Weight loss: Lost a job opportunity because of my weight. To prove to them they missed out- I’m under 300 lbs for the first time in YEARS |
- Lost a job opportunity because of my weight. To prove to them they missed out- I’m under 300 lbs for the first time in YEARS
- Never underestimate how much you like that food
- Walked 8 miles today.
- Losing weight changed my mind. Running helped me retain the lessons.
- Exercising in public with social anxiety
- I'm finally not overweight anymore! From 90 kgs to 71.55 in a little more than 6 months (I'm 5'7'' or 170cm). Look at them jawline gains! Also, I just ran my first 5k today!
- Milestone: I weigh less than my boyfriend!
- I’m participating in a weight-loss challenge at my gym starting tomorrow
- How to continue loosing weight if dealing with an injury.
- We Have Lost 250 pounds - We are Catherine and Donald Wygal, hosts of the podcast We Only Look Thin - Ask Us Anything!
- Day 1 of my weight loss journey and day 1 on this sub
- Boyfriend weighing less than me has been a kick start to getting back on track
- SW: 410.8 | CW: 364.3 | GW: ? (TBD)
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Monday, 10 August 2020: Today, I conquered!
- Maintenance is a journey in itself
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: August 9th, 2020
- I know they say you should lose weight for yourself but...
- SV/NSV: today i reached something I didn't believe was possible just 6 months ago.
- Accountability. Getting it all back.. M, 5'7'' SW:202; CW: 187; GW154
- Motivation Monday. Get and give motivation for yourself or others.
- How to feel satisfied when fullness is equivalent to overeating?
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 9
- Can anyone recommend a book that helped them lose weight and form a healthy relationship with food?
- I've been exercising around 150-300 minutes a week, but the scale has no significant difference.
| Posted: 09 Aug 2020 09:38 AM PDT F22/ 5' 11"/ SW: 348.8/ CW: 299.6 TL;DR: My BMI was too high for an engineering position I was offered at a mine site that I had previously interned at. After starting a new job in January, I started my weight loss journey and have lost about 50 lbs and counting. This is my first post on reddit and I apologize homies, it's a longer one! My senior year of college I was offered an engineering position at a mine site. The position was in the middle of nowhere in a mine town that I had interned at that summer, but it was an amazing starting salary and would be great practical engineering experience I wanted to gain and use to move forward in my career. I didn't love the idea of not being in any kind of real city, but I was excited to start and to continue the learning I experienced in my internship. Come after graduation - around mid June (2019) - I had moved into a shack of an apartment in this town, and had finished moving all of my belongings over. My mom and I are killing time playing Pokemon Go and I receive an email from the health department of the company. This email said that I did not pass the physical required for the position because my BMI was way to high - 42. The first time I read that I couldn't believe it. I was shellshocked. Not only was I so morbidly obese that this number was my BMI, but it had actually prevented me from achieving a job that I had worked so hard to get for the last 4 years. I already had an apartment, moved my belongings over, and purchased a bunch of home goods and furniture thinking that I would be starting in this position in the next couple weeks. I went back to my part time job at the pizza place I worked at through college and pathetically asked for my job back. I frantically started looking for another job that would use my degree - which was significantly harder now since I was competing with all the other recent grads in my class. In the months I was looking for another position I hated and resented myself for what had happened. How could I let something in my control compromise my career? How could I have screwed myself over not just with this position- but financially by buying all of these items and now have no income to pay them off? (Which was super financially irresponsible- life learning moment of "don't spend what you don't have") I was honestly really sad and down on myself for months until I had an opportunity to start at a new position with the company I'm with now in January (2020). Finally having a real, steady source of income I felt like I could really start to focus on what had happened with my previous job and my weight. I have always been obese since my later high school years. At a certain point, I stopped thinking anything of it since that's "how it's been". I started associating my weight with who I was. I felt it was a staple if my personality instead of an attribute about myself I could change. I knew that I needed to forgive myself and treat my body the same amount of care, resolve and