Weight loss: CICO and r/loseit changed my life! What I learned losing 103 pounds over 2.25 years [NSFW] |
- CICO and r/loseit changed my life! What I learned losing 103 pounds over 2.25 years [NSFW]
- After losing 47kg, my long time crush finally became my girlfriend!
- Why do people hate you for losing weight?
- I DID IT! 31 Female. 5’5”. SW: 150.8 CW: 130 GW: 130
- Progress update. 125 pounds down!
- Why do I want to eat food that I know doesn't actually taste good?
- I lost 7 lbs in 2 weeks!!!!!!
- Progress evaluation
- I Wanted To Share Some Small Wins With Someone!
- A Different Angle From My Last Post!
- Proud can't even begin to describe (Onederland)
- I'm tired.
- Showerthought: Learning to love our sweat will make it easier.
- Sugar craving
- It’s time.
- Finally made it Onederland
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: May 24th, 2020
- What did you do that officially cemented the transition from chubby/overweight to skinny?
- For the first time in 10 years, I actually believe that I'll manage to lose weight
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 23
- How can I help my dad to lose weight? He always says he is going to exercise and eat better but does not do it.
- Does anyone else get annoyed by skinny ‘body positivity’ friends
- Instead of “cheat days” I have guilt-free lapses in willpower and it’s making this a lot easier
- I am currently 4’9 and 119 pounds (f) and it’s an overweight BMI, I’d love to get to 110 pounds again but I’m not sure if it’s sustainable
| CICO and r/loseit changed my life! What I learned losing 103 pounds over 2.25 years [NSFW] Posted: 23 May 2020 02:26 PM PDT Well Reddit, after over two years and 805 days of logging food daily, it is time to share with you my progress using CICO. Second, the data. Weight loss is not linear. And finally the write-up:
What's next for me:
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| After losing 47kg, my long time crush finally became my girlfriend! Posted: 23 May 2020 05:06 AM PDT 21, M, SW: 110 kg, CW: 63 kg A year ago, I was borderline morbidly obese and decided to make a change. I started to get into swimming, cycling and running. Did the classic CICO, limiting myself to 1500 - 1800 cal a day + intense exercise. In no time I was beginning to see progress. Fast forward 5 months later, I had reached my goal weight and is in tip top shape. I've complete my first triathlon early this year and am now training for a ironman 70.3 in the near future. Last week, I randomly came across my highschool crush while at the train station. I haven't seen her for more than a year. The last time we met, I was still the much bigger version of myself. Needless to say she was amazed by how much I've changed both physically and personality wise. We talked for a few minutes and she asked if we could hang out sometime. We exchanged numbers, met up a few times and long story short, we started dating! This journey has been a tough, yet a very fulfilling one! The day I decided to change and shed off the weight was the best decision I've made in my life! before and after: [link] [comments] |
| Why do people hate you for losing weight? Posted: 23 May 2020 10:45 AM PDT Sorry for the abrupt title, but I needed a place to vent. I have just been criticised by my family for not wanting to splurge thousands of calories eating two takeaways with them and choosing to stick to my pasta and chicken for dinner. They claim that my improved habits of eating around 1600 cal per day rather than the 4000 that they eat have led to me becoming 'obsessive' and 'it doesn't matter what you look like'. Well, it does when you're 16 and weigh 230 pounds. Luckily, I haven't let their remarks get to me, and this quarantine has helped me reach just under 200 pounds now. I still have a long way to go but I feel I have overcome the hardest part. I have begun exercising more and intend to do more weightlifting at the gym when life returns to normal. Thank you for reading and feel free to leave your stories in the comments. [link] [comments] |
| I DID IT! 31 Female. 5’5”. SW: 150.8 CW: 130 GW: 130 Posted: 23 May 2020 12:21 PM PDT I have dreamed of writing this post and I can't believe it's finally happening. After four and a half months, I finally hit my goal weight! I have been lurking on here for advice and inspiration since January and I just want to say thank you all so much. I trust you all more than a lot of my friends, and I owe this accomplishment to you. Here's a couple of tips that helped me...I feel it's important to give back to this incredible community:
I wish you all the best of luck in your own journeys. Thank you all so much for inspiring me. I am forever grateful! [link] [comments] |
