Weight loss: I wish my body knew all the foods I didn’t eat. |
- I wish my body knew all the foods I didn’t eat.
- IM NO LONGER OBESE!!
- I'm gaining weight. And it's a good thing.
- I lost my first 10 lbs!
- Sick and tired of being sick and tired
- Feeling hopeful for the first time!
- Today I reached my goal!
- You don't quite realise how out of shape you've gotten when you haven't tried for a while.
- I’m back to 30 pounds lost!
- Freeze what you want to binge on
- 10 pounds till I reach a healthy weight! YAY!
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: October 18th, 2020
- If I can do it, you can too. Journey of weight loss and maintenance. (Long)
- I’ve lost 1.5lbs this week!
- Slow progress is still progress!
- How much will a manual labor job will help me lose weight?
- [advice] realising there’s a difference between wanting to eat something unhealthy all the time and right now
- Domino's for Dinner
- Weight loss, then gaining it all back plus more
- How do I get over negativity coming from toxic family members?
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Sunday, 18 October 2020: Today, I conquered!
- 99 Lbs Down (need some advice)
- How I tricked myself into excercising everyday.
- I need help losing weight.
| I wish my body knew all the foods I didn’t eat. Posted: 17 Oct 2020 12:29 PM PDT I'm a receptionist at a large office building. People will bring in donuts, brownies, pie& more almost every day and leave them at my desk for people to grab when walking by. We also get large catered meals at least twice a week of pizza, ice cream, lasagna etc. When I got back on track with my diet I said I wasn't going to eat any of it, which I haven't. But my body doesn't seem to notice it. I sit one foot away from these snacks all day long and never touch one and I probably don't have to tell you how hard it is but then the scale doesn't move, or moves by .2 a lb. I know it's a slow process but omg if my body only knew the stuff I was turning down daily maybe it'd show some appreciation. Just feeling a little discouraged and ranty. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Oct 2020 08:08 AM PDT At 5'11 and weighing in at 214.8lbs, for the first time in my adult (let alone teen) life, I am not obese! Nearly one year ago today (Oct 12) I went to my first doctor appt in years. I've been fat my whole life but I guess I've just been avoiding it, and when I weighed in at 290 pounds and he told he straight up I was morbidly obese (didnt even know that was a term!) now and I was likely going to die early...idk it hit something. He was blunt, but it's what I needed to hear. One year later, not only am I no longer morbid, I'm not even obese! And fuck it if I'm ever going back! CICO is king. I never counted, but I thought if I just ate less and cooked fresh I'd be under-- and lo and behold it worked! Things like IF did help my CICO along, going vegetarian kept me a lil more honest about my calories in general, but at the end of the day it was simple-- move more, eat less, cook clean. Bless y'all and thanks for reading. So fuckin happy right now. [link] [comments] |
| I'm gaining weight. And it's a good thing. Posted: 17 Oct 2020 05:08 AM PDT So, I've been trying to get to my goal weight for a loooooooooooooooooong time, with a few ups and downs as most of us have had. Well, this year threw a massive spanner in the works in that regard. And no, I'm not talking about Covid. (Though this does relate to serious illness!) See, this year - in June, to be precise - I got sick. Really sick. Several days in the ICU kind of sick. I first came down with a fever and severe fatigue in the last week of May, and when I felt too weak to feed myself or even scroll through my phone, I went to the emergency department of my local hospital. I was admitted and given lots of IV fluid for my dehydration, and more anti-fever medications. I was also given IV antibiotics, and of course, multiple Covid tests just in case. (All negative.) And I kept getting sicker. I quickly became "that" case. The mystery patient. I simply wasn't responding to anything they were giving me, and it became a process of eliminating all the culprits they could think of. Doctors would gather outside my room, students included, whispering with each other and turning back to look at me with unmistakeable looks of puzzlement on their faces. I had a bone marrow biopsy, an MRI, a CT scan, a lumbar puncture, multiple echocardiograms, multiple x-rays, on top of daily blood tests, despite barely being able to give any blood due to swelling and a heart that was under a tonne of strain. I progressed to needing high flow oxygen over the course of several days, and every single day I was feverish, weak, and in pain. I was transferred from my local hospital to a hospital in the city, and I have few memories from my first several days there, due to being so ill. I don't remember the first dose of the drug that saved my life, but I do remember waking up a day or so later feeling incredible - at least in comparison to how I had been! I was on high dose steroids, so I can say for sure that a certain American president must have been feeling pretty amazing recently if he was on anything like what I was. More importantly, however, I was also being given four shots a day of Anakinra. See, Anakinra is a very expensive medication that's used to treat autoinflammatory disorders. Autoinflammatory disorders are a bit like autoimmune disorders, but where autoimmune disorders involve the adaptive immune system, autoinflammatory disorders involve the innate immune system - the system which regulates inflammation in