Weight loss: I had an embarrassing moment at a water park yesterday... |
- I had an embarrassing moment at a water park yesterday...
- NSV - I got a different point of view, and realized I'm no longer huge.
- Hit my goal and lost 20 pounds!!!! 184 to 164lbs!!!
- Experiencing the “whoosh”—BMI is now normal!
- Shoutout to Zombies, Run! 5k
- I'm finally down to my goal weight!
- Observations at 100 lbs lost, including guy-specific nsfw ones
- Fundamental Weight Loss Rule | ONLY pertaining to weight loss
- My Dumb Feeling: I envy people who lose weight quickly because they're heavier.
- I Lost 16lb In 1 Month, It Was All CICO
- Letting yourself go is easy during COVID. So is loosing weight!!!
- I lost 10 lbs (4.5 kilos) in 1.5 months, which is the first time I've ever lost weight.
- Going for a walk tomorrow.
- Finally below 200 for the first time in a decade
- I've figured out why my journey is going so slow and will renew my ways and goals.
- Personal journal of a new dad
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 8
- Embarrassed How Out Of Shape I am
- F24 SW 163 CW 153 GW 130 Down my first 10 lbs and starting to feel happy again
- The first week of getting back on track is the hardest. [update]
- Parents make it hard to lose weight
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Sunday, 09 August 2020: Today, I conquered!
- Quarantine twenty
| I had an embarrassing moment at a water park yesterday... Posted: 08 Aug 2020 04:44 PM PDT TD;LR- I humiliated myself in front of many people on a water slide because I was too big to pick myself up off of the tube. This is a long one, so bear with me. I, (24/F/330lbs) went to a waterpark for the first time in my life yesterday. This was also my first time at a theme park in over 5 years. I have gained a lot of weight in those 5 years; approximately 60 pounds. Needless to say, I was nervous about fitting on rides and weight limits and what not. The day was going fine until I decided to go on a water slide. The tube for the slide has two places to sit, meant for two people. It's shaped like the number 8. I sat on the tube alone in the back "seat". The position I was sitting was very uncomfortable. I couldn't reach the handles behind me nor in front of me. The slide was very, very steep, and fast. I didnt want to end up falling off of the tube. The slide attendant was a small, gorgeous young lady. She was probably 1/4 of my size. She wasn't comfortable with the way I was sitting either and advised me to stand up so that we could try again. Well, that was easier said than done. Picture a turtle on its back. That was me. I couldn't get up for the life of me!!! I could not get off of that tube. I tried and tried and the attendant wasn't much help because she was very tiny in comparison. To make matters worse, there was a huge crowd of people behind me just gawking at the spectacle. I could feel at least 20 eyes staring at me and I heard a few whispers. I finally managed to get up and the attendant turned the tube around because it was facing the wrong way. Stupidly, I tried again. I sat down and I had the same problems as before. I couldn't reach the handles, I was at risk of falling off the tube on the way down and hitting my head. I finally just told the attendant that I wasn't comfortable going down the slide seeing as I wasn't properly seated, and she agreed. I tried getting up again, and I JUST COULDNT DO IT. The tube was inching closer and closer to the opening of the slide and the attendant was trying her best to stop the tube and I from going down the slide. At one point both her and I almost went down together! She eventually got out of the way of the tube and I for her own safety and I was left struggling to get up, clawing at the water and the sides of the slide and trying not to go down. I twisted and turned and eventually I got up. I stood up, left the tube, kept my eyes to the grown, thanked and apologized to the attendant. Commence the walk of shame down all of those stairs, past all of those staring eyes who had just watched me humiliate myself. I felt the pity seething from the stares and all I could do was hold back my tears, keep my eyes to the ground and make my way down. I thought about just how stupid it was of me to think that at 330lbs, I could still do things that smaller people can do. It's because the girl inside me doesn't mirror what's on the outside and I forget sometimes. It's times like these (amongst many others) that make losing weight so important to me. I lose weight not only to be healthy, but to also never have to feel like I did yesterday. Since the beginning of July I have lost 15 pounds. I plan to keep going and going and going until I can finally be comfortable enough to go down the slide both metaphorically and literally. Thank you for reading. [link] [comments] |
