Weight loss: First Time in Years I've Been Under 400lbs! |
- First Time in Years I've Been Under 400lbs!
- Something I never thought of before losing weight.
- (M23) 8 month progress, July 2020 - March 2021, 220 LBS - 158 LBS
- its been a whole year! M 37 5.11" - 310lbs to 226
- I’m that girl that was super frustrated over a weight loss stall and.....
- I miss binge eating itself and not the food. What are your tips for me?
- So... I have to relearn how to sleep?
- I Can’t Do Anything
- I want to feel pretty again
- Even though I'm back near the beginning, this is a huge NSV for me...
- My not so healthy relationship with food
- Does anyone else get unreasonably overwhelmed with high and low emotions with their weightloss journey?
- Should I “cut” or quit lifting for awhile?
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: March 17th, 2021
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 16
- 24-Hour Pledge - Wednesday, 17 March 2021 - The Plan for Today!
- Seeking clarification as to whether I’m eating the right amount in order to lose weight at a steady but safe pace.
- Weight gain while in a relationship.
- How to be okay with setting smaller weight loss targets and losing slower?
- Terribly dissapointed in my weight loss
- Feeling trapped TW: Eating disorder
- Starting weight loss journey at 260lbs (6ft), target is 165 by Dec 21, 2021, when I turn 21
- Week 8 weigh in
- Stationary bike resistance settings?
| First Time in Years I've Been Under 400lbs! Posted: 16 Mar 2021 09:48 AM PDT I turn 38 next week. Over a decade ago I lost 150+ lbs from a high of 440lbs. Life changed, and over the years I gained it all back, and then some. Along the way I crossed back into my 400's and came close to 500. Dangerously close. I've been floating around in the 430s for the last several years. I couldn't tell you the last time I weighed in the three-hundreds. It's been years. Six years, maybe more. I struggled with "finding motivation" and the habitual cravings of eating, eating, eating until I was sick. I always wanted more. I don't know what's changed. Don't know how the switch got flipped. But there's been more thoughtfulness and deliberate intention in my eating habits since the turn of the year. Nothing fancy or complex: hit caloric goals and try to be mindful about lots of carbs. This morning I weighed in at 398.4lbs! (Sorry about the potato photo.) I shared with my girlfriend that while I'm excited about that number, I'm both mindful of the work that still needs to happen and shamed at letting myself get this big. I thought this would be a day to celebrate, but it feels like winning a battle when the war is still to be fought. But I'll take it. [link] [comments] |
| Something I never thought of before losing weight. Posted: 16 Mar 2021 05:36 AM PDT 31F; 5'11; SW: 234.8 lbs; CW: 200.4 lbs; GW: at least 176 lbs I'm losing weight through portion control / CICO and today after lunch I noticed something pretty simple but it still baffled me. Because I'm eating waaay smaller portions than before I started my weightloss journey (pretty much half of what I was used to), I don't have a huge belly all the time! Like not in the fat loss way ... Usually when I started eating I knew that I couldn't wear my tightest shirts or pants the rest of the day because I'd have a huge bloated belly and wouldn't feel comfortable. Usually my belly was way less visible when I woke up in the morning so I always thought it was just a usual symptom of my IBS. But now I noticed that this problem is completely gone even though I eat even more foods that irritate my bowel and still have my other usual IBS symptoms. I had breakfast and lunch today and can still comfortably wear the same clothes I wore this morning. I didn't even think a minute this problem could have been caused by the huge quantities of food I ate. 😅 [link] [comments] |
| (M23) 8 month progress, July 2020 - March 2021, 220 LBS - 158 LBS Posted: 16 Mar 2021 06:32 PM PDT I don't really post a lot so please be gentle I had been overweight for about 3 years prior to deciding I wanted to do something about my excess weight. Honestly, at first it was just because I wanted to look better, but that changed after a few months. In July 2020 I decided I had nothing better to do so I decided to just start with some cardio and some diet changes to drop the weight. I went to a trail right behind my apartments and just ran as far as I could before I felt like I couldn't run any further without dying (it was only like a tenth of a mile if that) and then I just walked home. Then the next day I walked to the part of the trail where I stopped the previous day, walked like an extra 30 feet or so and ran home. I did this 6 days a week increasing just a little bit everyday until eventually I could run a full mile, though my time was about a 11 minute mile at first. The changes I made to my diet were super simple, I just decided to do CICO. I looked up the calories someone my height would