Weight loss: Turns out leaving a toxic relationship is a great weight loss plan! |
- Turns out leaving a toxic relationship is a great weight loss plan!
- I Just Got 5000 Steps in on My Lunch Break Instead of Smoking!
- Today I’m officially down 30 pounds!
- It's time to start my journey - dedicating this to my late brother
- Walking Literally As Often As Possible
- I’m starting to see my hips instead of my belly!
- ~40lbs down. It's been a tough road, but the payoff is so worth it. If I can do it, so can you!
- PSA: Don’t forget to recalibrate/balance your scale!
- I almost made ramen noodles tonight.
- I don’t have IBS, I was just overeating!
- Lost about 6 months of work... feel like shit
- So I spent a week making workout routines for strangers in an online game. . .
- Eating bad makes me feel bad, so why the heck do I keep doing it?!
- That feeling when someone notices your weight loss!
- Is it possible to lose fat but not weight?
- When you have a bad day...
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 27
- Finally realised that binge-eating disorder isn’t just a “lack of self-control”, and that it needed to be treated like any other eating disorder (I.e. with therapy)
- Dealing with embarrassment
- [Century Club] August 27, 2020 - Have you lost or need to lose 100 lbs or more? Here’s a thread just for you!
- After years of trying, today is officially the day!
- When your partner gets on the bandwagon
- Changes start today! Not Monday, not the 1st of next month, not after my birthday... Today
| Turns out leaving a toxic relationship is a great weight loss plan! Posted: 27 Aug 2020 05:19 PM PDT 6' (F) SW 345 CW 285 GW 250 My ex had some feeder tendencies. I was always overweight but towards the end of the relationship he would give me fast food to sedate/calm me at night. Our only "activity" together was getting food in some way, shape, or form. When we broke up I thought I would balloon up to 400 because of my emotional eating....turns out I was doing more of that in the relationship! I got a manual labor job for a bit which helped kick start my exercise/activity level. I made an effort to go hiking/exploring every week since I moved to the mountains to get away from the ex. I started purposely eating half that was in front of me (and saving the rest for lunch the next day) and trying to eat a vegetable with every meal. I've limited carbs/starches on alternating days. I also stopped eating fast food. To all those who think that they need to stay in a relationship because they're overweight or feel unattractive/like you wouldn't be able to get anyone else, STOP! You are probably putting yourself in a worse position, and you'd be so much happier just taking care of you [link] [comments] |
| I Just Got 5000 Steps in on My Lunch Break Instead of Smoking! Posted: 27 Aug 2020 03:56 AM PDT That's all. It's a big deal to me. It was so hard to not go buy a pack of smokes today. I don't smoke at home because I have a kiddo and have been doing well for a couple weeks now, but work is a different story. I work in a quiet office by myself, in a beautiful place. It is so nice just to go sit outside and have a smoke on my breaks. I wanted to break down and go buy a pack just to get the whole experience, the sun, the green trees, the grassy hill, the stone steps, the people watching it's so great especially with a hot cup of coffee. I fought the urge though and just started walking until I was tired which happened to be around 5100 steps. Back to work. [link] [comments] |
| Today I’m officially down 30 pounds! Posted: 27 Aug 2020 03:04 PM PDT So, a little back story. I'm 29, 5 6, male and started this year around 190. The heaviest recorded weight I've ever been (I'm sure I've been heavier but I hadn't weighed myself in a long time). Late last year I had a standard physical with labs and my liver enzyme numbers were about 3x higher than they should have been. Fast forward a month later and I had been diagnosed with Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, the more severe form of Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. My liver is scarred because of it, and my doctor told me that if I kept my diet and didn't lose weight I'd likely need a liver transplant by my 40s. That was some motivation, but I was surprised at how hard it was to lose weight at first. I felt like I'd push myself, change my diet and nothing would happen. I'd get burnt out and go back to my old ways. Well, I decided to make smaller changes in my diet incrementally along with meticulously counting calories. I started going for one walk a day, then upped it to 2, 2 mile walks a day. I'm now looking to start training for a 5k. This morning I weighed myself and I'm down to 160! I still have a smidge left to get to my goal weight but I'm so excited. I am going to schedule some tests to see how it's impacted my liver, but I'm thinking it's helped because I feel so much better! I don't really have anybody to brag about this to, so I wanted to post here as a way to get it out to the universe :) [link] [comments] |
