Weight loss: NSV - My co-worker had to remind me that I'm not fat. |
- NSV - My co-worker had to remind me that I'm not fat.
- Quarantine Weight Loss!
- NSV: I haven't been worried about my summer clothes fitting for 9 years.
- I MADE IT TO ONEDERLAND
- Unfortunate discovery turned positive revelation
- No longer obese
- Month 12 of weight loss; Reached a HEALTHY BMI today!
- Lockdown progress 107.2kg -> 95.8kg - M28
- COVID scared me into losing weight
- How did you move past the mental scarring of being severely overweight?
- Weight loss has been teaching me the skills that have been preventing me from success in every day life : How I'm finally hitting personal goals and losing weight (-115 lbs)
- Obese as a teen
- �� Not a huge weight loss yet but definitely seeing changes!
- A message for those going over by a few calories
- I beat depression. 60 pounds down.
- Having some success with periodic sugar "detox"
- NSV - I’m wearing my favorite shirt for the first time in 16 months!!!
- It’s as important to remember where you started as where you want to end up.
- I let this happen to myself
- Lost 60 lbs in 6 months
- Fixing my diet
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: June 27th, 2020
- I'm drunk and ready to start again? I put my dead fitbit on to remind me in the morning hello again everyone
- My Friends Keep Telling Me CICO Isn't Going to Work Long Term.
| NSV - My co-worker had to remind me that I'm not fat. Posted: 26 Jun 2020 05:47 PM PDT I work in construction on a high-rise apartment tower and me and my co-worker were up on a floor that just had the steel framing put in. We were working on opposite ends of the floor and he asked me to hand him a tool. Instead of just walking between frames I went the long way, out the door frame and through the hallway. When I got to my co-worker he gave me a weird look and said 'You know you can just walk through the frames' 'Ya I don't think I can fit though' I replied. He looked at me with an even more quizzical expression. 'You know you're not fat right' I felt pretty awkward when he said that so I just turned around and walked off, lo and behold I could fit through the frames with ease. My co-worker even gave me a cheeky 'there you go' as I walked off. For my co-worker it was probably a slightly bizarre/annoying moment and he was pretty abrupt but for me it was a reminder of how far I've come. I've been on a wight loss journey with lots of ups and downs for 2.5 years now and I'm only a couple of kgs away from my goal of getting below 80kgs, having started from 110. Mentally I still 'feel' fat but that moment served as a positive reminder that I'm on the right track and have come a long way. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Jun 2020 03:26 PM PDT 32F 5'6" SW: 175 CW: 156 GW: 145 The company I work for began having their employees work from home in the middle of March. A few weeks after that I decided I didn't have any excuse. I have zero commute and have plenty of time to exercise. I've been counting my calories everyday and trying to eat healthier. I'm not always perfect but I definitely try my best. CICO has been what has helped me the most. Now that the weather is nicer where I am I've been trying to get outside for walks. I also started boxing which has been a ton of fun. As of today I'm down almost 20 pounds since the beginning of April. I still have more to lose but I at least feel like I'm on the right track. [link] [comments] |
| NSV: I haven't been worried about my summer clothes fitting for 9 years. Posted: 26 Jun 2020 05:15 AM PDT I lost the bulk of my weight about 10 years ago. I really buckled down, changed my lifestyle, counted calories, ate less sweets, began exercising, the whole deal. Losing that weight brought me just inside the healthy BMI category, and since then I've probably lost and regained about 5-10 lbs here and there. I feel like I am constantly beating myself up when I do gain a few lbs, and I know I shouldn't, but here we are. The other day I was talking with a friend, who is just about my age. She complained to me that she doesn't fit into any of her summer shorts anymore, some which she's had for years. She kind of shrugged and said "I guess this is how getting old is." But I couldn't relate. I haven't not been able to fit into my summer clothes in 9 years. I've never once had to go and buy new clothes, or "work on my swimsuit body," to fit into them. I just pull them out, wash them, and wear them. It's not even a source of anxiety that my clothes won't fit. Of course the dream is to pull them out, and realize I need a smaller size, but I have to remember to recognize and celebrate a victory when it's starting me in the face! I've worked really hard over the years to not regain that weight, and I need to acknowledge it! Non-scale victories can be just as motivating as scale, but learning to recognize them, appreciate them, and not just think of them as some type of "concession" prize to weight loss is SO IMPORTANT. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Jun 2020 06:42 PM PDT Guys. I made it today. I have been looking at other onederland posts regularly but never expected I would make one myself. Especially not this soon. I have lost 40lbs. My stats: 24F, 5'6" SW: 240lbs CW: 199lbs GW:155lbs How I did it: Long story short, eat less. -I would eat whatever I wanted but only for a taste. Everyone's having chips? I will have 2 chips. Someone made cookies? I will eat 1/3 of a cookie and put away the other 2/3 to eat tomorrow and the next day. Knowing I could have it later helped me avoid overeating. -Portion takeout before eating it. As an example, if we ordered Thai food I would portion it into 3 lunches based on how much I need to feel comfortable (not full, never full). I have to do this and put it away before sitting down with my food or I eat it all. -Go to sleep as I'm starting to feel hungry. Make sure I only eat enough to keep me comfortable through the day. No more, no less. I got good at the timing but it takes practice. -Learned how much I needed to eat to go from starving to comfortable. Then I can objectively put this on a plate and eat it. Pause. And sure enough, every time, the hunger pangs would go away. -Postpone the first meal of the day as long as I can. At first I would need to eat around 11am because I would get so hungry but now I can comfortably wait until 4 or 5pm to eat. I am slowly transitioning to OMAD as it becomes more comfortable. -weigh myself every day. I know it's not accurate and your weight can fluctuate with water weight and other factors besides true weight loss, but weighing myself every day, whether I did good or bad the day before, kept me accountable. -I made a note in my phone reminding me why I wanted to lose weight and read it every morning. I took progress pics every 5 or 10 lbs and compared them to my before pics often. Thanks for reading!! I feel on top of the world today. [link] [comments] |
| Unfortunate discovery turned positive revelation Posted: 26 Jun 2020 06:47 PM PDT There's a deli right next to my gym that has great desserts in their bakery case, and about once per month for the past year I've gotten a slice of their apple pie from there to go after my workout. Obviously there's no way to know the calorie count of an apple pie in a bakery case at a random deli, but based on a bit of research I estimated that it was 470 calories per slice (1/6 of the entire pie, they cut big slices). Long story short, I found out where they order the pies from tonight, looked it up, and was dismayed to learn that 1/6 of the entire pie is actually 570 calories, not 470. Initially I was kind of pissed and thinking, "Well looks like I can't have this anymore." But then I realized that I maintained my weight over the past year despite under-estimating the pie. It made me realize something that is a good general idea to keep in mind: the things you do every once in a while don't matter nearly as much as what you do every day. There's no need to beat yourself up about going over your calorie goal once in a while, and don't get stressed out when you can't know the exact calorie count of food. If you know the calorie counts of what you eat frequently, you can absolutely lose/maintain your weight even if you miscalculate something every once in a while. I just thought I'd share because I see a lot of people on here get upset when they go a few hundred calories over their calorie goal once after a month straight of staying under goal or get really stressed because they don't know the exact calorie count of their restaurant order. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Jun 2020 08:17 PM PDT Today I got on the scale and weighed for the first time in ages a number that puts my BMI in the overweight category. I just wanted to share with everyone it seemed like a normal day but with COVID and all getting to a more healthy category seems like a bigger accomplishment than it would have prior. I will not hide the fact I have put in multiple more hours doing endurance cycling only to make sure my system is functioning better just incase. So I made it I'm no longer obese and hope I've gotten my cardiovascular systems to a place that stand a better chance. Heck I've ridden over 600 km on my bicycle this month alone. I feel like I'm being paranoid but COVID is no joke and I'm going to be the fittest guy I can be. As a newly minted cyclist I may need to work on some push-ups before I look like a T. rex. But I do have the most epic set of tan lines. [link] [comments] |
| Month 12 of weight loss; Reached a HEALTHY BMI today! Posted: 26 Jun 2020 08:36 AM PDT F20, 5'4", SW:220lbs CW:145lbs GW:125-135lbs The scale finally hit 145 today. That means I'm officially not overweight anymore! I'm still planning on loosing another 10-20lbs just to make sure I'm comfortably within the 'healthy' range with a little wiggle room on either end. It feels crazy to have finally met this goal though. I'm super proud I've been able to loose weight consistently for an entire year, and I feel awesome. I legit can't remember the last time I weighed 145lbs. I've been overweight-obese for most of my teen and adult years. I'm especially excited cause I wasn't expecting to hit this goal this month! I spent a while plateauing around 150lbs and thought it was gonna slow me down too much to hit 145 by the end of the month, but it ended up happening anyways :) Only a couple more months before I hit my goal weight and start maintaining. I feel awesome and I can't wait for the future [link] [comments] |
