Weight loss: The scale now shows my weight! |
- The scale now shows my weight!
- Things no one tells you about with major weight loss.
- NSV: I have a WAIST!!
- I Went Camping & Didn't Blow It
- Woke up 2 hours early (on my day off), went for a run
- I’ve lost 12lbs :’)
- Just canceled my weight loss surgery 3 days before it was scheduled. I’m going to do this myself. Am I nuts??
- A weight loss milestone: somebody recognized my progress!
- 4 months of better choices & 30 lbs lost
- I just don’t know what to do anymore
- Began 2020 at 225lbs, stress and lockdown added 15lbs more making my my highest weight at 240+lbs.
- SV: 20 pounds down & lowest weight in 4 years :)
- Post #2: My weighing scale arrives in the mail tomorrow
- NSV: First time under 200lbs in forever
- Small victories - I now fit into my old shirts
- Finally beat my plateau!? Breakthrough!
- I’m starting to fear weight loss
- Last week, I ordered a Bowser costume for Halloween. I was too big to fit into it according to the measurement chart, but ordered it as a motivational reward.
- I did it!
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 22
- Finally acknowledging my success! DO NOT GIVE UP, ENJOY THE PROCESS
- Keep at it, you’ve got this.
- I've had enough
| The scale now shows my weight! Posted: 22 Sep 2020 05:53 PM PDT So I posted about a month ago about getting serious about starting my weight loss journey. At that time I had talked about past failures and my hope and determination to make this attempt last and achieve results. I also said that I didn't know how much I actually weighed because my scale didn't go that high, it's digital and would just read error. Well, today i am happy to announce that I my scale shows me my weight, it is 397. This is a small victory and I still have a long way to go to get to where I need to be, but it is very encouraging to actually see that it is working. I also want to update on how things are going otherwise; I am just doing cico and not worrying about much else right now. Honestly, I am surprised by how it seems less challenging this time, like a said above and in my last post, I have tried and failed before in efforts to lose weight. I was worried the calorie counting was going to make me obsessive about everything I eat, while there was a little bit of that at the beginning, it really hasn't been like that. Actually it has really helped me to start to look at food a bit differently. I has helped to view eating less like an fun activity and more like refueling. Also, while there have been days when I've gone over my goal for a day, I never let it discourage me. I just got back on track the next day. So all praise to cico, and I will keep you guys posted with progress along my journey, also shout out to Cheetos flamin' hot popcorn, that shit is delicious and a serving is a large bowl full. [link] [comments] |
| Things no one tells you about with major weight loss. Posted: 22 Sep 2020 04:50 PM PDT TL;DR-Lost 120 lbs and I'm learning new things that massive weight loss didn't fix. I've [F34] been on my weight loss journey for a little over three years. My click moment came on 9/5/2017 when my second nephew was born. I saw his little face and knew that if I didn't make a change I wouldn't be a good aunt to him and his older brother. At 5'1 I was 275 lbs and three years late I've naturally lost 120 lbs and am now at 155 lbs with about 20 lbs to go. I gained a lot of positive things from my weight loss including a more regulated period, improved blood markers, more energy to keep up with my nephews/niece, better mind clarity and overall increase in confidence. I know I'm in a better place, but there are a lot of unexpected things that come along from weight loss that I didn't know would also happen. This includes:
I'm sorry for the long post, but I just needed to get this out in the open. All this has been weighing (haha) on me so heavily (haha again) and I don't feel like I have anyone I can talk to that can relate. I don't expect any responses, but just needed to simply cry a little. I know I need to see a therapist and it's in the works, but Covid has made me a bit scared to go to a lot of places. I need to get gel though because I'm so tired. Does anyone else relate? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Sep 2020 01:56 PM PDT Edit: thank you all for being so kind and wonderful. But yes, this isn't probably the best example of me having a waist lol. I didn't really own anything that showed it off because I didn't have one. Here's my goal dress though- still doesn't fit perfectly but here you go. And it may not be a crazy hourglass, but it's the most waist I've had in my life, so I'm proud :) Oh my god. This morning I was feeling really down because the scale hasn't budged much (and I'm literally FOUR POUNDS from being overweight instead of obese). But my measurements have been changing! Honestly, I couldn't see a difference in myself until I had lost about sixty pounds. Literally no one but my family and two friends know I've been working this hard 😂. And since I started losing weight right before quarantine so none of my friends have seen me in person. All my classes are online so maybe it's still hard to tell. Either way, it's been a little discouraging not to share this with anyone. I have so few pictures at my highest weight- which I recently found out was 285 and not 278 like I had thought- that it felt extremely validating to compare to an outfit I wore right when I started losing weight in March. Honestly all I've been doing reliably is counting calories, doing yoga when I'm stressed, and taking my dog on walks almost every day. It almost seems ridiculous how objectively little it has taken to change my life. I always loved healthy foods and my family basically never ate out. I just ate sooooo much of it. I ate when I was sad, when I was happy, when I was bored. I didn't understand moderation and I didn't listen to my body when it was full. I FEEL hungry now, and then I eat. I don't eat until I'm in pain, I eat until I'm full. I've learned to look at something I love and go 'huh, I'd rather x today. That's just not how I want to spend my calories.' It hasn't necessarily been easy all the time, but it's given me back the power to control my own body. When I used to eat it felt like a high I would do ANYTHING for. I felt I had lost control nearly every time I ate. In March it just finally clicked. For the first time in my life I am starting to feel comfortable in my own skin. I treat food as a friend and not an obsession. I still love what I eat, I just have to choose what's worth eating each day. But feeling good about myself still fluctuates day to day. It's just like that sometimes. Anyway, on to clothing. I wore so many things that hid my midsection that only underwear pics show my waist from that time. I'm still not brave enough to post anything like that on the internet, but here's me nearly seven months later in the same outfit. (Well, almost. The pants are from middle school because it's the only pair that fits with a belt now). I wore this to my twentieth birthday party. Here's hoping 21 will be even better and healthier 🥂 [link] [comments] |
| I Went Camping & Didn't Blow It Posted: 22 Sep 2020 06:25 PM PDT I went camping with friends and had a great time. The friends I was with are super supportive of my efforts. We divided up the responsibility for the food prep and they made sure to know how many calories were in EVERYTHING they brought for the trip. They had a little sticky note with it all written down, just for me. I am on a 1570 calorie plan. I saved up every calorie for dinner yesterday because I knew it was coming. Chips, hot dogs, smores. It was sublime, and I stayed under 1570 calories. Today is Day 75 of logging and staying under calories. So far I've lost 31 lb. Old me would have used the fact that I was camping as an excuse to overeat. I would not have stopped until every hot dog, chip and marshmallow was consumed, and all that was left were empty packages. I feel really good and I like myself. [link] [comments] |
| Woke up 2 hours early (on my day off), went for a run Posted: 22 Sep 2020 04:54 AM PDT I've been in kind of a funk for the last few years, not really gaining weight, but not losing it either. Usually, if I wake up in the early morning way before I have to for kids to school or going to work, I'll either roll over and go back to sleep, or watch Netflix till I need to move. Well, no more, I say. I woke up an hour ago (04:30MST), and instead of the usual, I put on my sweats, and went for a 4k. Amazing how quiet and peaceful everything is at that time in the day. Still have an hour before waking the kids and making breakfast, but I feel so... Good right now. Will definitely be making this a regular thing. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Sep 2020 07:06 PM PDT So I basically just wanna post so I can keep track but I started taking losing weight super seriously two weeks ago and haven't been staving myself. I also have been trying yoga and mediation and I just overall feel so much better already:') I lost nearly 90lbs when I was 17, essentially was starving myself and working out 2-3 hrs a day. Obviously I gained it back and a little bit more during the last four years as I've finished up school. Last summer I was 240 and was "ok" with it (what I thought at the time) and began taking an SSRI and gained 64 lbs in about 9 months. I started September 9th at 304, a week after my 23rd birthday. Today (9/22) I'm 292. Obviously