Weight loss: PSA for those who have slipped into quarantine depression and are struggling with their routine [long post] |
- PSA for those who have slipped into quarantine depression and are struggling with their routine [long post]
- Eating unhealthy doesn't even feel the same.
- I’m starting over, and that’s okay.
- I’ve had it, I’m going to finally loose the weight and get healthy.
- Welp, officially lost 30lbs this morning. Definitely motivated me to be even more active and productive today and taught me a lesson about what kind of mindset I need.
- I reached my goal today! Down from 200lbs to 159lbs in two years.
- 37 days in - Lost 12 pounds so far - Any else use average calories instead of exact numbers per day?
- 100 days
- Nonfood reward ideas???
- It’s 4am and I should be asleep, but I’m obsessive and I weighed myself and...
- Is wanting to lose weight for looks that bad?
- I've lost 6lbs in 4 and a half weeks!!
- Please remember self love and weight loss are seperate issues
- At this point I feel defeated, hopeless, and want to give up. (Former 340lb female, stalled for years. Long post.)
- Going home for the holidays to a family who always made fun of me for being fat, even when I was skinny. Except now I'm actually fat. :-(
- I weighed myself after not working out for 2 months and I was happier than I thought I would be.
- I’m finally seeing a difference!
- A few pounds away from my fat loss goal, now I'm confused about going forward with muscle gain...
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 23
- I've decided to cut out as much sugar as possible.
- Any 25 year old men here in the 6ft 3 in/190lbs range?I'm curious to how many calories you eat per day
- I tried keto. Not sustainable. I thought I needed to go vegan or cook luxurious healthy meals but...
| Posted: 23 Oct 2020 09:46 AM PDT Edit: I'm shocked and a little saddened at the amount of attention this got! Thank you kind strangers for the awards I've been given. I'm working on replying to each and every one of you but wanted to post a quick update. I'm so sorry to see how many relate to this and are struggling with eating, weight, drinking, depression etc. something I said to a commenter that I wanted to reiterate is I think a lot of people have fallen into a trap of "waiting". Waiting for things to be normal. Waiting to feel safe at the gym. Waiting to eat healthy again until you can get in the gym. Simply waiting for things to get better. Let's embrace this pandemic head on friends. The world is changing. I'm done waiting. This is a new normal and all we can do is adapt to it/with it. New routines for new times. We will do it together, and will probably all slip sometimes, but I know we can succeed. I'll end here with one of my fave little quotes, "chin up princess, or your crown will slip" <3 (men change it to prince and embrace the cheese lol) Hi everyone, I (F/28/5'8) lost 50 pounds last year using calorie counting and exercise and this sub was absolutely inspiration and motivation for me and I was mildly active in it. Fast forward to March 2020: I've returned from vacation, where I gained a few anticipated pounds. I get a text telling me to work from home till further notice. I set up a home work station. I'm more than grateful to have the option to work from home and still have an income- but I hate it. I hate it so much. I feel my mental health slipping as I'm suddenly alone in my house with my cats 24/7 and "off work" becomes walking from the kitchen table to the living room couch. April 2020: The shelter in place order is fully in place. Food delivery services are waiving fees and offering contactless delivery. I turned 28 and spent my birthday alone at home. I ordered thai food and overate. Thus began a terrible trend. May 2020: I'm ordering food in often, the groceries I order aren't really that healthy. With bursts of ordering healthy foods mixed in, and throwing most of them in the trash a few weeks later when I haven't eaten them. I'm gaining weight. I'm sad. June 2020: I've had enough! I'm implementing home workouts. My first attempt is a 30 min HIIT workout that I only lasted 20 min of. I admitted defeat, and went right back to the unhealthy habits I'd developed. July/August 2020: See above. Too depressed to make a change. Or at least I think I am. September 2020: I'm about 15 pounds heavier than February, and doing nothing about it. I find out my mother needs open heart surgery. I apply for FMLA. On September 30th, we traveled 5 hours for a major operation. October 2020: On October 9th, and travel 5 hours home (to her home) and begin my moms care. If the earlier mentioned routine/slip/mentality was relatable, I urge you keep reading. It's almost November. I've been here caring for my mom. She is recovering from open heart surgery and diabetic, so it's assumed healthy eating is the only option around here. Suddenly, I'm keeping up with laundry. I'm doing the dishes. There's no clutter laying around because that would stress her out. I'm cooking healthy meals almost every day, 3 times a day (breakfast, lunch and dinner). I make her bed every morning. I feel the urge to exercise. So here's the thing- depression is a weird beast. It convinces you that things that will conquer it are too fucking hard. So let me remind