Weight loss: [Challenge] The Great Loseit Cookoff Challenge - Week 6 |
- [Challenge] The Great Loseit Cookoff Challenge - Week 6
- Slow but steady wins the race: my journey to a healthy weight. NSFW picture
- 160lbs lighter -- but the mental battle is much heavier than the physical ever was.
- I saw myself in a video chat today. I'm disgusted with what I let myself become
- 2016 - 2020 I have lost 93lbs/42kg. 5'0" F 23.
- Don't ignore your weight gain! I was just diagnosed with a huge ovarian cyst
- If you're struggling to drink more water, buy a reusable cup and straw set and you'll be passively drinking water a lot easier
- 28F 5’2”- 160 pounds to 110 pounds- My Journey Before and After Pregnancy!
- 35 pounds in 3.5 months. Half way to my goal. My intention is to keep it off forever after losing 100 a decade ago and gaining 60 back.
- 260 lbs (118 kg) to 174 lbs (79 kg) in 11 months
- NSV - I think I broke my addiction to fast food
- 50 lbs down for the first time in my life!
- I splashed out on watermelon and tuna. My “treat you self” moments are starting to look different
- My weight is the reason I hate myself
- Just got through my first month of CICO and I’m down 6 pounds!
- 20 lbs down across 4 months... but the real results are the way I feel!
- NSV: after losing 55 lbs and maintaining for 2 years, my cholesterol is normal!
- Finally comfortable in front of the camera again (NSV)
- I've lost a kilo in two months, and I am very happy with my progress
- Losing weight doesn't feel so good anymore...
- My fresh tummy tuck journey (complicated)
- Update and question.
- lose weight and gain muscle?
- [HELP] Medicine eliminated satiety
- ONEDERLAND (sang to the best of Waterloo) Down 50+ lbs in 4 months!!!
| [Challenge] The Great Loseit Cookoff Challenge - Week 6 Posted: 21 Aug 2020 09:05 AM PDT |
| Slow but steady wins the race: my journey to a healthy weight. NSFW picture Posted: 21 Aug 2020 08:30 AM PDT I lost about 70 pounds total. In 2017 I weighed 230 pounds! Then in 2018 I lost a bit of the weight without trying due to moving into a home with healthier food options. I did only lose about 20 pounds. Then in late 2018 I gained a couple pounds back because I lived on my own and ordered take out everyday! So when I officially started my journey in March of 2019 I weighed 216 pounds at a height of 5'8 https://imgur.com/a/HIYNMl5 Around the time I started my journey I actually shaved my head. I can't exactly tell you why I did it because I honestly don't know. I felt ugly and fat. Slowly I started to lose weight and grow hair. It was a double journey for me. As I became healthier I got more and more of my hair back. So how did I do it? Was it keto or paleo or intermittent fasting? No. I did CICO. For those of you who don't know what that is it's calories in calories out. This means I needed to consume less calories than I took in. I didn't have a restrictive diet and ate basically the things I wanted. I also didn't go overboard trying to lose as much weight as possible in a short amount of time. I see a lot of people trying to lose weight quickly with unsustainable diets. To keep the weight off you can't have a restricted diet forever. I also want people to know it's okay to lose the weight slowly. It doesn't mean you're not dieting correctly. It doesn't mean you're doing poorly on your journey. It's healthy. You didn't gain the weight overnight so you can't lose it overnight. Now I feel a lot better about myself and I wish the best for everyone trying to lose the weight. I wish you health and happiness and high self esteem! [link] [comments] |
| 160lbs lighter -- but the mental battle is much heavier than the physical ever was. Posted: 21 Aug 2020 06:29 PM PDT I can't really pinpoint the moment in my life I became obese..but I know it was young. I was a super active kid and in my teens relatively active aswell. I played varsity soccer and spent most of my time helping my family garden and farm. But I knew around 6th grade I was heavier. The summer before I started high school I vowed to find a way to become slimmer like eveyone else. I ran ...hundreds.. of laps around my parents property while they were at work during the day. I tried to go days without eating. Situps in my room after bedtime...pushups..crunches.. I just wanted to not be heavy..I wanted to not be heavy so freaking much.. but summer ended and I started high school overweight. I can tell you I wore a hooded sweatshirt EVERY single day of school no matter if it was 100+ degrees with North Carolina humidity or what...I felt safer and I felt hidden. I can tell you that until summer of 2019 I had never worn a pair of shorts in public that I can recall. I can tell you that my depression over my weight hung so heavily over my head back then. Fast forward to my mid twenties and you'll find that I found some refuge online. People, in most cases, didn't know nor care I was overweight. I found enough refuge that it's what I clung to most of my life. No going to clubs and bars, no party's, no wild trips with friends. I can't say I fully regret it because I have made some outstanding lifelong friends in my time living through the internet. I feel sad for my 25 year old self looking back...she deserved the memories everyone else made..she deserved so much more than I gave her. I punished myself so much for so long. In 2018 the person who I had spent a good deal of my adult life with walked out because I asked them to get a job and help contribute