I'm just starting and I expect to lose a lot the first couple weeks bc I am a larger person but I just feel really good and I've actually been eating. As I mentioned I starved myself in HS and developed a eating disorder and really created a lot of issues for myself because of that. I'd say majority of this year I ate maybe once a day because I hated my body and didn't want to gain weight. I first started by getting a better relationship w food and then added in exercise so far. I know it's only been two weeks I'm just happy for myself ig :') [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Sep 2020 09:13 AM PDT Currently I am a 5'7" female, 24 y/o, about 295 pounds. I was so sure that the only way for me to really lose weight and keep it off for good was to get the sleeve gastrectomy. They all throw statistics at me like, "the chance of you losing all of this weight and keeping it off for the rest of your life is slim to none." So that's not very encouraging. But people do it, right?!? The epiphany came when I lost 15 pounds on my own during the pre-op diet. Granted, it was extremely restrictive and only about 800-1000 calories a day, but I stuck to it, did not cheat, meal prepped, cooked, all of that. So I know I have it in me?!? I guess?!? Has anyone ever pursued surgery and quit it before? I feel very unsure right now. My plan is to eat about 1600-1800 calories a day, work out as I can, and do 16/8 intermittent fasting. If I lose 40 pounds, my BMI will be too low and I will no longer even be eligible to have the surgery. I want to give myself until December to see if I can lose a decent chunk of that, and if not, reconsider. [link] [comments] |
| A weight loss milestone: somebody recognized my progress! Posted: 22 Sep 2020 03:44 PM PDT I've been wondering when would be the right time to jump in here with a post. Today I reached what I always thought would happen eventually: somebody at work that didn't already know I was trying to get healthier told me I look slimmer and asked if I'd lost some weight. Yes! 40 pounds! (352->312). Here are a few of my random thoughts about the journey so far. I realized when I was over 350 that I was closer to 400 pounds than to 300. This was my primary motivation to get started. I realized right away, like within a week or two, that I had never really experienced being hungry. I was always eating whatever I wanted whenever I wanted and so I never even allowed myself to be hungry. And I loved the feeling. I'm trying to be more mindful in life and so I was mindful of my hunger and I was mindful of the immediate energy boost I got from eating a sensible meal. This was a big help in continuing. I never paid attention to calories so it blew my mind how many calories I was likely eating in a day before tracking. My god. I probably had days where I was eating 5000-6000 calories. 3 restaurant/fast food meals a day and/or a big home cooked meal. Wild. Speaking of too many calories, I've only been to a restaurant a few times since I started losing weight, mostly due to the virus, but it's been a blessing because restaurant meals are the most difficult for me. Some of the meals I used to enjoy are around 200 calories. Can't be doing that anymore. Home cooking is way more fulfilling. I feel like I can eat the same amount as I would in a restaurant but for only a fraction of the calories. I'm not even sure why that is since I'm not eating anything that much fundamentally different. I guess it's mostly because I'm not having all the sauces and cheeses that normally come with the best tasting restaurant meals. I did hit a plateau a while back and I was getting discouraged. But I changed up a few things, like the aggressiveness of my weight loss goal on the app I'm using. I did also have to be honest with myself and realize that the 2-3 weeks where I didn't lose anything coincided with my birthday and a few other occasions where I ate quite a bit and was over my calories more often than not. Anyway, that's it. Sorry for the long post. I've been a lurker on this sub and an occasional commenter. [link] [comments] |
