Weight loss: -100lbs and at my lowest weight since high school |
- -100lbs and at my lowest weight since high school
- Getting enough sleep REALLY matters: a tale of four pounds
- Thought I 48M was having a heart attack!
- I think I've hit rock bottom....
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: November 23rd, 2020
- Weighed in after well over a year
- New to the gym
- Deterred from exercise by feeling fat during it?
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 22
- Motivation Monday. Get and give motivation for yourself or others.
- Daily Q&A Post for Monday, 23 November 2020 - No question too small!
- A new day one with group motivation!
- Back to pre-quarantine weight + family reactions
- I'm not letting food take over my life anymore
- Anyone use the Lose It app? + General Advice
- Just binged and now I have 50 calories left
- Why Can't I See A Difference in a 20 lb Weight Loss
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Monday, 23 November 2020: Today, I conquered!
- Finding a gym partner?
- My body works against me, I'm constantly on and off routine, and I need to figure something out that works for me. Any advice?
- 32F starting my weight loss journey
- Maintenance = recomp?
- Does anyone have advice to stop eating out so much?
| -100lbs and at my lowest weight since high school Posted: 22 Nov 2020 03:48 PM PST Pics: http://imgur.com/gallery/uCBLLNy I am 27 and 5'6''. Last year I got fed up after YEARS of weight fluctuations, culminating in hitting my highest weight in July 2019. I lost about 55lbs doing dirty/lazy keto, then the other 45lbs by adding intermittent fasting and calorie counting. I'm working on moving away from keto--I miss bread! Over the past year I've been trying out different types of exercise, from yoga to running to Zumba, but my favorite by FAR has been hiking, especially in National Parks. I walk around 11,000 steps on week days and try to hike on the weekends. My goal is to hit 160lbs and then decide how much further I want to go. I'm having a hard time with body dysmorphia and feeling nervous about how much I still need to lose, but I'm trying to celebrate this mile marker! [link] [comments] |
| Getting enough sleep REALLY matters: a tale of four pounds Posted: 22 Nov 2020 03:33 AM PST Somehow, in the last two weeks, I "gained" 4 pounds despite 'doing everything right.' This is a classic set up for a lot of people- it's what causes them to get exasperated with weight loss, and quit out of frustration. It's possible to not be one of those people, and it's possible to figure out what's going on. In short, it's sleep. In long, well, just read on! Basically every piece of advice about weight loss talks about the importance of getting enough sleep. It's not new information. But, it IS the kind of advice that's easy to "yeah, yeah"-away. And what I mean by that is you hear the advice, say "yeah, yeah," and go back to only caring about whether you hit your 10k steps that day, or if you met your protein goals, or calorie target, or whatever. It's just one of those things that gets lumped in with general health advice, and seems less important than everything else. Well, dear reader, it's important. If your goal is better overal health, getting enough sleep is absolutely crucial. If your goal (for right now) is just shedding excess weight (this is r/loseit, after all ;), well, it turns out, it's just as important. The above image is made from two screen shots. One from my daily weight log, and one from the sleep tracking section of the Apple Watch. Over the past two weeks, my schedule has completely changed, and I am getting MUCH less sleep than I'm used to. I have felt out of sorts, more emotional, and just, in general, much less even-keeled than I normally am. In addition to the emotional changes, keeping to my daily 1600 calorie budget has been a REAL struggle (don't mind today which says I've only eaten 600 calories- it's only noon here, and I haven't logged the rest of what I'm going to eat today!). Being tired makes me hungry, and it has been a real challenge, in a way I haven't felt in almost two years (when I started counting my calories), and first reduced my calories. It has been hard! My weight went up, despite sticking to my goals- I have the proof from my fitness pal; I log accurately, and I eat an appropriate amount. I'm averaging around 8,000 steps a day. At my height, 1600 calories should be a 2-300 deficit from my TDEE, giving me a slow and steady rate of weight loss (maybe half a pound-pound a month, which is fine for me). I woke up this morning nearly four pounds lighter than I had been over the past few weeks, after finally getting an AMAZING 12 hours of sleep last night. There is no question in my mind that poor sleep was the culprit for the weird data on the scale. I'm making this post because if this had happened to me two years ago, at the beginning of my weightloss journey, I would have been so frustrated. I have been doing this long enough to know that if my eating is good, then my weight is OK (no matter what nonsense the scale says). It can be hard to keep going, despite the water retention (which also can come from multiple sources: from poor sleep, restaurant food, a particularly heavy day of exercise, a menstrual cycle, and on and on). But, it is important to keep going. Things eventually even out, and by listening to the body (or, if you're like me, listening to the data on my body that I can track), we will eventually end up back on the path we were headed down. Getting enough sleep matters, emotionally AND physically. Don't neglect it! [link] [comments] |
