Weight loss: [Challenge] LoseIt World Tour - Week 2 |
- [Challenge] LoseIt World Tour - Week 2
- To the guy who’s chiseled from stone at the gym... You’re the real hero.
- My Dad being my hero, even though I’m 40
- Finally made the decision to stop losing weight.
- Out of obese BMI range!
- I lost 20+ pounds since losing my ex!!!!
- New journey
- Life is too short.
- Progress - 70lbs down, 130 to go
- I lost the 45 pounds I needed to lose!
- 2 years ago I bought a bike and set a goal to get under 200lbs before my 40th birthday... I didn't make it.
- My old pants no longer fit
- Just joined a gym for the first time in 6 years!
- I went on a trip to visit my family and managed to NOT gain weight!
- I'm 200lbs down, and I wanted to tell my story.
- Tracking everything has really helped me learn about my body.
- 7 Pillars That Made Me Lose 130lbs
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 9
- It's been a long journey. Excited to move on from my old clothes! (Update pics)
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: October 10th, 2020
- I’ve lost all motivation
- I lost 25lbs/11.3kg in 100 days! Here's how I made it happen.
- 2 years ago I posted about breaking 200lbs for the first time post college! I weighed myself this morning and the scale read 183.6lbs. So excited, I just had to share!!
- starting my journey! again :-)
- Beginning weight training with resistance bands?
| [Challenge] LoseIt World Tour - Week 2 Posted: 09 Oct 2020 09:06 AM PDT Hey Everybody. Welcome to Week 2 of the Fall 2020 Loseit Challenge: LoseIt World Tour! Loseit Challenges are a team-based competition that last for 8 weeks during which you set a weight-loss goal and then weigh in weekly, working to be at or beyond that goal by the end of the challenge. There will be a new post every Friday with Links/Instructions for each week's activities. The challenge subreddit and your team's discord channel will also have all the information you need. This round your hosts continue to be u/hxcjosh23 and u/unrepentant_thinner Week 1 Bragging Rights: We had a great start to the challenge with almost 30 MILLION steps taken and 158,000 activity minutes and over 2,000 lbs lost!! Top 3 weigh in % as a team:
Top 3 Activity Minutes as a team:
Top 3 Total Steps Taken as a team
Week 1 Head to Head Winners! Sphinx claimed victory over Uyuni Salt Flats, proudly waving their captured flags on the pyramids for all to see! The Eiffel Tower has some new gear to fly high, as they captured the flag from Petra! The Great Barrier Reef went on a hiking trip to the Rocky Mountains and now has a flag to come back with! Great job everyone! This week's Itinerary: This week continues the inter-team head to head challenges. Each week, teams will face off in a friendly 1v1 competition for bragging rights in our activity challenges. Compete for your team by logging your steps and activity (step 2 below). For this challenge, we are doing a Capture the Flag contest! Each step logged gets you closer to your opponents landmark! Whoever gets the most steps gets to capture their opponents flag and display it victoriously! Some landmarks will be farther than others, so if you don't quite reach it that's fine! Luckily each team has an automatic flag capture device that deploys if they have more steps than their opponent! Get stepping! Week 2 head to head schedule: Sphinx v. Petra Great Barrier Reef v. Eiffel Tower Rocky Mountains v. Uyuni Salt Flat Challenge Tracker: Step 1 - Weigh in for week 2 Weigh in early! You can update your weight anytime during the week by submitting your weight again. Step 2 - Log your steps and activity All steps count. Intentional activity counts. -We define activity minutes as "intentional additional activity to meet your health goals". This may include things like weight lifting, running, yoga, walking to work instead of driving, etc. Things that are not already a part of your normal day. ***Your and your family's health come first. Adapt your activity to the current guidelines in your communities.*** Timeline Each week begins on a Friday, so you will have until the following Friday at 12 pm EST (when the next week is posted) to complete your weigh-in. You can weigh in multiple times during the week but only your most recent entry will be recorded on the tracker.
