Weight loss: Today is Day 1. I’ve been fasting a little over 14hrs |
- Today is Day 1. I’ve been fasting a little over 14hrs
- 10 months of consistent discipline and adaptation. Only form of exercise = dumbbells and bodyweight training. Nutrition, psychological effort, and workout consistency are 95% of the battle.
- PSA: Morbidly Obese/SMO are at higher risk of severe disease from COVID19 (Coronavirus) and what you can do about it
- Not sure if this counts as a NSV but I successfully resisted my trigger foods all weekend!
- NSV: Doctor didn't say anything about my weight!!!!
- [tip] [NSV] [SV] Set calorie benchmarks for meal flexibility without giving up
- I avoided fast food today
- Little brag to help my mood, 30 lbs down in 4 months
- How I lost 37lbs in about a year or less
- Dealing with living in a "new" body... Discussion
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: July 14th, 2020
- 14lbs down and no change in measurements!
- Tantrum Tuesday - The Day to Rant!
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 13
- Home workout videos that aren't by Chloe Ting?
- Candy stash NSV
- Struggling with motivation
- Obese but scared about losing weight
- First 10 pounds down!
- I went on my first bike ride in 10 years
- Help with showing ribs but still excess fat.
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Tuesday, 14 July 2020: Today, I conquered!
- Is anybody else struggling to order clothes in a smaller size, even though you have lost weight?
- TDEE/ BMR/ Understanding what a healthy, realistic calorie deficit looks like..?
| Today is Day 1. I’ve been fasting a little over 14hrs Posted: 13 Jul 2020 01:32 PM PDT Edit: To add if anyone has any questions please feel free to ask :) I started fasting yesterday and this is my meal prep for the week I will be doing 16:8 for a month and weigh in on August 12th with pictures +numbers! Little self conscious to be posting myself. I will post a progress picture on August 12th + weight. I am DRU 5'3 CW:294 GW:165 Side Note: I will be having a medical breast reduction in the next year. I need to get down to 200lbs which is my first goal. I've had 3 surgeries in the past 7 months including removal of my gallbladder. I deal with chronic bilateral back pain(waiting on my order to resume physical therapy) + fast heart rate (doing respiratory therapy/wearing holter monitor). I just got off birth control which caused me to gain 75+ pounds since February 2019. I will be starting out slowly with 16:8 and eating healthier meals. Then plan on doing OMAD. Wish me luck and blessings to you all.. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 13 Jul 2020 07:26 AM PDT Before and After (shirtless male) Hello, friends. I posted this Before-and-After photo on r/Brogress yesterday and after seeing the response there, I figured that you guys might like it as well. The "BEFORE" photo was taken in September 2019 at 220lbs, sedentary, and depressed. The "AFTER" photo was taken in July 2020 at 183lbs, active, much more content. My chosen form of exercise has been resistance training, because I wanted to maintain (and, in my case since I was a beginner, also BUILD) muscle while losing fat. Due to the fact that... errr... "worldly circumstances" have been quite difficult for the past few months, I think it is worth noting that there was a period of about 3 months where all I could do was basic bodyweight training - the only equipment I had was a pull-up bar. Even when circumstances have been better, I've never had access to a barbell; when I've had access to equipment, all I've had is a set of dumbbells and a bench. I am going to try to pre-answer some of the questions that I suspect I will receive in the comments in this short list below. That said, please feel free to ask more questions that you may have, and I will do my best to answer them. After all, it was not long ago at all that I had many of those same questions.
