Weight loss: 199.8! |
- 199.8!
- Three weeks of consistency...did not place the pizza delivery order
- I have lost 50lb this year with LOSE IT!
- OMG I just noticed I was sitting with my legs crossed!
- Trapped with cheeseburgers
- Frozen blueberries have replaced ice cream for me
- Finally reached my goal (middle of healthy BMI range), but I now feel like I look like a stranger
- 100 lbs off my ALL TIME heaviest!
- Semi-pro tip: to combat overeating I’ve found that the best time for me to workout is when I am “bored eating”
- [SV/NSV] Still in Onederland after eating a big meal
- How being chubby kept me from being in a relationship
- 24.5lbs down on CICO, as foodie and cook, here is some reflection.
- 13 yrs old 5’2 and 165 lbs
- 8 Months in 90 pounds down
- Help! My spouse won’t get rid of junk food and it’s sabotaging my weight loss
- I’m losing weight like I always wanted to, but I’m not sure if I like it.
- 5 more lbs down
- Lurker, finally bringing the shame to light.
- NSV i can DANCE!
- It is excruciating to get back to fitness...
- Are mind games an unavoidable part of weight loss?
- Super Morbidly Obese and starting over
- Why didnt I do this before?
- 5'2" SW: 196 CW: 176 GW: 140 down 20!
| Posted: 17 Aug 2020 12:22 PM PDT I am finally below 200 (was 192 pre-covid). Goal weight is 140. Turning this barge around was so difficult and the scale doesn't seem to budge. So it takes all of my will to keep going even when I'm not seeing pounds come off. And yet, I'm down 10 pounds after a little over a month of putting serious effort into it. That effort includes My Fitness Pal, walking at least a mile each day, my fitbit, this subreddit, and my very active boyfriend (my actual fitness pal!). Yes, I could walk more, but I'm going for sustainability. My next step is to get an ebike for commuting to and from work, with the goal being to rely less and less on the pedal assist as I get stronger. Thanks for listening. This community is the only place I feel comfortable sharing my journey. [link] [comments] |
| Three weeks of consistency...did not place the pizza delivery order Posted: 17 Aug 2020 02:41 PM PDT M/29/240lbs I've been counting calories, being strict with my diet, and doing home workouts for the last three weeks. I'm down about 6lbs and starting to see changes in my body. I'm really proud of sticking to the workout program and being mindful of my diet, but in the past, this is historically the time I would start to become a little more lenient with myself and eventually fall off altogether. Today I had an insane craving for pizza. I justified ordering some (I've been good! Thin crust isn't THAT bad, I can work it off tomorrow!) So, I headed to the dominos website, initiated mind fog, entered my address, built my pizza, and proceeded to checkout. Then it hit me...what if this pizza was just the first domino(get it?) of a chain reaction of bad food choices? What was I putting in all this work for? Why would I spend 3 weeks in a pile of my own sweat and tears on a mat in my living room just to give in at first temptation? So, I canceled out of the checkout screen and pulled the chicken breast out of the freezer. Feels great to take control, and another dinner of chicken and vegetables won't kill me. I'm not saying I'll never have pizza again...I am saying not TODAY, Satan. [link] [comments] |
| I have lost 50lb this year with LOSE IT! Posted: 17 Aug 2020 05:40 AM PDT First of all, I just realized you can set your own calorie allowance so I took advantage of that. Secondly, if you're new I highly recommend pick up a cheap smart watch on amazon (like $40). So yeah, January/Febuary weight SW220 and in March things heated up when I downloaded Lose It. I'm now at CW175, still big for 5'3 but HELLO so much better. I just want to say YOU CAN DO IT and that exercise helps so much. I never used to believe that until i started walking 5-8 miles a day. When I started one mile was a big deal. Sometimes I eat the calories I burned, sometimes I dont but I find that if I dont (although i'm proud of myself) I just feel hungry later in the week and sometimes go over. If you're looking for a place to start or weight loss advice (obviously i'm not a pro, i weigh 175lb) BUT I recommend as little food prep as possible. When I used to cook, I would snack. That's just me, but I found buying an air fryer was AWSOME and has helped me A TON. I have celiacs so i'm GF but I have no problem with processed foods. I can't be perfect. So I throw some cauliflower chicken nuggets and veggie fries in the air fryer and BAM 16 minutes, dinner is done. I hope this helps some one. I just know when I first started I didn't believe in myself or that I could really lose. I hope this helps at least one person feel less stuck. [link] [comments] |
