Weight loss: I probably won't be below 200 before 2021, and that's okay because... |
- I probably won't be below 200 before 2021, and that's okay because...
- 8 lbs lost in 10 weeks. I'm finally realising that slow weight loss is far better and more rewarding than losing a lot of weight quickly.
- FINALLY under 200 pounds after decades of failing
- My mother noticed!
- F31, 170,5'7 - 119kg/262lbs - 69kg/152lbs - 5 Years Maintaining !
- I guess I'll try again.
- 2020 was the first time I stuck to a New Year’s Resolution. In 2021 I’ll be finishing what I started.
- Compliments make me uncomfortable. Usually, they lead to me putting back the weight.
- Hello! Starting today. Almost 18 year old female
- Scared to start again. And again. And again
- I Need Weight Loss/Diet Tips
- I lost 40 pounds and found a new hobby!
- Staying on track while going through changes and hardships
- Tips on Getting 10K Steps a day (When it's colder than Jack Frost's Ass cheeks outside)
- How to cut calories in college?
- How I Lost 70 Pounds (aka my overly indulgent lifestory)
- Freaking Out
- The Post Office Is Saving My Life
- Going strong
- Every day has become a cheat day
- Think it might be time to take a break but I'm a bit nervous
- For those worried about “splurging” for birthdays, special events, and the holidays…
- [19M] Really Struggling to deal with my appetite
- A week of water weight - a study
| I probably won't be below 200 before 2021, and that's okay because... Posted: 19 Dec 2020 10:26 AM PST
Even if this one goal on the scale was not met, there are still loads more that I have accomplished. I'm really proud of myself, and I want you to be proud of yourself, too ♥️ [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Dec 2020 06:19 PM PST 26F, 5ft, SW: 134 lb. CW: 127 lb. Hi team. I'm losing weight in a slow, sustainable way and I'm actually enjoying the process... my mind is pretty blown. I still have another 20 pounds to lose until I reach my goal weight but you know what? I'm in absolutely no rush to get there, really just enjoying the ride. It's been a lifestyle change that has been absolutely for the better and has gotten easier and more enjoyable as time has gone on. I'm sleeping better which is an absolute godsend. I'm waking up earlier, I have more energy and I think about food less and less - which is totally unexpected and amazing all at once. I'm pretty much doing OMAD, but I exclusively eat whole foods. I've cut all junk out of my diet and I no longer crave it after a couple of months of not eating it. I used to have a huge sweet tooth and now I can't even remember the last time I ate sugar. More than losing the weight, having my entire identity overhauled has been pretty awesome cos I've been able to test my own limiting self beliefs and shed them! I love working out now. I bought an Apple Watch and just got the free Fitness+ trial and I've tried a bunch of work outs already, and I just love the high that exercising gives me. We got this. Here's to your weight loss, and mine. 2021 we're all levelling up and looking after ourselves and it's gonna be great. [link] [comments] |
| FINALLY under 200 pounds after decades of failing Posted: 19 Dec 2020 09:16 AM PST F/38/5'6 SW:355 CW:199.7 So this morning the scale said 199.7. I'm sorry for yet another "the scale finally starts with a 1" post, but I'm honestly just having trouble processing it. I've been beating myself up about only losing about 50 pounds this year, so I was reeeeallly hoping to get to this point before the new year rolls around. Like many others, I've been obese for literally my entire life. I've always tried to diet, over and over. It got worse in my twenties, and then even worse in my thirties. I would diet, do well for a while (losing as much as 80 pounds), then gain it all back and then some. This most recent time around, I started out at 355 pounds. Every time I started yet again, I would tell myself "I just have to keep trying. Maybe this time will be different." I fully believe that the only reason I never got up to 600 pounds is that I was always trying again. Any time spent losing is time not spent gaining. Well, this time it IS different. By sheer coincidence I ended up going down an eating disorder rabbit hole. I did a TON of reading that helped me understand why and how I eat, and how to control it. For the record, Brain Over Binge probably saved my life. I used to firmly believe that the best I was ever going to do was to get to a point where I was fat but maybe not so shockingly fat and then struggle to stay there. Now, I have zero doubt that I'll make it to a healthy weight. I have harder times and setbacks for sure, but they aren't like they used to be. I know it's a horrible cliche, but if I can do it, anyone can. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Dec 2020 11:01 PM PST Hey all! First post here, although I've been lurking awhile. I made the conscious decision to try to lose weight in August (20F, started at 165 lb) since between school, stress, and a lack of discipline, I had gained 30 pounds since graduating high school. I got home for break a little over a week ago, and my weight fluctuates between 150-152 now, depending on time of day/what I've eaten/etc etc. This afternoon I put leggings on to go to the grocery store (I've been living exclusively in pajama pants since getting home) and my mom asked if I had lost weight and told me I looked good. It's not a huge deal, but the fact that someone noticed is so encouraging! I'll probably just maintain until I go back to campus in January, since it's the holidays and I'm home, but I'm excited! [link] [comments] |
