Weight loss: [Challenge] LoseIt World Tour - Week 3 |
- [Challenge] LoseIt World Tour - Week 3
- To the people who think they’ll never lose weight...
- Just found out that I weigh 516lbs.
- Guys I found the perfect use for my ice cream maker and this may be life changing advice for some of you.
- Lost my first 3lbs!
- [Update] From Severe Obesity to the Best Shape of My Life; 275 > 165, -110lbs
- The feeling of fitting
- 15 pounds from goal weight!
- NSV: Going for a run with my husband is now quality time
- NSV: I am going to be the client of the month at my gym
- A bit of an update post. I'm almost down 20lbs
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Saturday, 17 October 2020: Today, I conquered!
- No discipline whatsoever
- [SV] I hit my first goal today!
- Comfortable in life and my routine so it’s time to change! Day one starts in the morning and I’m ready!
- NSV: My ribs hurt!
- weight loss/stomach problems?
- Felt so relevant to this sub today!
- SV: Today marks my lowest weight in at least 9 years. SW: 224.7 CW: 192.6 GW1:165
- How can I start an exercise routine?
- I booked myself a boudoir photo shoot!!
- Got on the scale for the first time since cico, even though I lost weight the number still scared me
- Has anybody used a desk cycle and actually lost weight?
- 24-Hour Pledge - Saturday, 17 October 2020 - The Plan for Today!
- After year, I've finally found a CICO that works for me
| [Challenge] LoseIt World Tour - Week 3 Posted: 16 Oct 2020 08:59 AM PDT Hey Everybody! Welcome to Week 3 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 2 Bragging Rights: Great work this week! We had almost 28 MILLION steps taken and 168,000 activity minutes!!! Top 3 weigh in % as a team:
Top 3 Activity Minutes as a team:
Top 3 Total Steps Taken as a team
Week 2 Head to Head Winners! Sighs. Petra bested Sphinx, somehow. They escaped the riddles and trap rooms and return with the sandy Sphinx flag. The Eiffel Tower stands tall over the Great Barrier Reef and adds to its collection of flags! The Rocky Mountains rocked the salt flats and now has a sweet flag for all to see! 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 3 head to head schedule: Sphinx v. Rocky Mountains Great Barrier Reef v. Petra Eiffel Tower v. Uyuni Salt Flat Challenge Tracker:Step 1 - Weigh in for week 3Weigh in early! You can update your weight anytime during the week by submitting your weight again. Step 2 - Log your steps and activityAll 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 16 - Week 3October 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 people who think they’ll never lose weight... Posted: 16 Oct 2020 11:01 AM PDT I was that girl. I have been morbidly obese my entire life. My highest weight was 342LBS at just 20 years old. My "I need to lose weight now" moment was when I was having an anxiety attack and my hands went numb and I realized that this is what a stroke could have felt like. For the first time I was scared about my weight. I decided then and there that I was going to change. I changed everything about myself. Instead of playing video games hours a day I found a love of walking and hiking. I started eating vegetables and cut out fast food and any other foods that were unhealthy. Over the past year I have lost a total of 85 pounds, and I don't plan on stopping until I am healthy. This has been a journey of self discovery and learning to love and appreciate my body. Just know that you can do it as well. It's never too late. PS: If you want to see a before & after look on my profile! [link] [comments] |
| Just found out that I weigh 516lbs. Posted: 16 Oct 2020 05:49 PM PDT I've always known that I'm very obese, but I didn't think I was this far gone. I have a sedentary lifestyle, before starting work at home my only real exorcise was walking to the bus stop, and from the bus stop to my work. I had a horrible diet, but I've recently begun to try and change that for the better in an attempt to lose weight and save money, because I spent a long time ordering fast food multiple times a day. I'm....beyond shocked, to say the least. For a long time I thought I weight around 380 or so. When I first saw the number I couldn't believe it. When it finally set in, I cried, for the first time in a very long time. Either I have an incredibly warped self image or I was being ignorant. Either way, I can't ignore this anymore. My efforts over the past couple of months seem minuscule. I've cut out empty calories from beverages, I've stopped ordering fast food. I suppose that's not enough. I need to work on portion control, that's something I'm not good at. I'm just rambling at this point. tl;dr I just found out that I weigh 516lbs and I'm completely lost as to what I'm going to do to fix it. Edit: I should have mentioned this, but I'm 29 years old and 6'0" Edit 2: I didn't really expect all of these replies, and I truly am grateful for all the advice I've received so far. Making these changes doesn't seem quite as impossible as it did when I first saw that number flash up on the scale today. I think part of me is still a little numb with shock, but I'm going to give it everything I've got to turn things around. Thank you all so much. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Oct 2020 03:04 PM PDT I have a Cuisinart ice cream maker(ICM) and while I haven't really used it outside of instantly chilling water when my ice tray is empty, I have found a greater purpose for this thing. Some times I am too busy or I just don't feel like cooking breakfast or picking things up so I use these replacement shakes. Well while working from home one day it hit me! Lets turn the meal replacement shake into an actual Shake or Ice Cream! So when I wake up the first thing I do is grab one of the real replacement shakes pour it into the ICM and boom 10 min later I have ice cream or a shake depending on if I want to use a straw or spoon. I imagine this also kills sugar cravings, so hopefully if you guys have one this will be of some help to you! P.S: For clarity I don't add anything else the ICM is just a ice cold bowl that spins with a stirrer in it. I don't add milk or anything, it's literally 100% the shake transformed into ice cream, I assume it works because these things typically have milk in them. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Oct 2020 07:24 AM PDT I've been lurking here on this sub for a few weeks and it really inspired me to get started on my weight loss journey. Some background on myself. Female, 5"5, SW 172 CW169, GW 145. Most of my life I've been thin / normal BMI without watching what I ate and just eating when hungry. That's because I played basketball in high school and used a bike as my mode of transportation in college. I weighed about 130 in high school and unintentionally got down to 118 my freshman year of college (no disordered eating or anything, just a lot of stress and no meal plan at that time). Well I graduated about 5 years ago and slowly the pounds packed on to ~172. I guess I kept waiting to unintentionally lose weight again haha. I finally realized I needed to make some changes. First cut out alcohol during the week. During COVID I had gotten into a bad habit of a glass or two of wine per night out of boredom. Then started adding on daily 30-60 min walks. I had already been doing spin class 3x per week so I kept that going. I tried this routine for a few weeks but still wasn't seeing progress. Oct 1 I stumbled on this sub and decided to get serious about calorie and weight tracking. Ordered new batteries for my bathroom scale and downloaded my fitness pal. 2 weeks into CICO at 1400 cals per day and observing my weight trend line and I'm finally seeing progress! I love that with CICO I can still eat ice cream, Mac and cheese, wine, Mexican food, etc. I just have to budget for it. It's worth it to eat healthy ~80% of the time because that keeps you fuller and more energized but I sure do love not feeling guilty about that other 20% because I know I've saved room for it. A few things I've learned: oatmeal is insanely filling for not that many calories, drinking calories is (almost always) not worth it, giving yourself permission to 'eat back' calories from exercising gives you motivation to exercise in the first place which in turn gives you more energy, my kitchen spoons are actually a tablespoon and a teaspoon respectively as long as it's not heaping, I can 'bank' calories during the week and save them for some extra weekend eating as long as my weekly calories are on pace. So far, I've learned losing weight doesn't have to be miserable. I know I haven't yet made the insane progress some of you have (hats off to those of you who have lost like 100lbs!!!), but this is a big moment for me because it's the first time I've intentionally and successfully moved the needle down. Thanks for inspiring me and for all the tips so far!! [link] [comments] |