| Thought I 48M was having a heart attack! Posted: 22 Nov 2020 12:53 PM PST Two years ago I was over weight at 227 lbs and 5'9". Then I had pneumonia, in the hospital for 3 days. It was 6 months before I recovered enough to exercise again and I've been in the 240s every since. I've been fairly active, but just eating too much. In August of this year I had such bad acid reflux, I thought I was having a heart attack! The ER confirmed I was not having a heart attack. Great way to waist 2500 dollars and that's with insurance. I guess that was the motivation to finally get healthy. On August 22nd this year, my birthday, I weighed 245 lbs. I started seeing a nutritionist and tracking my calories on myfitnesspal. I am also exercising 6 days a week, as much as 60 minutes on the elliptical machine at the workout center of my apartment complex. I never eat more than half of the additional calories I could eat from exercising. Now on November 22nd I weigh 224.8! My goal is to reach 200 lbs. That would still be technically over weight, but decades ago 200 lbs was when I felt my best. 20 pounds down and 25 to go! My goal is not to be thin, but just to be healthy and feel better. I already feel much better and the acid reflux has not returned. [link] [comments] |
| I think I've hit rock bottom.... Posted: 22 Nov 2020 08:32 PM PST But in a good way. I can't take it anymore and I'm letting it all out. I know this is long but I need to do this. For the past 1.5 years, I have been packing on weight. I'm a 32-years old woman, full-time student, mother, and partner and I'm not living life the way I should or want to. I'm 5'0" and the last time I weighed myself, which was a few months ago, I was 220 lb. I'm likely heavier now - probably 240. I have asthma and for the past year, have experienced edema in my lower legs from slowed blood flow, worsening asthma, I'm pre-hypertensive, at 19, had my daughter (some weight gain but I lost most of it), at 20 I was diagnosed with several conditions like degenerative disc disease, congenital lumbar spinal stenosis, 4 slipped discs (one of which bulges towards my spine), bursitis in my hips, and severe carpal tunnel syndrome that has caused permanent nerve damage even after open-release carpal tunnel surgery. I had to stop working as an independent contractor for a gig platform because I've gotten too fat and it hurts too much to do the manual labor. To top it all off, I have moderately-severe autism and auditory processing disorder. The bulk of these happened before my weight truly spun out of control so what was already difficult, I made worse. I was raised by a mother who suffers with BPD and anorexia so I was taught all of the wrong lessons about food. I've tried to love myself over the years and even got close at times but there was always an undercurrent of disgust and shame at my body. I was always overweight but it was never too terrible and certainly never kept me from enjoying life. Before, I was the short and cute chubby girl with the big boobs and big round butt that could attract most men. Now I'm this balloon of a woman and a shell of my former self. The past year I have started to hate myself so much that I wouldn't make love to my partner of 8 years. It's not his fault. I hated myself so I decided for him that I wasn't worthy of his love and affection. He has an extra 10 or 15 pounds but he looks fit and sexy. But no matter how much I ached for intimacy, I held myself back. What happened? How did I allow myself to get this big? I don't want to hate myself this much. No one chooses to hate themselves like this. No one in their right mind chooses to be fat. I knew I was more prone to suffer issues if I put on the weight but I just couldn't stop myself - or wouldn't. I would never eat during the day unless I did more physical activity than usual and instead would wait until everyone was asleep. I would bring out my bowl, smoke some weed, and binge on junk food until I could barely breath. I would make secret trips to the grocery store or, if I did buy junk food, I would eat the whole package/box/bag and replace it the next day to make it look like I hadn't eaten it yet. Waiting for everyone to sleep before indulging in my sin caused my sleeping pattern to go completely out of whack. I've always struggled with insomnia (the initial reason I smoke weed), but not to the extent that I would need to sleep almost half the day away because I was up until 4 or 5 in the