Weight loss: I didn’t realize I’d consider a mostly eaten bag of gummy bears a non-scale victory, yet here we are. |
- I didn’t realize I’d consider a mostly eaten bag of gummy bears a non-scale victory, yet here we are.
- [NSV] I ignored donuts in my apartment for two days
- Intuitive eating has made a normal relationship with food nearly impossible for me, and it took finding this sub to realize it
- EVERY. POUND. MATTERS.
- Have you ever felt like you ruined everything just because of your weight?
- How did people treat you differently before and after weight loss?
- 100 lbs down and into Onederland!!!
- Non-scale Victory: I can do so much more!
- I'm absolutely killing it and just wanted to say as much (27M. SW: 255, CW: 237, GW: 200)
- I realized I lost 10 pounds during May
- I learned to stop eating when I’m no longer hungry!
- I need some help and motivation on losing weight. I am 13 years old and 66 pounds overweight.
- What is your idea of a “binge”?
- SV! Today I hit my first goal! -4kg
- Anyone feel like they just had a switch flip one day?
- I just hit 400 pounds. I'm devastated and need some advice. Considering bariatric. I'm 19/M.
- I've lost 85 pounds since December! How can I shop for clothes during Shelter in Place (SIP)?
- Non scale victory!
- Finally broke my plateau then ate an entire roll of cookie dough
- For the first time in 3 years, I am under 200 pounds.
- New. How to begin?
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: June 3rd, 2020
- NSV: Emotional eating, you dark mistress. I’ve finally seen you for the temptress you are! Anyone else have an epiphany about their eating habits to avoid sitting with oneself?
| Posted: 02 Jun 2020 02:05 PM PDT I love Haribo Gummy Bears. LOVE THEM. For years, my go-to sneak-into-the-movie-theater treat was a full size bag of Haribo Gummy Bears and a Ritter Sport Chocolate Bar (Milk Chocolate and Hazelnut). Of course, both would be devoured by the end credits (and often well before the end credits.). I would buy Haribo Gummy Bears for non-movie related enjoying as well, and while some months it would be more or less, I'd say I would usually buy and enjoy 2 or 3 bags a month. When I opened a bag of gummy bears, those bad boys got devoured in one sitting. Like many of you, I've had ups and downs with trying to get healthier. I'm about 6 weeks in on my current attempt, and while I'm still being pretty restrictive with my calorie counting, I'm trying to work in "bad" foods I genuinely enjoy too. A couple of weeks ago, at the grocery store, I decided to buy a bag of Haribo Gummy Bears. Probably a bad idea. I told myself I would have one or two a day without having to count the calories, and it would be fine. Probably a lie. Fast forward to today. For probably the majority of the time, I enjoyed one or two gummy bears (and really savored them- you can make those bad boys last like 10 minutes each if you actually try) a day, and didn't log them. There were a few days in there were I honestly forgot they existed, and had none. But there were definitely 3 or 4 days where, instead of one or two, I either grabbed a handful (close to a full serving that really should be logged since it's like 100 calories) or kept revisiting the pantry for that free one or two 7 or 8 times (also def should have been logged). I felt ashamed of those days, honestly, and thought my little Gummy Bear experiment was a failure because I lost my will to control myself some days. But here I am, looking at my pantry, and it hit me- I have an open bag of Haribo Gummy Bears in plain view, with probably 8 or 9 bears left. This single bag, that I could have easily thrown back (and barely enjoyed) in 20 minutes previously, has lasted me for 2 weeks, and I honestly probably enjoyed them more savoring a couple than I did quickly chewing 5 at a time, swallowing, and repeating for an entire bag. On the days where I had a hundred calories worth without logging, I still stopped myself at that small serving and put them away, when in the past I could easily throw back an entire bag (800 plus calories) without blinking. And that honestly feels pretty good. [link] [comments] |
