Weight loss: Why did no one tell me the secret of GREEK FOOD |
- Why did no one tell me the secret of GREEK FOOD
- 1 Year Update: I’ve lost just over 72kg (160lbs); gone from 4XL to a M/L; dropped 19 points from my BMI; walked over 4.2M steps; and have a gorgeous little boy!
- Year 8 of maintaining.
- Official one year mark. 317 lbs. -> 224 lbs. Size 44 ->36. XXXL -> XL. Small concession for a crap year.
- Reached my target weight just in time for Christmas
- Losing weight on ADHD medication. (M,183cm,107kg)
- trying again
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: December 24th, 2020
- NSV: Too skinny to be eaten if we got in a plane crash!!! LOL
- The binge-eater's guide to stopping a binge
- Three weeks in Three pounds down
- Little rant/ advice needed
- Feel like giving up
- Confession time: I’ve gained weight and I’m ashamed...
- I never though a doctor would tell me that I'm not fat enough
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 23
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Thursday, 24 December 2020: Today, I conquered!
- Taking a few maintenance days for the holidays!
- I've got to tell someone...
- I started to get very unmotivated
- Male -37 years old -5.11" tall - back again for another 12 week update - 9 month progress shots.
- Track with Me Thursday! Get Your Calorie/Fitness Tracker and Journey Along with Your Social-Media Friends on MyFitnessPal, Fitbit, LoseIt!, Instagram, Garmin, etc.
| Why did no one tell me the secret of GREEK FOOD Posted: 23 Dec 2020 05:27 PM PST I have heard (haven't we all?) about how amazing the "Mediterranean diet" is. But uh. I decided to look up plant-based recipes to try bulking out my diet with more veggies so I felt fuller. I usually pick recipes that use similar ingredients for the week to buy in bulk and save, so I made Greek food for the past week and OH MY GOD. I am SO SATISFIED and under my calories easily every single day. How did I not know how amazing Greek food was before this!? I feel like I always assumed it was greek salad and idk, lamb -- but I was missing the boat. I weighed the ingredients (not a lot of room for error with things like feta and olive oil), and everyone?! HUGE portions are like 400-600 calories. I can have a big, filling dinner with like 10 different types of veggies, some fish, and a little pasta and I'm as satisfied as I used to feel before being in a deficit. It was all pretty easy to make, too!? Baked cod with roasted peppers and kalamata olives, spanakorizo but with orzo and peas, roasted feta and vegetables, baked shrimp and tomatoes, chicken with olives and veggies. I am in HEAVEN. In closing: Greek food = amazing. If you have good Greek recipes I am begging you to share. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Dec 2020 04:27 AM PST I'm back for a 12 month update (here's my 6 month update from the end of June). Probably another long-ish post, sorry! Obligatory updated before and after picture. M / 30 / SW: 153.2kg / CW: 80.6kg / GW1: 100kg / GW2: 90kg / GW3: 85kg Hello! As per title, I'm back for a 12 month update. These last 6 months have flown by, both in terms of weight loss and fitness but also in life. As the year comes to a close, I thought what better time to sit down and reflect on the past. Overview I've continued to track everything I've eaten and drank; I try to be consistent as possible. My daily steps and exercise calories burnt are still tracked in a spreadsheet. My goal was to track everything for a whole year, as a little experiment, which I won't continue to do after the new year. If I wanted to, I could always go back and get the data, so no biggie. Here's an update to my progress. My daily calorie limit went from 2000, to 1800 (when I wanted a last bit of weight to budge), and then back up to 2250, which is what I have kept it set as. My TDEE is around 2350 when I last checked but 9 times out of 10, I will consume around 2350-2500 calories a day. Intermittent fasting helped amazingly in my weight loss journey, but I have since stopped and starting eating breakfast again. IF is a great tool to limit calorie intake, but towards the end of my IF journey, I found that I was just consuming more calories at night and it kind of offset why I was doing it to begin with. I now have smaller calorie meals throughout the day and I've still slowly lost some weight! Food Looking back over this year, I would say my diet has changed now. For breakfasts, instead of calorific chocolate porridge (porridge with like half a jar of chocolate spread melted in (don't knock it until you've tried it haha)) that I would have had a couple of years ago, I now have a bowl of Greek yoghurt, some fresh berries and some nuts/seeds or a bowl of porridge with apple and blueberries for breakfast. For lunches, I now eat salads with either a can of tuna or some cooked meat and some cottage cheese. Oh, and when I say salad, I mean a mahoosive bowl of the