Weight loss: Losing 100+lbs Yet I’m Still Gaining |
- Losing 100+lbs Yet I’m Still Gaining
- Down 25 lbs as of today.
- Strangers Are Proud of You
- I lost 10 pounds!
- Starting AGAIN tomorrow. Feels impossible.
- Down 50 as of today!
- I need advice please help. [24F 350lbs 5’2]
- I Lost 10 Pounds my First Month of CICO!!!!
- Remember, it’s not the calorie deficit today that matters.
- Hey, I'm new here, would you mind giving me some advice to help me get started?
- Negative thoughts continue to rear their ugly head, but I continue to try to get the resolve to keep going
- Slow and Steady: Almost 30lbs in Under a Year
- Getting rid of the weight... help!
- I've been eating 1200 calories for years
- Binging means you're doing it wrong. Here's how to actually lose weight.
- Slightly annoyed by slow weight loss but that has brought some benefits.
- I am going to lose 20 lbs / 10 kg in the next three months!
- I get jealous of girls who eat whatever the hell they and still stay skinny
- I have no idea how to NOT develop an unhealthy, appearance based mindset when dieting
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: September 20th, 2020
- Lost 265 lbs, now I struggle to eat
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- Eating with obese family
| Losing 100+lbs Yet I’m Still Gaining Posted: 19 Sep 2020 01:45 PM PDT I've been hesitant about posting anything in detail about this journey I've been on since March of 2019. I've started my journey miserable and broken. I couldn't go out with my family or my husband without intense feelings of shame and worry. Worry that others were judging me, worry that I wouldn't fit in booths/seats, worry that my husband and family were ashamed of me. I couldn't sleep well, I would wake in extreme pain, unable to walk some days because my back was tired of carrying who I allowed myself to become. I couldn't keep up with friends or my children, I'd be winded just going for a short walk. I became reclusive and didn't leave the house. My self-image and self worth were worse than in the garbage, they were in a landfill of negative feelings and emotions that I literally fed at every discomfort. I refused to have my picture taken at all costs. I would secret eat my anxieties and shame which spiraled into deeper anxieties and shame. I didn't see a point of trying to get healthier, I had "tried" paleo and keto and found myself losing some then bouncing back higher than I had before. In February of 2019, I was watching a weight loss show thinking I was still okay, that at least I wasn't at the point the people on the program were at. Then I saw a woman on the program wearing the same exact top that I was. It was as though a dam broke and e•v•e•r•y•t•h•i•n•g I had been avoiding for years came flooding through. It forced me to take a good hard look at the mirror, at all I had been avoiding at all costs. I took the blinders off and came to see the hard truths I was sugar coating, I was dying. No, I'm not being melodramatic. My mental health was gone. Non-existent and my body was following. I had given up caring. So at the very end of February 2019 something clicked and I decided to actually try this time. I started just by counting calories. I wasn't even focusing on movement. Just by what I was eating and how much. And weight started to come off. A year later, I was 60 pounds down, but my demons came crawling back during my weak moments. The pandemic hit. I felt so defeated and the scale slowly crept up with building anxieties and depression. Then this summer my world changed. (Not going into specifics) I focused more on my health because it was one of the only tangible things I had the power of controlling. I started eating right (still counting calories and watching sodium/carb/sugar intake) and actually moving. I took the time to invest in my heart and mental health and the game changed. •I'm no longer worried about judgements or people being ashamed of me. •I am allowing myself to take up space instead of trying to shrink into the molds I assumed I had to fit into. •I was able to RIDE amusement park rides with my kids this summer. •I don't wake in pain. •If I ache when I go to bed, I know it's because I put in the work that day to be able to feel that discomfort and not my body about to give up on me. •I go for walks because I want to and it's my time to take time for just me, without being winded. •I can play with my children and not be so out of breath that I feel like I'm about to have a coronary. •I don't shy away from photos anymore. I missed out on so much and so many tangible memories from hiding from the camera. •I don't feel like I need to put on a full face of makeup when going out anymore. •I don't see certain food as "bad" anymore, it's food and if I have a craving I just factor it into my day instead of restricting. •I no longer secret eat and try to hide the evidence. •I was able to ride a bike. •I was able to finally get rid of clothes that are now way too big. •I don't blink twice when I'm seated at a booth. •I go out when possible because I am worth a life worth living. •I am enough. I have lost around 101 pounds. But I have gained so much more. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Sep 2020 02:58 AM PDT I did this in about 4 months. I just want to let all you guys know that if I can do it, so can you. After my freshman year, I couldn't recognize myself. I became this pathetic mess who was winded after climbing a flight of stairs. I couldn't run, bench, and was constantly eating. The number 25 had never seemed so large. I don't know what spurred me on to lose it, but I did. I refused to not look the way I should. I just wrote this to let you know I believe each and every one of you have the potential to become your true selves. That layer of flab is not you. Keep at it. Don't give up. You deserve your best. Verification in links. The shirt I'm wearing is an XL. I'm now back to medium. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Sep 2020 06:22 AM PDT Hi all. I am nearing the end of my journey and trust me when I say I know that this shit is not easy. So just a quick story and reminder: I was walking into CVS early this morning, and noticed a large woman parked allllll the way at the other side of the empty parking lot and walking towards CVS. I then saw her shopping in there. Most people wouldn't think twice about this, but we get it. Now, of course it would have been extremely rude and uncomfortable to say "Hey good on you for choosing to walk all that way!" But I wished I could have. I wish she knew I was proud of her. So anyway, to anyone feeling like their progress is going unnoticed, people are proud from afar. Wether it be a stranger noticing your progress at the gym or a fellow loser noticing your decision to park far away. People are proud. And I am proud of you. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Sep 2020 06:19 PM PDT Ten pounds down, and I'm feeling even more motivated to lose the other 45. I started off doing CICO. Downloaded Cronometer and was consistently logging the food I ate. Then, my phone got confiscated. a bit of a deterrent, but then I realized that I could just use a smaller bowl and it'll make the food I get look more than it actually is. It actually works. My family doesn't have a food scale and my parents usually cook, so I don't really have control over what I eat at meals, but it's not much of a problem since they usually cook decently healthy meals anyway. I just limited portions. I admit that I got a bit lazy and didn't exercise, but just eating less and listening to my body when it says "Hey, I'm not hungry anymore" already did so much. [link] [comments] |
| Starting AGAIN tomorrow. Feels impossible. Posted: 19 Sep 2020 05:56 PM PDT Wow, even to internet strangers it's so scary to post these stats: Female, 28 Current weight - 228lbs Height - 5ft 8 Goal weight - 140lbs I have been overweight for about 10 years, although I lost most of it when I was about 20 and then gradually gained it again over the years. I'm by far the biggest I've ever been and I'm literally at the point where I either cancel plans or spend hours trying to find an outfit that somehow makes me not look fat. When I'm out, I literally avoid reflective surfaces because I know it'll make me feel crap for the rest of the day. I pretty much dread sunny days or special occasions. Even with all this, I STILL yo yo diet and fall off the wagon constantly. I just lose motivation or think that I'll start again tomorrow. Well tomorrow is finally here and I'm trying to keep myself accountable. I've taken pictures and I'm planning to post on here regularly with updates. Wish me luck and I'd love to hear from some of you going on similar journeys! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Sep 2020 03:02 PM PDT Honestly just want to type this out as a nod to myself in a public domain, as I don't really talk about this with anybody. My journey has been a little atypical, I think? I'm only 23. Back in high school I was the stereotypical jock. But, through playing basketball, I started to accumulate ankle and knee injuries. In college, I still played everyday for fun after classes were over. But during my second year my legs finally just gave out. To put it into perspective, I had very little cartilage in my knees and cracked the cartilage in my left knee, had a severely pinched nerve in my left hip, and had dozens of ankle sprains, eight of which were classified as tears (2 were full tears, one on each ankle). I just got so demoralized and stopped exercising in general. It was either keep doing the things I loved and be in constant pain where I would barely be able to get up in the mornings, or stop exercising and be able to focus on friends and school. So I stopped, but I didn't change my eating habits because it had never been something I had to think about before. Without realizing, I sank further into depression, was gaining a lot of weight, and my grades suffered. It came to a head at the very end of my third year of college. I had a breakdown. 