Weight loss: Daily Q&A Post for Thursday, 26 November 2020 - No question too small! |
- Daily Q&A Post for Thursday, 26 November 2020 - No question too small!
- Progrss Pics - F24, 5'4" SW 206lbs, CW 163lbs
- [NSFW] 5 YEAR PROGRESS M/27/5’10” 240ish>160
- I won my gym's challenge! After a year of weight gain and body image issues I'm very proud of myself!
- [NSFW] 1 month Progress Pics!
- Just got to update my flair to -25lbs and am wearing a shirt from two years ago!
- (NSFW) 4 MONTH PROGRESS M/44/6'2/ SW 238. CW 195
- I don't want to be fat anymore.
- NSV - Things I learned from r/loseit that allowed me to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner without losing progress
- I'm done losing weight "fast", I have 15lbs left but I don't feel pressured to lose it
- TWOTOPIA AHH
- It’s time to tackle the old post-divorce 100.
- Changes in my life since I started being "healthy"
- Long time lurker, first time poster.
- HUGE day for me. Official end to my ONE YEAR cut/shred. M / 34 / 177lb > 148lb
- I look at myself in the mirror again: emotionally healthy weight loss
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 26
- I am a United States Marine Corps Reservist that has lost the discipline instilled in me.
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: November 27th, 2020
- Daily Q&A Post for Friday, 27 November 2020 - No question too small!
- Each dietitian/nutritionist in my surroundings keep telling me to not avoid carbs...
- To rest or not?
- 24-Hour Pledge - Friday, 27 November 2020 - The Plan for Today!
- How my weight loss landed me in the emergency room
- Thoughts on Body Positivity and Mental Health?
| Daily Q&A Post for Thursday, 26 November 2020 - No question too small! Posted: 26 Nov 2020 02:01 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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| Progrss Pics - F24, 5'4" SW 206lbs, CW 163lbs Posted: 26 Nov 2020 10:52 PM PST Hi all, I'm writing this on my phone so it won't be much but I wanted to thank everyone in this sub for all their gracious help, continued support and for just fricken showing up. I haven't reached my goal yet, I've got maybe 30lbs to go but I finally feel more at peace with myself, like it isn't a race to the finish line anymore. For my American friends, I hope you have all enjoyed your Thanksgiving. Remember tomorrow is a new day and it's never too late to start or to get back on track. And please, everyone, take photos. Take them all at all angles and at all weights. I wish I had the courage to take them at my highest. Hindsight is 20/20 lol. You've all got this, seriously, you do. [link] [comments] |
| [NSFW] 5 YEAR PROGRESS M/27/5’10” 240ish>160 Posted: 26 Nov 2020 10:01 PM PST Hi everyone!! First timer here I just wanted to share a bit about myself and maybe some helpful advice!! My weight loss journey began by having my coworkers constantly make joking comments about my weight and saying I have "nice tits" at first it didn't bug me but after awhile it really got under my skin. I thought it was time for a change. I started by making basic changes in my diet. My diet at that time (my heaviest point was absolute garbage) almost a 12 pack a soda a day and eating out at least twice a day. Completely cut sugar out and switched to (almost) all Whole Foods and picked up a cardio habit. Dropped weight really fast after that and packed on some muscle with a weight training routine. Overall my journey took about five years. A big point of this post is to help anyone who is struggling with not seeing immediate results. It will take a long time, and you WILL have some mess ups (I had a lot!) but In the end it's 100% worth it physically and mentally! I'm happy to answer any questions anyone has!! Thanks guys! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Nov 2020 09:22 PM PST I've always been out of shape, and this year definitely made it worse (ty corona). I gained about 20 lbs due to quarantine and just mindless eating, which led to an unhealthier body image and insecurity that I thought I had left behind in high school. I would burst into tears seeing myself in the mirror, and have avoided photos this whole year. I decided I had enough, and I joined a new gym in October and they had a 30 day challenge, and I can't believe it but I WON FIRST PLACE! The weights felt easier to lift, and I shaved 4 minutes off of my total time. I still have a ways to go on my weight loss but I'm proud of myself for making it this far! To top it off, I ran the fastest mile of my life this morning! So to anyone who's feeling down about their fitness/health this year, keep going and remember that you're not alone but you can always improve! consistency is everything!! If I can do it EVERYONE CAN!! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Nov 2020 08:19 AM PST Hi all! It feels like I've been on CICO much longer than a month, but here are some of my progress pics! It's true that it's really hard to tell you're losing weight without pictures. Even with pictures, I feel kinda delusional even though I can clearly see that I'm losing a little bit of weight. My GW is 200lb and last time I checked, I was at ~224, and I started at 233. So, there's a lot left to go but I'm already super proud! If you're reading this, don't get discouraged! I know today is a holiday but eat what you want today and don't stress. If you are on CICO, go easy on yourself. In my opinion, I'd either max out my calories today or just not log them at all. One day won't set you off from your goal too much. Make sure to drink a lot of water today, and if you work out today, just work out like normal. Don't try to "work off" what you ate or feel bad. 💙 [link] [comments] |
| Just got to update my flair to -25lbs and am wearing a shirt from two years ago! Posted: 26 Nov 2020 03:20 PM PST F33 5'8" I was just so excited I had to share! I challenged myself to hit 285 by thanksgiving, but had resigned to it not happening after almost 5 days straight of 1400 calories and literally no budge on the scale-every morning was 287.2 on the dot. But today was exactly 285!! I had planned to just have a responsible thanksgiving and log calories but not stress about the total no matter what but man does this feel great. On top of that- I live in the southwest US so I was wearing short sleeves until temp dips a few days ago. I went to grab a long sleeve shirt this cooler morning and didn't really hit me until now that I haven't worn this shirt since 2 winters ago when I bought it. I'm in my mid 30s and this is the first season in my life that I didn't have to approach the back of my closet with an "ok, let's see what still fits well enough to wear this year" mentality. It feels amazing! [link] [comments] |
| (NSFW) 4 MONTH PROGRESS M/44/6'2/ SW 238. CW 195 Posted: 26 Nov 2020 05:06 PM PST Hey all, just wanted to share my story. After many years of eating very unhealthy and drinking copius amounts of IPA'S over a 20 year period, I decided to get healthy. I quit drinking and starting walking. That led to healthy eating and intermittent fasting. I then began to incorporate light resistance lifting on a machine. After 4 months I am down about 40 pounds and I feel 20 years younger. If anyone is struggling with losing weight, just stick with it. It may take some time but eventually you will see results. I didn't really see anything for the first month but now it's really starting to fall off. Before/After. https://imgur.com/a/vymk0uR 195 lbs. https://imgur.com/a/CKvjmB5 [link] [comments] |
| I don't want to be fat anymore. Posted: 26 Nov 2020 11:22 PM PST I'm Lawrence, (15m), and I am fat. Now, given my age you may assume that I'm having body image issues but that's not the case. I weigh 330 pounds and I'm 6'2-6'4, and it's just plain out not healthy. I eat far, far too much on a daily basis; sometimes due to stress, sometimes cause I just feel like I need to eat. I know what I need to do, I just don't know if I have the self discipline to do it. I need to exercise daily and eat a calorie deficit, but that's where things get tricky. My parents recently bought exercise machines (weight machine and recumbent bike, both rated up to my weight), but the deficit part is the thing I don't know how to deal with. I know I need to eat less, and counting calories would be wonderful, but I don't really have the means to get a food scale. I tried counting calories before using stuff on labels, but when I'm eating homemade food more often than not it's really difficult to actually figure out how much I'm eating. I need to be healthy, I can't live like this forever (literally and metaphorically). I'm not even sure why I'm posting this here, or if it's breaking any rules, but I guess I just needed to get it out to like minded people who (hopefully) won't be too judgmental. If any of you have tips or stories that could help, I'd great appreciate it. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Nov 2020 02:13 PM PST Tamed the turkey. Holidays have been a huge weak point for me over the past 2 years since I started trying to be healthier. It's taken a while to get to this point, but thanks to this sub I finally understand a few things about myself and my body that have made all of this so much easier:
Previously, every single holiday and birthday brought me anxiety, because I knew I'd have to fight the urge to binge. And I knew if I lost that fight, I'd slip into a cycle of self-defeat and keep binging. Today I woke up knowing exactly what I was going to do, and knew that if I messed up it wasn't a big deal. Thanks r/loseit <3 [link] [comments] |
