- I didn’t order delivery today. I was craving cheesecake bad and, like usual, was willing to pay money to get it delivered so I wouldn’t have to leave my apartment and go out in public being the repulsive person that I am.
- NSV - My Nutritionist Broke Up with Me
- NSV: I didn't even know how much I missed sitting sideways in an arm chair.
- I figured out how my body works!!!
- I haven't been this light in almost five years!
- First binge in months... put some things in perspective.
- I just swore off fast food today and I’m feeling ready to face the world.
- I might have finally turned a corner with this whole weight loss thing
- NSV: Clothes don't fit anymore
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 4
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: August 5th, 2020
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Wednesday, 05 August 2020: Today, I conquered!
- Weight loss - after diet is figured out, running vs cycling to burn a little bit more calories? Are both relatively similar in calorie burning or is one more efficient than the other?
- I don't know what to do anymore...
- I finally feel good about myself, and comfortable with my body!
- My first new years resolution I’ve actually stuck to
- I can’t stop binging. I gained it all back.
- Clothing Alteration
- plateau feels like an eternity
- How does one stop binge eating/emotional eating?
- My best friend is trying to ruin my pride (and progress)
| Posted: 04 Aug 2020 04:45 PM PDT A lot of the time, I'm just craving a soda or dessert and I wind up ordering all this other food to make the delivery "worth it". Its gotten SO bad. I'm honestly scared. I don't even like the food I get half the time and I'm horrified at the amount of money I've spent on this addiction. I added it up once and it was almost as much as I pay for rent! I know I need to take it one day at a time. I'm just taking it hour by hour at this point. Yesterday I stayed under my 1700 calories. Today I will finish under my calories too. I'm drinking lots of water and tea to try and take my mind off of it. Sugar and delivery addiction are a real thing! I'm just sharing my little victory and looking for some support. I don't have any friends, I'm single, and this isn't something I can really talk to my parents about. I'm hoping I can find some support from like minded individuals here. Edit: I am so grateful for all the support I've received here!! Thank you all so much for your support, encouragement, kind words, and tips. I really do appreciate it. I will get to the rest of the comments tomorrow! This is such a positive, supportive community and I really am touched by all the support from you guys. [link] [comments] |
| NSV - My Nutritionist Broke Up with Me Posted: 04 Aug 2020 10:42 AM PDT 32F - SW: 333 - CW: 278 - GW: 180 My Nutritionist specialized in people struggling with health problems. I have fibromyalgia and was told eating correctly and losing weight would help my pain. We've been working together for about 2 years. 2 months ago she asked me to maintain my weightloss, not lose, just maintain, for a month. I got busy and took an extra month. Today she called me and we did our normal check in. "How's your eating? How's your pain? Are you taking your vitamins? Do you poop regularly?" At the end of our conversation she explains that I'm doing so well and on course with my weight loss that it is time to transition me, and to say goodbye. She referred me to 3 different programs and told me how to get involved with each. I feel like I've hit a milestone. No, I'm not perfect. I've still got a lot of weight to lose to be considered healthy, and I will always need to manage my pain, but I've made enough progress that she feels comfortable saying goodbye. I've made progress. I was able to maintain a stable weight for 2 months! I've never done that before. Info:
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| NSV: I didn't even know how much I missed sitting sideways in an arm chair. Posted: 04 Aug 2020 04:53 AM PDT I've lost roughly 95 lbs in the last year, and I recently rediscovered my happy place. I love sitting sideways in my big armchair. Cross one leg under my other thigh, and swing the other leg over the arm of the chair. A year ago, I was too heavy to do this comfortably, it would have felt the same as tying my shoes used to. And there wouldn't have been any room for my 1yo daughter to climb up into my lap and relax between my legs. Now this position is a huge part of our day. She sits between my legs or lays on my tummy, or stretches out across me and plays with my keys, which I hang from a belt loop. It's so weird to remember that I used to sit like this all the time when I was a teenager, in dozens of different chairs. And somewhere along the line, I got too big and I quit doing it. It was never a conscious thing, and I never consciously looked forward to being able to do it again, but as I sit here watching my kid play with her little school bus toy, it dawned on me. Just thought I'd share. [link] [comments] |
