Weight loss: The financial consequences of being fat are worse than you thought |
- The financial consequences of being fat are worse than you thought
- Two days in a row I’ve gotten myself out of bed and went for a walk!
- I've lost 78 pounds.
- How do I gain water weight? Let me count the ways.
- Got called skinny whilst running
- Success! I weigh exactly the same as I did a 9 days ago before I took a week long holiday vacation, didn't cook any of my own food, didn't count calories, and socially drank.
- What I’ve Learned While Losing 75 Pounds
- 37M 5'10" SW: 265 CW: 199 GW: 180? - Silver Lining to the lockdown--I was able to focus all of my energy on myself!
- Crazy Gaining Weight Math (and a formula so that you, too, can change your thinking around that gain a bit)
- Thinking about eating salads forever makes me sad
- I’m getting better at portioning and counting calories
- 1 am hunger pains are awful. How to make them stop?
- 63 pounds in 6 months - M 5'9
- I want to lose 20 pounds and feel and look healthier, but everyone I know discourages me because they think I look fine.
- I just found this sub and I think it’s the right place for me
- i’ve hit a wall
- NSV - It doesn't hurt to take my ring off!!!
- I weighed myself today and wasn’t expecting the number I saw
- Ketoversary! Down 145ish pounds!
- Slow progress is still progress!
- I have a new line on my body!!! Anyone know what muscle this is?
- I don't have any pictures, but I do want to share
- I’ve lost *oNe pOuNd* in five weeks
- 4 month progress with no gym and mostly bodyweight workouts. SW: 150 lbs CW: 132 lbs
| The financial consequences of being fat are worse than you thought Posted: 06 Jul 2020 01:18 PM PDT Well maybe you already knew the consequences but I sure was in for a shock. My husband and I have struggled to save money this year. We chalked it up to misfortune. We lost two cars in the past year through two collisions. Thankfully, we were not at fault in both cases so we recovered some of the money lost from the vehicles. New vehicles cost more though and we bought them outright. After that, my husband had his rear window smashed and all his work tools stolen, so we had to replace those to the tune of a few thousand. These were the excuses we were using. We've just had bad luck — that's why we're not saving. I decided to sit down and review our monthly spending, line by line, and what I found was shocking. Firstly, I'm a big foodie and cook at home a fair amount (I'd wager more than 75% of the time). But the recipes I enjoy all use weird, rare, and often expensive ingredients. I was floored to see our grocery bill exceed $1K last month. Keep in mind this is groceries only. My husband and I also both work long hours (12+ hour days each) and so we don't always have time to cook at home. We consequently have developed a bit of a skip the dishes and fast food habit that's proved hard to kick. I tallied those costs up and it was another $700 Additionally, my binge eating problem causes me to drop $10-40/week easy on snacks and such from the convenience store. It's mostly motivated my extreme stress but when I get a craving, I can't say no. It's an addiction. I've ventured out into a snowstorm for a bag of Doritos in the past. The total for snack spending was over $300. Finally, my husband deals with his stress with alcohol. It seems we've both developed some maladaptive coping mechanisms over the years. His beer spend was another $300. Add it all up and that's well OVER $2K! For two people. Now I know where all our money is going! I may not care about how I look like anymore or whether I live or die, but I am one miserly fuck. This financial wake-up call has made me more cognizant of our food spending and we're actively making efforts to reduce it now. Just thought I'd share. It was an eye-opener for me to add up those numbers and it's just the kick in the arse I need to change my ways. Haha. TL;DR being fat makes you poor. I didn't realize how poor until I sat down to review the numbers. EDIT: I wanted to thank everyone for the excellent advice that's been posted. It's great to hear about what's worked for everyone. We're reviewing comments now and working them into our "action plan". Here's what our action plan looks like so far: - Cutting back on expensive ingredients and finding cheaper alternatives where possible. - Stopping grocery shopping in between big shopping trips. We have a bad habit of shopping to pick up "a few things" in between our main shops and hot damn does this add up fast. - Reducing our takeout to 1x at the end of the month and doing more meal prep. I don't work most Sundays so I'm going to start using Sunday afternoon to plan out our meals for the week. - Rolling our snack and beer spending into our grocery bill—this means we're only allowed to buy snacks 2x a month when we complete our shopping. We don't feel ready to go cold turkey here. Small steps FTW! - We're going to download a budgeting app—probably YNAB—immediately to help us reign it in. I also wanted to apologize for being so thoughtless about posting our food budget without first acknowledging our immense privilege. Both husband and I earn good incomes and are incredibly lucky to be able to spend money so foolishly. I understand that many people earn much less and I in no way meant to invalidate these experiences. [link] [comments] |
