Weight loss: [Challenge] LoseIt World Tour - Week 0 - SIGN UPS ARE STILL OPEN!!! |
- [Challenge] LoseIt World Tour - Week 0 - SIGN UPS ARE STILL OPEN!!!
- Not obese anymore just overweight !!!
- I'm Finally 200 lbs!
- �� Clown Moves to Avoid During Your Weight-loss Journey
- My friend just attacked the meal I made and now I don’t want to eat... please help me
- Alcohol is the devil, puff makes me lazy, starting my healthy journey by breaking up with the bottle and herb as my step one.
- Scheduled my Tummy Tuck!!
- It’s okay to use outer motivation
- Lost my first 5 kg/11 pounds in a healthy way!
- Fast Food Isn't Worth it
- 60 LBs down, 10 lbs to 1 year goal, 60 lbs to goal weight 345 to 285 through 2020, worst year of my life so far!
- Finally within a normal BMI
- Finding a hobby where weightloss is a by-product VS Exercise being the hobby.
- Finally in the 170’s!!!!!
- Starting over... again
- For people who failed their diet multiple tones, what did you do that finally put you on track?
- It's a journey, sometimes you take a shortcut, sometimes you take a roundabout
- 24-Hour Pledge - Saturday, 26 September 2020 - The Plan for Today!
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 25
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: September 26th, 2020
- Tips without counting CICO?
- What are your favourite low calorie filling foods?
- Secretory Phase Plateaus (menstrual cycle)
| [Challenge] LoseIt World Tour - Week 0 - SIGN UPS ARE STILL OPEN!!! Posted: 25 Sep 2020 08:09 AM PDT Hey Everybody. Welcome to Week 0 of the Fall 2020 Loseit Challenge: LoseIt World Tour! This week will focus on setting your goal for the challenge and beginning our activity tracking. Loseit Challenges are a team-based competition that last for 8 weeks during which you set a weight-loss goal and then weigh in weekly, working to be at or beyond that goal by the end of the challenge. There will be a new post every Friday with Links/Instructions for each week's activities. The challenge subreddit and your team's discord channel will also have all the information you need. This round your hosts continue to be u/hxcjosh23 and u/unrepentant_thinner What are Loseit Challenges? This challenge is a team-based "competition" that will last for 8 weeks. During the challenge you will be assigned to one of 6 teams, set a weight-loss goal for the challenge, and then weigh in weekly, working to be at or beyond that goal by the end of the challenge. Each week, in addition to their weight, challenge members can choose to log their steps and activity minutes. Teams will compete in friendly head to head battles weekly for step totals and activity minute totals. This is optional, but encouraged! Every Friday there will be a new post in r/loseit and r/LoseitChallenges with links and instructions for each week's weight in and activities. Your team captains will also share all the information you need on your team's Discord server. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP, GO TO STEP 4IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP, GO TO STEP 4NEW SIGNUPS COMPLETE ALL STEPS--------------------------------------------------------------------- Step 1 - Sign up Sign Up Here! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdtV98SyGMSmB6Z8fFywmbpo0R6xo6BM_XwWQTs2yt1lrcUyQ/viewform -You will be randomly assigned to a team following the submission of your sign up form. Do not ask to be assigned to a particular team. ALSO NOTE if you accidentally sign up more than once please follow your first entry. The duplicates will be removed. Step 2 - Visit the Challenge Tracker to find your team! Challenge Tracker Here! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11Xko94N3_uqxsAwgjOdiZFSmeW8f-0NGJzKvIkuptfw/edit?usp=sharing -Newest signups are at the bottom of the list. The team assigner runs every 5 minutes. If your team is blank, just wait a moment. It will refresh in real time on desktop, but you may have to refresh the spreadsheet to see the changes. -Do not request edit access to the tracker. Please contact one of your captains with any errors that need to be corrected Step 3 - Join r/LoseitChallenges to introduce yourself and find your team's Discord server -Please join our challenge subreddit, r/LoseitChallenges, to find the link to your team's Discord server in their welcome post. Make sure to introduce yourself while you're there! -Joining your team discord isn't mandatory but it should be noted that being active with your team keeps participation up and might be that extra little push you need to keep you going. It could be the difference between an 8 week grind or 8 weeks of fun and support to lose the weight you want. Step 4 - Weigh in and set your goal for the challenge Weigh in and set your goal here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zxBpaWP6H-Lmybe2TyMqD8SES2d-0oq3QuXdWqXLxwM/edit This is where you will choose your challenge goal weight as well. Please try to choose a reasonable goal! The goal of these challenges is to set up sustainable weight loss habits. If you gain one or two weeks, keep pushing and do not give up! There are no penalties for struggling, only for giving up. Step 5 - Submit Steps and Activity Minutes (Optional) Submit activity and/or step count here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13q70HoIXgr329L_OoRVUhrCO-dMsRdPaVq_aFSmKFMo/edit You can submit one day at a time, or the whole week at once. If you're submitting daily no need to include previous days information. Your most recent entry for each day will be counted. This week is a BATTLE ROYALE! Every team vs Every Team. Next week will begin our head to head challenges. ***Your and your family's health come first. Adapt your activity to the current guidelines in your communities.