determination I had looking for another job. It wouldn't hurt to be able to rub it in the mine company's face that I lost the weight for myself and not for them! Late February, I joined a gym after practicing CICO for the entire month. I got a personal trainer, and was putting my all into making myself happier and healthier. With COVID and the gym closes, I haven't been able to go to my gym or see my trainer in months. And to be honest, I feel like I would probably hurt myself if I tried body weight exercises at home. What I have been able to do, is continue to track what I eat in MFP and hit my goals I set for myself! I started practicing 16:8 IF recently along with my CICO, and I have gone from around 348.8 lbs in March to 299.6 lbs beginning of August- and I'm still going! I am currently still living with my family due to being terribly financially irresponsible that last year of college, so at times I am temped with a lot of my mother's homemade baked goods she likes to make- and also ask me if I want some multiple times a day. But these challenges have made me more resilient and determined to lose the weight! Being able to have these items available to me and being able to say no or have a reasonable portion and be done with it only helps my mentality surrounding food. I am almost financially ready to move out on my own - by the end of the year - and will be even more excited when I can have complete control over the food I bring into my apartment. If you've made it this far, I appreciate you reading ❤️ at times I feel like my family and friends think that my weight loss is something they support but don't really believe can happen. I'm sure this is just my perception, but reading all of your posts and looking at your progress pictures keep me going so I figured I would share my story as well! Catch me in progress pics when I hit my second stretch goal of 250 lbs when I lose the next 50 lbs for that 100 lb weight loss pic 💪🏻 Edit: Just to be sure I'm relating my point correctly, I in no way blame the company! They were right to deny me the position because I was a liability and could not do the job to their standards because of my weight. As I mentioned, I let something in my control compromise a job opportunity. My overall sentiment is that the experience of being denied a position I was otherwise qualified for because of my weight made me want to change the way I was living and prioritize my health :) [link] [comments] |
| Never underestimate how much you like that food Posted: 09 Aug 2020 09:31 PM PDT Never underestimate just how much you like that food. Believe me I've been there too. Full to the brim on everything from burgers to pizza to cake. It's really easy to plan out a diet like this with nothing but chicken, broccoli, and rice in your future. The first day goes without a hitch (probably all of that energy your body stored from yesterday) you go to sleep full of hope albeit a little unsatisfied. The second day though... you stare at the bland oatmeal with a scoop of protein powder and your cup of black coffee and it all just seems a little less appetizing than yesterday. You show up to work and see some delicious looking donuts out and think "Ooo that would be good right about now", but you're being good you don't want to ruin it!! You can't shake it now though especially after another equally bland but "clean" lunch. After you choke down a rubbery piece of chicken you just can't take it. You go and grab a nice tub of ice cream and go to chow town. Now THAT has hit the spot but wait.... that's half the tub gone? How many calories is that? Oh no not again. Not to fret! There's no need to torture yourself any longer. Take a look at your diet when you have no calorie inhibitions. Now take out the "worst" things- sugary drinks, fried highly processed food etc. but only take out just enough to get yourself into a deficit. This will take some trial and error, but you don't have to be perfect. Your diet should feel like a nice walk most of the time. Sustainability is the key. Once you master this diet then you can improve it more to truly get to where you want to be. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2020 06:40 PM PDT SW 220 CW 177 GW 145 I started in January but didn't find lose it until late February. if anyone asks I say I have been dieting since March because that's when I really got serious and started walking everyday. It started with one mile and then two miles but still a disdain for walking. it wasn't until early June that I started to actually want to go out and walk and didn't see it as such a chore. As far as eating goes, i don't struggle with cravings or finding excuses to cheat, I haven't cheated since early February. Everyday I eat 1290 calories and walk at least four miles. Today I really outdid myself and beat my previous record of seven and a half miles by walking 8 Miles. I loved it, every step. also, I've learned not to deduct my exercise calories from my total calories because I'll lose weight faster that way. When I was adding calories to my daily limit with exercise I started to slow down the weight loss so I decided it wasn't a good idea. So yeah today I ate 1200 calories and burned 811. Not looking glamorous yet but feeling good. [link] [comments] |