you- they aren't. They aren't too hard. That 20 minute attempt at a workout is better than the 0 effort. You're convincing yourself it feels like a fail but here's the deal, 20 minutes of exercise -no matter what kind- is always ALWAYS better than none. Think back to when you started your journey. Remember you had to build your diet and exercise routine. And YOU DID THEN. So you can do it now. I can do it now. If you're like me, the world around you became healthier as you did. So don't ignore those dishes in the sink, do the laundry (fold it put it away too!), make your bed, pick up your house. You can do it. This post isn't just for anyone who needs to hear it, it's for me. It's for me to go back and read when my mom is healed and I return home and resume the work from home I hate but this time... with a new routine. A routine that fights this depression. A routine that implements healthy eating choices. A routine that implements exercise. A routine that doesn't involve having a drink nearly every night because "it's been a stressful day," there's always going to be stressful days. A lot more now as the world struggles to overcome a pandemic. As the places we can go are restricted (from some like me, that includes the gym). As we have to re-do the routines we worked so hard to create. So, I just want to remind anyone who needs to hear it- YOU CAN DO IT. Starting over isn't always fun or easy- but it's absolutely not impossible. If your routine has fallen apart then recreate it around the state of your world. You can do it, and so can I. [link] [comments] |
| Eating unhealthy doesn't even feel the same. Posted: 23 Oct 2020 09:29 PM PDT Today was a rough day, and unfortunately I sought out junk food to sooth my stress. I wouldn't consider it a full on "binge" but definitely consumed some food that put me over my calorie budget. While deciding what I should I eat, I realized I hadn't had a Krispy Kreme donut since the pandemic started and sought out half a dozen glazed donuts. Boy was it not worth it. Halfway through the 4th donut I already felt disgusted and stuffed more than I anticipated. To give you context I used to eat 4-6 donuts as a "warmup" to my binge eating episodes, but I couldn't even get through four. It was a bittersweet moment, as I realized this was a sign of progress more than anything. If you're on the verge of seeking comfort from unhealthy foods because of a temporary moment of stress or discomfort, please seek a healthier way of coping. Your progress will show and the regret becomes more intense when you realize the very foods that you once loved don't love you anymore. Here's to progress; somewhat. [link] [comments] |
| I’m starting over, and that’s okay. Posted: 23 Oct 2020 10:03 PM PDT I've reached a breaking point, as I sit here staring at the empty boxes of pizza that I just tore through. I've lost a good chunk of weight before, went from 240 down to 160, but then I got into a relationship and got engaged and put on relationship weight back up to 200. Now that she's broken off our engagement, I've gone back to 210 and re developed my bad eating habits and I'm afraid to get back to 240. So this is it, this is my semi-public vote to get myself back on the path to a healthier weight and a happier self: I will not eat like those who raised me I will not eat like those around me I will not waste my time on earth I will not die before my time So be it. Thank you for reading. I just needed to say this to people who would care and help keep myself accountable. [link] [comments] |
| I’ve had it, I’m going to finally loose the weight and get healthy. Posted: 23 Oct 2020 08:02 PM PDT So yesterday while getting ready for work my knee popped and if it wasn't for my dining table being next to me I would have been on the floor. I went to the urgent care and the attending physician told me it was just a torn ligament(bad sprain) and gave me a knee brace. I'm done, although the physician said it could have been caused by the repetitive motions at work, I know my weight was a factor too. I've always been lax about my weight because at every yearly check up my PCP says everything is fine. No diabetes, cholesterol, etc. I'm just fat. I eat a lot, but have a physical labor job so I guess it has helped in me not having any health problems. Last year I was able to loose about 40 pounds but have since gained it back. Im going to do it though, I have to. My mom was basically in tears when I told her what had happened because she's told me to take care of myself weight wise. She doesn't want to see me struggling because of my weight. I'm going to do it for her, for when I see her in December for Christmas and her birthday. I know I'm not going to get to my goal weight by then, but it'll be a start. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Oct 2020 02:23 PM PDT I started trying to lose weight at the beginning of this year but I struggled after I broke my ankle but around May-April time I actually started losing weight and now here I am in October and I've lost 30lbs. I'm actually pretty proud of myself and had a mini celebration this morning by crying and staring at the scale for 5 minutes in disbelief. I mean I've been noticing quite a few changes in my body like my thighs are getting smaller, my neck bones are becoming more visible, I have less of a double chin and my figure also looks slightly smaller. I've also felt more confident in myself than I have in a while and I even feel confident enough now to wear shorts and dresses. I've also noticed that all my old favourite leggings no longer fit me properly, I have to pull them up way past my belly button to make them fit and even then they're still baggy. I'm really proud of myself and it's motivated me to try even harder than what I was doing before. I also decided to go out of my way to be more active than usual by going shopping, baking, using my vr headset and exercising (exercise bike and dance). I'm exhausted now after today but again I'm going to say it that I'm proud of myself and I'm hopeful once again for my future and I wish future me luck at life and her goals. [link] [comments] |
| I reached my goal today! Down from 200lbs to 159lbs in two years. Posted: 23 Oct 2020 01:46 PM PDT F23, 5'7" CW: 159lbs, SW: 200lbs, Goal Weight: 155 - 160lbs Today I (23F) weighed in at 159 lbs. This means that I'm finally at a healthy weight for my height. I never thought I would make it, but I did it! In 2018 I weighed in at a little over 200lbs. When I saw that number two-ish years ago I was mortified. I knew I had gained weight, but I didn't expect a 50lb gain in just one year. I knew I needed to change. In winter of 2018 / spring of 2019 I began Noom and started going on almost daily walks. However, I didn't see much of a change at all. I quickly became discouraged and went back to my old ways. It wasn't until March 2020 that I started to take it seriously. I wasn't healthy and I wasn't happy. I downloaded My Fitness Pal and began logging my calories, sticking to around 1700 per day. I began taking my dog on daily walks, started light yoga, and eventually picked up hiking. I continue to hike nearly every weekend. My hikes are usually between 4 - 7 miles in length and take about 2-4 hours depending on the elevation gain and trail conditions. However, I think the biggest change has been my eating habits. I focus on protein and veggies and have cut back my snacking and portion sizes considerably. I try to treat carbs as a side dish and if I do have pasta for dinner I try to mix things like spinach, arugula, or asparagus in with the noodles. I no longer eat two huge bowls of ice cream every night. When I have a hankering for something sweet I'll have a pudding cup or a chocolate chip cookie or two. And I always track these calories to make sure I'm not eating more than a I realize. Here are the things I've learned, and that I think everyone should remember through their weight loss journey: - You have to want to change. - Sometimes good things are outside of your comfort zone. - Setbacks are normal. - You can still enjoy food and be healthy. [link] [comments] |
| 37 days in - Lost 12 pounds so far - Any else use average calories instead of exact numbers per day? Posted: 23 Oct 2020 11:13 PM PDT I try to eat 1750 calories per day, but I figured out a method of counting calories that finally works for me. Whenever I tried to count my calories, I would fixate on the number and it would be all I could think about. "I have 400 calories left for today, I have 400 calories left, I need to eat, I want to eat those 400 calories I have left today" Then I eat something, it is over 400 calories, and I fall off the wagon And the other thing I hated doing was counting calories for the individual portions of my meals. So I make spaghetti, I weigh the pasta into the bowls so I know the exact calories, I weigh the meatballs, I weigh the sauce. Then I get three portions and I know plate 1 has 765 calories, plate 2 has 789 calories, and plate 3 has 832 calories. I hated doing this because sometimes I accidentally forget to weigh something or my scale screws up, and now I don't know the exact calories, so I fall off the wagon. But then I figured something out. Why do I need to count the exact calories per day? I'm going to consume all these calories eventually, so why not use an average. And that was it. No more weighing individual portions. I knew I used 200g of pasta, 400g of beef, 1 tbsp oil, garlic, onions, whatever. I know how many calories the entire thing is. It doesn't matter if I eat a little more one day and a little less the next, all the pasta and meatballs with sauce I made are 2500 calories. In 3 days, I ate 2500 calories for dinners. And I can't focus on the number of calories I have left, because I have no idea how many calories I have left, because I didn't weigh my portions. Maybe I ate 900 calories, maybe I ate 700 calories. Who knows? If I make the pasta last 3 days, I know I ate 833 ish calories per day on average. So now I keep a running total of calories I've eaten and over how many days. It's helped me keep stay on track and makes meal prep so easy. I've eaten 64795 calories in 37 days, which is 1751 calories on average per day. Does anyone else do this? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Oct 2020 07:28 AM PDT I started 100 days ago when I hit 300 on the scales. Started that same day, just walking for 20 mins around the neighborhood. Bought a food scale to help with portion control. Using the Loseit app to track calories and exercise. To date I've lost 36 lbs, 10 inches off my waist and just a few days ago I buckled my belt to the very last hole in the strap (something I wasn't even thinking about but definitely made my day.) I started going to the gym just for cardio. Now I do HIIT, 30 mins of cardio, and weight training, with emphasis on strength, 3 days a week. Clothes fits better, I have more energy throughout the day, and I look forward to my workouts. SW 300 CW 264 GW 195. I know I still have a quite a ways to go but I'm proud of my progress and didn't even think I could do what I've done so far. Little changes go a long way, don't beat yourself up when you slip and KEEP AT IT. Needed to share and thanks for reading. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Oct 2020 10:42 AM PDT Hi everyone! This has been a really big week for me with getting a lot of things accomplished as well as getting some really good grades, and with it being Friday, I want to reward myself. I have been on a roll also with losing weight and feel that I am finally on track with my eating that I don't want to go off my plan to reward myself with extra calories in eating out or getting a dessert/ candy. My whole life I would reward myself with Mcdonald's for dinner or a cupcake for dessert (which would lead to many more cupcakes) and I want to get away from viewing food as a reward. Do ya'll have any good reward ideas that do not involve food? Hopefully nothing too expensive like a new outfit cause, I have a broke college student budget. TYIA!!! [link] [comments] |
| It’s 4am and I should be asleep, but I’m obsessive and I weighed myself and... Posted: 24 Oct 2020 01:56 AM PDT After about 4 months I'm under 300lbs, 299 as of today. Holy shit lmao, I'm literally fucking sobbing. I started at about 365-370 and here I am, under 300 for the first time that I've been aware of in 4 years. Idk, maybe it's not much, because I still have so much weight to lose, but seeing that 2 just made me break down straight up. I've got a lot of shit going on right now that is really really bringing me down to places I do not want to be, and realistically this was the first point that I would be happy with myself in my weight loss. You know this may not solve everything, but there's nothing quite like that feeling of seeing the number you want. On top of that, I've almost completely ditched 3xl shirts, and rock 2xl now, one step closer to where I want to be. Whatever though, I'm rambling, and few may care to even read, but I'm literally so excited right now I cannot contain it. [link] [comments] |
| Is wanting to lose weight for looks that bad? Posted: 23 Oct 2020 07:49 PM PDT Okay, don't get me wrong, apart of my weight loss journey involved wanting to feel healthier. I used to eat a lot of fast food and it made me feel really nausea all the time and I hated that, but the biggest thing for me was just because I wanted to feel prettier. Okay, yes, you can say I was pretty before and blah blah but I wasn't happy still. I can say I feel a lot more confident and happier now than before. Wanting to lose weight was mostly because I wanted to personally feel sexy and strong and different. I grew up as the 'ugly duckling' and my features changed so much, and I really just wanted to embrace that, so weight loss was apart of it. I've been getting told I'm losing weight for the wrong reasons though, but is it really? It's been my biggest motivator and I also know I don't want to be overweight as I get older(I'm 20 now) because it can be unhealthy, but I'm really excited with how much weight I've been losing. Is it as bad as people say to lose weight because you wanna feel 'prettier' ? I've been losing weight in a healthy manner and going to the gym. By no means have I ever thought bigger women were ugly either but for me personally, I hated my belly and legs and everything. [link] [comments] |
| I've lost 6lbs in 4 and a half weeks!! Posted: 23 Oct 2020 03:19 AM PDT I'm very excited so I had to share this somewhere. I had been gradually gaining weight since I hit my 20s and after the lockdown added another 30lbs out of seemingly no where, I decided enough was enough. My starting weight was 13st 6lbs (I am 23F standing at 5'7"). I set my goal to 9st 0lbs because if I'm going to do this, let's aim high!! My technique is a gradual one, exercise at least once a week at the gym, with a few shorter workouts sprinkled through the weekdays (sit ups, skipping rope, etc). My main weight loss technique is simply cutting down my calories - my meals are generally balanced and healthy, my portion sizes and snacking is not. So I got an app called MyFitnessPal and set up my account: start weight, goal, rate of weight loss desired (1-2lbs a week) and age/height. It calculated that I should eat no more than 1,550 kcal a day and it's very easy to enter and save food items and the kcals so that you can select them for a meal quickly. Keeping my breakfast and work lunches pretty much the same everyday means the main variable is my snacks and evening meal. I even looked up portion sizes for an idea of how much I should be eating (turns out I need double the veggies I normally make and about half the hot chips). I wasn't eating very much before because this calorie cut hasn't really left me too hungry. I've just stopped snacking all the time! I've cut all soft drinks and my only liquids are water, a glass of wine as a treat or a cup of tea. I started this routine 4 and a half weeks ago and this morning I hit 13st 0lbs!!! I'm so happy that this is working and it's incredible to see the consistent shedding of the pounds!! [link] [comments] |
