lasting changes are the results of treating overweight holistically and working on all aspects of your emotional well being. For me eating to I lose weight, became an automatism once my entire life surrounding it set me up to remove my emotions from food. The hardest part for me was to strike a balance between being aware of my eating and but not always having food on my mind, which made me snack constantly. Honestly my overweight was/is a symptom of a long existing negative relationship with myself that only fully manifested when I was truly on my own with all safeguards removed. Hope this helps someone be more at ease with themselves. Take care of yourself :) [link] [comments] |
| Daily Q&A Post for Wednesday, 29 April 2020 - No question too small! Posted: 29 Apr 2020 03:00 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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| Posted: 29 Apr 2020 03:31 AM PDT I went into a bulk for the past 8 months and to the point where I was eating 3200kcals a day and gaining about 1kg every month. So I thought that put me in a ~300kcals surplus. Thing is, 8 days ago I started a cut and went down to 2400kcals a day ( guessing maintenance is 2900 and eating 2400 for a 500kcal deficit). The problem is that I have not lost any weight and as I understand, the first week of a cut, water and glycogen depletion make you lose weight faster. So what is my problem? Am I not on a deficit? Info: I've consistently counted my kcals with myfitnesspal for about 2 years now, so no, Im not overeating. [link] [comments] |
| I've lost (nearly) all motivation Posted: 29 Apr 2020 04:52 AM PDT Hi, first post here. I'm an 18 year old girl and have been struggling with my weight for nearly 2 years. Last summer, I decided to finally do something about it and did a low carb diet for about 2 months and lost 8 kg. However, school started, I was stressed, etc. and I gained it all back. For a few months I was stuck in a binge-restrict cycle and it was by far the worst experience I've ever had. This quarantine actually helped me get over it and I haven't binged in nearly 2 months. For the past month I've been counting calories, but not restricting (though I'm naturally eating less since I wake up a lot later now than I did before). I also completely quit sugar except for fruits and started doing high intensity cardio every other day for about 40 min. I was really motivated until I got on the scale after one month to see whatever progress I made to realize that there was absolutely no change. I was extremely disappointed and for the last two days I've been eating at or above what I burn, also I haven't exercised since I lost motivation. I also live with my family and even though we eat healthy foods and non of us are overweight, we all have a big appetite and there are snacks around the house 24/7. I've been able to control myself around sweets though it is hard to keep myself from snacking on other things (crackers, etc.). I also don't want to ask my family to not allow snacks in the house since I don't want them to feel restricted, especially since we can't go outside anymore. I've been eating mindlessly the past few days and feel like shit (though still under 2000 cal). I am planning on doing low carb in May since just doing cico hasn't worked. I am just sick of being bloated and feeling insecure all the time. I also don't want to waste this chance (there are no social events, friends, birthdays to distract me since we're all stuck at home) but I feel like I'm just going to quit again and feel even worse. (Also I didn't mention this anywhere else but I have 10 kg to lose). I need encouragement I guess?? (Nobody around knows of my struggles and I'm not going to tell them) Soo thanks for reading ig [link] [comments] |
| [Need Advice] How to drop more fat? M32 5’9” (207 -> 194 lbs) 24% body fat sedentary job Posted: 29 Apr 2020 04:50 AM PDT My all time high weight was 214 couple years back. Before this quarantine I was 207 at 27% fat by start of March 2020 and now by end of April 2020 I'm 194 at 24% fat. I was able to drop weight mostly because I restricted my calorie intake to 1600 per day (few days went 200 below that too). I was hoping to get some suggestion from this community to see what I can do better to retain as much as possible muscle mass and lose fat to ~170 lbs at 15-17% body fat. When I read multiple threads they mentioned about CICO and I did see results with that. My questions are: 1. Are macros really that important? I do eat Chicken sometimes but I mostly enjoy vegetarian diet which consists of bread, lentils, vegetables and rice. For 1600 calories I was able to hit 40-35-25 (carb-fat-protein). i.e. 100 g of protein and 50 grams of that comes from protein shake. 2. I read that to lose weight one suppose to be getting around 0.8 - 1 g of protein per pound of body weight. Can someone who does has experience with fat loss suggests me if eating that much protein is necessary? 3. Any food suggestions in vegetarian diet? I am going to give try to Tempeh and Seitan to increase protein intake. 4. What else can I do to retain muscle mass and lose more fat? I also perform some body weight and resistance band exercises at home every alternate days for around 45 min. [link] [comments] |