| It's time to start my journey - dedicating this to my late brother Posted: 27 Aug 2020 05:48 PM PDT Hi all, Hopefully this post isn't too long but I'll start with my stats: Gender: Female For reference: Most recent full body picture of me and here is a picture of my brother Five weeks ago, my younger brother lost his battle with addiction. He overdosed and I never got to say goodbye to him. The last conversation we had was a huge fight. He was 31. Prior to this, my brother loved the gym. He would go 5-6 days a week and he was very fit. Despite his addiction to drugs, he was quite fit (aesthetically speaking). He would always try and get me to go with him, but i was always too busy. I never made time to go with him, to do something with him that we could bond over. I feel guilty that I should have helped him more, spent more time with him and just generally should have been there for him. I am dealing with all of this in therapy now. After my brothers death, I took a long hard look at my unhealthy life. I eat terribly, I sit at a desk all day, I'm not active. Ive been going to the gym but I haven't seen results because I haven't been eating properly. My heart was never in it. I'm unhappy with how I look and how I feel about myself. I asked myself, "what is the point of being unhappy?". We get one life, and it can be taken at anytime. I should be working towards being happy and content inside. I want to work on myself and be better. In a way, I am addicted to carbs and to sugar, and it was hypocritical of me to just think he could quit easily. I struggle with sugar and it must have been about 100 times harder for him. So starting on 21st of Aug 2020, I cut out sugar and have started eating clean. I did cardio, and saw my PT twice. I've lost 1.3kg (2.8 lbs) as of today. I'm amazed at what i could achieve in one week. In March 2021, I am getting married and I am heartbroken that you will not be there by my side. This journey is for me, of course, but I am also doing it for you bro. I'm sorry I let you down and I miss you. If you see this, please keep me accountable. It's going to be hard mentally, emotionally and physically, but I have never felt so determined in my life. Thanks for reading. One more thing, if theres someone out there that you have had a fight with, or you are upset with, don't leave it like that. Pick up the phone and make peace with them. Even if you were in the right, they were in the right...just do it, make peace and walk away if you have to. [link] [comments] |
| Walking Literally As Often As Possible Posted: 27 Aug 2020 08:29 PM PDT How often and how far do you all walk each day? The average person burns a hundred calories per mile, even more if you are overweight of course. Meaning you can burn an extra pound of fat ALONE by walking at least an extra 5 miles each day given you aren't going over maintenance. So it only makes sense to squeeze AS MUCH WALKING AS POSSIBLE into your day if the goal is fat loss. Today I walked my dogs two miles, and later walked roughly 5.5 miles about the lake. An estimate of how many calories that is burned for a person of my weight (196lb) would be 937 calories. Given that's even remotely correct, that is a HUGE return for only a couple hours taken out of your day. It seems so obvious but I so often forget that the time any time you spend walking is worth its weight in gold. Today I REALLY slipped up on my diet, and ate an entire 1000+ calorie meat lover's calzone for lunch. Oops. But combined with walking a ton and fitting my dinner roughly to meet maintenance, and my body feels like it made progress today. The upside to this, I feel, is that unlike jogging or running, you CAN do 5+ miles every day with no downsides or risk of getting injured, or having it interfere with your recovery from strength training. [link] [comments] |
| I’m starting to see my hips instead of my belly! Posted: 27 Aug 2020 01:59 PM PDT I'm about 10 lbs from my goal weight of 140 lbs. I started at 280 lbs and hadn't been below 250 lbs since I was probably 12 years old (I am now 23). This may actually be the lowest weight I can ever remember being. Anyway, weight loss for me has been interesting because I've never been skinny. I've never experienced a "normal" body. I have never seen my hips. They started making their debut a few months ago, but now my tummy is shrinking more than the rest of me (FINALLY!! I carried most of my weight on my stomach, I have awful excess skin but as the months pass it's starting to shrink). Anyway, I'm so stoked about this. My curves are actually from my hips and my bone structure now, not from my big belly flab hanging down. I don't know that I'll ever be super skinny, and I am currently happy with my weight but would like to continue just because I can I guess. All of this is so weird. Seeing my collarbones, my hips, my wrists are tiny, just so many different things have changed and it's so exciting and intriguing! [link] [comments] |
