Weight loss: I gained it all back. (UPDATE) |
- I gained it all back. (UPDATE)
- 6 Month Update: I’ve lost just under 50kg (110lbs); ran a 5k without stopping, walked a 25k walk; dropped 13 points from my BMI; walked nearly 2M steps; and had a beautiful baby boy!
- For every weight, I listen to music from that "year" to squash the negativity
- Today is a good day! 50lbs down and *nearly* healthy BMI
- Finally got a WHOOSH!
- Does anyone ever feel like, F***, I need to eat less than THIS to keep losing weight?
- 100 day update, down over 50 pounds
- Today I met my goal AND I’m no longer obese!
- Finally Had My Reality Check - Ready to Take Control Again
- “How many more days will be the last day?”
- I’m losing weight intentionally for the first time in my life!
- It’s been one year and a day since I began my weight loss journey! (462lbs —> 265lbs)
- I have a job interview in a week. How can I stop my feelings of worthlessness around my weight from impacting my performance?
- Started my journey 3 weeks ago, 265lbs after a pulmonary embolism.
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: July 3rd, 2020
- SV: I’m officially 20 pounds down! Friend breakup made me realize I’m more powerful than I thought.
- 9 days in and I'm seeing results! 31F, 5'5" SW: 183lb CW: 178.8lb GW: 135lb
- Fat and carb question
- Battling boredom eating after surgery
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 2
- Tracking intake when not in a controlled environment
- Proud of my stretch marks after getting active!
- I can't believe how much of a difference a few pounds make.
- Pain in knees/shins when running - what to do?
| I gained it all back. (UPDATE) Posted: 02 Jul 2020 06:25 PM PDT Hey, all. You may remember me from this post that I shared back in April. Long story short, I lost roughly 50 lbs after high school, then gained most of it back in the following three years after getting a desk job and a boyfriend. Well, I got a wake-up call in the form of a weigh-in at 150 lbs, kicked my butt into gear, and finally started to turn things around. Since that initial post two months ago, I've successfully lost over 16 lbs, and am happy to announce that I'm no longer overweight! I'm currently sitting at 134.2 lbs, which for me is a healthy BMI of 24.7. I still have a little ways to go, with a goal weight of 120, but I'm half way there! Photo (nsfw) 147.3 --> 134.8 Thank you again for all the support on my original post! I'll be sure to return with more progress photos as I get closer to my goal weight. xx [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 Jul 2020 03:58 AM PDT Buckle up, it's a long-ish post, sorry! Obligatory before and after face gains picture. M / 29 / SW: 153.2kg / CW: 103.6kg / GW1: 100kg / GW2: 90kg Hello! Yes, as per the title, I feel like accomplished so much in the space of 6 months and can't wait to see what the next 6 months has in store. Overview I've been tracking everything I've eaten and drank, my daily steps and my exercises in a spreadsheet to see the trends and for me to play with the data. I made a post about this at the very start of the year, but here's an update to my progress. When I realised weight loss was pretty much science, that's when it clicked for me and I found it easier to follow. I worked out my TDEE, chose my deficit and away I went. I didn't eat back any exercise calories as I knew these weren't 100% accurate. I introduced intermittent fasting a couple of weeks into my weight loss journey after stumbling across it on Reddit. It is an amazing tool to help keep myself focused, disciplined and constrict the amount of daily calories I have. I do 16:8 but more recently have been doing 18:6 with the way our routine has worked out going back and fourth from the hospital. Food To be honest, the food I'm eating hasn't really changed, it's mainly portion sizes that I've changed. Before, one of our favourite meals, cajun rice, would have been eaten up in two portions, but now, it does serve four. I'm still treating myself to the odd take out, having treats and candy but just not eating as much. We shop for groceries online for click and collect and plan our meals out for the week. This is something we've done for a while and really helps in both keeping costs down and also not spontaneously buying treats as you walk round the supermarket. Drink I haven't drank alcohol this year. I've never really been a big drinker anyway, I just enjoy the odd drink now and then, and especially cocktails! I used to guzzle squash (cordial drink that you mix with water, for my American friends), like there's no tomorrow, and I used to drink it very strong. I never liked water, really didn't like the taste, but