Weight loss: [Challenge] LoseIt New Year, New You, New World - THE END |
- [Challenge] LoseIt New Year, New You, New World - THE END
- I’ve lost 30 pounds in 30 months.
- From Morbidly Obese to Marathoner
- NSV I have watched the timer on my stationary bike roll over from 99:59 to 0:00 TWO DAYS IN A ROW!!
- After 9 years, I’m no longer obese.
- My clothes are starting to fit me better, It helps me know that I’m actually loosing weight
- Plateaus don't scare or upset me anymore.
- 7 lbs down in 2 weeks!
- Weight fluctuations are truly bizarre, but they don't matter
- I just pushed through my first plateau
- Have you felt as light as a feather?
- When did you start to feel like you lost weight? Down almost 35lbs and some of my clothes are looser but I can’t see any change myself yet
- How do people just maintain their weight?
- Anyone else get impatient with weight loss because it's about NOT doing something?
- Building a community
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 19
- How do you get back on track after a month like this
- I’ve lost 25 pounds since the pandemic/lockdown started. My secret weapon? Buying a scale.
- Successfully avoided a binge, any other tips for the future?
- Daily Q&A Post for Saturday, 20 February 2021 - No question too small!
- Obese
- A little confused on how weight loss works
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: February 20th, 2021
- advise on starting to workout.
- Anyone else feel empty after their meals?
| [Challenge] LoseIt New Year, New You, New World - THE END Posted: 19 Feb 2021 09:07 AM PST Hey Everybody. Welcome to the end of the Winter 2021 Loseit Challenge: LoseIt New Year, New You, New World You made it! Congrats! Hope you had a fantastic start to your year and thank you for making us part of it. Time for the results! Week 5 Bragging Rights: We had a week of the challenge with over 20 MILLION steps taken and 131,000 activity minutes. Top 3 weigh in % as a team:
Top 3 Activity Minutes as a team:
Top 3 Total Steps Taken as a team
Week 5 Results MCU found the final horocrux, putting away Wizarding World Middle Earth chased Star Wars back to a galaxy, far far away... DND adventured right out of Wonderland without a scratch Timeline Each week begins on a Friday, so you will have until the following Friday at 12:00 EST (when the next week is posted) to complete your weigh-in. You can weigh in multiple times during the week but only your most recent entry will be recorded on the tracker.
February 19 - Results Thank you for joining and hope you had a great time! Stay tuned for the next announcement and see you soon =) [link] [comments] |
| I’ve lost 30 pounds in 30 months. Posted: 19 Feb 2021 12:47 PM PST This is a big post for comparatively unimpressive numbers, but I wanted to share my experiences so far because I weighed myself this morning and I am the least I've weighed since really.. ever as an adult? I think I've cracked the code of what works for me and I've been so inspired by similar posts. It has taken me over 2 years, but I am getting close to 30 pounds down. I continue to lose weight incredibly slowly. Occasionally I lose a few pounds a month, occasionally I don't lose any weight for a few months at a time, and sometimes I will gain a little but never more than a few pounds a time, which has always come off. I wish I could get myself to 145 in 3 months, but it won't work for me. I am confident that this is the only way that works for me and I am feeling so proud of my ability to live a balanced life. I'm not dieting or in a fad. This is just who I am now. I come from a family whose love language is food and meals have been (and continues to be!) the highlight of the day and any festivity. I strongly believe that Americans have such a broken relationship with food in general. I had to rethink a lot of what I consume and a crash diet or steep deficit wasn't the way for me to do that. I will always be very delighted by food, and I can love food in a way where food loves me back. I am 26, 5'4 and 166 pounds, I was over 195ish when I went to Hawaii in September 2018. I hated how I felt, I was incredibly tired the entire trip and unhappy with how I looked in photos. I made a decision that trip that I needed to lose weight and I started CICO after. I also started following this sub and other fitness/weight loss subs. Here's whats changed for me:
A few other things that I had to realize that are probably obvious to most:
I don't see myself gaining weight back because I do not feel like I am dieting or in a new fitness routine at all. I am just living my life with some restructured boundaries and priorities - moving my body, counting my calories and being overall aware of how my body works and how certain foods make me feel. I am an absolute heathen when it comes to food and drinks on vacation and I easily snap back into good habits when I return home. I am hoping that by our wedding in August, I will be another 10 pounds or so down - but even if I am not, I feel really great and energetic. I can remember the heavy cloud of fatigue that comes with being unhealthy and uncomfortable in my body and I don't remember the last time I felt that. I hope someone finds this helpful and encouraging - it is absolutely amazing to see people so dedicated to losing weight quickly on here, but thats never worked for me. If you have stuck around this long - thank you for reading! Here is a progress pic in case you are curious. [link] [comments] |
| From Morbidly Obese to Marathoner Posted: 19 Feb 2021 06:02 AM PST I've posted bits and pieces of my journey in comments, but after accomplishing this feat I never thought possible, I decided to create a standalone post. I grew up with awful eating habits and parents who worked really hard, but didn't teach any healthy eating habits. I had a lot of trauma and I soothed myself with food. I was the short, fat, uncoordinated always picked last girl in gym and I hated my body. I developed body image issues and throughout my young adult life would lose weight in super unhealthy ways only to gain it all back and more. I lost 80 pounds before my wedding and as soon as I said I do I went right back into eating whatever I wanted whenever I wanted. People would even joke about how good I was at losing weight. I was working long stressful hours, and often too drained to cook so we ordered in most nights of the week. I finally had the time and money to travel, but I was too out of shape to enjoy my trips. I realized something had to change or else what was it all for? For the first time I decided I wanted to be healthy and not just skinny. I didn't want to lose weight for some photos then gain it and refuse to be photographed in my travel photos. I didn't want to spend money on vacations I couldn't enjoy. The first (and I think most important part for me) step was to really look at why I gained the weight and how I was going to attack this problem. I am 5'1 and was 213 pounds. I tried to justify the eating out as the fact that I was a "foodie", but eating out of plastic containers and Taco Bell breakfast multiple times a week wasn't being a foodie. I realized the time spent picking out an order and waiting for delivery was longer than it would take to actually cook something. I wanted to add exercise this time and decided to take up running because I knew if I had to drive somewhere it would be an easy excuse to just not do it and I didn't want to spend a ton of money and I figured running would be cheap (HA! that proved to be false for me). The other rule I had was I wouldn't commit to anything I couldn't stick to in maintenance or that fundamentally wasn't me. This meant I wouldn't avoid food while traveling and occasional wine nights had to find their place in my diet. January 2019 I downloaded C25k but was too embarrassed to even tell my husband so I ran in socks up and down the hall. It hurt and felt impossible. I looked for meals that were stupidly easy to make no matter how tired i was and kept them stocked at home. I finally broke down to my husband about the pain of trying to run and he immediately decided to join me and take me to a running store to get real shoes. I was still to embarrassed to admit I wanted to run so I told the employee I wanted to walk more. We signed up for a 5K in March of 2019 and started training. March of 2019 the pounds were flying off and the first race was intense. I was cracking jokes about stealing the medal and too embarrassed to post until I was done with the race in case I failed. We finished in 46 minutes and I did fall into some walking, but I was hooked. I immediately signed up for more races. We took a vacation in April and I was able to walk and hike and do everything I wanted to do and was even able to buy a coat in France that fit me (I later paid more than the original price of the coat to get it altered to my current size - this was a victory coat!). I was doing dirty CICO where as long as it fit my calories my food could be anything I wanted. At first, running burned a ton of calories and I was keeping at it, but my runs were fairly short at 3-5 miles. I eventually hit my goal weight, had skin removal surgery, and was getting better and better at running. I ran a race 1/1/20 and actually placed in my age group for the first time ever (ok it was a super tiny race but still!!). I got an email about a progressive race series throughout the year ending in a half marathon. On a runners high I put the money down and decided 2020 was going to be my year.... Of course 2020 threw some challenges. Races weren't happening, but my fear (and