October 9 - Week 2 October 16 - Week 3 October 23 - Week 4 October 30 - Week 5 November 6 - Week 6 November 13 - Week 7, Last Head to Head Battle November 20 - Results and next challenge announcement If you have any questions, problems, concerns, ideas, or just want to drop us all a line, please use the message the challenge admin feature, which you can find in the r/LoseitChallenges sidebar or by clicking here. Responding to this thread is great, but ultimately if you want to make sure all of us read it, the message the challenge admin feature is the way to go. Please also note that we are not the r/loseit moderators. We're volunteers and everyday users who run a specific aspect of one of the many interactive community elements of r/loseit. If you have questions about r/loseit that aren't specific to the challenge, please take a look at the sidebar on r/loseit. [link] [comments] |
| To the guy who’s chiseled from stone at the gym... You’re the real hero. Posted: 09 Oct 2020 04:38 AM PDT I currently weigh 390 lbs. A little over 2 years ago I weighed 330 lbs, which was 100 down from the 430 lbs I weighed a year (ish) before that. My wife and I welcomed our first baby July 2018 after trying for years to have a baby. Then BOOM second child October 2019, followed by the shit show that is 2020. My daily gym routine was destroyed and I packed on 70 lbs that I had lost bringing my weight to 400 lbs... 4 weeks ago I decided enough was enough and hit the gym again. I was and still am insanely self conscious about doing any type of exercise/lifting at the gym and have an overwhelming feeling of "I don't belong." To make matters worse there is this guy at the gym who God must have decided to put all his energy into creating. I swear to everything Holy there is zero fat on this dude, and he is RIPPED. He has muscles popping that I had no idea existed. One look at returns a mixture of awe and inferiority at the same time. You can't help but stare when he works out... While staring at him open jawed (thank God for masks) he gives me the "sup?" nod. To which I immediately return and avert my gaze highly embarrassed. Over the next 2 weeks his nods turned to waves. One day he made his way over to me while my screamed like a 13 yo girl at a Bieber concert, internally of course. He introduced himself to me, asked my name, then said something that has literally motivated me to get out of the bed at 4:30 AM every morning to hit the gym. He said "Bro... you are KILLING IT. Keep it up." If you're that guy at the gym who gives the fat dude struggling positive reinforcement.... you sir, are a bad ass. Thank you. To John, the chiseled Demi God at the gym... Thank you. You have no idea what you did! TLDR: I'm fat, chiseled Demi God at the Gym encouraged me. He's awesome. Edit: Holy Rusted Metal Batman! Thank you for all these awards! Y'all didn't have to do that. I just wanted to say thank you to John but didn't have the testicular fortitude to do it in person! Lol Edit #2: Good Lord this has blown up... my poor inbox. Thank you for the support everyone! [link] [comments] |
| My Dad being my hero, even though I’m 40 Posted: 09 Oct 2020 08:02 PM PDT My Dad just had emergency surgery to fix a mighty big blockage in his heart. I came in from out of state to make sure he had someone and help him recover. I haven't seen my Dad in 3 years. We aren't particularly close, though we love each other tons. I've been working on my weight loss for about 4 months, and I'm not near my goal yet, but I've made quite a bit of progress. Dad is literally being my cheerleader. "You look so great". "That dress is adorable" "Yes, I'll give that Chia Pudding a try!" I was worried he may judge my food scale and me counting calories. Nope. He's counting his along with me. Worried that the last 25 years of him relying on fast food would stifle my plans of cooking healthy at home. Nope, again. He's eating everything I make, including chocolate avocados balls. He HATES avocados. Man, that protein fluff "ice cream" is pretty awful, but he ate it instead of the ice cream in his freezer. I go walking as he's winding down for bed, and he asks how many steps I have, how many to go, and in the morning asks about my walk and tells me "good job" regardless of if I hit my goals. [link] [comments] |
| Finally made the decision to stop losing weight. Posted: 09 Oct 2020 01:12 PM PDT After two years of rigorous weight loss and two years of (more or less) maintenance where I fussed with adding muscle but losing fat and constantly complained about needing less and less fat, I've finally made the decision to stop losing weight. I (28F SW:200lbs CW:125lbs, 5'7") have been on this weight loss journey for a while and have never been happy. My goal weight was 140. I'm 15 pounds beneath it and still poke and prod at my problem areas. I'm also quite muscular and therefore dangerously close to an underweight BMI. This morning I undressed to take a shower and did the ritualistic poking at my abdomen pudge and then I realized something. Something obvious that people have always said but I always brushed off. It's not fat. It's skin. I gained weight, I stretched, I shrunk, the skin did what it could but that last little muffin is skin. The way it hangs and moves, it's so obviously skin. I hate that pudge, but you know what? Pushing myself to lose another ten pounds (which is what I've been doing) will not get rid of it and will be unsafe). For the first time this morning I looked in the mirror and was ok with what I saw. I don't have a flat stomach, I have cellulite on my thighs, and I've got stretch marks on my belly, sides, arms, and legs, but ya know what? I'm ok with it all. For the first time ever I'm ok with it all. I'm officially starting maintenance as of today. My goals from here on out will be based on physical strength, not appearance. It took me a long time, but I'm so happy right now. I texted one of my best friends this morning who's always slamming my body dysmorphia to tell him I've officially decided to stop losing weight. His response was: "FINALLY!" Guys I'm never going to look like a supermodel or a movie star or whatever else. I can't. This is what my body looks like. And for the first time, I really am ok with it. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Oct 2020 10:57 PM PDT I feel a bit embarrassed to tell anyone I know and I don't really know of any other weight loss communities, so I figured I'd post here about it. Sorry if this is kinda lame compared to the other awesome weight loss journey posts here! For the past month, I've been keeping track of what I eat and exercising. I've honestly never been very physically active so the exercise has been the biggest change for me. But it seems to be working! I've lost 15 pounds so far (even though I know a lot of the beginning was water weight, because my eating habits before this were terrible). This morning I weighed myself and I'd lost an additional two pounds since last weighing myself. I have a smart scale, so it loads my BMI every time. I've been waiting with bated breath during my weight loss for me to lose enough to be out of obese range, and it finally happened! I'm in the overweight range now - next stop, healthy BMI! Only 50 pounds to go. I've got this! And so do you. [link] [comments] |