that's now changed completely. I'm now drinking lots of water everyday, and I might have the odd can of Pepsi Max with dinner. Exercise I use my Apple Watch everyday and close my rings every day. I have closed all three rings every day since January 9th. I walk the dog everyday at a brisk pace and would take longer walks at the weekend, like 10-20km walks. As my wife was pregnant at the time, I did this alone and just stuck on a podcast or music to listen to. I try and play Ring Fit Adventure everyday, for like 30-45 minutes. It definitely gets me sweaty and I have fun playing it. It's not like a gym workout by no means, but it sure does help in my opinion. I've got some muscles growing in (is that how you'd say it?)/getting bigger and noticing much more definition than before. Gyms are still closed here but I'm definitely considering joining one when I can to work on the strength training side of things. Life Well, this is where it's all over the place isn't it? With coronavirus sweeping the world, things are so different! We have had our baby boy! He's in NICU at the moment, but will be coming home with us in August. He's the biggest motivator for me, for sure. We haven't been able to see family properly and they haven't been able to see their new grandchild just yet, but hopefully not for too much longer. Sleeping is so much different now! I feel like my knees are knobbly and all boney haha! I'm much more happier in myself, I have clothes that fit me better, I'm able to buy clothes in normal high street shops. My back doesn't hurt nowhere near as much as it did before. I feel more confident, taller (is that possible?) Sign off Hopefully that sums up my last 6 months and hopefully there's just one bit of info that helps you on your journey. I'm happy to answer any questions you have and hope you have a fantastic day! P.S., I'm over on MyFitnessPal under the same name if you want to add me. Have a great day! [link] [comments] |
| For every weight, I listen to music from that "year" to squash the negativity Posted: 02 Jul 2020 01:48 PM PDT Sharing because this might be helpful for people who get frustrated with the scale or their weight, like me. For example, I weighed in at 275 a few days ago. At that weight, I listened to music from 1975. Today, I weighed in at 270, so I've been listening to music from 1970. I used to feel so negative about my weight and seeing it on the scale. I wanted to punish myself for letting myself get that heavy, and I wasn't really focusing on my progress. Now, I am able to celebrate every single scale victory and find a lot of positivity no matter the weight. My obsession with watching the scale every morning has changed into me being happy each day to listen to new music and being more proud of myself. [link] [comments] |
| Today is a good day! 50lbs down and *nearly* healthy BMI Posted: 03 Jul 2020 12:23 AM PDT *** shameless self promotion *** The people in my life are sick of hearing about my weight loss but I couldn't not share this... I stepped on the scales this morning and was super excited to weigh 160lb. I started my weight loss journey in August 2018 and throughout the later part of 2018 people were commenting on my weight loss. It wasn't until January 2019 felt brave enough to step on the scales and weighed 209. I always say 210 was my starting weight but in reality it was probably a lot more. Either way I'm celebrating today as I am at least 50lbs down! My BMI is also nearly in the healthy range at 25.1. And the cherry on the cake is I am only 6lbs away from my (first) goal weight. I am so happy I might even try and dig out and old photo (not that many exist) and head on over to /progresspics to celebrate! Happy weekend all! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 Jul 2020 12:59 PM PDT Y'all, after getting back into my health and fitness in December weighing in at 279, I plateaued for 2 MONTHS late April-late June at 235. I tried every trick I knew to break through- lowering cal intake, increasing cal intake, upping water intake, fasting, carb cycling, carb cutting, IF window time changing, IF window length increases, switching up my workouts, switching up my sleep cycle. The weight would not budge! I was feeling so discouraged, but I did not give up. In the past week, I've lost 5 lbs! And am now 1 lb away from no longer being categorized as morbidly obese. Wanted to share in case anyone else here has been experiencing a longer than normal plateau. Just keep at it! When you finally get through it, it feels SO rewarding. ❤️ [link] [comments] |
