Weight loss: Lost 70lbs and realized Body Positivity isn't for me |
- Lost 70lbs and realized Body Positivity isn't for me
- 50lbs down, only 40 more to go!
- [SV] Weighed myself for the first time today after 2 months
- I didn’t go back for seconds.
- "You almost lost so much that you look bad." 38 F, 5'4", 131 lbs
- Weight loss timescale calculator (that was extremely accurate for me)
- Didn’t feel bad or punish myself for going over my calorie limit
- Made it to onederland
- NSV: I fit into my prom dress.
- NSV: I got my period back
- Today my depression was high and I wish I could find comfort in food
- I’m lucky to be tall
- Struggling to accept weight loss compliments
- Is it normal to feel worse after losing weight?
- Does anyone else have full self-control when it comes to shopping for food (as in not buying any junk food at all) but loses all willpower when junk food somehow becomes available?
- Fake pounds
- 24-Hour Pledge - Monday, 17 August 2020 - The Plan for Today!
- Weighed myself for the first time in months and feel hopeful that I can lose weight!
- I am down 58lbs since January 10th.
- Hitting a plateau.
- Anxiety, Depression, Exercise and Weight loss
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 16
- It’s All About Perspective & Thank You!
- I am past the plateau!
| Lost 70lbs and realized Body Positivity isn't for me Posted: 16 Aug 2020 09:46 AM PDT So lately I've been thinking about body neutrality vs body positivity. Rewrote this a couple times because I wanted to be sensitive. It's mostly been on my mind because a lot of body positivity posts tend to focus on how attractive you still are despite being overweight or some other "flaw". But what really made me think about this was going on Twitter and seeing that someone I know had liked a tweet that said "Adele has always been attractive, you're just fatphobic". Sometimes I feel that body positivity focuses too much on proving how "hot" you are, no matter what you look like. And (in extreme cases) it seems to preach that you should find others attractive no matter what. I like that body neutrality tries to move away from self-hate but it also doesn't try to say that you have to love your body either. Personally, I did lose weight to look better but it was for my own self-esteem. I didn't do it to get more romantic attention from others. Even when I was overweight, I still got as much attention as I do now. The whole "everyone is beautiful" shtick just sounds so forced to me. Chances are that there is someone who will find a person beautiful but there are people who most people would describe as unattractive and that's OK. Beauty isn't everything and it isn't the most important part of a person either. The truth is that you can't be beautiful to everyone because beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Physical beauty is subjective and everyone has preferences so I don't think it's fair to call someone shallow for that. Now if your doctor is blaming a cold on your weight, then that's something to address. Or if someone is rude to you because of your appearance, then that's not OK either. But I don't find a lot of people "beautiful" based on their appearance. I also don't find a lot of people "beautiful" based on their values. I just won't find everyone attractive just like everyone won't find me attractive, no matter how much I weigh. Now I do like that the body positivity movement has led to more body diversity in media because not everyone is going to look the same and all body types are normal. It shows people that there isn't one way to be attractive since everyone has different body types. I like that more brands are featuring different types of models with no photoshop or at least minimal photoshop - not sure that I trust any brand to not smooth out imperfections. Different types of representation are always important. However, I like that body neutrality talks about inherent worth no matter what you look like. Because no matter what someone looks like, everyone deserves basic respect. I also like body neutrality because not everyone is going to feel comfortable with their body. I didn't really feel positive about mine until I had lost about 45lbs and I think that's OK. I don't think you have to love your body no matter what. It's fine not to like an aspect of your body that you can change naturally. So what do you think? Do you subscribe to either of those 2 ideals? The tweet just bothered me and I felt comfortable sharing my thoughts here. Personally, I think I had a harder time with acceptance when it came to my acne. Only felt comfortable without makeup after a round of Accutane (a very strong acne medication). [link] [comments] |