| Please remember self love and weight loss are seperate issues Posted: 23 Oct 2020 05:02 PM PDT My apologies for what is going to be a lengthy post. I just really wanna talk about this, one because I see so many posts about "how do i lose weight" that include things like "i wanna love myself again" or "I don't like myself" So let me take you to what is a bit more than a year ago now, but not even a year and a half, yes that's how quick it went. The first phase was "acceptance" I hated my situation but felt like I was just doomed to live it, there was nothing I could do about it, there was nothing i should do about it, some people are just less. That's how the world works, I battled depression and suicidal tendicies for a long long time, but the older I got the more people I got to meet, the more I saw of the world, i started to realize a few things: 1) every human being is worthy of love and especially things like weight did not really matter 2) a lot of people actually do believe this, I got therapy and things started to get better Let's fastforward a bit, lots of ups and downs happened, it was a long road. So let's start with this weightloss journey shall we? See I already had this realisation, everyone deserves love, most importantly self love, no matter their shape, but that self love wasn't something I had gotten around to myself. I really wanted to be "healthy" I set my weight goal with a doctor and got going, at first at a very healthy rate, I lost maybe 5lbs max per month, and really took a good look at my eating habits, but the self love stayed behind. The first time I weighed within a healthy weight range I was over joyed, but I looked in the mirror and still didn't like what I saw, if only i was a little skinnier I thought, then I could love myself, I was still a few 10pounds away from the goal me and my doctor set so I gladly kept going, this is when things started spiraling. Cheat days became non existant, whenever other people I shared this journey with talked aout their cheat day, I would applaud them, tell them how important that was to have as well. But I couldn't allow myself that luxury, I was still too fat, I had to be hard on myself, I had to move heaven and earth. The months ticked by and I just got harder and harder on myself, every meal that resembled a cheat meal, any snack that was a snack was just wrong. I started noticing myself, something isn't right here, but I chalked it up to just being very driven. I reached my goal weight and thought "i'm still too fat" so I thought okay another few lbs won't hurt, people carry fat differently maybe I just "carry it badly". My first goals of being healthy were gone, it was now about being thin, because if I was thin I could love myself, only then. Eventually my period stopped coming and I saw a doctor, she made me promise not to lose more weight, that was by now about 10lbs ago, obviously I didn't stop, just a bit more I thought, then maybe I could love myself. But I started realizing myself something is really really wrong here, I'm not at a weight where I can still be fat, yet that's what I still see, but it's not possible. I never thought I could fall victim of this being, I saw and heard of it a lot but remember when I was a teen I mocked it thinking i'd never fall for it, I loved food too much (very funny, i still love food, the taste can still blow me away, but the consuming guilt after wards, or the way I "save my kcal" by not eating all day only to eat a kid sized portion of my favorite food because if i enjoy it it must be bad right?) I was always gonna be the fat/obese girl. Anorexia and I were two things that could not be put together, the idea was ridicioulus. But it did, it sank it's little claws into me and it over took me, in the end seeing the scale go down didn't even bring me joy anymore because it just wasn't enough. I still didn't love myself. I'm luckily (for now) escaping in patient care as my doctors believe i have a good support system (I count my lucky stars for my mother and my amazing friends who have been greatly supportive with this) and because I show my own want to overcome this. I'm now being followed by 2 lovely psychiatrists one specialized in eating disorders and one to help me love myself and a nutritionist to eat healthier (because what I've been doing lately isn't healthy at all either). Me and this little being, we're learning to share this body until I get back on my feet enough to really kick it out, for now we've comprimised in not weighing things anymore, eyeballing is allowed but no more kitchenscales to weigh out every little thing. And only activity at "designated activity" hours, no more standing in my room walking up and down just to get extra activity. I want you guys to know that this being is real, that it's mean, and that it starts out very very subtly. And that it will not allow you to love yourself, to be happy with your progress. So please embrace every success you have, and love yourself because you are worth it, no matter your weight, love yourself just because you even started this journey and it shows how strong you all are , you are willing to improve yourself and that's amazing. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Oct 2020 03:16 PM PDT Hi all, This is going to be a dark and long post. I appreciate ya'll reading, but please take care of yourselves if it's bringing YOU down. That's the last thing I want. Also, I swear in it. Sorry! I have been on this weight loss journey for almost 6 years now. Only time I've been a healthy weight was when I was early elementary school age. I have been overweight/morbidly obese since then (around puberty). I don't really know what it is like to be healthy and free from being weighed down like this. I am a female, average height, and started around 340lbs. Through lots of hard work, some unhealthy restricting, and some healthy habits, I got down to 215. At that point, losing weight was exciting. I couldn't wait to see what size I could get into. Everyone around me was noticing. I felt amazing, and it felt EASY most of the time. Eating 1200 - 1500 cal was EASY. I had a 1,000+ day tracking streak on MFP. "Just don't eat so much, move more, and make healthier choices!! :)" I really did like who I was, and who I was becoming. I felt like my own friend. However, even before the pandemic hit, in 2018-2019 I started to really struggle. I started to go up from 215. I struggled from 225-240 for over a year. I would gain then lose, then gain and lose, and so on. Then of course this wonderful thing that COVID is hit and impacted EVERYTHING even more-so. These big life plans I had got smushed (i.e school, moving to another country, etc) and I believe I used that as an excuse to finally have the wind knocked out of my sails (that didn't even have much left to begin with.) I had decided to finally go on a depression medication near the end of 2019 after much reluctance. I am now up to 265 and I feel like I am fighting tooth and nail for my health, but I just want to give up. I feel damned if I do, and damned if I don't. I get momentum and quell my binge eating for a few weeks, start feeling pretty decent, and then the scale goes up. I am in such a fragile state that I am feeling like I can't keep going like that. I can't keep going, giving it my all, exercising and taking care of myself, just to see NOTHING. That was never the case a few years ago. I don't have that much in me. Lately I've just been feeling like what is even the point? I am in therapy. I have been put on Contrave (off now), and now I am on Vyvanse... but I don't even know what to do anymore. If I give up, I will just keep gaining and my weight will be over 300lb in no time again. If I keep fighting, I will continue to feel hopeless and like I can't beat this. I can't even get back down to 240, how am I supposed to get anywhere near 140 or any other healthy weight for me? If I am struggling so much (most days) to eat under 3500 calories, 3000 calories, or even 2500 calories... how am I supposed to do 1800 to maintain one day? This is honestly such a depressing post, and I am crying as I type this. I know I am not alone in this, but I am so tired of being told to keep going. I am not stupid. I know how to count calories, I know how to move my body, I know about water weight, macros - micro nutrients, etc. I have been in this deep dive to becoming a healthy person for years, and years. I've even hired weight loss coaches and participated in their programs, etc, etc. The amount of money and energy I've spent on becoming a healthy person is maddening. I mean, fuck, I was able to lose about 125lbs... so.... why am I so weak these past few years? Why can't I even lose 10lbs now? I think I'd cry with joy if I could do that. I am starting to think and feel like I am destined to be obese/overweight for the rest of my life, just like my parents and siblings. At this point, I feel like my only option is to get weight loss surgery or to be put into an inpatient program (which honestly is not a good option during COVID.) I know I would feel so much better if that scale would just move down.... However, even when my FitBit is telling me I am burning 4500+ cals (avg of 3400 a day, I'm a frontline busy mf worker, and workout via cardio outside of work) and I know I am eating roughly 2000-2500 cals when I am "doing better", the scale actually goes up a few pounds??? I just throw my hands up. I am so impatient because it NEVER USED TO BE LIKE THIS. My body just feels fucked. I feel so fucked. Something is not adding up and it is frustrating beyond belief. Thank you for taking the time to read this. I guess I am hoping for a light at the end of the tunnel, or some advice from someone who has been where I am. My doctor has now referred me to an obesity specialist, on top of EVERYTHING else I've tried, so I know I am not "really" giving up, but in many ways I am. I am mentally exhausted with this. I am just so tired of having my organs and bones suffocated by all this disgusting fat. I hate it. I hate it so much. I just need to close my fucking mouth. This is me, casting my line, hoping there is some wisdom out there from someone to take the edge off of this. I hope you are doing well on the other side of this screen. I wish I could give you a really wholesome elbow-bump. Take care, and may your weekend be wonderful. My apologizes for the mini novel of hopelessness. 