| Progress update. 125 pounds down! Posted: 23 May 2020 11:14 PM PDT My starting weight was 450 pounds. I went to the hospital over a kidney stone and had to be weighed on a special scale. I generally hated myself, was lethargic all the time, and had zero self esteem. Seeing that number on the scale when I had told the nurse i was 400 was embarrassing and shocking. It was a wake up call. Now, two years later, I've reached this point. It was slow at first because the only thing I changed was my eating habits. I started counting calories. About 5 months ago I got excited about my progress, 75 pounds down, and kicked it into high gear. Got a gym membership. Started doing cardio every couple of days. Covid happened. So I found a fun healthy hobby, which for me is longboarding. I haven't counted calories in over a year. I know how much is enough anymore. And If i do eat too much i certainly don't beat myself up over it. At 325 I feel better than I have in years and years. I forgot what having energy was like. Keep it up everybody!! Just keep it up. [link] [comments] |
| Why do I want to eat food that I know doesn't actually taste good? Posted: 23 May 2020 05:59 PM PDT So it's been a few days of tracking my food and beginning the work of changing my eating habits. I'm learning a lot, and have been making better choices on a reasonably consistent basis. But there are still times I falter. I do expect this, at it is a growing pain that is part of learning to treat my body better. What I didn't expect was the drive to eat crap I know doesn't align with my goals and doesn't taste good enough to be more important than my health. It's like I can't ignore a can of coke, or a drive through Whataburger for a crappy burger and fries, or half a box of cookies. I get halfway through eating whatever the offending meal is and realize that it doesn't even taste that good, but I keep going and can't stop myself. I don't know why this is. While I enjoy the feeling of being comfortably full as I think most people do, this is eating until I'm miserable and it's uncomfortable to move, heartburn etc. To my knowledge I do not struggle with binging. I don't make it through thousands of calories in these sittings, or purposefully make myself sick after eating, and I don't exercise or severely restrict to punish myself or make up for the setback. I do actually enjoy the taste of things like fruit and veggies, lean meats, dairy and whole grains. I don't have these episodes with these foods. I just wish I knew why I have these urges for things I don't actually enjoy as much as I used to think I did, and how to stop this. Feeling a little discouraged. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 May 2020 03:42 PM PDT Hey guys! I started my fitness journey two weeks ago and I am just so surprised at how well it's going. I lost 7 pounds exactly already! I hope this motivates someone to keep going or get started on theirs. I haven't been working out much this week because my work schedule is all over the place and when I get back from work I'm exhausted. My job requires me to literally walk around for 8 hours and lift things (sometimes heavy things) around and I burn like 600 calories by the end of the day. I mentioned that to make the point that you don't need to do a 60 minute HIIT workout to lose weight. Just move!!! Walk around. Lift something heavy and build muscle. I wish you guys the best on your journeys! Stats ~ HT: 4'8 SW: 191.6 CW: 184.6 GW: 130 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 May 2020 02:47 PM PDT [M] 19, 5,'6" 66 lbs down So this is kind of embarrassing but I just wanted to share how far I've come on my journey and evaluate/share my This is me at my highest weight of 260 lbs(October 2019) https://imgur.com/a/TSgtF5y And this is me now at my lowest weight of 194(May 2020) https://imgur.com/a/lXLLfAT I'm really proud of how far I've come and I'm planning to lose 35 more lbs by the end of the summer so that I can reach my ultimate goal weight of 160, making that a total of 100 lbs lost. As far as my appearance, I'm really having trouble with my man boobs and gut. My chest seems to have gotten a lot smaller from my first picture but I'm not sure if It will go down totally because I dont know whether I have gynecomastia or just fat. As for my gut, I'm really happy it's gone done but I'm suprised it's still kind of prevalent given how much weight I've lost and I'm beginning to feel like my height maybe the reason why it's taking so(correct me if I'm wrong) I really hope it becomes flat by the end of the summer because I'm trying to get my quarantine glow up. Until then however, I'll continue to maintain my deficit and my excercise as much as I can😁 [link] [comments] |
