- It has been exactly 1 years today that I started on my weight loss journey. Only 25 pounds lost, but muscle and fitness gained. The best time to start was a year ago, second best is now! You can do it!
- Is... is it actually that simple?
- Lost 80lbs, decided to test myself. 61,442 steps 8,945 calories later I was content.
- Successful 50+ lbs losers: what would you have done differently?
- I went to the gym for the 2nd time this year.
- I'm laying in bed with a happy full tummy, my ears tips are glowing and super warm from dinner. I've already lost 2 or 3 kg and my pants are no longer too tight. I never thought I could lose weight and not be miserable!
- Chance of skin shrinking down gracefully?
- My Glasses Don't Fit - Unexpected Consequences of Weight Loss?
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: October 14th, 2020
- It's not a fight or a competition, and fairness doesn't matter. What you actually want in the long term does.
- Celebratory Meal?
- Weight Loss and Clothes
- I AM SO ANGRY... at myself
- Struggling and very discouraged
- Restarting the journey now instead of tomorrow.
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Wednesday, 14 October 2020: Today, I conquered!
- How do I get more protein?
- 24-Hour Pledge - Wednesday, 14 October 2020 - The Plan for Today!
- Lost 40lbs and reached my goal! Now I need maintenance tips!!
- Body dysmorphia
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 13
- I’m under 200 for the first time in over a year
- How to cleanse yourself from the lingering effect of past failures?
- Weigh-In Wednesday (Share Your Numbers)
| Posted: 13 Oct 2020 02:46 PM PDT October 13th 2019 I made the decision to change the way I live my life. I downloaded calorie counting apps, I found a hobby that kept me active, and I committed to it. I've always been interested in mountain biking, I have bad knees from working underground in a mine and carrying toolbags and the like uphill on uneven ground so running was automatically out. I live in an area of Ontario with a lot of well maintained mountain trails, and when I moved to my new home last August there was a well kept set of trails across the street so it was perfect. That's where it started for me, I had a goal and a means to get there now all I had to do was commit to it. Biking was my fitness, but calorie counting was my weight loss. Because she will read this I will say that my wife is amazing, she jumped on the chance to help me as soon as I mentioned it and having her there to cheer me on was a blessing. We set up my calorie goal and started coming up with meals and plans to keep me there. My biking stopped soon after due to winter and Canada, so I had to find a way to maintain my fitness through the winter season. This came in the form of a stationary bike, and eventually weight lifting and other traditional workouts. It didn't all happen at once, at first it was just stationary bike every day to keep my stamina up (or build more) and then I added dumbbells and body weight training, then I bought a bench and bar and started doing more intensive weights, and eventually a full machine. This spring I started biking again but I have maintained my weight training and I'm glad I did. If you're reading this, and you're at the beginning of your journey and don't think you can get there, you can. You don't have to do it all at once, just a little by little. I never believed I could get as far as I have, and I still have room to grow, but I was committed (and stubborn) and I am really glad that I was.I slipped up, I ate bags of chips and drank too many beers but I always went back to my diet. I could have lost more weight or gained more muscle than I did, but I did it at my pace and I'm proud. Anyways, here's my progress picture. 1 year apart. [link] [comments] |
| Is... is it actually that simple? Posted: 13 Oct 2020 04:55 AM PDT (Edit below.) I think it finally clicked. I've tried for years and years to lose the damn weight, with some success actually, but it was always a struggle. I've picked up all kinds of tools and I've been to therapy. Now I think I finally found what works for me. I don't have to never eat sugar again or never drink alcohol. I don't have to follow some kind of restrictive diet at all. I don't have to go to the gym religiously. All I need to do is eat some fucking vegetables, be moderately active and track my calories. That's it. That's not hard. That's perfectly sustainable, hilariously simple and surprisingly easy. I can do this! See y'all in a 100 lbs, I guess. :) Edit: I did not expect this to blow up like this. At all. Thank you for the awards! A lot of people commented how it's simple, but it's not easy. (Interestingly enough about the same amount of people agreed with it being easy.) Please don't