2+ years of ignoring all of my problems and covering them up with being a frat boy and socializing. I called my father at 4 AM (I was cramming for a final exam that I realized I was going to fail) and he picked up. Long story short, by the end of the phone call he completely changed my outlook on life and myself. It took about a year to figure out my mental health. My grades shot up, I began getting work on independent projects, and gained a lot of personal confidence that I had lost. Then about a year ago, in my 5th year (yea I took an extra year, but an engineering degree with minor in history at a really good school was harder than I thought) I was able to focus on my physical health. In only 3-4 years, I went from playing ball everyday and being able to dunk (im 6'3") to not being able to even jog half a mile before being winded. But instead of ignoring it, I acted proactively and sought out solutions. My doctors basically stated my only options for my ankles were surgeries with 9 month recovery periods, each. My knee was beyond help and my hip would only be fixed through PT. I basically told them to fuck off and found my own way. I tried everything, and a good chiropractor was my solution. He retrained how I walked, how I breathed, and how I used my muscles during any activity. Hell, one adjustment alone fixed my pinched nerve (although it hurt like nothing else when he had to basically pop it out to adjust it). I still have knee pain, but it is manageable and having much stronger leg muscles helps to compensate for my weak joints. 9 months later, and I went from obesity levels to much leaner. I still has some stomach fat, but little else. I never would have imagined 50 pounds, but at 6'3" and 205 lbs now, I am proud to say I've hit about 12.5% body fat (lean body weight of 180). It's been just brute forcing through workouts, runs (i'm now running at least 3 miles each night), and being smart with calories. I can't believe how good it feels to be fit again. As a reward, a couple months ago I was able to do a 25 mile hike and climbed half dome (Yosemite, CA) for the first time in my life (I love backpacking). I can definitely tell I will never put it back on again, my lifestyle has completely changed. I love everyone who has helped me to this point, and they all know it as well. Also, thank you to this sub as a place of motivation and a place in which I can just share what I've gone through. There's always a solution out there, but it's never the easy route! [link] [comments] |
| I need advice please help. [24F 350lbs 5’2] Posted: 19 Sep 2020 06:05 PM PDT I have been skinny most of my entire life, being Chinese and having Chinese parents we always had a strict and controlled diet. I was always told I was so petite and small and they would fear they would break me when they would grab me.. Not once during my teenage years did I think I would be fat let alone morbidly obese. This is my story. I was very shy and timid throughout high school and only had a couple of friends, however one of them was a friend I've known since forever, we've ALWAYS been close. We always stuck together in school and we had several sleepovers and my parents always criticized her weight. I honestly couldn't care less how much she weighed, I wouldn't think anything of it because she's such an amazing friend. We both wanted to go to college together and move away and rent a place. During our senior year we were checking out colleges and universities and majors. We both fell in love with the idea of nursing. After we graduated our dream came true. We moved to San Diego to study at a university we got accepted into! It has been amazing for the most part, we loved it and it was so much fun helping each other out with our assignments and projects and giving each other motivation but what we both disregarded was our health with our food choices. We did not almost at all eat any homemade food. I thought in my mind I couldn't possibly get fat because my metabolism was "fast" WRONG. After a few months went by I gained an insane amount of weight. I went from skinny petite to chubby. I was extremely depressed and I was determined to lose it all but it was difficult to make time and effort to exercise or actually cook. So I put it to the side and put it on my to do it list for the future. Time passed and I gained more and more weight. I avoided video chatting with my parents and when I did my face would be really close to the camera so they couldn't see a difference. It wasn't until someone posted a photo