| I lost 20+ pounds since losing my ex!!!! Posted: 09 Oct 2020 06:09 PM PDT My ex cheated on me 2 months ago, and every since I've been working on my self love, and making sure I put myself first. Lately I have been noticing that my pants at work have been a little saggy, and I have been feeling a lot better physically (mentally is another story but I'm working on that 😂) but I found out just how much I lost the other day whenever I went to my doctor for my check up I have about every 3 months (for health reasons) but she looked at my chart and then looked at me and said "I'm really proud of you, you said you were trying to work on your body and make yourself feel more confident in your own skin and guess what YOU'VE LOST 22 POUNDS" I'm so happy I could cry. Tonight I tried on these pants I bought almost a year ago and they are loose!!! Whenever I bought them they were a tight! I'm falling in love with myself more and more and I'm so excited that I'm making progress! I've also recently started modeling to help me get out of my comfort zone more and it's helping. I'm a long way away from my goal which currently is 250 pounds (hoping to reach it by my 21st birthday in April) I'm at about 302 as of this morning, but I'm working on it! The advice I'd like to give to everyone is to just stick with it! I struggle a lot with my weight fluctuating (going up and down) and it feels like I'm stuck at times, but if you stick with it and focus on your mental health as well as physical health you will make your goal it just takes time! I wish everyone the best of luck in their journeys! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Oct 2020 10:19 PM PDT Hi, my Doctor suggested I join here to share my story and network with like minded and like situation people. I started, post divorce at 342 pounds. Ate out almost every meal (didn't like to cook, picky kids not wanting to eat the same thing, driving kids to events, etc.). Gained tons of weight due to being invisible in my marriage. COVID hit, I started getting down about being home, over working and getting bored. Decided to "learn" to cook since I had more time at home. Within 2 weeks of cooking at home (not counting calories or carbs), I lost 4 pounds. Started adding new foods and green stuff (I was not a fan). Lost more weight. Started needing less insulin as I wasn't peaking as often. Started logging my food and I talked my Doctor into the CGM system Libre 14. Logged how foods reacted in my body. Learned I just can't eat white (bread, potatoes, rice or pasta). Only missed pasta, so learned to eat Miracle noodles. BG levels continued to drop, continued to reduce insulin and lost more weight. 5 months later, down 56 pounds, completely off insulin and walking a mile or two a day. I am 56 years old and I never thought I could lose weight. I tried many "systems" and would lose 5-10 pounds and the stall for months. It is getting easier and easier to eat good, exercise and I feel blessed. My daughter (19) was watching my transformation and she started walking as well. Now she is eating better, walking 5-8 miles a day and losing weight. (Down 40). My son (25) is disabled and it is harder to exercise, has anxiety and Aspergers. He was reluctant to change, but now he walks with me everyday. We walk slower, but I am not complaining. We are just starting this journey, but I think we have a good lead! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Oct 2020 09:48 PM PDT This will most likely get lost or buried under other posts but I figured I would spill my thoughts while they're still fresh on my mind. In the midst of another binging episode earlier today, a particular thought came to mind that really made me pause and reflect on my weight loss journey. This last week has been very rough, multiple binges despite the loads of encouragement and inspiration I've received from this subreddit alone. Despite it stalling my weight loss, it's also taken a huge hit to my mental and emotional health which directly affects my success on this journey. Laying back in the seat of my car, 3000-4000 calories in, on the verge of another mental breakdown, a simple, yet profound thought rose from the ashes: Life is simply too short. I think on this journey of losing weight whether it be 15, 50, or even 100+ pounds, we forget that we have an obligation to ourselves to enjoy life. People tend to sacrifice or even give up their sense of happiness and joy on the quest to losing x amount of pounds. As if weight loss has to be this grueling, strict, and straight-shot victory on the scale. Whether your morbidly obese or the most shredded guy in the gym, one thing we all share in common as human beings is the prospect of death. I say that as a matter of perspective, and not to discourage anyone. That being the case I feel as if everyone should find different ways to maintain their happiness and fulfilling lifestyle with a healthy weight simply being the by-product. This is something I've failed to do within the last 2 years of losing and putting weight back on, which I believe is the cause of me being stuck at square one. Every "day 1" I feel as if I'm giving up something, or attempting to become someone I'm not mentally when in reality I'm the same exact person with feelings and emotions. Please take care of your mental well-being as much as your physical on this life changing journey. It is more than possible to be just as happy on day 1 as is on day 1000. Life is too short to waste your time letting your emotions win and keeping you in this constant loop of misery. I know it's not easy just speaking from experience, but it's at least something I'm willing to try starting tomorrow morning. Everyone deserves to be happy regardless of their size and journey. You deserve to be happy. [link] [comments] |
