Weight loss: Hit my goal weight I set almost 4 years ago |
- Hit my goal weight I set almost 4 years ago
- For the first time in 8 years, I'm officially under 100kgs and couldn't be more proud of myself
- I can feel my collar bone for the first time in 4 years after loosing 52 lbs
- Just hit 75lbs total weight loss today - but have a way to go!
- Ever take a glance at yourself in the mirror like “wow, lost weight but you still look terrible, why even try?”
- Loose skin. Ugh. What about it?
- Finally hit Onederland!
- Update: I finally got under 160!
- Yes, your typical post #8,307,455 incoming...
- Begin again. And again and again and again.
- Fell off the wagon this weekend but back at it tomorrow morning
- BMI under 30!
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: January 25th, 2020
- Clothing advice?
- Restarting my journey
- I need to lose weight.
- Though I was afraid to weigh, I did it and I’m surviving. 10 pounds higher than the scale in my mind.
- Weight loss without counting calories?
- I need your help (130kg (286lbs) -> 88kg (194lbs) ->130kg (286lbs))
- Desperately want to help my partner- advice?
- 265lb 6’3” male wanting to lose weight and be healthy again
- 24-Hour Pledge - Monday, 25 January 2021 - The Plan for Today!
- One week to undo the hard work of three...
- Over 100 lbs down in about 6 months
| Hit my goal weight I set almost 4 years ago Posted: 24 Jan 2021 09:47 PM PST 39M SW:420lb GW:280lb CW:279.5lb I started seriously putting in effort and joined loseit back in February of 2017. I felt my heaviest and set a goal of getting back to as lowest adult weight I had in my early 20's. It's been an incredibly long journey and plenty of ups and downs. But with all the restarts and hiccups I just reminded myself how far I had come and refocused. Huge thanks to the people here, the words of encouragement meant a lot to me especially in those super difficult early days. The kind words of strangers helped me on a path that has changed everything about my health and my life. I have decided I'd like to lose another 30lb and hope to do that this year. Progress pics below. [link] [comments] |
| For the first time in 8 years, I'm officially under 100kgs and couldn't be more proud of myself Posted: 24 Jan 2021 08:28 AM PST So, my journey started 6 months ago, in part because of the quarantines and other part because of personal matters, I had recently sold my car and decided to start working out at home with some pretty basic exercises on my phone app, without weight loss as a goal, just to keep my mind of all the problems at home and the world. What i didn't expect was that said personal matter would be the starting point in my journey, so I started working out 5 days a week and next thing I knew, I had bought a used bicycle for work. I lost about 1kg in the first week, so then I just went for and started my diet...Cut down on all sodas, sweets and other junk I used to eat, on weekdays mind you, on weekends I would go a bit easier on the diet (no point in cutting it down those foods completely because I know I would eat them again at some point, so a reeducation with better controlled intake of said foods is the better alternative for me) And I'm taking my time with my journey: riding 1km on my bike everyday for work, not pushing myself with the exercises, and just being mindful about what to eat...I know could have lost more weight way faster, but 8 years ago I tried that and on the next year I had recovered all the weight back...So now I'm taking my time, no need to rush, I just have to get and stay there. And I'm doing it all by myself, using this sub, and beforeXafter pictures as inspiration to keep going. Speaking of which, I just did one of those and I can't believe how different I am now! [link] [comments] |
| I can feel my collar bone for the first time in 4 years after loosing 52 lbs Posted: 24 Jan 2021 11:14 AM PST So I've always been chunky since I was a kid. I never really felt my collar bone and didn't know it meant as a sign of health. Then in middle school the Tumblr collarbone thing began. If you don't recall it's when girls would want to loose weight and be able to show their collarbone. But it was toxic at my school, girls were restricting and bullying the chubby girls. I was one of the only chubby people in my class and everyone told me I had "fat boobs". None of the guys liked me and two of them told me it was because I was fat. Keep in mind at the time I was about 20 lbs overweight. I didn't get that much bigger until college. In college at my heaviest I weighed in at 209 lbs now I'm 163-161 ish I'm a bit bloated right now . I also gained an extra 5 lbs and then lost it back in September. Now my doctor says I'm about 25 lbs overweight or so. I'm 5'0 so my doctors have always wanted me to be lighter being so short. My goal is 145 for now and I might loose more after if I want to. When I was at my heaviest I could barely make it up the hill to my apartment (so embarrassing) and now I can go up without a problem. My mile time went from 20 mins to 12 mins. I went from XL- Small and size 16 pants to size 9. If I can do it anyone can do it ! [link] [comments] |
