Weight loss: They didn’t recognize me - the first time it happened |
- They didn’t recognize me - the first time it happened
- I'm back and I have missed this sub.
- I've accepted that weight is going to need lifelong management
- [TIP] Try thinking of calorie counting as paying off a debt (ft. a spreadsheet to help)!
- I am precisely 50% of the way from starting weight to goal weight!
- I am finally overweight!
- It's really good value, but I don't need to buy it
- Do any of you struggle to feel accomplished because you've "been there before"?
- On my 100th day one... feeling completely discouraged
- What’s your favorite weight loss quote or meme?
- Can someone please help me? I am lost and ready to give up. (Tw, s**cide)
- Finding the balance between acceptance and motivation
- I’m super freaking proud of myself!
- SV: I'm finally back in the 70s range (79kg = 174lb)! Here are some of my thoughts on my journey so far, food, and the graph of my calorie tracking app.
- I don't understand my chubbiness
- Intuitive eating in "naturally skinny people" VS under-eating calories
- Hit my highest weight ever weight 308.2
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 14
- 24-Hour Pledge - Wednesday, 15 April 2020 - The Plan for Today!
- New workout regimen
- 15 pounds in...71 more to go.
- Quarantine lessons and first successful weight loss in years!
- Addiction. Is intermittent fasting the only solution?
- I think I've discovered the reason for my plateau
| They didn’t recognize me - the first time it happened Posted: 14 Apr 2020 02:40 PM PDT I've lost basically 90-100 lbs over the course of the past 13 months. Struggling to lose more but with being at home and no access to a gym the last month-ish, I get it and won't sweat it... Now on to the important part: I walked to meet some folks for a work-related thing (don't worry, we didn't break social distancing guidelines, it was more of a material distribution thing). I saw a few people I had known for about 8 years (but haven't seen in at least 8 months) and waved hello from about 15 ft and they didn't really acknowledge me and drove away. Figured they were just in a hurry, no big deal. Seconds later another person I've known for the same amount of time and whom I've not seen for about 6 months pulled in. Said hello and started to gather some stuff to take home. She said "I can give you a ride if you'd like." I gratefully accepted. I get in her car and she says "so I don't think we've met. I'm [first name]." I thought she was joking at first and I said "[first name], it's [me]." She couldn't believe it. "I didn't recognize you. You look amazing! Have you lost weight??" I genuinely cried. An hour later, get a call from the first couple "was that you at the headquarters?" After I confirmed it was me, she said "I want to apologize. We weren't ignoring you. We didn't know it was you. You must have lost 100 pounds." And told her my story. She ended with "We are so proud of you." This is the first time this has happened. I've been struggling to get over the hump, to keep going (luckily I'm maintaining and not gaining) and lose another 50 pounds. I've been giving into food temptations too much recently but this...THIS is what I've been after. I am going to use it to galvanize my resolve. I can do this. This was my ultimate NSV. [link] [comments] |
| I'm back and I have missed this sub. Posted: 14 Apr 2020 11:50 AM PDT Hey buds. I lost 70 pounds a year and a half ago through just eating in moderation (no counting), some extended fasting, and if. Then my boyfriend broke up with me. Then I graduated. Moved away to a city by myself. Started a career in a language in which I am not fluent. Stress ate endlessly. I GAINED IT ALL BACK. I stopped visiting here because shame and sadness and avoidance. I have being trying to do extended fasts during isolation but it became purely stressful, so I threw in the towel. But I figured I have basically all the time in the world now, so I started tracking calories. Like, yesterday was day 1. But my goodness I LOVE IT. Structure and knowledge feel great. I feel the same level of positivity the first time round losing weight. I'm so excited and glad to be back here. I've been going through posts for ...3 hours now? I'm so excited to be here with you folks again. You are all so inspiring and WE CAN DO THIS DING DANG THING!! Pugs and kisses. Xo [link] [comments] |
| I've accepted that weight is going to need lifelong management Posted: 14 Apr 2020 04:04 PM PDT Has anyone else just accepted that you'll always sort of struggle with weight? Not in a defeatist, hopeless kind of way. Almost in a "well it's always gonna be a struggle, might as well make it a fun one". Idk if that makes sense lol. I used to think of it as "I'll start living my life once I get to ___ pounds". It never felt as though I was enough as I am. And while I need a little bit of a desire for self-improvement to keep me going, something about accepting the permanence of this journey is freeing in a way. It takes away the pressure to lose weight all at once and takes away the perfectionism. It also helps me approach weight loss more from a maintenance mindset instead of crash-diets and desperation. [link] [comments] |