| Does anyone ever feel like, F***, I need to eat less than THIS to keep losing weight? Posted: 02 Jul 2020 02:13 PM PDT I'll start off by saying that I've really been able to bring my appetite down. It was work, but I just don't want to eat the way I used to (for reference, I weighed 20 lbs more 4 yrs ago, 5'4"/161 cm was 74 kilo, 163 lbs). At various points I've been really scared - how can I eat less than this and not be hungry or tired all of the time? Now, I feel like I am mostly good about not binging, which was a huge source of calories, and I've cut back a lot on drinking, but it makes me sad to think I have to drink this little forever to get thin (a glass of wine once a week). Also, I've been plateauing at 64 kilos for a while, so I know I need to shake something up. I already have a good weightlifting routine, so I think I need to reevaluate my diet. I already do IF and it helps. Mostly I'm just venting my sadness about having to come to terms with not relying on getting so much enjoyment from eating. It's not the kind of thing I can talk to most people about. [link] [comments] |
| 100 day update, down over 50 pounds Posted: 03 Jul 2020 12:51 AM PDT Down over 50 pounds on 1500 cal/day and I've passed the 100 day mark. I just wanted to thank people on the sub for being supportive and offer a few encouraging words to anyone who might be considering doing the same. Encouraging words follow ... If you are sitting there right now thinking that you feel tired, that you don't feel like getting up to do anything, that you have all these plans but are tired of basically letting yourself down by not making good on them. If you just wish you could stay asleep when you wake up, and then when you get up feel like you never slept at all. If you feel like you are lazy, that you don't have conviction, and that you can't count on yourself and have confidence that you will do the things you need to do in order to have a better life ... then let me give you some good news ... it's just because you are fat. Losing weight will fix it. I haven't felt this great in a decade or more. Yesterday I was outside working in the garden and actually got a lot of things done, and ended the day sore from doing so much. You aren't lazy, you don't have motivational problems, you aren't apathetic, and you probably aren't even depressed ... you're just fat. If everyone got up each day and had to carry 50, 60, .. 100 pounds around on their backs all day, they wouldn't feel like doing anything either. How you feel is a natural, predictable result of being fat. You can lose weight and feel better ... and get stuff done without even trying. Losing weight causes your energy to increase, and you start buzzing with energy ... it's like you have to go and get some stuff done or you'll just go crazy sitting still. You stop dragging yourself off the sofa, and start picking it up and moving it so you can vacuum underneath it. Being fat sucks. And you know it sucks ... but you don't REALLY know how bad it sucks until you lose 50+ pounds, then you see just how bad it really was, and how many of the problems you thought you had were really just all one problem .. being fat. [link] [comments] |
| Today I met my goal AND I’m no longer obese! Posted: 02 Jul 2020 10:52 AM PDT I'm going to the beach in 3 days and about 2 months ago I set a goal that I wanted to be 179 by the time I leave. Well today, I weighed in at exactly 179! Now, I'm officially not clinically obese anymore and I've lost a total of 35 pounds. I'm over the moon! I just can't believe I actually did it. I even had a 3 week plateau where I gained and lost the same couple pounds but it didn't stop me! I kept my motivation and ambition and met my goal. I was kinda sad thinking about where I would be if I hadn't plateaued for so long but I'm actually glad that I did. It made me stronger on my journey and I proved to myself how driven I am because I didn't let it discourage me. I just kept trying my best and making better choices each day! [link] [comments] |
| Finally Had My Reality Check - Ready to Take Control Again Posted: 03 Jul 2020 03:05 AM PDT Hey, there. My account is new, but I'm no stranger to this community. I've been reading a lot of posts on here for awhile now. A few days ago, I went to the doctor- and for the first time in a few years I actually started gaining weight again. (I was maintaining my weight, but I was still morbidly obese) I'm now edging on 400 pounds and it bothers me a lot. But this time, I'm not sad- I'm just fed up with it? I'm tired of existing in life. Existing. Not living. Waking up in pain, not being able to stand or breathe because my body is tired from doing the bare minimum- that's just existing. I'm so damn done with it. This is no way to live. So, I'm taking initiative. I'm going to start controlling