| Two days in a row I’ve gotten myself out of bed and went for a walk! Posted: 06 Jul 2020 06:14 PM PDT I enjoy walking sometimes, I have a hill that's half a mile from my house that I like to go to. I'll sit on the rock and stare out at the mountains. Then I'll walk back home having a little bit of exercise. However not the past two days, I've been going hard. Both yesterday and today I've taken a path that is 3 miles and it's a perfect loop to my house which I love! I've never been the type to go on walks by myself (obviously that's part of the reason I'm here) instead I made excuses and stuck to them. Not anymore I'm sick of being a fat piece of shit, im done lying to myself I don't care how hard it gets I'm pushing forward. Because if I fail to push forward I'm gonna die in 3 years (more likely self induced instead of health wise). Every time somebody said "if you don't do something about your weight you're gonna die of a heart attack in 5 years" my response was "as long as it kills me I don't care" but maybe I do care, just a little. The past two days leaving the house hasn't been hard, finding the energy to go out wasn't hard, and there was definitely a challenge. As of tomorrow it's gonna be a lot harder. I'm gonna wake up at 8, eat breakfast and then go out for a walk (same 3 mile trail) then I'm gonna shower and head to work. Tomorrow is the first day to pose a real challenge for me (if you read my first post it's mostly due to waking up) but I'm gonna push through it! Wish me luck reddit, it may be just the beginning of my journey and I may have a lifetime of challenges ahead of me. But at least today I can be so ignorant to the difficulty ahead of me that I can say I'm excited. I will continue to post updates as time goes on. And if you read the whole post thank you, I just needed to tell somebody how excited I am and how proud I am of myself even if it's just a little challenge. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Jul 2020 08:27 PM PDT SW - 229.8 CW - 152.2 GW - Unknown. Well holy shit I never thought I would be here. A year later and some change, I am now a completely different person from what I used to be and couldn't be happier with where I have gotten. Believe it or not, I never go to the gym, but that will be changing now that my gym I used to go months ago just reopened. I will never be done with my journey, as I want to keep growing and get even bigger (with muscle, of course). I work at a tire shop, and that's exactly how I got so toned & quite frankly it's how I lost so much weight in the first place. I never followed a diet, I just did CICO & it worked much better then paleo, keto, or whatever I tried. It allowed me to eat whatever I wanted whenever I wanted, but in moderation. I don't watch my calories anymore, but I do make sure not to eat too much. Lots of things have changed in my personal life, such as I actually have confidence now! I'm not afraid to take off my shirt if I go swimming, I'm not afraid to talk to women, and I'm not afraid to go outside! I'm much happier. Much much happier. You guys were a huge part of what pushed me to finally take control of my weight. Thank you! Pics :) https://imgur.com/a/7xK57VW [link] [comments] |
| How do I gain water weight? Let me count the ways. Posted: 06 Jul 2020 04:58 AM PDT This morning, I weighed in at 126.0 pounds: nearly a full five pound increase from the 121.1 I weighed in on July 1. In these last five days, my average calorie intake has been equal to my calorie burn. Aka, I have not gained any fat in these last five days, the five pound gain showing on the scale is entirely water weight. I know exactly why all this weight is there: - I ate more carbs yesterday - I'm sunburned - I exercised harder than usual yesterday - I'm due for my period - It's been hot this weekend It would be really easy for me to panic and think that I'm regaining the weight that I lost. But, I look at the list above and the steady rate I've been gaining over the last five days, and I know that it has to be water weight that will flush away over the next several days. So, PSA, don't worry about temporary gains on the scale. If I'm consistently seeing 126 on the scale over the next month, I'll be concerned. But right now (over a period less than a week), there's no need to stress! Edit, since it's not as common to come up: When sunburned, the skin retains fluids and swells in response to healing the burn. Kind of like how increased exercise causes water weight gain because the muscles hold onto extra water to aid in their repair. [link] [comments] |
