Weight loss: 84lbs down and I’m so, so proud of myself! |
- 84lbs down and I’m so, so proud of myself!
- I beat a craving. (Small step for most, LARGE step for me)
- How I Lost 120lbs & Kept It Off For 6 Years While Being Lazy & Unmotivated (297 -> 180)
- Some thoughts on fitness gaming after reaching a 250 day streak of activity goals met, 30kg lost and type 2 diabetes in heavy remission
- If you don't think small, sustained change can make a difference; stop brushing your teeth for a month.
- Day 7 tracking calories and no alcohol
- I had a meltdown and binged, after losing 40lbs and keeping it off for six months
- One Year Ago Today
- First time out of triple digits in over 2 decades, a reluctant acknowledgement
- I lost 13 pounds in 1 month ❤️thanks to y’all
- You CAN’T be a fat bride
- 24-Hour Pledge - Sunday, 10 January 2021 - The Plan for Today!
- I lost two pounds!
- Today was my breaking point and I need your precious advices
- I'm starting again
- I did a thing and I’m proud
- An exercise in self control
- Stupid question but, how do I lose weight?
- Does it matter what you eat as long as you’re within your calorie budget?
- Feeling pretty down, just needed to vent.
- My 10-week Fitness Challenge: Day 1 Accountability
- Confused about TDEE and activity levels
- How does a busy couple lose weight without relapsing in an eating disorder?
- I'm so excited to be on this journey
| 84lbs down and I’m so, so proud of myself! Posted: 09 Jan 2021 05:05 PM PST Hi guys! 21F 5'6" SW:263 CW:179 I started actively trying to lose weight July 2018 after realising just how unhealthy I had become; I couldn't play with my younger brother, I couldn't walk up or down the stairs without hyperventilating, my heart rate was constantly high and as someone who works in healthcare, I just didn't feel right being so unhealthy myself. I started slowly reducing calories and cutting down on portions. I had a few stunts with meal replacement products but realised soon that even though it was helping me lose weight (about 14lbs lost in first month) I knew that it wasn't sustainable for me. For the last 6 months I have been doing Keto, and whilst there is mixed opinions from people on this, I honestly think it has changed my life. Over half of my weight loss has been since starting it in August 2020, I can walk places, I can run and jump, my heart rate, blood pressure and blood sugars are all in healthy ranges. I feel alive again! I still have a way to go, but god, being told by the Dr that I'm no longer 'morbidly obese' but 'overweight' is amazing, and I'm so ready for when that turns to 'healthy weight'. I've got this [link] [comments] |
| I beat a craving. (Small step for most, LARGE step for me) Posted: 09 Jan 2021 04:55 AM PST It was Friday afternoon and it hit me, I was craving Oreos and a tall glass of milk. I knew I shouldn't cave especially this early on but given the fact that I still hadn't cleared out my fridge and still had a pack of Oreos in the fridge from when my family came to visit, it would've been easy to just let myself fall into the trap. I didn't. I still can't believe I didn't cave to my craving. Instead, I took a moment and thought what it is I love about Oreos. For me, it's the chocolate and the crunch, followed by the cold creamy milk. So I did some digging online and found that cocoa dusted almonds make a decent snack for chocolate cravers. So I made a quick trip to the store and brought them home. And I gave myself the recommended serving size (¼ cup) and I thought to myself, "There's no way this one serving is gonna do it." But I tried it. The first few almonds, really didn't kill my craving BUT suddenly I popped one in my mouth and my craving for Oreos was gone. The chocolate and crunch I craved from Oreos was satisfied. At this point, I couldn't have been more happy with myself. I beat a craving with a better alternative that would benefit me better in the long run. TLDR: Cocoa Dusted Almonds and Skim Milk are going to be my new favorite reward snack. Edit: Wow! Thanks everyone! I can't express how much this group is helping me. Any other year, by this time I would have regressed into my old habits already. Y'all keep me motivated! [link] [comments] |
| How I Lost 120lbs & Kept It Off For 6 Years While Being Lazy & Unmotivated (297 -> 180) Posted: 09 Jan 2021 08:06 PM PST Starting Weight/Goal Weight/Today Hey all, About 5 years ago I started my weight loss journey. I was 297lbs, had been obese my entire life, and completely fed up with being overweight. Like anyone who is overweight, I knew I had to make a change but never had the strength or will to take any meaningful action. But something kind of clicked with me in September of 2015. I was suddenly overcome with an intense fear of poor health. My brain decided to go down the rabbit hole of googling things like "diabetes symptoms" or "sleep apnea" and I quickly realized that I needed to make a change, but I still didn't know how. I researched many diets and eventually settled on the Keto diet. I somehow had the willpower to cut carbs almost completely out of my life, going cold turkey and losing 35lbs in 2 months. But this wasn't sustainable at all, and I'm incredibly lucky that this didn't