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- I’m Obese. Bought an elliptical and used it every single day for a month.
- "95% of people gain the weight back within 2 years"
- I have maintained for over a year at a weight I never thought I would reach!
- I have to count calories for the rest of my life, and that’s fine.
- Down 31 pounds this year and I've learned so much about my body and my relationship with food. Here's some things that's been on my mind that I hope helps others :)
- Don't make my mistake (TW for calories)
- I get so overwhelmed when looking at old pictures. I feel sadness and regret that I didn't do this sooner.
- My one month term of service has started, thankfully space command has prepared all the food I'll need.
- Sometimes you need to remind your body you're not actually starving
- Committing to intentional weight loss after HAES
- NSV - I am a size 9 again!
- I've been binging but... A bright side?
- Found the elusive solution (or snack) for my night time snacking problem - rice cakes
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Tuesday, 01 December 2020: Today, I conquered!
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - December Sign Ups!
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: December 1st, 2020
- Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Tuesday, 01 December 2020? Start here!
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 30 Wrap Ups
- Ok i am finally make some progress! 5 weeks in and making some new habits!
- The Apple Diet: a tip to help grazers who snack throughout the day out of boredom or habit.
- Finding out things you thought were healthy actually aren't is one of the most discouraging things
- I surprised myself by losing weight with intuitive eating
- Back on the wagon and feeling amazing!
- Daily Q&A Post for Tuesday, 01 December 2020 - No question too small!
| [Directory] Find your quests here! - {{%B %Y}} Posted: 30 Nov 2020 09:01 PM PST Welcome adventurer! Whether you're new on this quest or are towards the end of your journey there should be something below for you. Daily journal.
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| I’m Obese. Bought an elliptical and used it every single day for a month. Posted: 30 Nov 2020 08:16 AM PST Hi all This month I completed a goal that I set for my self. I thought some of you might enjoy this change of pace. Maybe especially if you're in a slump and you feel like you can always begin tomorrow - but it never happens. Activity for November 2020: https://imgur.com/a/CZojLIl Long story short: I am 24 years old now and bigger than ever (approx 340 lbs, 6'2). Hardly ever have I exercised in my entire life before. Last few years I gained weight extra fast for added reasons I won't get into here. So this month (November) I decided to use the elliptical every day for the rest of the month (and plan to continue doing so as I see fit). Full disclosure - when I first started using the elliptical again, I had no plans and just got on it. Not to prove anything to myself or anyone else. Routine: I have my elliptical machine placed in front of a TV and every day I watch an episode or two of something - usually on Netflix. My first time on the elliptical in weeks was on one of the last days of October. After getting on it 3-4 days in a row the idea of doing a full month popped into my head. I never get on the elliptical to prove anything to myself or anyone else. I just enjoy it and these days Iook forward to doing my daily exercise and watching a show :-) Results: I feel a lot better. In the mornings I am more motivated to get out of bed than I was before. I lost approximately 5 lbs. I feel more "alive" in the sense I can move my big legs easier, feels better to walk which leads to being more willing to go outside instead of sitting at my computer all day. Overall I am glad I started this :-) Thanks for coming to my TED Talk [link] [comments] |
| "95% of people gain the weight back within 2 years" Posted: 30 Nov 2020 06:47 PM PST WHO CARES? I've lost weight 5 or 6 times in my life. I am 5'5, female, and have fluctuated between 135-150 since I hit puberty. Every time I get close to 150, I lose weight again. "Welp, looks like it's about that time of year! Gonna lose 10 pounds now" and off I go. Takes me about 2 months to get back to a comfortable weight. I get a lot of flack from friends/family. They say I'm "yo-yo dieting" or that I already "look fine". Here's the thing:
Haters gonna hate. If you gain it back, you gain it back. IT'S OKAY. Don't let the fear of regaining stop you from starting. [link] [comments] |
| I have maintained for over a year at a weight I never thought I would reach! Posted: 30 Nov 2020 02:17 PM PST I am 26F. Have been overweight/obese since childhood. But started actively trying to lose weight around 20 years old. I went down from 170 to 130, but after some mental problems I gained the weight back and more. I was 183 at my highest. I kept gaining until one moment I starte trying again. In the beginning it was hard, I didn't lose much and sometimes gained again. But I kept trying. I maintained for some periods over time and reached my goal weight 2 years ago. Weighing 120 and having a healthy BMI for the first time that I can remember (I am 5"1). But I just kept up with eating healthy and exercising because I liked it. Food wasn't a way to cope with my anxiety anymore and I have always loved playing sports and being active. So I got down to 108 around december 2019 and have pretty much maintained that until now. My body has actually still changed after that. Not on the scale, but some loose skin has gotten tighter and I feel like my body has begun to adjust to my new weight. I found some texts from when I was younger talking about how I could never be not fat or obese. But I reached it. I did fear about gaining again, but I feel like I have a healthy approach to food and exercise now. I got a little too intense and strict at some point, but I worked hard to find a balance between being healthy and not obsessive. I will have to keep monitoring my weight, but I honestly look forward to it. I know I can do it. I have been a healthy BMI for 2 years now and my lowest weight for 1 year. I just wanted to celebrate myself a little! [link] [comments] |