| Losing weight changed my mind. Running helped me retain the lessons. Posted: 09 Aug 2020 11:06 PM PDT 19m. Got up to 110kg for a long time after a bike crash couple years ago. Now currenty 82kg. I fought with myself for so long trying to come up with ways to drop the weight. Guilty all the time. I was depressed and deeply insecure. I stopped going to parties or hanging out with my friends. I hated myself really. After a holiday to the US my weight peaked. But after i got back i didnt feel bad, i actually started to laugh with myself and without even knowing it i forgave and accepted my eating habits. After that day i started dropping 2kg a week and my weights never gone above 85kg. I run as much as i can and weight lift on the days i cant. I cannot recommend running enough to the people who arent sure they can keep the weight off. When you are running that last mile, and every step you take you think about quitting, is when you start to REALLY think about your life. Wrong doings against you in the past, embarassing moments. When you are mentally maxed out, these things can come to the front and it is impossibly easy to deal with them. Forgive yourself, accept your situatuon, and move on. Within even a couple weeks, the cardio side becomes the easy part and its all about dealing with soreness and make sure to recover properly. [link] [comments] |
| Exercising in public with social anxiety Posted: 09 Aug 2020 10:23 AM PDT Today I (23f, CW 247 lbs) went for a walk in my usual spot, a track that usually has very few people there. I often have my boyfriend with me when I go, which makes me feel more secure and less anxious when there are others around. But today he was working and I went alone to find the track empty. Twenty minutes in, a jogger shows up. I was finishing a lap, and my first instinct was to get my stuff and leave. The guy was really fit and I felt embarrassed of my current weight and that I was only walking. In the past, I absolutely would have left immediately. But my plan was to walk at least an hour total, and I wasn't going to fail today. I finish my lap and begin the next one. Not even 15 seconds later, as he passes by me, he turns to give me a smile and a wave. And immediately, I just felt so much less anxious about it, less self conscious. While the feeling didn't entirely go away, it was easier to work through it. In the end, the jogger only stayed maybe 10 minutes and was on his way. I finished my walk and felt so good mentally and physically after for doing so. I know a lot of us can be super anxious to put ourselves out there, even in a small way like this, but it's important to remember no one is judging you as harshly as you think they are. Strangers are often kinder than we think they are, and they are much more focused on themselves than they are on you. Besides weight loss, a huge goal for me is to be comfortable with myself. I hope everyone else who struggles with this is making progress too, no matter where you are in your weight loss journey. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2020 05:54 PM PDT I decided to start losing weight in February. I lost 6 kg and then corona came so I gained some quarantine weight. A few months ago I decided to get back on track however and it worked! I've been practicing OMAD/ADF for a while now, along with long walks and runs to increase my TDEE. Today was the first time the scale gave me a weight for a BMI less than 25. I think my shoes weigh around a pound too, so that's even better. I'm really happy! Still want to get to 65 kg though and I'm confident I can do it. Full disclosure: my first 5k was actually 2 days ago in 31m44s but I chose not to count it because I had an accidental pause of 5-10 seconds close to the finish because my shoes got unlaced. Today there were no pauses and I was able to run a bit faster this time! Also, I had some legendary cheat meals along the way hahaha. Some progress pics: https://imgur.com/a/pe6QncZ [link] [comments] |
