Weight loss: My wife is the smartest woman on the planet. And she changed my black, sedentary mood in ONE move. |
- My wife is the smartest woman on the planet. And she changed my black, sedentary mood in ONE move.
- Home fitness saved my life. "We all have two lives, the second one begins when we realize we only have one." - Confucius
- turns out drinking water is good for you
- Binge Eating in Isolation Help Guide - PDF
- [SV] 50 day streak on MyFitnessPal and 8.8 lbs lost!
- My transformation so far
- Let me be the cautionary tale [M, 6'7", 695.2lbs] (x-post from /r/SMO)
- Just a random happy post about small victories!!
- need advice
- Daily Q&A Post for Monday, 06 April 2020 - No question too small!
- Maintenance Monday: Looking Forward
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: April 6th, 2020
- Pleasure besides food?
- I have put on so much weight that I am as heavy as I was almost 10 years ago. I am desperate to get out of whatever I am in.
- I'm eating around 1200-1600 calories yet I'm still chubby. Why?
- flatmates getting concerned
- What helped when you realized you are a binge eater?
- Small victories: finally on the right track to develop healthy relationship with food
- Cat dying, not sure how I'll handle it weight wise
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Monday, 06 April 2020: Today, I conquered!
- Woah, we're half way there, Woah, livin' on a prayer! (Progress report) 20 kg down, 20 more kg to go.
- I'm eating like crap today...
- Tips on losing weight during the quarantine? How do you cope?
- Day 1 (again, and two years later)...
| My wife is the smartest woman on the planet. And she changed my black, sedentary mood in ONE move. Posted: 05 Apr 2020 12:21 PM PDT It was time to make dinner. I got out of bed, having collapsed into a mid-day nap designed to improve my horrible mood. My wife said, "It's okay. I'm already up and doing things. I've already started dinner. Why don't you sit down and wake up a little?" I went into the living room wondering what was up. She hates making dinner (I usually cook, and she does the dishes, which I hate doing.) There, in the front hall, was the el cheapo exercise bike I had ordered two weeks before. She assembled it for me. While I was sleeping. To say my wife knows me better than I know myself is an understatement. She knows darn well that if she tells me to get on the bike in the front hallway, I won't want to, or will find an excuse. But if she doesn't bug me about it, well. I'm contrary by nature. And her not bugging me about something is far more likely to get me to think about it. Especially when she, out of the goodness of her heart, had just spent two hours putting together a piece of exercise gear I bought without telling her in the middle of the night during a retail-therapy buying spree. Now, she was also volunteering to make dinner. The bike called out, "Hey, doofus. Get the message. Get on. Let's go. Or...do you like sleeping downstairs by yourself during the 'no-touchy' plague that's breaking everyone's hearts with solitude and distrust?" When world events started to unravel, the deep black mood swings started. Snaps of quick temper. Feelings of helplessness. Almost on autopilot in the middle of the night, I ordered a small, folding exercise bike (not posting brand name or model here because this isn't an advertisement). I'd been walking a few miles a day and doing light circuit training workouts at the budget gym in my neighborhood for about two months. Decent results, improved everything. And then it all shut down. And the backsliding began. We're all struggling. I let myself go for a few weeks to come to terms mentally with the massiveness of what's happening. I took it easy on myself. Initially I had been walking outside; unfortunately, I'm high risk...and people in my town have very little respect for social distancing. The sadness grew; I had just started to get comfortable with exercise. I had hit a stride. Was going regularly. And then I posted about being afraid of covid, not wanting to go to the gym because of it. I was told I was overreacting by the majority of people. But I noticed the numbers thinning. And I figured I better hold off. I was right. There were some scary events in our home after that, and hospital visits. Turned out not to be Covid...but still terrifying and eerie to be there. They had already started putting up the tents and triage areas in the parking lots. If it was any other time, I would have wondered, "I wonder what they'll be filming here?" This is Los Angeles, after all, so ununsual circumstances usually indicate set dressing. Until now. My heart goes out to anyone reading this from a hospital, caring for a loved one, or in ill health of any kind. I sat on that bike for ten minutes, at low resistence. Ten. Minutes. I