Weight loss: [Challenge] Next Challenge Announcement - LOSEIT WORLD TOUR - STARTS SEPTEMBER 18 |
- [Challenge] Next Challenge Announcement - LOSEIT WORLD TOUR - STARTS SEPTEMBER 18
- 1 Year Without My Vice, Chocolate, 30 lbs Lost
- I noticed a correlation between how early I eat, and how likely I am to stick to my calorie goal.
- Can’t stop touching myself
- Have any women here been successful in losing their lower belly 'apron'? with diet and exercise alone?
- Recent revelation on waning interests with hobbies when dieting
- Motivation Post: Why are YOU PERSONALLY losing weight?
- I started intermittent Fasting 3 days a week and the results have been insane
- I need help.
- I stopped myself from late night eating!
- People who have reached their goal weight, is maintaining your weight a continuous effort for you?
- Almost there
- Increasing calorie anxiety
- The Most Effective Strategies I Have Learned
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 11
- Losing Motivation? This May Help!
- NSV: I can feel my knuckles!
- Just a little fitness reflection from someone who's nearly at maintenance
- I guess I'm just posting for accountability, because I don't have anywhere else to do it.
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: September 12th, 2020
- Help! Really struggling with the final 20 lbs. Stats: Age: 36 | Height: 5’0” | CW: 125 lbs | GW:100-105 lbs
- [NSFW] M27 | 174cm | 273lbs > 157lbs; 19 month progress, I think I'm done or close to it
- The scale isn't moving (some days it moves up!) but I see my body changing :)
- Progress post-11.2 lbs down, story, pic and method inside.
| [Challenge] Next Challenge Announcement - LOSEIT WORLD TOUR - STARTS SEPTEMBER 18 Posted: 11 Sep 2020 01:01 PM PDT WHAT IS A LOSEIT CHALLENGE? The loseit challenges are a friendly, team based, weight loss and activity challenge. Users will sign up, establish their starting weight and goal for the 8 week challenge, and then weigh in weekly to track their progress. Every week there will be a head to head challenge in which teams will compete in steps or activity minutes! THE NEXT LOSEIT CHALLENGE: LOSEIT WORLD TOUR Come rock around the world with us! Teams will be named after famous landmarks on each continent and we'll be teaming up to walk around the world! Signups will open September 18 and the challenge will run through November 20th. Look for posts in both r/loseit and r/LoseitChallenges Post below which landmark you're hoping to see! Let's get rocking! [link] [comments] |
| 1 Year Without My Vice, Chocolate, 30 lbs Lost Posted: 11 Sep 2020 08:56 PM PDT In high school I was a healthy weight before I started buying chocolate candy on the way home from school. I'm not talking candy bars. I bought 2 "medium" (they're quite large) bags of peanut butter m&ms, and ate them in 1 day. At first it was once a week, then twice a week, then every other day, and sometimes every day. I started putting on weight, but brushed it aside due to some personal issues. By the age of 20 I had gained 100 lbs. I hated my body, I hated how I looked, and I wanted to be slim and healthy again. I had tried so many times to cut out the candy and just eat like a normal person, but couldn't resist the chocolate binges. Until last year. 1 year ago (9/12/19) I resolved to quit chocolate cold turkey. I knew that if I could do that, I could make similarly difficult changes to start losing weight. At first it was hell. The sugar cravings and mood swings were intense for the first month. The though of chocolate made me salivate. On my way home from college, I would poke my stomach to remind myself why I couldn't stop for candy. At home mirrors, which I previously avoided, were my best friend to get me through it. By the summer time, my chocolate habit was gone. I could go out and drive home without stopping or even considering getting chocolate for a binge. I still desired it sometimes of course, but was too afraid of losing my progress. June 8, 2020 I started restricting calories to 1700 and walking at least 2 miles every night. I've lost 30 lbs. I never told my parents about the chocolate binges, so they don't know the true reason why I put on the weight. This took so much courage and dedication. Please be proud of me lol. I used an app to keep track of time. The longer I went, the harder it was to want to break my streak. I wanted 1 year. Here it is. [link] [comments] |
| I noticed a correlation between how early I eat, and how likely I am to stick to my calorie goal. Posted: 11 Sep 2020 06:30 AM PDT Based on a year of tracking, I have observed that, the earlier I eat breakfast, the higher chance I have of going over my calories. What's more, the earlier I eat, the MORE I exceed those calories. On days I eat breakfast 11 or later, I am a lot more likely to stick to them. The later I eat, the less I seem to eat by the end of the day. Upon realizing this, I started to pay more attention to how I feel and note it down. When I eat early, say, 8 am, I am hungry again by 9-10. My cravings seem to be higher. By the time afternoon rolls around, I have eaten more than half my daily calories. I'm stuck eating a measly dinner and of course I end up eating more to not go to bed hungry. If I wait it out passed 11, I eat a meal and for some reason, I feel ok until around 2-3. I can get by with a snack, then enjoy a large dinner. little to no desire to continue eating. Conclusion: I personally should never start the day eating any earlier than 11am if I want to make it easier to meet the right calories for the day. Forgot to mention, the first meal is always the same. Bowl of Greek Yogurt with granola. This is also a reminder to always evaluate what works for YOU by looking back at previous behavior and creating your OWN rules to increase your chance of success. Try to find trends in behavior and work with them, rather than against them. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 11 Sep 2020 06:02 PM PDT You know what I mean. I'm back on the wagon again after gaining 30lbs when I took a year-long break. This week, I've gotten my collarbones back. And I can't stop touching them. It's all I wanna do. It's so weird how a part of your body can disappear and reappear. Skinny people really have those collarbones jutting out all the time, huh? And then there's my waist which is much firmer. And my wrists. And... well, you get the point. There are parts of my body that are getting more taut or more bony. Even though I'm still 70lbs away, it's still so bony. Feels so weird, but familiar from the last time. It means I'm making progress—even when the scale doesn't say so. Which can mean a lot when you go up 2lbs overnight because you ate half a bag of baby carrots. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 11 Sep 2020 02:56 PM PDT So I am 5'7, 179lbs. My goal weight is in the 140-145 range. I am one of those women who gain all of their weight in the mid-section...yay me. I have always had a little bit of a 'pooch' if you will in my lower stomach, but after having two kids, it is really defined. It feels more like hanging fat than loose skin to me. I know that sometimes it can only go away with plastic surgery, but wanted to see if anyone here has has success in getting rid of it with good old fashion hard work. I am not expecting to have the stomach of an 18 year old, but would really like to one day wear a pair of jeans and not have a fupa sticking out. Thanks! Edit: so the general consensus is no, it does not completely go away, but will shrink to a certain point. [link] [comments] |
| Recent revelation on waning interests with hobbies when dieting Posted: 11 Sep 2020 06:39 PM PDT IMO, one of the hardest parts of losing weight is sitting with the bouts of boredom you face when you have nothing to do. I find it really hard to not think about eating food after dinner, and it took me a few years to find the main reason why. I maintained a lot of hobbies that I really enjoyed during high school (mostly video games). Now that I graduated college, video games are still kind of fun, but they are only really enjoyable when I am eating whatever I want. Eating food made the experience of my hobbies better, and masked the fact that my interest in them was decreasing over time. When you start dieting, it becomes really apparent whether or not you truly enjoy the things you do on the regular. I think food is not only a coping mechanism in terms of dealing with stress or boredom, but it also gives you the impression that certain things are more fun or fulfilling than you think they are. There are two big implications that I immediately resonate with. 1: Weight loss is so much easier when you have an actual immersive hobby that grips you and makes you "lose a sense of time" 2: Weight loss reveals how much you still align with your "hobbies" Obviously being mindful is one of the most important aspects of losing weight successfully, but checking up on long term habits is one of the most important things that you shouldn't avoid. I sort of made a video about this on my youtube channel, but I don't think I can post it because of rule #8. But feel free to PM me if you want a link to my channel. What do you guys think? [link] [comments] |
| Motivation Post: Why are YOU PERSONALLY losing weight? Posted: 11 Sep 2020 04:19 PM PDT We all know the countless benefits from weight loss, but I want to know one specific reason that you personally are doing this!! If you want, write that reason down on piece of paper, and every time you are losing motivation, write another one and read the previous ones. Keep reminding yourself every single specific reason why you want to lose weight! For me, right now, I'm tired of sucking in my gut so often, I realize I do it so often subconsciously without even noticing! Even when I'm alone! I'm sick and tired of it! I am excited to have a smaller stomach and feel better about myself so I won't be doing this so often. Yes, there are other better reasons why I'm losing weight, but this is the specific one I'm thinking about right now. Your reason can be as small or as big as you want, just come up with one that relates to you specifically so you can remind yourself to not stop! Good luck out there folks, have a great and healthy weekend!! [link] [comments] |