kill me, but in my case I disagree and here's why: (This was written as a response to a kind user asking how I would deal with cravings and bad days and mental health all around during my weight loss.) I agree, mental health has a huge impact on weight. Thing is, I've been to therapy and I've overcome a lot of developmental trauma. I've done the work. I still occasionally get bouts of depression, but I have the tools to bounce back. I'll probably still get better over time, but I'm far away from the person that would overeat uncontrollably to dull the pain or the person who had a brush with bulimia. I'm fine or at least well enough that my mental health won't keep me from buckling down and doing the thing any longer. My original post could have explained this better, probably. I've fixed all the shit that would have kept me from these three simple things. I've improved my mental health, I'm in a good financial situation so I can afford to buy food that's quick to prepare, healthy and I enjoy, I have a better relationship with my family, so I have support, I no longer live with a verbally abusive asshole of a roommate, my ADHD is treated, I've become aware of my satiety cues (I didn't eat the second boiled eggs this morning, because I was already full from the mixed veggies. 4 years ago me would have bogled at that sentence.) the list goes on. I've tried this (track calories, eat vegetables, move more) before, when all of these things and more were still an issue. And it still lost weight and kept it off and it wasn't even that hard. I just couldn't keep it up, because my life was kinda shit all around and I had more important things to worry about, like attending therapy and not failing college and not becoming a total recluse thanks to crippling social anxiety. I realized yesterday: None of that is holding me back anymore. If I do what worked when I had so much stuff hindering me - just these three things - it's going to a) work and b) be much easier than before. At the place in life I'm now, compared to all the shit I've overcome through sheer force of will, it will be easy. I just gotta do it. :) Sorry for the word vomit. And thank you for your concern. I'll be back on here with an update in a couple of months. (End of response) I may be delusional. Y'all may be right and I'm in for a rude awakening. But right now, I feel incredibly relieved and I trust myself to tackle that one last obstacle on what has really been a five year journey towards health and wellbeing. When I was at my worst, I was alone in a big city and crowds and loud noises would drive me into a panic attack. I thought everyone was out to get me when I stepped foot out the door. So, because I'm stubborn as a mule, I signed up to a loud, crowded improv theatre class. I was terrified, I almost didn't make it to the first class, but I did it. And I got better. I did so many incredibly hard things to get better and get healthy and find happiness, this doesn't even make the top ten. Easy is all about perspective. I'll see you all in three months. [link] [comments] |
| Lost 80lbs, decided to test myself. 61,442 steps 8,945 calories later I was content. Posted: 13 Oct 2020 03:12 PM PDT Lost 170lbs of dead weight pre covid, turned her walk in closet (spare bedroom) into a gym after she moved out. Currently I have a water rower, free bowflex (people are giving them away 😅), bowflex 52.5lb dumbells, smaller sub 10lb dumbells, 30lb and 60lb kettle bell, adjustable weights bench, ab and back bench, medicine balls, and a yoga mat. I then proceeded to lose 55lbs of the 80lbs so far in short time. With the weather waning I decided to go for a hike just to see how far I could go and looked for trails in the 10 mile length locally, then found a 35 miler! Said F it, why not see what I got. Did some prep, some research, had most of the gear already. My goal was halfway, 18 miles would have shadowed my previous 5 mile record hike. So a few days later I set off at 7am on the trail at 239lbs. Knee acted up around 1.5 miles. Retaught myself how to walk and saved the knee. I had a lot of time to myself and experienced quite a few emotions (including uncontrollably sobbing for an hour while smiling and laughing cause I had no emotional reason to be upset haha). I learned how to release endorphins on command and I can do it anytime now. At mile 20 I hit horse trails, it was all sand. At mile 23 I ran out of salt tabs and started cramping up shortly after. At mile 25 after my right ankle and thigh, left calf, ribs, shoulder, tried cramping and finally my left cheek did cramp, I decided my spirit was stronger than my body and I needed to find a road and call for a pickup. Saw I was another mile + from the next road and decided to push to a marathon. Finished at 7pm with 61,442 