Weight loss: 100 lbs down today but had a way better NSV |
- 100 lbs down today but had a way better NSV
- I didn't realize losing weight would cause me to have a mini identity crisis
- Lost 35kg (75lbs) in 10 months and maintained now for 7 months - M38 from 244 lbs to 160 lbs
- Lost my first 15
- Finally broke through
- Sometimes “HOLD THE LINE!” is good enough
- I'm so proud
- I feel like I'm getting somewhere today
- What was your "Achilles' heel" and how did you overcome it?
- Been feeling weak ever since I started dieting
- 24-Hour Pledge - Friday, 26 February 2021 - The Plan for Today!
- Down 25 lb, first time going out and feeling confident in my appearance in a very long time
- 20lbs down and 115lbs to go!
- Anyone 5’5/F 165-170 lbs, how many calories are you eating, what’s your progress, etc?
- Finally about to start my weight loss journey!
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: February 26th, 2021
- Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Friday, 26 February 2021? Start here!
- How are other people so skinny?
- The power of protein
- Daily Q&A Post for Friday, 26 February 2021 - No question too small!
- Lost 30 pounds over the last 2 months (306 to 276), 60 more to go
- Starting my journey, any good tips ? ♡
- How to calorie track without being obsessive?
| 100 lbs down today but had a way better NSV Posted: 25 Feb 2021 01:02 PM PST Today I hit 100 lbs down from my highest weight (287 to 187) and I was happy to see it but just kind of ... I don't know, it felt anticlimactic. I thought to myself that's great. Ok, on to my day. I've been looking forward to it for so long I guess I thought it would feel different. Anyway, the last few months I've been trying to focus a little more on my mental health and things other than just weight loss, like keeping up good sleep habits and moving more and doing more for myself than eat/work/tv/sleep. I got back from my afternoon jog and walking past a mirror caught a glimpse of myself - messy hair, still kind of red, in old workout clothes - and my first thought was "hey, I actually look... kind of beautiful." And then I immediately started crying. I've just never had that happen. I don't think I'm a bridge troll or anything, but my very first thoughts about myself are usually derogatory somehow: ugh, I hate my hair, my stomach is saggy, my butt is too flat, etc. But lately, focusing on positives - running has been about what my body can do now, getting my heart rate up because I'm not sick, feeding myself good food because I know my body needs this or that, sleeping right because it makes me feel better - all that positivity seems to have leaked over into that other part of my brain where all the negative self talk usually is. And that means so much more to me than the weight loss. I never thought I'd be able think good things about myself without forcing it or feeling like I'm just lying to myself. I guess what they say about how you can't hate yourself thin is true. So I'm celebrating that today, I love myself, and I wanted to share it with people who would understand. :) [link] [comments] |
| I didn't realize losing weight would cause me to have a mini identity crisis Posted: 25 Feb 2021 11:06 PM PST The background story: I've been overweight to obese pretty much my entire life. I realized I was a chubby kid in fourth grade thanks to my peers, and I spent my childhood/early teens wanting to do something about it but never having the ambition to follow through. I'd go on diet kicks for a week or so, not see results, then give up. I know, I know. At 17 I had my gallbladder removed and lost quite a bit of weight; went from 208 to 144 within four months. I spent the last months of my senior year somewhat slim, even though I still saw myself as overweight (thanks body dysmorphia). That didn't last long, and to make a long story short: I gained weight back, lost some, gained it back, lost some, had two children over two years, which ended with my weight topped out at 245 at 25 years of age last year. I decided to make a change last summer after the birth of my second child. Since then I've lost around 80 pounds. I'm not to my goal yet, but it feels a lot more obtainable now that I'm well over halfway there. It didn't really occur to me just how much I've lost, since I still see myself as the size I was just after I had my baby. It hadn't really hit me how different I must look until a couple weeks ago when we visited my boyfriend's grandmother for the first time in over a year and she gushed about how much weight I've lost. It felt weird and slightly uncomfortable to be in the spotlight like that, and that moment seemingly acted as a reality check because now I CAN see all the changes in my body and honestly, I've got mixed feelings about them. One of the main things I've noticed is my fingers. I've always had chubby fingers, and I had just assumed that was how I was built. Now that I'm paying attention, I can see that my fingers are no longer chubby; they're much more slender and even my hands themselves are slimmer as well. I knew that'd I'd gone down two ring sizes but I never noticed the actual difference in my hands. That fact alone