| I started intermittent Fasting 3 days a week and the results have been insane Posted: 11 Sep 2020 05:35 PM PDT I got on the scale and it said 287 and I couldn't believe it. That means I lost 3 lbs in 5 days alone. Last week was 2.5 lbs. I changed something in my routine. Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday are very, very busy days for me. So I decided on those days my last meal will be at 4 PM. After 4PM my next meal will be breakfast, at 8 AM. On those days I typically consume 1,300-1,400 calories. Generally the consists of:
Obviously this creates a absolutely massive calorie deficient for those 3 days. My calorie intake for Monday/Friday/Saturday is 1,900 calories and Sunday its 3,500 calories (its my cheat day) But those 3 days really shed the weight, and when I started I thought I'd be extra hungry in the mornings...but I'm not. O another thing I have gotten really good at is not eating when hungry. Last night I was only a little bit hungry, so instead of eating two chicken breasts and veggies I put one chicken breast in the fridge for my breakfast in the morning. Those small moves are starting to add up. My goal weight for Dec 31st was 275. I'm just 12 lbs away. By the end of this month I bet I'll be close to 280, and by the end of October I could be below my goal weight its just so exciting. Also this beats my previous record for weight loss. 6~ years ago I went on a weight loss journey and went from 335 lbs to 291 LBs...already below that. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 11 Sep 2020 11:29 PM PDT I'm not sure this will stay up or get taken down. Knowing my luck it will be taken down because I'm trying to get help. You see, I'm fat. I need to lose about 100lbs. I'm what is classified as morbidly obese. 5'10", 280lbs. I'm ashamed of how I look. I hate looking in the mirror because I see how much I weigh. I'm tired of it. I want to look how I wish I did. You may read this and say "That dude needs to talk to someone". I know myself. I know if I lose weight I will feel better about things. It's one of those situations where you know something isn't right so you feel bad about it. Maybe that only makes sense to me. I don't know how first of all and second is I'm afraid that the very slow weight loss will discourage me. As I type that I realize how silly that sounds because anything worth doing takes time. I'm not really sure what I'm hoping for. Help maybe. Perhaps I am looking for guidance on how to do it or simply finding someone who I can talk to about my struggle to get where I want to be. If you have read this far, thank you. I hope this doesn't get taken down. I really want to do this. I just don't know how and I don't have anyone to lean on. [link] [comments] |
| I stopped myself from late night eating! Posted: 12 Sep 2020 01:56 AM PDT Hey! I'm not sure if I'm really allowed to post stuff like this here, but I'm just really proud of myself and would like to get something off my chest! I'm a depression eater, I overthink my decisions when it comes to food and end up just getting it anyways after a long internal battle. Well, today at around 4am I got hungry and decided to order food, for one I ordered something a bit more on the healthier side, which was jerk chicken bits and rice, an upgrade compared to my typical McDonald's grossness 🤧. As I placed the order I actually wanted to stop it, but of course cancel fee was like 22/23$ of which I paid so I had no choice but to let it come anyways, pushing that aside, as the food got here, I took 2 spoonfuls, realized just how late it was, and I stopped, put it in the fridge and let family members know they are welcomed to help themselves to some :)! This is such a big step for me as I would usually just eat it anyways then feel guilty later, but recently (past month and a half) I've managed to begin eating healthier. This probably isn't a big deal to most, but I can't help but smile as I lay in bed! Thank you to those reading! [link] [comments] |
| People who have reached their goal weight, is maintaining your weight a continuous effort for you? Posted: 11 Sep 2020 08:41 PM PDT I have an idea in my head that once I lose the weight that I want to lose, I won't have to stress out about what I eat anymore (in moderation). In my head, once I've lost the weight I'll have adjusted to my new eating habits and I won't have to think about the details anymore. I also don't see myself being obsessed with my weight once I've reached my goal like I am now. Is that going to happen? I don't see myself as a person who wants to focus on their weight or body for the rest of my life, and I'm hoping that reaching my goal weight will help me achieve that. Is this a reasonable belief? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 11 Sep 2020 10:27 AM PDT Love all the inspriational stories here. Thought I would share mine. In Sept of last year (2019) when the world was still normal before the pandemic, I was at an all time high of 254 lbs. I participated in a work video and when I saw myself I was aghast. I was starting to have some health issues. On meds for Hypertension and my Cholesterol was off, so was on Statins. I cut my daily calories down to 1500 a day. Started walking. Now that gyms in my area have opened up. I go when there is next to no one there. Hit the weights and cardio. 