| Progress - 70lbs down, 130 to go Posted: 09 Oct 2020 06:27 PM PDT before and after so last year I started making small dietary changes like switching from soda to diet then diet to water. I am now meal prepping now and starting to excerise as I have plateaued and thats very much okay. Its a stepping stone, each step is its own entity and challenge. I consider the challenge now as comparative to mounting a summit, which prompts me to want to start hiking,climbing, and kayaking. I also want to start some wild life photography. But take photos, and don't be afraid of the bathroom scale. One of the biggest milestones for me was getting a regular physician, and making sure I was in good health. And in the last few months I found myself beating my own plateau, and watching the weight fall off. I'm still struggling with excerise but the battle starts in the mind and in the kitchen. If you have a set back or some kind of embarrassing ordeal use it! Use it as fuel as fire to burn in the engine that runs your fucking soul! You are the driver! Make your body respond to you! Failure is the key to success and the beginning to your life! Live for you my brothers and sisters, much love. [link] [comments] |
| I lost the 45 pounds I needed to lose! Posted: 09 Oct 2020 12:16 PM PDT I (19m) wanted to join the army, but didn't meet their maximum BMI percentie. I was 6 feet tall, and 265. I tried over the course of a year and a half to lose weight, but I failed to lose more than 10 pounds. FFWD to last july and of all things, my girlfriend cheats on me, i dump her, and i GET MY SHIT TOGETHER. I enlist the help of a personal trainer, adopt a diet, and fill my days as much as i can with physical activity. From the beginning of july, to currently (mid october) my change in lifestyle has lost me 45 pounds and i feel like im in the best shape of my life, and im not even at my peak physical form! I was able to qualify for the military, and I leave for basic in 10 days. This community and all of your determination no doubt helped me with my journey. Thank you. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Oct 2020 11:30 AM PDT I turned 40 back in August, oh well. I've always struggled to maintain a consistent weight. By the time I was 20 I was north of 275lbs. In my mid 20's I crashed down to 185 in the most unhealthy way possible, only eating a couple times a week and doing lots of hard party drugs. Poverty kept me down for a few years, it's easy to stay thin when you can only afford beans to eat. Once I was 30 I had a good job and it started creeping up again without me paying attention. Just before my 38th I looked at the scale sitting at 265. I knew if I didn't start anything then I'd never be able to. I bought a bike and started going for rides a couple of times a week, and discovered my thing. At first 10km would leave me gasping for breath but I slowly found my stride. Last year I completed my first metric century (100km ride) At the beginning of this year I blew out my knee and was laid up for about a month and a half. It hurt to exercise, I almost gave up but eventually dragged my ass back into the saddle. I've had a couple of close calls in re-injuring it, I'm not a young man anymore, but I've kept my pace going forward. I wish I could have it my target date, but it's not the end of the world. Some stats: M40 6'3 SW: 265 GW: <200 CW: 199.4 (Yay!) Total time on bike - 212 hrs 14 min Total distance: 5120.2 km Before & After https://imgur.com/a/gU23D6B I know it's not the biggest change, but I feel pretty damn proud of myself. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Oct 2020 02:18 PM PDT I ordered some new pants online because my old ones straight don't fit anymore. I've been just dealing with it for months. I keep tightening my belt more and more. I finally said screw it and ordered some new pants. The new pants looked so small when they got here. I said there was no way they were going to fit me. I was going to return them without even trying them on. But I tried them on anyway because my gf assured me they would fit. Not only did I not even have to squeeze them to button them, they are a little too big. I went from a size 40" waist to a 34". And I think I actually need to buy 32" pants because these are still a bit loose. Really made my day today. Nice little NSV for me. [link] [comments] |
| Just joined a gym for the first time in 6 years! Posted: 09 Oct 2020 10:27 PM PDT Worked out two weeks ago with my sister, after moving to a new city. She is very thin and in shape and has always poked fun at my weight which has lead me to deeply troubling body image issues. It was mildly infuriating and downright demeaning how she treated me during our workout. I vowed never to step foot in a gym with her again. After gaining upwards of 60 lbs and making up excuses for not working out or eating healthy, I'm ready to take these baby steps to taking back control of my life and being healthier not just for my sake but for my two little ones. I'm done feeling sorry and helpless. I can do this. ♥️ Here's to new beginnings! [link] [comments] |
| I went on a trip to visit my family and managed to NOT gain weight! Posted: 09 Oct 2020 02:53 PM PDT My family's love language is food. Trips home usually involve a LOT of high-calorie food and going out to eat. And also my in-laws love to drink. So when we go there it's usually an un-doing of progress for me. This time it wasn't! I remained flat! I didn't continue my trend of weight loss but the main win is that I didn't gain anything. I can't believe it. I honestly think I'm more proud of this than some of the weight loss I've had. How was this time different? 1. We were really strict about not stopping for snacks on the drive there and back. The trip is 15 hours one way and the halfway point is a town we used to live in so we stop there and there's a "Pan-Asian grille" that we love that's actually pretty healthy that was our reward for no snacks so that was fun. 2. We cooked breakfast at home every day instead of going out for that meal. 3. I love iced coffee and at home I make it myself but on trips I usually get it from Dunkin' or Starbucks because it's easier. Problem is then I don't drink it black I get all the other unhealthy crap in it. This time I made it myself and kept it black. 4. I made a conscious effort to drink less alcohol 5. I was participating in what I was calling a "No Soda September" which I did cheat on twice but it still drastically reduced the amount of soda I would've normally been having 6. I started a new med recently that has appetite suppressant as a side effect so I just wasn't as hungry so it was easier to turn things down. So this last one is kinda cheating but it still contributed to it. [link] [comments] |