burn me out of weight loss. So after doing Keto, I knew I needed to make a slow, gradual change in my lifestyle and habits to achieve long-term weight loss. So I decided to cut things out one at a time, which started with the biggest offenders. First, I cut out soda completely, I was at a point in my life where I was drinking 6-7 cans a day (before keto), and I knew if I kept drinking sodas it would just be calories down the drain. Doing that alone cut 7-800 calories, which drastically improved my caloric intake. Then, I eliminated snacking and made a conscious decision to not buy snacks, which left me only with meals. I also started calorie counting, and it helped tremendously with being able to accurately guess how many calories are in a given dish. If you're trying to lose weight, I highly recommend calorie counting, not just so you know how many calories you're eating, but also you so you can learn about food and just be more knowledgeable and well-prepared. Making small environmental changes like this added up, and after about 2 years, I was down to 176lbs. It's been a few years going up in down and weight, but for the most part I've kept the weight off. I'm currently ~200lbs (6ft) and I'm happy with my weight, although I do strive to just be healthier in general. I practice intermittent fasting, eating from 2PM-10PM every day. Tips For Weight Loss
I am by no means a highly motivated, disciplined, or willful person. That's something I'm finally starting to work on now, but I was able to achieve my weight loss goals without any of that. If you just eliminate the hard decisions altogether, then you don't have to rely on motivation or will. If I can do it, you can do it too. Remember, work smart not hard. That's my story, I hope you guys can learn something from it and I hope to see y'all around. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Jan 2021 11:54 PM PST I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and high bp in late April, with an a1c back then at 110 mmol/mol (12.2%). In the 3 months that followed I lost 30 kg from exercising and controlling my diet, while battling some medication side effects from the new (bp) meds. The diabetes meds were reduced and then removed as my a1c dropped, and it's now been steady at 30mmol/mol (4.9%) for months despite using no meds and eating relatively normally. These days, I essentially choose whole wheat when possible and avoid anything with a lot of pure sucrose, but otherwise eat whatever, using exercise to maintain my current weight and to help digestion, and it seems to work well. I just hit a 250 day streak on my Apple Watch, meaning 250 days of at least 500 active calories burned and 30 min of high pulse activity. Most days it's above that, though my logic (later confirmed from seeing friends choosing the alternative) was that a reasonable minimum goal would allow me to have "days off" where I just do the minimum and still get in some exercise, instead of having a goal so high that days off would just be doing nothing. I'm easily bored, so trying things like walking on a thread mill or using general gym equipment bores me within 2 minutes. Thus I quickly turned to fitness gaming. Here are some thoughts: Pokemon Go What is it? A mobile game that uses GPS to track where you are, letting you find and catch Pokemon based on your real world activities. Pros: In the beginning especially, walking is a great way to "do something". Pokemon Go is a good way to give you an incentive to walk, and it syncing with Apple Health means you'll be rewarded for walking even when it's not running. Eggs, buddy pokemon, community days, etc are extra incentives to walk more. It's free to get into as long as you have a compatible phone, and it works everywhere, though you'll have more fun in areas with pokestops/gyms. Cons: There are quite a few mechanics here that slow you down. The animations feel like syrup when you're trying to "drive by catch" a pokemon while walking at a good speed, and the gym battles with their 2 min wait time are the death of proper exercise. Thus this option becomes less ideal the further in your journey you are. You're also dependent on living/walking near pokestops to keep it free, at least if you'll want to catch everything. Community days and such also have a paid component, and these components have become increasingly expensive lately. Ring Fit Adventure What is it? A game for the Nintendo Switch that uses a special ring controller and accompanying game to let you play by doing core training, Pros: Trains other parts of your body than most fitness games. Eventually there is quite a bit of variety, and you can adjust he intensity. It's good at guiding you through it all, including stretching. Cons: Even now, months later when I'm in much better shape, five minutes of this makes my back hurt for a day, so I'm not actively using it. I also find it tedious, especially in the beginning when you haven't unlocked all exercises. It's also expensive, both in terms of needing a Switch (and not a Lite) and the game itself. Finally, this being Nintendo, they're trying to do everything themselves so there is no connectivity with fitness trackers whatsoever, on top of the built in