Weight loss: One whole day without snacking! |
- One whole day without snacking!
- Wooooooah, I'm HALFWAY THERE!
- After gaining 20 pounds since the pandemic began, today - since the end of October - I've lost 25 pounds!
- Why you should set as many goals as you like
- 99 Days In | Down 20+kg & minus 15cm on waist
- Another 5lbs down! 30 lbs until I hit my goal.
- I’m 18 and 305 pounds. I’m embarrassed to look at myself. I’m done
- I am going to change my life & become an active participant in life again.
- Lost 6kgs since the start of January 2021 and feeling good.
- Today I weighed in at the same weight after almost 2 months
- Back in Onederland and it feels SO GOOD
- 60lbs left to go! First post - getting serious, and formalising my goals moving forward
- I think I’ve cracked it
- I lost 3lbs.. I'm so happy I could cry (trigger warning)
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: January 27th, 2020
- Friend Discourages Me From Losing Weight?
- I feel like I'm losing control of my weight.
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 26
- Calorie Counting: It's a way of life
- I developed a free browser extension that makes it easier to view recipes, save a copy, print, and order ingredients from any recipe website
- Day 15 weigh in
- Getting back on the horse
- So happy! Double Whammy
| One whole day without snacking! Posted: 26 Jan 2021 06:14 PM PST Might not seem a huge deal to others with more willpower, but for the longest time I've been counting calories but also sneaking quick, unlogged bites in trips through the kitchen. My reasoning was if I kept myself from junk food, I'd crave it all the more and crash one day. Well, that mentality was a huge mistake for me. Maybe the first handful of chocolate covered raisins wasn't a huge deal, but after the fourth handful I had a problem on my hands. I made vows to not let my snacking go overboard, but after the first bite of carb-filled goodness my resolve shattered. Today I went cold turkey on all junk food, and it wasn't as bad as I expected. I ignored the start of the cravings, and to me, avoiding that first bite of junk food was a whole lot easier than stopping after two bites. I know a lot of people say on this sub that you shouldn't cut out snacks entirely but fit them in your plan and eat them in moderation, however that didn't work for me. Depending on the kind of person you are, it might not work for you too. Here's to many more snack-less days :) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Jan 2021 05:53 AM PST 39F, 5'7", SW: 186lbs, CW: 160.4lbs, GW: 140lbs Hi y'all! Longtime lurker, first-time poster. This community has been so helpful and inspiring to me, and I wanted to tell you that y'all have made this journey so much better. So, before quarantine, I was in pretty good shape. I took fun gym classes or long hikes almost every day, and I cooked a veggie-heavy diet at home. I felt confident, my clothes fit great... then lockdown happened. Gyms and trails closed, grocery stores were out of many or most veggies for weeks (no joke, I didn't see fresh broccoli for over a month), and I started on a depression-fueled diet of vodka and takeout. I gained 45 pounds almost overnight, it seemed. I have a history of weight yo-yoing, so this was disappointing, to say the least. But more disappointing was the fact that I was no longer living by my values. The weight gain was just a symptom of me giving up on the things I loved about my life. And the more I gave up, the deeper my depression sank. The more depressed I felt, the less motivated I was to do anything positive about it. It was 100% a negative feedback loop. In July, I made a bunch of lifestyle adjustments to try to get back on track with mixed success. I lost a few pounds, but I was still regularly hitting fast food spots and drinking too much, and my walks and hikes were short and perfunctory. My weight wasn't changing too much, and neither was my depression. My eating was so out of whack that I got a HUGE gallstone and had to have emergency surgery to remove my gallbladder (you can see the laproscopy scars in the second pic). I finally decided to call in professionals in November. I got therapy, Prozac, and Naltrexone (a MIRACLE drug that instantly eliminated ALL my alcohol cravings, please look into it if your relationship with alcohol needs some adjustment). And within a couple weeks, making healthy decisions and living by my values just became.... easier. Possible. Pleasurable. Since the surgery, I've been eating 99% plant-based (still a dollop of Greek yogurt here and there!) and spending lots of time walking in the woods with my dog. I've dropped 25.6 pounds since July, and in 20 more pounds I'll have reached my goal. The best part is, it feels easy and natural (if not super fast) because I'm just doing things that make me happy. My habits and my lifestyle are aligned with my core beliefs -- my body is worthy of care, my life is worth celebrating, I deserve to be happy. I didn't have to do anything other than WALK and