Again, this is just a broad list of answers to questions I assume I will receive - that doesn't mean you can't ask more. :) I hope that this post serves as inspiration for anyone who is currently in the situation I was in 10 months ago. I started this journey at a really low place in my life, both physically and mentally. I remember constantly browsing this subreddit (and others) looking for people who looked like me to see what was possible for someone like me, I remember feeling so discouraged when I realized I wouldn't be able to get access to a gym with barbells for a while, then coronavirus hit and I had to be doing bodyweight only... needless to say, there's been SO MANY points in the last 10 months where I've doubted my progress or what I was capable of. I am extremely proud of the level of discipline and consistency that I have exercised to get to this point, and I hope that by sharing all of this, I can help you to begin your journey too. :) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 13 Jul 2020 03:18 PM PDT I originally posted this in the /r/SuperMorbidlyObese sub however I've seen a lot of other obese people around reddit very worried about COVID19 and so I wanted to try and share this with a larger sub. It's pretty well established now that there is link between morbid obesity and more severe COVID19 outcomes (COVID19 is the disease that is caused by contracting sars-cov-2/coronavirus). The US CDC lists obesity as a risk factor for severe disease outcomes: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/people-with-medical-conditions.html#obesity They aren't sure on the reason why yet and they aren't such how much of an extra risk it is, it takes time to research all of this. One possible reason could be because obesity causes a low grade inflammation which can essentially put your immune system at a disadvantage. Some more info here if you are curious: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2019.01607/full Whatever the reason, what you can say though is that losing weight is absolutely the best thing you can do. Even if it feels pointless because you may think "I'll catch the virus before I can get to a normal BMI", while that might happen, studies have shown that even mild weight loss can start to greatly improve your immune system: "We have found that a modest weight loss of about 6 kg is enough to bring the pro- inflammatory nature of circulating immune cells back to that found in lean people." https://www.garvan.org.au/news-events/news/the-remarkable-effects-of-fat-loss-on-the-immune-system Personally when I learned the above it was a great relief! I'm still above 50BMI so it's going to take a long time for me to get my BMI down, but reading that even 'modest' weight loss can improve your immune system is great news, a very attainable goal that we can achieve in the interim. If you were on the fence about starting then get off the fence and start today, so you can be in the best position possible if/when you contract the virus. Finally I want to mention that there is the emerging evidence that low vitamin D levels are being found in patients with more severe COVID19 disease. This is worth mentioning because there is also a strong link between obesity and low vitamin D levels. What can you do about this? I suggest talking to your Doctor about having your vitamin D levels checked. They might even already have data if you've had a blood test recently. I was told last year that I had low vitamin D levels but I didn't take it seriously at the time. To be honest I always felt vitamins were kind of a meme, as bad as that sounds. I'm now taking vitamin D supplements as advised by my Doctor. Even disregarding COVID19, it's worth having your vitamin D checked if you are morbidly obese/SMO, as low vitamin D can have other negative health effects. So those are two very simple things you can do to really help improve your health in a short time frame! WARNING: I'm just going to add in a warning here just in case, Vitamin D is fat soluble, which means it is possible to 'overdose' on vitamin D, ie, it can be toxic if you take a huge dose. I just wanted to add this in case someone panics and tries to down a whole bottle of Vitamin D supplements to try and 'catch up' or something. You should always talk to your Doctor before taking any medications/vitamins. [link] [comments] |
| Not sure if this counts as a NSV but I successfully resisted my trigger foods all weekend! Posted: 13 Jul 2020 07:18 AM PDT Being quarantined due to COVID-19 gave me (24F) a lot of time to sit down and realize where the deficiencies are in my diet. I've always struggled with my weight. I was an overweight child who grew into an overweight teen, who is now an overweight adult. I generally eat a pretty healthy and balanced diet since I cook for myself, and I have a history of losing and regaining weight. All of my hard work goes to hell because I binge eat. I realized that my trigger foods are sweets and salty/savory foods like chips & dip. For me, eating a cookie or a piece of cake is like shooting up heroin. The second I eat one, all I can focus on is eating more sweet food and it's like I'm in a trance. It goes on for like 20 minutes and I'm cognizant of the fact that I'm binging, but I can't stop. It's awful and I feel terrible afterward. It then leads to a cycle of thinking "well, I already ruined my diet for the day so might as well start again tomorrow." Repeat ad nauseam. I'm