| Milestone: I weigh less than my boyfriend! Posted: 09 Aug 2020 05:18 PM PDT F26 SW 218 CW 186 GW 170 final GW 144 I've lost 32 lbs and this morning I reached a really important milestone for me: I weigh less than my boyfriend! I know quarantine has been really hard for a lot of us, but for me, not being as tempted to eat out and being stuck at home has made it really easy to stay on top of my calorie goals. I've gotten back in the habit of carefully weighing everything out, staying carefully within my 500 deficit. Because I'm so short, my deficit has me under 1400 per day, so about a month ago I started going for a 40 minute walk ever day, just so that I can eat a more satisfying amount of food. Over the course of quarantine, I've made a point to do some home workout videos from YouTube. I've done some HIIT, some dance, some muscle focus, some of everything. Every day that I do it is better than a day I didn't, right? So I just keep telling myself that, no matter what, I won't regret working out. A big game changer for me has been labeling myself as sedentary and using the correlating calorie rates. Being stuck at home has made it so that, unless I specifically do something, I'm sedentary. Thinking about myself that way gives me no excuses. I can't pretend that I have burned more than I have. Keeping myself to those numbers and expectations has been invaluable. Quarantine has also made it a lot easier to drink enough water. For some reason, sitting with a glass of water by my side means I'm definitely getting enough. I can drink water without having to think about it. Today, though. Today I woke up, got on the scale, and danced like an idiot. It feels to good to weigh less than him. It feels so good to feel stronger thanks to the workouts. I am still under half way to my final goal, but this victory probably feels sweeter than the 50 percent will. [link] [comments] |
| I’m participating in a weight-loss challenge at my gym starting tomorrow Posted: 09 Aug 2020 08:23 AM PDT 26F 5'7" SW: 190, CW: 183, GW: 145-155 My gym is starting a weight-loss challenge tomorrow and I'll be participating. The goal is to lose 7% of your body weight over 7 weeks. To participate, you chip in $20 to the pot. Anybody who succeeds splits the pot. So if everybody loses 7%, everybody gets $20 back. If a bunch of people participate but only a few people succeed, they're looking at a rather large payout. Weigh-in is tomorrow. I'll have to lose about 13lbs to meet the challenge goals, which comes out to 1.86lbs/wk. According to Happy Scale, I'm currently losing at a rate of 1.9lbs/wk. I hope I can keep this ball rolling. It would be great to make significant progress toward my weight loss goal and maybe earn a little money. (Though, ideally I want everybody to meet their goals.) [link] [comments] |
| How to continue loosing weight if dealing with an injury. Posted: 10 Aug 2020 01:47 AM PDT (32/F/S.W. 106.1kg/ C.W. 101.1) I've only been on my health journey for a month but I'm super proud that I've lost 5kg and I seem to have completely changed my perspective on food and takeaways and snacking. I have been supplementing healthier eating with more exercise than before. I've woken up this morning and my ankle and heel of my foot is killing and I think it may be as a result of taking up running. I believe I need to rest it and do low impact exercise until the pain subsides. How did everyone manage and continue to see good losses while having to reduce or limit amount of exercise for whatever reason? I feel really disheartened as I know the exercise is what is mostly driving the weight loss. I'd love to hear how others kept on track. Thanks [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2020 12:00 PM PDT EDIT: Thank you all for joining us on our first AMA! We're closing the AMA now and need to go hit our step goals. Thanks so much! - Catherine We're a married Gen-X couple who have lost 250 pounds combined through counting calories, and tracking steps using our fitbits, and we're here to answer any questions you may have about weight loss and weight maintenance! In 2018 we started a weekly comedy / weightloss podcast called, "We Only Look Thin," where we give advice and insight on the habit and mindset changes we've used to keep the weight off. We've had eating disorders since we were kids, so we don't consider ourselves fixed. We're not preaching a cure, or one weird trick, rather we provide tips to help manage chronic eating disorders. On the podcast we cover topics like secret eating, depression, bulimia, diabetes, boundaries, shame, habit change, body image issues, codependency, sneaking in fitness in your day-to-day life, and adapting to challenges that might get in the way of helpful habits. So, ask us anything! [link] [comments] |
| Day 1 of my weight loss journey and day 1 on this sub Posted: 09 Aug 2020 08:22 PM PDT Edit: I adjusted my GW based on height F14 5'3" SW/CW: 142.2 lbs GW: 115-120 lbs Typically sitting down doing school/leisure related activities, but I also do a good amount of walking throughout the day I'm not really sure what to post but I'm just doing this so I know where I'm starting from so I can look back later. My goal is to lose forty pounds if not by the end of this year, then in the next few months. I'm slightly overweight, unathletic, and not that healthy but I want to start turning my life around as I go into high school. I'm already planning on dropping refined sugars this week, and eating smaller portions. I also want to start some sort of exercise schedule. But if anyone has any tips on anything that would be greatly appreciated! I hope to keep posting here over the next few months so I can have people hold me accountable and so I can get motivated. :) [link] [comments] |