I was in during a party and my parents saw it. My mom called me crying and angry asking what has happened to me. It destroyed me completely and left me feeling like complete trash. I had a addiction to fast food without even realizing it. Now I'm over 300 pounds and I recently moved in to my parents house due to Covid and I'm fat shamed EVERY SINGLE DAY due to being literally the only fat person in my family. I feel like I failed as a person and I feel disgusted looking at myself. My family can be very rude and careless and I'm called by many rude nicknames and my extended family make me feel worse. Yesterday my aunt came over and when I opened the door she literally said: "Oh my god!! What happened to you why are you so fat?!" How in the world am I suppose to answer that? I have no idea what steps to take and where I should even start. I'm crying writing this because I have no one to vent to and this is the only place that came to mind. [link] [comments] |
| I Lost 10 Pounds my First Month of CICO!!!! Posted: 19 Sep 2020 07:58 AM PDT I am over-the-moon ecstatic right now. Before the pandemic, I had gotten into the habit of working out five days a week and eating an overall healthier diet, and I continued that consistently from January until around June. During the summer, I fell off of eating healthy and I didn't work out as frequently, but I stayed somewhat active so that I wouldn't lose all of my progress. However, over those first six months of the year I only lost around 10 pounds because I wasn't in much of a deficit, and during the summer I gained it all back. At my heaviest a little over a month ago, I was at 183 pounds and then leveled off at 181. I just finished my first month of tracking my calories and staying under 1600 everyday except for Wednesdays, which I've deemed as my rest day. I don't track calories but I also don't binge or go crazy and this has worked so well for me. I've been weighing myself once a week and came in at 171 pounds this morning, which means I've lost 10-12 pounds in the past month. I know my progress will probably slow down soon since that's a lot to lose at once but I feel amazing and I just wanted to share!!!! I can't wait to finally reach the 160s and I'm SO CLOSE. Edit: OH. Just for reference, I'm a 21 year old female (22 at the end of this month) and I'm just under 5'4!! [link] [comments] |
| Remember, it’s not the calorie deficit today that matters. Posted: 19 Sep 2020 11:18 AM PDT Oh shit! You ate all that pizza or cheesecake today AND those brownies someone brought into work! You kept other meals small to minimize the damage.. But you are still 1500 calories over your limit..you don't have to take 1500 from tomorrow or run for 5 hours straight because of this. First: chances are, your body devoured all those calories no questions asked without even gaining a penny's weight of pounds. Second: Literally, spread out over a month, just a -50 deficit will burn those excess calories. Pretty much just walking to the mailbox and back will burn all that cheese cake, pizza and brownies. So don't look at calories daily too much, look at them weekly, even monthly. I was fasting 5 days a week, and eating on the weekends. Did this for a month. I was maintaining my weight still. How? Because on Saturday and Sunday I was eating 18k calories. (Yes this was all planned out) So even though for those 5 days, I was "losing" 3-4 pounds, the other two days made up for it. This works the same way for weight loss or weight gain. This is a journey guys, and it's one hell of a journey regardless of how much weight you have to lose, but look on a macro scale. Today's pizza won't affect the end of the month, the end of the year, etc. Sorry if this made no sense, I'm lacking on sleep 😂 Micro speed, macro patience guys. [link] [comments] |
| Hey, I'm new here, would you mind giving me some advice to help me get started? Posted: 19 Sep 2020 11:30 PM PDT I've been overweight for as long as I can remember, about a year or two ago I started a diet and it worked really well, I went from 190 to 160 in a years time, then my family went of vacation and they said "don't worry about it, have fun, just work a little harder when we come back" (I want to clarify that I don't blame them, I should have kept with it anyway, I won't get anywhere giving in to every temptation and blaming others for it), I didn't gain much over vacation, but I couldn't get back into the habit, and now I've been stuck between 260 and 270, I'm disgusted when I look down, I hate looking at the stretch marks in the mirror, I don't really like looking at pictures of myself, I'm 90% sure I've fatted out of the treadmill which is just infuriating because I want be able to rub comfortably at 10 (the treadmills highest speed, I'm not actually sure what the treadmill measures speed in), Family members have told me they're worried