a graduate student and moved back home once the pandemic started. When I'm living away at school, I avoid this situation by simply not keeping that food in my apartment (but I'd screw up in other ways by ordering takeout due to late night study sessions, etc). Now that I'm home, I'm surrounded by all of the foods that I try to avoid. My mom will offer me a cookie and keep pressing me if I decline, and my will-power only goes so far. Once I have one, it's over for me. And it's always in the house, whether in the counter or in the freezer. My whole family is overweight, and I've begged her to stop buying all this junk (or at least try to hide it out of plain sight) because we can all afford to lose a few pounds, but that doesn't happen. Anyways, back to the main purpose of my post. I'm on a 2-week streak of eating a balanced diet and I'm feeling good about myself. My mom bought a 24-pack of cookies and an almond cake from the grocery store yesterday morning. Usually, I'll run up and have a slice and 2 cookies (then 2 more immediately afterward and 2 more later in the day), but I didn't!! I stayed away and told myself that I didn't want them, I'm not missing out on anything by not having them, and that I didn't need them. I had some fresh fruit and yogurt with a little bit of peanut butter and honey, and I felt so much better by doing that. (just for an idea of what my household is like - the entire cake is gone and only 3 cookies are left). I then went for a nice 3-mile walk. I'm sorry this was so long, I'm really just typing into the void and it makes me feel like I actually accomplished something. [link] [comments] |
| NSV: Doctor didn't say anything about my weight!!!! Posted: 13 Jul 2020 09:33 AM PDT Started this weight loss journey in June 2018 at 218 pounds/about 99 kg. That's a lot of pounds on my 5' 3.5" frame. I've since gotten down to 150 and hoped to be at 147 before my first appointment with this new doctor today. I didn't reach that arbitrary goal, but I've still been consistently making progress (even lost over 10 pounds since starting stay-at-home in March), so I'm not too upset about it. But the real victory for me today was with this brand new doctor that I had never seen before. She said absolutely nothing about my weight. Every doctor I've seen since college has remarked on it in some way. Either "you've gained some weight since you were here last," or "you've lost some weight since you were here last!" Or, if it was a new provider, "You're overweight and would benefit from losing some weight." This is the first time in about 10 years that my weight was completely unremarkable. I never thought I'd be so happy to be unremarkable! I'm still carrying a little extra fat and I will continue to work towards my ultimate goal. But I am so happy for the progress I've made, both physically and mentally, over the past two years. Some strategies that have worked for me:
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| [tip] [NSV] [SV] Set calorie benchmarks for meal flexibility without giving up Posted: 13 Jul 2020 09:32 PM PDT I wanted to share something that is working for me right now in case it helps someone else. It's a green/yellow/red approach to help me budget calories, give me flexibility on hungrier days, and help me avoid falling off the wagon/bingeing. Here's how I do it (approx 2000 calorie BMR; exercise calories don't get added in) 1200 is green. This is the amount of calories I want to eat each day. As long as I meet this number, that's all I need to eat. 1500 is yellow. This is the amount of calories I am ok eating if need be on a daily basis to maintain a slow and steady weight loss. If I can come in under this, all the better. 2000 is red. This is the really important one for me, as it sets the high full-stop intake ceiling at net zero gain/loss for a day but gives me the flexibility to enjoy something extra without feeling horrible about myself and/or saying eff it and eating everything. It's comforting to have that wiggle room for some reason for me. Any calories between green and red are considered extra carefully. So far, I'm down almost 20 lbs from my highest non-pregnancy weight, my acid reflux is gone, I'm not waking up in pain every day, I'm not getting tired as easy and my joints feel better. Here's hoping I can follow up in a few months and update the total lost! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 13 Jul 2020 11:44 AM PDT I know, for most people this isn't a big deal. Most people do this regularly. But over the past month I have been struggling with not just stopping at a fast food place after work. After work I went to Walmart, and there is a Wendy's right next to Walmart. I got in line, fully expecting to get whatever.. and then I thought about it. I thought about what I really wanted. I sat in the car and asked myself why I wanted Wendy's. I came up with:
I decided to leave the line. I told myself that: I wasn't that far away from home. A home meal will taste better and be better for me. And I would level with myself and make something quick in the microwave. I did this, and as soon as I was finished eating I was so relieved that I decided against fast food. I don't miss the bloated feeling, the feeling of regret, guilt, failure and subsequent self hatred. It's a really tiny minuscule step, but it's in the right direction. [link] [comments] |
