Weight loss: Y’all wanna know why women struggle with body issues? (Rant) |
- Y’all wanna know why women struggle with body issues? (Rant)
- Gonna really start today.
- I hit my goal... 3 years ago! I’m a unicorn now! ��
- Coming up on the one year anniversary of losing 120 lbs
- Lost 27 lbs.
- Officially no longer Obese!
- Working in food services while trying to lose weight is SO hard.
- 9 months to lose 10kg
- Just had my first mirror double take!
- Really Great Advice
- I'm still losing weight even though I'm not trying to anymore.
- 24-Hour Pledge - Sunday, 21 February 2021 - The Plan for Today!
- Is Normal BMI the new skinny?
- Looking for tips on losing weight successfully with an overweight partner who isn't committed
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 20
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: February 21st, 2021
- My experiment with Saxenda (personal anecdote, YMMV, etc.)
- How do you break bad habits?
- Soapbox: How do you deal with the fact that people treat you differently when you're fat versus slim?
- Day 1
- Need to find my motivation
- Weight gain with medication and help remedying the situation
- Struggling mentally. Need some encouragement.
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge: Day 1 (no more b***s***!)
| Y’all wanna know why women struggle with body issues? (Rant) Posted: 20 Feb 2021 10:06 AM PST I recently had the joy/s of having to go clothes shopping for an awesome new job that I'm extremely excited and passionate about. (I'm leaving the world of medicine and scrubs for Substance Abuse counseling.) This meant updating my professional wardrobe for the first time since having a new baby. I've lost 9lbs in two months, I know I'm a size 12. Every pair of jeans I own are a size 12 and vary from well-fit to needing a belt. I also know khaki pants run small and I like them loose. I sized up appropriately. Of 5 pair that I purchased (couldn't try on in-store, thanks, COVID!) ONE lonely, measly pair fit. The others were either too big at a size 14, by an enormous, unrealistic amount, or EXTREMELY Small, to the point I couldn't get them on. The dysmorphic body thoughts running through my head that I'm bigger than I'd thought or perhaps oddly shaped are hitting me hard now that I've had time to sit with this and process. And to make matters worse, my well-meaning husband tried to help me shop. It was embarrassing, to say the least when he kept dutifully fetching me sizes in the single digits, only for me to have to tell him I was bigger, they were too small for me. Why can't designers standardize women's sizes like they have men's? At this point I think the printed tag on women's clothes is an arbitrary number they got from throwing a dart. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Feb 2021 08:36 PM PST Hey I don't know if anyone is gonna read this, but I'm more so writing this for myself. I'm currently 260 and I absolutely hate the way I look. I've been working out the most I have since high school, but haven't seen any results because I eat horribly. I keep telling myself that it's okay because I'm working out more, but I know that's not true. I get in an ugly cycle of eating because I hate looking at myself and eating because I make myself sad. I'm going to break free from food starting now though. I'm going to start trying to limit my carb intake and doing a calorie deficit. I am going to try and post in this sub once a week in order to hold myself accountable. I would like to be at least 230 by summer and 200 by EOY. I can do this. I got it. [link] [comments] |
| I hit my goal... 3 years ago! I’m a unicorn now! �� Posted: 20 Feb 2021 05:36 AM PST Hi, r/loseit! Today is my "maintenance-versary," officially marking three years since I hit my goal weight! Although the goalposts have moved a little since that day, I've successfully maintained my loss for three years running. Per a comment in last year's post, this means I'm a unicorn now! Here are the links to my previous posts (I used to go by u/walkSMASHwalk but I've since switched usernames): Feb 20, 2020: https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/f6t3ej/i_hit_my_goal_2_years_ago_ive_been_successfully/ Feb 20, 2019: https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/asop47/i_hit_my_goal_1_year_ago_ive_been_successfully/ Feb 20, 2018: https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/7z0igx/30_day_accountability_challenge_day_20/ 2020 was quite a challenging year, as we all know, so I'm particularly proud for maintaining despite the pandemic. It's not always been easy. But my trend was 140.9 lbs on this day a year ago and it's 141.8 lbs today, per TrendWeight. I try to keep to a 140 ± 2.5 lbs range, so I'm pretty happy! To celebrate this achievement, I actually bought myself a three-stone ring. Every time I look at it, I remember the commitment I made to stick to my healthy habits and maintain discipline, since the results are so worthwhile. Anyhow, I blathered enough in these previous posts to cover most everything, though I'm happy to answer any questions! Thank you for letting me celebrate in this space and for always being such a supportive, uplifting community! [link] [comments] |