about me, and I'm just sick of it, I want to lose it, I'm not the best at making good choices, but joining a helpful subreddit has helped me with my other major problem so I figured I'd give this a shot. I'm 16, I know my weight should be around 100lbs, that's the goal, I want to lose this as fast as possible, I have access to a weight bench and a small assortment of weights, a treadmill (that I can't currently use), a total gym, and a tread climber, any advice is welcome, and thank you [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Sep 2020 01:00 AM PDT I started cooking for myself this week so that I could be more in control of the amount of calories that I was consuming. Went well for the most part. There were days when I really wanted to just go out and get one of the calorie rich breakfasts from fast food restaurants that I habitually got, but I was able to resist the urge. I found that having a container with two cups of blueberry can definitely help to curb my need to munch while working at my desk in the morning. I initially resolved to completely cut out fast food. I was very afraid that I would go back to habitually getting fast food and letting all the food I purchased from the grocery store last week go to waste. Come Friday, however, I did ultimately choose to get some fast food and also got fast food on Friday evening and Saturday evening before going into my weekend job. Along with my choice to get fast food, however, I also made a choice to limit the amount of food I purchased. So instead of a large combo with a large fry and soft drink, I got just two small sandwiches or 4 piece chicken nuggets and had some of my slightly sweetened Kool Aid from home. It satiated my desire for fast food, but also didn't break my calorie bank. It feels very good to know that I do have much more agency over my food choices than I thought I did. The anxiety and worry about getting back into old habits still sits in the back of my head, but it does appear to be dissipating. There are still challenges. Without any friends or people interested in me romantically, I feel very lonely and isolated. I have identified my loneliness as a trigger for overeating. Not much I can do about that. I also still sometimes get discouraged when I go to the gym. When I look in the mirror, I see an unattractive sweaty blob lifting weights and I cannot help but have thoughts of "What's the point, after 6 months of this you'll probably still be disgusting" But I power through and I continue to go to the gym despite my negative thoughts. I know this takes time. I have the misfortune of being an impatient person by nature. I will continue to strive to take this one day at a time, but I would be lying if I said that it wasn't tough to not give into my self pity and go back to my old ways. [link] [comments] |
| Slow and Steady: Almost 30lbs in Under a Year Posted: 19 Sep 2020 03:51 PM PDT 25M // SW:235 CW:206 GW:180 I found an old photo of me and finally saw the change some of my friends were seeing. FACE GAINS Due to stress and depression, I struggled to lose the significant amount of weight I started to put on since 2017. I got up to 235 when I became more serious about it, but I still struggled. Quarantine did a lot of bad things for my mental health but it also helped me in some ways too. Things got worse before they got better. I'm not perfect and I still need to get more serious if I want to get to my GW. But I saw this old photo of me today and tried to recreate it so I can better see my progress; I even wore the same shirt. I keep wanting to tell myself I haven't changed but I really do see a difference. I've been posting my progress here and there to help motivate me to stay on track because this is the most progress I've made in years. I got a long ways to go but I'm proud of myself and I'm going to keep going. GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU TOO, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER!!!! [link] [comments] |
| Getting rid of the weight... help! Posted: 20 Sep 2020 12:13 AM PDT I am a 20 yo female about 5'6 and 150lb. I am wanting to lose about 20 pounds. I just can't seem to do it and I have tried losing weight so many times. My biggest problems are my mindset and my munchies after my recreational activities haha This year classes are online too which doesn't help because then I just sit at my desk at home all day, eat dinner, and go to bed. I have tried using my fitness pal to help me track my meals. I try and stick to fish, chicken, vegetables, fruits, etc. I walk a lot outside. I do drink pop and coffee and energy drinks, so I KNOW I need to drink more water but I have a hard time with that as well. I need any and all tips for sticking to diets, any meal suggestions, increasing water intake, ways to avoid hunger, recommended workouts or physical activities avoiding the gym, etc. I really want to lose this weight but it's like every time I try I find myself in the fridge or making excuses or feeling lost on the weight loss journey. Please give any advice and tell me about your college and young adult weight loss journeys and what worked and didn't work for you!!!!! [link] [comments] |
