Weight loss: You’re only cheating yourself |
- You’re only cheating yourself
- Be very careful the influence you let in-my experience on Instagram
- I've lost 20lbs in 6 weeks!
- My stretch marks are fading
- Midpoint Celebration SW: 275 CW: 226 GW:175
- You can do it!
- Tomorrow is a fresh start!
- SV: I hit my pre-college weight!!! Also my first post here. 22yr female SW:140 GW:125?
- You can love food and lose weight
- My weight gain was not a mystery
- Is bread really terrible?
- Still have a big stomach, despite looking good everywhere else
- Losing it as a type one diabetic
- Starting my journey for the hundredth time -- with a new motivator
- Weight loss plateau at 406 pounds
- I just lost 4.4 pounds in one month in the healthiest way in my life!
- Making progress even under lockdown - Lost 13kgs
- Sleeping troubles since new diet
- Accountability buddy
- Relationship with Food
- Hard to lose it during quarantine
- Down 17lbs
| Posted: 12 Jul 2020 06:22 PM PDT In the Army when you're getting "smoked" (meaning doing forced physical punishment push ups/flutter kicks etc) a common thing for drill sergeants to say when you're tiring and not doing the exercise properly is "you're not cheating me, you're only cheating yourself". I just Had a fun afternoon of drinking a little to much and impulsively ordering Pizza Hut which resulted in a 2139 calorie dinner. I know it was 2139 calories because I logged it. Log your "mistakes", log your binges, you aren't getting ahead by not doing it. By skipping it and "starting good again tomorrow" those calories are still going into your body and now you're just in the dark as to how much you truly consumed. One bad day doesn't instantly undo anything just like one good day doesn't instantly get you to your goal. Log it, be honest. You're only cheating yourself if you don't. [link] [comments] |
| Be very careful the influence you let in-my experience on Instagram Posted: 12 Jul 2020 10:48 AM PDT F24/5'8"/cw:unknown TW: unhealthy weight loss I'm mainly posting this because I see people on this sub all the time saying they're fine with eating 800 calories a day and other unhealthy things. If you had asked me a month ago I thought mental health while losing weight is black and white, I would've said yes. Now I'm realizing people don't either lose weight in a healthy way or an unhealthy way. Even the healthiest people can have unhealthy days/eras during their weight loss journey. I think the community struggles to realize that. Either you're doing it right or wrong. There is room for bad moments, recognizing them, and changing back to a healthy path. I found @polly__wants (she's a wonderful person. This is about me being dumb, not her) on instragram. She had lost 40 pounds in three months when I found her. I started watching her stories daily with a pit in my stomach. I had lost maybe half of that in the same amount of time. And we had the same amount to lose in the end. In my head I knew I was on a healthy path. Nutritionists, my husband, and all the studies I was reading about weight loss all said so. I was eating enough, staying active, and sleeping so well. But Polly looked great and got it done faster. I also wasn't in pain. I hear a lot of conversation in the weight loss community about how hard it is. How hungry they are. I was never hungry, so clearly I'm doing something wrong. Polly was following 75hard. She was running for 45 minutes a day, doing workouts from the Sweat app for another 45 min, doing 25 pushups, stretching, and doing IF. I was an idiot and decided to throw away everything I know and do exactly what she's been doing. The next 17 days were rough. I had previously put all my jeans from smallest to largest and am slowly making my way through them. At the start of 75 hard I was wearing a too big size 14. Now 17 days later in wearing a very slightly too small size 8. That's so dangerous. I shouldn't have done that. Working out for 90 minutes a day isn't healthy for the average person. I don't care how you cut it. Edit: I need to clarify that I was meaning 90 minutes every single day with no rests and no low intensity days I started spotting after my workouts. That's not good. I stopped sleeping. That's not good. My body is in physical pain from working out too hard daily. The bad kind not the good. I lost weight too fast. I did eat enough, but I think I burned too many calories for that to matter. I woke up this morning feeling horrible. My husband talked me out of finishing 75hard. I'm laying on the couch, eating a donut, going to play video games and later take a bubble bath. I'm thankful I caught my warning signs and I didn't hurt myself permanently. I'm taking the day off and then going forward much slower. Much less exercise. Still eating enough. And NOT dropping three pant sizes in two weeks. Please listen to health professionals and not Instagram influences. Please don't think you're above falling into wanting fast weight loss when you see someone else doing it fast. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2020 04:45 AM PDT The title says it all really, I (F 23, 5"2) have been struggling with weight my entire life. But after finishing university and training to be a teacher I let myself go. I would binge hard every day and order take away 4 times a week. Then on June 1st I broke down to my partner about my weight and how I hated my body as the rapid weight gain caused me to get stretch marks all over my legs and arms. We both resolved to help me lose weight, by eating better and moving more. I've been doing CICO since that day mixed with OMAD along with walking more, and the weight has dropped off. I never thought I could lose any amount of weight, but it just takes one day for you to snap and want a change. I've got a lot more work to do to get where I want to be (GW:130lb) but I know I can make it happen. Hope everyone else here can reach their goals and is having a great day. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2020 08:23 AM PDT I have had deep stretch marks on my sides since around puberty. They have always made me really self conscious, so I never wear crop tops or a two piece bathing suit. A friend of mine once saw them and she thought I was cutting myself. I am not. I have lost only around ten pounds (205 -> 195) and the difference is astonishing. On both sides, there is only a tiny bit of the dark pink color left. Some of the scarring is still visible, but you can only see it from a certain angle. This wasn't even really part of my weight loss goal, yet im excited about it and it motivates me to keep going. Maybe soon I'll be able to wear cute swimsuits. Anyone seen have this experience? Or some other positive impact that they weren't expecting after weight loss? [link] [comments] |
| Midpoint Celebration SW: 275 CW: 226 GW:175 Posted: 12 Jul 2020 01:20 PM PDT Hi all, I am just about at the half way point of my journey to lose 100 pounds that I started March 2020 and in celebration of that I wanted to share a couple thoughts and a formula for weight loss that I've been thinking about for a while. Let's start with some thoughts: 1. Weight loss starts with a commitment from within. No one can make you stick to the plan but you. You might fail a couple times before you really stick to something, just remember failure isn't failure until you stop trying. So keep pushing. I suggest you buy a scale and weigh yourself regularly. Once you see the weight coming off you won't stop. If that doesn't work for you, find your motivator and live by it!
The Formula So this is a little formula I came up with to explain how I lost my first 50 pounds. I don't know if it will help anyone, just wanted to share and see if you all have any critics C1(CICO+Real food)+C2(exercise)= healthy sustainable weight loss C1 = commiting to followg CICO (1200-1400 calories) 6 days a week and have 1 day a week where you can go up to 2,000 C2 = commiting to exercise 5-6 times a week. This could be a 30 min walk, a run, biking anything that gets your heart rate up for a little while Let me know what you guys think. And thank you all. I am a long time lurker and the advice you have all given me has gotten me to where I am now. Just trying to share the wealth from my journey so far! Keep up the good work losers! (That's supposed to be a pun) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2020 08:04 PM PDT Its my cake day. So, i want to be an inspiration (to hopefully at least 1 perso ) Ive been a loser for about 18months and im down 90lbs with a bit more to go. Its not a sprint, its a marathon and you need to pace yourself or you will gas out. Find food you love to eat that is healthy, find exersizes you enjoy.... walk, swim, stand up and walk to the sidewalk and back once in a while. Anything and everything helps! All about those atomic habits. Tell me your favorite snack foods! Mine is non fat greek yogurt with a bit of sweetner and berries on rice cakes. I do monthly challenges... ive done a vegitarian month, keto month, maintenance month with a goal of gaining strenth in my lifts.... the monthly goals keep me focused and on track. However, no one is perfect and i have and will fall off the wagon many times im my journey so far.... but, ive learned to catch myself and get back on track within a few days... 3 steps forward and 2 steps back is still progress. Dont let anyone tell you therwise. I rarely share my weight loss story. So, if anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask... im not shy [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2020 05:13 PM PDT -This will be long- Alright!. I just finished up meal prepping for the week. I said it and meant it. TOMORROW IS A NEW START FOR MY NEW LIFESTYLE! 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. Despite my chronic back pain, tomorrow I will start walking my cul- de-sac with my 3 yr old son for 30mins a day(possibly 15@ a time) I am excited and happy to be apart of this lovely group. Wish me luck and blessings to you all 😘🥰😍 [link] [comments] |