193 now. Feeling so much better. Off the statins. Hypertension dosage dropped down to min, and may be able to get rid of it altogether soon. 5'11 want to get my fat percentage down and weight in the 0170's.. Almost there.. Now have to donate all my XXL shirts to goodwill. Going to stay here for good once I am at my goal. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 11 Sep 2020 04:03 PM PDT My weight loss doctor increased my caloric goals to 1400, from 1200. I was prepared to go to this appointment to say that 1200 wasn't working for me. But, now I'm feeling a little anxious about the go-ahead on the increase. I've been on 1200 since June, but had been cheating a lot on the weekends. This month, I've been super diligent in strict 1200, and I feel like absolute garbage. Head fog, confusion, fatigue, extreme midday slump where I can't even keep my eyes in focus I'm so tired. Writing this is even challenging trying to keep a coherent thought. I'm not sure my point. Maybe a little self reassurance that 1400 is still nearly a 500 calorie deficit from my maintenance calories. Maybe I'll have some energy to hit the gym finally. Maybe a bit of reassurance for you all that eating enough in general is super important and that trying for 2 lbs a week loss is way too much for some people. I definitely feel sad that I only lost 5 lbs for the month, considering some people losing way more, but, that 5 lbs was ultimately not healthy or sustainable. Stats for reference: 40F 5'4" CW 153, lightly active work (10-15k steps a days). Became sedentary outside of work since starting 1200 calories and lost all energy. I guess just a reminder to myself, and you, that you got to be healthy while trying to be a healthier you. [link] [comments] |
| The Most Effective Strategies I Have Learned Posted: 11 Sep 2020 01:50 PM PDT First off, I would consider myself a veteran of trying to lose weight and get fit. I have tried many different diets, workout plans, lifestyle hacks, psychological tricks, and everything in between to achieve the goal of weight loss and improved fitness/physique. I figured I'd finally make a post outlining some of the strategies and psychology behind my latest incursion back into caring for myself and changing my lifestyle for the better. So here is a list of the most important factors that have led to my most recent success, and why I feel that it is the most sustainable path I've found to date. 1: Be honest with yourself. This advice applies to many different aspects of lifestyle alteration and is, I think, the most important piece of advice. -Be honest about what you like. You can't cut everything you like out of your life. It's entirely unsustainable to remove every source of joy from your life and adopt spartan discipline and habits because that fitness youtuber you watch only eats one slice of carrot cake per year and you want to look like him. Those changes will never stick, and they are too harsh a punishment for your body which has grown accustomed to a certain level of comfort and satisfaction from food. -Be honest with yourself about your habits. This goes for diet, exercise, and cravings. Under-count your exercise and over-count your calories, if only by a little, to ensure you are not sneaking in that extra 100 calories of cooking oil that "don't count" or adding that 100 calories of expenditure by overestimating your pace or resistance level. That 200 calories per day will absolutely be the difference between slowly losing and slowly gaining weight, even if it's just a pound per month. -Be honest about your cravings. Do not starve yourself because someone said intermittent fasting was the best way to lose weight. If you're hungry, eat a low-calorie, high-volume snack (like a big-ass salad or a bowl of fruit). If you don't feel like eating that apple but you are craving slice after slice of American cheese straight out of the bag (Land-o'-Lakes white, sliced off the block at the deli, not pre-sliced is a huge trigger food for me, for example) then you are not really hungry, your mouth is just lonely and you should find something else to fill your time. -Be honest with yourself about what you are capable of. Saying that you're going to run/walk for an hour every single day to begin training for the marathon and you're going to eat perfectly clean and lift weights 6 days per week to achieve that 5% body fat pristine physique and you're going to start cooking healthy, gourmet meals 3 times per day for an hour is not going to be possible for the vast majority of people just beginning to make changes to their lifestyle. -Be honest about your goals and the reasons you want to achieve them. People tend to shame some incentives and praise others, calling some shallow or trite and others more "noble" or more important. There is nothing wrong whatsoever with purely aesthetic goals. There's nothing wrong with just wanting to be more attractive to potential partners. It doesn't have to be that you want to feel healthier, you want to improve your health metrics, or live a longer, healthier life. Any reason you have is a great reason to start changing your life for the better. 