morning. My studies are suffering, my family is suffering, my body is suffering, and I'm suffering. Why? Haven't I been through enough in life? Haven't I been to enough funerals for my friends (non-weight related) that I should value my life more? Even burying my own sister? Was it not enough? The weight has made walking nearly impossible because my back can no longer handle the weight, causing unbearable tightness and pain in my lower back. One of the final straws broke when we took our daughter to go trick or treating and I couldn't even make it half a block. The pain makes it impossible to keep walking. So there I was, coming up with the excuse that we could cover more houses if I drove along side them in the car. For the first time in my daughter's 13 years of life, I wasn't the one walking with her from house to house. Oddly, it worked out as my boyfriend really enjoyed being the primary walker as it was great bonding time. But still.... I felt like total and complete shit. So here I am, warts and all. I'm tired of looking at women who are healthy and wishing I was them. I'm tired of avoiding mirrors and other reflective surfaces. When I do muster the courage to look in the mirror, I am horrified at what I've allowed to be done to my body. I'm tired of the sneaking around. I'm tired of looking at before and afters; seeing their start and current month and thinking, "If I had started my weight loss then, I could be like that right now". I'm tired of watching sex scenes with my boyfriend and worried that he sees that and wishes I looked like that. I know he wishes I was a healthy weight. He's just too kind to admit it but we both know it. I'm not angry at him. I would think the same thing if I were him. I know if he were in my position and I in his, I would want him healthy. I know he worries and it kills me that I do this to him. tired of wearing a shirt to hide my stomach during sex. I miss being completely nude and feeling our bodies together. I know he loves me and I know he would never cheat on me. We've been to hell and back over the last 8 years and we're stronger for it. But I'm tired of sucking in my stomach (or a sad attempt to) so that he doesn't see how fat I've become. I'm tired of carefully turning around when he wants to have sex in missionary. I'm tired of pretending I'm way more ticklish of my sides and stomach than I actually am. I'm tired of holding things in front of my stomach to hide it. I'm tired of looking at myself during class in Zoom. I'm tired of feeling like shit after I eat or drink something I'm not supposed to. I'm tired of being in agony and barely making it through a shower because I can't stand that long. I'm tired of leaning on anything i can find to alleviate my back pain. I'm tired of telling my boyfriend that I'm tired of being this weight, making some half-assed attempt and going back to my old ways. I'm tired of our home not being more organized because I can't bring myself to do it because of my back. I'm tired of watching as my yoga mat collects dust. I'm tired of looking at the healthy food I bought expire because I gave up within the week. I'm tired of starting and failing and starting all over again. I'm so fucking sick and tired of being sick, tired, and miserable. I want to live a long life. I want to watch our daughter become a woman, potential mother, and adult. I want to travel the world. I want to make love to my boyfriend without fear, shame, or embarrassment. I want to love myself more. I want to take care of myself. I want to wear flip-flops. I want to go to the beach again. I want to give my family everything I have in me. I want to LIVE. I think I've finally hit rock bottom in the best way possible. I think I'm finally ready to change but I know I can't do it alone. My boyfriend is supportive of me and wanting to make changes too. I want us to feel sexy and confident. Every time I've tried this on my own, I've failed because I didn't ask him to join me. He has failed every time for the same reason. And now we've decided to do it together. I am now on day 4 weed-free and have followed through on my workout days this week. Tomorrow I will do yoga to help with flexibility and eventually work up to cardio on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. I will do my HIIT workouts on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. I can already feel some flexibility coming back now that I'm not as bloated from all of the junk food. The edema in my legs have already started to lessen. I can walk and stand longer which has been a huge relief. I'm becoming more and more conscious of what I put in my body. I'm not perfect but I am making the changes little by little every day and my body is thanking me for it as it crawls back to healthy. Part of changing is holding myself accountable. I'm also doing something I've never done before; making this public. So every day, no matter what unless there extreme extenuating circumstances, I am pledging to post every day to keep myself on track. I will log my good