| I'm 200lbs down, and I wanted to tell my story. Posted: 09 Oct 2020 06:50 AM PDT Hey guys! I wanted to celebrate a milestone with all of you - 200 lbs down! It's taken me 3.5 years, but I'm here. It's been so very eye-opening - I've discovered things about myself and others that have shaped my life in dramatic ways. I have always been big, but when I moved out of state for a new job, I really ballooned up because food and video games were my only outlet. Never owned a scale, didn't want to know. If you ignore the problem, it will go away, right? My weight started to trickle into my thoughts like black ink on water - that chair won't hold me up, I won't fit in the seat, I can't keep up, on and on. That was really what brought me to the point of change - I couldn't ignore the problem anymore, so I turned around and looked right at it. In May of 2017, I started a program called Profile. I had seen friends lose weight while on it, and that was enough to get me through the door. I still remember walking in and surprising the coach with my level of commitment - "Do you have any questions?" "No, not really. Tell me what to do." It's a low carb, low fat diet that's about half protein meal replacements and half grocery food. But what's most important is the one-on-one coaching - once a week, I got to talk about all the emotions tied to what I was eating, commiserate with someone with understood, and celebrate with someone who knew my story. And it changed my life. I started with the grocery food - I have always enjoyed cooking, and I refused to eat ''sad diet food". You are given a list of mostly veggies and protein when you start the program. I took that list and used it as a sandbox, finding new veggies and new ways of enjoying my favorites. I tried new cuisines like Indian and Vietnamese that did veggies way better than the butter-soaked, cheese-covered ones I was used to from my Midwest upbringing. And I learned what an actual portion size was! Putting a recipe in MFP and realizing that what I used to eat was 3,4,5 times what I needed to eat was eye opening. There's a certain sort of trust that's required whenever you undertake an endeavor like this - I am trusting this plan will work. It was nice in the beginning to have that with Profile - trust your coaches, trust the plan. As an engineer, I've always been curious. I like seeing the inner workings of things - taking them apart and understanding them down to the atoms. And I got the chance to do that because I was asked to be a coach myself. There's something about teaching others that helps solidify knowledge in your head. I love the opportunity to walk with other people on their journey - to normalize the emotional gunk you go through when changing your relationship to your body. I'm still learning to exercise. I started walking around the neighborhood, but there was no structure until I followed the encouragement of a friend to a local powerlifting gym. That's when I learned about routine - going to bed on time to wake up early, packing my bags the night before. Now I'm learning how to experiment - building up the courage to try new things despite feeling ignorant or incapable. And I'm learning that perfect can be the enemy of good - I can be the person I want to be without forcing myself to do the most efficient, effective workout. I haven't found anything I love yet, but I'm going to keep trying. So here I am, down to 203 from 403. I have my first skin removal surgery scheduled in 6 weeks - I'm excited and scared. I've been experimenting with my new normal - finding gym routines and exercises that I like, working on the meal transition plan (It's an Excel spreadsheet titled "5 Steps to Normalcy"), figuring out how to transition from the on/off diet mindset to indulging without feeling guilty or going overboard. Thank you for taking the time to read all this. I hope to encourage you on your journey like you have encouraged me on mine. If you'd like to see me, here's a progress pic. [link] [comments] |
| Tracking everything has really helped me learn about my body. Posted: 09 Oct 2020 06:43 PM PDT I always used to hear of people saying "my body reacts this way to this thing, and this way to that" and I never really understood it. I was never aware of the effects of what I was putting in my mouth and what I was doing physically, and I suffered for it. I was never really the type of person that would "listen" to their body, I always assumed that the negatives were a normal part of life and not what I was doing. But, tracking everything has really helped me see how my body reacts to things like drinking tons of water, eating more or less, what I eat, etc etc. I took some time procrastinating studying (lol) to make a fancy ass excel sheet (always a good skill to learn how to use excel) and start tracking and looking at trends and also to keep myself accountable. Would totally recommend doing this for those who need a little extra step in terms of seeing the bigger picture!! Here's a little screenshot of what my chart looks like --> https://imgur.com/a/fGlMB6d Still in the process of getting a body fat scale (I know they aren't the most accurate but I like numbers and you can always use an extra benchmark) which is the explanation for all those question marks. Most of the averages and overall numbers are generated automatically with inputs of my current weight and calories eaten that day as well!! [link] [comments] |
| 7 Pillars That Made Me Lose 130lbs Posted: 09 Oct 2020 02:51 AM PDT 1. Don't cash your validation in advance. Stop telling people that you'e gonna lose weight. You are setting yourself up for failure because you are putting unnecessary pressure on yourself before this journey even begins. Peoples validation is not nearly as important as you think it is, and it won't help you lose weight. Calorie counting and training will. 2. Hold yourself accountable If you want to reach your full potential, you need to be honest with yourself and stop making excuses. The human body is capable of much more than you think it is. You are doing a HUGE disservice to yourself when you excuse yourself out of doing something just because it's a little uncomfortable.