| OMG I just noticed I was sitting with my legs crossed! Posted: 17 Aug 2020 08:52 PM PDT This is incredible! I don't even know how this happened! I just instinctively sat down and crossed my legs. I've been sitting here 20 minutes and it just occurred to me that I am sitting with my legs crossed. I have not been able to do this in YEARS!!!! Just the other day I was thinking how it's gotten a lot easier to put socks on, and now THIS. AMAZING! I know this isn't amazing to some people, but it is to me lol. I started doing CICO 3 months ago. I am already at my lowest weight I have been in at least 8 years. This makes me really excited to see what happens when I lose the next 40 pounds! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2020 11:06 AM PDT Warning: If fast food or cheeseburgers are your thing, maybe skip this post. Last night, I was at a work meeting that provided dinner: cheeseburgers from my favorite fast food place. (To be fair, maybe it's a step or two above "fast food".) I ate one. It was delicious. As the meeting wrapped up, we ended up with two extra burgers. They were about to throw them out, when I offered to take them home - in case my SO wanted one, of course. This, as we all know, was a load of crap. I fully planned to demolish one of those burgers on the long drive home. But as I started the drive, smelling the still-hot burgers sitting next to me, I thought… No. This isn't who I am anymore. In the old days, I probably would have eaten the one burger for dinner and ate BOTH of the extra burgers on the way home. I would have gone to bed sick. Physically, emotionally, spiritually… There's something about a fast food binge that just feels like rock bottom. Maybe because that's my particular brand of binge. But not anymore. I let them sit next to me, planning to hand them over to the first homeless person I saw or just throw them out the moment I got home… but then I hit a huge traffic jam. 30-minutes at a dead stop with no freeway exit in sight. All the while, I sit next to these two fucking cheeseburgers… There were no witnesses. My SO didn't even know I had two burgers with me to supposedly bring home. I could eat them, and only I would know. It was the perfect crime…. But instead, I put on my favorite weight-loss podcast and landed on the perfect episode. Topic: Don't quit on yourself. Show up when it's hard. So, I decided to show up. I saw no homeless people on the drive. I texted my SO, she didn't want a burger. I got home, walked straight to the dumpster, and chucked the bag in. Maybe it doesn't sound like a big deal, but it was to me. This community has helped me get to this point in my life - where I choose to listen to a health-focused podcast instead of binge on burgers. Thank you. I hope we all continue to show up for ourselves and each other. [link] [comments] |
| Frozen blueberries have replaced ice cream for me Posted: 17 Aug 2020 09:12 PM PDT Eating a bowl of (slightly thawed, so they're soft) blueberries with chopsticks is SO FUN. A cup of blueberries is like a billion less calories than a cup of ice cream, they have good fiber and vitamins, and when they're really cold I eat slower. The chopsticks help me eat slower too and they're a really fun way to eat them. I get a sweet frozen food like ice cream but it's better in every way. Plus, on days where I want seconds, I don't feel bad! They're berries! Worst case is I get cramps from all the fiber. (Plus, a large bag may cost more than a pint of vegan ice cream but it has like three times as many servings so I'm saving money!) Them being bite sized pieces adds to the fun as well because this is what I imagine eating dippin dots must be like. I know not everyone loves berries but this has worked really well for me so I thought I would share! [link] [comments] |
| Finally reached my goal (middle of healthy BMI range), but I now feel like I look like a stranger Posted: 17 Aug 2020 08:45 AM PDT I wanted to post here, first of all to say I'm quite happy to have lost this weight. It took me 5 years to lose 70 lb, but I feel like I will be able to keep it off. That being said, I've recently been struck with a strange reality, I don't recognize myself in pictures. I was never one to look in the mirror much, likely due to confidence issues. I still feel as though I look ~40 lb heavier than I am, regardless of who is looking back at me when I look in a mirror. Has anyone else been faced with this issue? I must say it is quite a unique feeling. Uploaded before and after for context. [link] [comments] |
