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- [Challenge] The Great Loseit Cookoff Challenge - Week 0 SIGN UPS STILL OPEN!!!
- Do not get fat
- NSV: I made an indulgent meal today and it turned out to be 544 calories only. My habits changed so much!
- How I lost 60+ pounds in 6 months (227 -> 164) | M 24 5'9
- Down 110
- I look like someone else in the mirror 28F SW: 301 lbs CW: 269 lbs
- Almost down 100ibs!
- Down 49lbs. What finally worked!
- Weight Loss Win!
- Literally just binged 2 min ago and need some consolation
- Quarantine Blues
- I finally felt confident enough to wear a white t-shirt!
- I’m no longer overweight!
- NSV found an old pair of jeans - size 28 down to a size 14-16 (UK)
- Faced a fear and temptation yesterday.
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: July 11th, 2020
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 10
- I’m scared
- Why am I not losing any weight? Any advice welcome.
- Just like riding a bike? Help?
- FitBit calories burned seems way too high?
- Hi I just joined
- Finally reached onederland
- I always feel like I gain weight when I try to eat at maintenance, so I end up yo-yoing constantly. What am I doing wrong?
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| [Challenge] The Great Loseit Cookoff Challenge - Week 0 SIGN UPS STILL OPEN!!! Posted: 10 Jul 2020 08:52 AM PDT |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2020 07:40 PM PDT For my whole life, i've been obese and i'm 18. It destroys you, physically and mentally. You go outside, you sweat like a pig, your feet start to hurt, your back hurts, you feel like everyone is judging you(mentally absolutely fucking exhausting) You take the stairs? Out of breath and enjoy your headache. You bought nice jeans? Well enjoy them for 2 weeks, because that's when the crotch will tear apart because of too much sweat. You cant wear something for more then a day because of too much sweat. It destroys your body and mind, more then anything on this world. Proud to say i went from 286 pounds to 171. I feel like spiderman. Everything in life is just so much better. But, i'm still recovering from worn knees from all those years of being obese. I have worn knees while i'm 18. 18 years old. Luckily i'm still young so doctors said i'll recover quickly. Do not get fat. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2020 06:22 AM PDT TLDR: I'm allowing myself to eat 2500 calories today so I decided to eat whatever I felt like for lunch. Ended up being much less than what the old me would have eaten, and I was shocked to see my habits change like this. The meal was stuffed pita pockets with feta, falafel, hummus, salad and yoghurt dressing. I had a depressive day yesterday and only ate 500 calories. However, it's important to me to eat up my calories, as I had problems with disordered eating in the past. That means I'm planning to eat about 2500 calories today (my aim is 1500 a day). I decided I could eat whatever I wanted for lunch, and went for the big scary pitas I've had for a while but then didn't eat because they're 200 kcal each and that's a lot of calories for bread. Anyway, I used as much as I wanted from all the ingredients, and by the end the pita pockets (and later me, haha) were stuffed. I was so shocked to see this, because a couple years ago, I would have stuffed my face with probably two times the food, and snacked on falafel and feta while preparing the meal. I'm trying to only eat once I'm seated and "eating time" has started, because otherwise I'd snack up to 1/3 of my meal while cooking and called it tasting. Then I'd end up with a sad and small plate full of food and didn't feel like I ate much at all. This is such a big win for me, and I'm really happy about it. Habit changes are important to me, because I'm not dieting, I had a lifestyle change. [link] [comments] |
| How I lost 60+ pounds in 6 months (227 -> 164) | M 24 5'9 Posted: 10 Jul 2020 01:54 PM PDT This year I decided to make a lifestyle change that resulted in losing 63 pounds in the first six months. I had tried to lose weight in the past and while I would lose about 10 lbs each time but I had a tendency to abandon the journey and gain it all back. I knew I had to do something different if I wanted to actually make a difference in my health. MotivationI realized I lacked a 'why' every other time I attempted to lose weight. I knew if I wanted to get serious about losing weight I needed a new mindset, a 'why' to drive me. I was surprised at how my reason for losing weight evolved as I started seeing the pounds come off. My initial motivation was quite superficial, I wanted to lose as much as I could before a cruise that we had planned in late March. I pinned a photo of the ship on my bedroom door so I would see it each morning. This helped me get started and I believe having the constant reminder in the form of the photo on my door was key in getting my ass to the gym and keeping my diet straight at first. After COVID hit our cruise was canceled and while it was a bummer, I knew I needed to keep my weight loss efforts up. I no longer had the motivation of the