eat at my goal weight and just tried to keep it around that. It came out to be around 2200 calories or so if I remember correctly (my original goal weight was 180). After a few months of running I decided I wanted to get back into soccer which I hadn't played since high school, so I signed up for an indoor team to add some extra cardio to my life, without it feeling like actual cardio. Ultimately soccer became the main motivator for me to keep myself strict with my diet and to keep me running. After signing up for soccer I decided to start hitting the gym with a pretty basic bro split, chest Monday's, back on Tuesdays, Wednesday's and Thursday's was now the only cardio days I did outside of soccer, and Friday's was back day. Around this time I stopped counting calories and just started eating when I felt hungry. Now I'm currently playing on 3 soccer teams, and doing the same split I mentioned previously. Cardio days are usually just 2 miles a day and then some stair stepper for however long I'm feeling it. My typical diet is a bagel in the morning with cream cheese, lunch is eggs and oatmeal, dinner is whatever I can find around the house at the time, and I'll snack throughout the day on various fruits like oranges and pineapple. If I'm feeling hungry outside of normal eating times sometimes I'll make a pb & J. Overall I didn't go super strict with myself on anything. I wasn't going hard at the gym with a specific plan in mind, I just made sure everyday I did some sort of exercise and made sure not to gorge myself like I had been previously. The advice of "consistency is the most important thing" is extremely true in my experience. I just made sure I was doing things everyday to better myself and improve my health, even when I REALLY didn't feel like doing it. I still have a long ways to go, but I do know that it's so much easier to keep yourself in shape than to get back into shape, so I wanted to make this post to help people know that it does get way easier as long as you can stick to it. TLDR: Was fat, ate fruits and did some running, no longer fat. [link] [comments] |
| its been a whole year! M 37 5.11" - 310lbs to 226 Posted: 17 Mar 2021 01:43 AM PDT MArked NSFW topless male in shorts. Male , 37, 5.11" I cant quite believe its been a whole year already, until now I have been doing 12 weekly updates with posts of each 12 weeks side by side but for the one year anniversary I'm just using start and current. This is just the beginning, I still have a long way to go - But I am really pleased to have cracked it this time after a few failed attempts over the years! A big thank you to the lose it sub for all your support! What I have learnt....
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| I’m that girl that was super frustrated over a weight loss stall and..... Posted: 16 Mar 2021 01:23 PM PDT You guys! I've gotten through my plateau. I am so happy and pleased. I kept at it and finally in the fourth week of my weight loss stall I am finally another 3lb down. I listened to all of your brilliant advice from my earlier post. I tried maintenance days, that didn't work. I tried lowering calories, that didn't work. But finally a combination of persistence and upping my protein has cracked it. It took about five solid days of upping my protein to over 30% of my calories to see a difference. I have never found anything so frustrating in my life but I am so proud of sticking to it and trusting the process. If you are going through something similar try tweaking things one at a time to see if that does it but overall just trust in the process! Thank you again to everyone again for your help and support! [link] [comments] |
| I miss binge eating itself and not the food. What are your tips for me? Posted: 16 Mar 2021 10:41 PM PDT Hello everyone. Im female 23 and i started my weightloss journey just 2 weeks ago. I became determind to control myself after i found out that i had binge eating all this years, and me being obese is not due to "love" for food or being "positive" about my body; it was simply bc i had binge eating all this years. As further information, I weighted 118 kh(260 lbs) at march 1st and currently after two weeks i am 116.5 kg (257 lbs). I did consume 1700 net cal aday in this two weeks. Had a lot of protein and really delicious foods. Not restricting anything. Just portion control and eating less junk food and eatimg nicer resources like nuts instead. In this 2 weeks i was doing perfectly fine. But this recent two days ive been experiencing problems. I did 30 min of zumba without hydrating myself afterwards so i started my next days with dehyration. This situation made me feel hungry. I tried eating small portions of healthy foods and even small portions of junk food. None of them satisfied me. I just suddenly realised ive been thinking all day about food and what im craving is not food but the binge eating itself. I kinda miss that "eating a huge amount of food in one sitting". So... With all of this describtion, what kind of tips you would give me to get over this feelings? What are your tips for someone newly started and is completely new to this situation? [link] [comments] |