| I'm done losing weight "fast", I have 15lbs left but I don't feel pressured to lose it Posted: 26 Nov 2020 01:24 PM PST I feel almost "free" right now. For the last year (I made a post yesterday on my 100lbs down) I've been losing weight and I now realize that that was fast. Of course over the year, my monthly average has fallen, that's expected. My weight loss has slowed. But now that I'm here: happy, healthy, slightly more confident; I feel like my race is over. I have a healthier lifestyle. I don't crave or binge on bad foods. I'm not scared of diabetes in my future, or of wearing my knees down by my 40's. I'm okay living like this. So for the next 4 months I'm just going to take it easy. Count my calories once every few weeks to make sure I'm okay. Exercise and build muscle. Start doing yoga again. I'm not completely finished with my weight loss, again I'd like to lose another 15lbs, but I'm not scared of not losing it. I know I can do it, I know it'll happen, I'm happy. I'm comfortable. I almost have the body of my dreams, and while losing the weight helped, I know the next 15lbs aren't going to make or break my self-image. I'm accepting my body for what it is and I'm proud of myself. Anyways, thanks for reading! Hope you have a great thanksgiving if that's your thing :) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Nov 2020 02:01 PM PST So in January I was 320 lbs. I started to try VERY loose OMAD/CICO/IF, since the place I worked didn't really give me a lot of time to eat during the workday anyway, so I'd wait til I was home and just have dinner. Now these dinners weren't healthy, but they were under calorie count so still a win I guess, because when I came home in June (I travel for my job) I weighed around 304 lbs. Now being at home caused me to loosen up a bit, and I gained a bit and lost a bit, but I kept pretty steady around 304, I didn't want to waste my progress. Finally, last week, I decided to start walking on our old dusty treadmill that nobody uses. I've been doing 2.7 mph for at least an hour at a time, but I've been pushing myself, and last night I did an hour and 40 minutes (it would've been more but my stupid treadmill shuts off at 100 minutes, VERY UNEXPECTEDLY TOO I might add). I'm sure it's just water weight, but since I've been walking my weight finally broke its stall and I'm down to 298.8 as of this morning. I'm hoping to cut out soda and chips as my next movements, because those make up a significant amount of my caloric intake. I wanted to thank you guys for the huge motivation. Even though it's not a lot of weight, and I have a LONG way to go, and I haven't been walking for long, I can pretty much attribute the fact that I got up and walked at ALL to you guys. Thank you so much, I hope to see you at 199 :) [link] [comments] |
| It’s time to tackle the old post-divorce 100. Posted: 27 Nov 2020 01:34 AM PST M / 42 / 5'9" / SW:245 CW:237 GW:145 Conflicts aside, being married was great for my weight. She had a small appetite which functioned as a pace car for mine. I managed to stay in the 140-160 range, after spending most of my adulthood at 170-210. But two years after divorce I'm setting personal records in the 240s and alarming my physician. For meals and exercise, I know what works. I've always been informed. The problem is my compulsion to cope with negative feelings by eating, which is stronger than my intellect. The pattern goes back to my childhood. I'd spend the evenings avoiding my dad in my room, and when he went to sleep I'd sneak downstairs to have the house to myself. The only thing I could do quietly was eat. My weight management solution is what I call "going upstream". If I were to focus just on restricting food choices at meal time, then when dark feelings arose I'd be powerless to restrain myself. I need to focus on the emotions that precede eating, and if I can keep them healthy, I'll make the right food choices. Thanksgiving was day 8 of this latest attempt, which should take about a year if I can sustain it. I'm eating well and I've lost the first few pounds. I live alone so I don't need to deal with social influences like holidays. I want to fully rejoin society as a healthy, comfortable, and sexual person, and I'm ready to do the work. Thanks in advance for your support. This is a great community. [link] [comments] |
