Weight loss: 110lbs/50kg down, progress pics included. Knocked over a milestone I used to think was just a dream. |
- 110lbs/50kg down, progress pics included. Knocked over a milestone I used to think was just a dream.
- American advertising normalizes an abnormally unhealthy relationship with food.
- My back fold is gone !
- This is Spiteful as Hell But...
- Scheduled my skin removal surgery!
- It's never to late to be what you might have been
- Today was my first day at planet fitness.
- Started at 123kg (270lb) in March 2020 and today I am 111kg (244lb). Very happy and feeling good.
- Does anyone else feel totally defeated around their period due to temporary weight gain?
- Just hit my lowest weight since 2015!
- It doesn't matter what "your skinny friend" eats
- I started my weight loss journey about a month ago and I'm losing weight for the first time in my life
- What the hell is wrong with my leg??? Is this cancer?
- I forgot what sitting comfortably felt like...
- Feeling frustrated, need advice. (21y, 5'7, 352 lbs)
- getting out of the 170s and binge eating - help! :(
- Just Finished my Fitness Project - Sharing My Excitement
- 45lb Down in Seven Months!
- Failing over and over again
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 16
- Grocery store trips are way harder than they need to be
- I finally got off my fat arse and started working towards a healthier me by doing one little thing today.
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Thursday, 17 September 2020: Today, I conquered!
- 24-Hour Pledge - Thursday, 17 September 2020 - The Plan for Today!
| 110lbs/50kg down, progress pics included. Knocked over a milestone I used to think was just a dream. Posted: 16 Sep 2020 08:21 AM PDT 30/M/6'1 - Australia I started lifting weights regularly and controlling my calorie and nutrient intake in mid-2018. My highest ever weigh in was 151.5kg (334lbs) at 186cm (6'1"). A little under 8 weeks ago, I was 104kg (229lbs) and eating at a maintenance rate while I eased back into the gym post lockdown. I made a post here about how my new goal is to make it to 90kg, and to finally make it to double digits in kilos on the scale. When I started out in 2018, being in double digits on the scale was a target I considered so far away to the point that it was unrealistic to even think about at that stage. This would mean being in the best shape I'd been in since finishing high school, which was a very tall order for a guy who's day could be ruined by having to take the stairs instead of the lift. So this is an interim update to brag a bit about where I'm at. I weighed in this morning at 99.5kg (219lbs) and my weight-loss has now surpassed 50kg/110lbs. The double digit kilo milestone has been passed! Progress Pics: (Front and side, shirtless) - https://i.redd.it/k8ktoc0duyh51.png (Back, shirtless) - https://i.redd.it/pardqpwkgqm51.jpg (Face and front, clothed) - https://i.redd.it/0ibf23m5nai51.jpg (Face) - https://imgur.com/a/3Hr9MJN Passing through a major long-term goal is a funny feeling when you've been at this a while. Aside from being extremely happy to have made it this far, I didn't cry or jump around with joy like I thought I would. I think that eventually what you thought you could never do becomes something you expect to achieve in the short term as you make progress. It's an interesting part of this that I thought was worth mentioning. I am incredibly thankful to have found this sub and been able to share my story and read so many others from posters here. Lurking through stories here is a large part of what inspired me to get started, and now I have the privilege and opportunity to hopefully pass on some of my progress and success to others. If you're reading this and you're thinking of getting started, please give yourself the chance to have an experience like this. You won't regret putting yourself through the hard work, and you will forget about the hardships when you start to reap the rewards. Right now I'm pretty consistently dropping half a kilo per week, and will hopefully be into the low 90s by Christmas day, if all goes well. I'll post another update closer to the end of the year if anyone's interested. Thanks again /r/Loseit. I owe you all for what I've achieved so far. EDIT: Whoa I just woke up. Let me get some breakfast in and reply to you guys. Wow. Thanks everyone for the awards and the love. I really really appreciate you. [link] [comments] |
