- I finally managed to run 30 minutes without stopping for the first time since my health issues started 3 years ago. I never thought I would get to this point again. You can get there too.
- I like to think of my fat as "food at home" [tip]
- Would you believe me if I told you that dieting made me fat, and dieting kept me fat?
- Give your body time to respond! 10 lbs down
- I need to stop consuming "weight loss" content.
- I can’t believe how much I was eating!
- Weight loss reactions...
- Me and My wife both cut calories by 500 from our maintenance for a month. I lost 3-4kg and she lost 0kg...
- Being honest with yourself
- I’m 2 lbs away from having my weight start with a “1” again and I’m so giddy for how my journey is going
- First time biking long distance since losing 50 pounds. Lost the weight now I wanna get strong.
- Kind of shell shocked at my initial weigh in. Not sure how to proceed.
- I have to start this weight loss journey, now.
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: October 19th, 2020
- when is it too obsessive
- After Losing It
- Managing your emotions
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Monday, 19 October 2020: Today, I conquered!
- One month ago i almost fainted while trying to tun 1km. Today the balance marks 10kg lost
- I fell off but today I’m getting back on.
- Another reason to lose weight: side effects of beta-blockers
- I've lost almost 100lb/45kg this year and I've written some things down about the process. This is one of the things I've written - I would love to hear if this resonates with any of you!
- 16 year old female looking to drop pounds and develop a healthier life style.
- LOSING FUPA
| Posted: 18 Oct 2020 08:47 AM PDT About three years ago I started having some pretty extreme health issues. My metabolism was basically not working at all at that point so I gained 60 lbs in a year while barely eating anything. Prior to that I was in great shape. I lifted weights everyday and ran 5k everyday. Those health issues just killed me for so long. Even after months of treatment I just felt so defeated and didn't do anything. But in June I decided that I wouldn't let them control me anymore. Since then I've lost 30 lbs and my health has improved so much. I'm nowhere close to where I used to be or where my goal is, but now I know I can get there. I want to say that if you think that you can't do it, you just can't reach your goal, stop thinking like that. You can do it. I know sometimes it feels hopeless, but it's not. Trust in yourself and you can do miraculous things. [link] [comments] |
| I like to think of my fat as "food at home" [tip] Posted: 18 Oct 2020 06:27 AM PDT As in, you know, "we already have food at home." When I think I need 500 more calories at the end of the day, or I'm tempted by junk food at the store, I remind myself I've already got food at home - got all the calories I need, inside, and I can burn some of that before adding more. It helps me feel more satiated/secure/cozy instead of feeling hungry or deprived. It's a reminder I have everything I need. EDIT: This is something to apply to a healthy deficit - such as 500 calories lower than your TDEE. I'm not advocating you restrict more than that! It's about staying within your HEALTHY daily calorie goal. Eating enough, and then reassuring your brain that it is indeed enough. [link] [comments] |
| Would you believe me if I told you that dieting made me fat, and dieting kept me fat? Posted: 18 Oct 2020 07:19 PM PDT It started at 15, when young me (5'1 - 110) wanted to lose 5 pounds for an upcoming pool party with friends. I remember watching a show (maybe it was Oprah) where they talked about a diet and healthy eating, and it was the first time I was introduced to the idea that in order to lose weight and be healthy, you have to cut out food groups and take up exercise. Trust me when I tell you that if I had a time machine, I would go to that moment in time and cover my ears from listening to it. But what happened is that I became more and more interested in the idea (especially after gaining weight from that initial diet), and there were other shows talking about it constantly. Unfortunately, I listened. Other examples are:
The information provided, especially by these said 'professionals' became more contradictory by the day and I grew more confused, and constantly felt I had to start over with the new guidelines. I fell into the Infamous Cycle of
Keto, vegetarian, vegan, raw vegan, pescatarian, gluten-free, no grains-no sugar, intermittent fasting, Mediterranean, low carb, no sugar .. etc. What all these diets have in common is .. restriction, whether it is a food group or an eating window. And I'm not here to shit on your approach to weight loss, not at all. If it works for you, it works for you. And that's my entire point. I now believe with all my heart that some people (like myself) due to maybe a personality trait or it might be just our nature, cannot deal with any restriction or the notion that tomorrow 'I will start something different', at all. It messes us up and holds us back from good enough because we seek perfection. And it applies to all areas of our lives. I'm here posting this because 16 years later I finally broke free from disordered eating that started with a diet and ruined my life way beyond gaining weight. I really feel foolish for