Weight loss: [Challenge] LoseIt New Year, New You, New World - Week 5! |
- [Challenge] LoseIt New Year, New You, New World - Week 5!
- Clinical Depression + Untreated ADHD + Attempting to Lose Weight = A whole TON of frustration
- A letter to myself, as I was 15 months and 130 pounds ago
- I lost 30kg (~66lb), reached my first goal weight, and my BMI is normal for the first time since forever (with before and after pic)
- Completed one year of calorie counting
- Almost had my second cheat day of the week.
- SV: 35-40 lbs down (Starting weight unclear). Progress pics linked.
- Parents who balance work, kids, and their health - I need your help!
- I [21F] was skinny my whole life. COVID, meds, and drinking changed that. How can I lose 20 pounds?
- Question: is there anywhere in the world that is reversing their rate of obesity?
- I lost weight, and I've gained nearly all of it back (4 stone) over the last two years. I can't fathom having the same commitment, but I desperately want to lose again. Please, any advice.
- Constant relapsing is extremely hard to deal with
- Fluctuating around the same 3 pounds
- 18F desperate to lose 100lbs, no luck, seeking advice.
- Resurgence of Binge Eating, Can’t Stop?
- How can I avoid "escapism" eating?
- Can you cut down on body fat percentage with diet alone?
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: February 13th, 2021
- 24-Hour Pledge - Saturday, 13 February 2021 - The Plan for Today!
- I hit my first milestone today!.... maybe? Happy Scale question.
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 12
- I can't be the only one who gets weirdly emotionally attached to their pants that now fit again...
- Awaytohealthy Personalized Meal Plan Review
- Quick update, lost 45lbs since Nov. 2019. 210 -> 165, M/5'11
| [Challenge] LoseIt New Year, New You, New World - Week 5! Posted: 12 Feb 2021 08:56 AM PST Hey Everybody. Welcome to Week 5 of the Winter 2021 Loseit Challenge: LoseIt New Year, New You, New World Loseit Challenges are a team-based competition that last for 6 weeks during which you set a weight-loss goal and then weigh in weekly, working to be at or beyond that goal by the end of the challenge. There will be a new post every Friday with Links/Instructions for each week's activities. The challenge subreddit and your team's discord channel will also have all the information you need. This round your hosts continue to be u/hxcjosh23 and u/unrepentant_thinner Week 4 Bragging Rights: We had a week of the challenge with over 25 MILLION steps taken and 162,000 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 4 Results Middle Earth's ring was too powerful for even the infinity stones, they defeated MCU DND proved their mages were superior and defeated Wizarding World Star Wars fired the Death Star and conquered Wonderland This week's Itinerary: This week continues the inter-team head to head challenges. Each week, teams will face off in a friendly 1v1 competition for bragging rights in our activity challenges. Compete for your team by logging your steps and activity (step 2 below). THIS WEEKS CHALLENGE WINNERS WILL BE DETERMINED BY ACTIVITY MINUTES! Week 5 head to head schedule: Wizarding World vs MCU Star Wars vs Middle Earth DND vs Wonderland Good Luck! Step 1 - Weigh in for week 5 Step 2 - Log your steps and activity Submit activity and/or step count here You can submit one day at a time, or the whole week at once. If you're submitting daily, no need to include previous days information. Your most recent entry for each day will be counted. ***Your and your family's health come first. Adapt your activity to the current guidelines in your communities.*** All steps count. Intentional minutes count. We define activity minutes as "intentional additional activity to meet your health goals". This may include things like weight lifting, running, yoga, walking to work instead of driving, following youtube workout, etc. Things done for the purpose of reaching your goals that are not already a part of your normal day. 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 12 - Week 5 - Last Head to Head Battle February 19 - Results If you have any questions, problems, concerns, ideas, or just want to drop us all a line, please use the message the challenge admin feature, which you can find in the r/LoseitChallenges sidebar or by clicking here. Responding to this thread is great, but ultimately if you want to make sure all of us read it, the message the challenge admin feature is the way to go. Please also note that we are not the r/loseit moderators. We're volunteers and everyday users who run a specific aspect of one of the many interactive community elements of r/loseit. If you have questions about r/loseit that aren't specific to the challenge, please take a look at the sidebar on r/loseit. [link] [comments] |
| Clinical Depression + Untreated ADHD + Attempting to Lose Weight = A whole TON of frustration Posted: 12 Feb 2021 06:42 PM PST I desperately want to lose weight. I am tired of being the way that I am. I am tired of having zero confidence. I am tired of hating myself. I am tired of people judging me. I am tired of so much. Despite the fact that I want to lose weight, and have successfully loss weight in the past, I feel like it is an uphill battle that is a full 90 degrees. It's like trying to walk with my feet stuck in cement. My depression makes me so apathetic about everything. My ADHD makes me mindlessly eat. The result? One cheat day turns into a cheat WEEKS, which turns into all of my progress and focus being completely undone. I am hoping I'll be getting back on track tomorrow. For now I am just frustrated. [link] [comments] |