days and my bad days. I will log what I've eaten, what exercises I've done, and my overall mood. It's not about getting upvotes or comments. It's about doing whatever I can to hold myself accountable and reminding myself every day why I'm doing this. So whoever you are, if you've read this far, I appreciate you taking the time to peak into my life. Maybe you even resonate with everything I've said or even some of it. If you'd like, feel free to comment any tips, advice, or feedback. Make me accountable. I know I can do this but not on my own. I truly believe that I'm finally ready to change and take my life back from this cage that is my fat. I'm ready to start loving myself. [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: November 23rd, 2020 Posted: 22 Nov 2020 10:06 PM PST 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] |
| Weighed in after well over a year Posted: 23 Nov 2020 01:50 AM PST Finally weighed myself after a year. My new scales came this morning and i was like now or later . I choose now . I 25 f 5ft 3 inches have finally stepped on my new scales and when i said i was around 240lbs well i was only 3lbs off . As of today i am 243.2lbs now i know my true weight i know i wont ever be this weight again . I never want to be this heavy ever again . I know im going to lose this weight i need to for my health . Im slowly going to lose the weight as i put it on slowly and its not a race . Im hoping by july 2021 il be 160lbs or less . So ways im going to lose weight less salt , drink more fluids and track my calories. Im going to continue to work out weekly hoping to up it too twice a week soon . Any advice , recommendations and support is really needed and appreciated. Thank you for reading [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Nov 2020 11:52 PM PST So I'm an 19yo male turing 20 in dec and my current weight is right at 300 and I've always been big but I've been trying to change that the last few months. I starting watching my food intake on oct7th and since then I've lost almost 20lbs. Now while that I think is a good amount, its mostly from not eating at all from depression, but I would really like to lose at least another 50 by the end of next year. I've signed up for my local gym, literally right down the road. But I've only gone a couple times because it stresses me out and give me anxiety going not because people look at me but becuase i I just have no clue as where to begin. It's a smaller gym but they have everything you'd want.im rambling but what I'm trying to get out is what should my workout routine look like? Should i just use the treadmill for 30 mins? Or should I start lifting? I honestly have no idea where to begin and it's really scary. Any and all help is appreciated:) [link] [comments] |
| Deterred from exercise by feeling fat during it? Posted: 22 Nov 2020 03:31 AM PST Hi folks, just kind of want to see if I'm alone in this feeling, since I didn't see anything similar when googling for it. For me (F22/5'1"/200lb), exercise is difficult not because of the hard work or physical pain, but because I can feel every inch of my body existing, moving, and being uncomfortably large. Like the feeling one gets when sitting in a chair and your stomach curls up, but constantly changing because of the movement of exercise. It's a huge mental block to getting it done, in any form, for me - partially because I was a healthy weight until 2 years ago, so I constantly feel gross and uncomfortable in my "new" large body. Hoping maybe for some advice, a name for this feeling, or maybe just to know I'm not alone in it. Hope everybody has a good day! [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 22 Posted: 22 Nov 2020 04:01 PM PST Hello losers, Happy Sunday funday. Anyone making exciting meal preps or are we all saving our kitchen mojo for Turkey day? Stay within calorie range (maintain): On target today. Maybe even at a deficit. Exercise 5 days a week: Walky walk. 16/22 days. Self-care journaling (once a week, 60 minutes): Getting after this one pretty well, including some lists. 3/3 week. Nanowrimo 1666 words a day: 22900/50000 words. It's becoming my routine to really hit it after this post. I'm lagging but still striving! Try a new recipe once a week: Fried parsnips, baba ganoush (different recipe/prep method this time, didn't fuck it up!), a mixed meat chili & a oven toasted vegetable ratatouille so far. 4/4 weeks. Express gratitude: Today I'm grateful for dogs. I don't have one currently so occasionally getting to love up on a neighbor's dog or out on the trails brings me such joy. Even when the rottie in question tries to grab the poof tassel on my hat. [link] [comments] |
| Motivation Monday. Get and give motivation for yourself or others. Posted: 22 Nov 2020 09:00 PM PST "Why I need or how I found motivation."Just starting and need a kick in the pants? Please revisit this post through the week to help motivate yourself and others! [link] [comments] |