not figuring out the real culprit earlier. As soon as I stopped all restriction and went to a normal way of eating that includes three meals a day of whatever food I want, my pre-diet relationship with food and hunger returned in an instant and I cannot explain the relief. Food is no longer an issue or a problem to research, experiment with and solve - and it's like 100 pounds weight off of my shoulders. Nowadays I eat everything in moderation just like I did when I was younger. Some days my meals are healthier than others, but in a span of a month it is fairly balanced and good enough. And the weight is coming off slowly and naturally. It really made me think. Are diets an American thing? could it be one of the reasons the obesity there have increased over the years? because the solution is always a diet, not gradual lifestyle change? [link] [comments] |
| Give your body time to respond! 10 lbs down Posted: 19 Oct 2020 12:09 AM PDT Happy Monday everyone Just wanted to share that I've managed to lose my first 10 lbs and have 30lbs to go! Extremely happy as it has been an uphill challenge. I've trained hard in gym but more importantly tracked my food and reduced junk food which has been a big challenge (especially when you have more tough days like work, demanding child etc). A lot of the time I wasn't seeing results on the scale, but then a few days later there would be a big drop. Really frustrating to not see scale move after you've eaten well and worked so hard...only to then see it drop massively later! Then I realised...give your body time to respond. Just because you ate well yesterday or you trained extremely hard in gym, don't expect your body to react in 24 hours. It's a transformation which takes time. Your body needs to adjust and respond accordingly. If you're consistent, it has no choice but to respond eventually! Also what's the rush? Run your own race and smash your weekly goals! [link] [comments] |
| I need to stop consuming "weight loss" content. Posted: 18 Oct 2020 06:44 PM PDT I think one of the things I need to "cut out" is weight loss content. I have been watching "How I Lost 20 lbs" videos since I was 13 years old. I'm 24. I have heard every piece of advice under the sun. At this point, I know the ins and outs of how-to-lose-weight like the back of my hand. Yet, at the same time, I only started counting calories one month ago. I am completely on my own journey and I know exactly what I need to be doing to lose the weight. I want to lose 45 lbs, which means that I need to eat in a deficit but not so much of a deficit that it hurts my metabolism, I need movement, I need to consciously build muscle, I need to drink water, I need to get enough sleep. I am transitioning to eating vegan now. And that's IT!! I know how to do all that! Now it's the implementation. I am just realizing how fully saturated my consumption is on weight loss. It's the Instagram pages I follow and the YouTubers I watch. I watch the science-y videos and barely pay attention until it gets to "this is how to lose weight fast or sustainably" or whatever. I just got a MUBI subscription and my Netflix List is enormous. I moved last month and I'm living next to a beautiful national park that I haven't explored at all. 4-5 days of the week I barely get 4000 steps in. I have two giant stacks of books to read. I have this WHOLE life to live, and yes, I am losing weight too. I know how to do that, and I'm going to focus on it, by cutting out all the other noise. And besides that, living my life. I will leave this sub for now. I have a small cache of motivational videos (like this one) to watch when I need to be inspired to keep going. But I am gonna take a break from the reddit community to live a little, and hopefully be able to return in a few months with some joyous news that I am happier in my body. I am writing this to say thank you for getting me started on this, it's taken me nearly a decade to start doing what is good for my body. And also, I'm writing this in case anyone else needs to do this too - unsaturate yourself from the chatter, and focus on what you know. Trust the process. So long, and thanks for all the fish. x [link] [comments] |
| I can’t believe how much I was eating! Posted: 18 Oct 2020 09:39 PM PDT Sorry if I break the sacred Reddit positing rules I don't know what I'm doing... BUT... I can not believe how many calories I was eating. I'm 5'10f SW:222 CW:205 GW:150. At the beginning of my weight loss journey I tracked a full week of my normal eating habits and learned I was eating 4,500-6,000 calories a day. Once I realized extreme over eating was my issue, the weight started just falling off. I cut it down to 1600 calories a day and started some light cardio. I'm blown away. I can't believe I've lived my whole life hating my chubby body when the answer is not always easy but actually a simple concept! Mind blown! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Oct 2020 10:03 AM PDT The other day, I got together with some of my family who I haven't seen since I started my weight loss journey back in February and my god... my nephews reaction was priceless! Out of all the reactions from friends, colleagues, acquaintances, and other family saying things "how did you do it?", or "whats your secret?", or "how can I do what you did?", and weird ogling from people who I see out on my runs regularly, his was simply... the best!!! That sheer look of bewilderment... Really brought back the memory of magic that kids still have in their young lives. While he was caught like a deer in the headlights he blurts out "Yooooo where did you go?!?! You were sooo round before!" and he just kept doing double takes, blurting out little questions, shaking his head in disbelief and was beaming on my behalf! After the initial shock wore off, he couldn't contain himself from sizing me up! Throughout the evening he had me doing pushups with him, going on a bike ride, and he even ventured into trying to pick me up (which surprised me that he got my heels off the ground!). His older brother also joined in on the remarks and joviality as well and enjoyed being able to show off his muscles and got me 6 inches off the ground... As someone who still struggles with seeing himself as the fat asthmatic suicidal abused kid or the adult chain smoking binge eating alcoholic... being picked up by a 14 year old and held in the air for a few moments gave me some of that childhood magic. The reactions of these young men really helped to remind me of how far I've come in this year and also washed away a lot of the negative thoughts I was having about myself and life as I begin to face new challenges. So in all of this, I just wanted to say...take stock of the little moments. Let them help carry you forward on your journey and as you practice good self talk, use these moments as reminders to keep fighting back the negative thoughts in your head... You can do this! Edit: here is my latest before/after photo. Haven't taken one for the last 5 lbs. https://i.redd.it/mz0cvyoawhr51.png [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Oct 2020 12:30 AM PDT So we used the app Chronometer which suggested by my weight and height and age I needed to eat 1600 calories a day if I wanted to lose a pound a week (3500 calories). My wife downloaded the same app, put in her details and the same goal and it gave her a 1200 calorie a day daily amount. For a month we have both been very strict at logging everything and not going over the target calories. I am very confident my wife has not cheated and has been accurate about sticking to this. We both work from home and are perhaps moderately active but aren't doing any exercise but we go out for occasion walks. Of the two of us my wife is walking around the house a lot more than me doing more chores. We know this because we both have fitbits and she tends to always get 10,000 steps + and usually 15000 whereas I'm often around 5000 if we haven't left the house. I say this just to state that if either of us is more active it should be her. She's had a lot of frustration in the past with various diets not really doing much so we were hoping religious calorie counting might do the trick. It has been very informative, we've discovered just how many calories we were adding in the past with copious amounts of olive oil or hummous that I used to add to everything. I discovered how quickly bread and pasta adds up and how valuable it is to have smaller amounts of those foods and pad the plate with vegetables not neccessarily because of their vitamin content but because they hardly add any calories whatsoever. The more veg we add the less of everything else there is! I've personally enjoyed the whole learning experience. The problem is my weight has come off exactly as you'd expect and the app would predict and my wife's hasn't shifted AT ALL. I started at 71kg and am now 67.5. My wife was around 64.5kg and her average over the last three days... 64.5kg. For the first two weeks I was telling her the usual stuff that daily readings don't matter. You need to tak eweekly averages. You might be holding onto water weight. All the same stuff. But now at this point she's running out of confidence and to be honest I don't blame her. How can you stay motivated with zero evidence anything is happening after a full 30 days while your husband has lost 3-4kg and looks noticeably thinner? Especially with her history of diets that don't' seem to work. She's convinced that for females it's just harder to lose weight or that hormones are somehow making her weight immoveable. To be honest it's getting hard to argue with her. She hasn't been acting fatigued or anything. She's been doing everything as normal. To be honest she does more than me around the house generally and seems to have more energy etc. I can't understand how it's possible for a mammal to do everything they were doing before but on a lot less calories. It's almost counter-evolution. If a species CAN do that why wouldn't they ALWAYS do that? It seems like a huge advantage to be able to thrive on less food. Can anybody offer any kind of advice or something she might be able to try because frankly I can't see her sticking to this for much longer and that's going to be demoralizing for her because it was basically the last diet she hadn't tried (the diet where you literally count every last calorie and make sure you are definitely way below normal range). [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Oct 2020 08:16 AM PDT I've been in a plateau since mid-September when I hit 20 pounds lost. And whenever my brain goes to "why? I'm trying so hard, I still have so long to go, why isn't the scale moving?" I get real with myself.
