Weight loss: I hit my real goal for the first time in over 30 years. I was 185 when I graduated from High School in 1988. I'm at 185 again. |
- I hit my real goal for the first time in over 30 years. I was 185 when I graduated from High School in 1988. I'm at 185 again.
- I'm no longer morbidly obese!
- Anyone else eat just a TINY bit over their calorie goal, and think I messed up, so might as well eat 3k+ calories?
- Insulted by a stranger
- I am finally done losing weight - One year cut - With PICS
- Made it three weeks without soda!
- I want to lose 100lbs.
- I have reached my pre-pregnancy weight!
- NSV: Cheated on my diet without binging for the first time in 3 years!
- How I use my bullet journal for my weight loss
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 1
- NSV: Looser fitting clothing
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: July 2nd, 2020
- In praise of fitness trackers
- Do your clothes take up less space once you've lost weight and wear smaller stuff?
- Was it all just water weight?
- Happy Cake (Mango Pudding Pie) Day!!
- F/44/5’5”/SW330/CW252/GW 150-180 - Lowest weight in 23 years
- Can anyone help me figure out macros???
- Not losing any weight and very frustrated
- Ladies who give themselves rewards for pounds lost what’s your system and what rewards have you done?
- I am a 17 year old 5’4 female and I weight 150 pounds.
- Question about minimum calories
- 33/M/ 239lbs / 5’11”/ 33% body fat. I think I’ve hit a plateau! Help!
| Posted: 01 Jul 2020 12:07 PM PDT Background - I lost 100lbs several years ago (from 300 to 200) doing CICO and exercising a LOT. I eventually slid and put 50 back on, and I was really struggling both with counting and with my metabolism at 50. Early in 2020, I started Bright Line Eating, and I made a post about it Here. When I made the post, I knew it was working, but it worked faster and easier than I thought. Today was the day the scale reflected it. If you've seen my Shrek picture before, I'm sorry - I had pretty much given up before I found BLE. The way over-simplified version is that I don't eat flour or (added) sugar, I weigh my food, and I don't snack. It sounds super extreme until you do it. It's tailor made for addicts, and I'm definitely one of those. Peace and hippie love to everybody who is trying to get better. I won't post the Shrek pic again. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Jul 2020 07:30 AM PDT Today I stepped on the scale at 262.4, which for my height means that my BMI is under 40 for the first time in over a decade. At the beginning of the pandemic, I weighed in at 318, and back in February, I remember tipping the scale at 333. For the past 10 years, I had been maintaining a weight in the 310-340 range, and the pandemic was the kick in the ass that I finally needed. Hearing about how obese people have worse outcomes, combined with the fact that everything locked down really motivated me to use the forced change in my lifestyle with the lockdown to my advantage. My main hobby before this was playing poker in public card rooms, and they closed all my card rooms! So now I had to find a new hobby, which I decided was going to be focusing on my health. Here are some things that have helped me.