| I've been eating 1200 calories for years Posted: 19 Sep 2020 08:01 PM PDT In my effort to lose weight, I decided to stick to 1200 calories few years ago. It worked well at first but I've been stuck at the same weight for several years. I don't lose weight anymore despite eating 1200 calories. I have about 7-10 more pounds to lose. I'm 5'1 female so I'll kept getting told i needed to eat 1200 or less. I was miserable and hungry all the time. As someone who was pretty active (weight train 3x a week, plus walking almost everyday and dancing once or twice a week) it felt like I couldn't lose weight no matter what I did. I recently found out I was not eating enough and that could be the reason for my plateu. today I started eating 1440 calories daily. Let me tell you it feels great not to be hungry all the time. Im still fighting against the guilt I feel for eating so much more than 1200, but I'm fighting through it. [link] [comments] |
| Binging means you're doing it wrong. Here's how to actually lose weight. Posted: 20 Sep 2020 01:55 AM PDT We all know the feeling: you've been doing so good today, but then you come home from work and unleash the Cookie (eating) Monster. I've been a serial dieter for the past six years. Here's what I've realised doesn't work... and what does work. Willpower- based restriction In the long term, this is highly likely the reason why you fail. The reason why something like 95% of all dieters fail. Why? Because you only have a limited amount of willpower each day, and things like work and school are already a big drain. Also, our brain is not really wired to indefinitely deny itself short term gratification everyday. Now, all of this could be theoretically endurable, but here's the caveat: the more you restrict food, the more you want it. Seriously. There's been studies done showing willpower based restriction leads to preoccupation, even obsession with food and binging (ex. Keys' Minnesota Starvation study). So just... don't do. it. If you catch yourself thinking: "I had x much today, I can't eat any more..." Stop. If you go into a meal thinking about how much you'll allow yourself to eat, stop. Here's what to do instead. Habit I've consumed several books on forming habits (not literally though, I never restricted myself that much...) and here's how they work: the cue-process-reward pathways You see food. That's the cue. You start to eat it – that's the process. You feel good; that's the reward. Something the cues can just be coming home from work. You don't even need to be hungry. What stated out as a stress-relieving snack morphed into an an everyday habit. But how do you stop yourself without using willpower? The answer is, you hijack these pathways. You can still get reward from eating food, but now the short-term gratification is also stemming from another source: you want to stop. Now, okay, I sound insane. If I had pleasure from stopping eating, I would be skinny by now, you may be thinking. But hear me out: Weigh yourself everyday This is probably the most controversial point, but it's true. If you don't weight yourself, you get no short term gratification from your efforts, which transfers the full weight of responsibility onto your willpower. How fun would it be to play candy crush without getting any feedback on your success level? If you knew you had to get to level fifty, but you could only see your progress once a week, it would transform it into a chore real quick. Similarly, the desire to stop stems from the desire to get positive feedback the next day. Now, scales are controversial. If you really think weighing yourself everyday will bring you more harm than good, don't do it! Personally, minor (water) weight fluctuations don't bother me, but if you find they do, don't weigh yourself every day. A good alternative in that case could be intuitive eating, though I find it works better for weight maintenance. Also, once you reach your goal weight, stop. Check your weight once a week and only if you've started gaining weight, you can switch back to daily weigh-ins and only until you reach your goal weight. That's my two cents. Good luck. [link] [comments] |