And all of that is showing up on the scale. I'm actually not trying that hard. I do have a long way to go. The scale isn't moving because I've loosened up my approach, had enough days over cals that I'm in maintenance, not a deficit. It's a tough pill to swallow but once I acknowledge it, I can tackle it. I've chosen to loosen up and I can choose to get back on track. And that starts now. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Oct 2020 02:40 AM PDT No flair, but 29 F, 5'4", and SW of 215 or so. I started counting calories in September after a rough break up. I got a Peloton bike at the end of the September and I've been working out everyday, whether it be a guided walk or yoga or cardio or strength, for 3 weeks. I haven't binged for a month after struggling with a binge eating disorder since I was 20. I'm walking 8,000-10,000 steps per day to stay active. I'm down 14 lbs and feeling amazing. My mental health is better, not perfect, but the endorphins are real, y'all. I feel in control of my body, over my food, for the first time in nearly 10 years. I lost a bunch of weight between high school and college using CICO and running, so I knew what I needed to do. But for 10 years I never could commit. I finally did because I didn't want to be 35 and 220 lbs anymore. I'm so happy I did. I'm dropping inches. I'm getting healthier. I have a better relationship with food that doesn't include restrictions just moderation. I feel strong again working out consistently. For anyone out there struggling, I hear you, I feel you. I WAS you back in August wishing I didn't exist. But trust me when I say, keep looking for that motivation for yourself. No one can make you change but yourself. And once you commit, it is worth it. It isn't easy. My muscles are sore and I'm sleepy but I need to walk my dog and workout before a 9 hour work day. I still want to eat all the pizza and all of the breakfast tacos, but I'm waiting until I can control my urges around those things. But it's worth it! And you have to find what works for you. I tried to just eat clean and mindful, and I can't. CICO and working out works for me, but I know it isn't for everyone. I never thought I'd make a post here, but y'all have been an inspiration over the years even if I didn't start until recently. [link] [comments] |
| First time biking long distance since losing 50 pounds. Lost the weight now I wanna get strong. Posted: 18 Oct 2020 07:53 PM PDT Lost the weight just by diet, started Jan 1. I've plateaued since at 200 pounds ( Around July) but I can move like never before. I went to go shoot around the park and I feel swift. Not strong or explosive but I don't get winded right away. Last week I biked downtown. 35 miles round trip. Towards the end, going home, I almost didn't make it. Powered through. All the hard work I put in, I doubt I make it home without stopping at 250. Let alone 35 miles. I'm so proud of myself. All December I hyped my self up. Said I could do it. Lose the weight. Lose the weight. Positive affirmations Quit literally all I did was eat breakfast. Boring old oatmeal fruit and water. Lunch was just a ham sandwich water and oatmeal cookies. Dinner was normal but I wasn't starving, since I always skipped breakfast. Also that cut down on late night eating. 35 miles. Almost didn't make it I'm planning to go bike tonight. Leave like 5 am. Make it to the lake by sunrise. Excited. Couldn't do that before. Sad that summer is over though. I'd love to bike every morning for a sunrise at the lake. Lol. Next year baby. [link] [comments] |
| Kind of shell shocked at my initial weigh in. Not sure how to proceed. Posted: 18 Oct 2020 05:04 PM PDT So, like everyone else in the world, I had a pretty fucked up 2020. I finally recently got my shit together, and could definitely tell I had gained weight. I pulled out my bathroom scale (which I never, ever, under any circumstance use) and weighed in at 246 lbs. 4 years ago I was 175. Jan/2020 I was 215. And now... I'm 246. I won't go into detail on how I got there, but let's just say there was a lot of depression, isolation, and over-eating. So this puts my BMI at "Moderately Obese", just a hair shy of "Severely Obese". So why am I posting this? My first reaction was "Well then, I guess I'll just stop eating for a week. Or maybe I'll only eat broccoli and chicken breasts. A 1700 calorie deficit should fix this in no time". I'm looking for some advice on how to get started here, because I'm overwhelmed and pretty fucking ashamed right now. Some info about me:
At my weight I feel like I don't need many calories to survive. Is a severe calorie deficit in order? In addition to adding regular exercise to my daily routine? Is there a good diet for an otherwise healthy man to follow with lower muscle mass? Anything helps, thanks. [link] [comments] |
| I have to start this weight loss journey, now. Posted: 18 Oct 2020 07:59 PM PDT I was weighing myself just to be safe, I've always considered myself A little chubby and all. At first when I noticed my weight getting alarming I tried to eat less, which I lost a few pounds, then I had ti take a gape from weighing myself. Last time I weighed myself I was 230 lbs and freaking out, Not my digital scale won't read me anymore and i have to face this. Im only in middle school right now, but jesus I am so scared. I have to do it soon to try to prevent any possibility of problems for the rest of my life, even though Im sure its already caused some problems. Im too scared to talk about this too my parents. I guess this is kinda a vent, and a 100% definitive marker. My starting Bmi is atleast 37.1 according to the bmi calculator on the cdc since my scale wont go over 230, my goal is atleast below 27.9 (if Im calculating things right on the cdc website) [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: October 19th, 2020 Posted: 18 Oct 2020 10:32 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. Let us know how your day is going, or, if you're checking in early, how your yesterday went! Share your victories, rants, problems, NSVs, SVs, we are here! I want to shortly also mention — this thread lives and breathes by people supporting each other :) so if you have some time, comment on the other posts! Show support, offer advice and share experiences! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Oct 2020 12:26 AM PDT I'm new and don't know really how to post, sorry. I'm 5'5F SW: 220+ CW:150 GW: 120? I want to start measuring myself because as I begin to exercise more the scales more often dont go in my favour (or they are much smaller losses) however recently some people around me have been making comments at me regarding how and what I eat. I personally want to measure myself once every 2 weeks (I dont think that's obsessive) but I have struggled with both ends of the scale when it comes to bad eating habits. so now I'm worried that these people are right, my mom has been saying "don't get silly with your eating habits" and my friends have been joking that I dont eat anything (I don't eat lunch - I dont like it). I dont want to become obsessive again because it really messed me up, however as soon as I can I am going to see a therapist to find better ways of coping and I very rarely drop below 1300cal a day. I just wanted to get some other peoples opinions do you think that I should? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Oct 2020 04:46 PM PDT [M40, 178cm 83kg] I've now lost over 50kg (110lb) and I've surpassed several weight goals along the way. As I lost the weight, each goal was just another step on the ladder, until I started to really see I was getting skinny, especially in my arms and legs. I still have a belly and while that's the case it's hard to acknowledge the weight loss as a success. But I've realised that weight loss and fitness are two different things. For me CICO was an easy way to lose weight. Set and hit a deficit everyday, you will lose weight, it's that simple. You could do it without any exercise at all, just takes honesty and discipline. Which is great, when you're losing. As I got down to close to 80kg, I realised that if I wanted to stop losing I had to make a major shift in thinking. Had I continued at a big deficit, I would be left with no muscle at all... whilst it was good to see the numbers going down, that wouldn't have resulted in a body and a level of fitness I would be happy with. So over the last six weeks I have been trying to switch from losing weight to getting fit. Up to this point I have been running and doing a few HIIT workouts, but nothing too serious. Now, I am doing serious workouts with weights and longer and more regular runs. I'm trying to do some kind of proper exercise every day. This means I just need to eat more, it's essential to make the most of the work I'm doing with the exercise. But going from eating 1500 cals