Of note: I can now comfortably wear a 2xl for the first time in over a decade. None of the pants I wore to work when I was still going to the office fit me! I'm long overdue for a wardrobe update anyway, and plan to go shopping in August before we go back to the office in September. I still have a long way to go, and I'm super motivated by the progress that others have made. I hope I can provide the same to others on this sub. I'll report back again once I leave the Obese category, which is about another 35 pounds. Only 63 pounds away from my goal! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Jul 2020 05:25 PM PDT I feel so unmotivated, I'll have a good week (1600 cals a day) and then i'll get stressed, eat 1,900 cals, and think oh well I messed up, and I binge everything i've been restricting. It's really depressing and makes me want to give up especially because I ONLY have 10 more pounds to go until i'm at my goal weight, i've lost 60 pounds so far and am on the last run! What are your suggestions? I am thinking making my intake 1,800, and trying to no longer obsess over making sure i'm eating as little possible each meal. I literally think about food ALL day. My goal is to lose 10lbs by September 1st. I'm worried that if I do 1,800, it COULD work and i could have a stress free period from here, or I'll end up binging and i'll be in an even less of a defecit so it'll be harder to make up. My TDEE is apparently 2,300 (light exercise apparently, no job, but i walk 10k steps a day and lift at least 3 times a week) Any advice? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Jul 2020 03:09 PM PDT I was waiting in line at the shop today, and the guy being served in front of me was chatting to the shop assistant. Just as he was about to leave, he looked at me, then back to the shop assistant, and said, 'I'll let ya serve the fatarse bloke then!' Honestly, even when I was properly fat, I rarely (if ever) heard such shitty comments. But it really knocked my confidence. I know I shouldn't let it bother me, water off a duck's back and all that, but I suppose I can't help it. I don't really have anyone I'd feel comfortable complaining about this to IRL, so I thought I'd post about it here since I could use some encouraging words. All the best. [link] [comments] |
| I am finally done losing weight - One year cut - With PICS Posted: 01 Jul 2020 10:16 AM PDT Hello all, First and foremost, I wanted to thank you all. You've been such a motivation, inspiration, and added to my confidence as I started this journey. The amazing battles many of you have faced gave me courage to start this endeavor, and I could NOT have done it without the help and support of this sub. After a year of cutting using CICO (June '19 to now) and lifting (Oct - April), I have finally hit my ultimate weight loss weight. On June 15th of 2019, I weighed 340lb. I made a posted back then to mention how I would be attempting to change my life after going through an intensively debilitating tragedy with my family. How my life needed to change... I started CICO. Used MFP and an online tdee calculator, and got to work. I didn't let up, and it became an obsession. I still allowed myself to have the occasional cheat day every once in a blue moon, but I still tracked it. There were pretty rare, because I knew at the end of the day, it would set me back. My first progress pics were in Sept. I didn't see much change, but I was 40-50lb lighter. I could feel it. My clothes were starting to get looser, and I under 300lb for the first time in a long time. I kept going, and in October, I started lifting, because I didn't want to lose muscle. I upped my protein, started lifting and did that religiously 3 days a week until the beginning of April. I was hitting milestones. Down to 250lb. Down 100lb. Down to 212lb (my weight when I went to college gag 11 or so years ago). Then I finally broke 200lb for the first time in my adult life. I didn't think it possible. But, after a long ass year from June 15th 2019 to July 1st 2020 (today), I have lost 151lb, down from a 42"+ pants size to a 31" waist, wearing a 2xl shirt (barely) to swearing a Small, and being able to run for the first time in my adult life without endangering my knees. I'm actually training for a 5k on July 18th. It sucks. I couldn't have done this without all of you. Thank you so much, and I'm finally happy to say that I am no longer cutting or losing weight. It's now time for me to start my lean bulk. The goal is to gain about 25lb by the end of December, then I'll start my cutting cycle down to 10% bodyfat. I certainly have loose skin, which shows up as "lean mass" during my DEXA scan. It's really interesting, because I look at my loose skin, and I feel fat. I see fat. I don't see muscle, because it's all covered. But my DEXA came in at 13.1%, and apparently that's because I have more loose skin than I thought... At least, that's what the guy said. Anyway, I'm rambling. Thank you all so much, I look forward to seeing more here. And while I'm done cutting right now, I want to stay and encourage the best I can, because if I can do it, anyone can. I love you all! [link] [comments] |