| I figured out how my body works!!! Posted: 04 Aug 2020 09:42 PM PDT I have been chubby/overweight my whole life. Never really to an extreme, but I was always the bigger girl. I was never necessarily comfortable with my body, but learned to live being 20-30 lbs heavier than all my friends. Fast forward to my early 20's, I finally started packing on the lbs. I am 5'8 and through college was around 180-190, but after I graduated, moved towns and had hardships with jobs I ballooned up to 220-230. I just wallowed in self pity and filled my unhappiness with food, I had no real idea for how to stop... so I just kept eating. This seriously started to impact my ambitions with my career because I work in a very physically intense field. I started working at a new job that lends itself to being healthy and fit. If you are not fit in my career, your world is just that much harder. I have always known this, but never attempted to be fit... because it seemed hard. About 3 years ago I finally had that epiphany moment when looking at a picture of myself, and though "oh shit... this is getting bad". I noticed my bed had started to make an indent on my side of the bed, and that rolling off the couch was actually hard. I've tried to lose weight before, with mild success. So I began doing the things I knew would work. More exercise, less food. I started running. Instead of 2 servings for dinner I would have 1. Instead of having a giant breakfast with eggs and toast, I skipped the big meal. I cut out most of the junk food. I began to eat for the environment and my body. More plants!!! I ran a 10 mile race at 200, and a half marathon at 185! I really do love to run now. My job got SO MUCH EASIER, and I feel like I actually am good at my work. Once I hit my "target weight" of 180, I had to reconsider what the hell I was doing. I have never been below 180 in my adult life, and wasn't really sure how to portion... when to eat.. how much. I still felt addicted to food, and that I had to be obsessed with what I was doing with my food intake. I attempted IF to try to get down lower. IF led me to be thinking about food literally ALL THE TIME. I wasn't very strict, but since I wake up at 6 AM, not eating till 12 or 1 was hard because all I could think about was what I was going to eat. Sometimes, I would just eat constantly from 1-4 because I was still trying to fill that morning void. It seemed to work when I stuck to it, but overall was not for me. I am losing weight to better my life and lose my addiction to food. Not to created another weird ass habit. I just reintroduced a late morning light breakfast (rice cake with PB, and fruit). Now when it eat about 9-10, I literally don't think about food until I am hungry again. This honestly has changed so much for me. I finally feel free!!! I taught myself how to eat when I am hungry without binging, or going overboard. I still think about food all the time. I stopped mentally counting my calories after every meal, because I only eat what my body tells me I need, and I don't eat shit food. If I do eat shit food, it's in moderation (a few chips here and there, bits of chocolate). This post is cathartic to me, and i just wanted to maybe share something that would help someone. This has been my road to personal food freedom, I hope you al can find what I have found. Today I am 165, and people keep telling me I look so thin! I am not necessarily trying to lose more, but am open to my body changing to my habits. I work really hard at work and I think some serious body recomposition is happening (in combination I hike/ run on average of 3-6 miles a day). I just want to write what I had eaten today, and I think of today as an OK day. I am not keto, only carb conscious I am dairy free I attempt to eat mostly local farm raised animal products It's fruit season here, and there's so much beautiful fruit to eat. I am indulging in the good stuff! Wake up: 6AM Breakfast : 9AM 1 rice cake with PB Banana Handful trail mix Lunch: 12:30 PM Small bit of leftover steak and salad 2 hard boiled eggs 2 figs Strawberries + plum Half bar of chocolate (SO GOOD AND MADE ME SO HAPPY) Snack: 4-5PM Rice crackers, sesame sticks, pumpkin seeds, orange Dinner: 7:30PM Cabbage salad Brown rice Stir fry veggies 2 tempura shrimp (Costco) Dessert: 9PM Non dairy ice cream 2 vodkas ( I am a creature of comfort, cannot give up my night caps!!!!) TLDR; I lost the weight. I am happier. [link] [comments] |
| I haven't been this light in almost five years! Posted: 04 Aug 2020 12:21 PM PDT So I've been trying to lose weight for almost five years. Five years of yo-yo dieting, hating my body, and utter failure. I spent 5 years growing steadily heavier, crash dieting, failing, binging, and generally not going about weight loss the right way. I used to look in the mirror and see a fat, useless, blob. Now, 17 pounds down, I see a changing body, buried under diminishing fat, but one that can lift and stretch and push and pull. I've learned that it's not about deprivation. It's about choices and being in control. I make the choice to eat the milk over the soda, the bowl over the burrito, the salad over the fries, the fruit over the toast. That's all me. Not my stomach. Not my taste buds. Me. I control what I eat, and I choose to make the healthy choices. I'm not yet where I want to be, but I know I'm walking the road that will get me there. Happy losing, losers :) [link] [comments] |