cruise, but I was able to find motivation elsewhere. I started noticing improvements in my health, I had way more energy, less back, knee and hip pain, and I was no longer waking up feeling like shit due to what I had eaten the night before. Continuing to improve my health became my prime motivator. I also have a Fitbit to track my progress, seeing that progress was also very motivating. DietI am not a fan of fad diets or diets that require a lot of effort like keto, so the focus on my diet was to eat less and to incorporate more vegetables into my daily consumption. Overeating was obviously the reason I was fat, I had associated food with feeling good so I would eat until I was overstuffed and ended up feeling like shit. I was stuck in a negative feedback loop of eating to feel good, then feeling like shit. Since my main focus was to eat less, I didn't shy away from things that I normally would overconsume like pizza and ice cream. As long as I was in a deficit I told myself that I could eat whatever I wanted. I think this was a key factor in why I was able to stick to the diet. In the past I would restrict certain foods like pizza and try to eat super healthy which would ultimately set myself up for failure. When my diet failed, I failed, and I quit the journey. To hold myself accountable, I counted every single calorie that I consumed every day for the entire 6 months. I would occasionally estimate the amount I was consuming when I didn't have a scale but I always tried to overestimate. I couldn't recommend getting a food scale enough, it was much easier to accurately track what I was eating when I was able to weigh it. ExerciseI was once told that losing weight is 80% diet and 20% exercise so I put more effort into making sure I was on top of my diet, but still wanted to improve my fitness with regular exercise. I decided to get a gym membership at Planet Fitness right from the start. I always hated the gym but felt much more comfortable with the atmosphere at Planet Fitness so it was easier to push myself to go. I was able to force myself to go consistently enough that I built a habit of going to the gym. As my energy levels increased I felt a need to move my body and actually had 'cravings' to go to gym when I hadn't been in a few days. Going to the gym at this point became subconscious, rather than having to force myself to go. At the gym I would focus more on cardio for calorie burning, but if I had time I would do strength training as well. During this time I also started hiking long distances. I quickly fell in love with hiking and I was doing 10-15 mile hikes once, sometimes twice a week on the weekends during the colder months. When the gyms closed due to COVID and the temperature started to heat up, I picked up cycling for exercise. I developed a similar passion for cycling and I try to get on the bike 3 times a week. It is much easier to ride bike for an hour in the Texas heat than it is to hike 10+ miles. ConclusionI feel like this weight loss journey has made me more mentally mature and I've realized I am able to do anything within my means as long as I put my mind to it. Not only has my physical health improved but I feel like my mental health is stronger than ever. I have more self confidence and am less worried about my appearance. I plan to continue my journey but I want to shift more focus to strength training. I plan to stop counting calories now that I know how much I need to be eating in an attempt to maintain/continue losing. My goal was to change my lifestyle and it worked. I surprised myself how easy it was to lose weight once I got the hang of it and it became my new normal. Waking up and deciding that something needed to change was the best thing that has happened to me. Thanks for attending my TED talk. *I decided to recreate this picture from my 22nd birthday in 2018 for my 24th on June 28th. Edit: Some people have been asking about my calorie intake. I tried to aim for an average of 1800 a day. I had an average deficit of around 1200. 3500 cals/lb * 63 lbs = 220,500 cals ÷ 181 days = 1,218 calorie deficit. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2020 08:21 AM PDT I am a 22M. I've been overweight my entire life. This February I went to the doctor for the first time in yeeeeeears (didn't have insurance) and weighed 506. The heaviest I've ever been recorded at. I started somewhat dieting then but had a major setback at ten pounds. Towards the end of March after working a new warehouse job for a few weeks I weighed at home at about 468. I was amazed because my diet was still bad. My job was so physical that it'd been helping me lose weight without even trying. I became fully committed then and started exercising regularly (lots of walking and ddpy) along with cico meal prep. I'm now 2 weeks removed from that warehouse job (I took it because I needed essential work to pay rent. I left because I finished college in May and start teaching in August) and I've continued my diet and exercise and have continued losing. I'm at 396 as of this morning and it is truly amazing. I feel like my relationship with food has improved so much and I've never been committed like this. Seeing a 3 instead of a 4 or 5 at the start of my weight is humbling and so awesome. I cannot wait to keep going. This sub has helped a lot. I hope everyone is well. [link] [comments] |