| NSV - I got a different point of view, and realized I'm no longer huge. Posted: 08 Aug 2020 09:33 AM PDT We've all been there. We lose weight, look in the mirror and despite what the scale says and how the clothes fit, we still see our old fat selves. I am 5'2" and used to be 220 lbs. I am currently in upper 150s, and while I can see some changes in the mirror, I still feel like I look like that obese woman I used to be. I still have no perspective of what I look like compared to other people of a similar size. This has been made even worse by being home since march and not seeing anyone else. Last week I installed some new security cameras around my house and while looking through the captured footage, I was struck still. I almost didn't recognize the person they captured walking around my property. That woman wasn't huge. She was actually pretty average sized. She moved around as if she is comfortable in her skin. I mean... http://imgur.com/a/yc4jP2J This was such a HUGE revelation for me. While I knew all this intellectually based on data, it took seeing myself from a completely different point of view that I'm not used to seeing myself from for the weight loss to sink in. Now when I look in the mirror I don't see 220 lb me any more, I see the woman who was effortlessly hauling the very full yardwaste barrel across the yard on trash day. And she is so much skinnier than the old me. I still have a ways to go, but I'm just about 20 lbs from a normal BMI and I am finally starting to feel like it is possible to get to a weight where Im not just healthy but where I actually look good. [link] [comments] |
| Hit my goal and lost 20 pounds!!!! 184 to 164lbs!!! Posted: 08 Aug 2020 01:12 PM PDT I honestly can't believe I'm even posting here. But I did it! I hit my first goal and lost 20 pounds! I'm still shocked. I went from 184 to 164 (and plan to keep going!) I started this journey over a year ago with hardly any results. I've always wanted to lose weight but never could stick with it or do it the right way. I thought "well I went to the gym so I can eat whatever I want!". Haha. No. Then quarantine hit and I lost my job and I decided enough was enough and I was going to use this time to actually lose weight. Seeing all of your successes and goals and strategies inspired me so much! At first I just wanted to get to 170 to see if it was even possible so I started by walking 5 miles a day on a trail by my house. I didn't really count calories or anything but I tried to watch what I ate. I added a second 2 mile walk after that and made a conscious effort to cut out carbs as much as possible. I also started using the Happy Scale app which REALLY helped me (100% recommend). And now I'm walking between 6 and 10 miles a day, I count my calories with the lose it app and stay under 1200/day, mostly cut out carbs, and try and make better choices with food and portions. My goal now is to get down to 150lbs and try and build some upper body and core muscles. Thank you all for the constant inspiration! So proud of you all and wish you all the best with your goals! With any luck I'll be posting again! Progress: https://imgur.com/gallery/NMoWVhO Edit: I'm 5ft 6 btw [link] [comments] |
| Experiencing the “whoosh”—BMI is now normal! Posted: 08 Aug 2020 07:56 PM PDT STATS: 5'2, SW: 148 lbs, CW: 133 lbs, GW: 110 lbs Hey guys, just wanted to share because I'm so happy! For the past month, the scale has been VERY slow and stagnant despite me eating under a caloric deficit. The past month has been rough, since I've experienced the sudden loss of a pet and started a new job working from home. I was under a lot of stress and was getting frustrated with the numbers on the scale. A week ago, I finally decided to get back to exercising after letting myself grieve and create a routine for myself with my new job and work from home setup. Finally, experienced a "whoosh"! Three days ago I was at 137 lbs, then yesterday and today, I am suddenly at 133 lbs. This means my BMI is now at the normal range!!! I know 15 lbs in the span of 3.5 months isn't a lot but I'm quite short so it shows. When I walk, the sides of my waist don't touch my arms anymore and the jeans I held onto hoping I would fit in them again now fit, and are a bit loose too! Honestly, my goal weight seems like a dream at this point but with my new achievement, I feel like I will get there—slowly but surely! PS. I know BMI is not the most accurate way to judge if your weight is "fine". But I know in myself I have a lot of fat left to lose. This is coming from someone who was scared to go to the doctor and get a flu shot, because I'd have to be weighed in, in front of my family and be lectured about my weight. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 08 Aug 2020 09:07 PM PDT I've tried the original C25K a few times but died when it jumped in difficulty in later weeks. ZR5K has you start off with only 15 seconds of running per interval and goes up gradually from there. Also, hell yeah I want to be a supply runner and help support my outpost against the zombie hordes. Other secrets to running that I've discovered: - Run slooooooow. Like, power walking seniors in tracksuits will outpace me slow. Before, I'd push hard and burn out too soon - Also it's a lot easier to run without nearly 40 metaphorical pounds of butter (or a four year old child/two car tires/320 eggs) in my backpack. Who knew? [link] [comments] |
