Weight loss: [Directory] Find your quests here! - {{%B %Y}} |
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- Four months ago I was 45~lbs overweight, today I am 1.2lb overweight.
- I said id be back in 12 weeks, here I am - 28 weeks progress shots
- getting a workout done while you're a parent is possible
- Family calling me ugly after weight loss. I don't give a fuck about what they think but it's extremely annoying
- My weight loss journey 1 year later
- How I know body dysmorphia is real...
- I made this account to track my efforts when I “started in April”, and I only lasted about 5 weeks. Here I am again. Starting in October.
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 30 Wrap Up
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - October Sign Ups
- Don't give up after a "bad" day or "bad" week - the scale sometimes lies
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: October 1st, 2020
- Decided to share the progress of my corona project
- Starting off
- I've lost 67 pounds and my breasts haven't gotten any smaller!
- 365 binge free & down 15 lbs!
- Please tell me I'm not the only one ashamed of/struggling with loose skin (22F)
- I lost 8 lbs (3.6 kgs) in one month even though I’m doing everything “wrong”
- I am restarting my journey.
- How I beat a 6 month plateau and actually started to work out
- Trust the deficit! Patience, perseverance and an achievable goal makes for a healthy proces
- How to recomp as an chubby teen
- 1 year difference. 38M, 5'-11 1/2", SW: 264, CW: 226, GW: 199
- Post #5: adjusted my calorie goal, and things have steadied
| [Directory] Find your quests here! - {{%B %Y}} Posted: 30 Sep 2020 10:01 PM PDT Welcome adventurer! Whether you're new on this quest or are towards the end of your journey there should be something below for you. Daily journal.
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| Four months ago I was 45~lbs overweight, today I am 1.2lb overweight. Posted: 30 Sep 2020 03:22 PM PDT Needed to share. 22f 5'3. I've wanted this since the 2nd grade. I'm so close. I don't miss bread but I do have heeeeavy chocolate cravings even though I've never been a candy fan in my life. Thought that was weird. I do mostly intuitive eating. Intermittent fasting. Took up jogging a couple months back! I started only being able to jog for 45 seconds tops but now I can go for 15 or so minutes. Did a tweeked version of C25K. Before I was a pack and a half a day smoker, long long done with that. Disgusted by cigarettes now. Was 6-8 monsters a day, will never buy one again, just coffee twice a day. I've always had a huge appetite from insomnia, always said if I ate exactly when I was hungry I'd be 600 pounds haha. But since I haven't had a job I've been sleeping so that helped 100%. I don't think I could have done this if I was still working. I never thought not having a job and relying on savings would do me so good. I've been working since I turned 15, it's coming together in my head how stress affected my health. Feeling very free and motivated. Thanks for reading 💕 Edit: detail [link] [comments] |
| I said id be back in 12 weeks, here I am - 28 weeks progress shots Posted: 30 Sep 2020 05:12 AM PDT I have marked this thread as NSFW (topless male but wearing shorts) Hi everyone! 12 weeks ago i made a topic sharing my 16 week progress shots..You can find that post here. https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/hnd4wx/12_week_progress_photos/ I have to say the support I got was awesome, and i promised id be back in 12 weeks time come what may to update my progress. I have been working hard and am back to fulfill that promise! I am 5.11 tall, 37 years old male and my start weight was 310lbs. As of this morning i am 250.3/4 lbs. I eat 2000 - 2200 calories per day and i do weight lifting a couple of times per week. Unfortunatly i am having a lot of problems with my left shoulder so may have to stop lifting until i can fix that, I hope it does not effect my weight loss to much as i feel the weight lifting has been key! but i will do what i can and lower calories slightly if needed. These photos show from 2 weeks in, into 16 weeks and then as of today on the right. I hope they show ok on reddit im not 100% how to do it here so people dont need to click links so hopefully this works. I have decided to keep adding new holes to the same old belt i started with as i go! Any questions I will try my best to answer them and once again i will be back in 12 weeks time! [front-comparison.jpg](https://postimg.cc/mtQjCBn2) [back-comparison.jpg](https://postimg.cc/xcSy0Bdr) (side-comparison.jpg)[https://postimg.cc/tsBhNTNy] [link] [comments] |
| getting a workout done while you're a parent is possible Posted: 30 Sep 2020 07:53 PM PDT So I had quite a bit of fun tonight and thought I'd share it with somebody. I started out doing lifts. taking a 39 pound object from the floor to over my head as high as possible and back down again. did this for a while before doing a bit of an obstacle course while powerwalking mixed with the closest thing to running I do. impressed by me having fun with such a boring sounding workout? now for the real story. played "superman" with my 39 pound smiling, laughing, squirming toddler until HE was tired of it. then proceeded to chase him around the house until he turned the tables and chased me around the house. dashed through the hall, u-turned in his room, through the hall again, then picked my way through the explosion of toys in the living room around the coffee table, then back through the hall to do it all over again and again and again. I tired out my super energetic toddler lol. I can't believe it. Just because you're a parent, doesn't mean you can't get a good workout. Pause adulting and play with your kids doing the stuff they like. it'll be fun, I promise! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 30 Sep 2020 09:47 AM PDT So I have lost about 18 kgs of weight while I wasn't in my hometown, now that I'm back their feedback is extremely annoying. Telling me that my face shrinking is rather ugly now, or that my haircut is annoying and looks like a wig. It just made me remember how all these comments and this attitude has screwed up my self-esteem growing up. While the emotional eating is something I've learned from them (my dad's side of family). I'm feeling more confident than ever and I honestly don't give a fig what these losers think!! but it just makes me feel such a grudge against them, as I know they are the reason I have the many problems that I have now. Just felt like venting about this side of weight loss when the feedback is cruel. [link] [comments] |
| My weight loss journey 1 year later Posted: 30 Sep 2020 06:25 PM PDT June 2, 2019, I waddled my 420-pound body up Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls. My wife and I have taken an annual road trip for our anniversary every year since getting married in 2014. Our 2019 trip was special as it was the first time I had ever spent the night outside of the United States. I had always been fairly athletic despite my size. I played basketball and tennis almost every day growing up. My diet, however, was horrific. I lived off Hot Pockets and ice cream. But exercising every day at least kept me from ballooning as a teenager. Then adulthood came, and the perceived time I had for exercise was replaced with work and chores. Leisure no longer felt like a priority. Walking never felt like a challenge, and the walk from our hotel to the falls wasn't hateful as it was downhill. But returning from the falls, I was gassed. The simple act of walking had fatigued me to the point that I had to stop. I was shameful. I had never really felt "unhealthy" until this point. Shamers be shaming August 3, 2019, was a gut-wrenching day for many of us in the US. That Saturday, I had just taken Jenna's car to get an oil change. We found out her rear brake lights would not work, and it appeared there were electrical malfunctions. We were planning on replacing her car at the end of the year, so leaning of a potentially expensive electrical