the body. Turns out, I had Adult-Onset Still's Disease, which in my case had progressed, alarmingly, to Macrophage Activation Syndrome, or more specifically, secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis. This complication is life-threatening, and at one point I was seriously being considered for intubation. If you've heard of Covid causing a 'cytokine storm,' this is essentially what happened to me, triggered by this underlying Still's Disease. Anakinra blocks the Cytokine IL-18 from working, preventing the snowball effect that leads to uncontrolled inflammation in the body. While I was in the hospital, they weighed me at one point. With all the additional swelling going on, I'd gone from 72kg upon entering the hospital to 76kg in the middle of my stay. I was upset at the time, not realising the seriousness of my condition! All I could think about was how annoying it was to weigh so much when I'd been trying so hard to lose weight. Well. Cut to a few weeks later, finally cleared to leave the hospital, feeling much better and ready to go home. I go to stay with my parents while I recover, and what do I find when I step on the scales? I weighed 66kg. In the space of a couple of weeks, including the swelling/water weight, I'd lost 10kg. That's 22lbs, for American readers. I was as weak as a kitten. I looked like a shrunken old lady, and my metabolism was in shambles. Did you know that fevers burn an insane amount of calories? I found out the hard way! I ate probably 2,500+ calories every day for weeks as a 5 foot 4 person on bedrest, and I actually went DOWN a kilo in that time! And the thing is, my metabolism has since settled down, I'm feeling much stronger and I've even gone back to exercising! But. I've gained back 4kg, and currently weigh 70kg. I felt bad when I realised that. But I got an email from my rheumatologist the other day. I'd mentioned gaining weight to her, despite my best efforts to control my diet and begin exercising regularly again. And you know what she said? "That's great - shows that you're healing!" And fuck, man. I am, aren't I? I had a life threatening disease in June. I lost 10kg in two weeks and it left me weak, unable to hold up my own weight. Now, I'm nearly back to the weight I was before I got sick - which is still overweight! And I'm glad! I'm healing! There'll be plenty of time for me to reach my goal weight in a healthy way as long as I heal from my illness first. I'm gaining weight right now, because that's what my body's gunna do when it's been sick. It wants nutrients. Plus, I'm still on steroids - it's okay for me to be a little hangry now and then! I dunno guys, I just wanted to give a different perspective and write this out for myself as much as anyone else. Sometimes the weight gain isn't just a neutral thing, it's a good sign. Sometimes weight loss isn't healthy, even when you start out overweight. I'm here, I'm alive, and I'm 70kg, and those are all beautiful things. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Oct 2020 05:29 PM PDT 12, actually, but 10 was the first goal that I set for myself about 3 weeks ago when I started my weight loss journey! I've done a pretty big overhaul on my diet and am focusing on eating at a calorie deficit and volume eating (eating high volume meals with minimal calories). That's been a big help for me this time around. I feel like I've really started to enjoy cooking as well! Previously I was in a rut of eating from food delivery services every day and taking in far too many calories(and wasting all my money). I don't focus very much on exercise though I try to take walks here and there while I can. I still have a long ways to go but I'm excited to have hit a milestone and am excited to keep losing. I don't really like talking about weight loss and sharing info like that with others in my life but I wanted to share it here with likeminded people! :) [link] [comments] |
| Sick and tired of being sick and tired Posted: 17 Oct 2020 10:55 PM PDT Hey everyone, I am new to the community, and ready to change my life for the better. I am 19F and I currently weigh 300 pounds. I am 5'10, so my goal weight is 150. I have struggled with my weight my entire life, and it has done a number on me mentally. I started gaining weight around summer 2017, when I quit doing marching band and started working a job. I have an unhealthy relationship with food; I use it as a coping mechanism. Since I was making all of this money from my job and my time wasn't consumed with band, I starting eating out. A lot. This is what contributed to my weight loss. The lightest I have been since then is 277, and that is when I was sick. I want to lose weight for cosmetic purposes and to have more energy and stop having fatigue 24/7. I just want to overall feel better about myself. Like I said, I am extremely reliant on food. Whenever I think of food, I think how tasty it would be, and I can't refrain from that, so I eat it and feel terrible after. If I want to taste something, I will get it. It is a terrible cycle, but I am dead set on breaking it. When my scale hit 300 two days ago it broke my heart. I also saw my body in the mirror from behind and realized just how big I actually was. If it makes sense, I have never thought of myself as a huge person. I don't have that mentality. But seeing myself and the scale.... it was horrid. I am hopefully going to keep track on here of my weight loss journey, because this starts now! [link] [comments] |
