Weight loss: I'm at the lowest weight in my adult life *and* I'm less than 1/2 a pound away from being out of the 200s! |
- I'm at the lowest weight in my adult life *and* I'm less than 1/2 a pound away from being out of the 200s!
- Finally a size 16 from a size 30!
- NSV: A few days ago, I jogged in mid-length shorts and my thighs didn't chafe.
- Gotta start somewhere
- 1 stone (14lbs) down!
- Finally out of the 250’s!!!
- [Rant] Lost 100 pounds, gained 50 back after struggling with an ED, having a wedding cake meltdown and changing jobs. Really could use some help. Love you guys.
- Went from healthy weight to underweight and back to being in the normal range again!
- Your goals are hard - but living with regret is harder.
- No longer obese thanks to this sub!
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: February 22nd, 2021
- Loss 35 kgs after 7 months of OMAD. Where do I go from here?
- I started dancing in my room and I feel amazing
- Lowest I've felt in a while
- You will never regret exercising
- 24-Hour Pledge - Monday, 22 February 2021 - The Plan for Today!
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 21
- I’m ready to get fit!!!
- Am I not active enough?
- Almost 29, starting my weight loss journey/journal and hoping to be a normal weight by the time I'm 30. First month update.
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Monday, 22 February 2021: Today, I conquered!
- Why the scales aren't everything
- How to get in shape after being SO out of shape without injuring oneself? My muscles don't seem to function anymore
| Posted: 21 Feb 2021 12:52 PM PST Some stats first:
Anyways! I stepped on the scale today and hit 200.2lbs! I've been hanging out at about 200-201 all week and losing about one pound a week, so I'm thinking I'm close to being out of the 200s soon! I'm super excited. Then, I realized this might be the lowest weight I've ever been as an adult. I checked my doctor's health records (MFP was no help). The day after my 18th birthday I weighed in at 211lbs. I didn't start actually trying to lose weight until I turned 20, I had almost entirely been gaining weight since around 15 or 16. So, not only am I super close to being out of the 200s, but I'm also at my lowest adult weight ever. Looking back in my chart, the last time I was this weight was at 17, 5 months before my 18th. And honestly, I carry this weight way differently now. While I'm not going to deny I'm not yet at a healthy weight, I'm definitely more muscle than at 17 and living a better lifestyle than before. I will say, I do have one regret on this journey. Right before deciding I was going to start losing weight I threw out a ton of old clothes. I figured I was never going to be smaller, so what's the point of keeping them? I've ended up stealing some of my dad's old clothes to cut costs, but most of my clothes have been bought on sale or from Goodfair. [link] [comments] |
| Finally a size 16 from a size 30! Posted: 21 Feb 2021 05:51 PM PST I bought 2 pairs of size 16 jeans (not stretch) cause my 18's have been too loose. I had no idea if they would fit but I'd be damn if I didn't slide those babies on and they fit perfectly!! I didn't even suck anything in!! I've worked hard for 2 years, haven't gained 1 pound since then and I've gone from a size 30/32 to a solid 16! I can buy XL shirts and even L shirts (mostly not too many larges cause my boobs are a bit big) anyway I am BEYOND happy and look so damn good! I'm 53, my boyfriend is 10 years younger than me (we've been together for 6 years) and has been with me at my fattest and now watching me shrink right before his eyes! He has always loved me no matter what size I was, but I am doing this for me! And I'm so happy, can't wait to buy some 14's!! Keep working no matter what size or age you are! Just move, eat lots of protein and never give up! 🙃 [link] [comments] |
| NSV: A few days ago, I jogged in mid-length shorts and my thighs didn't chafe. Posted: 21 Feb 2021 07:03 PM PST You guys. This is BIG. Just to establish the situation, I am female, and I currently weigh about 120 pounds at 5 feet, 4 inches. Early last summer, I was closer to 155 pounds. I have had large thighs since puberty-- that's the place that body fat gathers on me the most. Pear shape runs in my family. Banana Republic pants (cut slim in the legs) are a no-no for us. They are simply the wrong shape, lol. For years, it has been the status quo for me that I need to either wear shorts or pants that cover most of my thighs, or moisturize quite a lot, if I'm going to run or to walk a long time. If I didn't, like if my running shorts were too short or I wore a skirt on a long walk, I'd get a bit raw and irritated on my inner thighs. But after half a year of CICO and a month of squats and Pilates, this week I was able to wear shorts that ended at mid-thigh, instead of long (Bermuda) shorts, without my bare thighs touching at all. I was never quite able to picture this happening, and I didn't expect it, but it just did. I was so excited. I hope all of you can find moments like this to get excited about, too. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 21 Feb 2021 07:51 PM PST 38M SW: 359, CW: 338, GW: 240 Need to share with someone. Been heavy my whole life. As a kid they called it husky, by HS I was 240. Maintained 260-280 until I hit about 32 then steadily started to climb. We did family photos around Thanksgiving & I couldn't stand what I saw. Knew I have always been big but it even made me sick. At Christmas I weighed myself and was at 359lbs. Holy f*ck! To say I was disgusted with myself was an understatement. Fast forward two months to today and I'm down 20lbs. I've read many of your success stories & posts on here & had to share with someone. Thanks to this sub, lose it & learning cico I'm making a change. Approaching 40 and being like this can't be healthy. Whom I kidding? I know it's not healthy. It's not much & I know I have a LONG way to go, but I'm so excited. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 21 Feb 2021 11:14 AM PST As title reads, I've lost my first stone (14lbs) since I've started controlling what I eat and I feel so much better! I'm 31, male, from the UK, and like a lot of people during the pandemic turned to food as a way to comfort myself. I was furloughed from my work early on when the lockdowns first started. I suddenly had all this time on my hands with not much to do but worry. The only thing that seemed to comfort me was eating. 5 months passed by and I got the call to return to work and of course I had the panic of what to wear that would fit. I had to upsize my clothes which wasn't a great feeling, and getting back in to a routine proved difficult. I just felt horrible in the mornings and had no energy in the evenings. I had no idea what my weight actually was as ignorance is bliss and I avoided the scales. Soon the end 2020 approached and I still didn't have the confidence to weigh myself. I didn't want to fall for the usual new years resolution of starting a diet, so instead set the goal of just taking the plunge and weighing myself. I waited for the first Monday of the new year (who starts on a weekend? 😂) and just took those steps to stand on the scales. I weighed 14 stone 7lbs. It may not seem heavy to a lot of people but it was the heaviest I'd ever been in my life. Setting that small goal of weighing myself really helped get on to the path of getting my weight back down to a healthier level. I decided to set a few more small goals, cutting back on certain foods, logging everything in myfitnesspal, etc and the weight slowly started to come off. I didn't dive right in the deep end and deprive myself of the foods I love. Instead I changed the way I thought about food, and saved calories for days I really wanted my favourite takeaway. I then added in some light exercise. I've been taking it really slow but after around 6 weeks I've lost 1 stone (14lbs) and more importantly I feel so much better physically and mentally. I can feel it in my clothing and other people are starting to see it too. I feel inspired and am focused on continuing down the same path. I hope I can keep it up! 😊 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 21 Feb 2021 03:05 PM PST Hello friends!! Long time lurker, first time poster, also on mobile so many apologies if things look wonky. But, I finally made it away from 250!! I felt like I was stuck there for so long (3 weeks) and just couldn't get away. I honestly wanted to give up and just hide. On the scale this morning it said 248 and I honestly almost cried. I started at 298 last July and I'm finally starting to feel like a person again, not just fat. I'm down to a size 16 jeans fitting loose, began at a 24 fitting snug. All my clothes don't fit any more. It's truly wonderful. Reading posts on here has been super helpful for me between CICO advice, fasting advice, general encouragement from commenters, you are an amazing group and I'm so proud of everyone's progress. I just had to share this with some people who would understand and recognize how hard this actually is. My husband is supportive but he's always been thinner so he doesn't really grasp the difficulties in seeing your own body change so much. If anyone has any products that could aid loose skin that would be amazing as well!! Thank you friends for support and kind encouragements!! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 21 Feb 2021 10:14 PM PST Hello my lovelies! How I have missed you. I used to be a lurker and sometimes commenter on this group, thanks to you guys I managed to go from 220 pounds to a healthy 145, back in 2017 . Thank you all for that, this is such a positive and constructive group and I wish you all success and happiness, you deserve it. This story may be a bit triggering for those in recovery from an ED. Take care of yourself, it aint worth it. Now... the story. The 145 were good, my weight hadnt been so low since middle school, but I wanted to go lower. I wanted to see how low I could go. After 140 the pounds stopped dropping. I started obsessing with lowering the number on the scale, it quickly became a number game, a "how low can my calories be today" game. Exercising and healthy eating became walking all my free time and using drugs to keep myself from eating. My lowest was 115 pounds, and I looked like a Tim Burton character, but worse. It got so bad even my poor cat had her food carefully measured so she wouldnt gain any weight either. (Dont worry she was never underfed, just fed the precise amount she needed for her age and weight, she now gets tins and all the food she wants). Then I met my boyfriend who after a couple of dates noticed how bad my eating habits were, and started slowly introducing me to a healthier way of eating. Sounds great right? Well... in his beautifully misguided attempts to "heal" me, he thought that the healthy way for me to eat was to feed me what he ate, the same amounts and all. Well he is a 6 foot 190 pound hunk of muscle, who exercises for 