| Little brag to help my mood, 30 lbs down in 4 months Posted: 13 Jul 2020 04:48 AM PDT Hi there, So I 24M a year ago I weighed about 90kg(200 pounds), and with my height of 173cm(5'8) I was just into obesity in terms of BMI. Not much happened until February/March, when my weight was around 87 kg(192 lbs), then I once again tried to drop chocolate and cola. I would eat at least one 100g bar of chocolate, more like 2 daily, and days when I would eat a big one (300g) weren't so rare. In terms of cola I would drink about 2/3 cups daily, and I wasn't drinking enough fluids I think. Now I weigh 73 kg(about 161 lbs). About chocolate, what was weird that it was my first attempt to drop it when I had it in house, I had about 3 bars and I didn't eat it, until about 3 months in I ate them slowly(like one in 5 days). I still don't eat it because I'm scared of it, I technically can control myself now, but I know that few days of eating, and I would start overeating it again. Also after doing almost complete cut in sugar, I got some kind of acne breakout all over my body, but after some time it stopped. In terms of cola, after few days of not drinking any of it, I tried and thankfully I didn't enjoy it anymore, I wasn't a big fan of it before, but now when I started drinking water instead, it seemed too sweet for me. So I don't even want it nowadays. Oh, and I started to do push-ups and pull-ups, I went from about 20 push-ups to about 60 now, in terms of pull-ups I went from maybe 2 to 8 now, it's something but I wasn't training for about 3 weeks, well that's more of a story for r/tifu when I fell on my knees with a pull-up bar in my hands, breaking the front of the oven, leaving my family with no oven for easter. Then I was kinda scared for sometime, but I finally managed to get back to it. So I'm now at healthy BMI, and I'm very happy with it, I'm happy that I can see my triceps. I'm happy that most of my clothes are baggy now. Well I tried few days ago a shirt that was slightly too small for me last year, now it's a little too big. I'm kinda proud of how I look now. I think I've been at that weight maybe 6 years ago, or maybe even further. Why am I posting this, well last week was kind of a rollercoaster for me, I was finally setting up a date with a girl I've been texting with for the last 3 months, I got invited for a job interview, so I was really happy, and then she canceled the date, and today morning i got a text that they took someone else for the job, few days before the scheduled interview. And today's the second day I don't workout, because my arm is slightly painful so I need to take some time off, and I think it's time to find a plan for pull-ups like I have with push-ups. So I wasn't in the best mood, but after writing this I am a lot happier for what I have done lately. [link] [comments] |
| How I lost 37lbs in about a year or less Posted: 13 Jul 2020 06:15 PM PDT I know that a lot of you have lost more weight in less time, but this has been, out of all of my weight loss progress over the past 2-3 years, the most consistent, and something that I can stick with for life. For the first time in 19 years, I picked up my first dumbell as a college freshman and have been a consistent calorie-tracking monster for over a year now. I went from 210 to now, 173lbs, and am about 15 lbs away from my goal weight(give it about 4-6 months, so by December). I just did it by not limiting foods, and just controlling what I eat, and working out on an ICF5x5 4-6 days a week along with Cardio. And most of all, I am now at 17% BF, and cannot honestly wait to drop to 11%, but we'll see how that goes haha. Wish the rest of y'all good things on this journey toooo!!! [link] [comments] |
| Dealing with living in a "new" body... Discussion Posted: 13 Jul 2020 11:12 AM PDT As my flair shows, I've lost 200+ lbs in the last two years, it wasn't easy but it was worth it. Now, I am learning to live in a "new" body and I am struggling with this. I love that I am healthier, I feel better overall but I still feel like I am living in someone else's body or as if the 200lbs will creep on me at any point because, occasionally, I eat a chocolate bar. I don't know if anyone else has felt that way but is making me doubt my own accomplishments and what I've done to get here. I feel like people still see me as the bigger girl I was for so long, even when they claim otherwise. My weight made me shy and insecure, I don't want to feel like that anymore but these feelings are making me scared of putting myself out there and making friends. Those of you feeling similarly to how I feel, what has worked for you? what are your tips or tricks? I would love to hear/read other's experiences in dealing with these changes. Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: July 14th, 2020 Posted: 13 Jul 2020 11:31 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] |