| Just hit 75lbs total weight loss today - but have a way to go! Posted: 25 Jan 2021 12:10 AM PST Today I just hit 75lbs total weightloss, I started at 310 back in march 2020 and started to lose weight due to being worried about covid-19 and its effects on obese people. I want to live if I catch it and so want the very best chance of fighting it off! in 23 lbs I will no longer be obese - and will just be overweight. [side-by-side-new.jpg](https://postimg.cc/67R9Z2hM) This is my current progress up until a month ago, in a little over 7 weeks it will be my 1 year anniversary from starting, I cant believe its gone so quick! That said every pound lost seems like a grind now, I really want to get down to 190 lbs so i can start eating maintenance and gaining more strength as I have started to really enjoy building myself in the gym, but its extremely limited on a calorie deficit and now I have been lifting for six months and losing fat its getting harder to gain muscle/strength on a cut. I just do CICO and weight training 3 times a week (eat 2000 - 2200 calories a day), no cardio - but its working well, I also eat 5 meals a day and carbs at each meal.. I find this gives me the energy to train heavy and building new muscle is helping me lose weight by raising my metabolic rate (I think) The funny thing is I didn't plan to do any of this, but after a week on the program knew i will succeeded. I dont want too sound cocky, I have failed Many times before...But something was different this time, I just KNEW without doubt id do it, So if you are reading lose it today wondering if you can do the same - and you have failed many times before so lack confidence in your ability's - Know that you CAN do it, you just need to want it bad enough, if you have failed in the past its because you want food more than your health! Keep trying and you will succeed. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2021 09:24 PM PST Obviously it's not all about looks but... for the last few weeks while losing weight, I was at least starting to feel better about how my body looked, like "yeah I'm getting there". But today for some reason I passed by a mirror shirtless, and had to do a double take because it seemed like, other than minor changes like haircut and facial hair, I looked exactly like I used to at max weight (for context that was around 100 kg, now I'm at 85). I know it's all in my head but, yeah that's basically the first thing that came to mind. "Nothing has changed." Still looking loose, still looked 'rounded' everywhere, still had a gut that just... hung. I knew it still stuck out a bit but didn't think it was still hanging there like that, like a giant beer gut. Fuck. I still have some ways to go but, fuck man. It's like the mirror slapped me like "nope, not good enough". [link] [comments] |
| Loose skin. Ugh. What about it? Posted: 24 Jan 2021 07:56 AM PST I look at r/progresspics every day and inevitably the comments on every post reveal people's insecurities about loose skin. I look for these comments, too, because I share this concern. Now that I've lost significant weight I thought I'd share my experience. At my heaviest I was 300lbs, at 5'4" (I'm now 5'5", miraculously). I've lost 100 lbs in the last year, with about 60 lbs to go (will I make 5'6"?). I'm still considered obese, but I'm a shell of my former self. I've spent much time looking in a full length mirror and pinching my body. I'm fascinated by its transformation. I was worried for 10 years about loose skin, before I lost anything--what if it's hideous? What if it's painful? Will I have to change my name to quasimodo? I don't worry about that anymore. Granted, it's not pretty and if given the choice I wouldn't choose it. But I'm in love with it. It represents my hard work. I pinch it and get excited, as I know that it represents all my hard work in the past and the hard work of my future. It makes me want to happy cry (which I did when I took my own 100-lbs-lost progress pics). As I try to fly, flapping my arms, I smile. As I look at the newly formed crease on my thigh that shows when I'm crossing my legs, I smirk with admiration. I love it! And I should love it! It's me, and it's my new healthy body! Now to the real biz. I carry my weight in my belly, boobs, and arms: my trifecta of fat. As they've shrunk, the form has gone from firm and round to soft and jiggly. They sag and sway. I'm just beginning to feel a layer of skin that is thin and pinchable on the surface of my whole body. For some reason, it reminds