Weight loss: Losing weight is a miserable struggle and if I knew it was this hard, I would have never eaten like a dinosaur |
- Losing weight is a miserable struggle and if I knew it was this hard, I would have never eaten like a dinosaur
- Someone yelled I was “one huge bitch” from their car when I was exercising on the side of the street.
- lost 132 lbs (60kg) going from fat to fit in 6 months
- Is anyone else going SUPER slowly and totally fine with it?
- RANT: Why are women's gym clothes virtually all clingy and cropped?
- I lost 10 pounds and I’m proud of myself!
- Lost 35.4 kg or 78 pounds in 29 weeks.
- Not seeing progress is making me feel depressed.
- Parents bodyshame me, but also encourage me to eat
- Success from increasing micronutrient intake rather than suffering through decreasing macros.
- What finally “clicked” for you?
- B shaped stomach?
- i’m going crazy
- I’m struggling a lot with willpower and recapturing healthy habits.
- Looking for an accountability partner or two for the next couple months, maybe more.
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Sunday, 16 August 2020: Today, I conquered!
- Be patient with the scale.
- I'm 14 and need to lose weight
- I’m in a really good place finally! (lost 20lbs!)
- If I combine the calories between two days and don't go over the combined TDEE do I break even?
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: August 16th, 2020
- So I've lost 22 pounds. One third of my goal. But also lost 2 pounds of muscle. Is this normal?
| Posted: 15 Aug 2020 04:44 AM PDT I don't know if this will sound demoralizing to some, but what the fuck, this weight loss journey has been nothing but agonizing. I'm currently at 106Kg (233lbs) after being 117Kg (257lbs) and yes, I'm happy that I'm making progress but that's pretty much all I'm happy about. I love food, I'm a big eater, I like to try a lot of new food. I have a group of friends where we go out every week to new restaurants and order the best and most delicious meals they have. We eat, a lot, and drink a lot too. Time goes by, and all of a sudden, I'm starting to look like a freaking wrecking ball. I'm growing freaking sideways and that ain't correct, no sir. To not mention, that I had been feeling awful for the past few months. So I started thinking that I gotta slim down and start burning some of this belly. So I do my (bad, very bad) research: diets, exercise, fasting,and a lot of other stuff and I'm like...very overwhelmed with all the info, so I stick to the basics: Eat less, exercise more. This is the moment I start regretting eating like food is going to disappear if I don't eat it in the moment. Let me tell you, I feel constantly hungry and this has to be one of the worst feelings in the world. I hate feeling hungry. In the first weeks, being home and being hungry was a no-no. I have ton of crap food that I shouldn't eat and sometimes I felt like I was a crazy person walking around the house, going to the kitchen, open the fridge and nope the fuck outta there. Only to repeat it after a while. So no, time to leave. If I have free time, let's no stay at home. I think, since I'm going out, maybe begin the exercise part. Sure, why not. GOOD HEAVENS, WHY? Look now, I wasn't totally sedentary, but I wasn't the guy that would go out for morning/evening walks. So I go for a 45 minute run and by the end of it, my body found out a new level of exhaustion it had never experienced. I was out of breath, hands on my knees, feeling extremely bad, sweating bullets. Then I look at my watch, AND I ONLY RAN FOR 5 MINUTES. This just can't be. I'm always hungry, my body feels like has been run over by a god damn train after I "exercise". It's painful, it's miserable. There has to be another way. Well shit, there isn't. So, after long long long, very long couple of months (because time looks like it's in slow motion when you trying to lose weight), I start seeing some changes. Especially in my pants. Now hold on tiger, I'm talking about waist and thigh size. I also start fitting in some L shirts I had laying around that I couldn't use anymore. I start thinking that maybe it's worth the pain, no? Well, my mind it telling me yes, but my body, my body is telling "what the fuck are you doing to me, why does it hurt all the time????". Anyway, I gladly don't listen to that temporary blob of fat and keep at it. (I had a lot of breaks when it came to exercising. I had weeks where my legs and arms just couldn't handle it and I had to take a break because it got to the point where I couldn't even drive properly. When I wasn't exercising, I would usually go to the beach and have long but slow walks along the coast). Yesterday, I stepped on the scale, and I've lost 11Kg (24lbs). Not gonna lie, I looked like a god damn baby smiling at myself. I'm