Weight loss: I hope non-positive posts are allowed here. I've been really struggling with stress eating, lack of willpower, and depression for almost 3 years. |
- I hope non-positive posts are allowed here. I've been really struggling with stress eating, lack of willpower, and depression for almost 3 years.
- Having a hard time accepting that I don't always need to eat
- I'm down ten pounds!
- Just another lurker here who wants to thank this sub for existing.
- Celebrated 50lbs!!
- ~ 50lbs down, a lowkey success Story (SW 395lbs/ CW 345 / GW ???)
- NSV: Didn’t panic when the number jumped
- This week, I'll pass my 15kg/33 pounds lost hurdle!
- Losing weight is just *all around* ups and downs
- Gained 9 pounds!
- Progress: I can’t even cheat very well
- Lost 2 months of progress :/
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: February 24th, 2021
- Progress pictures 14 lbs down, first time posting them
- Easter / 40 Day Fitness Challenge - Week 1 Check in here!
- Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Wednesday, 24 February 2021? Start here!
- I’m bipolar and notice my trending subreddits change whether I’m in “healthy mode” or “fat mode”
- 24-Hour Pledge - Wednesday, 24 February 2021 - The Plan for Today!
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 23
- Losing Weight as an Engineering Student
- Week 5 weigh in
- advice on healthy eating habits?
- The more I look at my coworker, the more I hate my eating habits and get motivated to change
| Posted: 23 Feb 2021 03:53 PM PST I am having a really hard time and feel more and more hopeless as more time goes by and my efforts at turning things around continue to fail. I struggled with weight most of my adult life until around 4 years ago when I began doing strict CICO and got down to 119 lbs, which is still a little on "thicker" side given how short I am, but I was for the first time ever feeling good in clothes and confident in my ability to finally achieve and maintain a healthy weight. Then I began medical school, some very stressful circumstances occurred in my family life around the same time, and I fell into stress eating. Something takes over when I am studying for an exam that I am stressed out of my mind about, and I turn into some kind of binge-eating monster who cannot chill out and focus until she's stuffed her face with every last junk food that stress is making her crave. On top of that, there is so much free food available in medical school, but it's rarely anything healthy or at least low-calorie, so I'm stuck in a constant no-win situation where I'm either riddled with guilt because I spent money I don't really have on a salad or, alternatively, because I ate the free pizza at the hospital to save the money. I'm just stuck in a complete rut and feeling levels of self hatred and disgust that make me never want to leave my bed again, and I don't know what to do. I don't know what weight I'm up to now because I stopped weighing myself when I realized that it only ever upset me and never motivated me to finally get my act together, but I wouldn't be surprised if I was up to 150 by now. I'd like to start regular therapy to see if that did anything at all for me since the antidepressant I'm on isn't helping, but my clinical rotation schedule unfortunately makes it virtually impossible to make happen. I don't even know what the purpose of this post is other than venting some of my sadness and frustration. I graduate in about a year and really hope I can figure out a way to not be fat by then. [link] [comments] |
| Having a hard time accepting that I don't always need to eat Posted: 23 Feb 2021 08:11 PM PST I find there are times where I don't necessarily need to eat, i.e today Had a big breakfast + smoothie which could have been breakfast on its own then a late 4:00 pm lunch. Currently I'm not that hungry and If I have dinner it will exceed the daily limit I set for myself yet when I sit and think about it, it feels as if I'm losing out on something, like I've denied myself a meal. Has anyone struggled with this kind of twisted logic? It's not just skipping meals either the other day my girlfriend mentioned popcorn then changed her mind I insisted on making it because it felt like a meal I was now being robbed of despite having my fill for the day any support with overcoming this thinking would greatly help. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Feb 2021 09:53 PM PST Started dieting, doing calorie-counting almost a month ago. I was supposed to start as a new year's resolution, but there was some stumbling blocks on my first attempt. I'd tried doing a 'green-and-white' diet, where I'm not allowed to eat anything but vegetables and 'white' proteins (tofu, a light amount of chicken, and nuts). By the end of that first week on that diet, I'd gone into a feeding frenzy where I essentially ate nothing but junk food for three days. So, I tried something different. I bough a scale, got a calorie-counting app, and started doing a bit of research on foods that were filling, nutritious, and only moderately calorie-dense. The rest of January was spent detoxing sugar and pop, and trying to work on portion control. February, I actually started counting calories, and clocked my weight in at 327 lbs. Yes, I'm still allowed to go eat out at fast food places. Yes, I can still have a small amount of sugary foods. But the important parts are there: normal-sized portions, keeping track, and not going over the budget. Jumped on the scale this morning, I'm down 10 pounds from the start of the month! I recalibrated my calorie budget too, and lost about 75 calories, but I can still work with that. March's goal is to start exercising more often. I go on 30 minute walks on the weekends at the hockey rink/indoor circuit nearby, but I know that's not enough... [link] [comments] |
| Just another lurker here who wants to thank this sub for existing. Posted: 23 Feb 2021 01:50 PM PST A few weeks ago I decided to weigh myself for the first time in months, and after reaching the 300lb+ level on the scale and I knew that I had to change things before it was too late. Within my first few minutes of searching I found this very sub filled with more support than I ever thought possible. I've been browsing ever since, picking up the good habits I've seen people discuss, and can now happily say that I'm 20lb down on the scale in just 2 months with no plans of stopping. So for everyone here who offers their wealth of knowledge to all of us weight loss newbies out there, thank you for helping me in my first steps to turn my life around. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Feb 2021 06:03 PM PST I have been on my weight loss journey now for 14 months. It's my third time in 15 years to lose the weight. I did it differently this time. First time, I did low carb and once I reached my goal I went back to old habits and gained it all back in a couple years. I did starvation diet and extreme exercise next, same result only that time I gained all the weight AND lost my gallbladder due to extreme diet. This time I used a helpful app, not sure if I can name which app, but I approached this time with psychology. I lost slower this time, and still have 10-15lbs to go, but I have completely changed my habits. I have created a new normal and don't even feel like I'm "dieting". I just feel good. Being at home for so long, I didn't wear real clothes and recently, the few times I've gotten out, I've noticed how big my clothes are now! The craziest thing was I went from 38 to 34 in bra size. I've never been a 34, EVER! I'm so excited and so happy I decided to give it a go again. I hope everyone can find what works for them to help them reach their goals!! [link] [comments] |
| ~ 50lbs down, a lowkey success Story (SW 395lbs/ CW 345 / GW ???) Posted: 23 Feb 2021 11:44 AM PST June 2019 ~ 395lbs / Jan 2021 345lbs. I'm 6'5" I wanted to post about my journey, because it's a little atypical of what I see here, but I think it's a perspective that could help some people that are overwhelmed by the idea of losing. I haven't lost, you know, a ton, and it hasn't been fast, but it's been steady and it's been easier to keep off than ever, so I thought I'd share. When I started eating better around mid / late 2019, I didn't really have a goal. I had been diagnosed with mild type 2 diabetes, I was basically as heavy as I'd ever been, and I was looking to make some changes. I had tried things in the past, but I just couldn't get over the hump. I would stay on things for a few weeks, fall off the wagon, and then stay off. I'm definitely an emotional eater, and when things got hard, it was easy to try and feel better with some awful eating, and then once I had diverted from the plan, it was easier to stay off. I have had the help of my fiancée, as she's done a lot of the suggesting of substitutions / good healthy ideas and virtually all the cooking. I'll give a little analysis on the overall small changes and how I've made them stick. The first thing we did was stop drinking so much. We were going out a lot, having a bunch of drinks, eating a bunch of food, and doing it all the time. Drinking is fun, and I love good cocktails still, but the sheer volume of empty calories in booze is astonishing. Also, what you do during / after the drinking adds up quick. 