Weight loss: I Lost 2lbs in 3 Days Because of the Texas Snow and It's Opened My Eyes to How Modern Conveniences Contribute to Weight Gain |
- I Lost 2lbs in 3 Days Because of the Texas Snow and It's Opened My Eyes to How Modern Conveniences Contribute to Weight Gain
- The ONLY mindset that made me lose weight
- Reflections on losing 100+lbs of weight, gaining it back, and starting over
- My "Lent" Challenge. Maybe someone will join me!
- I reached my lowest weight as an adult and saved my own life
- Where to begin and how to deal with being uncomfortable in your own skin?
- Lost 45lbs in 90 days, and I could not be happier with myself!
- Sometimes, you've gotta have a garbage day....
- 6 years ago I lost 140 pounds because of a drug addiction. I’ve been sober for a year and I’m 300 pounds again. How do I do this the healthy way?
- Affordable scale that doesn’t suck?
- I Just hit my First Goal Thanks to This Subreddit!
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: February 19th, 2021
- First change I made
- An Analogy/Shift In Perspective That May Help You Lose Fat
- AITC(Advice, input, thoughts, comments) WANTED
- 4 years later I think I got this down. Kinda long post.
- One year after 55lb loss
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 18
- I've ditched almost all my other hobbies and taken up weight loss
- What made you decide to get a healthier body or lose weight?
- Appetite suppression with phentermine?
- Stress ate this entire week
- I(20F, 5'7, 221) have reached my lowest point, am now at my heaviest, would love tips and advice on how to get back on track.
| Posted: 18 Feb 2021 01:54 PM PST After 3 days of only having power for maybe 1 hour every 8 hours (I realize I am lucky and that many never had any power and still don't), I basically went back to living in the Iron Age. I cooked my food on a charcoal grill and everything took at least an hour if not longer to cook. There was no toaster oven to crisp up some frozen snacks, no microwave to nuke leftovers whenever I wanted, no electric stove to whip up a quick meal. Everything had to be cooked slowly, so I only really ate when I was actually hungry enough to go through the effort of making the food. Leftovers had to be reheated on a tiny propane camp stove and it took a bit of time (and I had to conserve fuel), so I only did it when I was actually hungry. I even made actual nutritious foods like a campfire pot roast full of veggies (it was delicious, too). The weird thing is that I didn't feel like I was starving. I didn't feel the way I normally feel when I'm restricting. I just felt like I was eating normally, but, looking back, my environment had changed to the point that eating less felt normal. I've realized that, when it takes longer to make things, the threshold for how hungry you have to get to make something is suddenly much higher and it scales proportionally with the effort required to make the food. I remember several times thinking "I'm hungry, but not hungry enough to bother with cooking right now". I had to do the dishes by hand, so the thought of having to do that also motivated me not to make too many dishes by eating unnecessarily. I also think the mindset of having to conserve resources helped, as well. I think we can all agree that modern conveniences have made us used to the mentality that food is always just a few minutes away, but I think we just limit that to thinking about takeout or fast food and don't stop to realize that almost everything in our kitchens is a modern convenience that didn't exist 100 years ago. Going forward, I'm going to consciously avoid using the microwave, toaster, and toaster oven and plan meals that take longer to cook. I'm getting rid of all the frozen food (except the frozen veggies and meat!) and I'm going to only keep canned soup for emergencies. I'm going to eat more whole foods and try to channel my Great Depression-surviving grandparents when I plan meals. I think there's nothing that happens to us that we can't learn and grow from and I'm going to take this lesson with me going forward. Edit: I got power back yesterday evening and have had it continuously so far (knock on wood), but thank you for all the well wishes and kind words! Edit 2: I was today years old when I learned that I am incredibly weird for having a very stable weight that hardly fluctuates. (And yes I checked the scale, it's not defective.) Thank you to everyone who pointed that out to me, lol, I love finding out I'm a weirdo in some aspect or another. I have actually lost 7lbs in the last month, just 2 of those came in the last few days, so I know that my weight is trending generally downwards anyway and that's all that matters to me! [link] [comments] |