| [Update] From Severe Obesity to the Best Shape of My Life; 275 > 165, -110lbs Posted: 16 Oct 2020 07:12 PM PDT Background So, I r/lostit big time. Over the past two years, I lost and kept off 110 lbs! There were a couple bumps along the way (see: the massive gap between August 2019 and July 2020. Fun fact, when you start dating again, you go out to eat a lot more than you're used to!), but overall, I have spent the last year and a half so much healthier and so much happier than the years before it. I went from literally being unable to walk a mile because my shins felt like they were going to explode, and breaking a sweat going up one flight of steps to get home from work every day, to finishing C25K and lifting every other day! Tactics CICO. That's all I did. I had a super aggressive cut that I've since moved to 1900 calories a day. I try to get a minimum of 130g of protein a day in my diet. I eventually realized that I was skinnyfat and stopped doing so much cardio, but it took a while to really convince myself to start resistance training. I've lifted every other day since July 2020 and I feel fantastic. Here's my routine: 200 jumping jack warm up. I'm considering getting a jump rope to help here. 5x10 dumbell bench press Superset with 5x8 dumbell curls 4x10 dumbell rows 4x10 skull crushers 4x15 dumbell front squats 4x8 dumbell shoulder press Either 2x25 leg lifts or 2x60 second planks Yes, I know I'm skipping leg day for the most part here. I've always had a lot of muscle in my legs and none in my upper body so I'm trying to catch up now! Any other notes here would be welcome and appreciated! Results Before: 08/10/18 - 275 lbs, ~37% body fat After: 10/16/20 – 165 lbs, ~12?% body fat So, lately I have been feeling like it might be time to end the cut. Like I said, I've been averaging around 1900 calories a day, and the scale isn't really budging. I definitely notice more muscle development on my chest and arms, which could explain that. One thing I have been super hesitant about is bulking too early because I'm super afraid of gaining a lot of fat again. What complicates that is I have a good amount of excess skin around my gut, so it's really hard to eyeball what my body fat % is. My scale estimates between 11.5% and 14%, and the navy calculator says I'm 12%. If those are true then I want to start my bulk, but I guess I'm just worried because I don't look like I'm that low. If anyone has any guidance here I'd appreciate it. If anybody also has any questions for me let me know! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Oct 2020 06:23 PM PDT About 1 year ago I bought a winter coat that was uncomfortably snug. It was tight around the arms and I couldn't zip it. I was uncomfortable in it every day. Why not just buy one that fits? ...it was the largest one they had in stock, at a store that carries plus size clothing. Low moment. It's getting chilly now, and now for the first time this year I need to bring out a heavier jacket. I put it on, and it fits! In 5 years, this is the first time I have experienced the feeling of fitting into something that used to be tight. It is both humbling and pride-inducing! Keep with it everyone, this is a feeling worth working toward, and I wish to share it with each of you. My next goal I'm working toward is comfortably sitting on previously painful chairs... Can't wait to keep on this progress of more comfortably fitting in this world. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Oct 2020 09:58 AM PDT Woke up today and was shocked I dropped over 3 pounds the last two days. I was kind of stagnant so usually once a week i'd finally see a weight drop. Down to 215 and 15 pound to go to my goal weight. I've gotten some nice compliments at places as well. I went out with a friend to a casino where I was carded before I was allowed to enter. I didn't say anything but the lady that carded me said, 'wow, you look at least 10 years younger.' I'm 35 and guess she thought I was no holder than 25. Looking younger as a result of weight loss is a plus. I know when I got out of the Army the nurses at the VA would always say stuff like, 'wow, you look like you're 16, not 24.' At the time mentally I took it as a jab or just older people being weird. I guess at least now that I look younger no one will question why a 35 year old is acting like a 20 year old, lol. [link] [comments] |
| NSV: Going for a run with my husband is now quality time Posted: 16 Oct 2020 11:15 AM PDT I started on MFP during the summer and lost around 14lbs before my husband got on board with general healthier habits. I went for one run on my own and he then decided to join me as he's more motivated when running with others - I wasn't that into the idea but wanted to support him getting fit too. It's actually become a really nice time for just us. It's a bit of hassle carving that time out of our day and asking my parents to watch our two small kids, and often I'm really not in the mood when we go to get out the car, but it's been really great to have something where it's just us. Even though we are each listening to our own music, we motivate each other through and gesture jokes/throw pine cones at each other as we go. And of course it always feels awesome once we've finished. Definitely noticing our fitness levels changing for the better, and that even if we weren't in the best of moods with each other before leaving the house, we're always happier afterwards. Hoping we can keep up the habit through the winter! [link] [comments] |