| Changes in my life since I started being "healthy" Posted: 26 Nov 2020 03:32 AM PST I started working out (moderately, about 3 times a week, only cardio) around December 2019 and then I increased to intensively exercising (6-7 days a week) around July 2020, but was still eating freely, and by that I mean almost zero restrictions except for cutting down carbs. I didn't lose weight until I started CICO on October 25th, but as I started working out and now adding eating moderately to that, some things have changed:
What I'm saying is, to me more than reaching an ideal weight, such drastic changes in health condition are so meaningful. For the first time in my life I feel like a functioning human being and I'm over the moon for I'm probably experiencing being "normal" for the first time. Keep working and keep track of your body condition, don't just focus solely on the number on the scale, and I hope you will one day realize that weight loss or eating healthily is life changing in more ways than just a transformation in appearance. [link] [comments] |
| Long time lurker, first time poster. Posted: 26 Nov 2020 11:20 PM PST Okay so like the title says, I've lurked in this subreddit for a while now. After reading all the amazing stories (or seeing youtube video's narrating them) I've decided it was about time I shared my own story. Like many of the people who came before me, I've always been overweight or obese when I was growing up. At my heaviest I was almost 300 pounds (I weighed 134,7 kilograms or 296.4 lbs), which was when I was 15. In the same summer(2017) I learned that my weight had gotten so out of hand I decided something had to be done. I started walking more (which was easy since I lived near a small forest and was still in highschool) and counting my calories. I had cut out a lot of what I identified as "trigger foods" which I would just mindlessly munch on throughout the day. I kept up the habits and here we are today, over 100lbs down from where I started. I can't believe I made it this far and while I still have a bit more to go, I still feel as motivated as ever. I started college in September and because I'm more confident I have had a great time so far. [link] [comments] |
| HUGE day for me. Official end to my ONE YEAR cut/shred. M / 34 / 177lb > 148lb Posted: 27 Nov 2020 01:46 AM PST https://i.imgur.com/Dj9AKIL.jpg Started cutting this time last year. Was in an unhealthy place mentally and physically. Was making good progress when lockdown hit, then hit a slump and fell back into bad habits. After a couple of months of that, a switch got flicked inside me and I woke up one day more motivated than ever to work damn hard and get to where I wanted to be. The last few months have been a non stop effort with massive discipline to keep the momentum going. I built a gym in my garage, got my diet on point and today I can officially say that a year of hard, hard work (on and off, but mostly on!) has paid out. I'm now looking forward to spending December with no goal in mind other than maintaining my current weight through til 1st Jan (even maintenance will feel hugely indulgent to me now!) and then going into a lean bulking phase from 1st Jan onwards. So excited to think where my physique could be another year on from now. Overall loss of 29lb, 2" off my chest (whilst adding muscle) and 4.5" off my waist, down from 37" to 32.5". [link] [comments] |
| I look at myself in the mirror again: emotionally healthy weight loss Posted: 26 Nov 2020 09:03 PM PST (tw: suicide mention) For as long as I can remember I've been trying to lose weight. From approaching chubbiness as a kid to first becoming obese as a teenager to rapidly becoming underweight through disordered eating to becoming morbidly obese as I became an adult, I have been at war with my body for more than half my life. I thought about my body more than I thought about anything else in those years: the shame, the guilt, the constant obsession, the fantasy of what it would be like to have a body that I desired. My life went on. I moved away from home and went to university. The day I finished my degree I sat in the graduation hall picking through every other student in the audience, hoping that I wasn't the fattest person in the room. Out of the hundreds there, when I found one other student who looked heavier than me I felt nothing resembling relief. The night before graduation, I had made a plan to kill myself if nothing had changed by the time I turned 25. The truth is that by that point I didn't believe anything could change. My mind and body were out of control. I was too anxious to leave my apartment, too depressed to leave my bed. Eating -- alone, mindless -- brought me solace. Even then I wasn't naive enough to think that my weight was the sole root of my problems, but it was the most visible and constant of what I considered to be my personal failings. And I was still ashamed to talk about it or look for help. As I grew fatter and more miserable, I