| Losing weight with chronic illnesses. Ideas and encouragement, please. Posted: 29 Apr 2020 04:32 AM PDT I've got a pile of physical and mental illnesses. I do my best to make my life as full and happy as possible while mindfully living within my limitations. I've got Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and POTS. EDS is a connective tissue disorder. My joints sublux and dislocate easily. POTS (very basically) makes it so that I risk passing out if I stand for more than a minute or two. Some days, I'm bedridden. Other days, I'm like a normal person. Depending on flairs. Mentally, depression, anxiety, and cyclothymia (bipolar light) want to rule my days but I try not to let them. I think I'm doing fairly well with it. Some days, these leave me bedridden too though. Currently, I've got a cold sore on my cornea. It's as awful (but not as gross) as it sounds. I'm 5'7" and 200 lbs. I'd like to lose around 40-50 lbs. Exercise is very difficult. My plan is to work out every day. Realistically, it's 3-4 times a week. Sometimes 2. Sometimes none. Anything standing is off the table. I like to cycle abs, legs, arms with weights. Low weight, many reps. Cardio is practically impossible for me. My ideal diet is 30% meat and 70% veggies. This is what makes me feel best. Depression loves bread though. I've literally written books on bread. I don't need sugar so much. Heavy whipping cream and fruit satisfy my sugar cravings. But, bread, you guys. It's so hard to give up. My stupid brain gremlins are like "No, dude, it's a GREAT idea to bake and eat whole loave of cranberry orange bread!" Does anyone else deal with chronic illnesses while trying to lose weight and get stronger? Deciding to do something and get started is easy for me (see: cyclothymia). Sticking with it long enough to get results is physically and mentally difficult. It makes me feel dumb and helpless. I know I'm not but feelings can be liars sometimes. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 29 Apr 2020 06:07 AM PDT I've been pretty positive the past week. Working out has really helped my mental health but yesterday I was triggered by something that sent me into a bad depression. I woke up this morning with no energy, no motivation, I just wanted to lay in bed and eat a whole pizza to myself. I talk to my friend and she helped me through what I was dealing with. It started raining extremely heavily and as I have outdoor rabbits I had to go out and cover their hutch and run with a tarp, at the same time I had to try and get my 2 dogs to go outside to do a pee which forced me to become excited, happy and animated in an attempt to get them into the rain. I found this fake excitement to give me a small boost of energy. I went back inside and had the tiniest burst of motivation, I took a sip of water and set my timer to 10 minutes, far below what I usually do. Just as I started the workout the rain disappeared and the sun came out of nowhere, this gave me a small boost of energy as the weather really affects my mood but 3 minutes into the workout I began crying from frustration and sadness. I stopped for a small moment, gathered myself and finished my workout. It may have only been 10 minutes but it's better than 0 minutes. Progress isn't linear, it's hard work but if you give it all you've got that's all anyone can ask of you. Im proud of myself today Have a good day everyone [link] [comments] |
| Seeing no change and ready to throw in the towel. Posted: 29 Apr 2020 02:19 AM PDT Hey everyone, hope you're all safe and well. I have lost almost 15kg. (33lbs) which is half of my ultimate goal. I'm down two dress sizes. But I cant see it. I know I'm wearing smaller clothes, I know I've lost the weight but in the mirror I feel I look exactly the same. No one really says anything either and they look surprised if I mention I've lost this much weight so I dont think it's in my head. But when I look at comparison photos the change is there so I dont know. I could be doing more exercise to tone (been using everything going on as a bit too much of an excuse) but I've lost 4kg since my gym shut so I know I'm in control of my eating and the weight is shifting. I'm just feeling so defeated. I feel like its harder to look at myself now then it was 15kg ago. Feeling very 'what's the point?' [link] [comments] |
| I've gained back 30 pounds in less than half a year.. Posted: 29 Apr 2020 03:44 AM PDT Ever since the winter hit and into this pandemic, I've been gaining a bunch of weigh. When I started over a year ago, I was at my highest at 330 pounds. I went down to 170 in a little under a years time and kept it off for the entire summer. I was exercising and watching my calories. Today I'm currently at 195. I'm a 6 - 6'1 male. I'm trying to get down to my lowest weight of 170. It's very hard to continue doing this while I'm in quarantine and I'm not able to exercise due to my equipment needing to be repaired. I can't call for a repair at the moment due to the virus situation. I'm found with no exercise my tdee is about 2100 calories a day. I just find it hard to eat less than 1600 to start losing weight again. My clothes are feeling a bit tighter and I'm getting worried of gaining even more weight. Is anyone else finding it hard to lose weight right now with the current situation? I'm trying to remember to drink more water but I always tend to eat at maintenance or a little above it and it's starting to affect my weight. I just get a little bit discouraged seeing how much I've gained and it's going to take me a couple of months most likely of constant calorie deduction to get back to where I was over the summer. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2020 07:56 PM PDT I'm so angry at myself. I've tried to calorie count, fasting during the day, exercising, yet I can't stick with it. I was 240lbs before I had a child and now I've gotten up to 298lbs and I can see where the fat is going in my body (new rolls on my back) but I still can't stick with changes or a diet or anything. The most discouraging part is that I'm in recovery....if I could stop doing drugs, why can't I stop eating unhealthy? Every day I look in the mirror and hate what I see but not as much as I love the taste of food. I just don't get it. I would choose a fried chicken sandwich over any drug/alcohol in the world and I just do not understand why I'm like this. I know there's not much advice to be given...just kinda venting I guess. [link] [comments] |