| Coming up on the one year anniversary of losing 120 lbs Posted: 20 Feb 2021 03:13 PM PST Sept 17, 2017 I started my journey, sitting at 319 lbs as a 5'11" late 20s female. March 18, 2020 I officially hit that number on the scale, weighing in at 198.6 lbs. My goal was always to hit Onederland and lose 120 lbs. Doing it felt like a dream, surpassing it and sitting at 194 lbs felt surreal. I've gained a little since then, sitting at around 205 lbs for the last 6-8 months due to life (moving, relationship, losing said relationship), and I want to get back down to maintaining in the 190s. I'm part of the weightloss community on IG but honestly I just feel lost. I feel like I haven't lost enough weight, I don't care about the tags or kissing people's ass enough. Plus a big part of the reason my relationship ended was we were both part of the WL community, and then he cheated on me talking to multiple other women in the WL community. It just feels like this toxic space that I can't exist in anymore. I guess the point of this is to find a new community, maybe find some new support, and hold myself accountable to getting myself back in shape. Here's to the next 10-15 lbs disappearing! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Feb 2021 11:07 AM PST This post is sort of me bragging. It's sort of me sharing what I did. I have, in the last 6 weeks, lost 27 lbs. This sort of weight loss isn't sustainable long term. I'm probably going to see a significant slow down over the next couple weeks, but... At the end of December, I had this thought. I'm tired of hurting every day that I come home from work. My knees hurt. My back hurt. I work 12 hour shifts of maintenance, and very often, I would get home at the end of my work week, and it took me days to be able to move without pain. Walking up and down stairs always hurt. Squatting was hard, if not impossible. Most workouts hurt me more than I could take. Even walking a short distance, less than 1/4 mile, was a challenge, and after working four days, I would have knee pains for my entire four day weekend. So I went to the doctor. They told me, of course, what I already knew. I weighed in at the doctor at a nice round 345, and my weight is causing me issues. While 345 is not my lifetime high score for weight, I'm six feet tall, so it is well above a healthy weight. I was already trying to diet, eating less pizza/fast food, less freezer food, and eating more healthy foods. I've struggled with my weight constantly for the last 10 years or so, trying many things to get 'back in shape'. I'm not one for the new diet of the year, but I've tried a lot of 'healthier eating' and 'work out more' plans. They work to some extent for me, but they are often hard to maintain as life changes. My doctor gave me a bit of practical advice that I'd never heard before, but proved to be useful for about a week. At my weight, I could eat, calorie wise, quite a bit before going over what I needed to eat to maintain healthy weight loss. Counting exact calories is hard, you need a kitchen scale, and a lot of food prep to do it well. So, she suggested this: Cut down to half a cup of starch/carb foods like rice, potatoes etc. per meal, no more than 3 times per day. Make sure that half your plate is vegies and fruit at every meal. This seemed pretty simple, and made meal planning a lot easier. I started eating more salad. I went to the physical therapist and got a workout to help strengthen my knees and back and work on flexibility. I generally tried to do the healthy things. A week later, about a week into January, I got a call. I was, possibly am, pre-diabetic. My A1C was elevated, a 5.7 which is the low end of pre-diabetic diagnosis. She said 'Do what we talked about, but more so. Less carbs, more fruit and veg, more exercise.' So, I did. I cut Rice and Potatoes way down. I've stopped eating bread most of the time. Tuna salad and crackers became tuna salad on romaine. Burgers are burgers on lettuce. I still occasionally eat bread, or a wrap, or the like. I cut soda from my daily consumption, though it's an occasional treat now. I do eat fruit, but not huge amounts. I try to get enough to get my vitamins in a week. I got married in December of last year, and my husband has been doing meal prep for me. We've been eating a lot of Indian and the like, just without the rice. We've also been cribbing a lot from Keto recipes. I'm not even close to Keto, my carbs are probably under 200 a day, as close to 100 as we can get them, but I don't obsessively count or anything. I try to eat at least 5 meals a day. Three of those meals are spinach salads with toppings on them and vinaigrette dressings. I have cheat days, once every few weeks so far, but honestly, I like the food I'm eating. I love salad, I love Indian food. I even love the Keto food we've tried. And I've lost 27 lbs. I weighed in this last Wednesday at 