| SV: I hit my pre-college weight!!! Also my first post here. 22yr female SW:140 GW:125? Posted: 12 Jul 2020 09:43 PM PDT Background: I was a very athletic kid. Tried 4 different sports but stuck with softball and gymnastics. I was in the 25% for height and weight until I hit a growth spurt at 10. I was also in band and theatre so my endurance and lung capacity has been pretty good. I developed anxiety my junior and senior year of hs and started going soft and gaining a couple pounds. I remember being an average of 125 my sophomore year of hs, but finishing senior year around 136. I took an 8mo break from gymnastics before finding a club team at my university, during which I lost 8 lb of muscle in 3 mo. and then gained enough weight to enter college around 135lb. I didn't really keep track of my weight that first year, was no longer comfortable lifting weights in the massive gym, and was learning how to adult. I'm proud I only gained a freshman-five rather than the notorious freshman-fifteen. My weight loss journey begins 2 years ago, halfway through university, when I was approaching 150lb. I hadn't been keeping track of my weight, was doing gymnastics 3 days a week instead of the 5 from hs, and didn't do much else for physical activity. Scared of hitting 150 and being noticeably fat, I decided to start CICO. I also found this sub (on a previous account I lost) and the inspiration drove me to lose 10lb between Halloween and Valentine's Day. The past 2 years I've been fluctuating between 138 and 142 by tracking, focusing on strength and endurance, and paying attention to serving sizes. Last fall I was in exchange and couldn't do gymnastics so I started Zumba and lifting weights again, played water polo once a week, and swam at least twice a week. I noticed my clothes fitting better and I no longer needed braces on my ancles and knees when I returned to gymnastics in January. In the past few months I've noticed my hip bones growing my stomach turning soft during quarantine, so I started tracking again to maintain weight while doing home workouts. Upon graduating university in May, I decided I want to see what my body is actually capable of: what my natural minimum body fat is; what foods cause indigestion, gas, diarrhea; and how strong can I get at home. My goal is 125lb, 22% body fat (or at least clear ab definition). I'm 5'4", My bra size is 30DDD (30F) and Ive been on birth control since I was 12 (when weight gain started to be noticeable to me bc puberty), so I'm not sure if those numbers are attainable with my natural metabolism, but I'm gonna try my best. To keep me motivated, I grabbed a leftover notebook and created a weight loss journal. Everyday I record my net kcal, protein, water intake, weight, waist, and hips and then average them at the end of the week to calculate BMI and body fat %. I try to eat 60g of protein to curb cravings, and drink 3-24oz bottles of water for hydration. I've already lost 5 lb!!!! My thighs fill out my pants while my belt is getting tighter. Measuring everyday has helped me learn trigger foods for my bloating, gas, and diarrhea problems. I fast for at least 16hrs after having a day of too much sugar or alcohol to give my gut a break. I allow myself to have a small serving of treats every few days so I don't have a full binge day, feel guilty, and give up. I write weekly fitness goals and plan a few meals. I moved back in with my parents so I don't have total control over food. I wanted to quit after the 4th of July because of overeating and drinking too much alcohol, but I journaled my feelings and pushed on into the next week. I haven't reached fitness goals of cardio and strength EVERY day, but each week I've increased another home workout or outdoor cardio activity. I'm trying to run but my joints hurt from 16yr if gymnastics so I mostly bike and dance in my house. Fun fact: I didn't have much of a relationship with food until I was 16 and got a basic nutrition education in hs, although I liked reading labels since I was 14 and wondered about the info. Thankfully I have not developed an eating disorder despite being exposed to diet culture in theatre and gymnastics and my having anxiety and OCD. TLDR: started taking my health very seriously a month ago and have already lost 5lbs putting me at my pre-college weight. The key has been to not let guilt and shame to consume me by encourage myself to try again the next day/week. Edit: included more info about my weight history and physical activity including athletics, my height, and mental history. [link] [comments] |