| American advertising normalizes an abnormally unhealthy relationship with food. Posted: 16 Sep 2020 07:43 PM PDT I was washing dishes the other night and saw this ad come on tv, basically suggesting that even though you've already brushed your teeth for the night, you should just disregard that and have a late night Reese's and brush again later. Weird Reese's Ad It got me to thinking about how that's not normal healthy behavior. I don't think normal healthy people get ready for bed, then decide, "nah, let's eat some candy right before going to sleep, even though I've already brushed my teeth." I understand that the commercial may be in jest, but it suggests that idea, anyway. And I wonder, how many other messages are whispered in our ears that makes us think these bad decisions are okay, or even normal? It reminds me of a Little Debbie ad I heard on the radio, where the speaker basically said you deserve to treat yourself, then came up with the flimsiest excuses to reward yourself with a Little Debbie (you got up out of bed I think was one example). Even if it's using humor to sell a product, I still think it's helpful to reconsider advertising from an objective perspective to think about how it may affect your behavior. I used to binge on sweets in the worst way, and even now I have to keep them completely out of the house to avoid the temptation, because I understand that I cannot have a normal relationship with that type of food. Have there been any outside influences that have made you think certain unhealthy eating habits were "normal?" [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Sep 2020 12:21 AM PDT I hit 16 kgs lost this morning and just felt good. So good in fact I was like "Lets try on that one dress you want to fit back into." Its one of my favourite dresses that I bought in London but since then I'd put on a lot of weight and couldn't even get it over my hips. I can kinda fit back into it now but still have to squeeze a bit with the zipper, but I'm not sad, I'm ecstatic that I can actually see my efforts being worth it like that. When trying on said dress I realized how much thinner my torso looks now, took the dress off and for the first time in months actually looked at my backside. I used to have this huuuge fold around my hip, like you could put a finger in it and it would vanish. It's gone. There is still a dent, but definitely no fold. I'm so motivated to keep going now. Just wanted to share this. Keep going folks! You can do it! [link] [comments] |
| This is Spiteful as Hell But... Posted: 16 Sep 2020 02:37 PM PDT Over the course of the quarantine (and several months before) I lost ~85 lbs. I went back to physical school this week (high school, I'm a junior now, we have very strict COVID prevention policies don't worry) and:
This sounds spiteful, but this makes me feel really good that I went in the opposite direction. Like, I have no animosity towards anybody I know who did gain weight, but it just made feel super satisfied and relieved with how I've been living for the past almost year. Has anyone else experienced this? (Also, Freshman and Sophomore year I distinctly remember cringing whenever I'd walk around campus and see my reflection in a full body window—now it makes me smile.) [link] [comments] |
| Scheduled my skin removal surgery! Posted: 16 Sep 2020 05:44 AM PDT I (25f, SW:~300, CW:178) scheduled surgery to have excess skin removed from my stomach and arms in March! I'm so excited but now I'm thinking about just doing the stomach for now because it's hella expensive. Heads up for anyone planning this type of surgery in the future: insurance usually won't cover any of it unless you get certain types of persistent rashes. Don't let that discourage you though! Annoying loose skin is better than the excess weight any day! Planning to lose another 10lbs before the surgery (which the doctor said won't affect the plan) plus the doc estimated the skin being removed is about 7lbs so hoping for a final weight of about 160! Sorry this post is a mess, I'm just so excited and needed to share this somewhere! [link] [comments] |
| It's never to late to be what you might have been Posted: 16 Sep 2020 10:14 PM PDT SW: 417 CW: 395 GW: 200 Hello Reddit! I'm 32, recently married, and I work with elderly patients on night shift. I'm trying to get back into a routine and be healthier for myself and my husband. I've struggled with my weight my entire life. My dad is former military and a health nut, but my mom is all about sweets and fried food. I definitely had some mixed messages growing up. As an adult, I've always been in the 300s. I stayed in the lower end when I was single, and gained a lot in relationships. Things got a little complicated in 2013 when I was in a car accident that nearly killed me. I had a lot of nerve damage, and had to learn how to walk again. At that point, it was the first time I ever got over 400. As soon as I could, I was in the gym, and lost 50 lbs. Then I got into another relationship and neither of us encouraged the other to eat healthy or be active. So in about a year, I gained 30lbs. I also had more health issues, and I was back over 400. I left that relationship for a multitude of reasons, and I was back down to around 330. I hadn't been that small in about 10 years, and I felt amazing. I felt unstoppable. Then... I met my husband. We both had terrible work schedules and jobs, and we both gained weight. I almost hit my highest weight again. During our stay at home orders, I was motivated. So between March and June, I lost about 20 lbs. But I've been hovering around in the 390s. I'm honestly hoping to find people to help me stay motivated. My husband is an amazing support, but I'd love to have friends that I can do this journey with. I just want to get back to a point where I'm safely living life to the fullest like I used to. Things like hiking, running, or riding a bike. I haven't done that in over a year just because my strength and endurance wasn't there. I got close earlier this year, and now I need to get back on working on my conditioning. I hope to get to know some of you, and I hope we all reach the success we want. [link] [comments] |