me of the skin that forms on cooling soup. It's not entirely like a deflating balloon, like people say. It's more like there is two layers: my fat layer and my thin-skin layer. I imagine my thin layer will continue to get bigger as my fat layer (my bulge) gets smaller. In this thin-skin layer there is puckering. It's most noticeable on my old stretch marks and at the base of my belly. It's like the wrinkling that happens when your fingers are cold or wet. I like to smush it together and make it talk like Ace Venture did with his butt cheeks. TMI? No, because I earned this right, lol! This mental framework is so so important. This last year I could have choosen to look at my body with distain as it changed. I could have resented that it wasn't becoming Insta-famous quality. But I worked hard to love it for what it was. I'm not owed anything; I don't deserve anything. I have what I have and I'm owning that. I'm loving that. And I hope you will, too. We are smashing it! As a side note, I own two bulldogs and I love to pet them and feel their loose, wrinkly skin move around. So why not love my loose, wrinkly self, too? I figure, it's just another thing that connects me with my family now, lol. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2021 07:37 AM PST Just weighed in at 199.4 and I could cry from happiness. Thank you to this community for keeping me on track and to ME MYSELF AND I for working for it!! I gained about 60 pounds after going on SSRIs. I went off of them two years ago and the weight didn't budge. I've spent all two of those years trying to lose weight but it just wouldn't come off. When the pandemic started, I really buckled down and ate 1400 calories a day, and lost a small amount of weight (8 pounds in months). I upped my exercise in September and October and my weight loss stalled... Still not sure why this happened. My weight was too high for it to be "muscle gain" and my doctor agreed. Then came the holidays.... You can imagine! I've been having many medical problems, recently diagnosed with autonomic dysfunction, PFO, and mitral valve leakage. In the beginning of January, I started a very strict elimination diet (no caffeine, meat, eggs, dairy, gluten, starchy grains, citrus, peas, soy, raw vegs/fruit, added sugar/artificial sweeteners, legumes, nightshades, etc.) to see if I could link any symptoms to a food. I started eating 1200 cals/day and didn't worry about exercise (waiting for more testing before I'm cleared to exercise). I use a food scale from Amazon and measure EVERYTHING that isn't a liquid volume so there is a absolutely no questioning my intake. I also started an omega 3, vitamin D, and magnesium supplement. FINALLY the weight started to come off! It's definitely the 1200 cal/day limit and use of the scale but I think it's also the elimination diet. I'm less hungry all the time, have more energy, and my emotions are so much more regular! I gained a lot more than I expected going into it. My goal weight is 144 so I have quite a bit to go, but finally being under that 200 mark is so inspiring! Good luck to everyone else out there - you can and WILL do it if you stick to it! [link] [comments] |
| Update: I finally got under 160! Posted: 24 Jan 2021 01:12 PM PST Link to the original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/k4lpsp/i_finally_got_under_160/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Okay, so maybe this didn't warrant an update, but I figured rather than posting a brand new post, I would go off of my previous one. So when I made my previous post early on in the winter holiday season, I was feeling pretty good. I had been doing a combination of CICO and IF (14:10) combined with light exercise -walking or RingFit at least 3 times a week -since mid- November 2020 and I had FINALLY gotten under 160, my lowest weight in probably a year or more. Needless to say, like many of us during the high-caloric affair that is holiday eating, I struggled to maintain my calories and incorporate exercise to keep on track with my goal. I gained back some pounds, weighing in at 162.8 on New Year's Day. I was upset at the backwards motion, but I knew I just needed to get back on track. It took almost a whole month, but I've gotten back down below 160!! I weighed in this morning at 156.8, over 8 pounds down from my SW and I am so, so happy that I didn't lose my motivation! It just goes to show that even if you slip up, it's not a reason to give up! Keep on going, revise your goals and just keep crushing it! If I can do it, you can too!! Thanks for reading :) [link] [comments] |