| [NSV] I ignored donuts in my apartment for two days Posted: 02 Jun 2020 04:04 PM PDT On Sunday, my roommates and I watched a friend's dog while she was in the process of moving. To thank us in advance, she brought over a dozen fresh Krispy Kreme donuts. And I didn't have a single one. The box sat on our kitchen counter for nearly 48 hours, gradually getting picked at by my roommates. I'm sure you can imagine how challenging it was to be sharing a couch with two people happily chowing down on as many donuts as they wanted. Honestly, I wanted one really badly. I almost caved yesterday – there was just one donut left, a classic glazed one. But I asked myself a question I've recently discovered that has helped me: "Is this going to help me achieve my goals?" And the answer was no. Having that donut was not going to help me achieve my goals. Sometimes the answer is yes, though – later that night, I had a handful of M&Ms and some dried mango. This put me over my calorie goal by about 50 calories, but it felt worth it to keep me on track. A huge thing I am learning is that I do have more self-control than I gave myself credit for. I can do it. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 Jun 2020 05:03 AM PDT I acknowledge that IE does work well for some people. I am not one of them. I discovered intuitive eating ten years ago, when I was 17 and pretty sick of dieting throughout my teens. Since then, I have been stuck in a cycle of restricting/bingeing/intense stress about food, alternating with periods of letting myself eat everything in sight and feeling pretty happy... That is, until I realize that I have gained >20% of my bodyweight in a matter of months, I freak out, and the cycle begins again. IE and the anti-diet movement convinced me that there is no middle ground between these states of mind. That every attempt at controlling my food intake - even in the name of health - was actually my inner "food police," a manifestation of toxic diet culture and mutually exclusive from a healthy relationship with food and my body. I was convinced that I was incapable of regulating my diet without inevitably failing, and that IE was the only way I could truly be happy.. until my weight started making me even more miserable than I was before, and restricting started to look pretty good again. Maybe it is my fault for not being able to accept being at a higher weight for months or years, since IE advocates swear that your weight will "eventually" stabilize and maybe even start to go down again. I never lasted more than a year on IE, so it's possible that I was just not patient or confident enough to put up with the extra weight long enough to find out. It took reading this sub to figure out that there is, in fact, a middle ground. That I can have discipline without hating myself or losing my ability to enjoy food and exercise. That substituting a side salad for fries is not "restriction" unless I think of it as such. That chocolate and cakes will never have "the same emotional connotation as a peach," but that doesn't mean I'm not capable of choosing to eat sweets once a week instead of multiple times a day. That exercising for 30 minutes every day is not self-abuse, even when I do it when I don't particularly feel like it. That consuming unlimited quantities of highly palatable junk will probably never heal my relationship with food or my body - if only! That I can care about how my body looks and feels, choose to reach and maintain a weight that I prefer, and still fully love myself at every step of the process. The last year of IE left me bigger than I've ever been, with agonizing chronic sciatica, insomnia, and depression. Something clicked after the sciatica diagnosis, and I realized that I had to find a sustainable way to live a healthier life - and that IE was never the answer. So here I am, after just a couple weeks of sweating daily, cutting out alcohol, more veggies, and smaller portions, and I feel SO much better already. All I want this time is to manage my chronic pain and for my favorite clothes to fit me again, and it's honestly okay if it takes me longer to get there by doing this in a healthy way. It's worth it. I know it's still early, but I do hope this is the turning point for me. Thank you all for helping me realize that we are all capable of achieving the discipline needed to build good habits long-term. I would love to hear if anyone else has had a similar experience! ETA: To those saying I wasn't doing IE correctly - maybe you're right. Maybe after ten years of trying, I just continued to fail over and over because of some fundamental misunderstanding, despite having followed the book by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch to the letter. Maybe I needed a nutritionist or counselor or therapist, but after many attempts on my own, my relationship with food is no better than it was before I found IE. I also want to clarify that I was following *all* of the tenets to the best of my ability, including honoring my hunger, eating only to fullness, and so on. I also tried to pay attention to how certain foods made me feel, and this did help some. Usually within a few weeks of going back to IE, the binges would subside and I felt pretty comfy with food again. The problem was that the weight gain always followed, probably because my appetite prefers sweet, starchy, calorie-dense foods, and though I like fresh fruit and veggies, I rarely feel a strong desire to eat them. I never magically stopped wanting unhealthy foods every day just because I gave myself permission to eat them, as most IE advocates promise. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 Jun 2020 03:56 PM PDT I started my weight loss journey in January 2019 when I weighed 295 lbs. By the 28th of April 2020 I weighed 178.2 lbs, I was on track to hit my goal weight of 175 lbs in May 2020, as soon as the 12th of May. However, as of the 2nd of June 2020, I weigh 176.2lbs. Throughout May I lost a resounding 2lbs, a very small amount compared to my average weight loss per month, and still 1.2lbs away from my goal weight. So what happened? Well my day-to-day eating was actually mostly the same. The problem was o started to over indulge on takeaway, desserts, ice cream, milk shakes and snacks in general. All of those caries seriously add up. But in the past week I've got myself back on track, I've cut down all that stuff dramatically and I've got my eyes on the prize. I've also increased my regular workout and added cardio with an indoors exercise bike. Every little helps. The thing that I've realised today, something that seemed so obvious 16 months ago when I was starting is that every pound matters. I've lost 118.8lbs and you get to a point where you forget how dramatic and important each pound actually is. I am NOT disappointed with today's weigh in because although I may be a bit less than I wanted to be, the overall trend is going down again and that is all that matters. Let the missteps and mistakes go, keep on pushing to improve yourself! [link] [comments] |
| Have you ever felt like you ruined everything just because of your weight? Posted: 02 Jun 2020 07:48 PM PDT Using a throwaway because I'm too embarrassed to post this with my main. I'm... big. Really big. I've been overweight my entire life, was probably obese before I was ever a teenager. I'm 30 now and I still haven't fixed this problem because I just like to eat. 6 years ago I managed to lose ~90 lbs but then I regained it and more because keto isn't sustainable for me personally. To the point of my post, a few months ago my best friends of many years got married and I was the maid of honour. Today they got the pictures back and just sent me a bunch of them and I'm horrified. I'm completely mortified because seeing myself in a wedding party of thin people, I just completely ruin the pictures. I know what I look like, I was at the highest weight of my life at that time. It shouldn't have hit me this hard, but it did. I'm so embarrassed and ashamed for ruining her photos by looking the way I do. I've been back to counting calories using MFP for a few weeks now (I'm no stranger to food scales and how to properly track) but now I just feel so.. gross. [link] [comments] |
| How did people treat you differently before and after weight loss? Posted: 02 Jun 2020 01:44 PM PDT My experience was that men were more friendly towards me (opening doors for me) or offering me their seat on a bus. Generally, they were more flirtatious, which was nice at times and creepy at times. I don't begrudge men for engaging with me more after losing weight. There's nothing wrong with having preferences in attraction. I do, however, HATE how the general public treats you more like a human when you fit into a socially acceptable weight. When I was larger (I was never extremely obese, but I did fit into the beginning stages of an obese BMI) people acted like I was invisible. They didn't smile at me. They often waited for me to move over for them (grocery store, sidewalk). I just needed to vent this out a bit. I believe we should treat everyone equally regardless of their weight. I try to treat those who are larger with the kindness I wish people showed me when I was in that place. What has your experience been? [link] [comments] |