2 hours everyday. While I am a 5'4 woman with an office job who's most extrenous activity is walking 2 blocks to the store. I did everything he asked of me as of course I was inlove and looove can cure anything riiight? What could go wrong? All that could go wrong went wrong, it was like my body had been holding itself with string and as soon as some nutrition came in all hell broke lose. My stomach couldnt handle any food, I got the worse gas you can imagine, I got alergies, asma, reflux, everything bloated me and finally my freaking ovarie exploded due to several cysts that the idiot doctors that "treated" me misdiagnosed as "just a girl who wants to score pain medication". I was in bed for 3 months after that, my boyfriend did really come through tho and he took care of all me all that time. He also started reading up on calories and nutrition and figured out that his approach, although well intentioned, hadn't been the best. Fast forward 2 years and we are sitting at a friend's wedding. I am devastated because I had to wear a dress that smells like mold. It had been sitting in the back of my closet for years, and it was the only one that fit. We had an argument and I am now aggressively shoving wedding cake into my mouth to calm myself. His friends are looking at me like I am insane, although i cant blame them, I would also be confused at someone bawling her eyes out while eating (more like furiously consuming) cake and khalua, in a moldy dress, all because she cant go dance. I just wanted to dance so I could burn off the first stupid slice of cake, now I have shoved in 2 more to calm the anger and sadness. I had weighted 158 pounds that morning, 43 pounds heavier that when we started dating. I considered the "cake incident" a new low, that paired with a very nasty encounter with a "friend" who saw fit to point out to all her friends how fat I had gotten and actually make fun of me for it, pushed me to start losing weight again. I wrote down everything I ate and walked everyday after work. I live in a very dangerous city so I was really playing with fate in those walks, but it didnt matter. I was gonna lose that weight goddamit, even if it cost me everything. I went down to 140 pounds. I wasn't super happy as my goal was still those 115, but I felt better. Then the pandemic hit. At first it wasnt so bad, I was working from home and I could work out with my boyfriend, whom at this point understood nutrition better and did his best to manage my fluctuating relationship with food. During lockdown I was transfered to another position in the company I worked for. It was more challenging but the change was refreshing. I was crushing it at my new job, my eating was the best ever as I was cooking every meal and I had time to work out every morning before work. It was all going great, so when a new position opened up, I decided to apply. It was more money, an earlier shcedule and doing something that had always interested me. Again... what could go wrong? I got the job. Now 7 months later it has been the hardest thing I have ever done. The level of stress was so high, my hair started to fall out, I started smoking again and I had no time to cook so we had to order take out almost every day. It is better now and we got some new people and the load has spread out, but for 5 months all I could do was sit 16+ hours on my desk everyday, order food and empty my pantry every time my bosses' boss treated me like an idiot for not guessing what he wanted me to do even tho he said he wanted something completely different. This job demolished my mental stability, my body, my relationship and I havent even gotten the raise I was promised. However awful, I am still thankful I had a job during this hard times. I understand a lot were not that lucky. This whooole story has brought me to you today, weighing 175 pounds, with my soul crushed and totally lost on what to do. The worse part is I've been here before. It should be easy right? Just do what worked before. But it isnt! I cant! I cant get myself to stop eating until I feel like bursting, or from grabbing 2 or 3 or 4 cookies everytime work gets hard or to just record my darn calories! Why am I lost in this endless labyrinth of food and lazyness and sadness and anger and regret? Please any guidance would be great. If you got here thank you for reading. Wish you the best and any comments are greatly appreciated. TL;DR - Lost 100 pounds, first 70 or so were great, this sub helped a lot and they were lost in a healthy way. Last 30 were lost in a super unhealthy way, via ED behavior. Got into a new relationship that "fixed" it by eating what my large, muscular and super active boyfriend ate. Gained 43 pounds, had a cake meltdown at a wedding. Lost 18 pounds, by measuring food and taking dangerous walks in the city. Pandemic hit, changed job, got a promotion and new job's stress destroyed my mental health and gained me 35 pounds. Now I can't reel back my eating habits and could use some guidance. [link] [comments] |