hope of running a half marathon) kept me running. I started increasing my mileage and noticed a few things. One, once I was at my goal weight the calorie burn plummeted. This definitely meant I couldn't outrun my fork. When I started a mile would burn almost 200 calories and now sits at about 50-70. Two, I needed to eat the right things in order to run according to my plan (note: wine and lamb vindaloo while amazingly tasty is an awful idea before a long run). I started fine tuning my diet from anything goes to figuring out what gave me the energy I needed and wouldn't leave me searching for a porta potty mid run. Three, I started needing to fuel for long runs. This meant even though I'd rather spend my calories on cake or Starbucks, sometimes an electrolyte drink or energy gel was what my body needed. I also switched from being really afraid of going over my calories day to day to ensuring I had the right fuel to run properly. Once I'd hit 13.1 miles in training I decided to sign up for a marathon a year away. I figured COVID would be done by then and chose a destination marathon. I started embracing what my body could do and facing my fears head on. It's been a crazy journey with a ton of lessons, but I've been able to run many races (COVID changed the format for safety and I've had more races cancelled than I'd care to think about), but I actually crossed the line of a real live marathon last weekend. All the work, sweat, and lots and lots of tears were finally fulfilled and I have hung up the title of the fat funny girl as something I was. Now I AM a marathoner and it's something that can't ever be taken away from me. It's been so much easier to maintain this time around because I love running. My goal once racing is fully back is to travel all over and run races everywhere I can. And I celebrate hard after races with lots of great food and wine. I still enjoy food and wine with friends, but schedule them on days after a long run and have a rest day after. There aren't any foods I can't have, but it's easier to figure out when to have those things. I don't feel restricted because I think of food differently now. If I ate cake every day then a birthday cake wouldn't feel special anymore. When we go out to eat now it's rare so we opt for nicer places and really enjoy the meal. I'd rather eat one amazing meal a month than spend the same money at fast food 6 days a week. Sorry for the length and I know what worked for me won't work for everyone, but I've been so encouraged by this sub and hope I can pay it forward. [link] [comments] |
| NSV I have watched the timer on my stationary bike roll over from 99:59 to 0:00 TWO DAYS IN A ROW!! Posted: 19 Feb 2021 02:20 PM PST Late last year I started making myself add one relatively small positive change to my routine each week. So every day for a week I'd make sure to do the thing I chose for that week. Some of what I added may seem silly but hear me out because depression is a bitch and it's naive to not acknowledge that. It basically started out with things like "okay I'm going to shower every day, even if it's just to rinse off" and "I'm going to use the exercise bike for at least 5 minutes". It seemed manageable to take a shower every day for a week and I got used to it in that week. So the next week when I added that 5 minute workout I was already used to taking a quick shower. So the week after that, I focused on moisturizing before bed and so on. Basically it's been a couple months now and my daily routine is just stupid lmao. If someone came to me a few months ago and told me I'd be working out for at least an hour within 15 minutes of waking up, AND shower, AND take amazing care of my skin, hair, nails, AND do it all EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. I'd have said there's no way. But here I am. Only 2 months later and the 8 minor changes have already added up to so much. [link] [comments] |
| After 9 years, I’m no longer obese. Posted: 19 Feb 2021 09:09 AM PST Happy Friday y'all!!! After 14 months of CICO and IF and healthy eating and exploring workouts I enjoy, I finally did it. My health journey started 14 months ago when I was drowning in chronic pain and rising health issues. I was so sick and tired of being sick and tired. Today I stood on the scale and saw what I was working towards for the last year - I'm no longer obese. There were tears. I've got 50 more pounds to lose to get to my goal but only 30 to lose to no longer be considered overweight. The most important lesson: don't give up. I should have reached this goal in December but the holidays came around and I did a little covid friendly trip. Enjoyed it but also fell off track and delayed my progress. There was despair and frustration but no matter how much I fell into the opposite direction, I didn't give up. Every sweat and tear was worth this. I am finally out of obesity after NINE years. TLDR: never give up on your health goals. your body is your most important home and you will achieve your goals if you do the work. [link] [comments] |