| 100 lbs off my ALL TIME heaviest! Posted: 17 Aug 2020 08:26 AM PDT Hello fellow Losers! I am happy to report today that I am 100 lbs off my all time heaviest. All time heaviest was in the low 340s, when the wife (then girlfriend) and I went to Las Vegas and while exploring the Fremont Street experience, came upon the Heart Attack Grill. For those who don't know what this place is, it's something you'd only find in Vegas. It's a burger joint, where they fry everything in bacon fat, including the fries, and do not serve diet beverages. The cooks and management dress up like doctors while the wait staff dress up like nurses. Oh, and people over 350 lbs eat for FREE. They have a big ol scale outside to see if you qualify. Now, I did not step on that scale, but I made a joke to my wife that "i just need to be weighed down with a few rocks and I'll make it". Spring 2015-Fall 2016 was my all time heaviest, I was not weighing myself, but I know it was over 340. This morning, I stepped on the scale at 240.6. I have 239, which was a major milestone I set for myself to hit as of March 2021. I had built in some setbacks into my original weight loss goals, but to be honest, I've stuck to the high protein low carb 1700 average calorie/day diet (range 1200-2500). Even on my "allowance days" (I don't say cheat days because cheat implies old habits) I stick to 2500 calories/day, which is still far below my old habit average of what I estimated to be 4,500 calories/day which contributed to gaining and then maintaining in the low-mid 300s. Everything I posted about before is still working! Sticking to the calories, 1000-1500 calorie/day deficit depending on activity levels and I've now entered the "Century Land", where I will hit several 100 lbs goals to follow: 233 100 off my 2020 post holiday pre pandemic high 226 100 off my doctor's office recorded weight in September 2019 218 100 off my weight since tracking calories on March 25, 2020 Some NSV's: I can rest my laptop on my lap and don't have a huge belly in the way. When I sleep on my side, my knees touch. This is weird, and takes some getting used to. I may need to find a better position to sleep in. I'm sleeping way better than before, a "bad night's sleep" at 330 is brutal, but at 240 or so, it doesn't feel nearly as bad, which likely means the quality of my sleep has improved. My total cholesterol declined from 205 to 148. My fasting blood sugar declined from 98 to 88. I am no longer a good candidate for weight loss surgery (direction I was going prior to this). For those of you who are struggling, I was in your shoes before, and my story even now that I've been sticking to the diet is not without struggle, it is very very hard some days, but losing weight is extraordinarily difficult and takes patience, motivation and a positive attitude. Motivation is something that can't be taught, but it is something that is built over time, and once you find it, there is NO STOPPING YOU. Crush those goals! I'll post some before and after pictures once I reach 218 and get to the end of century land! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2020 12:38 PM PDT Basically title. This usually happens when I finish a meal but I still feel like I could eat more. Or as I said I am just bored and want to eat. The neat thing I figured out is that this is usual an optimal time for exercise because it's usually when you are about half full and feeling pretty content which is usually when boredom eating can strike. But by putting the pretzels down and getting your arse on the gym you're combating what would be a very counterproductive move to your health with a very productive one (working out instead of overeating). I know it's easier said than done and even I will still give in to the voice in my head telling me to eat more yummy food for the endorphins and that I haven't gotten all the way full yet instead of using that half tank full energy to go burn some cals. But if you do the latter it'll kill your appetite and you'll probably get a half decent workout in and even if you don't you can at least say you tried and by the end of it you probably won't have the craving you had at the start [link] [comments] |
| [SV/NSV] Still in Onederland after eating a big meal Posted: 17 Aug 2020 07:44 PM PDT Been a long time follower of this sub but this will be my first official post. After reaching Onederland a few weeks ago I told myself I would wait until I was consistently under 200 for a week or two before I would actually celebrate, just in case it was a weight fluctuation. I wanted to be 100% sure. This past Saturday I clocked in at 196 and I celebrated by going to my favorite bbq joint that just reopened and getting a beef brisket sandwich and a beer, and only went about 150 calories over my deficit. It was a pretty big meal. That night I weighed in at 198.6 lbs. There are a lot of exciting things that have happened in my weight loss journey, but it's hard to describe the feeling I had that night. To eat and still be under 200 lbs. To know that I might never see 200 again, and that my perseverance and discipline were working, and that I was actually succeeding at this goal that took over 5 years to complete is very overwhelming and reaffirming and many other fun words. I have never felt more confident in myself and my capabilities in my life, and I can only hope that it's a moment that everyone here is able to experience one day. [link] [comments] |