has sent me on a mental tailspin. I've got wide feet, and I've always had to get extra wide shoes or go up half a size to accommodate. Now I'm wondering if I even have wide feet or if they've just been "wide" because they were actually just fat because I was. I've always defaulted to basic, drab baggy clothing because, well, that's how I hid the body I was ashamed of. I told myself that it was because the popular clothing brands weren't my style, but deep down I knew it was because I would not fit into their clothing, and even if by some miracle I did manage to squeeze myself into it I was not getting out of it without a sharp pair of scissors. Since the realization, I've ordered a few items of said clothing online and I actually love them. They're comfortable and they look good on me. That's where the mixed feelings come into play though, and I'm constantly torn between "wow, this is awesome" and "this has never been my style, eww, where's the sweatshirt that's three sizes too big" mindset. It's like I've literally rewired my brain over the years to not appreciate form fitting clothing, and now that I'm starting to wear it there's a subconscious mental back and forth. I wasn't expecting all these weird feelings. I (naively) assumed that once I got closer to my goal weight that I'd just.....adjust. I didn't realize that I would literally have to internally argue with myself like "it's okay, you can wear the shirt, it fits you, you don't need to hide your body". I still find myself wearing oversized clothing, or gravitating to it. I've gotten rid of all my 2X and 3X from when I was pregnant, but I still have quite a bit of 1X that I can't quite give up yet, even though I'm in large and medium now. I'm hoping these feelings pass with time, and I'm sure they will. It's just a foreign concept to me that I'm sitting here, 30lbs off my goal weight, wondering just how many little, every day things in my life have been affected simply because I was obese most of it. Obligatory apology for formatting, grammar, and any misspelled/incorrect words. It's 2am here and I really need to get some sleep, but I needed to get this off my chest first. [link] [comments] |
| Lost 35kg (75lbs) in 10 months and maintained now for 7 months - M38 from 244 lbs to 160 lbs Posted: 25 Feb 2021 01:17 PM PST This reddit has been such an inspiration over my weight loss journey. Thanks SO much to everyone for sharing all of their amazing stories (most far more amazing than mine!). I learned so much from here - and many things like the paper towel analogy really helped me. It has taken me some time to write as I wanted to do the whole process justice and so many things happened along the way but I just posted my article Losing 35kg in Ten Months: How I Did It, What I Learned and How I Feel on LinkedIn. It is quite comprehensive, and includes some before and after photos, but below is a real TL;DR and a summary. TL;DR: Start slow. Take small steps. Be honest with yourself. Change your mindset towards exercise. Focus on the moment. Have fun losing weight. Be proud. Here's the summary: I was obese for over a decade at 244 lbs at my heaviest and lost 75 lbs in ten months to get to 160 lbs. I started by walking and doing short exercises. I began monitoring everything and set achievable goals. I changed my mindset towards exercise to enjoyment and realised the only way to lose weight was via calorific deficit through diet and exercise. Running, HIIT and weight training maximised calorie burn and I stuck to an hour a day, mixing up my daily routine to keep things fun. Tech played a major goal in facilitating my weight loss. Hitting my weight goal fills me with pride. Interesting things happened, like discovering my bones and I've learned to never underestimate myself and to believe in the process. I feel pride, excitement, worry and comfort about who I am and what I've achieved. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2021 04:58 PM PST I got my summary after my doctor's visit today and it had my weight for the last three visits: June 2020: 94.6kg (208lbs 8.9oz) Feb 10 2021: 89.8kg (197lbs 15.6oz) Feb 25 2021: 87.7kg (193lbs 5.5oz) I started CICO mid December and I know a was a bit heavier than my weight listed for June but I'm going to keep that as my starting weight. So far it's been fairly simple. (Not easy, but simple.) And I'm excited to have lost more than a few pounds like I normally would have when I used to start diets. This is the first time I feel like I've made real progress and I'm sticking to it. It's going to be a lifestyle change not just a diet this time. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2021 03:26 PM PST I have finally broke into the 130s! I am 31(F) and 5 foot even. I used to weigh 180lbs, but completely changed my lifestyle after my first child was born and dropped down to 130. I was running a ton and eating pretty clean so I was a lean and muscular size 4. Fast forward to getting pregnant with my second child and I have struggled to lose the weight! I have been bouncing back and forth between 142 and 149 for the last 2 years! So I had to change my mentality and get honest with myself. I weighed in at 146.8 on January 11 and just weighed in at 139.6 today February 26! So here is what I did... although most people probably won't like to hear it. I got honest with myself. I realized I drank entirely too much red wine and I was basically working out and eating right only to maintain where I was at. So.. as difficult as it was at first... I stopped drinking 50 days ago. I also listened to podcasts and worked really hard at tapping back into a good mental space. The other thing that has helped me is IF 16:8. I am enjoying the challenge of it.. and the benefits. I am also tracking calories during my eating window. I eat anywhere from 1400-1800 calories. I am a pretty active person so I have successfully dropped the weight with this amount so far. I know as I progress I will have to drop more and increase exercise. But I am all about dropping slow.. so I didn't want to immediately drop to a 1200 calories diet if I don't need too. I will save that for the last pesky pounds if I get stuck. I am so happy to finally be back on my way to fitting all my prepregnancy clothes and seeing how far I can take this body after kicking the booze. Have a great day everyone! [link] [comments] |
| Sometimes “HOLD THE LINE!” is good enough Posted: 25 Feb 2021 08:49 AM PST I don't have a super "success story secrets" post to share. I'm struggling to lose this weight, just like many of you. It's not easy. I started after Christmas getting serious, doing awesome for all of January. Strict tracking, exercising 5 days a week, limiting calories to 1200. Down 10 lbs of the 25 I want to lose. Yay! The same 10 lbs I've gained and lost two or three times over the last 2 years. Not so yay! But it's a good start. Then came the Super Bowl. And Valentine's Day. And potato chips and chocolate became part of my life again. And I could feel myself giving up ... less exercise walks ... one or two late-night binges ... "mmm I haven't had ice cream in soooo long" ... the scale is creeping up again a few pounds ... I feel completely un-motivated to track ... "oh gosh this is really happening I'm really going to give up again" ... And then I realized it. My weight loss doesn't have to be either "ON" or "OFF". I can just put it on "PAUSE". I've done this for past week ... still tracking, but allowing myself to eat at maintenance-ish ... eating plenty of chips and chocolate still at night, but now saving some of my earlier calories for those late night snacks. Giving myself some slack and some love. Still not really exercising (but I did get out there yesterday and walk!). Because honestly I want to give up on it all, so "no exercise and eating at maintenance" feels like the best I can do for another week or two (or more). So my motto right now is "HOLD THE LINE". Keep that weight steady. Relaxed but controlled eating. And that's it. That's all I can do. And that's good enough until I'm ready to do more. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Feb 2021 02:11 AM PST My entire family of myself, my wife, and our 3 teenage children have all been on a weightloss journey since the end of last summer. Everyone is working hard and doing great job and were all seeing results. Personally I'm down from 237 to 199 but that's not what this post is about. My kids are doing an especially great job and it really hit me yesterday when my oldest daughter decided to wear leggings and a tight shirt around the house and I could really note how much better she looks. Normally she would just wear very baggy clothes but yesterday it really hit me. As the title says I'm so proud of them all. [link] [comments] |
| I feel like I'm getting somewhere today Posted: 25 Feb 2021 07:10 PM PST It's been about a month since I started losing weight and I'm noticing some changes. I currently weight in the 280 area. Trust me, I used to be 330 back in October. Last month, I had been having pain in my right leg so I went to the doctor. He said that the muscle in that leg is having trouble supporting all this extra weight, so I have to start losing weight. It was my main news years resolution to start eating better and I might as well start now. I was struggling at first, but I ended up understanding how my body works and what I can fill myself with. I'm training my mind to not crave certain foods. I love carrots more than ever because of that. Also, having a manual labor job helps with losing weight. I feel like I'm walking better and an old jacket of mine fits better. I couldn't be happier that this is happening to me right now. I'm 20 years old and I'll be 21 in May. I'm not spending my 20's being obese. I'm going to spend them having fun and I'm going to be in good shape. This subreddit has helped me out a lot. Everyone in here is fantastic. [link] [comments] |