issue prompted us to decide on buying a new car. When I came home, I heard that there was a massacre at the El Paso Walmart. I checked in with our Saturday person at work, and she was going to need some relief at some point (any one who has worked in breaking news understands how draining these massacres are). After working an unexpected Saturday shift, I went to bed planning on teaching a few classes in the morning and then going to buy Jenna a new car. After briefly falling asleep, I received a text that another massacre happened, this time just 15 miles down the road in Dayton. Having graduated from Wright State and then working at the Dayton Daily News, I had many friends living in that immediate area. My thoughts turned to them as I now had to work another shift, this time in an area I knew quite well. While reporting on the events taking place in Dayton, some of my tweets went viral. Immediately, some of the responses weren't about the shooting, but about my weight. There is this huge tragedy happening in Dayton, and my weight was the issue for some on social media. To be fair to other reporters, this was a new experience for me. For many of my (especially female) colleagues, the vitriol of fat-shamers can be far worse. I am not an on-camera journalist, but for those who are, the shaming can be downright vitriolic. But given the two tragedies going on, it was tough to process this hate I was receiving. A few weeks later, I watched a segment on Bill Maher's show about how there should be more fat-shaming in society. It had me thinking that all of those people tweeting at me during another tragic night in our country were the ones who were right, and who am I to judge them? I decided to get a gym membership. But the very thing that was driving me to get in shape was what was scaring me off. If these fat-shamers are so spiteful online, how much shame will I face at a gym? Last September, I went for a walk at VOA Park in Butler County, Ohio. The loop there is 1.5 miles. I felt so exhausted just going once around that loop. I had enough. I knew I wanted to get into shape. For several weeks starting around late September 2019, weighing over 420 pounds, I started walking as fast and long as I could. The 1.5-mile walk quickly became 3-mile walks. While I wasn't seeing results on the scale, I was feeling better mentally. Shamers replaced with cheerleaders After a few walks, I already ran into a few folks at VOA Park who saw how much of a sweat I was working up, and gave me so much encouragement to keep moving. I never expected to get thumbs up from people. You quickly realize that for every person out there shaming you, there are dozens ready to push you and help you. As the weather turned colder, I finally worked up the courage to enter a gym. And it's true about Planet Fitness… it truly is the "No Judgement Zone." People there were so wonderful. Hearing people say "good work" was a great affirmation that I was in the right place. My time spent exercising prompted me to do a lot of research on how to lose weight, and what I could do to drop weight. There are SO MANY diets out there. Which one is right for me? It seemed the one constant was you have to watch your calories. If you burn more calories than you consume, you'll lose weight. I am pretty good with numbers and statistics, so I realized that this could be a winner. So I decided to go with a 2,000-calorie-a-day diet. Coupled with exercise, I found myself losing weight QUICKLY. In the month of December alone, I lost 25 pounds. I have not put anything in my body that I don't track. I track every calorie I eat. It is a great way to hold oneself accountable. Last December was when exercising no longer felt like a chore but routine. I was no longer "forcing myself" to exercise, and had to force myself to take a few day off for rest. This habit of eating 2,000 calories a day and exercising almost every day simply became my routine, and unlike past diets, it felt like this one worked for me. If I wanted to have a cookie, I could, but I had to make up for it somewhere else. My habit of eating a whole package of Oreos quickly disappeared, however. I have bought a few package of cookies since, but it seems they spoil before I get a chance to finish the container. Then came COVID March 11 started off a good day. My weigh-in had me down 78 pounds since October. I went to the gym and had a good workout on the stair stepper. I then went to work. Our whole world felt like it changed in one night. That evening, the NBA suspended the season, President Trump suspended travel between Europe and the US, and Tom Hanks announced he had the coronavirus. It felt like all of a sudden, the coronavirus was going to have a major impact on our way of life for months to come. Leaving work that night in a bit of a haze, all I wanted to do was stress eat. I got off at an interstate exit and was about to order a midnight McDonald's hamburger. Then when I got to the drive thru, I saw my gym membership dangling from my keys and decided not to undo the effort I put in that day at the gym. So I drove home and opted for a small, more calorie-friendly snack. In the days to come, I decided to workout from home. I found myself doing step aerobics on a daily basis, thanks to my wife finding a fantastic YouTube channel. I am so thankful for Jenny Ford for her encouragement as she is a great step aerobics instructor. Even though I don't do step aerobics as often, I plan on doing more as the weather gets colder. It's a great full-body workout that requires very little equipment. And it doesn't require going to an indoor gym during a pandemic! Becoming a runner At the start of 2020, I thought it would be cool to do a 5K. But I didn't just want to walk one, so I decided if I could go 5Ks in less than 45 minutes, I'd sign up for one. Little did I know the only options for 2020 would be virtual. I never really thought I'd enjoy running. It never appealed to me. In May, I tested myself by seeing how fast I could go at the park. It was the first time I had jogged or walked in two months. I crossed the proverbial finish line in less than 40 minutes. YES! Time to sign up for a 5K! It also turns out running is a great way to burn calories. This started to become my daily routine. It also is such a great way to clear the mind. I put on some music and don't think about work or the ills of the world. This is also where I picked up more cheerleaders. I never truly planned on documenting my weight loss journey. I thought to myself I am doing this for myself, and not those dreaded fat-shamers. But I posted some photos of my first runs, and your support was so overwhelming. It truly motivated me to keep going. On July 3, I ran my first official 5K. Not that I was counting, but my photo from that day had over 200 Facebook likes... more than I got for my wedding. HAHA It was time for a new challenge: a 10K. I completed my first 10K on September 14 in 1 hour, 11 minutes. A few days later, I set my 5K PR at 29 minutes. Let's say beyond the improvement of my physical health, my mental health has improved so much too. I have felt so fortunate to have my health and fitness back during a time that so many are suffering, I decided to organize a 5K to benefit Feeding America. A small group of friends have joined, and we have already enough participants to contribute nearly 2,500 meals to Feeding America. If anyone is interested to join, it is on Facebook as the "Beat COVD, Beat Hunger 5k Fun Run." What's next As I end my first year of diet and exercise, I can announce I have lost 157 pounds. Even at 263 pounds, I am still considered "obese." There is more weight I want to lose as I want to continue doing more with running. I have already started planning on running a half marathon in 2021. Nine months ago, even the idea of doing a 5K didn't feel like a given. I understand losing weight is not as challenging as maintaining weight loss. But I am sure with the constant support I have received from so many of you, I will give it my all in keeping the weight off. One reason I write this is because I have gotten several messages from others saying how my new lifestyle has caused them to get more fit. I can't tell you what it means to be an inspiration to others. Given all of the perceived hate in the world, love is what rules. And I have felt the love from my dear friends and family, especially Jenna! Thank you to everyone for your love and support. You all mean so much to me and I feel so proud that I have been able to inspire others to get out and enjoy the outdoors. PS, enjoy this fall weather! This is great running and biking weather! [link] [comments] |