| ~40lbs down. It's been a tough road, but the payoff is so worth it. If I can do it, so can you! Posted: 27 Aug 2020 05:47 PM PDT I (31f) have always been overweight, since childhood. At one point I was obese, pretty much all of my close relatives are also obese/morbidly obese. I feel genetics and upbringing are partly to blame, healthy foods/portion control was never taught in my household growing up. We just ate whatever was cheap and easy, so lots of carbs and sugars were a staple in my family. Veggies and fruits were optional, often non existent. I accept that most of my extra weight is from my own terrible decisions. Depression was also a factor. Didn't care what I put in my body. Didn't care about making good choices, and disregarded portion control. I just wanted to feel full, all the time. I just played it off in public like I was just the 'big bubbly girl', even though I was bullied everyday during middle/high school for having rolls. I hated myself for so long, but did my best to not let anyone know it. So as a release I self harmed. My body is full of scars that I have to live with forever. Seeing myself in photos, I always felt disgusted with myself. So after a journey of getting my mental health back under control, I decided I need to do something about my weight. I still have a ways to go. Nowadays instead of driving to work, I walk. I walk with my backpack to go get groceries, I walk just to go for a walk. Sometimes I'll put dumbbells in my backpack just to help get stronger. It was so hard at first, just a few blocks and I would be so out of breath. Now I can walk 5k, still have enough energy to practice a better mentality and put effort into cooking healthy meals and remind myself to eat slower, rather than just shoving fast foods in my face. I have taken note of this mental shift and am proud of it. Diabetes and heart disease is common in my family, I refuse to die because of what I eat, as too many of my family members have because of it. This is not the life I want to live. Recently I saved up enough money to go on a small vacation. Instead of lazing around, eating shitty food, I went hiking and explored the areas. Some trails were challenging, but I pushed myself forward. I still have moments of struggle, and have an addiction to alcohol, but that's something I feel I can overcome with time, patience, and therapy. I am still proud of who I am today, and I hope you are too. We all have our struggles, defeats, but that makes us who we are. You are beautiful, you are human, don't ever forget that. Thanks for listening to my story, I hope you feel that you are not alone. Keep pushing yourself, you are tough, and worth it. You are worth living the life you want to live. Keep your head up, be proud of your accomplishments, we are all in this together. ❤ [link] [comments] |
| PSA: Don’t forget to recalibrate/balance your scale! Posted: 27 Aug 2020 05:23 PM PDT Today I found out that my analog bathroom scale has been off by 2-5 pounds for at least a couple of weeks. I thought I was stuck in a plateau for the last 2-3 weeks, but it turns out that I accidentally turned the dial on the bottom of the scale which made it start at a number higher than 0. This may just be a silly mistake on my part but in the off chance that this helps someone, make sure to recalibrate/balance your scale! If you have an analog scale like me, make sure it starts at 0. I'm officially down 3 pounds more than what I thought I was. I've been eating at 1200 calories and exercising consistently and had no idea how it was possible that I wasn't losing weight. It turns out that my weight loss is right on track and this was just a major oversight on my part. [link] [comments] |
| I almost made ramen noodles tonight. Posted: 27 Aug 2020 09:37 PM PDT I worked really hard to justify it for myself. I had an incredibly difficult day, so I told myself I deserved it. I did the math, I counted how many calories I ate under my goal over the past week and it was a little more than the pack of ramen would be. The water was boiling on the stove. And then I realized I didn't have any left! I had convinced myself I didn't care about my no carbs after dinner rule but when I realized I wasn't able to make it I was actually so relieved, and poured out the water instead of making another carby meal. I'm really proud of myself. Turns out not having the food in your house is actually a huge game changer! [link] [comments] |