steps, 8,945 calories burned over 27.5 miles (i got lost a few times), 1988ft of elevation change, 9:45 moving time, just over 2 hours of total rest. I consumed 18lbs of water, filtered some out of a river and about 1,500 calories. I weighed in a 234lbs (5lbs lighter) when I got home. If it weren't for the last 6.5 miles being sandy horse trails I may have finished. I burned through so much energy and water, but especially my salt tabs. So I'll be trying again starting from the other direction. Outside of the physical challenge, it was very good mentally for me both to see what I was capable of, but also to see how water, nutrition, and being concious of automated body functions could affect my performance, mood, and well being. So I challenge some of you (safely of course) to try something that seems impossible, but can be chipped away at. My whole logic was I haven't walked until I couldn't before, so why can't I hike really far? You might be suprised what you're capable of. [link] [comments] |
| Successful 50+ lbs losers: what would you have done differently? Posted: 13 Oct 2020 02:23 PM PDT Hi everyone! Just wondering about this. For those of you "big losers" who lost a considerable amount of weight, if you could go back in time is there anything you would have changed / done differently / added? It can be about anything: diet, exercise, mental health, self-care, relationships, any stuff. Also: any advice for people who are going through similar journeys? Thanks! PS: I don't really want to make this about me. I'd like it to make a post where the replies are thoughtful and inspiring for everyone. Maybe one person's advice might avoid another person's regret. We all have so much to learn from each other. Every single day I'm learning more and changing my strategies. So please share your knowledge. [link] [comments] |
| I went to the gym for the 2nd time this year. Posted: 13 Oct 2020 06:06 PM PDT I spent 30 minutes walking on the treadmill then went into an hour long class. I didn't finish the class. I started out good with the cardio part. But once I started the dumb bell/bench part I just got so mental. I just fell into a rabbit hole about how I couldn't do it. How I must of looked while trying. How hard it was. I just kept going until I was crying, walking out. I convinced myself I was a fat failure. But I tried. I showed up. I've had the membership for almost a year. Last time I only lasted 15 minutes before I was an emotional wreck. I did better than I did last time. I will return tomorrow and do even better than today. I know it's hard to start working out. I'm doing great by making better diet choices and choosing to go to the gym. I need to be kinder to myself. Does anyone know the feeling? How did you get past it? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2020 01:07 PM PDT I just want to share how surprised and thrilled I am with my first success! I am counting calories, try to stay around 1500-1800. Volume eating seems to be a real game changer for me. Huge portions, full plates and eating for satisfaction even after I'm starting to feel full, whaaaaat? This is amazing. Nice side effect: I'm going easy on wheat and of course sugar. I never really believed that cutting out gluten is necessary when you're healthy, but I certainly don't miss pasta coma. I love that my diet is becoming mostly plant-based. I've also always taken the bike to work (20 minutes each direction), so no real change there, but it's satisfying to see how much of a minus it puts on the calories that I can eat. Sometimes I do Yoga with Adriene in the evening. I'm not exactly sure where I started off last Tuesday, but I think it must be around 79 kg. This morning, I was 76.3 kg. I know it's recommended to lose only 1 kg per week, but I feel very good and the extra kilos mostly came from candy and beer, so I hope it'll be okay. I'm 1.65 m tall. My goal weight is 65 kg. I'm a bit worried about the maintaining once I get there, but hey, I still have time to figure out a strategy, right? I will post some pictures when it's visible not only to me. :) [link] [comments] |
| Chance of skin shrinking down gracefully? Posted: 13 Oct 2020 08:57 PM PDT (Warning: for people with severe body image issues over loose skin after weight loss, I suggest you skip this post as it might exacerbate then) I'm a 24yo male. A couple months ago I had a BMI of 41 and was in the upper 200's. I've lost a bit of weight since then. Due to several bursts of rapid weight gain, I have tons of stretch marks, they reach more than halfway up my belly and I have a lot on my arms. I've been over the obese threshold for the better part of 8 years (though I got below it once for about a year). Is there any chance of my skin shrinking down gracefully? I'm not going to lie, as awful as it sounds, I once became suicidal after looking at pictures of people with loose skin after extreme weight loss. For me, worrying what I might look like after weight loss is the hardest part of being overweight. [link] [comments] |