to our bills..heartless of me I know. That was the worse part of my self punishment, I allowed myself to think I needed to do whatever it took to keep my significant other around..even if it meant working two job while I finished college..while he was jobless. I told myself I needed to show him I cared because there were few others who would look past my appearance and give me a chance. In 2018 I decided I was tired of myself and the self hate I carried in every pound. I consulted a nutritionist and doctors and we made a plan..we made many plans....meal plans..fasting plans..nutrition classes...cooking classes. I made my first adult friend in cooking class. I had setbacks (i.e. my ex decided to come back and leave around 50 to a million times and I was a fool) I had bad days...I specifically ate all the marshmallows out of my roomies lucky charms because I NEEDED sugar in a moment of weakness. I know that's unforgivable in most cases but they saw past it and forgave. I had to hire a trainer to teach me how to use the equipment at the gym. And at the end of the day I still fight self hate...I still see flaws in my mirror..I still get rushes of depression that I have to fight off. The physical battle wasn't nearly as hard as the mental battle. I am Kali, I am 160lbs lighter than my 2018 self. I am good enough to be loved by myself and those in my life and my weight doesn't determine that and never should have. SW: 325 CW: 165 Goal: be ok with me, and make memories no matter my size. https://imgur.com/a/SM8jON5 progress pic [link] [comments] |
| I saw myself in a video chat today. I'm disgusted with what I let myself become Posted: 21 Aug 2020 10:40 PM PDT I always knew I was kinda chunky. But i have massive tiddies and a huge butt. So I always just thought I was curvy. 10 years ago I looked proportioned. All the curves in the right places. I've let myself go in a bad way. Lately I knew I'd become overweight. I didnt realize how much so. But I saw myself in the video chat and I could have cried. I'm huge. I have a double chin. My face looks swollen. I took a real hard look at myself after that chat was over. I'm not happy with what I saw. My face was red the whole time. A sure sign of high blood pressure. I have a neck roll. It's time for a change. I finally saw myself for real. I'm fat. And in an unhealthy way. I know it's time for me to take my health seriously. Tomorrow morning when I wake up I will begin a whole new lifestyle. I need to get healthy. I want to live. Not be burdened and die early. I want to walk up a flight of stairs and not get winded. I was in denial. But no more. I am on a better road. [link] [comments] |
| 2016 - 2020 I have lost 93lbs/42kg. 5'0" F 23. Posted: 21 Aug 2020 02:53 PM PDT I'm sick of everyone in my life asking how I did it and when I tell them its just eating less/ correct portions and exercising they wave it off. Losing weight is a lifestyle change not a fad diet. I love this community and I'm so glad everyone here is super supportive. I'm so proud of everyone. Does anyone else get asked constantly for advice and then shut down? I used to do weights a lot which helped build muscle and tone in 2018 got down to 64kg but I struggle with chronic pain so I dropped the ball and went back up to 70kg for awhile then after my wedding in 2019 I lost it all together and went back to old habits bringing me 76.5kg. I finally found balance between binge eating disorder and anorexia through yoga, my dietician, my psychologist and my husbands help. This year I wanted to be healthy physically and mentally. This is what has kept me on track. Anyway heres my before and after for this year, 76.5kg - 58kg: http://imgur.com/gallery/orYPg8c [link] [comments] |
| Don't ignore your weight gain! I was just diagnosed with a huge ovarian cyst Posted: 21 Aug 2020 06:41 PM PDT I worked hard last year to lose weight. I lost 15 lbs and was feeling awesome. Then Covid hit. And I gained weight. I assumed it was due to a lack of exercise and stress eating. My stomach was getting larger and larger, and I kept beating myself up over it. I'm 5'6", and I recently reached 180lbs (up from 165lbs). Today I was diagnosed with a 20cm (8 inch) ovarian cyst. That's... huge. And I feel like an idiot for not having noticed. I look like I'm 6 months pregnant, and all I could see was the "fat." Don't get me wrong: I am definitely still overweight. But when this puppy comes out I'm hoping to lose the "Covid pounds" I had gained. So, PSA: some weight gain doesn't make sense. If things don't add up, see your doctor and get things checked out. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 21 Aug 2020 10:08 PM PDT I realized that at restaurants, I would get refills and down water so much more easily than at home. It's the straw. It's a lot more hands free. I got a three cup, lid, and reusable straw sets from amazon. At first my partner poked fun of my sippie cup, but today he asked to use one of the cups so if he knocked it over, it wouldn't spill on his computer. He drank 4 cups of water (64 oz, 16 oz x4). Pros