EAT MORE PLANTS. I'm never gonna be ripped, but I'll sure as hell be wearing my old wardrobe again by Easter. Thanks again to everyone who posts here, I wish you all happiness, love for yourselves, and success in all your endeavors! Edit: thanks to everyone for your kindness and encouragement! I know I have big ol bazongas, but I'm not looking for sexual comments about my body. Just here to talk about weight loss and mental health. (And for others with big ol bazongas, one of the benefits of the weight loss is more a more manageable set of curves up top. Right now I can only fit into the kind of unpadded, stretchy sports bras I'm wearing here, but when I reach my goal, I'll be able to fit into my cute bras again and SISTERS, you know that's gonna feel amazing!) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Jan 2021 11:21 AM PST Stats: 40'sM | 5'11 | SW: 310 | CW: 285 | GW: 170 About a year ago, after getting diagnosed with a few conditions related to my weight and general diet, I began a journey to health. I made two dietary changes at the time - reducing weekly alcohol intake and cutting out refined sugars - which made an immediate impact on my health. At the time, I lost about 10 pounds. I was off to a great start. And then the pandemic hit. I got lazy with limiting alcohol and the refined sugars made their way back into my diet. Slowly, I gained the 10 pounds I had lost back. And then, before I realized it, I had gained another 10 pounds. I had started at 300. Dropped to 290. And within 7 months, I had landed at 310. What was driving the overall weight gain was primarily consumption of red wine. A glass of wine with dinner turned into a bottle. A bottle on Friday night turned into two. Two bottles of wine in the system led to ordering in delicious but unhealthy food at 10pm on a Thursday, Friday, or Saturday night. While I didn't and don't consider myself an alcoholic, I was definitely abusing alcohol on those evenings and that led to making other poor decisions for my health. There ended up being a reckoning moment, which I won't go into detail here, but it resulted in deciding to walk away from alcohol over night at the end of October. I haven't had a drop of alcohol since. The immediate effect was lower blood pressure and better sleeping. Through November and December, I lost 10 pounds. Then, at the end of December, seeing that I returned to my starting point from a year ago - 300 pounds - I was inspired to transform my entire diet. Since the end of December, I've lost another 15 pounds! While I can get into the philosophy behind it, ultimately, I've made the following significant changes since the end of December:
I'm using Happy Scale to track my weight loss. I measure daily. I love it because it shows your overall trend line. So even on days when your weight fluctuates up, it gives you reassurance that on the whole, you're trending down. I've divided my milestones into 10 pound increments. With 115 pounds to go still, I focus less on that and more on the next 10 pounds I need to shed. I'm using AutoSleep to track my sleep health. The difference in quality of sleep between when I was drinking / eating poorly and now is nothing short of jaw dropping. My heart rate dips so much lower now and I have hours of deep sleep and little light sleep, whereas before it was the opposite. Philosophically, the one thing I'll share is that I fundamentally have changed my relationship with food. For so long, it has been about hedonism. I never wanted to spare myself the opportunity for 21 moments a week (and then some) of joy. Now, I look at food as fuel for a healthy body and medicine for undoing 20 years of incredible abuse I've done to my body. It ultimately took me adding up how much life I could expect to lose by not addressing my dietary choices. The number was staggering when I subtracted it from the average life expectancy. At that point, it really came down to choosing to die young and unhealthy by maintaining my habits of 20 years or choosing to live long and healthily. I couldn't be happier with the choices I've made. There's a long journey ahead of me still, but my motivation is strong and am confident about navigating obstacles and setbacks as they arise. Thanks for reading. Keep you posted! [link] [comments] |