| How I know body dysmorphia is real... Posted: 30 Sep 2020 02:33 PM PDT I am six weeks into my journey and having some very interesting realizations about body dysmorphia and confidence! For reference, I am a 26 year old, F, 5ft 3, currently 176 pounds. At my highest I was 190. It's so funny to me because right now, having lost "only" 14 pounds I feel like a total bad ass biotch. Really confident in my body and clothing and what not. But! I remember being at 176 as I was gaining the weight and I felt terrible about myself. So much so that I sabotaged myself in the dating world so I wouldn't have to be naked around men, etc. And now! At the same weight as then I feel totally hot and awesome and am trying to be naked as much as possible. Lol. Sorry, tmi. But! It has taught me just how real perception is and how confidence and size are not essentially linked and that is really empowering. I'd heard this through body positive people and stuff, but now I feel like I really understand! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 30 Sep 2020 07:49 PM PDT I saw results I was really happy with during my first efforts. I would love to see myself lose 50 pounds by my birthday in April 2021. My ultimate goal is to be down 100 pounds by my 30th birthday, April 2022. I am going to practice CICO and mindful eating primarily. I am going to begin with IF 16:8 (did that last time too), and then practice getting in at least 40 minutes of physical activity every day. For now, just long outdoor walks, as well as indoor YouTube sessions to get my heart rate up. I would love to join a gym and visit with a personal trainer eventually. Here it goes! October 1, 2020....first day take 2! [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 30 Wrap Up Posted: 30 Sep 2020 06:50 PM PDT Hello losers, What a month. It feels like it flew by. Dang yo. Sign up post is up for next month! Weight by end of month (199 lbs, preferably trend weight): Maintained this month. I'm not thrilled but given everything going on, it's way better than a previous version of me would have done. Stay within calorie range (1500 weekdays, maintenance weekends, NO FAST FOOD): Not fabulous this month. I gave into the fast food monster too much. I will do better. Exercise 5 days a week: Did okay here. Will keep striving. 20/30 days. Self-care journaling (once a week, 60 minutes): I need to be spending more time here just because mental health wise it's been a struggle. Self-care time (working on love journals, beauty treatments, staying on top of adulting, drawing 11/22 days): I'll give myself a C on this. I will keep striving if you will kids! Try a new recipe once a week: Only did 3 this month. I will keep building up the recipe book! 50 pages of The Body Keeps the Score: Swing and a miss. It's hard to devote time to recovery work when all your energy is going toward just keeping going. 0/50 pages. Be more mindful, present in my body & express gratitude to avoid the hedonic treadmill: Good here. I have so much to be grateful for. Your turn kids. How was your month? [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - October Sign Ups Posted: 30 Sep 2020 06:46 PM PDT Hello losers, This is the October sign up post for the DAC! Welcome! For the newbies to the sub reddit, please start here, so much good info! https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/wiki/quick_start_guide https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/wiki/faq And hey, maybe it's not a bad idea to review them anyway to you returning conquerors. I do occasionally to remind myself of the basics. Here's what we do in the DAC my friends! This is the sign up post to outline your goals, weight loss, self care, creative, whatever keeps your motor going. There will be a daily update post for you to chime in about how day whatever is going! At the end of the month, there is a wrap up post to reflect on the progress you made or didn't make & what you learned. Learning is progress my friends! We try to foster a supportive, caring place to discuss the actual day to day of deficits & counting & caring so much about how we fuel our bodies & lives. So be kind, interact if you like & hopefully you feel supported by the internet version of a push up bra! Leading by example, here I go! Weight by end of month (199 lbs, preferably trend weight): Not enough scale progress on my end. Gotta keep chasing it my friends. Stay within calorie range (1700 weekdays to practice eventual maintenance, maintenance weekends, NO FAST FOOD): Exercise 5 days a week: I want to chase more strength & a higher intensity like always! X/X days. Self-care journaling (once a week, 60 minutes): Gotta keep the mental health up. Self-care time (work on not using food as a reward): Try a new recipe once a week: New stuff keeps it interesting! Be more mindful, present in my body & express gratitude to avoid the hedonic treadmill: Gotta try to keep an even mental state friends. Your turn! [link] [comments] |
| Don't give up after a "bad" day or "bad" week - the scale sometimes lies Posted: 30 Sep 2020 08:19 AM PDT I got back from a 10-day road trip to see a friend on Sunday. While I was there I tried to make good choices without following my diet 100%. I worked out 5/10 days. We went on a lot of walks. I made healthier food choices with some of my meals. But we ate a lot of takeout. There was a lot of wine. My workouts were definitely not as hard as I do when I'm at home. I had almost 36 hours of being totally sedentary in the car. And when I got on the scale post trip it said I had gained 6 pounds. Previously, I would call that a defeat. Berate myself for losing control. Maybe even continue to eat shitty and drink wine because what's the point? I'm off the wagon. It's going to be so hard to lose those 6 pounds just to get back to where I was. But now I know better. I know that wasn't real pounds of fat added. That was my body holding onto the water, sugar, salt, and alcohol I consumed. I got back into my routine and within 2 days, the scale was back to where it was before I left. My body re-regulated to healthy eating, some good exercise, no alcohol, lots of water and the disaster I would have thought happened was just a blip. So, if you have a "bad" day or even a "bad" week, don't let the scale defeat you. Remember you can get back on track and you will continue to see results! [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: October 1st, 2020 Posted: 30 Sep 2020 10:42 PM PDT Hi team Euro accountability, I hope you're all well! For anyone new who wants to join today, this is a daily post where you can track your goals, keep yourself accountable, get support and have a chat with friendly people at times that are convenient for European time zones. Check-in daily, weekly, or whatever works best for you. It's never the wrong time to join! Anyone and everyone are welcome! Tell us about yourself and let's continue supporting each other. For all new people that have joined this month, at the end of the month we do a roundup of what happened. we'll also talk about our goals for September. How was your September? You're free to structure this however you want, but think about the following topics:
Today is also goal-setting day for October! If you're new, every first day of the month we think about small goals we want to achieve this month. They can be weight goals, exercise goals, or anything really... An important aspect is that they are SMART goals: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time based...