| First binge in months... put some things in perspective. Posted: 04 Aug 2020 08:20 PM PDT I have struggled with binge eating my entire life (I just never realized what it was until recently) I started my weight loss in March, and I'm down 30 lbs !! Only 10 more to my goal. However, I just fell into my first binge since I started this whole thing. And I wasted it on half a bag of chocolate chips and half a bag of some marshmallows. To anyone curious, yes I allow myself to eat things I love and I don't restrict myself from "bad" foods. My bingeing is more like a sense of lack of control, where it gets in my head and won't stop unless I give in. I understand relapses happen, and I have to view my binge eating like an addict. It's going to be hard, and I'm going to struggle, but i need to pick myself back up again and keep moving forward. This will NOT set me back. And I forgot how gross I feel after a binge, and I already know I'll now be up all night with acid reflux. Using this as a lesson to remind myself that I made it the last 5 months without bingeing, I can make it even longer this next time. To anyone else who struggles with binges, do not hate yourself if you fall into a binge. Pick up, keep moving forward, and remember tomorrow is a new day! It happens to the best of us, and this is going to be a lifelong struggle to overcome and you won't magically get better overnight. You got this! [link] [comments] |
| I just swore off fast food today and I’m feeling ready to face the world. Posted: 04 Aug 2020 08:20 PM PDT SW: 235 GW: 160 CW: 182 Honestly, I've hit a plateau in recent months with how much fast food I've been eating, and I'm happy to say I've sworn it off for good. In the past while, I've consumed so much Taco Bell and other restaurants that it's honestly taken a large toll on my health. While I haven't gained a lot of weight, seeing the numbers slightly go up is enough motivation for me to do my best in terms of cutting off the outside eating. I'm trying to think of other healthier options to replace my eating habits with and mitigate all the bad habits I have in place. Some I have in mind are keeping a water bottle on me, using gum, and tracking everything I eat. Do you have any more suggestions on diet and habits that I should implement? [link] [comments] |
| I might have finally turned a corner with this whole weight loss thing Posted: 04 Aug 2020 07:29 PM PDT I lost weight a couple of years ago by simply eating less. I put no actual effort in unless you count the effort of sitting on my ass when I wanted to go to the kitchen. It helped my overall mindset but if I'm honest I'm equally as ashamed of this body as I was of my previous one. I need to change still. I've been stagnant with 25-30 pounds left to lose. I can't regularly eat any less without becoming a raging bitch of a human but I never really considered the whole "move more" thing. I've never thought of myself as active but I've come to realize that I need to if I'm going to succeed. I'm trying not to get too gung-ho about this and be gentle to myself so I don't fall back into old habits. Today marked day number 7 that I've mindfully stretched both in the morning and evening. I hope to use that to ease into yoga and avoid injury. What I'm really feeling good about is that I just completed my third day of walking in a row. I haven't done much, just a walk around the block, but it's still 3 more miles of walking this week. It feels silly, but I'm kind of stupidly proud of myself for this first step. I have read so many of your thoughts about how good it feels to do these things and never really believed that I could have those feelings too. I had a perfect storm of motivators and what do you know, I'm capable. Thank you to everyone who has happily chatted about your accomplishments, you definitely helped me grow. Now to just spend my last 6 months of my 30s making my 40s better. Side note: Anyone here ever done a charity walk type of event? There's a virtual one to raise money for research for my disease this fall and I thought it could be a motivation for me but I have no idea what stuff like that is like. TIA if you have any tips or experiences to share. [link] [comments] |