| The ONLY mindset that made me lose weight Posted: 18 Feb 2021 02:25 AM PST Hi! I am inspired by this entire community and wanted to share my own advice on what worked for me when I had to lose weight. That still works whenever I need it again. Now with pandemic-kilos for example. This is my personal opinions and my own experience but I write this because I truly think it works wonders. I used to watch videos on YouTube and have apps and so on that had me inspired for a day or two. Guys with six packs on YouTube who said stuff like "you have to aim for working out 5 times a week, no excuses" or things like that. It didn't keep me motivated nor did it provide a realistic way of achieving my goals. After a while of almost giving up and feeling bad about myself every time I didn't succeed, I started thinking like this; "All you have to do is go to the gym/(or whatever place it is you do your workouts). Then you can go home." What happened is I went more often. And once I was at the gym I always wanted to at least walk on the treadmill for a little bit and sometimes even do a whole workout. I removed pressure and promised myself that if I went there and didn't want to workout at all, I could go home. But that never happened. And if it would have it would've been ok, but this is a psychological trick that literally changed everything for me. Small baby steps is key, working out for 15 minutes three times a week was big progress. And it will feel so much better, like you achieved something, even if it wasn't "a whole workout". You went, you did something and you are making progress. The second biggest thing about this is that it creates routine, which is absolute key to successful weight loss. For many of us I think the gym/where you workout can be an anxious place. Going there more often will familiarise it, make it easier to just go there without much thought. It will also set your body up for regular exercise, rather than having these "working out all the time for a month and then not at all for 11 months" kind of thing, that I experienced a lot before this. I used to not be able to run for 5 minutes, now I run for 60 minutes and feel good. Most importantly, it has stayed (sort of) that way for FOUR YEARS. Only because whenever I'm not top game (which is 95% of time) I think those words in my head and I go and I make little progress. During the pandemic I realise the gym might not be the place to be, but this technique could be applied at home too, just not as effectively. Tell yourself "I will just put on my gym clothes, lay out the yoga mat and get on it - then we'll see". It's not a technique I think works at all as good as you're still at home, maybe near Tv/bed etc but it just might do the trick. [link] [comments] |
| Reflections on losing 100+lbs of weight, gaining it back, and starting over Posted: 18 Feb 2021 08:21 AM PST From April 2015 - September 2016 I went from 227lb to 118lb (109lb weight loss). I'm 5'4" F. Over the course of a year and a half I gained it all back. I thought I did everything right, and that gaining it back couldn't happen to me. And it's taken me years to get in the right mindset to tackle it again. I am now 20 days in and down 10 pounds (most of that water weight). I just wanted to share some things I learned on this journey, and what I'll be doing differently this time. During my first journey:
And now:
Sorry for the long post, and thanks for listening... I am in for the long haul again, and hope I don't make the same mistakes twice. [link] [comments] |
| My "Lent" Challenge. Maybe someone will join me! Posted: 18 Feb 2021 09:36 PM PST Hi all. I'm more of a lurker on this sub than talker, but find it highly inspiring. I have struggled for the past 2 years with some severe PTSD/depression and it has led to some physical issues and poor health along with more weight gain than I'd like to admit to. I was battling a bit of extra weight at that time, and began hating how I look and feel. My health is at an almost all-time low right now but I've started getting into a better place, and want to start making some good changes. I recently realized that my BMI is just into the officially "obese" range (BMI of 32). And this really bothers me. I've never been this heavy. I think about all of the weight I ultimately want to lose, and it seems so daunting. I know it's not as much as some people, but I'm a very short 5'1 female and for me the around 45-55lbs is a good bit. So, decided to go with the 'small goals' method. I decided that Lent started on Wednsday, and I'm going to challenge myself to "give up" as much bad food as I can for the duration. I made a big food list of healthy things, based off of an elimination-style diet, that I can choose from every day to make my meals. I'm also going to try to walk, even a short distance, daily. (My knees hurt very badly right now