| I'm finally down to my goal weight! Posted: 08 Aug 2020 01:21 PM PDT It feels pretty surreal to finally reach my goal weight. It's right in the middle of the "ideal BMI" for my height, so it's not like I'm super skinny or anything, just feeling healthy and liking the way I look, too. I haven't been my goal weight since I first had kids 19 years ago. I typically hovered about 20 pounds overweight but was 30 pounds over for many years. I fluctuated a bit up and down. What really made the difference for me was addressing some issues in my life that were unmanageable which allowed me to have the time to take care of myself and exercise and not feel so depressed and stop indulging in calorie-therapy. I send my encouragement to all of you out there trying to get healthy. Don't give up! Keep trying. [link] [comments] |
| Observations at 100 lbs lost, including guy-specific nsfw ones Posted: 08 Aug 2020 12:10 PM PDT Yesterday and today I officially hit my 100 lb lost mark. Down from 385 to 285 in 209 days, or 7 months. Some observations... -It no longer hurts my feet to stand or walk after I have been off of them for a while -I'm no longer winded after sprinting up a flight of stairs or walking up several -Trying to find out what size fits you is freaking impossible during the pandemic because fitting rooms aren't open! (BTW, I went from 4XLs fitting tight to being able to conceal carry under a 2XL) -I can finally wear clothes that I can find in any ole store again. It's been years since I've been able to do that. -People don't stare nearly as much, and return smiles easier (when masks aren't required at least) -People are more willing to engage with you -I shoot in a league that hasn't shot in 6 months. They literally didn't recognize me when I walked into the room. That was a good feeling. -My wrist size still hasn't changed more than 1/16" -My hat size dropped 1/8 (But it's still impossible to find fitted hats at 8 1/8 And one for the guys... -You know how they say you gain a visible inch for every 30-50 lbs lost? It's true. Gloriously true. The missus is very happy about this fact as well. [link] [comments] |
| Fundamental Weight Loss Rule | ONLY pertaining to weight loss Posted: 08 Aug 2020 10:12 PM PDT I want to go over the basic underlying rule of how to lose weight. To some it may seem very basic but I didn't know about any of this when I was younger so I hope this helps somebody looking to get started. Your dietary needs can be very complex and this is very simplified just around weight loss and is not meant to be a complete diet guide. A complete diet has many components like nutritional value and personal taste and you should consult a dietician if needed. However, no matter what works best for you the basic rule of weight loss is the same. In – Out + Generation – Consumption = Accumulation This is the equation for a mass and energy balance. Since energy is neither created nor destroyed, for any system this equation holds true. In this case, the system will be your body and we are interested in the energy we intake and consume. Energy is commonly referred to as calories. Calories are just a unit of energy like inches and meters are units for length. The human body doesn't spontaneously generate calories and the consumption term is accounted for in the out so we can simplify the equation to the below. Calories In – Calories Out = Calories Accumulation This is where the Calories In Calories Out (CICO) term comes from. The "calories in" term is made up of the food and drink you put in your body each day. The calories out can be accounted for in two broad categories. The first is your daily activity, like walking, exercising, moving your fingers to play video games, everything you do takes calories. However, this is actually a small part of the calories you burn. For most people, the bulk of calories burned are consumed in keeping your body alive. This is called the basal metabolic rate (BMR), and it's the energy required to keep your body functioning at rest. If all you did was lay in bed and not move, your body would still consume calories to keep your heart beating and your organs functioning. These two terms are commonly referred to as your Total Daily Energy Expenditure(TDEE). You can search for TDEE calculator online and input your age, weight, height, and activity level to get an estimate. I would select sedentary as the activity level to start. So looking at the equation, we have 3 possibilities.