3am burrito to soak it up, hungover brunch on Sunday to feel better, etc all was taking a toll. Dialing it back quite a bit, to a drink or two sometimes (2-3x a month instead of 4-5x a week) really started the weight loss change for me. The 2nd big thing we did was start intermittent fasting (loosely). We've basically stopped eating breakfast, and eating lunch around 1pm, so we have from dinner (7-8pm ish) to lunch time (1pmish) every day. At first this sounded insane to me, especially because I was a big breakfast person, but it's worked out and I'm definitely happy to do it. We also cut out a lot of bread. We eat keto meals a lot, but not all the time. I need (and frankly want) to eat vegetables and fruit and it seems like most keto recipes are just deep fried bacon cheese bites, and it just wasn't going to happen. That being said, reducing bread reduces calories, and it's easy. There are absolutely some things I prefer to the carb filled substitutes (lookin at you spaghetti squash and cauliflower wings), and some things that are fine in context (cauli rice fine with a curry, but I don't really like it stand alone as a plain side). We also ordered Green Chef and made their keto meals for a while. The main thing it helped with is PORTION SIZE, which has been a big learning curve. I think the most important thing I learned during that time was what a normal portion size of food looked like, how I felt when I ate that, and how it felt better to feel good from eating healthy foods in the right amount than it did for stuffing myself full of foods that were making me feel bad. After learning portion control just a bit, it was easier to listen to my body. Do I really need a 2nd plate of food? Do I really need to eat at all? Are there times that a spoon of peanutbutter or some celery and home made ranch (Greek yoghurt, ranch seasonings, etc) is enough and we don't need to have a full meal? Learning to figure out when you're hungry and when you're having an emotional response to food was a big thing for me. I think the biggest thing for me was learning to have balance, and what balance actually looks like. Sometimes we want to get carry out thai food. Sometimes we want to have a pizza. That's, you know, fine. I know that if I perpetually deny myself food, I'll just get upset and jump headlong off the wagon. The difference now is that if we're going to eat thai food takeout for dinner, maybe we have a light lunch (or no lunch). A modicum of planning goes a long way in watching out for calorie traps. I think overall my goal now is to keep going on this path, eating relatively well, but most importantly not pressuring myself. I've been a fat guy my whole life. The pressure to lose weight so you can accomplish some goal that's only mildly related (find love! find a better job! do some activity!) can be a giant mental weight to bear. It's hard to feel like you've let yourself down. It's hard to feel like if you don't adhere to some strict plan that you'll never make some made up goal by some made up timeline in your life. My suggestion is to be easy on yourself, because life is hard. Make some small, manageable changes that you can keep. If you fall off the wagon, there's no reason to set the wagon on fire and piss out the flames. Allow yourself some grace. This has really been the only thing that has worked for me, and I hope it works for others, too. I'm sure other things worked for other people, and this certainly isn't the fastest way to lose weight, but I feel nice that it's worked for me and continues to be easy to maintain. [link] [comments] |
| NSV: Didn’t panic when the number jumped Posted: 23 Feb 2021 08:39 PM PST I started my weight loss journey using CICO in April of 2020 and I've since lost about 45 pounds. Recently I've been focusing more on long-term sustainability and changing my body composition before I go into maintenance (lost the first 35 with little exercise averaging 1100-1200 cals a day, not exactly the best approach for me in hindsight), so I have been slowly increasing my calories and starting doing strength-oriented yoga and bodyweight exercises. Today, I weighed in at a whole five pounds heavier than a week ago. At first I felt like snapping my scale in half, but then I reminded myself of a few things: 1) I have been eating more and JUST started trying to build some muscle, so water retention is likely the culprit. 2) My goal is a healthy, happy body that I can maintain sustainably. The scale number for that body may not end up being what I've decided is "ideal," and that's okay. 3) At no point in the past week did I eat enough calories over my maintenance to gain five pounds of fat. Basically, I'm proud of myself for talking myself down to a healthier mindset and keeping a compassionate attitude towards my body and all the ways it changes day by day. Taking it slow, steady, and sustainable! [link] [comments] |