stuff! It's super low calorie and fills me right up. Keeps me going all afternoon. Dinners have been pretty much the same as I've had in the past, but really, portion control was the winner here. The kitchen scale is truly my best friend! For groceries, I'm going back to the supermarket. I found that the click and collect retailers' prices were increasing and found that going to Aldi, I could keep our costs down. We still plan our meals out for the week, and keeps those costs right down! My outlook on food has definitely changed. I now see it as fuel and making sure I try and consume more satiety foods, more fruit and vegetables and less processed foods. I also try to get as much protein in me as possible. I love to cook now, I've tried so many dishes and keep checking Pinterest for new inspiration. Drink I have since had the odd drink throughout the year. As I said in my 6 month update, I'm not really a big drinker and that is still the case (even though I could quite easily understand how easy it is to turn to a bottle during this pandemic!) I don't drink squash (cordial drink that you mix with water, for the Americans out there) anymore. I purely drink water for my hydration. I got a lovely big 1L bottle for my birthday and drink a minimum of 2L a day, pushing for 3L, but I'm not strict on myself for this. I still have a Pepsi Max every night with dinner, I love it! Exercise I continue to track everything on my Apple Watch, and still close my rings every day. In January, I think around the 9th, I'll have closed all three rings for 1 whole year. I walk the dog everyday at a brisk pace, usually around 9 minutes/km, but if I've woken with a lot of energy or have a burst of energy after work, I can get this down to around 8:30/km. Ring Fit Adventure is still played, but much less now. With having our new baby, my priorities shifted, and I couldn't devote as much time to this. I still like to play when possible, but it's probably only once of twice a week now. Gyms have been opening and closing with the pandemic (I can hardly keep up lol), and with our baby, I haven't joined a gym yet, but I'm eyeing up the bodyweight fitness recommended routine in the new year. I've added in some running to my exercises. I can now run 7-8k without stopping, something I couldn't have done this time last year, that's for sure! It's not an area I'm focusing on (I just use it to burn calories), but I have noticed that I've gone from running around 6:30/km to 5:30/km! Life Welp, this hasn't really changed has it! Coronavirus is still here and possibly (especially in the UK, that is) in a worse place than we were earlier in the year. Our son is out of NICU, he was discharged at the end of July, so a little bit after I made my previous update. He continues to be my motivation; I want to be active with him and run around and play with him without getting out of breathe. Sleeping is still so weird. My knees are knobbly and bony, I've sometimes had to add in a pillow between my legs. I'm much happier in myself: clothes fit me better, able to shop at high street shops, my lower back doesn't play up anymore, I'm much more confident, I look after myself such as skincare and haircare. I like to look good now, and get dressed properly every day, not just sitting in jogging bottoms all the time. I'm now below by goal weight and have been in maintenance for a couple of weeks now. I've still lost a little weight, but at a much slower pace than before. This isn't intentional: I think because I don't eat back my burnt calories as I always saw those as extra, I still am in a slight deficit. Maintenance is something I'm still learning about, but it's a great feeling knowing that I can just have a spoon of almond butter or peanut butter to help add the calories on when I want. I don't have a new goal weight: my new goals are fitness related such as participating in a RunDisney event (when they're running – excuse the pun!) and gaining some more muscle. Sign off That sums up my last 6 months and a brief look back at my year-long weight loss journey. Hopefully there's some bits in here that help you on your journey. I'm happy to answer any questions you have and hope you and your families have a wonderful and safe Christmas. Here's to a much better 2021! P.S. I'm still logging in daily on MyFitnessPal under the same name here if you want to add me or say hello. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Dec 2020 01:16 PM PST 33(F), 5'9". I found this sub 8 years ago and lost 40lbs in 8 months using CICO, MFP and very light exercise (yoga, walking, and spear fishing). Over the years I've put on some weight due to 2 pregnancies. I didn't panic, just waited for my body to heal, my babies (and therefore me!) To sleep through the night and for the breastfeeding to end before using my trusty CICO MFP combo. Weighed myself this morning for the first time in 6 months and I'm right in my sweet spot at 72kgs. After raging post partum depression, confinement, and quitting smoking it was nice to see that I'm still maintaining my healthy weight! For people that tell you you're just going to put it back on..maybe, but at least you know how to lose it again! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Dec 2020 08:19 AM PST I've posted not too long ago, but these two pictures are officially one year apart. My journey began when my wife and I separated. A year later we're nearing the end of a divorce I don't want. In February she told me she wasn't attracted to me anymore. And when I looked at recent pics versus when we met I was disgusted. I immediately began changing my eating habits and I quit smoking weed. I was definitely one of those who ate way too much stoned. I took several hits throughout the year that would give me a boost to work harder. In May I found out my wife was texting a male coworker and was hanging out alone together. That was right around the time she stopped trying to work things out. That's also when I took things more seriously and went to a weightloss clinic my job paid 80% of. It was great in the beginning but it was basically meal planning. Once I was seeing consistent results I stopped going. In August I got really drunk one night and suicidal. I called my wife and she heard me cock a gun. I didn't use it but ended up in a behavioral hospital and my wife later filed a protective order which was denied. I got rid of my guns and quit drinking. That made a big difference too. After that week my weight loss increased a lot faster. In September my wife filed for divorce and I was given another boost to work hard. 2 weeks later a mutual friend confirmed she had already been dating someone. I forgot to mention in January I was diagnosed bipolar with severe depression and anxiety. I was (still am) on all kinds of drugs, many of which cause weight gain. So when I found out about my wife my depression hit hard. So I'll be honest, about 15 of those pounds lost we're because I simply couldn't eat. I was basically doing a 24 hour fast each day. I'd drink one protein shake and that was it for 24 hours. After all that about a month ago I got Covid and lost my sense of taste and smell. That made it a little easier to not eat bad foods. I'd like to say I was in the gym every other day but my workouts were minimal. Mostly walking a mile or two here and there. Bought an elliptical I've used 5 times since May and I used resistance bands a few times a month. So this has mostly been dieting. My brother in law (6'10" - 250 lbs. former semi-pro basketball player) suggested I lose a little more weight before he begins to train with me. So my next years goal will to work on definition and gains. I'm just proud of where I am today given everything going on. From here on out, I'm doing this all for me and to be able to keep up with my little girl. [link] [comments] |
| Reached my target weight just in time for Christmas Posted: 24 Dec 2020 01:16 AM PST I'm actually 4lb under my target weight today (slightly fortuitous freak fluctuation) but this is the first time my seven-day moving average from the Libra app is below my target weight. I've gone from 14 stone to 10st 3.2lb (actually 9st 13½lb today), or 196lb to 143lb, or 89kg to 65 kg. graph from late 2019 to present (sadly never exported from MFP the data from late 2016 when I started at 14 stone) There's a big blip from going on holiday to San Diego in February (remember international leisure travel anyone?) and then a huge blip from when a series of running injuries broke the "calories out" side of the equation at the same time as lockdown blues broke the "calories in" side. The final 23lb push started at the beginning of September and I set myself a tentative goal date of Christmas Day, so I'm actually one full day early. So this is both a diet of 3¾ stone i.e. 52½lb or 23.8kg in four years, and 23lb or 10.4kg in just under four months. Over the years I've used various strategies. I got kicked into action by some (kind-hearted) fat shaming: my friends started asking when my baby was due … and I'm a bloke! Strict calorie counting using what I termed "MyFatnessPal" worked for a while but it's too much admin work for me to be sustainable long term. If I had to eat lunch in a rush and didn't have time to look everything up, I'd just give up counting for the day and then be out of control. And I mostly ate lunch in the staff canteen which wasn't easy to find calories for. Increasing exercise freed me from having to track calories. I got my running back up to 40mi/week or 65km/week and found that all I needed to lose weight was to make vaguely healthy choices. However this all goes wrong if I get injured and can't run for a bit, especially when the gym at work still hasn't reopened after the pandemic hit. I regained 19lb (that's why it's called Covid-19 right?) this summer. The UK government initiative at the end of the summer to get people back into restaurants "eat out to pork out" didn't help either. The final phase of the diet this autumn/winter has been a combination of building to running again slowly (only at 16mi/week 26km/week currently) but also walking for an hour (sometimes several hours) on non-running days, eating low-carb and high-protein with mountains of frozen veg, sometimes manually counting calories for a few days to get back on track after any wobbles, and, most importantly, weighing myself every single day. [link] [comments] |