happy, really happy. This shit is working. I look back these past few months, and I see hell, it's a nightmare...a ongoing nightmare that won't end anytime soon. But, I really can't wake up from this nightmare until achieve what I want. I'll keep exploring this god damn nightmare until I get to the good part because getting to that good part and waking up will make me a new and improved man. It hurts, my muscles ache, and I'm gonna be honest, I fucking cry a lot of pain, I want to move my god man body, but it won't budge. It has gotten better, I'm getting used to it and painful muscles are becoming sore muscles, it's more discomfort than pain, but it still sucks ass. Bottom line is, if I ever knew this was going to be this hard, I would have had a lot more care for what I eat and the portions I eat. It never really occurred to me the problems eating an uncontrolled amount of food would cause, both physically and mentally. I have people telling me that the struggle will never end and after I achieve my goal, maintenance will be just as hard. I don't know that yet, but after going through all this, if I ever achieve my goal and I believe I will, I will never, ever, go back to being this overweight. I believe this nightmare will end and once it ends, I'll fucking close the book, burn it, and wipe the ashes away. If you're reading this (first I thank you for keeping up with me, I know this got kinda long) and if you feel like you're starting to get to a weight you don't feel comfortable anymore, stop now and start working on losing that weight, because the more weight you get, the harder and painful it becomes. It's a god awful sensation and you're going to regret not paying attention to it when you should have. Thanks! PS: I'm new to this sub, and when I get to 100Kg, I'll post progress pictures! PS2: I'm sorry for swearing a lot and sorry for any grammar mistakes, English is not my native tongue. EDIT: I never imagined this post would get this much attention! I'm so thankful for all your support and thank you for sharing your experiences and advice. I'm trying to read everything and answer to everyone but it's not easy. I'll keep reading everything and answer as much as I can. Once again, thank you from the bottom of my heart. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 15 Aug 2020 07:19 PM PDT I'm 195 lbs, and a woman. I have PCOS (a hormonal imbalance) which makes me insulin resistant, so it's very hard for me to lose weight. I also have a history of disordered eating - both binge eating and overrestricting. I just started my most recent attempt to lose weight as I hit this new weight high with quarantine. Ive been doing really well, but just when I was feeling good this happened. I was just walking/jogging on the side of the road when a car from behind came up and the guy in the passenger seat yelled "Now that's one HUGE bitch". I flipped them off. Obviously I know this is just some asshole, but it's really impacting my motivation to keep my diet up, just feeling like that's what everyone is thinking when they see me and it's just that this guy is the only one with the power complex to say it. Any motivation tips when self esteem is suffering? I really want to stay with this. [link] [comments] |
| lost 132 lbs (60kg) going from fat to fit in 6 months Posted: 15 Aug 2020 04:49 PM PDT i was in a bad place mentally and physically and was starting to wake up feeling very washed out. i saw a body transformation on intermittent fasting, some young kid who got dumped, losing a heap of weight, so i thought, dam i got to do that. i wish i could find his post to tell him he got me started. here are my progress pics i started my diet, intermittent fasting 20/4 and initially went keto until i felt sick after 2 weeks. so changed to modified atkins, really just avoiding sugar and carbs and eating as much protein as possible in my 4 hour window. also started daily exercise. first session was 2 minutes on a rower and then i left. kept adjusting my routines to whatever i wanted but it started off with a HIIT style workout rotation and then progressed to a strength based workout. now im mainly using bodyweight exercises with rings, some deadlifts/ squats , with daily basketball and a small bike ride. i went from hiding in my room to making a youtube fitness video in less than a year. thats quite a transformation. so keep it simple, stay focused and you will get healthy again in no time. [link] [comments] |