| One Week In, CICO, And It's Working!!! Posted: 28 Apr 2020 12:27 PM PDT Like many here, I have struggled with my weight and body issues my entire life. I'm a 6'1 male. I got up to a peak of about 290 pounds in college, about 10 years ago now. Right after I hit my peak I managed to lose 100 pounds in the following year. I got down to the high 180s. Then I had to move back in with my parents after I graduated and it was much harder to maintain the same lifestyle and I eventually got burnt out. I'm 31 now, and the past 10 years have been up and down, but I've never fully gotten to where I want to be. I'm not even sure I know where that is. I've never gotten anywhere close to back to my peak, but at the beginning of 2017 I was around 230. The past decade has been full of trying everything to recapture the magic of that year, and never quite getting there. I've tried intermittent fasting, which I've concluded is not sustainable/doesn't work long term for me. I've done two Whole30's, and lost about 15 pounds in the 30 days each time. But that diet is not sustainable for me either. I've even tried CICO in the past, with some success, but I end up getting derailed for two reasons: I run into meals I can't track, like eating out at a restaurant that doesn't publish nutritional information (and nothing in MFP). The other reason is I end up binging one day, usually a night out at the bars, and don't track that either. In the past I've let those derail the whole thing for me, and I've just given up. When lockdown started in mid-March I was hovering around 200, maybe a pound or two higher. Staying home all day I found myself drinking a lot of beer (I LOVE craft beer, and if I'm being honest, just like food probably don't have the best relationship with alcohol either). My partner is also a great cook and is getting through lockdown by baking and cooking all kinds of stuff. Pasta, pizza, cookies, muffins, bagels, ugh. I weighed myself last week and I was up to 213. I've even been working out during this time, something I've been fairly consistent with over the years. My diet was just that bad. I decided to try CICO again. I knew I needed something sustainable that generally allowed me to eat what I wanted, when I was hungry, and didn't completely eliminate "bad" things like pasta, sweets, alcohol, you get it. Not that I'm filling up on those things but it's just so much easier mentally not to eliminate them. I thought about why I'd failed in the past and promised myself that this time around, I would 1) do my best to track everything, estimating what I didn't have info for honestly and to the best of my ability, even if a restaurant meal ends up being 2000+ calories and 2) if I end up having a night where I binge and lose track, I will start over again the next day. I have now dropped weight on the scale for seven consecutive days, and am down 4.4 pounds overall, which is flabbergasting to me. I've always been the person that has lost some, gained some back, lost some, gained some back...the scale has always fluctuated every day and it always gets very discouraging. I was almost in disbelief this morning that I felt satiated going to bed last night and woke up a pound lighter than yesterday. I just haven't had results like this in a very long time. It almost feels too easy, like it's not real somehow. I know it's early, but I'm encouraged, and excited to keep going and see where this takes me! A few things I've noticed or done:
I mainly posted this for my own accountability, but maybe it'll help someone else too. Thanks for reading! TLDR; CICO works [link] [comments] |
| Started my new loser life a while ago and I have a feeling that this time I might succeed Posted: 29 Apr 2020 02:46 AM PDT I've lived very healthy my whole life, eating vegetables, lean foods and such. Working out quite alot. But since I started working an office job I've gained 15kg in 4 years or so and i'd like to go back to my previous weight. I've tried counting calories before with a ready made program. It was miserable, the food was plain as it can, I was constantly hungry and waiting for it to end. I lasted for like 1 month with it and lost some fat but did not lose any weight. Was not worth it. I've tried to eat less without calorie counting, but it did'nt really work and I was not sure if I was doing things right. I've tried intermittent fasting, but it made me binge eat and eat too much since I was not counting calories. Last week I decided to try being a loser again. I've heard that meny have succeeded with low carb diets since it lowers their hunger, so I diceded to try it too. First I tried out low carb foods without counting calories just to ease myself into the habit. Now I'm also counting calories and I've hit my goal of 1600kcal per day for almost a week now and it has not been that bad really. Yes, I am a bit hungry almost all the time, but not in the same way I was in the last diet where I ate carbs too. That was awful hunger. I've lost 700g already (mostly water probably since lack of carbs, but still proud) and feeling quite positive about this. Low carb foods are actually very tasty. I'm able to eat cheese, fatty meats, bacon and other tasty things. Replacing carbs with vegetables makes foods actually more delicious. Pasta and rice don't really taste like much, so I do not miss them. I think I might do it this time. For the first time I'm hopeful about being able to lose weight. I am 75kg / 165 lb, 165cm / 5"4 female and trying to lose around 10kg / 22 lb. [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: April 29th, 2020 Posted: 28 Apr 2020 10:56 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] |