| My Glasses Don't Fit - Unexpected Consequences of Weight Loss? Posted: 13 Oct 2020 05:56 PM PDT I (25F, 5'4", SW 160, CW 135, GW 125, CICO & counting steps) have finally reached my initial goal weight this year. (I haven't had a healthy BMI since I was a child, and I think I can stand to lose a little more so that I'm squarely in the middle of my healthy weight range, rather than being just on the border of overweight.) I've noticed some changes that other people going through their weight loss journey have reported. My clothes are loose-fitting now, sitting down is less comfortable, I'm more cold than I've ever been, etc. But, there have been some additional side-effects (some good, some not so good,) that I didn't expect, and I wanted to share those here:
Not super unusual, and certainly not unexplainable, but unexpected. I'm curious what other people have noticed, in terms of physical changes. Anyone else had weird ones? (PS, thank you for reading to the end, if you did. r/loseit has been a really great encouragement in my weight loss journey. I love the positivity and constructive voices here. Hope this post helps!) (PPS, Luke Narwhal from Youtube brought me here.) [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: October 14th, 2020 Posted: 13 Oct 2020 10:24 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: 13 Oct 2020 11:23 AM PDT So last week was my birthday. Birthdays are so dangerous. The plan was for one of my roommates to go get everyone one slice of their favorite cake from the local fancy bakery. That way we could just have a nice, reasonably sized treat and be done with the whole thing. The problem came when my roommate came back from the bakery with a box of macaroons that had been on sale for being "ugly" on top of the original cake pieces. I am firmly of the belief that it is just better to not keep sweets in the house. Ingredients are okay, because the cooking process makes me really question whether or not it's worth the effort of baking, but having ready-made bite-sized cookies is ROUGH for me. What happened was this: when the cookies came in, I ate one. It was so fucking delicious, and I felt that wave of sugary... you know. At that moment I became so aware of how addictive sugar can be-- I don't eat much of it these days, my daily calories are at about 1340 right now and there's just not much room in that for artificial sugar. Having it for the first time in a week or a month is chemical ecstasy. After I ate one, the box went into the fridge, and I ate no more of them. None. Out of seven (possibly eight, I never actually went and looked at the box to count) cookies between three people, I only ate one. It occurred to me last night, when my roommate asked if anyone wanted the last one, that I felt this twinge of unfairness. I felt like that was my cookie by rights, and I was already going to have the least of anyone in the house, so it should be mine. But before I spoke up about it, I asked myself "Do I actually want this cookie right now?" And the answer was no. No I didn't, and I didn't have to be upset about not getting a fair share. I do not have to fight for an equal share in cookie consumption in my house. I don't actually want to eat an equal share of the cookies. I don't want to live with that constant sugar addiction feeling. I don't want to eat something because it gives me a twisted sense of fairness when I didn't actually want the freaking cookies to begin with. I wanted a treat for my birthday. I got that treat, and now I am fine. I don't need to assert myself in this way. I left the cookies alone, even when they were in plain view, even when I was entitled to them if I wanted them, because I knew that in the long term I didn't actually want them. And I am so proud of myself. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2020 06:53 PM PDT I am 5'7" and am now 129 pounds. About 4 pounds from goal- coming down from my peak of 198 pounds. I really want to have a day of guilt-free eating but I'm not sure if that's a good idea. I was curious to know if anyone else did this and what they ate or what do they plan on eating. I would eat:
To be honest, I might just eat all of it on that day. I really feel like it should not be detrimental to my maintenance goals- but really, I'm not sure if I should do it. Update: Got talked out of doing this. I'll celebrate with new shoes, a trip to the salon, or a nice getaway :) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2020 06:52 PM PDT Sorry if this has been posted before - I wanted to ask what others' experiences and methods were for dealing with weight loss and their clothing. I'm 35lbs down so far and losing more and more inches - I've finally hit the stage where my before clothes are now too loose and make me look frumpy as hell. I have some clothing I've kept over time that I now fit back into and luckily oversized sweaters are still a thing fashion wise but, I am hesitant to invest $$ into new clothing that I'll also eventually phase out of, especially when I look around and even with sales it seems unaffordable. Plus the option to try clothing on has greatly diminished due to COVID protocols. Any tips or work-arounds others might have? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2020 11:13 AM PDT So I have been losing weight for the past 7 months... and my god, it's been working! 90lb down and I still have 60 to go... except I'm sabotaging myself. For a little context, I am a 16 year old female, started at 300lb now 215/210lb at 5ft 11 It started in September, I began to be a bit looser with my diet because I thought I was being too strict- turns out I went too far and now I'm struggling to get back. I have gained 5lb which is not that bad but I can't seem to get back to the way I was doing it - I make excuses then immediately regret them and I tell myself that I can't change the past. But I do it again. Help! [link] [comments] |
| Struggling and very discouraged Posted: 13 Oct 2020 08:14 PM PDT For reference I'm a female at 5'2 and 140 pounds. My goal weight is 130. My starting weight was 175 as of last summer. I've managed to lose my first 35 pounds and don't get me wrong I am super grateful and proud for that. However.. I've been stuck at 140 for the last 4 months, my weight fluctuates between 140-142. The lowest I got to was 137 but it's like as soon as my mind sees 130-something on the scale I just cannot maintain it. Part of my problem, I think, comes from potentially not eating enough? My TDEE is supposedly only 1500 so when eating in a deficit I'm going between 1000-1100. I'm able to do this for a few days of the week until the day comes when I finally feel sick which causes me to break and lose literally all willpower and feel the need to eat everything in sight for the next few days like a vicious cycle. This causes the number on the scale to go up and I'm worried that I just won't be able to get to a place where I can hit 139 and keep going below that. I'm extremely frustrated and considering whether I should just give up all together. I'm still technically overweight and would love nothing more than to get the last 10 pounds off. But I don't know how many calories I'm really supposed to be eating and I'm afraid i could have permanently ruined my metabolism from what I've read online. Any/all advice would be welcome at this point, I'm not sure what else to do. [link] [comments] |
| Restarting the journey now instead of tomorrow. Posted: 13 Oct 2020 05:47 PM PDT Anyone else prone to saying "I'll get back to it on Monday" or "I'm going to have one last big meal before I get back on track?" I'm guilty of both. Thing is, there's no great final weekend of celebratory binging before Monday that gets it out of my system. I'll start on Monday and then it won't be long before I get the desire to eat an entire cake again. There's no final large pasta meal that is soooo satisfying I feel like I have achieved the Ultimate Pasta Meal and will never desire one again. No, I'll start portioning my food and then it won't be long before someone in my life asks if I want to go have Italian food and we have the discussion over whether I should treat myself. As no one else in my life is invested in watching what they eat, they are even less invested in making sure I watch what I eat. They will encourage me to wait until later to start and I'll let them. There's honestly no good reason to start later or have a final large meal. There's no good reason why my very next meal shouldn't be the one where I restart tracking calories. Honestly, I think the only reason why I delay restarting is because I know it'll be hard for the first few weeks. Who wants to spend their life doing something that's hard? Well, if I want the result, I have to put in the effort. So I'm not restarting again tomorrow morning. I'm going to go drink a large, refreshing glass of water and eat my well proportioned dinner right now as well as meal prep tomorrow's lunch. Okay, yeah, this is my third post in 3 months saying I'm getting back to it, but for reals this time! ...... Gyah, this sucks. If I make another post like this next month... well, I hope it's a positive update. [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Wednesday, 14 October 2020: Today, I conquered! Posted: 14 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?)