| 100 lbs down and into Onederland!!! Posted: 02 Jun 2020 09:50 AM PDT Height: 5'3" SW: 298 lbs CW:198 GW: ? My story is like a lot of others. I've been fat ever since I can remember. Vegetables, if served, came from cans and tasted terrible. Fruit was only served on holidays because it was "expensive". I think it was more that my dad didn't eat fruit, so it was a "waste" to buy it. We only ate meat, potatoes, and junk food. Ice cream in particular. My mom pointed out how fat I was any moment she could. She cried when I was eight and had stretch marks on my legs. I was in weight watchers when I turned 11. It was going ok until my mom wouldn't let me go anymore. I tried dieting a hundred times since then. My weight progression was like this: In sixth grade, I was 180 lbs. I was over 200 by the time I was a freshman in high school. I kept gaining until at 27 I was 298 lbs. My thyroid tested normal for the first time, and I told myself that I would diet one last time. I started my final attempt on July 18, 2018 and I've lost 100 lbs! I'm also in onederland now too!!! It's the first time since middle school!!! I remember once in college dreaming of onederland, and I'm finally there! I've gone from a size 26 bottom and a size 24 top to a size 16 bottom and a size 14 top. I've just been using MyFitnessPal to count calories. Because of some genetic conditions I have, I only walk and occasionally hike as exercise. I don't eat the calories I gain for exercise. I have 4 scheduled cheat days a year, and I have 2 unplanned ones. I also don't count if I go on vacation. I don't have a set number goal to get to. I've always thought that a size ten was the perfect pant size though because I don't ever remember being that size, but when I see other people my height that are a size 10, I think they look great. I'm aiming for that now, and I might reevaluate when I get there. I just want to be as healthy as I can be, but I want a little bit of curve, and I want a maintenance calorie total that I can live with. [link] [comments] |
| Non-scale Victory: I can do so much more! Posted: 02 Jun 2020 05:14 PM PDT I'm a 22 year old female and I started my health journey on May 5th of this year. My highest weight was 200 (5'3) pounds, but my starting weight in May was 191 pounds, today I weighed in at 178 pounds. Which sounds like a decent amount of weight, but I cannot for the life of me see any difference! I was feeling so incredibly discouraged because my clothes fit the same, my measurements are the same and I look the same. But then this past week I've done something I have not been able to do for a whole year since I weighed 200 pounds. It sounds dumb but I was unable to rearrange my closet. I have a small closet and tons of clothes (most don't fit me at all) so I put all my winter clothes in big boxes and switch them out with my summer clothes when the seasons change. Being 200 pounds caused me to have 3 herniated discs in my back (along with that issue I already have a degenerative spine), so I basically couldn't sit, walk or do anything. When I was at my heaviest I was basically immobile, which sounds crazy to be 22 and 200 pounds and immobile (I've seen people on the show my 600lb life and one guy was almost 800 pounds and he only had one leg, and he was still mobile!). I couldn't even walk let alone lift anything. I was told if I didn't have surgery soon I would be paralyzed soon because of where the herniated discs were. But I didn't want surgery on my back, the complications are far too risky for spine surgery. All of this was told to me last year. So here I am today, I moved all my boxes by myself. Cleaned out my whole closet and rearranged my whole room, without even taking a break or having any back pain whatsoever! A couple months ago I couldn't sleep at all because my pain was so bad, I would literally cry at night, no medication would help. But here I am today and I haven't had any pain at all in a month! It's been incredible I feel like a normal person. I can do everyday things like shower and do laundry and cook and clean, without being in excruciating pain. It's amazing, no surgery either! Just less weight on my back, before I couldn't even sit down for a minute but now I can sit on a bike for an hour and be okay! Honestly thinking about how I feel now versus how I felt over a month ago, made me super proud and happy. What's even more crazy is how everyone holds there weight differently, some people can get up to 500 pounds and be mobile, I starting struggling with mobility at 190-200 pounds. I know 13 pounds is nothing but it changed my life, I have hope now. Even if I can't see the difference I can feel it. If any of you feel like giving up or feel like you aren't noticing anything change physically, think about how you feel! And lastly do not give up, starting is the hardest part but once you feel the change it's amazing! [link] [comments] |
