Weight loss: Today I reached 40 days without any added sugar products!!! Feeling awesome and energized. |
- Today I reached 40 days without any added sugar products!!! Feeling awesome and energized.
- Is anyone looking forward to being "visible" to men or women after weight loss?
- Met with nutritionist and got weighed yesterday
- I just got diagnosed with PCOS yesterday, so if I want children, its time to buckle up for the ride, because today is day one, and I'm going to lose the weight!!! (Also looking for MFP friends to motivate me)
- I lost my first 20 lbs!
- My binge wasn’t meant to be.
- 365 Days of Tracking (NSV)
- Made a cake in "celebration" for cutting back sugar, I stopped midway and left it on the counter.
- Down 20lbs!! Under 150 today! F/24 SW: 170 CW: 149.4 GW: 125
- Any previously very fit people, now obese and trying to lose weight? Help, advice etc. All welcome.
- Having sex with new partners after weight loss when you hate your body
- NSV: The sales girl handed me a medium!
- I binged the other day.
- COVID-19 and Obesity—Don’t be afraid—Do take action.
- Took me a full year - lost 40 lbs! So happy M/32/5'7 SW:205 CW:165 GW:150
- I'm meal prepping and exercising daily but don't see any results on the scale.
- Today I am 69kg, which is the lightest I have been for more than a decade.
- Lost 30lbs from my max weight, have a large amount of loose skin, why?
- F29 5’3 138 lbs - biggest I’ve ever been slight ED talk
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: August 21st, 2020
- Reached Plateau! HELP :(
- Gritting my teeth & sticking to it - it's so hard!
- Fallen off wagon and struggling to overcome plateau
- My mom and I need to lose weight what I'd the first step and how do I stay on track?
| Today I reached 40 days without any added sugar products!!! Feeling awesome and energized. Posted: 20 Aug 2020 08:06 AM PDT I have been having a fight with my sweet tooth since I have been a kid so this is a huge milestone for me. This is not the first time I tried to get rid of it, but what I have found works the best is if do not depend on my willpower. I clear my house of all the sweets and sugars so I don't have something I can just grab and eat whenever I am feeling down. This decision has made me more balanced throughout the day. Even in the evening I no longer have to seek energy to work out as I did before because of the sugar crush. Thank you all for the motivation, your success stories make me realize I too can be in a shape I want to be https://imgur.com/a/nhCIV77 EDIT:To all of you asking - the app I use is called Timecap. [link] [comments] |
| Is anyone looking forward to being "visible" to men or women after weight loss? Posted: 20 Aug 2020 11:19 AM PDT Thats over half the reason why I am trying to lose weight. Sure, as a women I have had success on dating sites. But while on them I was always anxious that despite me not catfishing, I would still be rejected for my weight. And in my life there is a correlation of me entering abusive dating dynamics and general bad times when I am overweight/obese. The best of times in my life have been when I was 40 lbs less than what I am now (5'2" 191). So, I am trying to lose weight to get those good times in my life back again. I am also excited to be visible to men. Ive never truly been visible. Thats to say, no men have ever looked at me or hit on me in person. Id like to know what it feels like to be a pretty woman to society, I suppose. But i am working hard trying to lose 90 or so lbs ill get to my goal! Are you looking forward to be visible to the opposite or same sex? [link] [comments] |
| Met with nutritionist and got weighed yesterday Posted: 20 Aug 2020 08:12 PM PDT I am at 420 pounds, down 10 since June. Nutritionist says my attitude is great, gave me a list of things to cut out, and a list of things she wants me eating more. Today was grocery day and we only bought things on the approved food list. My roommate is a really good cook, and is helping me with coming up with meal plans based around what is on the good list, and she is badgering me about portion control so I don't do the whole mindless eating thing. I am excited to keep moving forward, and to find options for the flavors I love, without all the crap that usually comes with them. I think I have a good start! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Aug 2020 01:27 PM PDT I don't expect this to get any attention, but I wanted to post this because it validates me as actually taking this seriously. I am a 21F college student that weighs 260lbs and who works at fast food part time. Since I was young, I was always chubbier. At the age of 13 my weight spiraled out of control. I've always wanted to lose the weight but I never felt like I could. I have been prediabetic since I was 13 and its getting closer to diabetes. If I want to prevent that, and if I intend to help my PCOS so that I can have kids, I need to start NOW! I downloaded MFP again (Lowkey I would like more friends on MFP so if you are interested, lemme know!!!) and im trying to stick to a 1400 calorie diet. I'm really scared about failing again but I want to do this! I feel a lot of motivation right now to do this and I don't want to quit! My ultimate goal is to be under 145 lbs and I know it's a lot but I can do this. Since I'm a college student the gym is free up there. So depending on how it is with current events, my goal is to head there and workout a bit. Anyways, this post is the post thats gonna hold me accountable for my weight loss journey. It starts today and things are only going to get better from here. If anybody has advice they are willing to share, please share it! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Aug 2020 07:40 AM PDT I just wanted to share my excitement! I still have a ways to go, but it feels good to have lost 20 pounds already. I started in June and have had some ups and downs but it keeps coming off and I can't wait for more! My first big goal is to get under 200 lbs, so I still have 25 lbs to go and I am READY for it. I've lost a total of 14.5 inches, and 3.33 points off of my starting BMI. I FEEL so much better. I have IBS, and it has all but disappeared for me! Keeping a closer eye on what I put in my body has helped me track down my trigger foods, so not only am I gaining the happiness from losing the weight, but I'm feeling so much healthier and happier. Although working from home has made me feel trapped at times, I truly have to thank quarantine for giving me the opportunity to get my crap together and stick with it for once. I know this is different this time - when I read the CDC COVID high risk BMI number, it all clicked for me and I knew I couldn't keep doing this to myself. I truly feel like my weight was just getting closer to killing me every day. I was afraid to go to sleep because maybe I wouldn't wake up in the morning (I still fear that a little bit since I am still big, but much less now). I have heart issues, and they seem to have lessened, and I have acid reflux, which is all but null now. I know this is quite the ramble, but I'm just so thrilled about my progress and the rest of my journey, and I want you all to know that if I can do this, so can you. The benefits far outweigh the temptation to resort to old habits, and I really do feel a lifestyle change happening. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Aug 2020 05:33 PM PDT For the past couple of months, I have been diligently tracking my calories. I kept my exercise regimen, I ate bad food in moderation if I really craved it, and overall I was going on the right track. I saw weight falling off and clothes getting loose. I even started having control on my craving and didn't act out like an animal whenever I had one. Until two days ago. I saw the most BEAUTIFUL brownie recipe I have ever laid my eyes on. The most fudge-y, thicc™️, and gooey brownies. I could not stop thinking about making it. I tried to reason with myself. "If you make that, you WILL end up binging it all in one go. Do NOT do it, syanidesurpise. DONT." Unsurprisingly, that went from one ear through the other. I couldn't resist, and ultimately, I cracked today. I set on making them in the wee hours of the morning so that no one will be witness to the crime scene of the homicide (browniecide????) that would soon occur in the kitchen in less than 2 hours. Everything was going well. The brownie batter had a perfect consistency, and no problems happened. Even then, despite all of my efforts, I ended up burning them. Something went wrong, and by the time I realised that, the brownies were a goner. Not a single piece could've been salvaged. Still, I tried eating a piece just to curb the craving, and MY GOD did they taste horrible. I might have well opted to eat a rock because they were that over baked. The craving suddenly shrivelled up and died with that tiny piece of brownie that I ate. I'm honestly so glad this happened, because I knew if I had gotten around baking that brownie, I would've eaten the entire tray and probably slip up really badly for a week or two. I would feel bad about myself, binge more, and the cycle repeats. It always happens, so I tend to not put myself in a position where I get sweets or chocolates as they set off something in me and I just stop counting calories and ruin hard earned progress. My binge wasn't meant to be, and I am glad that happened, as I can now focus on my journey once again. Now going back on track lol. Edit: added a few sentences. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Aug 2020 10:56 PM PDT I made it an entire year of tracking my intake. I use Lose It! app and have been so faithful. I haven't lost as much weight as I wanted to, only 45lbs. But man have I been happy to not gain weight this year. It's been such an eye opening experience to see where my issues are. I recently started paying more attention to my macros and realize my sugar and fat intake is so high. Also learning that some foods, like a simple ham sandwich, can be upward of 700 calories. And that measuring out your food really matters. I have had a lot of weeks in the red, where I'm over by thousands of calories. But making myself be accountable for those weeks has been good for me. Also realizing I do so much better on a diet of moderation vs cutting out whole food groups. I'm really sticking to the 'Don't make changes you can't live with forever'. Because you're girl is not going forever without french fires. Someone on here said, "Don't deny, delay" and that has also been life changing. I will say the longer I've tracked, the easier it gets. My recipes and reoccurring foods are all saved in my app and easy to get to. My husband will help me weigh and measure foods and save barcodes to scan. He's the best. Just wanting to celebrate this moment, because it's the longest I've stuck to anything and I've got a long ways to go. Here's to celebrating this moment again in 365 days! [link] [comments] |
| Made a cake in "celebration" for cutting back sugar, I stopped midway and left it on the counter. Posted: 20 Aug 2020 09:17 PM PDT Today has been one month without desserts. I decided to make a cake and I don't even want it anymore, currently I'm at 297.3, I started at 325 in April. I made a bet with myself one month ago, and it had a simple, but dramatic idea: if I have one sweet, I have to donate my money to charity. It was dumb looking back, but It kept me motivated. I feel stupid for making it now as I write this.. I stopped doing it and just left it on the counter and walked away, I thought maybe it would be good to try desserts again, thinking "Oh Im sure it'll just be too sweet. But it won't hurt". but the entire time I just didn't really have interest in it anymore. Cutting sugar back dramatically has helped me out so much, and I can just be overthinking this, but I know I'm gonna just go back to what I did before I started, just consuming loads of sweets and such until I feel weird It sounds odd to say that, but I'm happy I left it on the counter. I do not care that I spent around $13 for ingredients and.such, this just doesn't feel right. someone else can have it honestly. Maybe later on, but one month is too early to go back. [link] [comments] |
| Down 20lbs!! Under 150 today! F/24 SW: 170 CW: 149.4 GW: 125 Posted: 20 Aug 2020 09:04 PM PDT I just started getting serious about weight loss after being in denial for a few years. I had initially gained about 15 pounds due to hormones and then continued to gain, because I felt bad about myself when I looked in the mirror and felt hopeless about the amount of weight I was gaining and how quickly it was happening. I was avoiding weighing myself due to the extreme anxiety I had and continuing to deny how much weight I gained. Last year around this time, I went to the doctor and they weighed me at 170. I couldn't sleep at night. I was an athlete and was consistently around 125lbs all my life. I had really let myself go and was so disgusted in myself, but I didn't even know where to start with weight loss. It had never been something I thought about, I used to eat whatever I wanted, and not gain a pound. Since that doctors visit and now, I continued to avoid the scale. I started to try to eat healthier, eat less, try IF, etc. I always gave up whatever new thing I was trying within a few weeks. IF was hard when I saw friends for meals. Eating healthier is just hard in general... I love food. Now with COVID (and the fact that I'm working so much...) I started off with IF and then now I'm doing lazy OMAD, still eating pretty much anything I want (but incorporating more veggies). I eat meal around 5-6pm, drink plenty of water throughout the day, and eventually I could physically tell I had lost some weight - even though I had never taken measurements or actually recorded my weight. I gained the courage and finally stepped on the scale and saw I lost 20lbs, and now I'm feeling more motivated than ever to continue. OMAD has been so easy after a few weeks of getting used to it. I'm so excited to continue to do OMAD, incorporate some work outs, and get back to my original weight thanks to this sub and the IF/OMAD sub. I've learned so much from you all!! [link] [comments] |