| F31, 170,5'7 - 119kg/262lbs - 69kg/152lbs - 5 Years Maintaining ! Posted: 19 Dec 2020 10:44 AM PST Hello /loseit, In the midst of all of these sad times, I have one thing to celebrate! First, here's what you wanna see, the PROGESS PHOTOS SLIGHTLY NSFW I started losing weight August 2013. Reached a healthy weight 19th December 2015. Something snapped in me one day when a colleague showed me a picture of myself in profile handing a drawing to another colleague. I had not seen a photo of myself or even looked properly in a mirror for a very long time, and something about this awful photo just made something snap in my head, I could really hear it. And I just thought, NO. That is not me. It can't be me. My health was also at serious risk, my blood pressure was something like 142/95 at age 25. My joints were aching, my hip fell asleep if I slept on one side, my hormones were so out of whack I had a period once every 3-5 months and I couldn't take birth control. And my feet would hurt so bad from just walking a moderate distance. The weigh loss journey forced me to face a lot about myself, I am a completely different person today body and mind. I hated myself deeply, I had no self respect, and allowed myself to be abused in relationships. When I say allowed, I mean I was convinced I couldn't do or be better for myself. I lost the weight by re-learning how to eat, eating meal replacement powder for about 10 days, then replacing one meal at a time over 3 weeks counting calories. After that I just kept counting religiously and the weight just came off like clockwork. I had setbacks, I fell of the wagon sort of big one time and gained 10kg/22lbs back, but picked myself back up again and in 2015 is actually when I lost most, going from 100kg/220lbs to 72kg/159lbs in one year. That's when things got really tough. My boyfriend was gaslighting me, I don't think he liked that I had lost the weight. He treated me very demeaning and was just not dealing with his own issues, and I dumped is ass hard. I battled severe depression due to loose skin, sudden unwanted attention from men that I didn't know how to deal with, and I missed losing weight. 2016 I met my future husband at my best friends wedding. We didn't become a couple until April 2017. Since then I have focused on building muscle and enjoying what my body can do, I even did a full tough mudder! And I am planning on becoming a Personal Trainer next year! As a person I love myself, and for the first time ever, I love my body too! There is so much more to this story, but I am trying to keep it short-ish. Please feel free to AMA. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Dec 2020 07:48 PM PST Trying to get back on the grind can be so hard, especially when you regress on your progress. Back in late August I was at 220 pounds (height 5 ft 10) and now I'm at 255 pounds. Whenever I see that number on the scale, it really depresses me and leads me into a dark place. Normally I would just stay inside and watch Youtube/eat more to cope with it, especially when dealing with the stresses of school and work as well. It's time for me to try again though. I'm going to start working out again daily (starting with walks) and keep control of what food I eat. I don't know exactly why I find a need to post this, but if you can take anything from it, make sure you keep yourself in check and stay in the present, be careful with the distractions. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Dec 2020 09:22 AM PST at the end of 2019 i swore to myself, for the 10th year in a row, that I would better myself and it would be the year I would change. I was on an alcohol bender and hit 300lbs on the scale, the heaviest I had ever been. the clock struck midnight and so i gave it my best. other than small diet changes i didn't do too much, i was really only maintaining my 300lbs. it wasn't until march that i kicked in to full gear and understood my privilege of having access to a treadmill at home. being quarantined, i had begun running an hour daily and eating a large salad (OMAD). by summer i had dropped 50 pounds. this was the first time i weighed 250lbs since junior high, yes, junior high. for the first time in years i could actually shop at stores and have my size in stock ready for me to try on. i wasn't ashamed of the way i looked in photos. i was happy. i have more or less maintained this weigh. admittedly, i had gained 10 back from thanksgiving and holidays, but am in the process of losing that BEFORE christmas. this year, though, i vow to myself to finish what i started in 2021, hopefully in the same fashion. another 50lbs would be good and weighing 200lbs by summer when (god willingly) we should have a vaccine and more things under control, i won't be ashamed of taking my shirt off at the beach with my friends. i also have the willpower to vow to stay sober up until post-covid, something i couldn't fathom a year ago right now. so here's to making new years resolutions, and to sticking to them, for real. [link] [comments] |
| Compliments make me uncomfortable. Usually, they lead to me putting back the weight. Posted: 19 Dec 2020 11:51 AM PST So, i've been here before. I lost weight, put it back on. Again and again. This time i'm hoping it will stick. My main issue can be summarized like this: I don't like the attention. The compliments, specially when they come from men, make me binge eat. I feel threatened. In a way, i now understand that being fat has always been a sort of defense mechanism for me. I've been trying really hard to break this cycle. The fact that i lost the weight during quarantine helps, since nobody has really seen me yet. The thing is i'm scared. I have to get back into the world and i'm already dreading the compliments and what they make me do. I'm hoping you'll have some advice or/and kind words for me :) Thank you! [link] [comments] |