🌹 I do try to be an optimist in life, but man if this shit don't fucking suck. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Oct 2020 09:45 PM PDT Ugh. My family was really cruel to me growing up about my weight. They are all morbidly obese, and made fun of me for being fat even when I was a 5'7/135lb athlete doing two sports. I do not know why they were like this but given that that environment was super toxic, I left home and never really looked back at 20. It's been 2 years since I've seen any family, or since any of them have seen me. My weight gain started around 3 years ago, and I slowly crept up to 165 and only moderately athletic last year. I had a serious hip injury early 2019, and stopped all physical activity for 8 months and gained 10 pounds/lost a lot of muscle mass. I started getting back into lifting this February then...covid. I gained another 10 pounds and lost even more muscle mass and now I look/feel like a blob. I've been repairing my relationship with my parents and planned to go home for Christmas this year, but I'm so terrified of showing up there now that I am actually fat. My anxiety is killing me even 8 weeks out because I can still hear them laughing at me and calling me huge when I would try to make a healthy food choice. I suppose here is no real point to this post, but I wanted to share my anxiety with people who might be able to relate/care. I hate it and it sucks! >:( [link] [comments] |
| I weighed myself after not working out for 2 months and I was happier than I thought I would be. Posted: 23 Oct 2020 11:35 AM PDT At the beginning of 2020 on a different account I followed this subreddit and it made me real motivated to lose weight. With the extra home time Covid gave me I thought I would commit. I originally started at or around 195lbs and at my lowest I got down to 165lbs by changing my diet and working out. But in August I ended up stopping working out because I started a new job and a new set of college classes. Simply working out fell to the wayside but I still tried to stay active. Today I was set on picking it up again on my long weekend so I weighed myself to start, and I weighed 170lbs. By sticking to a healthy diet I didn't regain all that weight back and that has left me more motivated than before. It will take a month or two to regain some of my flexibility since I didn't regularly stretch in those spare months but I'm excited to keep going! [link] [comments] |
| I’m finally seeing a difference! Posted: 23 Oct 2020 03:32 PM PDT I began 2020 at 165lbs (F27, 5'2"); I started being serious about my weight loss in April, but didn't lose anything at all for months. I was frustrated and stressed. I felt like I was trying so hard but it was never enough. By August, I was still fluctuating between 158 and 160, but decided to try intermittent fasting. I've finally been losing weight and losing inches! I've lost 16lbs and a total of 10 inches!! I feel so much better and my am really proud of myself! I feel like I talk about my weight a lot and am annoying my friends and family about it, so I wanted to just share my excitement and pride with someone! [link] [comments] |
| A few pounds away from my fat loss goal, now I'm confused about going forward with muscle gain... Posted: 24 Oct 2020 01:29 AM PDT I'm after some advice please, loseit fam. I took the opportunity the UK lockdown offered, and got my fitness in order, ditched sugar and lost 3st. I'm benefitting from regular strength training and my body is changing, but I do understand that now if I want to continue those muscle gains I need to up my protein. I want those Sarah Connor shoulders, you know? I'm clear with that. I'm confused about whether that extra protein would still be necessary to maintain any shape I might build? Or is it a temporary increase in order to build only? I know that as we age we incrementally need more protein to maintain our muscles, but the specifics of intentional muscle gain are new to me. Thanks in advance for any advice. [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 23 Posted: 23 Oct 2020 06:00 PM PDT Hello losers, I hope your Friday was fabulous. Mine has been, well a day. I saw the fattest prairie dog I have ever laid eyes on & I love that chonker. He was perfect. Weight by end of month (199 lbs, preferably trend weight): No weigh in this morning. Stay within calorie range (maintain): Maintenance. It has not been a fabulous week for calories but I am still logging & approaching a 1000 day streak in my fitness pal. I'm on 986, I'll get that fourth digit streak my friends. Exercise 5 days a week: Should have, did not. 16/23 days. Self-care journaling (once a week, 60 minutes): I'm going to try tonight. 3/3 weeks. Self-care time (work on not using food as a reward): Kids, this is super important. I have not been making enough time for my own self care & please please please believe me when I say do it for yourself. Do as I say not as I do lols. Try a new recipe once a week: Turkey tacos, roasted parsnips, roasted purple cauliflower & a hamburger casserole thingy. 3/3 weeks. Be more mindful, present in my body & express gratitude to avoid the hedonic treadmill: My body is stressed. My brain is stressed. My emotional well being is taxed. I shall do my best to move forward with care & kindness so I can recoup a bit & boy howdy do I encourage all of you beautiful conquering losers to do the same. You are worth your own kindness & love. I love all y'all too. Your turn kids! [link] [comments] |