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| 28F 5’2”- 160 pounds to 110 pounds- My Journey Before and After Pregnancy! Posted: 21 Aug 2020 03:45 PM PDT My name is Jess! I got into health and fitness in January 2018. I saw some pictures my sister in law posted of me from a family event on Facebook and I was shocked. Seeing those pictures where I wasn't posing and I was just sitting and standing like normal made me realize how much weight I had put on. I started a 6 month Diet Bet challenge (which I won) and joined the gym! I started out by going to spin classes 4-5x a week. Then I ventured into body pump classes and eventually ended up on the gym floor doing weight training! I also went from trying to eat "healthy" aka eating only boring food to macro tracking using the free iifym.com calculator. I loved macro tracking and had a lot more freedom because I wasn't scared to have "unhealthy" food if it fit in my macros. I took the macro counting really seriously though and would carry meals around in containers even if my husband was eating out. Nothing wrong with that but just trying to explain how hardcore I was about the macros lol. I went from around 160 pounds in January 2018 to 128 pounds in July 2018. July 2018 I found out I was pregnant which was awesome because we were trying! I went from macro tracking to letting it all go. I still went to the gym but not as much but I ate however I wanted. Once the scale hit 178 I stopped weighing myself lol. I gave birth via c-section in February 2019 and at 8 weeks postpartum I was 160 pounds, right where I started off! Haha. I tried to macro track and go to the gym again. But it wasn't as easy with a baby. I commute 45 minutes each way to work so going after school began taking away time from our time together and going before school was impossible because daycare wasn't open in time. I bought some adjustable dumbbells, resistance bands and a few other little things and started working out at home! Macro tracking with a baby was possible but not worth it to me. I realized after months of weighing and tracking my food before getting pregnant that I could get good at eyeballing portion sizes so I stopped weighing and tracking food all together. I aimed to walk 8000+ steps daily and I workout 4-5x a week with my dumbbells for 30-60 minutes each time. I ate in a calorie deficit aiming to have 1400-1650 calories depending on the day. I wasn't weighing or tracking but that was my aim. I was in a calorie deficit for a year. After a year I switched to maintenance. I'm maintaining 110-115 pounds and keeping up with my workouts and steps but I eat 1700-2000 calories a day. I was a lot more relaxed losing weight this time around. I had and have dessert almost daily. I had and still have no off limit foods but I watched my portion sizes. I had and still have protein every meal and veggies and fruit at least twice a day. I filled in the gaps with everything else! Having no off limit foods helped me avoid binging which I used to struggle with when I would "forbid" myself to have certain foods. Here's an example of what I eat in a day and it was the same when I was losing weight, the portions were just smaller. I switch things up periodically but I'm a creature of habit and like to make things easy and make a giant amount of the same thing that lasts the whole week and switch things up at dinner time! Meal 1- protein coffee. Meal 2- protein chocolate peanut butter overnight oats with one small chocolate melted in it and whipped cream and berries on the side Meal 3- Greek vanilla yogurt mixed with chocolate protein powder and topped with half a chopped protein bar, berries and whipped cream or I have the oatmeal meal again Meal 4- taco salad- ground turkey cooked in taco seasoning, black beans, spinach, romaine, cherry tomatoes, mini bell peppers, a little cheese, a little guacamole, a little sour cream and a lot of salsa. Meal 5- completely random based on what's in the house or what we make. I make sure there's lots of veggies involved. We have frozen pizza once a week or so but veggies still end up on the side! Meal 6- dessert. Usually a small slice of frozen Edward's pie or Orville smart pop popcorn and snocaps Calorie deficit is definitely key for weight loss. I highly recommend the iifym.com free calculator if you're looking to macro track. If you are looking for something a bit simpler I recommend the Jordan Syatt Calorie Calculator on YouTube. :) My future goal is to be able to do a pull-up! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 21 Aug 2020 04:37 PM PDT I lost about 100 pounds, way too quickly and unsustainably, about a decade ago right out of high school. By overexercising and eating low (not healthy) amounts of calories I lost almost 100 pounds in under 6 months and gained an ED of binging that I still fight off to this day. During college I was heavily into weights and powerlifting and started slowly gaining it back. After college I felt great but stopped exercising almost altogether. Even though I conquered an ED I ended up gaining 60-70 of those pounds back and at the start of quarantine realized I was the heaviest I've been in ten years. So first week of May I started my pursuit of a sustainable but healthier lifestyle. Today I got half way through, losing 35 pounds. I used intermittent fasting and got back into weightlifting and Strong Curves. (See: r/strongcurves) For awhile I was around 1K deficit and realized I needed to slow down to keep the momentum and not fall back into old ways. So now I'm around 500kcal deficit and feel great. I got my blood test back today and my triglycerides have gone down tremendously. I still had some cheat days, but made sure I never went too hard in the paint with my calories. All this to say, make sure you can stick to the changes you make. Never try and rush this, it's a long marathon to be healthy and at your GW. Don't sprint even if it's working! Stats: 29/MtF/5'6 SW: 205 CW: 170 GW: 140(ish?) Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| 260 lbs (118 kg) to 174 lbs (79 kg) in 11 months Posted: 21 Aug 2020 05:31 PM PDT I've always been a chubby guy in my entire life, had always hated traveling because I could feel that I was being a burden to myfriends and family because of getting tired, sweating constantly and needing to rest after every 5 minutes of walk. In September 2019 I ate the biggest amount of food I had ever eaten (it was 2 middle sized pizzas and 25 chicken tenders,lots of fries and 2 liters of coke), felt sick and found out that i had lots of health issues like cholesterol, diabetes and blood pressure after getting a blood value measurement then I realised that I had been gaining more and more weight every single day and finally wanted to become healthy, walk, run, even sit without getting tired. At first I started doing ketoand after hitting plateau I changed my diet to intermittent fasting with counting calories, lost 39 kg in 11 months. I still have a little bit to get to the weight I want but I'm proud of the journey I've been through and I wanted to share it with you all. Here is a before and after picture of my progress. https://imgur.com/VTwVcbB [link] [comments] |
| NSV - I think I broke my addiction to fast food Posted: 21 Aug 2020 01:46 PM PDT I'm a 29M who has struggled with obesity and weight loss my entire adult life. I've had some success with weight loss - I am down 75lbs from my heaviest weight of 300 lbs in 2016 and I'm as motivated as ever to finally hit my next goal weight of 180 before I turn 30 in February. For as long as I can remember, I have been a fast food and takeout addict. At one point, I couldn't leave the house without stopping for some kind of meal, snack, or treat from a restaurant - even if I wasn't all that hungry. Today I realized I am no longer addicted. My fiancee went to a doctor's appointment and was due back around lunch time. She knew I hadn't eaten yet, so on her way home she asked me if I wanted her to pick up lunch. The wheels began to spin in my head of all the possible options I could eat for lunch - shake shack, my favorite taco place, or maybe some wings from my favorite spot! After thinking about it, I decided none of these sounded appealing right now and that I don't need to eat such a heavy and unhealthy meal. I ultimately told my fiancee thanks but I'll make something at home. This is HUGE for me and I just wanted to post and celebrate this major win for myself as overcoming this will inevitably help me sustain my long term health goals. I should add - I do not and will not deprive myself of the things I want. I am following CICO as a way of eating and I am still enjoying all my favorite foods in moderation when I feel like eating them, but today was not one of those days! [link] [comments] |
| 50 lbs down for the first time in my life! Posted: 21 Aug 2020 03:44 PM PDT [TW: Eating Disorder] Also I apologise for the length :) You can skip to the last paragraph to just get to the heart of the post
Hello! My name is Rebecca and I have been overweight/obese for the majority of my life. As far back as I can remember I've always been overweight and it's been one of the biggest obstacles in my life. The only time before recently that I have been on the lower end of weight (but still considered over) was when I was in high school and I had medication-induced anorexia that caused me to lose 40 pounds in a few months, and this eating disorder quickly became a mental disorder and has haunted me for years. My biggest challenge in losing weight was to not only change my eating habits and change the way I thought about hunger, but also to change the way I thought about weight loss as a whole in general. When I first moved away from home I gained about 80 lbs in a few years on top of my already overweight body. It got to the point where siblings were concerned for my health. After addressing the background problems in my life that attributed to my weight gain, I finally ended up where I was in March of this year: ready to make the changes I needed to be healthy and happy again.
In March I discovered intermittent fasting and this helped change my life more than I could have ever imagined. IF helped me address one of my biggest concerns and helped me learn the difference between true hunger and boredom hunger. Because I only had a 8 hour window to eat (now a 4 hour) I had to learn the willpower I know I have to keep from eating and it helped me slowly realize what my body felt like when it was actually hungry. Honestly IF is the best thing that ever happened to me. The next parts were easier, I slowly began to change my eating so that I could still have that unhealthy food I love so much for dinner, but if I want a snack later I only had healthy options to choose from. Mixing and matching healthy and unhealthy kept me on the diet since I wasn't sacrificing as much to lose it. The last obstacle was my ideas about weight loss that I had to change. In my mind if I wasn't consistently losing at least 2 lbs a week and never fluctuating and never having a bad day then what was the point of trying? I had these unrealistic standards that if I'm not losing as quickly as my ED days then I was doing it wrong. And changing that view has been the hardest but I'd like to think I'm doing better. I still have bad days but not as many as before.