| I'm absolutely killing it and just wanted to say as much (27M. SW: 255, CW: 237, GW: 200) Posted: 02 Jun 2020 07:35 AM PDT I'm not gonna shout this out loud in my real life, but I just wanted to say it to someone in some way. I'm crushing this. I've been exercising constantly and eating healthily (and happily) for the last three weeks and I feel so good. I KNOW this is the real deal and not a passing wave of motivation. I'm feeling so focused and motivated, despite some setbacks. At moments I've had the thought "you should have done this sooner" and think about all the happiness I've been missing out on in my 20s. But these moments pass. Especially because I have learned so much from all my other "failed" attempts to lose weight and live healthier. I know better what works for me and what doesn't and where the obstacles are. Maybe that all needed to happen for me to get serious. Wish you all success and happiness in your goals, I wanted to take the time to revel in my own. [link] [comments] |
| I realized I lost 10 pounds during May Posted: 02 Jun 2020 10:54 AM PDT I was feeling very discouraged today. My goal is to lose 1.5 pounds a week, or about 6 pounds a month. Last week I reach a scale goal of 180, and today I weighed in at 181. I know this is a gradual process, so I looked back 4 weeks and realized I weighed 190 on May 1. I lost almost twice my goal last month, alone.... that is not an insignificant change. I'm proud. I'm encouraged again. And it came from within. I love this community for giving me the encouragement I needed to begin taking better care of myself. But now I'm able to look to myself and my previous accomplishments for inspiration. We got this. We're going to make it through. [link] [comments] |
| I learned to stop eating when I’m no longer hungry! Posted: 02 Jun 2020 07:45 PM PDT Weird title, I know, but I had to share. A few years ago, I had an eating disorder. I was eating very, very little, and had a very low BMI. This only lasted for 9 months, however, because around Halloween that year, I began to binge. I binged my way back to my starting weight (quite thin anyway) and way past it. And this whole time, I was struggling with wanting to be super-super-skinny, to never eat again, to get that control back. I couldn't stop. I developed the habit of eating more than I needed or even wanted, and often found myself in the kitchen eating 15+ cookies, for no discernible reason. There absolutely were days where I ate so much I threw up. I was never diagnosed, but I'm fairly certain I swung all the way from anorexia to binge eating disorder in the span of a few months. And this lasted for over a year. When I tell you I tried everything under the sun (except a therapist), I am not lying. I just had no idea why I kept going to the kitchen as if I were a robot. Being hungry was as much an emergency as having a limb cut off would've been. Anyway, it's been a while since then. The last time I frantically raided a pantry or fridge was probably November. I don't know what I changed about my lifestyle. Maybe it was becoming a gym rat. Maybe it was reminding myself that if I am not hungry, I don't have to eat. Maybe it's Maybelline. But being hungry is just no longer an emergency. I was at my highest weight in March (partially due to working out daily, I'm sure), but I've lost 5 lbs since then! And I've done it in a healthy, slow way. It's frustrating to see the scale change at such a sluggish pace, but still rewarding. I can now proudly say that when I don't want to finish the food on my plate, I just don't. And more importantly, I don't hate the body I have, and I no longer fantasize about being a walking sack of bones :) (This post was inspired by that Haribo gummy bear post.) [link] [comments] |
| I need some help and motivation on losing weight. I am 13 years old and 66 pounds overweight. Posted: 02 Jun 2020 01:51 PM PDT M/13, 179cm (5,9) (Throwaway because some of my friends and family know my main and I am kinda embarassed to talk about it.) So, like I said in the title I am 13 years old and 30 kilos overweight. When I was 4, my parents divorced and I was obviously very sad with my dad being gone. I was only happy with food at the time. Then after some years I became overweight, more and more, and I never was able to loose these kilos once and for all. Now with that I can't do the activities I used to and I feel pretty sad overall. I would be much more happy if I could do all of that again. Luckily, I have some really good friends and don't get bullied. I would love some motivation and advice on what to do, it would mean the world. I am open to everything and open to any question that are important. I didn't want to get too emotional, but I had to share this. Thank you stranger for reading. [link] [comments] |