| Hello! Starting today. Almost 18 year old female Posted: 20 Dec 2020 01:45 AM PST Hey everyone! I have been wanting to lose weight for a very long time and now I'm gonna do it. Here's my plan: I'm gonna try to cut out all sugary sweets and desserts, and eat at least one salad a day. I'm not gonna limit my calories yet, I'll just track them and see where I can improve. I've given up sugar before so I know I can do it, and I lost 30 pounds in 3 months that way. Any advice is greatly appreciated. I don't have a scale right now but last time i weighed myself i was 245 pounds and i don't feel like it's changed since then. I am 5 feet 2 inches. I would like to lose weight because exercising is hard for me, and it is hard for me to walk up stairs to my apartment. I would like to also be more comfortable with the way I look. I will try to give regular updates about my progress. Please tell me if I have broken a rule somewhere or should edit my post. Thank you for reading! Good luck everyone! [link] [comments] |
| Scared to start again. And again. And again Posted: 19 Dec 2020 08:09 PM PST I'm here because if I see this I might stick to it. Last December I decided to lose weight for the 2nd time, successfully went fown maybe 15-30 lbs idk - I was doing if and omad and feeling great. Then my husband told me he didn't love me The. Lock down started Then my depression kicked in Me and my ldr husband are working things out but it's been 18minths since I've seen him, and I've gained 50lbs since last December. Yeah it's bad I know the theoretical ness on how to start and physically I understand, but every day I just say "tomorrow" and i have no idea how to get over this slump. I was 75lbs lighter at my lowest - still overweight but man I was happy with myself. It just seems so far away and I think about that and I cave. A mix of lockdown and anxiety of leaving my house and depression from staying inside and I have no idea how to do the thing End rant. If anyone felt similar it would be cool to hear how you got out of that [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Dec 2020 09:43 PM PST Hey guys. Just a quick intro about myself. I'm 24 years old and just got out of a 2 year relationship. I'm really not over weight like some people on this sub say they are so it may be harder to take me seriously about this. There's some truly inspiration people on here! Anyways, I weigh more than I ever have. I used to be like 170ish a couple years ago and in the past year-ish I had some relationship weight gain. I've reached like 205 lbs. I was always a very skinny kid so it's hard to deal with this much weight gain since I've always been so skinny. Since this weight gain, I've been drinking lots of alcohol (which got worse after the breakup) and I have high blood pressure. Are there any tips on motivation, diets, etc. for my current situation? [link] [comments] |
| I lost 40 pounds and found a new hobby! Posted: 19 Dec 2020 06:40 AM PST (5'3 F, SW 190, CW: 150, GW: 130) This year, with so much time at home and limited opportunities to dine out or go to bars, I decided I wanted to change my body and my habits. I stopped drinking alcohol and coffee, switched to an almost entirely plant-based diet, and started exercising every day. Before this journey, I was running/jogging 3x/week and mostly eating healthy, but I overindulged and engaged in emotional eating. Through therapy I worked through my emotional ties with food and along the way, I started riding my bicycle and I'm now riding 20-30 miles a day! I also started rock climbing, which I had stopped years prior because I felt like I would be judged at the climbing wall for my weight. Sometimes I worry that I will plateau and not reach my goal, but I feel better, I now actually have hunger cues (hooray!), and I spend way more time outside, which is great for stress relief and makes me so happy!! [link] [comments] |
| Staying on track while going through changes and hardships Posted: 20 Dec 2020 12:24 AM PST So I lost 22kg/48lbs around 6 years ago, and for the next couple of years I stayed pretty much the same. However, after that I went to the states twice, and both times gained 10kg and lost around 4-5 when I came back. This last time of losing the weight was so much harder because I was also battling depression and, it was hard to control my binge eating. It's been 2 years since I came back, and now I am feeling better about my weight, however, I'd like to have my old body back(6kg/13lbs less from now). And I know what you might think, "oh come on it's just couple of kg) BUT, I have been struggling super hard!!!! Whenever I lose the weight, I manage to keep it off for couple of months, then some life changing event intrudes my routines and a month later I am back at the same weight. It's like my body (I am saying this because I get alot of cravings at these times) likes that weight but I hate it. I physically don't feel good at this weight. And believe me, I tried all diets and kept a healthy lifestyle throughout the years, I exercise, watch my portions, eat whole foods and avoid sugar and dairy, and I am seeing progress but it's super slow and I just can't keep the goal weight that I want more than lets say, 5-6 months. I feel like there are always major changes in life that could intrude my habits and its so exhausting adapting all the time. Also, I try not to restrict myself too much in calories or food choices because of my binge eating habits in the past. So how do you guys manage to stay on track when there are so many outside changes, like changing places of living, changing jobs, having babies?? [link] [comments] |