318. I've lost a belt size, I've lost a shirt size. I've lost a lot of pain in my knees. Last night, at work, I was up and down from the ground repeatedly, and while my back wasn't thrilled about this, my knees were fine. I know the speed won't last. But, so far, the diet at least seems like a life change I can sustain. My current target weight is 250, and I expect that to take me at least a year. I might back off slightly on the lowest of low carb stuff once I get down to that weight. I expect it to take me probably a year to get to that goal. I have celebrations planned for 300 and 275. But, I wanted to brag. And I wanted to share, for anyone who has struggled with weight loss and diets, keep working at it. There's probably something out there that will work for you. Turns out, getting married and having someone else do all my food prep is pretty much what I needed. That, and just finding food that I enjoy, and can eat, and can keep the life change going. If I had any advice, any point to all this, it's this: Losing weight is hard. Eating changes are hard. Diets suck, exercise hurts, and everything can feel overwhelming. It's easy to feel bad and beat yourself up when you don't diet for a day. Or two. or three. Or a week. Or whatever. But, every day is a new choice, and a new chance. If last weeks diet, or last months diet, isn't something you can sustain, keep trying to find one you can. If the exercise plan you had was one you can't stick to, keep trying to find one that works for you. If nothing else works, always remember, no matter how small, the change you will keep doing is always more effective than the change you'll make, and forget. Even if the change is 'I'll eat a bag of vegetables every day', if you can keep to that, it's better than trying to change everything at once, then feeling bad when you can't keep it up. Anyway. Thanks for listening to me brag and ramble. Here's wishing you all luck on your journeys. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 21 Feb 2021 01:12 AM PST So with a weigh in today of 209.4 I have a BMI of 29.9. No longer obese! My BMI has been in the 30s since I was a preteen, and at 16 years old I put in effort for the first time and got it down. Still a long road ahead, but the hard part is over. I've developed good habits and more importantly I'm sticking with them. There's so much shit I'm looking forward to, I actually can't wait for summer time because I won't feel shitty about taking my shirt off. I think if I stick with what I've been doing I can lose about 40 pounds by July. Sorry if this is kinda uncoordinated but I'm feeling pretty good about it! [link] [comments] |
| Working in food services while trying to lose weight is SO hard. Posted: 20 Feb 2021 05:26 PM PST I'm trying to lose weight, but I work at an absolutely amazing bakery and am literally staring at muffins, scones, cookies, cupcakes etc ALL DAY. Business is slow so for most of the day I'm just standing at the register waiting for people to come in - it's super boring, and the combination of being bored + staring at yummy food = me eating like crazy. I've tried treating myself to just one pastry so I don't feel restricted, but that leaves me even more tempted. I also don't get breaks so I eat lunch standing up at the cash register, which makes me overeat. I struggle with binge eating as it is, and this just feels so hard. Even worse, I have shin splints right now (I'm a runner) so I can't work off all my calories like I'm accustomed to doing. This mentality leads me to the "all or nothing" approach. I've had severe anorexia and now I'm trying to get past binge eating (it's become a habit for me to eat 5-6,000 cals a day...it's really bad) so weight loss has always been hard, and my current work environment makes it even harder. Any advice? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Feb 2021 09:19 PM PST Mostly posting this for accountability. I graduate from University in about 9 months. I'm 10kg heavier than what I consider to be my Goal weight (CW: 72KG GW: 62KG). Although this year is incredibly busy I have not been practicing self-discipline and focusing on what I need to. I know I need to re-establish good habits before entering the real world or I'm screwed. Once I come off the wagon I come off it hard and it takes a lot of willpower to start again (I lost 20kg over ~10 months a few years back). I have to focus on clean eating, CICO, and getting at least a small amount of exercise in daily. Wish me luck. [link] [comments] |
