Weight loss: Last night I finally understood the skinny friend fallacy, and put away 5 apple slices |
- Last night I finally understood the skinny friend fallacy, and put away 5 apple slices
- I'm not addicted to sugar anymore !
- 29/M 6'4. 360>205=155 pounds gone. What an incredible journey it has been and I'm so close to my goal weight.
- Did anyone else got affected by this movie trope?
- Had the first cheat meal. Didn’t fall off the wagon. SUCCESS
- Finally Feeling Great!
- Teeth whitening strips killed my binge
- I'm 10 lbs away from finally reaching my weight loss goal and it's been the most difficult part of the journey. Any advice on how to make it easier to lose it? (5'6/M)
- 12kg down (before and after) and feeling so healthy and much more confident than ever before
- I didn’t binge and I’m actually surprised
- I’m done telling people I’m trying to lose weight.
- 2/18 505 LB - 6/30 380 LB - From super fat to just fat
- Crushing the weight in quarantine
- I can’t make it through a whole week without binging. Help.
- I’m addicted to take-out and not sure how to beat the addiction.
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: July 6th, 2020
- Accountability post!
- I'm so tired of all the comments people make about my body when I'm losing weight.
- I broke a chair in public...now what?
- Struggling losing weight?
- Three weeks in and I've officially lost 1 stone!
- Throwback to high school jerks
- 3 weeks to prep for a 10 week challenge
- 10lbs to go!
| Last night I finally understood the skinny friend fallacy, and put away 5 apple slices Posted: 05 Jul 2020 11:20 AM PDT I'll try and make this quick! So I have my dear friend subletting and he is very thin. I would always see him eating chipotle or other very substantial foods, talks about eating lots etc etc. (The fallacy that some people are skinny no matter how much or whatever they eat. While medically that might be true for some people, or slightly more accurate towards others, most often people who are "naturally thin" have thin people eating habits). I just couldn't believe how often people here will say your skinny friend might not eat healthy, but they manage their caloric intake very well and often unconsciously. I didn't want to believe this. I figure I try so hard, counting all the time, etc. Thankfully it's gotten much better because I've spent the last year entirely upending my diet and now I want fruit and vegetables, and that really had to come first. This past year has been life changing, I got medicated for depression and started therapy.... so I've started to understand that self care isn't selfish. I'm going to lose weight and eat better for ME, for my insides and my brain, not just to be skinny. Anyways! I was thinking about how everyone here will talk about their thin friends managing calories because they don't eat the last bite. My friend moved in, and I watched it in action. It's SO true. They have a bagel for breakfast, but then they snack on an apple and maybe wait for dinner. Without trying, their caloric intake is probably under 2,000. They aren't dieting or thinking about food constantly, they live and are ok with being hungry. (Edit: I know people's hunger levels are different, and eating habits. By this I just mean he's ok leaving without a snack or something and just returning home for food even when he's very very hungry. I would just go get fast food or a junky snack or something.) So I've been trying to adopt similar mindsets. Last night I was eating apples with a little cheese as night time snack (much better than a bowl of cereal or Cheetos...) and I thought "eh I'm satisfied". Looked at the rest of the apples, and put them in a jar in the fridge for another day. It was at that moment it clicked. This is what my friend does, all the time, all day, with anything. Regardless of what's in front of them, they stop eating. Doesn't matter if they are throwing it out, or saving it, or whatever. They just stop. And finally for once without thinking about it, I did too!! My initial reaction was to keep eating because there were only a few left. But then I though, well there are only a few left, so what?? So far thanks to this sub and fasting I've lost 15 lbs, albeit slowly (since January). I feel re energized and positive about my future goals after having this realization! [link] [comments] |