| What is your idea of a “binge”? Posted: 02 Jun 2020 06:56 PM PDT I see everyone throwing around this word regarding having a day (or more) off their diet. When asked about it I've seen some people say it was caused by eating half a pizza, or an extra cookie, or going over their calorie goal by 200/300. It's disappointing to not hit your goals for the day/days but to me this just seems like eating normally? Try as we may it isn't possible to eat totally clean all the time and when maintaining surely treats like this will be incorporated too. Calling little slips a "binge" seems like a way to beat yourself up about it and feel guilty, when really it won't derail your weight loss- unless you let it of course! For me I'd consider it a binge if I ate full carby, fatty meals all day, plus desserts until I felt uncomfortably full and awful. So I'm curious what would be a "binge"for you? [link] [comments] |
| SV! Today I hit my first goal! -4kg Posted: 02 Jun 2020 02:41 PM PDT When I first started this weightloss journey I set my goal to lose ~30kg. But as soon as I started to lose weight, I would look at my MFP progress bar which had barely moved and it made me feel really down. So, a week in, I decided on a different approach - I broke my journey down into goals. Most of my goals were tied to either: each BMI drop of 1, each weight drop of 10kg, or each weight drop of one stone. My first goal was the biggest: to lose 4kg (which would get me to a BMI of 32) and I hit it today! I'm so happy! I'm feeling amazing, my clothes are getting looser, I'm able to run much faster, and I've not slipped up once! (NB ~9lbs, 2/3rds of a stone). My next goal will be to lose another 2kg and hit 90kg. I feel like I have come so far already and I'm feeling great! I'm hungry to achieve the next goal. I don't think I would have felt this happy if I was still sat with my single 30kg goal. Also! I made this account to track my weightloss victories, support others, and talk about weightloss. This isn't my first rodeo, but the first one I decided to make a reddit account for :) [link] [comments] |
| Anyone feel like they just had a switch flip one day? Posted: 02 Jun 2020 05:59 AM PDT So over the years I have struggled with my weight. I'll eat clean for a bit and make attempts to exercise but usually after a couple of weeks I will quickly fall off and if I lost any weight I would gain it right back. I basically have stayed within the range of 320-350 for the last 7 years or so. For the last couple of months during the quarantine its like a switch has flipped inside me. I haven't wanted any of the junk food that I have spent years loving and eating constantly. I bought a PSVR to start exercising inside (Beat Saber is a hell of a workout) I drank a soda the other day and felt disgusted by the taste and mouth feel. Don't know what exactly is going on with me but I am not complaining at all whatsoever. Will report back when I actually start to lose more than 10 pounds [link] [comments] |
| I just hit 400 pounds. I'm devastated and need some advice. Considering bariatric. I'm 19/M. Posted: 02 Jun 2020 08:24 PM PDT I can't remember not being big. I can't remember going to the doctor for anything and not being told to lose weight. I've been told it's genetics my whole life but I'm the only overweight individual in my family. Just finished my first year of college. I can't find the balance because I've tried almost everything and nothing works for more than 6 months. I told myself I'd never reach 300 lbs, and I knew quarantine was hurting my walking and eating habits, but the scale read 400 and I have been shattered since. I find it affecting every part of my life. I don't feel motivated in my major (food science, ironically) because I don't see myself living past 30 at this point. It's hard to accept how bad it is, because I don't really FEEL 400 lbs. I don't think I look 400 lbs, and I've been told I don't even look like 300. I used that thought as security for years, but I'm afraid it's turning into some kind of dysmorphia. I feel like I've failed. I just need some kind of advice, not trying to wallow in my own self pity. Any tips or words of wisdom are appreciated. Edit: I want to put a sort of question/concern I need help with here so it's less just asking for general stuff. Bariatric surgery. Success stories, horror stories, tips? I'm already going to get consulted next month, I just don't know what kind of commitment I might be making because all I am basing this off of is that I'm running low on options. [link] [comments] |