| Any previously very fit people, now obese and trying to lose weight? Help, advice etc. All welcome. Posted: 20 Aug 2020 10:31 PM PDT Hey all ❤️ Long time lurker, love the community, and I'm finally going all in with weight loss... Again 🙃🙃 Not fond of talking about myself, and found writing this felt narcissistic/self centred, but hopefully this pathway to weightloss ressonates with some enough to find some reason to share or make an accountability group or something? (Writing this on an old phone and writing whatever comes to mind. Sorry if it's disjointed) Weight gain story:
After/during highschool I was extraordinarily fit and lean, into endurance sports and weightlifting. I tried to find photos, but I've never been one to take them. Will post if I can find! In my first 2 years of university I became more and more addicted to weight training/plyometric training and nutritional science. I was addicted, life revolved around fitness and health. The only "bad thing" I would have was a little bit of sweet chilli sauce with my lentils sometimes. I LOVED it, despite what that sounds like. I could never see a world where I could "let myself go" and I used to feel no empathy for those who had, or emotions in general. Towards the end of my second year in 2015, I had an event triggering something that happened in childhood. A thing my brain had completely shut out. It made me a robot (emotionally) to deal with it. What followed was deep depression (till recently), insomnia (both diagnosed, and worked through them) and a complete change in everything I loved (gym, nutrition, learning, going out, friends) becoming a chore. More to the point my weight fluctuation went as follows over the next 5 years (I'm male, 186cm - (6' 1" or whatever it is)) : edit i have been seeing a psychologist for 1+year, and continue to see them ** I'm currently in a very strong place mentally with the tools to work through things that come up** (don't want to worry anyone) Over the next 6 months: 85-90 kgs fit - - - - > 108kgs moderately active - powerlifting, hitting weights I never imagined, but was very UNFIT. I dropped out of university, focused ONLY on losing the weight for 4 months. Worked on a farm for the next 5 months eating 6,000 calories ++ per day and still lost weight - > to 81kgs very lean, some muscle lost. *the next 2 years I slowly rose up, Down, and up to 100kgs and stayed there until 2018. In which I became very isolated, tried to go back to university without having dealt with any of my problems, failed the year, had a comical amount of Injuries, had knee surgery etc. and gained 46kgs till I hit my highest weight of 146kgs (after dieting for a few days, so probably a little more, but I didn't weigh 😳). I constantly still thought I was my past self though and had a horrible time accepting it, thinking "I still have all this knowledge on nutrition and exercise, I can easily just click my fingers and implement it as I had for years prior" despite the fact that I couldn't do it for more than a week or two before devolving back into this food scoffing dump truck, eating 4 large pizzas with 4 sides and a Coke zero (cause I was worried about drinking my calories 🤔🤔) in half an hour. I reeled my weight in depending on my injuries and how active I could be - hovering between 115kgs and 135kgs ish. Obviously only exercise changed things, diet was still awful, completely reliant on comfort food - emotional eating. If I did try change diet it was all extremely bland, rice, vegetables, and lentils. Throughout this time I tried all the things that previously worked for the fitness fanatic version of me, CICO, my fitness pal, changing training to lighter weights, walking my crazy doggo. Things worked but I'd always hit a wall or start "rewarding myself" for hitting a goal and go off the rails. In a low point of my mental state, after recovering from surgery and reinjuring the knee right after at the new job I got, I was fortunate enough to go back to my parents' house for a few months to rebuild myself, work on the trauma, get habits in check. It worked for a while but the cycle of gaining and losing started again. From 144kgs down to 118kgs right before COVID happened, then back to 135 ish, and now back to losing weight again 😂😂😂. Mentally, I've made strides and still working on things, I'm back studying what I love, despite still not having the capacity to do everything I want to do - largely cause of my body. Enough about the story/past: currently, my weight loss over the last 3 weeks has gone from 134kgs to 127kgs currently. I have, for the first time created a proper tasty meal plan, stuck to it without relying on extreme amounts of exercise. Not gotten takeaways/worked it into CICO. Not cheated. Not had extreme cravings for certain foods, only slight hunger. I've seen the amount of money I've spent on fast food, and am sickened by it. I feel like something has clicked on the diet end of things, which never happened before. The exercise has a bit to be desired, but it'll come with time. I will update with pictures, milestones, failures, and