| I don’t have IBS, I was just overeating! Posted: 27 Aug 2020 11:01 AM PDT TMI warning! [F/SW:301/CW244] For the past four or five years, I have been dealing with what I self diagnosed as IBS. I would get terrible diarrhea almost every night, to the point where I would get anxiety about going out to movies or a friends house that I didn't feel comfortable stinking up the house in front of. I had so much gas all the time that I didn't understand how people could go to yoga classes and not fart in every position. At first it sucked miserably, but overtime I just accepted my life with IBS and started adapting. As of the new year I started counting calories and have lost 55ish lbs (yay!!) My quality of life has already changed in many ways, one of them being my IBS has all but disappeared. Turns out, when you're eating 1000-2000+ extra calories of junk food a day, your body will try to expel it. I cringe looking back at all the nights when my stomach was cramping with pain because it was flooded with food and I just ignored it and kept eating. Now if I overeat on a few especially triggering foods I will still get some stomach pains and/or diarrhea, but it's so much fewer and farther between than before. Just wanted to share in case anyone else has experienced this. I love hearing about people's unexpected benefits of weight loss and this is one of mine. I am so much happier with my quality of life and can literally feel my body is happier and healthier because it isn't physically revolting against me. Best of luck everyone! [link] [comments] |
| Lost about 6 months of work... feel like shit Posted: 27 Aug 2020 06:50 PM PDT About a year ago, I went from ~170lb to 138lb. I was so incredibly happy because I was getting SO close to my goal of 120. However, my mom became so concerned and thought I was getting close to being underweight. I wasn't. At all. She started getting only high calorie foods and guilting me about losing weight. She kept telling me I looked like a skeleton. I was already mentally drained from highschool and this just added to it. I fell back to stress eating (which I previously overcame) and now that I've regained about 26lb , she scolds me for not fitting in clothes that I bought when I was 138lb. I just feel so shitty everyday and I can't bring myself to lose again, even though I really want to. Everytime I try again, it lasts for about 2 weeks and then it gets ruined. I just want to be in a healthy weight again... [link] [comments] |
| So I spent a week making workout routines for strangers in an online game. . . Posted: 27 Aug 2020 11:45 AM PDT and it was an amazing experience. The game is a massive multiplayer online role-playing game called Guild Wars 2 (GW2) and they were running a week long event "Boss Rush" where I quickly noticed there was ample time before each boss to get in a little 1-3 minute exercise. It started out as a half-joking post on the GW2 subreddit and turned into an entire week of fun. I thought that I would get so much hate but what actually happened caught me by surprise. A small community started to participate, group up with me, and we all worked out together before each boss. We discussed weight loss, nutrition, and everyone thoroughly enjoyed participating. My wife (personal trainer, former powerlifter, crossfit beast) and I spent every night thinking of workouts. Our goal was to design a full suite of workouts that required no equipment and hit nearly every muscle group. Each workout was themed after a positive effect (aka "buff") available in the game. . . hence the names next to each day. This brought a lot of positivity into my world and I figure it would be a nice post here too. My wife and I have both struggled with weight at one point or another so I hope this helps. (I'm terrified of posting at this point. The mods of GetMotivated removed this and then banned me for providing feedback that I disagree with their decision. Then Fitness removed it because it wasn't a question. I'm cool with this, I should have known. I was originally very excited to share this outside of the gaming community but I can't seem to find the right subreddit. All I want to do is help motivate anyone out there who's struggling to lose weight and stuck inside without workout equipment. If you know anyone that this might benefit please feel free to share. My wife and I put a lot of work into making quality workouts for new comers and old timers alike. If I've found the wrong subreddit again, please help me find the right place. Sorry for the text I'm running out of ideas here. ) Here's the content of everything we did over the last week. . . The Workouts If you want to get a decent little workout then I would recommend picking a day below and repeating all exercises 3-6 times. We put in a ton of effort to make sure not over burden a single muscle group for all 6 days. Easy options are designed for those with low mobility, just getting started in their exercise routines, or have an injury which restricts movement. The only equipment you need to complete all exercises is a towel. Stay hydrated, stretch often, and at minimum please try to get up and walk around every hour or so when sitting at a computer. Day 1 - Might