still had friends and family and successes and support. There were still things I wanted to do, or remembered that at one point when I had feelings I had wanted to do. Somehow I kept going. When I look back now, dissociating from my body in those years is how I survived. I never left those struggles behind but as much as I could I left my body. My mind and I moved to a new city and started working on our next degree, body and emotions in tow. I was always just a look in the mirror away from falling apart. About a year ago I moved on to my next degree and my next city. I was at my highest ever weight last Christmas: 280 lbs. I can't put my finger exactly on when things began to change. There was a class I was taking at the top of a hill and suddenly I was walking more. I took up journaling again. I helped a friend move and was too anxious to Uber home so I walked across the city. Another friend needed a place to stay during lockdown and we started cooking together. One morning I woke up afraid to leave the apartment again and I didn't blame myself. I told myself that it was alright to just do what I could when I could -- and I believed it. Since last Christmas I've lost 38 lbs. The numbers on the scale are encouraging but they're not what I notice most. What I notice is that the first thing I feel in the morning these days isn't guilt. I look in the mirror and I'm happy with what I see -- not just where I'm headed, but my body at this very moment. I live in it. I don't know how exactly I got here. It takes effort, yes, but I was trying my hardest to lose weight for years. Having people around me who support me and who model (somewhat) healthy habits has been hugely empowering. I'm starting to have conversations about my body with them. Of course, the pandemic gave me a chance to disrupt some of my worst habits and made room for new ones. But even before covid, I think that the emotional work I was beginning to do laid the foundation for the sustainable weight loss I'm now achieving. I've learned patience and the importance of being on my own side, including my body's side. If you've read this far, maybe you can relate to some of these experiences. I'm writing this because for so long I tried to lose weight in a way that separated me from my body. I want to acknowledge the hopelessness and harm that accompanied my weight loss efforts for so long. I feel a little silly writing all this out, but like I said, I'm starting to have conversations about my body. So I thought I'd start one here, about hope and losing weight in an emotionally healthy way. [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 26 Posted: 26 Nov 2020 06:26 PM PST Hello losers, Happy Turkey day to all y'all in the USA. Happy Thursday to all the rest of y'all :) Stay within calorie range (maintain): Calories are just numbers today, Turkey was afoot. Exercise 5 days a week: Rest day. 18/26 days. Self-care journaling (once a week, 60 minutes): Still doing well here. 4/4 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, sweet potato casserole & a oven toasted vegetable ratatouille so far. 5/4 weeks. Express gratitude: Today I'm grateful for family of choice. Hope you're all celebrating well with yours today. How are you all hanging in? [link] [comments] |
| I am a United States Marine Corps Reservist that has lost the discipline instilled in me. Posted: 26 Nov 2020 01:27 PM PST Good afternoon and Happy Thanksgiving! Like the title says, I am in the United States Marine Corps Reserves. I've been in for for about 2 1/2 years. I am embarrassed to admit that I am officially in the BCP (body composition program) starting December 1st. This means I have 6 months to either get in my weight bracket or be less than 18% body fat. I am currently maintaining ~240 lbs and my goal weight is 190-200 lbs. I know this is possible because I have been there before. And I know the responsibility lies in myself. No one else made me gain the weight, and no one else but me had the chance to stop before it got out of hand. I am posting this 1) for accountability. I haven't formally taken responsibility until now and 2) I am looking for advice. I admit that I know why I gained a lot of weight. Pure reasons, no excuses: I drank a lot this summer, ate way too much food, got little sleep, and stopped working out. And it has become habitual. I've heard so many things from so many people and I've lost weight in the past. I always seem to be at the beginning of this journey. I love being in the Marine Corps, and I would regret it immensely if I let this issue get me kicked out. Though I know it won't be "easy", like I said I've been at my goal weight about 2 years ago and I'm ready to earn that again. Please, if you have any advice on the mental part of losing weight, or really anything you can think of that may be able to assist me on my journey, please comment below! [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: November 27th, 2020 Posted: 26 Nov 2020 10:42 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] |