myself more and having real discipline when it comes to the table. I know I can do it, I just ALWAYS put it off and made excuses. I wont let myself do that anymore. My end goal is to be a healthy weight, but I'll be setting smaller milestones (not timed ones, i know doing this can be discouraging) for myself to keep up motivation. Losing 10 pounds is better than losing none, right? But! I won't let maintaining or gaining weight discourage me. I know failure is part of the process. I'm also currently aiming to change other things related to bettering my health so I'm not focusing on just my weight. For example, I'm currently in the process of getting off of caffeine so I can take the next step into drinking nothing but water. Regardless, I'm looking forward to sharing more with you all in the future. If anyone has advice or tips they'd love to share, I'd be more than happy to hear it! [link] [comments] |
| “How many more days will be the last day?” Posted: 02 Jul 2020 02:15 PM PDT That's the question I asked myself just a moment ago, after catching an odd angle in an unfamiliar, unforgiving mirror. "This cannot continue," I told myself, then, "today is the last day." What I meant, of course, was that today would be the last day I would eat like I had this morning: two slices of buttered bread, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, some trail mix and a cucumber's worth of homemade pickles. All in about seven minutes, punctuated by a short survey of the refrigerator, in case anything else was deserving of my insatiable maw. But yesterday had been the last day, too. And the day before. And the day before that, too. I've been on a long string of "last days," for maybe two months now. On December 31st, I got a text message from a friend that she was buying me a plane ticket to see her again in the city we went to college, the city she lives in. I was terrified. I'd gained 60 pounds since college, just three years ago. I was in no position to see her again, in just two short months. I weighed 280 lbs. I'm 5'7", so it carries as poorly as it possibly can, I imagine. Over the next two months, I followed a strict vegan diet, and by the time I saw her in February, I weighed 235 lbs. It would be fair, I suppose, to call that a "crash diet" but the truth is that I just carefully and religiously cut out all of my body's greatest offenders: sugar, dairy, oil, flour and salt. I snacked freely on roasted chickpeas, and ate a large (vegan) meal every day. The weight came off so easily that I started to think I was maybe going to see it through, see myself reach 180 lbs, maybe even 170 lbs or 160 lbs like the BMI chart recommends. My visit went as well as I could've hoped for, and I came home ready to see myself complete my journey. Maybe the next time I headed up to the city, I'd be the man I should've been when I first got there, all those years ago. Do I blame my slip on the pandemic? It certainly started seeming frivolous to dine only on vegan food when the grocery shortage scare was in full swing. Honestly, it was probably just that my deadline disappeared. I went from having two months until I saw my friend again to having... a year, at least? My ticking clock started ticking slower, and my resolve wound down with it. I weighed in at 254.3 lbs the last time I weighed myself. That's a baking kick, making bread every day, making cookies once a week, eating meat in every meal, drinking, having the occasional ice cream, and of course, having slapdash, extravagant breakfasts made up of whatever I find laying around, whatever piques my interest in the few short moments it takes to shove it down my throat. And of course, every day has been "the last day." So when I told myself that earlier today, I responded in such a way that I had realized I've grown uncomfortably familiar with. I didn't believe myself. "Sure," I thought, "today's the last day." "How many more days will be the last day?" is the question that followed. How many more days before I started taking my health seriously again, before I start taking myself seriously again? I never post in this sub, but I've been lurking for longer than I'd like to admit. Way before December 31st. I know it seems to have a nice community, but I never felt like it was a community I needed an active engagement in. Perhaps I thought making a big post like this would lock me into action, and I was worried about taking responsibility for myself. But that question really resonated with me today. "How many more days?" I know, if I let myself, I can spend the rest of my entire life putting this off. Gaining all the weight back, not even slowly, aggressively, like I'm training for a chocolate chip cookie eating contest. "How many more days will be the last day?" inspired me to make this post because I think it is a question many of us have asked ourselves before, or maybe need to ask ourselves. Today is the last day I treat myself like this. That doesn't mean I celebrate with a big meal and a half-dozen cocktails to commemorate my good decisions, it means I start right now, and tomorrow morning I wake up already a half-day into my reclamation of myself. I hope this hasn't been too much of a slog to read, just wanted it off my chest. [link] [comments] |