| 50lbs down, only 40 more to go! Posted: 16 Aug 2020 08:16 AM PDT [Obligatory "I'm on mobile so sorry for the formatting] Hey everyone, long time lurker here. First off, I just want to say THANK YOU to everyone who posts/has posted here. Seeing everyone's progress, struggles, and lessons has been a HUGE help for keeping me motivated and grounded. Anyway, I just got -50lbs the other day and wanted to share my progress for the first time! I'm 5'6" 22 years old and have pretty much been obese since the start of high school, and it just got progressively worse as I got older. Anyway, I started my journey at the beginning of February at ~235 lbs (I didn't have a digital scale then and I also purposely didn't weigh myself at the very beginning because I didn't want to see the number, so I was actually probably heavier) and just hit 185 lbs for the first time since probably middle school! My goal weight is 145 lbs, something that seemed completely unattainable just a few months ago but now seems closer than ever! I've pretty much stuck exclusively to intermittent fasting and exercise, because I love to to eat! I've found that I really love intermittent fasting, at least the version/schedule that I've figured out, because it's contributed great results but I also still get to eat some good stuff every once in a while. Side note: I've also really gotten into cooking during quarantine since restaurants are NOT safe, and so I developed a really fun schedule of dieting leading up to what I called "Cooking Cheat Days" where I let myself try and cook a brand new recipe, regardless of what is was. Anyway, I'll stop blabbing since probably no one is reading this anyway and give the progress pics (ngl I always go through the progress pics before reading people's posts) [link] [comments] |
| [SV] Weighed myself for the first time today after 2 months Posted: 16 Aug 2020 11:39 PM PDT 2 months ago I started my weight loss journey after seeing "140kg" on the scale, 15kg more than the heaviest I'd ever weighed in as before. This number came as such a shock to me that frankly, I wanted to not look at the scale at all for a while, otherwise it would just crush my spirit seeing my weight go down "too slowly". So I did just that, and in the past 2 months I earnestly committed to my daily 1600kcal goal, exercised on the weekends by going on bike tours and didn't weigh myself once, knowing that there was no way I wasn't losing weight to some extent. Today I weighed myself for the first time since then - and I arrived at 129kg!! That's 11kg down already!! It also puts my BMI 1kg away from moving from "Obese Type II" to "Obese Type I". The push in motivation you get from such a big, sudden decrease on the scale is incredible! So if you feel like weighing yourself too often has negative effects on your motivation, but you know that you're in a big enough deficit to lose weight, maybe just step off the scale for a while and reap bigger benefits later on! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2020 06:57 PM PDT So I've been an overeager My entire life. I've always been surrounded by amazing cooks, and without sounding too cocky, I'm a great cook myself. So I always cleared my plate. "Clean plate club" we used to call it. It was a badge of honor. I have absolutely ballooned the last few years thanks to the clean plate club. I've recently started living alone, and I still cook amazing food, last night I cooked sirloin steak, jasmine rice, and on a whim made a mushroom and spinach cream sauce. Absolutely delicious. I loved every bite. The steak I cooked is actually off of a slab, and I cooked it because while I marked the sealed bag "1 sirloin" before I froze it, there was actually 2 in there. So I could have totally gone back for more. Like I always did. I wanted to. But instead I played games with my friends and let it sit in my stomach for a while until I forgot that it was still sitting in my kitchen. By the time I remembered it was still in there I honestly wasn't hungry enough to commit to eating it. So I put it away and instead enjoyed it for lunch today. I'm trying to train myself to eat until I'm not hungry anymore, rather than eating until I'm full, or my plate is cleaned. So, while I'm still a member of the clean plate club, the plate no longer needs to be cleaned twice. It's a small step, and I have a long journey to go to re-teach myself how I should be eating. Sometimes being a member of the clean plate club means you make your plate smaller. I wish all of you luck in your journey. [link] [comments] |