| Losing weight on ADHD medication. (M,183cm,107kg) Posted: 24 Dec 2020 01:09 AM PST I've always struggled with my weight. With a lot of effort, I've dropped weight in the past but my lack of focus always leads to the weight coming back. I eat without thinking, shovelling in food without thinking why. When I was diagnosed with ADHD and medicated, I found it much easier to control what I was eating. Not only is my appetite suppressed by the drugs, I am in control of my choices. I lost 7kg in 7 weeks. But then...nothing for two months. I eat 2000 calories a day with plenty balanced macros (10-35% carbs, 40-50% protein, 30-40% fat). I go the gym three times a week and work hard when I'm there. I've built some muscle but lost no weight around my waist. My body fat is the same. I'm stumped as to what is going on. The only thing I can think is that I need to do more aerobic exercise. I do 10,000 steps most days but no running, cycling etc. Has anyone else had this problem? (I'm pro-science and not interested in dangerous fad diets like paleo, keto etc.) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Dec 2020 10:04 PM PST hi! i'm posting here as i'm looking to focus on losing weight again but have no idea where to start. i used to see a nutritionist and i lost around 90 lbs, but during quarantine i started new medication, stopped working out and eating as well as i was, and gained back 50 lbs. now i have no insurance and no idea where to start. my SW is 290, my GW is 180 lbs, and my CW is 245 lbs. the lowest i've reached was 198 lbs. i also have issues with binging and restricting, which definitely doesn't help. any support or encouragement is appreciated! btw, i'm female, 19, and also 5'5"/165cm. i'm not a vegetarian, but i try to eat less meat and dairy! also, i'm not currently able to exercise too intensely due to a knee injury but i do walk at least 2 miles a day and i dance. i know 180 lbs isn't low but i felt incredibly healthy and confident when i was 198 lbs. i looked slim (i have a bit of muscle which definitely adds to my weight) and fit in clothes at normal stores. i've been big my entire life and my goal is to be a weight where i feel confident and beautiful. [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: December 24th, 2020 Posted: 24 Dec 2020 12:19 AM 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] |
| NSV: Too skinny to be eaten if we got in a plane crash!!! LOL Posted: 23 Dec 2020 06:29 AM PST Last night, my boyfriend and I did a social distance "get together" on Zoom where we played games like JackBox and whatnot. At one point, we were supposed to point at people who we'd eat if we got in a plane crash - Lord of the Flies style (we wrote on paper/dry erase boards since we were on Zoom). No one said they'd eat me! My boyfriend was like "man why wouldn't you eat ImAKillerQueen - she looks tasty!" lol and they were like "no offense but she's really tiny and wouldn't give us much meat. But [our friend] Drake tho, Drake thicc" Such a stupid NSV, but I've never been called "tiny" and I'm truly honored to not be chosen to get eaten in a plane crash scenario. Lol --- Since the rules say I need to include details on NSV posts... 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. I find that the most important thing in my journey has been finding exercise & foods I love - developing sustainable habits that foster a lifestyle change rather than doing some sort of crash diet. I'm sure we all know that the most important way to get weight off and keep it off is to make changes we can stick with. For anyone interested, this is a very sciency article about the habit changes that help with sustainable weight loss: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5764193/ And here is a really good tool for calculating how many calories you need to eat to lose weight: NIH Body Weight Planner http://BWplanner.niddk.nih.gov Edit for some more details: As I look forward to 2020: I am less concerned with body weight now, and more concerned with maintaining my weight loss, achieving a body fat % and muscular look. I have looked at pictures of 5'5" women at 18-20% body fat, and I think that's the body I want to aim for. I recently started reading Thinner Leaner Stronger by Michael Matthews, and I have found the book informative and it describes a diet & workout plan that I am comfortable with. I plan on following The Year One Challenge for Women by Michael Matthews because, again, it describes a workout and nutrition routine that I am comfortable with and appears to foster the kind of body I aspire to have. I am hoping to finally get a General Practitioner, and make sure that I have no deficiencies and make sure all my body levels (blood sugar, blood pressure, heart, etc.) are doing well. I have DEXA Scan scheduled for Dec 27 just so I can see where I really stand in body composition. That would be useful info. Most importantly, I just hope to keep up the habits I have successfully fostered in 2020. [link] [comments] |