a day to 2500+ is hard. You've been training your brain for a long time to be mindful of every single calorie... So, I'm trying to shift to thinking about what I'm eating from a nutrition point of view, hitting all the right nutrients and getting the right mix of macros to promote some muscle growth. I'm prepared to not keep losing weight, I think, but it's really hard to get out of that mentality. Trying to focus on new goals related to health and fitness and not just focussing on the scales. Suffice to say, this post is about the fact that the journey is never really over. Keep setting yourself goals, but make sure those goals are for the right thing at the right time. I started heavy, so HAD to lose before I could really focus on anything else. Now I'm down to an acceptable weight I've had to make that shift.... it's not easy and I'm still not happy with my belly fat, but I know that just running a calorie deficit won't work anymore. So now it's time to work my body hard, but fuel it right too. I hope this helps some folks and I'm happy to answer any questions! Cheers all! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Oct 2020 08:11 AM PDT I was all set to post a triumphant 199.8 for the first time in 19 years post today. I have a monstrous 2000 word document ready to go that details all the advice I could sum up from this journey to post here, I had my phone ready to take a pic for friends to show the scale.... And then I weighed in at 200.8. I am now in a snit. Here's the thing. This is not rational. If I were to look at this rationally I would say to myself. Alex, your goal was to lose 130lbs from Jan 2019 to Dec 2020 (2021 goal is another 27.6lbs) and you're down 126.8 with 10 weeks to go in the year. All you need is 1/3 of a pound every week and you'll get there AND you've averaged 1.5 per week over the past 10 weeks (i.e. 1/3 of a pound is crazy doable). I would further say that you're now in size L boxers with a 37inch waist, which given you've been in XL boxers your entire adult life is a HUGE achievement. But, I spent 5.5 hours on the bike this week, did weights three times, did two 25 flight stair climbs with 25lbs on my back AND had a solid food week. The scale owes me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here is my point. Life isn't going to cooperate a lot of times and the key is to figure out what you are going to do about it. I have three main options. 1 - Get depressed, order a giant pizza and feel sorry for myself in a completely irrational way. This will accomplish exactly squat and put me further away from my goal. 2 - Just keep plugging at my normal pace of exercise and food and it will happen next week or the week after. 3 - Work harder. Get angry and go do an hour on the bike and weights in spite of it being a much needed day off. And the right answer (for me) is #2. I don't want to bike 7 hours a week, I don't want to set exercise goals that are silly. I only did 5.5 hours on the bike because of COVID and I literally have nothing else to do at night. Managing your emotions is key to this. You are going to have ups and downs and, imho, the right call is mostly just going to be keep plugging. You can't react to every week pro or con with a wild swing. -3.0 lbs should not mean EAT ALL THE CAKE and +3.0 lbs should not mean EAT NOTHING AND LIFT 42 TONNES! It's a grind. So I am going to sit here and seethe and eat my 1600-1800 calories (my goal for non exercise days) and that's ok. I am not saying you should be YAY I DIDN'T HIT THE GOAL because you're human and things are disappointing at times. The key is how you react to not hitting your goal. A lot of posts here are on opposite sides of the spectrum. The day 1 posts (starting out, heavier than desired) vs the day 500 posts (here is how I lost 100lbs!) but there is a middle ground of reality that is the day to day grind of this and dealing with some weeks just not having the results you want, and the answer is always keep plugging. Don't get too high, don't get too low, just keep plugging along. Now if the scale doesn't show 19X next week, i will get a new scale and new scale can watch old scale go off the balcony at supersonic speeds and it will damn well know what happens to it if it disappoints me! [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Monday, 19 October 2020: Today, I conquered! Posted: 19 Oct 2020 01:11 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?)