got off, walked into the kitchen... It was like someone had plugged me into a generator. My body sprang back to life! All night, I was just happy to feel any kind of happy. I made a few jokes with the kids, jumped around a little before bedtime, and when they finally crashed, my wife and I stayed up and talked about that new TROS documentary that we had all watched over dinner. Exercise has been the missing piece. I am getting back to it, bit by bit, and the change it has made for me (and the people living with me) is massive. If you're not doing anything, please do. Whatever basic gear you can get...those elastic band things, small weights, squats, pushups, body weight exercises, YouTube yoga...whatever is your thing. It helps. In a huge way that I couldn't possibly have imagined. I can't believe how quickly I forgot. Get back to it. And if you're having a tough time, well, I am too. Feel free to comment or DM. We're all apart...but you're not alone. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Apr 2020 07:20 AM PDT I nearly destroyed my life 6 years ago, today I'm 6 years sober. The quote in my title I feel describes my life perfectly. I've lost 27 lbs (150>123) and don't even think about drinking. Fitness replaced drinking for me and when it did, my weight just fell off. I now only eat food from home and ignore all other unhealthy options. Veggies every night with a chicken breast or healthy option like fish. When I nailed my diet the rest was automatic it seemed like. I posted progress pictures yesterday in the progress pics reddit if you would like some motivation (DUI picture included). I want to inspire people to take control of whatever it is they want to better their lives. My health is too important to me and I wasn't taking it seriously. I hope this was worth something, even if it was for just one person. Edit: A request for my progress pictures was asked for in the comments, so I decided to post it here for everyone. [link] [comments] |
| turns out drinking water is good for you Posted: 05 Apr 2020 11:52 PM PDT I'm (19F) not overweight by any means, but I do have a little extra fluff that I've been wanting to get rid of. I don't do any exercise, never played sports as a kid, so I've been weak and unfit my whole life. My resting heartrate is embarrassingly fast. I lost my job due to COVID and my country is in lockdown, so I haven't left the house besides going to the shops since the 20th of March. I'm finding that I have a lot of spare time, and I'm bored out of my mind. I started drinking more water, mostly out of boredom. For context, I always forget to drink water. I probably have less than half a litre a day. I got an old water bottle out of the cupboard and started carrying it around with me. Whenever I get bored, I take a sip. I'm probably averaging 2L a day, which is still less than the recommended amount. Man, the difference is huge! I've lost three kilos (6.6 lbs) in a week. My energy is through the roof, I've been leaving the house to go for walks every day just to get rid of all this excess energy. I've beginning to realise that I used to live in a state of constant lethargy, especially since I also have an iron deficiency. It feels a little silly to say, since people talk all the time about how you need to drink x amount of water per day to be healthy, but GUYS. If you don't drink a lot of water, start drinking! My skin isn't as dry, my hair is healthier, I have energy and motivation to exercise, I'm sleeping better, I'm drinking less coffee, I'm losing weight. I think this might be the kickstarter for me to begin properly exercising, now that I'm not tired all the time, and it could be for you, too! [link] [comments] |
| Binge Eating in Isolation Help Guide - PDF Posted: 05 Apr 2020 06:02 PM PDT https://www.dropbox.com/s/kog5yp9wq01by8t/Nourish%20Yourself%21.pdf?dl=0 I've made a little printable PDF to help anyone who has struggled with binge eating and the mental struggle that accompanies this. There is also a list of things that can be done in isolation for anyone else wanting to have a look! :) I was so worried about having to be with myself in isolation as I go through either restriction or binge eating and end up just being angry at myself and my situation when I really don't need to be! It's helped me so much to change my though patterns over the last few weeks and I feel a lot more at peace with my relationship with food, so hoping it does the same for at least a few of you. My resources: [link] [comments] |