version of that being absolute garbage. Just Dance What is it? A dancing game that exists for most consoles now, and on mobile. Pros: Fairly easy to get into, since you can technically just use a smartphone + screen of some sort. Lots of options to play, such as a camera on an Xbox 360/One with Kinect, motion controllers on Switch/PS4, etc. Has hundreds of songs to pick from, and each new release of the game supports all old content. Multiplayer for extra fun. Enough options for both lighter and heavier exercise, and accessible to anyone regardless of how fit they are. The scoring system gives you something to work towards even wen you've played a song many times. Cons: Various control schemes have issues of some sort, and your score might be as much dependent on how you play as how good you are. There's a running subscription cost for access to all songs, though it's not too expensive. No support for custom songs means that even with hundreds available, there's a chance you'll run out of stuff you actually know. The lack of proper feedback means the game will repeatedly inform you that you didn't do it perfectly without really giving you any indication of why, and it might be very particular about how you perform a move (sometimes to the point where you have to do something else than what seems correct to get it to register, taking away from the experience somewhat). Beat Saber What is it? VR game where you slap incoming boxes with virtual light sabers, to matching music. Pros: Very fun; everyone likes being a jedi. Can really get your working for it on higher difficulties. Fairly lightweight for a VR game, so even works on standalone VR headsets. Third party support for custom songs on some platforms means you'll never run out of content. Multiple difficulties and customization options means that you'll have more control over the experience. As long as your VR system keeps up, failures are your own and easily noticed, unlike Just Dance which is much more random. Cons: Requires a VR headset, and a good one for custom song support and proper tracking on higher difficulties. VR can be a no-go for some. Some platforms' VR is also too inaccurate for high difficulties. Some platforms are also limited to official songs, of which there aren't that many, and you pay per song(/pack) instead of a subscription like Just Dance (which also has 10 times the songs). It also has a very peculiar fail system where you can fail a song and have it stopped if you fail too many boxes in a row, despite the fact that there's already a score system to tell you how well you did. You can disable this, but at the cost of your score. This probably (?, not sure how exactly) makes sense in a competitive sense, but for exercise it's an issue since the lower difficulties don't require much and the higher ones might make you fail. Even now that I do some songs on Expert I find myself having to enable "no fail" just to get a harder workout on Expert+/harder Expert songs, and when that cuts my score in half regardless of how well I do, some of the gamification aspect goes away. The score seems like it would serve as a good enough measure of your success without the fail option, and I think Just Dance proves that. My routine These days, in -15+C weather, I keeps walks to a minimum and generally go for Just Dance/Beat Saber to get the daily exercise. This limits what parts of the body are being worked on, so this is more for general activity than a method to become ripped. 250 days in, this rotation keeps me going with no signs of becoming too boring, which is more than I can say for having tried gym equipment for five minutes. Hope this can help others find a way to "game" the system. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 Jan 2021 01:37 AM PST NOTE: Please don't stop brushing your teeth, it's an illustration. We all know the advice, make small changes you can stick to rather than big changes you can't. But I suspect many of us struggle to believe it, especially at the start of the journey. Not brushing your teeth is a small change and, if you sustain it, the impact is huge. Day 1 your breath smells. You may not notice this yourself but it happens just the same. Just the same way exercise causes a response in your body that you may not notice right away. Week 2 your gum start to bleed. That's noticeable, but only to you. Just like that feeling when you have a little more energy getting out of bed or climbing the stairs after a couple of weeks of fresh food and step class. Week 4 your teeth are discoloured, a change that some people notice. Like dropping a dress size or a belt notch. You might get some comments from those close to you. Week 8 your tooth falls out. I dunno, I'm not a dentist and the analogy is wearing thin now. Point is, thete will be sizeable changes that make a real difference to your life. And all because of a small change that you managed to sustain. So, switch from latte to black coffee, have one beer instead of three, trim the fat off the bacon, hop off the bus a couple of stops early, take the stairs...but sustain that small change and trust that it WILL make a difference over time. Go for it, it will work. [link] [comments] |