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] |
| Posted: 14 Oct 2020 01:00 AM PDT How can I get more protein? I'm F38 5'1" sw 225 cw 196. I try to keep my calories around 1200. I'm short and have been fairly sedentary since Covid so I've been trying to really focus on my diet. I've started paying attention to my macros and I'm not even close to getting enough protein in my diet. I average between 40-60grams a day, most days are closer to 40. I usually do IF 16:8 and like to have a larger dinner. It keeps me from feeling hungry. I'd like to get close to 100grams a day but I have no idea how to get it in other than protein powder. I think 100grams is a good amount for me but I could be mistaken. Maybe protein powder is the way to go? I'd prefer to get it in my diet naturally if possible. I have also had some hair loss and I'm worried that my lack of protein is contributing, even though I think it's largely stress related. Any and all suggestions will be very appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| 24-Hour Pledge - Wednesday, 14 October 2020 - The Plan for Today! Posted: 13 Oct 2020 09:07 PM PDT Wake up with determination; go to bed with satisfaction!This is our daily check-in, to help keep us accountable over the long haul. Feel free to post whatever goals will help keep you on track. Here's the regular text on behalf of this thread's originator, kingoftheeyesores, taken with his blessing > I'll be posting a daily, 24 hour pledge to stick to my plan, or whichever small piece of my plan I am currently working on. Whatever your dietary goals may be, I hope you stick to them for the next 24 hours (and then worry about the following 24!). Who's with me? Thanks to /u/nofollowthrough who made the 24-Hour Pledge an ongoing /r/loseit institution. Due to space limitations, this may be a sticky only occasionally. Please find it daily using the sidebar or top message. On reddit, your vote means, "I found this interesting" (...read more about voting on reddit) [link] [comments] |
| Lost 40lbs and reached my goal! Now I need maintenance tips!! Posted: 13 Oct 2020 10:22 AM PDT Hi r/lose it! First I want to thank all of you for being the most inspirational and helpful people! You should all be so proud of yourselves and your own accomplishments!! I would really love any maintenance tips anyone can offer. I just hit my goal and lost 40lbs (26F 5ft6 SW: 184 CW: 143 GW: 145-140). I've been so focused on losing that I have no idea how to maintain. Also terrified I'll just gain it all back. Currently I'm eating about 1200cal/day and walking 5mi/day. Little to no carbs. Not drinking except on special occasions. I love walking so I don't think that's something I'm going to stop but I'm figuring that I could probably increase my calorie intake a little bit? How did you find your balance? Progress pic: https://imgur.com/gallery/Hy0GE6v [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2020 08:32 PM PDT Age:15, Height:5'10, SW:109kg, CW:80 kg, GW:70 kg. I have lost a total of 29 kg since around may this year. I still feel absolutely disgusted in myself. About a month ago I began to start noticing good changes in my body composition, and began to feel good about myself for the first time since I began my weight loss journey. I have been on a plateau for a month or so, which made me slowly and almost unconsciously begin to starve myself, as I began obsessing over even the smallest amount of calories. Today, I was joking with a close friend, and he said: "Why don't you loose some weight", in an aggressive tone. This shattered me instantly, and made me realise that no one else cares how much weight I've lost, the fact is I'm still fat. Im now trying to resist the urge to go back to my recent diet of 1000 calories, which I am scared to do as I am very concerned that I may get some sort of eating disorder. Im sorry about my rant, I guess I just needed to put this on paper to clear my head a bit. [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 13 Posted: 13 Oct 2020 06:08 PM PDT Hello losers, Post & run! Weight by end of month (199 lbs, preferably trend weight): No weigh in this morning. Another one of those fuck no mornings where everything was hectic. Stay within calorie range (1700 weekdays to practice eventual maintenance, maintenance weekends, NO FAST FOOD): Doing okay, a little over today. Yesterday I blew calories out of the water so better today by proxy. Exercise 5 days a week: Don't have it in me today. 