with the extra weight especially; I have an anatomical problem with my knees that has led to arthritis. Plus, it's quite cold where I live right now but I figure, put on a coat and 15 or 20 minutes won't kill me). I know that the more weight I get off of my knees, the easier activity will be for me and it will help the pain. My goal is to officially get myself out of the "obese" BMI category. I technically need to lose around 15lbs to do that. Since it's been so hard for me to lose weight this feels like a big amount, even though I know in the long run it's not unattainable. (My ultimate goal is to lose around 40-50lbs and have a clean, healthy diet.) If anyone wants to use this 40 days and 40 nights to jumpstart some weight loss, clean up your diet, or make some other healthy change, I'd be happy for you to join me in this endeavor. 40 days isn't super-long as far as time, but it's long enough to break bad habits and form new good ones!!!! We can use this thread to touch base and keep updates going. I will post an Edit with my final result on April 3 as well. Thanks for reading and any advice or tips you have I'd love to hear them!!! [link] [comments] |
| I reached my lowest weight as an adult and saved my own life Posted: 18 Feb 2021 10:13 AM PST 169.2. That's the magic number. I haven't been this light since 2012, when I weighed 169.8 after struggling with ED. I made the decision to start losing weight again in May of 2020 after topping out at 220.9lbs and developing really bad lung issues and tachycardia after being bedridden following a back injury. It was to the point that the simple act of walking short distances would cause me extreme stress and fatigue. I was incredibly depressed. I felt disgusting for letting my body down like I did. I know it's frowned upon and not well-received, but I chose to start taking phentermine (under my doctor's close supervision.) Since then, I watch what I eat, stay around 1200-1400 calories a day, and drink a ton of water and hot tea. My lungs are once again functioning normally. As of weeks ago, I managed to beat tachycardia as well! I can't believe how much my body has changed and I couldn't be happier! Thanks to my improved condition, I've actually been able to start working out in full again. I'm shocked by how much I missed the burning in my muscles! This year is gonna be the year I finally hit my UGW, I just know it! I've not been active in this sub, but seeing everyone working so hard, reading their successes, their methods, their kindness. . . it's been incredibly motivating and moving for me, even if only viewing from the sidelines. So thank you. All of you. Let's keep up the positivity and hard work for the rest of 2020! [link] [comments] |
| Where to begin and how to deal with being uncomfortable in your own skin? Posted: 19 Feb 2021 01:58 AM PST How do you deal with that overwhelming feeling of not wanting to be in your own skin? I've been on and off the weight loss train for the past year and I just can't seem to shake that feeling. For example, I'll go to the gym really late at night because I hate being around people while I'm this size and feel this way about myself. But then even though I'm there with only a handful of people I still get self conscious and end up just using the treadmill instead of actually lifting weights like I want to. I hate being looked at. When I go in for my shifts at the coffee shop I work at, my jeans fit tight and my shirts hug my stomach. It's all I can focus on and I try desperately all day to make sure I don't bend over the wrong way so that my fat doesn't mush together. If I could wear a hoodie everyday I would. I'm embarrassed of myself. I really really am. I'm so ashamed, that I've developed this overwhelming fear of other people thinking about and judging me. I want to make changes in my life, but I get home from work after spending all day worrying about what people think about me and I'm just so mentally exhausted. Then I turn to food to cope. I have no portion control whatsoever. I tell my girlfriend not to buy me things at the grocery store because I'll just eat it all in one sitting, but she buys stuff anyways because she loves me. And I love her too, but I know myself and I know my self control is little to none. Obviously that isn't her fault. I can do really well tracking everything all day and be exactly where I need to be calorie wise. Then I get home and I get comfortable and it all goes out the window. Im ranting now. But I'm just kind of typing this out to visualize my thoughts and ask for any advice out there from people who think like me, that have gotten through their journey and come out the other side. Life isn't bad, life is really good actually. But man I just want to beat this demon that is weight loss so I can finally feel like myself. [link] [comments] |