| I ate only smoothies for 3 days. Here is what I learned Posted: 28 Apr 2020 01:01 PM PDT Although I have recently been on a very good track to finally beating my binge eating, I struggled with thinking about food non-stop, even if I wasn't really hungry. Being quarantined and making 100% of my meals at home gave me the time to experiment with meal per day quantity, calorie density and meal timing. What inspired me to try to eat like this were the stories of people who treat food as maintenance, not as a drug. I purposefully wanted to eat food that would do little to satisfy my hunger while hitting my calorie and macro goals. This was never meant to be a crash diet, in fact I made a point to: - slightly up my calorie intake from 1250-1300 to 1350-1400 - get all the protein I usually would (100-120g) - divide the remaining calorie approximately evenly between carbs and healthy fats (ultimately ending up with roughly 1/3 split between all the macros) My goal was to beat my cravings by getting used to eating unsatisfying foods while knowing that I am satisfying all my body's needs (been counting calories for a while so I felt confident I can plan my diet to do that). I read about studies that show that people who drink thinner smoothies with the same calorie count as thicker smoothies will feel hunger sooner. On a similar note, this also links to the recommendations to just eat a goddamn fruit salad instead of making a smoothie because it will make you fuller longer. Every day, I drank a smoothie for breakfast, lunch and dinner and made two coffee protein milkshakes for my snack. Trying not to consume too many carbs from fruits, I usually had one fruit-based smoothie, one veggie-based smoothie and one savory/dessert smoothie. I got protein from nonfat milk, skyr/greek yogurt, tofu and whey protein, and healthy fats from peanut butter, avocado and coconut milk. I went into this ready to face hunger head-on for 3 days, hoping to come out of it more sensitive to fullness cues and being able to be satisfied with less. Here is what happened: 1) I didn't feel hungry. Like almost at all. Even on Day 3. 2) Some of the smoothies were HUGE. The 350kcal green tea/spinach/avocado/cucumber/kiwi/tofu smoothie I had for lunch was a monster that filled my 24oz cup and then some. I actually felt stuffed after some of my meals. 3) As predicted, my food cravings decreased during this period. I wasn't constantly thinking about my next meal. So far, the effect is lasting now that I am back to eating normally again. 4) If the smoothie was super thick, I ate a lot more slowly. I was trying to drink them through a straw and it was pretty hard, so even a medium-sized mug smoothie could last pretty long (and it was definitely a workout for my mouth). This also contributed to my feelings of fullness. On the other hand, the thinner smoothies were gone pretty fast. All in all, I would recommend this reset if you can't stop thinking about food. I think I would be able to stick with this long term, but I am not a proponent of restricting food groups and this doesn't allow me to eat whole grains other than oatmeal, meat, and anything else you can't suck through a straw. Let me know if you have any questions or thoughts. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2020 05:57 PM PDT possible eating disorder trigger Hello everyone. I'm not sure if this is allowed but it's my story. Like most of you, I've struggled with my weight for most of my life. I'm 18 years old (f) and approx 260 pounds (I'm guessing..i haven't weighed myself in a couple months). My life has really revolved around my weight, yo-yo dieting and seeing little progress. I'm not really sure when this all started, I remember going to my pediatrician around elementary school and being told I was gaining weight too fast. Entering middle school I really started to obsess about my weight. I googled proana tips/tricks and tried following really strict diets. I remember being really obsessed with seeing my collar bones. I get sad looking back at pictures of when I was in middle school, I don't think I was really that overweight. Nothing really worked until sophomore year of high school. I was really buckling down into what I think was an eating disorder. I was eating 200-800 calories a day. I joined proana forums and really sunk into that evil world. I lost over 50 pounds. I never felt happier, or more confident in my life. My friends at school commented on how much weight I was losing and how good I looked. All I could think about was counting calories and thinking of my next meal. Until one day I had enough of calorie counting and restricting. I gained it all back. Going into Junior, and now finishing out senior year of high school, I've gained back all the weight and more. I was diagnosed with PCOS and attended some therapist sessions. I'm miserable and have no sense of motivation or hope that I can lose this weight after so many failed attempts. However, posting this seems like a glimmer of hope and I hope it's a sign of brighter days to come. Any advice/encouragement is very much appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| 30 day accountability challenge - Day 27 (substitute post) Posted: 28 Apr 2020 02:45 PM PDT Hi everyone! It looked like /u/mountainlioness404d didn't get a chance to post yesterday. I hope she is ok and that we hear from her soon!! I really wanted to post my progress so I thought I'd make a post for yesterday in case anyone wants to jump in. I only have 2 goals for the month. I'm keeping it simple as I regained and just started losing again.