| Made it three weeks without soda! Posted: 02 Jul 2020 12:04 AM PDT No small victories. 5 years ago I was at my lowest weight since high school. My face was thin, I was wearing XL clothes again, and I felt good. I was getting attention, and I was no longer the "other" in the room. 5 years later I'm at the heaviest I've ever been in my life. Off the charts in so many ways. Miserable daily. Depression brought me down. The daily humiliations kept me down. But quarantine gave me a chance to start to lift myself back up. Without the pressure of being in public, I was granted the head space to focus on a simple goal. Today I'm three weeks soda-free. Weight loss has been minimal, but so has my exercise routine. Going to start some walking now, and will check in in another month or so. No matter how slow you're moving, you're always lapping somebody on the couch. NSV [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Jul 2020 11:45 PM PDT Hi guys, I've posted two separate times in the past. From Jan to July of 2019 I was on my first ever consistent and successful weight loss journey. I was eating right, doing CICO, gym 5-7 times a week and I was seeing results. I lost around 30/35lbs in those months and I felt on top of the world. It was the only time I've ever seen active results from my own actions and I felt in control and confident. In mid June I switched jobs from an office 9-5 to a very busy front desk position at a resort. Although I loved my new job the schedule was all over and my regular set gym time started becoming inconsistent. Add a cafeteria for employees that always had a dessert bar and something greasy for lunch and I was on my way to gaining. Then at the end of July the worst thing that's ever happened to me happened. My dad died from unexpected heart failure and shattered my heart and all of my will to do anything but exist. Cut to January of 2020. I'm healing. I got a supervisor job at a Hilton hotel closer to home. But I've now gained approx 60lbs since July. The entire weight I worked so hard to lose and now an additional 30+lbs making me the heaviest I have ever been. I weighed in at 245. My previous heaviest was 205. I was ashamed and miserable with myself. I also got incredibly deep and large stretch marks on my stomach and pelvic area which I've never dealt with. So that was even more upsetting. I sobbed in the bathroom when I saw them, I didn't even want my husband to look at me naked. I did that to myself in the matter of months. I got temp laid off from March to May because of COVID. So in April I joined WW. I always heard good things and thought why not? I lost 12lbs in two months and I really like it so far. It forces me to eat based off the nutritional contents and not just calories. Although I am thinking of potentially going back to CICO. I feel out of control without seeing that I'm in my calorie limits. Also I'm looking for ways to workout and be active without being at the gym. My husband has severe asthma and I can't risk bringing the virus home. any tips helps! Right now I've been alternating every other day between a low impact video on YouTube and a 30 minute hike/walk. All of this to say I'm coming from the lowest point of my life so far. I'm 21, I'm 5'4 and I currently weight 230lbs. My GW is between 130-140lbs. I am intimidated but I know I'm capable. Any advice at all is so appreciated. I'll need it. I don't want to always be big. I was doing great before and I'll do even better now. TLDR: was losing weight in 2019, dad died, gained 60lbs and reached my highest ever weight. Now I want to lose 100lbs to get to my goal of 130. [link] [comments] |