| I look like someone else in the mirror 28F SW: 301 lbs CW: 269 lbs Posted: 10 Jul 2020 09:17 PM PDT Today after a long day out and about I came home and passed by my bathroom mirror. I did a double-take. I looked like a different person in the mirror. I could see my natural face shape a bit more. I could see my features as they naturally are, not as my added face fat has warped them to be. I've only lost around 30 pounds so far, but I have seen a huge difference in my face and it all culminated in this profound moment for me - my weight loss is working and the proof is right in front of me. And I'm still very heavy, so I can't wait to see what I look like further down the road. This has been a huge new source of motivation. I've hardly ever stuck to a weight loss stretch long enough to see results and it is incredible. It's a hard feeling to describe. I have been using CICO and doing walking and aerobic exercise. Hoping to start C25K very soon. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2020 05:22 PM PDT So I've been a massive lurker on this sub, fuelling me with help and motivation. I started this whole thing at 251 ibs in November 2019, currently sitting at 154 ibs! I can't describe how much better my life has become, and this sub helped sooo much. I set a goal weight and never thought I'd actually get lower than it! I never set a time scale for myself and was careful to never drop to stupidly small calories! I was sensible and used the CICO approach alongside exercise, once I got the hang of nutrition and healthy eating habits it was pretty easy to control any urges with moderation and control. I took two months recently eating at around maintenance and managed to keep my weight the same. Now I've decided it is time for the final 5kg push, I know it will be slower and I'm not too bothered, I actually really enjoy the structure of tracking more than not (which is so strange) Anyway I just wanted to appear on here to say thanks to everyone for their posts and advice, you've kept me sane (whilst some of my friends were less than supportive!). Big love to r/loseit! [link] [comments] |
| Down 49lbs. What finally worked! Posted: 10 Jul 2020 09:33 PM PDT Last year on my birthday I set a goal. I had stress ate to my fattest ever. I could fit into 1 pair of pants (of the 8 I owned), and even those were tight. I realized that I'm not a kid anymore, and losing the weight would just get harder as I got older. So, I set my high school weight -180- as my goal by my next birthday. I needed to lose 50 lbs. I also liked that 180 metaphorically represents a complete turn around, and I've taken many other steps improve my life as a whole. I met my goal, and I want to pay it forward! I got a lot of ideas from this sub, and others like r/CICO and r/Intermittentfasting ——— 36/M 6ft SW: 229 CW:180 Lazy IF: Mostly 16/8, a couple of 20/4 weeks. Lazy CICO: I'm a creature of habit, so once I knew what my regular foods were I could just do some quick mental math, and keep it 1500ish (or more if I had worked out). I used MyFitnessPal, but not religiously. I did lose more when I got in a good pattern of posting to MFP daily. Natural Exercise: I hate the gym, but I love to workout. Hiking, SUP, Foundation Training(YouTube) to fix muscle/posture imbalances, hot yoga(pre-Covid), and home improvement projects. During Covid: I would do two long walks a day during SAH order, and mixed in paddle boarding and hikes too since. I've lost 30 pounds just since March! Mental Health Counseling: Try it you are a stress eater, or a depression eater, or just a human being alive during a pandemic. Making you're first appointment and getting yourself in the room is scary, but I was excited to go back for appointment two, and thereafter. Goal setting: What's the saying? If it's measured it's manageable? Something like that. I've tried to lose weight for a decade to no avail. Or, maybe this is the first time I actually tried. This was the first time I made a plan, and actually carried through. Maybe I just finally got my shit together? I did it, and I'm just hoping to inspire someone, as I've been by countless anonymous Redditors. I'm down 50lbs, and feel fucking fantastic! If you're squeezing into your "fat" pants now, what better day to start than today? It's possible to turn it around! If not now, when? 