| This week, I'll pass my 15kg/33 pounds lost hurdle! Posted: 23 Feb 2021 05:58 PM PST Also posting this for my accountability and to keep at it. SW was 125kg/275lbs, CW 111kg/244lbs, GW 65kg/143lbs. Height is 169cm or 5'6, F25. I've gained weight despite being at a deficit slowly over the years. I just thought I was cursed. Being 70kg just 5 years ago, and gaining so much hurt my self esteem a lot. Then I was diagnosed with Hashimotos and PCOS and everything made sense. Got my medication, cut out inflammatory foods and lost the first 10kg or 22lbs without breaking a single sweat from mid August till December. It just came off. But since then I've been 100% stuck. I'm still suffering from leaky gut syndrome and stomach aches after eating most of my days, and thus went on a very restrictive low calorie diet to let it rest for half a year or at maximum a year. Basically, 700kcal on weekdays and 1200 saturday and sunday. My doctor is monitoring this with me. I'm also doing workout with resistance bands to keep some muscles each day, two times with a 15 minute length. Still, my weight didn't budge for the five weeks I've been on it. The past week though, it's like everything suddenly came off. I'm sure it was mostly water retention after loss, because my clothing was loose for a while now without my scale budging. January to February 2021, 115kg to 111,1kg this week. I feel good, I'm not hungry, my hypothyroidism syndromes are less, I'm able to concentrate well. This is my week to break the next chapter of my journey. I've tried so many diets and reasons to lose before. Nothing sticked. No 'but you'll look good in summer' or 'buy yourself neat clothes' ever did the trick. You want to know what did? The simple thought of sitting cross legged on my computer chair in the summer heat to game again. This might sound stupid, but out of all the things this is what I want to do the most, I miss it so much. There's a reason for everyone that will make them stick to their journey. Be it as simple or stupid sounding as it is; find yours! It's my mantra that I repeat every time I'm not hungry and get cravings. Cross legged in summer, cross legged in summer, cross legged in summer. So far, it works! [link] [comments] |
| Losing weight is just *all around* ups and downs Posted: 23 Feb 2021 09:01 PM PST Been at it for a couple years and kinda more seriously since August, almost to 100 pounds down from my max weight and about 35 since August. Just like weight loss is the scale going up and down and up and down but with a long-term downward trend, I would have to say my physical body is somewhat the same. Every month or so, it's something like, 'Whelp, my body is weird again.' Weight loss is not equal all around your body. My legs got thinner so now my stomach has somehow dropped lower and seems huge all of a sudden. Or, my arms and face will be significantly slimmer, but the rest of me is unchanged. Sometimes, my clothes will randomly be tight in weird ways. Sometimes, an area will just go from being like, firm fat to like, loose fat. Not sure if that makes any sense at all. The proportions are just all over the place, but over time they all shrink, just at really varied rates. Anyway, I hadn't seen anything about this on here, and thought people would like to know! It's definitely like months or years of weirdness until you get to the place where you want to be. But it's not bad! It's just the journey. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 Feb 2021 02:44 AM PST I'm doing this as an accountability post. I started my weight loss journey in September 2019 at 147.4 lb. I hit my weight loss goal of 109.8 lb in September 2020. I achieved this through IF (18:6), making smarter food choices, and running (5-10K 3x a week). I was so happy and comfortable in my body. It was great. However, since September 2020 I've been a bit loosey-goosey on the food I consume. Slowly over time chocolate biscuits and fizzy juice has started to re-appear in my cupboards and fridge. I knew I'd put on a few pounds but just ignored it. It was winter and a bit of extra insulation couldn't hurt... or so I thought. February came around and my jeans were a bit tighter. I felt sad and angry with myself. How could I let this happen?! Over the last few weeks, I have been absolutely terrified to step on the scales, I was seriously losing sleep over it. Yesterday I bit the bullet and plopped myself on those scales... 118.8 lb. EEEEEESSSH! 9 pounds in 5 months! Well, that sucks. I could beat myself up about the weight gain but I'm determined to not do that. I'm just going to reel in the munch. No more chocolate, no more fizzy juice, and no more Saturday night beers! Well, for at least 9 weeks. I honestly thought losing weight would be the hardest part. But I was mistaken. Maintaining is the hardest part. This was a lesson, a learning experience in which I learned: - Healthy food choices are key in maintaining a healthy happy weight - Regular weigh-ins keep you on the right track So, I'm setting myself a goal and will be sticking to it. Get back to my happy weight by the 27th of April. I know what to do, now I just need to do it! LET'S GO! [link] [comments] |