| NSV: Clothes don't fit anymore Posted: 04 Aug 2020 05:05 PM PDT Had to return multiple clothes I ordered. To my great surprise, I had gone down 2 jeans sizes and one top size. I have been on the weight loss journey for 1.5 years now. Although I'm still overweight (~20lbs away from my goal weight), I also wore a swimsuit for the first time outside and it felt great. Lessons are: 1) don't just go by the scale, go by measurements and clothes fitting. 2) you don't need to be thin to show off your body and be sexy. What's helped: CICO with a lot of water. I have been eating a lot of fiber, eating whole grains, paying attention to the tastes I craved and fulfilling them with healthy food (e.g. sweets - fruit, salty - salted nuts, sour - lemonade without sugar, or yogurt), not being strict but consistent (e.g. it's okay to eat a potato once in a while, or skip veggies for one meal out of 21 meals a week). Before lockdown I would also exercise at the gym. During lockdown, I did 30 day fitness app's home workouts, bike rides. More recently fell out of it and been doing long walks. The important part is to be consistent. You don't have to do the same exercise and eat the same foods everyday. Allow yourself flexibility and listen to yourself when you're too tired to work out. Another important thing is to realise what is the blocker to your good habits. For me it was deciding what to cook for every week. So I made it simpler by precompiling a list of balanced and healthy meals which I actually wanted to eat. That took away a large barrier to meal prepping. It's the Pareto principle. Find out the 20% of issues (e.g. unable to decide what to eat) that are causing the 80% of negative effects (e.g. ordering unhealthy Uber eats for the whole week). What really actually helped though was not comparing myself to others (deleting all social media helped), realising weight loss is not linear and not beating myself up when the scale was up (saying "it's okay, it's probably a daily fluctuation due to water weight"), not letting the guilt seep in every time I ate something not perfectly healthy, and realising I'm in it for the long run, that even if I don't hit my goal by a certain date it's okay because I know I will eventually hit it, just slower. Also I looked in the mirror and gave myself neutral descriptors e.g. I have a symmetrical face, I have almond shaped eyes, I have even eyebrows, I have legs that let me walk, I have hands that type fast, etc. That took the attention away from my weight and calling myself fat. Another tip is to reach out for help whenever you notice yourself slipping more or feeling less motivated. Eating healthy and exercising during lockdown is hard, but the clothes return motivated me a lot. Good luck to everyone out there! We got this! [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 4 Posted: 04 Aug 2020 04:37 PM PDT Hello losers, Tuesday gonna Tues. Weight by end of month (199 lbs, preferably trend weight): 207.4 this morning. Stay within calorie range (1500 weekdays, maintenance weekends): Nailing it. Feeling better about this today. Exercise 5 days a week: 30 minute lunch walk. 4/4 days. Self-care journaling (once a week, 60 minutes): Not today. 1/1 weeks. Self-care time (working on love journals, beauty treatments, drawing 1/4 days): Car maintenance. Try a new recipe once a week: Baked donuts, enchilada casserole, bbq hummus & tonight a new kind of slaw or two because picky eaters need various sauces. 4/5 weeks. 50 pages of The Body Keeps the Score: Not today. 0/50 pages. No fast food or candy from the work dish: Streak day 2. Be present in my body & accept the sensory feedback: Hot. Ready for fall. Blergh. Be more mindful & express gratitude, avoid the hedonic treadmill: Today I'm grateful for the health of my geriatric kitty. She had a vet appointment & everything is looking bueno. She's 17 and still going strong. I adopted her at 14 & I have been grateful every day since. Your turn! [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: August 5th, 2020 Posted: 04 Aug 2020 10:33 PM PDT Hi team Euro accountability, I hope you're all well! For anyone new who wants to join today, this is a daily post where you can track your goals, keep yourself accountable, get support and have a chat with friendly people at times that are convenient for European time zones. Check-in daily, weekly, or whatever works best for you. It's never the wrong time to join! Anyone and everyone are welcome! Tell us about yourself and let's continue supporting each other. Let us know how your day is going, or, if you're checking in early, how your yesterday went! Share your victories, rants, problems, NSVs, SVs, we are here! I want to shortly also mention — this thread lives and breathes by people supporting each other :) so if you have some time, comment on the other posts! Show support, offer advice and share experiences! [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Wednesday, 05 August 2020: Today, I conquered! Posted: 05 Aug 2020 01:09 AM PDT The habit of persistence is the habit of victory!Celebrating something great? Scale Victory, Non-Scale Victory, Progress, Milestones -- this is the place! Big or small, long or short, please post here and help us focus all of today's awesomeness into an inspiring and informative mega-dose of greatness! (Details are appreciated!! How are you losing your weight?)