| Went from healthy weight to underweight and back to being in the normal range again! Posted: 21 Feb 2021 11:52 PM PST I just wanted to share this because some of you might be going through this as well (You're strong!) Okay so I started my weight loss journey April last year, I wasn't overweight at all (5'3 and about 121-123 lbs) or (160cm and 55-56kg), but somehow I just wasn't so satisfied with how I appeared. I've always the "meatier" one among my friends and all so this was kinda why I wanted to shake off the extra pounds and look leaner. It started quite naturally because I ate lesser and overall healthier because I've been cooking my own meals (due to the pandemic). It didn't take me long to realise this and I wanted to take it to the next level by committing myself to it, like instead of losing weight naturally, I was in serious weight-losing mode. I began doing all sorts of research like what to eat, when to eat etc and got my eyes fixed at CICO. I mean what a simple concept right? And that's basically how it works too, you will lose weight if what you're consuming > what your body is burning in terms of calories. So I got myself started on this calories counting journey, seems easy and all but for someone like me, it could be really unhealthy. Things escalated pretty fast, I couldn't stop weighing my food and I was REALLY obsessed with the calorie content of everything I put into my mouth, and you would probably guessed it also, I cut off all food with high calorie content (butter, oil etc) So I ate really clean and at a ridiculously low calorie intake level too (at one point I was only consuming 700-900 cal, which lasted for a good month) And what comes after a great deal of restriction? You lose control. I was heavily restricting myself on what I eat, and to take matters worse, I actually got myself started on intermittent fasting too. So I would either eat from 11am - 5pm or 11am - 3pm every day. It just feels like such a ridiculous approach now that I'm typing it out, gosh) I started binge eating and purging. I couldn't stop myself from eating, which was really really scary, especially seeing my tummy stuck out in such an abnormal way. It was really depressing. I weighted around 99-101lbs or 45-46 kg here. But I still couldn't see or feel how thin I was already. I was obsessed with losing and losing more weight. I remember I was at this sleepover at my cousin's house, I didn't eat breakfast or lunch because I knew that there would be a lot of food that night and I wouldn't be able to control myself to not eat a lot. So this was already a really bad call. I starved myself until dinner time and legit just lost all control over the food. I ate all kinds of chips, meat sticks, pancakes, pastas. The food that I normally wouldn't even consume) My family got really concerned about it and this stressed me out so much that I went to the toilet and tried to purge. But I guess my gag reflex was really weak due to all the purging, I couldn't get anything out, which made my anxiety worse. I almost cried. Okay so things actually got better from there because I was kinda at the rock bottom, and I felt the need to get better. I started eating more, but lost it all again seeing how I was gaining weight. I realised that if I restrict myself at one point of my recovery process, my body would automatically make me binge the next day. This was really hard because I would need to force myself to eat more on a daily basis. I was still purging December last year (like maybe 3-4 times a week?) and my gag reflex has gotten so weak that nothing comes out from my throat anymore. And I was really really anxious and depressed. Like why am I like this? Why am I so obsessed with losing weight? Why can't I be normal...? I gained a few pounds from all the overeating but in person I looked almost the same cos after all it's just a few pounds (how I wish I had known this earlier) I couldn't take this anymore and finally got myself started on a recovery process. So what I did was I checked out the binge eating sub here on reddit (couldn't get any professional help because it's really limited here in my country) and started reading all the precessional materials that are available on that sub. THANKS SO MUCH to the Health Ministry of Australia for having such materials available too. I spent all night reading the brochures, did all the exercises in the manual and got myself started on the recommended treatment plan - Regular Eating and Journaling. It's really a no-brainier, in order to not binge, I need to eat regularly. And as a side measure to aid with my anxiety, I also started running! (I'm using this app called Couch to 5k and seriously it's a lifesaver) I wanted to get better so badly, I wanted to gain control of my life again. The feeling of trying to vomit everything out haunts me to this day..I started on my recovery journey a little more than a month ago and I've been doing great so far. I have a food/mood journal that I update every day, I would write down what I eat and my mood for the day. I might intentionally restrict myself but writing it all down makes it sound silly so I would try to eat more. Also, I stopped weighing myself. I know that I wouldn't be able to control myself so it's better that I just cut it off. So all of you dieters out there, I hope you're all doing really well! TL;DR - Tried to lose weight but got into a very unhealthy eating cycle where I would binge eat and then purge. Finally got myself to look at it seriously and started on a recovery journey a month ago. Doing great so far! Also, I am such a big fan of baked cheese tarts! I ordered a few of these last week and did a really good job on not finishing it in one go (i was really proud of this). I ordered 6, 3 for me and 3 for my sister. I had one every other day! Without limiting myself or anything :) I wanted to ask you guys how do you cope with your cravings? Because I'm still craving for these cheesy goodies even though I had it not too long ago. Should I order it again? Would it be unhealthy for me to consume so much within a relatively short period? [link] [comments] |
