Weight loss: I am so jealous of my husband |
- I am so jealous of my husband
- My weight starts with a 2, first time in over a decade!
- SV: I'm finally back to my pre-covid weight!
- I eat what I want and still lose weight!!
- I’m so full and bloated feeling but also having hunger pains and having a damn reality check.
- Does anybody else just ... hate actual exercise?
- Advice?
- I'm back to my old self and that's a good thing.
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: November 24th, 2020
- 31 years old and down to my 6th grade weight
- I’ve stopped looking in the mirror
- NSV Lost weight during Thanksgiving
- Help me lose my last 15 pounds!
- Day one - Health journey
- I've been randomly getting sick while working out.
- 100 days in; what has been working
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Tuesday, 24 November 2020: Today, I conquered!
- SV: 33lbs down since 7/1 using CICO & NSV: Learning about restaurant calories
- Finally!
- having trouble staying full
- Tantrum Tuesday - The Day to Rant!
- I’m at the edge of a dangerous cliff... I feel guilty when I eat
- Do I need to adjust my calorie deficit?
- Possible plateau in my calorie deficit? Need help!
| Posted: 23 Nov 2020 07:25 AM PST We're both counting calories for weight loss. I've been going for almost a year and he recently has noticed my progress and decided to join me (he's tall and has a slender build but has a little more stomach than he'd like). And I am so jealous of how easy it is for him. I'm over here on 1500 calories a day, and I have to be so careful about what I eat. I focus my meals around adding lots of vegetables so that I can feel full longer and I'm normally fine, but I miss being able to snack like I used to. His calorie goal is 2400 a day, so we eat meals together that are set to meet my goals. Then he goes "wow I have so many calories left!" and is able to have snacks and beverages which I had to cut out. I know this is just me being bitter, but I am so jealous that calorie counting for him is "just make better choices" and he often is like "oh I'm just not hungry so I'm under my goal for today". For me it's planning and hard work and a constant battle to make sure I am not sitting here pouting that I'm hungry because I ate a calorie-dense but small portioned meal or snack. Thanks for hearing me vent, Reddit. I know it's not his fault and he's just happy to be losing weight. I don't want to take the wind out of his sails, so I just wanted to let off some steam. Edit: Since this apparently has to be said, I love my husband. He is a wonderful man, and I don't hate/resent him for being tall and being able to eat more. I was sad for a moment this morning, and I wanted to vent to the internet because I knew my feelings were illogical. My marriage is not going to fail because one day out of the year I was pouty that life is unfair. [link] [comments] |
| My weight starts with a 2, first time in over a decade! Posted: 23 Nov 2020 08:35 AM PST Pic: https://imgur.com/a/eaBo5EV Started at the beginning of this year at 465lbs. Plan on reaching my goal next year sometime. Feels crazy being back in the 200's (barely lol) I'll post some progress pics when I'm under 200! If anyone was wondering what I did to lose the weight...I just cut out snacks completely, focused on my main meals instead. I never gave up my favorite foods, I just either limited them or cut the portions. (I had Mickey D's Last night haha) Also increased my physical activity with every chance I got. That's really all I did lol. I've never felt better in my entire life. My daily headaches/migraines have completely disappeared and the amount of energy I have now is awesome!! [link] [comments] |
| SV: I'm finally back to my pre-covid weight! Posted: 24 Nov 2020 12:35 AM PST I've been trying to get back into the weight-loss game. During lockdown, stress and depression over the year, it has been hard, and I've been comforting myself with food and alcohol. Three weeks ago, I stepped on the scale for the first time in six months, and I did NOT like what I saw. I knew I had put on weight, but I didn't know how much until I saw that number, and I knew I had to start trying to lose again. I don't know what it is that made me actually follow through this time. I've tried a number of times over the year, ending in me kind of forgetting about it and falling back into my old ways. But this time, I'm accountable. I decided to start slow. I'm not counting, I'm just eating what I know would make me lose. I'm weighing my food, but I'm not logging it. Yet. I also decided not to weigh myself too often, as I used it as an excuse to eat too much the other other times (Oh, I lost weight since yesterday, it doesn't matter that I ate that cake!), and instead go for once or twice a week. I'm sticking to that