| Day 7 tracking calories and no alcohol Posted: 09 Jan 2021 11:23 PM PST Made it through my first week! Just got off work and I ate at exactly 1200 already today. Normally when I used to get off work I'd drink a few cocktails and eat a huge meal but today felt good! I got home and had some tea and water. I really wanted the brownies I have in my cabinet but I told myself not tonight and to stay at my calorie deficit. I honestly don't feel restricted and realized that my daily binge after work is unnecessary and that I'm not even hungry just want to taste something if that makes sense. I don't need the brownie today and I know it will still be there tommorow if I want it and that saying no to it today will keep me on track. My biggest challenge in the past is not seeing results fast enough so I quit but then I look back and realize if I would have kept going from last time I gave up I would already be at my weight loss goals today. So I just need to take it day by day and time will fly and add up to my goals. Hope everyone had a good day today. [link] [comments] |
| I had a meltdown and binged, after losing 40lbs and keeping it off for six months Posted: 09 Jan 2021 02:42 PM PST Well, title summarises it. Last year I lost 40lbs~ between February and June. Since June I have maintained my weight at roughly 145lbs, and as of yesterday was actually down to 142lbs despite the holiday season just gone. I used CICO and running, but injured my hip very badly in June. I decided that maintaining the changes for a while was an acceptable goal as my BMI was now 23.8, and maintenance is in itself an important thing to learn. Fast forward to today, a little over six months later. Almost a year since I first decided to lose the weight. I've learned so many good habits, I understand now that emotional eating/bingeing was what pushed me to 187lbs and a BMI of 29.9. I now measure my oil when cooking, I snack on fruit, I still occasionally calorie count to keep my estimates in the right ball park. Yadda yadda. But today, I don't know. It's like when you've dropped your phone a bunch of times and the screen was always fine. Then you drop it half a foot to the floor and it hits on the corner and shatters. That's what it felt like. I've been upset, depressed, disappointed, scared, a whole bunch this year, but fought back the urge to just eat until the pain stopped. Until today, when I just snapped, big time, and began to eat, and eat. Eating until it hurt, until I cried. Until I no longer even wanted to eat but just kept on going. So now I'm sitting on what I imagine is around 4000-5000 calories of food in a single day, and I feel awful in every way imaginable. I won't wake up weighing 187lbs again tomorrow, but I feel like I've let myself down so badly. I worked so hard, I changed so much and I was so proud of myself. Now I'm just ashamed. Thanks for reading this, if you did. I appreciate it. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Jan 2021 09:42 AM PST M 40, 6'3" SW: 390 lbs. CW: 234 lbs. One year ago today(January 9th, 2020) I was browsing the front few pages of Reddit, trying not to work, when I came across this. Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Thursday, 09 January 2020? Start here! After reading through it, and still not planning on trying to lose weight, I decided to download MyFitnessPal and actually try and track my calories for a couple of days, just to see what I was actually doing. I entered my breakfast, which I had already eaten, and then at lunch I started to enter the sandwich and chips that I was going to eat. As I entered it, I just remember getting more and more angry as I watched the calories climb. That anger inadvertently started me on a diet that day. On my first day I only consuming 1667 calories as best I could figure. Since then I have progressed to a point where Monday - Friday I only try to consume between 1200 - 1300 calories, Saturday I am willing to go up to 1500, and Sunday up to 2000 while allowing myself sugary snacks/desserts on that day. I still eat all the same foods, but just control the quantity. So I still get pizza, fried chicken, Szechuan Chicken, burritos… It does get hard on the limiting part. One of the things I read in comments that helped was when one person mentioned they wanted a piece of cake and chose not to eat it. They said they just ran 45 minutes in effect. I started to think of calories as a bank account. I could spend them where I wanted to, but not go into debt. Starting out I would go on a walk once a week for about 15 minutes. Now, on Tuesdays, I go on a 4 mile walk that has a good incline. On Thursdays, I ride the stationary bike for an hour. Sundays I go for a hike ranging from 4 to 10 miles. I must admit I do get pain in my hips and knees, but nothing I can't overcome with wrapping my knees and taking some ibuprofen. It frequently is not easy to get out that door, or onto the bike to start, but I have never finished one and thought that I wish I had not done it. Some do not always get the same level of intensity, but I finish the exercise and try and do better the next time. If I may be bold enough to offer some advice to anyone thinking of getting started or already in the process, which I still am.