| Lockdown progress 107.2kg -> 95.8kg - M28 Posted: 26 Jun 2020 05:34 AM PDT Hi everyone Just thought I'd share my progress during the UK lockdown. I've lost 34.6 kgs before in the past in 9 months back in 2014-2015 (was 112.6 and lowest was 78kg but maintained at 80kg) but since then, over the years I have travelled widely and along with other life events and changes (mental health etc) I went back up to my largest weight since 2014 at 107.2kg. Having done it before and knowing what worked for me I have tried to use the lockdown and coronavirus situation to motivate me again to get back to where I want to be (target of 80kg). Here are my old progress photos https://imgur.com/a/TYsJvvy/ Here are my most recent photos https://imgur.com/a/ZFeWqmF/ Before I used CICO with a consistent diet, weights 3 days per week and then cardio on top, running and cycling. I know I still have about half way of my target to go, and I'm hoping this post will continue to motivate me and motivate any one else! I hope it will also show that even if you have periods where you gain or it doesn't go your way, be patient and you can do it! [link] [comments] |
| COVID scared me into losing weight Posted: 26 Jun 2020 03:43 PM PDT I have been a long time lurker and I have never felt so in touch with a group of people. Being overweight does not simply have a physical toll, but a mental and emotional toll. I have struggled with weight my entire life, ballooning to a weight that I could not fathom. I never cared about the reprecussions to my weight or lifestyle choices because I was too far gone. I made slow progress in 2-3 years, only losing 50 lbs total from my original weight, which was highest 5 years ago. But COVID changed everything for me. COVID woke me up to the idea that time alive is simply borrowed time. This will not be the last pandemic, and it was evident very early on that COVID did not discriminate, but it did show preference and hit hardest against those with underlying conditions, one of those being obesity. I had gotten my life into relative order before quarantine, but once the full shutdown began, I missed the gym, I feared I would balloon backwords, I feared I could die from contracting COVID and I feared that I would spiral into depression alone. To my surprise, the fear I faced was so great I couldn't fathom the idea of gaining weight. In just 2 months, I have lost about 30 lbs, the most ever without much exercise in a short period of time. Some was attributed to stress, and the other was attributed towards truly regretting being unhealthy. I know that this period is hard for many, because I know many people who have gained weight or have developed mental health issues due to this pandemic, but deep down, COVID scared me so badly that I cannot go backwords and I never want to be unhealthy again. I am scared to eat bad food because I have now developed health anxiety from just being unhealthy for so long. I cannot even explain my reasoning to others because I was morbidly obese, thus I myself was my biggest threat, but at that time, I did not think like that. I simply saw food as therapy and something I deeply needed. Now Im on a projectory towards more weight loss and a changed lifestyle, with trepidation about ever gaining weight without control to return to baseline. Now I feel bold enough to post on this group, when in the past I saw so many making progress I thought I was an exception to weight loss. Long story short, I want to get to a place where I do not have certain fears about getting lab numbers back, or think about whether my stomach is showing through my shirt 24/7 (sucking in my stomach to appear skinnier). Many today tell me not to blame myself, but I feel the opposite, I AM TO BLAME. And I needed to blame myself to get to this point. Denial got me to my highest weight, acceptance and determination is what will get me to my lowest weight. Blessings to you all and continue grinding and staying safe (mentallly, physically, emotionally) during these trying times. Relapse does not mean give up, rather its a just a normal part of this process. Get up and try again and one day you will realize that relapsing is no longer going to be the norm. [link] [comments] |