| "You almost lost so much that you look bad." 38 F, 5'4", 131 lbs Posted: 16 Aug 2020 01:06 PM PDT I have been literally working my ass off this year to get my bad cholesterol number down, and I got it checked in July and it is at 105, so just 5 points above normal. I do cardio daily and strength training every other day. I have lost over 30 lbs to save my life for my young daughter's sake only to be told today by my father's girlfriend that I almost look bad. I broke down in tears when I was on the porch alone with my dad. I couldn't work up the courage to tell him why I was really crying. I worked so hard for so long, just to have someone who is overweight herself tell me I look bad? I just got my new Aerie 2 piece bathing suit in the mail yesterday and wore it for the first time today to swim at my dad's house, thinking I still look a little padded around the tummy but feeling good as fuck about myself... What do comments like this accomplish? Why not just "I see you have worked hard, way to go!" This woman is constantly trying to lose weight, but fuck me for succeeding? [link] [comments] |
| Weight loss timescale calculator (that was extremely accurate for me) Posted: 16 Aug 2020 12:10 PM PDT I was browsing Reddit when I came across an old post with a link to a calculator - you input your details and the number of calories you're planning to eat daily and it comes up with a timeline for when you should hit certain weights. https://www.losertown.org/eats/cal.php I thought I'd share as I found it super accurate. I put in my starting weight and it calculated it would take me 12 weeks to get to the weight I am now (give or take 1lb) and I did indeed begin calorie restriction 12 weeks ago so it's worth a try if you're wondering how long your weight loss journey is likely to take! It also shows how your calorie deficit reduces as you lose weight which I also found really useful. [link] [comments] |
| Didn’t feel bad or punish myself for going over my calorie limit Posted: 16 Aug 2020 08:52 PM PDT This is an unusual post, but yeah, I've struggled with my eating habits since I was in high school. I've always tried to make sure I eat less than 500 calories and then binge after. Now I've maintained eating 1,200 calories for a good deficit. Yesterday was the first time my family and I got to eat outside, with zero cases of Covid in our area! I ordered a slice of pie and some roast beef that had a lot of potatoes. I ate until I was full but I didn't binge, nor did I eat to the point where my tummy hurt. I left most potatoes on my plate and gave some of my leftover pie to my family. I also indulged in some baked scallops with cheese (for sure had a lot of calories). Woke up today, business as usual. Weighed myself and gained a pound that I know is just water weight. Been eating at my normal deficit and plan to maintain it until I reach my goal weight. It's just so satisfying that I feel like I've broken my bad relationship with food. I didn't regret eating one bit, and in fact enjoyed my time! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2020 08:38 AM PDT I started loosing weight and being more healthy in general on Jan 1 2019. I weighed 246 pounds then but was as high as 263 in the previous September. I have maintained around 210 for the last year and really wanted to see if I could get under 200. I am 6'3 and a bigger frame in general so getting below 200 would take some extra discipline and focus, but I made it my goal. Today I ran my first half marathon with one of my friends and weighed in after recovering with some chocolate milk, goldfish, and an apple. I weighed in and saw 199.8! I feel fantastic and am so thankful to all of my friends for the support! [link] [comments] |
| NSV: I fit into my prom dress. Posted: 16 Aug 2020 09:01 PM PDT I'm only 20, graduated high school in 2018, and have struggled with my weight since middle school. I do not exaggerate when I say that high school was the worst time of my life - my mental health was destroying, things were happening in my family life that were not great, so being overweight was just the cherry on top. My weight made me miss my senior prom. (Well, more like my insecurity about my weight made me miss my prom.) I cried when I didn't really fit into my prom dress that year. It sucked. I had picked out a dress I was absolutely in love with for my first and only prom, and I didn't fit into it. So I didn't go. Back in May, I started taking my weight loss seriously. Thanks to CICO (limiting my calories to ~1500/day) and occasionally working out (1-3x a week) I've lost around 30 pounds since then. And as I was cleaning out my closet to sell things before I move back out to college, I came across my prom dress. And I tried it on. And it fit. I was not expecting it to actually fit in the slightest. Sure, I was expecting it to be a little looser, but truth be told, I've had a hard time actually visualizing how much weight I've lost. This was one of those moments of clarity. For the second time I cried (only a little!) when I put on my prom dress, because it served as a marker not only of the progress I've made in my weight loss, but how far I've come since one of the darkest parts of my life. I've still got a ways to go in my