| Lost 45lbs in 90 days, and I could not be happier with myself! Posted: 18 Feb 2021 05:16 AM PST Thanksgiving of last year I was at 265lbs. Just few minutes ago I stepped on a scale and I was at 220lbs. 45lbs dropped in 3 months with consistent calorie deficit, tracking what I eat, daily cardio ( walking for 90 minutes minimum - if the weather permits ) + resistance training 3x a week for 1 hour. I am actually enjoying the process. I was so ashamed and embarrassed with myself when I went to the gym for the first time cause of how little I could actually do and how quickly I was getting tired. Now, I am actually looking forward to waking up in the morning, getting ready and going to work out. The inner saboteur that was somewhere in my head is no longer there, the mental block has been eradicated. I am making progress that others are noticing and I recently noticed the change in my body composition, not just by how my clothes are fitting me, but also how or should I say from where the fat is disappearing. Perhaps to some of you this isn't news or that much of an illuminating information, but I realized how important it is to have an extremely good rapport with your PCP. I found a doctor that I instantly clicked with and it was as if we've known each other for decades. I'm beyond thrilled, I've never been happier and more content with my life. I felt like I had wasted away my late teens and 20s on complete nonsense. I know that this whole damn covid pandemic has been horrific and has destroyed people's lives, but truth be told, if it wasn't for this situation, I don't think that I'd have been able to get my life in order, simply because of how hectic my work-life balance was. Oh and just FYI, I'm 5'7, M and 30 y/o. [link] [comments] |
| Sometimes, you've gotta have a garbage day.... Posted: 18 Feb 2021 08:55 PM PST I ate all the junk today.... and that's OK. 2 cups of coffee with flavored creamer....70 cals. 3 taco supremes from Taco Bell... 570 cals 1.5 servings of Tator tot casserole and a salad...550 cals 2 Magnum Mini ice cream bars....280 cals Sometimes I need to remind myself not to panic and binge on all the "good stuff," because I can have the good stuff whenever I want. Case in point 👆 Did this nourish my body particularly well? No. But it did nourish the soul. It helped me reset some of that old mindset that was creeping back that took me to obesity. I feel good, I feel satisfied, and I'm proud I stayed under my caloric goal. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Feb 2021 08:26 PM PST In 2015 I went from 280 pounds to 140 pounds because I was addicted to speed/meth. Over the course of the next 6 years, my weight fluctuated up and down as I'd get sober for a few months then relapse, continuously. Now I've been sober for a year and I gained a ton of weight since the peak of my addiction. I also had a baby 3 months ago. I now weigh 300 pounds. The first time I lost weight, I did it by not eating for days and going to the gym high. I was always destined to regain it because my life was so unhealthy at the time. I just want to lose weight and feel HEALTHY for the first time in my life. The thought of doing this sober is so discouraging but I'm ready to fight those thoughts and put in the work and fix my terrible eating habits/shitty willpower. I'm struggling with coming up with a plan to lose weight and have no idea where to start. Any advice would be great! I've heard a lot about CICO but I'm not sure how it works exactly or how many calories I should be eating. I'm currently breastfeeding so my appetite is insatiable and that's making me gain weight too. I know dieting can reduce breastmilk supply but that's something I'll deal with when it happens because I feel like I need to put my health first. I just wanted to put this in writing to make it feel real and commit to the process. Today is day one to becoming a healthy, thriving person! [link] [comments] |
| Affordable scale that doesn’t suck? Posted: 19 Feb 2021 12:57 AM PST A few months ago my beloved digital scale I'd had for years finally gave up the ghost. In the past, when I was staying somewhere new or otherwise didn't have access to it, I'd do the same song and dance- expect some $20-$30 scale from BB&B, Target, or Amazon to be fine and then be sorely disappointed (or read horrible reviews). Now that my main one has died I'm in the same situation. All the basic ones seem to suck, and I'd rather not spend $100+ on what should be a very simple implement. So, what do you recommend? There has to be some barebones, accurate, consistent scale out there for an affordable price... no? Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| I Just hit my First Goal Thanks to This Subreddit! Posted: 18 Feb 2021 12:53 PM PST [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: February 19th, 2021 Posted: 18 Feb 2021 10:23 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] |