| NSV: I am going to be the client of the month at my gym Posted: 16 Oct 2020 01:14 PM PDT I started working out in January of 2020 and I was on WW. I started losing weight and was feeling great. I got down to 234 pounds by mid March and things were awesome until Covid. I was home 24/7 with my two small children and I got super depressed. I was bingeing and I finally discovered that I have binge eating disorder. I got on another antidepressant and started feeling more like myself. But I had ballooned back to 285 lbs which was my highest weight, the same weight I was when I went to the hospital to have my daughter. One night I woke up with fluid in my throat and nose and couldn't breathe. I was absolutely terrified and the next day I made the change. My gym had reopened and I had started going a few days prior to this episode. I was determined to stop bingeing and I started the afternoon of that next day. It was hard going from eating everything to only doing 1500 calories a day but I started tracking and kept up with it. I had two therapists and I had plans to start intensive outpatient therapy through the eating disorder clinic in my city. I am now down 40+ pounds and am 86 days binge free. I go to the gym 6 times a week for a 45 minute workout. I'm feeling stronger and healthier. My trainer asked me to be the client of the month and I am so honored. You can do it!! [link] [comments] |
| A bit of an update post. I'm almost down 20lbs Posted: 16 Oct 2020 05:55 PM PDT Well a couple weeks ago I posted about how I started to lose weight on keto. It's hard as hell. I failed a few times cause I was told "keto isn't about starving yourself it's about not eating a ton of bad stuff. Well long story short there was a 3 day gap where I overate when I forgot to take my ADHD meds lmao. I gained like 4lbs. However, after getting back on track I'm down that weight plus some more! I'm 2lbs away from being half way to my Innitial goal of 200lbs by new years eve. (my birthday) for those just who didn't see the first post I made, I started at 241lbs and as of this afternoon I am 222lbs. I decided for shits and giggles to try my airsoft stuff I knew was tight on me 8 months ago, and I can fit my combat pants that are a size 38 perfectly. (I'll post pics at some point. So I can actually use the high riding pockets now! I've lost enough where I actually NEED a belt now causey shorts will fall down if I don't since my belt. I might need to go clothes shopping soon cause I prefer tighter fitting shirts and pants and most of my clothes are a bit loose on me now. I also recently started working out again since highschool, which I did for football, and it's a big help, especially when you have a buddy who works out with you and you're not alone, so no need to feel embarrassed. So just a word of advice. KETO sucks for about the first week, you're constantly tired and hungry. But believe me, after your first week is up it becomes 10x easier because all the sugar and crap is out of your system, not to mention losing 11lbs in one week (my case) was a morale booster, even though it wasn't all fat and alot was water weight. Eventually your weight loss will slow down with it and you need to adjust by working out harder and more or cutting out more foods. Which I don't recommend in general cause keto is borderline starvation with how restcitve it is. What's really helped me alot if I have a really bad sweet tooth is some keto ice cream I found at my local grocery store. Other than that, I'm still working my ass off to lose this weight. I wanna be back at 175lbs when I was playing football. Good luck to you all and happy losing. [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Saturday, 17 October 2020: Today, I conquered! Posted: 17 Oct 2020 01:09 AM PDT The habit of persistence is the habit of victory!Celebrating something great? Scale Victory, Non-Scale Victory, Progress, Milestones -- this is the place! Big or small, long or short, please post here and help us focus all of today's awesomeness into an inspiring and informative mega-dose of greatness! (Details are appreciated!! How are you losing your weight?)