anything that has lessened the burden on will power. Partially just to write things down and document this - doesn't matter if nobody reads or interacts with the post. My current array of stretch marks are a sign of growth in more ways than just physical. I've had the privilege of learning a hell of a lot about myself through this journey, and clearly there is a lot more to learn. My goal weight is 90kgs, with numerous milestones along the way of course. Not sure how this posting thing works but pics to come. TL;DR: background on my weight gain/start of loss/lifestyle change story - (extremely fit, then trauma triggered depression, gained 50+ kg, now losing weight in a more suitable manner working on my relationship with food). Share any fit to fat to fit stories? Please share any helpful tips/whether your situation is similar or not. Call me out on any bullshit I'm telling myself, let me know if I should add or take out anything from the post to make it easier to understand or read, anything that might help :) [link] [comments] |
| Having sex with new partners after weight loss when you hate your body Posted: 20 Aug 2020 03:38 PM PDT Hi all, I've lost about 20 kilos since december 2019, from 108 kilos to about 88. I'm a 163 cm tall woman, so I'm still classified as morbidly obese on the BMI scale. I've seen my body change a bit this year and because of my weight loss, I haven't been able to have sex for a year, because I just hate my body so much and I'm so ashamed of it. I don't know why it's harder for me to think about having sex now than it was when I was at my heaviest, but now it feels like something unsurmountable. I miss having sex, but when I look at my body, my huge stomach and back (I have an apple shaped body), the loose skin on my inner thighs... just everything... everything is so disgusting to me and I feel like I would disgust a potential partner and I know I mentally can't handle being told I'm not sexually attractive by someone I want to have sex with. So.. I just don't put myself out there. I'm 25 years old and single and I would like to meet someone, or at the very least have sex once in a while, but I feel completely stuck. Has anyone been through this? How did you overcome it? I know some of you might have met a long term partner, but for those of you who started having casual sex again after feeling like I do now, how did it go? Were you comfortable, were you criticized by your partner...? Also, thank you for all the motivation, guys! :) [link] [comments] |
| NSV: The sales girl handed me a medium! Posted: 20 Aug 2020 03:58 AM PDT I'm down 40 pounds now and hardly any of my clothes fit. I'm trying to shop as little as possible because I'm still losing but when I try on clothes I get so excited when I see how much better I look. Anyway, I had such a moment when at a store I was trying on a jumpsuit that I loved and I asked the sales girl to grab me a tshirt to go under it. Without asking she handed me a size medium. I was glowing. I don't even remember the last time I picked up a medium thinking it might fit me before this weight loss, but the fact that someone else might casually assume that was my size now blew my mind. As a side note, women's clothes sizes are insane... I bought the romper in size large, a tshirt for under it (at a different store) in size small, a pair of shorts and a blouse in size medium. I can't believe I will legitimately be wearing size medium regularly soon... Anyone else have one of these type moments? I've been having a lot of clothes moments lately and I'm feeling so much more confident in my skin. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Aug 2020 05:30 AM PDT I binged the other day. After 10 months binge free. After thinking I had buried the old me. After thinking I had everything under control. I binged the other day. After 150 pounds of weight loss. I lost control the other day. I do not know what came over me. I didn't care about my weight loss for 12 solid hours. I ate until I felt like garbage. Then I ate some more. I ate like the 315 pound version of myself, and then some. But instead of giving up this time. Instead of binging today, I rubbed my own shoulder. I patted my own back. And I told myself it's going to be ok. I am not perfect. I cannot hope and wish and pray that I will never fuck up again. I am owning it. I am moving forward. Instead of falling back into the spiral that I always do, expecting to do the same thing and somehow have a different outcome, something changed in me today. I binged today, on a positive mindset. I ate a healthy dinner today, instead of restricting for 2 days to make up for the extra calories. I binged today, on fresh air when I walked my dog. Not because I felt guilty, but because I love being outside and moving my body. I binged today, by buying a journal for the first time in my adult life. I binged on the feelings I wrote on paper, finally admitting to myself that I am scared. I don't have this all figured out. And that's ok. I binged today, on the relief that comes with knowing that this is the rest of my life. And taking care of myself feels so much better than 10,000 calories of cookies and ice cream ever will. [link] [comments] |