| Got called skinny whilst running Posted: 06 Jul 2020 02:24 PM PDT I hate hate hate heckling, as should anyone, but this was a surprising one... I was running along the local canal, ran past a couple of boats and greeted some guys. They replied politely. Ran back maybe 30 mins later and one guy asked "Still running then?" and I replied confirming and laughed and kept running. He hesitated and shouted back saying "That's why you're so skinny then!". This really threw me. I know I've lost a lot of weight, over 50lbs, and some family and friends have commented. (Stats: F/21/SW:208lbs, CW:156lbs, BMI:23.7). However I believe I still don't look "skinny", just a normal weight with a little extra fat around my midsection. Maybe my muscular legs look skinny? Maybe he was a bit drunk? Not sure what I'm trying to say here. Mainly that no-one should ever heckle anyone but also that it was weird (and oddly pleasing) that someone thought I was skinny. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Jul 2020 07:39 PM PDT I was a little worried I'd gain weight back over my vacation, but didn't want to have to try to estimate what I was eating when there was always food out and I usually wasn't near my phone. I didn't track, but tried to make smart choices when picking food out (lots of protein and veggies, less dips and desserts) to try and keep myself from gaining too much. Stuck mostly to hard selzers and wine instead of sugary drinks (I hate beer anyway). I ended up weighing the exact same at my weigh in today. Which might actually mean I lost a bit of weight, as I'm a bit bloated from eating foods I typically avoid. Either way, I'm happy I'm learning what to eat, even in social situations. [link] [comments] |
| What I’ve Learned While Losing 75 Pounds Posted: 06 Jul 2020 11:53 AM PDT Alright, buckle up kiddos, because this is a long one. Here are some things I've learned in the process of losing 75 pounds. Hopefully they help you, or at least reiterate what you already know so you can kick your reluctant butt into gear. DISCLAIMER: Keep in mind that these are things that worked for me - everyone is different. I am not a health and fitness professional. Do what's best for you.
Everyone says they lost weight in x months, but for most people, the journey is an Appalachian trail hike, not a quick walk in the park. Your journey started the first time you tried to lose 20 lbs, then gained more, then tried to lose 30, then lost some, then gained more, and essentially took an express ride on the fluctuating bus. My number finally started to steadily decrease about a year ago, but the process of getting to that point took me a lot longer. Fluctuating isn't failure - it's all part of the journey. Don't beat yourself up. On this same note . . . Why are you in such a hurry? Long term healthy habits don't grow overnight, people, so stop expecting them to. Water your little baby step seeds and commit to the long game. Do you want to be fit forever, or just for now?
What is your why? What is your reason for wanting to lose weight? If your goal is to be skinny, that's all well and good, but it's going to take you a LONG time to get there. That feeling of falling out of a pair of pants that were tight when you bought them? Amazing. But that feeling won't drag you through months and months of effort. If it's about someone else - a partner finding you attractive, proving someone wrong, strangers flirting with you - nope, also too weak. When you are talking yourself into staying on your meal plan after a 3 week plateau and the cookies in the kitchen are calling your name, you won't care about showing Francine from work that you can look hotter than her in a bathing suit. Find YOUR why. Write it down, keep it in your head, whatever. But find it.
As soon as you say you can't help it, as soon as you say food is an addiction and it's in control, you are giving up your own power. That mentality is straight up poison. No one is making you eat. YOU are in charge of each decision, each choice you make, each calorie you consume. So take responsibility, and next time you feel out of control, give yourself a reality check. Reiterate your why. Remind your brain that it's in charge. Does that make it easy? Hell no. But taking responsibility is an early step in revamping your eating habits.
Seriously, you can eat whatever you want, just not as much as you want. I found that restricting food groups on any sort of diet neeeever worked for me. And I tried them all. What finally worked? Making a meal plan that included foods that I'm excited to eat. I regularly plan meals like pita pizza, bacon grilled cheese on whole wheat, and banana nut muffins. Sort out your calorie goals, make a meal plan in advance, and include some things you're hyped about. Does this mean that you can be healthy from just eating junk food all day? Obviously not. The 80/20 rule is pretty solid; I try to include mostly whole and healthy meals overall. Also there are plenty of ways to make pretty much any cuisine healthier. When I first started sustainably losing, I wasn't counting calories. I eventually moved into planning my meals based on my calorie goals in advance so I didn't have to think about it. Over time, I started making healthier swaps to add volume. There's not much about nutrition and calories that hasn't already been said. Find what works for you through trial and error, then keeping doing it.
Get a hobby, seriously. Find a way to redirect your energy and obsess over something that's NOT your weight or your food plans. Plan meals, weigh in, then do something else. If you stick to your goals, you will eventually be the weight you want to be. And then what? Work on expanding your knowledge, finding new activities you enjoy, and mentally lightening up as you go along.