| You can love food and lose weight Posted: 12 Jul 2020 08:56 AM PDT (Disclaimer: This is a personal story and I'm just sharing my experience. I'm not saying everyone should do it like me or that it would work like that for everyone. I'm also not judging anyone, I just thought this might be an uplifting story some people might enjoy.) 27F | 174cm/5'9 | SW 124kg/273lbs | CW 69,5kg/153lbs | GW 69kg/152lbs There's probably like five different posts about this somewhere, but as I try to lose the last half kilogram/last pound I thought I might try to offer a different perspective on the whole „you have to change your relationship with food to see it only as something that fuels you to lose weight". So as a start some history: I used to love fast food. I loved chips and gummy bears, chocolate and fries, pizza and everything else that is „unhealthy". I could eat it all day. Pizza for breakfast? Absolutely. Going to McDonalds first thing in the morning? Sign me the hell up. I could eat and eat and eat, no matter how dripping in fat and fried to death they were. And when I wanted to change my diet and lifestyle, I was understandably not at all happy about having to eat salad and veggies and all of that other „healthy" stuff that didn't really taste good. I wanted to be stuffed by the greasy monsters that had controlled my life for the past twenty-six years. But well I was gonna suffer. I wanted to be healthy. So let me show you my journey. I started counting calories and at first, I did that by just restricting. I could still eat a frozen pizza which was like 800 calories if I didn't eat a lot of other things. I could still devour a whole bag of chips if I skipped a whole other meal for it. 125g of uncooked pasta definitely fit into a calorie intake somewhere. For some person. Maybe I can just add some vegetables to it so that it's more bc you know I want more food right? Throw some salt, garlic and pepper onto the broccoli before adding it to the pasta pesto stir fry because I read that helps and damn that tastes good. But it's a lot. Maybe I don't need that much pasta next time, since this was actually good. Rice? Urgh, I don't like that, but maybe just this once I can stir fry it with some veggies and spices because I have nothing else at home, but I won't force myself to eat it, wait- That was actually good. Okay I love bread but maybe two pieces of bread are enough a day. I could do plain yoghurt and some fruit for dinner instead? Sounds… wonderful (not). Totally like something I'd eat. (EW) Well, actually, it tastes really good? Damn. I want something crunchy for it, maybe I can make some granola? That's actually easy and way cheaper than buying it. Okay, I want to snack something, I need sweet stuff. Oh, I remember that I liked the strawberries the other day, maybe I'll just have those? Wow, that was good. I should look up other „healthy" things and how to make them really tasty. Before I knew what had happened, I had slowly changed my diet to something „healthier", something that I enjoyed a lot. No salad, no plain veggies with a dry piece of chicken breast, but home cooked foods that I enjoyed so much and that filled me with for so long that I didn't even felt like I had to snack or like I was missing something. I wasn't contend with the food I ate, I really loved it. I was never expecting that. But, of course it just feels like that because I'm not used to the good stuff anymore, bc I'm missing the good tastes of all of my favourite „unhealthy" things. So I went to McDonalds with my (then) girlfriend one day because she wanted to go and I didn't have an opinion about it and it was just … very underwhelming? I ordered Dominos with my bestie one evening and I got a really good pizza that I loved and it was … fine? My colleague brought cake that I salivated after to work and I ate half a piece and was stuffed and didn't feel like eating more. I recently ate like 50g of chips and it was enough. I didn't feel like I needed more. Around easter some of my colleagues started lent for sweets and I (despite not being religious) thought „yeah let's see how long it'll take me to break lent but it's a nice challenge to fail lol". I didn't fail. And I stopped eating sweets. I am still not snacking on sweets. Sure I had a few days where I met up with friends, where we shared a few M&Ms or when we went out for ice cream, but I haven't bought chocolate myself since … well I don't remember the last time. So what happened? I talked to my mother and my now ex-gf about it the other day, because both of them have had similar experiences in the past couple of months (despite them doing it more for health and less to lose weight) and both of them had the same thought.
