Weight loss: I did it. |
- I did it.
- Under 200lbs and out of obesity for the first time in nearly a decade!!
- I will never be attractive and to lose weight I need to know that is okay
- Small Victory: Stopped Elbow Deep in a Binge
- NSV: I ran today for almost 15 min!
- What I've Learned From Losing The First 20lbs
- 2 1/2 years later and 55 lbs down. I hit my second goal! 26M 5'6" SW:195lbs CW:140lbs
- 25M 5'11" SW:238 CW:206 GW:175 Developer working from home - half way to goal and finally seeing a difference!
- Oops, I decided not to trust the process
- (Before/After) Turning 30 years old today. I lost 55 pounds and got "ripped"
- "It is not impossible. It can be done" - How I was able to start changing my personal mindset towards weight loss.
- I lost my first 10 kg (22lbs)
- Why do I get hungry so quickly?
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Thursday, 18 June 2020: Today, I conquered!
- One more pound until my first goal weight. Thank you 2020?
- I had a bad day today
- I lost 10lbs!!!
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: June 18th, 2020
- I just want to cry I’m so so upset 21 F
- People of loseit who menstruate - how do you handle PMS and a calorie deficit?
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 17
- I feel like I'm being too sensitive when it comes to weight talk (background + rant = long post ahead)
- First 4 weeks, how to improve
- Anxiety transitioning from deficit to maintanance calories.
| Posted: 17 Jun 2020 04:04 PM PDT Been a little while since my last post, and just like I and other people said, my progress slowed down as o got closer to my goal weight of 190 pounds. But nothing, not even quarantine, was going to stop me. 278 days and 110 pounds after I started my weight loss journey, I've finally made it to my goal. I'm so incredibly happy. I never doubted that I would reach my target weight, but it's so gratifying to have finally done it. I do still have a bit of pudge in the stomach area, so I think I'll be shooting for a bit lower. I don't have a definitive number yet, maybe around 180, but I know that I want a flat stomach. It's not impossible. It can be done. Never stop believing in yourself. Don't let any setbacks keep you down. Keep pressing on and persevering, and I promise you that you can achieve your goals. I believe in you. [link] [comments] |
| Under 200lbs and out of obesity for the first time in nearly a decade!! Posted: 17 Jun 2020 05:17 AM PDT Starting weight: 283lbs. Current Weight: 198!! I've lost 86 lbs and 40 inches (10" off my stomach alone!). After 25 years of being on the weight loss roller coaster, I'm finally on the path to get off this ride and I want to share! Photos from 2017 and today: https://imgur.com/a/1C5xY1c Feel free to skip the ramble and just go skim the bulleted lists :) The last time I weighed less than 200 was in 2011, and the time before that was 2004. I don't even know what my body looked like then. I have no photos of myself that are not fully clothed and I took no pleasure in my body. In my mind I was worthless and disgusting and still had so much more to lose before I could ever deserve to be happy. Today I find myself flexing my biceps and marveling at my midsection. I'm amazed by my calves and shoulder definition. I''m far from perfect - I'm older, saggier and floppier than ever before, but I can appreciate my body for housing me. The biggest lesson I have finally learned is that I have value and worthwhile contributions that do not depend on my size or weight. My body is my partner, not my enemy. I am worth taking care of because I want to enjoy all life has to offer for at least another 40 years. ---- The 3 types of habits that are helping me succeed:Mental habits
These are the most important changes by far and a bullet point can't provide enough detail. I keep trying to write it out but each one is almost as long as this post. If there is any interest, I can write those posts. The TL;DR takeaway is: Hating myself thin does not work. I have 25 years of evidence that trying to hate myself thin will neither make me thin nor happy. Taking care of myself and treating myself kindly results in being a better friend, wife, family member, employee etc. Tracking habits
I think it's important to highlight that according to the scale, only 33% of the month I'm actively losing weight. Without tracking to see the patterns I would have probably given up, thinking that what I was doing wasn't working. Now I know to stay the course! Lifestyle habits
---- None of this happened over night; this is the result of slowly layering small changes over top of small changes and tweaking over time. I still have 35 lbs to go to my final goal weight and I am confident I will get there. I am even more confident that no matter what my weight, age, size etc, I am worth taking care of and will continue to take care good care of this body! Thank you to this sub for being a safe place to share my journey and get inspiration! [link] [comments] |