Thank you for keeping this thread alive and kicking in these interesting times![link] [comments] |
| Decided to share the progress of my corona project Posted: 30 Sep 2020 03:40 AM PDT http://imgur.com/gallery/XnqnKZz http://imgur.com/gallery/gpmCJlt So I took corona as an opportunity to finally loose weight again (done this 3 times in my life now) I started in April at 100kg and am now down to 82kg at 179cm. Im still about 3kg from my goal of 79 kg which would mean a "normal" BMI for pretty much the first time in my life during which my top weight was 120kg once and the lowest about 85kg. Longtime goal is staying somewhere between 80 and 85 kg and I'm trying to achieve this with weighing weekly and starting regulatory dieting at about 82 to 83 kg whenever I hit it. My diet was a strict 5-2 fast with no eating on Tuesdays and Thursdays and careful eating on the other days to not overeat. On top of that I would go on a run on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays starting at 2km and working up to 8km in the later months and do high intensity bodyweight training on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I should add here that I used to play football and still play flag football regularly so I did have a core fitness level. Those were some tough months and tbh I couldn't have done it without the corona lock down which allowed me to cook my own meals and not be influenced by social events. I stopped this strict plan at around juli/August when it was too hot to go running and I went out more with friends I still lost but way slower and now am stable for a few weeks without loosing but not gaining either. The plan is definitely to loose the last 3 kg slowly over the winter through definition. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 30 Sep 2020 09:48 PM PDT So I'm 43 and have the same story as many other women. I've been overweight for virtually my entire life, and over the decades it's only gotten higher: I left high school weighing 180 pounds. A couple years later, work stress sent it to about 210. It was stable at that point for a few years, and in my mid-20s I lost a fair chunk of it over the course of one summer because I started running. Then I injured my foot and lost all motivation to exercise, although I've always been a hobby walker, as it were. (To clarify: for the better part of a decade - generally the entirety of my 20s, I walked all over creation - I literally would walk for a few hour every day. The caveat being that it was a leisure activity. Aside from that few months one summer, I was never seriously active). But even though I wasn't bothering to control my food intake, I think the walking actually provided me with real benefit as far as cardiovascular health, even though the weight itself never came off. Anyway, then I moved away from my hometown and took up residence on the other side of the country, and officially stopped walking at all for various reasons. Predictably, my weight went up to about 240. And it stayed there for the next several years. Then about 2016...things happened. Now I'm up to 270. Going on, I did what we all do and tried various means of losing weight over the years. Some faddish, others more serious means of creating a CICO deficit, all with limited and temporary success. Now, for all that I really do believe those years of excessive walking did actually provide real benefit in staving off the worst effects of considerable obesity...now that I'm 43 I can see and feel tangible problems finally catching up with me in middle-age. A few weeks ago, I stumbled across one of the many "no added sugar" challenges on Youtube. I don't go in for woowoo dietary science claims, but when multiple people report similar positive outcomes, and there's a few studies that at least suggest some corroboration - I pay attention. So I decided to try taking myself completely off added sugar (again, I want to be clear: I didn't eliminate natural sugars - didn't stop eating fruit, or high-sugar vegetables, like bananas or carrots, etc. I focused exclusively on added sugars), to see what happened. Three weeks later, after being forced to basically prepare and cook my own food, I absolutely noticed a significant change in my daily energy levels, and quality of sleep. I don't know if it's truly the result of going totally off added, refined sugars, or just the net consequences of doing so: being forced to be more conscientious about food effectively cuts out all processed, prepackaged food that contains high levels of sodium, fat, sugar, etc, beyond just avoiding junk food and fast food, which tends to naturally result in a calorie deficit. One of the biggest deterrents for me in really getting started back into serious effort at weight loss the past few years has been struggling to have the sheer energy for it. I've made a number of attempts to get back into the habit of daily exercise and I always burn out fast because I haven't had the capacity to sustain it more than a few days. So now that it's been several weeks since I completely changed my entire food prep routine, and my energy levels have been stable, I decided to get my butt back to the gym. It's...working. I'm not bothering with keeping any kind of record of my daily caloric intake, and I'm only doing the basics of weighing and measuring. All the false starts and stops over the years have taught me the core basics: that weight loss is ultimately a question of CICO over the long term, that "weight loss happens in the kitchen," but also that CICO deficit can be achieved in one of three ways: less food; more exercise; a combination of less food and more exercise, and that long term success requires a realistic, honest engagement with what you eat. So. What I've been doing since last Sunday. I plugged in my numbers based on age/sex/height/current weight and a guesstimate of my activity levels. Having a rough idea of how many calories I need just to maintain my weight, I've aimed at keeping my food intake every day at some range between 1500-1800 calories. I'm still eating 80-90% home prepped food, but I'm also giving myself permission to eat some prepackaged food. The rule I've set for myself is that it can't ever be pure junk and it must always be add-sugar free, and should be single-serving sized. Here is what I noticed, in a breathtakingly short period of time (I started this Sunday of last week). Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday were hard. Fierce motivation is the only thing that kept me going on that damnable machine. And then I ended up not going on Friday because I felt fairly ill that day. But I know my pattern, and the risk of falling off the wagon before you've had time to develop a habit, so I made a special point of getting back to the gym on Saturday, and it occurred to me when I reached the 30-minute mark that I hadn't really felt the drag of all those minutes. I was able to keep going and get a full 45 minutes in without feeling like I was having to hold myself at gun point. Sunday went largely the same way - suddenly, 45 minutes on the treadmill just didn't feel so onerous. Note on the 2.5 pace. What I tried to do last week was give myself 3-5 minutes of warmup at 2.0-2.3 mph, and then kick it up to 2.5 mph for the 30-45 minute block (or 15-22 minute block), and then knock it back down to 2.0 for another 5 minutes. I'm specifically excluding the warmup and cooldown periods from the exercise duration so that I don't give myself an excuse to get lazy and fudge the numbers). When I noticed at the end of the week that the activity no longer felt like a chore I had to force myself through, I decided to implement some goals. Since I used to walk so much, all day, every day, at one point in my life I was a fast walker, even though I was nonetheless obese. But I lost that somewhere along the way, and now I'm embarrassed by how slow my pace is. I'd really like to reclaim that, so at the beginning of this week (Sunday, again, although I think I'm going to alter things so that my week starts on Monday, and I let myself have Sunday 'off' from cardio), I set 2.5 as my warmup pace and tried to sustain an exercise pace of 2.8 for as long as possible. What I've also done is occasionally kick it up to 3.0 or 3.2 mph for anywhere from one to four minutes, and then back down to 2.8. On Monday when I tried that, I overdid it and had to cut the pace back down to 2.5 for a while. But the last couple days, if I warmup