Weight-wise, I am hoping to weigh-in at 143.x by the end of the month. 144.x would be great too! How's everyone else doing? [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 27 & 28 Posted: 28 Apr 2020 07:29 PM PDT Hello losers, Sorry for the late posts! I hope you're out there slaying it. Weight by end of month (200 lbs, preferably trend weight): No weigh in this morning, 204.8 trend weight. Stay within calorie range (1500 ish): Better today. I can't lie to you kids. I've had some binges. It's been a tough gig. I'm going to remind y'all to be gentle with yourselves mostly because I need to be gentle on me too! There's always another day for a deficit, you know how to succeed. Bad days still don't outnumber the good ones! Exercise 5 days a week: Long walk in the sunshine with my Pokemons. 23/28 days. Self-care time (journaling, working on love journals, beauty treatments, drawing, fancy coffee out no more than 2 times a week 6/10, no fast food): I attempted eye liner & then had a lovely shower to erase my efforts lols. I'm bad at that. Try a new recipe once a week: Cheesy broccoli & rice casserole, beef burrito casserole, lentil spinach & sausage stew, Frankenstein'd dirty rice & an impromptu garlic Parmesan sauce for chicken legs. 5/4 weeks. 50 pages of The Body Keeps the Score: Not today. 40/50 pages. Drawing prompt every day: We'll see what I'm feeling before bed tonight. 13/28 days Be more mindful & express gratitude, avoid the hedonic treadmill: I'm very sorry to not be as present here. I have some shame over my own performance lately & my mild neglect of you guys out there striving. I hope you will forgive me & keep kicking ass! And remember, shame is a landfill emotion. Someone taught you shame & fuck that. You're up right & conquering, leave shame in the dump. Your turn! [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Wednesday, 29 April 2020: Today, I conquered! Posted: 29 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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| Just started CICO 1 week ago. Struggling to hit 1500 calories a day, a couple questions. Posted: 28 Apr 2020 09:16 PM PDT Hey all. I'm 185.3 LBS 5'3M. I have lost 10 LBS since I started dating better but I just started CICO. I downloaded myfitnesspal and it had recommended me to limit calories to 1500 a day to lose 2LBS a week. The last few days I have struggled to hit 1500 calories, especially factoring in my excercise (burn about 500 calories walking during this lockdown. I'm going 5 days out of the week). Anyways... here was my meal breakdown for yesterday: Avocado toast with cream cheese - 315 cals Creamer for coffee - 30 cals Tysons grilled chicken with a chik fil a sauce packet - 350 cals Birds eye steam fresh Rotini and veggies - 290 cals Side of cut bell pepper - 10 cals Half a serving of Kroger Brand Buffalo Chicken Popcorn - 85 cals (seriously though kroger brand popcorn is amazing and theres only about 680 calories per large bag, I have a little bit to snack on every day.) So that brings me to 1080 calories.... and you have to remember I burned 500 calories by walking. Also I make sure to drink 2L of water daily. My questions are - is this healthy? I know I'll lose more weight doing this but I'm concerned about my health. Next, If I need to eat more, then what should I eat? I was considering buying little debbie snacks and forcing myself to eat about 300 calories a day but I really dont like the idea of turning to sweets again... [link] [comments] |
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