| Feeling hopeful for the first time! Posted: 17 Oct 2020 06:07 PM PDT I am not trying it on hard mode for the first time in my life and I'm actually hopeful this might work in the long run. Instead of a 1000 calorie deficit, I'm aiming for a 500 calorie deficit and it's SO much easier. Like duh but I never considered only aiming for 1 lb a week. It didn't seem like enough so why bother? But I think I can do this! I can log every day and adjust as my calorie budget goes down slowly over time. Truly it's just getting over the mental hurdle of how long it's going to take me. Realistically, if I go at this pace it could take me 3-4 years to lose the weight I want to lose. The urge to make it go as fast as humanly possible is strong but with good therapy I'm fighting that urge. Feeling pretty good about things right now! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Oct 2020 10:56 AM PDT Hi everyone! Today, after 3 months of very relaxed, slowly-paced CICO, and a renewed love for outdoor sports, I reached my goal and lost 10kg! And what is even better, I went out to celebrate it with a treat day and I wasn't even able to finish a plate that months ago would have shamelessly shoved into my face in less than 10 mins. I know it is not a lot and my goal was way smaller than many other people's goals out there, so it may not seem like a big deal... But I was always a person who rejected diets because I saw them as a marketing strategy to make women feel bad with themselves, so it was a very big step for me to realise I needed help and changing my eating habits was just another way of loving my body, so yeah, kind of a big deal for me. I am no longer overweight, and I have new, healthier habits that I love, woohoo!! I've been a long time lurker of this sub, it has always felt a supporting place to come when I was struggling. So I just wanted to send big hugs to everyone out there who are struggling to start, or stuck in a plateau, or going through those never-ending last kg to lose. Keep going! Don't give up! If I did it, you can do it, whoever you are! [link] [comments] |
| You don't quite realise how out of shape you've gotten when you haven't tried for a while. Posted: 17 Oct 2020 01:21 PM PDT I've barely left my home for the past 6 months due a fear of catching Covid, had very little exercise and adopted some awful eating habits. it means that since March i've put on about 35lbs which is my fastest period of weight gain ever. I've never been slim, but in my late teens and early 20s i was relatively athletic. not an endurance athlete by any means but i played basketball, 5-a-side football, and went to the gym fairly regularly without wanting to curl up in a heap on the floor, so my weight didn't bother me and i never really "felt" fat, even though i knew i was... it wasn't stopping me from doing what i wanted. So i changed my eating habits slightly a couple of weeks ago and "stopped the rot" so to speak and my weight has been stable the last 2 weeks, but i wanted to address my complete lack of movement. I had a few thousand pounds saved for a holiday that looks like it's not going to happen for a while now, so i decided to create a little home gym with that money instead. i've got some weights that i've been using and that got a bit of a sweat on, but i felt like i needed a bit of cardio. i splashed out on a Nordictrack S15i exercise bike as i like cardio that is kind to the joints and i thought the guided rides and classes would keep me motivated to use it. It turned up last night and i spent all night building it so it was ready for me to use this weekend. FUCK ME! I picked a little 30min mountain bike trail rid that looked relatively easy based on where i thought my fitness levels were, but i was out of breath by 10 mins in, and 5 mins of that was "warm up" with little resistance. l had to pack it in after 18 mins because my legs were just begging for mercy from the lactic acid hell they were being subjected too. Even my arms and shoulders were complaining at holding myself up. I knew i wasn't in great shape, but i had no idea it was this bad! i got off the bike and waddled (i couldn't even walk like a normal human being) to my shower, proverbial tail between my legs in embarrassment at my abysmal performance. But tomorrow is another day, and i'll be back on it. I might skip the guided rides and go for something more my own pace to ease me back in a little slower, but i've just spent a small fortune on this bike and if there's one thing i hate, it's wasting money, so i'm not giving it up that easily. Hopefully with time it will get easier and i can go back to the same ride and go again in a month or so. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Oct 2020 06:16 AM PDT Just feels great to say it, even when it includes the word "back!" I know it gets so discouraging when we slip up and slide back to our higher weights. I spent plenty of time kicking myself for the quarantine 15. But now it, of course, seems so silly. In the time I spent feeling sorry for myself and not getting back to it, I could've gotten back to my goals faster! This is ME. This is my body, my weight, and it's with me forever, so I can't let a month or five ruin the rest of my life. So I got it back together in September, and I've now dropped about 10 pounds of that covid weight gain. When I started my journey originally I weighed 152.2. Today the scale read exactly 122... again! And let me tell you, it feels great. Even when it's an again. Because I know I can do it again, which means I can always do it. Slip ups can't determine me, and I can make good choices for myself and my future. Do I still have about 3-4 pounds to my weight in March? Sure. Do I still have 7 to my goal weight? Absolutely. But I'll get there. And so will you. As long as we don't give up. Stats: 29F, 5'5, SW: 152.2, CW: 122, GW: 115. Everything was accomplished through CICO (usually eat around 1200, though my goal is currently 1340) and I am an educator so M-F I am on my feet most of the workday and usually get over 5K steps. [link] [comments] |