| So... I have to relearn how to sleep? Posted: 16 Mar 2021 03:11 PM PDT Just thought I'd share a weird side-effect of my own weight loss. I've been a side sleeper forever, but now that I have less weight between my thighs, side sleeping kind of... hurts? I'm talking about the area where the knees are. I used to sleep with one on top of the other, and I did so with zero issues whatsoever. Apparently (and I know this is going to blow some minds), there are bones there. Yes, bones. Where am I going with this? Absolutely nowhere. Obviously the weight-loss is worth the minor inconvenience. I just found it kind of funny is all. Does anyone else have other minor/surprising side-effects or discoveries with their weight loss journeys? Bonus points if they put a silly grin on your face. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Mar 2021 03:02 PM PDT I'm 26, Prev weight: 240lbs CW: 216lbs GW: 140lbs Five years ago, I experienced what I considered a major failure in life, followed by a series of minor ones. Growing up, I was always told my identity was my intelligence so when I failed, I started to believe that I was a failure. And some people in my environment constantly told me so too. So My mental health and consequently physical health, suffered for that and for 5 years, I would 'try' to get out of this low point by setting goals to accomplish but not once did I really believe I could do it. So due to the lack of trust in my abilities, inconsistency, health challenges, I just never stuck to one thing long enough to see results. This year though I started a different approach. I told myself I would build just one habit at a time. So I started with my physical health. I wanted to build consistency instead of losing weight. So I used physical exercise to do that. What I did was; I made every goal ridiculously easy. I told myself to just do 5 mins/day. That's all I had to do. So what that did was, my mind would go "it's only 5 mins", so then I was self-motivated to start on this easy goal. Secondly, whenever I completed it, I was proud of myself and lastly, whenever I completed more than 5 mins, I was ecstatic! Inspired my my actions. All I had to do was only do 5 mins everyday. So eventually 5 mins of working out turned to 10, 30 mins and so on. So I built consistency through physical exercise and in 6 weeks, I kid you not, I lost 24lbs, through a combination of cutting out soda, working out, getting my veggies & fruits through smoothies and eating in smaller portions. This lifestyle change drastically affected other areas of my life because seeing the result of my consistency changed my mindset from "I can't do anything in life" to "OMG I really can!!" It's like I just started living again. Haha. I'm building myself up again and I couldn't be more proud of my very slow and gradual progress. Hope my story encourages someone on their journey. TLDR; My approach is to use fitness to build habits very gradually, focus on consistency as a primary goal, weight loss as a secondary goal. Defeated a deeply rooted mindset of "I can't do anything" when I saw results of my consistency. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Mar 2021 07:10 PM PDT I'm 32F, had a kid 2.5 years ago and ever since I got preggo and gave birth it just went downhill. I'm 5/7', I was 180lbs before I got pregnant and delivered my son at 240lbs, went down to 200lbs and I'm back to 230lbs. (I had gestational diabetes and had to get insulin because it was hard to control my blood sugar even with diet change) It's been so hard juggling everything and due to my son's autism I have been depressed and just has not been taking care of myself at all. I have been spending all my energy doing my son's therapy+cooking, cleaning, etc.(My husband has been helping a lot too) I have huge apron belly, I feel so ugly, and it's heavy and hard to move with all these extra fat and skin. Even when I got down to 200lbs these extra layers of abdominal skin has been so cumbersome. My husband got me recumbent stationary bike and I have been using it almost daily, and has been watching what I eat but it's so hard to lose weight. I also have multiple health issues after having my son including pre-diabetes, fatty liver, PCOS, etc. I'm just so sick of this. I want to feel pretty again and feel healthy again. 180lbs wasn't light weight but I would prefer that 100 times over the state I'm in. [link] [comments] |