| I'm not addicted to sugar anymore ! Posted: 05 Jul 2020 07:55 AM PDT I used to looooove sweets and cakes and chocolate, and I was always eating some sugary snack throughout the day. If there was something sweet I was never able to stop and I would eat as much as I could. I would always be on the search for something sweet in the kitchen during the day or at night and if I knew we had something It would be on my mind all day. 6 days without processed sugar was all it took. Now most days I don't eat sugary stuff, fruits excepted, but when I do it's no problem to just enjoy one piece (or more if I feel like it) but to stop there and feel satisfied. Yesterday my sister pushed half a biscuit in my mouth and I found it way too sweet although before I would have had no trouble eating an entire pack of these. I feel so free and like I'm on a good path towards improving my relationship with food ! Edit : Alright so some of you rightfully warned that that everything seems peachy in the beginning, but slipping back can be easier than we think, so as those comments did I encourage everyone to stay vigilant. Furthermore I didn't add my whole "history", but I had already quit sugar maybe one or two times for like 2 days lol (this time feels different though because I'm not craving it anymore). I really encourage those who feel like it to try quitting it for those 6 days, I just mean to say that, if it works for you that's great ! If it doesn't please don't beat yourself up about it, everybody is different and I'm sure you'll find something that works for you. Also thanks for the pie award lol someone has a sense of humor Edit : edited my edit [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Jul 2020 02:02 PM PDT I woke up today feeling super motivated. Quarantine has taken its toll on a lot of people. I've been in a local weightloss group for awhile and I would say 90% have put on weight or went back to unhealthy habits. I realized when I first started going to therapy, (which I highly recommend when you start going through this process), that there is no magic button. As bad as I wanted one. I wanted to see instant results. HARDWORK DETERMINATION GRIT ^ These are the things that it takes. The most incredible thing about it. These are free... no program... not entry fee, monthly subscription. (These things can help, don't get me wrong. Your journey is your journey) Here is my favorite collection of progress pics. Face gains are really where its at. So here's my encouragement for the day. YOU CAN DO IT. I told my self for years I wasn't strong enough. I was. I just had to choose to do it. [link] [comments] |
| Did anyone else got affected by this movie trope? Posted: 05 Jul 2020 02:20 PM PDT When a guy (who is often handsome and popular) comments on a girl's (who is often unpopular but very hot as well) eating habits, and compliments her for not dieting? And also often compares her to the attractive bitchy popular girls? It's like this ultimate "I'm not like other girls I like FOOD" trope written to appeal to teenage girls. I'm not a girl but I enjoyed watching chick flicks during my teen years (which I used to be ashamed to admit), and I internalized this idea that dieting is something girly and embarrassing. Weirdly, working out and "bulking" was not embarrassing and it was okay to have a high protein surplus diet as long as you don't call it "diet" because dieting is apparently feminine and therefore lame and not cool. Even now I catch myself being ashamed to read labels in a grocery store because "someone will think I'm dieting", and then get angry at myself at having these stupid and frankly misogynistic issues that NOBODY CARES ABOUT. Does anyone also submitted to this stupid Hollywood stereotype that cool people, especially women, eat whatever fatty sugary foods they want, and also stay effortlessly thin? [link] [comments] |
| Had the first cheat meal. Didn’t fall off the wagon. SUCCESS Posted: 06 Jul 2020 12:18 AM PDT I've been strict with diet and exercise for 25 straight days. I went cold turkey on all sugary drinks, treats, and minimised carbs in a single day. Denied ordering in at least eight times with housemates, haven't had any alcohol, and binned everything that wasn't veggies. My overall goal was just to FEEL better, and I do. I have lost 4kgs (8.8lbs, according to google,) which I am proud of and I certainly feel physically, even if I can't quite see the results yet. But having been on and off the diet wagon all my life, I was ultimately scared of giving up, like I have countless times before. Today, I woke up flat and miserable. No idea why - I think it's probably a combination of not leaving the house, general boredom, my two workouts yesterday, and low sugar? Anyway. I gave myself permission to feel better. I had some chocolate, a cuppa tea, some popcorn, and ordered myself a burger. I still didn't get a sugary drink - they were the worst craving I had and I don't trust myself THAT much - but everything else was so freakin good. I watched a movie, had a nap with