| I’m losing weight intentionally for the first time in my life! Posted: 02 Jul 2020 10:55 PM PDT I just graduated high school and I decided that I wanted to lose some weight before college. I've lost weight before, but it's always been a result of fall sports, and then I gain it back on in the spring. I've never really tracked it. So about two weeks ago I started just getting out and moving for an hour a day. Nothing special, nothing crazy, but sometimes it's a walk, sometimes it's a trip to the gym, whatever. I've also been tracking calories pretty closely, trying to keep under 1750 (Im a tall male, so I figured that was probably a good starting place). Some days I manage to net a bit below even (today I was almost a thousand under, which is awesome). So after tracking for two weeks, I've lost about four and a half pounds (294.8 -> 290.3) and damn does that feel good. I'm obviously not really seeing the physical progress yet, but I'm feeling less saturated during the day, and more willing to do things, not to mention more ready to sleep at night. So now I'm wondering how far I want to go. My original short term goal was 20 lbs before I leave in mid September, but I'm considering trying to shoot even higher. [link] [comments] |
| It’s been one year and a day since I began my weight loss journey! (462lbs —> 265lbs) Posted: 02 Jul 2020 07:02 AM PDT Hey r/loseit, u/fyrewal here and I've been a long time lurker of this subreddit and several others including r/intermittentfasting and others. I began my weight loss journey on July 1, 2019, with a plan to log my calories (in MyFitnessPal), create a calorie deficit, intermittent fast and begin exercising. Doing those three things for the past 367 days I've lost 197 pounds going from my beginning weight of 462 pounds to my current weight of 265 pounds. People have been asking me recently how I "did it," how I lost so much weight, and there's no magic bullet or one-size-fits-all weight loss plan. It took me years of trying and failed attempts to finally get it right and my progress today isn't without a ton of personal willpower and hard work. I guess what I'm trying to say is that for anyone reading this who is unhappy with their weight but has tried before and failed, don't let your past failures discourage you and dictate your will to try again. I wish I could go back and tell younger me that was struggling with losing weight and plateauing that it is possible to lose weight and that I just had to educate myself on how to do it. That's what r/loseit and r/intermittentfasting helped me to do, to educate myself on how to lose weight and I'm forever grateful to the entire community for the role it played in my success. TL;DR researching on r/loseit and other subreddits helped me lose 197 pounds in 12 months and you can do it too! Obligatory before and after pic: before/after Edit: I went from a BMI of 59.3 to a BMI of 34.0. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 Jul 2020 07:05 PM PDT I (20M 5'6 170lbs) am just about overweight. It's distributed well around my body so most people object when I say that I'm overweight, even my nan who's not known for her tact, but I know that I'm overweight. I've been struggling with my weight and eating disorders my whole life and a common theme, as I'm sure most people here can empathise with, is that when I gain weight or 'feel fat' I feel like I have no worth. I have a job interview in a week in the field I worked in for a year and a half, so I'm fairly confident about my abilities, even though I have only had one interview before. But my confidence and self image are so poor, I'm worried about ruining it for myself by hating how I look on the day. Being overweight makes me feel like I come across unprofessional and as if I don't have control: if I can't discipline myself when it comes to food, why would I be able to in this job? I just don't know what to do about it. My 3am brain is saying this is the kick I need to start healthy eating again, but I'm deep in a depression currently and I know the chances of me actually doing it are low. Any advice? [link] [comments] |