| Why you should set as many goals as you like Posted: 26 Jan 2021 11:04 PM PST Lockdown and COVID have done strange things to my perception of time. Days seem to go on for ever but then suddenly a whole year has slipped by. In that climate, I found it very important to set both micro and macro goals for myself. Things I can use to stay grounded each day, medium term milestones and of course one big "North Star" goal of my weight loss target. Obviously I have my weekly weight loss goal. I try not to weigh in daily because I think hydration and digestion just make it too variable and that can harm my motivation. I also set smaller goals each day or within each day. They can be silly, unrelated things..."use up the last of those veggies with today's lunch" or "get up early to listen to the birds" any small challenge, no matter how easy, will help. Humans love a sense of accomplishment and reward themselves with (I think) dopamine, even if what they accomplish is trivial. I have been trying yoga (I suck at it) and indoor cycling (same). Both of those provide opportunities for micro goals - hold this pose for x seconds, ride another km. Try to find activities which offer you micro goals. Walking is a great one - walk round the block, then two blocks. Maybe one day you walk three and jog one. Meditation also, it's free and lends itself to making small improvements over time. Write your goals down and do this even if you just made them up right as you did them - who's to say you shouldn't? It's the equivalent of starting your to-do list with "Make List" and crossing it right off. Nailed it 😂. I ran up the stairs the other day and immediately afterwards added "run up stairs" to my list of micro goals. Reward yourself. I know everyone's budget is different but find a way to reward yourself. If you started walking, buy yourself some new running shoes after walking every day for a month. See if you can make your rewards helpful to your goals - cook your meals for a month instead of buying lunch? Treat yourself to a foreman grill or an air fryer. I understand not everyone has money to spare, just try to make sure your rewards don't take you backwards. Self talk. It's a form of reward and it really works. Talk to yourself about the positive things you have accomplished. "You know, I felt great this morning when I woke up. Loads of energy. That'll be because I am eating better and getting exercise. I really noticed the difference and I want to keep feeling like that"..."I can't believe I cooked a real meal. It tasted great, filled me up and was actually cheaper than a processed meal. I learned something new and it'll be cool to build on that. Maybe I could become a chef!" Look, you will sound like a crazy person but who gives a shit if it helps (and it does help). Set contextual milestones. "By week 6 I will be closer to 17st than 18st" that was a genuine one of mine. "By week 10 I'll be below my pre-lockdown weight". "By week 15 I will have cycled 1,000 miles", "By week 20 I will be under 220lbs". Again, write them down somewhere you can check in on them. Everyone needs to be reminded sometimes of why they started and how they are doing. In fact, if you need some help doing this, PM me and I will see if I can help. [link] [comments] |
| 99 Days In | Down 20+kg & minus 15cm on waist Posted: 26 Jan 2021 10:13 PM PST 21F | 170cm | SW: 116.7kg | CW: 95.7kg | GW: maybe 70kg Been lurking here for a while, but decided it was time to make a post. A couple of months ago decided to give the weight loss thing a try. I'd been thinking about it for a while but just didn't know how to commit, but once I did I threw all the crap/temptations out of my fridge/pantry and decided to see a dietitian. Currently 99 days in and have lost over 20kg as well as 15cm from my waist. Main contributors to this: - I have seen a dietitian about 4 times; focusing on proper portion sizes, what will be filling & being calorie conscious, not counting them though - went from eating fast food probably 3+ times a week to maybe once a month max (and now I share the chips/sides with someone) - if I'm really craving something I'll have it but not too much (i.e. 1 cinnamon donut + water instead of 4 cinnamon donuts, a chocolate donut and a large thick shake) - I only drink water (no more daily milk milkshake/frap) - been to the gym about 4 times total, but go for a 30-60 minute walk everyday. I definitely haven't felt like I've made any major changes but writing it out shows me I actually have. Big realisation for me: losing weight doesn't mean giving up everything I love. I'll still eat out occasionally, but don't take home leftovers. When eating a chocolate bar I'll give the other half to a friend or throw the extra out. Instead of getting a sundae or two scoops I'll get a small scoop of ice cream. Feeling really great about how it's going and I've begun to actually notice the changes. I feel a bit more confident and even wore shorts for the first time in about a year and a half. Also having to throw out a lot of my clothes as they're to baggy now. Hopefully as the weight goes I'll become more confident and improve my social life, make some friends, play social sport and maybe even date. Not sure on my dream number, maybe there isn't one but a goal of 70kg feels good at the moment and I honestly think I could accomplish it this year. [link] [comments] |