🙏 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2020 04:50 PM PDT I have always been a yo-yo dieter, and over-restricted myself unsustainably. Almost exactly a year ago, at my wedding no less, I (25F, 5'4") weighed 200lbs on the nose. I had to have my dress let out, which was disappointing, but I felt no less beautiful on the day. Fast forward a bit, in March my state closed down and I began working from home, which gave me the mental space I needed to revive my past efforts. I had the most success in the past with CICO, and had recently learned about IF (16:8). These two tools have given me the ability to lose weight sustainably without feeling like I am missing out on anything. I still get to eat the things I want, within reason, and it doesn't require me to add any crazy work-outs. (Although, obviously the more calories you burn in a day means the more calories you get to eat in a day, so I try to get my steps in.) My goal was to eat between 1200-1500 calories a day, but mostly to maintain a minimum of a 500 kcal deficit. (According to my fitbit app, that is the deficit for a projected loss of 1lb/week). My starting weight at the beginning of March was 192.6lbs. I stagnated in June and hovered around 181lbs. It's been hard for me to stick with it because I don't feel all that different. (Although I recently came across a picture from a year ago, and holy s**t, FACE GAINS). I decided to redouble my efforts at the beginning of July, and today I weighed in at 175.2! This wouldn't be an overwhelming victory if I didn't mention this detail, I've been overweight, technically obese, the entire time that I've known/dated my husband (26M, 6'1"), so for 6-8 years. Today, I weigh exactly 1.5lbs less than him! I hope by this time next year to have reached my goal weight, and this is one small step on the way to achieving that. Best of luck to the rest of you on this journey! [link] [comments] |
| Literally just binged 2 min ago and need some consolation Posted: 10 Jul 2020 04:16 PM PDT My stomach feels like it's about to burst. Im gonna be sick and actually puke holy crap. I started my day off so healthily and even worked out this morning. I had solid meals, then started grazing... I knew something was coming up. Then had to have dinner with my family which for some reason triggered a binge afterwards on peaches, an omelette, granola.. etc. I felt incredibly autopilot esque and now reality is setting back in. I went over calories for sure, maybe 2500? But at this point idec about the calories. I've already been having struggle staying under my goal this whole week. Moreso just mad bc I broke my month long no-binge streak. The food I binged was also not notoriously "bad", but it's the mentality, not the food that makes it a binge. I can't want to start my fasting period (I do 16:8 IF) and feel empty and hungry tomorrow morning when I wake up. Why am I like this. Why? I might delete this post soon out of embarrassment but now I'm just at a real low point comrades. Good vibes appreciated, tough love also welcome 🥴. And some tips on how to expedite the feeling physically crummy part. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2020 07:47 AM PDT At home all day with my 3 year old, I was starting to go crazy. I was eating everything in sight and was stressed to the max with work. I have never been light, but I was up to 225 lbs. I decided back in April, to take a walk down the street by myself just to get out of the house and have a small break from my daughter. Those walks turned into bike rides which turned into jogging. I started using the C25K app and have been eating better with intermittent fasting. This morning I was 202. This is the closest I have been to 200 in a very long time and I can't wait to get under it! All it takes is one step. Even if it is a small one! [link] [comments] |
| I finally felt confident enough to wear a white t-shirt! Posted: 10 Jul 2020 08:42 AM PDT I don't know if this is a personal struggle or common amongst people here but since before I started my journey at over 285 pounds, I never EVER was comfortable or even had the confidence to wear a white t-shirt, they really just made me realize how huge I was and I was terrified of it being too see through. I absolutely hated white t-shirts. But..... Now i'm 40 pounds down and I finally had the idea to try one one and i'm blown away by how much my feeling about them has changed and how much different I look and feel then previously. I would probably consider this an off scale victory and like I said i'm not sure if it's common or not but it sure did motivate me to keep going! I hope this reaches or helps anybody who's in the same situation as me to keep going! It's the greatest feeling in the world. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2020 03:00 AM PDT I wasn't sure whether to post this, since it's far less impressive than some of the amazing things I've seen you guys achieve, but then I thought "maybe there's someone at home who needs to see this today" and figured why not share. For the first time in 15 years, my BMI is officially in the healthy weight range. I've only lost 15lb so far, which I know isn't much, and I have another 15lb or so to lose before I'll feel completely satisfied, but to be able to stand on the scales and not feel like I'm doing something wrong feels huge. The one annoying thought in the back of my mind is that know I held myself back by not trying to do this sooner because I was so scared that I'd fail. I've felt miserable in my own skin and powerless to change anything for more than half of my life and now that I am making changes successfully I'm so happy but also so angry I didn't do this 10 years ago. If there's anyone out there who's in my shoes, who's always felt like they're not that overweight so it shouldn't really bother them, while also knowing that even those few extra lbs feels like a ton of bricks on their self esteem, just know that just because a change is small it doesn't mean it's not worth making. I know it can be disheartening to see other people celebrating 100lb loss while you're struggling to shift 10lb, but we're all on the same road here even if we started in different places. So keep it up. I didn't think I could do it, but apparently I was wrong! [link] [comments] |