| How being chubby kept me from being in a relationship Posted: 17 Aug 2020 11:40 AM PDT SW:256 CW:240 GW:160 This happened a few years ago but tried to lose weight because of this event, then gained it back due to school stress. Being chubby was the deciding factor in me not being in a relationship A girl who I liked more than any other in my life, who I could talk with for hours on end, got along with great, flirted, and shared interests with, turn me down for a date. I didn't understand why, everyone else who worked with us was surprised as well, but eventually a mutual friend confided with me that she rejected me because "he was too chubby for me to picture being naked with" I hate my body, why did I let this happen, if I could have started trying to be healthier earlier then I could be happy now. Don't wait, start right now not tomorrow, you never know what it might cost [link] [comments] |
| 24.5lbs down on CICO, as foodie and cook, here is some reflection. Posted: 17 Aug 2020 04:14 PM PDT The use of fats in good food is essential, but with CICO I find that I am being a lot more particular with my choices. If I want to use butter, I have to ask myself, what is going to give throughout the day to accommodate it? It is delicious and the magic that happens with caramelized milk solids is amazing... But lately I've found things are getting way easier. I generally use vegetable oils more, due to their versatility and relatively low calories. Soups are amazing ways to get a lot of flavor and fill up your shrunken stomach quickly. Mung bean vermicelli are a nice pasta to use if you're doing any SE Asian inspired dishes. Tonight I made a tilapia green coconut curry soup. Low cost, and delicious. Also clears out the sinuses. I've been logging religiously, and since getting a vitamix I find that eating food becomes scientific which is also fun. You have to measure things out otherwise you can't log it properly. But my stomach has certainly shrunk. I cannot eat nearly as much as I used to even if I tried...I just get full so easy now. I've been operating on a pretty aggressive deficit also, but it hasn't been unmanageable because my job is sedentary. Happy to share meal ideas with anyone who is new to CICO. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2020 09:28 PM PDT Hi guys. I'm a 13 year old boy that has had trouble with my weight for the last 5 years. I have high blood pressure (not sure about the details) and have been inspired by the people of this sub's nice weight loss stories. My problem: I'm overweight and I'm really unhealthy right now, everyday is junk food. My entire diet consists of junk food and I'm looking for a way to get my life back on track. I guess I'm addicted to junk food. Every hour or two I go look around the fridge for a snack. I need a way to get my shit together because right now I'm feeling shameful because of my stupid decisions. Any help is welcome. I'll be reading each and every single reply for as long as it takes until i get the motivation and knowledge on how to stop myself from eating junk and losing weight. Age: 13 Height: 5'2 Weight: 165 I know my case isn't as severe as other people's case on this subreddit, I'm still dedicating all my focus and time on losing weight. Thanks for taking your time to read this, any criticism/help is accepted :D [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2020 08:43 AM PDT Started my weight loss journey on new years of this year. I have done this type of resolution before and always fail. This time was different. I started tracking calories in a normal day. Saw how much I was actually eating and was shocked. It never felt like it would be that much. Began slowly cutting things out I didn't need. Fast food became and instant no and I had to say good bye to all the bread/pastas I was eating. Began exercising, covid hit and I plateaued. Gyms opened up so I joined, then they closed again but I still kept at the calorie tracking. I currently eat between 1200-1300 calories a day typically. I have literally never felt better in my life. I still have a lot to lose to reach healthy weight but I'm really proud of what I have been able to achieve so far. SW: 345 CW: 255 [link] [comments] |
| Help! My spouse won’t get rid of junk food and it’s sabotaging my weight loss Posted: 17 Aug 2020 04:13 PM PDT Does anyone else have a spouse or partner who CANNOT live without their junk food? My fiancé insists on having junk food around and going out to eat a lot on the weekends. A part of me wants that junk food too (hello elephant) and it's REALLY hard to deny that when it's literally in front of your face and your tired and stressed or slightly tipsy etc. My partner has been eating healthier (thanks to my cooking!) but he still wants the chips, cookies and ice cream around the house because for him he can't be too restrictive or he won't ever eat healthy. He is better at eating in moderation than I am. I believe I'm wired differently and would prefer to just not have it in house but I can't win this battle. If we don't buy the junk at the grocery store he'll just do little trips to the corner store or drive throughout the week and bring it all home. I know he won't change and I can't force him so I need to learn to live with it but how? I keep sabotaging my weight loss efforts by over indulging on the weekends. I know have to take ownership over my own weight loss and healthy eating. Does anyone have tips? [link] [comments] |