| [SV] 50 day streak on MyFitnessPal and 8.8 lbs lost! Posted: 05 Apr 2020 08:39 AM PDT I started tracking my weight loss on February 18th. I stick to about ~1200-1500 calories a day and don't count any calories burned (in fact, I upgraded to MyFitnessPal premium for a little while just so I could not have any activity calories factored in to my daily goal). I do OrangeTheory and run, but don't rely on those calories burned to overindulge. I'm not doing anything special and only sometimes cook (I'm getting my masters degree in addition to working full time, so cooking meals can be challenging). I stopped ordering out as much and made sure I had lots of food in my apartment. That may sound counterintuitive but having options at home eliminated the need to feel like I should order a pizza or any other meal. Having food at home gives me more control over what I ate and tracked. I use Happy Scale to record my weight daily and my weight always fluctuates twice a month, once around my period and about halfway through my cycle around ovulation. I rely on the trends to keep me motivated, and I can clearly see a downward trend. I'm really happy with my progress so far. I know I'm at currently at a weight loss number where people start to notice, so I'm excited to continue losing weight and having friends and coworkers notice when I get back to work and having a social life. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Apr 2020 04:35 PM PDT Hey, First post so if the formatting is bad, my apologies. I started the journey down after I had been medically disqualified from college football. It was my freshman year and I was a lineman. The weight was already up there but i was still in relatively good shape, running and lifting almost daily. I didnt shed the weight as I didn't want or need to while playing. Second semester. I got disqualified and stopped playing. I stopped training too but kept my eating habits. I'm 6'2". I was at about 280 and lost a good chunk of muscle while gaining fat. I think I was at about 310 at my heaviest but the only time i weighed myself, I was at almost 300. I came home from school and while living at home had cut down a little on the food so that is where I think I lost the 10 pounds. I was chatting with my uncle and he invited me to join a weight loss competition. I said why not and talked with him about what to do and how to lose the weight. I knew I was fat and this was the extra push I needed to start losing. I was eating eggs, chicken, shrimp, and avocado. I kept my calories to 1200 a day roughly and was taking fat burners. (Now, I have not seen any results that point one way or another for how well they worked.) I shed 60 pounds in 3 months doing almost nothing. I had hit 240 and was feeling great about how I looked. I maintained between 240 and 260, staying mostly at 250 for about a year afterward. I started going to the gym and started lifting trying to regain strength and hopefully shed some more fat. I was making gains but didnt see any of the weight coming off but kept at it. My brother had found his soulmate and so was planning his wedding. He is and was heavier than I ever was and I wanted him to be healthier and I know he wants to look good in his wedding photos. I challenged him to a competition between me and him and he accepted. I bulked a little bit and let myself go for about a month leading up to the start of the competition and weighed in at 270. After cutting calories down again to 1200, I started losing weight but felt weak, sluggish, and irritable all the time. I stopped counting calories and just started looking at what and how much I ate of things and found I was able to keep losing weight while still treating myself. The competition ended today and I weighed in at 225. I'm super excited and this weight is one that I never thought I would achieve. I'm planning on continuing to lose weight but don't have a goal weight in mind at the moment. Diet is key. You can't outrun a fork. Tranformation: http://imgur.com/a/KQF4Hpn [link] [comments] |
| Let me be the cautionary tale [M, 6'7", 695.2lbs] (x-post from /r/SMO) Posted: 05 Apr 2020 09:48 AM PDT I've been around the /r/SMO & /r/loseit community reading and commenting occasionally for a while now. I've switched reddit accounts a few times due to weirdos who get ultra interested in my size. I've also gone back and forth on whether or not to try to lose my weight publicly or privately. So here I am on a not fresh throwaway account but the account I'm willing to put non identifying personal information on. The point of todays post is... I've fucked up. I've had every opportunity handed to me over the past 2 years to lose my weight and I just can not (HAVE NOT) stuck with those opportunities or sometimes even started. Hell sometimes I don't even follow up on the opportunity, I'll see it and just won't inteact with it at all. On January 4, 2020 I weighed in at 654lbs. So in 3 months (92 days) I have gained 41.2lbs. In these 3 months I've experienced the following negative factors on top of the other negative factors that come with being my size.