| Your goals are hard - but living with regret is harder. Posted: 21 Feb 2021 04:46 AM PST The cost of doing the right thing gets too much attention. The cost of doing nothing gets too little. Eating broccoli to lose weight sounds like a sacrifice until you compare it to hating your body every single day. Writing and rewriting a rough draft sounds hard until compared to realizing you didn't write a single page of your novel last year. Yes hard work is hard. But regret is so much harder. I think you know this subconsciously already. You've had all the same negative thoughts standing on the scale that I have. You've felt gross at the end of a weekend knowing that you got nothing meaningful done. You've already paid the price of regret hundreds of times. I am not asking you to be stronger than you've ever been. I'm asking you to weigh the real price of your options when you feel overwhelmed. Don't tell yourself "I'm not strong enough to eat right today." Say instead "I'm not strong enough to keep hating myself so much. I don't have the energy to get up tomorrow knowing that today was a total waste." You don't have to spontaneously be stronger than before. Just realize that putting down that ice cream is easier than the painful feelings that come from eating it. I want you to stop doing things the hard way. You're going through pain that has no upside. You're pretending like doing the right thing is hard, when the regret you take on is so much worse. How nice would it be to have a life with less regret? I didn't say "how nice would it be to have a six pack tomorrow." That takes more than one day. My question was: "What if you laid down to go to sleep tonight knowing you were one day closer to your goal? That you had done everything today that you could have? That even if you weren't at the finish line of your goal you were at the finish line of today. You took one step forward instead of 2 steps back." Wouldn't that feel better? We've chosen regret so many times. We took the hardest path just because we didn't measure our options properly. Maybe we thought that regret of doing nothing was less expensive than trying something and doing it wrong. Maybe we didn't think at all. But now you've seen how much regret costs. Now you've burned your hand on that stove a hundred times. Now you know how this movie ends and it's your chance to pick the red pill or the blue pill. Now you know that instant gratification costs a high price and you can't afford to keep paying it. Now you know how badly you want to go to bed tonight knowing you made the right decision. The choice is yours and I can't make it for you. What is it going to be? Further reading: If this post resonated with you then I highly recommend Intuitive Eating by Elyse Resch and Evelyn Tribole. On the surface this is a book about healthy eating but it I've read them all and this one is different. Most people do not eat mindfully. They start eating to escape stress or painful feelings or distract themselves, and they continue eating even when discomfort and bloated feelings tell them they've had too much. This book doesn't give you rules to follow to control your body, but rather teaches you to listen to the guidance your body is already giving you. That serves a double purpose of eating the right amount of the right food and also helping you identify when you used to use food to escape painful feelings. Each time you walk to the fridge you'll ask yourself if you truly feel hunger, or if you're just trying really hard not to feel something else. Let's listen to our bodies, they can tell us when we're inviting regret into our life. Then we can choose to heal the pain we have instead of creating more. [link] [comments] |
| No longer obese thanks to this sub! Posted: 21 Feb 2021 10:11 AM PST 23/M, 5'11", 206.9 lbs. Been obese since 4 years ago when I moved to the US and started college. Dealt with depression and binge eating so the weight kept going up. Stumbled upon this sub January 2020 at 255 lbs and started losing weight (well, trying). It's been slow (binge eating is hard to get under control) but I've managed. I'm doing better with that and I followed the suggestion of getting a digital kitchen scale and it's helped me be more mindful of portion sizes and calories so I'm feeling a lot better because I can actually quantify my food and my progress which helps keep me motivated. BMI below 30 (29) for the first time since 2016. Thank you! [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: February 22nd, 2021 Posted: 21 Feb 2021 09:58 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] |