| [TIP] Try thinking of calorie counting as paying off a debt (ft. a spreadsheet to help)! Posted: 14 Apr 2020 09:46 AM PDT TW: If you have an eating disorder or any tendencies towards disordered eating, especially in relation to numbers, using the method I've laid out below could be potentially harmful. This tool should only be used by people for whom access to lots of numbers is safe. TL;DR ($YOUR_CURRENT_WEIGHT - $YOUR_GOAL_WEIGHT) x 3500 = the amount of "caloric debt" (excess calories you'll have to burn off) in order to reach your goal. There's a spreadsheet to help you keep track as you chip away at this number! Recently I read a post about how it might be helpful for some people to think of their weight loss as a debt that needs to be paid off. This comment by /u/Whack-a-med in particular really resonated with me--so much so, that I decided to actually see what the numbers might look like! We know that a pound of fat is equivalent to 3500 calories. In other words, in order to lose a pound, you'd have to burn off 3500 more calories than you've consumed. Thus, you can calculate the total number of excess calories you will have to burn off by finding the delta between your current weight and your target weight, and then multiplying that by 3500. Then, if you subtract your calories consumed for the day from your TDEE, you can see how much you've chipped away at that sum for that day. In order to play around with the numbers a little bit more, I decided to create a spreadsheet where you input your stats and goal weight, and then you can log your daily weight and calories. From there the spreadsheet will calculate your TDEE and subtract your calories from any given day, giving you the number of calories you've "paid back" to your caloric debt balance. Instructions for useYou can access a public copy of this spreadsheet template here (Imperial units) and here (metric units). From there you can create your own private copy of the spreadsheet ("File" --> "Make a copy") and input your data. You'll notice that the sheet is prefilled with some starter data--that data is simply an example for demonstrative purposes; you will be overwriting it with your own. On your private copy, go to the tab at the bottom titled "Information (fill this out first)". Fill out each of the fields on that tab. (Note: it asks for gender as "M" or "F"--though this doesn't encompass all identities, it's what I saw the BMR formulas were based off of. Pick whichever label suits your needs best.) Then return to the main tab (labeled "Chart"), and fill in your data in the yellow columns! (When you add your weight for the day, the rest of the row should appear.) Try not to mess with columns D through H unless it's on purpose, as it could mess up the formulas. If your numbers suddenly start getting wonky or you get errors, check and make sure you haven't accidentally overwritten any of the cells. You can fill in your data starting from today, or if you have your calories and weight from previous days already logged somewhere else, you can backfill a few days in order to get a sense for how it works. If you fill up the spreadsheet to the point where you're sick of scrolling, you can either make a copy of your private spreadsheet or return to the template and make a copy of that. You'll have to update the dates, but don't worry about messing up formatting or anything (the dates don't factor into any of the calculations, anyway). Why I like this methodTo be honest, on most tracking applications, I struggle to find meaning in the numbers. Yes, I log my 1200 a day (sigh life as a short girl), but when the scale fluctuates each morning for seemingly random reasons, especially during a plateau, it can feel like my work is meaningless and amounting to nothing. Sometimes I want more immediate gratification than my scale is able to offer me. That's where this technique becomes handy--it lays down in hard numbers the reality of the efforts you're making. Even if the scale doesn't budge (that fickle asshole), you can know that you are still making progress. For me at least, this gives an encouraging dopamine burst. Furthermore, it's fun to watch the "remaining balance" number go down each day. It's fun in the same way paying off actual debt is fun--it almost turns it into a game. It can become really satisfying to see how much you can bring it down! (Having said that, please be careful to not let it become a game of how low you can go each day--remember to check in with yourself to make sure you're not sliding in to risky behaviors.) I will admit that it can seem a little daunting if your remaining balance is quite high--that's why the "1st goal weight" is also on the spreadsheet. I recommend making that goal weight something within immediate sight--something you could achieve in a month or so. Breaking up the big number into smaller chunks helps with seeing progress. You can even hide the "Ultimate Remaining Balance" column and just focus on the immediate one. This method isn't perfect--TDEE and BMR calculations aren't an exact science, and it might feel disheartening if the numbers you see here don't match up with the numbers you see on the scale. However, hopefully this still is helpful to some people--it's not for everyone, but if you're a numbers-oriented person like I am, then it might be of some use for you. I hope this is helpful. Please feel free to give this a try and let me know what you think! If you notice any bugs or anything, please also let me know and I can try to fix them. I'm excited to see what you all think! [link] [comments] |