I want to thank those that contributed in posting or commenting in that article, and those who have given me encouragement along the way. TL;DR: Read an article a year ago, decided to see how many calories I ate in a day, got angry by lunch, lost 156 lbs. this past year. (Not easy, but definitely doable.) Edit: Thanks everyone for the kind words. I appreciate them. Also just a disclaimer, I am not trying to tell everyone to eat 1200-1300 calories a day. Do what you can, in a healthy way, that will also not discourage you from your goals. [link] [comments] |
| First time out of triple digits in over 2 decades, a reluctant acknowledgement Posted: 10 Jan 2021 12:49 AM PST Today was the first time the scale has shown a number below 100kg. I'm still a fat bastard, but I guess this is a milestone of sorts. I can remember when I first found out I exceeded 100kg. It was the fun experience of getting to find out in front of my classmates at school. During a PE class in Year 9 (so I'd have been 13 or 14) we had to do a bunch of things that included recording our weights. Given I was easily the largest in the class when it was my turn to get on the scale everyone pretty much gathered to see. The number ticked over 100kg and you can be sure that elicited a reaction from everyone, including our teacher (nothing mean was said, it was more about the tone). It isn't like I didn't know I was fat (2 years earlier I was in the 80s, again I know thanks to a weigh in at school), but to have a whole extra digit compared to all my peers, even the teacher was...shall we say, fairly embarrassing. Suffice to say it wasn't my favourite moment at school. Well, that was over 2 decades ago. When I started this process at the end of August 2019 I was 169.6kg, though given old photos and some clothes I was probably 10 - 20kg heavier in the early to mid-2010s. It has taken nearly 72 weeks to get here, though I might have been here 21 weeks ago if I didn't take breaks along the way. So 50 weeks of CICO and tracking, just short of a year. Not going to lie and say I'm satisfied with that, I'm not. Even if I know that taking those breaks (though one went on 3 weeks longer than it should) were probably for the best not only for me, but for others in the house, patience is not something that I'm known for. That said I'm also lazy, so half-arsing my way here is also very on brand. I wasn't really in favour of even acknowledging this "milestone" let alone celebrate it. In fact, how I address this entire process is a bone of contention. The common view is that I should be more pleased and proud of what I've done. I can't do it because it is disingenuous. I have closed the stable door after the horses have already bolted. I only acted after getting a chronic illness caused by my weight. For me regardless if I'm a normal weight or obese I've still thrown away around 10 years of my life expectancy. My actions are at the core, futile and I can't ignore that. Not that I can tell friends or family that. They don't shouldn't be burdened with my weakness. I deserve the fate I now have, I earned it with over two decades of my own decisions. So here's to being under 100kg. I was going to say you came 21 weeks late, but in reality it was years too late. [link] [comments] |
| I lost 13 pounds in 1 month ❤️thanks to y’all Posted: 09 Jan 2021 10:40 AM PST Thanks to this sub, and learning about CICO because of this sub, and all of the kind advice and support here, I've managed to change my way of thinking about food & weight. I went from obese (just on the line) to overweight in one month. The scale (which I never owned before in my life!) went up and down like a bunch of mountains - and I got discouraged a few times - but between Dec 9 and Jan 9 I went from 206 to 193. I know this rate will probably slow down now that I am healthier but it was nice to see!! Most importantly my energy has wildly increased - and I just FEEL lighter. Clothes are looser. Sleep is a whole new thing. When I eat everything tastes incredible because I'm a little hungry most of the day 😂 maybe that last one could be a problem haha I used "my net diary" to log meals and tried to stick to 1600-1800 a day. I used to eat back exercise calories and QUIT that this week. Now I just stick to my calorie plan and exercise daily. My daily routine :
Tricks: Find the pinch points in the day when you are likely to binge or make bad choices. For me it's making dinner so I snack on frozen green beans and sip my hot tea! Alter your faves to be healthy. I tweaked my coffee routine by swapping oat milk for half & half...got used to the flavor of oatmeal with no sugar....use oil spray instead of dumping it into the pan....poach egg instead of fry....etc! Drop addictive foods from your diet. For me that was cold cereal & gluten free baked goods 🥲 Learn about portion sizes!! I used to eat MASSIVE portions....healthy food or not, those sizes were way too big. no more. ❤️I have a ways to go (35 lbs) to a "healthy" BMI, and to be honest it feels impossible - I don't really believe it will happen. I haven't seen the scale move much lately. I realize that big woosh this month might not happen again....It will be slower....but it's ok. I have to trust the process & keep going forward 😀 ❤️thanks to all of you here. Couldn't have done it without y'all ❤️❤️ (Little edit: my flair says 213 because that was the last time my doc weighed me a year ago...but I didn't get a scale until last month...and that was 206. 