| Freeze what you want to binge on Posted: 17 Oct 2020 07:53 PM PDT I am not very good at controlling the amount of food I consume. And I'm still learning to deal with that. Just yesterday I made a healthy(ish) dish of arugula, broccoli, carrots, ginger, pork, beef, and noodles in some teriyaki sauce. It was really good, and I was proud of myself because now I'd cooked a healthy option for the next couple of days so I wouldn't just go to the kitchen hungry and cook some KD instead. But what really happened is it's been 17 hours (Feel free to subtract my five hours of sleep) and I've eaten all but one portion. I had a quality breakdown over this, it really screws with my self-esteem. I was stuck in that loop of "If I just eat it, it's not there anymore and I won't be tempted to eat it again and I want it so bad I'm just gonna binge on it eventually why not now. But I'll hate myself if I eat it because I couldn't resist eating on measly serving of food, ya know da drill. I tried to do some research on binge eating, but I always end up in the fatlogic part of the internet whenever I do that. But I did have an idea. What if I just stored it in a less easy to access way? What if I just took it out of the fridge and chucked it into the freezer? If I'm actually hungry, I can heat it back up, but it's just enough resistance for my monkey brain. I also had half a bag of skittles lying around from a (Covid-Friendly) party, I kept reaching into grab a few, multiple times a day, yep, still not great at not eating unless I'm hungry. But guess what happened when I froze them? Nothing, I didn't eat them, because they're cold and terrible. If I ever need them, I can pull them out and let them defrost, but it just released such a weight of temptation off of me. Next steps for me is to just keep buying healthy food. This is my first year out on my own, so I did the college student thing of buying a bunch of KD and ramen only to find it cost half as much as my monthly eating budget, and lasts me way longer than I thought it would, from one month to the current 2 and a half and counting. (The one upside of binging is that when I do eat at a healthy amount, I'll eat a roasted carrot or two a day and be completely satisfied) But now I know I really can afford healthy food. I've been buying discount salads and vegetables as they come up (I just freeze them and pull out as need be) I've really been missing seafood, so I think I'll buy a chunk of salmon and some shrimp next time I go shopping. Any advice on how to prepare those without frying it in butter? I also had a chance to refresh my brain on the benefits of rat park (Your brain gets addicted to things because it's bored and sad, therefore if you entertain it and give it friends it will struggle less with addiction) So tomorrow I'm going on a mushroom identification hike. I also plan on Since I'm already rambling, I might as well give you guys some advice. Go get a job, and get a real one. Work at a job that challenges you, that forces you to build new skills. I sell fabric to people and I love helping them with all of their projects. There's so much creativity, and problem solving, memory recall (Do you still have the one with leaves on it? Mam, I could give you 90 different options and counting), and salesmanship. I love selling things to people, and over the past four years, I've gotten rather good at it. It's really a keystone in my self-esteem. Having a job also allows you to do finances. My family was weird, so I never had access to my money until March of this year (You may remember that was an interesting month to finally go on the spending spree I dreamed of) but now that I have it, I love saving it and spending it. I've gotten so many good meals, good clothes, good experiences. It's allowed me to turn the new space I'm living in, into a home. I mean, right next to me as I type this is $400 in decorative books I had to buy because the tests are put on a not free software. But on the other side of my laptop is some vanilla rooibos tea with honey (delicious) that I could buy because I wanted it, and underneath it is my planning journal. No longer do I worry about remembering my assignments, because now I just write them down every Sunday. Having my own money is amazing, and I can't wait until I can go back to work so I can start paying off my student loans the government hasn't even sent me yet. [link] [comments] |
| 10 pounds till I reach a healthy weight! YAY! Posted: 17 Oct 2020 03:48 PM PDT Hi everyone! I'm 19F, about 5'7, and I've started working out and eating better since the very beginning of July (around 1300 calories a day) and weighed in at 195.2 pounds. I'm so happy that today I stepped on the scale and I'm down to exactly 165 pounds! About 10 more pounds to go and I'll be in a healthy range, and then around 25ish pounds after that and I'll hit my goal weight! I'm so proud of my journey so far and I've learned that I actually really enjoy upper body exercises! I really hope to be able to bump up in weighs soon, I've been stuck lifting 5 pound dumbbells since the beginning, I haven't been challenged at all these past two months! Unfortunately I can't really afford to dish out money for new weights, especially because of the price jacks on them. I hope to maybe get a new set for Christmas, but I'll have to wait and