| Loss 35 kgs after 7 months of OMAD. Where do I go from here? Posted: 21 Feb 2021 11:12 PM PST So I just randomly decided last August that I'd start doing OMAD and I went from 110 to 75 kgs. I ate only breakfast everyday and when I do I usually just ate until I'm full without any regards to calories. (I'm not flexing I'm just describing my process; I know some people may get the wrong idea.) Currently I am satisfied with my weight. I am planning to do core workout to get rid of my belly flab to shed that excess weight, though I have no idea what to do with my current diet. I am planning on continuing to do OMAD (not having to eat lunch and dinner saves a lot of time on my schedule so I'm more than willing to continue it hahaha) but I am wondering if having Sunday as a cheat day will make me increase in weight? I'm not really talking about an eat-all-you-can sort of cheat day, more like eating 2 meals instead of 1 so I can eat dinner with my family after church sort of cheat day. Usually on days where I'd eat more than one meal I'd jog the following day to burn those excess calories, but this semester my 7 AM-5 PM school schedule doesn't really allow for that anymore (the time I have past 5 PM is used for schoolwork, studying, and school projects). Any insight would be helpful, and maybe also more tips on how I can improve my diet. Note: I stopped eating rice (I'm Asian so I used to eat that everyday) this January and instead substituted it with plain Kellogg's cornflakes with soymilk. I usually eat a total of 1kg of cornflakes along with 2 Liters of soymilk a week. I still eat stuff like meat and vegetables (whatever is served on the table) though my rice intake is entirely replaced by cornflakes and soymilk. Edit* forgot to specify a bunch of units [link] [comments] |
| I started dancing in my room and I feel amazing Posted: 21 Feb 2021 03:06 AM PST I'm a 17-year-old girl and I've never been a fan of sports. I've been bullied for most of my childhood, because I've always been shy and withdrawn. My mother has struggled with her weight and she values food really high, so naturally I've had access to unhealthy food for a long time. I gained about 15 kilos of weight a couple of years ago because of my depression. Now I'm back to a normal weight and my BMI is about 22-23. I still have some fat and I figured that it would be nice to be in a better condition, so I took my brother's old speaker out and started blasting some music. No one should see me dancing. It's mostly me just jumping around and waving my hands here and there, but it makes me happy. Exercising is definitely better when I don't have to worry about people looking at my sweaty body or clumsy moves. I've also never been a fan of mainstream pop music, but now I recognize why people like it so much. Dancy, upbeat music is amazing for moving your body. I've done this for a week now. My aim is to dance for about 3 hours a week. I love to take walks, so I try my best to walk for a hour or two each day. I just wanted to share. Have a nice day and I hope that you will succeed in achieving your goals! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Feb 2021 12:51 AM PST Sorry if the format is weird or whatever, I'm mainly a lurker on reddit. I've never felt so ashamed and embarrassed of myself in my entire life, even though the events I'm about to share didn't really happen in front of anyone. This morning my thigh started hurting (which it already did before from what I suspect is Meralgia paresthetica but I've never had it diagnosed) but this one was persistent throughout the entire morning up until the afternoon. It didn't help that something I used to always do (which involves a lot of crouching and resting my weight on my thighs) took much longer than usual which made the pain a bit worse. I felt myself overeating during lunch but I didn't stop myself because one, I didn't want to waste the food on my plate and two, I still wanted to keep eating. A bout of cough later in the afternoon made me feel queasy. I thought I would be able to hold it in but before I could even reach the toilet, I threw up all over myself. Cleaned up the bathroom quickly and hopped in the shower to clean myself up as well. Cue vomit part 2. I felt so disgusting and frustrated at the moment and started crying in the shower as I cleaned everything up again. Continued crying while finishing my shower. I feel so awful and to think that around this time last year I was celebrating because I had just lost a couple of pounds from a bit of exercise and having a better diet. The pandemic along with a whole host of family problems had fucked with my diet and my exercise. Class is starting soon and I'm afraid I'll have less time to fix myself up again. I don't know what to do anymore at this point. I'm afraid for my health, both physical and mental. [link] [comments] |
| You will never regret exercising Posted: 21 Feb 2021 03:41 AM PST I have had a busy month so far and with snow, ice, etc. I had been exercising a lot less (i.e the last run I went for was almost 2 weeks ago). Yesterday I made the right decision not to run as I was exhausted after working almost constantly last week. Today I was feeling better and was almost talking myself into having another 'day off' - 'I can start tomorrow and relax today'. Then the phrase came to me that 'You will never regret exercising' and I am more likely to regret not having exercised later in the day. I went for the run and feel a lot better now. I'm so glad I didn't delay it till tomorrow. That change in mindset helped a lot. Hope it helps others! [link] [comments] |