2: Track. Everything. Yes, everything. -Write everything you eat and do down. I use two Google sheets documents because they are online and can be accessed from anything that can haz interwebz. I use one to track each week's exercise, and one to track each week's daily body weight, calorie and macro-nutrient intake, TDEE based on that day's exercise, net calories (calorie intake - TDEE) as well as a master reference for my most commonly eaten foods so I don't spend all day googling "English muffin nutrition information" for the hundredth time. I even track whether or not I smoked marijuana each day, because this drastically affects my ability to make good nutrition decisions. I make a new sheet once I've finished logging the last week; this way, I can tab through all the previous weeks' data. I will probably graph my progress so I can correlate different factors once I have a few months' worth of logging behind me. I am currently at the beginning of month 3 for workout tracking, and the beginning of month two for in-depth diet information. -Every tiny little thing counts. Track the little pad of butter you cooked the eggs in. Track the tomato and onion in the sandwich, even though it's only 20 calories. Track every beer or shot, every mile you walk, every rep, even things like hours of sleep and whether or not you needed a nap that day or whether you did recreational drugs. This is all useful information, because you might just find that on days where you didn't get enough sleep the night before, your impulse control is worse. Who knows? You do. That's who. -You'll find that just the act of tracking the information increases your mindfulness about your diet. If you have to write down the 60 grams of carbs in that bagel with cream cheese every time you casually toast one up and slather that white gold on there, you might just choose something else next time. A whole bag of low fat popcorn is 100 fewer calories than a single bagel and cream cheese, and for me, I know I'll still want the popcorn whether or not I had the bagel first, but not as often the other way around. 3: Small, gradual changes are the only sustainable way to make lasting changes. -You will not reach your goals in a day. Not in a week. Not in a month. Not even in a year. Your goal is reaching those perfect habits, the inevitable consequence of which is the body and mind you want. And even then, those habits cannot change all at once, overnight. In a year of implementing small changes, you will not even recognize your old lifestyle. -Make one small change at a time. Instead of whole milk in your breakfast cereal, change it to 2% and pour a slightly smaller serving. That's 100 calories right there, and it won't feel different as far as your current habits go. Change the bagel in your breakfast sandwich to a wrap and throw in some veggies. That's 150 calories right there. Change the 85%/15% ground beef to 93%/7% in your burger or chili. That's 150 calories for each 8-ounce portion (2 servings) you have. Just add one such small daily change per week, and within a couple of months you will have a 1000-calorie swing from eating a 500-calorie surplus to a 500-calorie deficit, and you are now losing a pound per week instead of gaining a pound per week, and your habits do not feel different at all. -You can eventually achieve a lifestyle completely unrecognizable to your old self. I eat salads now, apparently? Because a french bread tuna melt with bacon, lettuce, tomato, and onion became a tuna melt wrap became a tuna salad with feta cheese and crumbled bacon over lettuce and tons of veggies, a change of about 300 calories, and I feel even more full after eating the salad than I do the tuna melt because of the amount of fiber and no-calorie filler vegetables in those bad boys. (I put them in a huge mixing bowl because regular flatware is for quitters.) -Completely new habits are very hard to implement. If you want to start walking or jogging or lifting, start very, very small. Just three dumbbell exercises for three sets each, two days per week is enough to get you started on muscle building. That can be done in 20 minutes per session. Just 1 mile walking, 2 days per week is enough to get you into the habit of moving your ass around a bit. That's 20 minutes of walking at a very slow pace per walk. Add a little bit every week and before long, 8 hours of lifting and 8 hours of walking/running per week feels completely normal. But those numbers sound pretty extreme to you right now, don't they? Get there slowly. Extreme doesn't work. -Extreme changes will not stick. No way, no how. Crash diets and fad diets that completely change your daily routine, complete workout regimens, even ones like P90X that hold your hand all the way through, are very hard to maintain for long. They're even advertised as a 90-day solution for cryin' out loud. Nothing is "solved" in 90 days. Period. So that's all I got. It's been working gangbusters for me thus far, with weight loss from 245 lbs to 235 lbs at 6'2" and significant body re-composition and strength gains in the last 2 months doing nothing but tracking calories and dumbbell exercises at home and running (let's be real, mostly walking) on some trails in the nearby state parks. Feel free to shoot me a message if you want an invite to look at the spreadsheets I made. I'm actually really proud of them, which is quite a departure from the usual self-loathing. [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 11 Posted: 11 Sep 2020 05:05 PM PDT Hello losers, Happy Friday! Feels weird in quarentimes doesn't 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): I'm either not having dinner or it's a maintenance day. Exercise 5 days a week: After dinner walk planned. 10/11 days. Self-care journaling (once a week, 60 minutes): Done for this week. 1/1 weeks. Self-care time (working on love journals, beauty treatments, staying on top of adulting, drawing 5/10 days): TBD. 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: Grateful for the wonderful people working at the markets doing pickup orders so I can order what I need and not take additional risks. Your turn kids! [link] [comments] |