**\* All steps count. Intentional minutes count. We define activity minutes as "intentional additional activity to meet your health goals". This may include things like weight lifting, running, yoga, walking to work instead of driving, following youtube workout, etc. Things done for the purpose of reaching your goals that are not already a part of your normal day. Timeline Each week begins on a Friday, so you will have until the following Friday at 12 pm EST (when the next week is posted) to complete your weigh-in. You can weigh in multiple times during the week but only your most recent entry will be recorded on the tracker.
September 25 - Week 0, Establish challenge goals, signups open through end of week October 2 - Week 1, Head to Head battles begin, Signups are closed October 9 - Week 2 October 16 - Week 3 October 23 - Week 4 October 30 - Week 5 November 6 - Week 6 November 13 - Week 7, Last Head to Head Battle November 20 - Results and next challenge announcement If you have any questions, problems, concerns, ideas, or just want to drop us all a line, please use the message the challenge admin feature, which you can find in the r/LoseitChallenges sidebar or by clicking here. Responding to this thread is great, but ultimately if you want to make sure all of us read it, the message the challenge admin feature is the way to go. Please also note that we are not the r/loseit moderators. We're volunteers and everyday users who run a specific aspect of one of the many interactive community elements of r/loseit. If you have questions about r/loseit that aren't specific to the challenge, please take a look at the sidebar on r/loseit. [link] [comments] |
| Not obese anymore just overweight !!! Posted: 25 Sep 2020 06:00 PM PDT So uhh I'm 15M/5'10/207 pounds (I dunno if I'm allowed to post here cuz I'm a teen so srry) but I've been obese for like most of my life. I hit 200 pounds in 7th grade. Low key had a double chin for like years. Then quarantine hit. I was like "might as well try to get a glow up" so I started running everyday. Then I got sick and stopped for like 3 weeks. During this weeks I binge ate every single day. I probs gained a bunch. After I started to keep running and started to write down what I at so that I didn't overeat (not calorie count but just writing down what I ate). Then I went to the doctor for a physical and took my weight for the first time in a year. I weight 231 and had a BMI of like 33.5. That was my turning point. I started working out more and me playing soccer really helped. I also started to take my weight every single week to see my progress. That rly helped. It gave a lot of motivation for me. I downloaded a calorie counter also and that really helped. Now fast forward to today and I weigh 207 and BMI is 29.9. So I'm not technically obese anymore. My main goal is 170 and I still have a lot more to go. This subreddit really helped and r/progresspics also. Sooo uh thanks for reading sorry if I'm boring. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 25 Sep 2020 08:18 AM PDT This has been my midway goal since I started trying to get healthy. I started in January at 230 as a 5'7" 18-year-old girl. Now, at 19 I'm finally down 30 pounds! I still have a ways to go (my end goal is 140), but I'm so proud of myself, especially because of the setbacks I had during quarantine. I'd just like to thank everyone on this sub as it's helped me a lot. It helped me finally realize that no diet is going to work if I'm not in a calorie deficit and get me on track for a healthy life! You guys also helped me realize that I have my health at stake. When I first started losing, I won't lie, it was mostly for the shallow reason of looking "better" whatever that means. I'm not sure how being diagnosed as pre-diabetic wasn't a wake-up call, but this sub helped me realize that getting healthy was a bit more urgent than I had wanted it to be. Sorry, this was a bit rambly, but I truly just wanted to say how much I appreciate everyone here! [link] [comments] |