And lastly the point of this is to celebrate my 50 lb weight loss! The first time I've lost this much and especially without my ED! I still have a long way to go (about 70 lbs) but I'm almost halfway and I couldn't be more proud of myself for making the changes I need and for pushing to a healthier and happier me! Here are photos of me close to my initial weight (about 7 lbs off) and me currently (https://imgur.com/a/7EKQRIu). I think the biggest thing was my face gains (sorry I didn't post that) but still my body looks much better and I'm so much more confident! Here's hoping I'll be back at some point to talk about my 100 lb loss! Thank you to this community for helping me push through and have a place to express my feelings <3 [link] [comments] |
| I splashed out on watermelon and tuna. My “treat you self” moments are starting to look different Posted: 21 Aug 2020 06:33 PM PDT So to follow up on my title. On my weightloss journey I am down 6 pounds in 5 or 6 weeks because I'm not exactly sure when I "started" but anywho I have went walking every day this week and every day I crave watermelon. So almost everyday ( I know not the best idea amongst Covid but I wore my mask, got the watermelon and got out) I went by Kroger or Publix to pick up the pre-sliced watermelon still on the rind. Now on the to tuna, so for lunch I love the tuna pouches I eat a pouch and crackers each day (around 300 calories but most of the time it's less) super light so I don't feel sluggish the rest of the day but also very satisfying and I genuinely look forward to it everyday. I was running low so yesterday while I was getting watermelon I went ahead and bought more packs of tuna and I got A LOT of different varieties I even got a couple of salmon (we'll see how that goes) but I was so excited getting all the flavors and today I was looking forward to which one I would eat for lunch. Back to the watermelon though I see it as a treat I still weigh what I'm consuming and make sure it fits into my calories because I am consuming it so frequently. Also because my "breakfast" and lunch are at most 500 calories combined it leaves plenty of room for dinner and that's where I get the majority of my calories and where I consume most of my vegetables. So done with my ranting. What are some healthier things that have become treats that are on your journey? [link] [comments] |
| My weight is the reason I hate myself Posted: 21 Aug 2020 10:38 PM PDT It's 1am and I'm really going through it about my body. I've really been thinking and I released all of my self-hatred and anxiety issues are because of my weight. There's things I wanna do but I can't do because I'm afraid my weight is going to get in the way and I'm going to be embarrassed. An example would be rides at carnivals and amusement parks. My friends think I don't get on the rides because I have a fear of heights when in reality that isn't true. I don't go on rides because I'm afraid I'm not gonna fight on the ride and I'm going to have to do the walk of shame. I have social anxiety and I've always known it's because of my weight. I don't like going out in public or being the center of attention and having people look at my because my brain is telling they're judging me because of my weight and they're making fun of me. I hate being around people especially strangers and I will have a full on breakdown if I have to stand in front of a group people. When people wrong me I don't say anything a lot of the times because if we fighting they always pick at my weight. Yesterday I got into a fight with an old friend in a gc with my other friends and he came for my weight and called me all sorts of names I pretended it didn't hurt but it really did. It made me feel even more shitting about myself then I already did and I don't know how that's possible. There's so many things I wanna do, like wear a crop top with out changing 20 minutes later because i start freaking out about people making fun of me, I wanna wear spaghetti strap tops without wearing a jacket because I'm self conscious about my arms. I wanna eat something without feeling guilty. My friends always say they wish they were confident and headstrong like me but every time they say that I get upset because I'm actually fragile and weak and I mask it all. I just feel oppressed by my own body. It's so hard for me to stay on track because I lose motivation easily and fall of. [link] [comments] |
| Just got through my first month of CICO and I’m down 6 pounds! Posted: 21 Aug 2020 12:17 PM PDT Hi everyone! Quarantine and being out of a job was pretty hard on my mental health and I had realized I needed some kind of structure to my life again. I had done CICO before but my habits died whenever a major life change happened like moving or getting sick for a few weeks. I'm not doing restricting for the most part; I'm still having ice cream/sweet treats, and I'm still eating food that I like. Now I'm just eating less of it with portion control, and I've had the luxury of doing weekly meal prep and knowing exactly what I put into the food that I'm eating (e.g. spicy braised tofu, roasted pork loin). I think the hardest thing for me has been eating less bread/pastry and rice; growing up in a Chinese family meant rice was in every meal and I've always loved baking breads and pastries (I used to work in a bakery). I had one cheat day last weekend and it was unintentional which made me feel incredibly guilty at first. I've previously been diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder so I feel like I have to be pretty hypervigilant about any ease for potential binging. Ultimately I ended up eating way more than other days, but I made sure to track it as well as I could given that it was takeout from a local restaurant and just kept on trucking the next day with my regular meals. I've learned to be better about when i'm eating and wait until I'm actually hungry to eat a snack or meal, unlike before when I would just kind of constantly snack without really thinking about it. I don't feel very different, but I'm not surprised nor disappointed about that. It's a small but important step for me and I'm gonna be doing my best to continue through (hopefully!) starting a new job. As it stands: 24/5'10", SW: 380 lb, CW: 374 lb, GW: 300lb (though the real goal is sub-200 but I like setting my goals to feel more realistic) [link] [comments] |