| I’m losing weight like I always wanted to, but I’m not sure if I like it. Posted: 17 Aug 2020 01:23 PM PDT I have always been overweight, and I've tried everything over the past 15 years to change that. Keto, cleanses, juice fasts, all sorts of supplements. I struggled so much with binging and emotional eating. I always liked myself, I just wanted to feel better. This year, I made incredible progress on my relationship with food through working through other issues with a great therapist. I learned a lot about how to sit with my feelings and identify them and address them. I realized I thought about traumatic or difficult times in my life through weight milestones - I was this weight when this happened. I was this weight when I left there. As I worked through baggage, it became clear to me that my weight was related to these personal events and that for me, in working past them, I had to also address that connection. I recently found a lifestyle that works for me. I lift weights, exercise, and eat well cooking mostly all my own food. I'm losing weight fairly fast. So far, I've lost 20lbs since mid-May. I'm over halfway to my total weight loss goal. And I don't feel how I thought I would. I feel vulnerable, like the wind could pick me up and carry me away. I feel totally unprotected. It's intimidating and anxiety-inducing. And that has shown me so much about why my eating habits were the way they were, why every time I noticed had lost a little weight I would immediately binge until I was back to my original weight, and why it took me this long to break past that. I'm sharing my thoughts in the hopes this clarifies things for someone struggling with the same issues. Since I started in this direction, my thoughts and feelings towards food have changed completely. I never dreamed I could not have binges on bad days or actually eat just 1 oreo and feel like yeah, I'm good. That's the one part of this process that hasn't totally intimidated me and the most freeing part. It's scary but I'm not gonna stop. Gonna keep going to keep healing my relationship with food and finding out more about who I am without the guard up. It's just much harder than the exercising and eating right part. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2020 05:23 AM PDT I was super excited when I got onto the scale on Sunday and I was under 300lbs! I know I am nowhere near where I need to be, but I'm just happy that I'm 25 lbs down from my starting weight (which is from the beginning of the year). I've been trying different programs throughout the years. My highest weight was nearing 340. I remember during college I was around 240. But these last 5 years or so, I haven't been under 280 and breaking into the 270s seemed impossible. :( I just need to take this one day a time. I'm still working on making a healthier daily routine. Since May, I have been taking my lunch to work...EVERY SINGLE DAY. And 95% of the time it is the same lunch. Hummus, olives, Naan, frozen fruit, and lunch meat chicken (at the beginning of the week). Then for dinners, we usually make a Home Chef meal. It's really helped my fiance and I practice portion control. Anyway, I just wanted to post my happy update! Hope you all have a great day! [link] [comments] |
| Lurker, finally bringing the shame to light. Posted: 17 Aug 2020 04:23 PM PDT Yeah, not really shame, except that I'm ashamed of how I've been hiding. I'm not ashamed of my body - THERE IS NO WRONG WAY TO HAVE A BODY. I am obese. I'm an emotional eater, and I have chronic depression (I joke that I was depressed in the womb) for which I take meds that help a lot. It's not a total remission of symptoms, but it's ALOT better with the meds. So, anyway, I eat my feelings, and depression makes sure I have plenty of them. I'm 52, I'm 5'4", and I'm at my highest weight - 250. I'm in therapy - again - to deal with depression some more. I have a husband who literally adores me. I have work that I enjoy, and allows me to make a difference. And I have all the self-discipline of wet cardboard. I'm bored, and I know I'm bored, and I eat because I'm bored anyway. I know what I'm doing and o keep on doing it anyway. So, anyway - I'm here. I'm facing the problems. And I'm determined to get to a healthy weight. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2020 11:09 PM PDT so i lost about 40ish lbs from when i started at the end of december 2019 to the end of may 2020, when shit hit the fan here in the USA and beautiful protests erupted all around. i've been preoccupied since then but i've been maintaining, haven't gained anything back even though i've had a lot of what i consider "overeating" days and i haven't been working out regularly. about a week ago i recommitted to losing the next 40ish lbs and it's been a little hard getting back on track with calories but i'm sticking to it. anyway. tonight i wanted to get my steps in (i also started a new full time work from home job after being out of work for months, and it's been hot as hell where i am so taking walks is out of the picture for right now) so i put on twinsisthenewtrend on youtube (two brothers who reacts to music they've never heard before, it's kinda my new favorite thing to watch) and started dancing, walking, marching, stretching, jumping all around the house. next thing i know an ENTIRE hour has passed and i'm still dancing!!! last time i put on music to dance i think i lasted like 15 mins tops, months ago. i'm so happy that even though i've been stuck around this same weight for months, my body is healing and getting healthier. not carrying around all that extra weight does wonders for ones endurance! [link] [comments] |
| It is excruciating to get back to fitness... Posted: 18 Aug 2020 02:48 AM PDT At my heaviest I was 150kg. Some years ago I worked my ass off and lost 30kg in about a year. It was damn good. I felt great and I was sure I would keep the weight off. Then real life intervened, things in my marriage started breaking down and eventually I got a divorce and I have been about 141kg since then. Since then I have tried getting back on track 5 or 6 times. Each time I failed. It is so damn hard. It hurts and it also feels very pointless. But I am sick of getting fat guy pants, so a week and a half ago I started up again. And I am going OK. I dipped below the 140kg mark at 139.5 today. I am pacing myself a bit slower this time so that I can make sustainable changes to my life that do not fizzle out when something inevitably goes wrong in the future (maybe I will get married again and then divorce or get a weird disease or lose what little will to live I have remaining - one never can tell). But... oh, boy. It is painful. I am limiting my calorie intake and going to the gym again. I hate exercise, I hate eating 'right' but I am pushing through all this. I don't even know why. Honestly a big part of it is the fact that I find shopping at fat guy stores pretty embarrassing. Not to cast any aspersions on anyone else, by the by. This is a personal annoyance / feeling. Anyway, I don't even know why I wrote this. I guess dipping below 140kg feels like I am on track again. Thanks for listening, yawning void. [link] [comments] |
| Are mind games an unavoidable part of weight loss? Posted: 17 Aug 2020 07:33 PM PDT My background: I was overweight for most of my childhood. My mother told me there was nothing I could do about it, it was just genetic. I grew up, left home, and managed to get down to a healthy weight. I didn't have as much junk food around and did a fair amount of long distance running. Got married, had a baby, gained 50 pounds during pregnancy. Tried to lose weight through exercise like I had before, but found it quite difficult to do with a baby. I resigned myself to a slow and gradual weight loss, secretly afraid that it would never happen. About 6 months postpartum, my mother wanted to buy me some new clothes. I told her that I'd like to lose more weight before investing in a new wardrobe. She smirked and said "Good luck." I could tell that she was quite pleased that I was once again overweight. I was quite angry and extremely motivated to lose weight after that encounter, so I started researching online. I eventually found this sub. I lurked/ read posts from it daily. I devoured all of the posts from u/funchords that I could find. I was able to learn what I had been missing in order to have a successful weight loss, even without hours of running. I got down to a few pounds below my prepregnancy weight at 10 months postpartum. Along came baby number two. I gained 60 lbs during this pregnancy, but I had the tools I learned from this sub and got started earlier with weight loss via calorie counting. I'm much further along than I was with the first pregnancy. Things seem to be going well, and I should reach my prepregnancy weight by December.16 pounds left to go. But you know what's funny? Every stinking pound is still so mentally hard to lose. I often think "Maybe dieting will stop working now that I've reached X number of pounds. Maybe this is the pound that I'll have to plant my proverbial flag to die on." Sounds dramatic, but such is my inner dialogue. I've been trucking along. I'm still losing weight. I just expected that it would be easier mentally this time around. Has anyone else experienced this? Did you find anything that helped with these sort of mental hurdles? Are these thoughts just an unavoidable companion to weight loss? I guess I'm just wondering if there are people out there that have escaped these defeatist thoughts. [link] [comments] |