Here's the main takeaway. Over time, Anyone in a caloric deficit will lose weight, and anyone who wants to lose weight has to be in a caloric deficit. Let's look at the first case, where Calories In > Calories Out ==> Positive Accumulation. If you intake more calories than your body needs, that accumulated surplus is stored as glycogen or fat for future use. Your body doesn't know when it will eat next so it wants to keep any unused energy for the future rather than waste it. Now let's look at the second case, where Calories in < Calories Out ==> Negative Accumulation. If you eat less calories than your body needs, the difference has to come from somewhere. Remember the calories out term is composed of your physical activity and the BMR. You already spent the calories used for any physical activity and the BMR is the energy needed to keep you alive. If that difference isn't made up, the result is death. Death is the last thing your body wants to happen so it pulls the energy needed from your surplus, which as stated above is your fat. So again, ANYONE in a caloric deficit will lose weight, and ANYONE who wants to lose weight has to be in a caloric deficit. How you create that caloric deficit in a sustainable way is going to depend on your personal lifestyle and needs. Some popular ways are intermittent fasting, keto, or veganism. And if any of those work for you, that's absolutely great. Keep doing what you are doing. Each of those styles have their unique benefits for each person, but it's important to understand the underlying rule of weight loss because it is the same for everybody. You can follow the rules of any of those methods and still gain weight. You can fast for 16 hours or 20 hours but if you're eating a caloric surplus in those remaining hours you will still gain weight. If you keep to a 100% strict keto diet, but you are eating a caloric surplus of those keto foods you will gain weight. You can eat 100% vegan foods, but if you eat too much of them you will gain weight. You cannot eat in a caloric deficit and gain weight. One thing I do want to mention, is that your weight will fluctuate day to day. For me, I've seen it swing by 4-5 pounds easily depending on things like when you weigh yourself, what you last ate, bloating, or any number of reasons. Try not to dwell on those too much and focus on the long term trend. Losing weight is also not the only goal of nutrition. Also eat your vegetables and mind your nutrition but that's a whole other discussion. Personally I use a food scale, MyFitnessPal, and a scale to measure my weight each day. I would highly suggest weighing your food especially if you never have before because most people tend to underestimate the calories they are taking in. It's also much more consistent over a long period of time. Slow long term weight loss is healthier and more sustainable than crash dieting so you need to create a slight deficit over an extended period of time. Estimating how much you eat each day without a scale means the amount you intake will fluctuate much more leading to inconsistent results. You can use your calculated TDEE as a baseline and track a slight deficit in the calories you eat and see how your weight changes over time. The calories in a calorie tracker and TDEE calculation are estimates, so if you don't see what you are expecting try adjusting the values as needed by a few hundred calories. Just remember it takes a few weeks to see the trend through the daily fluctuations. How to best create that deficit will vary from person to person but the underlying idea is the same for anyone who wants to lose weight. I understand this can be very complex and differ from person to person but this is just from my experience of what has worked. I did try to simplify it so if you want any further detail or if you have any questions, please let me know and I'll try my best to help. Thanks all TLDR; ANYONE in a caloric deficit will lose weight, and ANYONE who wants to lose weight has to be in a caloric deficit. [link] [comments] |
| My Dumb Feeling: I envy people who lose weight quickly because they're heavier. Posted: 08 Aug 2020 12:36 PM PDT This is probably the stupidest thing you'll read all day, but whenever I see posts like "I lost 30lbs in 2 months" or the likes, I get jealous. It's usually because they're heavier to begin with (or taller) so they have a much higher BMR/TDEE. but seeing that much numbers drop so fast, and feeling lighter so much faster must feel amazing. I know it's super dumb, but it makes losing weight at ~1lb/week feel so much slower. I know it's all about the long term, but I can't seem to shake this weird emotion. Anyways, I just wanted to get that off my chest and see if you guys had any different perspectives to help me shape how I think, because I don't think this is healthy. [link] [comments] |