| Posted: 18 Feb 2021 09:11 PM PST Hi I'm 18, female, 5'5, and weigh 260. In the beginning of 2020 I was a junior going to school. I weighed about 230-240 when I was going to school. My mental health took a plunge during February to the point where I was basically having a panic attack daily. My parents were understanding and let me switch to online school. However this meant I would be graduating that year instead of the next. My weight unfortunately went up around 20 pounds since I wasn't walking as much as I did (I always took the longest way to get to class). I'm self conscious about my self in many ways just because of my weight and have been for years now. It has made me feel like I can't be myself. I'm not even comfortable enough to let any of my friends hug me or anything because I'm scared of them being able to feel how fat I am. If I was making this post last year this would be end of it and I probably wouldn't have made much of a change. However for some reason something in my brain clicked recently. To lose weight I need to stick with the changes I make. I don't have to have an all or nothing approach towards weight loss. I need to have realistic expectations because I'm not gonna just be the weight I want to be in a couple of months. My whole mindset is not gonna change overnight either. The first change I made was yesterday. One of my favorite meals is tacos. In the past whenever we would have tacos I would eat 10 or more until I was up sick in the middle of the night. When I get my first plate I always get three. Yesterday I never got another plate of tacos. I didn't even finish the three I had. I actually felt really proud of myself because of it and I still do. Today I had leftover tacos but I still didn't binge on them like I usually do. It might seem like a small change but it's a change I don't feel upset about doing. When I tried to lose weight in the past I'd always feel upset and aggravated about the changes I was making. This time I actually feel proud of myself and it's just the beginning of my weight loss. [link] [comments] |
| An Analogy/Shift In Perspective That May Help You Lose Fat Posted: 18 Feb 2021 07:11 PM PST This probably isn't some novel thought but I wasn't sure if it was said on here before, and it really helped me and people I know, so hopefully it helps someone else. Losing fat sounds simple in theory, it's just about creating a calorie deficit. The hard part is sticking to it in the long run. It's also true that, at least in most cases, when it comes to calories in vs calories out, dieting properly is the single best way to create a deficit. This perhaps leads us to thinking that starving ourselves and feeling like shit is the best way to lose fat and improve our lives. At least that's what I thought, and I found out that although it works, it made my life living hell. There's a better way to lose that fat instead of feeling weak, starved and miserable. Imagine you were just starting to play an RPG. You're level 1, and there's this really cool thing you want to buy and it costs like 1000 Gold. But the quests you get now give you like 2 gold. So you have to sit through these damn quests like 500 times to get the gold you need to buy that thing. It's so grindy and you'll probably lose motivation halfway through. However, imagine if you just forgot about that thing for a while, and focused on getting your character stronger. You go and do all sorts of cool and difficult quests instead of just this one, the quests get challenging, but you also get stronger and you get rewarded more. Fast forward some time, you're level 100 boss. Now if you wanted to get that item, shit, I mean your quests each give you like tens of thousands of gold. You can easily finish some level 20 quest for 1000 gold, you can do it while chilling, you don't even need to pay attention really, you're so OP in this stage. Creating a calorie deficit is like that. It's really hard for you to lose 800 calories because you're level 1. If you're thinking "I should just have a 500 calorie deficit per day so in a few weeks I'll be [insert number] % body fat" you have it wrong. Your focus shouldn't be on losing fat or creating that deficit. It should be on improving your overall fitness and adding muscle. This is especially true if you're "skinnyfat" like I was. The thing is, if you improve your overall fitness, eat healthy foods etc., you will just get better at expending calories, so even if you gain a few pounds in the short run, you will get very good at losing that fat in the long run. Cardio won't feel like it's killing you anymore. Athletes can eat a full