| I will never be attractive and to lose weight I need to know that is okay Posted: 17 Jun 2020 07:52 PM PDT I have 140lbs to lose. I will have loose skin and saggy breasts. I wasted my youth on binge eating and I have two special needs kiddos. I will never be considered hot or attractive not even to my SO because of what I did to my body. It kills me but I did it to myself. I am too poor and again special needs kids to ever afford surgery to have it removed. I think the fear of knowing and knowing for a fact I will NEVER be a good looking girl is holding me back from commitment, Eating is my drugs. My life has been really difficult. Sometimes I want to type it all out but it doesn't matter. I have a hard situation with a disabled child and I get so overwhelmed and woe is me I overeat. I cannot afford mental health or even doctors visits so please anyone out there how do you overcome the negative, the stress and stop turning to food to cope. I hope others out there can relate. we can do this even with the soul crushing knowledge that we will never be how we wish we could be. [link] [comments] |
| Small Victory: Stopped Elbow Deep in a Binge Posted: 18 Jun 2020 01:18 AM PDT Mini tacos from Jack in the Box is a weakness of mine; they are just so easy to binge. I had already eaten dinner AND a late night snack, yet I still ordered some mini tacos. They come in packs of 15, and I left 3 in the box when I threw them away. I know that's not much. I know I still binged. But maybe next time I'll have the strength to stop after half of them, or maybe I'll be able to stop a binge before it even happens. I often feel like I HAVE to eat everything. It's huge for me to be able to stop eating when I realize I am in fact NOT getting any benefit, whether emotional nor physical from what I'm consuming, and then just stop. I know it's a tiny victory, but it's a step towards learning to stop. [link] [comments] |
| NSV: I ran today for almost 15 min! Posted: 17 Jun 2020 09:43 AM PDT This is my first post here but I am so inspired by everyone on the sub. I started NoneToRun almost three months ago. I could barely run for that first 30 seconds without feeling like I was going to pass out. I saw that by week 12 I'd be running almost non stop. I thought that's just mean! How can anyone go from barely running to almost non stop in weeks. But I found out today I could ! Today I ran almost a ten minute mile. I'm on week 11 and couldn't believe it when I first saw it. I started almost a year ago at nearly 300lbs and am now almost 230. Seeing that 10.3 min per mile and that it was almost 15 minutes made me realize that I can do it and I have been doing it. I will never be the fastest plus I needed a break before I was "supposed to stop" this run but I am happy that I haven't given up. It's been a long journey and I know I have a long way to go but I want others who are thinking about starting out that they can do it. You will have bad days, good days, weeks and months. Keep up the good work everyone! We can do this!! [link] [comments] |
| What I've Learned From Losing The First 20lbs Posted: 17 Jun 2020 09:39 PM PDT I started my weight loss journey around a month ago. However, I've only really been eating on my diet and exercise for 3 weeks. I took a week break for my birthday and was binging/eating at maintenance for that week. I was so close to giving up, all I needed was a bad number on the scale. To my surprise not only did I not gain weight, but I also lost 5 more pounds that week! Here are some things I learned which could help you in your journey.
HOPE THIS HELPS! [link] [comments] |
| 2 1/2 years later and 55 lbs down. I hit my second goal! 26M 5'6" SW:195lbs CW:140lbs Posted: 17 Jun 2020 05:01 PM PDT I hit rock bottom when a disgruntled employee told me that everyone knew I had gained 30 lbs since taking the job. Later that night I realized that my favorite shirt was too tight to button up all the way. She wasn't wrong. I was 30 lbs over the weight I thought I was. Eating Chik-Fil-A 3x a week, and chomping down multiple bags of Lay's and Oreos a week had taken me from kind of overweight to obese. Since then I've done everything: intermittent fasting, CICO, low carb, daily walking, long hikes on the weekend, gym membership, Couch to 5K, weekly yoga. Its been a long hard journey, but its worth it! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2020 02:08 PM PDT I've been hesitating to post this but I figured if it helps others then why not. I don't know about anyone else here, but being able to WFH due to COVID (can now do this permanently as well, yay!) has been an absolute blessing in disguise. I feel like it has given me time to workout in my own space during my lunch hour, and I'm getting up earlier and getting in 10k steps before I start work at 9am. Before this I was completely unmotivated, I always found myself tired after driving to and from work for 1hr+ in rush hour traffic. Thus, when I got in from work, I'd find myself on the couch and wanting to consume unhealthy, calorie dense meals. I got talking to a friend who is a PT and he recommended buying a resistance band to workout at home, I can't recommend this enough! Now, when I wake up in the morning, I have a whiteboard in front of me on which I take note of my weight daily. This has been huge on spurring me on also. Just being able to see my progress as soon as I wake up spurs me on for the day. Diet wise I've been eating 1500-1700 calories per day, and indulging once a week/fortnight with a takeout at the weekend (I still log everything in MFP). I have also pretty much gave up drinking and feel so much better for it. My plan is to see how long I can go without a drink when quarantine here in Scotland starts to subside and I can go out to socialise with friends again. Here is my most recent progress pic from 19th April -> 15th June (I took my first progress picture late, so I was actually bigger than this initially!). Something else to note, is that I also did not notice a difference until I hit about -20lbs. I could see the difference on the scale but not in the mirror. This is why you should take progress pictures as soon as possible!! If this is the case with you then trust the process and keep going!! [link] [comments] |