| Started my journey 3 weeks ago, 265lbs after a pulmonary embolism. Posted: 02 Jul 2020 09:39 PM PDT I used to be 185lbs after I started taking health seriously in my early 20's. Ran a marathon at 27, was in the best shape of my life at that point. Fast forward 8 years, I stopped working out/running, relying on work and weekend summer sports to get any activity. Lived a very idle life. That caught up to me in December, when I got diagnosed with massive bilateral pulmonary emboli after I was having trouble breathing and my pulse was racing after climbing a set of stairs. I weighed in at 265lbs, the heaviest of my life. Managed to stave off death and get out of the hospital after a week, but highly restricted on activity. Fast forward to 3 weeks ago, I finally got the ok to begin intensive cardio. I decided to get back on the horse, alternating days of elliptical training and resistance band weight training. I could barely do 10 minutes to start before I was doubled over, feeling my pulse everywhere and sucking for every cubic inch of air. Today, I'm able to do 40 minutes on the elliptical (around 6k) and 60 minutes of weight training with no issues. It's amazing what a difference it makes, and only just getting started. I coupled the workout routine with Intermittent Fasting, and being smarter about my calories. Started off doing 16:8, increased to 18:6 last week. I weighed myself on Sunday, I was at 252lbs. Since then, I increased my elliptical workout duration by 10 minutes, mixing in intervals (1 min hard, 2 mins easy). I'm trying to avoid overtraining but as long as my body isn't overly sore, I workout 5 days a week minimum now. So far, so good, seeing positive results in both exercise tolerance and weight loss to help improve overall health, but especially heart health considering the long term ramifications that can accompany PE. I just wanted to share my story, especially for those who may have suffered or may yet suffer a thrombosis episode. If you survive, it can suck being told to take it easy - but if you do, you'll hopefully get the green light sooner, and take the second chance you got to better yourself as best you can, and please listen to your medical team. [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: July 3rd, 2020 Posted: 02 Jul 2020 10:25 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] |
| SV: I’m officially 20 pounds down! Friend breakup made me realize I’m more powerful than I thought. Posted: 02 Jul 2020 08:58 AM PDT Hello everyone! Just an update on some progress. At the beginning of quarantine, I had a fall out with some "friends". Now looking back even after just two months, even though they said I was "the toxic one" I realized that they were actually very cliquey. I blamed myself very heavily for the fallout though as I thought to myself "If three people say they don't like me anymore it must be my fault." But after repeating to some other friends and my therapist everything that they said I had done and the situation, they made me realize while I had my faults, they actually were terribly toxic. They were very passive aggressive and mean to others who weren't me. I realized how little I valued myself around them and how much I let them abuse me. So I decided in quarantine to invest in the things and people who make me happy. I started individual therapy, contacted my black woman therapy group for support. I applied to a leadership position in my student govt and got it despite never having been in student govt. I came across a YouTuber who I kinda did her yoga videos saw she started a 30 day yoga challenge. I thought to myself "why not?" I finished 28/30 days. I couldn't believe it. I had always thought I was the type who gave up easily. But this yoga challenge made me realize that I could try new things and succeed. I started a Nike running training regimen and crushed it (a 15 minute mile right now but y'all better watch out.) I always said I wasn't a runner. But I looked up plus size runners and realized that was false. I could be a runner. Or anything. I had accepted my past friends insults masked as jokes and internalized them on my already low self esteem. Why had I let others and myself talk so bad about me? Since last year I've been trying to lose weight. I started 225 dropped to 211 then have been maintaining at 213 until quarantine. I have been calorie counting, exercising, getting on the proper depression meds. And today I stepped on the scale and it said 202 lbs!!!! Holy shit! I never thought I could lose anything close to 20 lbs let alone 23. Now I'm so excited to see what I can do. I've got a new sense of confidence, I'm looking at the possibility solo travel trips (when everything dies down of course). I booked a breast reduction consultation (I'm a 36J/K...yeah) something I've always been too afraid to do. I'm so happy those girls said they didn't want to be friends anymore. They've opened a brand new door for me and I can't wait to see where this journey takes me. Thanks for reading if you did, I'm off to try taking a cold shower for the first time (I'm so scared lol.) [link] [comments] |