| Today was my first day at planet fitness. Posted: 16 Sep 2020 08:18 PM PDT I've never been inside a large gym where you pay to be in. Just the small town "weight room" I've always hade growing up. Movements are kind weird with their squat rack. But i felt good there. Usually I'm extremely nervous and anxious when it comes to the gym. Tomorrow is my first day at my new job. I'm hoping to wake up early and hit the gym. I am feeling really good about going to the gym. Hopefully I'll have more about my experiences in the gym. But I am going to focus a little more time on my diet. I went to culinary school last year so it's easy to make things taste good with no calories. But man it's easy to use a stick of butter for a sauce, or 1/2c of vinaigrette for 2c of quinoa. Hopefully this first day at the gym gives me a boost in the kitchen. Any support would be nice. I love you all. I hope everyone is doing well [link] [comments] |
| Started at 123kg (270lb) in March 2020 and today I am 111kg (244lb). Very happy and feeling good. Posted: 16 Sep 2020 01:40 PM PDT As soon as the UK went into lockdown I made a promise I was going to use it as an opportunity. I worked in an office and I had a long commute - about 3 hours daily. You just don't want to do any exercise after all that. I wasn't eating badly - just eating a lot more than I needed with such a sedentary lifestyle. Beer and takeaways at the weekend didn't help either. Now we're working from home. I now consume about 1800 calories per day and I exercise at 150BPM for 50 minutes 6 days a week. This means I can eat a little more when we make something really yummy for dinner. No beer or snacking at all but I am not limiting my carbs - I need it for the exercise anyway. So yeah. I'm well on track to 75kg (165lb) by my birthday next year and now that it's very firmly part of my routine I'm finding it really very enjoyable. Plus fitting into clothes again is a massive boost to morale. I am looking forward to wearing a suit I had made for me over 20 years ago. I will be doing that in the coming months and at the start of the year, that was unthinkable. If you're thinking about starting your own journey, read the inspirational stories on this sub and don't delay, Lose It today. Thank you to everyone here for motivating me and best of luck to you all. [link] [comments] |
| Does anyone else feel totally defeated around their period due to temporary weight gain? Posted: 16 Sep 2020 06:26 AM PDT Basically I'm just asking if I'm alone in this- when I'm on my period especially in the days leading up to it I bloat hard and appear to gain a good 5lbs or more seemingly overnight and then I go crazy trying to work out what I could possibly have eaten until I realise the time of the month. Because it's the time of the month I am emotional and feel totally defeated, I push through with the exercise/eating at a deficit but it just feels like everything I do is making me fatter and this goes on for ages every month- does anyone have any experience trying to "beat" this, not necessarily the weight gain as it usually drops as quick as it came but the general panic? Sorry if this is the wrong place! Or any tips for the god awful bloating would be nice too! [link] [comments] |
| Just hit my lowest weight since 2015! Posted: 16 Sep 2020 08:14 AM PDT I started gaining weight in 2011 when I got my first desk job (officially never doing that again as of this year), going from 140lb, size 6 in 2011 to 200lb, size 12 in 2018 (probably more, but I stopped weighing and buying clothes at 200lb). At the beginning of 'Rona I decided to shop local and support local as much as possible. Luckily there's a huge farmer's market across the street from me and the supermarket is a hell scape so if it wasn't at the market I didn't eat it. I started eating almost exclusively local starting in April and on June 28 I started weighing my food. My daily goal in MFP is 1,250 calories but I consistently hit between 1,500-1,600 a day. Since then I've lost 31lb (down to a size 8) and today hit my lowest weight since 2015. I am ecstatic!!!! I was wearing all my belts on their largest hole and now I have to make new holes in them because even the smallest doesn't fit! Almost my entire old wardrobe (what of it I kept) fits me and getting dressed is FUN again! I'm nervous for the winter season because I won't be able to get very much fresh produce, but I feel like I've learned a lot and am up for the challenge. My cravings and relationship to food have also completely changed. I feel so nourished that I rarely crave any specific food, only want to eat when I'm actually hungry, and my version of overeating (shout out to the fellow BED crowd!) is easily 1/4 of the volume I used to binge. I set a super loose goal to be consistently in the 170s by my August birthday and the 160s by fall and hit both! My next is to be in the 150s by Christmas - wish me luck!! [link] [comments] |