Day 2 - Swiftness
Day 3 - Stability
Day 4 - Retaliation
Day 5 - Regeneration
Day 6 - Vigor
Day Cat - Fury (Bonus Cat Workouts)
About weight loss This was my response to someone asking about exercise and weight loss. "Before I answer - I want to provide some information about weight loss because exercise is a small part of the equation. I don't know if you care but I do think it's important to get the information out there just in case it helps you. There is so much nonsense out there designed to exploit people trying to lose weight but the answer is to simply pay attention to the numbers. Take this advice for what it is - a stranger on the internet telling you stuff. I have experimented with weight loss multiple times in my life and one of the biggest lessons was learned going from 225lbs (102.05kg) to 165lbs (74.84kg). I simply wanted to see if I could do it with a fairly sedentary lifestyle. . . programmer by day, gamer by night, and pretty much no exercise. This is when I learned that weight is mostly controlled in the kitchen. I started at probably 2500 calories a day (weight/size specific) and I would lose .5lb (.22kg) - 1lb (.45kg) a week. Every 5-10 weeks I would plateau on weight loss, remove another 200+ calories, and check again in 2-3 weeks to see if it was working. I did this for about a year until I reached a weight that felt healthy. (EDIT) This does not mean my heart or body was healthy, it simply means I got rid of all the flub that was making me depressed. I didn't want to work out because I was depressed and I was depressed because I wasn't happy about my weight. I strongly believe that you shouldn't diet to lose weight. You should fix the lifestyle that you're unhappy with and create a new normal*. This is why I'm happy your asking questions because it looks like you're doing just that! A diet or goal weight feels like a punishment that will end after a few months but if you can fix a lifestyle then you can keep that change forever. There is absolutely nothing wrong with enjoying a pizza, soda, cake, donut, or cookies. When you are eating bad food you should go all out, don't get the fat free junk, and enjoy the full experience! However, you should remind yourself that these things are intended to be consumed as a treat and treats should be rare. Bad food is extremely addictive because it makes you feel so good. . . we often forget that things like pizza are a treat and not actually a good dinner.*Now to actually answer your question. . .If you can get your heart rate up for about 20-30 minutes a day and exercise those muscles you will 100% improve your bodies ability to efficiently shrink fat cells. The more healthy muscle have the more calories your body will naturally burn." About nutrition A few people asked me about nutrition. I don't want to comment on nutrition because everyone has their own nutritional needs. I'll just list off a few key things. . .
Take care of your hearts and try to stay healthy reddit. <3 [link] [comments] |
| Eating bad makes me feel bad, so why the heck do I keep doing it?! Posted: 27 Aug 2020 04:18 PM PDT Hey guys! Just super frustrated with myself and wanted to vent somewhere. I've been trying to lose weight for some time now and I just have not got a handle on it. When I eat something healthy, like a salmon fillet with veggies and brown rice, I feel great. When I make a something terrible (I just made taco mac and cheese UGH) I feel like such crap afterwards, and on top of that I just eat too freaking much of it!! Anyone else have this problem or used to have it? Ugh it's so annoying I don't know why I keep doing this to myself. I actually feel better when I don't stuff myself but I can't just not do it sometimes. I hate me lol! [link] [comments] |
| That feeling when someone notices your weight loss! Posted: 27 Aug 2020 05:41 AM PDT I just wanted to share I hope that's okay in this community. The last few months have been super stressful and I almost gave up but I powered through and I've managed to lose 8 kilos / 17.6lbs so far. I saw my coach today for the first time in 5 months and he said I looked like I'd lost a lot of weight and that I looked amazing and healthy and I've just been buzzing all day. For those who will be curious, I mostly made better food choices, swapped stuff out for more fruit and veg etc and tried not to overeat. I reduced my portion size a little and came up with a list of healthy meals. I also just became more aware of what I was eating how it was affecting me as well as the time of day I ate. I also tried not to snack, I'm a serial snacker. I don't have a fast metabolism so I added some extra long dog walks and a bit of light exercise into the mix. So happy and I just wanted to share :) [link] [comments] |