| Daily Q&A Post for Monday, 23 November 2020 - No question too small! Posted: 23 Nov 2020 02:00 AM PST Got a question? We've got answers! Do you have question but don't want to make a whole post? that's fine. Ask right here! What is on your mind? Everyone is welcome to ask questions or provide answers. No question is too minor or small. TIPS:
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| A new day one with group motivation! Posted: 22 Nov 2020 07:00 PM PST Earlier this year I posted about some of the great progress I was making on my fitness goals. In the first months of quarantine, everything was going great. And then the reopening happened and all my old temptations to spend money in garbage reemerged. I've thankfully figured out what foods are my weakness and I've now gone almost two years without soda so I'm proud of myself for that. That being said, takeaway food has been killing my goals. With the recent Covid spike, my housemates and I voted to no longer order food for the remainder of the pandemic, either delivery or curbside. It's back to healthy eating. A friend of mine who lives in the western USA invited me to go camping once the pandemic ends. I need to be in shape for that. I remember how good I was feeling back in the spring when my diet improved. I'm glad I know my weaknesses. Here's to a new beginning. Stay safe everyone. [link] [comments] |
| Back to pre-quarantine weight + family reactions Posted: 22 Nov 2020 07:48 PM PST Working from home in the spring and summer with a mindset of fat acceptance led me to gaining 15 pounds over just a couple of months. Once I realized the damage I had done, I started CICO and IF in June. It was a rocky start--I've always been overweight and have never been able to lose weight--but I'm officially back to the weight I was in February before all this started! Also, I'm not stopping here; now that I know that I can lose weight, I'm going to try to get to that "healthy" BMI range. However, my family hasn't been much help. Even though they are also all overweight, they are hyperfocused on what each other gains/loses. Sometimes they are nice enough to keep their opinions to themselves, but when they noticed how much I had lost in the last few months, they then went into their backlog of insults, showing me selfies I had sent them in the summer that they said made me look "huge." I'm losing weight for me, not for them, but their rude comments sometimes act like reverse psychology where I want to gain weight back just to spite them, to say, "Hey, I don't care what you think of my body." Almost as if me losing weight would justify their behavior. I've tried to be honest and say that their comments hurt me, but then they turn and make a joke about it. We are a very close family, always laughing and making jokes, so any attempt at honesty just breeds more [good-humored? maybe in their eyes] jabbing. I'm excited about my weight loss so far, and I'm going to try not to let my family get to me. [link] [comments] |
| I'm not letting food take over my life anymore Posted: 22 Nov 2020 11:00 AM PST I had a bit of a breakthrough lately and I wanted to tell someone :) Warning: long post ahead I've been counting calories + doing a little bit of fasting for about 6 months now. I have never had a good relationship with food and have been overweight as long as I can remember, and calorie counting is the one "diet" I have tried that I have actually stuck with for more than a couple of weeks, which is amazing! The problem is that I let myself get a little obsessive with it. It started as just decreasing my intake here and there, but as time went on, more and more problems started occurring. Food was the only thing I could think about and I nearly became scared of it. I would try not to eat, but of course, then I would eat, and I would yell at myself. I made up all these little rules like if I went over my limit for the day, I had to fast an extra day; if I had coffee, I wasn't allowed to eat any food for that day; I could only eat one meal and if I ate more than once a day, there would be consequences. There were many more. I even started purging at one point (although that part is over, thankfully). I felt sick, I was cold, I started losing hair, my period went crazy. It didn't even help me lose weight because since I wasn't eating enough, I would always binge eventually. I could have a great week of "restricting" myself, but once the weekend came, I ate the whole kitchen. This would always undo all of my progress and usually make me gain more than I had lost. I lost months of possible healthy progress because of this phase, and I'm so sad I did it to myself. I need to lose weight, but there are better ways to do that than killing my body. In the past month, I started really looking into why I was struggling so much with calorie counting and falling into these disordered habits. I think that, for me, it's better to go with the flow instead of trying to fit myself into a box. And we all know there are a lot of boxes. I mean, let's see: there's all the levels of fasting, keto, low carb, high