my dog, did a face mask. I was worried that if I indulged midday, it would end up something similar for dinner, and then whelp, I'd better start again on Monday... which is a week away... But the world didn't stop spinning. I didn't spontaneously shovel handfuls of pure sugar into my face. I feel great. Full, but great. I'm still gonna get my gym time up (just later in the day,) and I'm still gonna have my cous cous and veggies for dinner. I have popcorn and chocolate left over and I have no overwhelming urge to eat it until it's gone. Something I wouldn't have ever done just a handful of months ago. I just needed a little extra today, and I could stop without feeling guilty or hateful of myself. I no longer feel like I'm just gonna write the rest of the week off because of a couple pick-me-up snacks. It feels like I can breathe a little easier knowing that I'm in a place where temptations happen and I can indulge a little, then proceed with new, hard earned habits. I literally thought this wasn't a possible way of life for me. So I guess the reason I decided to post is so that when I need to I can look back on this and understand how far I've come. Hope you have as good a day as I have! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Jul 2020 10:42 PM PDT I (25f, 5'5") have been working on losing weight and being healthier since the start of December. When I started I was 81.5kgs and had just hit a size 14 (AU). As of now I am 61.2kgs - I've lost just over 20kgs (45 pounds) and am now a size 8 in tops, 8-10 in pants and 6-8 in dresses! The dress is what really got me when I tried it on over the weekend - a size 6 is the smallest size most stores carry. I am so excited and happy it's hard to articulate - I have literally never been this small since I was in kids clothes - all through my teens I was a size 10. But the last 2-3 months have been hard. I have never struggled so much with my appearance as I have recently. I wasn't anywhere near this self concious when I was overweight borderline obese. As happens with weight loss, I also lost weight across my bust so when I had to throw out (donate) a bunch of clothes for being too big, I also had to throw out every single bra I owned (bust size always being the thing I was always most self-concious about). Since the start of May I started working out/exercising every single day which, combined with just having hit the healthy range of bmi at the time, meant I went from losing 1kg every 10 days to having weeks where I didn't lose anything at all, because as I was losing fat I was also gaining muscle. I clung to the fact that my bathroom scale gives me % of body fat, muscle and hydration and I could see muscles and hydration going up and fat going down even while the overall number wasn't changing but sometimes it was just not enough. But, I think I'm finally through the worst of it and have started feeling good about myself. I workout every day and actually look forward to it. I bought new clothes that fit. Got a haircut to match my whole face changing shape. Started taking better care of my skin (is super sensitive) and just generally feeling better about myself and wayyyyyy more confident. Being able to read your guys stories really helped get me through some of the tough parts - it helps knowing other people are experiencing the same thing. I know we all have times where we just do not feel good about ourselves, but we can get through it. There is a light at the end of the tunnel in whatever shade of fantastic you want it to be <3 [link] [comments] |
| Teeth whitening strips killed my binge Posted: 05 Jul 2020 02:59 PM PDT So I've been battling late night binges for a while now. My night routine always consists of binging both a tv show and mangoes/cereal/leftovers/chocolate. A few days ago I brought some crest teeth whitening strips—and they did more than just perfect my smile. Because you have to wear them for thirty minutes to an hour and after removing them you can't really eat anything. My night routine now has skincare and teeth whitening as I watch a show, and zero food binge. Because I'm getting the same fun and satisfaction with whitening my teeth! I may keep buying after this pack runs out until the binge monster is completely dead. Tldr; try teeth whitening for late night binges [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Jul 2020 10:09 PM PDT I'm on a 2 year weight loss journey. I'm 5'6 and was at 200 lbs on June 2018. My goal is 130lbs and I've been stuck at 140 for about 2 months now. I've been doing intermittent fasting with no excercise to lose all of this weight. Unfortunately it seems as if I've hit a wall. I've been fluctuating between 139-141 for 2 months now and just can't seem to get under 139. I want to lose the weight by the end of August and with the way things are going, I don't know if I'll achieve it. I was thinking of speeding up the process by keeping the fasting routine but adding some excercise as well. I can't go to the gym but I was thinking of taking up running. Should help with both the weight loss. What do you guys recommend? [link] [comments] |