| Tips on Getting 10K Steps a day (When it's colder than Jack Frost's Ass cheeks outside) Posted: 19 Dec 2020 09:54 AM PST Hey everyone, this is my first post here :) (I usually hang out in the daily Q&A thread) For most of it's its freezing cold outside right now and we may not be able to take a walk if its icy or you don't want to catch a cold. But walking is absolutely my favorite form of cardio; it's low intensity, easy to recover from, and relaxing. Getting at least 10k steps a day is great for helping you bump up your TDEE a bit too! I say 10K steps because that's about 5 miles (just over 8km) and most people will burn about 65-100 calories per mile (this depends on your weight and pace of walking). That seriously adds up! So here are my best tips:
You may have noticed the main theme in these tips, STEPS ADD UP! I think that is a great thing to remember, not just with walking but also with our fitness journeys as a whole. Small actions that are easy enough for you to take, can add up to a great result. Remember, today's choices and actions are next month's results. Edit: I forgot to say this, but if you're bored of walking around your room while watching a video, try walking in the shape of letters from A-Z or drawing things lol, it really helps me. [link] [comments] |
| How to cut calories in college? Posted: 19 Dec 2020 10:22 PM PST I'm 18F, 5'5", 127lbs. I've been cutting calories for a few months now and I've lost 11 pounds. My goal weight is 115, and then I plan to start bulking. I'm potentially going to live on campus at college next semester and I don't know how I'm going to be able to cut calories while living on campus. I'm pretty sure it's impossible and that there's no way to accurately do so. I don't know if when I get to school if I should stop cutting and start bulking, or what. I honestly have no idea how to go about this and how to not gain all the weight that I lost back. I'm terrified lol. Any help would be really great thanks! [link] [comments] |
| How I Lost 70 Pounds (aka my overly indulgent lifestory) Posted: 19 Dec 2020 10:31 AM PST This is really long, y'all. My weight loss lifestory with all the indulgent twists and turns of a novelist. I'm a perpetual lurker and posting makes me nervous, so I've created a new account just for posting to LoseIt. There's a tl;dr at bottom. First, let me paint you a picture. Indulge me for a moment, I promise that I have a point. When I lost weight, I worked in a public facing job at a public library. Most of the weight came off over the summer of 2018 from May to October. Since I worked in a library, I made the money a small town library pays a library assistant, which wasn't much, so I couldn't afford to replace my clothes as I went. When my jeans became ridiculously cinched at the hips, I finally bought a new pair on sale. Thing was, I wasn't confident that I wouldn't just wake up one day and gain it all back. Mostly, I kept wearing the baggy t-shirts and eventually, the replacement jeans I bought were also getting a little baggy. After a while, it becomes difficult for people to not notice weight loss. So, my regular patrons started casually commenting on the loss. Sometimes it was just a quick comment, but it almost always led to the question, "How did you do it?" Honestly, I didn't have a good answer. I was usually embarrassed about the attention to my body (especially in front of my coworkers who were very aware of my diet and exercise, cuz, you know, I got preachy, what evs). I wanted to play it cool. My standard response was that I ate less and moved more. You know, CICO. Calories In, Calories Out. Good bye, Farewell and Amen. It wasn't the answer anyone wanted to hear. I thought at the time that they wanted to hear about some miracle cure for fatness. Like, take two ketos and call me in the morning. I left that job the following May for a better paying job at a law firm (in records management, no, I'm not a lawyer, thank the gods). So much more stressful and sedentary. Hoo boy. Mistake number one was actually overindulging in the unlimited coffee. The resulting afternoon crash led to me becoming a ravenous food monster when three o'clock rolled around. I went from walking 20,000 steps a day to only walking on my lunch break and walking home from the bus stop. Also, there's always free food at a law firm, especially a swank one. I mean, us mere staff only get the partners' scraps, but they are pretty good scraps. But this isn't the story of my downfall. I maintained my weight loss. I just couldn't figure out the magical combination to continue to lose weight in my new environment. I went from an active-ish job with a strong social support to a job that stressed me out with coworkers that legit drove me bonkers. But then, 2020. I know, I know, you either come out of quarantine fat or fit. Well, I gained a few pounds. I ate my grief when my dog died. I ate my boredom during WFH. I ate my pain when I got hurt (a few times, I'm an adventurous soul). 2020 sucked, y'all, but "bad times are tough but not tougher than me". (KFAM, anyone?) So, this left me wondering the same thing that my patrons asked me in 2018. How did I lose weight? My list in 2018 would have looked like this: 1. Cut out fast food and soda. (I'll come back to this one later. It's a whole thing.) 2. Drink water. Like so, so much water. Jugs of the stuff. It's basic weight loss advice, I know, but it's genuinely pretty good. Thirst feels like hunger sometimes. If you feel out of sorts, if you just drank way too much coffee and you're floating from the caffeine overload, if you are hung over, if you just ate too much food, water helps. It's not a panacea, but it's pretty close. 