| I have reached my pre-pregnancy weight! Posted: 01 Jul 2020 01:11 PM PDT 29F/5'1/SW: 160 lbs/CW: 130 lbs/GW: 112-115 lbs I don't have many people to tell, but I'm too excited not to share! My daughter was born in December 2019. When I found out I was pregnant in April 2019, I weighed 130 lbs. I was actually trying to start a new workout/clean eating regimen when I got the positive test. I gained a healthy 30 lbs during pregnancy, but didn't really keep track of what I ate. I had a half pint of ice cream most nights. I had big plans to do prenatal yoga, but thanks to hyperemesis, the closest I got to that was sitting cross-legged in front of the toilet. After I gave birth, I was down to about 145 lbs by February with no effort. Once I was cleared by my doctor, I started working out at the gym and cleaning up my diet. My gym closed in March thanks to COVID, and by then I was down to about 140 lbs. I somehow stayed at this weight despite barely exercising and eating plenty of take out. With everything going on, and my husband now working from home, it was easy to make excuses. As the weather got warmer, I started taking the baby out on walks. I began to have the desire to run, something I had done in the past both for fun and to lose weight. As a first Mother's Day gift to myself, I bought a jogging stroller. I started running with the baby in the stroller while she napped, win-win! Around the end of May, I started tracking my calories using MyFitnessPal. At first, I just logged what I would normally eat and I was shocked at how many calories I was eating! I started CICO and running 2-3x/week. I wanted to lose these last stubborn 10 lbs! Since then, I have been tracking my calories religiously, aiming for a goal of 1400-1600 on active days, 1100-1300 on nonactive days. I have also been keeping track of how many miles I run each week and how fast I run per mile. I have gone from running a 16 minute mile, to 10-11 minutes on average. Today I met my first goal of 130 lbs, my pre-pregnancy weight! My next goal is to lose another 5 lbs in the month of July. Ultimately, I'd like to get down to my pre-husband weight which was somewhere between 112-115. My plan is to continue CICO and running, which so far has been working out very well! [link] [comments] |
| NSV: Cheated on my diet without binging for the first time in 3 years! Posted: 01 Jul 2020 05:26 AM PDT Yesterday, my parents bought home a 4kg box of brownies. I have a really toxic relationship with food and have had binge eating disorder for ages. For some reference on how bad it is, I've gained 22kg (48lbs) In the last 6 months. I've experienced many fluctuations in my weight - large amounts of weight loss and gain but recently my BED has gotten so bad to the point that I lie about binging to my dietician because I'm embarrassed about how much I eat. I have literally eaten 12 Krispy Kreme doughnuts, 1 footlong sub and drank 0.5 litres of pepsi in my last really bad binge session. I've eaten upwards of 13k calories in a day. Ive been on/off dieting for the last few years (diet, binge, diet) and it's made me gain a LOT of weight. (Need to lose about 50lbs to normalize my BMI) Anyway, I saw the brownies and was like "fuck it, I'm gonna end up binging anyway". You know what I did though? I had 4 small pieces and then left it. Usually I would've had 15 small bits with a quart of milk and a grilled cheese and 50 other foods and then cried myself to sleep. I went 400 calories over my limit, and I managed to stop. Not sure why - I wasn't having a good day anyway, and I'd usually binge. Very happy with myself and looking forward to losing the weight now that I'm beginning to learn self control :) Also sorry if the paragraph is structured weirdly, im on mobile and still really happy from the win I got yesterday [link] [comments] |
| How I use my bullet journal for my weight loss Posted: 01 Jul 2020 08:23 PM PDT I've been using a bullet journal since the start of the year. I had one to organize parts of my life but when the weight loss parts were getting too many pages, I decided to split it into its own journal. I'm not going to show the "initial" setup since it's a little dated and honestly, I had no idea what I'm doing. The notable pages are the graph, the milestones/rewards page and the progress pics page where I take a pic at the start of the month to stick on there. I took pictures of spreads that has helped me from March to now. Like everything, it's an evolving process but this is what worked for me. The album shows the pictures out of order but I'll explain. I split up my monthly pages to two sections: one for food and one for working out. I have thought about making one big calendar with both information but found that I preferred separating it. I wanted to see what I ate and I wanted to see what my workout was scheduled for. Anyway, here are the spreads I've used:
I like affirmations. I also find a weight loss related quote to use that. It's mainly to fill space. I log weight once a week, even though I check everyday.
The top is my food log with calories while the bottom is the meal plan of the week. I do OMAD so I don't really need MFP to log my meals anymore. I add what I use and jot it down. I like meal planning because it helps me organize grocery shopping
Color coordinated on the days I've done what. Reflections to further process how I'm feeling.