| I Lost 16lb In 1 Month, It Was All CICO Posted: 08 Aug 2020 08:00 AM PDT Middle of June I was weighed in a hospital bed after being admitted (for a health scare unrelated to my weight). I weighed exactly 350lb after spending all night throwing up/diarrhea and being dehydrated so my guts were completely empty. After getting out of the hospital I continued to eat whatever I wanted until July 10. I'm sure that I went up (for instance I blew through 3 family size bags of lay's potato chips in 3 days) but I did not weigh myself so I don't know how much I exactly weighed on July 10. On July 10 I said no more and made the commitment. I got on my fitness pal and punched in my stats. 3 days a week I actually do some fairly strenuous activity but I put myself as sedentary anyway. MFP said I could eat up to 1730 calories per day and still lose 2lb per week. That seemed really high to me but ok. I have never logged calories before. I've tried every diet there is, I've just never tried actually consistently weighing and measuring and logging my food for more than about 2 days in a row before. I also bought a scale that goes up to 500lb and is supposed to be fairly accurate. Well today it's been 30 days so I got on and weighed myself and it was down to 334.2. I could not believe my eyes. I simply could not believe it. I weighed 3 times to make sure it was correct. I even re-calibrated the scale to make sure it wasn't off. I feel like crying. Last week I had a couple of really rough days, like I was starving and I ate my meal and I was still starving 30 minutes after eating. It was extremely hard to stick with it. Extremely hard. But I did it, and I'm doing it. It makes it all totally worth it. I was afraid I would be the exception where CICO wouldn't work for some reason. ("My metabolism is slow, everyone in my family struggles with their weight, I'm past menopause so it's harder to lose weight", fill in whatever excuse I've always told myself in the past). But I am not. CICO works. [link] [comments] |
| Letting yourself go is easy during COVID. So is loosing weight!!! Posted: 08 Aug 2020 03:59 PM PDT So, about 2 years ago I've lost 10kg, which for my stats (26F, 165cm, 80kg back then) was quite a lot. Got to the 69.8kg mark, trips happened, went into maintenance but slowly let it go. Then COVID started and I was homebound all alone, I weighted 76kg. Start of June, I was at 83kg. I let myself go. I am living by myself so my eating and drinking habits got out of control easily. Start of June I said stop. I went back to CICO. I found keeping a diet is way easier. There are no people to keep you from your path. 2 months later and I've lost 6 kg - almost back to pre-COVID weight. I've now also started a C25K programme. If you've told me ever in the last 5 years I'd be doing any sporty activity, I'd laugh in your face. I can now run for 2 whole minutes straight. This may not mean much for many, but it means a lot to me. What I'm trying to say here is, it's all really a mental game. And with no one deterring from your plan, with no one else to blame, two things could happen: let it go or getting it back. I'm very ashamed I let myself go during COVID (and pre-COVID). But damn, I'm proud of myself I'm getting back on track. And it is so much easier without distractions. [link] [comments] |
| I lost 10 lbs (4.5 kilos) in 1.5 months, which is the first time I've ever lost weight. Posted: 08 Aug 2020 12:36 PM PDT I posted about my plan here. In short, I'm 5'7" (173cm) male, 26 years old, and since I was a kid my weight either remained the same or went up. I was 220 lbs (100 kgs) two months ago. I didn't check my weight for a while, until yesterday, when it said I weighed 210 lbs (95.5 kilos). I thought it was broken, or I wasn't standing on it correctly. I actually went out, bought another bathroom scale, and got about the same measurement. I know this is a small amount of weight to be proud of losing, but I've only ever gained weight. I was around 180lbs at the end of high school, 200 in college, and 220 by the time I started working. I was a normal weight when I started high school. My plan was probably overly ambitious. I kept the exercise (20 minutes of cardio twice a week, plus