There is no growth in comfort. 3. Motivation is temporary, discipline is forever. Create a routine and use your discipline to stick to it. Everyone gets motivated from time to time, but it fades just as quickly. Set up a routine that you know you can stick to. It doesn't have to be the toughest routine, just prove to yourself that you can stick to it, then make it harder if it gets too easy after a while. Don't rush anything, patience is key. 4. Don't be afraid to fail, but never let yourself give up. I've failed more times than I care to remember, but I never gave up. Wake up every day with the goal to lose weight, no matter what you did the day before. You can forgive yourself for failing, but never forgive yourself for giving up. Because when you give up, everything you have worked towards will be for nothing and you'll fall back to where you first started.
5. Set up small goals, and big goals. When I embarked on losing 130lbs, my first goal wasn't to lose 130lbs. It was to lose 10, then 10 more, then maybe I could lose 20 more? Then when I was down 40lbs, losing another 30lbs seemed easy. Before I knew it, I was down 100lbs. 6. It's a marathon, not a race. Stop setting yourself up for failure by chasing unimaginary goals, like losing 50lbs in 2 months. That's not gonna happen and you know it. Patience and persistence is key to losing weight long term. Keep it realistic (1-2lbs / week). 7. Give yourself credit where credit is due. When you reach your goals, give yourself some validation. Celebrate by buying a new pair of pants that fit, or post on this forum and talk with others who've gone through a similar journey.
Final note: Losing weight is not a fucking cake walk. You need to realize that. What you are going to go through is hard, but the result is something most people only dream of achieving. They are never going to put in the work because its uncomfortable and hard, but that doesn't matter to you. You are determined to reach your goal by any means necessary. You will be uncomfortable, you will feel pain, you might even lose a few friends. That's okay, because reaching your goal is much more important than any of that. The grass is greener on the other side, trust me. [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 9 Posted: 09 Oct 2020 06:41 PM PDT Hello losers, Happy Friday! Weight by end of month (199 lbs, preferably trend weight): 208.6 this morning. Stay within calorie range (1700 weekdays to practice eventual maintenance, maintenance weekends, NO FAST FOOD): Maintenance. Update, pears are still not ripe. Exercise 5 days a week: 45 minute walk plus errands, gonna hit 10K the next time I go to the bathroom. 6/9 days. Self-care journaling (once a week, 60 minutes): Did some. Could use more. Always. Will count this week. 1/1 weeks. Self-care time (work on not using food as a reward): Got some business handled. Fat blueberries acquired. Gonna have a long shower because I feel gross today. Try a new recipe once a week: Turkey tacos. I'm counting it as new. 1/1 weeks. Be more mindful, present in my body & express gratitude to avoid the hedonic treadmill: Grateful for my kitty sneezing on my partner then me as I was about to laugh at the first sneeze not being upon me. Ahhh karma. Your turn kids. [link] [comments] |
| It's been a long journey. Excited to move on from my old clothes! (Update pics) Posted: 09 Oct 2020 04:08 PM PDT This is my first official post on this sub. 27 yr old male, started out at 330lbs as of November 7th, 2019. I was in a bad place mentally and was spiraling in a mess of apathy and obesity. Then my best friend looked me in the eye one morning and told me he was afraid i was going to die in my sleep. It took this for me to pull my head out of my butt. After a steady journey of trying to get my health back on track, i finally reached one of my soft goals of sub-200 lbs. I still have more to go! I want to become leaner and get down to around 160-165 lbs but I have all the motivation in the world and am finally in a good place mentally. Im going to be donating my old wardrobe later this weekend and i might get a bit emotional lol [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: October 10th, 2020 Posted: 10 Oct 2020 12:01 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] |
| Posted: 09 Oct 2020 11:37 PM PDT I don't go to the gym anymore. I haven't worked out in weeks. I've had one meal with vegetables in the last two weeks. I'm too comfortable eating takeaways. I've lost all sense of food I don't enjoy vegetables anymore I don't get excited to eat anything I don't even do squats before I get into the shower which is my fave thing to do cause before you hop in do like 20 squats for that ass build up a quick sweat then carry on with your day. I feel like all my health conditions are massive boulders for me and I've given up because I just don't know how to kickstart it. I'm always like that's my health so I'm bloated so I give it up. I'm also addicted to chocolate! Send help 🏳️ [link] [comments] |