see. It's been a long journey(but fun!) and I'm disappointed that I won't be comfortable ever showing off my leg muscle because I've developed some of the worse stretch marks known to any creature on the planet, but just knowing that I actually developed at least a tiny bit of muscle in my arms and legs makes me happy enough. I'm also disappointed that I've only been able to maintain my weight for the past month because my family was only bringing home takeout, but now I'm back on track! The number one thing I seriously regret is not taking a progress picture at the beginning. If I could change one thing these past few months it would certainly be that! I've made so much progress and I'm so happy at how far I've come. I hope to be able to come back here in about two months to announce when I'm in a healthy range. I am so grateful for this sub, I've been incredibly motivated because of everyone here. Thank you to everyone here for giving me the encouragement I need to keep pushing on❤️ [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: October 18th, 2020 Posted: 18 Oct 2020 12:18 AM PDT Hi team Euro accountability, I hope you're all well! For anyone new who wants to join today, this is a daily post where you can track your goals, keep yourself accountable, get support and have a chat with friendly people at times that are convenient for European time zones. Check-in daily, weekly, or whatever works best for you. It's never the wrong time to join! Anyone and everyone are welcome! Tell us about yourself and let's continue supporting each other. Let us know how your day is going, or, if you're checking in early, how your yesterday went! Share your victories, rants, problems, NSVs, SVs, we are here! I want to shortly also mention — this thread lives and breathes by people supporting each other :) so if you have some time, comment on the other posts! Show support, offer advice and share experiences! [link] [comments] |
| If I can do it, you can too. Journey of weight loss and maintenance. (Long) Posted: 17 Oct 2020 07:49 AM PDT So first of all pictures of before and after: https://imgur.com/gallery/FvWaMsm I have been meaning to post this for quite awhile, and it is something I think of every single day. It is my weight loss journey from 2014 until today. The before pictures were taken when I weighed about 200lbs. I weighed 163 when I became pregnant with my first daughter, and I gained 35lbs with her. Afterwards, whether from depression or a poor relationship with food my entire life, I stayed that weight for the next 3.5 years. I have always been one for exercise, and at some intervals was able to lose 5-10lbs simply by picking bike riding back up, but the weight always came back. I told myself that I was strong and that even though I was overweight, I was healthier than a lot of people. At my job we are in a residential so we have access to food in well-stocked kitchens. I would eat at home, breakfast and lunch, snacks at work, a big dinner at work, and then go home after my 8 hour shift and eat two packages of Ramen as a "snack" before bed. I understood that this was a lot of food, but I did not at all understand calories or macros. At the end of 2014 two things happened that made me rethink everything I knew. First was a miscarriage for a pregnancy that I was beyond excited for. With this loss, my research began to tell me more and more that a contributing factor would be my weight, and that a healthier body would mean a healthier pregnancy. Obviously this is not the only factor, and millions of people go onto have wonderful pregnancies regardless. But to me I truly felt as if this was a solid reason why my pregnancy had failed so early. The other slap in the face, as it were, was when I saw the pictures from my sister's wedding, taken in November of 2014. I could not believe just how big I looked. At 5'3" I may have felt and even been told that I carried my weight well, but seeing all 200lbs in a bridesmaid's dress really put it into perspective for me. So I stumbled upon this subreddit. The first thing I learned was that I should invest in calorie counting. I never believed I would have the patience for it, but it turns out I did. I became a fanatic, counting every calorie that went into my mouth. I never used a food scale though, but a lot of what I ate was prepackaged anyways. The first week I did not change my diet at all. I simply counted all the calories that I was eating on a regular basis. I was astounded to find my calorie intake so high. Logically this made sense, of course, but I wanted to be in denial. The second week I started slow. I changed little things every day. I cut 100 calories from my diet per day, just a small snack. I also employed other tactics, which I cannot stress enough. I stood while eating and only concentrated on my food, no screens allowed, no mindless chewing. I was much more aware of when my body was becoming satisfied this way. It was helpful to be aware of how I was feeling. And despite only consciously cutting 100 calories per day, I automatically was intaking less as I listened to my stomach telling me that it was full, and that I did not need to finish my plate every time. Soon I learned about TDEE and average calories lost while exercising, as well as BMR and BMI. I never officially was measured, but my stated BMI was around 35.4. A ridiculously high number in my mind. I learned about what amount of calories to cut to lose x amount of pounds a week. Most of all, I learned portion control. To me, portion control is still my number one contributing factor. I will exercise 5 to 6 days a week without issue, but