| Is it possible to lose fat but not weight? Posted: 28 Aug 2020 01:55 AM PDT So I've lost almost 30kg so far and am very close to my goal! (SW:103kg CW:75kg) Losing it was easier than maintaining! I only did cico & next to no exercise that I wasn't doing before. I ate around 1200-2000 zig zag over the week and so I was able to eat a bit extra on weekends & still indulge my bar hopping habits. Took me around 6 months so I'm trying to maintain for a while to stabilize my metabolism. Just got 7kg to go, but I've been at a Plato for over a month now as I'm working more towards maintaining. But although I've not lost any weight my waist and hips are much smaller, so is the circumference of my thighs.( luckily I've kept ma boobs so far!) I'm definitely not any more muscular than I was before, I've always had very muscular thighs & chest due to the nature of my job. Was wondering how this is possible? And if anyone has similar experience? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2020 08:19 AM PDT KEEP GOING. I had this revelation this morning. It may seem obvious to a lot of you, but every time I've had a bad food day in the past, I'd throw everything out the window. It's my first week of trying to lose weight (again) and I've already had 2 days where I've overeaten and it's only Thursday. My first inclination was to just quit and try again another week or month. But I thought to myself: "What if I don't quit this time? What if I just keep trying, day after day?" I already know what quitting feels like, I've done that hundreds of times. I don't know what not giving up feels like. So that's what I'm doing. I'm continuing on... no matter how many bad days or weeks I have on this journey. I'm finally not giving up. [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 27 Posted: 27 Aug 2020 04:46 PM PDT Hello losers, I hope you're conquering today. Weight by end of month (199 lbs, preferably trend weight): Better. I'll fess up by end of month. Stay within calorie range (1500 weekdays, maintenance weekends): On point today. Gonna have some chicken wraps for din din. Exercise 5 days a week: Lunch walk plus swings and some good old fashioned grocery hauling. 19/27 days. Self-care journaling (once a week, 60 minutes): Did a little at lunch. 4/4 weeks. Self-care time (working on love journals, beauty treatments, drawing 13/26 days): Early to bed tonight. Try a new recipe once a week: Baked donuts, enchilada casserole, bbq hummus, more different enchilada casserole, dressing(s), crock pot mashed cauliflower & ground turkey almost stroganoff. 6/5 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 3. Resisted the call of donuts this morning. Be present in my body & accept the sensory feedback: Body says more exercise yes please endorphins. Be more mindful & express gratitude, avoid the hedonic treadmill: I am mindful of how changeable my mood is. I am mindful of how my internal dialogue has been running a new range from terrible to wonderful. I am not always pleased about it but I am aware. I'm grateful for this community of people on the same journey so even when I feel alone I can point here and know I'm on the struggle bus with some wonderful people. Your turn kids! P.S. I read all y'alls comments every day & I am so fucking proud. You guys inspire me to keep fighting the good fight. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2020 05:09 AM PDT TW: eating disorders (if you hadn't guessed from the title!) First post here, so sorry if it doesn't quite fit! That's pretty much all I want to say. I've been working with a pretty incredible therapist and after a 5-year battle with binge-eating disorder I am finally fully in recovery such that I can manage it healthily. That doesn't mean I'll never binge again, ever, but it means I know how to healthily manage it, I've dealt with the underlying issues of low self-worth, and I have safe coping mechanisms in place. And I'm so happy and so grateful! I guess I wanted to share it here because I see a LOT of posts from people struggling with binge-eating disorder who are treating it like it's just a self-control issue or just an addiction to food. It is a real mental disorder that can cause serious issues and I just want to emphasise that it is not your fault, it's not your "lack of control" making you binge eat, it is genuinely an eating disorder that you should NOT blame yourself for. And for anyone else struggling, therapy is honestly the best thing I could ever suggest. Before you even try dieting, you need to address your mental health in regards to it! That's all, thank you <3 