| Losing Motivation? This May Help! Posted: 11 Sep 2020 04:13 AM PDT F 22, SW: 184.6lbs, CW: 135.6lbs, GW: 120lbs I started back in Jan 2020, but didn't actually hunker down, use CICO, and begin running consistently until March 2020. 9 months in, i am about 15lbs away from my goal weight! obviously with COVID, i haven't been out much since losing weight and running 6 days per week. however, just 2 weeks ago, my bf + his family and I went on a hike that was 99% uphill, consisted of turns and tight spaces, and i was actually able to uphold a steady pace, maintain normal breathing, and did not require a break (the times we took a break was for him or his family members) ALL while wearing a mask! above all the vanity that comes with weight lose, i don't think anything compares to feeling strong and being able to rely on your body physically. just 8 months ago in Feb 2020, a similar but not nearly as long of a hike was extremely difficult for me. long story short, weight loss needs to be less about vanity and more about your health. you CAN do this. focus on your health above all. HEALTH needs to be your #1 priority. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 11 Sep 2020 10:09 AM PDT 23F 5'3 SW: 204/CW: 177/GW: 150 For context, I started my weight loss journey at the beginning of July when I moved home from college. I started walking at least 5 miles every day, splitting it up in the mornings alone (listening to podcasts) and again at night with family. Nowadays, I can walk 7 miles in one go (and often do!), though with fires burning here, I opt for Youtube workouts on days that air quality is bad. For a while, I didn't notice the weight loss around my stomach and felt discouraged, but that's the last place my body has decided to get rid of. Last night, I was laying in bed trying to fall asleep when I clasped my hands and noticed... bones. I could feel the knuckles protruding from my fist! Before, my hands were large blobs. One comment from long ago stuck with me in this moment when I was in bed: "you don't even have knuckles." I could not stop smiling to myself in the dark. It's unfamiliar when I accidentally knock my hand on something and it hurts, as opposed to having the excess hand fat shield me from injury. I feel so good about myself these days and can't wait to continue working! If you're in the same place I was (not seeing "progress" for months), keep going. I guarantee you it is happening! [link] [comments] |
| Just a little fitness reflection from someone who's nearly at maintenance Posted: 11 Sep 2020 05:53 PM PDT F/42/172cm/SW 96kg/CW 71kg/GW 68kg TLDR: When you start getting to the ballpark of the shape you want to be, other things may start to become important to you, like tone and strength. But while all you see is fat, it's hard for those other things to matter to many of us. I get it, I've been there, and I'm nearly out the other side. I want to share a little reflection I just had, because I hope it'll help some of you who are towards the beginning of your journey. So, it's morning here, hubby has taken kiddo for a walk, and I have time to myself. A rarity here after my city's 6 loooong weeks in lockdown! The first thing I do after they leave isn't go back to bed, eat brekkie, or jump on reddit - it's to do my 11 minute stretch and body weight routine. I enjoyed it even more than usual, because the peace and quiet meant I could really feel everything and tune into my body. It was great! I smashed out a bunch of push ups, crunches and the rest. Then added my "optional extras" I call PB+J - plank, bicycle crunches and jumping jacks. I added those voluntarily bc I like em and I freaken love what they do for my core and cardio fitness. Mmm, abs. So here's my reflection. 26 heavy kilos ago, I couldn't have even completed stage 1 of that routine, let alone enjoyed it, or - wut - added extras. If I'd have tuned into my body, I'd have been saddened - my belly and thigh fat would've stopped me touching my toes, my arm fat would've wobbled when I did circles, and not a chance in hell I could've done even 1 push up! Ha, don't be ridiculous, I can't do push ups. My weight loss journey so far has been 100% about managing what I ate - how much, of what, how often. It has been ZERO percent about exercise. Because for me, wrapped in self loathing, I didn't get joy from my body. The joy really only started creeping back within the last 5kg or so. I started looking not-crap, then, actually, kinda OK, and lately, omg you guys - I look good!! I still have a little way to go, and between my age, having a baby, and