| What was your "Achilles' heel" and how did you overcome it? Posted: 25 Feb 2021 09:24 PM PST Excluding any extenuating circumstances and stifling conditions, I've found that you can generally attribute your weight gain to something you've been doing too much of or not enough of. While it can be difficult to diagnose the culprit, it's often even more difficult to find the motivation to do something about it. Some people overeat, some loath exercise, some drink a days worth the calories in one sitting. Personally, my biggest weaknesses were overeating and overindulgence of carbs/sugar. It didn't matter how often or vigorously I exercised, because I was consuming way more calories than I burned. Once I realized that this vice was keeping me from losing weight, I had to unlearn some bad habits. I'd viewed snacking as an activity since I was a kid, so I had to take up new hobbies to fill that void. I also had to learn to cut back on the carbs and find healthier substitutes for the sweet treats I ate on a daily basis. Without believing that my shortcomings were conquerable, I never would've lost a pound. What was your Achilles' heel and how did you overcome it? And if you're still in the process of losing weight, what are you doing to defeat your vices? [link] [comments] |
| Been feeling weak ever since I started dieting Posted: 26 Feb 2021 01:32 AM PST Hello all. It's been about 4 days since I started my journey. I'm a 19 year old male weighing 150 KG (330lbs) so you all can see why I am trying to lose weight, if anything I am very late. But ever since I started my diet, every day I feel very tired and weak. I can barely get up in the mornings. I study university and my mom cracked this morning when I just couldn't to get up and when I did I just stared at her face without saying anything. She thought I was messing with her when in reality I literally couldn't move. When I explained this she told me to eat more since she thinks I'm eating too little. I take in about 700-800 calories every day on a handcrafted diet I came up with. 2 eggs in the morning for protein along with a matchbox-sized piece of cheese and a few olives, then whatever my mom makes at dinner that's best matching for my diet, along with two slices of wholegrain bread whole day. Anything in-between is just fruits and stuff. Is it too little? Because as far as I'm noticing, it's just getting worse. I am fat and short of breath so I can't exercise much, so I opt for compensating with eating less. I might see a doctor if this gets out of hand. [link] [comments] |
| 24-Hour Pledge - Friday, 26 February 2021 - The Plan for Today! Posted: 25 Feb 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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| Down 25 lb, first time going out and feeling confident in my appearance in a very long time Posted: 25 Feb 2021 09:20 PM PST Long time lurker, first time poster. 18yo Male, 6"1' (185.4 cm). Started trying to lose weight seriously (as in with research and doctors' advice) about a month and three weeks ago. Was 290 lb (~131 kg) in the second week of January. Just hit 265 lb (~120 kg) as of this morning. I've bounced between chubby, chubby with some muscle, and just plain fat since I was 8 years old, but things got worse in High School because I stopped exercising and continued overeating, probably in part due to old habits, my home environment, and my own poor mental health and self image. I have only weighed above 285 twice, once three years ago, and at the crux of last year, and I realized that not only would it continue to inflict my poor self-esteem and self confidence in worse ways, but also that if I continued living the way I was there was the very real and scary possibility that I could do some very permanent damage to my body, like needing an amputation due to diabetes complications (one of my darkest and most primal fears) or suffering young of a stroke or heartattack as several members of my family tree already have. This realization came at what may have been the darkest hour of my life. It will surprise few to know that 2020 as a year, as it was to so many others, was not kind to me. I am fortunate enough to neither have contracted nor been more enthreatened than any other average individual by that vile virus, and neither have my remaining loved ones. But due to a combination of circumstances, my social circle has shrunk from several trusted friends to exactly none; my family whose full support I took for granted has morphed to a group of pseudo-strangers whom I no longer feel I can speak to freely or ask for help; and my paramour's recent departure from this mortal tread by their own hand has left me frighteningly alone, in a way I doubt I could have imagined but a few years prior. Furthermore, although now improving, both my career and schooling prospects as well as my financial security teetered over dark and choppy waters for far longer than I ever thought I would be able to recover from. I have spied the top all the way from rock bottom, and I am a fool for ever thinking I was invincible up there. In this tumult, I have found solace in finally understanding that my body is almost fully under my own control and none others, and in that I have found purpose. I am going to fix my body. I have tired of being unhappy with my appearance. I have tired of being easily fatigued by the plainest of physical performance that my more fit peers find effortless. I have tired of being terrified that my own body will be the death of me. I want to be healthy, and strong, and happy, and I know that losing weight will be a