a light workout twice a week), and added another 20 minutes of cardio. Calorie counting everything turns out to be difficult when you're often not dealing with packaged food, so instead I avoided certain foods completely (anything with a lot of sugar, snack foods like pretzels and crackers, etc) and kept a journal of everything else. I also found it helpful to look at my journal and remember what I ate yesterday (I.e. "Oh man, I ate a lot yesterday. Maybe I should skip lunch today; eat dinner early instead.") Mostly it was just common sense stuff that required some willpower (mostly at the grocery store). I also no longer eat because I'm bored, or "It's just time to eat a meal and it's been a while." I check in around breakfast lunch and dinner, and if I'm not hungry, I don't eat. Anyway, this is kind of a milestone (even if a small one), and it's very encouraging. I'm hoping to keep this up until I'm no longer overweight. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 08 Aug 2020 10:25 AM PDT First post here, so figured I will just dive right in. Always been a big guy, but beneath the excess weight was muscle. A few years ago I started at the gym for the first time and things were going well. Then the pandemic hit. I work from home, so little walking about anyway, and I have a second job where I write fiction, so I spend a good 16 to 18 hours sat at my computer some days. At least before the pandemic I would go out to the shop daily or to the gym. In the past 6 months, I've gained weight and I am heavier than I've ever been. Too much booze, junk food and snacking while I work, with far too little exercise in between. Motivation while at home is just not there. My brother was who I went to the gym with, and he's the outdoors type. Has a horse, walks for miles with his dogs, etc. Well, since we aren't ready for the gym yet, I asked if I could go for a walk with him and the dogs. So, today, I ate a salad instead of a pizza (daughter is away so normally would have takeout) and tomorrow I am going for a walk. Wednesday will be my last day with booze (pre-planned day out) for a few months while I work on getting back in shape. Wish me luck, because I need it. Tomorrow will suck, and Monday will hurt, but it's a start and I'm determined to keep that momentum going. [link] [comments] |
| Finally below 200 for the first time in a decade Posted: 09 Aug 2020 01:25 AM PDT I was diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder (aka sociopath) in mid June and decided it was best to make my body attractive if my mind can't be. I weighed 226 lbs when I started and as of this morning, I'm at 197.5. A lot of it was water weight I think so I'm expecting it to slow down at any point but I felt pretty proud of it and don't really share this stuff with people in person. I've been doing OMAD and walking an average of 13,000 steps a day since June. Today I fit into a shirt i haven't worn since college. I also found one from high school, and I intent to fit into that one as well. [link] [comments] |
| I've figured out why my journey is going so slow and will renew my ways and goals. Posted: 08 Aug 2020 07:56 PM PDT On the 27th of may i officially began my journey to a healthier lifestyle and weight. I started at 130,3kg and lost 4kg in the first month. But that was when i started to notice i was barely losing weight and 10 days ago i lost my motivation due to life getting in the way and having only lost 2 more kilo's in all the rest of my journey. I was doing CICO and after a month i started seeing a dietician who presribed a more balanced meal than that i was getting. I was eating about 1800cals a day and expected i was at a deficit of nearly 800cals. (i'm 180cm 22F so my starting TDEE was about 2585 cals for maintenance or so i thought). So now a mistery began. Why wasn't i losing my promised 0,75kg a week. Not even in trendlines or anything by a longshot. Well when calculating my TDEE i didn't account for... my abnormal body fat percentage for someone with my weight. Turns out my TDEE is around 2147cals a day for maintenance. I've also understood that my muscle mass is quite high. Actually as of now 63,7kg of my 124,1kg is pure muscle. Which is significantly high to say that if the muscle is close to maintained my bmi would wind up somewhere around 28 and i'd be as healthy as i could be. Also when maintaining my muscles my tdee will not drop much lower than what it is. So i got new goals for myself as of now. I'll first of all will follow my dietician's advise of an high protein diet more closely. Will set my CICO to 1550cals a day (so just snack less and keeping to my diet). Try to find enjoyable muscle building exercises to try and maintain or even build my muscles. As for scale goals: i want to go to about 90kgs (instead of the 75kgs i was going for before) and a 27% body fat on the body composition analyzer at the dieticians. I at least learned a lesson that not every body is composed the same way. And sometimes a couple of extra bits and pieces of info are needed. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2020 01:07 AM PDT Hey everyone, I hope it's okay to keep a post here where I myself can comment on progress, SV/NSVs. It is another beginning for me, but theres a big change here. I'm a new dad. My twins were born not too long ago and I want to be there for them as much as I can. I've been carrying varying degrees of extra weight all my life but I am tired now. I am not as happy as I was when clothes fitted better, when I felt less tired, etc. It is a constant in my mind, something that I carry mentally as well as physically. I dont want to go on, I'm sure many of you share the same timetable and have read this a lot of times. I'll be commenting on this to keep a personal journal. Starting at 245 pounds, my goal is to finally get to 185. My maximum weight ever was 255 and I've gotten down to 196 a few years ago. What helped back then was myfitnesspal for cataloguing, and zombiesrun as a running mate. I'll try to do the same now, going 1800 kcal per day at sedentary. Okay, here goes. I'll try to comment on this every three days. [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 8 Posted: 08 Aug 2020 04:41 PM PDT Hello losers, Happy Saturday! It's hot & sunny & I'm all out of spray sun screen. Summer time ahoy! Weight by end of month (199 lbs, preferably trend weight): 200.8 this morning. That's more like it scale. Stay within calorie range (1500 weekdays, maintenance weekends): Nailing it. Easier on weekends with maintenance calories to tinker with. Gonna have some salmon for dinner. Exercise 5 days a week: 25 minute HIIT video, 75 tbar swings at 50 pounds & a light law mowing. 8/8 days. Self-care journaling (once a week, 60 minutes): Maybe a bit more tonight. 1/1 weeks. Self-care time (working on love journals, beauty treatments, drawing 2/8 days): Got some fancy dinner makings for tomorrow. Try a new recipe once a week: Baked donuts, enchilada casserole, bbq hummus & dressing(s). 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 6. Be present in my body & accept the sensory feedback: Body feels right after high intensity work outs. Loving those endorphins. Be more mindful & express gratitude, avoid the hedonic treadmill: Today I'm grateful for salmon, the people I've collected as loved ones & zero calorie gatorade. Your turn! [link] [comments] |
| Embarrassed How Out Of Shape I am Posted: 09 Aug 2020 01:17 AM PDT Hey there a little back story growing up I wasn't really active, I wasn't into any sport clubs and hated gym class with a passion. However I still managed to stay in shape and maintained a healthy weight throughout my teen and young adult years. Two years into my current relationship and I've gained some weight, and it's taken a toll on my ability to keep up with simple physical activities. My boyfriend has always been an active person and loves to do sports. He's always trying to get me involved but I have a hard time keeping up with him. It's honestly embarrassing how many times I need to stop to take a break. For example whenever we go jogging I'll have to stop every minute to two minutes, I end up frustrated and wanting to go home which kills the whole mood. I gave up at this point I feel like I'll just slow him down, any advice on how I can improve my endurance and keep up with him? Any advice is appreciated! [link] [comments] |