protein, vegan, vegetarian, OMAD...a lot to choose from. And I think that my problem is that I'm trying to do some of everything and really not letting myself have food freedom, which is kind of the point. We want to lose weight and look good, but at the end of the day, it's about learning to make healthy choices for ourselves. Food shouldn't take over our lives; at least, I don't think so. "Eat to live, don't live to eat," right? I thought about how when we see someone's before and after post, our first question is usually, "How did you do it?" But health isn't always one size fits all. I've realised that you just have to figure out what works for you and stop looking at what everybody else is doing. I'm still new and still learning every day. I got so caught up in having that perfect, planned out diet that it took over my life, but health is a journey, not boot camp. Everyone's body and life are different. Some people eat breakfast, some people don't. Some do better on keto, some don't. Learning to eat healthily should have its challenges but it should also be fun and exciting, not exhausting and taking over your every thought. I dunno, I thought I would share this. Maybe someone else is struggling too and this can encourage them. I'm still counting calories because it definitely works and I recommend it, but I'm using it as more of a guideline to keep me on track with my goals instead of a rule that I have to follow "or else". It's okay to eat the pizza, just maybe don't eat the whole thing. But, hey, if you do eat that whole pizza, enjoy it! And you don't need to go for a run in the rain at 2 a.m. to make up for it. You don't need to throw it up or fast the next day to punish yourself. It's just food, and tomorrow's a new day to get right back on track. A new day to make good choices that will make you feel amazing. We don't have to do the same exact thing everyone else is doing to make progress. Maybe I'll eat a bowl of cocoa puffs for lunch tomorrow, maybe I'll have a salad. Maybe I'll have both. But I refuse to let dieting take over my life anymore. I have better things to do than being worried about food every single second. There's still a little voice that gets mad at me sometimes for eating an extra piece of bread, but I don't have to listen to it. So, cheers to all of us who are out here working to get healthier. We're doing great! We've got this. If you made it this far, thanks for reading! [link] [comments] |
| Anyone use the Lose It app? + General Advice Posted: 22 Nov 2020 09:23 PM PST I use the Lose It App, just because it was free and neat and seems to be accurate in terms of most food. (I have to look at serving sizes anyways when planning so I look for inconsistencies.) I'm flat out just doing 2000 calories a day even though my amount is listed as higher (with my weight loss goals inputted) I eat a pretty balanced diet and I am tweaking my nutrients, but so far happy with this round. I feel like this weight loss shit can be all over the place, so I am trying to be way more casual about stuff, if I can't exercise, I will just log everything that goes into my mouth and one day I will be lighter than I am now. (Right?) I was wondering how accurate the app is in terms of calories and their estimates. TDEE shit like that. Mine is logged as sedentary, and has my weight loss goals in it. It's set at lose 2lbs a week, but I am FIVE days in and it says 1,239 under budget. Don't I need to lose 3,500 for one pound? Because at this projected rate its more like 2lbs a month. But still I am huge and I am quite active, just not where I can walk for an hour or two or lift or do shit until lock down is over. I can tweak it and go bit lower, some days I am under... but something feels off. Been a while since I read up and double checked everything so I may be rusty, and not being able to walk / lift weights / do yoga is a pain, that would solve some problems real quick. Sorry for the long post. [link] [comments] |
| Just binged and now I have 50 calories left Posted: 22 Nov 2020 02:30 PM PST Hi guys. I just wanted to get this out. Today started fine, I ate a filling and nutritious bowl of oatmeal for breakfast(300) and some berries for a snack(50). When lunchtime came for some reason I was really hungry. My dad went out to get Burger King and I ordered a hamburger(220). Part of my weight loss method is to eat everything I want but just less of it so this was fine to me. I have a big family and it turned out my dad accidentally ordered two extra burgers, a Whopper Jr. and a cheeseburger. Because I am a growing teen he said if I was still hungry after my hamburger and veggies I could eat that. So I ate a bowl of veggies and my hamburger but I was still hungry for some reason. My family went out for a hike but because I had to do homework they left me at home with my older sister. I was alone with those two extra burgers and fries just staring me in the face. I tried to ignore the urge to eat it but I eventually couldn't and decided to just have half of the fries. I ate half of