😂) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 Jan 2021 02:04 AM PST Hello friends, Decided to set up a little thread so I could track my journey. A bit of history about me if anyone is interested: I've been chubby all my life, my lowest weight as an adult was around 68kg, I had dropped from 96kg to 68kg in about 3 months by counting strings of spaghetti for lunch, under eating daily, running 10k a day and basically overworking myself. This was obviously not sustainable in any way. The running stopped as I gained an injury and I hit a very low patch in life, hardly leaving my home for the best part of 18 months, binge eating everyday and putting on all of the weight I'd lost back as well as an extra 8kg. Since then (10 years ago) and with UK lockdown number 3(!) I've gradually continued to put on weight and at my heaviest reached 130kg. I was in a lot of denial and clearly have a lot of issues with food and bingeing that I think will take a significant amount of time to unpack in full. I've thrown money at my weight loss cause countless times, this new PT at my new gym, the online PT that I see working for everyone else, an outdoor PT, a special PT gym etc. The pattern is always the same, I start off enjoying the idea of it but being told what to do and disagreeing with the expert always causes me to check out 100%. I've finally realised it has to be me myself and I calling all of the shots on this journey for me to take full accountability for the results. The things that happened which made me want to change:
I'll write up my action plan in the next post! [link] [comments] |
| 24-Hour Pledge - Sunday, 10 January 2021 - The Plan for Today! Posted: 09 Jan 2021 11:01 PM PST Wake up with determination; go to bed with satisfaction! This is our daily check-in, to help keep us accountable over the long haul. Feel free to post whatever goals will help keep you on track. Here's the regular text on behalf of this thread's originator, kingoftheeyesores, taken with his blessing
Thanks to /u/nofollowthrough who made the 24-Hour Pledge an ongoing /r/loseit institution. Due to space limitations, this may be a sticky only occasionally. Please find it daily using the sidebar or top message. --- On reddit, your *vote* means, *"I found this interesting"* (...read more about [**voting on reddit**](https://www.reddit.com/wiki/voting)) --- [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Jan 2021 08:10 AM PST This is particularly exciting for me because last time I tried to lose weight I lost ten pounds in one week because I starved myself to that extent. It was horrible and it was at the point where even if I ate something healthy, my stomach would erupt with pain. That being said, today is day 8 where I have not eaten anything bad (such as sweets or chips(l, only veggies, fruits, fish, meat, etc.) and I'm happy to announce that I lost two pounds! It had been really hard sometimes dealing with the hunger but I did it! Thanks for everyone in this sub that helped me, I love you all and I wish you so much success on your journey!! [link] [comments] |
| Today was my breaking point and I need your precious advices Posted: 10 Jan 2021 01:29 AM PST I'm F(18) 5'7 and 72 kbs around 158lbs. Yesterday I slept at 2am and woke up today at 10. Had some work I went out and after coming back, I think my body just kinda gave up and it hit me. I HAVE NEVER FELT GOOD OR HEALTHY, it's like I'm always tired and I always feel heavy and today I kinda realized it and that has also resulted in me feeling irritated and upset. Yh I do get insecure about body alot but more than looking slim, I wanna FEEL good, light, healthy and fit. Thankfully I'm surrounded by loving people, I don't get body shamed and I think that's kinda a reason why I don't try to lose weight (like I try but I give up too soon, everytime I exercise I nearly pass out and black out)but I just can't feel this anymore. My portions are small, altho everything I eat is kinda outside food and homemade mixed. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Jan 2021 01:15 PM PST In 2018, I (5' 2" and 19 years old) successfully went from 142lbs and 128lbs in around 6 months. It was such a success for me as I had always been just slightly overweight my entire life. I had never been in the healthy weight category and I felt great. 128lbs was not my dream weight but I felt fantastic and I liked the way I looked. I was a perfect size 8. I gained a little bit back over the following months but was able to stay at or below 135lbs, and I was okay with that. I still felt good about myself. Then COVID happened and all the weight came back along with depression and debilitating anxiety (super fun). I've tried over and over again to get back with CICO, but I couldn't even make it through the day. Eventually, I just gave up because at that point I was having mental breakdowns daily and the most I could do surrounding food was try not to binge. Well now it's about 7 months later and I'm ready to try again. I've been on anti-depressants for a couple of months, which have increased my appetite but made me able to function again. I'm right back where I started at 142lbs and my goal is to get to 130 or lower (but honestly if I get to 135 I'll be perfectly happy). I know this isn't a lot for some, but it is for me since I'm so short and my body really likes to hold onto weight. It's going to be a little more difficult this time around. I'm living in a college dorm during COVID times. So no real kitchen, no gym, and the fun of dorm food. But I'm actually feeling optimistic. I've gotten through one day so far and have planned out the rest of this one, and I'm taking this as slow as physically possible so as to not put any strain on my mental health. Fingers crossed I can at least lose some of the COVID weight. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Jan 2021 04:59 PM PST So ever since the new year started I decided to eat healthier and add more veggies and fruit into my diet. I've been struggling with my weight for many years now and I'm done being sad about it. I want to take control of my health. 