| NSV found an old pair of jeans - size 28 down to a size 14-16 (UK) Posted: 11 Jul 2020 12:44 AM PDT I was clearing out the cupboards in my spare room and came across an old pair of jeans. I couldnt believe how heavy they were and how much fabric was in them. I compared to a pair of my current jeans and the difference is massive. I got into one leg of them (stretchy material, but still!) 2.5years ago i was 356lbs and wearing a UK size 28 in clothes. Now at 208lbs and in a size 14-16. Sometimes you dont realise how much weight you have lost, how many inches are gone until you actually see a visual representation. Im keeping these jeans until i can get to my goal weight and see if there is another big difference. Edit: not enough content! I decided to start this journey as i was fed up of my limited clothing choices. If i was going somewhere and needed a new dress, i had 2 stores in my town that catered to larger ladies. I was essentially stuck with buying something that fit my body, rather than something that i actually liked, or made me look and feel good. It made shopping a miserable experience. Now i can wander into most shops, try something on and if i dont like how it looks, i know there are so many more options and more stores to try. My weightloss has been a mixture of CICO, counting macros, IF, extended fasts. I switch it around a lot as i get bored easily with the same foods over and over again. And my activity level is off the charts - i lift weights with a PT, i walk/run daily, boxing classes, circuits and HIIT. [link] [comments] |
| Faced a fear and temptation yesterday. Posted: 10 Jul 2020 11:28 AM PDT By dinner time I've only had 370 calories because we planned on doing subs from firehouse subs. I decided I was going to face a fear and temptation. So I got a large Italian, foot long, knowing I only intended to eat half. One of my biggest issues is over eating and not letting anything go to waste. Growing up I was poor. There were a lot of times I didn't know, as a kid, where my next meal was coming from. So i'd eat until I couldn't eat anymore or until there was nothing left. So it was time to face that issue head on I sat done and ate half of that sub. Over estimating the calories I assume the calories on the website are not close to being right. So I add on 20% more calories to my daily log. Now i'm at 1,240 calories. I play the 'rationale' for why it'd be okay to eat the other half. Heck i'd barely come up to the calories needed to maintain my weight, but that isn't my goal. So the rest of the sub went into the fridge. I'm not going to lie. It was tempting to eat it later. Heck I wasn't even at my calorie limit for the day. (1,500 calories) Guess what? It is still in the fridge and I don't care if it gets wasted. I've succeeded in facing my past issue from childhood. It is a good victory. I share this in hopes that it helps someone. I'm 35 years old and have changed my view on what food is to me, and guess what. You can to! I no longer look at food as some form of pleasure or entertainment. I now see food as fuel and that is it. [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: July 11th, 2020 Posted: 10 Jul 2020 09:48 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] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 10 Posted: 10 Jul 2020 04:45 PM PDT Hello losers, Happy Friday! Weight by end of month (199 lbs, preferably trend weight): 201.5. in this morning. 201.5 lbs trend weight. Stay within calorie range (1700 ish): Should be good today, gonna have steak for dinnner. Exercise 5 days a week: Rest day. 9/10 days. Self-care time (JOURNALING, working on love journals, beauty treatments, drawing 0/10 days): TBD. Try a new recipe once a week: An imitation crab salad with homemade sauce & eyeballing a crock pot Italian wedding soup. 1/5 weeks. 50 pages of The Body Keeps the Score: Not tonight. 0/50 pages. No fast food or candy from the work dish: Streak day 10. 2 candy related lapse in judgement. Listen to my effing body: Body is sore. Rest day taken. Be more mindful & express gratitude, avoid the hedonic treadmill: Today the heat helped me be a little more mindful of sensory input. Also, damn it's hot kids. Your turn! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 11 Jul 2020 12:58 AM PDT I'm 20 years old black female, around 320 pounds and I'm scared shitless. I just read a post about how someone my age had a stroke and was permanently disabled. I don't have insurance right not because of covid and I live in America, and I'm a college student so I can't afford a huge bill rn. Everyday I'm seeing that my body is no longer okay but it's not like an outfit I can zip out of. I'm scared that if I start this journey I'm going to just get permanently injured in the process. I'm scared about how hard this will be, and if I'll have the willpower. I'm scared of the end result with a bunch of saggy skin hanging on my body at 20 years old. But I'm also tired of hating what I see in the mirror, not being able to do the things normal 20 year olds are supposed to be able to do. I don't know- I feel stuck. [link] [comments] |