| 14lbs down and no change in measurements! Posted: 14 Jul 2020 01:04 AM PDT Hello! 23F / 5'10 - SW: 75.1kg (165lbs) CW: 68.6kg (151lbs) GW: 65kg (143lbs) - 2.5 months I'm wondering if anyone has experienced this - I'm happy with the weight I've lost and I know I look different in the mirror. However I've not seen much of a change in my measurements! I don't track them super closely but know my waist was 28in and my hips were 36in before I started - I checked this morning and my waist is 27 and my hips are the same! Is this because I've not got a huge amount to lose so I don't see this progress so much? I see people advising to focus on measurements rather than weight but it seems to be the opposite for me. I've achieved my loss mainly through diet rather than exercise, but I am looking forward to the gyms opening up in 2 weeks to start toning up - will this help? Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| Tantrum Tuesday - The Day to Rant! Posted: 13 Jul 2020 10:00 PM PDT I Rant, Therefore I AmWell bla-de-da-da! What's making your blood boil? What's under your skin? What's making you see red? What's up in your craw? Let's hear your weight loss related rants! Please consider saving your next rant for this weekly thread every Tuesday. [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 13 Posted: 13 Jul 2020 06:07 PM PDT Hello losers, I hope your Monday was easy. Mine can eat a bag of dicks. Moving swiftly onward! Weight by end of month (199 lbs, preferably trend weight): No weigh in this morning. 201.5 lbs trend weight. Stay within calorie range (1700 ish): Should be okay. Exercise 5 days a week: 30 minute HIIT video. So very sweaty. 11/13 days. Self-care time (JOURNALING, working on love journals, beauty treatments, drawing 0/13 days): Need a shower after a tough day at work. A long one blergh. Try a new recipe once a week: An imitation crab salad with homemade sauce & a crock pot Italian wedding soup so far. 2/5 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 13. 2 candy related lapse in judgement. Listen to my effing body: Didn't want to workout. Did. Hoping this will give me some sweet sweet endorphins. Be more mindful & express gratitude, avoid the hedonic treadmill: Hit me up kids. What's giving you life? Your turn! [link] [comments] |
| Home workout videos that aren't by Chloe Ting? Posted: 13 Jul 2020 11:00 PM PDT Hey guys. I've always been a fan of at home workouts and have (obviously) been relying on them a lot more in the past few months. As much as I love doing my own thing sometimes, I find that when I'm not feeling like working out, workout videos on YouTube really help me stay motivated and help me push myself more. However, I realized over the past few days that I've essentially been doing very, very similar workouts for the past 3-4 months and even though I still feel like I'm getting good workouts in, I can feel my motivation starting to slip due to boredom. I specifically mentioned nothing by Chloe Ting in the title as I've been doing her 4-week summer shred series for the past 3 weeks and am kind of starting to hate it because it's basically the same 5-6 videos, most of which use very similar moves, recycled every few days and the lack of change/not feeling particularly challenged by a lot of the workouts is making me not want to work as hard. I've also just don a ton of her videos for the past year or so outside of the challenge and would like to try something new. (also I am not trying to hate on Chloe, I genuinely think she is great but I'm just looking for something new!) With that being said, does anyone have recommendations for good fitness channels on YouTube that post videos that don't just recycle the same moves in all of their videos? As far as other channels I use I also like MadFit, Pamela Reif, and FitnessBlender, and am really open to any kind of workout as long as it is effective and (at least somewhat) enjoyable. I am definitely well past the beginner stage so I am open to fairly challenging videos as well, and would love to hear any suggestions on what you guys do to switch up your workout routines when they start to get stale. Thanks :) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 13 Jul 2020 07:48 PM PDT All my life, relatives would visit and buy me tons of chocolate/cereals/etc. my parents always made us chocolate goodie bags. Basically, special occasions always lead to tons and tons of goodies! I always promised myself I'd eat a little at a time, but end up chugging straight through the whole stash in a day or two. My sister is super skinny and she'd always have her candy stash full, even a year after the candy was given to her only a little amount would be gone. But now I've actually maintained a candy stash and eaten very minimal amounts to stay with cico. My cousin is skinny and we compared stashes today, and she mentioned saving chocolates for a long time to have only when she "was hungry for a candy". Not out of boredom or just because it's there. I never thought I'd have the self control to maintain a candy stash like that but now I do. I even wanted to binge on cake yesterday but after three bites I physically could not take the sweetness and ended up saving it. The self control that comes with weightloss is so gratifying. Side note: my aunt visited us after a year and is who tends to give us huge candy stash bonuses. I've been doing loose cico for a little while and lost ten pounds. She asked me if I was wearing a new dress or a new belt and I said no, I've actually been wearing this same dress for years. She was shocked Bc it sits so differently on me now :) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 13 Jul 2020 05:04 PM PDT This was posted in r/weightlossafterbaby as well but wasn't seen. Hey all! So I'm 7 months out from having my 3rd crappy c-section after a 3rd crappy pregnancy. Currently sitting at about 200 lbs at 5'7", only 5 less that I was when I gave birth to a 10 lb baby. I've never been this big. I've successfully lost weight before (40 lbs before my second pregnancy) by calorie counting. I know how to do it, I'm good at it, but I