| 20 lbs down across 4 months... but the real results are the way I feel! Posted: 21 Aug 2020 11:10 PM PDT Hi everybody! I wanted to take a few minutes to celebrate and share my story with you all, I hope you enjoy. Today marks 4 months of consistently closing all of my watch rings. If you would have asked me at the start of this year if it was possible to hit every ring for a month straight, I would have had my doubts. In April, I turned 28 years old. I was at my heaviest and with the initial quarantine blues weighing me down too, I decided I didn't want let all of the "priorities" that are set for me (work, family, household and responsibilities) to continue overriding my goals to be healthier and get back in shape. I've never had a body I'm super proud of, but fitness and pride in my physical appearance has always been one of the goals I haven't achieved. It's always easier to dream about making it happen and inserting excuses in-between, but I tried something different this go round. Focus on being active instead of working out. This was the key to my success. Instead of looking at being healthy as a daily dedication to traditional working out - that is, putting a 3 hour block in my day where I have to run, lift weight, hit the elliptical or gym, my goal was this: hit my MOVE EXERCISE and STAND goal, no matter what. I started walking my dogs 2-3 times a day. They were out of shape too and I didn't even realize how much older and weaker they were feeling due to me neglecting our exercise. It was as tough for them as it was for me those first weeks, but without anything else to do (gym closed, no equipment at home) I made it a habit to spend my down time outside with my partner and our dogs. Days turned to weeks, walks turned to runs. Recently we have been hiking on the weekends, and even invested in a treadmill to turn up the intensity at home on days we can't get out for a run for whatever reason. Today I am celebrating 4 months of closing my rings every day. 2020 has been a shit year in a lot of ways, but I'm so proud of my results, that it's kinda hard to be mad at it. I'm down about 20 lbs and in the best shape I have been in 7 years. Work, family, and home responsibilities are easier to manage as is my stress and mental health because of this commitment to my activity, my priorities to be a healthier me. If you're struggling or want to discuss more about the way I got to these results, hit me up direct or in the comments. It's no magic meals or pills, just consistent effort and mindfulness. It's not easy, but once the ball is rolling it's hard to stop that momentum! Thanks for taking the time to read my story, cheers and have a great weekend ahead. [link] [comments] |
| NSV: after losing 55 lbs and maintaining for 2 years, my cholesterol is normal! Posted: 21 Aug 2020 09:05 AM PDT Results From 2017 right before I started: Cholesterol: 232 (normal is 100-200) Triglycerides: 161 (normal is 50-150) HDL: 41 (normal is 40-80) LDL: 159 (normal is 0-129) Results from today: Cholesterol: 185 (normal is 100-200) Triglycerides: 90 (normal is 50-150) HDL: 58 (normal is 40-80) LDL: 109 (normal is 0-129) I am so happy and grateful to myself for not only losing the weight (CICO) but also maintaining. I have had other great NSV regarding clothing, being free of my hip pain, getting the human zoomies where I just have to move whether it's actual running or dancing, the gains for face, fingers, clavicle etc, but this one makes me the happiest. I really worried about my cholesterol because even when I was heavier, I had a fantastic blood pressure and heart rate but absolute crap cholesterol. With my dad's side having heart issues, I really didn't want to go down the same path. I started at 201 lbs October 2017, lost most of it the first year and have been mostly around 145 for 2019. This past year we added a puppy in Sept 2019 and I had so much stress from that and work I dropped 11 lbs in less than 2 months to a weight of 134 but then settled around 138-142 until we went WFH in March and have been back to 145. Today I am 147.8 because I have not been great at tracking and increased my drinking. So I have hopped back on the strict tracking and after this week of vacation will try to stick to my 1200-1400 range until I am around 138-142 again as that was my happy zone. For reference I am 43 and 5'6". I also enjoy that I am able to jog and walk with my dog as well as going on the family bike rides. I have never enjoyed so much outdoor time since getting a dog, including walking all months of the year and we are just a few hours away from Canada. Thank you loseit, without the support of this sub, it would have been much harder to accomplish. Edit: before and after http://imgur.com/a/56GzEO3 [link] [comments] |
| Finally comfortable in front of the camera again (NSV) Posted: 21 Aug 2020 05:26 AM PDT In high school I used to always want my picture taken, but when I gained 60 pounds from a combo of birth control/depression/alcoholism in college, I absolutely hated the way I looked. I barely have any "before" pictures at my heaviest because I was so grossed out by pictures of me. I was always hiding behind the camera. If I did take a picture, I was obscuring my face with my hair or my hands, and I hated the way my hands looked too so it was difficult lol. I would also pull the fat around my jaw to make it look like I had a jawline which was a neat trick😅 a little over 40 pounds down and I'm much happier in front of the camera. I ask people to take my picture. I SMILE for the camera without fear of having a double chin. I take self portraitsfor my photography and actually LIKE the way the photos turn out! I still have ~7 pounds to go but it doesn't seem like a far away dream anymore. I'm actually meeting my goals! Thanks to everyone for the advice and kind words over the past year [link] [comments] |