| I have to count calories for the rest of my life, and that’s fine. Posted: 30 Nov 2020 08:58 PM PST So I'm not new to weight loss. About 2 years ago I was (M, 24, 5'11) 340 lbs. I counted my calories and had a kinda keto-light diet. I ended up losing over 40 lbs. this was a huge success for me as I had never even thought I was capable of weight loss like that before. I have tried losing weight and eating healthy my whole life but never lost much. After I hit 300 I kinda hit a plateau and got discouraged. I figured I would give it a break for a bit and come back later, as counting my calories was such a chore. A year goes by and I gained it all back plus more. I was 365 lbs at the beginning of March of 2019, the heaviest I've ever been. I then made a commitment and realized that in order to actually lose weight and be healthy and keep it off, I would have to count my calories for the rest of my life. I originally thought it was gonna be the case where I would do it for so long, lose the weight and then somehow magically stay at that weight, but that is not how it works for me. I have no self control, and I have no inner voice to tell me when I've had too much. I need to actively go out of my way to count how much I eat, stop myself, and do it every day. I've been doing it for months now, it's just become habit. I am not stopping any time soon. I'm 26 now and at 325 lbs and still doing well. I know I have a very long road ahead of me, but I'm on the right path now and I'm sticking to it. This is just a little rant to get things off my chest and I hope it helps motivate people to count your calories and stick to it. —— Also another little win, I treated Thanksgiving as a cheat day to freely go over my calories, but I probably didn't even go that much over. I had a small breakfast, 1 full plate of food for lunch, and 1 piece of pumpkin pie. Then after that, I was stuffed and skipped dinner. That has never happened before, usually I end up eating multiple plates and multiple meals on thanksgiving. The holidays would always through my diet off, but they don't have to. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 30 Nov 2020 04:03 PM PST
Tl;dr- It's not about saying yes or no to "good food" or "bad food". It's about changing your entire mindset. It's about remembering why you're doing what you're doing, and asking yourself what you will do differently than last time after your goal is reached. [link] [comments] |
| Don't make my mistake (TW for calories) Posted: 01 Dec 2020 01:39 AM PST Hey guys! This is kind of long, but I'm typing from the heart after a 3 am workout and I hope this can help somebody. I'd really appreciate any advice too. I've always wanted to post a 'my journey' post: I'd write about blinking away tears of joy and relief for finally being able to reach my goal weight; I'd have a huge party and wear a bodycon dress and invite everyone whose ever saw me as fat; I'd hold bags of flour and marvel at how heavy my body was. I'd write to you about how beautiful this journey has been and how I've been maintaining for a month now, and thank you guys for being there every step of the way. But this isn't that kind of story. I'm still a long way away from that end goal, but the hurdles a lot of us will come across need to be discussed as well. As I write this post, my fingers are itching to once again input my stats into a weightloss projections calculator. The dangerous, slippery slope of cutting your calories too far. Since labor day, I've been gaining and losing the same 5 damn pounds. It was like reading the same page 20 times and not being able to focus. I was so frustrated, and I had it stuck in my head that I WOULD reach a certain number by Halloween. Haha. Didn't happen. I so badly wanted to reach this mini goal weight by thanksgiving, that I started doing something very bad. I started decreasing my calories extensively. I cut down on my caloric allowance like it was money to spend on makeup--like calories are unnecessary and should be allotted the bare minimum portion. I went from 1200 cals a day to 1000, then 800, then 500, then 200-- and yah, it worked. no starvation mode. My happy scale trendline was so steep and consistent, it looked like a vertical water slide at six flags (which i hadn't seen in a while cuz covid lol). But this wasn't sustainable. Day(s) at 200 cals led to binges and water weight frustrations that just caused me to restrict more (which, in turn, caused me to binge more; yay for predictive stupid cycles!). I started binging and fasting, calling it alternate day fasting. And I told myself "if you can just have self control for 2 weeks, you'll be good". But it became more than 'self control'. Restricting that low...changed me. I had no energy to walk around my house, let alone workout. I was pretty much enshrined in my