the fries(200) and then went back to my room. Then my sister said I should just finish it because it would be a waste. I declined her offer but it lingered in my mind. I then calculated the calories in the rest of the fries and decided I could eat it even though I was already stuffed. So i finished the fries. And then it was like I couldn't stop myself and I ate the other two burgers. I then drank a lot of water and started feeling really bad. When I calculated the calories it turned out to more than 1200 calories total including my breakfast and snack. This left me with a little more than 50 calories left because my daily intake is 1300. My TDEE is around 1450 because I'm so short and my doctor recommended I eat no less than 1300 per day. My weight loss has been slow due to this but it has worked. Right now a few hours after my binge I'm feeling a little hungry and I know 50 calls won't sustain me the rest of the day. I just feel horrible. I can't just cheat today because thanksgiving is coming. I am so close to my goal and don't want to ruin it more. Help please [link] [comments] |
| Why Can't I See A Difference in a 20 lb Weight Loss Posted: 22 Nov 2020 08:50 PM PST I didn't intend to go on a weight loss journey, as my weight has always been the same and I've learned to accept it. In June i weighed 189 lbs and now I am at 168 lbs.....21 pound difference should be pretty significant right?? I don't see a difference in how I look at all! When I look at pictures then vs now....nothing... When I look in the mirror...nothing....clothes fit me more or less the same....I'm so confused I am a 24 year old Female 5'6 Start weight 189 lbs Current weight 168 lbs Goal weight 145 lbs Due to Covid my lifestyle ranges from sedentary to moderately active :/ hoping to work out more [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Monday, 23 November 2020: Today, I conquered! Posted: 23 Nov 2020 12:12 AM PST 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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| Posted: 23 Nov 2020 12:10 AM PST I don't really have any friends and family who I can workout with, so I thought it'd be fun to find someone online who can work out with me instead (virtually). Things are rough for me currently and I'd like to invest more in my physical health to help me through. Weight info - I used to be 110kg, lost all the way down to 40kg, went back up to 65-70kg and maintained for a while, but after a bout of depression and a bad boyfriend (ouch), I lost control and gained around 15kg. I'm based in New Zealand and like to work out at night. I'd prefer it if you were around my weight as well (between 75-100kg), just for anxiety reasons. PM me if you're keen. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Nov 2020 08:20 PM PST I am 297lbs, 5'9.5, 21 [M] I've always been a big kid, at my heaviest I was 318lbs. even when I was 13 I was a stocky kid on the pop warner team playing football team. I had stretch marks and I was pretty good looking for my age. I had a big appetite as a kid. I would order 3 doritos locos tacos, a power burrito, a quesorito and a large drink from taco bell at age 13. My parents didn't care because I would work it off playing sports. Well that all changed when the doctors said I couldn't play sports anymore because of my heart. (Heart surgery age 3 subaortic stenosis) so I was forced out of sports. I stopped playing sports, starting playing video games and watching anime, and my appetite remained the same. Things started changing when I was around 15 when I had a psychotic breakdown and was sent to a baker act facility. I was diagnosed Bipolar 2 and that explained a lot of my recent behavior. I got sent to a residential rehab facility when I was 17, and I ate about a 6,000 calorie diet every day for 5 months with little to no exercise. I gained about 55lbs. I went back to rehab again 6 months later and the doctors were already showing concern for my weight saying I need to watch what I eat. I didn't listen to them because I was 18 and a punk. I ate roughly 4,000 calories everyday for a month with little to no exercise. I was breaking 300lbs at 18. My parents encourages and even enforced rules of locking the pantry, hiding snacks from me, and restricting video game time based off my weight. I.E If I got my weight down to 280, I would get 30 extra minutes on video games. So I go off to college and nothing changes, I continue eating like garbage, but I do start working out because my family starts showing great concern for me. I'm the only fat dude in my family. I got a trainer and actually lost 22lbs! But then gained it all back again when I fell off the horse. This is a common trend I've been battling with my life. I start working out, dieting, eating healthy, I lose weight, then I stop for some reason and gain it back all again. And the doctors don't leave me alone either because of all of the health concerns they give me. I have hyperinsulimia and have to take like 5 different pills and a weekly shot. I do research on my