| 4 months of better choices & 30 lbs lost Posted: 22 Sep 2020 08:11 AM PDT I guess I'd just like to brag a little. My fiancé and I moved to Ga from Tx in feb of this year, so there hasn't been family or friends around to see our progression in person. As satisfying as it will be to hear everyone's comments in December when we go home, it can be tough to see the changes yourself. Even with the monthly photos I take I still get discouraged by the scale. I also want to provide some positive news! The 2nd week of August my fiancé left to work in Maine for 5 weeks. !!!! I know, being alone in a new state with no friends and no one to hold me accountable - that was the most difficult time for me and I slipped up a lot. I ordered ice cream for delivery too many times and drank twice as much. But amidst all the loneliness, overeating and binge drinking, I was able to maintain a good amount of muscle and only gain 5 pounds! And it took us a week or two to adjust back into a diet/workout routine but we are getting back into it this week. It hasn't been difficult to jump back in. TLDR; I want to brag on my healthier lifestyle choices because I'm in a new state with no friends around to see the progress. We dropped our caloric intake to 1200-1500/day with one cheat day and workout 5 days/week (4 days in our garage after work and 1 day hiking on the weekend). Age: 26 Height: 5'9" Starting weight in May 2020: 250 lbs Current weight in Sept 2020: 220 lbs Goal weight: 180 lbs [link] [comments] |
| I just don’t know what to do anymore Posted: 22 Sep 2020 08:26 PM PDT I have been trying over and over. IF, CICO, tracking, keto, ideal protein...nothing sticks. Nothing. I've seen my weight yo-yo so many times and I'm back on the up trend. In college I was 170. Cycling 100+ miles a week, the most fit I've ever been...now...I'm 210...and only going up. I feel helpless. I hate what I look like, I hate how I feel. I can't seem to stop eating. I do good all day then evening time hits and I binge...sometimes 500-600 calories in just a few snacks. Then I hate myself even more. So 600 more calories. Before I know it, 1500 calories in the span of like an hour or two. Tonight I walked into my kitchen, opened all the junk food snacks and dumped them in the garbage. I HAD to open the bags or I would have still eaten them :/. I'm hoping tonight is the night. I'm hoping I can turn this around. 0 lbs down. 40 lbs to go. Thank you to everyone. Your posts have periodically sprung up in my feed and it has motivated me. I hope. I truly seriously hope. [link] [comments] |
| Began 2020 at 225lbs, stress and lockdown added 15lbs more making my my highest weight at 240+lbs. Posted: 22 Sep 2020 11:41 PM PDT I've always had issues with over eating and I used food as a form of comfort. When lockdown hit I had more stress. I began smoking alot more ( legal where I am), eating alot more even later at night, drinking soda everyday ( my biggest weakness). I decided it was time to make a change and have tried my best to stick to it. Stopped smoking, tried not to eat after 9pm unless popcorn, cut out soda, and began exercising with push ups and my 25lb dumbbells since that's all I had. Weighed in at 182lbs tonight. After recent events it feels good. Nothing special, just changing habits and including some new ones. You can do it. [link] [comments] |
| SV: 20 pounds down & lowest weight in 4 years :) Posted: 22 Sep 2020 09:04 PM PDT [24F, 5'4", SW 180 (probably higher), CW 159.8, GW 130ish] Hi everyone, long time lurker and first time poster because I couldn't contain my excitement and didn't really have anyone else to tell! The title pretty much explains it. I weighed in this week at 159.8, officially breaking into the 150s which was super exciting! The gravity of how far I've come didn't hit me until I got the fitbit notification congratulating me on the "20lbs lost badge". 20lbs?! That's basically halfway to my goal! I started to reflect on why this time around was different, why I'm still sticking with it. Like most people on this sub I've been overweight a majority of my life and I've started and failed so many weight loss attempts. When I say this time around was slow and steady, I mean slow and steady. Quarantine gave me a lot more time to myself and this allowed me to experiment and slowly add new habits over time, and I want to outline these in case this helps someone else. Mid March: start of quarantine, couch potato, drank a lot of wine and ate ice cream and junk food to feel better April: had a "what am I doing?" moment, and ditched the junk food and started a beginner pilates workout calendar which kicked my ass May: did the regular pilates workout calendar, tried to eat more mindfully with more fruits and veggies, and bought a scale at the end of the month and realized i hadn't dropped weight yet from my new workout methods June: redid the same regular pilates calendar (I was still modifying a lot of the moves), added a daily walk/bike ride, and started CICO and noticed that while I was eating healthy foods, I was having too much of them. This was the first month I noticed the weight consistently dropping July: went on a work trip and got a little lazy, gained back a couple pounds (probably water weight) but picked my diet, CICO, and regular training back up the last two weeks of the month and still overall lost weight in that month August: Added daily yoga/stretching before bed to my regular routine of CICO, daily walks, and training September: Focused on water and protein intake, all on top of what I've said before At this point, it would be difficult for me to stop doing the habits I listed above. These are second nature to me now. While it is exciting to be consistently losing weight, my fitness stamina has increased tenfold. Even at 30 pounds over my goal weight, I'm in the best shape of my life, and that makes me so excited to see what I will be able to do as I get closer to my goal weight. My ultimate goal is to be 50 pounds down by my 25th birthday next April, seems fitting. Thanks for all the inspiration on this sub! [link] [comments] |