And this doesn't mean I'm not aware that not everyone can do this. Fruit and vegetables can be expensive in certain countries, not everyone has the time to make their food and I get that. But I basically fought my fast food and sugar addiction without actually noticing it and never eating anything I don't like, so I just wanted to share how „easy" it was for me in the end. That was something we all agreed on, we didn't want to say it was easy, but somehow… we thought it was way harder than it actually was. I didn't have to change my mindset and consider food only as an energy source and not as something to enjoy. Because I enjoy food. Hell, I love food. I love eating. I just love „healthy" foods now that are better for my body and my body is saying thank you by craving those kind of food. Today, for lunch I made a really great pasta stir fry with pesto, broccoli, spinach, zucchini and parmesan and damn I nearly cried bc it was so good (and under 400 calories). I look forward to every single one of the meals that I make and I love my new lifestyle so so much. (I still hate salad though.) [link] [comments] |
| My weight gain was not a mystery Posted: 12 Jul 2020 04:55 AM PDT I've struggled with an ED most of my life, so I had a bit of a fraught relationship with food for a long time. It's not until recently that I felt I had a neutral enough perspective on food and eating to count calories. I don't use the apps, but rather a spreadsheet. In this process I found that my 60lbs weight gain, which caused me so much emotional pain, is really .. not much of a mystery. For my height, to be at a healthy weight I should be eating 1830 calories per day. To maintain my extra weight, it's 2228 cals per day. That's only 400 calories. It's stupidly easy to eat an extra 400 calories a day. An extra bit of mayo in my sandwich and one more cookie would do it. It just amazes me that to gain all that weight all I had to do was eat a little extra every day, for a long time. And it's such a small amount of food I wouldn't even notice if it wasn't there. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2020 09:22 PM PDT Hey guys so I've been changing my way of eating and I've lot 4.5 pounds in less than a week just by cutting out soda, sugary tea, and cutting down a lot on bread and rice. I'm still eating enough to feel full and have energy to do cardio everyday. Lots of fruit in the house for when I'm peckish, I also have protein bars and I know not all of them are good but it beats me eating a bag of Cheetos and Oreos. The thing is, my mom is like my partner with working out and losing weight. She has been on me so much about eating bread, I MEAN ABSOLUTELY NAGGING ME. I don't eat bread everyday, but like once a week I really want toast with my eggs and sausage. I don't even make eggs and sausage often, I tend to go for a breakfast smoothie and extra piece of fruit. Though this morning my dad and I were making breakfast for the family and I had 2 fried eggs and I wanted my damn toast! She gave me so much grief, straight up tried to tell me to give her one of my two toasts to throw away. IM A FREAKING ADULT BTW. Is bread really all that bad? And yes I know I could of just had 1 slice of toast but I wanted two and either way she was going to give me grief. Also I ate a much lighter lunch and dinner since the bread made me feel a little fuller and heavier today. So it's not like I overate. [link] [comments] |
| Still have a big stomach, despite looking good everywhere else Posted: 12 Jul 2020 05:45 PM PDT Hello all! Let me start out by saying that I love the community here, and it has helped me a lot. As for my current problem, the title kind of sums it up. My stats are: F, college student trying to look a lot better when I go back this fall than when I left when quarantine started, 5'6.5", SW: 165 CW: 146 GW: 130 (? Really more when I'm happy with how I look) I've lost 19 lbs since Thanksgiving last year- I had lost about five by Christmas, then crept back up to about 165 again by February, and finally got serious. So, since February 26 until yesterday, I've lost 19 lbs (need to update my flair). I now weight 146, and since I have a good amount of muscle, I look pretty good (in my opinion, lol). However, despite looking skinny and fit in my arms, legs, neck, and face, my stomach is still, in my opinion, huge. I look like I need to drop another 15 lbs at LEAST to get where I want to be with it, and especially after a full day of eating (at maintenance or even 500-800 calories below maintenance) it sticks out so much. My torso is also still very blobby imo, and I hate how it looks. I already stay away from gluten and dairy since I know they upset my stomach, and I only eat sugar on the weekends because it makes me retain water and bloat really badly and also makes me feel terrible if I eat it every day. I normally eat 1700-1800 calories a day and have been losing weight at a good rate, since I work out consistently and have gotten into distance running and normally run 35-40 miles a week which raises my TDEE. I guess my question is, when will I start looking better in my torso and stomach area like the rest of my body has been looking better? I know about the paper towel effect, but will it really have that much of an effect on my body? And will I ever be able to eat at maintenance without my stomach making me look pregnant? [link] [comments] |