| I am precisely 50% of the way from starting weight to goal weight! Posted: 14 Apr 2020 06:50 PM PDT I've spent recent years as a depressed grad student and my weight got somewhere north of 210 but to be honest I didn't care enough to weigh myself. Today I am halfway to 170, which is a slightly overweight BMI for 5'9 but I hope I build some lean mass in the process. Gradually I exercised more, drank less and ate out less. I don't really have any set diet routine, because eyeballing as sufficed thus far. I know I'm likely going to need to shift strategy when I get closer am more likely to plateau. Right now I'm doing the 7 minute workout 3 loops through on 3 days of the week and run couch to 5k another 3 days with some long walks sprinkled in. Once I "outgrow" the 7 minute workouts and they get too easy, I'm very open to ideas of where to go from there. I haven't weighed 180-something in 5 years and haven't weighed in at a "healthy" weight since my late teens. Here's hoping I can walk back into re-opened society as a different man! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2020 07:48 AM PDT 29F, SW 184, CW 161.6. GW 125 I've been overweight for most of my life. As a kid, I would always grow out, then grow up... until one day I grew out and never got any taller. I've been 5'2" since I was 12. My parents gently encouraged exercise and activity, and at 13, I joined two sports and started training 5x per week. Between sports, weight rooms, gym class, and biking everywhere, I was doing pretty damn good. When I was 16, we moved across the country and I quit my sports and stopped biking 60km+ a week. Within a very short amount of time, I ballooned from the 120s to the 160s, and kept going up. At my (recorded) highest, I was 184. I knew I was overweight but I could never muster up the motivation to try for more than a few days. This past spring, I was diagnosed with early stage fatty liver disease, which basically means that there is too much fat hanging out around the liver and it can't do its job properly. I got motivated to start making some changes, but only a few. I got a bike, stopped drinking liquid calories, re-joined a sport... but trying to count calories drove me up the wall. (My pre-2020 MyFitnessPal is dotted with sporadic one- and two-day entry attempts). Surprising no one, the scale barely budged. But something clicked this spring. I dug out my scales, dusted off my nutritional knowledge, and met with a dietician to make sure I was on the right track. I started off at 1200 calories per day (1200 is for short people and less food = lose more weight quickly, right?) but upped it to 1500 at the recommendation of my dietician and it honestly feels more sustainable. My biggest takeaway from this has been that 1500 calories a day is plenty - if you plan it right. If I ate 1500 calories of instant noodles and pizza, I'd still be hungry AND I'd feel terrible. Right now, my diet is mostly a game of how much vegetables can I stuff into my meals and still have them taste good. (The answer is lots. I eat an ungodly amount of zucchini). I've been eating at a deliberate calorie deficit since Feb 1, and yesterday I officially crossed the threshold between Class 1 Obesity and Overweight. 22lbs down and 36 to go! [link] [comments] |
| It's really good value, but I don't need to buy it Posted: 15 Apr 2020 12:21 AM PDT I went to the shops yesterday for my weekly lockdown shop, and the supermarket had crazy good value deals on their Easter Eggs. I'm guessing that the shops have been left with loads of unsold eggs and they want to shift them ASAP. But I'm talking £1.50 for 550g good value. Really good value. "I couldn't possibly ignore a deal like that!" good value. And it was tempting. Hell, I even had one in my basket (Cadbury Ultimate Fruit and Nut is my weakness) but then I realised that I didn't need to buy it just because it was cheap. I didn't need to eat it just because it was a bargain. I hadn't even thought of buying chocolate until I saw the price, and I have Easter Eggs at home waiting to be eaten. And if I wanted chocolate at a later time, surely it would be better to pay full price and actually get what I wanted? To be perfectly honest, spending a little bit more really focuses my taste buds, and generally means I don't rush the treat when I finally eat it! Over the past 15 months that I've been losing weight I've already struggled my way through a few of these "cost saving" challenges. For example, (and sticking to the choccie theme): Chocolate bars come in a 4-pack or individually. At £1 for a 4-pack or 60p for an individual, it seems obvious that the best value is to buy all four! Except that I then eat all four when I didn't truly want or need it. All I should have spent was the 60p and eaten one. I'd have my chocolate craving fixed and still stayed within calorie goals. Gram for gram it's more money, but only buying what I need is far more cost effective as it's 60p spent rather than £1. It's better for the bank account and better for the waistline, yet the irrational part of my brain still wants to buy the offer. There must be a cool psychological study on this, because I'm forever fighting with myself in food shops over a BOGOF deal... Getting past this mentality has been tough, but as I told myself in the shops yesterday "This is not your last chance to eat chocolate." and it's true, if I want some, then I can buy it whenever I like. My body is not a trash can. I put the egg back and walked away. [link] [comments] |