journey, but after running into a mental wall, this was the push I needed to remind myself to keep going https://imgur.com/a/yGKMsj7 (semi-obligatory pic of the dress in question) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2020 01:07 PM PDT This might be a weird thing to be excited about, but it makes all the difference to me. This is also my first post here. I (21F) gained about 12 kg in the span of a few months, due to depression, as simptoms got worse during quarantine. I noticed that I stopped getting my period - the last one I had was in late March. Since then, I stopped caring about what I ate and lost all motivation to exercise. For background, I also suffer from PCOS, and this affects my hormones, which then affects my cycle, moods and eating habits. I've struggled with my weight since I was a teenager, and have a history of losing and gaining back weight. My doctor said that losing a few kilograms, exercising regularly and healthy eating habits can help keep my PCOS in check. And after months of wallowing in self-pity, I decided to start my weightloss journey again. After a month and a half of slowly transitioning from sedentary to active and re-acquiring a taste for healthy foods, I lost 3.5kg and got my period back today. I feel excited about what's to come, as I desire to lose 21kg in total. I'll make it this time. [link] [comments] |
| Today my depression was high and I wish I could find comfort in food Posted: 16 Aug 2020 10:20 PM PDT I think I woke up without spoons today. Mostly I spend the day in bed watching criminal minds. I started losing weight on June 1. I'm down 25 lbs. And thrilled with my progress. I'm learning how to listen to my body and separate actual hunger from emotions And today I was so full of emotions. My depression hasn't been this bad in a few months. So I was taken by surprise by it. But today I was able to separate my sadness from the need to eat. I ate food. A normal amount. I didn't weigh and track every bite, but I also didn't gorge myself. I didn't drown my sadness in brownies. This is a huge win for me. But today I knew that a whole tray of brownies would actually make me feel worse from the sugar and guilt. So my compromise was a spoon of Nutella and some strawberries for dessert. It feels weird. Mostly I'm thrilled I handled food well today. But also I miss the comfort food used to give me. Even though I'd feel worse after. it wasn't even a struggle to not pig out. Which is a great sign for long term success. But dam actually having to feel my feelings sucks. I'd like to get them removed. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2020 04:36 PM PDT 30 pounds down, about 70 to go! At my goal weight, my maintenance will be about 3000 calories a day assuming exercise 5 days a week. This is according to a few websites. I have read about 5 foot 1 inch women needing to stay under 1500 calories and being a 6'2" man as long as I stay around 2500 calories I'm on track and rapidly losing weight. Not to say that has been easy. It's been a mental health and food addiction journey. My main winning strategy has been to introduce a massive amount of low calorie vegetable and fruit foods and cooking at home to stay full instead of junk food, fast food drive-thrus that got me to being over 100 pounds over weight. Shout out to the smaller people of this sub who can't afford the luxury of calling 2500 calories a "drastic deficit". This is an incredibly inspiring sub. How do you reach your calorie goals? [link] [comments] |
| Struggling to accept weight loss compliments Posted: 16 Aug 2020 03:28 PM PDT I've just hit my 4 stone weight loss mark (calorie counting and CrossFit), I started because I lost a lot of my confidence whilst gaining weight but also to be healthier. Its great that people are commenting on how good I look, but I end up feeling embarrassed about it. Because it makes me think I must have looked awful before, and also because I'm not doing it for people to have that reaction I'm doing it to be better for myself. I find myself down playing the hard work I've put in to try divert the attention and hoping people don't bring it up. Has anyone else experienced this and how do you get better at having conversations about your weight loss with other people, particularly acquaintances you don't really talk to? [link] [comments] |