at 2.5, I can maintain 2.8 for the next 30-45 minutes, with the odd one-minute burst of 3.0 here and there, and then drop down to between 2.2 and 2.5 for a 5 minute cooldown. That is also working. After three or four more days of this I'm going to see if I can go for longer bursts of 3.0mph, alternated with a minimum of 2.8. That might be too ambitious, but I'm really encouraged by how quickly I noticed an improvement. Note: I'm also aware that even if I might notice sudden upticks of improvement here and there, I know better than to expect a continuous upward trend of progress, but I like to believe that if I'm careful, and realistic about daily and weekly goals, I could get myself to a sustained pace of 3.5 for a duration of 45 minutes by the end of October. Back to the main point (sorry for the excessive detail and long-windedness, really!), I'm not tracking calories or foods. I have a general idea of the calorie load of my most frequent meals. For instance, I nearly always have eggs and bread for breakfast. (Sometimes it's an actual sandwich; other times I just used the bread to sop up my runny yolks). Typically it's two eggs and two slices of bread. Sometimes I have a banana, in which case I only eat one piece of bread. Sometimes it's three eggs and one bread slice with a smear of mayonnaise, or a thin spread of jam or peanut butter. I know the general calorie count of everything, so no matter the specifics, I know that 350 is a reasonable estimate of my breakfast calories. My other meals go the same way: my general rule of thumb is to generally keep each meal within 500 calories (the idea being that breakfast, lunch, and dinner = 1500 calories maximum), which allows me to have a snack here and there, regardless of whether it's a banana, a small package of beef jerky, or a package of flavored popcorn, without stressing it. Oh! I almost forgot to mention this. The main reason I know that I'm at a CICO deficit is because up until recently the overwhelming majority of my excess calories came exclusively from beverages. Soda, flavored/sweetened coffee, etc. Sure, I overate plenty of just plain ol' bad, high-calorie food, but the real culprit was all the damn soda and coffee. I knew starting out with the no-added-sugar challenge that just cutting all that out of my diet would be a massive reduction in my daily calorie load, and it definitely has. I still drink coffee, but I'm limiting it to one per day, and only using a small splash of milk, and stevia powder, to sweeten it. All sugary soda is completely off the table. Now, I basically buy one liter bottle of diet. Dr. Pepper and make that one bottle last me the entire week. For the most part, I use that one bottle as my supper "treat" (because for so many years I had a soda alongside my supper), take a swig whenever I have a craving (don't know about anyone else, but I'm actually more addicted to the carbonation in soda than the caffeine itself), or take a swig if I need help to wash down some ibuprofen in the event of a headache or whatever. Stupid, maybe, but I think this is what I'm most proud of, because this is coming down from a habit of drinking multiple bottles of soda each and every day. I know I've crossed a threshold of accountability and moderation when I've honestly cultivated the habit of treating soda as a treat to have in moderation instead of an addiction I freely indulge in. Basically the upshot of it all is that while I'm not explicitly tracking my calories, I do have a generally accurate estimate of what I typically eat compared to what I used to a couple months ago (which actually comes from all the years that I did count calories - I just have a solid working knowledge of the the calorie content of a number of the foods I eat most often.) So I know that for the most part my calorie intake falls somewhere between 1500-1800 each day, in addition to the fact that I'm burning somewhere between 200-300 calories on the treadmill (plus, of course, the continued metabolic increase that burns calories at a higher rate for some length of time after the cardio is over!) That's enough for me. I'm realistic enough and self-aware enough to know that there have been odd days when my calorie intake has probably exceeded 1800, but I'm not worrying about it because I've trained myself to be conscientious of what I'm eating to the point where daily exercise, healthy food choices and moderation has become my new normal, and so I'm unquestionably eating at a daily deficit toward my maintenance calories, regardless of what the exact end-day totals actually are. And the reason that I know this? Because literally two weeks ago I could not pull my size 18 jeans up over my ass. My size 20 jeans were snug. Not really uncomfortably tight, but definitely snug. And today I pulled on my size 18 jeans, which are slightly snug! The thing is, two weeks ago I started weighing myself daily, or almost every day. I don't really want to get caught up in watching the scale for the same reason that I don't want to cultivate the habit of tracking all my calories, but I did figure that it would be a good idea to track the scale daily as part of building a foundation of better habits (by which I mean, if I watched the scale daily for a week or two, it would help me get a good rough idea of whether I was actually being careful with food and exercise). But what actually happened is that the scale either didn't budge at all, or crept up! Now, I know that weight fluctuates daily, and all the other tips and tricks we learn when we study up on the science. I also know that when you're truly morbidly obese as I am, that the initial weight will come off fairly quickly (although it eventually levels off). I also knew that I was being careful enough in watching my food intake and making sure to get a minimum amount of cardio every day, that it just didn't make sense that I wasn't seeing any results on the damn scale at all. So I did some quick reading, and I read up on water weight, glycogen stores, and what people here call the "whoooosh" effect. And then I started paying attention and did notice that my 20 jeans didn't fit quite right anymore, so I pulled out the 18s, and voila! That's all the proof I need, because I know that it's literally impossible to not be losing weight in my situation, and obviously I wouldn't be able to fit into the 18s if I weren't losing. SO IN TWO WEEKS, EVEN THOUGH THE SCALE HASN'T REFLECTED A SINGLE POUND OF WEIGHT LOSS, I'VE LITERALLY GONE DOWN A JEANS SIZE. IN TWO WEEKS! This is all the confirmation I need. I'm going to keep eating the way I've been eating, and concentrate on incremental improvements in my daily exercise routine. I've been focusing exclusively on the treadmill, because the great thing about it is that I'm in full control over when I start and stop (as opposed to, if I decided to go for a walk, or ride my bike somewhere, if I ended up injured, or overly tired, while I was, say, two miles from home, I'd kinda be screwed. The gym treadmill gives me the option to quit when I choose). But I think after one, maybe two more weeks of, hopefully, continued improvement in my baseline fitness, I'm going to start using different machines. Like, keep going with 30-40 minutes on the treadmill, but also 10 minutes on the stationary bike, 10 minutes on the arm-bike thingy, 10 minutes on the stair-climber, or some variation thereof. Guys, I'm sorry that this got so long, and included such a huge minutiae of detail nobody wanted, needed, or asked for, lol. I'm just so excited, because I'm confident that I've set myself up for real weight loss and improved health on a long term basis. In literally the space of a month and a half, give or take, I've completely overhauled my lifestyle, and it has been easier than ever before, for no other reason than the fact that I made an honest commitment with myself to knock off the crap and get serious about my health. [link] [comments] |