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2020 10:43 AM PDT I overcame a personal "problem" today, I guess you could say. I've always hated working out in front of people because it's just embarrassing. I hate how my body looks while I'm doing it and I just feel like people are shaming me, whether it's at the gym or in front of my family. I usually wake up around 7 and work out and get my day started so I'm out of my family's way, but I slept horribly last night so I ended up working out around 11. My dad was also just about to work out and normally I would back out and do it at a different time but I decided to just face my fears this time. We did cardio next to each other and it was actually... Okay. Then after that he helped me do weight workouts and this is the first time I've actually worked out in front of my family. Again, it was okay, and thats why I'm happy. It really wasn't as big of a deal as I'd made it out to be in my mind. I was just being dramatic and I'm glad I know this now. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2020 12:16 PM PDT I have often welcomed those who have lost 100+ lbs (~ 50 kg , ~7 stone) to "the club" and joked that club meetings were on Thursdays. I recently suggested that we try out having a regular weekly thread to talk about issues that are particular to those who have lost 100+ lbs, those who are well on their way and those who are just at the beginning of a journey this big. Welcome back to the Century Club! Each week I will provide a topic of the day that has been on my mind or inspired by previous posts. However you are free to talk about any topics you think might be relevant to current and prospective club members. Previous topics: Exercise - Denial - Headwinds - Streaks - Other People - Toolkit - Breaks - Support - Clothing - The Unexpected - Self-image - How do you end your journey? - What made it click? - Loose Skin Today's prompt: Health Did any underlying health conditions contribute to your decision to undertake your weight loss journey? If so, how's that going? For me, I suffered from three significant chronic conditions in my life as a fat man. High Blood Pressure, Asthma and Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Type II Diabetes runs in the family and my blood sugar was often borderline, and my cholesterol levels were also bordering on high. Neither required treatment, but I was warned several times about them over the 3 decades I was fat. Since I started my journey my blood sugar and cholesterol levels have been in the normal range and I have not needed my asthma inhaler. (I did fall miserably ill with the flu in the winter of 2018 so it hasn't prevented me from getting sick.) The great thing is that I seem to have been able to get off CPAP. I was on it for over a decade, and snored up a storm well before that. I feel better now sleeping without it than I ever did when I needed it, and boy did I need it. I don't fall asleep on the couch just watching TV on a regular basis and if I get enough sleep I really feel refreshed. I still track my snoring using an app and generally it's well managed. Once things really calm down w.r.t Coronavirus, I'm going to try and see if I can get off the HBP drugs I'm on, and have been on since the mid-90s. If I really want to make this a priority I'll probably have to get a BlueTooth cuff and measure my blood pressure with the same regularity as I measure my weight and track my fitness activities. It's not all sunshine and rainbows though, but I don't know if either of these are a result of or aggravated by my weight loss. I now suffer from tinnitus even though I have no measurable hearing loss, and I've got some arthritis in my left shoulder and right hip that can be annoying at times. All in all not bad for my 53 years on this planet. What about you Centurion? What role has your general health played in your journey? What's better now? What's not? [link] [comments] |
| After years of trying, today is officially the day! Posted: 27 Aug 2020 08:19 PM PDT Well, okay, that's a lie, it was actually two days ago. But that's not the point! Last weekend I went on a sight seeing road trip and stuffed my face with snacks and drive-thru food along the way, as road trips go. Once I got back home and walked around I could feel the fat on my shoulder blades annoying me. I sighed. I was in the exact same boat at this exact time last year. I had taken a road trip and rented my dream car. I took a picture with it and posted it on group for that car to show off my excitement. I hated how I looked but figured whatever, people won't say anything. Well, I was wrong. I got roasted by some people in the group that no joke asked if the rental came with free fast food. That hurt. The mods of the group deleted the comments, but I still saw it. That was my motivation to lose