| COVID-19 and Obesity—Don’t be afraid—Do take action. Posted: 20 Aug 2020 11:12 PM PDT I've been a lurker here for a while, and while so many have given back to me, I wanted to try and help ease the fear and anxiety for some around COVID-19 and obesity. Apologies for the longish post. When COVID-19 hit, I had just lost my father to an unrelated illness. He was an amazing man, and I miss him everyday. I spent a lot of time in the hospital with him just as COVID was taking hold here in the US. I remember being very afraid generally of COVID-19, but even more so after reading articles about the links between obesity and severe COVID 19 outcomes. I freaked out and had a few anxiety spells when I thought of all the exposure I may have had with my Dad in the hospital. I started having really debilitating mental blocks, "oh if I get this disease I will surely die." "How did I let myself get so overweight." "If only I had taken weight loss more seriously, I could have avoided this terrible situation." All these thoughts had me stuck. I have a lot of weight to lose >50lbs, and so I often thought, "what's the point now?" I was so afraid of COVID-19 and it's impact on overweight people, like myself, that I sort of threw in the towel. Until, I found new hope after speaking with several doctors. What I learned was that while someone who is obese does have an elevated risk of a more serious outcome from COVID, that doesn't mean that you are destined for hospitalization, or death, should you catch it. I don't mean to imply that COVID-19 isn't dangerous—it certainly is, and more so for certain folks—however, I found new hope in knowing that my health and survival from the disease weren't foregone conclusions just because I am obese. I was also encouraged to bring in any news articles/studies about COVID and obesity to my primary care doctor, and she would review these with me. She mentioned that while some studies are helpful, a lot of news media will run with the most alarming headline they can. This isn't to say that none of these articles/studies are helpful/legitimate and better inform patient care for obese people. However, I took a lot of comfort in reviewing these findings with a medical professional and hope some of you can do the same. I used this new hope/inspiration from my doctors to really focus on what I have control over, and have gotten laser focused on my overall health and well-being. All to say, getting healthier, no matter where you're starting is a long game. Try to focus on what you can control, and realize that sometimes your mental state can have a massive impact on your physical well being. [link] [comments] |
| Took me a full year - lost 40 lbs! So happy M/32/5'7 SW:205 CW:165 GW:150 Posted: 20 Aug 2020 12:01 PM PDT Weighed in this morning and was surprised with the 165 mark. Wanted to share my success with this community, where I have only lurked, but learnt a ton, and have been inspired on the daily. Thanks! I started this journey last year August. I Started with going to the Gym 4-5 times a week, and doing CICO. It has been an up and down journey, with lots of travel (to start the year) and than quarantine making it tricky at times, but I was able to stick with it, and i'm so happy! My goal moving forward is to continue to add muscle, while trying to cut some more. [link] [comments] |
| I'm meal prepping and exercising daily but don't see any results on the scale. Posted: 21 Aug 2020 12:55 AM PDT Hello all! I'm 19 Male and 5'9. I started eating healthy around 1 month ago and I was at my highest at 165 lbs...I kind of fell off the wagon again for a week but i'm down to 157 right now. However, I've been 157 for literally 1 week now, and i'm so confused and it's starting to discourage me. I have been doing the Chloe Ting 2 week shred challenge everyday for a week now (It's killer but now that I've added in exercise I feel like i'm glowing and happy and overall feeling more positive.) I also run 1 mile on the treadmill every 2 days on top of the chloe ting. Now for meal prepping I eat super healthy unprocessed food (weirdly enough I'm not really having any cravings like junk food like I usually would as I do have Binge Eating Disorder but meal prepping is really helping me learn I believe) If I had to say the amount of calories from meal prepping I'd say it's around 1200-1450 calories per day that I take in. I feel like i'm doing everything right and losing no weight to show for it. Is it possible that i'm gaining muscle that fast? Or am I just doing something wrong. I also drink up to a gallon of water everyday. [link] [comments] |