| I lost 25lbs/11.3kg in 100 days! Here's how I made it happen. Posted: 09 Oct 2020 01:42 PM PDT I went from 187lbs/84.8kg to 160lbs/72.6kg between June 10th 2020 and September 20th 2020! So technically 27lbs/12.2kg in 100 days. I am so proud! As a 5'2"/157.5 cm woman, I still have a ways to go. My goal is 125lbs/56.7kg, a few pounds under what I weighed in college. I hope to be there by the middle of 2021, but we shall see. I've always been small and pretty skinny; it wasn't until I turned about 24 years old that I started to gain weight... up until now, where I'm 30 years old and chubby. I'm naturally active and eat nutritious foods AND love a good foodie meal, bread, cheese, wine, ice cream, etc. I did pretty steady progress until September when I took a 5 day vacation wine tasting & eating out and then another 3 day trip where I got engaged (!!!). I've definitely been celebrating and in the end of September, I gained 2lbs/.9kg back and am kinda stuck at 162lbs/73.5kg. But the good news? It's just a temporary reflection of celebrating some really wonderful life moments and milestones. I've built really healthy habits and instead of the fun weekends completely derailing me, they've actually just been upswings that I've moderated with downswings. When I look at the daily data, I can see that I have started going down again as soon as I've been back on my normal routine and it's just that when the upswings are too close together, it gets a little tough to see overall loss. Hey, I'll take it: It's a great sign not to gain and then be unable to get back to normal and losing! What I did– Eat Less: I started eating 1300 calories a day. I was super super strict at the beginning, with big goals to jumpstart my weight loss. It worked! I ate turkey meatballs and rice and vegetables every day for dinner for a month and lost 10+ lbs the first month. It was suuuch a nice motivator and actually really delicious and easy. If you have foods you like, it's great to build a habit there. At the beginning, my food did NOT feel like enough: I was so hungry all the time for the first ten days. I also had a ton of rumbly tummy, from eating tons of fiber and vegetables and lean meats, I think. Naturally I ate very few bread and processed carbs in order to make my calorie goals. As I saw more and more progress, I was able to loosen up on my diet. I went down to 1250 calories and have stayed there as my goal. I plan out my meals in a self built planner/tracker in Excel. Very rudimentary, but I like the flexibility to move calories around depending on what I eat. I use a food scale for everything and count calories BEFORE eating, not as I go or after. I did eat ice cream every single day on this diet! At first I was plowing through Halo Top (all measured and fitting in to my calorie goals). Then I found 100 calorie popsicles that were REAL ice cream and sooooo amazing after all of that Halo Top and I started having one or two of those in the evenings instead, fitting them in. I did crave Indian food and hamburgers sometimes and was able to work it in each time. Nothing crazy, not having it every day, but every couple of weeks we got some take out, which worked out well with some planning ahead. I was measuring out and eating snacks every day, but the longer I've done this, the more I've naturally cut out snacks. I've realized my ideal day of eating on my calorie plan is this: Breakfast smoothie of banana, protein powder, cocoa powder, water. Coffee with 2 tablespoons of half and half. Lunch salad: Lettuce, veggies of various kinds, 1 tablespoon of homemade Italian dressing, sweet potato, and .5 oz goat cheese. Dinner: Various vegetable & salmon/chicken sausage/turkey meatball dinners. Evening snack: Fruits and ice cream. Move More Lots of neighborhood walks, got up to going 4 miles each time. Wanted to get further a little faster and bought a jumprope, but it was SO HARD do even do ten minutes; I was wheezing. When the lap swimming opened safely by us I started swimming 4x a week for 35 minutes (the max given the reservation system), just doing laps. I felt good and it was fun. Two months of swimming later, I gave jump roping another try and it turned out to be super fun and I could easily do 25 minutes of jumping with just a light sweat and only a few breaks. It felt like such a breakthrough: Losing weight and consistent exercise actually works! haha. The reservation system at the pool has been a ton of help, actually: I make a reservation a week in advance and then when the timeslot comes around 7 days later, I go no matter what. I'm locked in! I have got to go. So I do. I've been trying to keep moving a bit more: Suggesting walks with friends (where it has been possible to socialize these days) instead of a picnic or something. Not trying to get crazy with exercise (although I've always loved to move!), just focusing on getting moving. I don't worry too much about calories burned: I'm not doing anything intense and so not eating calories back. How I Feel: The more I've been working on this "project" of losing 62lbs/28.1kg, the longer I've felt that it's pretty easy. Don't get me wrong: There were like three weeks at the beginning where I felt like it would be an impossible task to do this every day for a year, but the longer I've been doing it, the more I've