step towards that. And, I don't want to sound vain, but I want to look and feel as powerful and beautiful and lovable and worthy as I hope I am on the inside. Forgive me if the previous paragraphs sound trite or cliche. I know waxing lyrical isn't really the purpose of this sub. I just wish to portray that for the first time in my life, I have found that fire, that motivation to actually make a meaningful improvement to the way that I live. But, more importantly, I've also armed myself with the knowledge I need to make that improvement. In the past, I have tried to lose serious weight, with all attempts usually failing very quickly after. I have rushed headlong into restrictions and fad diets and overexertions in the pursuit of health more times than I can remember. I subsisted these from a million, often-conflicting sources, each offering "the secret" or "the one trick" for weight loss and for that perfect beach body. I relied entirely on pop-culture osmosis to get my information on health. This time, I decided to do the research. The real stuff. Not only did I read up on the biomechanics of weight loss, health, and exercise from as many credible sources as I could find, I also consulted my doctor and at their suggestion a nutritionist. I have learned so much about both the human body and my own. I have made small, incremental changes to my life over the last few weeks, doing everything slowly, healthily, and forgivingly, in ways I had never allowed myself to in the past. In the past, I would decrease my calories to dangerous numbers, tire of it in a week, and rebound entirely soon after. Or, I would cut out entire nutrients from my diet without truly understanding (or caring about) the havoc it may wreak upon myself. (Not to dis these diets entirely. If they work well for you and are healthy, please, you do you. Just because it didn't work for me doesn't mean it doesn't for you). Meanwhile, I would either under-exercise, usually after seeing a handful of sketchy and scummy websites "helpfully" explain how unnecessary and cumbersome and not worth it it is; or, I would over-exercise, in a Icarusian attempt to undo years of malnutrition and muscle weakness and just plain laziness by running and lifting myself to death in the course of an afternoon. The problem with both approaches to diet and exercise was that I was using both as a temporary fix to a lifelong goal. Health is not some video game achievement, some single-time payment, some one-and-done box on a list awaiting a big green check mark. It is something I must achieve by changing the way I choose to live. I cannot lose weight, get "teh helthy" and "teh sexyy bod", and then just go back to pigging out every meal and fearing the slightest exercise. I now understand that I have to do this for the long haul. Losing this weight is an investment, an insurance to a long and (fingers crossed) happy life, and I need to maintain that investment to keep it. So, anyway, I'm happy to say that now that I've checked and changed my mentality, I'm actually losing weight! And progress is still coming! Of course, I'm a long way to my goals, but my oh my, if that distance doesn't seem smaller 25 lbs in. The reason I made this post was because for the first time that I can honestly remember, I caught a glimpse of my reflection out in public, and I actually liked the way I looked. Maybe it was the lighting, or the clothes I was wearing, or the angle, but I could actually see some muscle definition in my arms ( I have been weight training), and my belly seemed to jut from my torso a little less, and I think my legs and my butt seemed a little thinner and a bit more toned. It was strange, and startling, and subtle, but it was welcome nonetheless. And you couldn't see it because of my facemask, but for the first time in a long time after I have seen my reflection in public, I was smiling. :) I may post here in the future with further updates to my journey, if for no other reason than for me to document my experience and feelings for me to look back on. But! I want to say thank you, both to you the reader for parsing this post, as well as this entire community, for being as helpful and supportive as it is. Seriously, this has been a great source for information and motivation in the far and recent past. Keep up the amazing work, everyone! I know I shall! 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| Posted: 25 Feb 2021 01:36 PM PST 25M, 6'1", SW:315 CW:295 GW:180 I have been overweight my whole life. My mom always tells me that the only thing she could do to stop me from crying when I was an infant was to feed me, and that pretty much never let up. My parents both have very unhealthy eating habits and my father especially has always been severely overweight. The closest I've been to my goal weight in a long, long time was my senior year of high school when I went from 290 to 220. I maintained the 220 for about a year but then slowly but surely started gaining the weight back. The beginning of 2020 I stepped on the scale for the first time in a long time and it read 308. I was pretty devastated, it was the first time I ever saw the scale tip past 300lbs. I was determined