| Losing it as a type one diabetic Posted: 12 Jul 2020 09:24 PM PDT Before I start, I understand some stats will be helpful: Hello there - I'm on the hunt for any type one diabetics who have found a good, sustainable way to lose weight. I'm a huge mess at the moment. Here's a little bit about me - there's some potentially triggering stuff in here though so I'm going to hide the text for those who don't want my sob story. I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2017, so I'm coming up on my third year anniversary (yay...). When I was first diagnosed I was incredibly sick, well into DKA and I went from 64kg all the way down to 42kg over the course of a few months. I have a history of ED even to this day, and when I first left hospital well...I was SO happy that I was SO thin. The happiness didn't last long and I soon became overwhelmed with everything, especially due to the weight gain that happened when I started insulin treatment. I became so overwhelmed with my diagnosis that my 15-year struggle with depression also met its peak. In December 2019 I was in the emergency department with suicidal intent after a solid year and a half of heavy drinking and just feeling like I was an absolutely destroyed human being. Weirdly enough, the pandemic has been a big eye-opener, and I know it's time to take my health back. I'm sick of not being able to fit into clothes and sick of feeling disgusting all the time. One thing I have been told by a diabetic nutritionist was that I'd "never be that weight [64kg, my pre-diabetes weight] ever again." I was pretty gutted and to this day that woman's words follow me around. From May to June I did keto + calorie counting and lost 4kg but I assume that's water weight loss from cutting carbohydrates, plus being in a calorific deficit. The biggest plus though is that keto seems to have somehow reset my appetite...I can eat breakfast and then not need anything until about dinner time. I know calorie deficit + exercise is the way to go, but I get such different feedback from other diabetics I know. My best friend, who's had it since she was 14 months, swears she can't lose anything unless she goes on shake diets, a.k.a barely eats food. Personal trainers always tell me "it's going to be REALLY hard to lose weight". Basically I need something good to look forward to. Someone who has some insight, some tips, anything to get me to a reasonable goal weight of around 70kg/154lbs. I currently do light exercise of yoga and brisk walking (like, not a casual stroll, I am red-faced and sweating when I get in the door) 3 times a week. Anyway sorry for the small novel. [link] [comments] |
| Starting my journey for the hundredth time -- with a new motivator Posted: 12 Jul 2020 06:41 AM PDT I'm 27F, 5' 6", 237lbs, and the heaviest I've ever been. I was quite fit my entire childhood and up to about age 19, always around 145lbs. Then, my parents died. I immediately became overweight, hovering around 170lbs for a few years. When college became more intense around my senior year, I ballooned to 235lbs. After graduating, I managed to wrestle my weight back down to 215lbs, but during covid lockdown I stress ate myself nearly to 240lbs. I'm no stranger to feeling absolutely terrible about my body. I know I use binging as a crutch when I feel stressed, lonely, or sad. Recently I've begun to smoke weed, which only exacerbates the binges. The thing is, my life is looking better than it has in a long, long time. I've started a business and, despite the state of the world, prospects are incredible and we're growing fast. I have my first apartment in an awesome luxury complex, an adorable dog I take to work every day, great friends in a vibrant city in an awesome country far from home. This is far beyond what I ever dreamed having grown up poor and losing my parents so young. And yet, I don't feel like me. At best, it feels as though my true self is hidden in a suit, and that when people see me they don't see a person but something less than that. As a business owner, as a woman, as a friend, as anything, I feel as though I have to work extra hard to convince people to look beyond the "suit" and see the human being underneath. I have a therapist I work with for my traumas and capital "P" Problems, and we've finally gotten to the point where we're addressing my weight and disordered eating. I think it's time I start putting as much effort and energy into my physical health as I do in other areas of my life. I'm scared shitless man. I'm ashamed of being where I am, and fucking terrified of the prospect of failure. But when I took the leap of starting a business, of finishing college without parents, of moving to a foreign country all alone, I didn't focus on what failure would look like. I envisioned how beautiful success could be. So I'm starting there. It has been so inspiring to read stories of people of all ages and walks of life, who have often spent so long struggling before succeeding, but fucking succeeding nonetheless, on this sub. I really appreciate you guys sharing and existing, and I hope to continue to draw strength from it. I feel like I'm shouting into the void a bit, and opening up about my story is also pretty scary. But something's gotta change for me to change. Wish me luck <3 [link] [comments] |
| Weight loss plateau at 406 pounds Posted: 12 Jul 2020 02:13 PM PDT So I have been dieting for 2 months now my biggest weight was 430 I lost a lot of weight fast 25 pounds in 2 weeks from IF 16:8,keto,walking,strength training and a calorie deficit of almost 2,500 then it all stopped when I reached 405 and has since gained a pound I have since increased my calories because I knew my deficit was to much I am now eating 2,000 calories a day at a 1,700 deficit and still no weight loss I've been stuck for 3 weeks now I have since tried a carb refeed day I tried increasing my calories and I increased my workouts it's so crazy to me that I've reached a plateau at a such high weight for everything that I'm doing I would think the weight would be falling off !!! Does anyone have any recommendations on what should be done so I can break this plateau [link] [comments] |