| Yes, your typical post #8,307,455 incoming... Posted: 24 Jan 2021 05:02 PM PST Male / 26 Covid has ruined me. Actually ruined me. Never been so heavy in my entire life. Nothing fits anymore. I'm depressed, pissed, mad, sad, so fking defeated. Literally hiding my shame with oversized hoodies and jackets....Slow, low energy, low spirit, I can't deal with this..... Fk starting for New Years resolutions, fk starting next month, wanna start tomorrow... Need a partner to keep my accountable please Idc if you're a guy, girl, whatever, whoever else needs a partner, let's stop browsing through this sub quietly wishing it were us and let's start doing Pm me if you're in the same boat I am, I'll share my number, well share our goals and keep each other motivated and starting tomorrow we make a goal to do this once and for all. Thank you... [link] [comments] |
| Begin again. And again and again and again. Posted: 24 Jan 2021 03:43 PM PST TL;DR: How do you stay motivated or find fresh motivation? Hi friends. I've been an on and off lurker on this sub for awhile now. I lost right around 45 pounds over the course of a year with the help of Noom and my new-found love for myself that I gained after getting rid of the worst boyfriend I've ever had. I won't get into the long story of my life, struggling with weight for the majority it. I'll skip over all that and just cover the last two years. In my year of weight loss what worked for me was: -Using Noom. It helped immensely with understanding behavior chains, the psychological effects of weight loss, breaking behavior patterns, dealing with emotional triggers and just generally re-learning how to eat. -Using a food scale! Wow, does that put portions into perspective like never before. -Celebrating every small victory instead of focusing on 'failures'. -Ditching the diet mentality and embracing lifestyle change, which also means ditching the 'on' or 'off' mindset to eating and exercise. -Embracing my biggest motto - 'begin again'. So you blew your calorie budget today? Begin again. Ate a doughnut? Begin again. Missed the gym? Begin again. Just keep beginning over and over and over. -Walking! Way more enjoyable than running and something silly like 70% as effective a calorie burn. (Don't quote me on that figure.) -Simply BELIEVING that I could. Wow that goes a long way. I lost 45 pounds and I've maintained for just over a year. Something about watching my body change so drastically and being the smallest I've EVER BEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE scared me and I decided to take a break to get used to my new body for a minute. Also, CICO fatigue. It's real. Now, the real reason I'm here - what I'm currently struggling with and would love y'alls advice on: Finding the will to start tracking CICO again. I'm ready to begin again and finally reach that lofty goal I once thought was impossible. I'm having a hard time getting back to tracking calories again because time in the kitchen is like therapy for me. It's also my most enjoyed creative outlet. I feel like tracking and weighing everything, while helpful and undoubtedly effective, ruins that for me. Cooking becomes more like a chore, takes me out of the flow state, kills some of my creative process. Do any of you struggle with this? How do you deal with it? I'm also posting because I'd like to start engaging more with this community as a means to not only hold myself accountable and keep my focus on this process, but to also give back to a community that has helped me in the past. Hence the username. Thanks for reading and responding if you so choose. [link] [comments] |
| Fell off the wagon this weekend but back at it tomorrow morning Posted: 24 Jan 2021 09:11 PM PST Went a bit off the rails starting Saturday evening. COVID lockdown restrictions just loosened enough for me and my wife to have dinner with her parents after 10 weeks of not being able to be in another persons home. We had sort of an informal, making up for Christmas and a couple birthdays that we'd have normally got together for, kind of thing. I let myself have that "cheat meal" but today I also didn't eat well and I didn't track my food like I have been. Normally I would have beat myself up about this and probably caused me to eat badly for much longer, but I've made an agreement with myself that it's back to my plan tomorrow. I've learned that I need to take small steps rather than having an all or nothing mentality. It's ok to stumble as long as you keep going. I'm down about 5lbs after a month of making many small choices to be healthier every day and that has been really motivating. I've gone through phases of trying to lose weight and be healthier over the years, but this time really does feel different. I think I've found an approach that can work long term. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2021 10:06 AM PST F, 41, 5'6" sw 210, gw 165, cw 185 (did I do that right?) I've started and stopped over the years, weighing at most 235. I maintained 210 for a long time just living life. This past year helped me break my grab and go habit with food and enjoy more home cooked meals. In August being stuck inside was really hurting my mental health more than anything. I started with walks around the block, graduated to hikes, and most recently introduced yoga and ring fit. My primary goal was to not lose my ever lovin' mind. But then, the muscles showed up and the pounds started dropping. This is the first time in years my bmi has been under 30, and I've been able to maintain and enjoy daily fitness. Your stories inspire me, so I thought I'd share my own. Thanks for reading! [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: January 25th, 2020 Posted: 24 Jan 2021 10:07 PM PST Hi team Euro accountability, I hope you're all well! For anyone new who wants to join today, this is a daily post where you can track your goals, keep yourself accountable, get support and have a chat with friendly people at times that are convenient for European time zones. Check-in daily, weekly, or whatever works best for you. It's never the wrong time to join! Anyone and everyone are welcome! Tell us about yourself and let's continue supporting each other. Let us know how your day is going, or, if you're checking in early, how your yesterday went! Share your victories, rants, problems, NSVs, SVs, we are here! I want to shortly also mention — this thread lives and breathes by people supporting each other :) so if you have some time, comment on the other posts! Show support, offer advice and share experiences! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2021 10:51 PM PST So I recently figured out a lot of my depression was actually undiagnosed ADHD. I've started treating that and between feeling better about myself and some medication side effects I don't seem to be eating my problems as much and am not getting hungry as fast. That paired with calorie tracking and some more exercise and I'm dropping pounds quickly. However....I tore a pair of jeans lately. Worse I've been meaning to get a new pair for a few months now and all I have is a pair of slacks, my gardening overalls, and some shorts. I need something for work and I'd like something more casual than slacks. I'm currently at around a 52 inch waist line, but if I keep dropping like this I think it won't stay there very long. Does anyone have advice for picking up pants while dropping weight? For context I work in a call center and "anything but sweat pants" is acceptable. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2021 09:47 PM PST I am 40 year old male at 260 pounds with lots of health issues like hypertension, hyperthyroidism etc. I started morning walks and calorie counting in July and lost 15 pounds in 2 months! But caught covid in Sept and it all went downhill from there. I recovered with minor symptoms but my hunger became uncontrollable. I ate with a vengeance. Today I went up on a scale again and saw my weight back at 260 pounds. It kind of shook me. I know I don't have a lot of time to live a healthy life if I don't shed my weight quickly. So starting morning walks and calorie counting again. Pray for me. Oh also I was a lifelong smoker up until 5th Feb 2020 and a voracious drinker too. Drinking continues albeit very mild, about twice a month. But Covid has flared up my hypertension and losing weight is the only option. It's scary as hell. I want to live. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2021 08:42 PM PST I am 5'2 318 pounds. I gained 60 pounds in this quarantine I was on track I lost 50 pounds I was doing good I just need tips I'm tired of people bullying me I just idk I need to know what diet I should be on to help me lose weight I'm tired of being fat this is also the highest weight I was ever in my life I'm not able to fit certain clothes I'm binge eating and I'm getting fatter and fatter and bigger i need help recommendations to how I could lose weight I use to go on 20 minute walks to school every day now I'm not able to due to my mom not letting me walk I have weights, resistance bands to start off also what diet do you recommend for my size? I'm tired of being this way I want to change. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2021 09:31 AM PST M39 5' 10" 260lbs My preconceived notion given my clothes fitting a bit better and my general feeling of health did not reflect what I saw on the scale today. I was surprised to see it at least 10 higher than I expected or at least hoped. I like to think maybe I'm full from my last couple meals, maybe I'm retaining water having done weight training and had some salty meals, but ultimately I weigh what I weigh. I know, without a doubt, that I'm on a loss trend right now and sure enough the number will be going down. The scale will just prove change and process. The number doesn't matter that much ultimately. I genuinely feel better. I'm not winded going up the steps to my partners's 4th floor walk up and I'm generally more motivated. I'm committed to just doing a bit better. I'm going to do a run this afternoon for the first time in a while. It will suck but it will be better than nothing. Simple machine weight twice a week and 30 minutes of elliptical training too. Sprinkle some running in there and I'll have a metabolism soon enough! Good luck everyone! [link] [comments] |