| I've lost a kilo in two months, and I am very happy with my progress Posted: 21 Aug 2020 07:07 AM PDT Hi guys! I've been on the weight loss journey for over a year now, and by now, at a bmi of 22.9, my curve looks more like a small hill downwards rather than me tumbling down a mountain. Don't get me wrong, dropping the initial 20kg in a year was great and all, but at this point, where I have maybe 5kg to lose and literally no hurry, I'm enjoying my slow walk down this hill. I've been busy and stressed with a start of a brand new adventure studying chemistry. It's been fun, but also scary and stressful. So right now this is what my routine looks like. I wake up and eat the same breakfast every morning. I eat cereal (I know, the spooky unhealthy food you should never eat!!), a piece of fruit, and a boiled egg. Coffee is a must, with plant milk. I take the bus to school, and go about my day. I eat my free school lunch with at least half a plate of salad, a piece of bread (carbs keep me going ok? A little tangent here, don't trust when people say it's gotta be fat and protein, listen to your body. For me whole grain carbs and fruits are the thing if I want to have energy. Paired with healthy fats and protein, of course, but I need carbs to survive.) and I eat the protein and carb that is presented that day. Ah, the perks of being Finnish. I go about my day, and often my lunch is a bit too light, so I have a snack of nuts or a fruit smoothie pouch with me. It usually holds me over until dinner, which hasn't been great recently, I became too busy and stressed to cook, so it is often something very simple, sometimes ever prepackaged. Can't be perfect in every part of your journey. My exercise has also been lacking, and all I do nowadays is walk home from school for 2,5km. My scoliosis has been bugging me, so I've been thinking of adding yoga and strength training soon. But I'm not in a hurry, I'll get to it when the time is right. Trust your gut instinct and take things easy. If you pile all these things on top of each other, you'll just end up burned out. If your only exercise right now is a small walk most day, that is fine, then you focus on your diet. Speaking of diet, I nowadays eat pretty much up to maintenance 4 out of 7 days a week. The rest 3 I'm in a 300-500 kcal deficit. And my body is thanking me for it. When I get a bit tired after restricting for two days straight, I just eat up to maintenance until my body is good to go again for a couple of days. I count all calories, and I still have my trusty scale, but I have some leeway with how accurate I am each day. I have a fitbit, which is maybe 80kcals off, which honestly I can't be too mad about. I usually burn 2050 kcals on a normal school day, and on weekend if I'm more sedentary it goes up to 1750 a day. (Note, this is after I reduce the 80kcals from it.) It's been a really good tool, I'm not sure how long I'll still use it once I reach maintenance, but currently I'd recommend it to anyone who is in a place to buy it. The point of this post is: weight loss doesn't have to be stressful, especially when you have less than 10kg to go. It can look like maintenance, it can look like you aren't even trying. Because frankly, I'm doing the bare minimum and still seeing results. I am so happy about the 4kg I've lost in the last 6 months, and by now it has become so slow, that I often don't see any change in the scale because of fluctuation, only to realize at some point that I've been hitting a new low without realizing it. It has become so relaxed and I can honestly say this is a lifestyle by now. Those few days of eating in a deficit are the thing that keep me losing, and the maintenance days are what keep me sane. I can say with absolute certainty, that once I reach my goal weight I will be able to keep it off, because it has been so ingrained in me in these last months how much I need to eat to maintain and how much to lose. I am happy, and I am excited about reaching my next goal of under 60kg. For the reference, I am 21 y/o F, 163cm, SW: 85kg CW:60.8kg, GW: 55kg. This post was for those with a little to lose. Enjoy the journey, you are in no way unhealthy, and the reasons you want to lose are personal to you, but keep in mind you are perfect the way you are. I'm not saying don't lose the last few kg, all I'm saying is take it easy. You're in no hurry. Good luck and I hope my post was useful for some of you. [link] [comments] |
| Losing weight doesn't feel so good anymore... Posted: 22 Aug 2020 12:39 AM PDT I already posted this on r/petitefitness but I figgured more advice wouldn't hurt. So a little bit of context. I am new to this sub and also new to working out. In the past few months I have tried the Chloe Ting 2 week shred challenge and her 25 day leg challenge and while the first one worked for me, the second one didnt and I ended up interrupting it toward the end when I started to go hiking on holiday. What also happened around the time that I started working out is that I got my braces (top only) and started eating significantely less (also cut out snacking pretty much entirely because I can't be bothered to brush my teeth after every pack of chips lol). Well fast forward to today when I looked in the mirror and saw something different in my...chest. I noticed the top was very bone-y and it looked like the girls were a little bit lower than I remembered. Naturally I start to panic and ask my mom and she tells me maybe I should cut my exercise time in half because I am doing too much at once. I asked her why the hell should I be losing weight in my chest and not my belly or thighs since I'm doing exercises that focus on those areas and she told me it probably has to do with certain hormones or enzimes or something. Can someone explain this to me please? I felt so great about losing weight and getting complimented by my family and friends and I was about to start chloe ting's hourglass program as well but now I am kinda scared. Btw it's not like I lost 20kg or something, I only lost a few, and my belly and thighs are still very much there. I don't feel good about working out anymore now, I actually feel scared. Any advice is appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| My fresh tummy tuck journey (complicated) Posted: 21 Aug 2020 07:31 AM PDT Hi, I lost about 90lbs ( male) and got myself jacked up to the point of visible first 4 abs from the chest down and after years of embarassment from my loose skin I decided to finally get tummy tuck surgery. Surgery went really good, I slept through