| �� Clown Moves to Avoid During Your Weight-loss Journey Posted: 25 Sep 2020 12:29 PM PDT Over the last year, I've managed to drop from being 73kg at 5'2" to 50kg (110lbs). This was only possible by changing the habits and ideas I had about food, eating and health. Along the way I definitely did some clown behaviour that slowed down my weightloss and had other negative consequences. So I'm sharing them today, in hopes that they'll prevent others from doing so: 🤡 #1. Not eating for days. Granted fasting works really well for some people. But what I noticed was, this would always eventually lead to binging/regaining all the weight back. But the important lesson recognising this pattern of behaviour wasn't sustainable for me and stopping. 🤡 #2. Not eating protein. Oh my god I wanna go back and smack myself. Please make sure you eat enough protein or you will lose so much hair, and muscle mass. Also I was binging so much more when I had less than the minimum amount of protein for my height/weight a day. Protein is so essential, I can't stress it enough. 🤡#3. Obsessively weighing myself, especially in a negative mindset. There's nothing good that comes out of it. When you notice yourself obsessing about your weight/food etc, it means you're probably on an unsustainable diet, and something needs to change. Also don't weigh yourself after a binge. Wait a few days, about 3-4 days where you are following your normal routine again. And then feel free to do so. 🤡#4. Restricting the day after a binge. Don't do it. Just follow your normal routine, normal calories (maybe slightly less if you're really full). Don't punish yourself with exercise or eating less. Weight loss needs to come from a place of caring about yourself. Self loathing and hatred will never let you be successful. 🤡#5. Wanting really fast results. The only correct way is a sustainable long term lifestyle change. If you can't see yourself following this "diet" for life, you have the wrong diet. Even if you manage to lose weight short term, you won't have gone through the mental journey, and the habit changes, that will help you sustain this for life. Please share your own mistakes and clown behaviour down below! [link] [comments] |
| My friend just attacked the meal I made and now I don’t want to eat... please help me Posted: 25 Sep 2020 05:06 PM PDT Edit: to whoever gave me an award, thank you. You're really sweet and have strengthened my belief that this community is so supportive ❤️❤️ I posted this in a time of need and in less than an hour I feel much better thanks to the people here Edit 2: thank you for the extra awards ❤️❤️ I feel really thankful that I am a part of this sub I'm a female and my friend is male And we're fairly close and he's a nutritionist so I talk to him sometimes about how I struggle to lose weight. I'm 25, 5'4 and 200lbs but I'm a powerlifter so while I definitely am curvy, I have a decent amount of muscle as well. I'm active 5+ days a week but I struggle to find my correct deficit calories. Tonight I made a homemade taco salad. Some Spanish rice, 90% lean ground beef, corn and black beans, reduced fat cheese, romaine, and nonfat Greek yogurt instead of sour cream. I was really excited and I sent a picture to all my friends on Snapchat. He responded to it like "dude the calories though" and I messaged him WHAT it was and he's like that's still like 600 Easy. I just totally shut down. I burst into tears bc I was really excited for this meal. I ran 3 miles Today and had protein pancakes and Greek yogurt w berries all day. I told him I was actually really upset bc I wasn't sending him a pic to discuss calories. He apologized and I know he didn't MEAN to upset me. But I don't even want to eat now. I've totally broken down and feel like a failure bc I can't defeat this weight battle. I know I need to eat but I'm home alone and really need some support from anyone right now. My mom is away for the weekend and my friends are all busy. My food is getting cold while I sit here crying. If anyone is lurking this sub, please be mindful of what you say to your friends. Something you might not mean to be hurtful can trigger someone who ate great all day to save up for an awesome meal [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 25 Sep 2020 07:29 AM PDT I have posted false starts and stops on this board more times than I can count. Ive had so many damn day 1s. I always try to do too much to start, and quit. I am 242lbs and sedentary and I'd start by trying to bike daily and immediately intermittent fast and my oppositional nature would be revolting and inevitably quit. I guess I'm too nice to myself? No, really I've just developed really bad coping mechanisms. Work stress? Weed and alcohol are how I've been self-medicating. We can also add poor eating into this. The stress of quarantine and FT work and parenting left me drinking in excess daily. I'd have MAYBE a single week of perfect eating followed by a weekend of disastrous binge drinking because "clears aren't so bad" or to "have fun and relax" it's how I began training myself like pavlovs dog to let off steam from the stress of my week. Weed has been a daily part of my life since my Freshman year of college. I'm now 36, so that's 15+years. This isn't knocking weed, weed is wonderful, but I'm coming to terms that habitual use of anything is bad for your brains. I've been abusing this stuff and when I look in the mirror I can see that. I recently just had the epiphany that I need to get rid of this stuff first. Like, maybe it was holding me back and the