| Do any of you struggle to feel accomplished because you've "been there before"? Posted: 14 Apr 2020 12:34 PM PDT I'm F/25/5'11" and currently 212.8 lbs, down from 219lbs a few weeks ago. The thing is, this is not my first weight loss journey. About 7 years ago I went from 225>154 over the course of 2 years. Since then my weight has slowly been creeping up, and I've yoyo dieted a few times, losing and gaining 20 or so lbs several times. Now, I've been sticking to under 1400 Cal per day for about two weeks and been consistent with exercise (jogging), and the scale has steadily gone down. But every time I lose weight, not just with this attempt but with previous ones as well, I struggle to feel accomplished or even happy with the weight I've lost, because I've seen that number on the scale before, it's nothing new. I actually get disheartened sometimes, like why SHOULD I feel happy at 212 lbs when five months ago I was at 191. If any of you have been here before, I'd love to hear some advice on how to move past this. Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| On my 100th day one... feeling completely discouraged Posted: 14 Apr 2020 06:36 PM PDT TW: talk about eating disorders 22f. CW: 190 GW:135 H: 5'2 bad binge habit I'm stuck in a vicious cycle of hating how I look, researching diets and motivating myself to lose weight, bingeing like an animal, starving myself, and repeat. I have gained 50 lbs through that cycle. Can someone point me in the direction of a blog/podcast/book/website that helps with binge eating? Trying to distract myself doesn't work and I've been under a hell of a lot of stress as a single mom to a 2.5 year old and a 2 month old while breastfeeding. I need advice from other people with diagnosed with binge eating disorder. When I was in my early teen years I had anorexia and got down to 70lbs. I'm now at the opposite end of the spectrum and I feel like I can not control myself around food. It's a horrible feeling and affects my entire life. I feel so uncomfortable in my skin I don't even want to go anywhere or let my family see me because I'm so uncomfortable and embarrassed. [link] [comments] |
| What’s your favorite weight loss quote or meme? Posted: 14 Apr 2020 03:26 PM PDT I'm attempting to create a small collage and place it in my room so it's the first thing I see every morning or whenever I feel like giving up. I also want to create one for my phone so I can always have it with me if I happen to shop hungry or go through a drive thru. Long ago when I successfully lost weight, I had a super funny meme a friend had sent me and it truly helped me from giving up at the time. I lost that phone and haven't been able to find it again. Sounds like the perfect time to start over. I'd love to hear about your favorite funny, serious or wise quote/meme that helps you feel motivated and stay on track! [link] [comments] |
| Can someone please help me? I am lost and ready to give up. (Tw, s**cide) Posted: 14 Apr 2020 07:46 PM PDT Female, 28, 5'3, 245 lbs. This is my heaviest. My old heaviest was 200 lbs. And then i lost weight, calorie counting, got down to 160. And then my boyfriend shot himself and i boozed my way back to the 200 and now, even sober for 1.5 years, I'm at 245. I'm happily married and my life is generally pretty good. I just... I feel like i just eat junk all the time and i have no motivation to do any kind of exercise. Every time i think about starting it again, i just immediately feel overwhelmed and feel like I'll fail. Since gaining it all back, i have tried to get back on the diet wagon SO MANY times and it's never a success. I feel like a failure before i even start now. And now we're quarantined and i can tell I'm gaining weight and... i really don't want to buy bigger clothes again. I don't want to keep walking around thinking poorly of myself, absolutely loathing myself and worrying about what everyone is thinking of me. I really don't want to feel like this anymore. And I'm just sitting here bawling, desperate, and lost. And i don't know what I'm supposed to do anymore. I don't know even HOW to start, when we have already stocked up on groceries and none of them are notably healthy. We can't afford for me to start a new diet and fail again. Please, please help me. [link] [comments] |
| Finding the balance between acceptance and motivation Posted: 15 Apr 2020 12:21 AM PDT I hope it's okay to post this here. If not, please comment better subreddits. I have a question for people who've lost weight and then gained it back. I'm having a hard time finding a happy medium between: 1) Feeling like I'm not myself now that I've gained weight, like I'm in the wrong body = using the weight gain as a motivator to lose weight again. 2) Accepting that this is who I am now, this is my current body, allowing it to just be the way it is. None of these really make me feel happy, I keep jumping from one end to the other. I'm not even sure how to properly explain what I mean. I can't just accept my body this big, as I know it comes with health issues in the long run etc. Most of the time it's like the real me is not in sight, hasn't been seen for years, since I've gained the weight and is patiently waiting for the weight to come off so it can show up again. I'm looking for people that feel the same/have been there before. What helped you? How do I accept myself at this point in this body while also working towards changing it? [link] [comments] |
| I’m super freaking proud of myself! Posted: 14 Apr 2020 06:58 AM PDT Like many, I've always struggled with my weight. Even when I was younger, I was always a bit "chubbier" than others. I'm Hispanic, so I've also got curves, ya feel me? Anyway, in college, I really wanted to lose 20lbs. So I got a trainer through the recreation center and he encouraged me to count calories and keep a log in a journal. I did just that and I was able to lose 20lbs in a few months. Unfortunately, I have hypothyroidism, so it takes me forever to lose weight, but I know it's possible if I just stick to things. After college (it's been about 5 years now since I graduated), I gained the 20lbs back plus some. And throughout then, I tried everything. Keto, weight watchers, Optavia, just trying to "eat healthier", etc. but nothing ever stuck. I would do well for a week, and then go back to eating like crap. I do also want to say that I struggle with depression and anxiety and have tried a slew of meds for them, and am currently on a few still. It may play into my weight gain/difficulties losing weight, it may not. IDK. Two weeks ago, I decided to try calorie counting again. I was extremely close to going back to weight watchers, but I figured I would try to keep it as simple as possible. I downloaded the "Lose It" app because I had never really liked MFP. I'm proud to say that in week one, I lost 3.8lbs. And week two (my weigh in was yesterday), I lost 5.2lbs! So a total of 9lbs in two weeks. I'm so happy, I could scream. I'm strictly counting calories and walking for 30 minutes, three times a week. I feel motivated and I can't wait to continue to lose more. Anyway, thanks for listening. I just wanted to tell someone! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2020 02:19 PM PDT Sometime in January, I decided I needed to lose weight. I (33, m) was about 85-86kg (188lbs) at 1.76m (5'9"), and I wanted to get to just under 70kg (154lbs). Last time I'd been that weight was sometime before I turned 13. Honestly, the most difficult step was getting over my various beliefs about weight and weight loss and just starting to count the damn calories. Something that also put me off was when people losing weight talked about how they learned to see food as fuel, and how I interpreted that. I didn't see food as fuel. I don't. I won't. That's just not how I like to think about food. I enjoy food a lot, and while it should definitely be something to keep my body healthy, I (for myself) don't see the point in seeing it primarily as fuel and not a source of enjoyment. I'd rather stay chubby then. The thing is, I didn't eat very enjoyable food for a long time. I just don't have the time and energy to plan my meals every day and then go grocery shopping and have great ideas what to do with the produce I didn't use – doesn't help that I'm living alone. I'm also from a country with a different grocery infrastructure than the country I'm living in now. I used to be able to walk 3 minutes to reach 4 different supermarkets, now I have to take the bus to reach one supermarket 5 minutes away and another 20 minutes away. When I had the energy to get groceries, I threw away a lot. When I didn't, I relied on food delivery, which also caused me to gain quite a bit of weight. I don't know how much, I didn't weigh myself, but looking at the photos, I'd guess somewhere in the mid-90s range (around 200lbs). So that's the first thing I changed when I started to become unhappier with my eating habits and weight. I tried out food kit services (I hope if I don't name any names this is acceptable, but please let me know if this is violating the "no advertising" rule). The first I didn't like much. It was a good price, but all frozen and just not fresh or very tasty. The second one though is amazing. It's all fresh every week and with practically no processed ingredients. A little bit of stock or a herb mix now and then, but it's always got fresh herbs included as well. It's not cheap, but I found that I was still better off than ordering food every day or even buying a bunch of food and then throwing out most of it. I can choose recipes I wouldn't have thought to make on my own. I was just so happy to cook again – I actually like cooking. I'm a good cook even. I just lack the time and energy to do it. And the food is so tasty! Just that caused me to shed some of those kilos. Well, and then, before the whole pandemic, my job schedule changed and kept me working from home most days, and I got really uncomfortable with my lack of activity. I decided to give that darn calorie tracking app a try. So, I'm not the most patient person in the world. When I didn't really see results after a week (yeah ...), I redid the calculations. I had set it to 2000kcal per day (it's a bit frustrating that every calculator gives you a different calorie estimate!), but then decided to lower it to 1700 and to add some exercise. I got a stationary bike and started exercising 30 minutes a day without logging it, so I wouldn't eat the calories back. The first two weeks were super frustrating. The weight fluctuations were quite drastic sometimes, and I because of the lack of data I didn't really see the change I was hoping to see. I saw the post here about how an increase in exercise could cause weight increase for about 6 weeks, and so I told myself, alright, let's stick out those 6 weeks, and if nothing has changed by then, maybe let's see a doctor, because that would be weird. I learned how to make a sourdough starter and started baking my own bread (I'm in a sad sad country that doesn't have any bread, just candy disguised as bread, and I come from a country that's very proud of its various kinds of bread). It surprised me a bit how much that helped. It's SO satisfying and filling and I think the sourdough especially also was a good decision for my gut. The third and fourth week were still hard. Limiting my food intake actually wasn't (now that I had bread), but I just felt frustrated because I thought I should see more results. Several times I almost posted here to ask for advice, but each time when I tried to summarize my problem, I thought I sounded ridiculous expecting miracles in such a short time. So I kept going. I did my 30 minutes on my stationary bike every day, took a shower, did my work from home, prepared a healthy meal I didn't have to invest a lot of energy in. And then the pandemic hit, and I already had formed the habits that keep me going and helped me weather this storm. I'm just under 90 days into my journey, and I've lost a bit over 6kg (13-14lbs). I'm starting to see that I'm losing weight too. I took two photos, one in the beginning, one after losing 5kg (11lbs), but I really didn't see