| Daily Q&A Post for Friday, 27 November 2020 - No question too small! Posted: 27 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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| Each dietitian/nutritionist in my surroundings keep telling me to not avoid carbs... Posted: 27 Nov 2020 01:32 AM PST ... so I wonder, am I missing something? I am no expert, I just want to lose weight that I gained due to depression back when I was teenager. I've been trying to lose weight for past 6 years but nothing helps. I tried dietitians, gym, personal trainers, even diet box catering (some examples of their meals here: ) but nothing helps. I keep gaining or am stuck on the current weight (which is a big one, around 110kg). I did lots of blood tests over past few years, for hormones as well, and nothing is out of ordinary. But what my dietitians/nutritionists I have been trying to work this out with kept telling me is that I should not avoid carbs because the complex ones are more than okay and they are needed (example of a my today's meals: https://imgur.com/a/rBSXtQs am on around 1500 kcal at the moment, been trying 1200, 1800, 2000 and even 2300 but nothing helps me lose weight, I did all these combinations last for at least half a year in the past 6 years and nothing helped). I am running out of options, I have no idea what to do and whom/what to believe. Tried to read many articles on that and I am not sure if I should resign from this catering I linked on imgur album, or I should stick to it. Would love the opinion from someone who has more experience in the field. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 Nov 2020 01:23 AM PST I (28f) have been walking(power walking)/jogging 2-3 miles the past month. The first week it was only a mile. Now I'm on two and can sometimes squeeze in three. I spend ten minutes stretching before I start and at the end. Today I noticed my right leg feeling kind of off? Like my foot felt like it was being squeezed or that I was walking on it at an angle? I don't know how to explain it properly but it was uncomfortable. I wanted to give up after half a mile but I got in two and quit. I felt guilty and disgusting. I have always been very hard on myself. It takes a lot for me to get motivated but once I am, I'm dedicated. My issue is, I feel like I might have to take a rest/recharge day tomorrow. I am scared that doing so is going to make me want to keep having rest days. But if I'm in a little pain and it's slowing me down, then I need to rest. I was reading things to do on rest days and it kept saying "go on a walk" and I thought "well my legs are what I'm trying to rest." How do I stop this guilt? How do I justify a small rest day? Should I do yoga or stretches so that I feel slightly accomplished? [link] [comments] |
| 24-Hour Pledge - Friday, 27 November 2020 - The Plan for Today! Posted: 26 Nov 2020 08:08 PM PST 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] |
| How my weight loss landed me in the emergency room Posted: 27 Nov 2020 12:57 AM PST Hey there, Chris here . This is the original script for my videohttps://youtu.be/T2lfzcjotDQ . I decided to just go off of the cuff, but this is was my first draft before filming. This is about what wish I had known when I started my weight loss journey. With this knowledge I would have avoided a lot of pain and suffering. Cutting calories should be a slow process and the consequences of cutting to much can be devastating and counter productive. The worst for me was weakened immune system, insomnia while exhausted, sleep eating, and out of control irritability. The worst of those being the weakened immune system. here is what happened to me. I had been working a lot of hours at work as well as preparing for a vacation. It was my first paid vacation in almost a decade. I was going to the redwood in my camper van with my recently purchased motorcycle on the back. About 3 day into the trip I came down with the shingles. I had pain all over my body and lesions on my skin. I was at least 30 minutes from cellphone signal and 5 hrs away from the nearest in-network urgent care. I had no idea what was wrong with me and I was in imminence pain. I am a person who rarely gets sick and was in good health at the start of the trip. This could happen to anyone who has had the chicken pox. From the campsite I drove 2 hrs at a time and would sleep a couple hours. Once I got to the urgent care in