for now. I know most of the first weight I'll lose is water weight, and at some point it will slow down. When that starts to happen, I will go back to counting. I never reached my GW last time, I decided to stay where I was, because I liked it there. I might go for my original GW this time. I don't have as far to go as I did when I started. I'm so happy to be back. I forgot how great my body feels when it gets the nutrition it needs. I forgot that hunger isn't something to be feared. It's just something that is there. I forgot not to eat to fast. I wanted to than r/loseit. I haven't been posting a lot, but I've lurked around, and that has helped me remember that is IS possible. Thank you so much, and stay safe! [link] [comments] |
| I eat what I want and still lose weight!! Posted: 23 Nov 2020 11:11 AM PST I am a 21-year-old female. I am 5'8" and as of today, I weigh 318lbs. As the facts show, I am morbidly obese. I remember hearing that phrase for the first time when I was in the 6th grade. My doctor told my mother that it was very unhealthy for me to weigh over 200lbs and I was only 11 years old. I remember feeling so embarrassed, that I cried the entire way home and refused to eat for two days. I was scared to exercise in front of people, so I didn't. I was scared to eat in front of people, so I would starve the entire day and binge eat when everyone went to sleep. This led me down the rabbit hole, where at my heaviest in 2019, I weighed 400lbs. Of course, during my childhood, my parents tried to help me lose weight. They would put me on Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, and any other diet they hoped would work. When I would spend the summers with my dad, he would make me put on a plastic sweatsuit and jog on the treadmill for 45 minutes every single day. This was also in addition to the hours of swimming that I chose to do. I feel it also important to note that my parents are also morbidly obese. Almost everyone in my immediate family was overweight to some extinct. This did not leave me with good examples of how to live a healthy lifestyle. My mother once made a bet with me in high school that if I lost 20lbs by the end of summer, she would award me with a $500 shopping spree and I could pick all my own clothes. Well, I lost the weight and immediately stopped exercising and eating "healthy," thinking that my journey was done. By the time I went back home, which was only two weeks, I gained 10lbs and was absolutely crushed. These experiences taught me everything I THOUGHT I needed to know about weight loss. You can only lose weight and keep weight off if you exercise vigorously every day and only eat rabbit food. So, I stopped trying. I would scoff at the idea of being miserable and skinny instead of fat and happy. That was until I went through the hardest times of my life in 2018-2019. Food became my only comfort. I would eat a whole medium pizza, breadsticks, and a dessert in one sitting. Then I would feel miserable, unable to sleep because my stomach hurt so badly. So I had to ask myself was I really "fat and happy"? The short answer was hell no. The long answer, how could I be happy when I was so unhealthy. I purposely avoided the doctors because I knew what they would say. I would wake up every day and my feet would hurt so badly that I had to limp around until the pain subsided, I knew I had plantar fasciitis. Using the restroom became very painful and there would be blood in my stool, I knew I had hemorrhoids. I lost the feeling in my pinky toe on my left foot, I knew I had diabetes. Diabetes runs in my family and I have been pre-diabetic since middle school. If I went to the doctors looking for relief from my ailments, they would only give me two options, lose the weight or put me a shit ton of medication. I made the decision for myself in March of 2020, I am going to lose the weight. I knew that to lose the weight, I couldn't just go on a diet, I had to change my life. I started slowly by cutting out sugar. That meant no desserts and no fruit. Then I read how keto could (unofficially) help reverse diabetes. I tried the Keto diet for two weeks and absolutely hated it. So I stopped. I would still stay away from sugar, carbs, and fatty oils as much as I possibly could. Only allowing myself very small portions about once a month. I am also very proud to say I have not binged since January and have not felt the need to. I stopped being scared to work out in front of others and started playing tennis, softball, and basketball with my friends. Also started going on hikes since I love to be surrounded by nature. The weight just started melting off. From March to August, I lost 60lbs. Then after that, I noticed how much slower I was losing weight. I felt discouraged but because I had already made the lifestyle changes I