| 12kg down (before and after) and feeling so healthy and much more confident than ever before Posted: 05 Jul 2020 07:01 PM PDT For context I'm 6'2" and 21. I've been overweight my entire life but ever since I stopped growing, the weight really started to pile on to the point I was obese. I've said about losing weight for years but never followed through, or I'd lose a few pounds and that would be it. But I decided I'd had enough, and especially with lockdown, didn't want to come out being heavier still. So I decided to limit my calorie intake to 1500 daily, which actually hasn't been so bad adjusting to. In just over 8 weeks I have lost 12kg, and medically speaking am no longer classed as obese which I'm super thrilled about. My blood pressure is now in the normal range, and my clothes fit better. I still have around 25-30kg left to lose, but the results on my face are so astounding (at least to me) that I had to share. [link] [comments] |
| I didn’t binge and I’m actually surprised Posted: 05 Jul 2020 04:59 PM PDT Bought some snack foods for myself, as a treat for when I feel like having one. While buying them I was already very very scared that instead of being like a normal person and just taking one and eating that I would devour the entire package in an instant. I bought some very low-cal safe snack foods, and as a challenge to myself also bought some high-cal fear foods that I have binged on a lot in the past. Tonight I had one serving of the food I was so scared of buying, when I was still hungry had a fruit snack and then went on with my night without binging. I'm really proud of myself and learning that I can curb my binge urges actually makes me believe I can lose weight. [link] [comments] |
| I’m done telling people I’m trying to lose weight. Posted: 05 Jul 2020 10:24 AM PDT Hi all, long time lurker, first time poster. Bit of a rant. I'm 5'2 and last week, I weighed myself for the first time in quite some time and I found that I'm at the heaviest I've ever been - 270. I don't even like writing that because I'm so disgusted about it. A couple years ago I was at 260 and I managed to lose 50 pounds in around 5 months. I was so proud of myself - but nobody noticed. Nobody said anything. 50 pounds and not one word of affirmation, recognition, nothing. I would comment on my own weight loss and people would give me weird looks as if I were lying even though you could visibly see the difference in photos. Anyways after a rough couple seasons, a bad breakup, stress, quarantine, etc - I gained it all back plus change. And I've never been so pissed at myself. Since I stepped on the scale I started eating better, tracking what I was eating/my calorie intake, and I'm working on getting back into exercising. I'm down almost 6 pounds just from those small changes. I know, not a lot, but something. But I'm not going to mention to my friends or family that I'm trying to lose weight again. Why? Because none of them are genuinely supportive. They act condescending as all hell over it, they patronize me, they never offer any real support or even ask about my progress. In fact I get the side eye if I don't load up on as many carbs as they do, or they make a joke if I skip dessert. My mom, who is also incredibly obese, ALWAYS comments on how little or how much I eat. My brother gained some weight over a year and when she saw him on a visit it was all she talked about for a week. I can't imagine what she says about me behind my back. I'm tired of it. It does more harm then good. I'm losing weight for myself, not for them. I don't want to announce I'm on "a journey" or anything. When I lost 50 pounds I never mentioned anything either, and I believe that was a big contributor to why it actually happened because I did it in my own headspace. When they notice, they can say something. I just don't want any fake cheerleaders. I know that having a support system helps a lot of people, and I'm not raining on them, but I think it's best for me to make my achievements in silence. Maybe it's a little counterproductive to post this on the internet, but at least I know this is a judgment free zone - or definitely way less than my immediate community. TL;DR: Don't f**king fake your support for people who are trying to better themselves. You are doing so much more damage than you realize. [link] [comments] |