| A letter to myself, as I was 15 months and 130 pounds ago Posted: 12 Feb 2021 07:45 PM PST Hello you, It's you, fifteen months into your future. Time being what it is, I know that you won't be able to read these words for another fifteen months, but I wanted to get this all out. You're about to give the whole "lose weight" thing one more try. We've tried before. Three times in the past fifteen years we watched what we ate, we got on the bike, we watched pounds come off, but we always lost motivation or discipline after crossing the boundary from obese down to overweight, and the pounds slowly crept back up. Between those major efforts, we'd sometimes pay lip-service to the idea of tracking calories, but we'd never stay on that wagon. Whereas before we started from 270 or 280 pounds, this time we were starting from 320. Before, we hadn't been happy with our body, but we had finally become large enough that it was negatively impacting the rest of our life. You wanted to go to Germany to see the Christmas markets. You've just decided against that, because you know that you won't properly fit into the airplane seats. And so, you just made a bargain with yourself to get down to 260 pounds before your planned trip to England in the spring. You want to be able to enjoy that vacation as much as possible. I'm glad that you found that motivation, though for reasons outside your control you won't be taking that trip either. And yes, I recognize that there were other factors too: the lower back pain that you feel all day, the feeling of being way too big for bus seats, the slow realization that your 2XL shirts are getting too small and that you'll need 3XL soon, the knowledge that you're going to need a new belt if you keep gaining weight, that your mother can't get her arms around you when she's giving you a hug, all of those things and more. But we both know that the trip was the feather that tipped the scales into motivating you to try again. I know that you feel hopeless. You think that this attempt to lose weight is going to end like all of the others. You're going to crack, you're going to stop tracking, you're going to backslide, you're going to fail. I am you from the future, so I know that you're thinking those thoughts. Like Sisyphus pushing his boulder up the hill, you're certain that you're going to be crushed again before this is over, just like you've been crushed each time before. But here's the best thing about you: like Sisyphus, you're going to try to push that boulder up the hill anyways, in the hope that maybe this time it might somehow be different. On November 17, 2019, you're going to log the following into Fitbit: 1,040 calories from Tostitos Bite Sized Rounds, 450 calories from cheddar cheese, 180 calories from cashew milk, 570 calories from Mini-Wheats, 315 calories from bananas, 100 calories from habanero salsa, and 240 calories from Quaker Apple & Cinnamon oatmeal. It's going to total 2,895 calories, 121.7 grams of fat, 31.3 grams of fiber, 439.9 grams of carbs, 4,668 mg of sodium, and 78.9 grams of protein. That's not exactly the most auspicious start to a diet, especially since you almost certainly underrated the calories from the cheese by about 500 or more, but it's the thought and effort that counts. Trust me on that. From that point forward, you're going to be accountable for what you eat every day, over 450 days worth. There will be good days, days when you eat to your goal calorie deficit and feel full and satisfied. There will be bad days, days when you go over your planned deficit. There will be terrible days, days when you eat a surplus of a thousand calories or more. You'll feel guilty for what you've done, but you won't hide it from yourself. You'll dutifully log it, and you'll remember that even a 2,000 calorie surplus will be balanced out within 2-4 days of maintaining your planned deficit. Today, day 453, will be a fairly typical day for food logging. 300 calories of almonds, 105 calories from ground flaxseed, 144 calories from apples, 241 calories from cherries, 600 calories from Greek yogurt, 520 calories from chicken, 52 calories from maple syrup, 240 calories from oatmeal, 105 calories from a banana, and 174 calories from bacon. It's about 2,481 calories, 84.8 grams of fat, 40.5 grams of fiber, 304.4 grams of carbs, 1947.4 mg of sodium, 136.9 grams of protein. More or less, give or take, that is a normal day for us. That's one of the lessons that you internalize along the way: for you, it's OK not to be perfect so long as you're directionally correct. Here's an example of that: you'll go through about two liters of unsweetened vanilla cashew milk a week, and you won't bother logging any of it, because it's literally 25 calories a day and is basically a rounding error on the other things. You'll mostly stop eating burgers and nachos and pasta and bread. They're just not filling enough, which makes it hard to keep to the calorie plan. Your diet these days is mostly some combination of chicken, pork, Greek yogurt, fresh or frozen fruit (blueberries/blackberries/raspberries/cherries/bananas/apples/kiwis), dried fruit (dates, dried cherries, raisins), seeds and nuts (cashews, almonds, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, ground flaxseed), oatmeal, and cheese (cheddar, Havarti, brie, camembert). You'll eat other things as well of course – you'll go through a phase of eating a lot of carrots and hummus, you have dark chocolate fairly frequently, and things like ramen noodles, popcorn, rice pudding pepperoni, eggs, jerky, veggie burgers, and protein bars are going to show up in your grocery bags every so often. You are going to make a FANTASTIC