pizza and just go run and burn it off. If you ate a full pizza, you probably can't run that much because you're not fit enough to do it, it'll be very hard for you. Yes, to some extent you will still feel a bit deprived when you're in a deficit, but it's way easier to be in a 500 calorie deficit if your TDEE is 3000 calories instead of 2000 calories. I know people want instant results. We're always looking to lose those pesky 5, 10, 20, insert number pounds, in a few weeks. But that's just not how it works, and even if you did successfully starve yourself to looking shredded, you won't last long before you end up letting lose. If you want sustainable results, you're not in it for weeks or months. You're in it for years and years. You're in it for a lifetime. Exercise shouldn't be about trying to fulfill a quota, it should be about training your body, pushing yourself to become better every week. Set and chase fitness milestones. Life is a lot more enjoyable when you live like this. At least it is for me. And look, I won't lie to you. At the end of the day, losing fat IS all about calories in vs calories out. So it is reasonable to just cut down your diet and create a deficit like that. But for me, it's just not worth it to live on a 1700 something calorie diet. If you can, that's great. But for me, living on so few calories made me feel like I was always starving. Many of the low-calorie dense options just didn't feel as enjoyable. It just felt like getting fit wasn't worth it. When I focused on performance, my TDEE naturally increased. My muscle mass increased and increased my basal metabolic rate. I could eat more, and still burn more fat at rest. And burning that many calories through cardio was easier once I got fitter. And most importantly, there was a sense of purpose to my training. It wasn't a chore, I wasn't fulfilling a quota for the sake of it, it was a lifestyle I chose to better myself every week. It's not a cakewalk, I will never take it easy, but now it means more. I want to be level 100 boss. [link] [comments] |
| AITC(Advice, input, thoughts, comments) WANTED Posted: 18 Feb 2021 10:54 PM PST Currently doing CICO! F/ 5'10/ sw: 150 cw: 147/ gw: 128 I was thrilled to know I could enjoy sweet things while still losing some weight. Especially sweet things with added sugars such as donuts, chocolate, etc. However I think added sugars have been making cico hard for me, I tend to eat more than planned when I eat something sweet, to the point I eat over my calorie limit. So I did a little experiment, I cut out all processed/added sugars out of my diet for 7 days, and I ate mostly grilled chicken and 1/4 an avocado per meal, I even had a mcdonalds hamburger for dinner most days, and occasionally some spicy/salty junk foods. For each day that week, staying within my calorie limit was so easy? Somedays I ate even more under my calorie limit cause it was so easy to just stop eating after a meal! I lost 2lb! However on the 8th day, I had one cookie after dinner, but then one cookie turned into 2 cookies! then 4! And so on. So I think this is a sign I should cut out process/added sugar, and only eat it if:
I used to think that as long as I was on CICO I could just eat whatever and everything would be fine, and whenever I failed to stick to my calorie limit it was my lack of self-control, but now I think the sugar is just too addicting for me. AITC? (Advice, input, thoughts, comments? ) [link] [comments] |
| 4 years later I think I got this down. Kinda long post. Posted: 18 Feb 2021 12:14 PM PST Hello... it feels weird posting here about success. Like I feel like I'm bragging, but I swear I'm trying to help. Hopefully this goes over well I'm a 5'4 women. A little over 4 years ago I was pregnant with my first and at 9months I was 240lbs. A month after they were born I got married. I saw pics from my wedding and HATED how I looked. It was my "come to Jesus" moment. I wanted to keep up with my kid, I wanted to be here and participate, I wanted to be a good influence. I started counting calories. Started seeing a doctor that specialized in weight loss and started a medication to address my anxiety and ADHD. 2ish years later I working out about 3 times a week and down to 160. My relationship with food wasn't the best, it was obsessive. Then there was pregnancy, which was hard, allowing myself to gain and trying to remember it was normal and healthy. And then loss. A year of grief (aka binge drinking and pizza every weekend) and healing (so much therapy). Got down to 180 and decided to try again. So Another pregnancy! One where I had a much healthier relationship with food. Baby is now 3 months old. I'm just under my pre pregnancy weight at 178.6 as of this morning. Eating just under 1600 a day (I'm nursing so that burns a couple