| I Wanted To Share Some Small Wins With Someone! Posted: 23 May 2020 12:58 PM PDT Here are my progress photos, left side was April 1st and right side was this morning! Hi everyone! This is my first time posting here, but I just wanted to share some small wins that I've had in the last two months while I have been off of work. For most of my life I have had an unhealthy relationship with my body. I have dieted, I have restricted, I have counted calories, and I have worked out in excess. I look at some pictures of myself in middle school and CANNOT believe I thought I was fat back then. I used to eat 1 meal a day back then, and was playing soccer 3 times a week and working out at home. Yet I still thought I was fat. Needless to say, every time I lost weight in that way, I gained it back. My relationship with my body is a roller coaster, and even though I am highlighting my bad memories with it, I have also had times where I have been able to be accepting of my body. That being said, I am also prone to times of depression where I basically say "fuck it" about everything, including in regards to what I eat and how much I'm exercising. BUT That brings us to today. I want to focus on the small wins that I've accomplished while I've been off of work for 2 months. I haven't had this much free time since I was like 15.... hahaha. When I was put on leave from work due to COVID, I was at one of my heaviest weights I have ever been. I decided I had all of this free time, I had no excuse not to work out! I pushed myself to work out 6 days a week, but I made each work out intense but SHORT. I started to use YouTube workouts to help coach me through and keep me motivated. I am SO thankful for the free videos I was able to use. I followed along with a variety of videos, but Chloe Ting was who I used most often. Her work outs are intense, get my heart rate up, but are SHORT! So, I can workout for 30 minutes a day, 6 days a week without feeling like death! Haha. So, basically I know my progress hasn't been as substantial as most of the posts on here. But, I feel stronger than I ever have. I haven't had so much time to focus on my strength, and it feels SO good!! At the beginning of quarantine I made a promise that I would focus most on working on my cardio and strength, and that I would look into organizing a meal plan for myself when I got back to work. I didn't want to focus on too many things at one time. I've been trying to eat intuitively and make healthier choices, but focusing on one goal at a time he made this easier and so much less stressful than the past. I found out today that I will he back at work June 1st. While I am very thankful and excited to get back to work, I got a little stressed about maybe not feeling like I had the time or the energy to keep on going with this journey. I know there will be bumps in the road and it won't be easy, but I am really looking forward to continuing to get stronger and healthier. *EDIT: Here is another view to show my progress! * [link] [comments] |
| A Different Angle From My Last Post! Posted: 23 May 2020 08:55 PM PDT Below is another set of progress photos from my previous post! Full disclosure, I am definitely sucking in a bit in both of these photos. I am often sucking in at work, so I like to take a photo of what I look like to others 😂 Don't worry, I also take progress photos fully relaxed, as well as sucking in, fully flexed, and many angles! I just have these two that I was able to match up from 2 months ago! As I said in my last post, this has been strictly from workouts (mostly strength) and not dieting. I will begin to focus on CICO June 1st, but I spent my two months of quarantine focused on getting my body stronger and strengthening my cardio! I've been focused on toning up my arms (mainly for my best friends wedding in August) and my legs. I know the progress isn't much, but I'm really proud of it! I currently don't own a scale, so I can't tell you pounds lost, but if anyone is interested I can let you know how my measurements have changed over the last month! [link] [comments] |
| Proud can't even begin to describe (Onederland) Posted: 23 May 2020 08:25 AM PDT If any of you remember my previous post, I posted about how I lost 92lbs, from 300 to 208. As a recap, I have always been a bigger guy and struggled with my weight through my teen years and into my years as an adult. Now I am 30 years old and in the best shape of my life. Then, COVID happened. I wouldn't say it impacted me that much, I work from home now (yes, I know how blessed and lucky I am to still have a paycheck). But that came with its own challenges. Like many life long obese people, I struggle with binge eating. I say struggle in current tense because I still have episodes here and there. I gained a bit when lockdowns started to happen, upset my workouts were limited to home and just really stress eating for the first bit. Well, I reigned it in, got back on a meal plan and now have finally in the first time since