if I am not careful, I will plow through ice cream or cookies and not even think twice. It is an ingrained habit from childhood, where I was told to finish whatever was on my plate. When working in residence I realized that the teenagers I worked with would scrape off the excess food they were no longer hungry for instead of finishing it, which was essentially mind-blowing. People can do that? I do not like to waste food by any means, but knowing that I did not have to finish the whole plate was an amazing stepping stone. And naturally, I began to dish myself smaller portions. Of course, the first weight to come off is always water weight, as sodium is slowly cut out of the diet. I was excited because in the first few weeks I was down nearly 10lbs. But I couldn't lose motivation. I had read on this sub from several people to take progression photos. So I did. Once a week I would stand naked in front of my mirror and take a picture. This was the perfect way to see that I was losing weight, despite the scale. Looking at yourself day to day is not the best representation, and motivation to eat healthier after a lifetime of binging is not always consistent. The months passed and I made my way down to 147lbs, through walking an hour a day, 6 days a week, and eating between 1300-1700 calories a day. I listened to my body. I learned what made me feel good, feel fuller for longer, and what made me weak or jittery. I knew that I could eat 5 Swiss rolls a day and lose weight, but I also knew I would feel like trash. I started my meals with protein and healthy fats, with complex carbs and fiber. I ate a lot of the same meals everyday, a lot of shrimp and tofu, but it was easy and something I didn't need to worry about. In July of 2015 I became pregnant again. I shot back up 50lbs in a matter of 8 months, and being pregnant at a very stressful job hindered my ability to think logically about what I should and should not be eating. The pregnancy cravings were real. It turned out, however, that I also had pre-eclampsia. After my daughter was born via emergency c-section weighing two pounds less than she should, I ended up dropping roughly 20lbs seemingly overnight. I weighed 180lbs when I went home from the hospital. At this time, my sister's husband died in a very traumatic way. This is an entire story upon itself. But needless to say, my weight was not the first thing on my mind. Between my four-year-old, my newborn, and my grieving sister, I ate whatever I could when I could. For some reason I really like eating cookies that are put in those small plastic buckets at the store. My weight climbed back up, as did my apathy. After about five months, however, I knew that I couldn't do it again. I couldn't go on living so uncomfortably just because of impulse issues. Once again I began counting all my calories. I became mindful again of how my body and mind felt. I cared again about adequate nutrition. It took a lot of balance in life with everything going on, but it was also a reprieve in the chaos. It was something I could control. And I did. By July of 2017 I was back to 150lbs. I have now maintained my weight, give or take 5lbs, for the past three years. I continued counting calories for another year but I slowly stopped. If I started gaining too much weight back, I would hop right back onto MyFitnessPal. I have now ingrained so many new habits over the last several years that it is automatic to me. I know to start my meals with protein. I know to not eat while distracted. I know it is not worth stuffing myself and feeling ill. I won't lie, I still have times where I binge eat. But I never throw up my hands and say oh that's it, guess I'll gain 50lbs back because I messed up. I move on with my day and make my next meal healthier. Nothing is a "cheat" meal because I am not cheating. I have learned, and still continue to learn, that my body has wants and needs and I can accurately assess those to feel the best that I can. I'll eat pizza if I want to, I'll eat ice cream. But I also know that I can't sustain myself on those, and that my habits will be healthy. The staples in my diet are continually changing, but I always know how to start my day off right so that I can enjoy the moments while feeling healthy. I know that 50lbs is not the biggest number for weight loss, but for me I was terrified that I wouldn't be able to maintain it. Yet here I am, healthy and strong. I walk everyday, I eat healthy, and I am always aware that I have accomplished so much, and that I can always continue pushing for the best. I owe everything to this subreddit. This place changed my life in so many ways and I am so thankful that it has been here throughout this entire journey. If you made it this far I thank you for reading. :) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Oct 2020 10:09 PM PDT My weight loss has been rather slow these past few months and many weeks I've maintained which I've not been too fussed about, I mean it can be frustrating however better than gaining. This week I've weighed and I've lost 1.5lbs! I havnt been this light in two years according to my weight loss diary. I'm now 146lbs. My highest weight back in 2016 was 205lbs and my lowest weight is 120lbs (which wasn't achieved healthily and I found it impossible for me to maintain happily) I am 5ft 4 also so not exactly tall. I'm finally starting to feel confident in my body again and also building a healthier relationship with food. I am still calorie counting and watching my macros but the last couple weeks I've left enough room for a small treat and it's kept me from feeling deprived and because I've been within calories/macros I havnt felt the dreaded food guilt either. I'm working out 3-4 times a week, but active whilst at work. I'd like to get down to 135lbs perhaps but as for now I'm happy slowing plodding along and seeing where it takes me. No stress, just taking each day as it comes. I felt like I had to come and post here, I'm not very active anymore but often lurk in the shadows. Ok anyway thanks for listening. :) [link] [comments] |