| Why am I not losing any weight? Any advice welcome. Posted: 10 Jul 2020 11:21 PM PDT Hello! I recently had some success going from 200 to 180 pounds on keto, but when I started going back to the gym, I didn't have enough energy for intense exercise so I started eating carbs again. I gained about 6 pounds after going back to the gym, which baffled me. Luckily my weight has been dropping but incredibly slowly, but these past two weeks I've been at a complete stand-still and the scale won't budge, no matter how hard I try. Here's a little info about my routine: • I sleep around 11pm/12am to 8am/9am • First thing in the morning I have a protein shake that is 260 kcal • I eat 40% carbs, 30% protein, 30% fat and stick to it fairly well, +- 3% • My BMR is 1330 kcal, so I eat 1070 kcal at the advice of my personal trainer • My body fat percentage is 46% as of about 3 weeks ago, and while I do feel slimmer and I don't know if it dropped, I have hardly lost any inches around my waist • I drink at least 3 L of water every day • I go to CrossFit 4-5 times a week and see a personal trainer once a week, then usually I have one day of just cardio I don't understand what more I could be doing to lose weight, I'm at my wits end! Could someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong? [link] [comments] |
| Just like riding a bike? Help? Posted: 11 Jul 2020 12:43 AM PDT Hi, So 3 years ago I started losing weight and went from 400 > 292.5lbs at my lowest, I was in my element, made up to be alive. I ran a 10k, I did two assault courses, I played sports for FUN multiple times a week, I benched 220lbs, I jogged for 20 minutes straight. I stuck to a PPL routine for 6 months. I was more active than I've ever been in my entire life. I lost 14 inches off my waist, shirts went down by three X's. Then, one year in, I herniated my disc whilst squatting and was out for months, heavy painkillers, off work, just waking up to take painkillers and then go back to bed. My gym 5-6 times a week turned into netflix, my cooked chicken and veg turned into ubereats, my protein shakes; Mcflurries. 292 became 310 but that was okay because i was injured, then 330, 350 and 395. I've never recaptured my drive. Now I'm back to square one. What I'm asking for is people's help; I noticed when i was working out I did everything in a very structured way, everything was planned and I was held accountable by myself and my peers. Now my fitness accounts and apps are long gone so what I'm asking for is your help. Share your fitness routines, which apps you use, any tips/ recipes/ anything at all that you believe helps you. I used to have a supportive bunch of people from this subreddit on MFP I just can't remember any of their names! I hope they're all maintaining right now anyway, the only one I remember is a dude named something like Blackbird3008 - was 300lbs - hope you've achieved your goals if you stumble across this :) If anyone wants to be Myfitnesspal friends my username is the same as my reddit name, BICBOIISSMOLBOI, I'll be setting up a strava under the same name and once I can find my fitbit I'll be on there, I'll also join any apps/ communities suggested. If you want to send usernames I'll add every single person and we'll do this together! Lastly, thank you to anyone who responds, you can't understand just how appreciated any help is. [link] [comments] |
| FitBit calories burned seems way too high? Posted: 10 Jul 2020 09:45 PM PDT m/270/5'11 I have my FitBit paired to MyFitnessPal, and it keeps track of all the calories I've burned throughout the day. It's telling me I've burned 4500 calories (1500 of which through exercise), leaving me with about 2000 leftover calories from my original 1860 limit. The ONLY exercise I've been doing is 500 steps an hour (7000 total today). I walk 2 blocks, come back, climb the stairs, and that's it. I know heavier people tend to burn off excess calories easier, but 1500?? That seems wrong, right? That's enough for 2 entire extra meals. Anyway, it's pretty late so I probably won't be indulging in those extra 2000 calories. But burning 1500 calories in 7000 steps seems unlikely. Is there something wrong with my FitBit? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 11 Jul 2020 12:24 AM PDT I'm a 35yo woman in South Korea that's tired of her Western frame yoyoing and the subsequent public bullying. I promised myself this will be my last diet and will keep it off for good this time. I currently lost 5kg in 2 months, need to lose another 30kg exactly to be 3kg under median standard weight (does that even make sense? the weight smack in the middle of the standard weight range) I really don't have a good relationship with eating, especially when my breadwinning job involves heavy drinking (alcohol) and my other job is indie game dev which for some reason makes me really empty physically and spiritually every hour. Hope I'll get lots of encouragement and support on my last journey from this SR! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2020 08:17 AM PDT I absolutely "cheated" to get here. Weighed myself this morning first thing and was at 200.8 which I've been at for two freaking weeks (had an oops few days after the 4th and bday cake for my roommate). Then I went and sweated it out running errands, took a shower, and used the bathroom. 199.8! It's definitely something I've been waiting to see, even as a fluke! It officially marks my half-way mark from 235-165. So I'm just here to remind all you people out there that small changes make big results! I started in late Feb and now here I am. I've been averaging about a pound or so a week, with a few stalls here and there. Just keep trucking my friends! We'll all get there. Stay positive, lord knows my past two weeks have been a nightmare with my best friend moving and my pup having surgery that didnt go the best. But we're both on the right path and headed towards happiness! For how I got here so far: Started CICO on the lose it app. I work retail so at first I was trying to hit 1997 calories per day for a 400 calorie deficit. After the first 10lbs were gone I switched to 1930. Im assuming it'll drop again here shortly through the app. I had to start focusing on my protein intake and now I do a 30g protein scoop in a smoothie every morning, skipping only a day or so when I have major lazy/rest days. I eat a lot more fish than I used to, because tilapia is hardly any calories, super duper low cost, and high in protein! I've also switched all late night snacks (which was usually some form of sweet bread) for tea with honey and a shot glass full of jumbo chocolate chips. My house looks vaguely alcoholic because I collect shot glasses and tend to leave them all around as this habit happens largely at night lol. I started the couch to 5k routine 10 weeks ago and completed it. I now jog 27-ish minutes 3-4 times a week, and on days when I don't feel like doing that I've started jumping rope and doing mad leg days, and abs/yoga. This has drastically helped keep my muscles actually working. I can't do any upper body weight training due to damage/injuries in my arms, so yoga is as far as I can go chest/arms wise. But I try to keep up with it as best I can without doing anything actually harmful. And, if you've ever seen any of my comments, I consistently ask my self "Is this worth it?" As of now I can accurately say yes, yes it is. Not having ice cream, no fast food, minimal restaurant, no more fried chicken, lots of early morning jogs— it's all been very, very worth it. And I'm so excited to keep going and hit my goal by Christmas! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2020 10:28 PM PDT So I'm 5'9, female, and weigh about 140lbs. I'm fairly active (doing workouts or yoga 3-5 times a week and walking for 30 mins most days) This seems to be where my body is most comfortable, but my weight can fluctuate up or down 5 pounds depending on whether I'm trying to lose some extra pounds (I'm most comfortable around 135-138), or whether I try to eat at maintenance when I get there. When I'm dieting I eat between 1,300-1,550 calories, but will have a day or two a week when I eat up to 1,700. According to most TDEE calculators online, I need to eat anywhere between 1,700-2,100 calories to maintain weight. However, when I get to a good weight and I try to eat maintenance (and this is still with tracking calories, albeit more loosely), the weight comes back in the blink of an eye. It's driving me insane because I feel like I'm just spending my life yo-yoing between dieting and gaining weight. I know there are a lot of myths surrounding calorie restricting and messing up your metabolism. Is that what's happening here? Someone please advise. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2020 10:10 PM PDT Hello everyone, I have just recently started learning Excel, and have come up with a side project to help me practice the little things I've learnt. This project is diet-related - loosely following the principles of CICO and macro counting, the spreadsheet aims to help you keep track of three things:
I've diet-ed utilising similar principles with varying degrees of success over the past 2 years, and am hoping to share that with you. Ultimately, what I want to get out of this is to receive feedback on how the formulas can be better written, and how this spreadsheet can be made more user-friendly. The spreadsheet is available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A8tDP3FkZSbxrL_TQOJp3oZfbRt-pNOY/view?usp=sharing EDIT: Please DOWNLOAD a copy for your usage. DO NOT open the file in Google Drive. [link] [comments] |
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