| I just lost 4.4 pounds in one month in the healthiest way in my life! Posted: 12 Jul 2020 01:32 PM PDT Growing up, I was the fat kid, but for some reason I never noticed it. So to me, it was a great surprise that, one day in the summer before 8th grade, my mom forced me onto a salad diet. I'm talking literally just dry cabbage and shredded carrots for three meals a day for two weeks. After the first week I cried so hard that she added these overboiled dry ass pieces of cardboard pork. She also got me to start walking on the treadmill every day. Looking back I was grateful because I was almost 160 pounds as a 12 year old girl. I guess puberty energy kicked in because I started to love running on the treadmill. I started a routine, I started eating less. From there started my annual cycle where each summer, I would watch what I eat and exercise religiously and then fall back to my normal eating and sedentary habits during the school year. To say my weight yo-yoed is an understatement. I was fluctuating 20 pounds every year! Finally, fast forward to the end of college and thanks to depression, alcohol and anxiety, I was back to almost 160 pounds. I then entered a CNA program, which made me lose my appetite and over 27 pounds in one summer month again. Around this time I rekindled my love for exercise and started powerlifting. It's a strenuous sport which requires calorie counting; I loved it so much that I decided to try bulking so I could build muscle. I thought it would be easy because I love eating but the resulting weight gain - however expected - made me so upset and depressed (that's a different story though). I am now on my cutting journey and for the first time in my life, I am losing weight at a healthy pace because of a healthy lifestyle! It's the slowest weight loss I've ever had but I still feel great, I don't feel guilty or stressed, and I still manage to eat what I want within my calories and macros :) I still gym when I can (hard because of covid) but even just counting calories is helping me so much. My goal is to make this a healthy lifestyle for me and not just another quick summer-time only success story! Thanks for reading my experience :) [link] [comments] |
| Making progress even under lockdown - Lost 13kgs Posted: 12 Jul 2020 06:52 AM PDT Due to the lockdown in my country, none of the gyms are open but at the same time I have a lot more free time. So what I've basically done is cut my workouts into two parts. In the morning I'll do HIIT routine for about 40 -50 minutes. You can find these workouts in Youtube. I personally prefer this youtuber - BullyJuice. He has a video on his channel called the 2 week shred challenge and the workouts are in the description free of cost and without any equipments. There are two workouts for each day which I'll finish of in the morning. After that in the evening I'll do strength training. To honest I only have a one set of dumbells which only weigh 2.5 kgs and ankle weights 1 kg. I'll start with push ups(which I couldn't do earlier not even one, started with bent knee ones), then move onto shoulders, back, chest, squats, hip thrusts, Firehydrants, donkey kicks, chest presses, reverse crunches. everything will be done with the minimal weights I have. Make sure to give your body 1-2 days rest in a week. Other than that for my diet, I was a heavy brekafast eater kind of guy, but also because of the lockdown I get up very late so I have just skipped breakfast. I'm an indian so we have a lot pf options in vegetables, but I've swapped out white rice with brown rice. Put in better snacking options like Multigrain bread with unsweetened peanut better and a banana stuffed in between. Oats mixed with almonds chia seeds and whatever fruits I have at home. Rather than following a diet I just try to make healthier choices. Stop eating when you are full is the best advice i can give. Its also okay to have setbacks but yiu should enjoy them. Last thursday I had the house to myself after 3 months, I kicked back, smoked some weed, ordered burgers (yes two), fries, coke. but I still did my Hiit workout. I had a really good day. But since i ate so much for my lunch I could pretty muvh skip any other form of eating throughout the day, not starving but I was just full. Make your eating is need based maybe I don't know. [link] [comments] |