| How did you move past the mental scarring of being severely overweight? Posted: 26 Jun 2020 04:54 PM PDT The only proof I haven't been at least borderline obese since I was born is a single picture I remember from when I was probably 4 years old. Yep. Lived and breathed being fat until early 2019 when I lost 50lbs in a couple months and have continued to slowly drop and yo-yo since then. I'm not happy about not having a tight stomach after all my weightloss, but I'm obviously healthier and happier with my body than I've ever been. Despite this, I still live with the scars of being obese most of my life. No matter how hungry I am, no matter how skinnier than me you are, if you're not a super close guy-friend, I'm not putting more on my plate than you did when we eat a meal together. I'm not going to get seconds even if I want it. I'm going to be screaming inside my head when you see me checking Google Maps for food, ordering food, or looking at a menu. I'm definitely waiting for the kitchen to be completely empty when I want to go and make something to eat or just grab snacks. I'm not going to want to eat in front of you, but if I do I'm going to pay constant attention to the way I stand, sit, and lay to ensure I'm in a position that doesn't make it as obvious that I look like I'm bloated and gained 10 pounds from eating a meal. It's crazy having people refer to me as "the skinny guy" when my mind is the same, but in a thinner body. Despite all the compliments, extra happiness, and statistically impressive weight loss, I still feel like the fat kid. I still get embarrassed for even implying I ever eat food. Of course this question is more for my therapist, but I want to know what you guys think. How can I get past this and have the ability to eat around other people without having to hide everything and be embarrassed? I'm sick of having to feel bad for having a perfectly normal instinct that lets you know when you're running on empty [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Jun 2020 03:24 PM PDT I've been fat my whole life. I've been unsuccessful my whole life. For the longest time I would use the above statements to draw the following conclusions:
The above conclusions instilled in me a existential hopelessness. I believed that I had fallen into some nasty cycle that had lead me further and further into depression, poor health, and a wasted youth. I knew that eventually either the depression or the poor health would kill me, and in fact they had almost killed me already. In the past I had attempted to break myself out of this cycle, but none of the attempts made any lasting change. Each attempt was based off the fact that I thought that I had two shortcomings, poor health/being fat and lack of skills/lack of success, and the fact that these two shortcomings were feeding into each-other. With these facts in mind I concluded that by eliminating one of these shortcoming as quickly as possible I would ,in turn, also break my downward cycle. After that I could comfortably address the remaining shortcoming over time. This plan of attack continuously lead me into one of two unsustainable states. I would either be spending all my mental energy focusing on weight loss, and try to white knuckle my way thought crash diets and hunger pangs, or I would spend all of my time studying for the career field that I wanted to enter. No matter how much work you put into either of these things progress is usually still slow, and if you're not doing it sustainably, then you're never going to make it. Like me you'll fail countless times, and put the blame on your complete incompetence as a human being. It wasn't until recently that I realized that the above conclusions were wrong, and upon reevaluation I arrived at the proper conclusion:
Realizing that this in my problem, and telling it to myself over and over again until I completely accepted as truth has completely changed my life, and has completely destroyed the cycle that I had considered myself a victim of for years. The process of actually finding the right mindset is still a challenge, and is one completely unique to everyone who sets forth to do it. Here I will be giving my personal account of where that journey has lead me, in hopes that it might give some direction to someone else: I had this epiphany and realized that I only had one thing to fix, my mindset, and not two, my health and "competency", at the beginning of this year. A recent break in my near constant depression had allowed my to feel excitement for things again, and I ended up finding an interest in nature that had lied dormant for year. This interest lead to me spending a lot of time out in the wilderness alone, which ended up being one of the best things that I could have done at that time. A lot of my problems in the past were related to me being extremely critical of myself, and extremely self conscious. The more time I spent in nature the less I had these negative thoughts and concerns, and like anything else, the less you think about things the less of you they become. Eventually I found that everything else in life was getting easier, seeing as I was no longer fighting myself every step of the way. Over time I got more and more of my excitement for things back, and eventually I discovered that my school had a student sourced/controlled library system. I ended up picking up Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss, which sparked in me an interest in nutrition. That interest lead me to changing my