continued to do what I was used to. Except, I started eating carbs a bit more. That meant having potatoes with my dinner maybe twice a week or if I was really craving pizza, I would get a pizza. This time though, I could only eat three slices and even then I would feel stuffed. Also with it getting cold outside, my friends were less willing to continue to work out with me. So I went from exercising four days a week to maybe two days a week if I felt like it. I felt so awful. I just knew all my hard work was going to go down the drain. I was terrified to step on the scale because I didn't want to see how much weight I gained from not being diligent. I went to the doctor's earlier this week for the first time in two years to get my labs done. I was ready to hear whatever they had to say because I was ready to put in the work to fix it. I got my results back last night and the only thing that was out of place was my cholesterol was slightly high. I had successfully reversed my diabetes. I also noticed my hemorrhoids were much less agitated and felt like they almost disappeared. So today, I mustered up the courage to step on the scale. As I stood there with my eyes closed and my heart pounding in my chest, I thought to myself "No matter what the damage is, I will continue to do the right thing." Imagine my gleeful surprise to see that I had actually lost another 12lbs. I immediately questioned how? Maybe I'm sick? Then I remembered, no I just never quit. Yeah, I would eat carbs and sugar but that wasn't the only thing I was eating. I was also consistently choosing meals that consisted of mostly vegetables and meats. I would only really snack on nuts, seaweed, or a small amount of cheese. It didn't feel like exercise but just me choosing to take a walk in the morning because I was feeling antsy was the right choice. I finally had the epiphany, it's not just what you eat but it's how much you eat. It's okay to have pizza, loaded fries, and any other heart attack in a meal you can think of. But it's not okay to eat those things in excess. It's okay to only work out twice a week. I didn't gain this weight overnight, so I can't expect to lose it overnight. This is a slow and steady battle and I am glad to report that I know for a fact I will come out on the winning side. So don't give up and stop being so hard on yourself because it takes time, but you just have to be persistent and willing to change your life. [link] [comments] |
| I’m so full and bloated feeling but also having hunger pains and having a damn reality check. Posted: 23 Nov 2020 10:01 PM PST Because I've been eating junk food all day and had half a pizza and piece of pie for dinner and felt so overly stuffed and at the same time I'm hungry because none of this was substantial or nutritious. I've been gaining weight and not giving a hell about it while also looking in the mirror and feeling so sick of being fat. I've started and stopped CICO so many times. Everything is so much more difficult with a toddler in the mix, and my husband is 6'5 so eating the same foods and portions adds up fast. But excuses aside, it's time I take control of this. Last year in November we took family photos for Christmas cards and I said, next year I will be at my goal weight. Next year is here and I weigh more than then. And if I don't do anything now, when summer rolls around I will once again be lamenting that my swim suits don't fit and I don't want to spend the money on one because one day I'll lose the weight! It's been a struggle since I was old enough to be the fat girl in class. And it's never stopped. I want to show my son what a healthy lifestyle looks like. Can anyone relate to this? I've done it and stopped so many times and gotten so close to my goal weight before and always give up. I guess I'm just looking for some hope and encouragement. I've done this before. I know what it looks like. I need to do again it and keep doing it and not fall off the wagon every weekend. [link] [comments] |
| Does anybody else just ... hate actual exercise? Posted: 23 Nov 2020 11:40 AM PST More of a curious question than anything else. I've had a few phases where I've done a couple of weeks of 15-minute dance workouts / yoga / Chloe Ting videos etc in the mornings, and pre-covid I had a period where I'd get on a gym machine a few days a week, but does anybody else just not enjoy actual exercise? It's not really an issue (since I'm pretty content right now with just walking, getting a good few steps in each day), but it seems like so many people in this sub have made a habit of enjoying their workouts, and I just can't seem to get into it for more than a short period. Don't get me wrong, I always felt good afterwards, but I'm considerably happier (and probably burning more anyways) with just a couple of walks a