fruit cake in December 2020. It'll be like 500 calories a slice, and totally worth it. You drink a lot of coffee and Diet Pepsi. Some nights you'll lie awake in bed, aching for a burger. You'll hear and read other people talk about how much they get grossed out by the things that they used to enjoy, and you'll envy them. In September, you'll go to the Five Guys downtown and get a burger, and it's going to be heavenly. You're going to have a bag of chips on Super Bowl Sunday this year, and they'll be incredibly tasty. And Lindt milk chocolate will literally bring tears to your eyes at how good it tastes. I'm sorry. The only small consolation I can give is the thought that perhaps those sorts of things taste better because of their rarity in your diet. Now, here's possibly the most shocking thing: in April, down to 260 pounds, you start a Couch to 5k plan. Yes, you, running. You, who hasn't run more than a kilometer in his life. You who probably haven't run a total of five kilometers in the past twenty years. It's going to be hard. But seven weeks into the eight week program, you're going to push through and do it. You'll then start increasing distance by about 10% per week. In July, you'll run 10k for the first time. And then you'll build on that. You're going to run over 250 kilometers in the month January 2021. And no, you're not going to move somewhere warm and dry. You're going to be putting in those kilometers outdoors during the Canadian winter. You'll eventually find yourself on a three day cycle. Days one and two you'll run 10k+. Day three, you'll go for a much shorter run, typically only 2k, and then you'll walk to get the rest of your 10k steps, and then you'll lift weights and do a bit of bodyweight fitness with push-ups and squats. You're going to reach your weight loss goal in February 2021, and you'll weigh 190 pounds. At least, you'll weigh that for a day, and then the natural fluctuations of your weight will pop you back up to 192 or 193 for the rest of the week. And that's OK! You're going to see much larger and far more discouraging day to day weight fluctuations over the next fifteen months. Trust me on that. Now the maintenance begins, and we're going to try to keep between 185 and 195 pounds. At the age of 38, you finally have something like the kind of body that you wanted to have when you were 18. It's not perfect. There's some loose skin. You'll still have a bit of stubborn belly fat. In spite of your efforts, you'll almost certainly lost some muscle mass, particularly in your legs. But we're working on it. The back pain is gone. You'll be wearing large sized clothes – not 2XL, not XL, L for Large. You'll need to get new notches punched in your belt. And mom can put her arms all the way around you when she hugs you – she just about cried when she realized that she was able to do that again. I know you, since I was you, and I know that you're looking at those 2,895 calories in that you've logged and thinking that this time is doomed to failure like every other time before it. I wish that there were ways to get this message to you, to tell you that holy cow, we did it, at least for now. But ultimately, I don't need to tell you that, do I? I know that you're going to figure it out for yourself. Your good choices will outweigh your bad choices, and every month you'll shed a few more pounds and get into a little better shape. This time, you're going to succeed in getting that boulder to the top of the hill. With love, Future You P.S.: The hair and growth in the picture? That's a long story that's not really about you at all. You're not going to make it to the barber much in 2020, let's just leave it at that. . . [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 12 Feb 2021 08:00 PM PST Hey there! I'm F23, 173cm tall, SW 100kg - CW 70kg - GW 70kg (so 220lbs to 154lbs). I started my journey since Oct 25th 2020, and I crossed the finish line. Yay! It wasn't easy. I did it through CICO, moderate exercise (10k-12k steps a day, 3-5 times a week), IF, meal prepping. The first 10 days of my diet are probably one of the most difficult time I've ever had to endure in my life. I gained weight steadily over the years by binge eating and no exercise to burn any of that, so changing my eating habit and my entire attitude toward food was so challenging - I really thought my goal weight wasn't possible. My first goal weight (also my current weight - gosh it's so satisfying to say that) was set so I could escape the obese class according to BMI and get myself into the normal weight range - which never happened ever since childhood, I've been overweight my whole life. I do have an ideal weight (60kg - 132lbs) in mind so I'm going to continue my journey and try to achieve it. This is not the end! This post is to mark and celebrate this huge milestone and yeah, I just want to tell everyone who's still trying hard to lose weight: it might seem impossible, but you're capable of so much more than you think. Always challenge your limit! Here's my before and after pic: it's the same outfit, I put it on just to see the difference but the jeans are so loose around the waist to even wear anymore and I definitely need a new belt. Also I've always been sporty - I run and swim very often so in my before photo even though I was 100kg I think I was still quite toned. Anyway I hope you can notice the difference haha: https://imgur.com/a/kW4TJ5z [link] [comments] |