substantial weight loss, there are a few droops I don't love. But damn, I can rock a pair of skinny jeans like the young mamas at playgroup! But exercise - I always hated it. Flop sweat, instant breathlessness, feeling my fat getting in the way... Ugh. Now all of a sudden, exercising reminds me of how far I've come, and how awesome my body is. ... I like exercising!! And I'm raring to get into the gym once lockdown ends! Can't wait to lift heavy stuff! So, my nugget of wisdom for you is - if you love exercise already and it's a helpful thing for you to incorporate now, awesome!! But if you don't, just don't worry about it. You CAN absolutely lose all of your weight without exercise. And also, you'll almost certainly find exercise less-awful after you lose, say, half of your goal. It's a journey, and the scenery changes as you go. PS this is the first time I've ever thought of myself as "nearly at maintenance". I've been plateaued for all of lockdown and that's sucked. So, I want to take a second to marvel at my achievement, and thank everyone here for the help I've gotten from this group along the way. Whether you're done or just starting, you're all part of something wonderful here and I love you. [link] [comments] |
| I guess I'm just posting for accountability, because I don't have anywhere else to do it. Posted: 12 Sep 2020 01:59 AM PDT Hi ya'll. I've lurked here a long time on and off. Clearly I'm back again so that means I've finally gotten to the point where I'm not comfortable and unwilling to lie to myself. I'm a 32 year old woman, I've had two kids, one 13 years ago and the other almost 4 years ago. I'm 5'1" and I'm not really sure how much I weigh currently, I've been putting off buying a battery for a scale. Probably around 185-190 if I trust my mother's old school one. I'm here because I did really good on keto after my most recent kiddo. I had gestational diabetes with him, which was a first, and was around this same weight after I had him. To be here again without the kid really sucks. With keto I got down to around 160, my comfort zone is about 150-160. I've never felt very healthy when I get into 120/130's like doctors want me to for my BMI. I feel like I'm a walking skeleton (personally, for me; I know everyone has their own happy weight area and that may be perfect for others, so no shade if that's what works for you!). I've put off trying to lose weight for so long again. First I had the excuse of my job, which helped with that a lot. But now since Covid I'm a stay at home and pseudo teacher cause my kid's at home too. Not a lot of time for exercise anymore, and no job to go back to. Since I first got laid off back in March, I've slowly watched my weight climb, and now it's to the point where I'm uncomfortable, my excess fat makes laying down uncomfortable, I have shit joints anyways but they hurt more, I get winded doing stupid things. Idk. I've been halfway settling for it this whole time. But I've also got pretty bad body dysmorphia, so when I actively think about it or see myself, the whole charade comes undone and I panic. I'm unhappy, uncomfortable, I don't like myself right now, I don't feel pretty anymore, no matter who might tell me. It's awful for my mental health on top of being awful physically. I guess I'm rambling to ya'll cause I don't really have friends anymore besides my husband. I've cut social media except for reddit because I just can't watch people on there anymore right now. I guess I'm just hoping for some extra like... Humans to give me some cheerleading. I kinda hate to want that, but I know it helps. Tomorrow I'm going to the store. I'm going to start keto again, because in my entire adulthood it's been the only diet I can follow that actually has an impact on my weight. I'll be trying out the macros I used prior, and basing it around a 1250 calorie intake, to see how that does for me. I'm going to try to start walking a few times a week, or hitting up my in laws to use their stationary bike here and there. Maybe some yoga eventually, or weight training. It seems like another life that I used to do weight training. I'll just have to find my groove. Anyways if you read this far thanks for reading. This is my post essentially to just announce to anybody at all what I'm doing, so I feel accountable. I want to be healthier for myself and my kids. I want to not hurt even when I lay down, and I'm just flabbergasted that I've gotten to that state. I want to be able to reward myself with a really nice piece of vintage clothing, simply because it sucks trying to find vintage plus sizes because they just generally didn't eat all the crap we do. So here's to starting a journey. [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: September 12th, 2020 Posted: 11 Sep 2020 11:28 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: 11 Sep 2020 07:29 PM PDT Actually, I am a smidge under 5'0" tall. My starting weight was 131 lbs and a body fat percentage of 21.3%. I have been stuck at between 126 and 124 FOREVER (over 2 months now). My body fat percentage is 20.3% (I am quite proud of this!) I try to eat at 1200; some days it is a little more, other days it is a little less. I have been doing yoga sculpt workouts 5-6x/week at home and going on walks for 1-1.5 hours 2-3x/week. But the weight Will. Not. Go. Down. I am seeing NSVs though: my husband reported that upon...ahem...careful inspection, my stomach sticks out less, my thighs feel like they are more muscle than fat, and my arms are starting to have some muscle definition (with the right angle, so this is still a big work in progress). But the bloody scale won't budge. Are 1200 calories just too high for me? What can I do differently to make my weight start going down again? I am not expecting to lose a pound/week; I'll settle for a pound every 3-4 weeks. But I would like to see some progress. I'd love some advice. [link] [comments] |