| Boyfriend weighing less than me has been a kick start to getting back on track Posted: 09 Aug 2020 06:56 AM PDT Was doing really well, and then got off track for a bit with house move and stress and COVID worries. Stopped being able to do my normal exercise (dancing) and switched to wfh, which massively lowered my activity and messed up the food I was eating. I haven't really gone hugely out of control - but have just been stuck around my normal plateau weight . During all this, my boyfriend has been majorly focusing on his health. He's been doing workouts every day and started running, and generally is in the best shape he's ever been (and has said lots about how much easier it's been for him to find time etc.) And this was making me feel rubbish, and then he weighed himself while I was brushing my teeth and I saw he's almost 10kg lighter than me. I've never been heavier than a partner, ever, and it's been a bit of a kick in the teeth to realise that not only am I heavier than him, but that I've been feeling a bit resentful about him finding all this as an opportunity for a health kick super easy. So - - getting back to it from now and using this time while I've not got meetings or time pressure or people to cook for to get my calories back under control and get back to losing - because I want to come out the other side feeling good about myself. [link] [comments] |
| SW: 410.8 | CW: 364.3 | GW: ? (TBD) Posted: 09 Aug 2020 02:45 PM PDT Hey peeps, A quick update that I'm still plugging away: Achieved the halfway milestone to my 2020 goal today (-46.5 lost so far). Gained a bit back earlier in the year—lockdown with a full pantry of munchies for a couple months will do that—but refocused and am back on track. Maintaining this current rate of loss, am confident I'll reach the 90-pound weight loss goal by the end of October or November. I'm already feeling so much better with just over 10% of my starting weight gone. Strength, mobility, and balance improve each day. Hope you all are doing well as I want you to be. [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Monday, 10 August 2020: Today, I conquered! Posted: 10 Aug 2020 01:11 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] |
| Maintenance is a journey in itself Posted: 09 Aug 2020 05:52 AM PDT I was obese my whole life up until I was 25 and had enough. After about a year of CICO, I lost 90 pounds and reached my arbitrarily set goal weight of 130lbs (59kg, I just liked to be under 60kg for no reason at all. My BMI was then around 20.5). I maintained 130-132lbs for a year and it felt easy - I mostly kept up the way I was eating before while dieting where I still ate everything but in moderation. But there were a couple of things which were difficult: I kept to a pretty strict rhythm of having the same 400kcal breakfast and only eating a 200kcal-ish salad for lunch (which allowed me to cook a nice dinner and have chocolate). Social gatherings worked, but needed to be planned and I had to restrict my love for baking. After about a year of maintenance, in January 2019, I decided to trust myself more. The fear of going to bed one day and waking up fat the next morning was has shrunk and I thought I might risk it. I wanted to listen to my body, to start eating more intuitivly and to worry less about food. I gained weight in those 1.5 years. By June, I was 139lbs. And, without really caring anymore, I've been maining 137-142lbs (which is about a BMI of 22) since then. It was an eventful time with lots of good food and even better memories: I travelled the US, I did a pizza tour in Chicago, I ate cheese Nachos at a greyhound station at midnight (neither a good memory nor good food), I spent 3 weeks at my family's place in Italy and ate fresh figs from the tree and freshly made Mozzarella, I attended weddings, I attended a croissant baking class in Paris, I had a mental breakdown in Grad school, I fled the country during a pandemic, I adopted a puppy (I'm glad I never expected to survive on my 400kcal breakfast and 200kcal lunch when carrying a dog 3 floors up and down 10 times day). Some days, I weigh myself and think I need to get to 130lbs again. But why? I like how I look. My clothes fit. Nothing hurts. I chose this number randomly. Happy maintenance for me means to stop caring about the last 10 pounds. Not there yet, but getting there. It just feels like a very fine line between accepting my "set point weight" of 140lbs and seeing it as a gateway to uncontrolled gluttony and waking up obese tomorrow. [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: August 9th, 2020 Posted: 09 Aug 2020 11:01 PM PDT Hi team Euro accountability, I hope you're all well! For anyone new who wants to join today, this is a daily post where you can track your goals, keep yourself accountable, get support and have a chat with friendly people at times that are convenient for European time zones. Check-in daily, weekly, or whatever works best for you. It's never the wrong time to join! Anyone and everyone are welcome! Tell us about yourself and let's continue supporting each other. Let us know how your day is going, or, if you're checking in early, how your yesterday went! Share your victories, rants, problems, NSVs, SVs, we are here! I want to shortly also mention — this thread lives and breathes by people supporting each other :) so if you have some time, comment on the other posts! Show support, offer advice and share experiences! [link] [comments] |