3. Do exercise you love and will continue doing forever. For me, it was walking. I made and completed goals for long distance walking. Walking lifted my mood, gave me "me time", got me outside in nature or window shopping (obviously, in the before-times). Most importantly, it didn't increase my hunger dramatically, but it did burn extra calories. I tried to never eat back what I burned. I just used it as "extra" calories out. That's how I lost the weight. That's what I would tell anyone who pressed for details. But it's not the right how. I think what people were asking was more about motivation than mechanics, because that's what I was wondering myself last year when I was stuck in maintenance mode and that's what I'm asking myself now in 2020. How do you lose weight? How do you find the motivation? How do you get in the mindset of weight loss? 20 days ago, I hit the misery point. I hit it in 2018 as well. Rock bottom. Day one. Whatever you want to call it. I had that "I got to fix my crap" moment. On May 12th, 2018, I ate a massive meal with my partner at our favorite fast food place. We were miserable, bloated and achy and just done. Later, I calculated my usual meal to be more than a days worth of calories. I went for a short walk after our meal and felt so low. Fast food was a real problem in our lives, eating out a few times a week. We couldn't really afford it at the time (remember, I worked at a library ha) and we were both obese. The health problems were only around the corner. My parents had already gone down this road and I didn't want to join them. I promised myself that I wouldn't eat fast food for a year. I threw in soda as well, because why not? It was a problem, too. And I accomplished that goal. As a result, I haven't had soda since May 12th, 2018. Once my year without fast food was over, I've had a few sandwiches from Subway or Jimmy John's over my lunch breaks and a pizza every once in a while, but nothing much else. We still avoid our favorite place 2 1/2 years later. I'm not totally confident that I could resist that demon temptation, that siren song. Honestly, cutting out fast food and soda was really successful when I started my lifestyle change and once I hit my eternal plateau, I couldn't figure out how to continue. I ate pretty well, just apparently too much to lose any more weight. So, I've had to dig deeper to find the real answer to how to lose weight. Here's what I've got so far: Step one: Look at how food makes you feel. What are your behaviors with food? Do certain foods make you hungry after a while? Do they cause energy spikes and then drops? Some of my food problems stem from when I drink coffee. If I have too much caffeine later in the day, I have a crash. If I limit myself to two cups in the early morning, I feel better later in the day. I love coffee and when I tried to give it up, it really wasn't helpful overall. So, I'm trying moderation with my caffeine. (Ew, moderation, boo.) Step two: Cut out problem foods. It's important to take small steps. Make a change, do it until it's a habit, rinse and repeat. Don't overwhelm yourself. I found that I was overeating with bread. White bread is a nutritional void. It added a lot of sugar to my diet and would lead me to feel hungry later. I'd mindlessly eat it as toast or just plain. I've quit eating bread entirely. When we have our homemade burgers or brats, I skip the bun. It was a big part of my diet, but 20 days in, I don't really miss it. Step three: Add foods that work better for you. I've started eating oatmeal every morning. Let me preface this by saying, your oatmeal is only as good as the stuff you add to it. My parents would take a base of Maple and Brown Sugar oatmeal (two or three packets each) add peanut butter (solid choice on its own), whipped cream (huh?) and chocolate sprinkles. Kid you not. Sprinkles. In oatmeal. Since I'm trying to cut out as much sugar as possible and up my fiber intake, I eat plain rolled oats with a splash of unsweetened soy milk and occasionally some frozen fruit. It's super filling and doesn't lead to that crash. I save what I don't eat in the morning and add it cold to some greek yogurt in the late afternoon for a snack. Obviously, do what works for you. Do things you can stick with for the rest of your life. Step four: Add nutritious, filling, low calorie foods where you can. Check out r/volumeeating for some tips and tricky. Spoiler: It's mostly veggies. My go-to solution for lunch has been to make soup with a bag of frozen vegetables, low/no sodium broth and a basic soup mix. It's lower in calories and sodium, and I can have a huge bowl of it. Step five: Don't get bored. Keep yourself moving, busy, whatever. If you have a lot of downtime, find some way to fill it. The answer to the how question is small changes to your lifestyle. Motivation takes a backseat to habits. Got bad habits? Gonna lose your motivation eventually. Got better habits? You don't have to rely on the ever elusive motivation. Over the last twenty days, I've noticed my clothes fitting better. I don't have the afternoon crash/binge cycle. My mood has been better. Here's to a better 2021, everyone! Tl;dr - lost 70 pounds in 2018, maintained in 2019, gained a bit in 2020 (cuz 2020, yo). Found my own answer to motivation and am hopefully back on track to a better 2021. Also, support libraries. They are important. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Dec 2020 10:45 PM PST Hey everyone. I am an m 18, 5' 11". I started 2020 at about 245 pounds, and managed to get to a low of 168 before struggling this past month. After a week of basically all terrible cheat days, I am at a whopping 178 - 10 pounds from where I was. I am humiliated and ashamed and freaking out. It's near the end of the year and I am losing control of my once pristine cycle. I know that this is a night weigh in, so I'm most likely at 176/177, but either way this is a huge gain. I can literally tell the difference and see the gain. I really want to be back to 170 by Christmas, which I know can happen if I really watch it these next few days and do a lot of running. If anybody could offer me any advice, it would be hugely appreciated. I really dont want to lose this opportunity - I have been big for so long and I was finally just starting to actually feel thinner [link] [comments] |