| 2/18 505 LB - 6/30 380 LB - From super fat to just fat Posted: 05 Jul 2020 04:38 PM PDT Stats for 2/18-6/30 - Calories In - 1100 Calories out - 4900 Steps - 9800 Eating 1100 calories a day sounds ridiculous, but its possible. I started out with eggs in the morning, tuna or chicken breast during the day, and protein shakes throughout the day to curb hunger. After a month, my energy tanked, and I needed to add carbs. I added a few sandwiches throughout the day with ALDI low carb wheat bread and grilled chicken breast that I made in bulk. Workout regime was religous. 4 days a week of weight training. Weeks alternated between 8, 10, 12, and 15 reps. Legs and back. Chest and tri's. Bi's and shoulders. Cardio 6 days a week, twice a day 3 days a week. Started out with 1 mile walking, am up to 2 miles at 5.5 on treadmill today. I tailored my workouts based on my work schedule. I primarily did cardio at 6:30 AM, showered, went to work, and did weight training in the evening. Switched up weight training to 5:30 AM for a few weeks to fit work schedule and did cardio in the evening. I hit a huge plateau about a month in due to sodium. I was running a daily caloric deficit of 3500 per day and still not losing weight. I was using lean turkey lunch meat and it made me hold in so much water due to the sodium content. I switched to grilling my own chicken without salt and I started losing again almost instantly. If anyone is interested I can upload the 4 months of daily workouts, I have a notebook with each days workout with amount of reps and weight for each exercise. I did use the help of a personal trainer, and I don't think I could have done this without him. If you have the means to hire someone to help you, do it. If anyone is curious, the cost was $300 bi-weekly. I was spending more than that on trash food and bar tabs, so for me, it wasn't a big deal. If you can't afford someone like this, feel free to PM me and I will share a detailed workout regimine that is easy to follow and will get you started. For me, the biggest takeaway from this was the importance of having the right head space. This shit is 99% mental. If you commit, form new habits, and dive in head first, anyone can do it. Anyways, that's it. This is how I went from really, really, really fucking fat, to like, eh, he's fat. PS...the scars are an apendectomy and a tough guy with a knife. [link] [comments] |
| Crushing the weight in quarantine Posted: 05 Jul 2020 09:55 AM PDT (http://imgur.com/gallery/HKkWnhW) I've been a lurker on here for a while now, but I figured I gotta come out of hiding eventually. About 2ish months ago I made the biggest, most important decision of my life: sobriety. I was overweight but more importantly, my mental health was at rock bottom. Once I cut out drinking, things just got easier in a way. From there, small goals started piling up in addition to that. I started reading this sub daily and getting inspired. I started just by the basic counting calories, then adding in a few other things as they felt right. The real OG for me is walking though, I love doing it and getting in quality time with my partner each day. But holy smokes... I have never taken progress photos in my life, but I never realized what a difference 15 lbs looks like. But its more than that for me now! I've already been at this weight before, but I wasn't anywhere near as happy and healthy as I feel now. A huge thank you to this sub for being a positive, encouraging impact for me. [link] [comments] |
| I can’t make it through a whole week without binging. Help. Posted: 05 Jul 2020 06:05 PM PDT I'm trying to lose weight again after gaining alot back since the pandemic started and it's not going well. Long story short, last spring-fall I lost 68 lbs (from 210-142, I'm a 24yo guy, 5ft5). I always ate emotionally and over christmas break my depression and alcohol intake led me to balloon up to 165ish. I managed to get back down to 148, and then lockdown happened and it spurred another extreme severe depressive episode. I don't want to make this a "mental health" spirl or whatever, but to spare the details i wasnt even changing my clothes or getting off the couch for like 10-15 hrs a day other than to stuff my fave or use the bathroom. I'm now back up to 170lbs. I managed to get down to 166 by the end off last werk, but I just ate it all back. I feel defeated and disgusting. Getting motivated last time was so much easier but i feel so out of control this time. Im trying to cut back drinking, using mfp to do cico again, and starting cardio. I was able to jog a mile 3x this week but i just ate like a fucking pig yesterday and today. Same thing happned last week, and the week before, and the week before that. About 20 min ago i literally ate myself sick because i just saw a bunch of leftover cake and barbecue and just gorged myself even though i wasnt even that hungry. Now i just feel bloated and gross and wish i could puke it all out. I'm so pissed off at myself. I cant shake the addiction this time. Why? The euphoria i get from eating is so intoxicating. Eating unhealthy food feels so good and I HATE THAT. I feel good when i know im losing weight, but something just completely killed my self control. Starting from scratch tomorrow. Im so desperate. I'll take any advice. [link] [comments] |