| Weight loss without counting calories? Posted: 24 Jan 2021 07:09 PM PST Hi! I (19F) have been wanting to try and get healthier & lose 10ish pounds. However, I have struggled with disordered eating/binge eating in the past and calorie counting is a big trigger for that (it is actually what started it in the first place when I first started counting back in March). It's not that I'm even restricting myself that much, it's as if just seeing how many calories I'm consuming triggers binging. Especially if I go over even by 5 calories I think "oh well I'm over anyways I'll just binge and start fresh tomorrow." Anyways, the beginning of this month I tried to start counting calories again and it worked fine (no binging) for a couple weeks but the past 3 nights I've binged. I know the science of weight loss & that you HAVE to be in a calorie deficit to lose, but at this point I feel like I've counted enough to know approximately how much (portion/what types of foods) I can eat in a day. Plus, I think I'd rather be a bit off calorie wise and lose slower than my mental health be shit. I'm assuming if I just focus on portions and whole/healthy foods I'll be okay. So, just wondering if anyone has had any success with weight loss and not counting calories. Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| I need your help (130kg (286lbs) -> 88kg (194lbs) ->130kg (286lbs)) Posted: 25 Jan 2021 01:26 AM PST Dear redditors, I need your help. I started my weight loss journey three years ago. I celebrated huge successes within a very short time. Within 6 months I went from 130kg (286lbs) to 88kg (194lbs). What followed was the best time of my life. Compliments from all sides, athletic successes, but what is most important: a (supposedly) indestructible self-confidence. Then a lot changed in my life: - I moved back to my hometown after studiying to work a sales job with a lot of pressure. - I found my girlfriend and moved in with her. - My still quite young mother was diagnosed with incurable cancer. - I started to study further on the side I slowly but surely gave up my trained eating habits and enjoyed eating junk food together with my girlfriend or simply binged myself. Normally I am a semi-professional passionate handball goalkeeper - so I am not absolutely unathletic. But due to the pandemic I only have forest runs and home workouts to which I just can't motivate myself anymore. I have lost weight with calorie counting and strictly adhered to it. I lived in a big city during that time and walked a lot. But during that time I was also very lonely and didn't have friends or family over for dinner all the time or meet up for a beer with them. That is what often throws me off track when trying to lose weight again. My then-startingweight of 130kg (286lbs) I have now almost reached again. I am desperate and my self-confidence is in the basement. This affects all areas of my life and I don't know what to do. Maybe someone has experienced something similar and can tell me about it. Or you just have encouraging words that I can go back to when I get off track again. [link] [comments] |
| Desperately want to help my partner- advice? Posted: 24 Jan 2021 07:38 AM PST My partner of 3 years has wanted to lose the weight for years now. He is morbidly obese and suffering more and more all the time. He breaks down about it and wants to change, yet it feels like we can't find a plan that works. I feel like my heart has been breaking on a daily basis for years. He is the epitome of a bulk eater. He finishes everything, and to him a small meal is twice the size of mine, and I'm a few pounds overweight. He feels deprived eating just one of anything. He has tried counting calories, but I feel he is dishonest about portion sizes over genuine delusion, and even when he keeps up with it, he ends up feeling frustrated and deprived, and a sense that it's not worth it, even though his failing health still looms. He's never lost a significant amount of weight to enjoy the progress of doing so. He dislikes most vegetables in their raw form, and I don't know recipes to make them any better. He feels that he can't progress unless all his eating is 100% 'clean' and will eat nothing but microwave steam bag vegetables for a week or two, inevitably leading to both of us getting sick of them, and buying tons of processed, unhealthy food. He believes he got this way from abusive diets from his parents as a child, and that he cannot overcome having a massive appetite. If anyone has been in a similar position I would love to hear any advice. I don't want to give up on him. [link] [comments] |