| It doesn't matter what "your skinny friend" eats Posted: 16 Sep 2020 04:29 AM PDT 10 years ago, I used to be the ''skinny friend'' that could eat anything and still be thin. I would pack in 3000+ calories daily sometimes, eating the most unhealthy fast foods, all while being pretty normal weight for 6+ years. Guess what! The whole time I was gaining weight. Slowly but surely, I was... now it's all caught up to me. I've only put on 30 lbs so I wasn't overeating as much as I thought in the grand scheme of things, but still. Overtime, I accumulated a debt of 105,000 calories over TDEE. That's only 10,000 calories surplus per year on average. Thin people who appear to be eating unhealthy diets don't have extra fast metabolisms. The only way this would be true is if they're exercising a tonne. Genes don't alter your metabolism enough to make that much of a difference. The issue is, when you are overweight, which I am now, you have a debt to yourself. At some point, you overate. You basically took an advance loan on calories from the bank, and now you have to pay it back with interest. On the flip side, if you're thin, if you ever overeat, your debt is slightly smaller and you can subconsciously or consciously (and exercise often) to compensate for that. Eating like a skinny person won't miraculously make you thin. I don't like to see people write about their skinny friend who they think must secretly be skipping meals and/or dieting when in reality, they could be eating 2000+ calories and stay skinny for some time before anyone notices because they can ''afford'' to take on the debt basically. It's much easier (mainly less time consuming) to pay back a 1000 calorie debt than a 105,000 calorie debt (the 30 lbs I've gained, which with a 500 calorie deficit will take me 210 days to lose, or with a 200 calorie deficit, will take me 525 days). My point is.... overweight people can have very healthy diets and habits and skinny people can have unhealthy diets/habits. Losing or gaining weight takes a few months to visibly see on your body and more if you've been gaining weight for years and years, and it works the other way around too. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Sep 2020 03:05 PM PDT As the title says. Also, English is not my native language, so be kind :). I'm overweight pretty much my whole life, I simply don't know what it is like to be skinny, to fit in normal clothes etc. That gave me a pretty hard time during middle school and high school, and I got into computer games and was introverted. That changed with 19, when I met my gf. Since I moved out from my parents, and moved in with my gf about 6 years ago, we both could eat how much we want, and since we both love cooking (and also eating ofc) I gained more and more weight. I don't know how much it was exactly, since I was too afraid to step on a scale for years. Now I'm at stage 3 Adipositas. I tried to convince myself that everything is fine, I'm just one of the bigger girls, and kept on eating more and more. There were days, where I would eat 4 oder 5 burgers + fries + chicken nuggets without hesitation, and ate a dessert after that. In February I noticed that my gf was feeling more and more uncomfortable in her body, as she was also gaining weight, and she kept asking, if we could change this or that in our meals, to keep the calories low. I didn't want to do a diet at that time, since I was really effective in convincing myself that everything was fine, I just had a few moments here and there, where I was completely devastated and realized, how bad the situation really was. End of july I had a sudden moment, where my self hatred came complete through, and I decided that it have to end here and now, and we started with CICO immediately. I try to eat about 1200-1400 calories a day, and since we have two dogs, we go for a walk at least 20 minutes a day. We are also planning to start swimming, and I want to start cycling again in the spring, but at the moment I'm afraid that I'm too heavy for my bike. I'm so excited, that the first kgs are going down, some people even said, that they noticed a change in my face. Every time I go pass a clothes store, I get happy, because I know, that if I keep going, I can buy something there in 2021. (Atm I buy most of my clothes online, because I don't want the embarrassment to not fit in anything and maybe even destroy some of the clothes). A massive change happened also with my selfcare. I had times, where I would shower only once a week, I never learned how to use make-up, I never shaved myself, had the same hairstyle (ponytail) for ages, although I have really pretty hair (long and blonde). That changed in the last month, now I'm learning how to use make-up, eyeliner, lipstick.. shower every morning and shave myself. I don't have many close friends, and I can't share my success with my parents, so I decided to post here, and hope that someone will read it. TL;DR: After being obese for way too long, I'm finally losing weight and feeling great! [link] [comments] |