conditions and I get so demoralized when I hear that my body literally can't burn fat because of my insulin levels. And the doctors aren't that much help. they talk to me for 3 minutes and then send me on my way with little to no education on what to do. Just "Oh, you're still fat. You're not suppose to be that. Try harder. see you in 3 months." I want to lose weight, I want to be healthy, I have a boyfriend now! I want to be strong and protect him, I want to be fit and be at my very best so I can give him the very best. I want to find a routine I can stick to, have fun with, and enjoy doing. It's really food that is my biggest draw back due to my health conditions. Does anyone have any ideas, tips, tricks, advice for a obese, mentally ill, diabetic dude who really wants to change? [link] [comments] |
| 32F starting my weight loss journey Posted: 22 Nov 2020 09:24 AM PST I had my wake up call a week ago. I went to the emergency room for extreme chest pain. It wound up not being a heart attack, but it was still very scary. That night, my wife casually mentioned that I've been snoring consistently since April. I've been blaming my weight gain on breastfeeding our toddler-- my hormones are out of whack and I'll get back to normal once they wean, right?--, self isolating in our 500 sqft apartment, and my chronic pain and fatigue. It's out of control, though. I now weigh more than I did at 42 weeks pregnant and I'm starting to worry about the health issues that are coming along with the weight. The area we live in isn't super safe for walks, especially with an unruly two-year-old who wants to run in the street, so I bought Just Dance 2020 for our Switch and I've been doing 1+ hours of dancing each day since Tuesday. I'm not ready to change my eating, though. I grew up watching my mom yoyo diet for my entire life and it's left a bad taste in my mouth (I'm not even telling her about my weight loss journey because she gets really weird about my weight at every size.). Besides, I primarily eat vegetarian, whole foods. My biggest issue is my super sedentary lifestyle. Anyways, here goes. I'm 5'7" at 215 lbs. My first goal is to get below my weight at my kid's delivery, 205. My end goal? Maybe 150 lbs? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Nov 2020 09:08 PM PST I've finally dedicated myself this year to lose weight before reaching 200lbs which I was so close to becoming. I've successfully managed to lose almost 40lbs from 195 to what I am now 149. Classified as 'healthy' weight according to BMI for my height of 5'8. However I still carry some fat on lower back and belly. My belly isn't 'squishy' much though. It's more hard when pushed. Does that indicate anything? Right now I am happy with my progress and especially how I look in clothes. Fashion has always been a big part of my identity, I'm happy I can feel more confident in my clothes now, even though I am what people call "skinny fat." I'll let you all judge for yourselves! My overall/interim goal (for now) is to gain muscle mass (especially in my arms) as well as to lose some remaining fat. I'd be ecstatic if I can reach 15% body fat one day. I'm well aware that spot reduction isn't possible, I'm not in the right state of mind to keep cutting nor begin bulking right now, this is when I came across the term 'body recomp' and decided it's best to try it out now, well at least until summer is over here (southern hemisphere folk here). My plan is to focus on progressively lifting (it's already been almost 2 months since I started) while focusing on getting 150-160g protein eating at maintenance. I'm mostly focused in my compound lifts. 6 week progess: All lifts I had started on bar weight only (44lbs). The bar weight were all fairly light btw. Current lifts: Squat: 152 Bench: 110 (struggling with the most imo) Dead: 132 Overhead: 66 I wanted to add, pull up went from 1 to 11 which I'm proud of. The point of this post was just to check in with my progress and asking for some re-assurance. How does my sound? Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| Does anyone have advice to stop eating out so much? Posted: 22 Nov 2020 05:41 PM PST I recognize this is going to come off as somewhat ridiculous so I apologize in advance. I am 33M, 245 pds and about 5'11". I am absolutely addicted to eating out be it fast food or casual or delivery (made worse during Covid). I'd say I do it every single day almost. I am fortunate enough to have a high paying job so even though this is a lot of eating out, it doesn't really affect my bottom line at all, which makes it worse. I do have a well stocked kitchen, and love to cook, but I often still find myself reaching for the delivery app way too much. I've tried various methods of stopping this over the years (blue apron, meal delivery, counting calories, keto, paleo) but I just can't seem to do it. Does anyone have any advice or was in a similar situation? Do I need to just start taking drugs or something? [link] [comments] |
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