| My clothes are starting to fit me better, It helps me know that I’m actually loosing weight Posted: 19 Feb 2021 10:04 PM PST I started my weight loss journey at the end of January and so far I think I've been doing well. So far I know that I at least lost 10 pounds witch makes me very happy. As I don't have a scale in my dorm room the only way I know for sure is weighing myself at my dad's house (who is also trying to loose weight). Well last week I felt like I was slacking on my eating habits a bit too much and felt a little discouraged especially when I took my 1 month progress photos and I felt like nothing had changed. then I remembered that I was using some of my shirts I was planning on trying to slim down into to measure my progress were getting easier to put on opposed to a month ago. This makes me very happy because it tells me I'm still loosing weight even though it doesn't feel like it. [link] [comments] |
| Plateaus don't scare or upset me anymore. Posted: 19 Feb 2021 08:49 PM PST I hit another plateau. I'm 31F 5'1" and my weight has been hovering around 123lbs for about three weeks. I would have been upset, if I hadn't found this community (and Libra to track my trend weight) and learned that plateaus are just a fact of the loseit life. I reminded myself that 5 months ago, my plateau was at 138lbs. As long as I keep doing what I'm doing, this too shall pass. I'm not losing weight fast, but I'm losing it sustainably (250 calories/day deficit) while building a lifestyle that I can stick to for the rest of my life. I'll get to my pre-grad school weight eventually, if not in 10 months then in 20 months. I won't give up and plateaus can go pound sand. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Feb 2021 05:47 PM PST Hello! I'm actually quite new here and so excited someone pointed me to this sub. I've tried to lose weight a few times in the last 9 years without success but I'm finally giving it a real go. I am 5'8" (well, and a half) and was up to 260 lbs. due to knee and hip injuries this obviously was beginning to really affect me and after reimbursing my knee 2 years ago it's gotten worse. But I'm happy to say I'm down 7 pounds! The first week I weaned my way off soda and energy drinks. The second I worked on keeping my calorie consumption within "normal" limits. (I was a binge eater) Next step is to figure out what exercises I can do. I have some VR games to help such as Beat Saber and Nintendo's Ring Fit. But I'd happily take more suggestions! ❤️ [link] [comments] |
| Weight fluctuations are truly bizarre, but they don't matter Posted: 19 Feb 2021 03:58 PM PST I decided to start weighing myself daily 30 days ago and log it into the Libra app. I had a proper look at it today and had to have a laugh at how all over the place it is. You can see in this image https://imgur.com/a/7vgJ1FW how it seems every week around the same time I'll have a huge drop, then the next day it will go back up quite high, then for 3 to 4 days afterwards I'll slowly drop, back to another huge drop, back up high etc etc but it's still all a downwards trend so I always know I'm on the right track. You can see that I've just had my huge drop today, so tomorrow morning I won't be disappointed when it goes back up by 1-3 kgs, because it will level out after a few days and then I'll drop again. I won't go back to being a "once a week weigh in" person until I hit maintenance because this downwards trend is what helps keep me motivated and to really see that weight fluctuations are always going to happen! And instead of feeling bad about them I can clearly see THEY DONT MATTER! [link] [comments] |
| I just pushed through my first plateau Posted: 19 Feb 2021 10:56 PM PST I was stuck at 278lbs for almost 3 weeks, but I've finally started dropping weight again ( 6lbs) . What happened? Everything! I'm currently applying to jobs and I've finally started landing interviews. My routine hasn't been in shambles, but I have been getting less sleep. I also haven't been able to stay on the treadmill for an extended period of time. Losing weight is working against me, I need to walk more to burn the same amount of calories. More stress from life, I noticed that I stopped journaling and doing belly breathing completely. Those two habits help me manage stress and my anxiety. I started eating more/new carbs that I never researched. I managed to mostly eat the same food and to keep up with my inclined walking. Which I believe allowed me not to gain weight. Going forward, I know that I have to keep up with all of the habits that allowed to me achieve change in my life. But I'm grateful for being back on track. [link] [comments] |