diet completely. With the change in diet, and the hikes that I was going on, the weight started melting off. Weight loss had been a goal of mine during this time, but it wasn't my main goal. My main goal still was finding myself, and learning who I wanted to become. It turns out that weight loss not being my main goal was key to me actually losing weight sustainably. I had multiple reasons for eating healthier, and being more active, so when the scale fluctuated or plateaued for a while it wasn't the end of the world for me. I never thought to starve myself or to quit, because I knew that I was heading in the direction that I needed to, and eventually my weight would catch up and start reflecting all the work that I've been doing to change myself. To date I have lost over 115 lbs, almost 90 of the pounds having been lost this year. I am still a little over 60 lbs from my goal weight, but am well over halfway through my weight loss. More recently I have been making a ton of progress in a personal project that has been in the back of my mind for almost 3 years, and not only have I made more progress in the last month than in the last 3 years, but the roadblocks along the way that would have spelt death for the project in the past are presenting themselves as great learning opportunities in the present. I have been excitedly conquering all the things in math and computer science that, in the past, I hated myself for not knowing, but felt too incompetent to learn even if I tried. I have been making huge leaps towards building the skills that I've always wanted, and that I feel are the key to my success moving forward. The most important point that I wanted to make here is this (which can act as a TL:DR for people who don't want to read the novel above): The most important change I've undergone that has been leading me to success is that now I realize and accept that growth (and shrinkage, in terms of weight loss) takes time, and the only way to actually reach the finish line is too enjoy the journey. Accept that as long as you are taking steps in the right direction, you will achieve everything you want to in due time, and that if you take the right steps you will be the person that you need to be to actually enjoy the success when you get there. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 Jun 2020 12:27 AM PDT I've always been big like a lot of bigger people. I remember always being upset about my weight and never taking full body photos or even wanting to look at my body as young as 8. I grew up and continued to gain weight I remember being 180 by sixth grade and then 240 by my freshman year of high school and that was embarrassing. As a girl who had to change and do mandatory PE I was so scared of what everyone else thought and my weight it constantly stood over me. Every time I sat down I would stare at my thighs, I would do the shirt pull to make my stomach look smaller and I would wear the baggiest hoodies I could find. I just ended my sophomore year of high school and as this whole corona virus thing started some how I decided I wanted to loose weight. I started may 6th and honestly didn't expect much I exercised in my room alone, I cut my calories down to about 1,200 and just went for it. A few weeks later I got curios and I hadn't checked my weight since freshman year and wanted to know where I was at, 270. The worst think I could I have imagined after so much work I was still so fat and was almost at the end of my at home scale I felt so depressed and defeated but I didn't give up. I cut a few more calories and began working out harder in the next few weeks I was at 265 and then 263 and I felt amazing that not only was I losing weight but I was doing it for me. I quit exercising because I live in a very hot state and don't have AC but I found a healthy calorie goal to stick with, I was drinking 8 bottles of water a day and was feeling better than ever. Today June 27th I'm at 253 pounds. I feel so much happier and feel so empowered and as if I can do anything. Of course I've had some moments where the scale wouldn't move for days or weeks and I felt down but I figured it out and went through it. This is one of the best life choices I've ever made and I can't wait till I get to my goal of 160 pounds. [link] [comments] |
| �� Not a huge weight loss yet but definitely seeing changes! Posted: 26 Jun 2020 10:10 PM PDT I am sooooo happy!!!! I've been gaining weight consistently for the past 2 years. I started at 68 kgs and got upto 87kgs. Thats a huge weight gain. I never realised I was fat until my clothes started being tight and I checked my BMI and it showed I am obese. I used to go to a gym but hated it. At home workouts just doing them alone was not fun at all. I don't have a lot of places to go to for walks here. My diet is not too bad just carb heavy. I cook most of my meals at home. The lockdown made things worse and I would spend more time cooking. Restaurants were allowed to deliver and so we ordered takeout atleast twice a week. My husband started gaining too. In May we decided to take control. Switched out our white rice to brown (we noticed we eat a lot more of white rice but brown is rougher and so we take half the amount). Since everything went online I also joined an online yoga class. The people there are so supportive and of all sizes. The instructor is amazing and makes everyone feel so good. I look wierd doing yoga, not graceful at all but I enjoy it so much! I finally found something that I like! Today I looked in the mirror and I can see a small change to my fat rolls. I also got down to 85 kgs! It's slow, it's hard but I'll get there. I love watching the videos from this subreddit. Something about it is just so motivating. Thank you all for keeping this community so awesome! [link] [comments] |