5 days into my health kick I weigh myself to see where I'm at which was 205. The next day I decide to weigh myself again and it read 206, I felt so down and discouraged. Moments like that would send me into a full on binge but I told myself NO not this time. I know I should not slave myself to the scale but I couldn't help but see where I was at the moment. Today I woke up and the scale said 203!! I'm so glad I did not binge!! I know what I'm doing is working I just have to give it time and be patience . I can't expect to loose a crazy amount of weight in such a short amount of time. I just have to be patient..I know everything will be fine. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Jan 2021 08:06 PM PST I've decided to keep posting updates, mostly for myself. It feels good to throw this journey into the world. I've struggled with food obsession, binge eating, and worst of all boredom eating. So I've made a commitment to only eating when I'm truly hungry. It's going surprisingly well. Today for lunch we had McDonald's. And I was kind of a glutton. But I wasn't hungry for breakfast so I ate until I was full then stopped. And I'm still full. I had a few bites of what I made for my boys for dinner but truly only a couple bites. I feel very hopeful. I've been able to stay in control of myself the last few days. I can stave off the cravings because I tell myself that when I am hungry, I can have what I want. I'd like to keep this going for a few weeks and then lean into portion control. The restrictive nature of diets is what I have such trouble with. So saying "yes, but" is extremely helpful. In 3 days I've lost a pound. It's not much but it's a start. I read on someone else's post a while ago that she kept motivated by having 5 lb goals. Even though her over all goal was more than 100. So I'm working toward that 5 lbs. And I'm gonna celebrate when I hit it and then jump towards the next 5. 25F 5"6" SW 242 lbs CW 241 lbs [link] [comments] |
| Stupid question but, how do I lose weight? Posted: 10 Jan 2021 02:02 AM PST Okay so, here's the thing, I know what needs to be done cause I've gone trough it, in quarantine I weighted like 79-80 kgs and lost 4kg, but then I had to take some important exams and didn't have as much time to dedicate to myself, so I hit a plateau. And now, January 2020 (8 months), I'm still in the same spot since June 2020, and I really don't know what to actually do, cause I eat healthy and I exercise when I can (now I'm preparing for exams so not as much as I usually do), but I still don't really know what to do. I had big expectations ngl, and thought I'd be 20kg lighter by September cause that's my weight goal, but, I don't know, I'm obviously. Im doing the right things, right? So why is nothing happening :( I don't want to seem impatient but it really feels like I literally did nothing. [link] [comments] |
| Does it matter what you eat as long as you’re within your calorie budget? Posted: 09 Jan 2021 08:54 PM PST So, basically, my calorie budget is ~1,200 calories a day. That's what my FitBit assigned to me, giving me a large deficit. I have no problem sticking to it, that's the good thing. Bad thing is, I still live at home, am a teenager, and don't have the means to decide what I eat. The only thing I can decide is how much of it I eat. That's not to say my diet is completely awful (it's not!). I eat a fair bit of veggies, protein, etc. It's just that healthy snacks are sometimes unavailable and I get hungry between meals. For example my dinner today (around 6 pm) was salmon, steamed broccoli, and a caesar salad. But for snacks, I had a bit of ice cream later after dinner because I still felt hungry and wanted some. (Still within my calorie budget) As long as I stay within my calorie budget, will I still lose weight? Or will I need to do a complete diet change? And as I lose weigh For some extra context, I take ~6,000 steps a day and try to do a 15 minute intense workout in the morning. I also try to drink only water throughout the day. Sometimes no added sugar cranberry juice. [link] [comments] |
| Feeling pretty down, just needed to vent. Posted: 09 Jan 2021 02:56 PM PST The thing I love about this sub, and others like it, is that it feels like my very own support group at my fingertips. I don't post often because I prefer to lurk/comment on other posts, so forgive me if any of this is against the sub rules. I just needed to vent a little because I'm having a tough afternoon. I spoke with my mom on the phone a bit ago and she told me that the diabetes she had been diagnosed with had gotten completely out of control the last year. Her A1C went from 7 to 14 in a year. I think it's safe to say that we've all had a rough year and old coping mechanisms have been comforting for a lot of us. My mom has struggled with her weight since before I was born and it's always broken my heart to watch her spend so much time, energy, and money on fad diets, exercise equipment, and diet books. Especially because she uses them for a few weeks and then ignores them for years. She starts off so motivated and excited, and then falls off the wagon hard after a week or so, and the cycle repeats itself. It's hard to watch her self-worth and self-esteem fluctuate based on the number on the scale. It's hard not to be angry at her for not taking care of herself and for not knowing better when her doctor warned her about her blood sugar. But what's really hard is acknowledging that while I'm angry with her for not taking care of herself, I'm just as upset at myself for following in her footsteps. I lost 60lbs a few years ago and gained it back by slipping into old habits and my old lifestyle. I've spent the last two years beating myself up about backsliding. Over the holidays my doctor told me I