| Slow progress is still progress! Posted: 17 Oct 2020 06:54 PM PDT Started a solid plan thanks to some help and reinforcement from my Sister and its making a difference! I'm averaging about 0.5 of a KG per fortnight by incrementally lowering my calorie deficit by 100 every fortnight! Been doing Intermittent fasting (23:1) for awhile and decided to start counting calories and meal prepping as well to really get the ball rolling steady. Started at 158kg and am now at 152 already and working in 48 hour fasts again too! Just adding things incrementally and making it feel less like a diet or temporary change and more like a permanent, sustainable one over time! Don't let slow progress discourage you, because it definitely can get that way sometimes, but it ramps up and you will feel amazing! Next weigh in in 2 days! [link] [comments] |
| How much will a manual labor job will help me lose weight? Posted: 17 Oct 2020 03:35 PM PDT For the last 2 years I have been extremely sedentary, laying in bed for almost the entire day every day. I just started a warehouse job (Amazon) that's 25 hours a week. My first day was yesterday and it was very physically difficult for me. Even just straight up standing or sitting for 5 hours probably would've been difficult because I'm used to laying all day but it was fairly fast paced. I was really sweating and really struggling. I'm very sore today. It felt like a work out. I'm sure this wouldn't have been a workout for someone who is in shape, but it definitely was for me. My question is how much is this going to impact my weight loss? I've been losing about 1-2 pounds a week through food changes.. but I've read conflicting things about how much of an impact activity level makes. It was so hard, I wanted to walk off the job.. but I'm willing to do my best to stick it out if it's going to help me with the weight loss. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Oct 2020 12:17 AM PDT I've always considered treats as acceptable. I think I have done best when I haven't refrained from eating anything I feel like I shouldn't or having "blacklisted" food. I crave junk food like a lot of people do. There's nothing wrong with indulging from time to time but it's best to come up with new ideas to combat that. I'm meal prepping now and as I can think of creative ways to make something healthy it is a massive improvement to a slapdash healthy thing I can muster up on a work night or prior to that grabbing a sausage roll or 2. I know that food like that was something I'd want in the moment but I know in the long term I don't want that. I try not to think of what I'm going to get out of it (the end goal) but rather see the positivity I feel about what I'm doing with my diet. I know when I eat junk I often feel like crap about it afterwards and it's something I was beating myself up about doing on a daily basis. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Oct 2020 03:34 PM PDT I've been trying to lose weight since I was a kid. With covid throwing a wrench into my college plans, I had a lot of reflection time. I realized that the excuses I told myself were just that: excuses. I realized that if I didn't change something, I would continue to struggle with self image as I finish school and move on to teaching. It's only been a month, but I'm finally the weight I was in my junior year of high school. SW: 285 CW: 272 GW: 150 I've been enjoying tracking the non scale victories, which has kept my motivation up. When we ordered Domino's Pizza for dinner, I chose a salad instead. And I loved it! CICO, healthier choices, and more water are working. [link] [comments] |
| Weight loss, then gaining it all back plus more Posted: 17 Oct 2020 09:06 PM PDT Has anyone else here related to this?? About a year and a half ago, I reached my heaviest of 248 lbs (I'm 5'9) and was mortified. I then joined a bunch of fitness challenges and lost about 30-40 lbs. Since a year ago, I've gained the weight back plus 2 lbs (250). I'm just so disappointed in myself and my body. It's even more embarrassing seeing people I haven't seen in a while considering I gained all the weight back. A lot of factors went into my weight gain that I'm starting to realize, such as depression, quarantine weight gain, binge eating, hating my body, being in an unhealthy relationship where we enabled each other's bad habits, the list could go on. As of last week I've decided I want to actively make good choices for myself. The hardest thing for me when it comes to choosing a healthy lifestyle is discipline. For some reason I'm always making excuses for myself, but now I'm done. I'm ready to choose happiness. I'm ready to treat myself kindly. Today I went to the gym and ran 5.5 miles. My goal is to do pretty consistent cardio and to stop eating like shit lol. Sorry if this is a rant I'm just so fed up with feeling like this all the time. It's time to fix 2020 damage!!! [link] [comments] |