| A message for those going over by a few calories Posted: 26 Jun 2020 10:29 AM PDT I see far too many people being hard on themselves when they go over by 50, 100, or even 150 calories. When you're this hard on yourself and give up because of it, your wight loss no longer becomes a physical limitation, it becomes a mental limitation and I'm guilty of going through it too! Remember, if you go over by 100 calories all 7 days of the week and you were on target to lose 1 pounds that week, you'll still likely lose a minimum of 0.8 pounds. If you made the conscious effort to walk around a bit more during that week, chances are your weight loss will be completely unaffected. Some of us like being strict, including myself. After 7 months and 65 pounds down, I'm loosening it up a bit. Its so easy to get caught up in exact numbers that sometimes we forget that even if we go over our daily limit, WE ARE STILL IN A DEFICIT! The only real factor to weight loss is a nice consistent calorie deficit over a LONG period of time. Changes don't happen overnight, and even one day of falling off the wagon is merely a blip on the radar. If you find yourself repeatedly going over your calories, bump them up. It is what it is, you need to stay happy because if you're not, you'll be back in a sinking ship but make sure you keep your goals realistic. Slow progress > no progress. Keep on counting y'all, and stop being so hard on yourselves! ❤️ Credit: Copy/Pasted from Lose Weight, Eat Pizza Facebook group [link] [comments] |
| I beat depression. 60 pounds down. Posted: 27 Jun 2020 02:05 AM PDT https://imgur.com/gallery/lXqqGXl When I was in high school I was a bodybuilder, kickboxer, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner but then a lot of shitty things happened in my life. After years of battling depression I started making some progress. It started out small like showering every day, getting out of my room, spending time with family and friends more often, and going outside a bit. I started to be happier and enjoy life more but my weight was always a big issue for me. I decided to get my shit together one day and start trying to get back to being healthy. I was probably one burger away from a heart attack or diabetes and I knew that. I started by just cutting my food intake in half because I knew that I wouldn't be able to do it if I did more than that. I started by simply going for walks in the park because I couldn't quite run well yet. Eventually after a while I started being able to jog for maybe a half mile. That's when I started actually dieting, I drank a smoothie twice a day and had a normal sized meal for dinner of whatever I wanted as long as it wasn't fast food or anything. At one point I was losing 2.5 pounds a day or so just from that which was crazy to me but it felt okay. The best advice I can give is that the first week it will FEEL impossible. It isn't impossible in the slightest and YOU CAN DO IT. Trust me when I tell you, it's going to absolutely suck and you're going to want to give up many times in that first week and occasionally sometimes after but when you step on that scale and see those pounds flying away, you will be so happy. I'm glad that I made the jump and that I decided to do better for myself. I'm happy and I genuinely enjoy my life again for the first time in years. I now have an amazing support group of friends and family who help me, I've decided to start dating again and have been doing pretty good with that, and quite a long time ago I started a company that is doing very well. Finally, and this may be a bit of a TMI but, I don't have to pay for sex anymore. Before I was doing "sugar daddy/sugar baby" relationships and I never felt happy in that but things have turned around significantly since I've gained my confidence in myself back. I wish you all the best in your weight loss journey and I truly hope that you get to your goals. It's not a matter of "can I?" because you can. You just need to get through that pain first. Thank you for reading. [link] [comments] |