| The binge-eater's guide to stopping a binge Posted: 23 Dec 2020 11:19 AM PST I hope I'm not over promising with the title, but I, as a binge eater, have developed a trick that makes it easier to break out of my hopeless binge cycle. I will start off by saying that I suffered from eating disorders for many year, and finally settled on just having binge eating disordered, offset by an otherwise healthy lifestyle. There have been countless times when I didn't know how to stop eating and it left me feeling hopeless. Even though I'm in a much better place in my life now, I can get into these cycles. While I was in a binge on everything carb flow yesterday, I decided to force myself to make a big salad. I wasn't going to force myself to eat it, but I wanted to have it on hand. Today, I woke up resolved to eat normally, and proceeded to immediately eat a loaf of bread. During my binge today, I made myself drink a lot of water. I have 1.5 liter bottles of soad and made sure I drank an entire one. I know for me, I eat when really all I need is some water. When the time came to decide what to shove in my face next I remembered my salad. I said why not. I had smartly portioned it out into generous portions and seasoned (though wihout vinegar or olive oil to help it stay fresh). I shoveled it in my mouth like any other food I would be binging on...but I noticed that when the container was empty, I was satieted. I'm not a nutritionist, but I think the salad helped me stabalize my blood sugar enough that I was able to get out of the cycle, or at the very least, transition my binge to vegetables instead of cake. This incident reminded me to always have a cut salad in the fridge, or some cooked vegetables. It is very time intensive to prepare healthy food - it's much easier to just open a bag of chips, but the investment of that time helps me to manage my binging, or at least take it away from something very self destructive. [link] [comments] |
| Three weeks in Three pounds down Posted: 23 Dec 2020 03:49 PM PST Started at 330lbs been losing one pound a week steadily now sitting at 327lbs. Down to a couple of bad days a week at most. Still having some bad days but for the most part I can stop myself from making bad choices in certain situations. Something I've found helpful is to write down what happens when I stuff my face this way when I encounter a scenario that's too dangerous I have a plan on how to stop myself. I figure that once I lose enough weight I can get an exercise bike to use, that should be around 250-260lbs. I'm currently 6'2" and weigh 327 lbs but started at 330lbs. My goal is to get to be around 180-190lbs. I do plenty of walking already about 120 mins a day this should help me lose weight. I don't track my calories but for the moment while I'm losing there is no need but I might start if I ever stop losing. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Dec 2020 09:53 PM PST At the beginning of quarantine (around March) I started binge eating and gained a lot of weight. Around June I got back track on my weight loss journey but developed an eating disorder that involved very restrictive eating patterns. Come August, I got in a relationship and I begin eating normal again since we went out to eat often and my weight balanced out. I went back to college end of august and the stress and my depression caused me to binge eat like crazy and gain around twenty pounds. I need to get back on track but it's so hard for me to go even one day without eating to the point of being painfully full. I'm vegan, so I eat healthy for the most part but I tend to binge on calorie dense foods which tends to put me thousands of calories over my maintaining intake. I was 120 in august and now am 140 and am 5 feet 5 inches. I would really like peoples advice on how to get back on track and how to stop binge eating. Any low calorie vegan meals would also be amazing! Thank you! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 Dec 2020 01:21 AM PST 27M / 235ish / 6'2 I've gained closed to 30lbs since I separated the military about 3 years ago. Right after I left the military my alcoholism peaked. I've been sober almost 3 years but I've gained close to 30lbs. I have tried keto but couldn't sustain it and felt oily. I try to stay active but I am a student and I feel like a hibernating bear. I go weeks on a good caloric deficit and then something comes up with family or friends and I just crumble. I am on an exercise program but I have to take a break from running because of a God-awful shin splint (most likely caused by my weight). My fiancé has told me my upper body looks more toned but I have this girdle of fat around my waist and huge thighs. I feel humiliated knowing I used to be this fit person. People seem surprised to find how fat I am under my shirt, I guess I hide it well? Anyways. I wanna keep chugging but I guess I was just trying to find a place of support. [link] [comments] |