room all day, leaving only to grab an occasional egg or meticulously weighed bowl of frosted flakes (with exactly 2 oz of 0% milk, of course). Whenever i'd leave my room, my dad first would say "wow, you're looking very toned! good job" and then he'd look closer and comment "you're looking so pale and malnourished?" I'd laugh it off and tell him to trust me and this was a 'lifestyle change'. I genuinely brushed it off as him not being used to seeing my face de-bloated. But I got worse. More than just lethargic (which, let's admit, I'm a college student-- no one thinks being lazy is cause for concern) I became mean and irresponsible. I couldn't focus in school. Organic chemistry tests became undiscernible. I was missing deadlines left and right. My advisor thought I no longer cared about graduating with a minor. I was pissed off all the time--if someone brought home fried chicken or ice cream, I went HAM on them. I disguised it by calling everybody 'unsupportive'. My parents took us out to a nice dinner to celebrate my dad's promotion and I freaked out because I couldn't eat my 77 calorie boiled egg. I blamed them for making me fall off the wagon. All for what? To have at least a 900 calorie deficit? I know, I sound disordered and like I need therapy. But things turned around. We've been pretty much isolated from extended family since lockdown started in march. I promised myself to be a hot skinny girl by the time I saw my family again. Everything came crashing down when my mom told me we are gonna visit them this christmas break. AND AT LAST I SEE THE LIGHT.... I realized I REALLY wanted to finish a workout program before I saw my family again. I didn't wanna just lose pounds, I wanted to be tight and glow and look healthy! The only way I could complete this workout program is by doubling up workouts ~1 hour of intense cardio everyday. Doable, right? NOT with my current diet. I immediately upped my intake. For almost a week now, I've been letting myself eat up to 1200 calories. And what i just realized today, reading from my apple watch, my calorie deficit is still high! It's 900 calories now because of working out (300 from food cut, 600 from cardio)! But the change in my life is amazing- I feel so ready to tackle the world, I'm organized with my classes now, and I can eat guilt-free. I workout to feel healthy and look toned! That's more important than just decreasing my intake, feeling weak, all for the scale! I'll get there when I get there, but I wanna do this right. I'm also so much nicer to be around now because I'm not being crazy hard on myself. I'm not lashing out at my wonderful parents. I think I was on the precipice of falling into a scary restrictive life, but I pulled myself out of it :) I hope this inspires some of you. If I'm still being insane, please let me know what I should do to get healthier. If you made it this far, I love you so much. Edit: I was never, ever going to tell anybody about how low I had gotten with restriction. I'm so relieved that I'm being safer now. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 30 Nov 2020 02:48 PM PST I have lost just under 100lbs. I look completely different and I really struggle with that. I am happy and think I look good and look forward to losing more. Technically I could stand to loose about 150 all together. Its been about a year and a half. I feel very overwhelmed when I see old pictures, caught of guard almost. I did not realize how heavy I really was. I am sad for that person and mad that I didn't do it sooner. But also, struggle with feeling that I look so different and of course terrified about keeping it off. So so so many emotions. Anyone else?!?! How do you deal with recognizing in a positive way how far you've come? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 30 Nov 2020 03:00 PM PST Hey everyone, I'm TastyCinnaRoll and I am addicted to food. I'm not at a healthy weight or body fat percentage and I've struggled to get it under control for years. So here's the deal. I've prepared (most) of the food I'll need to eat for the next 31 days ahead of time and it's all neatly packed into my freezer and cupboards. Serving sizes measured out, ready to pop open or throw in the microwave. I was inspired by several posts I came across where people were talking about treating the quarantine like a space mission, like they were Mark Watney living in a little outpost on Mars. It inspired me to think about my food consumption the same way. So, with that being said. I am in charge of maintaning this outpost for the next 31 days. As the title says though, I've got everything I need to survive. Individually packaged and measured out food rations. Here is the list: 4 x Minestrone & ciabbata buns 148 calories each, 592 total 4 x Vegetable soup & ciabbata buns 108 Calories each, 432 total 4 x Onion soup with cheese & ciabbata buns 178 Calories each, 712 total 4 x Almond chocolate trail mix 300 Calories each, 1200 total 5 x Dried fruit and nut mix 230 calories each, 1150 total 3 x Bean vindaloo with naan and quinoa 585 calories each, 1755 total 3 x Bean chicken masala with naan and quinoa 563 calories each, 1689 total 6 x Chicken korma with naan 631 calories each, 3786 total 9 x Beef with carrots and potatoes stew 354 calories each, 3186 total 4 x BBQ sauce chicken breasts with creamy chive pasta 652 calories each, 2608 total 8 x Mushroom onion pasta casserole 394 calories each, 4728 total 10 x Hearty vegetable stew 454 calories each, 4536 total 12 x chocolate covered peanuts 320 Calories each, 3840 total 11 x In