| Even though I'm back near the beginning, this is a huge NSV for me... Posted: 16 Mar 2021 12:43 PM PDT Last lockdown I really got onto my weight loss journey and was so excited. I have tried to lose weight many times (like so many of us!) and usually manage to lose around 1.5 stone (around 20lbs) before I relapse and binge and just slip back into old habits, usually ending up with a heavier starting weight than the last time each time I started again I did so well from March - July 2020 and lost around 35lbs with no end in sight as far as I was concerned; I had discovered IF and said to my partner that I could eat this way forever and was so happy! But then I did gradually slip into old habits; I lost my dad shortly before Christmas and over Christmas and January returned to comfort eating in a pretty major way. But, for the first time in my life, I have managed to get back on the wagon before regaining all the weight I had lost! It wasn't a lost cause or wasted effort; I am starting a good stone lighter than my last day 1. Each time I try, I gain new positive habits, and each time I relapse, I feel more and more like I don't want to give up! It's really hard getting over comfort eating, binge eating and sugar/carb/fat/salt addiction. Even though I felt soo much better dieting and had a million reasons to keep going, I couldn't avoid the trap of that comfort food. But I've finally learned that a relapse, even a long one, is just a relapse. It's not a failure and it's not the end of the journey! [link] [comments] |
| My not so healthy relationship with food Posted: 16 Mar 2021 06:14 PM PDT Food is life, Food is love, I eat when I'm bored and when I'm stressed or just because I feel like I should eat. Lately I've been reading some articles about what people from outside the United States found strange when they visited and almost every single one mentioned the food and not in a good way. Proportions are out of wack, tons of extra salt or sugar, our bizarre love/hate relationship with fruits and veggies, etc. I've been trying to retrain myself to eat less and actually pay attention to what's in my food, and it's so hard because if I'm not in a food coma I don't feel full, and because of my schedule Hot pockets are just way more convenient when I come home and just want to eat and go to bed. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Mar 2021 07:57 AM PDT I didn't really know how to word this. I'm down almost 80 pounds on my 100 pound weightloss journey. Sometimes I'll look at my self in the mirror before the shower and I still see an obese woman. I grab all the skin and fat and start to cry. Then the next day I'll look in the mirror and feel so lean and incredible. Just yesterday I was getting ready to go out, I wanted to take a sexy picture for my husband and when I looked at the pictures all I could see was the millions of stretch marks and cellulite and loose skin and wanted to throw my phone across the room. Just 10 minutes later I went to the store, bought a new pair of pants in a size 8. A size 8! I've been a size 16-18 the past few years and I couldn't believe I fit into these tiny clothes. (I know a size 8 might still be huge to others but when I held up the pants they felt so incredibly small that there was no way it would fit but when I did I started crying). I also bought a size small shirt that fit perfectly. I've been an extra large for so long I couldn't believe it...Then I get overwhelmed knowing when I do lose the last 20 pounds I'll go down even more in sizes. I'll look at pictures of myself when I was obese and I get so emotional thinking how sad and big I was, how heavy I felt. How did I not know I was so big? And then I'll look at pictures of myself now and feel like hot shit!? But then I also feel like why do I still have a fat face? I don't know why I go through these highs and lows. I'm NOT an emotional person at all, I never cry! But for some reason my weightloss journey has caused so many emotions that I've never felt before, somedays I feel beautiful and somedays I feel like a fat whale who should lose 50+ more pounds. My husband says it's body dismorphia.. Just wondering if anyone else feels this way... [link] [comments] |
| Should I “cut” or quit lifting for awhile? Posted: 16 Mar 2021 08:21 PM PDT Hi All, long time lurker. I started my weight loss journey in December at about 6ft 1 and 254 pounds. The main three things I have focused on have been diet, cardio, and lifting. Up until about 2.5-3weeks ago things were going really well. I was down to 230 pounds and was making some great progress in strength and muscle mass as well. I feel great about my progress and with the lifting this time around i feel like I appear is if I have lost more than those 23 pounds but have gained muscle. So overall, things have been great, I enjoy my routine, and want to continue my fitness jersey but also want to lose this belly. This brings me to my question. As of late February I have been stuck at this weight and am conflicted with what I should do to break this plateau. I realize while possible building muscle while losing weight is extremely hard and while I could manage it initially due to years of being weak I may have started to hit some major diminishing returns. So which of the three should I do next? (or feel free to recommend another!)