| 9 days in and I'm seeing results! 31F, 5'5" SW: 183lb CW: 178.8lb GW: 135lb Posted: 03 Jul 2020 01:16 AM PDT I started CICO 9 days ago and haven't missed a day of logging so far. It's definitely helped me cut down on my snacking. I'm also a FTM breastfeeding an almost 6mo old so I have to consume 1800 calories minimum to keep my supply up. So far so good! I know this is mostly water weight but it's still encouraging to see a change. After reaching the end of a C25k trainer app (I did Zombie Run C25k) I was motivated to see if I could lose the baby weight and then some since I was overweight prior to pregnancy. I've been hungrier than ever breastfeeding and haven't seen the scale budge in months since my initial weight loss during the first 2 weeks postpartum. I always thought calorie counting would be too hard but I had a baby so I feel like I can do anything now! We are planning to try for baby #2 next year and I'm planning to continue using the LoseIt app throughout my next pregnancy and year of postpartum so I can maintain a healthy weight throughout. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 Jul 2020 09:33 PM PDT I've started tracking how many calories i'm eating every day now for a month and its going well but I have a question about some things. Is it true that if you have a lot of both fat and carbs that it is bad for your metabolism? Or does it not matter how much fat and carbs I have as long as i'm at a caloric deficit? I'm asking because I wanted to try out Keto Chow just as a meal replacement occasionally even though I'm not on keto cause I'm busy a lot of the time and don't always have time to cook. But Keto Chow is pretty high in fat since it was made tailored specifically for keto. And the rest of my diet while not incredibly high is mostly carbs. Would this diet of a mix between some carbs and some fat be ok(as in will I still lose weight?) as long as i'm still in a caloric deficit? Also, the only reason I want Keto Chow instead of another brand of meal replacements like Soylent is just because I can get it much cheaper where I'm at and I prefer the taste of Keto Chow much more. [link] [comments] |
| Battling boredom eating after surgery Posted: 03 Jul 2020 01:55 AM PDT Hi reader! This is my first post here, but I could really use some tips. So I finally had a lower body lift about a week ago after losing over 100 lbs. I have been living on my couch for 24/7 ever since I got released from the hospital and my boredom levels are past their usual limits. Usually when I got bored and wanted to snack I would just clean my house or take a walk for example but ofcourse I'm not allowed to do any of those things for the time being. So I keep walking to the kitchen for snacks and back to the couch. I have a bought a new game for my handheld gaming console but that will only keep me entertained for so long. I picked up trying to play guitar again but my fingers can't take that for hours on end either. I thought about going back to work, since I can work from home but I think the stress that vrings will not be helpful for me recovery. So please fellow losers, what would you do to keep yourself entertained if you were stuck to the couch? [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 2 Posted: 02 Jul 2020 05:14 PM PDT Hello hello heeeelllllo, Happy Thursday kids. Hope you're killing it. Weight by end of month (199 lbs, preferably trend weight): Maintenance practice. I'm thinking this may mean weekly weigh ins. 201.5 lbs trend weight. Stay within calorie range (1700 ish): Looking good today. Got into unnecessary candy though. So it goes. Exercise 5 days a week: 30 minute brisk walk at lunch & 30 minute HIIT. 2/2 days. Self-care time (JOURNALING, working on love journals, beauty treatments, drawing 0/2 days): TBD. Try a new recipe once a week: Always looking for new stuff to try! X/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 2. 1 candy related lapse in judgement. Listen to my effing body: Nightmares last night. Again. Blergh. Be more mindful & express gratitude, avoid the hedonic treadmill: Grateful for grocery pickup orders & hot rotisserie chicken. Your turn! [link] [comments] |