I was a little guy entered the 100s! Today I weighed in at 199.7, I am sure I will fluctuate out in the next day or so, but looking at the trajectory of my weight, I will easily be in the 190s in the next few weeks without seeing 200 ever again. My ultimate goal is 185, I am pretty muscular since I was lifting pretty consistently 5 times a week for at least an hour (usually 2 hours weights and cardio). When lockdowns happened, the first thought that came to my mind is how am I going to maintain weight. But here I am. I had enough self control to take hold of my eating and get myself back on track and into the lowest weight that I can remember (honestly, I was probably 200lbs when I was 14, so I literally cannot remember the last time I saw a 1 at the start of my weight). I just needed to share this, I am just really proud of myself that I am able to control my eating while still not being overly restrictive. I hope all of you achieve your goals, don't let stress get the better of you! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 May 2020 08:41 PM PDT I'm tired of being sluggish. I'm tired of being out of breath. I'm tired of insecurities. I'm tired of guilt. I'm tired of my negative relationship with food. I'm tired of feeling unattractive. I'm tired of shoveling food into myself, just to feel terrible afterwards. I'm tired of being fucking tired. I've tried so many times to lose weight, but this time I'm doing it. I WILL go through with it this time. I wanna be able to go up a flight of stairs without having to catch my breath or lean on a wall. I wanna be able to look at myself and feel attractive and desired, and there's nothing wrong or superficial about that. this post is messy, and im basically just ranting. however, my point is that there is no wrong reason to lose weight. whatever your reasoning is, own that shit ! health, vanity, whatever it is, it's completely valid. we are in this together, and you are not alone. we all have our goals. ACHIEVE THOSE FUCKING GOALS, YOU GOT THIS!!!!!!!!!!! [link] [comments] |
| Showerthought: Learning to love our sweat will make it easier. Posted: 23 May 2020 11:53 AM PDT I always found that I stopped working out prematurely when I started to feel disgusting, sweat condensing around my upper back and coming off my forehead in waves. I think it's important that we all take a moment to remember that this emotion is also part of the low self-esteem bubble for being overweight. If we all had the bodies we wanted, then to be slick with perspiration could be seen downright attractive. But often, the feelings of 'I'm gross, and I'm sure I look gross too' slow our progress - and we have to remember to work out to be the person we WILL BE, not the person we ARE NOW - and that means joyously embracing the exhaustion, the mucusy noses, and the soaked shirts. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 May 2020 07:07 PM PDT So I been soda, coffee free for a few months now. But having the urge to eat something sugary like ice cream. God I could go for some peanut butter cup ice cream right now. Then I fuck up my weight loss goals by having Chinese. I know im an emotional eater to. How do you guys get past cravings? I just can't have a lil bit either. If I buy ice cream that tub is gone before the weekend is over. Last time I really tried to lose weight I got down to 230 and gave up. Back up to 244 and really want to get down to 200. Last time I was 200 pounds I had a flat stomach and six pack nearly showing. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 May 2020 11:46 PM PDT Long story short I stepped on a scale out of curiosity about a week ago and I'm almost 300lbs. I've gotten way out of control. Starting tomorrow I will choose foods that truly nourish my body. I will be active in some way, even if I have to start small. Starting tomorrow I choose me. It's currently less than 20 minutes away from the rest of my life, and I'm going to stick with it this time. I've downloaded C25K, meal prepped my breakfasts and lunches for the week, and I'm in a really good headspace. I'm really going to work hard at maintaining motivation. Hopefully once I'm in a good routine I can start to kick a different type of bad habit (smoking) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 May 2020 10:11 AM PDT The highest weight I've ever recorded myself at was 241 in July 2019. That was pretty much the turning point where I told myself I needed to focus on weight loss. After some yo-yo'ing for a while and taking some breaks, I really buckled down in January of this year. A few days ago I weighed myself even lower, but that was in the middle of a fast, and I don't consider the weight "real" unless I weigh myself when I wake up since that's more fair IMO. Either way, I'm very happy and this just piles on the motivation to finally reach my goal. SW: 241 GW: 170 or maybe 160. Uncedecided currently. I'm 5'9 if anyone wants to comment on what I should aim for. [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: May 24th, 2020 Posted: 24 May 2020 12:22 AM PDT Hi team Euro accountability, I hope you're all well! For anyone new who wants to join today, this is a daily post where you can track your goals, keep yourself accountable, get support and have a chat with friendly people at times that are convenient for European time zones. Check-in daily, weekly, or whatever works best for you. It's never the wrong time to join! Anyone and everyone are welcome! Tell us about yourself and let's continue supporting each other. 