| Another 5lbs down! 30 lbs until I hit my goal. Posted: 26 Jan 2021 11:50 PM PST Last summer I hit 213 on the scale at home. I'm not sure how accurate that scale really is, but all I really know is that at some point I weighed 200 lbs and now I weight 185. I've since had to move an got my own accurate scale. I know that at least I've lost a significant amount of weight because I've moved up about 3 or 4 belt notches and the pants I struggled to get into now are baggy. I still do not look like the ideal version of myself and I'm having periodic setbacks, but the most important thing is that I feel healthy. My chest looks bigger from doing pushups, I've been jogging and my whole body just feels more youthful. I would like to be making faster progress, but I'm prioritizing enjoying life over fast gains. Losing half a pound a week instead of a pound is okay if you're eating healthy and enjoying yourself. That's enough patting myself on the back for now. Enjoy your day. [link] [comments] |
| I’m 18 and 305 pounds. I’m embarrassed to look at myself. I’m done Posted: 26 Jan 2021 06:43 PM PST Before the quarantine lockdowns, I was already 230 pounds, which is like 40 pounds over weight for my height (6'4). I'm extremely lazy, I sit at my computer all day, I get fast food almost every time I leave the house. I never exercise, I eat shitty bakery foods and almost no protein. My weight is climbing, in the last 2 months alone I've gained 25 pounds. I need help, I don't know what to do with myself anymore. I can't break the habits that's so engrained in me. Just today I went to the grocery store to get a box of little debbies and a big bag of chips for the second time this week. It's like I can't resist the shit food anymore. I probably consume upwards of 2500+ calories every day but I don't burn anything because I never exercise and I barely move from my desk chair. I need that burst of motivation to start but I can't find it no matter how much I tell myself that I want to chance. Every day it'll just be the same, looking at my ugly face and super fat body. I can't live like this anymore, I told myself that there's no way I'd ever cross 300, yet here I am, 305. My spirit is crushed, my self esteem has been out the window for over a year now, I'm depressed, I have no friends, and I don't know what to do with myself anymore. How do I get out of this endless, horrible cycle of obesity, depression, bad hygiene, and terrible eating habits? [link] [comments] |
| I am going to change my life & become an active participant in life again. Posted: 26 Jan 2021 03:08 PM PST Hi, I am 175cm tall, my start weight I was 105kg [was actually 111kg - my scales at home were inaccurate!!), size 24 (!), in my 50's & have battled weight problems for most of my life. I am starting this thread because I am feeling so positive about my prospects of becoming a slim, healthy woman for the first time since my 20's. I am happily married & live in a beautiful place where I am close to nature. Life is good & getting better day by day! I am trying hard not to weigh myself before my next 4 wks is up but it is such a struggle. I asked my husband to hide the scales but I found them within 5 minutes. I haven't told him that I found them though. One thing I struggle with is I'm afraid that I am boring people talking about the diet. I think about it most of the day. This is probably why I am starting the thread. I love reading about people's experiences and it is really helping me a lot. I am not sure what anyone would want to know about me. I don't see my weight loss as huge yet so am not sure if I can help others. One thing I do know is that the biggest key to my sticking to the plan is to be prepared. I have vegetables prepared & in containers in the fridge. I always have the next day's meals planned. I freeze meat into meal portions & I try not to have certain foods in the house. Luckily my husband hates junk food so we do not eat potato chips or drink soft drink. I also feel really focused on losing weight this time & keeping it off for the rest of my life. I never want to feel ashamed of my body again. [link] [comments] |
| Lost 6kgs since the start of January 2021 and feeling good. Posted: 26 Jan 2021 07:18 PM PST As the title says, I have lost 6kgs since the start of this month and I feel really good. I'm now down into the double digits on the scale for the first time in years. It hasn't been easy, I've had cravings for junk food but I've resisted eating it. I do allow myself a treat on Saturday though, be it some ice cream or a Fibre one bar. I now eat only breakfast, lunch and dinner with a veggie snack if I'm still hungry. I'm logging calories and eating between 1200-1500 a day (on average), when I'm allowed 2250 a day. I'm also doing 30mins of walking every day and looking at starting roller blading soon. I've got a while to go and its coming off slowly but I will get down to my goal of 75kgs. [link] [comments] |