| Completed one year of calorie counting Posted: 12 Feb 2021 06:02 PM PST Past year weight: 70kg (154.3 lbs) Goal weight: 55kg (121.2 lbs) New year weight: 54.8kg (120.8 lbs) Weight loss: 15.2kg (33.5 lbs) Commitment duration: 1 year (https://imgur.com/a/PPcWdDX) Time to reach the goal: 182 days (6 months) Time to maintain the goal: 183 days (6 months) Graph for weight every week: https://imgur.com/a/blzV2Zr Height: 165cm (5'5) Gender: male (cisgender men) Age: 19-24 Medical conditions: Diabetes type 1 (I have it since my childhood) Challenges before starting losing weight: • "its in my DNA even if I lost weight I will gain it again due to my metabolism" thoughts • "i have tried it before and it didn't work" thoughts • I don't know how to cock • the fear of it affecting my diabetes Encouragement before starting losing weight: • if I gained this weight over 5 years then don't expect to lose it in one day, starting now is better. • maintaining my weight now will better for my health • it would be way cheaper to cock than to buy from McDonald or use online delivery. Why calorie counting?: • a systematic way to track what you eat • gives you a sense of "calorieness" of a food without looking it up • you will know what to eat and what to avoid and how much of each should you take • you can track your exercise and see how many calories you have burned • I can use it for tracking carbohydrates too for taking my insulin (diabetes stuff) What do I need for calorie counting?: • an app for scanning product bar code and getting nutritional information; such as loseit.com app • kitchen scale to measure food portions How to calorie count?: • scan the barcode or type the food you will eat in lose it app (you can create a recipe for a combination of food if you eat them regularly at the same meal) • scale your food portion if it wasn't already placed in the app (a tuna can will have the same portion so you don't need to scale it) • add the exact time of the meal (optional) • For diabetics with CGM (continues glucose monitoring system): in sugarmate app you will find your meal synced and you will see the carb amount, add the appropriate insulin intake (optional) How long does calorie counting take? 1-2 min if you do all the steps, 1min max if you ignored the optional steps. Exercise before COVID: I did walk to the university and the lose it app tracks your steps and after reaching a certain number it will credit you extra calories. Exercise after COVID: I used virtual reality headset (Oculus Quest) to play video games and have fun while exercising with YUR app which credits the calorie in the phone and lose it app picks it up Diet generally: Weekdays: 3 meals of healthy food a day Weekends: satisfy the junky monster in you but with caution (chicken nuggets, fries, ice cream etc) cook them your self and scale them. All week: water, water, and water. Get your self a 1-1.5L bottle next to you full of water. How and when to weight: • Only wear your underwear/bra as clothes can add a few kilograms of weight and give you an inaccurate measurement • weight every week not every day (I chose every Friday), weight in the morning after going to the toilet since water/liquid can vary from day to day in your body. • record your weight in the lose it app or in the health app Challenges: • My mind associated boredness with food; I started changing this habit by eating gums (sugar-free ones) and by making my self busy • COVID and lockdown restrictions so no walking outside: I used VR headset to exercise instead • some food are hard to count such as liquids (some scales store some liquid densities so you can scale some liquids such as milk) and recipes with a lot of ingredients, avoid those or buy your self a package with ingredient included with nutritional information to save you time. • some food barcodes are not in the lose it app database so you would take time to put the information but it only needs to be done once • you will need to stop ordering from restaurants that do not disclose their food calories • some weeks you will gain weight, that is okay as long as the average trend is going downward • for diabetes: sometimes you have to eat to avoid hypos, get your self a box full of small juice bottles in the fridge so you would just type the juice name in the lose it app • for diabetes: exercising while bolus insulin is still taking effect might give you a hypo, check your sugar level after an hour or half an hour and void exercising after bolus, give your self an hour break. • for diabetes: as you lose weight you will have to decrease the basal insulin. Extra tips: • eat slowly by using chopsticks and drinking water in between the food • the more weight you have the easier it is to lose it • some subscription services/stores provide ready meals or microwave meals which has the nutritional information included if you want to expand your food range • ignore "it's my DNA" thoughts, if you were starving to death, your DNA can't keep you fat. • don't choose unrealistic goal of losing 1kg (2.2 lbs) a week in lose it app, be patient and careful with your body, 1/2kg (1.1 lbs), or 3/4kg (1.6 lbs) can be a great start, then change it to 1/4 if you want to maintain it or lose it steadily. Losing a lot of weight in a short amount of time is not healthy. • calorie counting using lose it app can be integrated with Apple or Google health apps so you can use other apps (or smart watches) to track your protein or your water intake which helps you understand your body needs and patterns. Final notes: While I believe my experience can be replicated you should choose the diet you want. I didn't lose that much weight but I was able to maintain my goal weight for half of my diet duration so I would consider my experience successful. Considering my height, the weight loss had a noticeable impact on my body shape, now I have a flat stomach. From the data I have, controlling your food is more important than exercising. Exercise first to gain credits (calories) then use those calories to eat if you want, manage your calories as if you are saving up money, the more you save the more weight you lose. If you have a question let me know, I will try to answer them to the best of my knowledge. TLDR; calorie counting worked for me to reach my goal in 6 months and maintain it for another 6 months. It's not that hard to count calories it just requires you to build a habit and you would need to build/change eating habits anyway so calorie counting might be a great thing to include. 