| Is anyone else going SUPER slowly and totally fine with it? Posted: 15 Aug 2020 12:58 PM PDT F44, 5'7.5 SW: 190, CW: 177, GW: 160 I am on a bunch of meds for a hormonal disorder that basically have me in early chemical menopause. I also have a history of ED (long since recovered, thankfully!). I find that my deficit has to be quite small to be tolerable - usually I average about a -250 cal deficit per day, with occasional weeks where I can get the average more like -500. A lot of days I eat 1900-2000 calories and get a chunk of my deficit from walking 5 miles. At least once day per week I find I need to eat at or slightly above maintenance. For some reason, maybe because of my meds/hormonal disorder/age/history of ED, I find if I implement a deficit closer to 500 cals per day, I get symptoms like headaches, insomnia, and anxiety. On my current plan/approach, the result has been a consistent weight loss of about a pound per month for about a year. At first this slow pace really bothered me, but lately I see that I would rather lose this slowly and be building habits that I can comfortably maintain for the rest of my life than be losing a half pound a week, as I used to when I was younger and my health was different, only to yo yo regain it. Any other oldies or chronic health condition sufferers who feel the same? Fine with me if it takes a couple years to drop 30 lbs if it means I tolerate the restriction better and hopefully am better able to keep the weight off... [link] [comments] |
| RANT: Why are women's gym clothes virtually all clingy and cropped? Posted: 15 Aug 2020 03:29 PM PDT I, like a lot of other overweight people, am completely self conscious about the way I look in normal clothes, let alone a gym top that will cling and show every lump, bump and roll I have. At this point, I think I've spent more time looking for a baggy gym top than I have spent time in the actual gym. I know a lot of people try to say people won't look at you but that doesn't mean I won't look at myself and hate what I see even more (which for me is demotivating, not motivating). It seems that gym clothes are made for already fit and athletic people. If anyone has any pointers for where I can find a plus size, baggy gym top that won't make me sweat profusely or look like a ribbed balloon, and doesn't cost £50+ it would be much appreciated! [link] [comments] |
| I lost 10 pounds and I’m proud of myself! Posted: 15 Aug 2020 10:43 PM PDT Hi everyone, I (25F) recently lost ten pounds. I saw this change while stepping on my boyfriend's scale today (8/15/2020). I made small changes in habits such as taking long walks every night or every other night, about 2-3 miles. I reduced soda and junk food, and replaced my snacks with fruit, nut/protein bars or trail mix. And I usually eat a well-balanced breakfast, lunch and dinner with a snack or two in between. If I eat carb-y foods, which I usually eat small portions, it's brown rice or quinoa, oats, or a slice of rye bread. Not all days are perfect, sometimes I have sweets or bigger portions than I should. But I mostly stay on track and have set more realistic goals after once pushing myself too hard. I originally stepped on the scale around July 10th - 15th (I don't remember for sure which date). I went from 175 lbs to 165 lbs! 175 was the heaviest I've ever been, my average weight was 155-150, and I was scared my hormonal IUD/bloating from that would make weight loss impossible. So this took about a month. I didn't expect anything to happen, I just wanted to feel better about how I was treating my body. But I'm so happy there was an extra bonus to that! Not sure if I'll continue to lose if I maintain this diet and walking routine, but I'm excited to find out. To whoever read this, thanks for listening :) [link] [comments] |
| Lost 35.4 kg or 78 pounds in 29 weeks. Posted: 15 Aug 2020 01:21 PM PDT Hi, here is my second post here, posted couple weeks back and now i have a reference photo from before and right now. I was quite honestly really shocked when i saw that before picture. It is from a few years ago, but aside from haircut nothing really changed until 21 januari the year. Short version; diagnosed with diabetes type 2. And went full low carb, lost 35.4kg (78pounds weighed last Tuesday) and now i exercise alot, i eat healthy and i feel so much better! I still weigh 129.6kg or 285lbs, but when i started it was 165kg 363lbs so i lost alot but still alot to go! Edit forgot to mention my blood sugar is normal since late june, and i dont need diabetes meds anymore so technically iam diabetes free !! Pics of before and after!!:no_upscale():strip_icc():fill(white):strip_exif()/f/image/aKpaAwFjo54200aALvJPLwmT.jpg?f=user_large) [link] [comments] |
| Not seeing progress is making me feel depressed. Posted: 16 Aug 2020 12:29 AM PDT I've been trying to lose weight for one month but so far, I haven't seen ANY progress. I weighed myself, took my measurements and took pictures when I started.....so I would have three different ways to measure my progress. Well, as of the one month mark, nothing has changed and it's starting to make me feel depressed. I don't see any tiny changes at all, my clothes aren't fitting any better. Sure, one month isn't the longest time. But I would have even been happy if I had lost a half pound. The fact that I haven't seen results has really put a damper on my mood. I'm feeling discouraged and like there's no hope. 😔 [link] [comments] |