| Today I weighed in at the same weight after almost 2 months Posted: 26 Jan 2021 07:03 PM PST For info I'm 5'10" female and I currently weigh 289 pounds and eat between 1800-2100 calories. I've been consistently working out last month and went to a routine of eating as clean as I could while also working out 5-6 days a week. I was feeling great about myself, I was feeling a stronger I was getting to eat things I enjoyed while also counting my calories and tracking my macros. I was drinking a ton of water. I was lifting weights (which I sorely missed) I felt unstoppable. I loved it but after weighing in today I feel hella discouraged. I clocked in at the same weight that I started with. I'll admit I began spiraling and really thought about binging. But instead I tracked my intake did some ring fit trainer and continued on my way. How do y'all keep motivated when you aren't seeing result. I think I did okay today but how do you hot continue when you aren't seeing the results. [link] [comments] |
| Back in Onederland and it feels SO GOOD Posted: 26 Jan 2021 04:49 PM PST I've always averaged around 190lbs (at 5'0" so I've been fat my whole life) but thanks to COVID (jk I take responsibility) I've gained almost 20lbs. I feel like as soon as I hit that 200lb mark my health immediately went to shit. My whole body was hurting, I couldn't sleep or sit comfortably, breathing was a chore. I decided to actually do something about rather than "oh I'll just try." My weight loss/fitness journey officially started on Jan 11 at 205 lbs. Since then I've been lazily logging into My Fitness Pal (I just eyeballed the amount of each ingredient, as I've tried weighing food before and I just don't have the patience for it. I'm also a very avid cook so I have a pretty good idea what size portions are). I aim for around 1450 calories per day rather than 1200 as I've started exercising as well. I've set up a routine for myself where I alternate days between lifting and cardio (I still hate running - I've started doing vigorous Beat Saber an hour on cardio days). I used to HATE working out but I've actually grown to love it now. I realized it wasn't the actual working out part I hated but rather the starting it. I used to hate myself even at 190, but today I weighed in at 199 and I've never been happier. If there is one thing I've learned, it's that weight loss isn't a one size fits all. It took me probably 10 years of trial and error in figuring out what works best for me. I finally feel comfortable with my process where I don't feel like shit or hungry constantly and am still losing at a pretty good pace. [link] [comments] |
| 60lbs left to go! First post - getting serious, and formalising my goals moving forward Posted: 26 Jan 2021 08:39 PM PST Hi All! I just received my body weight scales today, and I weighed in at 255lbs. To put it into perspective, in June last year I weighed in at 280lbs. I'm 6'2", and my BMI is still in the obese range. Unfortunately I never formalised my goals before now - after my housemate moved out I never even replaced my scales. I tried to eat healthier with mixed success, and I was pretty happy to see that I have in fact lost 25lbs in the last 6 months. A couple of weeks ago, I decided to buy myself a rowing machine. I used to row at school, and I decided it was a good way to work on my fitness. I am rowing 6 days a week doing follow along workouts twice a day. I also walk for 40mins a day with my rescue greyhound, who has helped keep me sane through lockdown. Since getting the rowing machine, I have started a food diary, aiming for a 5-600 calorie deficit every day. I'm already feeling much better with both my mental and physical health. Knowing I am working to better myself has been a huge weight off my mind. And after 6-8 years without any proper exercise, the feeling I get after a good workout is amazing. My goal weight is 195lb - my aim is for in six months time to have an update post letting you know I made it! Anyways, good luck to everyone going through a similar journey - we can do this! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Jan 2021 10:01 AM PST After years and years and years of disordered eating, I think I've cracked it! For some reason - I don't know if it's because my brain has finally decided to mature late in life, or if it's because life circumstances have changed, or if it's because of a few books I've read recently that have stuck with me, but I seem to have overcome my black and white thinking! Now I have much less perfectionist thought patterns & it's made me much more resilient and happier. I'm losing weight pretty slowly (only 5 lbs since beginning of November), but I'm psyched about every bit of progress and I'm really enjoying the process! I don't always eat well every day but I focus on what I've done well rather than what I haven't. I'm even enjoying exercise because there's no black and white 'you should have run 5km today and you didn't', I have a whole different system now. I've even not binged in 3 months! I've overeaten sure, but I've not binged a whole supermarket like I used to. Now if I eat 5 packets of crisps, I can think 'whoopsy. What's the best choice to make from here?' and feel good about myself for stopping mid binge rather than beating myself up. Or even if I do eat a ridiculous amount, I can manage to be kind to myself and just move on. That's insane, I never thought I'd think like that! I guess there's no real point to this post, but I've just been really excited about these changes really and wanted to share it with someone! I can't believe I'm actually enjoying losing weight even though it's slow, and that I'm enjoying making mistakes but learning to eat better & that I'm enjoying exercise! Who even am I?? [link] [comments] |