Post it here! This is the new, improved place for recording your acts of awesomeness! Due to space limitations, this may be an announcement (sticky) only occasionally. Please find it daily and keep it the hottest thing on /r/loseit! On reddit your vote means, "I found this interesting!" Help us make this daily post the most read, most used, most interesting post on /r/loseit by reading, commenting, and participating often! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Aug 2020 07:40 PM PDT I know diet is 95% of weight loss, and I have mine figured out. Calorie counting, weighing food, all that good stuff. I've picked up running and cycling over the past few months to bump up my overall health and to also assist a little bit in the calories out part of the formula. So I'm at a bit of a dilemma here. I usually have a bit of free time in the mornings where I like to be active and get my exercises in. I like both running and cycling, and I do both indoors to be specific (treadmill and indoor cycling trainer with bike). Yep, I like my pain cave a lot. Unfortunately, I have plans to move to a new apartment where there won't be room for both, and I've been meaning to downsize to just one equipment. I can see myself sticking to either activity and doing just that activity (and improving), but I'm at a bit of a loss on which to pick. As far as I've read on this sort of topic, I believe the general consensus was that while both activities burn a relatively similar amount of calories, you can do cycling for a longer period of time which can help burn just a little bit more in the long run. I think I saw somebody saying running if I had less than an hour every day, and cycling if I had more than an hour. Is that true? What do you guys think? I honestly enjoy both, but with weight loss being the primary goal here, even if both don't offer much compared to diet, I just want to see which is... "more efficient" in the long run when it comes to choosing either activity. Based off of what I read, I'm slightly leaning towards cycling, but maybe I'm wrong in my assumptions. TLDR: Running vs cycling for some extra calorie burning - which is more efficient? Is running better if you have limited time per day and cycling better if you have more time? Curious to hear your thoughts. [link] [comments] |
| I don't know what to do anymore... Posted: 05 Aug 2020 02:11 AM PDT I guess I'm reaching out here as a last hope, or at least what feels like I last hope. Maybe I don't even know why I'm here. I do know that my weight has been the thing in my life that has crippled me all throughout, and I don't know how to overcome it. I've tried and failed, tried and failed, and tried and failed to lose this weight, but it seems to be the thing in my life that I cannot overcome. I've used this sub and positive people in it to boost confidence and find reassurances in the past, but I don't know where I am at this point. Eating is the thing that I use to soothe so many things in my life, and each time I try to remove it, the weight decreases while the misery spikes. Eventually that process corrects itself and I end up back at the starting point. Something new has been happening recently though. I've began experiencing what feels like heart complications that come and go with my poor diet choices, and being as big as I am for as long as I have been only supports that something would eventually fail. I don't feel like I'm on my deathbed, but something is different. At the present I weigh 346lbs and I'm going into 4th semester of RN school... a time that will surely push my stress levels through the roof. I hurts me to re-read that sentence.... "346lb health-care professional." Who am I to be telling others how to adjust their behaviors when I'm such a shining example of what failure to do so looks like? There are times where I feel I should stop doing the RN thing because of the sheer hypocrisy. I just don't know what else to do anymore, and I'm tired of failing. Maybe I'm reaching out you guys for guidance, maybe this is a cry for help... I just don't know where to turn anymore, and I figured that since so much of my issue stems from my weight, you guys might be able to help. I apologize in advance if I'm not in the right place. [link] [comments] |
| I finally feel good about myself, and comfortable with my body! Posted: 04 Aug 2020 09:38 AM PDT My stats are in my flair, but for ease of reading here they are: 24M 6'0" / SW:211 / CW:176 / GW:170 Been a lurker for a little while now, but I figured now would be a good time to make my own post. I started my weight loss journey back in February, right before quarantine started in my area, and I never really noticed the difference until I looked at the two photos below side-by-side. I can't believe how round my face used to be, and how not-round it is now! Me at my own wedding last August 2019, approximately 219 according to Dr's records Me a few weeks ago attending a friend's wedding, weighing in at 180 Side note and a bit of a NSV, those are my brother's clothes in the second picture, and I was absolutely ECSTATIC to be able to fit into them!! That definitely would not have been possible last year! Weight loss graph for anyone who's interested I didn't start tracking my weight until about mid-May, so my starting weight for the graph is 193lb, 