| Super Morbidly Obese and starting over Posted: 17 Aug 2020 08:18 PM PDT 34f 293lbs 5 '3. So I have always been overweight even as a kid and as a teenager I was obese. About 9 years ago I woke up one day and decided enough was enough and starting counting calories and "working out" with the Wii even 10 minutes and I felt so accomplished. I lost over 90 lbs in about 1.5 years and for the first time since I was 16 I weighed under 200lbs! The I got unexpectedly pregnant...like for real with protection and I still got pregnant lol. My entire pregnancy I did so good and was so fit! After my daughter was born with some complications I got depressed and battled so much anxiety and fell back to my old ways. The further I got from the new me the less motivated I was. Here we are 7 years later and I feel like I am finally in a good place and want to do this again and this time finish it and maintain it....it doesn't matter that it's going to take years all that matters is that I'm doing it and that I'm moving forward. So now here we are for the last 20 days into logging in myfitnesspal and about 10 days of using my new Fitbit and the scale won't budge. I am weighing my food using a food scale and letting Fitbit add or subtract calories depending on activity level. So the first 2 weeks I think I may have over did it and went from zero to 100 I was doing workouts like turbofire 2 times a day at least plus other exercising and sticking to 1600 calories and not eating any exercise calories back....my Fitbit was giving me an extra 1000 - 2000 calories per day depending how hard I was working. I think I tried to start where I finished last time and this backfired and I starting getting headaches and experiencing extreme fatigue. Now my iron is super low. Scale still not moving. So now I think I'm going to maybe try eating some of the exercise calories back and maybe doing less exercise to start and work up to the extremely intense videos. I don't know what else I should try. I do not want to give up but its frustrating to see no loss and it's extremely discouraging. Anyone have any similar experience or any suggestions? Thanks to all who took the time to read! :) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Aug 2020 01:23 AM PDT SW: 273lb (2nd Jan, 2020) CW: 194.2lb GW: 140lb I have tried for at least 7 years to get my extra weight off, and I could never last longer than about a month. This year, I had a (not fatal or anything serious) medical diagnosis that made me realise I need to lose weight, and I've literally just been dropping the weight since the start of the year with a simple calorie counting & exercise routine in place. I feel like such a dope for not starting this earlier. I feel a thousand times better and I can only imagine how much better it will feel as I get closer and closer to my goal weight. Does anyone else feel the same way once they've started to lose weight? Like it all came together and it just was achievable to get to your goal weight? [link] [comments] |
| 5'2" SW: 196 CW: 176 GW: 140 down 20! Posted: 17 Aug 2020 07:23 PM PDT So I have two kids. My youngest is 2.5 yrs. I decided a while back I really need to lose this "baby" weight. A year ago or so I reached this same point in my weight loss. Everyone kept telling me I look great, keep up the good work etc. I felt wonderful. I started exercising with my diet, and I surprisingly stopped losing. I didn't gain, but I stopped losing. I got frustrated, and after one careless comment from my husband (he said he didn't notice a difference in my body after the, then 25lb loss) I gave up. Over the course of a year I gained 20 back. Well now I'm back on my diet, making changes that I feel are sustainable. I have lost the 20lb I gained and I am starting to feel great again. I still have a decent amount to go, but I'm proud of myself for getting that 20 back off. I'm actually excited and motivated to get that last 30ish off. I've been using my food tracker in my Fitbit app. It helps me keep my calories on track along side my activity. I know it's not completely accurate, but it's working for me for now. I also keep in mind how many "ww points" foods are, and try to keep those in check also. The second part helps keep me from having a day where I'm within my calorie count, but I ate like crap all day. The last thing I am doing to help sustain this time around is I don't diet on the weekend. I don't go nuts, but I'm not so concerned with staying within my counts as I am during the week. I just ordered my treadmill (I used to run before having kids) and I hope to get back into it and not mess with my progress. Thanks for listening, it helps to get my strategy out. [link] [comments] |
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