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| Almost had my second cheat day of the week. Posted: 12 Feb 2021 08:51 AM PST I'm on mobile so excuse the format and this is a long post, so strap in and stay til the end for pictures! I started my weight loss journey on July 27th 2020 at 256lbs and im currently down to 217.4lbs. I changed my work schedule 2 weeks ago and haven't been able to adjust to it. It wasn't a huge change, but I used to have 3 days off 2 of them being together and now I still have 3 days off, but none back to back. My sleep schedule has been off because of it and I've found myself snacking later since I'm staying up later. I normally have a cheat day (a day where I don't track my macros) once a week on Fridays and even after last Friday my cravings have been hard to control and so when calculating macros at the end of the day I find that I've gotten close or gone over the amount of fat I should have each day. It's put a damper on my mood and I ended up giving in to another cheat day on Monday of this week. 3 weeks ago, after doing this journey alone for so long, a co-worker decided she wanted to race me since we both have exactly 43lbs to lose before reaching our goal weight. I said yes, not for the money but because I thought it would be nice to hold myself accountable to someone other than myself. After this week and sending her my unchanged numbers (weight, waist and hip measurements) today I almost gave in, but I pulled another tool out of my bag and decided to start taking progress pictures again. The results almost made me cry. After seeing this, I was ready to get back to it and remind myself I am not my cravings and I have the strength to fight them. I have started and stopped this journey too many times, but I told myself in the beginning this time would be different and I am going to continue working to get what I want. I didnt have anyone to share this with, so I figured I'd share with this community. [link] [comments] |
| SV: 35-40 lbs down (Starting weight unclear). Progress pics linked. Posted: 12 Feb 2021 09:36 AM PST Super excited to share this progress picture: https://imgur.com/a/444dUbf I haven't been this in control of my body in years. Here's the story- Depression, complicated relationship dynamics, and a number of other things lead to some pretty legit weight gain, was in good shape for my wedding at around 210 in 2017, but by July of 2020 I had topped out around 265-270. That's the picture on the left. Decided to take advantage of the space in my schedule COVID has allowed, and started running. Slow at first, couch to 5k, then 10k, then I started training for a half marathon... and then I got a stress fracture. SHIT. That was in October. I'd been steadily losing weight, and I was gutted to not be able to continue on that particular journey, but I wasn't ready to throw in the towel. decided to renew my commitment to CICO using myfitnesspal, careful meal planning, stocking the house with snacks that work for me but won't wreck my diet plan, that kinda thing. Also around that time, I was gifted a peloton by a family member, and got going with their programming. I also had been doing strength training in kind of a "getting back into it" fashion prior to the stress fracture. After a lengthy discussion about what I can and can't do with my doctor, I was able to create a weight training plan that allowed me to get more serious about the lifting. Fast forward to today- Stress fracture is healed, strength training is going really well (new PRs in Squat, Deadlift, Bench and Overhead press, WOOO!), and I'm starting a re-intro to running plan, with the goal of running the Marine Corps Marathon in October (assuming we can have marathons by then...) If there's anything to take away from this, here it is. There's going to be roadblocks. You CAN get around them. Get creative. Treat yourself to a new fancy fitness toy if you can afford it. No matter what, Don't. Give. Up. I'll see you all again in 15 lbs. [link] [comments] |
| Parents who balance work, kids, and their health - I need your help! Posted: 12 Feb 2021 03:19 PM PST I'm a mother in my early 30s who works full time (breadwinner) with a 1 year old, 4 year old, and a step son who is 9 that we have every other weekend. I need some advice from those in the trenches with the littles and work, because I am doing a terrible job at prioritizing my health (I have a solid 50lbs i'd like to lose). I have a Peloton, I have the weights, and I have a very supportive husband who will give me the time required to focus on myself. However, I am in a total rut! I love carbs, and comfort food, and wine, and did I mention carbs? I admire the parents that balance it all, and i'd love to hear some success stories! [link] [comments] |