| I've decided to cut out as much sugar as possible. Posted: 23 Oct 2020 05:59 AM PDT It's time to finally time to come to terms with my addiction to sugar and have decided to limit my sugar intake to 25g of added sugar. I've struggled with weight gain my post high school life. I used to play high school basketball and this kept me in decent shape throughout and basically are whatever I wanted. As I got older and became less active I would gain 10 pounds here and there. Lose it. Gain it back. Continuously till I got to around 215 (160 high school weight, 205 current weight) and decided it was time to do something. This isn't the first time I've tried to cut out sugar cold turkey but everytime I'd make progress I'd go back to my thinking that a little sweet here and there won't hurt. Then it spirals and I'm back to where I started. I was probably consuming 60-100g of sugar a day. But no longer. I know how terrible sugar is and told myself a little won't hurt. But it will because it's like relapsing but I won't be a victim to myself anymore. My only sugar will come from fruits and vegetables and will eat as much of those in moderation as I want. Sugars in other types of normal food will be limited to 25g or less per day. No candy or other forms of sweets. I know this will make my life better and I encourage everyone to do the same. Sugar will not rule. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 Oct 2020 12:24 AM PDT Hey guys, I've been dieting and exercising since January and i've gone down to 185lbs from 236lbs. After a few birthdays in the family since late September I have had a few binge sessions and gained about 5lbs (Some muscle) so now I'm at 190lbs. Anyways, my weight loss has been kind of stagnant since then and I've been struggling to know how much to eat. I wanna lose weight at a slower pace now so I've been trying to eat between 2300-2600 calories a day but Im curious if I could eat more depending on my activity level. My exercise routine is I lift weights twice a week for about an hour and everyday I go for an hour long brisk walk (sometimes 90 mins). Also maybe twice a week I ride the stationary bike for 30 mins. Other than that I'm on my feet most of the day and I don't spend too much time sitting. Any help would be appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| I tried keto. Not sustainable. I thought I needed to go vegan or cook luxurious healthy meals but... Posted: 23 Oct 2020 11:38 AM PDT It all really is about CI/CO. However, I incorporate it with fasting which has done wonders for me. I just came off a 5-day fast in which I lost 9lbs and yes, all of it has stayed off minus a pound which I lost as of today. I'm mostly doing fasting because it has aided in my binge eating problems. I'd say I owe a lot of my weight loss thanks to Fasting. I started in late august at 315lbs with my highest being 318. Safe to say I'm now 278. Last year, I was 276 in August. In March of this year I was 299lbs July, I was 318. In August, I was 315. Now it's nearing the end of October and I'm at 278lbs! This is honestly so exciting. I'll admit I was scared to begin for fear of not being able to lose weight because I kept reading so many posts about women with pcos who struggle to lose weight and I figured it would be the same for me. So I tried to dive into keto, cook all these crazy meals and buy all these expensive products to aid in my keto weight loss journey. But after I got off my 5-day fasting session, I realized.... I don't need keto. It's not sustainable because it takes away my freedom of choice. My ability to choose whether I want to have a slice of pizza that day or bake some cookies. Health over food, yes I agree. But yesterday was a tough day. Dad got diagnosed with pneumonia. Him and my mom are the only real family I have so I made a frozen pizza, I had a small candy bar and ... I overate a bit. But I drank lots of water. And I got on the scale today and was happy to see I went from 279 to 278. That's when it dawned on me this is not going to be instant. This entire journey is about a whole life transition. I have to make good, healthy choices but it doesn't mean I can't splurge from time to time or make a healthier alternative. I am keeping it low carb for the most part. I am also incorporating gluten free, too. I don't drink any soda, coffee and I rarely drink tea nowadays. But I'm not going crazy about it by trying to force myself to be keto. Everyone's body is different. My body stalls when I eat beans yet when I eat a pizza, the weight still manages to fall off. And uhh... I guess goes to show nutrition is a personal thing. It's an experiment of sorts. I'm glad to be 22lbs away from 300lbs and I never want to be at that level again. So here's to hitting 270... then 260.... and so on and so forth. <3 [link] [comments] |
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