| Just had my first mirror double take! Posted: 20 Feb 2021 06:09 AM PST "oh hello you!" Is what I had to tell myself. I've been actively working on losing weight for 10 months and I've lost a total of 40lbs thanks to CICO and Jazzercise! I woke up wayyyy too early this morning and figured screw it, might as well work out. I groggily walked in front of the mirror while getting changed and literally did a double take. My sleepy brain didn't start up the doubt and body dysmorphia cycle yet and I just could really look at myself. Damn! I've done a good job! I wish I could bottle that feeling of just genuine respect for myself and pride for myself. By 8pm tonight I'm sure I'll be back to doubting myself BUT, I'll try to remember what my sleepy brain was able to register. F/30/5'8" SW:195 CW: 155 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Feb 2021 10:57 PM PST I wish I could find the post but a few days ago I read a post on this page about some guy who was stagnant in weight loss. He was panicking about his stagnant weight loss and everyone told him to take a cheat day take a cheat day. The reasoning behind this I guess was that dieting increases stress and thus increases cortisol levels which increases water retention and makes you weight more. I was having the same exact problem the past week I could not get lower then 162 after having about 2 weeks of non stop new daily lows since I started to diet. So I decided to take this advice and for the past 2 days I had a cheat days I still ate clean because I wanted to be healthier but I definitely had a solid caloric surplus. today comes around and I hit the scale and it says 161.4. I was skeptical on the advice at first but wow it did in fact work big thanks to everyone that suggested it. [link] [comments] |
| I'm still losing weight even though I'm not trying to anymore. Posted: 21 Feb 2021 12:06 AM PST So, I lost a lot of weight recently through eating less and exercising more. I weighed 82 kgs (180 lbs) in July when I started losing weight and went down to 59 kgs (130 lbs) in January, which was my ultimate goal weight (my height is 170 cm/5'7 and I am a 18 years old male). I wasn't really tracking the calories I consumed every day but I estimate it was between 1200 and 1500 and occasionally I would enjoy big holiday meals like on New Year and Christmas. After I reached my goal weight, I started eating more and normally to maintain the weight (not overeating like I used to do in the past though. For example, yesterday I calculated the number of calories I consumed and it was like 1900-2100 and usually I eat that much every day). Based on the information I have, 2000 calories with light-moderate exercise twice/three times a week would result in me maintaining my weight or losing extremely slowly in the worst case scenario. However, today I weighed myself and I am actually 56-57 kgs (125 lbs) which indicates that I am basically underweight and losing weight quite fast. I don't look malnourished and I have well defined, nice muscles with decent amount of fat (it's mostly fat that I lost), but if it continues this way I might become a skeleton and I certainly don't want that. My question is what should I do to not lose any more weight? (I don't want to bulk up or anything like that, I just want to maintain or gain 1/2 kgs). Should I just start eating more, exercising more, do I need to eat specific types of food, should I just do nothing and let the metabolism adjust, if that's even a thing?? BTW this subreddit has motivated and helped me on my weight loss journey and I am really thankful 😁😁 [link] [comments] |
| 24-Hour Pledge - Sunday, 21 February 2021 - The Plan for Today! Posted: 20 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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| Posted: 20 Feb 2021 06:14 AM PST There was an article awhile ago asking if fat is the new normal. Recently I've been reading posts about people being called skinny and obsessive when they are actually in the normal BMI range. The number of people reporting this phenomenon is cause for thought and even alarm. Apparently, just as some people stigmatize those who are overweight or obese, we now find people in the normal BMI range being put down as "skinny" or even "anorexic." Even those above normal BMI, just trying to eat naturally and healthy, risk being called the "food police." While the term "couch potato" was coined to describe someone who never exercises, suddenly people who workout regularly are hearing terms like "obsessive" or OCD being tossed their way. I understand the tragedy of anorexia and other eating disorders as well as the difficulties faced by those with OCD. So it is disheartening to me to see these terms used pejoratively against those trying to live an active, healthy lifestyle. Being at goal weight isn't the end of the journey. Maintenance is a continuing commitment. Some posts mentioned that people applying those terms were just jealous and perhaps that is the case, but those are hurtful, harmful words nonetheless. Would being confronted with that attitude consistently be enough to bully someone into backing away from their efforts? It's hard enough to turn one's life around without others throwing verbal obstacles in our path and filling our minds with doubt. Since the overweight/obese population outnumbers the normal weight group 2 to 1 and the gap is still increasing, will we be hearing more of this as time goes on? The majority tends to make the rules. Normal BMI people and even those a bit above the normal range look skinny in today's environment. There were many suggestions as to appropriate responses. Ignore them, laugh it off or stand up to them with a pointed response of our own. As with any bully, I tend to agree with the last option. That "turn the other cheek" thing is something I haven't quite managed to achieve yet Discussion What do you guys think? Do you agree? This could explain all the comments on this subreddit people get a lot of being "too skinny" comments by family and friends when they become healthy BMI? This was written in 2012. 9 years ago... [link] [comments] |