Thanks in advance and know that you all inspire thousands who never post :). [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: March 17th, 2021 Posted: 16 Mar 2021 10:43 PM PDT 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] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 16 Posted: 16 Mar 2021 06:54 PM PDT Hello losers, Running late tonight, post & run! Weigh in daily, enter in Libra & report here even if I don't like it: Didn't want to make eye contact with the scale this morning, 231.1 lbs trend weight. Stay within calorie range (1800): Maintenance. 3/10 days. Exercise 5 days a week: 45 minutes stationary bike plus some light weight lifting. 12/16 days. Self-care time (journaling, beauty treatments, anything that fills the bucket, nonfood rewards): Therapy & some adulting. Try a new recipe once a week: Sautéed swiss chard, corned beef, roasted romanesco & sausage sammiches with grilled veggies. 4/4 weeks. Express mindfulness and or gratitude: Today I'm grateful for access to mental health services, bacon, good produce & all you wonderful folks on this corner of the internet. Your turn! [link] [comments] |
| 24-Hour Pledge - Wednesday, 17 March 2021 - The Plan for Today! Posted: 16 Mar 2021 10:01 PM PDT 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: 16 Mar 2021 09:01 PM PDT Bit of background. I'm a Male, 23 yrs old, 6'2", and currently 119.5kg (263lbs). Started at 136.9kg and in October last year I ended up getting down to 114.3kg until I fell off for a few months (mainly due to Christmas and new year, plus my fiancé's grandmother passed away which was hard). At the start of the year I went back up to 126kg, and as of today I see myself back to 119.5kg and have been super happy with my dedication and progress so far. My goal is 95kg, which when I reach it, I will then re-evaluate my next goal. I work out 6 days a week, with gym sessions consisting of a push/pull/leg split on seperate days, and also a light 30 min walk at the end of each session. My currently calorie intake is 2000 a day and have been hitting this consistently for about 2 months now. For a while I was losing anywhere from 500g - 1kg each weekly weigh in. However, for the last few weeks my weight loss has appeared to stall. On the 3rd March, I was 119.7kg, and the next week on the 10th March, I remained the exact same weight. On today's weigh in, the 17th March, I weighed in at 119.5kg, and I'm happy that I lost weight, a loss is a loss right, however I'm just a little concerned that how much it's stalled over the last few weeks. After reflection, I've come up with some thoughts as to what's happening. Firstly, I don't think it has anything to do with my normal daily caloric intake of 2000. In fact, I feel like I'm in quite a big deficit based on my height and weight as well as the amount of exercise I do, but it's been working for me and I never feel the need to binge, so I've stuck with it, but I could be wrong and may need to re-evaluate this. The only thing I could think of that may be slowing down my progress could be my cheat meal which is every Saturday night and I've done this since I've begun to lose weight and have had no issues. I'll normally have a burger and chips, or pizza as my two choices, as well as some alcohol. I try to go with lower carb beers usually as they are lower in calories. Could it be that because I'm a lower weight now, I need to re-evaluate my calorie intake over a weekly basis, and possibly lower my daily calorie intake? Other than that, I really can't think of what could be slowing things down. And to clarify, I'm by no means panicking, as I'm aware of how a calorie deficit works, I'm just wondering if I'm doing anything wrong as I'm worried that next weeks weigh in could show me staying the same weight again or dropping very little? Just seeking some advice. [link] [comments] |
| Weight gain while in a relationship. Posted: 16 Mar 2021 07:15 PM PDT In 2016 I was in an unhealthy relationship both with my partner and with food. At that time, I was 26 and 263 pounds at 5'1. Basically my ex sat me down and told me he wasn't attracted to me and a whole lot of conversations occurred. Over the course of two years I lost about 60 pounds with CICO. I was feeling great and left the relationship with that man in early 2018 for many reasons. On my own, I managed to lose more and got down to 160 for over 100 pounds lost. I literally felt great. I was dating again after about a year and in January of 2020 I met someone through a mutual friend and we are still together today. He is literally the most conventionally attractive man I have ever been