3 months after starting to lose weight. I have lost on average about 1.5 pounds per week, which is exactly what I was aiming for, so that's great. Even though I have not quite reached my overall goal, I wanted to share my progress because I honestly just feel super proud. I never thought I'd be able to actually lose weight, especially to this extent, and it's so great to see that it is possible. I also just had my yearly doctor's appointment (physical) this morning, and he was very happy to see that I had lost so much weight. Last year my cholesterol was high and he said I should try to lose 1 pound per month. Well, I obviously surpassed that by quite a bit, and he expects my cholesterol to be much better this time, which was one of the bigger reasons I decided it was time to lose weight in the first place. I just want to thank you all for all of the support I've seen on other posts, and for posting your own progress and achievements, as it has been extremely motivating for me. Keep being awesome r/loseit! If anyone happens to have any questions I'd be happy to answer them! Sorry for the long post, it got a lot longer than I expected it to be. Thanks for reading! [link] [comments] |
| My first new years resolution I’ve actually stuck to Posted: 05 Aug 2020 01:37 AM PDT I started my weight loss journey on January 1st of this year at at around 180 lbs (I first weighed myself 3 weeks in so I'd imagine my starting weight was slightly higher). As a 5'4 female this put my just in the obese category. My self confidence was at an all time low and I was disgusted in myself about how much I was eating, especially over the holiday period, so I decided I needed to change. I bought a fitbit tracker and decided I would start to log my calories, which was something completely alien to me. Today, 217 days later, I reached my goal weight and weighed in at 146lbs, which puts my just in the healthy weight category. I have struggled with my weight all my life and whenever i've tried to lose in the past it's been a short 2 day stint of restricting myself, then inevitably slipping back into my old ways. This is the first time in my life I've managed to set myself a goal and actually stick to it, which I'm super proud of. I kick myself sometimes as I wish I'd started sooner, but I never realised it could be as simple as put more out than you put in. One day it just clicked and I realised I can do this and still be happy and social and not have to miss out on things like beer and burgers, if i'm sensible about it. I have been following around 1200 calories each day and I was going to the gym until Covid hit, when I started walking instead, every day. On the days where I'm more active or just more hungry I will up my calories and listen to my body. Who knew that a gentle exercise like waking could make such a massive difference. [link] [comments] |
| I can’t stop binging. I gained it all back. Posted: 04 Aug 2020 11:16 PM PDT Hey guys. I am so ashamed to tell you all I gained all the 35 pounds i lost back. I was down to 122 at my lowest back in 2017 and am now back at 155. I was a huge believer in CICO, followed it and lost all the weight with the help of this wonderful subreddit... and now i'm fat again. I'm only 4'11 so i'm super grossed out by the fact that I let this happen again. Every day I binge and decide to eat badly out of sheer desire and laziness and every single time I regret it. Honestly, the year has been hard. My dad passed away back in 2019, between dealing with that as well as other family issues and my job devouring all of my spare time plus the pandemic I just can't seem to do anything about it and it has got to stop. I am posting here so at least it's out there, you know? I would love for any advice or just anyone to talk to about this. I just feel super ugly and alone lol. I am ashamed of myself and I'm scared to even face my family and friends who have only seen me at my lowest weight because i'm terrified they think i'm fat now. Day one tomorrow........ again. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Aug 2020 10:45 AM PDT Hi! I wanted to share something I've found really motivating over the past few months that others might enjoy. To adapt my wardrobe to my changing body as I lose weight, I've been hand-altering my clothes - like REALLY hand-altering. When i first started losing enough weight that my clothes were loose, sewing machines were sold out because of COVID, so instead of learning to alter on a machine, I'm doing every single stitch with a needle and thread, and it's so exciting to get the positive feedback of learning a new skill as I lose weight! Every time I lose a few more pounds, I'll have a new piece of clothing that just won't fit anymore, and it's a fun incentive to keep losing. As the months drag on, I find it hard to keep up my motivation, but having another incentive to keep losing (so that I can practice my sewing more and improve) has been very wholesome, helpful, and not shame-ridden like so many weight-related incentives can be. By the time I hit my goal weight, I won't just look and feel good because I'm thinner, but because I'll be proud of all the work I put into personalizing my wardrobe and making my clothes fit perfectly for me. [link] [comments] |