| Is it normal to feel worse after losing weight? Posted: 16 Aug 2020 08:50 PM PDT I just hit a huge milestone last week. 100lbs lost over the last few years. I'm arguably the healthiest I've been (and definitely the smallest) since high school 15 years ago. All this, and yet earlier today I was doing yoga and all I could focus on was my excess skin. Not just like a little bit of loose flab but rather my stomach looking like I have udders when I'm on all fours. My boobs are concave on the sides and I've lost 2 cups in my weight loss journey. I'm so disappointed and deeply confused living in this new body. I look at photos and I'm proud of how far I've come, but I also knew how to dress my "before" body, how to flatter it. I never felt good in my skin when I was heavy, but I don't know how to work with this new one. It doesn't feel like me. Can anyone else relate to this? I'm really struggling and wonder if this will get better or worse the more weight I lose. I also can't afford skin removal surgery due to being unemployed during COVID so that's not really an option I can look into. Please help. 😕 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2020 10:03 AM PDT I live in an apartment with some friends but we keep all our food separate so it's really easy for me to stick with my diet because I simply don't buy anything unhealthy so the option isn't even available and I don't have to expend any willpower. For some reason I don't even get the urge to buy unhealthy foods once I'm in the store. However, just this morning after staying over at my girlfriends apartment, she had cookies readily available in her room and with no self-control I ended up eating like 3 servings worth. This also happens whenever I stay with my parents who have a fully stocked pantry of junk food. Last week a friend gave our apartment a couple pies, and I ended up having like five slices total. This is by far my biggest struggle loosing weight. I'm very good at sticking to a diet when I am in full control of what I buy and what is available to me, and honestly it's pretty easy for me to lose weight if I'm able to keep it this way, but the reality is that there will always be times where bad foods get in my reach somehow. Does anyone have any strategies to combat this behavior? How can I build better willpower? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2020 06:50 PM PDT So I weighed in at 285 May 3rd and I was convinced I just weighed in on a heavy day and they were "fake pounds" so I set my first goal, my oh this is easy and will get there fast and motivate me goal, at 250. Looking back, thinking I would hit this in late May or June, I think I was legit crazy. That's 35 pounds and I shoot to have a modest deficit, around 500-1000 depending on the day, so to lose 35 pounds should take me anywhere between 35 to 17 weeks losing 1-2 pounds a week!! I was seriously in major denial thinking oh I'm not that heavy I'm sure most of it was water weight and I'm actually what 15 pounds lighter?? I'm doing this right and sustainably, and I am shocked at how in denial I was. 17 weeks is like...4 months at least! That puts me from May to August IF I solidly stuck to a 1000 cal deficit. 35 weeks is...more than half a year?? A solid 8 months??? To get to my "easy peasy goal"?? Wow. Just wow. You think you are on top of things and then you realize the absolute craziness of brain tricks that you can play on yourself. Am I the only one who is just nuts sometimes? [link] [comments] |
| 24-Hour Pledge - Monday, 17 August 2020 - The Plan for Today! Posted: 16 Aug 2020 09:09 PM PDT Wake up with determination; go to bed with satisfaction!This is our daily check-in, to help keep us accountable over the long haul. Feel free to post whatever goals will help keep you on track. Here's the regular text on behalf of this thread's originator, kingoftheeyesores, taken with his blessing > I'll be posting a daily, 24 hour pledge to stick to my plan, or whichever small piece of my plan I am currently working on. Whatever your dietary goals may be, I hope you stick to them for the next 24 hours (and then worry about the following 24!). Who's with me? Thanks to /u/nofollowthrough who made the 24-Hour Pledge an ongoing /r/loseit institution. Due to space limitations, this may be a sticky only occasionally. Please find it daily using the sidebar or top message. On reddit, your vote means, "I found this interesting" (...read more about voting on reddit) [link] [comments] |
| Weighed myself for the first time in months and feel hopeful that I can lose weight! Posted: 16 Aug 2020 09:22 PM PDT I'm 19, f, 5'6 and have been struggling to accept the way my body has been developing. When I was 17/18, I I was weighing in around 125-130lbs. As soon as I started college, I noticed the weight I would gain in my hips or waist and began actively working out. I began weighing around 140lbs which in my opinion I looked and felt the healthiest! I knew this weight gain was primarily due to hormonal birth control (I began slowly gaining weight once I started taking the pill) as well as the freshman 15 from eating out often in college. The summer after my first year was the last time I weighed myself at 155lbs and I felt really insecure but still loved the way my body looked. Fast forward to now, it's been almost over a YEAR since