with. He's fit and handsome and we met when I was at my most fit self and lowest weight too. Life was amazing. Well, as we have all experienced the pandemic hit about 2 months in. I did okay calorie counting at first but I started to work from home in March of 2020 and haven't been regularly back to the office yet. I am thankful because my job and income has not been impacted at all because I work in healthcare, but around April of 2020 I really began struggling with my eating habits due to the interruption of routine and being home all day. It seems like most of my healthy habits have now been super inconsistent and long story short I've put back on about 35 pounds. I am REALLY struggling with my relationship with food. My partner has been amazing for the last year and never said or made me feel in ANY way bad about myself. We still have sex just as often and we even started planning to get engaged next year. He is so kind to me and I know he is in love with me. I just can't help but feel so worried about my weight gain and his attraction to me. I have so much anxiety that he will start to not find me attractive or I will continue to gain weight. I see men post on the relationship sub about their girlfriends gaining weight and not finding them attractive and I'm terrified of that. I feel like I've cheated him out of a healthy partner because he met me at my best self physically and mentally and I started struggling immediately with Covid and work from home. I realize this isn't a typical post here, but I do feel this is related to lose it because I am still on my weight loss journey and this was an unintended interruption of it. I guess I'm just looking for supper or to see if anyone else has felt COVID impact their progress significantly and how to navigate weight gain in a relationship. It sucks, but I'm hyper aware of my gaining and just feel stuck. I love my partner and want to be the best I can for (myself) and him physically and mentally. I'm just struggling. [link] [comments] |
| How to be okay with setting smaller weight loss targets and losing slower? Posted: 16 Mar 2021 11:04 AM PDT Hello hello pals. I hope you're having a magical day. Just to check in and say, I've always been a divil for setting really aggressive weight loss goals that I ultimately fail to reach. I want to lose about 30lbs in 6 months which I'm not sure is feasible to be honest, but I'd love to know - how do you go about setting targets that are attainable? I don't know about you, but I always end up getting obsessed with my goal and then crash at some point. I don't really have any chill and always feel the need to see results NOW lmao. If anyone has had this mindset before, I'd love to hear your insight and experience of overcoming it! Thanks lads. [link] [comments] |
| Terribly dissapointed in my weight loss Posted: 16 Mar 2021 11:54 PM PDT Hi everyone, I'm a 21-year-old man, with a weight of 109 kg (240 lbs) and a height of 180 cm (5'9 ft). I've been reading a lot about weight loss (IF, CICO) and I started intermittent fasting on a 18:6 schedule about a month ago. I've been tracking my calories with MyFitnessPal, I only exceeded 1200 like 5 times and not by a lot ( I know I shouldn't do that but I'm a student and I go to parties sometimes🤷🏻♂️) I quit weed 2 or 3 months ago so I don't overeat anymore ( and also to rebuild my mental health). I also pay attention to what I eat, I don't drink milk, don't eat eggs and I generally have healthy meals. I started working out 2 weeks ago, I hit the gym every day, besides Sundays, when I do cardio I usually burn between 400-500 calories. I don't feel like I can eat any less and properly pay attention in class. My problem is, that I only lost around 1 kg (2.2 lbs) since I started IF and CICO. I'm 21 so it clearly should be a lot more right? I remember, in 2019 I lost 20 kgs in 2-3 months (44 lbs). I've gained 10 back since the lockdowns started, and I feel and look terrible. I'm going back to Hungary to uni in 2-3 weeks and the gyms are closed over there so I'm only gonna be able to do cardio. I know I should quit drinking altogether but it's really hard lookin at people getting drunk and having fun while I'm sober. What the hell should I do? TL;DR Lost 1 kg, been doing IF, CICO for a month, been hitting the gym for two weeks. I feel like shit and I'm not satisfied with my progress at all. [link] [comments] |