| What the hell is wrong with my leg??? Is this cancer? Posted: 16 Sep 2020 02:07 PM PDT It's all bumpy on this side, and kind of concaved over here. WTF is going on here? Omg is that a muscle? I have defined calves? Like really muscular awesomely defined calves?!? Holy shit! How did I just notice today that this transformation was happening? I've lost 56 pounds since April 5th. 250 to 194. Goal of 160. I've been walking 10 miles a day, and eating around 1200 calories. I've had cheat days. I've had lazy days. But mostly I've stuck too it and made up for it over the next few days. I feel amazing. I even have covid right now, but I feel amazing! 6 months ago, I'm not sure I would have lived through this. I would have been defined as high risk (heart issues, high blood pressure, etc...). Today I just feel amazing and I'm happy that I've spent the last six months busting my ass to make sure if I got the rona when school got back in (I'm a teacher, and I almost immediately caught it), that I would make it through this. I'm going to live. My body is healthy enough now to fight this off. My heart issues are gone. And I have calves to boot! I'm so relieved it's not cancer, but I seriously almost made another doctors appointment this morning. [link] [comments] |
| I forgot what sitting comfortably felt like... Posted: 16 Sep 2020 11:24 AM PDT First time poster, long time lurker. Being called back to school as a high school teacher forced me to take a hard look at my health. At 285 5'9, was already unhealthy, but I justified it as a worthy price for a year of sobriety. The statistics, however, indicate that COVID-19 presents much greater threat to obese individuals. I recognize my hypocrisy. I was already killing my self with my weight, but a deadly disease that statistically is less likely to kill me than my obesity is what drove me to work to solve my real problem. I have tried many things, and have been as low as 145 when I was in my 20s when I was fighting with most likely undiagnosed anorexia. Too heavy, to light, never a healthy relationship with food. So I tried a Hail Mary with strong science behind it, I.F. I know that no one philosophy of eating fits everyone on their journey to wellness, but I.F., namely one meal a day, is working wonders for me. I used to avoid chairs. I would tolerate the sitting, but I much preferred to lounge. I think I convinced myself that it was a preference. I could sit in the chair at any time, I was just choosing to be more comfortable. Heck, I even started to think, "Why is my wife sitting in that chair when there is a perfectly cozy couch 4 feet away?" This is how sick I was. I can see it now, and I have to fight the rage I have for my former self. I don't think there is weakness in admitting that you thought wrongly in the past and have changed because you have been presented with new information, but I don't have that excuse. I was simply so heavy for so long that I forgot what it was to truly sit down in a chair without discomfort. I started I.F. In July and refused to weigh myself or chart anything. Just eat once a day, with your family, at the table until you are full. Rinse, Repeat. Today I am sub 240 for the first time in a decade and I want to sit in every chair in this world. Every single folding chair, movie seat, Econ class middle seat, and the God Damn Iron Throne! Unlike Rob Stark, I Do Want It! Only because I remember what it is to sit in a chair now, and I don't ever want to forget.. Edit: 240 for first time in a decade, not my life, of course [link] [comments] |
| Feeling frustrated, need advice. (21y, 5'7, 352 lbs) Posted: 17 Sep 2020 12:00 AM PDT So I'm (21y, 5'7, 352 lbs) and ive always struggled with weight, always trying diets always failing never sticking longer than a day. then 9 days ago I decided to stop and change. I used to eat 4k calories a day, and what ive done is bought a food scale, got myfitnesspal, and choose my food carefully. I put myself on a 1600 calorie diet (my TDEE for losing weight is 2500), my macros are usually around 80 carbs, 50 fat, 150 protein, and I lost 5kg of water weight in these 9 days, but now im stuck and I don't know why. I was told CICO and intermited faasting (16:8) would help lose weight, but the last 3 days my weight has just fluctuated between 1kg up and down and it is really really frustrating. feels like no progress is made even though I made life changing things to my eating habits that made me cry many times this entire week. Why am i stagnating? what is happening? am i doing something wrong? [link] [comments] |