| I lost 3lbs.. I'm so happy I could cry (trigger warning) Posted: 26 Jan 2021 01:14 PM PST 19f 5'7, began at 12stone 8lbs, 8 days ago. Today I weighed in at 12stone 5lbs. My goal is to reach 11stone 5lbs. Weight gain began probably a year ago. Changing anti psychotic medication a total of four times (been on a total of five) in a year was difficult, not including the other meds I was on. Not being able to control the ravenous hunger that came with some of the meds was horrible. I was admitted to a psych hospital a total of four times last year. Not including emergency A&E admissions. I was all over the place. So sad. Unwell. Last October I attempted to end my life. It was horrific. I decided afterwards I could no longer live the way I was, I had to change, something had to give. I never wanted to experience what I did ever again. And I have worked on myself and continue to work everyday. Life is still difficult, but the thing that has changed is that I am no longer afraid of tomorrow. I know I can handle whatever comes at me. I am doing my best, everyday. Everything is ok. I tell myself these things at least once every day. My new therapist is fantastic. I couldn't of gotten to the point where I was able to look at dealing with my weight without getting to where I am now, emotionally and mentally. I knew I had gained weight but I was in denial that it was an issue, I suppose. It wasn't until I weighed myself and saw I was in the overweight category. I had stopped gaining weight I know for sure, but I was left with the effects of a terrible year on my mid section. Not cool, unstable brain. I started logging on MFP just over a week ago. The weird thing was, I logged the day before I started on it, and it turned out I had under eaten. It wasn't on purpose by any means. I was so pleasantly surprised that.. it was telling me to eat more? Deadly!! I don't wanna lose weight in an unhealthy way. I have done that before and that was not good. About three weeks ago I decided to try cut sweets out during the week, and then during the weekend MODERATELY consume what I wanted. I no longer wanted to be at the whim of sugar pangs. It's really worked for me. How I'm eating I feel happy with. I feel I can maintain it. I realised that the bagel with bacon I used to feel bad eating is completely fine to have. MFP has really educated me.. for the first while I set it as 'maintain weight' just to see what I actually eat in a day. No pressure, just observe. Eating during a window of time (most days) of about 6/8 hours. Means no more midnight snacking. Trying to have a bigger first meal so that I have energy for the rest of the day, I also just happen to love my first meal. I'm generally in a better space of mind that I have energy to handle life. I was exhausted. Would be so tired that I couldn't make food. Cue takeaway. Cue shit food that makes me feel shit. Managing my meals is easier because I can manage life more than I could before. Gonna take things one at a time. Ideally I'd like to eat more fruit. That will come. Not put pressure on myself to turn my life around in a day. I feel so empowered to lose the following stone. I don't care how long it takes. Whether it be a month, two months, three. That's grand. All I know is I'm making better choices for myself. Lifes hard, lifes shit, lifes good, lifes great. Cheers 🥦 Edit: I hope I didn't come across as losing weight is easy 😳. I for one know it's not. I just wanted to say what has helped me in the hopes that maybe it helps someone else, also feeling buzzed about the weight loss. Thanks for anyone who read this!! [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: January 27th, 2020 Posted: 26 Jan 2021 09:58 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] |
| Friend Discourages Me From Losing Weight? Posted: 26 Jan 2021 10:38 PM PST Hi everyone, I have been trying to lose weight for about 8 years now (Im 18 lol), and I've known this friend since elementary school. In middle school was when I became aware that I was overweight, and doctors were encouraging me to exercise and eat healthier. I remember telling this friend that I was trying to lose weight, and she proceeds to tell me "Your head would look really big on your body if you were skinny haha that'd be weird.." It kind of threw me off a bit, I was expecting her to be a bit encouraging or something. Proceed to high school. Obese, trying to lose weight. Same friend comments "No I don't want you to lose weight." It seemed like every time I'd bring up something I was proud of/progress she'd just shut the conversation down immediately. I don't really know what to think of this, I have stopped discussing my weight loss journey since it seems to be a sensitive topic, which I don't quite understand. Thoughts? [link] [comments] |