day. Does anybody else feel the same way? I just can't click with actual exercise haha [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Nov 2020 11:59 PM PST I am 5'10, 19F, currently 298 pounds. I started my journey to my goal weight of 170 pounds last week. I have 2 things inhibiting me from losing weight. I take a medication called Cartia XT that can have a side effect of gaining weight and making it harder to lose weight. I have called my doc and left a voicemail saying I want to ween off of it because I don't feel I need it anymore. I guess that part is taken care of somewhat, but the next thing is something I have no control over. I fractured my foot 2 years ago and just now found out that my bone did not align correctly, causing a malunion. Basically, I am going to have to have surgery or be in a cast for a long time. This means I will not be able to work out. This begs the question I am asking all of you... what can I do to lose weight while not being able to use my legs? I know what to do eating wise, but if anyone knows of any exercises you can do without the use of your legs I would love to know. I know it may be a stupid question but oh well. Please no harsh or mean answers :) [link] [comments] |
| I'm back to my old self and that's a good thing. Posted: 23 Nov 2020 06:07 AM PST I lost 50 pounds in 2 years with eating right and working out. I was a work-out junkie. Running, kickboxing, Krav Maga, weight lifting, HIIT, you name it. My free time was nothing but heavy workouts. I aimed for 20,000 steps a day. I was soo disciplined, I completed my Master's program while working a fulltime job without breaking my routine. I mealprepped every Sunday. Then Covid hit and my situation is not unqiue. I still worked out but supporting small businesses meant buying growlers and growlers of beer from local breweries. I then got hit with the worst depression of my life. I was supposed to start an internship that would pave a way into my desired career but that was postponed for 5 months. I barely had enough energy to wash my hair. I slept for 14 hrs a day while my running dog (red heeler mix who has incredibly high energy)started picking up depression. She would literally sit on me in the morning to go for a walk. My feet felt like they were chained to weights. I went inpatient and got better with medication. I started walking my pup 2 hrs a day but I still ate like shit. When I started my internship, i interned 12 hrs a day and they allowed me all access to the food pantry which was carb-central. Bagels, granola bars, chex mix (my absolute favorite), and everything else. I was then exposed to covid and back to quarantine. My job basically asked me to resume my internship in the spring when I can afford to take leave. So, I took an incomplete and resuming in May 2021. I am stuck in my child welfare job I really need to get out of until atleast May 2021. I then picked up a habit of ordering everyday iced oreo cookie coffees with a breakfast sandwich. My double chin is reappearing and my belly is just spilling everywhere. So, on this rainy Monday I jumped out of bed and did my first hour workout since July. The workouts that i pushed with 15 or 20 pound weights I had to go back to 8 and 10 pounds but that's ok! I then walked the dog. You see, one brewery I support has an amazing pizza with apple butter jam and bacon on it. That is my go to. I have been dying to get my older brother to try it since he is an apple butter junkie so we made plans tonight to go. I cancelled on him to go to my produce store instead to begin my meal prepping. I am feeling super proud of myself and had to share. I purposely scrolled past any loseit posts just because I really wanted to avoid it but I am back to reading and cheering others on. [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: November 24th, 2020 Posted: 23 Nov 2020 10:11 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] |
| 31 years old and down to my 6th grade weight Posted: 23 Nov 2020 09:01 AM PST Title says it all. I struggled with weight my entire life, influenced by poor eating habits from my mother, and my father not really standing up to the reinforcement or doing anything about it, which made it incredibly difficult for me to permanently change those habits going into adulthood. I hit 100 by second grade, 150 by 5th grade, 200 by 6th grade, 230 by 8th grade, 250 by 9th grade, and over 300 upon high school graduation. In the days before myfitnesspal and smartphones, I briefly lost about 50 lbs during the summer of 2008 when I was 19, just by jotting down calories and walking and running off and on. I got down to the low 260s. But going back to school at the all you can eat buffet style cafeteria made it too easy and tempting for me to succumb to my old habits and I failed, ending my