Post it here! This is the new, improved place for recording your acts of awesomeness! Due to space limitations, this may be an announcement (sticky) only occasionally. Please find it daily and keep it the hottest thing on /r/loseit! On reddit your vote means, "I found this interesting!" Help us make this daily post the most read, most used, most interesting post on /r/loseit by reading, commenting, and participating often! [link] [comments] |
| One month ago i almost fainted while trying to tun 1km. Today the balance marks 10kg lost Posted: 18 Oct 2020 07:03 AM PDT Guys, I just want to thank this sub and everyone in it. You guys were a HUGE help on this process, that is only in the beginning. I've never been thin but had a major depression/anxiety breakdown on 2018 and gained 30kgs with it. I reached for therapy and now am much better but the extra weight remained and really started to bother me since i could only see the disease each time i looked in the mirror. In addition to that, most of my wardrobe did not fit anymore and it absolutely sucked. In the mist of it (and covid) a friend introduced my to Reddit and i found r/loseit. You guys introduced me to CICO and C25K and the change started to happen! I have now lost 1/4 of what I want to and I could not be happier! Thank you so so much! Also, I'm on week 3 of C25K and the jogging is almost comfortable. Not faints to be seen. [link] [comments] |
| I fell off but today I’m getting back on. Posted: 18 Oct 2020 07:12 PM PDT Food is a fuel. It's not a addiction. It's not a drug. It's a fuel. It's for energy. So you can work. Food. Is. A. Fuel. I've been giving myself this mental monologue for the past 3 months and somehow I've still spent endless nights spoonfuls deep in lotus biscoff spread and Nutella. Along with ham and cheese toasties galore. I've binged then restricted then binged and restricted and it's been crazy. But today it ends. Today in school there was a buffet: Sausage puffs, Blueberry Muffins, Brownies, French Fries, Fruits and pies! Me 2 months ago would've freaked out. Grabbing the fattiest tastiest Puffs there. But guess what I took; 2 Bananas. BANANAS. Freely the banana girl would be proud (screw her 🙄) Small steps. I want to get below 70Kg. Right now I'm 74Kg. The goal is 65Kg. But baby steps, I can do this. [link] [comments] |
| Another reason to lose weight: side effects of beta-blockers Posted: 18 Oct 2020 04:31 PM PDT Female, 48 years here. Last February I was put on a heart medicine, the beta-blocker Metoprolol. I was put on the lowest dose due to unexplained tachycardia that started up out of the blue. My diet was excellent, my bloodwork was great, and I was walking 4-5 miles every morning before breakfast - but I was, and am, 60 lbs overweight. They did a full cardiac workup and nothing unhealthy showed up. Clean arteries etc. So I stayed on the Metoprolol through last week to prevent the random tachycardia from returning. The side effects, however, were horrible and I didn't connect them to the Metoprolol until I mentioned my new depression to my psychiatrist. He figured it out right away. Beta-blockers can cause depression, fatigue, muscle weakness, and a significant drop in VO2Max. All these had happened to me on the lowest dose possible. I went from walking the 4-5 miles before breakfast to barely limping through a mile and having to sleep for hours afterwards. My Apple Watch estimated my VO2Max to be down to 14, the lowest the watch can tabulate and considered very, very poor fitness, even for 75 years+! I've been off the med with the approval of my doc (VERY IMPORTANT, never mess with heart meds on your own!) for three days. I walked tonight and my VO2Max has improved already! It's now 25. Nearly doubled! (Still a bad score but not as bad.) The point I'm trying to make is that actually having heart disease and having to take this medicine long-term would complete destroy my health and ability to exercise. It would likely lead to an early death and WORSENING heart disease. I got a window into what heart disease might be like for me and be I don't like it. I consider this experience a gift and a warning and I want to pass it on. TLDR: You don't want heart disease and to have to take a beta-blocker. It may destroy your body and fitness and lead to an early death. I was on that road. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Oct 2020 11:25 AM PDT (Note: I measure everything, and after I got past a certain threshold on the way to my goal weight I changed one of my rules so that on Fridays and Saturdays I didn't need a deficit - I wasn't allowed to overeat, but I could aim for 0. The following is then what I spent all day thinking about on those days) Wife: "What are you thinking about?" Me: "Nothing" Wife: "You don't hide it well - it obviously isn't nothing" Me: "OK. So, a pint of mild bitter equals 200 calories, a strong lager equals more like 250. That means if it's sunny I need to budget for 750 not 600 because I'll want 3 and I prefer a lager if it's sunny. I'm still going to have crisps which always come in at 174 (I could bring it down to roughly 130 if I got salted because then you'd take some, but I can and will defend against thievery by getting the obviously superior salt and vinegar). Anyway: this means with my weights session plus a return trip walking to the pub I'll be at around 700 calories burned in total so far in addition to my base TDEE. Happily, if it's raining we can drive to the pub because