| [NSFW] M27 | 174cm | 273lbs > 157lbs; 19 month progress, I think I'm done or close to it Posted: 11 Sep 2020 02:47 AM PDT Hello lose it I started my journey back in Jan 29, 2019 this was the largest version of me pictured this is roughly my body size when I started this is the current me this is my progress thoughout my journey this is what my body looks like now to anyone reading this, that is still contemplating to start thank you /r/loseit [link] [comments] |
| The scale isn't moving (some days it moves up!) but I see my body changing :) Posted: 11 Sep 2020 02:52 PM PDT Hey losit-ers and future loseit-eers, This is a quick vent about how weight loss isn't always about the number on the scale. TLDR at the bottom About 2 years ago I began my weightloss journey and this sub (in addition to r/1200isplenty and r/intermittentfasting) has helped me in an insane amount of ways so let me start off by saying thank you! I'm 50 pounds down, and currently considered "overweight" as opposed to "obese" which is great. That being said, I lost motivation to lose these last 20 pounds to hit "average" weight. So for about 6 months I've been what i would consider skinny-fat when compared to my previous physical form. But In reality I've been out of shape and still overweight. About a month ago, on a whim, I bought some rollerblades. I figured it'd be something to jumpstart my motivation and hopefully it'd be a way to do cardio that I wouldn't despise. I haven't rollerbladed in over 15 years and when I did I was just a kid. So I really had no idea how I was gunna make it work but something about the idea seemed so much FUN! Since I got 'em (after some wobbles for a week or so) I've been rollerblading 3+ times a week for 30+ mins minimum. And to my surprise the scale has gone up, or stagnated. BUT, my body is changing for the better! I'm not entirely sure if it's my self image or that the exercise is really doing something or some combination of both but let me just tell y'all... You know how age isn't nothing but a number? Well so is the scale. I've been working out and eating the same calorie budget (with my exercise added so that I'm eating enough) since I got the rollerblades. And my posture is better, my brain is clearer, my work ethic is higher, my mood is enhanced, all that good stuff. Plus my belly is looking less bellyish in the mirror. I say all of this to say, if your math and effort makes sense on paper just keep chugging. Keep on pushing and don't be a slave to the scale. Make healthy choices, be kind to yourself, and find an exercise routine that works for you. This is a lifestyle change so make the changes that fit your life. I hate walking, running, swimming, biking, weightlifting, all that. BUT, I love rollerblading. Maybe you like trampolining, or rock climbing, or hiking, or surfing, or skateboarding, or something else you've never had the balls to try. It's not a bad idea to invest in these sports/exercises instead of a gym membership or a peloton. Why? Because you might actually stick with it! Anyway, that's all I got to say. This is something I wish I read when I was starting out 2 years ago. So hopefully it helps someone else too. I love y'all! Keep on chugging baby! TLDR; found what I would consider an "unorthodox" way to exercise. Scale hasn't moved too much but it's helped my self image and I feel better. Moral of the story, try new things!
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| Progress post-11.2 lbs down, story, pic and method inside. Posted: 11 Sep 2020 11:31 AM PDT So, need to share today. About 3 months ago I hit my rock bottom weight wise. Back in 2017, got married, lost a bunch of weight and felt great. Then, you know how it goes. Anxiety, job changes, lifestyle changes, gained about 60 lbs. you'll see in the left hand picture my belly is swollen and tight, and nothing fit. Probably topped out at 260 but started walking and eating better for a few weeks before I weighed myself. Official weigh in was 254.8, my goal is somewhere around 190. Started running with the 10K runner app, which gradually ramps you up. Fighting with shin splints occasionally, so changed my gear and kept moving. Started adding weight training 3x a week in, as we as rowing on off days from runs. Diet wise, started CICO, and am following the basic guidelines associated with that. Today I took a progress picture and can for sure see a difference for the first time, and I'm excited enough that I want to share. Soooo here you go! https://imgur.com/a/7boL0oF. [link] [comments] |
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