| Parents bodyshame me, but also encourage me to eat Posted: 15 Aug 2020 08:37 PM PDT So my parents are Chinese immigrants and a huge part of our culture revolves around food - making it, eating it, making sure that everyone is well fed and stuff. I'm back with my family for COVID and they've been telling me every day that I need to lose weight - that I'm past the point of return in terms of maintaining my body, that I have no control over myself, and that I'm fat and they're worried for my future. At the same time, they tell me to eat a lot and get mad/concerned if I eat a small amount. Their stance is that I should eat but I need to exercise extra hard to lose my extra fat, which is hard to do because I can't seem to find bodyweight exercises that I find fun and enjoyable. For reference, I'm not even that overweight- I'm F21, about 150 lbs and 5'4. I also had an eating disorder in which I was almost hospitalized for about five years back, also caused by parental bodyshaming. I also think that my natural body equilibrium is about 140lbs - even if I eat 1200 calories or less the lightest I've ever been was 135. I wanted to ask if anyone had any tips in navigating this situation. I can't really control what I eat (but my parents do cook healthy food). Any advice on how to keep your head up during living with abusive parents? How to navigate exercise during COVID, especially when it feels like your body just can't shed the weight? [link] [comments] |
| Success from increasing micronutrient intake rather than suffering through decreasing macros. Posted: 15 Aug 2020 02:47 PM PDT Greetings all. I want to state upfront that I'm not an expert on this, just a middle aged guy who's spent a lot of his life battling weight issues, and perhaps my experiences will be of benefit. Tldr: eat more vegetables, especially greens I'm 44, and I've considered myself fat since I was a kid, even though like a lot of you I look back on photographs and wonder how I thought that. As an adult, I became genuinely fat by any standards. I participated in weight loss competitions at work. Counted calories. Tried all kinds of exercise routines. Learned about macros, counted those. I've lost weight several times, only to regain it. Up, down, up, down. The trouble I ran into is that the process of losing weight was unpleasant. Either I was hungry all the time, or I had to force myself to work out when I really didn't want to. It was a chore. And like most unpleasant things, I'd only keep it up for so long. I'd hit some predetermined target, then celebrate with pizza and beer. Just tonight. It's fine. But then of course my old habits took back over, and there I was right back where I started, if not a bit heavier. That led to a whole lot of self-doubt, frustration, disappointment. What's the matter with me? At some point, it dawned on me that it might be worth my time to study my fit friends' habits, do some comparisons. I know these people. They're not freakishly diligent. They don't have shocking willpower. No, they just eat and move the way they eat and move, and it works for them. One of my friends mentioned in passing last summer that he has a simple habit of eating a salad every day. Interesting, I thought. I tried that, and it made a difference straight away. I find that if I make a conscious effort to include fresh vegetables in my daily routine, in particular leafy greens, I eat less. I don't spend any of my day hungry, unless it's just time to eat again. There's no suffering, no willpower needed. I eat just as much pizza and beer as I'm in the mood for. I just am not in the mood for that as often. I wonder if I've spent my whole life on a micronutrient deficit. That the reason I felt hungry all the time is that I was eating garbage that didn't actually do the work for my body that food is meant to do. So perhaps my brain was continuing to send out 'eat more' signals in the hopes of getting those nutrients. I've taken up gardening during the pandemic, and as a result I have a variety of fresh greens available at all times just outside. The way I usually get my greens for the day is to pick a few leaves off of each plant that I happen to be in the mood for, chop them up with a clove or two of garlic, and pile it all on top of whatever I happen to be eating. Delicious, fresh, full of nutrients. The weight has fallen off with no additional effort on my part, and for once I really don't think it'll all come rushing back. I imagine it's not a cure-all answer for every situation, but I wish I'd tried it earlier. Best wishes. [link] [comments] |