to lose some weight but then the pandemic hit and I quickly resorted to stress eating. Thankfully I didn't gain too much last year, but by December I was up to 315. I've done a lot of yo-yo dieting in my life. But this time I'm actually interested in making long term lifestyle changes. I actually want to create and overall better relationship with food. I've had the knowledge and know-how ever since I lost 70lbs back in 2013, I just always lacked the motivation. This time I am motivated and ready to treat my body better. I've also learned things over the years that I will be implementing. For starters, even though I have an end goal weight, I've been doing smaller goals and will continue to do so along the way. First goal was to be under 300, then to 295 for a total loss of 20lbs(which I hit today). My next goal is to hit 285, so just another 10lbs. I would like to hit it by Easter, but this time I know that if I dont hit it by then that its okay, I just have to keep trying. Overall, just making this post because I'm proud of myself for losing 20lbs and I'm looking forward to continuing to learn and make progress. I also wanted to try and hold myself accountable, so I will post here again when I'm down a total of 50lbs. Until then thank you all for the motivation, advice, and resources! Edit: Also if yall would like. Leave a comment with advice or a realization that you've found the most helpful. [link] [comments] |
| Anyone 5’5/F 165-170 lbs, how many calories are you eating, what’s your progress, etc? Posted: 26 Feb 2021 12:42 AM PST I am just wondering anyone else with similar weight and height, how is your weight loss progress going? How many calories are you eating, what macros, are you exercising- what type of exercise? What do typically eat in a day? How much are you losing in a week? Any info would be helpful. I am having the hardest time figuring out how many calories to eat. It says my TDEE for sedentary is about 1800. When I try to lower this to 1500 I feel so crappy, low energy and have insomnia. I am also trying to lower carbs to 130-140g (all healthy carbs or veggies) and that's making me feel even worse. I think I get about 80g of protein, maybe adding more would be helpful. When I add exercise it just makes me need to eat more and there's no weight loss progress like that. [link] [comments] |
| Finally about to start my weight loss journey! Posted: 25 Feb 2021 11:12 PM PST Hello! New to Reddit so please excuse any mistakes! I've always had a really tumultuous relationship with food, dieting, exercise, etc. Like many people I've had different kinds of unhealthy relationships with food. A long time ago I struggled with an ED and I've since started eating whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted it. Obviously, this led to some weight gain and unhealthy habits. I feel like I'm finally ready to try to not only lose weight but become healthier. No one I know really understands my weird relationship with food so I'm glad to have a place here to just dump my thoughts and feelings. Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: February 26th, 2021 Posted: 25 Feb 2021 09:50 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] |
| Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Friday, 26 February 2021? Start here! Posted: 25 Feb 2021 09:31 PM PST Today is your Day 1? Welcome to r/Loseit! So you aren't sure of how to start? Don't worry! "How do I get started?" is our most asked question. r/Loseit has helped our users lose over 1,000,000 recorded pounds and these are the steps that we've found most useful for getting started. Why you're overweight Our bodies are amazing (yes, yours too!). In order to survive before supermarkets, we had to be able to store energy to get us through lean times, we store this energy as adipose fat tissue. If you put more energy into your body than it needs, it stores it, for (potential) later use. When you put in less than it needs, it uses the stored energy. The more energy you have stored, the more overweight you are. The trick is to get your body to use the stored energy, which can only be done if you give it less energy than it needs, consistently. Before You Start The very first step is calculating your calorie needs. You can do that HERE. This will give you an approximation of your calorie needs for the day. The next step is to figure how quickly you want to lose the fat. One pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories. So to lose 1 pound of fat per week you will need to consume 500 calories less than your TDEE (daily calorie needs from the link above). 