| I've lost 85 pounds since December! How can I shop for clothes during Shelter in Place (SIP)? Posted: 02 Jun 2020 10:14 PM PDT I'm a 5'4" F that started at 246 pounds in December 2019 with the Medical Weight Management Program at Kaiser. It's been going well! This morning, I weighed 161 pounds. That's 85 pounds difference! I feel amazing! But, none of my clothes fit anymore. And stores aren't open near me because of shelter in place orders due to COVID-19. I also feel like I'll get so much judgement from the public if I'm at Target clothes shopping ("she really needed that shirt? stay home!"). I know it's irrational, but still. I'm not sure what size I am anymore, and it looks like online shopping might be an option? What stores are open online with good return policies? Any advice on going about this? I'm starting to go back into work, and some of these clothes are just falling off of me/are uncomfortable and look a little ridiculous. Thanks for your help! :) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 Jun 2020 07:25 PM PDT My fiancé and I went to a private cake tasting last weekend. We paid $30.00 and got three small boxes of cake. Four days later I had already given a box that was 1/2 filled away, and had to throw away the other half filled boxes-the cake had gone stale. It went stale because I didn't refrigerate it. I didn't refrigerate it because I knew within 24 hours it would be gone. It would be gone because I have no self control or willpower. How did I learn it was stale-I decided to have a slice. What did I do with stale slice-I threw it away. I didn't even want to eat it! Old me wouldn't have cared-cake is cake. This is huge. I've never been like this before-I think this is the first time I've ever thrown a sweet treat away. And it's huge. I still have a long way to go with weight loss-but this is the first time I've worked on correcting my relationship with food. And that's a pretty massive win. How did this happen? I've always had a major sweet tooth. I started with optifast to lose weight for the wedding. I also got sick of the weekly bills with optifast. I enjoy meal replacement shakes-but I found I love meal replacement puddings! I've switched to chocolate HRM pudding mix and wonderslim pudding mix for the sweet tooth. As well as individual servings of fruit when I've been running low on available calories and wanting sugar. Now things like cake-it's too sweet for me generally speaking. Chocolate isn't even good anymore-I want the chocolate pudding for that fix. Or even a mug brownie made with ovaltine and when I want the cake texture-no additional sugar. My fiancé says it's never sweet enough. Frankly I feel like it's gonna give me diabetes so I don't eat it often. It's pretty amazing-had somebody told me two years ago I would be obsessed with pudding for somewhere between 90 and 110 calories, and not wanting cake. I would think they were on some sort of illegal substance. After all that's way too many calories to waste on pudding. That sounds like it should be replaced with sugar free. And not liking cake-even my fiancé joked after we finished the tasting I could have the rest of it. Because we both knew I would. [link] [comments] |
| Finally broke my plateau then ate an entire roll of cookie dough Posted: 02 Jun 2020 03:17 PM PDT I feel sooooo gross. I have been hovering around 205 since January, with fluctuations between 203-208. Finally got down to 202 this morning, first time I've seen that number since I've started my journey. I shouldn't have bought it, no idea why I did. Other than it was on sale - not a good reason. I never had any intention of making cookies. I was just going to have a small piece every day for a couple weeks. My insane logic that made perfect sense at the time. So today I was a little hungry after lunch and figured I would have a bite. Cut to the rest of the afternoon and I mindlessly snacked on it till it was gone - 1920 calories of pure sugar in a few hours. Ugggh I hate that I do things like this. I'm so grossed out and feel so sick. I won't be having dinner but now ate 2861 calories today - supposed to be at 1600 to lose a pound per week, 2100 for maintenance. I should have at least had something good if I was gonna binge. I feel I'll never hit Onederland. [link] [comments] |
| For the first time in 3 years, I am under 200 pounds. Posted: 03 Jun 2020 01:43 AM PDT I've been part of this subreddit for a while but haven't gotten a chance to have my own results. I've struggled with dysmorphia and an eating disorder (BED) for all my teenage years. I never admitted it until a few months ago. I gave up on fighting it myself and finally said something to my doctors. I'm now being treated. I still see myself as fat. When I look in the mirror, I see myself fatter than when I started. I feel fatter. But I'm not. I thought everyone was just bsing me, that they just wanted me to feel like I was getting better when they said I lost weight. It wasn't until yesterday when I went to the doctors did I believe them. I almost can't believe it, but for the first time since middle school, I am under 200 pounds. I have lost 25 pounds so far, and there's no way I'm giving up now. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 Jun 2020 10:50 PM PDT Hi there. I've been looking at this subreddit for a couple weeks and now I feel ready to start and ask for help. I weigh a lot. I don't feel comfortable disclosing the number but it is HIGH. I'm tall so I've always felt like I could hide it (sometimes, and then I see a photo), but then get the reminder of my size when the summer heat starts to roll around and I don't feel comfortable showing my skin. I'm a vegetarian and people are always surprised because of my size. Tbh, my diet consists of basically bread, yogurt, and high sugar coffee drinks. Yeah, vegetarian who doesn't eat vegetables, crazy right? I want to try the keto diet, just so I can stop with the bread lol, but really just want to start incorporating better eating habits. I am researching on my own, but does anyone have some basic meals that works from them? I don't have cooking skills, so want to start small. I've been using an app to try some exercises, but am looking to do more. (They're 10 minute workouts). I've been looking into buying some indoor equipment too. Maybe a rower? Or treadmill? I don't know. What type of equipment do you guys use? If any. Any advice on how you got started and what keeps you going would be helpful. Thanks for reading this. [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: June 3rd, 2020 Posted: 02 Jun 2020 09:49 PM PDT Hi team Euro accountability, I hope you're all well! For anyone new who wants to join today, this is a daily post where you can track your goals, keep yourself accountable, get support and have a chat with friendly people at times that are convenient for European time zones. Check-in daily, weekly, or whatever works best for you. It's never the wrong time to join! Anyone and everyone are welcome! Tell us about yourself and let's continue supporting each other. Let us know how your day is going, or, if you're checking in early, how your yesterday went! Share your victories, rants, problems, NSVs, SVs, we are here! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 Jun 2020 05:57 PM PDT I am freshly started on my latest jaunt to healthy. I've binged a large portion of my life for what I'd say was sport. Today is day 2, of the latest journey my husband and I have been on. For the record we are binge eaters and drinkers alike and I don't think I've ever been able to back my way into the "why" behind it. Does anyone else feel naughty doing it? Like it's subversive to go from sweet to salty and back and forth until you're so full you're tired from carb overload and what's likely a massive sugar spike? Of waiting until the kids go to bed to dig into whatever they haven't ravaged or worse what you've been hiding from them?? Tonight it hit me. I don't put myself or my health first, almost ever. I live in service to my family most days and nights and I am worn out. Excessive food and drink has been my "reward". When I'd make plans to start exercising or eating well I'd derail myself by over celebrating 20lbs lost instead of powering through. Instead of believing in my own willpower and putting passion behind my goals. My life has been so focused on everyone else, ever since childhood honestly, I've poured all my emotions into distancing myself from the feeling that I've never truly been willing to focus on myself. I guess maybe I've been worried I would hate myself more? Tonight instead of reaching for a bar of chocolate or a shot of tequila I went on a ride to run an errand to mail letters I haven't gotten out in far too long. It was a long day of bitter emotions with my kids not listening, repeating myself endlessly and feeling just....invisible. The perfect storm for a binge to cheer up. Tonight I put my kids to bed and instead of flopping on the couch to watch my husband play video games I am on my recumbent bike in the basement. Spending time with just ME. I can read what I want, watch what I want, and I'm exercising too. Actually processing the day in a more healthy manner. Sitting with myself and my feelings too. The pursuit to wellness is about so much more than just eating. It's about getting to know yourself. Pushing through desire and focusing on what you really want and it's rarely the food you've barely been tasting and shoveling for years. It's about feeding what I truly believe is a hungry heart. Geneen Roth wrote a book titled this and I think it finally resonates. Anyway, onward and downward I guess!! Brain dump over. [link] [comments] |
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