| How do I get over negativity coming from toxic family members? Posted: 17 Oct 2020 11:27 PM PDT I have struggled with my weight ever since I can remember. It seemed like none of my good grades nor the fact that I never brought my parents any trouble (unlike my brothers) mattered... because I was a fat kid. I was anorexic when I was in high school, bulimic when I was in college and until now. I'm now in my early 30s and trying my best to lose weight the right way. I'm also trying my best to be kind to myself and accept the fact that being healthy doesn't mean being stick thin. To tell you the truth, it's not the exercise nor the planning and preparation of healthy meals that I find difficult. It's the people around me that's making it difficult for me to move forward and do better. Hearing my own parents and brother talk about how disgusting fat people are, how they feel sorry for women like me because no one will every want to marry us and have kids with us, how they laugh at our struggle and blame it on our lack of discipline. Sometimes I just want to scream at their faces and tell them to shut the F up, but for some reason I just can't. I think it's because there's a huge part of me that actually believes them...that actually thinks I am a worthless, disgusting human being and that I deserve every bit of insult. Their words are hurtful, demotivating, and make me want to give up when I'm not seeing the progress I hoped for. If you've also experienced struggling with toxic people in your life, I really hope you can share how you were able to overcome the negativity and regain your self worth. How can I shut them out? [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Sunday, 18 October 2020: Today, I conquered! Posted: 18 Oct 2020 01:08 AM PDT The habit of persistence is the habit of victory!Celebrating something great? Scale Victory, Non-Scale Victory, Progress, Milestones -- this is the place! Big or small, long or short, please post here and help us focus all of today's awesomeness into an inspiring and informative mega-dose of greatness! (Details are appreciated!! How are you losing your weight?)
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| 99 Lbs Down (need some advice) Posted: 17 Oct 2020 04:40 PM PDT I stepped on the scale back in April and it hit 307. I hadn't weighed myself in years, I had been hovering around 250-260 around then. I just assumed I was around that, probably a little more. It was jaw dropping to see me above 300. I didn't spend any money, I focused on CICO & walked 5-10 miles a day. 6 months later I'm a pound away from 100lbs down! One piece of advice I am seeking is I have focused solely on walking/elliptical workouts to burn the weigh off. But now that I am close to my goal (195) I want to start adding muscle and toning my body. I haven't been this light since HS & I was a scrawny drink of water then. I've never lifted weights and have very little muscle tone. Any tips? [link] [comments] |
| How I tricked myself into excercising everyday. Posted: 17 Oct 2020 10:15 AM PDT My weightloss on here is incorrect (on mobile and cbf fixing it). I lost 30kgs almost 3 years ago, started a new desk job from working in retail 2 and a half years ago and roughly 2 months ago I realised I put all the weight i'd lost back on due to not caring about what I was eating, over eating constantly and doing no excercise. So I have taken some baby steps since then to not be a lazy shithead and start ACTUALLY changing my behaviours so it has a permanent effect on my life. The one thing I really wanted to share was even when I lost the weight the first time I wasn't excercising every day. I'd try set it at 3 or 4 times a week and just never really hit a routine. I very much enjoy walking but my god to actually set a time frame of 30 or 60 minutes a day just killed me. 2 months back I realised just how little steps I was getting a day (3000 or less) and decided to set myself a step goal of 10,000 a day. Because of how little I walk at work I have to go for a walk or pace around my house to make it. I did though every single day in September. Now it's October and I've upped my steps to 12,000 and it's been a bit shit trying to get there everyday and it usually takes until 10,000 steps to get the good feelings you get from excercise but I've hit it every day. Which made me realise I am actually making a concious effort to excercise everyday and achieving it. All it took was changing my goal from a time limit to a step amount. It's so strange how that slight change has had such a positive effect on me. But it has. I'm also planning to make my November goal 13,000. Anyways I hope this helps someone at the beginning of their journey! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Oct 2020 07:39 PM PDT Hi, so as the title says. I need help. My weight fluctuates quite a lot because of PCOS and I need to lose weight, a lot of it. I've gained over 35kgs in the last 5 years and I really need to shed it off. Since the start of the year, I've cut down all the junk and I eat homemade meals, with a few cheat days involving instant ramen. I think I've lost about 8kgs doing so. I've been overweight since childhood because of the meds I was on, I was a premature baby. I was diagnosed with PCOS when I was 13, at 5'4 and 50-55kgs and now I'm 18, at 5'8 and around 90kgs. I need to lose about 25kgs in a span of 4-5 months. I know this is probably extremely but I need to shed it off since I do think I am at the risk of diabetes and other diseases, which I want to avoid and I also start college. I want to make lifestyle changes, so there's no way I'll be going back to my old eating habits, at all. Please, kindly guide me through any diets you've done that have been helpful for you or help me keep myself motivated. I am a vegetarian, by the way. [link] [comments] |
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