| 24-Hour Pledge - Monday, 22 February 2021 - The Plan for Today! Posted: 21 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] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 21 Posted: 21 Feb 2021 05:20 PM PST Hello lovely losers, Day 21! One week left in February! It's a 28 day challenge this month I suppose! Weigh in daily, enter in Libra & report here even if I don't like it: 228.2 this morning, 230.5 lbs trend weight. Stay within calorie range (1800): Maintenance day for me. 13/18 days. Exercise 5 days a week: 60 minute fast walk in the sunshine & we'll see if I get after anything else. 17/21 days. Self-care time (journaling, beauty treatments, anything that fills the bucket, nonfood rewards): Looking at some skin care & or bath products. Try a new recipe once a week: Busy kitchen day today, two new recipes! 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. I'm grateful to still be up and swinging. Your turn kids! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 21 Feb 2021 11:31 PM PST I've made excuses after excuses. I've eaten healthy but haven't worked out. Fallen off the diet wagon and got back on. I'm ready to go full force into it. I've got a better job in the past few months so I'm able to spend a little money on more healthier options than going out and getting cheap junk foods. Because of COVID I'm not going to join a gym, but I do have a small room with some exercise equipment. Treadmill, Elliptical, and weight bench to be exact. Was wondering if there was some good apps out there that will help me with a good work out and diet plan with limited equipment (since I won't be joining a gym)? Also any tips from you all would be helpful as well! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Feb 2021 12:19 AM PST Heyo. I'm currently doing a CICO diet, focusing in controlling binge eating without too much restriction. (Thank you all for helping me with that enquiry.) I am currently working out 3 times a week doing heavy, compound strength training that takes me roughly 1.5-2 hours to complete, but the rest of the day work has me sitting, or I am just at home/with friends not doing anything active. Oh I play soccer once a week, but I'm a keeper so barely any running at all. Am I doing enough? I'm 28lbs (130~~~). I read an insta post saying it's hard to offset 10~ hours of inactivity with an 1 hour workout. So any advice would be totally appreciated [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 21 Feb 2021 03:25 PM PST So, I'm starting my weight loss journey today, and just wanted to start a journal to record my progress and feelings throughout the process, for myself and possibly for a future SO to read, if I trust them enough. I feel like this will help hold myself accountable, and allow myself to kind of go through the very complex emotions I am feeling on this journey of self-discovery, will post an update once a month. Where I am now: I'm 6'2, 332 pounds, and not very happy about it. I've always been overweight since I was a little kid, but this is the heaviest I have ever been-and I do not want to be like this at thirty. The weight makes me very insecure and feeds into other issues that I have, so I am going to do my damndest to stick to it. How did I get here? Shit childhood, no education about nutrition or calories, stressful times in college, untreated mental health issues, a job that gave me more or less constant panic attacks, etc, relationship stress, etc.. It just sort of happened over a long period of time. I think a lot of people can relate to this. What I plan to do: I'm going to follow Lyle McDonald's Rapid Fat Loss handbook to cut down the first one hundred pounds or so as quickly as possible (while being safe), and then mellow out into a more sustainable keto diet later on. I plan on doing these posts once a month to chart my progress, and, when I lose a substantial amount, do progress pictures. I want to, in six or so months, be down to around 220 pounds or so, and not feel hideous/be treated like a leper by the opposite sex/feel confident in my skin. How I'm feeling (month one): Emotionally/Mentally: I started therapy, seriously, about six months ago. I think when it comes to weight loss, and real, meaningful change in general, you need to address your mental health issues first or concurrently. I never really had the opportunity or money to do it consistently before now. Learning to deal with my depression, anxiety, a terrible childhood, and to a lesser extent, a lot of my twenties has been very difficult, but I've started to do it. This weight loss journal is kind of a reflection of that. I've been struggling with the "loving myself" portion of it, and getting back up when knocked down/failing, but I'm trying. Spiritually: I used to be a very religious person, fell away from that, just kind of lost myself, I don't know. I've started going back to church since I figure I'll need all the help from God to help achieve my goals. I feel a bit cynical and apathetic, but I'm making myself go back. I guess I feel a little bit better? I'll see where this goes. I'm Catholic, so it's a bit of a pain in the ass to follow all the rules et al, but it speaks to me. Hopefully there is a patron saint of weight loss, currently the guy I like the most is St. Jude, the patron saint of lost causes, I feel pretty in tune with him. Physically: Well, I don't like the way I look, at all, currently. I'm the heaviest I've ever been, and I want to change that (hence posting here). It eats at my self-confidence, and it makes me not want to go outside or really do anything out of shame. For my health, for dating, and to just feel better about myself. I want to discover who I am underneath all of this. Relationships and Women: Not gonna lie, right now I'm legitimately scared of women, especially in the relationship sense. Being a fat guy and trying to date is terrible-you are effectively invisible to women, and often mocked for even trying. It doesn't help that one of my prior relationships, the woman I lost my virginity to and thought I was going to marry, made an explicit point of telling me that she was dumping me because I had gained weight. Mind you, this was a woman I had supported through