| Today I am 69kg, which is the lightest I have been for more than a decade. Posted: 20 Aug 2020 04:04 PM PDT 2 years ago I weighed over 100Kg and my doctor told me that I was 2 people in a body of 1(I am 5ft 6, M 30 presently). It was harsh to listen to that but it was what I needed. I was on a good track last year but because of some issues in my then relationship I stumbled and went into a abyss. I have myself the end of the year to gratify in whatever way I wanted but I needed to clean my act starting from 2020. I was 91.6Kg on Jan 1. I knew that avoiding all the junk things all together ain't gonna help me on the long run, I NEEDED to change my lifestyle. I avoided carbs as much as I could, cooked at home as often as I could. I set approachable and rewarded myself with my fav type of food. I never overate or starved and had strict control on my portion especially if the type of food was unhealthy. Most importantly I gave myself time. If my weight went up I would tell myself that it's a slight bump and I can recover myself back, which I ended up doing. I made a habit to avoid public transport at all cost and I have the type of job where I need to be at the office(fortunately it is quite easy to maintain social distance) I walk 5Km to and from work everyday and I try to maintain the active lifestyle. We have 1 hour of exercise time here which I utilise early in the morning(5AM) where there is no one in sight. My journey hasn't ended yet, there are still many things I need to accomplish health wise and to reach my target weight which is 62-65Kg and I want to wish y'all good luck in your current journey to find yourself and be the better version that you want to see in you. [link] [comments] |
| Lost 30lbs from my max weight, have a large amount of loose skin, why? Posted: 20 Aug 2020 11:59 PM PDT Is there something wrong with me? My highest weight ever was 230~ ish lbs at 5 foot 9, I've lost around 30lbs now over the course of a few years and I have what I feel like is a massive amount of loose skin, and stretch marks, this is sort of what it looks like, but mine is worse. I didn't lose the weight too quickly and I also didn't lose that large of an amount at once, what is happening here? I'm a 23 year old male who is active and eats pretty healthy if that helps, not sure what else to add but I'd padding a bit here so this post doesn't get removed for "inadequate content" I'm 200lbs down from 230 and while I feel better than before it's kinda hard to deal with all the loose skin, despite me not even losing that much... Also I would really like to know if anyone has experienced this before, I'm thinking something like Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is causing the insane elasticity but I have no clue, no doctor has ever noticed anything like that. I've got stretch marks like a pregnant woman, quite literally. [link] [comments] |
| F29 5’3 138 lbs - biggest I’ve ever been slight ED talk Posted: 20 Aug 2020 10:36 PM PDT Hi guys! I've always been fairly small weight wise but I've packed on about 20-30 pounds (😬) over the last 12 months or so. I've gained more weight since WFH over the last few months and not walking to and from work and being out and about as much. I'm hoping to get down to around 110-115 by the end of the year or early next year. Is that realistic? I've had a history of eating disorders but over the last few years I have not being controlling and my weight (obviously!). I've starting counting calories and aiming for around 1400 a day while going for walks/runs/ballet/you tube workouts - I'm aiming for 3-5 times a week I want to get back to a healthier weight without getting back into a dangerous mindset. Any help/suggestions would be much appreciated :-) [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: August 21st, 2020 Posted: 20 Aug 2020 11:25 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] |
| Posted: 20 Aug 2020 10:07 PM PDT 22/F, SW-97.6kg, CW-88.8kg, GW-57kg So, I' started eating healthy and working out from May. I have a history of eating disorder and PCOS ( I've been taking medications). I've been telling myself that it's okay to lose weight slower than others, everybody is different. I've been patient all along. In July, I had my periods for almost a month so I wasn't able to do much. I started on medication from august 4. And I've lost around 9 kg. I am super proud of myself, Because I was a mess last year. I'm in a much better place now! Okay now coming to the point, at the beginning of May I used to do a lot of cardio. Then, I slowly started doing resistance training with the resistance band, and Now I've finally got weights (5kg Dumbbells) and I'm loving it. I also walk 10k steps (one and a half hour). I try to do weight training with dumbbells for an hour. I try to eat around 1400-1500 a day. I've been very disciplined when it comes to my diet :) It's been nearly 3-4 days. My weight is literally not moving. I honestly don't know what to do. I feel so unmotivated now :/ Maybe I'm not doing enough? Is there any way to break this plateau :/ [link] [comments] |