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] |
| What did you do that officially cemented the transition from chubby/overweight to skinny? Posted: 23 May 2020 10:36 PM PDT I was 15 when I decided I was going to lose weight. For 3 months I took 30 minutes out of each day to workout. I didn't have a set workout program -- I was young, I pretty much just did every workout I could think of in those 30 minutes. And I cut down on portions too. This is how I learned how to cook and eat clean and healthy. I didn't obsess too much over my reflection or my weight (I wish I could say the same for now). I'm 21 now and I am considered slim, but I still have trouble getting rid of those problem spots (mainly the tummy). Now that I'm older and more familiar with calories/diets/workouts etc. I'm wildly amused at the fact that I was probably doing all the wrong workouts to lose weight and yet it was the most successful and consistent weight I've ever lost. [link] [comments] |
| For the first time in 10 years, I actually believe that I'll manage to lose weight Posted: 23 May 2020 02:22 PM PDT First, some back story. Always been a semi chubby guy. I started working at a grocery store when I was 14 and since I've earned enough money to sustain an unhealthy eating and drinking (not alcohol) habit. My main vice is soda, and up to last month I could easily drink up to a liter of coke or Red Bull every day. I also really like chocolate, sadly. My first relationship lasted from 16 to 19, and after we broke up I decided to lose weight, I wanted to feel more comfortable in my own body. Back then I was a whooping 94 kg, a weight I'd almost kill for today. I dropped down to 88 within 2 months as a result of going to the gym 6 days a week, and eating way too little food. I got sick and everything went to shit and since then it's been a steady and gradual increase to my max weight of 123.7 kg / 272 lbs. Like so many others, I've told myself "tomorrow", "after this weekend" and similiar bullshit, and I've also started half assed attempts at losing weight probably more than a hundred times. This time, however, something has changed. And sadly I cannot really explain what with absolute certainty. The only thing I can think of that is different this time around is the coronavirus, actually, and it might have something to do with it. I've read from multiple sources overweight patients has a bigger risk of getting serious complications from the virus and I really don't want to be hospitalized or anything remotely similiar, so I told myself I had to start taking my health and weight serious. And it just worked. This time, I've managed to go full cold turkey with the soda, the unhealthy eating, the chocolate. I used to start my day at work with a bar of chocolate, x2 0.25l cans of Red Bull. That was my breakfast, every day, 5 days a week. That's insane. I've replaced that stuff with a 0.5l bottle of water. I haven't had a glass of soda since early april and I haven't really had any serious cravings since. I don't really understand it, but I welcome it wholeheartedly. Some stats and photos:
Pictures are from before christmas, but they look pretty damn similiar to what I saw in the mirror (which I know is dirty, sorry! It's been washed multiple times since!) last april. Slight NSFW warning, pictures in boxers! And it's not a pretty sight. I hate everything about this. Stretch-marks at my stomach, man-boobs ish. I honestly feel uncomfortable looking at my own pictures. How can my girlfriend find me attractive? I have no idea, but thank god she does. I don't have any "after" images, as they're currently a work in progress. I'll update when I feel like there's a noticable difference! So, over to the past-ish month. I've started moving around way more than I used to. I work in retail and a day at work nets me around 6000 steps, so I don't have a completely sedetary lifestyle. However my feet used to hurt quite a lot, so I used to be wary of taking walks and god forbid, jogging. I enjoy going to the gym and weight lifting, but everything has been closed in my country since mid