If I have a meal I want to do but don't know where to put it or look up YouTubers to follow along with my workouts. Super helpful when I'm planning my meals when I don't know what I want
I did the Chloe Ting 2 week shred and PIIT 28. I hated figuring out which day I did what workout so this was an easier way for me to fit it. The habit trackers to keep me on track
Where I put my measurements and general thoughts and accomplishments. I'm trying out a new program this time around and wanted to add which video I did and whether the trainer was someone I would want to continue. I usually have two or four pages left over so I used that for other ideas. Some I used for quick references, other are for book thoughts So yea, this is my weight loss bullet journal. I could have done all of this online, especially with Happy Scale, MFP, Google Drive but I wanted everything in one place and also, this was another hobby I could do with my hands. Usually I'm focused on this so I don't snack and any new hobby I pick up that uses my hands, I'm all for it. I hope this helps some people [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 1 Posted: 01 Jul 2020 04:56 PM PDT Hello losers, Happy July! I've read & updooted all y'all I hope you'll forgive me not responding to everyone! Welcome all & let's conquer July! 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): My final goal weight sedentary TDEE is 1700 ish, that's where I got the number. And I also find it a super comfortable calorie range to be in. Looking good today. Exercise 5 days a week: 30 minute brisk walk at lunch is all she wrote today. 1/1 days. Self-care time (JOURNALING, working on love journals, beauty treatments, drawing 0/1 days): Shoved some journaling in my lunch break & therapy tonight. 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: Doing good today kids. Streak day 2. Listen to my effing body: Nightmares last night. Blergh. Be more mindful & express gratitude, avoid the hedonic treadmill: New bed frame. Super awesome sauce. Your turn! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Jul 2020 06:08 PM PDT 30/F/5'4 SW:240 CW: 236 GW: 160. I'm new to the reddit community in general. I took a job nearly two years ago which took me off my feet (averaged 7k steps daily) to a sedentary (but stressful) desk job. I'm back up around my highest weight. Seeing this community has given me the motivation I have needed to make it stick. My thinnest in high school was around 150lbs, and I used to play a lot of DDR. After graduating college, I attended a specialty program and had a second floor apartment. Lots of stress from studying and less active time lead me to gain. Having a kid has added a lot more difficulty in finding time to work on myself. My weight has always fluctuated but I'm taking control of it finally. I purchased a treadmill (issues there).. so in the meantime I'm going back to DDR, walking, and swimming. In 10 days I've lost 4 lbs and feel better and my clothes are fitting better. It's an amazing feeling and I can't wait to see the progress continue. I'm not even struggling with will power. So unbelievable to me. Weight loss for me is all about the mentality. I honestly have not 'cheated' yet. [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: July 2nd, 2020 Posted: 01 Jul 2020 11:07 PM PDT Hi team Euro accountability, I hope you're all well! For anyone new who wants to join today, this is a daily post where you can track your goals, keep yourself accountable, get support and have a chat with friendly people at times that are convenient for European time zones. Check-in daily, weekly, or whatever works best for you. It's never the wrong time to join! Anyone and everyone are welcome! Tell us about yourself and let's continue supporting each other. Let us know how your day is going, or, if you're checking in early, how your yesterday went! Share your victories, rants, problems, NSVs, SVs, we are here! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Jul 2020 01:56 PM PDT Like many people here, I have an on-again off-again relationship with weight loss. I was very fit in my 30s but a motorcycle crash (and 2 year recovery) caused me to gain 50 lbs. I lost 20 lbs once I could walk again but the rest has been difficult. I go through (year-longish) phases of hopelessness and then equally long phases of keeping at it. Then Covid19 hit, I was out of work, and I didn't get off the couch for 2 months. I ate and ate and ate and I didn't do a bit of exercise. Not good. I was worried about my health but was simply too scared to weigh myself. Then something magical happened. In late April my 12 yr old said she wanted to start jogging. WHAT? WOW! OK! She's a couch potato so this was a VERY welcome surprise. And it was all I needed to break me out of my funk. We started the Couch to 5K (C25K) program the very next week. We are now 9 weeks into the Under Armor 16 week program and it's been great. Now, I HAAAAATE jogging, but this program increases the jogs and decreases