| getting out of the 170s and binge eating - help! :( Posted: 16 Sep 2020 11:27 PM PDT I started my weight loss in May 2019. I was 230lbs at 5'7 (F) and one day I woke up and suddenly decided I was going to lose weight. And I did! By September I'd lost 42lbs (CICO and weight lifting), before quarantine I'd lost 57lbs and now I've been sitting at around 171lbs for months. I didn't lose much weight during quarantine but I did develop some super healthy habits. I started doing HIIT workouts at home since the gyms were closed, I was going for long long walks in nature every day, I was home cooking all my meals, I was happy!!! I felt so healthy, relaxed and content! But then quarantine ended and we all returned to work and I have been struggling so so much to adjust back to my "normal" life after 4 months of being at home. I feel miserable that my long, free days at home are now filled with 2 hours of commuting and 8 hours at a desk. Having to actually DO things again left me feeling exhausted. The gyms reopened and I've been going maybe twice a week (I prefer to do 4-5 days a week) but my eating habits are...out of control. I have a very bad binge eating habit which has come back in full force. I can eat perfectly healthy all day long easily, I feel like after all this time that habit in deeply engrained which I'm very thankful for. But oh my god the evening bingeing. On the way home from work I'll go to the shop, almost in a trancelike state (fellow bingers I know you know what I'm talking about) and pick up sweets and chocolate. I know I shouldn't, but I do. Then I come home, eat my dinner and then I start my binge. Every single night. I've stopped tracking but I must be eating less than 1000kcals of "normal" food each day and maybe 1500-2000kcals of sweets and chocolate every day which is insanely unhealthy and I feel awful that I'm doing it. My weight is stable for now but I know it won't be for much longer, and I'm sure it'll be doing harm inside my body which I can't see and that scares me. So today it ends. I need to stop this before I lose control completely and end up back at 230lbs or with diabetes or SOMETHING. So here I am at day 1 round 2, armed with my little calorie journal. First time round I used other people's posts on this sub as motivation but I never really posted or engaged myself. However this time feels much harder and I NEED community and support. No one else in my life has these issues or would understand and it's so difficult when you feel so alone with it all. So my lovely new friends, please help me! Throw all your support/advice/experiences at me! I really do need it. And if anyone else is in a similar position to me (trying to lose the last ~20lbs, trying to quit bingeing) - I'm here for you too! Sorry for super long post lmao TLDR: life is hard after quarantine but I can't let that sink me back into my terrible binge habits and weight gain EDIT- SORRY FOR FORMAT IM ON MOBILE🙄 [link] [comments] |
| Just Finished my Fitness Project - Sharing My Excitement Posted: 16 Sep 2020 02:42 PM PDT I stopped doing lots of things, smoking cigs, smoking weed, drinking regularly and have been picking up some healthier habits over the past few years. Job stuff, kid stuff, COVID stuff made it really hard to get to the gym. So I spent my last 8 weekends converting my basement into a Gym/Bike Shop to have a place to work out everyday and tune up my bikes so I ride as often as possible. I put so much work into the build out and re-organization of the basement I just wanted to share my finished project. This will hopefully be my "Lose It" space. I did the whole thing on a budget. About the price of an annual gym membership. Let me know if you want tips I did buckets of research. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Sep 2020 02:14 PM PDT Stats: F, 24, H: 5'2", SW: 210, CW: 165, GW: ? Hi everyone! I've been struggling with my weight since middle school, and it climbed steadily throughout high school, college, and past it. There were times it tapered or dipped, including from 2018-2019 where I lost noticeable weight for the first time in years, but I put it all back on in a matter of months as my mental health dipped. Around October of last year I began intermittent fasting to help contain my eating times, and tried to pick up exercising but quickly fell out of it. In February of this year I was (long overdue-ly) diagnosed with depression and anxiety and when my doctor and I discussed meds I emphasized how important it was to me that I didn't end up with a med that had the side-effect of weight gain. Thusly, I became friends with Zoloft in early March. Around this time I was invited by some friends to do a daily yoga challenge over Zoom, and this became a permanent fixture of my daily life. The Zoloft has had the additional side-effect of curbing my appetite (which has helped me stop over-eating and snacking), and with my continued loose-commitment to the 12-8 IF, I started to slowly see my weight dip. At first, the weight dropped relatively quickly; I believe I lost close to 10 pounds in the first month. Since then, the weight loss has slowed down considerably. I from late-July to early September I was really stuck/fluctuating between 178-172lb. I tried to not be discouraged; I'd gained SO much muscle. The backs of my thighs feel solid. I