| I’m addicted to take-out and not sure how to beat the addiction. Posted: 05 Jul 2020 07:10 PM PDT I love take-out. I get take-out almost every day, whether it be Indian food, pizza, burritos, etc. I keep telling myself "I will just eat what my mom cooks!" But I never do. And I just continue to order take-out. My mom makes relatively healthy meals but she isn't a great cook so the taste is meh. I've tried to cook for myself in the past and I just hate cooking. I'm a petite woman so the take-out meals are a lot more calories than what I need, which has contributed to my weight gain over the years. I also don't really exercise. But I think the main issue is the take-out. I feel like if I could get my addiction to take-out under control I would lose most of the weight. I've tried to stick with CICO, but then I get a take-out meal and eat the whole thing, go over my calorie limit, and just say "fuck it" and continue my bad habits. Does anyone have any tips for beating this addiction? A good website or cookbook that offers quick, healthier meal ideas? I just don't know what to do anymore. [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: July 6th, 2020 Posted: 05 Jul 2020 11:29 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: 05 Jul 2020 11:54 PM PDT I (F29) just weighed myself post 'lockdown/working from home/eating just toast for the whole pandemic so far' and I'm back up to 201lbs - I'm 5'9" so that makes my bmi 29.6 so very close to obese. It's not the heaviest I've been before but it is in about 8 years after years of yoyoing between 200lbs and 170 at my lowest. I'm sick and tired of doing this again and again. I lost about 14lbs last year using this sub for inspo (just lurking, never posting) and calorie counting etc and am determined to do this again and make it stick. Posting just to rant and force myself to accept my weight and that I really need to do something about it. The posts on here are inspirational and I want to post my own before and after one day!! Wish me luck 🌟. [link] [comments] |
| I'm so tired of all the comments people make about my body when I'm losing weight. Posted: 06 Jul 2020 01:47 AM PDT I'm not sure why I'm even writing this right now because it's silly to complain about but I just needed to vent, and slightly rant a little bit. Basically, I've lost about 20 pounds at age 20, my starting weight use to be 140+ at 5'4. Which was my highest weight in a long time, depression hit me hard after losing a bunch of friends and so, I was emotionally eating. It got so bad to the point where I couldn't even get out of bed, and when I did, I couldn't even get up a flight of stairs without getting winded. People would take videos of me, making fun of me for being at a much thicker size and not being able to climb and post it on social media. I finally turn my life around and lost a lot of the weight, I'm down in my mid 120's now, I've never weighed this much since elementary school and first years of High School, so I'm pretty stoked and beyond happy about it, I'm even fitting in clothes I'd never thought I'd be able to wear and proud but then my mood takes a turn when people I haven't seen in a while see me, and then instantly they comment on all the weight I loss. When I tell them and the x amount, they tell me it's good enough, I said, I got a goal of 115, or even 118 lb, they get bothered and say that's too skinny, especially for my height, and I tell them it's fine. They then tell me stories about anorexia and experiences and how hard it is to recover, and I explain well, I'm eating this amount of calories, and don't have any issues with food, if I could I'd eat all day then compare me to other girls, despite only seeing me briefly. Then there are times where people will flat out call me anorexic to my face. First time wearing a cut sleeveless shirt in my life, came home, my sister instantly says I'm anorexic. Which makes no sense, cause I got a lot of fat on my arms, and belly and thighs still, and I was around 131 lb around