So yeah, long list I just sat here for 25-30 minutes thinking of things that have changed in the last few months that have had negative impacts on me due to my weight. Ofcourse all this is on top of the usual things experienced at this size. At this moment in time I don't have a therapist/counselor/psychiatrist, the last time I had one was May 2019 and I quit attending sessions with her because I was seeing no improvement in myself and the sessions felt like we just talked about the same things over and over again getting nowhere and her wanting to me to grasp at air to realize something. I'm not posting here today because I have a plan to lose weight or am going on some diet or whatever. I'm posting this here today because if I die tomorrow I want someone / anyone to know what it is like even if its only a slight glimpse into what being nearly 700lbs is like. I hate myself for it. Something I've said an been thinking alot lately is, (and this may get flack but if you don't like this statement go fuck yourself) "I'm terrified of food, you can never truly just quit food, sure I may be able to go months without eating anything at all but eventually someday I will have to eat again. I can never truly get away from my addiction. If I was an alcoholic or a heroin addict I could cold turkey and never have to go back to those substances, but food... I'll always have to face food." So I plead to anyone willing to listen please let me be the example of what to avoid and do whatever you can, muster up whatever willpower and perseverance you can find and stay the fuck out of the 4,5,6 and 7 hundreds because nothing good awaits you up here. [link] [comments] |
| Just a random happy post about small victories!! Posted: 05 Apr 2020 06:28 PM PDT So over the years I had lost an immense amount of weight (in a very unhealthy way), gained it all back and then some in college without being able to lose it - which I found out last year was in part due to a thyroid condition. After losing motivation on and off with failed attempts, something finally clicked in me. Amidst this quarantine situation (perfect time, right?) I began eating more whole foods and being more accountable for what I put into my body. For years I've been stuck in the low 170 range... UNTIL TODAY I weighed in at 162! I know it's not a lot but that's the lowest I've been in years so just... YAY! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Apr 2020 10:08 PM PDT I'm a 13 yr old kid, and im not very active. I'm not fat but I look slightly chubby with 10 pounds of extra fat on my stomach. 5 months ago i started quitting soda and junk food out of my diet because i realize i was eating to much of that and it was making me fatter. i don't drink soda a lot i drink only water and i don't overeat. I still have stomach fat that is there and I am not losing the 10 pounds off my stomach. I started to get depressed and starting last month or so I would starve myself for 3 days or a week. i don't binge eat but when i eat a small meal i feel fat then i starve myself again. this started recently like in February and I'm scared I'm gonna get an eating disorder. somebody said I was stunting my growth and i won't grow taller I'm 5'0 feet btw. I don't want to die I just want to be happy with my body and not get an eating disorder or anorexia. so what do I do to healthily lose 10 pounds? on normal days I try to eat less than 1000 calories since my BMR is very low because of my height is this enough or should I eat less to lose the stomach fat? [link] [comments] |
| Daily Q&A Post for Monday, 06 April 2020 - No question too small! Posted: 06 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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| Maintenance Monday: Looking Forward Posted: 06 Apr 2020 12:38 AM PDT Reached your goal weight and in need of a space to discuss your maintenance journey with others who have gone or are going through similar experiences? Welcome to the weekly Maintenance Monday thread, for weight loss maintainers! Whether you're new to maintenance and don't believe your TDEE can be that high or wondering how to increase your calories, you've been around a while and want to get advice during times of struggle or the holidays, or if you're keeping on as normal, this place is for you! (If you're losing weight, community threads are posted daily and weekly, linked in the side bar, as well as the daily US and European 30 Day Challenge.) Wherever you are in the world right now, whether you're social distancing, self-isolating, or quarantined, times are weird and changing. One of the reasons people may be tempted to comfort eat was discussed really well on this r/xxfitness thread:
With so many options of things you might look forward to or do for yourself being reduced if you don't already have the means - books to read, games to play, yarn for knitting - or off limits entirely - going to the cinema, theatre, gym, library, cafe, hiking, playing sports, watching sports - what things are you doing for yourself during this time so that you don't slide toward the high end, or out, of your maintenance range? And what things are you looking forward to doing again in the future, once social distancing measures are reduced or lifted? Anything else on your mind pertaining to maintenance? Is your diet going effortlessly, or have the last few weeks been more of a struggle? All questions, remarks and worries are welcome topics of conversation! [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: April 6th, 2020 Posted: 05 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] |