shell roasted peanuts 300 Calories each, 3300 total 62 x morning coffee & evening tea (not pre assembled) 134 calories each, 8308 total 10 x Shakshuka (fresh egg added when cooking) 259 calories each, 2590 Cal's total 8 x Cinnamon rolls 335 calories each, 2680 total For the mission, space command would also like me to run at a calorie defecit. So they've limited my intake to 1750 calories per day. Though it's up to me how I consume them and when. I've come up with a distribution where some days I have fewer and some I have more. The eagle eyed among you will have noticed that this doesn't add up. I'm still 8182 calories short for the month. That's because I messed up and also because my freezer is full. Looks like I'm going to need to arrange a supply drop near the end of the mission. So here are my base stats: Age: 32 Sex: Male Level of activity: Medium Height: 6'/ 183cm Weight:198 pounds / 89.9kg Neck Measurement: 16.9" / 43cm Waist Measurement: 39.96" / 101.5cm Body Fat Percentage: 23.7% Calculated here Maintenance Calories Per Day: 2766 1kg/week weight loss Calories Per Day: 1766 ( Rounding down to 1750 to makes calculations easier) My goal: Is to go through the month eating nothing but what I've pre-prepared. With the exception of the 8182 calories that will likely come from further meal prep when my freezer starts emptying out. If the 1kg a week weight loss amount holds true, I should be down to roughly 85.9kg by the end of it. Though the weight loss is secondary, the most important thing I want to do over this month is reset my cravings and my relationship with food. To better get used to portioning things correctly for myself, and to resist the urge to binge. By the end of it, I want to be prepared to keep going until I'm at my desired weight and then maintain that weight through healthy lifestyle choices and a better relationship with food. I'm going to include before pictures here. I'm hoping the comparison with the after will make me happy. Also, I'm posting here because I feel like it's really going to help keep me focused and in line. This is the grand gesture, the extra little push to remind me to be good. Any words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for taking the time to check this out, expect updates! [link] [comments] |
| Sometimes you need to remind your body you're not actually starving Posted: 30 Nov 2020 10:58 AM PST 27F 5'4" SW 218 CW 172 GW: 170, then 160, then who knows. I was at a 3-week plateau before Thanksgiving. I was so hungry and grumpy and frustrated-- at my height and weight, I was eating 1310 per day (I'm in grad school and it's finals season, so exercise isn't really happening). For Thanksgiving I thought aw, fuck it, I don't want to think too hard about it. I'll just eat what I want and worry about it next week. The day after Thanksgiving I had an extra 4lbs. The day after that was my lowest weight to date, and I realized that I wasn't either hungry or grumpy, and that I hadn't been since the holiday. Looking back on it, I think my body needed the extra food to remember that it's not actually starving. Sustained deficits for a long period of time can really stress a body out and convince it that it needs to keep as much fat as possible. This is the value of maintenance days. In my case, it's going to be a maintenance month-- I'm burned out on weight loss right now and stressed out with school. Dieting through finals, especially at such a low number, was making me unhappy and hurting other parts of my life. So, for right now, the plan is to maintain through the end of the year, and pick it back up in January. I am so excited to be excited about weight loss again. To not be burnt out, but be energetic and driven. It is okay to take a break and maintain for a while. For me, right now, I think it's exactly what I need. [link] [comments] |
| Committing to intentional weight loss after HAES Posted: 30 Nov 2020 06:13 PM PST Hello! I've browsed this community for a long time, just now joined and really feel like sharing to solidify what I'm doing - if I share it, I'll have to keep doing it! I've been overweight/obese for probably the last 6 years, steadily climbing higher. I struggled with some mildly disordered eating in the past, then got into a relationship that turned into marriage, and found HAES along the way. I thought it was the answer and I really clung to it for a long time. In the end, all that happened was that my spouse and I are both overweight and I'm now prediabetic. I thought HAES was healing me, but really I just began using food in a different disordered kind of way - primarily to quiet my anxiety. I debated on and off if I should leave the HAES community and abandon the mindset. I tipped over the edge back to intentional weigh less once my spouse joined Noom secretly. I tried intermittently when using the Noom app and decided to abandon it and jump back onto MyFitnessPal and CICO. I'm now down about 13lbs from my highest weight around 285, and my next goal is to see 269 or below. I don't know how much weight I'd like to lose, but I do know I'm not happy or healthy at this size, and I'm starting to experience significant limitations because of it. I'm so thankful to have my spouse joining me on this journey too. Overall, I'm just relieved I took a step back from HAES but I'm sad it took me a 100+lb weight gain to get there. I don't wish them ill, and I think there can be grains of truth in their philosophy, but I also believe it is deeply flawed. So, please share your best tips, resources, and encouragement for me and my S.O.! I'm feeling a little down over a cheat meal tonight, but I am trying to remember it's a marathon 😉. If you have any wisdom about breaking the habit of using food for comfort I'd love to hear it because that's my biggest hurdle! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 30 Nov 2020 06:06 PM PST 26F / SW: 190 / CW: 140 / GW: 135 / CICO I started off the year wearing an XL in tops and 13 in jeans. I was very excited this summer when I was able to fit into and buy a size 11 jeans (let alone a M top—I just remembered how exciting that was lol) for the first time in years. A few months after that I decided to try a pair of high-waisted jeans for the first time ever, and fell in love with them. I was never the right body shape to fit into them comfortably before. A few weeks ago I realized that one of the high-waisted pairs I bought was feeling a little loose. I could wear them fine without a belt the first time after a wash, but a belt was required for any subsequent wears. I was annoyed. Figured I was just in-between sizes and not really believing that I had lost enough weight to fit into my high school size again. Well I finally broke down and decided to buy a pair of 9s to try them out. They were delivered today and I held them up and was very discouraged. Holy hell these things are small; ain't no way I'm getting myself in these (especially when I went over my calories both yesterday and today... and it's just a few days after the thanksgiving feast!). After an hour or so I said screw it, might as well see how far I am from fitting. And guy. Guys. They fit. And I'm not talking about I just squeezed into them. The legs are comfortable. Didn't have to jump or wiggle. They are completely zipped and buttoned. My shirt is tucked in. I am currently sitting down in high-waisted size 9 jeans. What in the holy hell. I never though this would happen. I've actually been super down and frustrated these past few days. I'm close to my goal, but my body doesn't look like what I'd hoped it would. I've been struggling whether to take a month of maintenance in dec and enjoy the cookies and desserts, or make the final push to get to 135 before a beach trip the first week of January. It's been a long hard year, and the thought of having to lower my end goal even further is damn hard in the face of Christmas cookies. I am so beyond happy that I decided to try on these jeans tonight. Been a while since I really celebrated a NSV. And for the deets: CICO baby. Started off the year really strong with strict 1200 a day. Since October (yo that candy corn) it's been hard sticking to 1200, so some days I am doing 1400, some days maintenance, and the occasional "whoops" day. Throughout the year I've been on and off with the gym (did not go at all during quarantine but still lost ~15 in the lockdown thanks to CICO) but mainly just tried getting more normal activity and steps in every day (I'm an Apple Watch girl so gotta close those rings). Oh, and I also do dirty 18:6 IF just so I can eat bigger meals lmao (I was never a breakfast and/or coffee person anyways. But I do chew a ridiculous amount of gum). Let me know if there are any other details you'd like :) Thanks for stopping by and reading my rambley-excitement post! [link] [comments] |
| I've been binging but... A bright side? Posted: 30 Nov 2020 08:19 PM PST I don't know if my tag is there so... F27 HW:127kg CW:115.5kg GW:82kg Hey y'all! As you know these days are really stressful. We have pandemic, the weather is dropping, christmas is coming and the semester(for me is ending). Additiobal stress for me is, I'm in a foreign country and have been for 2.5 years and I'm a big family girl. Two of my very few friends have emergencies back home so they're leaving the country. I'm not meeting up to my professors standards and as a people pleaser and one of many that sufffers imposter syndrome i feel so bad about it. To sum it up life is tough. And I've been binge eating. Sometimes so much i give up on adding to my calorie counter because i can't remember what i shoved into my face to keep the feeling away. This morning is a prime example of how it usually happens. I woke up this morning and did a 30 minute yoga session from youtube. I have to take a language test to graduate and it opens at 9am, i was 15 minutes late. JUST 15 and the system was so clogged up i had to wait 10 minutes. I get in, select my testing place (in my city yay!) And wait to pay. Suddenly i get logged out... And all the seats in my city are full but ok the city 2 hours away has seats! So i try again....again...and by the fourth time the system pushes me out I'm almost crying and the only places left for this 2 hour test are 5 hours away or on an island 1.5 hours away. But I'm so desperate to take this test i just go for the 5 hours away because there are more buses and trains there than an island. What started of a great morning ended with me eating both my breakfast, snack and lunch combined all at once. It feels like everyday pushes me just like that lately and i want to give up because obviously it's not the right time and i don't have the tools to lose the weight now right? WRONG! While i my have binged I'm actually all out of unhealthy food, so although i went on an eatting spree, the calories were way less than they could have been! And the food was nutritious so atleast i will get some good energy from it! In addition to the broght side, here's what I've learned from these past days and how i will implelement it going forward even i mess up the very next day.