the walks so gently that we never feel overwhelmed. And I can't let my daughter down, so even when I don't feel like it, we do it. At this point you might be wondering, "Why is this post titled 'In praise of fitness trackers'?" In order to even do C25K, we needed a timer (you walk then jog every few minutes so you're constantly checking the time). So I bought a fitness tracker. At first I just used it as a timer. But a few days later I started looking at my steps and became obsessed with getting 10,000 every day. Sometimes I go out at 11pm and walk around the neighborhood if I'm short for the day (it resets at midnight). A couple weeks later I started logging my food with the app. This was HUGE. The app makes it really easy to track calories. The cool thing is, the app tells you exactly how many calories under or over you are at that instant. So you can adjust your habits real time. At the end of the day, if I've been good (I kept my eating in check and/or exercised a lot that day) I reward myself with desert. If I haven't been good, then I feel like I didn't earn it and I better try harder the next day. And I finally got on the scale this morning and I was 5 lbs LIGHTER than I was in March. Woo-hoo! A lot of this is common knowledge and many of you are probably rolling your eyes. But I hope at least ONE person reads this and starts tracking steps / exercise / calories. [link] [comments] |
| Do your clothes take up less space once you've lost weight and wear smaller stuff? Posted: 01 Jul 2020 10:52 PM PDT This is an odd question, but it's something I've been thinking about lately. I was fantasizing about when I finally lose all my weight and what style I want to have. I started thinking about college and the future and I wondered – when you're not huge, when you're a normal, healthy weight, do your clothes take up a lot less space? Smaller clothing = less material I guess. Maybe it's weird to think about but for me my clothes literally take up so much space. And I don't have a ton of clothes, I really don't. I think about working at summer camp and seeing the skinny girls on staff only have this small suitcase but bring so many clothes with them and I was like??? How do they fit all that in there?? Me with a suitcase twice the size. I've been to college once, and having to pack all my clothing up and take it there and then fit it into the little closet and drawers I had was a nightmare, meanwhile my much thinner roommates had closet and drawer space to spare! But they had the same clothes as me. Obviously anyone can have a lot of clothes no matter what size you are, maybe sometimes thinner people even have more because they can wear more. It's just interesting to me to think about it. Did you notice that your clothes took up less space once you Iost weight and got a smaller wardrobe? Or have you noticed this just in general? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Jul 2020 10:34 PM PDT 25F SW:137.8 CW:126 GW:116 I started watching my diet from February when I realised I've become extremely lazy and inactive. I immediately started the gym and started going twice a week for strength training. I also measured myself and kept a note of it. The one reason that I failed at was being calorie deficit until April. Now my routine is to stick to 1300 cal per day. Do an hour pilates at least 4x a week. A 30 min walk everyday. And I completely avoid having carbs at night. Although after dropping around 10 pounds, when I measured myself again, I had the same dimensions. My clothes are not looser than before, so I'm guessing that was water weight. I would really like some insight about it. I'm confused as to what is going out of my body which weighed 10 pounds? Despite that I'm really excited to continue and have a target of 121.5 by the end of July. [link] [comments] |
| Happy Cake (Mango Pudding Pie) Day!! Posted: 01 Jul 2020 07:44 PM PDT Hey guys! Since it's my cake day, I (17, F, 5'4) thought I'd share some progress as I came to reddit to find help with my weight loss journey, but I've managed to find beautiful and funny communities in other places as well that really brighten up my gloomy days. I started out my weight loss journey at 228.0 lbs. and am currently getting back to my 140s. I was struggling with my eating habits and have finally gotten a control over it in the last month. What finally worked for me is realizing that I didn't have to be strict all the time. I started out with eating 1200-1400 calories every day. And although that worked for me weight loss wise, I did feel a sense of restriction that led to binges as well as multiple plateaus. I recently started doing "cycles" in my calories, where some days I'd have 1200, but others I could have up to 1900. Combined with my workouts, it would average out to 1500 calories every day. This has allowed me to lose about 1-2 pounds a week (I'm hoping to hit 128). This was a big realization for me as I always believed that I wouldn't lose weight unless I stayed at 1200. Allowing