| The Post Office Is Saving My Life Posted: 19 Dec 2020 10:43 PM PST Over the summer I had a health scare while doing some mildly strenuous yard work, after that I posted here promising to make changes, and I have. I went vegetarian for a couple months and switched over to almost all water, I have a soda occasionally if I'm eating out, which even eating out I've greatly reduced, no master chef yet but I'm finally eating at home more. Finally I gave up my most sedentary of jobs at a vape shop and traded it in for a mail handler position at a distribution plant for USPS where I work 12 hours a night constantly pushing, pulling, lifting, and walking; and because it's peak season everything is incredibly heavy. I'm super sore most of the time and I only have time to eat about one meal a day, but I've consistently lost 4-6 pounds a week working here. I know I will never reach my goal weight by the end of 2020 but I am optimistic that this job will get me active. Edit: plus I get a discount to the gym! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Dec 2020 08:10 PM PST I've been tracking and logging since December 4. And right now I'm sitting just about 5 lbs down. I've been eating much healthier. I've stopped eating everything in the house, and regulate myself to three meals and maybe a snack or two depending if my intake for the day allows. I know it's barely been a month, but. Damn. I am feeling so much better. I didn't realize how much me feeling bad was food until I started controlling it. I plan on introducing exercise tomorrow. :) I plan on doing an exercise bike and then use the RingFit Adventure for the Switch. It's a small change, but I'm sedentary, so it's enough to get me up and moving. This month has been me completely changing how I think about weight loss, and even what losing weight means to me. I know what prevented me from losing weight in the past, and it's no longer there. I feel like this time I will truly stay on track and get healthy again. Because for once, I am getting healthy for MYSELF. I need to be healthy for my boyfriend, too. We're both disabled, and we both rely on each other for support. We can't do that if one of us is going through health complications from being obese. My new years resolution is simple: I will be this unhealthy, this obese, ever again. The way I feel now, and the way I felt before, is night and day. I can't believe how much better I feel just from making some changes to how I eat. [link] [comments] |
| Every day has become a cheat day Posted: 19 Dec 2020 03:38 PM PST 10 years ago I was at my highest weight, somewhere over 165 pounds on a 5 ft 2 frame. I didn't own a scale, so I'm not sure if I hit 170 or not, but at that point it was all too much anyway. After seeing a photo of myself at a coworker's going away party, I declared I was going to get back down to my ideal weight of around 120 pounds. About the same time I moved to a new apartment, on my own. Lived in a very walkable area. Between learning correct portion sizes and walking everywhere, I was down to 125 pounds in about 2 years, and maintained it for about two more. Then I moved again and developed some chronic health issues from a long-ago surgery. Slowly over the next couple of years I gained about 20 pounds back as I struggled to figure out what was wrong, had no energy for even the most basic movement, and had serious issues with food as the source of a lot of my flare-ups that resulted in eating a lot of high-calorie "safe" comfort foods. (The chronic issue is basically severe IBS plus intermittent food allergies that result in fatigue, migraines, and joint pain.) I was holding OK around 145/150 pounds, not ideal but not the worst. And then 2020 hit. Full work from home, stress at work from overload after coworkers left, unable to go for walks because I am high risk and the neighborhood was crowded with people who "just need to get out" and would drive to my area to entertain their kids. Plus due to the above and low energy levels completely going off any meal prep or cooking at home, and eating junk food just because it tastes good and I am stressed or tired or bored. And so by the end of this year, I gained back the rest of the weight, and now I have to start all over again. So today I placed a junk-free grocery order. I am re-starting my habit to log all food and water, no matter if it is "cheat" or not. And most importantly, a plan of alternate activities for when I am stressed, bored, or tired:
Figuring out a food plan that works for my issues and energy levels may take a while, but even just the simple act of cutting out the extra snacking will be a good start and provide some noticeable progress while I work on the long term. So here's to Day 1, again. [link] [comments] |