| plateau feels like an eternity Posted: 04 Aug 2020 08:31 PM PDT i've been trying to lose weight since the beginning of the year. i'm down around 30 pounds (starting at 200) but i've been teetering between 168-172 for about all of july and now. my goal at the moment is around 140. it seems like nothing i do breaks the plateau. i still eat in a deficit and i work out pretty intensely (strength/resistance training with cardio.) i know it sometimes can be bloating, sodium intake, and also i do have ibs and tend to be quite constipated. however, my measurements have also fairly been the same. the only thing that ever seemed to REALLY work is when i would under-eat by a lot like not even 1000 calories a day which i know it isn't good. how long has a plateau lasted for all of you? i keep pushing through but it just feels like it's not working. what has worked for you all? EDIT: i fairly early around the same calories a day (max maybe 1500 when it's not a "cheat day" or like someone's birthday that sort of thing) [link] [comments] |
| How does one stop binge eating/emotional eating? Posted: 04 Aug 2020 11:57 PM PDT Hi I have a question.. how does one stop emotional eating and binge eating? I have 100+ pounds to lose and I gained it mostly to living with an abusive parent. Both me and my mom would eat to make ourselves feel better and that's all I ever known. Now I'm talking to a phycologist and she's helping me deal with my feelings in a different way. But that's not saying I don't still emotionally eat. Cause I do. Especially since I still live with said abuser (unfortunately). I want to lose weight but my stress or my bad depression sabotages me... all my phycologist says is try thinking about why I want to eat that ice cream and I'll magically stop. It's obvious I want to feel better. If your like me, you know that one doesn't think when In binge mode. What are the things that helped you guys get through that? Or get rid of that bad habit? Kind replies are appreciated [link] [comments] |
| My best friend is trying to ruin my pride (and progress) Posted: 04 Aug 2020 05:53 PM PDT Sorry if this is the wrong place for this, I just really need to get it out and feel like you guys will understand. I was one of those uncommon cases where I was big purely because of an undiagnosed medical issue. My metabolism virtually shut down, and I gained 100 pounds very rapidly. Once I was diagnosed and put on the right medications, it was easy for me to lose weight because I generally eat healthy and love exercise (I feel very lucky for this). Unfortunately, the medications made me really sick. I was pooping constantly, to the point of crying from pain just about every day. My friend knew this, and took care of me for several months because I couldn't do anything but poop. She was super supportive at the time. I've now lost 60 pounds with 40 more to go. I am very proud of my progress. In that time, this friend gained a substantial amount of weight. Everytime we talk, which is almost daily, she'll bring up both of our weights. She wants to lose weight, but refuses to eat better or exercise. She's been trying to find the perfect crash diet, because her other friend who is very fit told her that's how she has to do it. When I try to help with ideas to do it the healthy way, she lashes out and says that I didn't do anything to deserve my weight loss, I just "pooped it out". Or that "the medications did the work". Or that she knows my eating habits and I don't eat that healthy, and she knows what healthy eating is. She thinks I don't eat healthy because: She tries to ruin my progress. I still have a few impulse control issues from when I was big and it didn't matter. When I'm on my own, I can handle it. Whenever I'm with her, however, she'll give me all the foods I don't allow myself to have. If I try to refuse, she will either a) get upset that I'm implying she doesn't eat healthy foods (she doesn't), or b) put it in my hand and walk away. And like I said, I still have issues. And from previous experiences with her, it's obvious she's doing it on purpose. We're now currently around the same weight, and we're the same height. Thanks to body proportions, we look very different, and she's very angry about it. She constantly calls herself a "fat whale", but says I'm "lucky" my body is shaped this way, that she's still smaller than me (she's not), and that exercise has nothing to do with it (it does). I know this is all jealousy. She's jealous of a few aspects of my life (which is not that fantastic tbh), and will try to bring me down about it. But it's really bringing me down. If I say anything, she takes it as a personal attack or "shaming". I'm just fed up. Sorry for the rant. ETA: Now that I got it all out of my system and calmed down some, I'll make a general response with some more info. I'm not going to cut her out of my life, we've been through a lot together and are great supports for each other except in this one area. I don't bring up my weight loss anymore and haven't for a while because it clearly bothers her, so hopefully eventually she'll drop it too. I do think I'm going to distance myself for a bit to work on my self confidence. Thank you everyone who replied (except that one person that said I'm a horrible friend lol), it's made me feel a lot better. [link] [comments] |
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