| Progress: I can’t even cheat very well Posted: 23 Feb 2021 02:42 PM PST So this may sound really weird, but I'm oddly proud of this. In the past falling off the wagon meant losing all progress. It started happening the last couple of days. Stress and emotion got to me and I lost control. I started eating what I shouldn't. But oddly enough, I couldn't overeat. I actually got full, and attempting to overeat just hurt more than in the past. Maybe I shouldn't brag on this, but I'm pretty happy and it feels like an odd sort of progress. I know I can get back on track without much lost progress. Anyone else experience this? Ideas on way to keep from losing this small and odd win? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Feb 2021 10:59 PM PST (Posting here for accountability) I had hit my first big weight goal last month so I started doing maintenance calories (about a 400 calorie difference) This caused a bit of a minor weight gain (about a half pound—nothing crazy besides my body just getting used to eating a bit more food than I had gotten acquainted with.) Then I had some stuff happen and accidentally slipped into emotional eating (which the eating itself is a little funny because I'm allergic to chocolate and ate 2 bags of chocolate in a week—like why did I not choose something my body can process, like who chooses something they're allergic to to cry over lolol) as well as eating fast food on V day weekend with my husband (my body does not process fast food well so it always causes a bit of gain for me) Then I went back to the gym with weight lifting and biking last week. But since February 10th I've gained 5 pounds. I realize this isn't an awfully big number, but that was 2 months progress for me. My measurements aren't crazy different but my waist has gained an inch. Again not a crazy loss, but a months progress. I still have about 6 months before I'm required to be at my big goal weight to ship off (which is about 15 pounds below where I am at this moment) but losing progress still hurts a bit. Going to post weekly until I'm back to where I was last month so that I can make sure I'm not slipping into old habits again. Realize that it's only going to take me about 1.5 months to get back there and that slow and steady wins the race, so trying to be positive :) Hope everyone has a good day! Last month weight: 166 Week of 2/14: 172 Goal weight 1: 165 UGW: 155 [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: February 24th, 2021 Posted: 23 Feb 2021 10:03 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] |
| Progress pictures 14 lbs down, first time posting them Posted: 23 Feb 2021 01:43 PM PST First time posting progress pics, be kind to me ok? Sorry if this posted twice, I think the first one got removed? I have been trying to lose weight for years. I finally took the step of joining a weight loss program (HMR). I just finished week 5 and today I officially weighed in at overweight, not obese. I'm struggling to see a difference, even though I'm down about 14 pounds. If I compare the two together I can see points that look different, but I still don't see it when I look at myself in isolation. Anyone else have this problem? How long did it take for you to see the change in the mirror, not just in comparison to pictures? 5'0 25F 7/20/20--->2/23/21 172 lbs --->158.2 lbs GW:130 lbs Don't know how to make links pretty, sorry about that [link] [comments] |
| Easter / 40 Day Fitness Challenge - Week 1 Check in here! Posted: 24 Feb 2021 02:11 AM PST WHAT Easter fitness challenge! 40 days of trying to hit a goal of your choice! WHY Why not? But in all seriousness, 40 days is a great time frame to sprint to something you want. This can be losing X lbs, trying to be active X days, having a step challenge. It completely depends on you. But let's all do it together! I FORGOT TO TAKE PART - CAN I SIGN UP NOW? Of Course! It's never too late! Respond to this post and write stuff like:
WHAT SHOULD I POST NOW TO UPDDATE ON WEEK 1? Whatever you want! Give us an update on where you're at against your goal and how you're doing! HOW OFTEN WILL THIS BE POSTED? This will be posted every week on a Wednesday to check in. It may be more often depending on the interest, but right now, a weekly thread to check in over the next few weeks! [link] [comments] |
| Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Wednesday, 24 February 2021? Start here! Posted: 23 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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| I’m bipolar and notice my trending subreddits change whether I’m in “healthy mode” or “fat mode” Posted: 23 Feb 2021 10:53 AM PST I haven't gotten to the point where I can tell when I'm manic or depressed correlating with these. But when I'm on a healthy kick I browse a lot more in this sub, along with /r/fatlogic and /r/1200isplenty. When I'm in binge mode I almost get this annoyed perception of these subs - like "eff you, I'm going to eat this entire bag of pita chips so THERE." It's so weird how I can swing from one mindset to another. I wouldn't go as far as HAES when I'm unhealthy but I still get annoyed by others' diet talk and pick up on weight comments with more sensitivity (like if there is a quip on a TV show). Whereas I know it's just me being frustrated at getting in my own way. Then when the switch flips I'm back to using bullet journals to track water intake and cheering on my coworkers who are in WW and browsing these healthy subs with a "we can do it!" attitude. I feel so two-faced all the time. Anyway, I just thought I'd share that I'm trying (AGAIN) to get into the "we can do it" mindset not the "whatever" outlook. And trying to be more mindful of when it happens. Thanks for reading [link] [comments] |
| 24-Hour Pledge - Wednesday, 24 February 2021 - The Plan for Today! Posted: 23 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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| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 23 Posted: 23 Feb 2021 05:29 PM PST Hello losers, Tuesday! Striving & thriving! Weigh in daily, enter in Libra & report here even if I don't like it: No weigh in this morning, 230.5 lbs trend weight. Stay within calorie range (1800): Spaghetti squash & red sauce tonight. 15/20 days. Exercise 5 days a week: Rest day. 19/23 days. Self-care time (journaling, beauty treatments, anything that fills the bucket, nonfood rewards): Therapy. Telemed for the win. Jesus Christ the therapy work is hard. 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, pickled peppers & a ground turkey lentil semi stroganoff. 6/4 weeks. Express mindfulness and or gratitude: It's been a tough day. Doing better. Grateful for mental health services. Grateful for a good support network. Grateful to be up even if I'm limping! Your turn kids! Proud of every last one of you. We're in this together & surviving leads to thriving. Get it! [link] [comments] |
| Losing Weight as an Engineering Student Posted: 24 Feb 2021 01:18 AM PST I'm currently a junior in a really competitive engineering track, and college lifestyle with online school and skinny roommates creates some serious discipline challenges for me as far as dieting. It's relatively easy for me to get the motivation to walk for a couple of miles or play some basketball/soccer with my roommates at the park but by god it is so difficult to just avoid totally overeating. The stress + boredom + being locked into a small space with the kitchen just a couple feet away makes it so easy to snack the day away, even if I don't buy any snacks I'll just start eating buttered bread or something. Wondering if there's anybody in a similar situation with some tips/ideas on how to stay disciplined in these times. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Feb 2021 11:41 PM PST Hey everyone I 25F 5ft 3inches start weight 237.6 lbs just weighed in at 226.8. Like wtf how did that happen . Im trying to stick to around or under 1500cals a day less junk food diet and moving more . I do a walking workout on mondays , easy stretching on Wednesday and atm on fridays im trying to learn todo core exercises like sit ups or push ups . I can do the down bit well the up is a battle. Plus dog walks. I know this sounds mad but i time how long i do housework and how many times up and down stairs as it counts as exercise. Instead of overloading myself when i need to move things i take one thing at a time more steps even if its 3more its still more . I think the biggest thing is consistency even if iv barely moved iv stuck to my calories . I find imputing my dinner for that day and working back is the best way forward as its my biggest meal of the day . I normally have soup or salad for lunch as its light and healthy . Iv been trying to either make less or freeze leftovers so im not having to eat them for lunch the next day . All small changes which are sticking which shocks me that there sticking . Thank you for reading and excuse me while i go shop for nail stickers lol . [link] [comments] |