had edged into the pre-diabetes category and that I needed to take steps to address my blood sugar. Of course I was upset, especially because there was a time in my life where I thought that having to worry about developing diabetes due to weight was behind me. Given the reality of my medical situation and the fact that I had lost weight in the past, I've since taken steps to address my health. I didn't binge over the holidays, I've reduced my alcohol intake, I've been tracking calories religiously for the first time in years, and I've gone for short walks and bike rides around my neighborhood. I'm happy to report that I'm down 8lbs since this time last month. I'm proud of the progress I'm making and know that I've got a long road ahead of me. But I'm feeling really sad for my mom today, and feeling scared that if I don't make changes, her story could very easily be mine. I just needed to share my feelings, thanks for reading. [link] [comments] |
| My 10-week Fitness Challenge: Day 1 Accountability Posted: 09 Jan 2021 04:20 PM PST I'm sure you've seen a zillion "day 1" posts, but this one is like no other. It's really make or break for me for personal reasons and I am keeping myself completely accountable. I am setting myself a 10-week challenge to test my fitness to the max. Today is day 1. My goal is to burn at least at a physical activity level (PAL) of 1.725 which a moderately active level multiplier. For me at my basal metabolic rate (BMR), this equates to buring roughly 1,052 calories each day. Sorry for all the jargon. I wear a smart watch daily, which is a handy gadget for tracking. I plan to go to the gym or get an intensive workout at least 5 days a week. This is on top of daily exercise (at the very least walking 10K steps a day), with workouts focusing on cardio HIIT, dotted with steady pace distance runs and some light resistance training. I will also do three DEXA scans so I can compare my progress and composition. Needless to say, I will to ensure diet (sticking to my daily calorie limit), hydration and sleep (aiming for 8 hours) are also the priority, as these all go hand in hand with any fitness and weight loss plan. My goals are to reduce body fat percentage and cardio fitness. Here are my starting stats and weigh-in. Keeping myself accountable. Here we go! Appreciate any support. Stay tuned folks! F/30/173cm (5'8") Weigh-in [DEXA #1]: 9 January 2021 | CW: 76.0kg (168lbs) | BF: 23.4% Check-in (4 weeks) [DEXA #2]: 6 February 2020 8 week results [DEXA #3]: 6 March 2021 Final weigh out (10 weeks): 20 March 2021 [link] [comments] |
| Confused about TDEE and activity levels Posted: 09 Jan 2021 09:20 PM PST I'm 21F, 5'3, SW: 164-167 CW: 136.5/62kg GW:110-114/50-52kg I walk about 10k steps 5-6 times a week (at a slow pace usually throughout the day) and workout 3 times a week (twice with weights- dumbbells weighing 2.5-5kg) and once a week I do beginner's stretches as a workout. I want to ultimately workout 5 times a week but it's the first time that I'm doing anything over twice a week so I'm trying to take it slow. I also eat about 1200-1500 calories and the reason I'm asking this question is because I'd like to include treat days without losing as much progress. It would also be a dream to reach my goal weight this year! So, my question is: When I use an online calculator, what do I use as my activity levels? [link] [comments] |
| How does a busy couple lose weight without relapsing in an eating disorder? Posted: 09 Jan 2021 07:37 PM PST My husband (6'2" 270lbs 31m) and I (5'7" 150lbs 32f) have gained about 30 pounds in the last 6 months and are feeling very self conscious about our bodies. We are both recovered from eating disorders, him from bulimia and me from anorexia, so we are wondering how to lose the e recent weight gain without getting back into bad habits. We are also busy people, and don't usually get to eat dinner until late in the evening, and therefore have very little time to work out. We have been trying to eat healthier and go for walks when we do have time but it just feels like a losing battle. Without being too restrictive, or counting calories, what are some ways to lose the weight? Should we try getting help from a registered dietitian? [link] [comments] |
| I'm so excited to be on this journey Posted: 09 Jan 2021 06:26 PM PST I've been overweight for a few years now. But I realized I'd moved into obese on my BMI. That was it. I decided to change my life. Not diet, I have to change the way I eat overall. I mean right now I'm on restricted calories, im staying between 1200 and 1500 depending on how much moving around I get in. But no food is off limits or anything, not if I really want it. I just have to plan my meals and limit the portion of whatever yummy thing it is im craving. Im actually surprised at how well I can eat and how much of many foods. Im doing this through Noom. But any way you do it that focuses on healthy eating, CICO, getting more exercise in.. walking stretching etc. and not looking at foods for the most part as good or bad, just food, is a great way to lose weight. And I think its important not to hate ourselves when we slip here and there. Thats the one I work hardest on. Because I'm just cruel to myself, which depresses me and makes me want to lose myself in sweet and savory treats. In any case...I've lost 11 lbs since Dec 17. And I feel so happy and energetic. It really does make a difference when you fill the tank with a lot more lean proteins, fruits and veggies, and less processed munchies. I even have the energy to walk a few km every day now, without it being a big deal. That was SO hard the first couple of weeks :) And I still have the odd sweet thing or handful of chips!! [link] [comments] |
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