| Looking for tips on losing weight successfully with an overweight partner who isn't committed Posted: 20 Feb 2021 01:56 PM PST Hi everyone! The title is pretty self explanatory. I've gained alot of weight in 2020, probably 40 pounds. I'm 5'5 and sitting at about 190, which is the heaviest I've ever been. My boyfriend, is very overweight, there is probably about a 200 pound difference in us at least. He's always been a big guy, but really has gained alot of weight the last two years or so, and with him ordering food so much especially during this pandemic I have as well which is why I've gained weight. He wants to lose it of course, it's his biggest insecurity, but he isn't truly committed and I think he has a pretty serious food addiction as well that he needs to seek help for but I know I can't force him, or nag and harass him, he's the only one who can do it for himself, so I'm on my own trying to lose my weight! I do great during the day, I have smoothies and healthy lunches and snacks and go for two half hour walks a day with my dog and sometimes do a YouTube workout too. But around dinner time or even later like at 10:00, he orders his food, usually pizza, and it is so hard not to order it as well or have some. Because where I live everything is closed due to covid, we usually watch a movie at night time or a tv show, and he'll be sitting there eating or scrolling through skip the dishes and I'll start thinking about food and I cave. And then I just cry after I eat because my whole day of being good just went to waste. I can eat alot, I can eat a full medium pizza to myself for sure, and if I try to order something half decent like a Wrap or something, I just see him eating his delicious greasy food and it's so HARD!!!! I feel so defeated and I don't know what to do. I'm not blaming him, it's not really his problem I struggle with him eating infront of me or talking about food, it's just really difficult. I feel like it's like trying to quit smoking cigarettes when your partner still smokes. I really enjoy carbs, pizza, pasta, burgers, I just don't know how to stay focused on my goals with him always eating so much yummy food right infront of me. If he's not around, I eat fine. I could be completely content eating dinner at 6 pm and having a snack around 9 or 10 and don't even consider ordering food or think about it at all, but when he's around it's all I think about. Again, I'm not blaming him. I'm just looking for tips to stay committed with a partner who isn't ready to lose weight. I'm done with being self conscious about my body, summers coming and I want to feel confident. I'm so freakin done with hating looking in the mirror. I wish this feeling stuck around at 10:00 at night when he's ordering takeout though. [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 20 Posted: 20 Feb 2021 03:17 PM PST Hello lovely losers, Hope you are out there conquering this fine day! I got sunshine today & have gone full happy plant. Vitamin D for the win. Weigh in daily, enter in Libra & report here even if I don't like it: 227.6 this morning, 230.8 lbs trend weight. Stay within calorie range (1800): On target today. Hit it really hard physically today so I may allow myself to eat back half of my exercise calories. 13/18 days. Exercise 5 days a week: 30 minute fast walk in the sunshine, vigorous cleaning & 30 minute stationary bike. 16/20 days. Self-care time (journaling, beauty treatments, anything that fills the bucket, nonfood rewards): Quiet time! Holy shit introvert thug life hooray. Try a new recipe once a week: Identity crisis chili (because it's kind of red & kind of green), curry chicken drum sticks, roasted carrot coins & oven roasted zucchini. 4/4 weeks. Express mindfulness and or gratitude: Today I'm grateful for drag queens. I jammed out hard to some drag queen tunes while I was cleaning today & it was soul lifting. Your turn kids! [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: February 21st, 2021 Posted: 21 Feb 2021 12:09 AM 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] |