| Oops, I decided not to trust the process Posted: 17 Jun 2020 10:10 PM PDT I've been hovering around 212 for over a week, and finally two days ago I hit 210! Yay! IF and calories counting was working! The next morning I was 212 again, and not only was my weight up, I felt incredibly bloated and uncomfortable. I was instantly demotivated. Come evening and all I could think about was sugar. I ended up eating a roll of oreos in one sitting 😑 I kept blindly shoving them in my mouth even though my stomach was hurting, with the rationale that all my efforts were in vain anyway. An hour later, I go to the bathroom, and who do I see? Aunt flow 🤗 Heeeeeyy, no wonder I woke up so bloated and no wonder my weight's gone up, and it would partially explain the super intense sugar craving. Here's to starting over today, accepting my slip up as a learning lesson, and still taking steps towards my goal. TLDR: trust the process. If you're doing everything right, the weight WILL go down. Be rationale, don't be like me 😅 [link] [comments] |
| (Before/After) Turning 30 years old today. I lost 55 pounds and got "ripped" Posted: 17 Jun 2020 11:34 PM PDT Hi, Before / After pics are here : https://imgur.com/gallery/vATe1Yr I'm turning 30 years old today and I finally achieved my year long goal of going from fat to "ripped". The before pictures were taken may 28th 2019. My starting weight was around 225 pounds/ 102 kg. The after pictures were taken today, my current weight is 169 pounds / 76 kg. Backstory : I was fat for most of my life. At 16 years old I remember seeing the number 250 pounds on a scale. I spent all of my time playing video games and would eat everything I could get my hands on. Once I got a job at a supermarket, the weight melted off a little. My job was mostly to gets the carts back inside at a pretty big and busy supermarket so I was walking all day. I probably lost 50 pounds at that point. I joined a gym a couple months later and started lifting weights. I lifted for a year or two, I wasn't taking it too seriously but I probably got down to 190 pounds. The years went on and I got the weight back. Three years ago I got a desk job in which the schedule rotated between Day/Evening/Night shifts. It got very rough, I wasn't exercising much. Every night shift I would eat so much food because my body was tired so I would eat anything I could find to give it energy. Most of the food I could get my hands on during the night time was McDonalds or other fast food. It got pretty bad, i was sitting all night at work and most of the time at home. It got to a point were I had chronic upper back pain. My posture was so awful, my head started going forward. Turns out I had Upper Crossed Syndrome. Somedays I wouldn't want to move because my upper back was in so much pain all the time. In order to fix my back issue, I started seeing a physiotherapist. Saw him for a couple months, it helped a little but I would still sit most of the time and couldn't drive a car for more than hour without feeling back pain. Then I tried a chiropractor for a couple months too, but again it didn't completely stopped the pain. In May 2019 , my boss asked me if I would be interested in joining her team for the local ultra marathon. She needed 10 people to run 160 km in 24 hours. The race was in November so I had 6 months to get in better shape. I accepted and started running 3 times a week. My diet was still pretty trash but as I was getting a little more motivated everyday. At that point my only goal was to run 16km in November and not be the worst runner of the team. During that same time, my physiotherapist got me in contact with one of this friend who works as a private trainer in a Gym. I hired him started weight training once a week. He helped me figure out a sustainable diet and got me motivated to visit the gym more often. When winter came along I had lost around 25 pounds and felt a lot better. My back pain was still there but way less frequent. My problem at that point is that I had no more motivation. The marathon was done and I had no more goal. So for the fun of it, I started telling all my friends that I wanted to see my abs before I turned 30 years old. I had 6 months left and I didn't think it was possible but because I kept telling everyone about it, I didn't want to fail. It gave me a new goal and motivation to keep going. March 2020 arrived and CoronaVirus happened. My gym closed. I thought I was screwed and would never achieve my goal As it turns out, it actually helped me a lot because I couldn't go out drinking with friends anymore. I had so much free time to cook my own meals and workout. I downloaded the "chris heria" app and started doing his home quarantine workout. I live in a small apartment so I can't really get gym equipment so I had to learn to use my body weight only. Started doing calisthenics stuff and it turned out to be very fun. The weight kept going down but I knew i had to go down to 10-15% body fat in order to see my abs. 12 weeks ago I started "cutting" and it was so much easier than I tough it would be. I had this idea that "cutting" meant "starving" but it's so not true. All you have to do is find low calories recipes and binge eat on low calorie dense food. Also let's be honest, it's so much easier to not eat fast food and drink alcohol when all the bars and restaurants are closed. I went from 185 to 170 pounds in 12 weeks by mostly eating a shit ton of fruits and veggies. Tl:Dr : Calories in, calories out. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2020 11:39 PM PDT (Apologies for formatting, I'm on mobile). I (21F, 4'11") have been a lurker on this sub for a while. I always felt so inspired watching other people lose weight and get to their goal. I always thought, "I wish that was me. I wish I could do that."... See, I have always been chubby and overweight. Growing up, I lived in an abusive home, and food was my escape. Though, I also struggled with trying to starve myself throughout late middle and early highschool, trying to gain some form of control in my life. My relationship with food has been rocky, to say the least. Struggling with undiagnosed depression didn't help either- I had no desire to take care of myself, let alone have the passion nor patience to make myself anything good when I was hungry, so snacks and other horrible foods were my go-to... When I graduated highschool in 2017, I was around 135lbs. I didn't like my body, but it was the body I grew up with, and that was that. There was nothing I could do about it. So, I continued to not watch what I ate, and got to my heaviest weight a few months ago at around 155lbs. The way my body holds fat is in my breasts and stomach and I hate it. At 125/135lbs, it wasn't too bad, but that extra weight really had an impact on how my body looks. I hate my body and that is all I would say to myself, every morning when I saw myself in the mirror. I knew that was a toxic ritual, but I couldn't help it, because it's true... One day while perusing this subreddit, I saw a post and someone who had reached their goal weight, or close to it, said something along the lines of, "everything changes, your body will not be the size it is forever". And that really got to me. I started to look at myself and realize that I have never thought that I could change. That I could lose weight. Who's to say I have to stay this way forever just because it is the way I have always been?.. I started to really think about weight loss and how I could achieve it. So I started trying to fix my mentality, starting with, "it won't happen over night, but if you start right now, you will get there sooner than if you put it off". So I set a date for December 1st- I want to be around 120-125lbs. For me, I never was able to stick with trying to lose weight because it would take too long to get to where I wanted to. But I realized that, time will pass whether I like it or not, and I could either still be at my weight, or I could be at my goal weight... I also started to change how I look at myself. I realized that you can't lose your weight because you hate yourself. You need to lose it because you want to better yourself. So, instead of telling myself, "I hate my body" when I looked in the mirror, I started telling myself, "I don't like the way I look right now, but it will change" and over a short while, I started to become excited to lose weight!. Those 8lbs served as proof to myself that, yes, I can lose weight. The other people who have lost weight aren't fictional, and your goal isn't impossible.. I have found it crazy how just starting to change my inner-dialogue with myself made a huge difference, evern if I didn't believe what I was saying at times. But with the proof of me losing weight, I am actually starting to believe in myself, and respect myself more for finally having the strength to say that it's time for change. I am excited to see where I will be by the time December comes around! I want to say thank you to the people on this sub, who have shared their stories which helped me see that I can lose weight, too. I hope that my story, though still early, can help others struggling with similar obstacles. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Jun 2020 02:35 AM PDT And I'm sooo happy! I (24F) have been overweight for as long as I can remember but in the last 4 years I somehow decided to just enjoy life and eat everything I want. Not my best idea.. I gained another 33 pounds which made me very much obese. (length 5'2 SW 200 lbs/90kg) So at the start of May I decided to change my lifestyle because my fat was getting in the way and because I deserve to live my life as a fit and healthy person. I'm guess I'm finally important enough to myself to actually bring up the discipline needed to succeed. So yeah... After 2 weeks of cico and a lot of workouts I bought a sportwatch (very much recommended btw) and continued cycling and walking daily. I also started cutting down on carbs and sugars... It was hard at first but I kinda got used to it after a few weeks. Maybe I'm less addicted to sugar or/and fat now. Either way it really seems to work for me. My current weight is 176lbs (80 kg) and i'm just a tiny bit away from not being obese anymore. I still have a long way to go but I'm going for 120 pounds and I'm sure I'll get there eventually. Really wanted to share this and also wanted to say that I love this community. Reading about others peoples successes and struggles here helps me a lot. A lot of the ideas and tips I used came from lurking here... and seeing others achieve their goals is really encouraging. So thanks everyone! [link] [comments] |