reason I'm so apathetic and not focused is because I've been numbing myself out so long I've lost touch with treating my body and soul as a temple. I've felt like I'm stuck in a rut for many years now. Today is Friday and the craving is strong. The post yesterday about discipline really resonated with me. So today is my 5th day of sobriety. I committed to a SHORT challenge of 2 week. Once this 2 weeks is over I will make another micro-goal. I say 2 weeks but it's really been daily. Any single day I could mess this up. Thanks to the discipline post I think I am maybe feeling a shift in my mentality. I think it's so easy to be impatient with yourself, but how do you put that aside to focus on what really matters to you? The post yesterday made me realize that you commit to yourself and there's no excuses. I think the next 2 weeks I'm going to focus on walking daily, but I guess we will see when and if I get there. Happy Friday, team! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 25 Sep 2020 12:47 PM PDT So, I am nearing the end of my weight loss journey. Well, the losing phase. I have more or less been in the maintenance phase since April. Feel free to look at my last post for more info on my background. However, with shifting my focus towards weight training and running, I realized that I would never get the look that I want without surgery. I lost in the neighborhood of 130 pounds. I look great in clothing now, but the loose skin around my stomach area increasingly bothered me. After a lot of research and several consultations, I found the perfect doctor and I have set up at surgery date for January 11th!! I'm very excited. It feels like the final stage of weight loss. The ultimate reward. My surgeon was incredibly impressed and congratulatory about my weight loss and referred to this surgery as just the "cherry on the top of your hard work". That's how I'm viewing it now. When I get closer, I'll post pictures. And if people are interested, I'll share my experiences post-surgery. I know many people here deal with the same issues of loose skin as I do. [link] [comments] |
| It’s okay to use outer motivation Posted: 25 Sep 2020 07:14 AM PDT A lot of people say things like "Lose weight for yourself and no one else." "Lose weight for your own happiness." "Lose weight for your health." While I agree those things are great, we need to talk more about the returns you get in terms of dating more, dating better options, better fitting clothes, more open and outdoor experiences. It's okay to lose weight because you want the dream girl or guy, a great relationship and want to grab the attention of better options. It's okay to lose weight because you want to buy and wear more stylish clothes and want to feel good in them It's okay to lose weight because you want to look good on the beach and on a hot summer day just want to be able to say "ehhh fuck a shirt". Just jump in the pool at a party around the people and not worried about judgment. All these things may seem shallow or vein but let's face it, the first step in the door is good looks and no one wants to be someone's last resort. And if you ask me relationships and experiences are far more valuable than any amount of money, so why not fit your dream partners desires. Losing weight for the "shallow" things actually improve your quality of life. Just my opinion. [link] [comments] |
| Lost my first 5 kg/11 pounds in a healthy way! Posted: 26 Sep 2020 12:05 AM PDT I've finally found a healthy way to lose weight! And I'm so excited! :D I have lost weight before; due to an eating disorder, later due to stress and depression (now I'm in a better place). I want to share how I've done it so far, even though I'm not done. I'm F26 170 cm and 71,1 kg. (5'7, 157 lbs). I started to only count my snack calories, setting a max a week. First week were 2000 cal in just snacks. The number got lower and lower. Then I stopped counting snacks and counted calories for the whole day instead, starting on 2100 calories, went down to 1800. This helped me learn what's high and low in calories. I realised that I don't want to count every single day, so I made a mealplan with options/suggestions in the calorie range I want to eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner. This gave me a good idea of portion size when eating out and in general. I used to eat two of everything (incl healthy stuff), 2 tortilla wraps, 2 homemade burgers, 2 portions af lasagna. Everything. Now I eat 1 + greens. I eat of smaller plates and bowls at home and drink water before I eat. I tried IF, but it didn't work for me bc of my previous eating disorder. But it made me realize that I'm not hungry every morning right away, so some days I eat breakfast 4 hours after I wake up (other days 1 hour). I'm no longer scared of hunger, but yet not trying to starve myself. And now I've lost weight in a healthy way I'm happy with, for the first time in my life! My goal is 65-68 kg. Still need to lose 3-6 kgs. (I've always been active with biking everyday for 15 km, rock climbing /working out 2-3 days a week, occasionally running and walks.) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 25 Sep 2020 08:42 PM PDT Today by the time dinner rolled around I had quite a bit of calories "left over," so I decided to have Cane's for dinner. I planned how much I was going to eat so that I could enjoy it without going over my calories. My dinner consisted of: 2 chicken fingers, 1 toast, 1/4 serving of fries, and a whole container of Cane's sauce. If you've ever eaten Cane's before, it's honestly a really small amount of food. Like, you could probably fit it all in the palm of your hand. And according to their [Cane's] calorie counts, that tiny meal amounted to 700 Calories. It tasted alright, but was it really worth 700 calories? For that amount I could have had I know a lot of us enjoy fast food, and it's more than okay to eat it sometimes. But now that I have a better understanding of the nutrition behind foods and their caloric densities, I'm not sure a handful of chicken tenders is worth it. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 25 Sep 2020 10:28 PM PDT 2020 has sucked for me, I'm sure 2020 has sucked for a lot of people this year. I don't think my struggles in 2020 are all that unique compared to anyone else, in fact compared to others I have had it easy, never the less through all of the struggle I'm down 60 lbs and get to update my flair :) Not only am I down 60 lbs I'm near my 1st Year goal of 275 lbs. My goal was by December 31st to be 275 lbs...in fact I have 96 days to lose 10 lbs, pretty sure I can lose 15 lbs easily in that period which is good...I'll have a buffer for the Holidays. In the past I would try no carbs, or no gluten, or no this, or that diet, or this diet, blah blah blah. What I always struggled with was they all seemed restrictive to me. Or I didn't fully understand the diets, I would slip and feel discouarged and give up. But with CICO its simple, I eat less then I burn I lose weight. By following CICO I've also learned how to naturally eat healthier. Junk food is full of empty calories and sure it tastes good, but it doesn't give you the fuel you need. And the nice thing about CICO is if I do want junk food, great I can go eat it. And now people are finally to really notice. The other day a co-worker who I've not shared my weight journey with at all commented "Wow you look a lot smaller" and I go "I am, almost 60 lbs" My goal is to be 225 by the end of 2021...I think after I hit that I'll keep on working towards a goal weight of 185-190 which will put be in the healthly weight range (225 is still overweight according to BMI for me) but its a weight I haven't been since High School. Also I have NEVER EVER been 270s since my early 20s, and I'm not been in the 280s since well early 20s too :) feels good. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 25 Sep 2020 09:17 AM PDT Yesterday I finally reached BMI 24.9. I have always been the chubby kid. Not overweight but not as skinny as my peers were. I grew up with a terrible body image and no idea how to eat healthy and control my portions. At the age 19 I went out of my healthy weight range and slowly but steady started gaining a bit of weight. My body image improved though, but sometimes my childhood trauma would come back. Last year was a mess mentally and physically and I ended up with 86kg (190 lb) on Jan 1st 2020. That was way out of my comfort zone, I felt like everything was crumbling down. So they only thing I could control was myself. And I decided to start CICO. Best decision ever! Especially in 2020, that became even a bigger mess. At least my weight was something I could control, it gave me a challenge to overcome and keep the time in isolation a purpose, and I did it for myself. Now I am even more confident and in a better mental state because the stupid "I am so ugly" though does not come back to me now. My physical health is much better too. I thought I will never come back to the normal range and I owe Reddit and this community particularly for the constant support and motivation. If you are also in this journey — good luck my friend! [link] [comments] |
| Finding a hobby where weightloss is a by-product VS Exercise being the hobby. Posted: 25 Sep 2020 05:00 AM PDT Hey friends. As most of us here, weightloss has been a struggle all our lives. I started when I was 16, but I got more serious about it in my mid-twenties. I'd hit the gym atleast 3 times a week. Mostly squats/bench/deadlifts. Tons of YouTube videos and articles. After about 3 years of that, I stopped. Didn't care for it anymore. I just didn't want my hobby to be lifting weights and putting them down. I rather find a hobby that I can get skilled at, and the by-product be fat-loss and muscle gain. I loved playing sports. Tried flag football, but the games were at 11pm sometimes. I found that in jiu-jitsu. It's been 5 years and I've taken many breaks (injuries) but I've always made my way back to the mats because I craved it. It was never for the sole purpose of weight-loss, but I knew that if I wanted to be more successful at jiu-jitsu, I'd have to change my relationship with food. The by-product of wanting to be good at something was the weightloss. Anybody else go through this? For those who were successful at the gym, did you end up craving it, or kept going because you saw the results? Did you miss it when you couldn't go? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 25 Sep 2020 08:30 AM PDT I started my journey back in January when I took time away from work to focus on my mental health. I thought since I'm working that, I might as well work on my physical health too. I'm a 26F, 4'10, and weighed 198lbs back in January. For the past 8 months, I've been in the 180 range and honestly thought I was going to stay there. Now I'm happy to say that I'm now at 179.6 lbs. I know it may not be a lot of weight, but this little victory for me helps my motivation and discipline. How did I do it? - Find a reason why. (My reason for losing weight is I want to start a family and seeing that being overweight/obese has a higher risk of birth defects was enough for me to start trying to lose weight) - Consult with someone. (I finally decided to see a nutritionist in August and I thought that if I have to spend money on something, might as well be my health. It then turned out that she was able to get my health insurance to pay for all of our sessions! I have spent $0.) - Every small decision counts. (I probably have to make at least one decision everyday I.e. I'm going to eat vanilla yogurtt instead of a rice crispy treat. Or I'm only going to eat 1-2 Reese's Peanut Butter cups instead of getting the king size and eating all 4) I hope that me sharing a bit my journey can help someone else! You got this! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 25 Sep 2020 07:01 PM PDT So here I am again. In 2017 I started working out, eating right, cutting out my beloved energy drinks, calorie counting, etc. I went from 217 to 190 in about 4 months and was feeling amazing. Then I started a new job where I commuted 6 hours a day (you read that right) and I started snacking on the drive to keep myself awake at night. The pounds crept back on. Last year I started an extremely rigorous masters program and with all the stress... you guessed it. Up to 230 by Christmas. Now for the last 6 months I've been depressed (Covid among other things) and I weighed myself a couple of days ago. 247. Officially my highest weight ever. I'm 33 next month and I that the path I'm on right now will lead to a plethora of health problems in the not so distant future. That scares the crap out of me. So here I am, back again. This post is more for my own personal accountability than anything else. This community was such an inspiration to me last time. Wish me luck. It's gotta stick this time. [link] [comments] |
| For people who failed their diet multiple tones, what did you do that finally put you on track? Posted: 25 Sep 2020 07:20 AM PDT I'm 220lbs, 5'9, male who struggles with staying on his diet. The longest I was able to stay consistent with my diet is 6 weeks ( plus cycling and weight training) but I always seem to slip and fall off my diet when things might become exhausting. I know that majority of my issue is mental and I need to practice self control, but for me it seems very hard. I have a diet plan where I count macros (IIFYM) and seem to create habits I feel will help keep me on track like not eating out, eating out and once I eat my macros to sabotage my food to stop further eating, cut red meat, little bit a vegan, and more. I still haven't found the best way to keep me on track but wanted to know from others who struggle, what stuck for you? [link] [comments] |
| It's a journey, sometimes you take a shortcut, sometimes you take a roundabout Posted: 25 Sep 2020 09:52 AM PDT A few nights ago, I started typing a long rant about gaining the weight back. I was slightly tipsy and I saved it as a draft. September has been dreadful to me. I started my weight loss journey last December. After the summer holidays, I was exactly where I wanted to be. I was exercising every day, tracking every calorie, I was getting really close to my goal. I was finally looking just the way I always to wanted to look. I felt immensely proud, and it lasted a split second. Right after that, I started feeling a suffocating feeling of dread. I lost the weight, but I was still the same person, I was still leaving the same life. All my efforts suddenly felt useless. At the same moment, I got a medical intervention and I was in pain for a week. I couldn't exercise and my cooking became more indulgent. I went back to work and got hit by post-holiday depression. I'm an emotional eater and coped with fast food, sugar and alcohol. I was also avoiding Myfitnesspal and keeping away for the scale. Not surprisingly, I gained weight. A total of 6 pounds according to this morning weight in. Instead of ranting about the weight gain, I wanted to share what I learned from this episode: I needed this break. I was putting too much pressure on myself this summer and was low key obsessed with tracking and exercising. Now that I took a break, I'm upping my calories from 1200 to 1400 and will not exercise every day. I think