much of a difference then. It's just starting now. I'm quite happy, and I'm glad I stuck with the calorie counting. I decided to make this post for everyone whose mind works like mine (and because I don't talk to anyone about this irl, I find weight loss is such a complicated and personal decision, I wouldn't want to talk about it to an audience who hasn't already consented to it). One thing I really would've liked to see was other people's weight graphs. We may all be a bit different, but it would've helped me to compare what was happening with mine to other people's graphs. I know, I know, you should figure out how your body works and not get competitive, but "is this how this is supposed to look?" is just something I personally prefer to know. I actually think it's still a bit odd that I'm not losing weight faster. My calorie limit is 1700kcal/day, I do 30 minutes of exercise every day that I don't eat back, and on average I stay about 2000kcal per week under my limit, but I'm still only "on track" with my goal of losing half a kilo (a pound) per week. Maybe I'm going to ask my doctor about that when we can leave our houses again, but for now, I'm just going to keep doing what I've been doing so far. And here's my graph. If you want, share yours in the comments! Maybe it helps someone to have something to compare yourself to. [link] [comments] |
| I don't understand my chubbiness Posted: 14 Apr 2020 09:03 PM PDT (F/23/135 lbs) I've never been a very thin person (except for once) but I've also never been overweight. I'm also not at my heaviest right now. But I'm very frustrated with my current shape. I look bloated all the time to the point where if I wear pants or shorts I have to wear a shirt or sweater that hides the waistline of my pants (or else I sort of look like I'm wearing those round clown trousers lol). I can tell some of it is air but some of it is probably fat too. Overall, I look fine and at a healthy weight if I wear the right clothes but what frustrates me is that the only time in my life when I actually looked slender was when I under-ate. I wouldn't eat all day and then come home and eat part of a tiny meal. Eventually I started eating 3 meals again but each one was a few small bites of something. I looked great and didn't feel deprived but my energy levels were so low. Recently I've put on more weight from going through a lot of life changes and have tried to start being more active but for that I need more energy and it feels like nowadays no matter how small my meals are and how much water I drink, I can't get weight off. I feels like I have to go back to conditioning myself to eat tiny tiny meals to feel okay in my body again. I feel so bloated and my boobs are so uncomfortably big for my height (5'3") and I don't understand why I eat less than my friends but they have flat tummies. I reaaally hate the whole calorie-counting thing and I wish this would just come naturally to me. Ever since I was young I've been looking for the method of healthy weight management that feels right for me and the only thing that actually worked effectively was eating too little and that doesn't seem right. EDIT: thanks for the feedback so far! I should have noted that I am vegan so dairy hasn't been in my diet for a while (but I agree that it did help me slim down when I first cut it out!) I also avoid gluten most of the time, but admittedly I could be more careful with it in case I'm unknowingly super sensitive [link] [comments] |
| Intuitive eating in "naturally skinny people" VS under-eating calories Posted: 14 Apr 2020 04:32 PM PDT TL;DR: If you're not hungry, should you not eat even if you'd be under-eating calories? Recently I've been scouring those "secret habits of naturally skinny people" threads on this subreddit, and one of the patterns that kept emerging was that naturally skinny people are just hardwired to eat exactly how much they need to maintain their weight - which, on some account, sounded like they eat very little. Food is just not a priority for some of them. I observed this in my roommate in my first year college dorm. She was very petite, maybe around 5'2", 100-110lbs and she would continuously forget to eat. With the huge meal portions our dining halls served, she would sometimes only eat a bowl of some food for the entire day. She would not feel hungry unless she went without food for prolonged periods of time and she had a very utilitarian approach to food. She didn't appear to suffer from any eating disorder, she just wasn't hungry. Now, another advice that keeps emerging whenever I read up on nutritional advice is to not eat below your BMR, which your body needs to sustain itself. The few times I tried that, I felt lethargic, foggy and lacked energy to exercise. Even if skinny people had lower BMR, a lot of the skinny people diet habits described in the other threads did not sound like they're covering their BMR, and aren't even close to maintenance calories. For example, when I would play badminton with the skinny roommate, we had to take a break every 15 minutes because she was so winded, while I could literally play for 5 hours and not feel tired. I guess my thoughts boil down to: are some "naturally skinny people" undereating calories? Even if they're not hungry, is this sustainable (assuming they have no underlying eating disorder)? Should I force myself to at least eat at my BMR even if I'm not hungry? [link] [comments] |