| I feel like I'm losing control of my weight. Posted: 26 Jan 2021 12:16 PM PST Hello! I am Melissa, 31 years old, 80kg ( 177lbs ) as for today at 160 cm ( 5'2" ) height. This is my highest weight ever. I've always had problems with my weight but I've managed to keep it somehow under control - I've lost and gained like 15kg at least 3 times in my life by now. But 2020 hit me pretty hard and I feel that, every time I want to get up, something keeps me there. Maybe my weight because it's so hard to do everything at this weight.. :/ 2020 was a terrible year for me. My father died in August and since then, I wasn't able to get back on track. I wasn't able to eat anything for a week then and I started having some trouble with my stomach. I went to the doctor and she gave me some pills for acid reflux. I took them, felt better, but the problem is that, at night, if I am just a little bit hungry and I don't eat, I begin having terrible stomach aches that last 1-2 days, even if I eat. I feel like I'm in a vicious circle with that. Also, I have to have some carbs in my diet because I have a condition that requires having carbs ( AIP - ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA). I sometimes eat pure glucose if I start feeling bad, as it is indicated to do. This year, I have my wedding but it doesn't motivate me at all. Nothing seems to motivate me anymore. Not that my clothes don't fit anymore, not that my dad's health problems were related to his weight, not that I don't feel ok with this weight emotionally or physically. I have a desk job ( as many of us have right now) since I'm working from home ( I'm teaching ). Long hours of work, sometimes boredom eating. And now that I've laid out all my problems and I seem like a forever complaining person, let me tell you why I'm here: I want to make some friends and to shed some pounds / kg. It's way easier for me to talk in kg because it's the system we use around here. So, I'm planning to lose like 20 kg ( 40 pounds I guess). [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 26 Posted: 26 Jan 2021 05:51 PM PST Hello losers, Day 26 holy crapola! Off we go into 2021! Weigh in daily, enter into Libra & report here even if I don't like it: 228 lbs, 229.5 lbs trend weight. Stay within calorie range (1800): Looking good today. Hongrey. 19/22 days. Exercise 5 days a week: 60 minute stationary bike. It snowed, this lady wasn't into a snowy walk. Sometimes yes, today no. 23/26 days. Self-care time (journaling, beauty treatments, anything that fills the bucket): Took tomorrow off for my yearly molting. Try a new recipe once a week: Creamy pesto spaghetti squash, creamy mushroom lentils, acorn squash with vanilla sugar, a new variant on green chili, bean mash & a honey mustard broccoli salad that really tickled me. Also I have air fried at least 4 veggies & a fruit or two so I feel like that counts as new. 7/5 weeks. Express mindfulness and or gratitude: I'm grateful for getting home safe. Snow is serious business y'all. Stay safe & warm! Your turn losers! [link] [comments] |
| Calorie Counting: It's a way of life Posted: 26 Jan 2021 10:58 AM PST I just reached 1111 days of logging my daily food on myfitnesspal! (imgur) The pictures of me are (left) from long before I started counting calories, and (right) from a few months ago when I hit 115 pounds (I started at 140). I have by no means stuck to 1200 calories a day (yay for being 5'4") everyday, or always been on a decline in terms of weight. I also didn't have as difficult a journey as a lot of other people on here. But, I am very proud of myself for sticking with calorie logging for so long. I had starting troubles because I never wanted to make a "lifestyle change" to lose weight, I just wanted to keep eating the way I was. Logging started the same way a lot of things have for me: someone told me I wouldn't be able to do it. I couldn't resist the challenge of being told I wouldn't stick with the counting and logging, and I figured even if I don't stick to my limits, I can always log! It worked really well, and I almost naturally stopped wanting to eat food with as many calories or food that was just carbs or just fat. Just being aware of these things because of an app made me feel a lot more accountable. One thing I recommend is giving yourself some grace on the logging process. It can take time to think of all the things you ate during a day and you can be busy one day and not the next. I found this link to reset the myfitnesspal login counter when I was really discouraged that I had lost a >100 day streak because I had been too busy with a deadline to log in for a couple of days. The reset link changes the counter so that it reflects the number of days you've been using the app rather than the number of consecutive days you've logged in. This way I would miss a day or two, go back to the app, fill in everything I ate during those days (I was careful to log the food mentally and tried not to be more than 100 calories off) and only then reset the counter back to the older number. This could be tricky if you tend to forget what you're eating or snack without really paying attention, but it did work for me in the long run. Seeing this number go up really made me feel like I was making progress, especially after I stopped trying to actively lose weight. Maintaining can be really boring when you're not getting the constant positive feedback of seeing the scale go down, or fitting into smaller clothes. But with trying to maintain my streak, the process of logging the food became sacred. Now, I can realistically see myself doing this for the rest of my life! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Jan 2021 06:49 AM PST During quarantine, I began cooking a lot more and like others was frustrated with how recipe sites were stuffed with ads and long backstories. I found the Recipe Filter extension useful but didn't like how it crunched the recipe's original formatting into a popup- it was still hard to read or print the recipe. Recipe Cart (my free extension) gives you a small notification you can expand to see the recipe in a cleanly formatted window. From there you can save a copy, print to one page, view cost per serving, or order ingredients from local grocery stores via Instacart or Amazon. It collects no personal data, which is important to double-check when you're using browser extensions. It does require an account email to start saving recipes. I hope it makes browsing for healthy recipes easier for this community. For me, weight loss is simple - it occurs when I eat in and reverses when I eat out. For Firefox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/recipe-cart-view-save-recipes/ On Mobile? Import recipe links here- https://www.getrecipecart.com/favorites [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 Jan 2021 01:13 AM PST Hey I 25F 5ft 3inches start weight 237.6 lbs just weighed in at 233lbs . Yay im still going down even tho i havent eaten the healthiest this week . Iv been keeping up with all my January goals so far plus i found out housework really burns calories. So with that knowledge im deep cleaning my whole house iv declared war on my poor house lol . Well i keep seeing glitter from the Christmas decorations which came down at the start of the month oosp lol . Another big thing this week was i some how managed to work out for 15minutes ,im hoping each week i can add another 5minutes til i can manage two 30minute work outs a week ,Im slowly getting there . Thank you for reading [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Jan 2021 12:57 PM PST Stats: 34F, 5'5", SW 380lb, CW 302lb, LW 250lb Hey all! I am back after a long hiatus. Starting in mid-2017, I lost about 130lb over the course of about 15 months and I was feeling great. Then in 2018 I hit some snags - I got laid off from a job I loved, and I was engaged to be married in mid-2019, which was great but unfortunately completely psyched me out (I got into a mode of "losing weight for the wedding," which was a disaster and totally counterproductive). Over the next year or so I was in a long plateau and then regained a bit (about 15-20lb). Then in early 2020 I found out I was pregnant and between the pregnancy and the pandemic I gained another 35lb or so, putting me roughly 55-60lb over my lowest weight. I'm trying not to feel too bad about it, since of course gaining weight during pregnancy is normal and expected, but obviously it kind of sucks to feel like I backslid so much, especially since I gained a few more pounds after I got home from the hospital. But now I'm 16w pp with a beautiful baby boy and I'm ready to get my ass back in gear. I opened my Lose It! app for the first time in months and calculated a new calorie goal for myself - not too aggressive, since I'm still breastfeeding and don't want to hit my milk supply too hard - and I've lost about 8lb in the last two weeks (a lot of that is water, but whatever, it counts!). I'm feeling good so far, and my private goal is to be a healthy weight for my next pregnancy, or as close as I can get. Thanks for reading - this is a great community! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 Jan 2021 12:48 AM PST I weighed in just after Xmas at 234lbs and this morning I am 222lbs! I have been doing CICO + walking since 1st Jan and it's working! My goal weight is 170lbs for now, so still another 52lbs to go, but I am more determined than ever to get there. I will probably carry on losing as I know my ideal weight should be around 140lbs, but I don't want to set such a huge goal initially. Also by my calculations I'll hit my goal weight + be debt free by the same time, both have been such huge weights (lol) on my shoulders for about 5 years now and I can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel. I decided after last year, that this year is going to be the year I get healthy, both mentally & physically and I feel like I could cry that this might actually be the year! 😃 [link] [comments] |
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