| What finally “clicked” for you? Posted: 15 Aug 2020 05:55 PM PDT Hey everyone! I'm (28F) starting my weight loss journey yet again. I've read through a lot of the awesome success stories and wondered if there was something that finally "clicked" for you to begin losing weight? I've got about 30 pounds to lose and I've tried over and over again to eat properly, but I always seem to fail after two or three days. If I eat one piece of junk food, then I wind up binging the whole day and onto the next. It's always, "oh, I'll start tomorrow or I'll start on Monday." I met with a healthy living coach via my doctors office and she recommended the Full Plate Diet which is essentially three meals each day with 75% of the meal being vegetables, fruit, and/or beans, and the other 25% being whatever you'd like, but it should only be one serving. Like a cup of apple juice would make up the 25% of a meal. This seemed okay at first since I am a vegetarian but really limited eating other foods. Any advice would be appreciated on how you got started and stuck with it! Should I have a detailed plan of action for every waking moment?! It's so hard! TIA! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 15 Aug 2020 08:19 PM PDT I'm 15, 5'8 and ~145. For as long as I can remember I have had a B shaped stomach. The area above my belly button and around my ribs protrudes, there is a horizontal crease right above my belly button and then fat below it. When I sit, I get a red line on the crease and it embarrasses me because it makes me look fatter than I actually am. I swim competitively and eat well, but I do have more fat on my body than i'd prefer to. I've talked to my mom about losing weight and being concerned about my stomach and she told me it was baby fat? I personally think my ribs could be shaped a certain way which is causing this but idk. Does anyone know of anything I can do to fix this? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 15 Aug 2020 10:48 PM PDT i (f20) am 5'6, and recently hit 200 pounds for the first time 2 weeks ago after getting back from vacation. the week following i was able to get down to 192 pounds, and now back to 194 pounds. i'm in an endless cycle of starving myself for days, then binge eating, then feeling miserable, then eating healthy and controlled for a day or two, then repeat. i always end up losing a few pounds, gaining it back, repeat. some back story is that i've always been somewhat overweight my whole life. from a young age til around 15 i was maybe like 10 pounds overweight. since 15-16 years old my weight has just gone up and up without me realizing it. even now i don't feel like i'm the weight i am until someone takes a photo of me and i see that i look way worse than i look when i'm looking in the mirror. today i went to an event and saw a picture of myself afterwards and was shocked at how bad i look and now i'm determined to lose the weight, but at the same time i just know i'll repeat the above cycle for the 109299229929 time. in oct/nov 2019 i had my biggest weight lost ever by going from like 185 pounds to 160 pounds. i started it all by water fasting for 3 days, and then it was easier and easier to lose weight after that. i was maintaining 160ish and felt amazing until march this year when quarantine started and since quarantine i went from the 160ish to what i am now. i'm at the point where i try to avoid leaving the house as much as possible because i'm so insecure of how i look. even if i wanted to leave the house it's a 2 hour process to try on everything in my closet and try to find something that will look somewhat decent. my outfits have to consist of pants or leggings that cover all of my legs because i'm so insecure of my cellulite and stretch marks and a shirt or sweater that cover at LEAST til my elbows bc i'm so insecure of my arm fat (yes even in the summertime). but then i go wherever i'm going and am just miserable the entire time becayse i know i look so bad and i'm scared everyone is looking at me. it doesn't help that i live in a state where it seems like all the girls my age are skinny and have perfect bodies and wear booty shorts and whatever they want while i'm here looking like an absolute mess. all of this is affecting my mental health badly too. i already have depressive and anxiety tendencies but since my weight gain they've gotten so much worse. staying in the house all the time definitely doesn't help either. i have a lot of friends but i'm slowly losing some because i never hang out with them since they go boating, shopping, etc. which i cant do because i wouldn't know what to wear and i'd be miserable being seen in whatever i did wear anyways. i'm also about to be a junior in college & i requested for