hundred calories a day. I just want to share what I've learned these past 4 years. Because I did the fad diets. I did the binge eating and fasting and suffered the guilt. I've now worked with doctors, therapists, personal trainers and educators to learn how to live well. If you have a mental illness, try to get help. Medication or therapy or both. I know its not available to everyone,, but its something i learned. I impulse bought things and would stress eat. The hardest truth for me was that carbs are not bad, your source of carbs can be though. Fruits and veggies are carbs. Get your carbs from plants. Women need atleast 130g of carbs. I'm still working on this actually. Rice is okay. Half of cup of brown rice is fine. If you keep telling yourself a food is off limit, you're going to snap and binge and then hate yourself. So just have a bit. Read what the serving is, give yourself an amount that wount mess with your calories too much. (Like a Russell stover vday chocolate is only 60 calories. You can have one) Savour said treat too. Feel it in your mouth, think about the flavors and textures. Fake sugar will send you into a sugar craving episode. Not a good time. (I'm looking at you atkins treats) Take your slice or two of pizza and then eat a big serving of veggies after. For me pizza makes me into a black hole, eating veggies after plugged said hole. If you want a cookie, go to a bakery and buy a single cookie, then you don't have a boxfull tempting you at home. If its a giant cookie break it in half, then you have cookie for tomorrow too! Or make your treats at home. Less processed, more control about what goes into them. Also a good way to decide if you really want that treat. Do you really want to put all the work in to bake them? Do you have the time? Try to make most things from scratch. Have the pasta, just don't have a plate as big as your face. Have like a babies face worth of pasta. Plant based foods are your friend. Food cooked from scratch is your friend. Fibrous foods are your friend. Keep it to what the nutritional label labels one serving or less, you'd be surprised how well this works. You can have a drink. Infact if I'm having a sugar craving I'll have a serving of wine or hard liquor. And sip it. Yes, I will sip an ounce of whiskey. In fact I like adding a splash of water to it. Its got sugar and its not fun to chug. Can't get to the gym? House work can be a great way to burn calories. Completely serious. Deep clean for an hour and you will be sweating. Tea and carbonated water are fun. I like carbonated mineral water. Black tea is my favorite. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Feb 2021 07:46 AM PST I already wrote this out once but Reddit was an asshole, so now you get less to read hahahaah. Basically, I lost weight last year. Went from a size 12+ to a 4. Since then I've felt like a slacker as I stopped working out and have spent more time focused on my mental health and less on my physical health. Was feeling down and remembered how side-by-sides always helped put stuff into perspective for me while I was losing and struggling with BD. Worked like a charm and highly encourage anyone else feeling similar to try. I was truly shocked, as I thought for sure I had lost tone and gained squish. (Pictures are Feb 2020 vs yesterday, stats are April 2020 vs Jan 2021) [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 18 Posted: 18 Feb 2021 05:37 PM PST Hello losers, This week is both the longest week ever and the fastest time travel blur ever. Hope you're kicking butt! Weigh in daily, enter in Libra & report here even if I don't like it: 231.6 this morning, 231.3 lbs trend weight. Stay within calorie range (1800): On target today. Working on roasted veggies & chicken thighs & so much fruit for dinner. 11/16 days. Exercise 5 days a week: 60 minutes of hoofing it in the snow. 14/18 days. Self-care time (journaling, beauty treatments, anything that fills the bucket, nonfood rewards): Going to get to bed early tonight, body is tired. Try a new recipe once a week: Identity crisis chili (because it's kind of red & kind of green), curry chicken drum sticks & oven roasted zucchini. 3/4 weeks. Express mindfulness and or gratitude: Today I'm grateful for being a little sore. Just means I'm building muscle after that strength video yesterday. Huzzah. How about you all? [link] [comments] |