| Posted: 05 Apr 2020 03:43 PM PDT This sounds pathetic and I'm not really well-versed with Reddit, so please let me know if this is the wrong place for this. I've suffered from depression and anxiety all of my life, literally since I was a child. I was born into a family of mental health issues, so it's kind of genetic but not entirely. I was raised, however, to cope with food. I've done this since I was around 6 years old. I'm turning 27 this year and while I have a therapist and psychiatrist who have for sure saved my life, I'm still not quite sure how to trigger that reward center of my brain other than eating. After a long hard day of working where I just hate everything, how do I not stuff my face? Have any of you discovered things that are rewarding that I could do once I finish work aside from binging? I know exercise, of course, but I'm almost scared of it. For the record, yes I am very obese. And furious with myself. And scared. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Apr 2020 02:31 AM PDT 10 years ago I lost over 20kg and became fit and healthy, over time I have put it back on. The more weight i gain the more I realise I have to lose that added extra weight, and then I become even less motivated. I feel and look fat, in my own eyes, and for the first time in a decade and I am embarrassed. My dad died of obesity, it's been over 100 years since a grandfather from my dads side has seen his children grow up, each one died of something (not always related to weight) I need desperate help, my eating is crap, I don't care about eating second or third helpings, I am playing way to many computer games again and conversely not exercising at all. I don't know what to do. [link] [comments] |
| I'm eating around 1200-1600 calories yet I'm still chubby. Why? Posted: 06 Apr 2020 02:12 AM PDT Usually I eat about 1300 calories a day. Sometimes a bit under sometimes a bit more. I also do exercise to burn at least 200 calories a day as im usually pretty sedentary. Though im still quite chubby. A year ago I got so frustrated that I wasn't losing weight I ate 300-800 calories a day for a few months before having to give it up because I was too tired to function. Even then I barely lost any weight. Am I just naturally this weight? Is it because I don't exercise enough? What am I doing wrong? (Note: Im a 5 foot, 20 year old female. Cant remember my weight but last time I checked I was told I had an average BMI) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Apr 2020 02:05 AM PDT hello! I'm 18 (m) and i've been overweight most of my life (168cm and highest of 87kg down to 75kg.) my step father used to track my calories and made comments about how much i was eating through my teens which has made me very worried about my food intake. in my youth, i was in a not great home environment and i never learned about calories or overeating and was always forced to finish my food. my family has a history of eating disorders and i've had a run in with my own food struggles for a while, my ex didn't help as he would tell me i would be perfect in his eyes if i lost xyz amount of weight, he was struggling to be a healthy weight himself and was very thin but also toned so it made me insecure, especially because i had a hunch he had been cheating on me and it was probably with someone thinner :( i formed extremely bad habits when i was living with my SD and Mother as my mum started to develop Bulimia. my sister, cousin, and aunt all struggle or used to struggle with the same thing. when i was kicked out i really got into those habits. i have never been diagnosed with anything but starving myself to become perfect and lovable in my emotionally unavailable ex boyfriend's eyes and also needing some form of control with my situation and a way to make myself feel better is a clear sign that something was up. i know its dumb but i was on yt one day looking for ana motivation and stumbled across a video where a woman shared her story about her experience with an*rexia while she reviewed a story about a girl found de*d with her head in a toilet bowl while trying to purge after a binge that split her stomach and killed her. when i watched that video i suddenly became scared and left the ana community immediately out of fear. i still want to get to a lower weight because i AM chubby, i have been described as on the higher end of average and i want to be average average. so i've been working out at home and watching my calories, this time instead of working out for three to four hours and only eating around 70-500 calories i follow chloe tings workout programs every few days, taking breaks when i need to (intense but usually around 10 mins to an hour) and have used my fitness pal to track my calorie intake and eat around 1200-1400kcal a day. my flatmates usually make dinner for us all, i make sure to leave enough room through the day so i can enjoy some of the meal with them. thing is, i snack often and usually very early in the morning (think 3-4am) so they dont see that i do in fact consume food and assume that when i eat half of their portion sizes that im starving myself. i've told them im going about losing weight in a much better way then i was (i used to count calories in my gum, the thin layer of butter i had on my toast and the amount of milk and sugar in my coffee if i had any and i am now refusing to let myself do that. i have broken every old rule i had) so they have no need to worry if i dont eat as much as they do. they got upset at me telling me i was being dumb about it and that i need to eat more, that im starving myself hinting that i'm relapsing when this is the best i've treated myself in years and they just want the best for me. that i need to pull my head out of my ass (along with talking about other behaviors unrelated to food or weight loss which is fair criticism! ive taken that on board and im going to try and not be like that in future) i told them i really dont like it when people bring up my eating habits because it makes me uncomfortable and makes me want to start hiding stuff. i had finally gotten to a point where i was being nice to myself and enjoying my body and it feels like a huge slap in the face. i know that my perception of how weight loss should be in the past was horribly distorted and im trying so fucking hard to not let it come back the way it was or worse. having them over my shoulder about everything im eating or doing is starting to make me want to revert back into those habits. i cant do anything to