my breakdown was also a result of being too strict. I have to track my calories still. It's annoying but obviously, I can't still trust myself. It might take years to figure out how to eat and cook the right amount of food, and that's ok. It's not a big deal, a month doesn't erase the whole journey. I learned so much about myself and I'm excited to learn even more. It's harmful to project too much on your journey. Life is not like a makeover scene in a 90's movie. I'm thinking of starting therapy to deal with my emotional eating and body dysmorphia. So this morning, I went on a run for the first time since early September. Running in nature in the fall is absolutely magical. It felt good. I was not running to lose weight, I was running for myself. I hope that at the end of this journey, I will not only find a skinnier version of myself but a version that learned to take unconditionally care of herself. [link] [comments] |
| 24-Hour Pledge - Saturday, 26 September 2020 - The Plan for Today! Posted: 25 Sep 2020 09:08 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] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 25 Posted: 25 Sep 2020 03:26 PM PDT Hello losers, Happy Friday y'all! Look at September running by like a house on fire! 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): Yesterday was legit a forest fire calorie wise. Today is better, I am aiming for maintenance because damn man that's going to be what I can do. Exercise 5 days a week: Light walk to clear my damn head. 18/25 days. Self-care journaling (once a week, 60 minutes): Snuck some in during lunch. 3/3 weeks. Self-care time (working on love journals, beauty treatments, staying on top of adulting, drawing 11/22 days): Prescription stuff. Scheduled a physical. I've got a month to make sure the scale doesn't embarrass me at my doctors office. Try a new recipe once a week: Experimenting with pumpkin puree, slightly different chili recipe & an oil based vinaigrette salad dressing. 3/5 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 am grateful for supportive coworkers & turkey sausage. Also coffee. Your turn kids. What are you up to this weekend? [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: September 26th, 2020 Posted: 25 Sep 2020 10:56 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: 25 Sep 2020 11:23 AM PDT I lost weight through mostly CICO. I was obsessed. I figured out what meals had what calories. I was careful about weighing everything. I was obsessive! So much so that it drove my wife insane. I stopped and got back into my very bad habits (like a meal's worth of grazing a hour before a full dinner). I am trying to do things right, like listening to when I'm actually hungry and not eating past being satisfied, but without the numbers, I'm failing. I want to get back on track, but counting all my calories was driving a wedge in my marriage. Any suggestions? Also, in case anyone is going to answer with "just be less obsessive," my personality doesn't allow that. I am either into something 100% or 0%. I'm sure that works well for other people, but it's not how I'm wired. Thanks in advance! [link] [comments] |
| What are your favourite low calorie filling foods? Posted: 26 Sep 2020 01:56 AM PDT I am someone who has the personality to have more like 6 small meals a day, rather than 3 large ones (probably because I'm a bored eater.) The problem is, most of the things I like... while usually healthy, are highish calorie (about 500cal, which would be fine for the 3 large meals.) I recently discovered that I really love "tuna salad", in the literal sense; a mix of greens and veggies, as well as a can of tuna, some extra virgin olive oil, and canned tuna. The problem is, I can only have this 2-3 times a week because of the mercury poisoning risk. It's great when I can have it, because it's less than 300 cal, and it does a good job at making me feel full and satiated. I've also done multi-grain English muffins with over hard eggs for breakfast, and that's plenty. What are some other low-calorie foods that fill you up easily? [link] [comments] |
| Secretory Phase Plateaus (menstrual cycle) Posted: 25 Sep 2020 10:07 AM PDT After tracking my weight loss for 5 months, I have come to learn that the two weeks between ovulation and my period, I always plateau. And then 1-2 days before my period, the weight comes off in droves. I'll "lose" 1.5 lbs the first day of my period, then another pound the next day, etc. Over the week of my period and the week after, I am losing weight again. It almost feels like all the weight I should have been losing comes off the days right before and first days of my period. And then I lose very steadily (1-2lbs/week) for the next two weeks... and then back to a plateau. Does anyone know what could be causing this? I average where I want to be (1-2lbs a week or 4-8lbs a month), but I get nervous when the scale drops so significantly all at once. My only idea is I'm retaining the water to replace the fat loss or something else with my hormones is happening. [link] [comments] |
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