| F24 SW 163 CW 153 GW 130 Down my first 10 lbs and starting to feel happy again Posted: 08 Aug 2020 07:53 AM PDT I was never a larger person. Through my high school life and first year university I was usually around 115 to 120. In my second year of university I got with my first serious partner. We ate like crap. Sweets constantly, ordered in food all the time, would eat half a pizza each multiple times of the week. And over 4 and a half years together I put on approximately 30 lbs. And I stopped liking myself. Well, I found out he cheated on me and I dumped his sorry ass. But I was devastated. I did not eat for 3 straight days, only drinking water. I fled to my parents home for three weeks, and weighed myself for the first time in nearly two years to see 163. I thought in my head I was at 140 at that point. It shook me, and with only a break up on my mind and uncertainty on where to go in my life, I decided I would work on me FOR ME for the first time. Since then, I've stuck to 1200 cals, I've been drinking over 50oz of water a day (I used to only drink coffee and lots of beer), I've cut ordering in out of my life (except for the occasional treat within my calories, and have been walking more and weight training some when I can with covid. I even bought a scale for both me and my food. I set a goal of 2 lbs per week and I've been doing it. I just wanted to share my story because I want to keep my motivation going for the goal weight, but also for anyone else who might have a similar situation and need to hear about it. I've been creeping this community for a while now, and I'm so grateful for all the stories I've heard too. I'm doing it! I have some pictures but will share them when I've lost more and have a body mirror again. [link] [comments] |
| The first week of getting back on track is the hardest. [update] Posted: 08 Aug 2020 09:26 PM PDT Ive been dieting 2-3 weeks of dieting again. I have been sitting at 180-182. I am finally seeing results. I'm 178 today. Whether it's just bloat or not, I look smaller already. My goal is 150ish. I'm so close and I am telling you guys, the first week or two IS the hardest because sometimes results don't show right away but once you hit the second and third and fourth it becomes so uplifting when you finally see some results showing and thinking, 'wow, I'm happy I started when I did.' Now that I see and know I have results, loosing another 20 pounds is going to feel much easier. I always struggled the first week after breaks. [link] [comments] |
| Parents make it hard to lose weight Posted: 08 Aug 2020 08:11 PM PDT Am a 5ft 6 dude and I'm 217 pounds right now, want to get down to somewhere in the 160 to 170 mark. I really want to lose weight but my parents are making it so fucking hard. So it started off when I looked into the keto diet and was excited to try it out so I asked my mom to get me healthy food from this diet at the shop from now on. She did for 2 days...... She bought 2 days worth of healthy food then the rest of the week was takeaways and pizza. Plus their are no healthy snacks ever and breakfast is a rarity for me because my Nan always complains when I cook something and my parents often leave very early for work. Like once my Nan yelled at me because I wanted to cook eggs and bacon but we had builders upstairs fixing the bathroom and she said "they might come down for water". Which annoyed me because it's a big kitchen and they could easily move around me, plus I doubt they'd care about the smell of bacon. Well anyway my mom does once in a blue moon buy healthy food with the shopping now however like the first time it's normally only 2 days worth. Plus she only buys cheap nearly out of date veg boxes which often leave a lot to be desired. She says she buys them because veg is expensive but will then pay £50 on KFC which just astounds me. This has killed all my motivation to exercise too. I worked out hard one day then my mom brought back McDonalds and since thats all their was to eat, I had no other option. This just make me not want to do anything as why work out if all I eat is trash. Also btw I don't have much money so buying my own food isn't an option until I go back to University. And my dad is the least helpful person on this topic. He drinks a shit ton and does not care about eating healthy at all he's the type to say "if I die, I die". [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Sunday, 09 August 2020: Today, I conquered! Posted: 09 Aug 2020 01:08 AM PDT The habit of persistence is the habit of victory!Celebrating something great? Scale Victory, Non-Scale Victory, Progress, Milestones -- this is the place! Big or small, long or short, please post here and help us focus all of today's awesomeness into an inspiring and informative mega-dose of greatness! (Details are appreciated!! How are you losing your weight?)
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| Posted: 08 Aug 2020 09:14 PM PDT Hiya! I'm just kinda lost about what to do. Idk if this will help any but I'm 5'3 and weigh 205/210. Yeah...I don't know what else to put down. Any help or advice would be great! Thanks a bunch. [link] [comments] |
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