| I've lost 67 pounds and my breasts haven't gotten any smaller! Posted: 30 Sep 2020 09:51 AM PDT I, 50F 5'7 SW 273 CW 206 GW 130, started my weight loss journey 3 years ago and have really started to do better since changing my meds. I've lost 18 pounds since the end of June. I'm feeling really frustrated because my breasts aren't getting smaller. In fact, I carry all my weight from my lower abdomen to my shoulders. I'm not one of those people who carry their weight proportionally. I'm size 42D and my breasts weighed 22 pounds each at my diagnostic mammogram when I was at 240 and I'm still wearing the same bras. I expect to have a lot of saggy skin but it really doesn't feel like anything is getting smaller. I had a breast reduction when I weighed 140 fifteen years ago. From what I read most women have the opposite problem. Has anyone had the same experience? Can I do anything to minimize my breast size? Edit: Also, my upper arms are huge! Ok a huge thank you to u/Quiet-Quetzal-8 because I'm NOT a 42D I'm a 40H/I! NO MORE CREPPY COMMENTS OR ASKING FOR PICS. DON'T CARE IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME. I CAME HERE FOR HELP ABOUT MY BODY. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 30 Sep 2020 08:33 AM PDT Sorry y'all, this is gonna be a little long. I struggle with talking about weight loss and BED with people in my life -- so I'm here. I needed a place to put all of this. I'm so proud of myself, but it's been such a fucking journey. I'm officially one year out from my last planned binge. I've overeaten in the time since then and accidentally scarfed down half a bag of tortilla chips. But it's been 365 days since my last proper binge. It was a rock bottom for me, though in the depths of my eating disorder, I didn't see it that way. I was temporarily living with my parents. They left the house, and I realized I could binge while they were out. I ordered two sundaes. Ate them in quick succession. After I was done, I saved the trash in my backpack to dispose of it by job as I was scared my dad would see the containers and know it was me. I literally travelled on the subway to work one morning a year ago with rancid, days old ice cream trash in my bag. To set the stage for my history of eating issues: Growing up in a Latino household, I was always celebrated as "thick" or "curvy"; however, I relatively fit and athletic since I was a dancer. In college, I developed a persistent H pylori infection and the treatments fucked up my eating habits and gut flora. I lost a lot of weight quickly. I developed anxiety and IBS. Food went from something I didn't think of much, to something I obsessed over -- would this food make me sick? Would I get H pylori again? Then I went to law school. My first year of law school was the first time I lived completely on my own. I discovered that this meant I could eat whatever and no one would know. I gained 15 lbs my first year. The summer between the first and second years, I found this sub and downloaded MFP. It was a revelation. Most days I ate around 1200 calories. I LOVED it. I felt so in control. My IBS was gone. I lost the weight and then some. Still curvy but snatched. Two years ago, my relationship with my mother went haywire. I came to the realization that she wasn't a strict parent with quirks, but an emotionally abusive narcissist. I started seeing a new therapist. And then .... came the binging. It's not that therapy is the reason. My therapist is incredible, and I am still seeing her 2 years later. But therapy brings up all the stuff you buried. I craved comfort. Binging... it felt like my insides were giving me a hug. I needed that hug so badly. It became a nightly ritual. I gained approximately 35 lbs. A month after my last binge, I moved in with my partner. I had nowhere to binge privately anymore. The urges began to go away as I had quit cold turkey, though I still craved the sensation. At the start of quarantine, my partner and I were discussing how I'd gained weight and was unhappy. Idk what came over me, but I told him about it all. The binging. The nightly two pints of ice cream. That my weight gain wasn't some diet issue. That it was an eating disorder. Weirdly, talking about it for the first time alleviated the lingering cravings. I suddenly had so much clarity. The shame and secrecy lessened. I finally came clean to my therapist. In early June, I felt ready to lose some of this weight. I re-downloaded MFP. I started checking this sub again. I set a very moderate caloric limit, calculated using the methods of Jordan Syatt (video here). The weight is slowly inching off. I've lost about 15 lbs since June 6th. Do I wish it were quicker? Fuck yeah. Nothing beats the weight loss of a 1200 calorie limit. Sometimes I get discouraged and wonder if I should restrict more. But I am pretty lucky to be where I'm at. It's a gift to do this so slowly, to heal my ED. And in reality, I'm like 1/3 of the way to my goal!!! I can eat some ice cream without polishing off the whole pint or pack of bars!!! I'm not singularly focused on the destination -- I'm trying to enjoy the journey. [link] [comments] |
| Please tell me I'm not the only one ashamed of/struggling with loose skin (22F) Posted: 30 Sep 2020 08:09 PM PDT I lost 120lbs from 280 to a healthy bmi in about a year, after being morbidly obese since 9 y/o. I saw so much about how it likely wouldn't be that bad after losing the weight, but it is... :( My breasts sag so badly they constantly hurt, even with a bra. I have no natural support at all. It's not severe pain, but it messes up my sleep. Hurts BAD in the cold too, winter has me terrified!! I've seen some folks say men are more cool with it than you'd expect, but every single man near my age I've trusted enough to see me has been really turned off, even if he tried to hide it. One guy quietly pulled my shirt back down and sat back. Another freaked out and started treating me like a damn fallout ghoul. I do get being turned off by it, it's pretty unusual, but it hurts a lot... I've given up on dating until I can afford to at least fix my chest. Though, by the time I have enough saved to do that, it'll be normal to be wrinkly. Maybe medical tourism when we're allowed to leave again :P Has anyone else had a hard time? Any practical advice? (not dating related, my self esteem reaaaally can't risk that blow again) [link] [comments] |
| I lost 8 lbs (3.6 kgs) in one month even though I’m doing everything “wrong” Posted: 30 Sep 2020 11:49 AM PDT [TL;DR I changed my flawed perspective on the "right" and "wrong" way to lose weight, and I got to the lowest weight I've been in my adult life in one month (and still going strong). Also might have accidentally changed my life.] Some quick background information. I (22M, 6'1) was 204 lbs (92.5 kg) at my heaviest, because of my own poor habits that I developed in college. After I graduated, I was able to shed 20 lbs (9 kg) of excess weight fairly quickly simply by cutting out unhealthy cafeteria food and snacks. This put me right at 184 lbs (83.4 kg), where I've been for over half a year. I consider 184 lbs to be my starting weight for this post since I wasn't really on a weight loss "journey" until this very month of September. Now here are some even bigger facts about me: I will not count calories. I will not go to the gym. I will not cut foods out of my life that I enjoy. To be clear, I'm quite capable of doing all of those things, but I just know myself well enough to know that those things make me unhappy and I eventually default to my old ways. But instead of using that as an excuse to stay unhealthy, I decided to finally examine the root of these issues. WHY do I not do any of those things? Without excuses? I don't count calories because I am obsessed with numbers. My entire life I've been analytical, so if you give me a system, I will absolutely prioritize finding a way to perfect it. That has served me well in the majority of cases, but in the case of calories, it means I have an extremely unhealthy approach to it. I start caring more about the numbers than if I'm actually eating enough food for energy, and I'm tempted to go far under my deficit just to speed things up. I don't go to the gym because it gives me anxiety. I work from home (long before the pandemic) and that makes me happy because the fewer strangers I have to see in a day, the better. I adore being physically present for my loved ones and friends, but I can't function if I feel like my privacy is being invaded by people I don't know, and that's how I feel at the gym. I know that literally nobody at the gym cares enough about me to even look in my direction, but it doesn't change my feelings that fitness is a very personal thing to me and I simply don't want to do it in front of others. I don't cut foods out of my life because I don't respond well to limitations. If I know in my head that I can't have something, I'll make it my priority to find a way to have it. Again, that usually