know that my arms are strong as I can do 30+ pushups in a row (whereas I struggled to do 3 even when I was a fit lil kid). I have ABS now. Generally, I've been trying to remind myself that muscle weighs more than fat, and so while I might not see change on the scale, it doesn't mean that my body isn't transforming. So, while I was beginning to wonder if my body was content to be 172, and that I wouldn't hit my next goal of 170. (I've been keeping my goals in 10lb increments) That being said, I jumped on the scale three days ago after forgetting to look at the scale for a few days, and saw that I was at 167. And now I'm 165. For the first time in my memory, I'm confident in my body. And while, yes, it's really cool how curves are more defined and I like how I look more in certain styles and with my hair back, I'm just really excited by my strength. I feel powerful. I'm excited for a time post COVID where I think I'll be ready to be comfortable in a gym, but I'm also really grateful to have made this kind of progress with self love through time with friends. Losing this weight has also forced me to grapple with my own internalized fatphobia, and I'm working on focusing more on my strength and how I feel rather than numbers and how I look. I am cognizant of how easy it might be to regain the weight, and I'm trying super hard to put myself in a mental place to be comfortable with the journey and move away from negativity. I'm not quite certain what my final goal weight is; I suppose BMI states I should be somewhere between 100-130, but on the other hand BMI is BS. I figure I'll be going through 10 lb intervals and see how I feel. -- Note 1: I didn't start doing yoga to lose weight; I specifically started to improve my flexibility. I was a human pretzel as a kid and really wanted to work towards that again, and in recent months have hit some milestones with that. That being said, when I realized that weight lose was occurring, I pushed myself because 1) I've not felt comfortable in my skin... ever, 2) I have A LOT of genetic health concerns that run in my family and I want to put myself in a position where I feel more in control of myself, as watching family get sick has made me feel very helpless, and 3) I'm concerned that medical fatphobia will contribute to misdiagnoses in my future as they have my loved ones. Note 2: my general schedule has been to weigh myself every morning after using the bathroom (which I really don't recommend doing because days where my weight went up have really fucked with my head despite it being super common in a given week), do yoga, eat at 12, have a snack around 3 or 4, and then another meal at 7. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Sep 2020 05:55 PM PDT I've had issues with food since I was a kid. I have always been a stress eater. I was overweight growing up, but when I turned 21 and started drinking also, it got significantly worse. I've gained about 30 pounds since then and now I (23F) am 5'9" and weigh around 205 lbs, which puts me right on the border of an obese BMI. I am currently in an extremely stressful graduate program and I am literally constantly stressed. I'm also in a long-distance relationship with my fiancé and have been dealing with depression/anxiety (for which I'm seeing a therapist and am on medication), which all just makes things worse. I don't work out because I hate it and am exhausted all the time from school, even though I know I should make the time to do so. Because of a busy schedule, I eat out at least 3 times a week and have 2-3 drinks every day. I'll find myself out of bed eating snacks at midnight for no reason when I'm not even hungry... sometimes it feels like I can't stop. I've worried before that I suffer from a mild eating disorder, although I don't purge. I lost 15 lbs on WW a few months ago, but got caught up in exam week, vacation and wedding planning so I got off track and quickly gained it all back plus some. I have tried so so many times in my life to lose weight (that last time was probably the most success I've had). I'll be super motivated for a few weeks and then it just gets old. All social activities involve drinking or eating. My fiancé and friends don't have to worry about what they eat/drink. I feel very discouraged thinking that this is going to be my life- I'm always going to have to worry about my weight and I hate it. It has gotten to the point now that I don't want to take pictures because I don't want to see how bad I look in them, but I still eat like shit and do nothing about it. I'm tired of failing and feel really shitty about myself, but I have no motivation and just really really don't want to give up food and alcohol. Sorry for the long post, I guess I was venting a little. But if anyone has been in a similar situation, I'd love some advice :( [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 16 Posted: 16 Sep 2020 04:19 PM PDT Hello losers, Wednesday Wednesday. Getting to it. Weight by end of month (199 lbs, preferably trend weight): No weigh in this morning. Stay within calorie range (1500 weekdays, maintenance weekends, NO FAST FOOD): Got it on lock down today. Exercise 5 days a week: HIIT video. 13/16 days. Self-care journaling (once a week, 60 minutes): Done for this week. 2/2 weeks. Self-care time (working on love journals, beauty treatments, staying on top of adulting, drawing 7/16 days): A little bit of down time today. Try a new recipe once a week: Experimenting with pumpkin puree & slightly different chili recipe. 2/5 weeks. 50 pages of The Body Keeps the Score: Not tonight kids. 0/50 pages. Be more mindful, present in my body & express gratitude to avoid the hedonic treadmill: I've got some muscle fatigue today. Still chased that workout though. Legs feeling like dead weight. Your turn! [link] [comments] |