| I know they say you should lose weight for yourself but... Posted: 09 Aug 2020 10:59 PM PDT I'm finding it so hard to stay motivated. I'm single. Dating online has been not great and dont want to try it again (not because I get rejected but because I havent found anyone I like for more than 2 dates). And now with the current situation I'm just at home in comfy clothes all the time. I feel embarrassed at the weight I've gained. I lost some earlier in March but then gained it back. I dont know why I cant stay motivated to regulate my eating and exercise...my brain just keep saying "why? For what?" When I wasnt single I'd keep myself well to look good. Now it just seems hopeless anyway, so what's the point? How do I get out of that mind set? [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV: today i reached something I didn't believe was possible just 6 months ago. Posted: 09 Aug 2020 01:42 PM PDT For a few days now I've been teetering on the edge of 80 kg, and I never thought I'd get there. My highest weight was around 105 kg and honestly, for the last few years I'd pretty much accepted that was going to be my weight forever. I had convinced myself that I was fine like that, maybe not super thin, but definitely not that fat either. I was kidding myself. One day, I looked up my BMI just to see. I assumed I would be in the overweight category, but my heart dropped when I read the number 35: firmly in the obese category. Obese. I'd never thought I'd be classified as obese. It was shocking. This revelation came at a good time though: I'd been going to therapy for some relatively minor unresolved trauma and self esteem issues, and I'd started to take better care of myself already. I was ready to tackle the last hurdle: my horrible relationship with food. I started slowly changing my habits, planning my meals, and eating less snacks. I also stopped getting fast food completely once the pandemic hit. To stay active indoors, I looked up some home workouts. I wanted to be healthy, not necessarily thin. I wanted to take care of myself. For me. I stepped on the scale after a few weeks and saw that I'd lost almost 5 kg: nearly below 100 kg now. I wanted to get there. I kept going. Now, around 6 months later, I'm nearly down 25 kgs and I'm amazed at how natural and easy it has been. My self esteem is through the roof and I'm starting a new job soon. I guess what I want to say is, don't give up. Don't be too focused on the end goal, but focus on improving your health and your habits. Once new healthy habits are in place, the weight loss will follow. I was kidding myself before when I thought I was happy. I was settling, I'd given up, I didn't believe I could do it. But I did. And you can too. [link] [comments] |
| Accountability. Getting it all back.. M, 5'7'' SW:202; CW: 187; GW154 Posted: 10 Aug 2020 01:57 AM PDT OK. So let me start by saying I really can't understand the shame or issue with weight. But the fact is that I had to create a throwaway account, as I would not be putting this here in my main account. It appears that I really do have some weight issues and I may have to do some soul searching to understand why I am/was in denial with that. Notwithstanding, this post is mainly for me, so that I can remember to keep accountable. About a year ago, I reached my peak. I had 92KG or about 202lbs, which honestly is a lot for my 170cm/5'7''. Back when I was in college I was pretty average, with about 68kg/150lbs. When I started working I also stopped smoking and I started racking up weight. Fast forward ~11 years and I have 92KG, a kid and another on the way. I was fighting to get motivated but nothing worked, until one day I started using reddit, and I don't remember why but I got to r/loseit. I started seeing all the stories of people like me who were struggling with weight, their successes and their downfalls. I started digging, and in about July 2019 I decided to try my hand at this "losing weight thing". I never did much sports and I really don't like it. So I started trying to calorie count and I stopped drinking alcohol (it's not that I'm that much of a heavy drinker, but I am European and from the south of Europe. Beer and wine is something that we are pretty much