| I [21F] was skinny my whole life. COVID, meds, and drinking changed that. How can I lose 20 pounds? Posted: 12 Feb 2021 11:49 AM PST Hi everyone. I'm 5'6". 21 year old female. Growing up, I was always the skinny girl. Everyone told me I needed to "eat a sandwich" or that I "need some meat on your bones". I wasn't skinny to the point of unhealthy, but I was generally a smaller person. I never did sports, I ate what I wanted, and I had a flat stomach and pear shaped body naturally. Over the past year, I went from 125-150. I am absolutely miserable. COVID hit, I turned 21, school went online, and everything went to sh*t. I was put on Rexulti, known to cause weight gain/increased appetite. I started drinking an absurd amount. Classes were online so I wasn't power-walking across campus anymore. I'm ashamed to admit that I also started stress eating. I would stay up late after my fiancé fell asleep and just binge to get some kind of dopamine/serotonin/whatever it's called. I finished jars of peanut butter in just days, ate a lot of tortilla chips and jarred queso, stuff like that. I now have stretch marks on my butt and thighs and breasts. I got off Rexulti about two weeks ago. I've been working out 1 hr 3x week for a month now, and trying to limit portion sizes and I haven't lost even 1 pound. I've also been having only 1-3 drinks (vodka soda only) only on weekends. I tried logging calories in MFP but it's extremely frustrating when you're making meals with a lot of ingredients. I find the interface extremely annoying. How can I lose 20 pounds in a timely manner? We're looking at getting married at the beginning of August so I have about 5 months. Any advice is appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| Question: is there anywhere in the world that is reversing their rate of obesity? Posted: 12 Feb 2021 01:27 PM PST We always hear about how obesity rates rise every year. And I know there are places in the world who have always had lower obesity rates than others (Japan comes to mind). But I'm wondering if any country has had rising obesity rates and managed to stop and reverse that trend. I want to hear about some societal level successes. Being on r/loseit, and being in a household where everyone is actively losing weight, eating healthy, exercising can make it feel like the whole world is getting healthy right now. I'm just wondering if there are any victories being won on the community, city, state or country scale? What do you think drives that success? If there aren't any, what do you think needs to change on a society/government level to help a significant portion of people lose weight? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 12 Feb 2021 05:23 PM PST Hi guys! I'm sorry if this has been posted somewhat before. I'm just desperate now, and I'm not sure where to go or who to talk to. I lost a lot of weight a few years ago, and overall lost around 4 stone. I felt a lot better, but my mental health is a massive factor in my daily life. And, as I'm sure many have experienced here, the pandemic/lockdown has exasperated a lot of issues. I've not gained the full 4 stone back, but I'm getting close. I feel terrible. I can't look in a mirror. My back and knee (old injury) has also contributed to the weight gain, as I've been in a lot of pain with it. I'm seeking physio for it and have been for a while now, but I want to start losing weight again. Everytime I start however, I always, ALWAYS drop it. I lose a bit, get demotivated/hate the food I'm eating (low cal/less sugar), and eventually just... give up. It's happened multiple times and everytime after I always end up gaining a little bit more than I started with. I have no idea how I did it the first time - I was on slimming world and was so strict, now I barely have the tenacity to stick to something for a week. Please can someone give me advice - I don't know what to eat, how to be consistent etc. It's like I've forgotten everything. Thanks for reading my rant :( [link] [comments] |
| Constant relapsing is extremely hard to deal with Posted: 12 Feb 2021 04:26 PM PST I've been losing and gaining about 10kg over the past few years and I would just like to maintain a stable weight at 60 kg, but it seems impossible because my body just goes crazy for sugar when I'm under a lot of stress and I keep relapsing. I'm tired, and I wish I could just like my body for once in my life. I have no idea how people manage to maintain their weight for years. And yea, I know " you shouldn't think of it like being on a diet you should think about it as if you are changing your lifestyle", and I agree but I just can't maintain it for more than a year because of stress, enablers, responsibilities, or whatever else comes up. [link] [comments] |
| Fluctuating around the same 3 pounds Posted: 13 Feb 2021 12:16 AM PST So for the past few weeks I've been vigilant, I have not had a single day off. Not a single bloody day. And I'm plateauing and fluctuating on the same 3 pounds. This is between 189-186 I eat 1458. I weigh and measure every single thing I eat. I have an Apple Watch and I make sure I burn 3000 calories a day at least, but working out for at least 45 mins with hiit and weights and doing 15,000 steps a day. My estimations mean that I should I have dropped 9 pounds by now! But for instance yesterday I weighed 186 and this morning I'm 188. This pattern has been happening for the past three weeks. I've lost 80 pounds already, so I know I can do it. I also knows plateaus usually happen due to people not cutting down their calories as their bodies shrink. I'm eating my BMR. Anyone got any idea what's happening to me? [link] [comments] |