| advice on healthy eating habits? Posted: 23 Feb 2021 11:10 PM PST note: big blocks of text ahead! I'm 5'7, 18, female, 149-150 pounds um, well, I guess I've had body image problems since junior year in high school? I had stopped playing volleyball but kept up the same eating habits that I had had while being super active, so I gained a lot of weight. I used to be skinny and muscled, and then I was kind of chunky. My parents commented on my weight a lot and made me feel bad about it (they're both very overweight). When quarantine started, since I was at home all the time, I didn't really go out and buy food like I used to, so I wasn't eating too much anymore. I decided I wanted to lose weight over quarantine, so I kind of just stopped eating some meals? Like not eating breakfast and eating small lunch? and trying to calorie count everything I ate? And then my parents started commenting that I was looking a lot better and had clearly lost weight so I kept it up. I started college in-person this past fall, and all through last semester and during this semester I've kept up a habit of counting every calorie I consume every day on the calculator app on my phone, and I feel really shitty when I consume more than like 1200 a day (I try to keep it at around 1000). When I went home for winter break my parents told me I was looking really good, and I don't look super skinny (I'm average, leaning towards skinny I'd say) so I don't know if I'm actually doing anything bad? I didn't keep it up as well at home over winter break, because unlike the dining hall the meals at home don't have set calorie amounts? Plus I feel like the portion sizes are way too big at dinner when we all eat together as a family, so i wouldn't eat breakfast and I'd eat a small lunch because I wasn't able to know the exact amount of calories I was consuming. And then I would lose patience and consume a regular sized breakfast and lunch and feel horrible after dinner. I got my wisdom teeth taken out so I felt better for bit since I couldn't eat much, but that only lasted a week. But, especially when my roommate goes home for the weekend, I feel the need to eat a lot, so I'll eat like a whole pint of ice cream and then feel even worse? So I'm not at an unhealthy weight or anything (I'm around 149-150 pounds - I bought a scale a couple weeks into the semester - and I'm 5'7 so I could stand to lose some more) but it's getting to the point where I feel like I'm focusing way too much on what I'm eating, calorically, and what I look like and weigh. Plus, I'm kind of a picky eater, so I feel like I don't really enjoy eating that much anymore since I usually go for the foods in the dining hall that I already know are pretty okay (fries, pizza, breadsticks, etc) so I'm probably not getting enough nutrients even though I take multivitamins. Even though I'm calorically okay I'm not eating healthy food so I also feel bad because of that. was thinking of scheduling a consultation with a therapist at my college, since they have an eating concerns team and we have 12 free appointments a semester. thoughts? tl;dr: i go from not eating a lot to eating too much and then feeling bad, tips on starting different habits that still help me lose weight? [link] [comments] |
| The more I look at my coworker, the more I hate my eating habits and get motivated to change Posted: 23 Feb 2021 09:08 AM PST I know this sounds terrible but I have a coworker who's really obese and has poor eating habits. We get free food at work at my campus. He bounces between the two. The ONLY time I see him genuinely excited and happy is when we leave for lunch. It's to the point where it's annoyingly jovial. One day he missed his favorite hamburger day and he got INCREDIBLY pissed off. He's not the person to swear. When I messaged him (because I know its his favorite and they started having it on a different day) he started cussing! Not towards me. Just a "god damnit SOB" type of cussing. It reminds me of me and an attitude I'm still trying to shake off. I'm pretty greedy when I eat. I eat like if I don't eat what I see, then it's just going to be gone. Even though I know it'll still be there tomorrow. It's a bad mentality to have. In a bad way, how he views food is making me frown a bit and making me see how I approach food too and I hope it motivates me to change how I see food. [link] [comments] |
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