works in my benefit as it's very useful in my job, but the negative sides present themselves around food. I'm cutting out carbs all week? Then I'm going to have pasta for breakfast, lunch, and dinner the next week. I'm throwing away an unnecessary box of packaged snacks? Then I'm going to drive to the store, buy another box, and eat it. Today. So knowing those things about myself, this month I re-evaluated my approach and accepted some harsh truths about my unhealthy style of living. I don't need to count calories, I need to eat less. So to hell with the food scales and MyFitnessPal! Instead, for the entire month of September, I simply ate less. I stopped eating three meals a day because it's not necessary for me, and more importantly, I let myself get hungry before eating. This might seem like a no-brainer, but it was actually pretty revolutionary because I had a huge realization: I have never let myself get hungry in my entire adult life before this month. I've just always stuck to three meals a day that way I was never hungry, but this month I've just waited until I was hungry, and then found food. Suddenly I was skipping entire meals that I didn't need, which really adds up if you do that every single day. I don't need to go to the gym, I need to be active. I have a desk job and none of my hobbies involve going outside. Therefore, my sedentary lifestyle doesn't really burn much fat at all. So for the month of September, I vowed to do something active every single day (except Sundays). However, I don't have time to do this once my day starts. It's not an excuse, it's just not logistically possible for me to break up or end my day with an hour of physical activity. So I found a solution: get up earlier! Again, this seems simple, but once again it was somewhat life-changing. I now wake up every day at 6 AM that way I can jog (every other day) or do simple bodyweight exercises (every other day). My big realization was simple: I love jogging. Not in a casual way, either. I sometimes even feel motivated to jog on my off day, which is insane considering last month I would find any and every excuse to stay in bed through my entire off day. I don't need to cut foods out of my life, I need to eat less garbage. Fat tastes good. Salt tastes good. Grease tastes good. Therefore, pizza is my ideal food. Burgers are my ideal food. Fries are my ideal food. Do these foods do me any favors? Absolutely not. But I simply derive enjoyment from eating them, therefore I continued to do so all throughout this month. But for the month of September, instead of making them "regular" meals, I recognized them for what they are: fattening foods. This was yet again a bit of a breakthrough in my thinking: I'm not going to get fat from eating fatty foods! This definitely sounds counter-intuitive, but the wording was really important to me. I get fat from overeating fatty foods. I get fat from only eating fatty foods. I get fat from eating nothing but fatty foods. So if I have pizza four times in a week, guess what that's going to do to me? Literally nothing. Four meals is not enough to derail fat loss on their own. My real problem is that I was combining those four meals a week with 10-17 other meals every single week, none of which were healthy. Thinking back on that . . . I was eating. So. Much. Food. And my problem was that I wasn't taking responsibility for it. So having made these changes for September, my grand result was . . . losing 8 lbs this month. 3.6 kg. 184 lbs >176 lbs. Literally nobody noticed. It doesn't show when I'm clothed. But here's why it's a huge deal to me anyway: For the first time in half a year, I did SOMETHING about my weight, and it worked. And I did it my way. I'm still losing weight by the way, and it's not because I tried to force myself to follow my misconceived "right way" of losing weigh; it's because I actually changed my life. I'm now an active person. I now eat only as much as I need. I now have more energy than I've had since I was a kid. So weight aside, the real victory is clear to me: I'm a healthier person than I was last month. On to month 2! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 30 Sep 2020 03:03 PM PDT This is a long story that I kinda have to tell someone. F/31/87kg. Td lr I went from 84 kg to 67 kg. Regained it all and more. I am taking small steps to regain my health. My current weight is now 85.5.kg. Sorry for any bad grammer is my second language. A couple of years ago I lost a big amount of weight through diet and hard work but after a while I slowly started to regain some. Wasn't immediately worried because I was still active and felt okay. Then I ruptured my Achilles' tendon during field hockey. It was a very difficult time. I had to get surgery and was basically told I wouldn't play sports for a year. The recovery was painful and slow. I went from being active at least 3-4 a week to a couch potato. I had to give up a lot of things and became a emotional snacker. I was regaining more weight. When I was finally okayed for physical therapy I was so happy to finally be able to move again and things were going well. Then the physical therapist went bankrupt and I had to look for another. The new guy wasn't great and I wasn't making a lot of progress so I kinda want to look for a new one. This was in January this year. 2020 was going to be my year I figured; but then I got really sick with bad pneumonia. It got so bad I had to be hospitalized. During t those weeks I was ill I hardly ate anything aside from soup and lost a shit ton of weight. But by the time I got better I became insanely hungry. I felt almost insatiable and regained some of the weight. The recovery was also difficult because some long damage remained and my stamina was just gone. I was ridiculously tired all the time. Couldn't make it through the day without crashing. Then the flipping pandemic happened.' Like many I started stress baking and eating and without proper exercise I started to gain more. So here I am now. The heaviest I've ever been, at it feels bad. I decided it was time for a change, 6 weeks ago I deleted all my news apps because I became addicted to check for updates this was a big help for me to calm down mentally. 3 weeks ago I started to be more strict with my diet and to avoid snacks. I've been taking long daily walks everyday with my dog and right now I lost around 1kg. It's a small start but so far I'm happy with it. [link] [comments] |
| How I beat a 6 month plateau and actually started to work out Posted: 30 Sep 2020 10:14 AM PDT (F, mid-20s, 6') I'm going to preface this by saying 1) long post and 2) I've been on this weight loss journey for well over a year now. I was feeling really down recently: even though I look better than I did last year, my weight still hasn't gone down under 200lbs. I know the number on the scale isn't everything (especially with a 6' frame, I carry the weight well). I don't look it, but after losing 45 pounds (fairly) rapidly, my weight had plateaued around 212-215 for about 6 months. I knew the next step was working out. I knew it had to be. I already had a pretty physical job. I'd been doing intermittent fasting, completely changed my eating habits, close to zero processed food, drank water instead of sugary drinks, even started taking the stairs and such. I had done everything I could except working out. I knew it was the only thing left to do, and the only other new thing that I could do. But I hate any kind of physical activity. It's not even a laziness thing, I'm not a lazy person. I'm one of the most productive and determined people you'll ever meet...... just not in any physical activity. I tried everything. I have tried every single physical activity under the sun. I am not exaggerating. I crowdsourced ideas for unusual workout ideas. Every (and I mean every) sport, yoga, all different kinds of martial arts, poledancing, bouldering, rock climbing, running, jogging, walking, hiking, biking, skateboarding, rollerblading, roller derby, swimming (competitively and non-competitively), plain ol' stretching. Nah. When people get stoned at parties, and say "Let's go for a walk!" I will 100% of the time decline. I just.... don't like moving too much. I'd rather relax. Nothing, and I mean nothing, can make me enjoy working out. So what's with all this complaining? I know I probably sound annoying at this point. What could I possibly be ramping up to? To show you exactly how much of a whiner