| Post #2: My weighing scale arrives in the mail tomorrow Posted: 22 Sep 2020 09:08 PM PDT I'm really excited. I downloaded a calorie counting app about 4 days ago, and ordered myself a weighing scale. Tomorrow my scale arrives in the mail, and I'm going to Walgreens to pick up a Singer measuring tape. I'm STOKED to start losing this weight. I've been holding on to an extra twenty kilos or so, for the last 2 and a half years. It isn't my weight. I'm releasing it now. I'm letting it go. Walking, fasting, plenty of hydration, eating carefully, yoga in the morning and tracking my progress. It's officially 100 days until 2021. I turn 24 in two weeks. And I'm going to look & feel fabulous for all of it. I would love it if you would share a tidbit of your story, a piece of advice, or anything else you'd like in the comments. [link] [comments] |
| NSV: First time under 200lbs in forever Posted: 22 Sep 2020 12:16 PM PDT [Before & After pictures] I don't even remember the last time i was under 200lbs, it was probably when i was 10-12 years old. Growing up i was always hefty, but it really took off during my hectic teenage years and i found comfort in food & videogames. I finally peaked at 306lbs in my early 20s and decided that i wasn't going to sit around and complain about it. But actually do something about it. So i came here and read the faq like a good citizen, and then downloaded MFP and decided i was going to give this "tracking your calories" thing a go. And well, it changed my life. I ran a 1000 calorie deficit for the first year, ate whatever i wanted, lost 100 lbs. Some days my meals would consist of a pint of ben & jerrys and like 250g of chicken for a total of 1500 ~ calories. I didn't care about macros, and why would i? I was losing weight at a rapid pace eating ice cream. So did that, and after a while my body decided it was time to teach me a lesson and i started barfing up all the shit food that my body just didn't want anymore. And i just felt so weak that i finally decided that was enough and i picked up strength training. And that taught me a little bit about nutrition, i was just so hungry after each session that i started to eat 3000-3500 calories a day and it felt like i wasn't able to stop it. So i gained back 35lbs over the next year - stopping at 242lbs & finishing my first offseason bulk sept 2019. I may have taken it a bit far. The following year (2020) i decided that this was the year i was going to lean out, and thats what i've been doing for 12 months now. Pretty uneventful but i've been aiming for 1lb/week and falling slightly short of that (0.88lb/week ) Looking to shred an additional 20lbs before im set. Hopefully it wasn't too hard to read, i suck at typing essays on the internet but i felt like i owe it to someone. Knowing what i have been given. [link] [comments] |
| Small victories - I now fit into my old shirts Posted: 23 Sep 2020 12:56 AM PDT A couple of years ago, I had to upsize in shirts (from XL to XXL in the UK, I don't know what that is in US size). Last year I started with my weight loss progress, after being 271lbs, and lost 27.2lbs in 2019. This was ok but I was nowhere near my goal weight yet. Fast forward six months of doing nothing but luckily not gaining my weight back, I kicked myself into action mid-February this year. I signed up to 'Walk All Over Cancer', a fundraiser with the aim of walking 10,000 steps a day in the month of March. Add this to dieting, and I lost 21lbs in around 2 months, getting me down under 16st (224lbs). Lockdown hit, putting around 13lbs back on (joyous!) which I have now lost again and then some. I am currently 214.2lbs, with the goal of being around 180 some time next year. As the title of the post, I tried some old shirts on again the other day, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that they fit me rather well, to the point where I'm wearing them again comfortably. This is something I'm immensely proud of, and if possible I'd like to be down to a L size sometime next year, but we'll see. [link] [comments] |