| My experiment with Saxenda (personal anecdote, YMMV, etc.) Posted: 21 Feb 2021 01:35 AM PST Ever since my father died of weight loss-related complications, I've allowed myself to be a guinea pig for nearly every "solution" to the obesity challenges. I was on Phen-fen before it was taken off the market, I was on Belviq before it was taken off the market, and I recently completed an experiment with Saxenda over the course of three months (and I suspect it won't be taken off the market.) I am well aware that this sub is for "...healthy and sustainable methods of weight loss..." but I also know that it's important to peek over to the "dark side" every so often to see why healthier weight loss is better. Ok, with that out of the way, let's get started. If you're not familiar with Saxenda, you can read more about it here by the name: Liraglutide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liraglutide The short version is that it's a mediocre diabetes drug that found a second commercial life as a weight loss daily injection. Given my proclivity to experiment, I grabbed a bunch of sharps and dove in. The way Saxenda works is that a "pen" allows you to start off with a low dose and ratchet up the amount over time until you're getting the full dosage. This ability to "titrate up" apparently serves more to test the response system of the patient than to smooth out side effects, based on the claims my doctor made. The result on weight loss is supposed to be somewhere between 5-10% of total weight, again according to my doctor. However, she quickly followed up by telling me "This is a helping drug. It is not a life choice." So, score one for healthy approaches to weight loss. I began turning myself into a daily pin cushion which wasn't that terrible given the very tiny, almost acupuncture-type, sharps. The only thing I had to remember was to inject on the right side on one day and alternate to the left side the next day. I did get some bruising in the area where I gave myself the injection but it was one out of every 5 or 6 injections and, given that I was injecting near my belt line, it wasn't noticeable to anyone. One strange effect it had on me after a few days in was that I actually had more of a craving for healthy foods - which is weird because I almost never crave healthy foods. I was dipping celery sticks in techina and such for a snack and I noticed my appetite was decreasing. The biggest impact started after about the first week. I felt full. It was a sensation that I thought I had lost long ago and one of the things that I dread when I'm not on an unhealthy weight loss regimen. But there it was and I recognized it immediately. I would eat something and I would get a feeling of satiety. After a few more days, if I even attempted to eat beyond that point of being full, I would begin to feel pain (mild discomfort really, with a possibility of true pain if I kept going.) Nice! I like feeling full. I like calling out "Half, please!" to whomever is serving whatever is being eaten or served. It was like an experience I remembered from my youth although I don't really ever remember requesting half servings in my life. The weight started to drop. I went from 215Kilos to 199 kilos in a fairly short amount of time. I started to get a bit cocky and, based on some Saxenda YouTube testimonials, I started skipping every other day to see if it would still work - and it did. But all good things must come to an end and one of those "skipped days" turned into a "skipped week" and, being the guinea pig that I am, I decided to play it out and see what would happen. It didn't take long (maybe four days?) for me to lose that wonderful feeling of being full. I ate an entire container of Ben & Jerry's one night. I couldn't stop eating some gross chocolate almond thing that I wouldn't have looked at twice while I was on Saxenda. And the realization hit me that I'm back to where I was before I got on this ride. My total weight loss was somewhere in the 5-10% range, as indicated and I loved the feeling of eating less and eating healthier and I know I did my body some good over the two months I was on the injections. But now I'm back where I was and eating without feeling full reminds me why I love playing with the unhealthy solutions so much. I don't really have much more to add except to say that this was an expensive experiment. I miss the ease of weight loss from Phen-fen. I miss the nearly perfect happy serotonin balance that came with Belviq. And now I miss the feeling of being full that Saxenda gave me. I'm either back to a diet or I'll wait for the next drug to come along and keep the laboratory going. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 21 Feb 2021 12:55 AM PST Hey guys, long term lurker and dieter here. I've had 2 babies within a year, it's been almost permanent lockdown & I've gained 20lbs. I've been obese in the past and lost a total of 80lbs and didn't seem to mentally struggle doing it, but this time it seems so much harder to break my bad habits of comfort eating before bed which is, no doubt the reason I've gained weight. That and drinking wine with dinner or having a glass when the kids are in bed. The wine and food are like a reward to me which is the problem. I don't know what else I can do to give me that reward and rested feeling at the end of a hard days work with the kids in tow. What do you guys do to achieve your weight loss goals and quit bad habits? Thanks in advance for sharing. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Feb 2021 03:47 AM PST I need help to get past some "fat logic" that bums me out. When I was anorexic I got constant attention from strangers and validation and everyone was so much nicer to me in general. I was so happy. Gaining made me feel "safer" around men, who immediately lost interest in interacting with me. But it came at the cost of feeling attractive... not just men treat me differently, it's women too honestly. What was charming coming from a cute skinny girl is just cringe coming from a fat one. A few years ago I lost the weight to feel healthier. Suddenly people were nicer and I got tons of attention again. It was honestly....triggering? It wasn't a matter of exuding confidence either--I was more negative than ever, but people were objectively kinder. I weigh the most I ever have. I want to lose weight with the motivation to feel my best, but I'm honestly concerned my mental health might take a bit again when I start seeing how people treat me differently again. I know that's a dumb fear but it's just like something I really need advice on. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Feb 2021 10:45 PM PST It's Day 1, everyone. Day 1 of me taking accountability for my shit. Day 1 of me accepting that I've made mistakes. Let's start the journey. It's currently 12:30 in the morning when I'm writing this, so we're 30 minutes into Day 1. I suspect I might have prediabetes. I am 13, and I weigh 95 pounds. I'm not trying to lose weight necessarily, but get healthy. I want to exercise more. I want my food intake to reduce drastically, since I eat far too many calories a day. (Around 5000-6000) I don't know what happened. I really let myself go. I used to workout daily and eat very healthy, but my mental health has really hurt me. I am currently struggling with BDD, generalized anxiety disorder, and depression as well as self harm fantasies. I really was having a difficult time these past few months. To be honest, I was miserable. My go-to coping mechanism was food. Delicious crispy chips lightly dusted with salt, rich creamy chocolates and caramel candies melting in my mouth.... You get the picture. It made me feel better temporarily. Regardless, I want to get better. I want to form healthy habits. I want to reverse prediabetes. I want to maybe lose a pound or two, since I'm pretty short for my age and weight. And most importantly, I want to succeed. Here is my diet plan! I have constructed this for Day 1. I'm also trying to slowly transition to vegetarianism so I have to keep that in mind. Breakfast: Tea with one Belvita packet Snack: Apple and Herbal Tea Lunch: Salad with one spoonful of yogurt based ranch dressing Snack: Bananas and Kind Bar Dinner: Homemade sushi with carrots, rice, celery, and shrimp. Desert: Outshine popsicle. This plan and everything included all have sufficient calories for my Basal Metabolic Rate. I am not in a deficit, but I'll work up to that. I'm trying to take it slow so that I won't burn out. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Feb 2021 10:42 PM PST I am a female 5'3. Back in my mid 30s I finally had enough with my weight and joined a gym, got a personal trainer and started losing weight. I started weighing my food and and counting calories in addition to cardio and resistance training. Nothing stopped me then after about 4 years, i discovered Powerlifting and dropped my personal trainer and became a competitive powerlifter. I went from 256 lbs to the low to mid to high 140s to compete in the 148 weight class and was able to do that for 8 meets. I think i became too obsessive trying to keep in the 148s then had an issue with my coach and we parted ways. Since then, i have slowly lost my drive to maintain that weight loss and weight started slowly packing on and I basically stopped doing cardio. Now almost in my mid 40s, i am back up to @188-190 and hate it! But no matter how much i hate it, i try to go back to counting calories because i know that worked before but it doesn't last more than a couple days. I make all these promises, statements, plans, to myself and others and don't follow through. What is wrong with me? Squatting with a belt at this weight sucks! The gym used to be my Haven and therapy now i make every excuse to talk myself out of going. Of course the Pandemic hasn't helped either and it sucks working out with a mask. HELP!!! [link] [comments] |