all my classes to go online in the fall semester. not even because i'm worried about covid but because i don't want to be seen by anyone at my college while i'm this overweight. in fall semester 2019 when i was 160 pounds i had so much fun with friends, going out with boys, partying, going out as much as possible. now i cant even let myself be seen at school period. in fact thinking about going to class looking like this makes me want to throw up. i've considered taking the semester off and staying with my aunt who lives in a different state but it's too late to unenroll at this point. as i mentioned above, i do binge eat a lot, and it's like i can't control it. i've never been diagnosed but i feel like there's a chance i do have binge eating disorder. i also hate exercise because i get tired so easily. i don't even know if it's healthy how easy i run out of breath, but it causes me to not exercise a lot. on average i do a home workout off youtube maybe like 1-2 times every 2 weeks. a gym membership also isn't an option because i know my anxiety wouldn't be able to handle it. sorry this is so long, i just felt like i needed to get everything out. my mental state is just going more and more downhill everyday so i felt like i needed something even if it's just posting this online. i've never spoke about my weight to anyone in real life before. i cant even tell my parents who i'm extremely close to that i feel bad about my weight or anything because i can't admit to anyone in person that i'm fat (i know it doesn't make sense bc it's obvious to everyone i'm fat but it makes my mental health drop even thinking about discussing my weight with anyone in person even if i trust them like my parents) therefore any advice is welcome. thanks for reading if you read this whole thing. [link] [comments] |
| I’m struggling a lot with willpower and recapturing healthy habits. Posted: 15 Aug 2020 06:50 PM PDT I'm sorry if this isn't a good place to post this. I'm not in a fantastic place with my weight and i just need to get it out there. For all of my life, I've struggled with binge eating. I have a history of an unhealthy relationship with food, using it as a coping mechanism to deal with depression/anxiety, and emotional trauma. In March of 2017, I was at my heaviest. I weighed 258lb, and was miserable. I was at the tail end of a toxic/abusive relationship, and was in a very bad place. I ended the relationship and channeled all of my anger, hatred, and frustration into running and cycling - which was good for a while. I was doing one or the other every day, only eating what I needed to fuel my body because I had no appetite since my whole life was a mess. I managed to lose around 70lb like that in the span of around 7 or 8 months, weighing 189 at my lowest in the last several years. In the last year or so, I've been in a bad place. While I'm happy with my life (amazing relationship, great job, living where I want to), my head is not doing so well. I'm eating when I'm bored, when I'm sad, when I'm happy. My portions are too large, and I never feel full. I'm not as active as I should be either. It's a problem that's caused me to gain 15lb back. It's not a lot, but it matters a lot. I don't know what I'm looking for. Advice? Support? Someone to literally slap food out of my hands so I can't eat it? I know I've only gained 15lb back, but I feel like a busted can of biscuits. I just don't know where to start when it comes to getting back on the wagon, and appreciate any words (kind or otherwise) you have to offer. There was a time where I managed to say no to all dairy and sweets, and managed to keep myself motivated to exercise regularly. How do I get that back? [link] [comments] |
| Looking for an accountability partner or two for the next couple months, maybe more. Posted: 15 Aug 2020 07:51 PM PDT I've been off the weight loss wagon for a few months now and I'm going to be starting to really focus on it once again in the coming weeks and months. I'm looking for a buddy or two, male or female, that are also just starting up their own journey. I've done this before with some rather noticeable success, I found it's nice to have someone who can relate and whom you can confide/vent with as well as celebrate the big and small victories. A little about me: 36, male, 6foot, 250ish(we'll see when I venture on the scale Monday.) Short Term Goal: Right now its just to start seeing the weight go down. Long Term Goal: 220s, fit into XL shirts comfortably again. I'm open to any form of communication, ideally a chat app or texting of some kind. Shoot me a PM if this sounds like something you'd be interested in. [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Sunday, 16 August 2020: Today, I conquered! Posted: 16 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?)