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| Found the elusive solution (or snack) for my night time snacking problem - rice cakes Posted: 30 Nov 2020 05:00 PM PST https://i.imgur.com/fFS0Gbi.jpg Posting in case this could help another person because I'm kind of mad I haven't seen these mentioned more often since I had no idea they existed until last weekend. Where have these been the entire time??! My #1 absolute biggest weakness is needing to snack at night. After dinner/before bed. This is where I always fall off the wagon. Also combating munchies after partaking in flower activities. No snacks really satisfied me. Except these bad boys - rice cakes. Just stumbled upon them browsing the grocery store. Pretty cheap IMO (like $2.50 per pack? 14 cakes in each one) Several flavors that satisfy both sweet and savory cravings. Very low calorie (like 35-50 per cake depending on flavor). And gives you that very satisfying crunch that you might want. Also the packaging gives you topping suggestions if you don't want it just plain or want to shake things up. My favorite combo so far are the lightly salted cakes with a dab of smoked salmon cream cheese on top. And they're relatively sizable cakes, considering. They make me feel full and do a great job of satisfying that endless craving of food before bed. Usually 1 cake does the trick for me but I could have another if I wanted to and be good. Not sure if anyone else here can attest to these? [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Tuesday, 01 December 2020: Today, I conquered! Posted: 01 Dec 2020 12:10 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?)
Post it here! This is the new, improved place for recording your acts of awesomeness! Due to space limitations, this may be an announcement (sticky) only occasionally. Please find it daily and keep it the hottest thing on /r/loseit! On reddit your vote means, "I found this interesting!" Help us make this daily post the most read, most used, most interesting post on /r/loseit by reading, commenting, and participating often! [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - December Sign Ups! Posted: 30 Nov 2020 07:24 PM PST Holy crapoly it's almost December kids! For the newbies to the sub reddit, please start here, so much good info! https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/wiki/quick_start_guide https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/wiki/faq And hey, maybe it's not a bad idea to review them anyway to you returning conquerors. I do occasionally to remind myself of the basics. Here's what we do in the DAC my friends! This is the sign up post to outline your goals, weight loss, self care, creative, whatever keeps your motor going. There will be a daily update post for you to chime in about how day whatever is going! At the end of the month, there is a wrap up post to reflect on the progress you made or didn't make & what you learned. Learning is progress my friends! We try to foster a supportive, caring place to discuss the actual day to day of deficits & counting & caring so much about how we fuel our bodies & lives. So be kind, interact if you like & hopefully you feel supported by the internet version of a push up bra! Leading by example, here I go! Weight: I'd like to maintain & report weight daily without judging myself! Stay within calorie range (maintain at 2000 ish): Slow & steady here kids. It's been a hell of a year & December will wrap it up with success & learning. Exercise 5 days a week: I'd like to be chasing higher intensity & more strength (I say it every month because I want Cara Dune arms). X/X days. Self-care journaling (once a week, 60 minutes): Keeps me sane! 4/4 week. Try a new recipe once a week: Always looking for fun new recipes! X/X weeks Express gratitude, mindfulness or HOLIDAY CHEER: Keeps me sane & planted on this earth. I think that'll do me for this month. It's a lot of enjoying the small stuff & steering the course. Your turn! [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: December 1st, 2020 Posted: 30 Nov 2020 10:15 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. For all new people that have joined this month, at the end of the month we do a roundup of what happened. we'll also talk about our goals for December. How was your November? You're free to structure this however you want, but think about the following topics:
Today is also goal-setting day for December! If you're new, every first day of the month we think about small goals we want to achieve this month. They can be weight goals, exercise goals, or anything really... An important aspect is that they are SMART goals: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time based...