Do not create issues that don't exist, ya'll. Worrying about ending up with loose skin used to keep me up at night. And guess what? I don't have any. For me, I'm sure it's mostly straight up genetics. I got lucky in that regard. Secondly, I didn't rush or do some whack ass crash diet to lose a large amount of weight quickly. I gave my skin cells time to heal. Also, working out, duuuude. Work. Out. Start small if you have to - find an exercise you enjoy. But you've got to move. I've been an avid exerciser for over 10 years. Even when I was at my largest, I was still in the gym or running 5-6 days per week. Of course you may get loose skin anyway. And that's okay, too. But allow things to happen in their own time, and try to refocus your energies on what's happening right now. Another borrowed trouble: don't expect a different body shape. Sure, it can be motivating to look at others' pics, but when you hit your goal weight, you are gonna look like YOU, not them. There's no instagram filter for real life, and edited or not, people obviously choose the most flattering picture to post always. Random exercises and targeted fat loss attempts will not change your natural shape, so why not learn to love what you've got? I didn't include pictures in this post for multiple reasons. I have friends who browse and also don't want any jags to steal my before and afters for shitty weight loss ads or even worse: reposts. But I do recommend taking pictures. I cannot believe how far I've come when I look at photos of my highest weight. I also didn't include my starting or current weights, because they are unique to me. Focus on what healthy looks like on YOU.
I didn't tell anyone I was trying to lose weight this time around, but those close to me obviously noticed and commented in due time. Each time I hit a mini-milestone - 10 pounds lost, broke a plateau, reached a healthy BMI range - I celebrated in my own way. Celebrate each and every victory, scale or non-scale. To wrap this up, I've been feeling absolutely amazing for the first time in a long time. Of course this is partly the weight loss, but it's also the personal work I've done in managing my own depression and anxiety. I am such an emotional eater, and I've gradually overcome this with concentrated effort. I also have PCOS, and have watched those symptoms alleviate as I got healthier. Mental health is supremely important, and reaching your goal weight will not automatically make your problems disappear. Love yourself now, find non-food ways to soothe, surround yourself with the life you want. Most of the reason I've been able to sustainably lose weight at all this time around is due to my prioritizing my mental health first. I've struggled for so long with weight loss, imagining that if I could just get to x size or x weight, I would be able to easily maintain my habits. Well, that's true and not true. If you develop the habits how, you will eventually reach x size. Eat like a healthy person, train like a healthy person, and you will become healthy. I can fit into every single item in my closet. Even gifts from others that were always too small fit me. Most of my clothes are too big at this point, and I'm gradually purchasing a whole new wardrobe. I am thinner than I was in high school, and absolutely the fittest I've ever been. I'm wearing a size small for the first time in 10 years. But the best part is how I feel - truly and simply happy. I'd wish you luck, but you don't need it! I wish you determination and commitment instead. Cultivate the life YOU want - no one else can do it for you. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Jul 2020 10:55 AM PDT I've struggled with my weight since I was in my early 20s. I got into the cycle (that we all know) of up and down, diet to lose weight--drop a ton and slack off. I've tried every diet plan known to man and none seemed to be sustainable for me. In January of this year I was in Baton Rouge, LA visiting a customer. The customer was designing a special safety devise for a manhole and he made a comment along the lines of "I would be able to fit". I was completely embarrassed and I guess I just had my blinders on to being the size I was. I made a few adjustments and hiked one day a week with my wife. Cut back on the beer, etc. Small changes. I was able to get from 265 to 247 by mid March. My wife got me an Apple Watch in mid March for our anniversary. This thing has completely changed my life. Gamifying my activity has made this lifestyle change fun (cant believe I actually said that). I started to focus on getting at least 30 minutes of some kind of activity a day (this is still my goal) and started counting calories. Typical day calories around 1500--and with IF I feel like I can eat like a king. I also cut out alcohol completely. I'm now at 199, finally into ONEDERLAND. I've started incorporating some body weight exercises and I'm still going strong. I'm aiming for 180 now, but I may keep going lower depending on how I look. NSV: -Able to run 30 minutes straight -Size 34 pants, Large Shirts Progress pic: [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Jul 2020 08:41 PM PDT In college I was 133lbs and thought I needed to lose 10lbs. Recently, 8 years later, I realized I'd hit 188.9lbs. At 5'2" (30 years