stop it either or else i'll have to stop my weight loss journey which isnt an option to me, i only want to get down to 65kg. thats 10 more kg to go and i dont expect to hit it this year. i really want to but i know that may not be possible and im okay with that. i really need advice. im thinking of upping my calorie limit, its going to trigger me into wanting to purge badly but its the only thing i can think of that will get them to leave me alone. i've tried to stop the early day snacking but my body just doesnt want food during the day unless its some toast or tea. if i dont eat in the morning i get so hungry and eat all my daily calories then im unable to eat at dinner. i'm starting counseling very soon and i will be bringing this up to them to work through it im so tired of being told "you look fine" like i know i look fine, i just want to look better. i know its just coming from a place of concern and love :( i dont know how to cope or what to do without seeming like an asshole. i know people who have lost a lot of weight have mentioned this being a problem, i just never thought it would happen to me. has anyone else experienced this? whats your advice on how to deal with it? 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| What helped when you realized you are a binge eater? Posted: 05 Apr 2020 04:15 PM PDT I was doing GREAT with my diet and felt amazing. Then things got crazy stressful for me (& the rest of the country!!) in March. Decided to give myself some grace and consume a few extra cheat meals. Well, it's been a few weeks and I haven't stopped cheating. Actually, being stuck inside made me realize that I am, in fact, a binge eater. I'll be snacking even when I'm painfully full. I've undone all my progress and feel TERRIBLE. what helped you when you realized you were a binge eater? How can I balance being compassionate for myself given the situation we're in (&& the many other inevitable stressors that come up) with being mindful of my body's needs? I hope you're all doing well!!! Edit: typo [link] [comments] |
| Small victories: finally on the right track to develop healthy relationship with food Posted: 05 Apr 2020 12:29 PM PDT For the first time in almost 2 years since I moved halfway across the world and started living by myself, I am finally able to buy a treat food I previously binged on and make it last. I struggled with binge eating - whole box of 24 large cookies, 2kg of icecream, half a large jar of peanut butter, you name it. As long as there was good food in the house, I would not stop until I shoved everything in my face. It was the last supper syndrome - I promised I will eat well but in order to avoid the food to tempt me, I had to eat all the food now. This extended to less-obviously bingeable food. I would eat packets of sweetened oatmeal until I could no longer move, finish a whole box of granola in one sitting. If I had hot chocolate on hand, I would make mug brownie after mug brownie. I licked the honey jar clean. I had to stop buying so much food because I could no longer trust myself around it. Fortunately, my weight stayed about the same, because I was eating healthy outside of binges and exercising a lot, but it was hindering my progress. Something changed when the quarantine started and I begun cooking for myself. I started seriously tracking food with MFP. I've been doing it for couple months now, but only now I am removed from all the temptations that would throw me off track. Couple days back I bought three items that would send me on a binge before: a bar of cooking chocolate, cocoa powder and cereal. I've been dying to try some low-cal baking recipes I saw on YouTube and I needed these ingredients. For a long time I was deliberating whether it is worth the risk of a potential binge, but I did it. And for the first time in a very long time, I don't feel compelled to pig out on these items. It sounds like such a small thing, but it's huge for me. I made chocolate avocado fudge cookies yesterday and only used 3 small squares of the chocolate for topping, the rest went back into the cupboard. I enjoyed my first bowl of cereal in months this morning. I still don't trust myself to buy cookies, peanut butter or eat resonable servings of icecream, but it's progress. There is hope for your cravings and relationship with food to change for the better, [link] [comments] |
| Cat dying, not sure how I'll handle it weight wise Posted: 05 Apr 2020 06:21 PM PDT Quarantine has been stressful but overall I've done well with it regarding my weight. I've been taking advantage of my extra time to exercise and cook more meals I've snacked more, being home 24/7, but overall still moving in the right direction. Now, I'm putting my childhood cat who I've had 13 years and who developed lymphoma a while ago to sleep tomorrow. It was heart-breaking to decide but after a very long time of meds and treatments I realized that at this point I was keeping her alive for me, even though her quality of life was so low now that the kindest thing to do for her was to let her go and help her move on. This has torn me up emotionally and I've basically been crying for the past few days straight and with that has gone my motivation to exercise and eat healthy. I want to let myself wallow in this and not worry about my weight but I also worked hard to break bad habits and don't want all that to fall apart. I want to use the serotonin boost that unhealthy food gives me, but I also don't want to feed my food addiction/emotional eating. Any advice? Anyone going through anything similar? [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Monday, 06 April 2020: Today, I conquered! Posted: 06 Apr 2020 01:11 AM PDT The habit of persistence is the habit of victory!Celebrating something great? Scale Victory, Non-Scale Victory, Progress, Milestones -- this is the place! Big or small, long or short, please post here and help us focus all of today's awesomeness into an inspiring and informative mega-dose of greatness! (Details are appreciated!! How are you losing your weight?)