myself to have days where I didn't necessarily cheat, but had bigger calorie allowances made me feel refreshed and ready to take on the challenge again. If I was starting to break and was feeling a binge coming on, then I would bring my calories up to maintenance for as long as I felt I needed to. I would remind myself that there was no rush and that I could take a big breath. ... And that big breath today is in the form of mango pudding pie which I will pretend to be having in celebration of my Reddit Cake Day! So to end this note, please be kind to yourselves and remember: Just pretend that you're a superhero that needs to save your people. Superheroes need those strong muscles (well, except for Thor that one time. Ignore that...). [link] [comments] |
| F/44/5’5”/SW330/CW252/GW 150-180 - Lowest weight in 23 years Posted: 01 Jul 2020 07:12 AM PDT Long story of my journey and what has worked for me so far. Will post pics later. Today the scale says I weigh what I did in 1997. The year I graduated from college. I've been on a rollercoaster yo-yo ride the entire time and have never been this low again in the whole time after the initial uphill climb. I've not been below 250 since I was 20. I feel like I may be able to reach onederland again, and maybe this year! IF has helped greatly this year with OMAD. I haven't done any long term fasting. My doctor has helped by identifying food sensitivities like egg whites and dairy (which when trying to lose, who doesn't eat egg whites and yogurt?! Well, that was killing me.) We also discovered hormone imbalances and thyroid issues not being properly managed. I lost 50 lbs in the first year after seeing him from ONLY eliminating dairy and eggs and changing my thyroid meds. I'd been going to different doctors for years having them tell me I was lying about food journals and exercise. I knew I wasn't lying anymore. I had been fooling myself for years that I was eating healthy and trying to lose weight, but one day I looked myself in the eye and decided I was worth the truth from myself if nothing else. So I got serious! I spent 10 years trying with various doctors who told me eat less, exercise more, and they gave me typical low fat food plans like egg whites and yogurt... I kept hunting and finally found a doctor who believed me and listened to me and tested me! Do not stop advocating for yourself! I increased my exercise 3 years ago with strength training. Am high risk for COVID (obese and asthma) so am avoiding the gym now. I am doing 3 days a week cardio with the C25K running program on my home treadmill I'm lucky to have, taking it VERY slow! Started in April and am still on week 5. Repeat routines in the program when I don't feel ready for the next step. I take hikes when I can and I'm about to bring my OLD rowing machine up from the basement and put it next to my treadmill and create a 9x6 exercise area with some step platforms and exercise bands to reincorporate strength training with those and body weight exercises. I weighed in at 330 the summer of my 40th birthday. I turn 45 in October this year and would love to be below 200 by my mid-life day. Slow and steady for a lifetime of change and higher quality of life for the rest of my life. Do not give up on yourself! Look for the reasons your body doesn't do the things you ask of it; and if those reasons are because you're lying to yourself, stop lying! If you've tried everything, go to a doctor and advocate for yourself! [link] [comments] |
| Can anyone help me figure out macros??? Posted: 02 Jul 2020 02:00 AM PDT I'm a 25 year old 5'5" male and I currently weigh 176lbs. According to the National Institute of Health's bmi ratio I'm about 30-40lbs overweight. Without access to a gym right now (covid) I'm planning on just doing light biking around my neighborhood and the occasional sit ups and push ups and maintaining a better diet. I've plugged my stats into some calculators and picked an average of the macros for my lifestyle between sedentary and lightly active. My issue is I cant find anywhere that I can just put in my foods and get the amounts I should eat in grams. Every calculator I have used gives you premade meals or doesn't have what I'm looking for food wise. I like super simple meals because I have a hard time motivating myself to cook because that is what I currently do for a living and am planning to basically eat the same meals every day. I'm looking for the basics of meat, egg, vegetables, salt, pepper, and nuts or yogurt. If anyone knows of a good calculator or can help me figure this out without one I would greatly appreciate it. [link] [comments] |