| Sleeping troubles since new diet Posted: 12 Jul 2020 08:42 PM PDT Hey yall 1.5~ months ago I completely changed my life style and diet, I weighed 357 pounds back then and so far I've lost 22~ pounds. I feel better overall but there is one problem, lately I've barely been able to sleep during the night, having troubles falling asleep and staying asleep. I thought my sleep was supposed to get better not worse. I figured Id tell yall what changes I've done, maybe it's relevant. I ride 12.5 miles on my stationary bike everyday and I take a 30-40 minute walk every other day. I've cut out all junk food and eat 3 times a day for a total of 2000~ calories. I drink plenty of water, I NEVER used to drink water before, I only drank soda for atleast a decade, yeah I know.. Does anyone know IF this is normal? Getting really tired during the days and sometimes I have to take a nap. All of my exercise is done during early hours of the day. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2020 02:42 PM PDT Hi guys, 34F here, height 6,1, current weight 198 lbs, goal weight 154 lbs. (In metric system height: 1,85, current weight: 90 kg, goal weight: 70 kg). I've been overweight for many years, and every year I promise myself I'm going to slim down. The last time I managed to stay at a weight I was happy with for several months was 10 years ago. Struggling with mental health issues has been part of the problem. I managed to take up running since November which is a huge achievement for me, having always been sedentary. I run 5x a week now and the health benefits have been amazing. It would be fantastic for my health and self esteem if I could finally take some action to lose weight by changing my diet. I don't mind if it takes a long time, fast diets have never worked for me as I give up and inevitably gain all the weight back. I want to make a serious and permanent change in my relationship to food. But I need help. My plan is to eat smaller portions and add fruit, vegetables and lean protein to my mostly carb based diet. Curbing late night fridge raids also needs to happen. Anyone out there with similar goals looking for an accountability buddy? Please message me. I really really want to make this change in my life, and it'd be wonderful if I could also help someone else in the process. Thanks for reading 😊 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2020 01:15 PM PDT I've been losing weight this year and I stumbled upon this movie called "To The Bone". The movie is about anorexia and people struggling with eating disorders. Even though the movie about people trying to eat rather than losing weight, it still helped me realize that the most important thing of it all is to have a healthy relationship food. Counting every calorie isn't important but it is important to know uou are making the righy choices for yourself and for your health. One of the things that might help you on the weightloss journey is realizing what food means to you and not look at it as something bad/your enemy. Some days you might loose weight faster or slower but the most important thing is that you are loosing it and doing it in a healthy manner is an important part of it because you need food to live life to the fullest. Making a healthy relationship to your food will definitely help you go on a longer and much happier journey. Recommend everyone to watch the movie - "To The Bone" Cheers and all the best on your journey!! [link] [comments] |
| Hard to lose it during quarantine Posted: 12 Jul 2020 09:48 PM PDT I'm an 18F at 138lbs right now, former competitive swimmer who quit last December. I've never really had issues with weight until a year ago, so I didn't weigh myself often. Last March I decided to check one day. I didn't realize how much I had gained over the last 6 months (~130 -> 138lbs). It definitely impacted my swimming and body image. I started eating better, did some calorie tracking and it went back down in about 4 months. But ever since I quit swimming, I've gained it all back. I've found that it's really hard to stop snacking and thinking about food in quarantine because there's nothing to do. I've tried to get lost in day long painting projects, playing an instrument, going outside but the minute I surface from "the zone" my mind goes straight to food. I can hear a little voice telling me I didn't "blow it" today, that it's not too late but I'll still reach for more food. I definitely have a history of emotional eating. I can't stop making everyday food-centric, only looking forward to what I can eat next. Lately I'm trying intermittent fasting and it's going okay, but I feel like I eat more to compensate. TL;DR Being stuck at home surrounded by food is making the second go at losing weight very very hard. I'd appreciate any thoughts! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2020 11:35 AM PDT I didn't think I related to other people when they said they don't feel thinner or are caught up to their weight loss mentally. When I look in the mirror I keep expecting to see my belly sticking out or a lumpy side profile, but I'm flatter than I imagine I am (in a good way). Especially in the evenings when I'm bloated from eating I really feel like I am not making progress. I still have quite a way to go before I reach my Final/ Ultimate Goal Weight, but I'm 2lbs from my next Goal Weight (150lbs = BMI 25.0). I haven't been a healthy weight in 2+ years. At the end of May I bought a new uniform in a bigger size because of the weight I gained, but now my old uniform fits. It's a strange feeling that I prepared for failing this weight loss attempt and it was finally successful. Previously, I would buy goal weight clothes, and NEVER have I stuck with it long enough to fit into them. I'm curious if people will notice. I'm a little quiet and didn't really draw much attention to myself, so it's likely no one will really pay attention. It's only been 10lbs since the last time I was with them (gained the extra 7lbs during quarantine- where no one saw me), so it may not make a difference. I am not doing this for attention, but I want my efforts to be recognized just the same, or even just the newfound confidence. If anything they may notice my watch tan line lol. From others experience how much weight did you lose before people noticed? How did it feel? [link] [comments] |
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