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| Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Tuesday, 01 December 2020? Start here! Posted: 01 Dec 2020 02:24 AM PST Today is your Day 1? Welcome to r/Loseit! So you aren't sure of how to start? Don't worry! "How do I get started?" is our most asked question. r/Loseit has helped our users lose over 1,000,000 recorded pounds and these are the steps that we've found most useful for getting started. Why you're overweightOur bodies are amazing (yes, yours too!). In order to survive before supermarkets, we had to be able to store energy to get us through lean times, we store this energy as adipose fat tissue. If you put more energy into your body than it needs, it stores it, for (potential) later use. When you put in less than it needs, it uses the stored energy. The more energy you have stored, the more overweight you are. The trick is to get your body to use the stored energy, which can only be done if you give it less energy than it needs, consistently. Before You StartThe very first step is calculating your calorie needs. You can do that HERE. This will give you an approximation of your calorie needs for the day. The next step is to figure how quickly you want to lose the fat. One pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories. So to lose 1 pound of fat per week you will need to consume 500 calories less than your TDEE (daily calorie needs from the link above). 750 calories less will result in 1.5 pounds and 1000 calories is an aggressive 2 pounds per week. TrackingHere is where it begins to resemble work. The most efficient way to lose the weight you desire is to track your calorie intake. This has gotten much simpler over the years and today it can be done right from your smartphone or computer. r/loseit recommends an app like MyFitnessPal, Loseit! (unaffiliated), or Cronometer. Create an account and be honest with it about your current stats, activities, and goals. This is your tracker and no one else needs to see it so don't cheat the numbers. You'll find large user created databases that make logging and tracking your food and drinks easy with just the tap of the screen or the push of a button. We also highly recommend the use of a digital kitchen scale for accuracy. Knowing how much of what you're eating is more important than what you're eating. Why? This may explain it. Creating Your DeficitHow do you create a deficit? This is up to you. r/loseit has a few recommendations but ultimately that decision is yours. There is no perfect diet for everyone. There is a perfect diet for you and you can create it. You can eat less of exactly what you eat now. If you like pizza you can have pizza. Have 2 slices instead of 4. You can try lower calorie replacements for calorie dense foods. Some of the communities favorites are cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash in place of their more calorie rich cousins. If it appeals to you an entire dietary change like Keto, Paleo, Vegetarian. The most important thing to remember is that this selection of foods works for you. Sustainability is the key to long term weight management success. If you hate what you're eating you won't stick to it. ExerciseIs NOT mandatory. You can lose fat and create a deficit through diet alone. There is no requirement of exercise to lose weight. It has it's own benefits though. You will burn extra calories. Exercise is shown to be beneficial to mental health and creates an endorphin rush as well. It makes people feel awesome and has been linked to higher rates of long term success when physical activity is included in lifestyle changes. Crawl, Walk, RunIt can seem like one needs to make a 180 degree course correction to find success. That isn't necessarily true. Many of our users find that creating small initial changes that build a foundation allows them to progress forward in even, sustained, increments. AcceptanceYou will struggle. We have all struggled. This is natural. There is no tip or trick to get through this though. We encourage you to recognize why you are struggling and forgive yourself for whatever reason that may be. If you overindulged at your last meal that is ok. You can resolve to make the next meal better. Do not let the pursuit of perfect get in the way of progress. We don't need perfect. We just want better. Additional resourcesNow you're ready to do this. Here are more details, that may help you refine your plan.
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| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 30 Wrap Ups Posted: 30 Nov 2020 07:28 PM PST Hello losers, Holy crapola day 30 snuck up on me! Wrap it on up, tell us all about your month! And sign up for next! You will have to forgive your fearless leader kids. I am maintaining the course but only just. It's important to remember you have to live life around your weight loss plans & sometimes that means yes you are counting, yes you are mindful & no there isn't a deficit. The whole world is struggling a bit & my mental health has taken precedent over a constant deficit. Know that I am still here fighting the fight with y'all & boy howdy am I cheering everyone on! 2020 can't beat me! Exercise 5 days a week: I would like to do better kids. 22/30 days. Self-care journaling (once a week, 60 minutes): Nailing it. 4/4 week. Nanowrimo 1666 words a day: 22900/50000 words. I missed the word count but in spirit, this did exactly what I wanted it to do. Rekindled some joy & reaffirmed that I'm not always a terrible person. Can't ask for much more than that! 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, turkey carcass soup & a oven toasted vegetable ratatouille so far. 5/4 weeks. Nailed it! Express gratitude: Did it everyday. Kept me more positive about things in general. Nailed it. Your turn kids! [link] [comments] |
| Ok i am finally make some progress! 5 weeks in and making some new habits! Posted: 01 Dec 2020 01:00 AM PST first post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/ji10ws/ive_told_myself_i_would_make_this_post_100_times/ so to start 5 weeks ago i weighed in at 445 pounds now im at 426 pounds. so down 19 pounds so far. i have been eating a little cleaner, but almost all of my progress is from strictly cutting soda/any drinks with sugar. i just want to do 1 thing at a time so i dont get overwelmed and give up, my next step is trying to eat more chicken and veggies, less chips and snacks. also looking for any challenges or anything competitive to join if anyone knows of any! thanks for reading! [link] [comments] |
| The Apple Diet: a tip to help grazers who snack throughout the day out of boredom or habit. Posted: 01 Dec 2020 02:45 AM PST I really lowered my snacking throughout the day by starting THE APPLE DIET. No, this isn't a fad craze diet where you eat lots of fruit. Instead, it's a way to help break the habit of unthinkingly reaching for food. Every time you find yourself going for a snack ask yourself: AM I HUNGRY ENOUGH TO EAT AN APPLE?