it like nothing, did not feel anything, so the next day, they send me home. When I entered elevator I suddenly fainted out, hit my head really bad and managed to cut my eyebrow open to 4 or 5 stitches, also tore some stitches on my stomach, started bleeding, so it was a hospital trip for me,but for collapsing and head injury. Meanwhile I started to feel really bloated, blood and water started to fill my stomach area, and I was really lucky that hospital send me back to clinic with ambulance and sirens up, which is like 100km away. Back in the clinic they had to reopen me, flush out the water and blood, clean the wound and stitch me again. I was under local anesthesia, and felt pretty much almost everything out of it. The op lasted around 2 hours and I had to say "hurts" everytime it was painful. Think I said it like 200 times, did not say when it was like 2 to 4/10 on pain scale but there were several 8/10 and it was brutal. Now i am back home, everything feels ok and I hope it will be ok. This was not anyone's fault, just kinda happened, anyway managed to do it. Do not be discouraged from this. I will probably uptade this post. Sorry for my English, keep fighting the fat 💪. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Aug 2020 12:00 AM PDT I'm 43 male I started my journey 5 weeks ago. I weighed 418 pounds I'm 6'1". After 5 weeks though I'm now 388. So I've lost 30 pounds in 5wks. So is it a good pace? My goals are to be close to or under 300 by my birthday which is exactly 7 months away from today. And to be 250 by next summer. Are these realistic goals? I want to be able to ride roller coasters comfortably and not have to do walk of shame. Next summer. I've been walking at least 5 miles a day twice a week I'm starting next week to up it to hopefully 5 days a week I also tried to find dumbbells but every place I looked have been sold out damn covid lockdown. So I'll have to YouTube videos how to get stronger arms biceps and triceps and chest by using resistance bands. I've been keeping my calories around 1500 per day. I'm a truck driver (local) so I usually eat once before I head to work and something when I get home. Usually eggs are one of those meals. So my question is a two parter One am I on a good pace? Two are my goals reasonable? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 21 Aug 2020 07:15 PM PDT apologize for any noobness but i'm in a conundrum. I have lost around 30lbs since late May, but I have plateaued/slowed a lot in loss in the last 2 weeks. I am sitting at around 146lbs (20F 5'7"). My goal is to be fit and weigh around 135lb. I have been doing sloppy CICO, I log everything but don't weigh my foods. Since I have plateaued, I will buy a food scale and become more strict on this regard. I am pretty knowledgeable about weight loss, but I am struggling to understand building muscle while losing. To reach my goal, should I 1) concentrate on deficit until I reach 135, then build muscle or 2) concentrate on building muscle now, and weight loss will come slowly with the increased lean mass? In my understanding, I should do intense work outs and eat a deficit to achieve my goal. However, I am currently in about a 500 cal deficit (eating around 1500cal and buring about 2000/day) and I feel fatigued so often. I do some form of exercise every day, 1-2 hour hike/walk, jog (5.5mph for 10-15min), body weight work out, etc. (nothing intense) but it's become a drag because I feel tired before, during, and after. How am I supposed to work out intensely (what I need to build muscle) if I am so tired? I eat a fully nutritious diet, so its hard for me to improve in that regard (no junk, no white carbs). Yet, I'm not even eating that big of a deficit. 1500 is reasonable. If I increase to 1700+, I am afraid I will stop weight loss all together. But maybe this is worth it for good muscle gain, and I can cut again later (but then won't I lose my gains?) Any advice is very welcome. Sorry for messy writing [link] [comments] |
| [HELP] Medicine eliminated satiety Posted: 21 Aug 2020 11:31 PM PDT Hello Reddit, Since a couple of years ago I have been living with severe health issues. After nearly losing my life due to my health my doctors arrived at a life saving medicine regimen. The problem I am having is that these medicines have totally eliminated my feeling of satiety. I will eat and sometimes 10 minutes later I am just as hungry. I cannot get off or switch medicine as I had already tried that route and it was very dangerous. Members of Reddit seemed to have done well with calorie counting or simply low calorie foods like broccoli etc. My main problem right now is that when I am very hungry I eat junk/sweets due to being in a home we're that is a main staple. At the end of the day I am in full responsibility hence why I am asking for help. [link] [comments] |
| ONEDERLAND (sang to the best of Waterloo) Down 50+ lbs in 4 months!!! Posted: 21 Aug 2020 05:45 AM PDT This week has been hard. I'm a teacher and we're doing blended learning. Which means half my kids are in class, half are online. Online kids are struggling and I don't have time to help them when they need it because I'm dealing with my in class kids. So I've needed this win of hitting ONDERLAND today. I started out at 250 back in March. Gained a bunch over the first couple of weeks of quarantine as I got super depressed. I just drank and ate all day long. My stretchy pants got tight. I could constantly feel my heart struggling. My naked body was so embarrassing my husband hadn't seen me naked with the lights on in a good ten years. My clothes didn't fit. I'd find excuses to not go places or leave the house. I hated being around adult friends who were definitely judging me. I was no longer enjoying life as everything felt like a struggle. Decided no more! I started walking everyday for a few hours (highest daily walk was 12 miles). Stopped drinking. And limited my calories to 1200. It's been hard. Some weeks I walk 110 miles, eat 800 calories and still gain a pound. Other weeks I have cheat days and walk 7 miles a day and lose 5 pounds. Weight loss is weird. But CICO works. You just have to keep at it and don't stress about the daily scale. [link] [comments] |
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