| Why do I get hungry so quickly? Posted: 18 Jun 2020 12:14 AM PDT Hey everyone! I'm really excited about some healthy changes I've made in the last few weeks. I joined Weight Watchers and for the first time, something is working for me, yay! However, I can fill up, but I get hungry so quickly. For example, I had a huge Chipotle bowl filled with veggies and meat for dinner tonight and was so full before I even finished. Before Weight Watchers I would have been full until the next day. This time, I was full only a couple of hours. Am I missing something nutritionally? Is my body just getting used to the change? I've been eating a lot more veggies, eggs, and lean meats that I really enjoy but nothing seems to keep me full. The hanger is so real, guys. Please send help. [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Thursday, 18 June 2020: Today, I conquered! Posted: 18 Jun 2020 01:08 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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| One more pound until my first goal weight. Thank you 2020? Posted: 17 Jun 2020 11:28 AM PDT Starting weight(and heaviest): 176 lbs I'm going to try to keep this simple, although it never really is. I guess I'll start by saying that my diet throughout my life has been absolutely awful. I'll give you an example. I'm now 27 and I feel the consequences, especially some acid reflux issues. But what really made me act was this year, 2020. 2019 was literally one of the best years of my life. I traveled and studied in Japan for the summer and was at 154 pounds. I wasn't the ideal weight, but I looked and felt good. I graduated in December with a bachelors and even though I was so proud and excited, it was really....really hard to find a job. I spent January and February back at my mom's house, and the pressure of finding a good job, adjusting back to home life, and being ALMOST 30, the pressure started to build. My depression was returning, my anxiety made me drink and smoke every day, and my bank account was laughable. Ubereats was my best friend haha. And then, some good news! I finally got a job, a pretty good one in March! Aaaaand then a week later quarantine started, and I was out of a job again. :) I spent the entire month of March playing Hollow Knight religiously, smoking every single day even though my bronchitis returned(I know, so stupid), and eating literally everything. I had a huge cup of ice cream right before bed. I just didn't care. I was tired of it. It was finally my boyfriend who helped me get out of it. All he did was tell me to stop eating ice cream. "Don't eat it for a week, and you'll feel the difference". After that, everything else started to happen. I re-downloaded the Myfitnesspal app, aka the first one to tell it to me honestly and brutally. I logged in for the first time in forever and put down my weight. This was me already 5 pounds down (171lbs) so I was excited at my progress. My heart sunk when I saw my previous weigh-ins. In 2018 I was 149lbs. 149. Wow. It hit me like a train. It's so silly because when I was in high school and I was 140lbs and eating Pizzas every single day oh my GOD did I want to lose weight. And I was over 30 pounds over ten years later. I felt actual hate towards myself, maybe for a minute, before I closed my eyes and told myself, "pish fucking posh whatever bitch just keep going". It's silly to dwell on the past and all your supposed hardships. I'll be honest, I think the majority of your life and your choices (especially a healthy life) is because of your mental. If you watch the Kevin Hart Hot Ones special you know what I mean. I had to learn and understand my consequences, and then keep on going. I logged into myfitnesspal today and put in my weight for today. 155lbs. One more pound left. Back to my weight when I was hiking up Fushimi Inari in Kyoto last summer. I fucking did it. I want to give a special shout out to my YouTube algorithm from changing to mukbangs to videos that promote actual healthy lifestyles like Abbey Sharp, Obesetobeast, My Thoughts will probably offend you, Swolenormous, Kiana Docherty, LukeNarwhal, Every Damn Day Fitness, Whitney Simmons and many many more. And also to /r/loseit. Anyone who has ever written their true, deep, vulnerable stories that ended up motivating the hell out of me, I thank you so much. I don't feel so alone, and I feel it's only right to talk about how it's changed me too. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2020 05:18 PM PDT First things first, I'm 28F 5'8'', SW: 175, CW: 157, GW: 130 Everything was on the track in the beginning of today. I had a regular breakfast and lunch. I walked fast pace for about an hour in the morning to run some errands. Then, in the afternoon, I told myself, ok, I have my snacks after dinner, not this early but I have a 500cal window besides the three meals today, so why don't I eat a portion of that Halo Top in the freezer? It lead to a measured portion of nuts. It lead to a piece of dates. I saw where I was going and told myself to stop even if I really wanted more. I was still good, three meals and all those snacks were still under 150 calories of my daily goal. Good. I forced myself to do French manicure since it takes a good 40 mins for applying 3 layers and perfecting them. Yes, that was a good idea, I delayed my appetite and dinner time was almost there. I cooked and ate my planned dinner on planned time. An hour later, I had a peach. Then I had the second one. Then I made sugar free jello pudding and ate one. Then I had the rest of the Halo Top container. Then I had more nuts. Then I ate some wheat crackers with light cream cheese. Now I feel so full and awful! I know a day of setback won't make me fall out of the wagon if I turn back to regular tomorrow, and believe me I will, but knowing that I'll see a higher number on the scale tomorrow still annoys me. But on the other hand, even though I ate above my daily goal, it's still around my maintenance calories and I didn't eat bad foods. I cheated with healthy snacks! Thinking like this made me feel less guilty. And one more thing I realized: Having sweet snacks in the afternoon triggers me to have more. I'll keep having them occasionally, but after dinner, when I'm already full. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2020 07:16 AM PDT 5'2" SW 160, CW 150, GW 135 67 days of tracking and I'm down 10lbs!! In the moment it feels slow, but I'm now 40% of the way to my goal in only a few months! Here are some things that have worked for me: - I track everyday with LoseIt. It's the only program I've ever used and I love it. It's intuitive and straightforward. I also weigh 70% of my food (not 100% because sometimes I will estimate things that I didn't cook). I don't calorie count anything that's <10 cals because it seems more trouble than it's worth. - I weigh myself everyday and log it into both Happy Scale and LoseIt. I looove analyzing the data in Happy Scale and look forward to my daily weigh-in. It helps me feel better about fluctuations. - I workout everyday. At first, I was doing different Youtube home-workout videos (blogilates, Yoga with Adriene, and Popsugar) since the weather wasn't as warm. Lately, I've been doing more long walks, hikes, disc golf, and other outdoor activities that tend to not even feel like a workout. In general, this makes me feel better and less sluggish and in turn encourages me to want to eat cleaner. - I eat back my exercise calories. I like that if I want to eat a bigger meal, I can work-out and cash-in for some more calories. I also like that it encourages me to move more. To be fair, I set my calorie goal on LoseIt to lose 1.5lbs/week (even though my actual goal is to lose 1lb/week) so that I could have some lee-way with eating back exercise calories. This proves to be a win-win for me, but obviously this could be achieved by not eating back as many exercise calories and setting a higher calorie goal. Right now, my calorie goal is 1251, but with exercise I often eat anywhere from 1400-1900. I've even gone up to 2,300 on a 1000+ calorie hiking day. - I have a great support system. From the beginning, when I told my boyfriend and my family that I wanted to lose some weight, they've been on board. I send my HappyScale chart to my boyfriend most days and he cheers for me on victories and encourages me on up days. Whenever I eat at my parents house, my mom has been making healthier dinners and keeping packaging for me to scan calories into the app. Love this community and happy to contribute for the first time! [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: June 18th, 2020 Posted: 17 Jun 2020 10:04 PM PDT Hi team Euro accountability, I hope you're all well! For anyone new who wants to join today, this is a daily post where you can track your goals, keep yourself accountable, get support and have a chat with friendly people at times that are convenient for European time zones. Check-in daily, weekly, or whatever works best for you. It's never the wrong time to join! Anyone and everyone are welcome! Tell us about yourself and let's continue supporting each other. Let us know how your day is going, or, if you're checking in early, how your yesterday went! Share your victories, rants, problems, NSVs, SVs, we are here! [link] [comments] |
| I just want to cry I’m so so upset 21 F Posted: 17 Jun 2020 10:21 PM PDT hey guys so i am just like at a loss of what to do... i need to tell someone because i just can't keep this in anymore i do not recognize myself in the mirror. i look at old pictures of me from when i started undergrad until now and i do not look like myself anymore .... i am 60 pounds heavier of probably more over a 4 year span i don't want to see my friends because i feel disgusting. like i feel absolutely gross in my clothes and how i feel and what i look like but i can't send my boyfriend (who lives on the other side of the world) nudes because i feel ugly. like ugh my friends suggested i look at plus size clothing and i felt so upset but I weigh almost 230 lbs. more than i ever have and i'm 5'4. my brother told me i looked like fiona and my dad called me fatter than my mom. my mom says 'what happened to you' and constantly talks about my weight i don't know what happened at all. lab tests are fine. i did struggle a lot these last two years with stress and depression. and picked up a slight weed habit as