weight last year. I was doing pretty good up until April of this year, when the pandemic hit and everything went to hell, and at this point I'm right back to the 230lbs I was a year ago. I've now dealt with this extra weight for roughly the past 8 years. Every year I say the same thing. "I'm going to lose weight"...and then one bad day throws it all off. But you know what I've realized? That line of thinking is total bullshit. Why does one bad day have to be the end of everything? Not to mention, I consciously overeat on those bad days. It's not like it just happens and I don't know how. I count calories all day and make it to 9pm under my calorie budget. But maybe I'll sneak a few cookies just because "150 extra calories won't hurt". That couple of cookies turns into six cookies. And let's follow that up with a sandwich, because wow I'm hungry. There's 800 calories over. Throw some juice alongside it and maybe some chips, and bam, we're at 1000 calories over budget. 300 over my TDEE. No wonder I gain weight. Every time I do it I get sad, but I do it solely because I don't have the willpower to say no in the first place. That's bullshit. I can say no. It's not like I'm starving myself throughout the day. My body just needs to get over that feeling, and I need to have the restraint to say no. Easier said than done of course, but realizing it's a semi-conscious decision has made me realize it's not impossible to stop doing. The other thing that probably contributes to that overeating is water. I barely drank any water at all. The past 3 days I've upped that to 8 cups a day, which is still only about half of what I should be drinking a day. But wow, what a difference. I don't feel anywhere near as "hungry" as I used to. Doing the full ~16 cups a day will probably help even more, and I'll work on that. Baby steps! And although exercise isn't required to lose weight, I'm realizing it's honestly not a whole lot of extra effort to ride my stationary bike for 30 minutes 4x a week. According to my watch it burns about 250cal a day which gets me that much closer to my goal. Throwing on headphones and putting on my favorite playlist makes that 30 minutes FLY by. Anyways, I'm writing this post to hold me accountable. I can do this. And I want y'all to hold me to it :) M/26/5'10 SW: 230 lbs GW: 165 lbs [link] [comments] |
| When your partner gets on the bandwagon Posted: 27 Aug 2020 07:18 PM PDT I want to preface this post by saying that I love that my partner is getting more intentional about his health. I am 100% supportive and I'm excited to see how his health journey and mine will benefit us individually and as a couple. That said... He joined a weight loss app recently. And he's been talking about it for the past 24 hours. Im fascinated by this stuff - not only the biology of it all but the psychological aspect (emotional eating is a big hurdle for me)...so I totally don't mind. But it does make me laugh and get a little irritated when I hear him tell me things that not only do I know but that I've told him before. Like, he was talking about nutritional density and the idea that a 100 cal of carrots will be more filling than 100 cal of gummy bears. And outwardly I'm like "yeah - it's crazy!" But inside I'm like "duh I've said this to you for before!" Is it just a male quality to have to be the authority on everything?! Lol end rant [link] [comments] |
| Changes start today! Not Monday, not the 1st of next month, not after my birthday... Today Posted: 27 Aug 2020 07:00 AM PDT Had a coworker say to me that she decided she's starting her diet two weeks from now, since her birthday is the 7th. I've said things similar to that many times myself. I'll say I'll start eating healthy on Monday, have a great weekend eating bad and making poor decisions as a "last hurrah," but then Monday comes and the diet doesn't start and I ate all the extra calories for what? So this is where I currently am. I ate a big donut this morning, after I already had 2 egg and cheese wake up wraps from Dunkin Donuts. My stomach hurts and I wasn't even hungry when I ate the donut, it was just in front of me so I ate it. Clearly I need to make some changes. I could already feel the wheels turning in my head. "Well tomorrow's Friday and you never start a diet on a Friday... I'll just start Monday when I go grocery shopping." But that's a free pass in my mind to eat garbage today, tomorrow, and all weekend. So this is kind of an accountability post. No more rationalizing. My diet starts today. Healthier choices start today. If I'm even hungry for lunch, I'll eat a salad. Dinner will be healthy. I'll get a head start on this thing. An extra three and a half days to make better choices than if I were to wait until Monday. 26F 5'7" CW:215ish GW:135 [link] [comments] |
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