Eugene Oregon. They found my symptoms to be to severe for them to treat. They thought I may have been having a brain aneurysm so they urged me to go to the emergency room for a brain scan. My S/o was terrified. It was a scary, rough and very expensive experience to say the lease. Next would be the insomnia and sleep eating. Thankfully I was training so hard that I could fall asleep pretty easy. the problem was staying asleep. I was also waking up finding food wrappers around me and spoons still half coated in peanut butter. The body is smart and it wants to keep you alive. Finally would be the irritability and this was the most trying on my relationship. Every little thing set me off. Even if the things that were bothering me were worth mentioning I would go about dealing with it in the worst ways. It was exhausting being so upset for no good reason. Now here comes the part where I state what I did vs what I wish I had done. I wanted to lose weight desperately. I was 375 pounds and felt like I was being crushed under my own weight. In my desperation I took myself from about 5000 calories if I managed to avoid a binge down to 2000 calories or less per day. I was shocked when I started tracking calories and realized how much I was eating and made to much of a change. Not only did I cut my food intake but I was also doing 6 day a week of lifting and 7 days a week of at least 20min on the elliptical. What I should have done is find my maintenance calories. Not to just what one of the calculator said but found what it takes to stay the same weight. Then cut that by 500 to 1000 per day while slowly adding in working out. Slowly changing the foods I ate each day. Using tracking and channels on youtube like obese2beast and later coach Greg to find low calorie foods that actually filled me up. I cannot wait to do a video. [link] [comments] |
| Thoughts on Body Positivity and Mental Health? Posted: 27 Nov 2020 12:35 AM PST (21F, 5'4, SW:180lbs, CW:126lbs, GW:110lbs) About a year ago, I was against the whole body positivity and HAES movement. I thought it was an excuse for obese people to continue indulging in unhealthy habits but I think this is a misconception and the movement has been corrupted by a few loud voices in the media. It isn't as black and white and I think body positivity should be on everyone's mind. I think true body positivity is accepting and loving yourself enough to maintain a healthy lifestyle (ie sleep and eating habits and exercise etc.) My mental health went down the drain in 2020 and not only did I hate my body, but I also hated myself. My lowest point was probably when my ex said "I'm gonna say it, you're fat and you eat too much" when I was in the middle of a mental breakdown. He tried to justify it later by accusing me of being too sensitive. He said he wanted what was best for me, which was to be at a lower weight. But it is really hard to appreciate that when someone I love says that to my face when I am crying, midst anxiety attack, as if I didn't hate myself enough and as if I wasn't already disgusted with my body every single day. I would have appreciated it more if he encouraged me by communicating maturely instead of degrading my body everyday with unscrupulous insults masked as playful teasing or being consistent himself by going to the gym and eating healthy too. Even so, I have come to learn that your weight loss journey should be yours alone and change is possible only through your own willpower. In the past, I have tried overly restrictive methods of weight loss too and although it brought me down to my lowest weight (90lbs), I could not maintain it. I wasn't happy then either. I think people really underestimate the importance of mental health and weight loss and it is really refreshing to see this sub actively advocate for a healthy mind alongside a healthy body. I don't think weight loss is a solution to be happiness but more of a catalytic symptom. I am only happy now, not because I lost weight, but because I love myself and my body enough to improve my relationship with food and exercise. I don't feel helpless anymore. It's also interesting that whenever I try to recall my happiest moments in my weight loss journey, I only seem to smile at my non-scale victories. Like fitting into jeans I would have considered tiny a few months ago or feeling faster and lighter when I run. Just feeling confident in my appearance overall but also in my ability to get what I want. Often we forget that we can control a lot more in our lives than we realize. So I think true body positivity is realizing that you are not helpless, losing weight is not impossible and you are not alone. [link] [comments] |
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