| 18F desperate to lose 100lbs, no luck, seeking advice. Posted: 13 Feb 2021 12:13 AM PST This may be a little long. So to start I gave PCOS and it causes insulin resistance in my case. I was diagnosed at 16. When i hit puberty I started to show signs as it starts within childbearing age. I started to gain over the years and as I'm ashamed to say I'm at my highest weight, 264. I have exercised religiously, taken pills given by a specialist, gotten sick and depressed from the pills, calorie counted. Over and over and over. I feel like I'll never be "normal" again. That doctor told me I'll struggle with weight my whole life. I'll never forget that moment, it stuck with me. I want to shatter those words and fight them, I want to lose the weight and feel beautiful, look beautiful, and be healthy most of all. I have an undiagnosed condition which affects my joints. I'm currently trying to get diagnosed and get help but I feel like im racing against time to lose this weight. I don't want to become immobile, i don't want to become more unhealthy, and unhappy. I don't want my heart to get worse or to have diabetes. (I am at a higher risk for heart disease uterine cancers and diabetes due to PCOS.) My father bought $100 worth of veggie steamers (9oz bags about 150-250 calories a bag.) Along with some simple frozen meals made with weight loss in mind. (Low calorie) i dont eat red meats often at all maybe two to three times a month. Dont consume alot of fish. Turkey and chicken is something i have decent amounts of but not always. I eat my veggies well, I love vegetables I always have. I eat fruits like oranges, strawberries, blackberries, bananas and kiwis. Apples are some of my favorite as well. I was told to start 1400-1500 calories a day by my doctor as well. High intensity exercise can be terrible for a woman with my disease as it releases the stress hormone Cortisol, my diseases enemy. I was told try yoga, try cardio. I'd love to swim but i just can't to swim. Yoga on the other hand i have YouTube and same with cardio. I am 18F and im 5'8 if that helps. I also want to add that i can eat a lot of food because my stomach and brain don't work together well and can't release the hormone that says "stop eating you're getting full" I can't feel full unless lets say, I stuff myself until i want to puke. I just can't. I need help. I'm suffering in this body. ANY TIPS WILL HELP TREMENDOUSLY Thank you. [link] [comments] |
| Resurgence of Binge Eating, Can’t Stop? Posted: 12 Feb 2021 11:37 PM PST Hey everyone! I've lost a lot of weight since I started a few years ago (around 90 pounds). I still have a bit more to go. Unfortunately, though, last Fall through this January, I got very off plan and ended up barely staying at my TDEE. Naturally, I gained a good amount of weight back. I started trying to lose the additional weight and finish the process so I can finally be at my goal weight, but I've found that I've developed (or maybe just brought back) a bad binge eating habit. It feels like no matter what I do, once I get the urge to binge, it's just a futile matter of holding it off until I eventually give in. It's also frustrating because at the rate at which it's happening, my binges meet my calorie deficit for the week and I end up maintaining at best. What would you recommend? If you have or continue to struggle with binge eating, what do you do to combat it? Thanks so much, I hope the best for all of you :) [link] [comments] |
| How can I avoid "escapism" eating? Posted: 12 Feb 2021 01:14 PM PST Hello! Not sure what else to call this. I am a stay-at-home-mom, and overall very happy with that. I wouldn't make any different life choices. However, toddlers can be an odd mix of stressful and boring. Around midday, I find myself daydreaming about what I have for lunch, and the choice is rarely healthy. I feel I do this because either 1) I'm bored and want something small to look forward to, or 2) I'm stressed and see the food as an escape/reward. Can anyone relate to this? Any advice on how to change this habit? To answer any quick questions: I have tried to replace lunch with healthy meals I like. I just seem to get bored of them so quickly. Obviously discipline is an answer here, just saying! I was thinking about trying to read a book during this time (usually my son's nap), or have a show I look forward to. Maybe something to get me out of the kitchen/dining area all together. Thank you! [link] [comments] |
| Can you cut down on body fat percentage with diet alone? Posted: 12 Feb 2021 04:54 PM PST My goal right now is not necessarily to lose a lot of weight, just 10 pounds. But I'm mostly wanting to lower my body fat percentage. I believe it's around 25% right now and I want to be 18-20%. I was lifting weights and focusing on progressive overload but it's very hard for me to get to the gym consistently because i am working a ton. I will still try and go as much as I can but how much can I achieve with just diet? If I'm eating in a deficit and my macros are high protein, low to moderate carbs, and moderate fat? Also, no processed foods, whole foods only. Can this play a big role in making sure I lose mostly fat and little muscle? [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: February 13th, 2021 Posted: 12 Feb 2021 11:35 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] |
| 24-Hour Pledge - Saturday, 13 February 2021 - The Plan for Today! Posted: 12 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
Thanks to /u/nofollowthrough who made the 24-Hour Pledge an ongoing /r/loseit institution. Due to space limitations, this may be a sticky only occasionally. Please find it daily using the sidebar or top message. --- On reddit, your *vote* means, *"I found this interesting"* (...read more about [**voting on reddit**](https://www.reddit.com/wiki/voting)) --- [link] [comments] |