| Hit my highest weight ever weight 308.2 Posted: 14 Apr 2020 07:38 PM PDT Hey everyone first post for me. I've been looking through some of the transformations and really want to get on board with things myself. I'm 27/M/5'10/308.2LBS/44.2BMI according to CDC calculator online. I know BMI's are debatable but It's probably right on because I lack muscle mass as I was a hard drug stimulant addict and lost muscle from it then have been ballooning up since then without putting back the muscle. I'm very sedentary now I might walk 30 minutes a day at most. So anyways I think it's time to lose the weight as I'm even starting to struggle to wipe myself I can't afford for it to get worse. I have a severe mental illness schizophrenia and bipolar combination I've been told that could be causing me to eat majorly. I've replaced drug addiction with binge eating for happy chemicals( went from 165 pounds to 308 in 1 1/2 years. This is the third time In my life I've been morbidly obese It's just so much more daunting now my body was hammered by drugs and makes it harder to push myself but I have to find a way my blood pressure is rising on my monthly tests significantly resting heart rate is up I'm morbidly obese and in the danger zone. I was wondering if carb restriction is recommended for how drastically out of shape I am or if I can eat fruit I really like apples bananas oranges what do you think will work best I'm not sure if I can candle low carb I'm an addict that enjoys the rush of carbs maybe I need to take things more serious and go all the way and do low carb anyways awesome forum sorry for long post just struggling in life right now [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 14 Posted: 14 Apr 2020 12:26 PM PDT Hello losers, I hope you're all staying safe, healthy & lovely! Weight by end of month (200 lbs, preferably trend weight): 206.6 this morning, 206.7 trend weight. Stay within calorie range (1500 ish): White knuckling it today. ½ weekly average calorie. 4/4 maintenance days. Exercise 5 days a week: 30 minute walk on lunch & will do some HIIT tonight. 12/14 days. Self-care time (journaling, working on love journals, beauty treatments, drawing, fancy coffee out no more than 2 times a week 4/10, no fast food): Found some warm nostalgia via Calvin & Hobbs comics. Will have some down time tonight & am planning a little surprise for my SO. Taking care of myself & my peeps. Try a new recipe once a week: Cheesy broccoli & rice casserole, beef burrito casserole for dinner, lentil spinach & sausage stew so far. 3/4 weeks. 50 pages of The Body Keeps the Score: Not tonight. 40/50 pages. Drawing prompt every day: I'ma draw a silly collage of the very nineties/oughties fancy S in gel pen before bed tonight. 10/14 days. Be more mindful & express gratitude, avoid the hedonic treadmill: It's brisk & sunshiney outside. It felt a little silly how some sunshine put a little pep in my step. A good reminder that the simple stuff is sometimes exactly what the doctor ordered. How y'all doing? [link] [comments] |
| 24-Hour Pledge - Wednesday, 15 April 2020 - The Plan for Today! Posted: 14 Apr 2020 09:07 PM PDT Wake up with determination; go to bed with satisfaction!This is our daily check-in, to help keep us accountable over the long haul. Feel free to post whatever goals will help keep you on track. Here's the regular text on behalf of this thread's originator, kingoftheeyesores, taken with his blessing > I'll be posting a daily, 24 hour pledge to stick to my plan, or whichever small piece of my plan I am currently working on. Whatever your dietary goals may be, I hope you stick to them for the next 24 hours (and then worry about the following 24!). Who's with me? Thanks to /u/nofollowthrough who made the 24-Hour Pledge an ongoing /r/loseit institution. Due to space limitations, this may be a sticky only occasionally. Please find it daily using the sidebar or top message. On reddit, your vote means, "I found this interesting" (...read more about voting on reddit) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2020 08:36 PM PDT Lost 100 pounds in the last year, blah blah blah Almost at abs. Maybe gotta lose 40 more pounds or so to have a solid, aesthetic body. Rn i'm about 6'0 and a half, 225ish pounds. Mostly muscle. Quite frankly I just want an opinion on my new workout regimen I wanna do for 30 days straight, no rest. I want to push myself and train like an anime character. Dead serious not joking whatsoever. So here it is! 200 push ups, 200 curls, 200 upright rows(For back) 200 crunches, 100 seconds of side plank on both sides, 200 squats, and 200 heel raises. Followed by 15 minute HIIT sprint session. Every single day. I noticed yesterday I did this, but instead of the sprints I walked for an hour cause I had to go to the store so I was like F it, and Lo and behold, im not sore at all. Well, just my quads and shoulders a tiny bit. My biggest concern is the sprints, because im doing 200 squats and then sprinting, and sprinting gets me sore like a mf. But im pretty sure after about 7 days of sprinting i wont be sore anymore. So anyways, thoughts? I wanna make progress super fast, trying to see something. Also for my diet i'll be alternating between 1500-2000 calories a day, eating mainly Fried rice and eggs cause its awfully inexpensive and delicious. Alil weary bout the soy sauce too but i'll figure it out. The sodium shouldnt be a big deal cause I'm drenched after sprints. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2020 03:48 PM PDT I have no idea how to start this so I guess hi. For the sake of my safety I'll go by Val while I'm here. I'm a female 22, 5'6", SW: 260 CW: 246.1 GW: 175lbs. I guess I can say I'm looking for advice. I work in a job where I'm on my feet all day, I'm pushing freight, back stocking, getting ship from store orders ready and all that fun jazz. I've really been switching to eating healthier stuff, more fruits and vegetables, more water than I've ever really drank. I'm wondering if I should try protein drinks, or what. I've been starting light with walking on my days off and trying to cook more on my days off. One thing that would help is if there were healthy recipes for just one person, so I have little to no leftovers each night, and if there are free apps that help with counting calories. And should I possibly try very light fasting? Thank you so much if you read this. I really wanna start losing weight and I feel like this would be a really good community to get help and support from. [link] [comments] |