I last weighed myself and I've been avoiding it so much. I can tell more weight has been noticeable in my hips and waist. Clothes I used to wear don't fit as well. We have a scale but I've felt so scared that the number will be way higher than I expected. Well, after working out I forced myself to step on the scale and I was at 154lbs! Basically, I just feel really relieved. I didn't completely love how my body looked last summer but I still felt pretty confident and since I weigh basically the same it's making me realize that I still look good! I was so terrified of stepping on that scale because I didn't know what to expect, but now that I know where I stand I'm so excited to start my weightloss journey! I just want to love my body. Ideally, going down to 140lbs would be great because I loved how healthy but fit I felt and looked. I'm just happy I feel motivated now and my goals feel very realistic :') Has anyone ever felt similar to this? Like, scared to even see the number on the scale? Do you have any tips for someone my age/weight? Thanks soooo much :) [link] [comments] |
| I am down 58lbs since January 10th. Posted: 16 Aug 2020 06:33 AM PDT So this is a positive/struggling post. So the great news, I am down a whopping 58lbs since January 10th! I was always a bigger guy. I'm 6 ft 7, and playing high school and college football. Still, was never more than 300 during that time. Then I got married. Took a promotion at work where I started working more, and quite frankly started getting lazy. Plus I ate fast food a lot. It wouldn't be uncommon for me to down an entire little Caesars pizza for lunch. The biggest I ever weighed myself was 345lbs. With having two kids, I knew I needed to change. I started off with Keto. It was very tough, but I got used to it. I did it for about 45 days, then we went on a family trip and I got off it for about 2-3 months. I was down to about 305, and I gained about another 10 lbs back. Not terrible, but I told myself I want to be down to 250lbs. I started Keto again here about 2 months ago. I weighed myself this morning and was 287. It's great and I can tell how much weight I've lost from looking at pictures. Sorry I don't feel comfortable sharing them online. Here's my issue, I am struggling. I REALLY want to get to 250, with the idea that I know I'm gonna gain a little back, but I don't know how much longer I can do this. I am very sick of Pork Chops, Chicken and hamburger meat. I've made good casserole recipes, but I'm just kind of burnt out on the diet. I have had a cheat meal here and there. I had pizza a couple of weeks ago, and barely finished 3 pieces before feeling full, which is wonderful! I've been lifting weights, but I need to do more cardio. Heart disease runs in both of my families. Mom's dad died before I was born from a heart attack. My grandpa has had open heart surgery twice. My dad has had open heart surgery. I had a heart echo done last fall. Everything came back fine, but definitely something I worry about. The problem is, I do not have the energy to do running or anything else like it. I can go lift weights for 10-15 minutes but that's about it. I have T25, but I just can't find the energy for it. I keep saying I'll get off keto, make healthier meals and start working out. My big fear is that getting of Keto completely will lead to a snowball effect, which will result in getting fast food and just gaining everything back. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2020 01:54 AM PDT Is it normal? If I'm honest, I'm not trying to lose weight anymore because I've hit my overall target. I'm 5'9 and 144lbs (175cm and 65kgs). My BMI is 21.5, so I'm smack bang in the middle of what's considered 'normal'. I run 3 times a week (altogether running around 20km) and I boulder (climb) 2 times a week with a 10-15 minute workout before each climbing session. The weight was absolutely falling off me when I started dieting and counting calories. But since hitting 65kgs, it hasn't moved any further in the last 2 months. [link] [comments] |
| Anxiety, Depression, Exercise and Weight loss Posted: 17 Aug 2020 01:47 AM PDT Hi guys - this is my first post here. Title above says it all really - over the last 2 years I've gained around 25-30lbs. I've had a couple of half hearted attempts to lose it, but my mental health has been such that I haven't been successful for more than a week or 2. I've had anxiety and depression since I can remember. In 2018-19 I ended up so poorly that I could not work for 5 months, I was medicated and booked myself into therapy. I weened myself of medication in February and I am continuing with therapy. I'm in a much better place, though I do still have depressive episodes and bouts of anxiety - though since I have returned to work in early 2019 I've only had to take 2 days off for mental health. Exercise