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| Posted: 17 Oct 2020 12:33 AM PDT I am really struggling to lose weight, I just keep getting bigger and bigger with no end in sight. I know all the reasons that I should lose weight and all the drawbacks of remaining morbidly obese. I just can't stop stuffing my face, I enjoy exercise and sports in general I walk to work all the time, and enjoy things like tennis, football and swimming but it doesn't stop me from shoving junk/fast food down my throat. I know I'm not gonna live much longer if I don't stop but even the threat of death doesn't do it. Now my family are planning all these trips out to assault courses and theme parks and I know I can't go because I'll be too embarrassed when I can't really participate. I need to know how to up my discipline especially when it comes to food. How do you guys do it? [link] [comments] |
| [SV] I hit my first goal today! Posted: 16 Oct 2020 07:50 PM PDT I started my weight loss journey in December when I was going through my friends wedding photos and saw a pic of the bridesmaids (I was one of them)- I looked, to be completely honest, like a monster. I was chubby all throughout high school, but managed to stay under 150 lbs. it's been years and years since then, and when I saw these photos, I realized the fact that old clothes didn't fit, needing to constantly buy new bras, etc etc really DID mean I wasn't in the same weight scale. I avoided scales religiously, and have my whole life, and when I weighed myself and saw that I was at 193.7.... I knew that this was unhealthy. I'm 5'1", and a type one diabetic. I can't risk losing my control on my weight like that, especially as I approach my late 20s. I started Noom (then lost my job and continued with several different free apps that provided the same services) and began working my way back towards my ultimate goal of 115 lbs! Today I've weighed in at 140lbs, and the clothes that I've purchased over the last few years actually fit me! My regimen is two square meals a day (three makes me feel ill, and always has) now consisting primarily of vegetables and chicken! I work out four times a week on my elliptical, for 30 minutes a day. I try to walk at least a mile daily as well! I let myself have a drink every night to relax, and sleep a solid eight hours. I'm really feeling good about my routine and life, and I think I'm the least depressed I've been in the past 7 years, which I'm proud of, given how insane things are in the US right now. I'm so incredibly relieved, and happy, because I finally feel like I can go out in public and look conventionally attractive. Hell, my friend suggested I start an onlyfans! I'm sure the confidence boost will wear down with time, but for now I'm seriously riding this high, and will continue working towards my goal! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Oct 2020 02:06 AM PDT Day One. My day One starts tomorrow morning (Aussie here) any one else? My goal is 65 day streak. Time to change my life, one good decision at a time. My first goals are: Better hydration Healthier diet NO ALCOHOL Walks/exercise Dense foods to feel full Treats occasionally but in moderation And, CICO. Track my foods. I hope that by this time next year I'm in a better mindset and healthier. But first it starts with the first 65 days for me. I am honestly determined to make it those 65 days like crazy and by the end of those I truly hope I've set a pattern and routine in my life and it sticks. I don't want to continue down the track I am, despite being comfortable, that's honestly my problem. I want to challenge myself, gain my health back that I've lost over the last five years. So tomorrow I pledge to myself that the next 65 days will be different then the last five years. Better. Healthier. Smarter. It's time for me. Is it time for you? I will lose it to gain it in life! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Oct 2020 07:07 PM PDT My weight loss has been on and off for the last few years. Been a bit toxic yoyo-ing involved too. These last few months in the pandemic, I've just resorted to eating intuitively. Sometimes it's hard to stick to it though because I love stuffing myself on stressful days. So the number on the scale has been fluctuating from 195-200 constantly. I'm about 20-25 lbs down from my heaviest (unknown the exact amount since once I got that heavy I never weighed myself). One thing I did start doing during corona was planking at every animal crossing session. It's hard, and I'm still working at being able to do it for long enough intervals (a full 2 minutes is my goal). But weirdly enough, it's caused my fat distribution to relocate to my belly pooch and decrease at the ribs. I can feel my bra being looser, but the pooch is also a bit bigger from some recent late night junk food habits popping back up as exam stress gets to me. Just now, I was feeling so done with an essay that's already a few hours late. I decided to lay on my bed, stomach down. Then I felt like something was hurting my ribs. I look down, and it's my sweater zipper squished between my lower ribs and the bed. And I went "huh, I've worn this same sweater for years but I've never felt this before". I'm now skinny enough at my ribs to feel stuff when I'm squishing it!! I feel skinnier when I lay on my back too -- my stomach dips in at the ribs! Never had this happen before in my life, and felt like I wasn't seeing any fitness progress other than a less-flabby butt from running. But now I can say, I'm officially shaping up! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Oct 2020 10:06 PM PDT hello! i've noticed for the past few months that i'm having a lot of stomach problems. whenever i eat basically anything my stomach gets super bloated and hurts. i also get super full after a few bites, and often feel super nauseous before i start eating. i find some days it's even difficult to get up to 1200 calories. i'm really trying to not get back into my ED but it's difficult because it's basically like my body is telling me not to eat. i still want to lose 10/15 lbs but i'm scared of messing up my stomach even more by eating less. on the other hand, i'm nervous to eat more and gain weight. have you guys had any similar experiences with stomach problems? what was it, and how did you resolve it? i will be going to my family doctor, but i won't be home (live in a different province for university) until december. so i was just wondering what you guys thought until then! [link] [comments] |
| Felt so relevant to this sub today! Posted: 16 Oct 2020 10:27 AM PDT I read here that other people often say 'i wish i had metabolism as fast as yours' or 'i wish i had as much free time as you'..........Well today i experienced something relevany to this sub lol! Backstory: When i started lifting i bulked way too hard and ended gaing a lot of fat(went from 67 to 79 kg in a couple months).My family members and cousins started telling me how i was becoming overweight and i should lose weight before its too late.So i went on a cut. Well today there was a gathering of our family members and i was talking to my cousin.During conversation she told me that my jawline was showing and how she had never noticed my jawline before.My aunt pipes in saying 'Yeah you are looking leaner today!I guess you were wearing tight clothes the other day that made you look fat.Little did she know i had been dieting hard for two weeks.At that moment idk why but i immediately thought of this sub.People really don't know the effort that goes behind even such a small change.Just wanted to share this with you guys! [link] [comments] |
| SV: Today marks my lowest weight in at least 9 years. SW: 224.7 CW: 192.6 GW1:165 Posted: 16 Oct 2020 09:41 AM PDT 34/F, 5'9.5" (I've given up on saying 5'10", but dammit I'm taking that half-inch.) This go-around of weight loss began in July, and is brought to you by fear of COVID complications from being obese, experiencing symptoms from high-blood sugar, and the very real fear of being diagnosed with diabetes (was one point below the cut off number in two criteria on the fasting glucose tolerance test, grandmother had diabetes). Four days ago I weighed 197.5, the high point of a 5-pound fluctuating plateau (oxymoron, but also completely describes my situation). I've done my best to stick to a low-carb 1440cal/day diet with very few cheat days, and while I know weight loss isn't directly linear, seeing that high number (again) was not making me happy. Getting below 200lbs was a milestone, sure, but as I can see roughly 9 years of MyFitnessPal data, I can also see that I'd been below it 4 times previously, and gone back up after each. I think I even vowed to stay under it the time before this, 3.5 years ago. This time, I have a new goal: Get below 190. Nowhere in my tracking history am I below that lowest line. I want to make the graph have to zoom out to show my progress. Thankfully after that high point, my downward trend resumed, and I got curious about the other low valleys on my report. I looked them up, and I'm 0.4lbs below the lowest. Will I be above it tomorrow? There's a good chance. Am I celebrating prematurely? Likely. Would it make more sense to wait and post about going below 190 when that happens? Yep. But I needed a win today, and I got it, so here I am. [link] [comments] |
| How can I start an exercise routine? Posted: 16 Oct 2020 08:48 PM PDT I've been focusing on CICO for about 3 or 4 weeks now and I want to start incorporating more vigorous exercises into my routine. So far, I go for walks at a park that average between 3000 and 9000 steps depending on the day, and if I'm able to clear out enough space to play Just Dance I'll usually dance for 45 minutes to an hour and a half. I would like to start jogging or doing other at home exercises, but I quickly lose my breath. What would be a good way to ease into jogging? I guess what I'm asking is if it would be weird for me to jog a couple houses down and back, or if that would be weird. I have a knee issue so some exercises are difficult for me. Thank you in advance! [link] [comments] |