| Slightly annoyed by slow weight loss but that has brought some benefits. Posted: 19 Sep 2020 07:04 PM PDT I'm just slightly annoyed today because my weight loss is going so slow. Much slower than it has in the past. Of course with getting older that's to be expected. My body use to be so responsive which is probably why I didn't treat it with much respect. I was doing well until the pandemic. I had finally stopped listening to the advice that everyone was giving me. It's not that advice isn't valuable. Advice given without listening to the person and understanding them is usually worthless. When you are fat no one listens. I can honestly count on one hand the number of people who actually sought to understand me before giving weight loss advice. I even had to stop losing weight. Because of somethings that happened in the past and me being a gay man focusing on my weight was not the healthiest option. Too much of a roller coaster like today. I was actually very proud of myself for going to the gym 5-6 days a week for 6 months straight. I only stopped when cases started rising in the U.S. Even though I know the majority of people would see it as a failure because I had only lost 10 pounds in six months I also know the majority of people only care about my appearance, not my health. Today I'm perturbed at how slowly the scale is moving down. I want my 20 year old body back 😅. On the other hand my blood sugar was in the 80s today. That's down from over 300 hundred four weeks ago. It was a steady decline then wobbled in the low 120s. So today marks the third day of waking up to a normal blood sugar. That's what I have to focus on. I honestly don't care how many people I anger by saying this, if I never lose another pound I won't see that as a failure. My weight is not the totality of my health. Mental health is so important. I've found that western society thinks that you can stress people into losing weight. I honestly think that approach is what created the body positivity movement. A impassioned reaction against a toxic stress. Even though I'm losing weight at the slowest pace I have ever in my entire life I'm less discouraged than I've ever been. Weight loss isn't my most important goal. Because of that I'll probably succeed at losing weight. I'd just like to ask anyone who got this far to not give me any words of wisdom or advice. Unsolicited advice has been a detriment to me so far. [link] [comments] |
| I am going to lose 20 lbs / 10 kg in the next three months! Posted: 19 Sep 2020 10:30 AM PDT Hi. I'm 21 Y/O |F| 5 ft 7 (171 cm)|176 lbs (88 KG)| 36.6% FAT I've always been skinny and due to depression I didn't notice the weight piling on. I also don't "seem" obese, however according to my BMI, I am classified as obese. In the next three months I want to lose a total of -10 KG. Therefore I need to kick my fastfood and sugar addiction. I almost always eat out, wether it's considered "healthy" or not. These habits are not in line with my fitness and financial goals. I want to start implementing the following habits:
It starts TODAY! B: cheese sandwich L: cheese sandwich + 3 cappuccinos + 1 tea [in every cup of tea/coffee I put in 3-5 sachets of sugar) D: small portion of fries w/ a chicken burger + frizzy drink Edit: I am 196 lbs, I didn't convert the KG to LBS properly, my apologies. Edit: This is my current diet and not a representation of my diet plan. I am aware that this is way too little and devoid of fruits and vegetables. I want to change this .^ [link] [comments] |
| I get jealous of girls who eat whatever the hell they and still stay skinny Posted: 19 Sep 2020 11:08 PM PDT I was 92Kg in 2018 and within a year I lost about 25Kg. I did all these hard work gym 5-6 days a week, did keto diet, intermittent fasting. I became skinny and now i'm back to my previous weight. I gained all the weight back, it sucks. After I lost all the weight, I was still exercising and I stopped dieting. I was eating like skinny girls, I thought I'm like them now. I thought I would everything that I want and I would not gain weight like them. It suckss!! I gained all my weight back. Now I'm trying so hard to back to the diet. I'm dieting and if I have a cheat day, i would gain 2-3kg in a day. No one believes me wheni tell them I can gain that much weight so fast. I struggle so much to lose weight, and its not normal. I'm jealous of everyone, it's so unfair. Like why... They can eat fast food, sweets, milkshake anything and still not gain weight. I workout like crazy in the gym and also I go jogging. I don't want to diet for the rest of my life. It's like I am a different person now. Guys who were talking to me when I became skinny are now distant, they barely talk to me now. People basically treat me like shit now, they don't respect me. They would be more polite to me but now lol. How is this fair?? [link] [comments] |