| Finally beat my plateau!? Breakthrough! Posted: 22 Sep 2020 04:31 PM PDT I started losing at 93 kg in May, and from May to July I lost one kg per week till I hit 79-something one day. Around that time I also hit the gym, and somehow stopped losing. "Somehow"? Of course, plateaus aren't "pure chance" or "genetics" but since I had dropped so much I found myself being more lenient (I'd start to have dinner out with friends again, sometimes I'd have ice-cream...) plus hitting the gym made me go from very vegetabley meals to lots of chicken and rice. More "bulking" even if not huge in portions (I still mostly eat this way!). From hitting 79.8 kg that wonderful day, I sort of "bounced back" to 81-83. Not terrible, I knew I wasn't going to go all the way back, so those couple kgs were just slight variations like water, bowel... Not suddenly all fat again. Since going back to school, I've been eating a bit less volume and less calories again (mostly the fact that since I'm busy I don't even feel hungry) plus aside from the gym, I guess going to school and all is a lot of exercise or something, so I'm going down again! I am very close to 78 this time, not just back to 79ish. I'll probably be there tomorrow or very soon! I've some concerns like, most of my fat is in my torso and lovehandles, not that much in arms or legs anymore (still some there) but it still doesn't make me super comfortable wearing just t-shirts that would fit my silhouette. Then again, I've had SO many people compliment my weight loss back at school! That motivated me further, as well as a special buddy of mine whose body I admire and wish I could get influenced by to be as healthy as him! I'm on the right track, baby! One day I'll post my own super crazy body transformation in a post with pictures! We can do this!!! [link] [comments] |
| I’m starting to fear weight loss Posted: 22 Sep 2020 03:44 AM PDT So I'm a 22F and at my highest weight I was 99.9kg (220lbs). I've steadily lost weight over a year and I'm currently 79kg (174lbs). When I was a teenager I was 68kg had a very developed body (large chest and hips, small waist). It caused me to get some unwanted attention, and I really didn't like it. I started gaining weight right out of school because I wasn't as active and I was eating out with friends more. Stress also caused me to eat more, and I ended up gaining a lot. I recently lost most of the weight, and was at a party a few weeks ago. I was in jeans and a t shirt, nothing sexy, but there was a guy who was harassing me again. Grabbing my butt, asking me to kiss him... it had been years since I had to deal with harassment like that and I was so shocked and uncomfortable I just hid in the kitchen for most of the party and ate and ate and ate. Ever since then I've been kinda scared of losing weight. I don't want to be harassed, I don't want to stand out, I don't want that attention. I enjoyed the lack of attention when I was at my heaviest, but I needed to lose the weight for health reasons. I'm just not sure how to get my mind over the fear and continue to lose weight. I know it sounds like a stuck up complaint (oh no, you're looking good and getting hit on! How awful!), but it's seriously something that's tripping up my weight loss and I need to find a way to overcome it so I can be at my goal weight and within a healthy BMI range- I have 8kg to go! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Sep 2020 12:31 AM PDT I put it on a few days ago, and it was LOOSE on me! While I will always be fat/chubby, it was my worst nightmare to get to the point where I was immobile. I would seriously get bad dreams over it. Since loosing this weight, I have not had those dreams. I cannot see the change yet, and I unfortunately have lost my scales somewhere in my untidy apartment, but its obvious that I have lost. To celebrate, I am going to wear Bowser to the mall just to make a fool of myself lol. My diet is 7000 a day with lots of exercise. I have a secret technique of exercise that even lazy fatass me found to be quite useful! If you ask, I might spill the beans as thanks for reading this rambling :) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Sep 2020 01:13 PM PDT The hardest part is over. (I think I might be wrong. This might have been the easy part). I'm back down to my high school weight. Most of my clothes (even my stretchy leggings and yoga pants) are either too big for me entirely or are loose as hell. I'm so happy right now. But I know now is where the work really starts. I've lost all my weight for the most part just by my daily activity life (I worked a job where I walked a lot including up and down steep stairs multiple times a day) as well as fasting. The past few weeks I've started to work out and tone up as I suspect I still have another 10 pounds or so of fat to lose. I