750 calories less will result in 1.5 pounds and 1000 calories is an aggressive 2 pounds per week. Tracking Here is where it begins to resemble work. The most efficient way to lose the weight you desire is to track your calorie intake. This has gotten much simpler over the years and today it can be done right from your smartphone or computer. r/loseit recommends an app like MyFitnessPal, Loseit! (unaffiliated), or Cronometer. Create an account and be honest with it about your current stats, activities, and goals. This is your tracker and no one else needs to see it so don't cheat the numbers. You'll find large user created databases that make logging and tracking your food and drinks easy with just the tap of the screen or the push of a button. We also highly recommend the use of a digital kitchen scale for accuracy. Knowing how much of what you're eating is more important than what you're eating. Why? This may explain it. Creating Your Deficit How do you create a deficit? This is up to you. r/loseit has a few recommendations but ultimately that decision is yours. There is no perfect diet for everyone. There is a perfect diet for you and you can create it. You can eat less of exactly what you eat now. If you like pizza you can have pizza. Have 2 slices instead of 4. You can try lower calorie replacements for calorie dense foods. Some of the communities favorites are cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash in place of their more calorie rich cousins. If it appeals to you an entire dietary change like Keto, Paleo, Vegetarian. The most important thing to remember is that this selection of foods works for you. Sustainability is the key to long term weight management success. If you hate what you're eating you won't stick to it. Exercise Is NOT mandatory. You can lose fat and create a deficit through diet alone. There is no requirement of exercise to lose weight. It has it's own benefits though. You will burn extra calories. Exercise is shown to be beneficial to mental health and creates an endorphin rush as well. It makes people feel *awesome* and has been linked to higher rates of long term success when physical activity is included in lifestyle changes. Crawl, Walk, Run It can seem like one needs to make a 180 degree course correction to find success. That isn't necessarily true. Many of our users find that creating small initial changes that build a foundation allows them to progress forward in even, sustained, increments. Acceptance You will struggle. We have all struggled. This is natural. There is no tip or trick to get through this though. We encourage you to recognize why you are struggling and forgive yourself for whatever reason that may be. If you overindulged at your last meal that is ok. You can resolve to make the next meal better. Do not let the pursuit of perfect get in the way of progress. We don't need perfect. We just want better. Additional resources Now you're ready to do this. Here are more details, that may help you refine your plan.
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| How are other people so skinny? Posted: 25 Feb 2021 12:33 PM PST I'm 30F and I need to lose 50 pounds. I get discouraged from even starting due to a mindset I have that it's not fair that other people have bodies/hormones that naturally keep them thin. For instance, years ago I was roommates with Miss Nevada. She was gorgeous and thin, but I knew that she ate crap and she hardly worked out! Meanwhile, I was waking up at 5 every day to work out and struggled to lose 20 pounds and my body still didn't look nearly as good as hers. I also have many friends who've had children and they seem to go right back to being thin. Granted, I don't know if these women have worked out or watch what they eat, but I've never had children and their bodies look better than mine! I know this is a terrible mindset. I'd appreciate any thoughts/advice on how to change my mindset. Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2021 08:21 PM PST I know lack of protein was probably why I was skinny-fat for so long, but I didn't know it helped to this extent. Like I've been eating way more than before, but making sure to get a lot of protein, mostly from chocolate milk because it's cheap. I burn about 2000 calories a day, just from activity(mostly walking because I have no car). That's not accounting for the calories burnt just to make your organs work, when resting, and all the pacing back and forth I do, so I have a lot of leeway even though I'm only like 5,7. I'm eating more than I did, but my stomach is shrinking more while my arms are getting bigger. Another reason for this could be the water weight was sticking along because my body didn't know whether it was starving or not and trying to be on the safe side. I've seen things online about that phenomenon. I'm just making this post because I feel there's not enough emphasis on protein when losing weight and it's mostly about calories. If you're trying to lose 50+ pounds CICO should be your main thing, but if you're on your last 15 or so pounds, protein should be a bigger priority to avoid stuck being skinny fat. [link] [comments] |
| Daily Q&A Post for Friday, 26 February 2021 - No question too small! Posted: 25 Feb 2021 10:31 PM PST Got a question? We've got answers! Do you have question but don't want to make a whole post? That's fine. Ask right here! What is on your mind? Everyone is welcome to ask questions or provide answers. No question is too minor or small. TIPS: * Include your stats if appropriate/relevant (or better yet, update your flair!) * Check the FAQ and other resources in the sidebar! [link] [comments] |