| 265lb 6’3” male wanting to lose weight and be healthy again Posted: 24 Jan 2021 06:53 PM PST Hi r/loseit community, For the past few years, I've tried diet, eating healthy, playing sport, workout so many times, and I keeping seeing myself fail after I try every time, and become heavier and heavier. Today, I suddenly found myself catching a breath after climbing stairs at home. I've just realized that i need to stay healthy for my wife and my 16month son. Can i ask for a favor from you guys? Can you please give me a word of encouragement or even some harsh word, so i stay motivated and be healthy again for my family? Thanks you Sorry for any grammar errors. English is not my first language. [link] [comments] |
| 24-Hour Pledge - Monday, 25 January 2021 - The Plan for Today! Posted: 24 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
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| One week to undo the hard work of three... Posted: 25 Jan 2021 12:32 AM PST Since the start of January, I managed to shift 7 pounds. However, I had a bad week last week. My wife had to go look after her Mum so I was left to homeschool our son, look after him, the house and do my full time job. While I am normally the cook in the house time constraints, tiredness and the "I need a treat" mentally meant a more fast food, alcohol and chocolate. So as of this morning, I am back to my post Christmas weight. It was to be expected, but I still hoped it wouldn't be as bad. Wife is home now, although we both work full time as well as balancing the Covid lockdown homeschooling, it means I am not doing it all alone so have a bit more time so back to it today. [link] [comments] |
| Over 100 lbs down in about 6 months Posted: 24 Jan 2021 09:13 AM PST The top I ever saw on a scale was 409 lbs, i assume I was a little bigger at some point, but didn't weigh myself a lot back then. This morning I was 303. Before and after https://imgur.com/a/zfSUiea I've been depressed for most of my life, but when the social distancing started, I went even deeper into a depression, and went through a rough breakup around that time too. I sort of had this mindset of not caring about my life, and not caring if I live or die. Like I knew how bad the overeating was for me, but didn't care because I didn't value my life. I started seeing a therapist, that alone helped, I was also put on Wellbutrin which is an antidepressant, but also helps as an appetite suppressant. For the first time in my life, I wasn't constantly thinking about food, and wasn't constantly hungry. I figured it was a good opportunity to turn my life around. The first 2 months I pretty consistently stuck to about 500 calories a day and the weight just started pouring off. I was blown away, i thought i'd never be able to. After a while, the effects of the wellbutrin lessened, and I switched to about a 1200-1400 calorie a day diet, so the loss has slowed a little, but not stopped. Some low calories foods i've been really enjoying are. 150 calorie fat free tuna salad kits. Shrimp, grilled chicken, frozen vegetables, sushi, Halo Top ice cream, Benner Diet Peach Tea, Summit Red Thunder Sugar Free, Beef Jerky, Beef Broth, Vitamin Water Zero, Simply Nature Broccoli Kids Bites, eggs, Simply Nature Organic White Cheddar Puffs, and of course water. And just in general paying way more attention to nutrition labels, and using more seasonings and less oils to cook with. Something that has also been a huge help is I started dating an amazing and beautiful woman who lost about 70 lbs right before we met too, and we have both been motivating each other in a positive way to stay healthy and become better together. A big thing I had to learn was just to say no to people. In the past when I visit family, they would send me home with a bunch of food I don't need, or at work they would always order way too much food for us, and i'd end up eating too much. And also relearning that I don't need to finish every bit or every meal, and I don't need to eat a food just because it's about to go bad. My body isn't a dumpster, maintaining my health is more important than overeating to try and be polite or to try and prevent food waste. I met with a bariatric surgeon and plan on getting a VSG surgery in the future as long as i'm fully approved for it by doctors and insurance. I feel like i've conquered the emotional part of why I overeat, but I still do feel the physical pain of being hungry even after eating a normal amount of food, and the surgery should be a huge help with that. I'd like to get down to about 220 lbs and then just maintain around that and work on toning. [link] [comments] |
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