| Feeling trapped TW: Eating disorder Posted: 17 Mar 2021 02:02 AM PDT So I've posted on here before and people suggested getting support for my ED trust me I have tried. There's a 9 month wait list so they said they would get back to me then. I have begged my doctor and told them It's getting worse but they said they can't do anything else. So basically I don't know if what I'm doing is right. I feel like I don't work out a tonne 10k steps mainly up hill and a short 20min workout and yoga. But the past few days my hips and Glutes ache and walking is so hard I've had to cut it to 30mins instead 1hr30 I'm 5ft4 and started at 88kg and I'm now stuck at 70kg the scale isn't moving and my muscle mass isn't increasing I have one of those body fat scales. I eat around 1500-1800cals I don't know if I should eat less because this is roughly how much I ate at the beggining or continue eating this much so I have more energy to workout. I aim for 90g of protein but read that I should be eating 100+ but I'm struggling to get enough so I've ordered some protein powders. I weigh every single thing I eat religiously and the idea of not being able to know the macros in something makes me feel ill. I constantly calculate my calories and tdee but second guess it because I can't trust the activity level and always feel like I don't work out hard enough my fit watch tells me I burn anywhere from 300-800 cals so if I half that because they're not really accurate that's at least 150-400 cals burned most days but I won't even believe that. I'm so worried I won't be able to shake this behaviour. I feel so ugly and depressed and I just want to hide in oversized clothes. If anyone has been through this and had to deal with it alone with no support how did you do it? Will it get any better because I feel so trapped. [link] [comments] |
| Starting weight loss journey at 260lbs (6ft), target is 165 by Dec 21, 2021, when I turn 21 Posted: 16 Mar 2021 12:43 PM PDT My goal is to lose 95 pounds in 9 months. My story: grew up in the obese category but in grade 11 I lost a ton of weight for my true love, basketball. I was hitting the weight room consistently and weighed 180lbs and I even got an MVP award (mvp of my school lol, I know it's not much but was big for me at the time). Things were not the same once basketball season ended and I went back to the same old habit of stress eating. back then I used to stress about IB exams and college applications, now I stress about assignments and internships. I can't keep eating my problems away and have decided to commit to making a change. Putting this online gives me the confidence to prove myself right. I don't think this group allows posting pictures but I will provide updates if anyones interested. Thanks [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Mar 2021 01:37 AM PDT Hey I 25 F 5ft 3inches SW 237.6lbs CG 185lbs just weighed in at 230lbs . I know i didnt eat enough the last weight gain those 4lbs as last week i was 226lbs but its that time of the month . For some reason my body is bloated and swollen which is just great fun. All im doing is eating less moving a little more and listening to my body so hopefully these 4lbs will be off again soon . Im not upset because life isnt prefect weight comes and goes . But when i know what iv eaten doesnt equal the results i know it will come off again . Im just going to keep tracking my food doing my workouts and not stressing as stressing wont change anything. To anyone having a week like me dont worry relax its not a big deal in the grand scheme of life just keep doing your best and it will show on the scales ( if you use scales ) . Now excuse me im going to eating a cookie for breakfast iv tracked it and im craving it so im having it . Thank you for reading [link] [comments] |
| Stationary bike resistance settings? Posted: 16 Mar 2021 11:14 PM PDT Tl;dr - need tips on resistance settings with stationary bike Hello all! In order to get some exercise in on the evenings or when it's hard outside I got a stationary bike. The way I typically use it while playing video games drive my hands are generally free. I tend to put the resistance up to 8 (full resistance) and pedal continuously for a few hours. Occasionally i will do "sprints" during a few cut scenes to give myself a challenge mid way. Each video game session ranges from 2-4 hours with about two or three sprints scattered. I've also got my five pounds weights to do some upper body exercises occasionally during loading screens. I obviously take breaks and so far it hasn't been too rough on my bum (bike seats suck no matter how you make em!) Is it better to lower the resistance and pedal faster or should I keep up with the high resistance? Or should I mix it up occasionally throughout the session? [link] [comments] |
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