just can't make myself start. I've tried 3 times already and the added "stress" of having even that tiny extra chore made me quit after only a day or 2. I don't know how to make myself do this. I hate my body. I have trouble looking in the mirror, having sex with my husband, dressing this body. It's miserable. I have friends telling me that life is a lot right now and to not put pressure on myself but that seems like a cop out. I exclusively breastfeed. I suspect I had/have PPA maybe even PPD after this last baby was in the nicu but I don't know. I already homeschooled so that wasn't any huge amount of addition stress. I'm rambling. I need to get down to 140-150 and it's just so daunting. It was easy with one kid. Now I'm homeschooling 2 and nursing another plus all the housework and no friend time/play dates/classes or sports for my kid/coops. It's a lot and I can't convince myself to add this. How did you all find motivation? OR how do I not hate myself until I get that motivation? I know I need to lose it. I know I'm not healthy. [link] [comments] |
| Obese but scared about losing weight Posted: 13 Jul 2020 03:43 PM PDT Hi, I (F48) am obese. I weigh 225lb and am 5'4" tall. I know I need to lose weight, and I do want to, but I'm terrified. I keep seeing pictures of people with lots of loose skin and I'm scared that if I lose weight, my body will look like that. I'm scared that I've wrecked my body with being fat for so long and I feel so much regret about that. It feels like I'm damned if I do lose weight and damned if I don't. What if I go to all the effort of dropping the 80lbs I need to and I look equally bad, just thinner? People who've lost a lot of weight, especially older folk, tell me where I'm wrong, please. What's it like losing weight? How do you feel about your body and the way it looks? How it feels? Can you please give me the encouragement/shove to start making positive changes? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 13 Jul 2020 11:34 PM PDT I posted about 2 weeks ago about how scared I was to start my weight loss journey. Since then I've been doing CICO and light exercise (HIIT every other day, Chloe Ting abs every day, and a 3 mile walk everyday) for about a week now and I lost 10 pounds! I also drink a TON of water a day, but I've had that habit ever since I was younger. Cutting out sugar has been a bit hard so I give myself a cheat day and eat one Hershey's Kiss to take the edge off lmaoooo. I'm so excited to continue working out because I genuinely feel healthier and more confident in myself. It's mostly water weight but it still feels really good seeing the numbers on the scale go down. :)) This subreddit always gives me motivation every time I scroll through! Thank you! [link] [comments] |
| I went on my first bike ride in 10 years Posted: 13 Jul 2020 11:51 AM PDT My history with bikes is an unbalanced one. Partly down to the number of times I lost balance and fell off them. As I gained weight, riding bikes became difficult. I was reluctant to keep trying because, well, kids can be relentlessly mean. Yesterday, I went on my first bike ride in a long time. We went to the forest. Myself and my parents. It's nice. My parents have always been supportive, but they've never been active participants. It makes this journey a little easier. The forest was empty. Just us, the sun and some wild deer. There was a moment. I had rode on ahead and I was going really fast down a very steep hill. I was sweaty, out of breath, the wind was hitting my face. Faster and faster. I felt like crying. I don't know what happened but I was overwhelmed with the amount of alive I was feeling. I do not wish to be depressing, but when I was sat on my bedroom floor 3 months ago contemplating an irreversible decision, I didn't think I could ever feel this alive again. When I demolished 3 bowls of cereal in one go, I accepted that I would never be able to change. I didn't think 6 weeks later I'd complete a nearly 3 mile bike ride When I used to think of my future, it wasn't full of happiness or good things. Now, I see a small glimmer of light. And this light is telling me, I can do anything. [link] [comments] |
| Help with showing ribs but still excess fat. Posted: 14 Jul 2020 01:12 AM PDT Since about February i've been on a 1.5K calories a day diet and been pretty good and have never exceeded 1.7K except for once. Since about halfway through march I started hitting the gym for a whopping 3 days until it closed. Since then all I've had was 2 15lbs dumbells at home. although for about the past months i've had a bench press set up and everyday I curl and bench press a 40lbs barbell. And it worked and I lost 35lbs off my starting 200. While my double chin disappeared my man boobs are still there and my stomach is still roundish yet my ribs show if I sit/stand with proper posture. Any advice on evening out so I can look more healthy instead of chubby with ribs showing? I am a 18 year old 5 foot 9 male. [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Tuesday, 14 July 2020: Today, I conquered! Posted: 14 Jul 2020 01:09 AM PDT The habit of persistence is the habit of victory!Celebrating something great? Scale Victory, Non-Scale Victory, Progress, Milestones -- this is the place! Big or small, long or short, please post here and help us focus all of today's awesomeness into an inspiring and informative mega-dose of greatness! (Details are appreciated!! How are you losing your weight?)