well as stopped being vegetarian guys i want to lose weight i do. i know i need a calorie deficit and diet is what the key is... just am lacking the push. i wake up and maybe eat something healthy but by the end of the day i'm eating shittily again im exhausted y'all, i can't feel like this anymore . i just feel like i've ruined my body. i wore tank tops all my life now i refuse to wear them because of new stretch marks . i don't look at myself in the mirror at all. that's how bad it is. i need help guys. i'm so sorry this is so desperate but please help me. i want to enjoy my 20s but i can't get my body & soul to align sorry this is a jumbled mess i'm just frustrated with myself please help me tldr: i feel disgusting in my body and i know i need to lose weight but i can't get my mind and self control to follow suit [link] [comments] |
| People of loseit who menstruate - how do you handle PMS and a calorie deficit? Posted: 17 Jun 2020 04:57 PM PDT Hey all. So, I've been doing really well overall in maintaining a calorie deficit day to day and have lost 16kgs since January but one thing always derails my progress every month without fail; PMS week. I know it doesn't effect everyone the same way but I get INSANELY hungry during the week before my period and I can't fight it. I just shove in carb after carb. Usually at night, even after a reasonable day of two solid meals. I've tried upping my calorie limit to allow for some extra food but I alllways go over. I'm exercising regularly, if that's relevant- gym 4 - 5 times a week. So my question is, for people who get effected by PMS in the same way, how do you control your stupid urges and insane hunger so your progress isn't super effected?? [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 17 Posted: 17 Jun 2020 06:03 PM PDT Hello losers, Hump day! We're gonna make it! Weight by end of month (200 lbs, preferably trend weight): No weigh in this morning, 202.8 trend weight. Stay within calorie range (1500 ish): A little over yesterday. Should be closer to my desired 500 calorie deficit today. Binner. Exercise 5 days a week: 30 minute lunch walk & 30 minute HIIT. 15/17 days. Self-care time (journaling, working on love journals, beauty treatments, drawing 0/17 days): Therapy tonight. Try a new recipe once a week: Curried chickpeas from dry beans, chickpea flour crepes (I helped, it counts) & new recipe breakfast burritos so far. I'm looking at a black eyed pea recipe to try. 3/5 weeks. 50 pages of The Body Keeps the Score: Not tonight. 0/50 pages. No fast food or candy from the work dish: Day 15. 1 candy related lapse in judgement. Listen to my effing body: Really enjoying bumping up the intensity of my workouts. Sleeping deeper & feeling less anxiety. Bueno. Be more mindful & express gratitude, avoid the hedonic treadmill: I'm grateful that my SO makes me those lovely 1200 is plenty reddit banana brownies. Your turn! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2020 11:05 AM PDT Just for context, I'm 19F 5'3 SW: 134lbs CW: 115lbs GW: 110lbs I started my journey on February. Being asian and chinese, it's kind of frowned upon if you're not stick thin (idk if you've seen the tiktoks). Imo, asian girls are stereotyped to be petite and small framed, and I'm not going to lie and say I didn't want to be like the majority. Even if I was already at a healthy weight, all of my family and friends perceived me to be bigger than the rest. I guess you could say it kind of influenced me into losing this much weight now. I was always the butt of the fat jokes in my household, especially being between 2 brothers who have a crazy fast metabolism and always look thin. So, yeah, for the past 19 years, I heard all kinds of "sumo wrestler" jokes from my dad, "no man would want to marry a fat person" comments from my mom. It caused my self-esteem to jump off a cliff and just die. Because of those, I became sensitive to my physical appearance, I became awkward and didn't know how to present myself, I wore clothes that didn't flatter my body, and even if I did wear clothes that showed my figure, I'd chicken out and wear drab clothing, this caused people to treat me as "one of the guys" (it didn't help that I didn't act all girly bc I didn't even feel like a girl at all anymore) Anyway, enough boring stuff, fast forward to today. I started my weight loss journey (with my family knowing ofc), I skip dinner and cut out snacks, count calories and (secretly) exercise in my room, which brought me down by 19lbs. I admit, I started to feel great, I started to appreciate my body and was proud of my weight loss. Since I didn't have any weight loss buddies (online or irl), I felt like I needed to just share my milestone with someone and they would be happy for me too. Unfortunately, the only available people atm is my family. I love them, I don't hold a grudge against them, but I'm not so open to them about my insecurities and other internal problems (no room for soft feelings in my household lol it's all about earning money). So I gathered up a lot of courage and excitedly told them over dinner one day that I'm (previously) 123lbs. They were surprised to say the least, they didn't think I'd actually lose weight. Then when I told them I had a goal of 110lbs, they laughed in my face, saying it's impossible. I admit, old me would've backed down and believed them, but new me found her strength