I won't need the extra calories from walking because I'll be on bitter instead of lager but of course we'll need to walk back anyway both because we'll have had too many drinks and because I need the calories from that walk for the poppadom and lime pickle anyway. (more on that in a second) That means I need to get another 300kcal burned in either a walk or a run to zero out the visit to the pub. Walking is nice and easy but takes more time, running is faster but makes me feel like I'm being punished for something. My bike would be a happy medium but it is always broken. Either way that walk or run needs to happen before the morning team meeting at 11, it's now 9:44 which means if I'm walking I need to leave in 10 minutes but if I'm running I also need to leave in 10 minutes because even if it's faster over the same distance I need to have a shower afterwards whereas I can just go right into the meeting without a shower if I walk so while there would be a time saving over a longer distance it's negligible now. Back to the curry: I can pre-order it for collection at a fixed time, which I need to do to force a departure from the pub because if it's sunny then literally everyone will be there, we'll get caught in a series of conversations, we won't eat until midnight and I'll end up having 9 pints of lager (2250 calories!), hating myself for not sticking to the plan, being too hungover to run the next day and inevitably leading to a maelstrom of darkness that will eventually swallow us all. Obviously we'll share a bottle of wine with the food, and because I'll then have had 3 pints and half a bottle of wine, we'll share another bottle of wine. I can use the jigger thing to make sure we get exactly half each and based on the calorie averages for a dry white that gets me to 315 per half bottle or 630 for the lot. We've already discussed the poppadom but I'm going to have to dig into the TDEE for the main - of that 500 will be spent on lunch and I've got another 1500 to run the day to still be at a deficit of 500 given an actual maintenance burn of around 2500, a chicken shashlick should be well under 1000 but we'll assume it's 1000 to be safe. That gets me to 1000 under including the 500 deficit plus a shortfall of another 500 under TDEE, now 610 goes on the wine but I really want a naan bread. That's going to add another 500 or so which technically puts me over - I could do another 100 of exercise but since it's now and not half an hour ago I don't have time but I can downgrade one of my pints to a gin & slim which gets me the requisite 100 back to come out even on the day UNLESS my boss calls me on time, in which case I will have 45 minutes to do a jog or walk the long way to the pub OR Graham isn't at the pub and doesn't buy any pork scratchings but if my boss calls late AND it's sunny then I'll lose my buffer, we might have to drive and I might have to skip a whole pint AND my crisps." Wife: "Do you think perhaps you're over-thinking this a bit" Me: "No". [link] [comments] |
| 16 year old female looking to drop pounds and develop a healthier life style. Posted: 18 Oct 2020 04:43 PM PDT Hi! I'm a busy 16 year old girl who's new to fitness. I've never really done much besides going to the gym before and walking. I'm unsure of where to start and how to fit it into my schedule. Over 75% of my day is just me sitting attending classes and doing schoolwork for my heavy on homework classes. I've been overweight since I was around 6-7 years old due to my parents diet and things I picked up from them. After hoping that puberty might help with my extra fat, I decided now is the time to get into shape properly. I'm struggling with where to start and feeling embarrassed. I'm 16 and a female and around 5'3" or so. I lost 10 pounds by just going vegetarian but gained it back after I stopped due to money issues. Although previously I managed my weight well but anti depressants I was prescribed at 12-13 and other medications definitely made me increase in weight (side effects). I gained around 80 pounds just from those. I want to burn fat and build some muscle but mostly tone my body. I want to develop healthy eating habits for when I'm an adult and my goal is to exercise and get out as much as I can. I hope to get to around 160 pounds one day if possible. So far I have maybe one snack a day and three meals. I tend to drink lemon and orange infused water and rarely have soda. I love love fruit but I'm not sure if I should be snacking on that or what. My main issue is finding a work out routine and what I should be doing. I looked at apps but all of them seemed to want to charge money which I don't have. Any tips and advice would be appreciated! Thank you. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Oct 2020 06:49 PM PDT So basically, since the last 2 weeks I've been reading about this FUPA thing and I had no previous knowledge of what it was and also I have no idea what "bone pressed" meant. Since I've educated myself on this topic, I have some questions. I'll be honest, I am a little overweight right now, which explains why I have a large amount of FUPA on me. My bone pressed actually surprised me idk I was that decently big. So my main question is: when I lose weight and lose that FUPA fat will my non pressed become my bone pressed size when I was overweight and had the fupa. Just want some extra motivation to lose this stupid weight. [link] [comments] |
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