| I booked myself a boudoir photo shoot!! Posted: 16 Oct 2020 07:55 AM PDT I've wanted to love my body for a long time. But I've realized love (whether for others or yourself) isn't an emotion- it's a mindset and an expression. I can choose to love my body now. Over the last 2+ years I have shown my body love by challenging it physically and caring for it with better nutrition. I've lost more than 40lbs and I look better than I ever have. Now I want to show my body love by celebrating it with some photos. Sure I have my insecurities about some areas that I wish were smaller or tighter. But I also know I have accomplished so much and that we all deserve to love and celebrate our bodies. We only get one body, and one lifetime, waiting until you're perfect to love yourself is just wasted time. I hope that this shoot is a transformative way to see myself in the best light. If anyone else has ever done a shoot, please let me know your experience? [link] [comments] |
| Got on the scale for the first time since cico, even though I lost weight the number still scared me Posted: 16 Oct 2020 06:21 PM PDT So I have been in crazy denial and not wanted to weigh myself because I was scared of the number. I just estimated 99.5kg because suuurely I had not broken 100kg. I even felt like it was a gross over estimate and I was probably closer to 95kg when I started and thought I would see 92kg when I weighed in. I have done CICO for about 6 weeks and noticed a big difference in how my clothes fit, I thought I was doing amazing and crushing it, until today when I stepped on the scale. It showed 97kg. I know I have lost a lot of weight, so the fact that I was above 100kg to begin with scares me and I cannot even appreciate my weight loss. I don't know how much I lost, but this is my starting point now so anything from here is better. I'm honestly crushed I let myself do this. [link] [comments] |
| Has anybody used a desk cycle and actually lost weight? Posted: 16 Oct 2020 06:12 PM PDT I've seen a lot of reviews of people saying they love their desk cycle/desk pedaller for reasons like helping them concentrate/etc, but nobody's actually mentioned anything about losing weight. Winter is coming up and as I can't get into a gym (covid) and hate running outside in the cold, I want another form of exercise. I always preferred working out at a gym because I get into the exercise mood there, but if I'm stuck at home, I know I'm going to get cold and huddle up at my desk with a blanket and watch netflix, so I at least want to do something active during that time. Does a desk bike actually help? (and yes my diet is also healthy and I'm keeping calories in check, but I want more exercise to supplement weight loss) [link] [comments] |
| 24-Hour Pledge - Saturday, 17 October 2020 - The Plan for Today! Posted: 16 Oct 2020 09:07 PM PDT Wake up with determination; go to bed with satisfaction!This is our daily check-in, to help keep us accountable over the long haul. Feel free to post whatever goals will help keep you on track. Here's the regular text on behalf of this thread's originator, kingoftheeyesores, taken with his blessing > I'll be posting a daily, 24 hour pledge to stick to my plan, or whichever small piece of my plan I am currently working on. Whatever your dietary goals may be, I hope you stick to them for the next 24 hours (and then worry about the following 24!). Who's with me? Thanks to /u/nofollowthrough who made the 24-Hour Pledge an ongoing /r/loseit institution. Due to space limitations, this may be a sticky only occasionally. Please find it daily using the sidebar or top message. On reddit, your vote means, "I found this interesting" (...read more about voting on reddit) [link] [comments] |
| After year, I've finally found a CICO that works for me Posted: 16 Oct 2020 02:40 AM PDT The background info. Male, 20, 5ft 6, SW: 219.2, CW: 214.2, GW: Around 170. I've been trying CICO for years. In my eyes it's the only true way to lose weight. I always had an issue with how restrictive it was though - lose 2lbs a week, and I felt like I could barely eat a thing. Any small slip up, and that's me done for. Lose 1lb a week, it was more flexible but progress was so slow. It would take almost a year to get to my GW. And this was the continuous cycle I had for years. Start CICO, fail on day 3 and binge on a takeaway, wait a few weeks and start all over again. That is until this time. I'd recently been getting back into walking - picking a random place a few miles walk away and just sticking in my headphones and going there. It's the only form of exercise I do really, I'd rather be walking for 4 hours than running for 10 minutes. And so this time I've only taken 300 calories off my BMR, and I've been walking 5 miles a day minimum and it is working fantastically. I'm barely restricted in my eating, my caloric defecit is high enough (800/900 a day on avg.) that a small craving, ordering a coffee etc. isn't going to ruin it for me. And whilst it is only day 4 and I'm still primarily losing water weight, getting through today would be the longest I've ever lasted on a diet. I really feel like this one is it. [link] [comments] |
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