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: 15 Aug 2020 03:22 PM PDT Just wanted to share my experience this past week... I have had good success losing 80lbs the past few years and then stalled. Before quarantine I had gotten back into healthy habits and was well on my way to losing again, but everything went to hell in a hand basket thanks to covid. Finally, after 5 months of spiraling out of control, I got my act together a few weeks ago. I'm back to intermittent fasting, exercise, cutting sugar & carbs, etc. The scale was slooowwly starting to budge again. Then one day I stepped on only to find I had gained 3 lbs!!! I was like, wtf??? I let it get me very upset, but I did NOT let it throw me off track. Sure enough, a few days later the 3 lbs disappeared. The body is a very funny machine... sometimes it really doesn't like you changing things, even if it's for the better. Sometimes it will resist even your best efforts. But rest assured things WILL move in the right direction for you if you stick with it!! [link] [comments] |
| I'm 14 and need to lose weight Posted: 15 Aug 2020 06:17 PM PDT Ok so I'm 14 and almost 200 pounds, which I know isn't really that high of a number on here, but I have a health condition that gets worse the more weight I gain. The thing is I always try to lose weight by cutting calories (Not a crazy amount just what My fitness pal recommends) and exercising, but its always really hard for me because my family always buys super unhealthy foods and when I ask for healthy food they get things like movie butter popcorn and lettuce without dressing. And when ever I try to exercise my old sister just tells me I'm doing it wrong which just ends up making me feel really discouraged. Anyways do you guys have any exercise tips that you think will work for me or any other helpful weight lose tips? [link] [comments] |
| I’m in a really good place finally! (lost 20lbs!) Posted: 15 Aug 2020 10:47 PM PDT I started to realise how unhappy I with my body and how I was living. So in February (this year) at 147lbs I decided to change my lifestyle. I started CICO with mfp and started to do at least 30 mins of exercise everyday. And I'm not going to pretend, it was hard. But I am so proud of myself that I kept going. Now I am fit, like actually fit, which I've never been before. I thought weight loss was going to be like magic, wham! now that you're "skinny" you'll be happy, but I am now 127lbs, and healthy, but still working out some body image issues and learning how to love my body. But I can still look back now and really be proud. Thought I'd share my journey in case anyone was looking for encouragement! [link] [comments] |
| If I combine the calories between two days and don't go over the combined TDEE do I break even? Posted: 15 Aug 2020 05:49 PM PDT Hey guys, I finally started counting calories religiously and have so far lost about 35 pounds. Im the lightest I've been in years so I'm trying not to mess it up and go backwards. Right now I need about 1500 Calories to lose weight and 2049 to maintain. Yesterday I ate 1400ish throughout the day but we had leftover costco pizza(my one true weakness) to take home. At around 2 in the morning I caved and ate basically all my 1400 calories for today. I was going to fast the entire day but I did the math and figured that If I combine my TDEE for both today and yesterday I would need to eat at least 4000 calories to gain weight and I had only eaten around 3000. So I decided to get some McDonalds and figured that as long as I didn't reach that 4000 mark, I could break even. Is this correct? can you combine the total calories between two days and not have it effect your progress so long as your weekly intake is still less than your weekly TDEE? [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: August 16th, 2020 Posted: 16 Aug 2020 12:33 AM 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] |
| So I've lost 22 pounds. One third of my goal. But also lost 2 pounds of muscle. Is this normal? Posted: 15 Aug 2020 10:17 PM PDT So I got a scale called arboleaf which tracks all kinds of metrics. It has helped me lose weight because it determined my water weight was too low and I had dangerous amounts of visceral fat. So i started intermittent fasting. Drank lots of water. Had salads and soups and raised my water percentage from 45.5 percent to 48.9. My visceral fat from 18 to 16. Body fat percentage from 36 percent to 32.8 But in the process I lost 2 pounds of muscle. Is it possible to maintain my muscle while losing weight? So far I have gone from 299 pounds to 277 pounds in 5 weeks. I guess 2 pounds of muscle loss isn't bad I started trying protien drinks after my workouts. Will this sabotage my weight loss plans? Thoughts? [link] [comments] |
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