| Weight gain with medication and help remedying the situation Posted: 20 Feb 2021 09:15 PM PST The beginning of this is gonna be a little ranty, but dammit I deserve to rant. I used to be pretty big on calories in and calories out. Mind you, I've been within 5 lbs of the same weight for over a decade. I was overweight but perfectly okay with where I was. Then I got put on an anti psychotic. No one warned me that weight gain was a potential side effect. After few months my clothes didn't fit and I stepped on a scale. 15 lbs in just under 3 months. While I wasn't calorie counting, at least not until the last week or so when I also gained another pound, nothing had changed. I have mental health issues that keep me on a pretty strict routine, I order the same food every month and eat the same things every week. There was brief stint before this where I tried to learn to cook but that was flop. Other than that it's the same stuff, for years. I panicked, go to the doctors office and they're like "oh that's the medication, if it's really a problem we can do this other really expensive drug where you gain less weight." Not that I wouldn't, gain weight. I would gain LESS weight. I took the damn less expensive drug and threw a hissy fit. That was my GP, I talked to my psych and even my therapist about this. Everyone knew but me. And I'm like, HOW?!?! Well I mentioned this on another sub and someone said it had to do with sugars. This person straight up became a diabetic on anti-psychotics. So my next appointment to talk about the new drugs I ask questions. Apparently my weight gain was on the LOW SIDE. A ton of people taking these pills become borderline diabetics within a few weeks. A few become actual diabetics. Rarely, they actually become unmanagable diabetics to the point they have to stop taking the drugs because it's risking their lives. Anyway. New medication. Immediately I've started losing weight and I haven't done anything different. But this is going to be a perpetual problem as I have to take these drugs for the rest of my life and while the weight gain will be less it's still there. I know the obvious just cut calories. I can do that, but I'm very concerned that's not going to be enough. None of my medical team is taking this seriously and I can't get any good advice. I've thought about buying diabetic testing equipment, trying one of those diabetic cook books or... Anything. This is a nightmare. Do any of you have experience with this? More insight? This is like a waking nightmare. [link] [comments] |
| Struggling mentally. Need some encouragement. Posted: 20 Feb 2021 03:58 PM PST I have been on my current weight loss journey since October 2020. I have lost 47 lbs and am 3 lbs away from being halfway to goal. I have achieved this through intermittent fasting and low-carb. For medical reasons, I do low-carb. Last Sunday, I had a treat day where I definitely ate too much. But it was Valentine's Day and my single ass was gonna indulge. Got back on the wagon the next day and have adhered to my plan since. However I'm suddenly thinking about food more often, having to distract myself more, feeling more tempted to eat "forbidden" foods. And it is EXHAUSTING having to talk myself out of it all day long. I was doing great for a minute, it was effortless for a bit, but now I sort of miss the old days of eating what I wanted and when I wanted. I don't miss the extra weight of course. I've come far but I still have a ways to go. That's the part that sucks. I'm still obese. And I'm starting to feel like I'm just as fat as I was. My problem area is my belly and although it's smaller it still sticks out significantly and makes me appear pregnant. Other people who are heavier than me have smaller waistlines. My 7 year old even asked "Why do you still look pregnant?" 😭 I don't want to give up, but how do I stop feeling discouraged? I know I've done well so far but I'm losing steam. [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge: Day 1 (no more b***s***!) Posted: 21 Feb 2021 02:06 AM PST For 5 weeks now I have made no progress....I have been bouncing around the same numbers of the scales, reading through dozen's of threads on here looking for answers that I know that really I can only provide myself and basically messing up all the GOOD progress I made. I can't keep doing this. So today, I am going to start the 30 Day Accountability Challenge. I am not 100% sure if there are rules to this challenge I am missing but from what I understand (please correct me if I am wrong), please let me detail below my goals for the next 30 days: Just FYI, my current stats: Started WLJ on 31st Sept. 2020 at 315lbs, got a gastric ballon and lost 30lbs by 31st Jan 2021 (got to 285lbs). Gained and lost numerous lbs over the last 5 weeks, TODAY landing me on 288lbs (I'm mad at myself for this!!!!). I am 5'6, 29y/o & female. Currently lightly active (just walking 2 - times a week). My goals for the next 30 days:
Just FYI I set the weightloss/work out goals with my dietician's advice. Also just a tip she gave me that I want to share with you all: don't count the calories you burn through working out on your calories counting apps. I do this because I like seeing the deficit on MFP but she explained when you put those in, you then see you have more you could eat. And that in turns ruins the deficit you worked hard to lose for the day. It may sound silly but for someone like me - who will look for any opportunity to eat a lil extra - it was some surprisingly solid advice! I do like check on my Apple Watch how much I've burnt but I don't track it anymore. Wish me luck guys...! [link] [comments] |
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