sophomore year of college at 20 years old and back up to 300. I stayed between 300 and 343, my highest known recorded weight until the start of 2020, when I clocked in in early February at 333 lbs. I half tried to count calories by cutting out a lot of alcohol and snacking, but still overeating and not tracking and got down to 318 at the start of the pandemic. The forced lifestyle change of working from home, no longer commuting for 90 minutes one way led me to seek focusing on my weight and lifestyle change not only for my overall health, but also as an outlet to deal with how rapidly different the world was becoming. After about 250 days of actual calorie counting, walking to start, doing couch25k and now alternating days (when weather cooperates) between walking for 45 minutes and running a 5k and walking home at the end for the same 45 minutes to build habits that I will keep up going forward, and targeting 1800 calories/day for at least 6 days/week and up to 2500 calories 1 day/week. I'm quite pleased to report that I am now just 204.4 lbs, the last time I saw this weight was sometime between 6th and 7th grade, while being several inches shorter than I am now. My mom who you can guess by my description, still struggles with her weight, but has now used my success to attempt to build her own, and I hope she finds success. For those of you struggling, finding the motivation and keeping at it for the long haul is possible and will show fantastic results. I was able to shed this weight in ten months just by counting calories, which in the grand scheme of things is not that long of a time. In just ten months I was able to pay back a debt of over 100 lbs of extra calories that have been packed on over the course of 15 years. Looking at it like that, it's well worth the sacrifice. I wish you all the success in the world during your journeys, and I'll be back to report once I've crossed the obesity/overweight line at 196 lbs, just 8 lbs away! [link] [comments] |
| I’ve stopped looking in the mirror Posted: 23 Nov 2020 09:08 PM PST Wow, that's really hard to admit. But I have actually come to hate what I look like now so I don't! I realized this tonight climbing out of the bath tub. I just look down. When I walk down my hallway with a mirror at the end of it, I look away. Not even in my own home with no one else around do I want to confront how big I've become. I am not comfortable in my skin. At all. I've struggled with body image forever. I grew up watching my mom struggle with her rice cakes as Jane Fonda tapes and Nordic track equipment. She never looked how she wanted to, and I have never in the moment felt content with my body either. In college I stopped eating, took speed, and though extremely skinny still thought I was disgusting. I gained a ton of weight after I graduated and moved home. Then I lost it, then I gained. Then I lost again with weight watchers and working out. Then I gained some. Then I lost with kickboxing and becoming a vegan. Then I got married and gained again after. For the last 10 years I gave been steadily getting fatter. I am currently at 229, highest recorded weight was 231. I just turned 40 and I'm a 5'9" F. My body fat % is 42. I start thinking of a new plan every day and don't do it. I read your stories and get so much inspiration. But then I wake up in the morning and do the same unconscious eating bullshit and nothing changes. I want to get off the merry go round. I want to be proud of my body. I want to be sustainably healthy. I'm in therapy and that's really helped me deal with a ton of issues. But the last battle is against that woman in the mirror. It is hard to work toward incremental change but I know that's what it will take. I want to do small steps every day to build those long term habits and an actual lifestyle change. In the past I've been all or nothing and I quit. I'm scared to begin but so fed up. I keep waiting for that final straw but I'm jot finding it. Help! And thank you to everyone who contributes to making this sub amazing and life changing (hopefully my turn now)! [link] [comments] |
| NSV Lost weight during Thanksgiving Posted: 23 Nov 2020 05:38 PM PST I guess it's pseudo NSV since it involves losing weight but basically, we had our Thanksgiving yesterday (just the household which is multigenerational right now) with a Turkey and all the fatty sides and I ate it, plus pie, and then I had a plate for breakfast lunch and dinner and I weighed less by few pounds throughout that than I did last weigh in. I know that it's too soon to tell but I find if I overeat, I gain immediately due to increased water weight etc so I'm feeling pretty good about it. Basically, I ate everything I wanted but watched portion size, and stopped when I knew I had enough (I also knew that I could have more next meal so that helped me not to overeat). I do admit the first meal I did feel overfull for a few hours despite my best efforts but it looks like the damage if any was minimal. I also did some extra running and body weights both days to help in case I did go over and turn some of the excess in to gains if need be. I plan on keeping this up (with maybe a lighter meal replacing the heavy foods here or there) until the leftovers are gone (I love Thanksgiving food!) and really emphasizing smaller portions while enjoying myself. Happy Holidays everyone! [link] [comments] |