march, so that's out of the question. I absolutely adore short hikes though, so I've done that quite a bit. I'm lucky to live in an area surrounded by mountains in varying sizes. Some small ones with an ascent of some hundred meters that takes approximately an hour for the round trip, some bigger at roughly 300 meters, and my favourite one is a mountaintop sitting at 600+ meters that's a decent 4 hours round trip. I've bought myself a pair of good shoes and gone to an orthopedist to get specialy made insoles, as I suffer from flat feet. Jogging still hurts my shins, but the pain is gradually subsiding, so I feel like I'm making progress there as well. Here's a picture of my activity report in May so far, from a Polar Ignite and the Polar Flow reports: https://i.imgur.com/9vZg8zM.jpg And here's a screenshot of my training summary so far: https://i.imgur.com/rqugz9F.jpg I'm still in the phase where I'm taking it easy, due to my body not being used to the sudden strain it's put under from longer walks and hikes. Even my watch tells me that I'm overstrained at the moment and need a couple of days of restitution. So far I've lost approximately 1 kg per week, or 2.2lbs. I hope it continues like that! Some personal goals:
Really believing in myself this time. If anyone made it to the end, thanks for reading. I appreciate it. [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 23 Posted: 23 May 2020 02:40 PM PDT Hello losers, Happy Saturday! Weight by end of month (200 lbs, preferably trend weight): 205 this morning, 205.2 trend weight. Stay within calorie range (1500 ish): 1580 ish planned. 2/2 weeks weekly calorie average, minus maintenance Mondays. Exercise 5 days a week: Took the Pokemon for an hour long walk & cleaned, vigorously all up in this bitch. 20/23 days. Self-care time (journaling, working on love journals, beauty treatments, drawing 0/23 days): I'm finding a fun balance of productivity & not. Any 90 Day Fiance fans up in here? Loves me some of that. Try a new recipe once a week: Cowboy caviar, dry navy & black beans into plump & ready to cook beans in the freezer, 15 bean soup with ham & sweet roasted chickpeas with nuts so far. 3.5/5 weeks. 50 pages of The Body Keeps the Score: Probably not tonight. 26/50 pages. No fast food, candy from the work dish or Starbucks: Check. 23 day streak no fast food, gift card only Starbucks, 3 candy related lapses in judgement. Listen to my effing body: My body needed the endorphins & vitamin D from sweating outside. Be more mindful & express gratitude, avoid the hedonic treadmill: Today I'm grateful for my SO making me the 1200 is plenty reddit banana brownies & that I when the me that moved to this area (current me plus 185 pounds) I picked a place near a really good trail system & a river. Go past me. Your turn! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 May 2020 08:52 PM PDT Make yourself a tea and get comfortable because this is going to be a long ride. Also sorry for any grammar mistakes, english is not my first language. My dad is not obese but very overweight for someone that is very short like him (169 cm tall). Almost three years ago he came to Canada and lost a lot of weight because he couldn't afford to buy a lot of food, plus he was working while also studying. He put it back on 6 months later when me, my sisters and my mom joined him in Canada and every since then his eating habits kept getting worse. He looks very stressed often and relies on food as a way of comfort. It doesn't help a lot that both my mom and my sisters are the type of people that can eat a lot without gaining weight; they keep buying junk food, candy, etc. I have struggled with weight myself. I used to be very overweight too and I managed to lose some weight in a healthy way before I slipped down into anorexia. Even though I have fully recovered my family does not trust me when it comes to food or having a healthy lifestyle in general. When they hear me mention ways to have a healthier diet or exercise they act as if I was advocating for my old disordered eating habits; which is why my dad never listens to me when I try to give him advice. Weight became a very sensitive topic between us. They still have that old mindset such as: "You can eat whatever you want if you excercise a lot", "carbs are bad", "I can eat as much as I want of x food because is healthy", etc. He gives up because he sees no progress when it's pretty obvious that the quantity is the problem. He then starts complaining saying he's too fat, he looks awful, and it breaks my heart seeing him like this. He doesn't even want to appear in family photos anymore. Everytime I ask him if he wants to go for a walk he says that he is busy. When I ask him if I can cook something healthy for us he says no. When I try to encourage him and motivate him he blames my mom on his weight gain and gives up. How can I help my dad? I'm very worried for his health, both mental and physical. Any feedback is appreciated and thank you for taking the time to read this post. [link] [comments] |