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| Posted: 05 Apr 2020 09:26 AM PDT I'm a 21yo male. I'm 1.68 m tall (5" 5). My starting weight, on January 2, was 110.5 kg (243 lbs). Today, I'm at 90 kg (198 lbs). My goal weight is around 71 kg (156 lbs). This has been quite a journey so far. Progress was extremely fast at first. I lost about 13 kg (28 lbs) on the first month, and about half of those were just on my first week. After the first month, progress has been slower, and there have been a few weeks where I went up a pound or two, or didn't lose at all (I've been stuck in 90 kg for about a week and a half now) but I'm staying strong and following my self-imposed alimentation and exercise regime. These are some of the key points of my regime:
Honestly, I'm feeling good! I thought losing weight would be much more of a nightmare than what it ended up being. I don't really ever feel starving, and I'm not feeling cravings all the time. Even when I do feel cravings, they usually are healthier things that what I used to crave before starting this process. My motivation for starting this journey was a bit of health concerns and a bit of wanting to look better. My family has a history of diabetes, so I knew that if I didn't do anything, I could end just like them, or worse. And I really want to look better. To not be ashamed to go to the beach. To be in better shape. I was also inspired by the anime My Hero Academia. My love handles are almost gone, my double chin has receded quite a lot and is barely noticeable now. My arms and legs still have some excess fat on them, but are noticeably skinner than when I started. My abdominal area still needs some work, as well as my chest area. I've felt happier and with more energy than usual as well. My skin is also cleaner than before! But for now, I just want to say, if you're thinking about doing something like this, DO IT. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Apr 2020 03:44 PM PDT ... and I'm not the least bit bothered by it. I am logging everything I'm eating, and I'm still eating at a deficit! Sure I'm replacing lunch with a bag of crispy minis and dinner with a pint of protein icecream but I'm not even mad. There are worse things I could be putting in my body and I've been religiously cooking and logging for months. I've been trapped at home for three weeks and today I just want to be a little bad. I know tomorrow is a new day and I'm going to crush it like I have been for the last five months. Tonight is for me and my junk food and to give myself a small reprieve from the stress of self-isolation. Point of this post: it looks like we're all going to be dealing with a lot more over the next while. Don't forget to take a break and just relax. Be accountable, know your limits, and forgive yourself for not being perfect all of the time. Stay safe and healthy my friends. <3 [link] [comments] |
| Tips on losing weight during the quarantine? How do you cope? Posted: 05 Apr 2020 02:08 PM PDT Hey hi, longtime lurker first time poster here. I am not sure how to better phrase the title so I'll try explain. I have been going through my own weight loss journey since October and some health issues and events prevented me from losing weight faster, having only managed to lose 11kg. Now with the quarantine and gyms closed I have been stuck at my weight for a good month. I hadn't done any exercises up until today since I figured maybe its because of the lack of movement. Having chatted with my dietitian and letting them know my diet plan was ineffective (but hey at least Im not gaining the weight back!) she didn't have any other suggestions on how to keep on losing weight other than probably trying at home exercises. My question is — do any of you face similar issues now with the quarantine and staying home? If yes, have you done something on your own and seen progress? Maybe you could share any training apps or workouts? Or any other eating habit tips? [link] [comments] |
| Day 1 (again, and two years later)... Posted: 05 Apr 2020 07:16 PM PDT I forgot how much this subreddit feels like home. Back in 2017/2018, I found out about this place and it was definitely one of my key motivators to help me change myself. I lost 80 lbs in 11 months, and that was awesome! But I fell off that horse and gained back 60 lbs while at it. :( It's so funny, because right after losing and moving into my maintaining state, I always thought to myself "I'll never regain the weight, I am maintaining!" but really, slowly, I was just gaining it all back whilst thinking I was somehow invincible! At this point, I've gotten past the self-pity and wallowing in it. I have nothing better to do with this lockdown in place, so why not work on myself and my health? I finally just stepped back onto the scale for the first time in months and was surprised...246. That's worse than I thought, but looking in the mirror I don't see myself looking as big as I did when I was initially 260. Weird how the brain works... Anyway, I'm excited to be back, and very ready to make a permanent change this time. [link] [comments] |
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