It's sometimes hard to start The Apple Diet as snacking can be done unconsciously. But, once you start catching yourself before you eat and begin asking the question, then you'll find yourself eating less outside of meals, and, when you do eat, it's healthy and filling. It might not help everyone, but it definitely helped me. So, I wanted to share it with you all. Good luck -- stay healthy and happy :) [link] [comments] |
| Finding out things you thought were healthy actually aren't is one of the most discouraging things Posted: 30 Nov 2020 09:19 PM PST People need to stop talking like all veggies are equal, and 'free food', cos i just found out parsnips are one of the most high carb veggies so actually not that great for weight loss. Same as how people act like you can eat as much fruit as you like when actually it's still full of sugar, natural or not. Plus i've been eating a lot of rice pudding/custard, which i know aren't healthy exactly, but if i want a treat it seemed more healthy than, say, chocolate cake as a dessert. They often label cans of rice pud and custard as "low fat" but when i actually checked the nutritional info, they actually have more fat and sugar than my fave choc bar!!! So just needed a rant as that pissed me off. [link] [comments] |
| I surprised myself by losing weight with intuitive eating Posted: 30 Nov 2020 11:31 AM PST First off, I know intuitive eating doesn't work for everyone so you do what works best for you. I was doing CICO by weighing and tracking everything in MyFitnessPal. It exhausted me mentally. Every day I would go over I'd beat myself up, every day I'd have extra calories left I felt the need to eat them anyways. I didn't lose any weight, and actually gained weight because all I could think about was food. I've done intuitive eating now over the last 10 days and felt a burden off my back. And to top it all off, this morning I stepped on the scale to find I'm down 2.2 pounds and the lowest I've been almost 2 months. Adding in exercise again once I'm through this quarter at uni. But just feeling good :) [link] [comments] |
| Back on the wagon and feeling amazing! Posted: 01 Dec 2020 02:12 AM PST Some of you might remember my last post from a little while back talking about losing roughly 10kg over the course of a life-threatening illness, before gaining it back during recovery as my metablism began to stabilise. Well, over the last couple of months (I started before writing the last post!) I've slowly been reducing my calorie counts every day, and increasing my exercise. I'm now doing 10-20 minutes HIIT a day, plus 15-30 mins yoga. Unfortunately my TDEE is only 1600 calories to maintain a healthy weight, and 1200 to lose - so I definitely needed to add in daily exercise in order to eat the amount that feels good and is sustainable to me! At the moment I'm eating around 1500-1600 a day. That works a lot better than 1200 for me, and is something I can easily continue at when I eventually hit maintainance. Between the HIIT, yoga, gardening, and being on my feet at my job (teaching), I feel pretty good about this. One thing I have learned with the introduction of HIIT is that I am incredibly grateful to be able-bodied. My disease comes with arthritic symptoms in most - I was one of the lucky few who (so far, fingers crossed!) has avoided this. So, despite always having been quite exercise-avoidant, I added in the HIITs to my more gentle yoga and walking, knowing that the opportunity to do such exercise is a privilege I could have lost. I don't want to waste the opportunity while I'm young and relatively healthy to use my body fully and give it the workout it deserves. I'm definitely noticing a lack of bodily-kinesthetic intelligence - I'm clumsy, uncoordinated, and have very poor balance! These are all just the result of not engaging with exercise for pretty much my entire life. Still, my strength and endurance are improving somewhat! One other nice thing is cardio. When I was in the hospital, I was frequently tachycardic, so for a few months after coming home, any time my heartrate spiked, I would panic. Being in control of raising my heartrate through exercise has been a really good form of exposure therapy now, and has actually reduced some of my anxiety-induced palpatations. All this to say: the weight isn't melting off - but I'm not gaining anymore, and it's okay if it takes a little while for the weight to come off. Some of the medications I'm on are prone to cause weight gain, so simply keeping to the weight I'm at now is fine by me til I'm off them! I'm stable, and I'm getting stronger every day. I am so grateful to be alive and to be in this body, despite what happened. I'm going to treat it as well as I can manage. [link] [comments] |
| Daily Q&A Post for Tuesday, 01 December 2020 - No question too small! Posted: 01 Dec 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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