| I hit my first milestone today!.... maybe? Happy Scale question. Posted: 13 Feb 2021 12:29 AM PST Hi r/loseit! I finally started my long overdue journey to weight loss at the start of the month. I downloaded Happy Scale and it divided my goal into 10 milestones, so I've decided to give myself a (non food) reward every time I hit a milestone. My first milestone was 100.2kg and when I weighed myself this morning I was a lovely round number of 100kg. Yay! I thought, hey, time to treat myself to that scented candle I wanted for my first milestone. But I see that on Happy Scale, if I go by my "rolling average" then I'm actually at 100.6 and have still a little to go. So the question is, at which point should I count it as a milestone reach? I know this is subjective and there's no wrong answer but I'm curious to see what others are doing. Thanks in advance! [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 12 Posted: 12 Feb 2021 05:18 PM PST Hello losers, We made it to Friday! So jazzed! Plus it's that time of year where the market has chocolate dipped strawberries so winning. Weigh in daily, enter in Libra & report here even if I don't like it: 230.6 this morning, 231.5 lbs trend weight. Stay within calorie range (1800): Struggling & striving! 7/11 days. Exercise 5 days a week: 30 minute walk in the frigging cold brrrg. 10/12 days. Self-care time (journaling, beauty treatments, anything that fills the bucket, nonfood rewards): Hair mask! Going to have a chill evening. Try a new recipe once a week: Identity crisis chili (because it's kind of red & kind of green) & oven roasted zucchini. 2/4 weeks. Express mindfulness and or gratitude: Today I'm grateful for the weekend ahead. Even if it's going to be butt cold. Your turn kids! [link] [comments] |
| I can't be the only one who gets weirdly emotionally attached to their pants that now fit again... Posted: 13 Feb 2021 12:07 AM PST I lost around 8 kgs/16 lbs over the last few months and, even though no one actually noticed and I can't really see a difference myself, my pants were kind of eye opening to how much weight I lost. There was a pair of jeans that I bought like 3 years ago, they were rather tight when I bought them but I could still wear them. When I gained more weight those pants became too tight at some point, so they were just sitting in my closet. Now one or two months ago I decided I'd try them on again and they fit absolutely perfect. I loved these pants to death, they became my new favorite. Yesterday I noticed that they had holes between the legs (which is most likely due to thigh chafing - I still have quite a bit to lose, so hopefully this will fix this problem. I often lost pants due to this problem) and now I am absolutely heart broken. I don't want to throw them away but even if I fixed them I couldn't wear them in public anymore. I am so upset about a damn pair of jeans. I can't be the only one who gets so emotionally attached to their pants when they start to fit again or am I? [link] [comments] |
| Awaytohealthy Personalized Meal Plan Review Posted: 12 Feb 2021 04:14 AM PST I bought her 4-week coaching service with a personalized meal plan and here is my review. 1) She doesn't have any degree or certification in nutrition or dietetics. She doesn't know what she is doing. 2) I have an eating disorder. I asked her if the meal plan would be appropriate before buying it, and she said that it was a great choice. My eating disorder has only got worse since signing up. 3) She promotes VivoLife protein powder as necessary. 4) She tried to sell me her training program too. She told me that the meal plan would be useless on its own, even though I have been training properly for 2 years. 5) The meal plan is not customized: it is absolutely generic. The only things which are truly personalized are the number of meals and the presence or absence of calories. I am sure she gives almost the same meal plan to everyone. 6) It contains one week of meals, not four. 7) I asked her how to behave when I head to eat with friends or family, and she didn't answer. 8) I struggled with adherence, and asked her to adjust the meal plan accordingly. She told to just follow it in order to get the results I wanted. 9) I asked her how to behave when I struggled with my eating disorder. She told me to just follow the plan, and stop being so negative. 10) The item I purchased included 4 check ins at the end of each week and unlimited support during the week. She decided to stop the coaching service after 2 weeks, because I was bothering her too much with my struggles, questions and updates. 11) She says that she eats 3000 kcal on Instagram, but she will not reveal you how to eat so much while losing weight and getting your period back. I felt hungry and tired while I was following her meal plan. Basically, she exploits people with eating disorder to make money. She doesn't care about their clients, unless they tell her that everything is perfect. She won't brother teach you her secrets nor heal your eating disorder. She just wants to make money without providing any real value. Please, especially if you have an eating disorder, consider visiting an actual registered dietitian or a psychotherapist. TL;DR: It is a scam. EDIT: Another user PMed me their "personalized" meal plan and it is the exact same. Same number of meals, same recipes, same quantities. This is just ridiculous. [link] [comments] |
| Quick update, lost 45lbs since Nov. 2019. 210 -> 165, M/5'11 Posted: 12 Feb 2021 08:00 PM PST I'll try and keep it brief: What contributed to my weight gain?
How did I lose the weight?
What do I eat now?
What's next?
Weight loss tracking
I don't know if this is helpful to anyone, but thought I'd share! [link] [comments] |
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