| Think it might be time to take a break but I'm a bit nervous Posted: 19 Dec 2020 10:03 PM PST 27M, 5ft9in, SW: 220, CW: 184, GW: 170 I started my journey in February and I've made some good progress. Since then I've lost 35 - 36 lbs through a calorie deficit and increased exercise, with roughly 20 - 25 lbs lost between February and May. Admittedly, I don't think I was approaching it very sustainably at first. I didn't overly restrict my calories but I did an absurd amount of cardio, walking 4 - 5+ hours on the treadmill every single day - watched a lot of movies, it was great - but I was really militant about it and pretty much didn't have time to do anything else lol. I eventually got kind of bored and a bit exhausted so I decreased the time spent on cardio and introduced strength training and lifting weights. I've lost an additional 10-ish lbs since June but it's slowed down consistently and I've had to push through a couple plateaus, the longest lasting a couple months. Nowadays I eat roughly between 1600 and 1700 calories a day and although it's been slower, I've overall been having a much more balanced weight loss journey However, I always have this gnawing guilt that I'm not progressing as fast as I was in the beginning. This has led to a vicious cycle of restricting a lot some weeks, only to have a day or two of overeating that seems to undo the progress - which is really just maintenance, i'm not putting the weight back on but can't seem to get under 180 lbs. I've pretty much hit another plateau and think it might be time to actually take a conscious break and eat at maintenance but I am nervous and afraid to put the weight back on. Any tips on how to not beat myself up so much or feel guilty if the scale does go up during this time? [link] [comments] |
| For those worried about “splurging” for birthdays, special events, and the holidays… Posted: 19 Dec 2020 12:22 PM PST This is going to be a long post about how I am thinking about healthy habits & special events that normally call for overeating. I hope it helps you, as we're all grappling with how to eat during the holidays. Sorry in advance for the length. --- For some context, I started my weightloss journey in the first week of May 2020, and have lost 65 lbs (steadily 2lbs a week). I did this by slowly reducing my calories to approx 1200/1300 (or more depending on exercise) & slowly adding more exercise to my daily routine. For the most part, all I do is find ways to eat the things I love, but making healthier substitutions and being serious about portion control. I try to think of my meals of fruits or veggies with a side of proteins, grains, and starches. Making the high volume, low-calorie fruit/veggie the star of the meal really helped shift my healthy eating mindset. I eat this healthier lifestyle very consistently. Because no food feels "off-limits", I don't feel the need to regularly have cheat days. I genuinely and truly eat what I enjoy every day. My "cheat days" are very special occasions; boyfriend's birthday, my birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, anniversaries. As weird as it sounds, covid has made eating healthier easier - I don't deal with regular social gatherings to "tempt" me to eat poorly. However, as the holidays approach and pandemic fatigue sets in, I have (safely) visited family & friends and been put in tempting situations. Thanks to my nearly 8 months of eating healthily, I am able and happy to make healthier decisions when eating out with friends/family. My boyfriend and I are buying a new house; we had our parents come to check out the house, and after that, we went out to eat at an Italian restaurant. Normally, when going out to eat, I would just eat whatever (giant order of chicken fettuccine alfredo, side bread, soda, and maybe a dessert- anyone relate?). Now, I was happy to order some water, say no to the side bread, and eat a delicious salad with salmon, fruits, pecans, and raspberry vinaigrette. The salad was delicious, filling, and still probably more than I would have eaten at home, but it was fine. What did I do to make up for the meal? Nothing. It was a little bigger than I'd normally eat, but I'm still in a weekly caloric deficit and very close to my weight loss/body composition goal, so I just shrugged it off as a slightly larger meal than I would normally eat. Earlier this month, my grandparents had a 50th-anniversary dinner at a Brazilian all you can eat steakhouse. Buffet side & salad bar included. Before my healthy lifestyle change, I would have piled the sides high and eaten everything offered to me. Instead, I got modest portion sides (scalloped potatoes, black beans, rice, lobster bisque, mushrooms) and I asked for the meats they brought around that looked absolutely delicious. I also had a slice of bananas fosters pie. Oh my god, it was so good. This was a special occasion where I knew I'd end up eating way more than my caloric deficit asked for. You know what I did to prepare for it / make up for it? Nothing. The week leading up to it, I ate what I would normally eat, and after I ate what I normally eat. Do you know what the scale showed? I still lost like .5 a pound for that week. I was a little bloated though. Understandable. The day after the anniversary dinner, my aunt got pizza. I said, "no thanks, I'm fine, I'll eat the salad I prepared for myself". Of course, I could've had pizza, but it wasn't a special occasion and I truly liked the salad I prepared for myself, so I had my salad. Today is my birthday. I already had it in my mind that this would be a true cheat day. A cheat cheat day where the rules are made up and the calories don't matter. I woke up, expecting that my boyfriend and I would just go to dinner - because that's all he told me about. So I had my planned breakfast for the morning: granola, a mandarin orange, dried cranberries, and homemade iced coffee with some sweet cream. 