that period of time. She's gained a lot of weight lately, but makes comments all the time, or says my butt is flat. Then I get comments like, "your body is weird" like... When I'm at a larger size, people make fun of me, call me big, etc, but now when I'm looking skinnier, I'm apparently anorexic, high cheek bones, so my face will look hollow, and I got a weird body? I know it shouldn't bother me but it does, like I never feel good enough or successful and I find it slightly offensive towards people who actually struggle with eating disorders by just labeling me so. I also have such large shoulders with weird slightly high traps, so I'm trying to get around 118 cause I just for once in my life want to actually look good, and FEEL much more dainty and feminine like my petite sister instead of feeling bad about myself. It just sucks, the comments are such a slap in the face. Anyways, rant/vent over. Anyone else had to deal with something similar? [link] [comments] |
| I broke a chair in public...now what? Posted: 05 Jul 2020 07:19 PM PDT 5' 4"/SW: 205 — This is my first post after years of lurking and silently wallowing about my weight—and it comes after a horrifying and embarrassing incident (I'll spare you details) but the title sums it up: I broke a chair in front of people I care a lot about and it was the wake up call I needed to have. I've been active on a very modest level but nothing's budged for me because consistency is my biggest nemesis. I start out so good some days—then succumb to binges and no-movement periods that can last weeks if not months. Quarantine made that worse. The scale hasn't moved from 205lbs for months now but luckily, it hasn't gone up either. After YEARS of battling with the desire to lose weight vs unhealthy eating habits vs my desire to accept/love myself as I am at my current weight, I'm writing this to hold myself accountable and do something different for a change. My efforts have long been kept to my chest, so I figure posting in the one place I secretly turn to might switch something up in my brain. I'm realizing that you can love yourself as you are AND want yourself to be healthier and stronger and not break your friends chairs. I'm also curious—is there anything you wish you knew at the start of your journey (or anytime) when it comes to finding and maintaining consistency with your eating and exercising routine? Would love to know if you're willing to share [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Jul 2020 01:05 AM PDT Hi all, didn't really know where else this might belong so here I am. I have absolutely no idea how to lose weight. And i know that sounds silly but please bear with me. Last year, in spring, i decided that I was going to lose weight ( self esteem issues ). My starting weight was 242. I bought a FitBit and all. After doing mild research I found that my best area to start would be cardio and shortening meals. Yall, I did. Hard. I know i couldn't afford the healthy healthy meals so I did the next best thing, consuming less calories. I stayed under 2000 calories everyday for 3 months. Top it off, I was doing a crazy amount of cardio, much more than I was used to. I work 13 hour shifts at work and its very lax so i developed a routine. Every hour, I would circle the building three times ( roughly 1,500 steps ) then upon leaving work, i would walk 1.5miles to the beach nearby and back. I'll admit, I felt great. It definitely helped my breathing ( ex smoker ) but the issue is, i got NO RESULTS. I'm now 265, i wanna start walking again, buts whats even the point if im just going to lose 8lbs? Anyone have any suggestions? Dropping some pics below from my FitBit of what I was doing every day in case im missing something. [link] [comments] |
| Three weeks in and I've officially lost 1 stone! Posted: 05 Jul 2020 11:22 AM PDT I started my weight loss journey (again) exactly 3 weeks ago and I have officially lost the first stone! In the past I have started to lose weight and get healthy but then find excuses to stop or just completely lose motivation and eventually put on everything I lost + more. Not this time! After 3 weeks I'm more motivated than ever, I have no cravings for fast food, sweets or fizzy drinks, being healthy has become more like a lifestyle than a chore already. This is something I didn't experience on the previous attempts so I'm confident the time is right to make huge changes. I saw work colleagues on Friday for the first time in months, a number of the commented that I looked different and a couple said it was already visible that I had lost weight which was lovely to hear! The inspiration that I have had from Reddit has been phenomenal as well, seeing so many people hitting their target weights and looking AMAZING after their journey has made me want it even more! [link] [comments] |