need to work on gaining muscle. Gaining muscle will be the hard part for me. This has been about 18 months in the making to loose 35 pounds before I got out of control. I was scared to see myself get to that point. I was binging constantly. I knew I had to make a change. And I lost most of it the last 3 months. That's when my health got better. I started migraine treatment that worked and I went from daily/constant to migraines that only last a few hours. I never thought I'd be back to my high school weight. (And even then I saw myself as fat. Wow. I was wrong) it's a great feeling. But now the real work has to begin. It's not a diet. It's a lifestyle. It has to be or I'll end up right back where I was. Afraid of losing my self control. [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 22 Posted: 22 Sep 2020 04:24 PM PDT Hello losers, Holy shit I can't believe it's only Tuesday. Weeeee. 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 may end today at a deficit kids. Exercise 5 days a week: Hit it hard today with 35 minute HIIT video, tbar swings & about to do some yoga. 15/22 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): Was in a Mcdonalds parking lot. Planned to binge on all the breakfast items. Drove away with nothing. Stuck to my usual lazy intermittent fast. Go me. 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 my kitty. Slayer of moths and provider of snuggles. And occasionally 4 AM wake up calls for tub water. Your turn kids! [link] [comments] |
| Finally acknowledging my success! DO NOT GIVE UP, ENJOY THE PROCESS Posted: 23 Sep 2020 01:05 AM PDT Members of the Reddit weight loss community are used to me whining all the time about plateau, being hangry, not losing weight fast enough, considering quitting etc. (By the way, thank you for all the people who sent me private messages to show their support and checking on me, sometime WEEKS after I posted, you guys are gold). This morning I logged my weight per usual, at first I was super moody cause I lost only 200grams. And then my stats on Happy Scale got updated. (these little boxes scrolling like crazy are so satisfying to watch btw) Turns out I'm 10kg300 (22lbs) down since I got back from the US in March. 10 freaking kilos. My body is 10 kilos lighter. 10kg is a full carry-on bag. Suddenly I realised my tummy feels more tight, looks more toned. My posture improved significantly. Climbing stairs is not so painful anymore. I can CROSS MY LEGS. Makeup looks better on my face and people compliment my cheekbones and my bone structure. EVEN MY BELLY BUTTON LOOKS BETTER, my belly piercing doesn't look it's being smothered by FAT anymore. All of a sudden, it hit me like a truck. I was so focused on losing, losing, losing that I totally skipped the fun part of the weight loss: enjoying a body getting healthier. So guys, take the before picture (I really regret not having the courage to take one) and ENJOY THE PROCESS. I REPEAT, ENJOY THE PROCESS. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Sep 2020 10:43 AM PDT Just wanted to post a reminder to everybody struggling to make a start that you can do this. I lost 30lbs a couple of years back, then gained it back with extra to spare during a tough time. I started again during lockdown because I wanted this shit scary time in my life, full of grief and uncertainty, to be the catalyst for something positive. I lost 18lbs in three months, then fell off the wagon again over the summer and gained 4lbs back. I've got a long way to go - roughly 85lbs - and I've had some false starts. I'll do one or two days, see no results, order takeaway or binge and pledge to start again. But today I've reached the fourth day of consistency and already, 3lbs have disappeared. So if you're like me and you feel frustrated by years of trying to lose weight and never seeing 'real' progress because you've got a long way to go, remember that you just need to start today and be patient. We'll get there together! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Sep 2020 05:25 AM PDT Literally the title. I love eating, but I've had enough of being overweight and of eating far too much. Today has been building up for a couple of months now. Today was the day I got sick of walking down the street being embarrassed about a lil belly peeking through my shirt. I'm not sure how much I weigh but it must be over 80kg now. I've tried to lose weight many times over the last few years but only with low key methods and below average commitment. Today marks a commitment to give weight loss my 110%. I've written down my goals and how I plan to achieve them. Wish me luck! Pics of current weight: https://imgur.com/dOPkc07 https://imgur.com/rlwRmz7 [link] [comments] |
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