300 calories or so of breakfast. I went on my walk and came back to a surprise. My boyfriend had a whole day of fun planned for us. He took me to my favorite breakfast place - we haven't been at all since covid happened. Before my health initiative, I would have gotten a delicious potato skillet meal with greasy meats galore. I wasn't terribly hungry, but I had just gone on a walk, so I had an egg-white omelette with spinach, cranberries, and goat cheese. It also came with a side of grits & an English muffin. I ate the whole omelette happily and split the sides with my boyfriend. It was yummy. Then we got my free Starbucks drink. Then we went to walk around an outside mall so I could hit my step goal. My boyfriend was craving a burger, and I was like "why the heck not?" Before my health initiative, we both would have gotten a burger, a side a-piece, and each gotten a milkshake. Instead, we shared a burger, shared a side of onion rings, and shared a shake. Definitely over my calorie limit for the day. But guess what? It's my birthday; only comes once a year, baby. We went home, I took my dog on a short 30-minute walk like normal, and now I am sitting here writing this. Tonight, we plan to go to a Mediterranean place. I think I'll have a greek salad. It's gonna be delicious - again, more than I'd normally eat on my diet and I'm already way above a caloric deficit (that oreo milkshake tho). To ice the cake (literally), my boyfriend took me to a Korean bakery and we got 3 individual pieces of cake to share amongst the two of us. We plan to share them tonight. A slice of chocolate ganache cake, a slice of strawberries and cream cake, and a blueberry cream cake. I don't know if we'll eat all three of them tonight, but if we do, I won't worry about it. And you know what I'm going to do to make up for it? Nothing. It is my birthday, goddammit. I knew what I was getting into. I know that this is not going to change my general healthy eating habits, and I know this will not be detrimental to my ultimate weight loss/body composition goals. Today, tomorrow, and the following days, I will go back to eating how I normally eat now. I may be bloated, the scale might not show the 1-1.5 lb/week weight loss I have been seeing since November. *shrug* When worrying about doing something "against your diet", ask yourself:
In developing a healthier lifestyle, your goal should not be perfect adherence to a strict diet. No one, even the healthiest people in the world, has a 100% perfect 24/7 diet. What matters is that your eating & other habits are generally trending toward the healthier side of things. There will be times where your eating is impeccably healthy; there will be times when you eat less healthily. But - looking at the trend of your eating & other habits - are they, overall, healthy? If so, you have been successful. It's true, if you regularly eat more calories than your body needs, you will gain weight. If I regularly overate as I described for my grandparent's anniversary dinner or for my birthday, I would gain weight. But those were special occasions - and I very honestly only eat like that for special occasions. Otherwise, I eat really really well. So I don't worry about those few times that I truly pig out. And you shouldn't either, as long as you're honest with yourself about your eating habits and are eating healthily - you will be fine. Don't sweat it; don't feel guilty; don't over constrict; don't grind hours away on the elliptical to make up for it. Celebrate the special moments. Enjoy the food you eat. But generally trend toward healthiness nonetheless. That's my advice & experience. I hope it helps you, as we're all grappling with how to eat during the holidays. [link] [comments] |
| [19M] Really Struggling to deal with my appetite Posted: 19 Dec 2020 07:09 PM PST Over the last 10 months or so, I have put back on a significant amount of weight. I was 106kg around 2 years ago, managed to hit 87kg before Coronavirus hit and was in the best shape of my life and was overall in a good mental place. After corona everything went to shit... my weight, my work etiquette, my sleeping pattern, my routine and any sort of motivation I had to do well in college. I've started going to the gym again right after this quarantine ended so I've been at it for about 4-5 weeks and I've managed to regain basically all my strength buuuuuut I'm at a much higher body fat. I've been trying to watch my eating again but I a finding it so difficult at the moment because I do college from home and live out in the countryside so while my parents aren't home I can't go anywhere, so I am stuck at home all day by the computer, and find myself feeling hungry more often than I would like. Another thing I'm struggling with is overeating whenever I do eat. I find myself finding it hard to control myself whenever I start eating and afterwards I always feel like a piece of shit. Not really expecting any advice to be honest, more of a rant. But if anyone has been/is in a similar situation to me, how did you deal with it/are dealing with it. TL;DR: Struggling with my tendency to overeat because I love food too much and don't know how to control my appetite [link] [comments] |
| A week of water weight - a study Posted: 20 Dec 2020 02:38 AM PST Hey! I see alot of questions about the scale jumping up on here and general vibes about water weight, so thought as a newbie I would put my ten cents in with my experience in case anyone finds it helpful/comforting. Feel free to scroll past the preamble! My 'stats' - Why I was a chonky boi in the first place: How I lost weight: MY WEEK OF WATER WEIGHT Sunday Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: ANd then I stopped tracking because I went home and don't have scales there, I'm going to keep at it with CICO for the rest of the year within reason. BUT, even after 3 or 4 days of going over my TDEE and matinence calorie amounts, I know that the most weight I will have put on that last week is like a pound, maybe a pound and a half at most. The numbers on the scale above that is just water weight and bloating, to be expected and will dissapate soon! So if you suddenly see the scales jump up with no seeming reason, no need to panic straight away. If you're being consistent with calories, it's likely just water weight and will go away soon [link] [comments] |
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