9/12 days. Self-care journaling (once a week, 60 minutes): Gonna do some tonight after posting. 2/2 weeks. Self-care time (work on not using food as a reward): TBD. I'm upright & going kids. Try a new recipe once a week: Turkey tacos. I'm counting it as new. 1/1 weeks. Be more mindful, present in my body & express gratitude to avoid the hedonic treadmill: Skipping this today kids. your turn! Hit me with the good stuff. [link] [comments] |
| I’m under 200 for the first time in over a year Posted: 13 Oct 2020 02:21 AM PDT I'm a tiny woman height wise, so when I hit 200 pounds it almost physically hurt. I've always been on the heavier side, but I swore I was never going to get above 200. About a year and a half ago I was at the doctor for a routine checkup and happened to see that I was around 200 pounds. I can't remember the whole thing, but it doesn't matter; I hit a weight I had never wanted to see. You would think that would have motivated me to get into a diet and exercise routine, but that was not the case. I became more insecure, but not any more proactive in trying to lose the extra weight. I was complicit, as though ashamed to admit that I needed to lose a few pounds. This year my job (temporarily) closed due to COVID-19 so I said I was going to get in shape and surprise everyone when we opened up again. It wasn't until my birthday in August (job still closed) that I realized I actually did need to change. At the start of this month/end of last, I became proactive in eating healthier. Tonight when I was changing into my PJs I happened to notice that the rolls on my back were noticeably smaller. I had been avoiding the scale since it read 205 at the end of August, but decided to hop on today. 199!! I'm definitely still overweight and have a LONG way to go until I'm at my goal, but I'm so unbelievably happy that I finally broke 200. This is also all through diet changes and an increased water intake as I've been sick lately and haven't felt much like working out (luckily I don't have COVID-19, but I still haven't had much energy to get up and be active). I'm actually excited to see what happens when I finally start feeling well enough to add an exercise regimen. [link] [comments] |
| How to cleanse yourself from the lingering effect of past failures? Posted: 13 Oct 2020 11:37 PM PDT Hello, I have been on this road since February 2018, and while I consider myself to be at a physique level that far exceeds where I started, it is simply still far from its best, and I want it to be its best. The problem is that when you try different approaches and you fail time and time again things start getting a little stale, and I don't know how to snap out of it. I know that just doing it will work regardless of what the brain feels or tells ya but this is such an arduous path that it'd be great to have it working on my side. For example it keeps trying to convince me I'm actually happy with how I look and so on and I should love my physique as it is and stress less about weight loss etc. Which isnt untrue, but then how come I feel so guilty about eating what I want, right? Like make up your mind bro. I'd like to hear those who've experienced similar internal struggles and the steps they took around them :) [link] [comments] |
| Weigh-In Wednesday (Share Your Numbers) Posted: 13 Oct 2020 10:01 PM PDT Share Your Numbers!!!Welcome back to another week of weigh-in Wednesday. Share your +/- change from last Wednesday to this Wednesday, and a short summary of your week. Sometimes we get lost in the day to day ups and downs and it's good to see our week over week changes. Time to celebrate losses and lift each other up during possible failures. This is not a timed event or contest, feel free to jump in any time. This post was made a staple of r/loseit by u/Kahne_Fan and our thanks goes to him for providing a service that so many find helpful. [link] [comments] |
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