| Confession time: I’ve gained weight and I’m ashamed... Posted: 23 Dec 2020 08:52 PM PST I am a 34 y/o female and in a new relationship (~3 months). I am 5'5 and somehow managed to balloon up to 168. I've gotten a nutritionist and committed to spending the next eight weeks getting back to a "comfortable weight" (130s - 140s) but as I was riding my Peloton today I looked out of the window and had to admit to myself: I am SO ashamed of myself and my body right now. I am sharing this here as it feels like there is no one else I can confess this to and I am sure there are folks here who can relate. I am not depressed, self-loathing, etc. but sheesh, I'M EMBARRASSED for letting myself get this out of shape. There is no other way to frame it. I cannot be the only person who feels like this in spite of being on a positive road to health / self-correction. At any rate, I had to get that off of my chest and also to let anyone else out there who feels shame know: you are absolutely not alone. Also, shame comes in all weights, heights and shapes and is also highly personal / internal. Also disclaimer: My personal shame and embarrassment has everything to do with how I feel about my own health and body and I pass no judgment on anyone else's. There are people who look - and feel - fantastic who are both much larger and much smaller than I am. [link] [comments] |
| I never though a doctor would tell me that I'm not fat enough Posted: 23 Dec 2020 07:35 AM PST Some background: I was always a heavy child and reached my peak weight of 270 my freshman year of high school. I began dieting and exercising, and by senior year I was down to under 200. I was even more active in college and reached the best shape of my life in those years. Then I got a sedentary job, I got older, my metabolism slowed, and I gained back a bunch of that weight. Now I'm on my second weight loss journey. I'm posting because of something I saw in the news lately. The county I live in has been detailing their plans for distributing the Covid vaccine. Group 1a includes frontline workers (nurses, doctors, paramedics, etc) and elder care residents. That group is being vaccinated now. Group 1b includes people with pre-existing conditions such as cancer, COPD, etc. I was looking at the list of conditions that qualify a person for group 1b and I was surprised to see that obesity (BMI > 30) was listed. I usually don't bother checking my BMI, but this made me curious. So I plugged my current stats into a calculator I found online and I came out at 27.6! Honestly, it made me feel pretty happy. Sure, I have to wait longer for the vaccine, but finding out that I'm not medically obese anymore has helped motivate me to keep going. So yeah, as a former fat kid and currently overweight adult, I never thought I would hear doctors tell me that I'm not fat enough! 😂 [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 23 Posted: 23 Dec 2020 05:04 PM PST Hello losers, Hump day before Santa shoves his butt through the chimney with joy & coal! Weight: Not this morning. Stay within calorie range (maintain at 2000 ish): Much better today. Exercise 5 days a week: Erranding vigorously & being nice to in laws. I think that counts as cardio in December. 11/23 days. Self-care journaling (once a week, 60 minutes): Would like to make time for this tomorrow. 3/3 week. Try a new recipe once a week: Roasting some rutabaga right & a new green chili recipe. Gonna do a new turkey green chili recipe tomorrow. 2/2 weeks Express gratitude, mindfulness or HOLIDAY CHEER: Today I'm grateful for a quiet house. I'm watching scary movies again, heaven help me. Also watched some silly Christmas media. Your turn kids! [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Thursday, 24 December 2020: Today, I conquered! Posted: 24 Dec 2020 12:08 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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| Taking a few maintenance days for the holidays! Posted: 23 Dec 2020 06:05 PM PST And wow. I've only been 3 weeks into CICO, and I can't nearly eat as much as I used to back then. I used to eat hundreds of calories over my maintenance, averaging around ~3000 a day. For the past 3 weeks, I've been eating 1200-1400 calories a day. I've given myself 3 maintenance days for the holidays, starting with today. I planned an evening of extra snacks and a big dinner, just like I used to eat — only, even less so as I've carefully calculated everything to fit under my maintenance calories. And yet, I'm not even halfway through and I'm completely stuffed. I don't know why, but this progress makes me so excited! I used to worry that I was accidentally consuming way more calories than I'd planned — despite careful weighing and calculating — because I was actually feeling full with only 1200-1400 cals a day. But now I've actually allowed myself to try, and I really can't finish! I'm really happy as I used to have a big issue with overeating. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Dec 2020 09:50 AM PST I have started a weight loss journey. I've started many before, but this time has felt different. I also have a doctor, a therapist, a dietician, and a husband to support me and help me keep my other problems in check (anxiety based on diet and exercise, depression, PCOS, and on and on). F30 5'7". Sw: 338. Cw: 316. I just weighed myself for the first time in 5 weeks. I saw noticeable differences in my face, and I was hoping for a 5 pound loss. I was staring at the number, trying to actually process how much was actually lost. I didn't expect anywhere near that number! I don't speak to a lot of my family, so I can't really share with a lot of people. My coworkers are super supportive, and my husband and his parents are the same. I'll be honest. I've tried diet changes before. I gained everything back. I had to get a new medical doctor because the previous one spent an entire appointment forcing me into a panic attack, telling me I wasn't moving fast enough on my goals. I got to the new one, and he believed I needed a bit of help. My insurance doesn't cover anything related to obesity. I ended up on a med that treats type II diabetes (which I don't have). It also helps with weight loss. It was a big surprise when this med made me sick from eating too many carbs. So I had to adjust my diet quickly. I adopted a very loose low-carb lifestyle. I don't count carbs unless I'm worried about going over that top number of 150 a day. A piece of bread upsets my stomach terribly. So I just avoid a lot of bread. Same with pasta, mashed potatoes (RIP, you were well loved), and rice. Obviously sometimes I had to give in otherwise I would derail completely. The next thing this med did was cut my appetite in half completely exactly 2 weeks after I started the med. I barely eat anything compared to what I used to. However, what I'm eating now is closer to "normal" portions, whatever that is. I'm working on wrapping my brain around this being the norm now. I thank you for getting this far. It's good to share this. I am so proud of myself at this point. I finally feel like I'm getting somewhere that I can sustain. I don't really have a goal weight. I'm leaning more towards health and feeling good. [link] [comments] |
| I started to get very unmotivated Posted: 23 Dec 2020 09:17 PM PST Hello, I (22F, 5'6, SW: 87.6kg, CW: 76kg, GW: 57kg) started losing weight approximately 3 months ago with the help of a nutritionist. So far I've lost 11.6kgs but I feel like I am missing out on so many good foods. Also, it's becoming so hard to control my portions. I am on the recovery from binge eating and I feel like it's coming back (but I at least binge on healthy foods instead of junk food). It's also very hard to see people losing at least twice the amount I've lost in 3 months, the time I've been on this journey. The fact that I could've done the same and be lighter really hurts me because I know it's just because of my mistakes. I just need some motivation. I need to be at least 15kgs lighter by the summer of 2021. It's not impossible, but I feel so bad when I see little progress. Thanks for reading. It was some sort of ranting but I would appreciate some motivational stuff :) [link] [comments] |
| Male -37 years old -5.11" tall - back again for another 12 week update - 9 month progress shots. Posted: 23 Dec 2020 04:45 AM PST Well I'm back again for a end of year progress topic, this is 9 months in now I started at 310lbs in march and as of today I am 238 lbs. Marking as NSFW - (topless male in shorts) What you cant tell here is I actually am over twice as strong as I was before too with weight training being a key part of my regime , I hope over 2021 some of my hard work there will become more apparent. This community has been very supportive and i appreciate the uplift you gave me in the past. My next 12 week shots will be my one year anniversary of losing weight and changing my body for the better. Merry Christmas to you all, enjoy yourselfs and lets smash 2021!!! [side-by-side-new.jpg](https://postimg.cc/67R9Z2hM) [front-comparison-new.png](https://postimg.cc/vc1CDRhz) [back-comparison-new.jpg](https://postimg.cc/phG1Xkn4) [link] [comments] |
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