| Help me lose my last 15 pounds! Posted: 23 Nov 2020 06:54 PM PST I'm 165 pounds now, I started at 208. I'm 5'6 female. My goal is 150. It could possibly go lower but my body shape makes me feel like 150 should be fine. I'm really struggling to lose the last 15. The weight loss is becoming less and less noticeable and it's discouraging and not only that, but it's slowing down a lot. Honesty I'm not even sure if I might've hit a plateau. How can I lose this last 15? It's incredible how losing this last 15 is harder than starting weight loss! I'm really feeling tired. I'm eating 1500 calories a day and I'm hungry with that and I don't want to go lower. I was going to the gym but covid cases in my city went up so I took a break. Help! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Nov 2020 09:48 PM PST Even though it's technically the next day in my time zone (12:04 AM), I am making my accountability post. I did end up sleeping a lot today but my partner and I have resumed intimacy and we stayed up pretty late. I decided to stop letting my fat ruin one more pleasure of mine. I even decided to get on top which he really enjoys and it was a lot of fun. I was definitely self-conscious of my stomach and tried to not focus on how quickly my stomach touched his as I adjusted/leaned forward. Overall, I definitely felt close to him which always helps me. To help combat my self-loathing and feel confident in my body today (as opposed to when I'm lighter) and with our 8 year anniversary coming up on December 15th, we decided to invest in a long-distance sex toy called Lush 2 (by Lovense). It arrived today and after some very irritating issues with learning how to connect the toy and activate the remote app (sorry Lovense but your directions were terrible), we were very excited to try it out. We're planning on using it this weekend but sure where yet due to covid (we'll definitely practice safety). I think this will not only open us up more sexually, but I think it'll be a great way to help boost our confidence while simultaneously bringing us closer. I was talking with him about the impatience I have been feeling since starting this and how I get stuck in the loop of wanting to see results. He told me I should set some short-term goals to help keep me focused and motivated. I already have one exercise goal which is to reach 3 sets of my routine (as well as the others I mentioned in my first post) but I decided to set one for this week. I am a HUGE spiced chai latte addict and has been one of the biggest causes of my bloating and edema. I definitely don't want a life of deprivation as that doesn't teach me moderation. Usually I get one almost every day but I haven't had one since Sunday. Now, usually we have our coffee date every Sunday so as a step-down, I'll reduce the size to a grande or tall (I usually never finish them) and add in as many healthier substitutes as possible. But man oh man, I wish they still had the skinny chai latte. Outside of that, I've bought extra spice chai tea bags and some almond milk in case I want a little cream and have used that as my new latte. So my super-short term goal is to abstain from my spiced chai lattes (or any crafted drink for that matter) all week. My plan for today was to do some yoga and I got about 10 minutes into it when I realized the YouTuber clearly slapped "beginners yoga" in the title to rake in views which definitely took me out of my element and frustrated me. So instead, I decided to do 15 minutes of dance aerobics. It's really just me dancing around in ways that forced me to engage my core and keep my heart rate up. It was definitely fun to let loose and jam to The 1975. I would really love to have a bike for my cardio days but we live in a cramped apartment and until I can clear some room, I can't think about a bike right now. Now that I think about it, that can be another short-term goal! Winter is coming so in the meantime, I'll set a goal to organize the house enough that we can store a bike for me to use. I've always loved mountain bikes for their versatility so that's a worthwhile "treat" for myself for reaching my goals. Hopefully I can find a nice used one for under $250. Pricey but totally worth it. My caloric intake today was 