wise I am very much inconsistent - I can keep something up for a few weeks and then fail! Though last year I managed to run and marathon and then not keep anything up since. My plan is to exercise 5-6 days a week, starting with 30 minutes a day mid intensity and then gradually work my way up. Food wise I will be calorie counting and trying to make things from scratch. Anyways I'm hoping my joining this community I will have some accountability and be able to get support whether that be posting or lurking. My stats are I'm a 32 year old female and 5'7". SW - 160lb (approx) CW - 149lb GW - 130-135lb Happy Monday everyone! [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 16 Posted: 16 Aug 2020 04:59 PM PDT Hello losers, Happy Sunday y'all. Weight by end of month (199 lbs, preferably trend weight): 205 this morning. Very sore. Stay within calorie range (1500 weekdays, maintenance weekends): Hanging on. The song of the binge is strong. Exercise 5 days a week: 90 plus minutes walking. 14/16 days. Self-care journaling (once a week, 60 minutes): Got some done last night will do more today. 3/3 weeks. Self-care time (working on love journals, beauty treatments, drawing 5/16 days): I am struggle busing kids. I feel intense guilt that I'm not showing scale progress for you all. Life is very complicated right now for a long list of boring personal reasons. I feel like food is sometimes my only source of comfort & that attitude is why I'm struggling on the scale. Please know I'm still here with y'all even if the scale is mweh! Try a new recipe once a week: Baked donuts, enchilada casserole, bbq hummus, more different enchilada casserole, dressing(s) & my meal prep is mashed cauliflower because my turkey is not defrosted. Whoops. 5/5 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 14. Be present in my body & accept the sensory feedback: Sensory feedback says nothing great today. Except sun warmed dog fur maybe the best thing in the world when you really need it. Be more mindful & express gratitude, avoid the hedonic treadmill: Skipping this today kids. Your turn! [link] [comments] |
| It’s All About Perspective & Thank You! Posted: 16 Aug 2020 06:02 PM PDT Between this sub, and all the CICO subs I follow, my perspective on weight loss has improved immensely! SW: 235 ish, was pregnant so not sure that counts. CW: 208 GW: 175-180.
I'm 3 months postpartum today, as a FTM. I was my heaviest ever when I got pregnant and then gained about 35–40 lbs during pregnancy. In the first month, I lost about 20 of that. After that 1st month, progress has been much slower. I was about 217 in June. I don't strictly do CICO, as far as tracking, but that's generally the weight loss avenue I use. Weight loss is ANNOYING. One week I'll have lowest weight of say 212, then my weight will go up a few pounds, then the next week I'm down to 211 or 210. This has been my process. Seeing the lowest, going back up, then seeing a slightly lower number the next week. It requires so much patience, but these subs have helped me understand that this is normal. Going up and down, it being a slow process, and just keeping faith it will pay off. So THANK YOU ALL. And I wish you the best in your journey of losing and getting healthier! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2020 03:26 AM PDT Hey people. I just wanted to celebrate my half way point. I've lost 50 pounds since November or December. I was stuck at 248-250 for over a month and in the Two month since I've lost another 21. Currently, I'm eating everything. I've just trained myself to eat less and make better decisions. Unless it's a rare occasion, I stick to one plate of food. That includes dessert. I don't eat bread or rice every day. I'm Asian American so those two are tough. I won't deny a couple to a few tortillas a few times a week. I only eat when hungry and ask myself if I'm actually hungry every time. My body, with some mild nausea, will tell me if I've waited too long to eat. I had given myself a 4-600 Daily caloric deficit, and got a little more aggressive in the beginning taking that number closer to 1000. I tracked everything in the first few months. Then I got an idea of how much I needed and didn't feel the need to keep tracking. At this point, I've lost enough to feel like my needs have changed and am Still losing weight. I've recalculated my caloric needs and am eating accordingly. Without as many carbs, I am eating enough protein and veggies to keep up with the exercise I'm doing. Mainly physical labor and building things outside. I've started swimming recently. It's a challenge because I hate the water. Just don't enjoy it, though it is pretty amazing sometimes. Anyways, 280 to 227 now in just over 9 months. I'm determined to lose another 45 [link] [comments] |
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