accustomed to since we are new and, well, you get the picture). I also joined a gym and all self respect for my image and I started doing the Elliptical like a madman. What do you know... I actually liked it. In about 6 months I dropped from 202lbs/92kg to 165/75kg. I was pretty happy. My old clothes didn't fit me. I looked different. Man I could even shave my almost kind of beard and it wouldn't look like a full moon face. But, I hit a plateau at 165/75 and I started losing a bit of motivation. I stopped being that regular in calorie counting and started drinking here and there. Weight started fluctuating a bit a bit from 165 - 170 and back again. Then came COVID. My motivation went all down the drain, stopped calorie counting and started drinking normally again, and the weight kept rising. I also stopped any type of exercise. TODAY, 10.08. I have 187lbs/85kg. And today re-starts my journey. I logged on to lose it, installed 8fit and weight training, and for fuck sake, let's stop with the damn beers (at least regularly!)! May I come back to this post from time to time to keep accountable. [link] [comments] |
| Motivation Monday. Get and give motivation for yourself or others. Posted: 09 Aug 2020 10:01 PM PDT "Why I need or how I found motivation."Just starting and need a kick in the pants? Please revisit this post through the week to help motivate yourself and others! [link] [comments] |
| How to feel satisfied when fullness is equivalent to overeating? Posted: 09 Aug 2020 03:29 PM PDT So, I'm fat, have been fat, and probably will always be "curvier" than most. I struggle with food, and my relationship to food, and I think I have a hard time calling my binge eating an eating disorder, mostly due to the stigma surrounding them. Recently, my boyfriend pointed out how I eat, but not because of my weight. I eat snacks, constantly. I feel sad, so I eat snack foods, and then I feel guilty, and fat. I used to purge, but now I just binge. However, I only think I'm "full" when I'm literally too full to eat anymore. And even if I eat, and no longer feel hungry, I still feel as though I haven't eaten enough. How can I feel satisfied and full without gorging myself? [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 9 Posted: 09 Aug 2020 02:42 PM PDT Hello losers, Sunday funday! Weight by end of month (199 lbs, preferably trend weight): 201.4 this morning. That's more like it scale. Stay within calorie range (1500 weekdays, maintenance weekends): Nailing it. Gonna have some pudding. Exercise 5 days a week: 90 plus minute walk. Stay hydrated in this heat kids. 9/9 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 2/9 days): Self reflection today. 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 7. Be present in my body & accept the sensory feedback: Itchy. Plant sperm is necessary for the cycle of life but dang yo, so itchy. Be more mindful & express gratitude, avoid the hedonic treadmill: Today I'm grateful for self reflection & the time & space necessary to heal from the past. What are y'all up to today? [link] [comments] |
| Can anyone recommend a book that helped them lose weight and form a healthy relationship with food? Posted: 09 Aug 2020 09:35 PM PDT I've tried all sorts of diets. No matter how much weight I lose on them I always fall back to my old eating habits, which I would consider generally unhealthy. I tend to try to eat well, possibly restrictively, but then binge a lot when I lose the will power. I struggle with moderation and am a real all or nothing thinker with food. I'm currently at the heaviest I've ever been due to meds and really want to lose weight in a way that feels healthy, sustainable and helps me form a better relationship with food and myself. Wondering if anyone has any good books they can recommend that could help with this? [link] [comments] |
| I've been exercising around 150-300 minutes a week, but the scale has no significant difference. Posted: 09 Aug 2020 06:06 PM PDT I am 24F, weighing 59 kilograms standing at 157 cm. I started my weight loss journey last May. I weighed around 62 kilos then. (I am also Asian) I want to trim down my weight to 50 kilos. Since I am studying, I tend to eat and can't maintain a 1200 calorie diet. I eat around 1500. My exercise consists of Youtube Videos (Pamela Reif and Madfit) using weights (4 pound dumbells) People have commented that I lost weight overall especially my face. But weighing myself weekly, I don't have that much to show for it. How should I go about this? Is losing 1 kilo a month acceptable? My meal consist of nuts (local ones with no additives, coffee with no sugar or cream, mangoes, oranges, brown or white rice (around 2 cups a day), pork/beef, wheat bread. Since the pandemic, I am having a hard time finding healthy snack options. Thank you so much for the insight. I am a bit disheartened when I look at my scale. [link] [comments] |
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