joblessness, helped through three suicide attempts, and who had promised to always be there for me no matter what. Except, apparently, when I gained weight (largely due to the stress of all of the above), that was too much for her. I don't want to become bitter or have my heart hardened or anything, but I'm afraid that even after I lose this weight, I'll always have to wonder. Will I get dumped again immediately if I gain any of it back? What about if I have loose skin? If I can get dumped for something like this, what happens when I get older or if I get sick? How can I learn to trust women again, after going through this? I hope someday I can go back to a less cynical, more trusting love. I'm also afraid that I will always feel like I have to settle for someone who maybe isn't the best person for me like happened in the next relationship I had after the girl who dumped me for being too fat, because I feel like I'm not worth something better and I should just take whoever because I might never find someone else? I don't know, a ton of worries in this department, I hope it gets better as I lose more weight and progress in therapy. [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Monday, 22 February 2021: Today, I conquered! Posted: 21 Feb 2021 10:01 PM PST The habit of persistence is the habit of victory! Celebrating something great? Scale Victory, Non-Scale Victory, Progress, Milestones -- this is the place! Big or small, long or short, please post here and help us focus all of today's awesomeness into an inspiring and informative mega-dose of greatness! (Details are appreciated!! How are you losing your weight?) * Did you just change your flair? pass a milestone? reach a goal? * Did you log for an entire week? or year? * Did you take the stairs? walk a mile? jog for 3? set a new personal record? * Fit into your old pair of jeans? throw away your fat clothes? fit into your college outfit? Post it here! This is the new, improved place for recording your acts of awesomeness! Due to space limitations, this may be an announcement (sticky) only occasionally. Please find it daily and keep it the hottest thing on /r/loseit! --- On Reddit your vote means, "I found this interesting!" Help us make this daily most the most read, most used, most interesting post on r/loseit by redding, commenting, and participating often! --- [link] [comments] |
| Why the scales aren't everything Posted: 22 Feb 2021 12:38 AM PST Hello my beautiful fellow loosers =) Those of you, who've been here a while, probably already know this about me, but I'm always advertising, that the scales aren't everything to track your progress. Funnily enough I just had to remind myself of that one again today. Pretty much what I'm trying to say, my lovely readers, if you feel like the weight isn't changing, ALTHOUGH you are doing everything right, whip out that good old measuring tape and track your body for a week or two that way - see if there is a change that way. I for example wear the same hiking pants and shirts most of the time, and have noticed that the pants are much more loose around the waist, but a bit more snug around the legs, whilst the shirt in general is a lot more loose, except around the arms and shoulders (I've been shoveling A LOT of snow recently, so that's my shoulder exercise done I guess). Stay safe out there, loosing weight isn't an over night thing (desbite what some diets try to tell you), you're in for the long run. Think of it this way: You're loosing weight to live a long and happy life. So it doesn't matter if it takes you a year, two or five, the quality of life you're gaining (and of cause the extra years) are worth every struggle =) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 21 Feb 2021 02:39 PM PST Hello everyone I am 35F, who gained 50+ pounds over the last 1.5 years and went from being active (tae bo, walking, gym) to being completely inactive, like basically sitting at work 8hrs a day, then sitting at home the rest of the time. This all happened during a bout of depression, stress and complete spiraling out of control binge eating disorder where I've been eating junk everyday. Now my health is compromised, to the point where all my muscles hurt, my body is totally stiff and I've had enough. I've tried walking for longer distances and I get out of breath SO quickly (like gasping for air), everything hurts and I'm starting to feel like I won't recover the damage I've already done. I've had blood work done and everything is normal except vitamin D is low. That brings me to this question, how do I start being active again? I never had to "start up" again because I was active my whole life up to this point. Now it feels like i've been in coma for over a year and have lost the function of my body. My muscles are so sore! I try to stretch every day. I have been thinking of starting to walk little more every day but my legs hurt pretty badly so it's getting hard to do so. Gyms are still closed. What kind of workouts could I be doing to start up again? I take magnesium daily but can I be taking anything else to help with the stiffness, muscle pain? In the past when I've gone too hard in my working out, I've nearly always injured myself. I should mention, I have hypothyroidism which doesn't help me in terms of muscle fatigue. Thanks everyone, I appreciate any answers! [link] [comments] |
| You are subscribed to email updates from loseit - Lose the Fat. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States | |
No comments:
Post a Comment