| Gritting my teeth & sticking to it - it's so hard! Posted: 20 Aug 2020 12:51 PM PDT I've been on this journey for 40 days and I've lost 8 pounds. I have 74 pounds total to lose to be at the top of my "healthy weight." This is the first time I've used CICO in any meaningful way. I have Hashimoto's Thyroidosis, multiple food allergies & Endometriosis. Basically fighting my immune system and hormones every step of the way. When I got my period last time, I gained 5 pounds and it took 2 weeks to lose it again and move on to further weight loss. It was extremely disheartening, to say the least. I stuck to it. It was really hard. I wanted to give up so many times. I did the calculation and that's still 1.4 pounds per week on average, which is good. I'm very tired most of the time, so I haven't brought exercise into my daily plan yet. Every single day I want to give up. I want to say screw it, and at least eat and drink what I want, satisfy any whim I experience. I also want to be healthy. I went through a lot of stress, a bad relationship where my finances and my happiness were ruined, and my body went to hell along with it in the last few years. I really, truly want to shed all reminders of that crappy time and my extra chub is a big one. Slow loss is difficult to stick to, but from what I understand, that's the best way to maintain weight loss. It's a constant internal struggle to keep moving forward without BIG results, but I'm still fighting. Based on 1.4 pounds lost per week, I will be at my goal weight in 48 weeks. That puts me at the end of July, 2021, which means a one year commitment to my health, total. Then I can maintain. It seems daunting, but also doable. I simply have to keep in mind that my period may stall me for a few weeks so that I don't give up in despair. [link] [comments] |
| Fallen off wagon and struggling to overcome plateau Posted: 20 Aug 2020 11:22 PM PDT Hey guys. So I've lost about 20lbs since a few years ago but I have been thinner before. I have found the last two years a plateau I can't overcome. I will admit my eating has not been consistent and I'm ready to make fresh changes but I feel like such a failure. I get demotivated super easily because I have intermittent fatigue issues so sometimes I'll be working out regularly and living my life then others I can't move from bed for a few days. I've been looking into it with doctors incase it's cfs. Anyway do you guys have any words of advice or encouragement when you hit this point. I feel like I could use some good vibes to buzz me a little into continuing my journey. [link] [comments] |
| My mom and I need to lose weight what I'd the first step and how do I stay on track? Posted: 21 Aug 2020 01:32 AM PDT Hey guys, I, like lots of people, have gained weight over quarantine (50 lbs) and I'm extremely sick and tired and overall just over with being overweight. Same goes for my mom. We've tried keto, although I wasn't doing it religiously, we lost a couple pounds. My mom losing about 20. Me losing about 5-ish. But, I just didn't feel satisfied with the food we were eating. For some reason having, let's say 1 piece of bread as opposed to having 0 bread, was much harder than just not having any at all. So, I saw a video talking about a diet called the carnivore diet, and I thought to myself, wow, this sounds like the perfect diet for me. I love chicken, steak, fish, whatever. Perfect. Now I need to find out how can I break the bad habits I've built up over quarantine and create better habits. Such as, not eating any food late at night out of boredom. That same video spoke about ghrelin and how people today in the U.S eat like kings 1000 years ago and how he lowered and ignored ( don't know if that's the correct wording for that sorry ) the ghrelin levels so he could I guess balance it out and just eat whenever he wants to. Now, I know that this a very extreme example of fasting and that it doesn't work for everyone. But, I really want to at least attempt it, maybe not as extreme but, still want to try. If anybody has any tips or advice on- Breaking bad habits Making new good habits Diets Exercise Anything that would be useful in my journey to being down to a healthy weight again Would be greatly appreciated :) I am 16 years old, 6,1 265-ish pounds not 100 percent sure. Thank you for reading my post [link] [comments] |
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