| Throwback to high school jerks Posted: 05 Jul 2020 10:36 PM PDT I just wanted to get something off my chest. It's been weighing me down my whole life. Obviously, the fact that I'm fat. At 5'1.5 and approaching 140 pounds, I'm not exactly at a great weight. I saw someone post about "revenge bodies" and I got an immediate flashback to high school. We were analyzing poetry and I was wearing a green sweater. The poem was called "the green cow". I didn't think anything of it until the next day when my friend told me the boys were laughing and calling me the green cow the whole time. And when our class was ordering T-shirts, there was a spreadsheet going around for everyone to sign up their sizes. Keep in mind I wasn't atrociously large in high school and fit fine into size small shirts. But after I wrote "small", the same friend told me that the boys had an email chain going around making fun of me and suggesting I get a medium. I know that these are petty instances but the absolute pain it caused me and still causes me makes me want to sink into a hole and die. And then I went to my uncle's house with my sister—who is pretty slim and perfect. He told my sisters that she should learn to eat and look how much your sister eats (pointing straight at me). Needless to say I lost my appetite and spent the evening crying in the basement. Now that I look back at pictures from this time in my life I see that I was normal looking—maybe 125 pounds. I don't know why people were obsessed with my weight and always calling me a cow or baby elephant. And from these words I always start losing weight and giving up. But that's not going to happen this time because this winter break I'm going to see my uncle again and I don't want to ever give him or anyone else reason to degrade me. Sorry for the rant just feel like crying and only this sub seems to understand me. [link] [comments] |
| 3 weeks to prep for a 10 week challenge Posted: 05 Jul 2020 10:30 PM PDT After the gyms closed I lost all motivation and basically just couldn't be bothered (no excuses) to exercise on my own. I'm about 124kg, 26yrs, 168cm (with pcos). My main goal is to get fit but long term i aim to lose at least 35kg. My old PT has started up a 10 week challenge and I've signed up. I have three weeks to prepare! I'll be going from absolutely no exercise for the last three months to 4x 1 hour sessions a week for ten weeks. Does anyone have any reasonable pointers for how best to prepare my body to pick up the pace? I started this morning with a walk and was thinking of slowly ramping it up each day until the challenge starts, but any other advice would be much appreciated!! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Jul 2020 04:09 PM PDT I decided to post my story because I don't see very many people many people my age posting here. I'm a 15F and I've always been quite big reaching 160lbs by age 11 (5"3) and 176 my hw by age 13 (5"6) In 2018 I lost around 20lbs in the space of 6 weeks which took me down to around 155lbs. Obviously losing weight weight that fast wasn't a very good idea and I ended up gaining most of it back by early 2020 at 172lbs. For the past year I've been living with the 'I'll start tomorrow mentality'. Finally around the end of January I overcame that mentality and actually started losing weight. I'm afraid I don't really have any advice on how I overcame that mentality it's hard no matter what. Within about a week i'd lost about 5lbs. I got down to 165 by the beginning of march but unfortunately exam stress got and put my weightloss on hold a little. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise and I learnt how to maintain. Although I did still lose a few pounds in this time. Quite luckily exams were actually the week after school closed (they were only mocks). This let me focus on my weightloss. I definitely agree with 'eat less move more'. I counted my calories vaguely just to make sure I wasn't going overboard. I walked about 3 miles a day and occasionally did a workout video. Since the beginning of quarantine I've lost about 20lbs and I now weigh around 140lbs (this morning I was 138lbs but it varies). I can't believe I've actually got to this point I'm so unbelievably happy. It's the first time in my life i've classed as a healthy weight and i've dropped about 2.5 dress sizes. In total from my highest weight i've lost about 36lbs. This subreddit has also been a massive help. It's so reassuring hearing about other people in the same boat. [link] [comments] |
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