| Tracking intake when not in a controlled environment Posted: 03 Jul 2020 01:04 AM PDT While I'm at home (especially now, during lockdown) it's easy for me to just weigh every single thing I eat. I am 100% in control of every single ingredient. However, it's only a matter of time before that's going to change. For work, there is an acceptable solution in just preparing meals at home to bring to work instead of getting takeout or the like, so I think that can work. However, that's not what I'm worrying about now. In about a week or so I'll be heading off to stay with family for a while, and at this time it's not going to be so easy for me to track everything. For starters, I won't always be cooking my own meals. Second, my family can at times be very fond of unhealthy food - not to excess or anything, I should say, but even a moderate amount of certain types of food is a temptation I want to avoid given what I know about my own tendencies. Also, I really don't want to tell them I'm trying to lose weight. Call it what you want, but I don't feel comfortable talking to them about it, so I'd rather hide it as much as I can. So no weighing things there, either... How do you handle this kind of thing? [link] [comments] |
| Proud of my stretch marks after getting active! Posted: 02 Jul 2020 01:54 PM PDT I am sorry if this is the wrong place for such a post, but I am just so excited and happy, I felt like telling the world! I, like many people as of recent, decided to start losing weight. I just woke up one day and decided I was tired of being depressed and making excuses. I started following a program and watching what I eat, and I have slowly started to see progress. My opinion of my own worth has always been heavily linked to my weight. I thought I would be even more ashamed of my stretch marks upon losing weight, but I have surprisingly become proud of them. I was skinny as a child, then rapidly put on weight due to circumstances and have been miserable for 10+ years because of it. I see my stretch marks as a symbol of all I have been though, and a reminder to myself to never be like that again. I used to see them as ugly scars, but now I look at them like the stripes of a strong, powerful tiger. If anyone else here is ashamed of their stretch marks because of rapid weight gain then slow weight loss, I hope I made you feel a little better about them. ♡ [link] [comments] |
| I can't believe how much of a difference a few pounds make. Posted: 02 Jul 2020 12:32 PM PDT So I hit my goal weight of 130 lbs (F, 5"5) about two weeks ago. I had a whole maintenance plan laid out for myself, but I went on an spontanous trip with my friends and after that I fell into a deep hole. For the past two weeks I've been having some sort of depressive episode, have stopped working out, all my routines are abandoned and I basically binged for two weeks straight. Ofc I gained some weight back, I haven't weighed myself yet so I don't know how much it is, but I can feel it. I feel pudgy and bloated and just all around bad. I don't know how I didn't notice all that when I was at 180 lbs?? Idk if I just constantly felt this bad, or if I just now feel so bad bc I know how good I can feel. I crave workouts and healthy food bc by now all the junk is just not doing good for me. I think I'm ready to turn things around again, but this time slower, since it's just about getting back on track. I'll be eating at 1500 cal (as opposed to 1200 while I was actually losing), and starting to slowly bring back some sort of workout and routine into my day. I'll also start tracking my calories weekly as well, bc it is crazy how much flexibility that means. [link] [comments] |
| Pain in knees/shins when running - what to do? Posted: 03 Jul 2020 03:24 AM PDT I'm 20 years old. I weigh 198lbs and I'm 5'2. I've been overweight pretty much my whole life. I decided to take advantage of this quarantine and lose some weight. I went out a few times and jogged but I would experience pain in my shins and knees and sometimes my ankles. I know it's from years of heavy weight on my body but do you have advice for this? It's not excruciating or anything. I usually stop jogging once the pain starts and let myself rest and then jog again until it bothers me once more. I realized I actually enjoy going out for a run and found it to be enjoyable but I know that running on pain is not good and don't want to injure myself. Do I have to avoid running all together until I lose the weight? Or is it okay to do it intervals? I experience pain in my knees often, even if I'm not exercising. I get knee pain when I go up stairs. It's really annoying and worries me a lot. Does this leave when I lose the weight? Any advice is appreciated thanks [link] [comments] |
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