| Have you felt as light as a feather? Posted: 19 Feb 2021 06:51 PM PST Hi there! I wanted to post this in other communities but, god they don't let new users post....wtf! Anyways, I'm 10 months into regular exercise and I just experienced something pretty cool! I just finished an exercise with HIIT. During the last 50 second round, I did squat jumps and suddenly felt very light throughout and as as if I could keep going for a very long time. One more squat jump and I'd fly to the moon 😄 That feeling soon wore off towards the end. Before hand I stopped to catch my breath and pump myself up to finish that round and blasted a good song. Would you know what this was? Have you felt like that before? Any clues would be great! Note: I did not feel light-headed, I felt as light as a feather. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Feb 2021 11:56 PM PST 5'8"F 30s. Started at 310, down 35lbs in the last five months and while I know mentally that I've lost significant weight so far for the first one ever (every other attempt I abandoned four or five pounds in and quickly regained). And I have started noticing that some of my clothes are a little looser, which IS a crazy sensation because I've never been able to fit in clothes more than a year or two. Been WFH the whole pandemic and basically just wear T-shirt's and yoga pants which probably doesn't help. Anyway, people that started about where I was and lost more already, how long did it take before you started to actually seem smaller to yourself? I am really looking forward to this paper towel effect to eventually hit haha [link] [comments] |
| How do people just maintain their weight? Posted: 19 Feb 2021 11:45 PM PST Well it's been 6 months on the nose today, and i'm 85lb down. 20'sM 5'11" SW:297 CW:212 GW:<200 Looks like I'll have just a few weeks left until I hit my goal. I'll have to decide whether to continue the journey and shoot for a lower weight soon. In any case, the question as to how people maintain their weight without even trying boggles the mind. Are they actually weighing themselves often and just work on it if it becomes an issue? My plan is to eventually stop, and then switch to maint. calories. It appears i'm burning between 2400 and 2600 calories a day (calories ate over a few weeks and weight lost). That's a difference of 20lb in a year if i'm off. Lol I don't want to make the mistake of letting this happen again. I've never been able to lose more than like 5 to maybe 10lb before this time around. Im guessing people typically just set a goal range? Like 180 +- 5lb? I need some tips. Lol [link] [comments] |
| Anyone else get impatient with weight loss because it's about NOT doing something? Posted: 19 Feb 2021 02:45 AM PST Sorry if this is confusing. But I had an epiphany recently that one of the things that derails my weight loss efforts most is the fact that it mostly requires NOT doing something (eating too much). I am good at doing things, accomplishing tasks, ticking boxes, etc etc. But I am also impatient, and weight loss is a patience game. I tend to get frustrated and end up going off track when things aren't happening quickly enough, and I literally can't DO anything about it. Yes, I know I can exercise but there is only so much time in the day with a young baby! I literally stand there and get annoyed that I can't make it happen any faster, then kinda give up a bit, then get back on track, repeat repeat repeat. So help me with things I can DO that are proactive and contribute to weight loss besides exercise please! This impatient girl needs a to-do list to feel in control. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Feb 2021 12:47 AM PST I've been blown away by the amount of support that I've been receiving at the gym. For the past 2 or 3 months, I've been dropping at lot of weight. I should be out of the obese zone after 10 more lbs. In the beginning, I hated the amount of attention that I was receiving and the positive comments that I was hearing. I actually had to reflect on people's new attitudes towards me to feel comfortable with them. One guy came up to me and asked me about my progress, then he shared that he had lost 35lbs. My drastic weight loss influenced people to copy my routine, which sometimes prevented me from being able to use the "good" machines. Due to COVID there are only 3 treadmills that have the incline up to 30, the rest go up to 15. Fast forward to the past 2 weeks, some people who are on those machines have been getting off for me. One guy was like " I know how hard it is to lose weight and I see how hard you're always working." Another guy just said nothing and allowed me to take the machine. Yesterday