old, F) I was kind of overwhelmed by this number and, needing a focus in COVID times, found my motivation to lose the weight. I've been pretty healthy this whole time/my whole life: I love veggies and whole grains, I love to exercise (backpacking, walking, hiking, swimming, martial arts, weight lifting; a little bit of everything, I'm no expert at any of it), I even love to cook pretty healthy/nutrient rich food. My main problem is treats. I like ice cream, toast for breakfast, too much half and half in my morning coffee, cheese in meals, and extra health food store snacks. It doesn't matter how healthy the foods you eat are if you're eating that many calories and so that's how I gained weight. Anyways, the point of this post is not my life story, the point is the math: 8 years (Roughly 2,920 days) 55.9lbs gained 55.9 lbs x 3500 (calories per lb) = 195,650 too many calories 195,650 too many calories / 2,920 days = 67 extra calories per day SIXTY SEVEN CALORIES. It's not really the whole picture (I went up and down as I naturally gained and lost weight from eating a bit differently, being more or less active, etc. over the years), but it's so crazy to me. 67 calories above CICO or maintenance + activity is.... so small. An extra little scoop of ice cream, a bit more cream in my coffee, an extra large helping of rice at dinner, or even just a fancy meal out once a week where I eat a bit too much and it has too much butter in it... I could easily down an extra 67 calories in just raspberries for goodness' sake and even still feel light and plenty healthy. Anyways, I've turned things around and made myself a meal plan and have been eating 1295 calories (of mostly good things and a few treats) and making sure I'm getting moving almost every day in ways that I find enjoyable. I've lost 11.7lbs off of my highest ever weight, although really 9.8lbs off of my starting weight of 187.0lbs (naturally went down a bit without trying first) and am happily at 177.2lbs give or take and losing. It's not super fun, but it's also not really a big deal and I'm doing it (today is day 26 since 187lbs), but it is damn slow. The slowness has been the hardest part for me. Even when you're losing weight "quick!" (which, honestly, I am) it is sloooooooow. So slow. Isolation/COVID, etc., has added to that for me since it's harder to do a lot of the activities that would normally keep my brain off of this project. Somehow doing this math is helping. I gained it 67 calories at a time, so I can lose it 500+ calories at a time and reframe my thinking to consider that damn fast! Because it is! Anyways, do your own math and share below! It's fun and seems an interesting way to change the narrative in your own head around the speed. (N lbs gained x 3500 calories) / (N years x 365 days) = # of calories "extra" you ate each day to gain the weight [link] [comments] |
| Thinking about eating salads forever makes me sad Posted: 06 Jul 2020 07:36 PM PDT Hi, new to the sub. I'm big and I want to lose weight/eat healthier. Unfortunately I've formed some weird conceptions about food and dieting over the years. There are a few people in my life who were overweight/obese and lost weight enough so that they are now a healthy weight. Which is great, but they always seem like they are just... sad about what they can't eat. It's my perception that eating healthy really means that you can only eat salad for the rest of your life and that bums me out hard. I realize this isn't true, but I am somewhat picky in what I like to eat. It feels like all the interesting healthy options are things that I wouldn't like for one reason or another and since I can tolerate/moderately enjoy salads then salads are all I can eat for the rest of my life. Which makes me sad. Sometimes it feels like I would rather die sooner and enjoy what I eat than live longer and resign myself to eating sad salads. I want to lose weight, but I can't shake the feeling that dieting means only eating a few approved things and missing out on delicious food. I'm not sure what I'm looking for exactly. Maybe some ideas on healthy foods that are yummy (and easy to make, preferably in a skillet) and/or some advice on changing how I perceive 'dieting' and eating healthy. Vegetables don't make me feel full. Proteins do, but protein can be expensive and somewhat boring on its own. I just want to want to eat bread and cheese and sugar forever please help. What can I do? And how can I uncouple feelings from food? TLDR: how do I start dieting without feeling like I'm missing out or that I can only eat sad boring food from now on. Also please be nice. Writing this makes me feel very vulnerable and I actively avoid posting things on the internet for fear of mean internet people. [link] [comments] |
| I’m getting better at portioning and counting calories Posted: 06 Jul 2020 08:14 PM PDT I'm overall trying to get healthier and this sub has taught me a lot. First, I started counting my calories using apps. This is hard because I come from a cultural background that doesn't have a lot of well known foods and different techniques to making food. But I try to aim around the ballpark and eat smaller portions than before. I also measure a lot of food before I eat them. Another thing I learned from this sub is that I don't have to cut unhealthy foods completely from my life, but eat it less often and in smaller portions. Counting calories that made me aware how much I should be eating of the food. I also learned that, even though I love baking, it's not realistic for me as I tend to eat everything within 24 hours, like a brownie tray. I found pre-packaged portions work better for me (Ice cream bars for instance). [link] [comments] |