765. Due to sleeping, I skipped breakfast and had a small gala apple with one serving of hazelnut spread (eventually I'll go to peanut butter or equivalent) which was 260 total. A Monster Lo-Carb energy drink (30 cal), and for dinner, I had a tuna melt with two slices of cheese (290 cal). I'm not a huge bread person due to my mom putting me on the Atkins diet (even though between the ages of 0 and 16, I was either normal sized of skinny - yay mom's neurotic anorexia) so I always eat as little bread as possible. So instead of two, I put the whole can of tuna (with light mayo and relish) on one slice of toasted bread and slap two slices of American cheese on it. I was still a bit hungry but didn't want anything too heavy so I had 6 ginger snaps (1.5 servings that came to 180 cal). So overall, I am under my caloric limit which feels great! Tomorrow is my exercise day with HIIT so let's see how tomorrow goes. P.S. I decided to buy a set of resistance bands to provide some change-up with my exercises which will be here by Wednesday! 'Til tomorrow my fellow Lose-It Redditors. Take care of yourselves and good night 🌚🍁🪐🍂 [link] [comments] |
| I've been randomly getting sick while working out. Posted: 23 Nov 2020 06:53 PM PST Hi -- 29-year-old, 5'9, 175lbs, non-pregnant female, here. I am working on losing a few pounds to get a bit healthier. My ABYON scale says I've got a 25.8 BMI and 28.9% body fat (although, I'm unsure how accurate those are). I am not in the best shape of my life (former d1 athlete), but I am also not in the worst shape... BUT I recently started working out formally (like in a gym doing more of a strength program than cardio a few times a week in the morning) and each time I have gone to the gym I have thrown up. I've never had this issue in my life. Like, I have done much more strenuous activities in much worse shape than this and never experienced it. Has anyone else experienced this? Have any solutions? Or ideas what's causing it? And while we're here: anyone know how accurate those ABYON scales are? [link] [comments] |
| 100 days in; what has been working Posted: 24 Nov 2020 12:50 AM PST So I've been doing pretty well at weight loss, using CICO to pretty good effect, having lost 12kg (26lbs) in 100 days since starting to try losing weight I was thinking about what it was that worked for me in my context, and what new behaviours I've found effective. So here's what helped me especially.
I hope that is useful. I don't claim to be an expert, but I have found these things have grown organically through the process over the last hundred days, and are not difficult or unpleasant. It was all about finding the joyous aspects of mindful eating [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Tuesday, 24 November 2020: Today, I conquered! Posted: 24 Nov 2020 12:09 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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| SV: 33lbs down since 7/1 using CICO & NSV: Learning about restaurant calories Posted: 23 Nov 2020 09:52 AM PST I turned 39 years old this year and made a post here about getting in shape by the time I turn 40 next year (that post is here for context). I had some pretty unhealthy habits and was pretty down on myself. So on July 1st, I began tracking everything on CICO and trying to be a little more active. I was 255.6 lbs that day. It's been 145 days since I made that decision and today I'm 222.1 lbs. I can honestly say that the thing that has caused this to work is that I've kept myself under 1500 calories most of the time. There are definitely days I go over, but I still log it. Logging has helped me to understand that I can have a lot more of some things than others and also has opened my eyes dramatically to the number of calories in a lot of restaurant food. For example, over the weekend we ordered takeout from a local place that serves burger-style sandwiches that have fries, coleslaw, and cheese on them between big thick-cut slices of bread. Normally that's what I'd get but I figured, hey, there's got to be fewer calories in just an appetizer, so I got something called "Terror Tots," which are "just" tater tots topped with beer cheese, bacon, and jalapenos. I finished them, felt good about my decision, then went to log it. I learned that the appetizer I'd just finished contained a whopping 1420 calories, whereas the sandwich I avoided had only 870 (still a lot, but man - the difference!). And because I know that now, it'll affect what I get there from now on. All that to say that logging definitely helps me to make better decisions in the future, and I'll definitely be doing more calorie research before I eat the food from now on. I've been more active too, but I'm not really into going to the gym at the moment given the rise of COVID cases, so I'm working more on going outside, taking the dog for a walk, intentionally parking farther away at places so I have to walk more, taking the steps instead of elevators, etc. I'm still about 37 lbs away from my goal but at this rate I think it's doable by my 40th birthday which is 7/19! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Nov 2020 07:09 AM PST I've been doing cico through the lose it app since March. I've lost 58 lbs Woohoo! This past month and a half I have been stuck in a plateau. At the worst number too. I was stuck between 200 and 201. I was so so so close to seeing that one at the beginning of my weight number. It was so incredibly frustrating. I was doing everything right. A little over some days, a little under other days, but at the end I was balanced out and stayed on track. But stuck in the 200s for what seemed like forever! Well today I'm 197! So in case anyone out there is stuck, don't lose hope. It'll happen...eventually lol [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Nov 2020 11:39 PM PST So, recently I've noticed that it takes so much food for me to achieve some type of fullness. I've increased my protein intake, eat fiber rich food on top of fiber supplements, and I drink tons of water, yet I haven't been feeling satiety. Please give me some advises because I can't stop going on binge sprees. I have a feeling that it could be because I had been going to the gym consistently for over a month until a few days ago. I try questioning myself whether I really wanna eat, like the way they tell you to do on those youtube videos, but to no success cuz I just say "yes" every time. When I'm in the moment, it's like my mindset flips to "fuck it" mode. I really don't know what to do and don't wanna sabotage my -35lbs progress so far. Please help 😭 [link] [comments] |
| Tantrum Tuesday - The Day to Rant! Posted: 23 Nov 2020 09:00 PM PST I Rant, Therefore I AmWell bla-de-da-da! What's making your blood boil? What's under your skin? What's making you see red? What's up in your craw? Let's hear your weight loss related rants! Please consider saving your next rant for this weekly thread every Tuesday. [link] [comments] |
| I’m at the edge of a dangerous cliff... I feel guilty when I eat Posted: 23 Nov 2020 05:58 PM PST Hi, 20 yo Female here. I am 5'9 and I'm 175 lbs with 15% body fat. I need to loose some pounds to be completely healthy but also for aesthetic. Few days ago I stoped smoking and since I'm afraid of the weight gain and also bc I want to slim down, I started restricting. The problem is I feel guilty if I eat between 800-1200 calories. For the last 3 days I couldn't bring myself to eat till I was about to faint 3 hours ago and ate around 900 calories but now I feel terrible about it, guilty and also a tiny bit angry to myself. I know I should go to therapy but right now I don't have the money nor the time. I just wanna know if there are people out there that feel like me ? All I see is fat and I almost feel like I can't bear my body anymore, I just wanna loose it all and every calorie I consume feels like a tiny defeat. [link] [comments] |
| Do I need to adjust my calorie deficit? Posted: 23 Nov 2020 10:32 PM PST I started exercising and following a calorie deficit when I was at 190 lbs. Right now I am at 186 since I started fairly recently and I am pretty excited with actually losing weight for once. However, my question is do I need to adjust the calorie deficit depending on my current weight? For example, when I started my calorie deficit I was at 190 lbs. so my goal is 2140 calories a day. Does the goal now need to be lower since I am at a lower weight? I apologize if this seems stupidly simple, I am really new to all things exercise and simple dieting. I appreciate any feedback or any answers you guys give thank you! [link] [comments] |
| Possible plateau in my calorie deficit? Need help! Posted: 23 Nov 2020 07:42 PM PST Hey all, I (25M, 6'0) posted about a month ago on here about being at 195lbs for some advice on what to eat, and thanks to some helpful people on here, I wasn't eating enough of a deficit to lose weight. I took away about 300 calories out of the recommended 2,135 calories, and started seeing weight loss pretty soon throughout the month of October. Now I can gladly say I weigh 184lbs as of this morning's weigh in! Problem I'm having now is though I've been fluctuating at 183-184 for the past two weeks, I haven't gone down past 183. I'm not sure if this is water retention or maybe I should cut more calories? I get 126g of protein a day, I do IF 16:8, and I walk 10k steps a day, while doing workouts I've found here on Reddit. I'm not sure if this counts as a plateau, but I just wanted to come on here and ask. Appreciate any help given! [link] [comments] |
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