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| Is anybody else struggling to order clothes in a smaller size, even though you have lost weight? Posted: 13 Jul 2020 09:32 AM PDT I am 26/F SW: 180lb CW: 148lb GW: 135lb My entire adult life I have always fluctuated between 160-180 lbs. I would go through phases of diet and exercise where I would lose weight to get to 160lbs, only to gain all or some of it back. I never bought new clothes for weight loss and have worn consistently the same size clothes for the past 8 years. My clothes always fit at 180lbs but were more flattering on me at 160lbs. Fast forward to this year. I started a weight loss kick (again) in January when I weighed in at 180 lbs. I lost about 15 pounds by the start of March. Normally, this is when my work gets busy and I start reverting to old habits. I don't feel I have time to go to the gym and I start eating unhealthy as well. However, due to quarantine, my work did not get busier, and like many of you, I started working from home. Working from home and being quarantined really helped continue my weight loss. My fiancé is an avid runner and over quarantine I started running with him in the mornings. We were not going out to eat and got really into cooking healthy meals at home. From March-June I managed to lose another 17 pounds which put me at my lowest weight ever. The last time I remember having any number in the 140's was in the 8th grade. Also in mid-June, things in my area starting opening up again. Specifically coed recreational sports. My fiancé and I met playing slow pitch softball and spend a lot of our weekends playing tournaments. One of the teams we play on was wanting to order new uniforms and asked us our sizes. I have always been a size medium in these jerseys but they do run big. I remembered the current medium I owned being a little loose but I decided to order a medium anyways. This past weekend we had the opportunity to play in a tournament in the new uniforms. I showed up and put on the jersey top and was swimming in it. It was definitely too large for me. While I got comments on my weight loss, I mostly got asked why I didn't order the jersey in smaller size. I still can't wrap my head around ordering anything in a size small, even something that runs big. If I were asked to order the same thing again, I would still probably order a medium out of fear of being consider a size small (I know this should make me happy but it doesn't) and potentially gaining the weight back. This also prompted me to try on work clothes since I haven't worn them since March. All the shirts still fit, but the pants were pretty baggy. I had to put on a belt to keep them from falling down. However, in my mind, that meant they still fit and I do not need to order new clothes (I am expected to return to work in August). I would probably be more comfortable in a smaller size but ordering clothes in a smaller size terrifies me. Does anyone else mentally struggle with ordering clothes in a smaller size. Do you combat the fear of gaining weight again? TL;DR - I lost weight during quarantine and some clothes are too big, but I am terrified of ordering clothes in a smaller size [link] [comments] |
| TDEE/ BMR/ Understanding what a healthy, realistic calorie deficit looks like..? Posted: 13 Jul 2020 11:44 PM PDT Hello! I'm new to Reddit but not new to trying to achieve a healthy lifestyle. A friend recommended this subreddit as a great place for information and support for weight loss. I'm just trying to clarify- I calculated my TDEE and BMR with the links provided in the information section. Some questions popped into my head.. Is the TDEE equate with my daily caloric needs? What is a sustainable calorie deficit? I've gained and lost 30 pounds, three different times in the last ten years so is my metabolism affected or decreased with the weight fluctuations? (Or is this a rumor?) TDEE: 2109 BMR: 1757 Female, 30yo, 5'6", 225, sedentary Thank you for all of your help! [link] [comments] |
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