| 1 am hunger pains are awful. How to make them stop? Posted: 06 Jul 2020 10:32 PM PDT I'm a 23F. I am 10 months Postpartum, and and exclusively breastfeeding my kiddo, and exclusively pumping for my friends kiddo. So I'm feeding two. I have been trying to lose weight for a couple of months. I had lost 3 pounds which was a big deal, I had been plateaued since I gave birth. But I just jumped from 214.6 lbs to 221.2 lbs. It has to be my 1 am hunger pains. Around 1 am every day, I get starving. I'm meeting my CICO every day, and my goal is around 1800 needed. I use my fitness pal and fitbit. How do I make these 1 am feeds stop? Those are pushing me over my 1800 a day definitely. But if I ignore it my stomach is growling and cramping all night. I cant sleep like that. Any advice is helpful! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Jul 2020 02:58 PM PDT 6 months ago, the first Monday in January, I weighed in at 227 lbs. Today I weighed in at 164, a total loss of 63 pounds. I always struggled with my weight from as early as I can remember. I was always a little thicker than my thin friends and never felt comfortable in my skin. I was in the overweight BMI category from middle school until college, when I started to gain weight and became obese. I've never seen myself as a healthy BMI, only overweight and obese. I always chalked it up to genetics assuming I ate the same and just put on more weight than the skinny people. This year I decided to make a change. I had a cruise planned for March and my goal was to get healthy and lose as much weight as possible before the cruise so that I would feel comfortable and confident. I started counting calories and incorporating regular exercise. I used to eat as much as I wanted and would rarely exercise. I would go to the gym but hiking long distances became my new favorite thing to do. By March I was hiking 10-15 miles at a time almost every weekend. The cruise was ultimately canceled (thanks covid) but I had already lost around 30 pounds so I decided to keep it up and try even harder. I exercised more and kept up the calorie restriction and was able to lose another 33 pounds between the end of March and today. This is the first time I have been at a healthy BMI and I feel much more comfortable in my own skin and have experienced an insane confidence boost because of it. My ultimate goal is to be 158 for a nice 69 pounds lost but I'm planning on easing my efforts just a bit. I am tired of counting every calorie I consume and I don't think that is a sustainable practice so I am going to attempt to continue losing/maintaining without counting calories. I feel like I have a better grasp of how much I should be eating so it shouldn't be that hard. NSV:
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| Posted: 06 Jul 2020 09:01 PM PDT Long story short, I have 3 years clean from opiates and anyone in recovery knows how easily you can gain weight after quitting. I'm 4'11 and weigh 140 lbs. Since I've been clean my family and friends (especially my mom) are quick to shut me down when I talk about losing weight because they all think I "look great". I understand that I was too thin during my active drug use but it's really annoying that I'm expected to stay a certain size because others like it. No one else has to live in my body but me and I don't like my body at all right now. Aside from that, I get easily discouraged from working out because I have this addict mentality where I need instant gratification/results even though I know this is not at all practical. I'm out of shape, depressed, and I want my body back. I would love to hear some tough love from anyone else in recovery who has struggled with the weight gain that comes with sobriety. Any tips about how I can start working out slowly as a beginner and staying on track would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance, I'm just kinda lost here. [link] [comments] |
| I just found this sub and I think it’s the right place for me Posted: 06 Jul 2020 05:57 PM PDT First of all, sorry if 'I'm new' posts aren't allowed but I felt like this is a community I really want to be involved in. A month ago I decided I was going to try to join the army, talked to a recruiter and the whole 9. So I go to take my asvab test in two days (I'm stressin) But I'm 26yo female and SEVERELY out of shape. I'm also a mom, via c-section so my stomach muscles are fucked. I started at 141 lbs when I made this decision. Since then I've been actively paying better attention to what I'm eating but it has still been really hard and I'm not sure what path to take about my food diet. Keto, Omad? Haven't figured it out. But I did start using the couch to 5k app , and it's been kicking my ass but I've been sticking with it. I'm 136lbs now and still out of shape but I'm trying super hard to stay motivated and keep