made concessions around things I need or want to be successful in exchange for things I don't really care as much about. For example, I really like half and half in my coffee and it's just a necessary part of my life, so while I tried to swap it out for milk, etc., I eventually decided NAH, not worth it. On the otherhand, I've never been a big drinker and while I do love a beer or wine in the evenings, I'd much prefer more dinner or ice cream for dessert and so... I've just kinda naturally cut it out. I can see my choices and make them with my eyes open and for that I feel eternally grateful. Other than that, I feel successful, happy, lovee love love fitting in to new clothes and seeing the numbers go down on the scale (getting closer to that goal!), collecting daily data that shows my progress, etc. etc. I feel better than I have in 2 years, when I was back at this weight, and so happy to be getting healthy and back to a weight and body that feels like me. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Oct 2020 05:59 AM PDT This has been an ongoing journey in my life so it's hard to pick my starting weight, but at my heaviest I was pushing 225-230lbs. I weighed in this morning at 183.6lbs and I am elated!!!!! The lowest I have weighed as an adult was 175lbs in 2012 after going away to college and losing 50lbs. I am so close to 175, but am SO happy with where I'm at and how far I've come. I feel really good in my skin and have learned many lessons along the way. I don't have a particular goal weight because I try not to focus too much on the number showing on the scale (but was entirely too excited not to share when I saw that number this morning on the scale!!!). I try to pay more attention to how my body is feeling and how I am feeling in my own skin. It has really helped me make better choices with eating and taking care of myself when I think about taking care of myself as opposed to just trying to lose weight. Here's a pic of the scale last December versus this morning! Thanks for reading :) hope you have a great day!! [link] [comments] |
| starting my journey! again :-) Posted: 09 Oct 2020 09:32 PM PDT hello, f20/5'4" here. sometime back in march i had successfully gotten to my first goal weight, 170lbs, from a starting point of 200lbs. i won't get in to how long it took me to lose a 30lbs because it took me way longer than i'm proud to admit, but the physical changes were really noticeable for me. i felt more energetic, and my face was slimmer and more structured. my neck didn't feel/look as thick, and i could see a jawline. my thighs didn't touch as much, and my belly wasn't as round. i was a size 8 and could fit into M/L tops. boys noticed me more. some of these things might be kinda weird to notice, but those little things did wonders to my confidence that i didn't feel so much pressure to drop quickly to my second goal weight at 150lbs. this sub, as well as IF, 1200isplenty, and progresspics were the main contributors to losing weight this time around. however, when quarantine hit, i began gaining weight again (like many others). i first got up to 175lbs, thinking it was the bloating from the extra rice i was eating since i was now back at home and not at university. then 180lbs, and i thought, "losing the 10lbs will be super easy! i'll take my time." and now, weighing it at 190lbs, i just feel so sad. the clothes that i bought when i hit 170lbs to celebrate my weight loss don't fit anymore. i look back at old pictures that were from mere months ago, and notice how i look completely different. i can't see the lines on my neck anymore, my face looks constantly bloated, and i can feel the rolls in my back again. i want to visit a boy i was talking to before the pandemic, but now i don't want him to see me until i lose the weight again. i wonder if my friends can notice through facetime, or if my colleagues notice over zoom that i'm looking round. but like many before me who have gained back what they lost, if we can do it once, we can do it again. i'm posting this to vent and also to keep myself accountable to start today and not tomorrow. here's to the second time around! [link] [comments] |
| Beginning weight training with resistance bands? Posted: 09 Oct 2020 07:58 PM PDT I'm mostly a lurker here. 32/F/5'6. SW: 446 CW: 384 GW: 220. I have PCOS, fwiw. I'm doing IF on days that I'm not at work, CICO and generally trying to eat smaller/more mindful portions. Outside of the occasional slip-up, I have this down. My exercise to this point is walking/walk aerobics. However, I want to start doing weight training. I bought resistance bands off Amazon and I've found several beginner/senior standing/sitting band exercises on YouTube that I plan to start with (it's hard for me to get up and down off the ground) How should I go about doing this? I am going to continue to walk (aiming for 4k steps a day, more on days I work) and I know I need rest days between weight days. I was originally thinking m/w/f as my weight days + walking? Is this a good start? (I plan to join the gym this winter depending on covid, etc) [link] [comments] |
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