| Quarantine lessons and first successful weight loss in years! Posted: 14 Apr 2020 08:24 AM PDT I have been lurking here for a while but never actually taken any concrete steps to losing weight. I have been in quarantine for five weeks now and have been weighing myself weekly. I try to log the numbers to have back data — for when I "really start trying" I tell myself — but don't really look at them or think about them. Except for today, when my curiosity got the better of me. To my great surprise, I have consistently lost every week I've been in isolation and am down just shy of ten lbs. What!!?? After a mental review of the past five weeks, my only thought is that my stress has been wayyyy down these weeks. Strange to say seeing as there's a virus eating its way through the world at present, but I have been working from home and that has lowered my day to day stress tenfold. No spontaneous calls from angry clients, no boss randomly walking into my office and commandeering my day, no gossipy coworkers, more leeway in response times, no long and miserable commute. All while having the security of a full time paycheck and benefits during the current uncertainty. And a stimulus check and no student loan payments..... you see the pattern. I have not consciously been changing my eating and I'm not exercising at all (beyond walking the dog, which hasn't changed since Before). I'm in good health overall (y'know, except for being obese). I've always cooked for myself and eaten whatever I fancy in the moment/had on hand. But I had noticed that I'd been dealing with more leftovers than usual and running out of containers. I'm cooking the same amount, so I must be eating less. I'm going to start tracking my meals to see if this is actually true (I have some data from about two months ago to compare to). I just had to share. This is so crazy! My first weight loss in five years and all I had to do was have a less shitty job for a few weeks... Tl;dr apparently stress eating large portions has been my problem all along, and now I'm down 10 lbs in 5 weeks. [link] [comments] |
| Addiction. Is intermittent fasting the only solution? Posted: 15 Apr 2020 02:07 AM PDT Throughout my life I've always been addicted to something whether it be drink, drugs, cigarettes or food. There is always something replacing something. For the past few years it has been food. I am moderately active. I run regularly, I go on long walks with my dog, I play team sports. However, with the quarantine I have had time to reflect. And I have been thinking: what does all my activity really matter when I'm still considered overweight? I'm still consuming too much. I am still unhealthy. I try and fail at calorie counting. I know how many calories I should have yet I still go over. Maybe I'll have a few good days but ultimately my brain gets exhausted by the constant "I should/I shouldn't" battle and I end up giving in. Quarantine has given me time to really focus on what my problem is. It doesn't matter what kind of food it is. Whether it be carbs, fats, protein or pure junk. As soon as I eat it's like I'm high and need that high to continue. I am literally fine up until the point that I have my first meal. Once that happens it's like I lose control. It's insane. I told someone about it and they didn't believe me. So I'm saying it here. I'm sure some still won't believe it. But it feels real to me. It feels exactly like the same physical feelings I got from other addictive substances. I have decided that possibly the only thing that will work is intermittent fasting, specifically where I go most of the day without food and then eat at the end of the day, before bed, in a 3/4 hour window. Just wanted to post here to get these thoughts out and get some support. Perhaps you are also going through some of your own realisations during this time. [link] [comments] |
| I think I've discovered the reason for my plateau Posted: 15 Apr 2020 02:02 AM PDT I stopped looking at myself! The last time I lost weight was a couple years ago in 2018 where I lost 20kg between January and July. Back then, I hated my reflection and was fuelled by severe self-loathing. Since then, I've made strides in self acceptance and have much better self esteem. But I avoid my reflection. If I have to use changing rooms at the shops, it makes me feel bad for that day but by the following day, I'm indifferent on the issue. Weight is just an indicator, a proxy, for what I want to achieve which is a better looking body. And the numbers seem abstract and vague when uncoupled from my appearance. I stared at myself for a few minutes yesterday and it dawned on me that I dislike what I see. And for the first time that didn't affect my self esteem. I think I've gotten to the state where I can make aesthetic improvements head on and somewhat dispassionately without it becoming toxic. Like a sculptor chipping away at marble. Though it seems strange, I think that reminding myself that I don't quite like what I see in the mirror will be imperative for achieving my weight loss goals [link] [comments] |
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