going. All the gyms in my area are still closed, and I don't really have time for them anyway. I've been doing my running at night as that's my only free time. Anyone have any tips on how to start attempting to build muscle at home? For the army I do need to be able to do 13 push ups in two minutes, run two miles in under 19 minutes, and do 33 (i think) sit ups in 2 minutes. Right now I'm pretty much at zero. Thanks for reading guys , I've read through some posts here and I'm truly impressed by the amount of focus and determination I've seen! Hope I can be more like you guys [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Jul 2020 10:40 PM PDT i posted recently about FINALLY getting under 200 pounds (woohoo!) but lately i've been struggling to keep losing. i lost about 15 pounds in 2.5 months and was doing really well. but now, i've hit a wall so hard lol i keep gaining and losing the same three pounds. i'll hit 199, and then jump up to 202 a few days later, then down to 200 a few more days later. it's become so frustrating over the last few weeks. i know i should be proud of the weight i've already lost, but this plateau is making it hard to stay focused. i'm following my WW and go out for a 30 minute walk every night. any tips on how to overcome this plateau? im trying to stay strong! [link] [comments] |
| NSV - It doesn't hurt to take my ring off!!! Posted: 06 Jul 2020 12:21 PM PDT So this is a small NSV, and I still have a LONG way to go on my journey (F32 - SW290, CW260, GW175), but this is just one of those things that caught me off guard! I have a semi-delicate wedding ring that I prefer to take off when I work out, do yard/housework, etc. For the longest time, it has HURT to pull the ring off. I used to worry I would have to cut it off one day. But now, I can pull it off without hurting! This is largely thanks to the fact that I've actually been paying attention to the individual macronutrients in my food and how they interact with each other. I've done CICO tons of times, but it was never as effective as I would have liked. And I'd been told repeatedly about the importance of macronutrients, but I didn't fully understand them until recently. I haven't completely cut out carbs - but if I have them, I make sure the fiber is the majority of that. I didn't even realize fiber counted as part of carbs!! And I try to stick with leaner proteins, but if I want to indulge, I just keep it less than 50% calories from fat and stay away from carbs that meal. And my sweet tooth, oh heavens. Halo Top pops, Outshine sugar-free popsicles, and Fiber One soft-baked bars and brownies have been my SAVING GRACE. It's still CICO, but with a greater focus on what food combinations actually go into my body at a given time. If CICO doesn't feel like it's working for you, try investigating how foods combine and what works best to give your body the energy you need as well. I wish I had done that years ago! Hope this is helpful! [link] [comments] |
| I weighed myself today and wasn’t expecting the number I saw Posted: 06 Jul 2020 05:36 AM PDT i'm a 23 y/o F who has struggled with weight and mental issues for almost my whole life. I basically have always focused on my weight and how fat I was. well today i decided would be the start of my diet, i weighed myself, and there's a whole 40 pounds there that I wasn't expecting. I am angry and sad and want to scream at myself. My brain wants that quick fix solution and I know it doesn't exist. I'm at work right now and all I want to do is go home. I don't even know what this post is for. An extra 40 pounds everyone. 30 mere pounds less than my tall muscular boyfriend. Oh my goodness, how did I get here. EDIT: i love this community. the outpour of similar stories, support, and motivation have me smiling after a tough day. thank you all for your comments and for caring. i appreciate it so much! I wish you great successes on your journeys. Lose it is a community I plan to stay in!!! [link] [comments] |
| Ketoversary! Down 145ish pounds! Posted: 06 Jul 2020 05:52 PM PDT |
| Slow progress is still progress! Posted: 07 Jul 2020 02:51 AM PDT Well after my last post where I lost 5kg, I had some stuff happen in my life and gained 3kg back... but I have got back to it, lost the 3 plus 1 more for a total of 6kg lost and I'm feeling proud! I know it will take me a long time to get to my goal (50kg to lose) but I WILL get there as long as I keep going. One thing I'm doing at the moment that's helping is having some maintenance days when I feel close to giving up, I'm finding that's enough to not feel too deprived, and even though it slows me down I'm still making progress and if it keeps this sustainable then it's definitely worth it! [link] [comments] |
| I have a new line on my body!!! Anyone know what muscle this is? Posted: 06 Jul 2020 02:59 PM PDT I've been working out since the gym opened back up a few weeks ago. I try to go as often as I can, at least 5 times a week and I stay for an hour. I do 30-40 minutes of strength training plus 20 mins cardio each day. I rotate muscle groups each day I go. Right now I'm doing arms/legs/abs but I'm open to any criticism because I'm honestly not exactly sure what I'm doing and I'm still feeling things out haha. I was getting kinda disappointed because I only lost 4 pounds. Today I noticed a new line on my body though and I'm super excited to finally see progress!!! It's only on one side and it looks like a weird lil dimple but it's working!!! [link] [comments] |