he saw me with a friend. I told my friend to take the "good" machine and that I would be back in 15 to 30 minutes. But before I could even turn around the guy got off for me like it was nothing. Like it was naturally the right thing to do. We both have been the fat guys at the gym for over 9 years and I just started talking to him recently. For me it was nice feel warmth from other gym goers. People don't usually look out for me/ go out of there way for me, so it was great to experience that for a change. It felt like the good energy that I have been putting out there has finally come back to me. [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 19 Posted: 19 Feb 2021 05:11 PM PST Hello losers, Happy Friday! I hope your weekend ahead is looking fabulous. Weigh in daily, enter in Libra & report here even if I don't like it: 230.2 this morning, 231.3 lbs trend weight. Stay within calorie range (1800): On target today. Working on roasted veggies & hamburgers & so much fruit for dinner. 12/17 days. Exercise 5 days a week: 30 minute lunch walk is all she wrote today. 15/19 days. Self-care time (journaling, beauty treatments, anything that fills the bucket, nonfood rewards): TBD today it's been a weird one. Try a new recipe once a week: Identity crisis chili (because it's kind of red & kind of green), curry chicken drum sticks, roasted carrot coins & oven roasted zucchini. 4/4 weeks. Express mindfulness and or gratitude: Today I'm grateful for being up and fighting. My mental health has been kicking my ass up down & sideways but I am still here pushing for it. I hope you all are being kind to yourselves in this weird time we're living in! Your turn! [link] [comments] |
| How do you get back on track after a month like this Posted: 20 Feb 2021 12:02 AM PST Since the New Year I have been non stop binge eating nearly every day. I actually hit my goal weight then and decided I could be a bit more loose with calories, but that went way out of hand as I have eaten around 3,500 calories daily on average since then. My maintenance at my goal weight was 1380 calories... sigh. I obviously have regained plenty of weight and fat which upsets me a lot since it's mostly on my face so I look a lot fatter. I also feel bloated and full 24/7. I know it's my fault, but every time I tell myself "today's a new day, won't binge again" I always end up binging for some reason. It's like once I hit my goal weight I decided not to care about my diet anymore and just went off the rails. Jokes on me because I have regained almost every pound!!(not that I lost that much to start with but anyways) I really hate myself for doing this for almost 2 months now. I feel absolutely terrible and I don't know why I keep letting myself stuff my face like this. I log all my binges and it makes me feel terrible swiping through my MFP log and seeing all the big red marks. Also I'm not totally sure if you can cal what I've been doing "binging." During those times I eat like 1500+ calories in less than 30 minutes from basically anything in the house. doesn't matter if it's unhealthy or healthy or low calories or high calories I just eat it all. Most of the time it starts out with one small thing, like two extra tablespoons of peanut butter, but it makes me feel like I've messed up the whole day(even if I only go over the 1380 by 200 cals) and I just decide to go all the way. I often find myself thinking "today's already ruined since I've eaten an extra bowl of rice. why did i do that I wasn't even hungry?? Now I'm over by 300, wow I suck might as well eat everything in the pantry and make it 3000." However I don't eat super fast or feel really out of control so I'm not sure if that's still considered binge eating. I'm well aware this is self destruction/self sabotaging and I need to stop. I want to stop so bad. But there's always ONE THING that makes me lose all my willpower. Today was pizza, yesterday was goddamn DRIED FRUIT, the day before that was my mom's homemade food... I guess you get the picture. Basically any random food somehow "triggers" me to overeat/binge. I feel like absolute shit these days and I want to cry whenever I see myself in the mirror because I looked amazing just a little while ago and now I'm fat again ugh. My clothes that I could fit into a few weeks ago are too tight already. Can anyone help me get out of this? Thank you!! [link] [comments] |