in the mockery of my family and insisted that I will reach that weight just to prove them wrong (this was 2 months ago). The fat jokes slowly subsided which made me feel all the better, but then a new era of jokes arose in our household - fucking weight loss jokes. I don't know how my dad does it, but even in times of success and triumph, he has this ability to just bring you down (I'm not even going to go into my internal hatred for my dad) and make you feel like complete shit. At times, when my family feels like drinking soda, I'd opt for water. Or when my family eats snacks, I'd politely decline. Like I said, weight was a sensitive topic for me, so, as much as possible, I try to avoid talking about my own weight. It took me a lot of courage to even open up about my milestone. Whenever I would decline a snack, sometimes, my dad would make side comments saying "did you know, I'm 53kgs (116lbs) right now, just really near your weight" (he's 70-75kgs) or "yeah, I don't feel like eating either, I'm on a DIET, I don't want to get FAT" or "eating this would make you fat, right (talking to me)?" Or even "what's your weight again? 52kg right? Wow, I'm 60kg and I don't need to lose weight like you" (60kg was my SW) or even once when I felt proud for not eating chips for a month and soda for 3 months, my dad made this mocking face and said "woahhh look who's being arrogant now" which made me feel ashamed for even saying that. And it makes me SO. FUCKING. SICK. I just want to bang my fist against any hard surface till my hand hurts and tell him to fucking shut up. I know what y'all are thinking "why don't you just tell him that it's affecting you" yeah no, lol, it's not that easy to have a "heart-to-heart" in our household. It'll turn into a one-sided lecture coming from them about "not taking everything seriously" or "it's just a joke, don't be so sensitive". It just amazes me how, such a proud moment of my life, could be ruined by a single comment from my dad. The rest of my family stopped already and just ask about my progress. But my dad, oh boy, is such a special case. A proud moment could easily feel like an embarrassment because of him. Idk, maybe I'm just being petty or too sensitive about all of this, but idk how many times I wanted to scream at him to just shut the fuck up. It makes me clam up about my progress entirely, I regret ever even sharing to them about my first milestone, it now turned into some running joke that makes me feel worse for even sharing. Sorry this was long, I just needed to let out the anger. If you read until here, thanks for reading, I really appreciate it. I just needed to vent, even if it's a little. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Jun 2020 02:42 AM PDT Hi, I'm 26 years old and currently weigh 153kg or 338lbs. 4 weeks ago, I started to actively work on my weight. 4 weeks ago, i weighed 165kg (364lbs). I want to quickly lay out what i did and am looking for advice if im doing the right thing and how to improve. My goal is below 100kg and when i achieved that a healthy BMI <25. Now i have to say, ive always been overweight and i never really tried before to lose weight. I just accepted it. On the first of may this year however, i did a little bike tour with my dad and i liked it. So i started doing it regularly, 2-4 times a week. From the beginning i thought "if you are finally doing some sports, why not also try to change your eating?", but i didnt do that right away. I ordered a scale and oh well, the result you could read above shocked me quite a bit. So i really started to work on my weight 4 weeks ago. But enough of the boring background story. What did i actually do:
Now this might sound dumb or even arrogant to some, please dont take it this way. So far, it felt pretty easy to me. I was at a point where i ate a lot of sweets and fast food, but i didnt even enjoy it that much anymore because i had it so many times, it didnt feel like a big loss because of that. Losing 12kg (30lbs~) also feels like quiet a lot to me, at least from what i read so far. I know at the start you lose mostly water/carbs your body saved up, is that still the case after 4 weeks? In general, im quite happy with the result so far because i can mostly happily live with the lifestyle i built over the past couple of weeks, but im now afraid im underestimating the long way i still have to go. I feel like because what im doing right now doesnt "hurt" me too much, im not doing enough. Whats your guys opinion, what could i do better? (pls excuse wonky grammar or words, am german) [link] [comments] |
| Anxiety transitioning from deficit to maintanance calories. Posted: 17 Jun 2020 09:37 PM PDT Hi all, Over the last 18 months I've lost just shy of 40kg, reached my goal weight and now want to gradually increase calories and build some muscle, in combination with gym work. The thing is, I'm absoluelty terrified of eating too many calories and it seems so counter intuitive to how I've been eating for the last year and a half. I actually get anxious about the thought of going out for a nice dinner and trying to balance that out with calorie reduction elsewhere in the week. Has anyone else experienced this? How strict do you play it when it comes to what I would have called a 'cheat day' when loosing weight etc? Thanks guys! [link] [comments] |
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