| Does anyone else get annoyed by skinny ‘body positivity’ friends Posted: 23 May 2020 07:38 AM PDT Just a lil rant that's on the shallow side but here me out. Being vulnerable enough to express that I wanted to lose weight as I'm the biggest I've ever been to a friend of mine who has NEVER struggled with her weight and been skinny all her life, led her to start telling me to 'not count calories' and to not get worked up about it, be careful and it's not necessary. She's also adamantly 'body positive' and a feminist. I also believe in body positivity and not shaming yourself for your weight, follow a bunch of plus size models, but I'm also ok with people wanting to lose weight if they wanna! I now feel like I can't be honest about celebrating my weight loss goals w her because she's so 'woke' about the whole thing... What annoys me most is that it's p easy for skinny people to jump on this bandwagon of body positivity but not really having to face what it's like to struggle with your weight. It can't be denied that being near obese (which I was getting to) is my version of unhealthy, and having a friend who has never struggled with their weight telling you that you should love your body as is extremely annoying and p easy to say if theyve never been in your shoes. The world accepts skinny people as they are. So shoot me for feeling unhappy about it and wanting to make a change. Yes I wanna lose weight for shallow reasons, and yes it's harder to exist in this world as an overweight woman and that's not ok. But also... even with that all the shallowness aside, the biggest reason that I really really reallly wanted to lose weight is because I scared myself by how close to obese I had gotten, how much in denial I was over my eating habits and how much my health would begin to suffer. With a family history of obesity, I knew if I didn't try to lose weight now, it would be harder in a few months or ten years down the line. To all the skinny body positive friends out there in the world, I just want to say this... If you know you have never struggled with your weight, then don't push this body positivity narrative on a friend who's clearly confided in you that she's struggling with hers and wants to do something about it. It's just super patronising and its not as body positive as you think. I don't need to be patronised into believing that my body is acceptable. I know I have worth as a human being but I can also know that and know that I need to do something about my weight. [link] [comments] |
| Instead of “cheat days” I have guilt-free lapses in willpower and it’s making this a lot easier Posted: 23 May 2020 08:13 AM PDT I've attempted to start eating healthier probably over 10 times in my life. Most attempts last about two weeks. Usually I'll plan to have a whole week of eating under my daily calorie limit and then have one ridiculously high calorie cheat day in a week. The problem with this is it's extremely difficult for me to maintain constant willpower over 6 days so I end up having a cheat day PLUS several cheat meals a week. I found that when living in a house with other people who are not working to lose weight, I'm often presented with unexpected food that's hard to resist. I decided this time I'll cut out the cheat day and when I feel like I want to partake in food that will put me over my limit I just do it. I've found that this makes it easier for me to stay on track over time and also puts me at about 500-800 calories over my weekly limit rather than 2,000+ over with a full cheat day. Just thought I'd share this strategy because it's made dieting for me way easier and more fun! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 May 2020 09:10 PM PDT So for starters, I was originally around 130-135 pounds when I decided I hated the way I looked so I lost weight. I ate 130 calories every day, save for a soda or two if I wanted one, and managed to lose 20 pounds in a time span of 2-4 months. I was really excited to be at 110 pounds and started to slowly eat more healthily, while going on 1-2 hour long walks, drinking 64oz of water, and stayed at 115 pounds sustainably. As of right now, I am 119 pounds. It may seem small to some but as a short girl it makes me feel pretty sad. I was wondering if my weight gain could be water weight with my lack of regularly drinking all that water or if I just gained weight despite trying to keep up with exercise and eating mostly healthy. If there is a way to get back down to 115 or 110 I would be ecstatic to know. [link] [comments] |
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