| I’ve lost 25 pounds since the pandemic/lockdown started. My secret weapon? Buying a scale. Posted: 19 Feb 2021 08:02 AM PST I've always struggled with my weight and I figure my weight would skyrocket during the pandemic since I rarely leave my house and the gyms I used to frequent are now closed. But last April I got a puppy and waking him 5 miles daily has kept me active. However, I didn't notice any immediate results of waking him since my diet was mostly unchanged and I was ordering Doordash quite frequently. About two months ago, I decided to order a smart scale and I was surprised to find that I had actually lost 10lbs since the start of the pandemic. I started weighing myself every morning and I've slowly but surely been consistently losing weight since. Of course I remain active and focus on CICO but having the scale around has kept me on track. I know scales can be slightly controversial because weight fluctuates a lot hourly and daily but just knowing that I will be stepping on the scale each morning has kept me disciplined because I'm starting to become addicted to the feeling of standing on it each morning and seeing my weight dip slightly each time. All in all I'm down 25lbs, including a decreased BMI that is no longer "obese" and a body fat % that is down almost 5%. Again, I know that some of these figures aren't 100% accurate but watching my numbers tend downward consistently over the last few months has given me something to look forward to and a reason to eat a salad instead of Mcdonald's. My advice: buy yourself a scale so you can actually track your progress. Take your readings with a grain of salt but use it as a gauge to see how much you're able to improve yourself. [link] [comments] |
| Successfully avoided a binge, any other tips for the future? Posted: 19 Feb 2021 09:39 AM PST Hey all, long time lurker, first time poster, all that jazz. I feel like I had a small victory today in avoiding a binge. I have been struggling with losing weight for a longgg time, and just watching the scale continue to go up as I would heavily restrict, feel miserable, binge, feel worse, give up, rinse, and repeat. A couple weeks ago I finally saw a weight on the scale that I couldn't tolerate, and I'm trying really hard now to set smaller and more achievable goals for myself so I can stick with it this time. Instead of trying to restrict to 1200 calories/day like I did in the past, I'm trying to stick to 1500. I'm also trying to exercise at least 30 minutes every day (usually just a brisk walk or slow jog) to give myself a little more wiggle room with my calories so I hopefully don't feel so deprived. Tonight after walking the dog, I got home and felt a binge coming on. I don't know if that makes sense or if other people experience that feeling, but that's the best way I can describe it. I started thinking of all the take out I wanted, and craving pizza or basically anything greasy that would have put me way over my calorie budget for the day. I already had my dinner planned and prepped, but it was hard to convince myself to eat it while thinking about my cravings. So I gave in, but just a little bit. I already had some mini pizza bagels in the freezer, so I cooked up just 4 of them (190 calories) and had a bit of light ranch with them (another 30 calories). After that I felt satisfied enough in my cravings to eat my prepped dinner, and I still came in under 1500 net calories for the day. I'm so shocked with myself because every other time I would have given in and just ordered a ton of food. I've seen people on here and other subs describe feeling satisfied with having the foods they're craving, but a much smaller portion, and I've never understood it. I've always just gone absolutely crazy on my cravings or been really disciplined and strict, no in between. It feels good to have finally beat that impulse, even if it was just this one time. I'm wondering if anyone else has any other tips for when they're having similar feelings? Anything that works well for you when you think you're about to give in to your cravings? And any advice for how to bounce back when you do give in? I have enough experience with this to know that I'm not gonna win every time, but I need a better way to deal with it than just giving up, gaining more weight, and starting all over in a month or two lol [link] [comments] |
| Daily Q&A Post for Saturday, 20 February 2021 - No question too small! Posted: 19 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] |