| I don't have any pictures, but I do want to share Posted: 06 Jul 2020 11:13 AM PDT I'm sorry I don't have any pictures but I do want to share what I've lost and how I've lost it. End of February, I was around 200-205 lbs, but usually sat at 203. When COVID struck, I was moved to a work from home position. My eating habits immediately changed. My office had snacks, drinks, etc always available for free. My home has no snacks or drinks. Just water. I couldn't eat snacks, drink any drinks. So, I decided that I would skip lunch on occasion as well and I already don't eat breakfast. I really never have. I also work a desk job, and being at home has reduced some stress as well. Since Mid March, I've been WFH now and I've gotten the green-light to be permanent WFH. I'm super happy about this! Since mid-march, I've lost 13 lbs. No additional exercise added. Just changed my eating habits. I also am not counting my calories, which I'm about to start doing as my weight loss has slowed down. My goal weight is about 170-180 and I'm at 190. This means I'm pretty well half way there and it makes me excited. I'm not in a hurry to get the weight off, I'm still just barely into the "overweight" portion of the BMI chart, but I'll soon be in the "healthy" section and that keeps me motivated. I know I'm headed in the right direction and that's fine with me. I've learned a lot in the last 3 or so months and I've changed the food I am eating to be healthier as well. I should add I'm 6'1" SW: 203 CW: 190 GW: 175 [link] [comments] |
| I’ve lost *oNe pOuNd* in five weeks Posted: 06 Jul 2020 12:46 PM PDT This is me right now: 🧐😬🥺😭😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤[26/f/5'4/167.7lbs] Back in March, I re-started my weight loss effort. I took a break (quarantine and emotions and mental health), and yet again restarted on June 1 at 168.7. I was below my March starting weight, but not by much. In some ways, this is a great time to focus on my weight loss. I'm not drinking at all or going out to eat. Two weeks ago, I restarted strength training. I take my lunch to work every day. I've only gone above my 1250 calories once over the last five weeks and it was for a family-only socially distanced cookout. Each week, the scale moves either up, or it moves down by a small fraction of a pound. Today, I stepped on the scale, 5 weeks after my restart, proud of the consistency.... And I'm at 167.7, one pound less than five weeks ago. (I might have yelled, "THIS IS F-CKING BULLSH*T.") I told myself in June that at a modest one pound per week, I'd be down more than 10 pounds by an August event I have coming up. It seemed so - exciting! (I've previously lost about 40 pounds two years ago, and have been stagnant since, so I'm not exactly a noob. I get it - count your calories). I get that weight fluctuates, there's this thing called water weight, you retain water when you first start strength training again, yada yada yada. But it's not like I'm momentarily up - the lowest I've been in the last five weeks is 166.9, and that was three weeks ago. I'm just screaming. I spend so much energy working out, thinking about what I'm eating, etc etc etc and I'm down a pound in a month??? The irrational part of my brain is like, "Fuck this - I'm gonna start taking those diet pills that give 20-year-olds heart attacks because so what at this point." Then, I'm like, "JK I'll be a chubster for the rest of my life," and then that thought reduces me to tears. Even if it's all just water weight (because it can't be fat, for God's sake), then so what? I lost -two- pounds? 2.5?? I've never dropped more than two pounds of water weight suddenly. Why does my body want me to be unhappy? [link] [comments] |
| 4 month progress with no gym and mostly bodyweight workouts. SW: 150 lbs CW: 132 lbs Posted: 06 Jul 2020 01:50 PM PDT I was the heaviest I have ever been in my life in February 24th 2020. I woke up and weighed myself and was 150 lbs. This might not seem like a lot but I'm only 5'5 and most of the weight was on my stomach area. I knew I needed to make a change and started to clean up my diet little by little. I came here and started reading the wiki and all the posts so you guys were a big help in my journey. I have lost 18 lbs since February 24th. The thing I learned was CICO is king. CICO with intermittent fasting has helped me lose a lot of weight. There were always setbacks but I learned to just move on and get back on track. Since the gyms closed down in March, my only workouts have been push/pull days since the only equipment I have is a pair of 3 lb dumbbells and a pull up bar. On push days, Ill do different variations of pushups(regular, incline, decline, tricep dips/diamond pushups. on my table. On pull days Ill do pull-ups chinups. For shoulder work Ill do handstand pushups and dumbbell presses(I know its not too much with 3 lb dumbbell but I try. I tried to clean up my diet and try drinking less soda now and more home made meals. Here is the pic: [link] [comments] |
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