| I've ditched almost all my other hobbies and taken up weight loss Posted: 18 Feb 2021 10:37 PM PST Posting this to see if something here might help someone else. I didn't do this consciously, it just occured to me the other day that it had happened. I have doubled down on my weight loss efforts this year and I am starting to see results. One reason I think it is going well this time is that I am not trying to do it alongside other things. My previous attempts have always had to compete with hobbies and "life". On reflection, that makes no sense, if I am going for weight loss, I need to go for it fully. I am (was) renovating a house. That is on pause while we wait for finance to come through, so I am not spending my evenings and weekends covered in dust. I enjoy woodturning and forging, both of those have stopped because it's too cold in the workshop, again no dust and more free time. I trained jiu jitsu in the distant past, obviously that is on pause due to covid. It was great exercise but it left me sore for days and unable to do any other training. On balance, it may not have been entirely positive for weight loss. If you are struggling with your journey, maybe have a look at what is competing for your time and energy and pause those things if you can? There is no harm in saying "I can't do everything at once and right now my health is the most important"...double down, get it done and go back to the other stuff after. Hope this helps someone. [link] [comments] |
| What made you decide to get a healthier body or lose weight? Posted: 18 Feb 2021 03:15 PM PST I'm the heaviest I've ever been and even though I know what I have to do I'm still waiting for some part inside me to change. Do you have to love yourself in order to get disciplined, does being able to be better at discipline make you love yourself? Is hearing other people's stories the way to make a change for yourself? All I know is that I need help, I'm unhappy with who I am and I know that I could treat my body so much better but for some damn reason I'm still stuck treating it like shit with what I eat and my daily routines. How do I make a change? How did you make a change? Please help. Or just, feel free to share anything. It will help [link] [comments] |
| Appetite suppression with phentermine? Posted: 18 Feb 2021 11:58 PM PST I'm on phentermine currently because my hunger skyrocketed when I was on an antipsychotic so I'm trying to level it out. It was unbearable. Hunger pains all the time. Not to mention the late night snacking I wasn't aware of because I was so drowsy. I wasn't ever full either. I was wondering if any of you have ever been on phentermine and whether or not after getting off of it caused your hunger to go back to the level it was at before? Before I got on that antipsychotic I was able to eat normal sized portions, so I'm hoping my system will default to that by training it to not depend on how much food I've been taking in. Is that the case? Or should I be prepared to be just as hungry? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Feb 2021 07:13 PM PST Hey y'all! I'm here because I've stress ate for the last 5 days and I'm just looking for some encouragement and tips for getting back on track. I'm from Texas and as I'm sure most have heard, we've been dealing with some things. My family and I were without power for a couple of days in freezing temps. We've been on a boil water notice for 2 days now. I have a toddler so I've been in survival mode since this all started. Here's the thing, I've been eating out of control this entire time. I know the stress has been my trigger. And sitting at home with nothing else to do but raid the fridge and pantry hasn't helped. We've also eaten out a lot since grocery stores have been empty and lines have been insane. Prior to this week, I was following CICO and intermittent fasting. I lost 22lbs so far this year and I was really feeling good about my progress. I still have a long way to go but I was finally in a groove and seeing consistent progress. I just feel like I've ruined everything and I'm going to lose my motivation. Does anyone have any tips for getting back on it or any success stories after bingeing for a week? How do I get past this? I'm feeling pretty down about this and I'll probably bring it up to my therapist at my next appointment. Thank you for reading this. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Feb 2021 08:21 PM PST I got hit with the combination of the " normal" " Freshman 15" weight, which, for me was more than 15, and then the pandemic weight that some, or many of us know too well. I'm not liking what I'm seeing when I see myself, and I want to make changes, but, I'm not sure what to look at, where to look, whose more effective than who, things like that. My parents aren't much help aside from literally pointing out I've put on a bunch of weight within the past year and a half or so. I feel like as soon as I've strung a few " good days" together, I blow it and go on an all-out, blowout cheating bingefest and I ruin all my progress. TLDR: What can I do to avoid binging, and how can I regain self-love? [link] [comments] |
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