I am. I need to express this to you, fully. When it comes to working out, I'm a huge whiner. And that's when it hit me: if I can't find anything I like, then I'm never going to like it anyway. I am always going to be a whiner when it comes to exercise. And I'm just gonna have to suck it up and do it anyway. So I downloaded the 7 minute workout app. If I was going to work out, I wanted to start out as small as possible. All of a sudden, I went from forcing myself to go to a gym or a club or a park or whatever.... to not even having to leave my house. It's a small commitment. I can do it in my living room. It's 7 minutes. You never do any particular exercise for more than 30 seconds. Thirty. Seconds. I can handle that, right? And if I can't, well..... then I'll whine for 30 seconds instead of 30 minutes. And the results? AMAZING. I'm closer to Onederland than I've ever been in my adult life. I've only been using the app for 3 weeks, and I'm only working out 3x a week. That's 9 workouts. That's 7 minutes a workout. That's 63 minutes TOTAL. And I've lost 10 pounds already. Sometimes your body just needs a kick. If you're completely or nearly sedentary, like me, then 7 minutes can he like an hour to your body, especially at the beginning. If your baseline is 0, then even a 1 is progress. Start as small as you need to. Work your way up. I promise it's worth it. Who knows, maybe I'll even end up enjoying it. TL;DR: If you hate working out, suck it up. Even taking the stairs is better than nothing. Everyone's gotta be active, somehow. And if you're not active normally, then working out is a must. Not just for weight loss, but for your health. [link] [comments] |
| Trust the deficit! Patience, perseverance and an achievable goal makes for a healthy proces Posted: 30 Sep 2020 09:33 AM PDT Hey guys, First of all, this community is awesome. I live in the Netherlands and found out about this subreddit a few months ago just after I started my weightloss challenge. I have not posted a lot but just reading and scrolling through this (and other related subs) helped me stay on track. Reading helpfull, motivational and just simple positive vibes kept me really focused and in the 'zone'. Soo I was thinking, in the shower where most of my philosophising happens, about the past few weeks and the months begore that. Before I dive in a few stats: M27 6ft2 (190cm) SW 288 (130.5kg) (5th of june) CW 245 (111kg) (30th of september) GW 220 at 27th of november, my birthday 🎂 (100kg) Soo there is this song where they say: "Its often easier for one too give advise then it is for a person too run ones own life". Oke, this quote will be important later on. Soo the first 2 and a half months were perfect, as i read that you should not loose more then 1% of your bodyweight per week, i set myself a goal of that 1% and without much custumization i achieved that goal week in week out. CICO and walking (started with 6000step and got too 8000steps). Then i went on a trip for a week and didnt loose any weight, despite taking good decisions for 90% of the week and being extemly active throughout the entire week. A little bit of a bummer. I got back on the wagon and things went as they were before. For the last 3 weeks i got stuck. I started weighttraining about 5 weeks ago (right when i returned from the 1 week trip) and read about your body holding on to water when you first start weighttraining, that also happened, but after the first 2 weeks i started too loose weight very very slowly. 3 weeks on, stepping on the scale every day, getting soo frustrated every day about the number, evaluating my situation, not finding anything, loosing motivation, man these were some hard weeks! And then it hit me in the shower, i randomly thaught about that song with that awesome quote and just told myself what i told other people (even on reddit) TRUST THE DEFICIT and maybe more importantly, I should practise what I preach. So that day I went to a small gathering with some friends and in soo long I restricted myself of 'stupid foods' (thats how i name it) and at this party i just gave myself some freedom, had some amazing mini pizza things with cheese, some humus dips with bread, some nuts, at the end I didnt go crazy but I sure as hell indulged (excuse my grammer and stuff). What do you think!? Stepped on the scale, very casually, dropped almost a pound. Next day, dropped half a pound, two days later, dropped some more... And the stupid thing is I read many stories, and watched youtube videos about people saying that a 'cheat meal' can actually help boost your metabolism, but i lost focus and was too narrow minded. Saw only the negative side of things, and did not trust my deficit. Well morale of the story is, it takes time too understand how YOUR body works and sometimes it takes a lightbulb that turns on in your head, a song, a person, doesnt matter. Stick with your plan, make mistakes and keep going. Sorry for the long post, didnt realize it was going to be this much, but thanks for reading my humble story and hope you fight through your struggles and achieve your goals. To all the awesome people on this reddit (and other awesome people too), good luck and thanks for the support! [link] [comments] |
| How to recomp as an chubby teen Posted: 30 Sep 2020 11:20 PM PDT F 5'4 CW:132lbs GW: whatever looks good hi, ive been restricting calories to 1500 for about 6 months now and i stopped seeing results doing this 2 months ago. Im a teen and im not looking to really be in a deficit again because im worried it will damage me and my growing, im a healthy weight but am a bit more than just skinny fat. im basically wanting to slim and lean down and bulk up my legs and glutes, and gain tone on my stomach, arms, back ect. its difficult to work out properly but ever since 6 months ago ive been working out on an excersize bikeand doing lots of strength and resistance training (however thats with heavy resistance bands, which although i can really feel the burn and am going up in the bands toughness, isn't as intense as machines would be (i want to start going to the gym when its open due to covid). is it possible for me to eat a maintenance diet of like 1800-2000 and lose fat whilst building muscle? [link] [comments] |
| 1 year difference. 38M, 5'-11 1/2", SW: 264, CW: 226, GW: 199 Posted: 30 Sep 2020 04:19 AM PDT Checking in after a year, as I told myself I would. I had a major stall in the middle of my progress, hovered in the high 230s to low 240s for a long time (6 to 8 months). Tried a handful of things along the way, IF calorie counting, and this month my wife and I are on Whole30. I feel as if IF and calorie tracking were the most helpful. Anyway, I wish I could say I feel way different, but I don't. Slightly less bloated and gross all the time. Sleep is about the same. Clothes fit way better for sure. Either way, going to keep going forward to my goal. Appreciate everyone being supportive here! [link] [comments] |
| Post #5: adjusted my calorie goal, and things have steadied Posted: 30 Sep 2020 06:05 PM PDT So about two weeks ago when I started calorie counting I set my goal as 1780 - while for the first week I was eating over 3000 calories per day. I was pretty discouraged even though I was telling myself it was a starting educational tool. I read someone's post (wish I could link it but I've lost it now) saying they plugged maintenance calories into the app as the goal, and just tried to stay underneath that every single day. Well I have done that the last few days and it has been a HUGE game changer for me, psychologically. My goal is now ~2200 calories, I don't input any exercise, and I aim to just undercut my budget. It feels so good even just for the last 2 days to have a green circle without a huge red indent in it. I'm also not hungry or thinking about food 24x7 as I was when I was trying to eat within 1780 calories. My weight loss will probably be a lot slower - maybe 2 lbs a month if that - but I would almost rather it be really slow, so slow that it doesn't damage my hunger cues, it doesn't harm my metabolism, and I don't regain all the weight in a year. I have ~40 lbs to lose, and that's only 20 months. For the sake of my health, that's nothing. It's worth it to go slow. It's far kinder to myself. edit - TLDR: working on sustainable weight loss by increasing calories while being in a deficit is helping me mentally. x [link] [comments] |
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