| I have no idea how to NOT develop an unhealthy, appearance based mindset when dieting Posted: 19 Sep 2020 08:57 PM PDT I gained a bunch of quarantine weight, like everyone else, and I've always been a little on the chunky side, just never properly overweight. Now I'm calorie counting and dieting and at first it was fine but every time, my whole life, I always develop a borderline "what if I developed an eating disorder" kind of mentality. Like I have yet to go over my daily calories but I keep pushing myself to have a wider gap, to eat even less and exercise more. I always torture myself by googling stuff about weight loss (why does 90% of the internet treat weight gain as a moral failure?) and I'm obsessively entering lower and lower weights into BMI calculators (I keep using Asian BMI calculators even though I'm middle easter because I'm afraid of being considered fat by anyone) and checking celebrity waist sizes. It's gotten to the point where these days when i see something that says "oh that's too few calories, that's not healthy, I've been thinking, "oh, well I don't want to be healthy, I just want to be skinny" or "but I'd be prettier, and no one will make fun of me and I'd look better in clothes, so what's in matter if it's good for me or will inevitably yo-yo" and then I over do it and end up in such a calorie deficit and bad headspace that I wind up binging... is it even possible to have a healthy outlook on weight loss if the bulk of your motivation is you don't want to be seen as fat by others? How do you lose weight for yourself? [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: September 20th, 2020 Posted: 20 Sep 2020 12:41 AM 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] |
| Lost 265 lbs, now I struggle to eat Posted: 19 Sep 2020 05:51 PM PDT I started my weight loss 3 years ago at an unhealthy 480 lbs. I'm a 46 yo female, standing 5'8". I was a hardcore Diet Coke addict, and my addiction caused my body to constantly be in insulin resistance. I researched this information myself and quit all artificial sweeteners over a 60 day period, replacing Diet Coke with 7-up. As soon as the artificial sweeteners left my system, the weight started falling off. I lost around 100 lbs in the first 6 months alone. My appetite began changing substantially around the second year. I used to LOVE chocolate, now I honestly could pass it up without a second glance. While I struggled to lose weight with the insulin resistance, I also ate huge portions. Now, instead of 3-4 item meals, I grab a couple of bites of protein and maybe some carbs (rice, veggies, fruit). The major thing that "came back" once I started losing weight was my full signal. I haven't had it since my late teens, which is when my daily Diet Coke addiction started. The signal I began relying on was the physical feeling of being full, which I now know means you've eaten way too much. Today, full signal kicks in after a tiny amount of food. I'm very rarely physically hungry, and to be honest I kinda dislike eating altogether. I'm worried this is s sign of my eating addiction turning from addiction to food to anorexia. At the same time, I'm actually enjoying trying to get through the day eating as little as possible. I'm fully aware this is a problem, but I'm not sure how to address it just yet. I have an appointment with my psychiatrist next week and I do intend to address it with her. Is this something everyone experiences after losing a large amount of weight? I'm just hoping to hear from others who've been through something similar. Thanks for reading, I'm a prolific writer. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Sep 2020 12:37 AM PDT hey friends. few years ago i gained a shit ton of weight from my depression. from that i got hundreds of stretch marks everywhere on my body (don't mind them) but from stretch marks i got loose skin. im only 21. I'm now down 50 pounds. Don't feel like loose skin has gotten better or worse. But Its hard cause I'm only 21 and feel like my body looks like an old persons :( any tips on how to manage it and make it bettterrr? it's literally only my left arm (weird ik) and my stomach and bit on my legs. im starting to care for myself a lot more. so it's not a horrible issue for me but would like to minimize as much as possible. Anyone have success stories on getting loose skin from weight GAIN and it going away with weight loss . Probs not but I'm hopeful lol [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Sep 2020 08:13 PM PDT I (16F) live with my mom and my brother who are both obese, I already have tried to get them to eat healthier but they refuse to. Anyways I eat what my mom cooks, which is often calorie dense meals. So the last thing I can do is control my portions, but when I do she starts acting like I'm having an ED! And I'm talking about eating one or two slices of pizza instead of four. Or a normal portion of pasta instead of a heaping plate. And because of quarantine I can't workout so my calorie intake has to be of about 1200 calories (I'm 146lb, 5' tall, gw 120lb What would you do if you were me? Is there a way to convince her that I'm doing things safely and that I'm okay? Thanks ❤️ [link] [comments] |
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