| Lost 30 pounds over the last 2 months (306 to 276), 60 more to go Posted: 25 Feb 2021 11:20 AM PST Hello everyone I'm 28years old male, my height is 5'10". 3 years ago I was at the same point I was in at the end of 2020, I was 90 pounds overweight, and in 2017 I managed to lose 75 pounds in less than 6 months, and I kept that weight off for 2 years. During covid I had nothing to do, and my personal outlook was bleak, because of that during 2020 I gained more than 90 pounds, I reached my highest weight ever ,by the end of December I was at 306 pounds At the start of the new year I wanted to proof to myself that what happened 3 years ago wasn't a fluke, and that I can go forward living a healthy life in a healthy body. I also had a huge challenge that I want to achieve that require meeting people and giving presentations (maybe in the Fall of 2021), and for some reason I got stuck with the idea that if I look like I can't take of my body I wouldn't be able to go around giving presentations on how organizations should be run. And thus at the beginning of 2021 I drafted a program for me ,I worked out 4 to 6 days a week (just playing basketball for 40 minutes then going on an elliptical or cycling for 20 minutes) , and I subscribed in a meal prep service, that deliver prepared meals to my home, It was 300g of meat and 100g of carbs and some vegetables (that I eat in a 4 hours windows each day, I think that food had 1500 calories). I followed that program for 2 months now, and I can't say that I followed it perfectly, there were a lot of days were I got out for an extra meal, but whenever I do that I go for a healthier option I also cut off sugar and soda drinks completely, I found out that I had an easier time following my diet when I avoid them I managed to lose 30 pounds till today, I will continue like this for 3 more months, the first month was the hardest because it was harder to move and workout when I was around 300 pounds, but as I lost weight I found things to be easier. One important point that I think helped me a lot is that I take notes every morning, I write the day and date and my weight at the morning and I just analyze how things are going on paper. I did take my weight every morning but I don't compare it to the previous day, I compare to the same day a week earlier, so this Sunday get compared to last week's Sunday, and I track my progress that way I wanted to share my experience and I wish to keep you updated in the next few months [link] [comments] |
| Starting my journey, any good tips ? ♡ Posted: 26 Feb 2021 01:59 AM PST Hello everyone, I wanted to post here to maybe encourage myself to lose the weight that's been bothering me since forever. I am a 25 year old female and this is my story So I was a veery skinny child, even though I ate a lot I used to move around a lot, I used to do gymnastics etc. As a teen I hated my body although I wasn't even near fat ( I used to weight 51 Kg for 1m58 yes I am short) but since graduating highschool I started gaining and losing weight on and off. My heaviest was in my 3rd year of university where I weighted around 64Kg and hence I started dieting by CiCo and went back to 57ish. I Didn't yo-yo back then because I moved around a lot but once I moved out from my country I gained 5 Kg, after that well, covid happened and I gained around 7 and weighted around 67 which is my heavies weight. Now I started dieting and I am back to 64 but I need more motivation. I started doing home exercices and I try to eat around 900/1000 calories, I try to add a lot of protein to my date and to complete the 10.000 steps each day (we have a very early curfew and I work so I reaaally try) I wanted to ask you guys some questions. if my calories intakes has a lot of carbs (which is not the case rn but I keep on carving them) would that be bad ? Like would my body not burn fat ? How can I afterward keep the weight off because honestly I am w binge eater... Are there any good meal plans that I can stick to because I want this to become a life change not just a weight loss because it really bothered me .. I am short and all the fat goes straight to my hips and butt and breasts which makes me really uncomfortable.. even a 2 kg gain is visible .. so I hope you guys can help me ♡ [link] [comments] |
| How to calorie track without being obsessive? Posted: 25 Feb 2021 07:49 PM PST Hey guys! So I've been really successful at losing weight in the last two years. I went from 150-133 and have maintained my weight since last spring. I've also developed some amazing habits along the way. I want to lose another 10 pounds because my frame is super small and I still have fat to lose despite weight lifting. I did not use a calorie tracker for this weight and relied heavily on habits. I marked calories down in my phone and used a food scale but didn't use an app. There's something about the app that makes me think about food constantly!! That being said, these I've been really trying at these last 10 pounds and it's been impossible. My wedding is September so I have a good chunk of time. I'm wondering if any of you have some good tips on how to manage getting obsessive and hyper focused while using calorie trackers. Thank you!! ⭐️ [link] [comments] |
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