| Not losing any weight and very frustrated Posted: 01 Jul 2020 08:02 PM PDT Hello! To start of, i am a 5'5 female around 139 pounds. I have been counting calories and working out for the past month and the scale has not moved AT ALL. If anything, I have gained a pound or two. I eat around 1000-1200 calories and try to limit carbs. (Breakfast is usually a toast with eggs, lunch is protein shake + some other fruits, and dinner is protein + salad...something like these) I work out at least an hour+ every single day and it consists of an hour walk + 30-40min of at home workout videos (currently I am doing the Chloe Ting challenge) I don't know what I'm doing wrong and getting very frustrated....is it possible I am gaining muscles? I don't even think I look leaner, and I have measured myself, and the measurements are also around the same :( [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Jul 2020 10:55 AM PDT I'm looking for some awesome ideas! I'm going to go all out on this one! I'm 170 right now and want to lose 50 pounds. I suppose the first half of this journey will be a lot easier than say being 140 trying to get to 130 or 130 trying to get to 120. I'm thinking of doing very large rewards per 10 pounds and maybe small for 5? Not sure yet. I have a 300 dollar gift certificate to get my hair done I haven't used yet (it's been a year my bf got it for my birthday) I just honestly haven't felt like being cute since gaining weight so since that doesn't cost money I think that will be my 160 "reward" my 150 reward my be some hair extensions (a nice clip in set) cause my hairs super dead and sadly I'll have to get a ton chopped. No idea yet for 140, or 130 but for 120 I'm going to the lululemon store and spending 500 bucks! Going ALLLL in! Should I do some 5lb rewards along the way as well? What are some good ideas up to 100 bucks? Spefically things for appearance. Can be anything from clothes, to eyelash extensions, make up ect! [link] [comments] |
| I am a 17 year old 5’4 female and I weight 150 pounds. Posted: 01 Jul 2020 07:21 PM PDT I want to lose weight and get into the 130s. I keep on gaining weight and I'm scared I am gonna keep gaining weight. People say I shouldn't lose weight but I don't feel comfortable or confident in my own skin. I want my stomach to be flat and for me to be able to wear crop tops again without feeling overweight. I have zero motivation to do anything though and I'm really not good at eating healthy due to me being super picky and my depression and lack of motivation causes me to be not active at all and I can't even go to the gym because the COVID-19 situation has shut them down. Any ideas on what to do? I'm sick of feeling bad in my own body and also not being fit and healthy. [link] [comments] |
| Question about minimum calories Posted: 01 Jul 2020 05:55 PM PDT Hello! I'm on day 24 of CICO and have already been seeing consistent weight loss results! My question is this - I've been using My Fitness Pal to track all of my calories and the minimum it says I'm required to eat is 2020 calories per day with my current activity level. (For reference I'm a woman, 5'6, currently 305 pounds) Most of my days I never meet that and am staying at a semi-consistent 1500-1700. Is this healthy in the longterm if I physically feel fine? Should I restrict even further? My doctor has said she wanted me on an 800-1200 calorie diet but to me that was not sustainable in the long run - I knew I'd get frustrated and start going back to old habits. Where I am now though, I could feasibly see going to 1200 eventually. Before I started this journey I would easily hit 2500-3500 a day (just estimating) so I know the main reason I'm losing is because I've created this big deficit from the normal amount I would consume. Is it sustainable to keep at the rate I'm going, about 1500-1700 calories a day, or should I be taking in the minimum amount my Fitness Pal states? [link] [comments] |
| 33/M/ 239lbs / 5’11”/ 33% body fat. I think I’ve hit a plateau! Help! Posted: 02 Jul 2020 12:14 AM PDT Hi Everyone! Hoping someone could help shed some guidance on what might be going on with my body and why i can't seem to lose weight anymore. On Feb 27th I decided i needed to get back down to a better weight since it's been awhile. I weighed 266lbs. I decided to start tracking all my calories in MyFitnessPal. I start off at 1900 calories a day (no cheat days ever). Since gyms were closed during Covid, i just went for a 40 minute walk everyday. Like clockwork i was losing 2lbs a week. I ended up dropping my calories to 1850 then 1800. I got to 239lbs on June 1st. Gyms started to open up again, so i went back. I'm working out 5 days a week.. pyramid heavy lifts to failure. One muscle group a day. And I'm doing 12-18 minutes of cardio after lifting. The first week i gained 2lbs so back to 241lbs... 3 weeks later, I'm still at 241lbs. Which didn't make a lot of since because I've increased my activity level greatly. I decided to do a refeed and ate 2600 calories (maintenance number) for 2 days this past week. It's now Wednesday and I'm still the same weight , 241lbs. I can't seem to break this. Any guidance or help would be awesome! Thanks everyone. (TL:DR lost 26lbs with walking, started to weight lift and do cardio and can't lose anymore weight). [link] [comments] |
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