| Grocery store trips are way harder than they need to be Posted: 16 Sep 2020 10:17 PM PDT I recently moved, and I've been noticing things about the new grocery stores that I'm visiting that I had just gotten used to at my old place. At one, right when you walk in, you are funneled in right past all the cakes and donuts and other baked goods. The isles are all one-way, so if I want to grab some spices at the end of one isle, I have to walk past what feels like miles of chips and cookies, and expend all this energy on self-control just to buy ordinary staple groceries. Most "healthy" food like lentils or kale or whatever aren't instantly delicious the way a donut is right off the shelf, so while I'm forcing myself to walk past 100 different kinds of pop tart, I know that the food I have in my basket still requires me to go home and cook it before I can enjoy it. I don't garden, so I decide to buy literally 100% of the calories I eat. It's painful because progress is slow, so while I'm giving up taking home something delicious, I know I won't come home to the body that I want, either. I won't even be coming home to dinner because I still have to cook it. That being said, making it all the way through the grocery store without buying any junk food feels fucking awesome, and is something I've earned the right to be proud of because I have failed so many times. I didn't mean to be so negative, but I wanted to vent some frustration. Lifestyles are hard and slow to change. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Sep 2020 04:37 AM PDT For months now, I've been thinking to myself that I will start taking better care of me but haven't had the inclination to act on it. Today, I bit the bullet and got myself going. I didn't do anything too strenuous, like attempting to run 5km. I needed to go to the shops for food, and instead of taking my car I actually walked all the way there, bought what I needed and walked all the way home! It was approximately a 2.5km round trip and went up and down hills (just a little bit of cardio). By the end of it, my shoulders and arms were aching from carrying the bags in each hand, my chest was feeling a little tight and there was a nice burn in my thighs and calves. BUT, I feel good and much better than I have in years at this point. I think I will be doing it again tomorrow around a local walking track. [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Thursday, 17 September 2020: Today, I conquered! Posted: 17 Sep 2020 01:08 AM PDT The habit of persistence is the habit of victory!Celebrating something great? Scale Victory, Non-Scale Victory, Progress, Milestones -- this is the place! Big or small, long or short, please post here and help us focus all of today's awesomeness into an inspiring and informative mega-dose of greatness! (Details are appreciated!! How are you losing your weight?)
Post it here! This is the new, improved place for recording your acts of awesomeness! Due to space limitations, this may be an announcement (sticky) only occasionally. Please find it daily and keep it the hottest thing on /r/loseit! On reddit your vote means, "I found this interesting!" Help us make this daily post the most read, most used, most interesting post on /r/loseit by reading, commenting, and participating often! [link] [comments] |
| 24-Hour Pledge - Thursday, 17 September 2020 - The Plan for Today! Posted: 16 Sep 2020 09:07 PM PDT Wake up with determination; go to bed with satisfaction!This is our daily check-in, to help keep us accountable over the long haul. Feel free to post whatever goals will help keep you on track. Here's the regular text on behalf of this thread's originator, kingoftheeyesores, taken with his blessing > I'll be posting a daily, 24 hour pledge to stick to my plan, or whichever small piece of my plan I am currently working on. Whatever your dietary goals may be, I hope you stick to them for the next 24 hours (and then worry about the following 24!). Who's with me? Thanks to /u/nofollowthrough who made the 24-Hour Pledge an ongoing /r/loseit institution. Due to space limitations, this may be a sticky only occasionally. Please find it daily using the sidebar or top message. On reddit, your vote means, "I found this interesting" (...read more about voting on reddit) [link] [comments] |
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