| Having some success with periodic sugar "detox" Posted: 26 Jun 2020 09:50 PM PDT So I'm having some success by just by deciding that I won't be eating anything sugary for 7 days at a time. I nicknamed it a sugar detox. Basically for a 7 day period, I try my best to avoid all sources of added sugar or high sugar. I allow myself to experience negative emotions, any physical discomfort from sudden lack of sugar, and do it when a calmer week is coming up. I usually find my cravings for sweets much more reduced, fruits taste sweater and better, and it's easier to keep within my daily intake goals. I'm not always perfect but just keep trying during those 7 days I decided on no matter what. Was always under the impression that "banning" can cause binges, however I found it worked for me mainly because it has an expiry date. Actually now I do this to break a cycle of binge eating. Thought I'd see if anyone else had luck with similar sorts of mental techniques. [link] [comments] |
| NSV - I’m wearing my favorite shirt for the first time in 16 months!!! Posted: 26 Jun 2020 05:37 PM PDT I gained 30 pounds of depression weight after my brother died in December 2018, but I've been working hard and making slow changes to my diet for a while now. I'm finally starting to see (and feel!) the progress. I feel so confident in my shirt today! The last time I tried it on I couldn't get it past my belly, but today it's actually loose in the stomach area. I feel like a queen! I can't wait to be the person I know I can be at the end of this journey. I'm stronger now than I've ever been and this is so much motivation to continue working hard. My current routine is intermittent fasting (16 hours off, 8 hours on) + CICO. I eat 90% fruits and vegetables and traded soda for water. Water makes up 95% of my fluid intake, and then I have tea or diluted fruit juice. Ive been trying to eat intuitively and train my body to know when to stop eating so that I won't have to count calories forever. I also traded out junk food and sweets for healthy snacks like yogurt, granola, jerky, cucumbers, peppers, and frozen fruit (instead of ice cream.) I really like to snack instead of having large meals, so keeping those items on hand has been a life saver for me. In addition to diet changes, I do body weight exercises at home to avoid going out in public as much as possible. I started out only being able to do 5 pushups and now I'm at 15 pushups in a rep twice a day. I try to change up my exercises often and do short bursts twice a day instead of one long session. It's working out for me so far. My cat is so patient letting me use her as a weight for doing squats, etc. haha! I have so much more energy and I can tell a difference in my strength too. (Thanks fat kitty!) Hopefully soon I can find somewhere safe to get back into running and biking. I used to run 2 miles a day, but I haven't done that since 2018. Another contributing factor is FINALLY getting on the right combination of medication for my depression and anxiety. I have the motivation to get up and take care of myself now. Even my hair is improving with my diet changes! Never forget that your mind plays the largest role in why you're overeating, and becoming healthy in the body requires you to become healthy in the mind. [link] [comments] |
| It’s as important to remember where you started as where you want to end up. Posted: 26 Jun 2020 08:04 AM PDT I have a very all-or-nothing personality. I can't appreciate progress very much so I always tend to fail at things like weight loss. Even now I don't notice much of a change in my body at all, except that my pants are a little looser and I can sort of see my collarbone. I feel like I have so far to go. But I started seeing a dietician in January and at that point I weighted 228. As of yesterday I'm 205. And I keep thinking, well, I want to get to 150, that's so far away. But then it hits me– I still lost 23lb! That's more than I've ever lost before. I'm only 5lb from my first goal! I haven't been under 200 for like, 6-7 years! I plateaued for like a month. I had days where I ate 2,500 calories. I had days that were all carb and no protein. I had weeks where I gained instead of lost. But I'm still working at it 6 months later, 23lb down. I'm about 30% of my goal. I can do this! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Jun 2020 10:29 PM PDT These past months have been wild for everyone. For me, my mind switch to "weekend" mode due to the lockdown. My hours at work changed and my mind was was stuck thinking everyday was a Sunday. Drinking too much, eating out everyday, and lastly, working out became non-existent. The days went by and by, and the scale went up and up, but I wasn't paying attention since I lost that 50 pounds a couple years ago and have been doing fine without even monitoring. The drinks came in, the food came in, and the calories stayed there. I put my belt on one morning and it was snug. Where it used to sit, was too tight. I looked up into the mirror and panicked. What the hell happened? So to everyone who may have let this happen, remember, we did it once, we'll do it again. I am 5 pounds down closer to my once achieved weight. Only another 20 to go. At least it is less than last time haha. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Jun 2020 07:36 AM PDT F20 5'2 SW:220 CW:160 GW:125-135 I was an obese kid, about 140lbs by the 5th grade (age 10). I maintained that weight through all of middle school and then got to about 160lbs by sophomore year, 180lbs by senior year. A total of 40 pounds in 4 years. My highest weight ever was 220lbs , I've always bigger but I guess I never found my weight to be a problem until I was faced with the reality of being in the 200s. A "problem" in regards to health, as I was being weighed in the doctor's office for the first time in years; while simultaneously being told I have high blood pressure and possibly pre-diabetic at 19. The last time I had weighed myself I was about 180 lbs, which would've been about 40lbs gained in less than a year. I hadn't even noticed. Then the realization struck me; I don't take pictures of myself, didn't own a full length mirror, and wore extremely baggy clothes so even with weight gain that significant I could still make it fit. So how could I have realized? I was censoring my own image from myself to ignore the obvious. I guess I had always thought because I never lost weight that it was too hard, as if it would just fall off by itself. So I started July 2019, just with CICO and not really exercising. Just counting calories is what helped me lose the initial 50lbs. Obviously at the weight I was it's easier to lose weight but I was still astonished at how much I was able to lose from simply restricting. I have issues with food, binging and such, so doing OMAD (1200-1400 calories) helped me curve the urge to full on binge. By February 2020 I started incorporating exercise here and there and lost an additional 10 which got me back into the 160s! Which brings me to my plateau, I've been stuck in the mid 160s all of quarantine, after initially losing most of my weight in that amount of time. It's hard to find motivation to eat healthily when I'm not seeing any improvements, even with measuring tape. Leaving me with another realization, the methods I used to lose weight at 220, don't work at 160. I didn't have to eat clean, even moderately clean really. I was still eating whatever I wanted within my calorie limits which helped me lose weight, but didn't help the actual cause of the weight gain. Basically I wasn't building healthy habits which makes the likelihood of gaining weight more prevalent and that's just not an option for me. In the last week I've been making an effort to eat more whole foods and exercise, went from 163.4-159.2. Technically in the 150s, after a 4 month plateau. Tldr; weight loss is not linear! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 Jun 2020 12:44 AM PDT Hey all So the past few years I (M19) have steadily climbed up from being almost underweight (especially when puberty and second puberty (i'm trans and get hrt) hit me I gained a lot vv fast) to having a bmi of 25/26. Which is technically still borderline "healthy" but as a former gymnast who is used to a flexible lighter body. I hate it here. I genuinly think the only reason I am not obese yet is because I am very active. The problem is my diet. I can't seem to get my excessive snacking, way to big portions and general weird eating under control. I've done CICO on an off in the past year or two, and it worked really well. Only problem was that it worked too well, I get easily obsessed with the numbers and low restricting myself into a hell hole of guilt and disordered eating. Anyone have any tips on how to be more concious about my eating/do CICO without losing your mind? [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: June 27th, 2020 Posted: 26 Jun 2020 11:07 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: 26 Jun 2020 08:29 PM PDT Yeah I made a post here a few months ago about some progress I made but it wasn't big enough of an accomplishment so the mods removed it so I got all pissy and prissy and stopped checking the sub because this bitch can hold a grudge but boy oh boy I miss feeling successful i lost 30 gained it l back plus another 20 but denied my literal fat ass a good support group because I messed upbso CAN ANYONE PLEASE TELL SOBER ME HOW TO STAY TF ON TRACK PLEASE BEFORE I DIE BEFORE 30 OF FAT RELATED ILLNESS THANK Bixby remind me to find my charger in 10 hours Bixby start a timer for 10 hours. Bixby start a timer for ten oh OK wait [link] [comments] |
| My Friends Keep Telling Me CICO Isn't Going to Work Long Term. Posted: 26 Jun 2020 04:10 PM PDT (Male, 6', 32, 240) Hey all. Been lurking for about three years now, trying different stuff to get my weight down. I'm finally getting somewhere with CICO. I've lost about 25 lbs. over the last three months, which I'm super excited about. The only problem is everyone I mention it to tells me that CICO won't work long term. I've seen success stories on here that say otherwise, but people in my life keep saying, "you have to cut out X completely" or, "you'll never keep losing weight if you don't stop eating like that." Has anyone else had people suggest this to you, and what has been your attitude/response? [link] [comments] |
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