| Posted: 19 Feb 2021 10:31 PM PST I went in for an annual well visit check this week. I knew that every time I've been in the past year my weight has gone up. My doctor was so nice about it but said "I'm so sorry but I have to tell you that your weight today puts you in the obese BMI category." I knew it was coming. At the end of last year I started tracking my calories and I actually lost a few pounds. But it's February and I don't feel like logging my calories. I don't feel like getting on the treadmill. I've been a normal weight most of my life. I had two kids and I've been active most of my life. But now I have a job where I am behind a computer all day and I'm over 40 and my metabolism isn't what it used to be. I'm struggling. I've been lurking in this sub for awhile, waiting for this day. I'm not just overweight, I'm obese. I know what I have to do, but if I haven't made the changes I need to make by now, knowing that the number on the scale has gradually gone up over the past few years, I guess I'm lost about how to change my habits. Not just to maintain my current weight but to lose weight. I understand CICO. When I track my calories, I do lose weight, but I can't seem to do it long enough to really matter. I guess I lack motivation to keep it up and make it part of my life as a permanent change. I used to run a 5k a few times a week, and was horrified by the idea of condiments and salad dressings, but I've just gotten so lazy, I guess. I'm hoping someone out there has advice that I can grab on to. This is not me. I've always been the thin one in my family, the one in great shape. Losing 10 pounds seems doable, but losing 40 seems totally unattainable. Any advice out there??? [link] [comments] |
| A little confused on how weight loss works Posted: 19 Feb 2021 09:17 PM PST Hey everyone! So I started trying to lose weight as of last week. My days used to consist of a full chocolate breakfast (chocolate muffin, doughnut and cookie), fast food for lunch and sometimes dinner and drinking about 2 bottles of pepsi per day. This was my first week trying to lose weight. I only had take out twice all week and 3 cans of pepsi. I've changed my breakfast to honey nut cheerios and a banana, a peanut butter sandwich for lunch and dinner I've made rice, fruit salad and boiled eggs. I no longer have any late night snacks and I've drank about 8 bottles of water this week. I've also worked out using Ring Fit for an hour a day every day so far. I weighed myself today to see how I did this week, I was expecting I had lost a few pounds as I felt like I had more energy and looked like I was losing some fat, however I actually ended up gaining two pounds. My calorie intake has been over 1500 a day once all week so I'm really confused as to how I gained weight. I was thinking about maybe upping my workout routine, buying Fitness Boxing 2 to go along with Ring Fit. I'd love to go to a gym but I can't see them opening for a few months still. Any ideas what I can do to actually lose weight? I'm just not understanding how this works :/. I'm 5'7 195pounds btw, my goal was to try and get down to 160. [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: February 20th, 2021 Posted: 19 Feb 2021 10:05 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] |
| advise on starting to workout. Posted: 19 Feb 2021 06:29 PM PST I am 28 male and i have always been able to gain easily and lose VERY easily also. But i fight with a lot of mental illness and on my last hospital stay i started to gain a LOT of weight. I had always been that very skinny typical Emo alt kid, if anyone even knows what that is. But after depression and medication i went from a starting of 200 ( 175 lowest ) to im fairly sure im at least 265 now. I started doing restiance band workouts in my room with a 20lb resist band, mainly trying to do a 15 min chest workout and a back workout 3 times a week. and a cardio video twice a week. I can make it through the restist band workout video but the cardio is around 30 mins and im lucky to hit the 10min mark. I struyggled with eating disorders aswell and only eat once a day mainly dinner and still i am in the 260 lb range. Ive started trying to have little snacks throught the day but its very hard with an eating disorder. I feel as if im forcing myself. I want to get back down to at least 185. Im ashamed of my body as i used to be very slim, now i cant be seen without a hoody sweatshirt because despite me being 6"2 and slimmer with a larger stomach, my chest protrudes and is very VERY noticeable. Sorry for an essay rant for advise but im just wondering if this little of exercise would even be enough? seeing as i can only make it maybe 15-20 mins a day. [link] [comments] |
| Anyone else feel empty after their meals? Posted: 20 Feb 2021 12:26 AM PST It does not matter what I ate or how much I ate. It does not matter if I am making an effort to eat healthy or to binge. It does not matter if I am eating to maintain weight or lose weight . I always always always feel empty ( emotionally) and physically after having my meals. What should I do next? What to do now. Anyone else feel the same? Do you all have any suggestions for me? I always eat my comfort meals and snacks. I always eat what makes me happy. I always feel full after eating meals. Still I feel something is missing after I finish eating. Hope this makes any sense to you all. Hugs and wish you all a good luck in losing weight. [link] [comments] |
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