Weight loss: I almost cried today |
- I almost cried today
- Does anyone else struggle to stick to a diet for even one day?
- All my life I’ve never been skinny
- *SV* Finally reached Onederland!!!
- I think I’m ready to do this.
- I think about food all the time
- Finally No Longer Morbidly Obese
- Is anyone else dealing with how to shed 2020 obesity?
- Re-learning how to be hungry
- In need of serious advice
- How do you feel good about your body while you’re losing weight?
- Down five pounds from 300 pounds
- It's been a hard journey
- Do you ever worry it's just water weight?
- Stopping the Day 1 starts tomorrow mentality
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 23
- I'm so excited!! (I lost an inch of fat on my belly in a week without restriction, and at a weight that is considered healthy!)
- Look on the bright side
- Does anyone have advice for someone who can't leave their home and is very badly out of shape?
- NSV - buying a swimsuit for the first time in three or four yeats
- No loss on second week of dieting
- Overate and Still Lost Weight ?
- Please keep me accountable
- Top heavy petite Asian
| Posted: 23 Mar 2021 07:41 AM PDT As someone who weighed 141 kilos (305ish pounds), I dreaded going shopping for clothes. A part of me kept saying that i don't deserve new clothes. In 2019, I went to shop at a plus sized store and my size only had bland plain clothing. pants that were 50 inches felt suffocating. I came back home depressed that day and that followed me around the entirety of the festive season and our trip to phuket and penang. Today, At 124 kilos, I went to the same store and they handed me size 4 jeans. A little context, their sizes for pants start at size 1 at 40 inches upto size 8 at 54 inches, increments of two inches per size. When i was given the pant to try out, i came out of the dressing room only to be laughed at. Not because i looked bad or anything, because the pant was obnoxiously loose. so much that i had to hold the excess fabric in a fist near my waist. I thought my sister sure handed me a size 7 or 8 jeans and i went back with a smaller size. except that size was a size 4 jeans or 46 inches. I had jeans of 46 inches be obnoxiously loose. It felt like a jolt and a blackout, like a cruel dream that was not to be realised. I was brought back by the sound of the metal buttons hitting the floor. I was on the verge of tears, but this time of happiness. I quickly tried a size 3 only to find that loose as well. Finally a size 2 fit me well and that's when i was told that the slim fit suited me well. I could never fit into slim fit jeans due to my thighs. Today i was told i looked good in them. Right now i feel like I'm on the moon, that I'm closer to a normal size than i was a year and a half ago. [link] [comments] |
| Does anyone else struggle to stick to a diet for even one day? Posted: 23 Mar 2021 06:58 PM PDT This is embarrassing to ask, but I feel so alone in the issue. I always read about people struggling to stick to their weight loss commitments for more than a few weeks or months but I honestly would be happy if I lasted a whole week. It's as though my brain goes into fight or flight mode the second I decide to even mildly restrict my overeating. I have tried calorie counting, clean eating, intermittent fasting and other diets but every time it is the same. I wake up with the intention of sticking to the plan I made, then almost immediately start having thoughts of quitting. I always rationalise it, like "No, calorie counting is too difficult. Just eat 3 meals a day and no snacks. Now we can eat what we want today and start tomorrow" or "No, intermittent fasting is too hard. Just count calories, it's the most reliable. Let's start tomorrow." I honestly don't care what I do, as long as it's consistent. But I'm battling with myself every second of the day. Does anyone else experience these intrusive thoughts and how can I fix it? I feel like an addict. [link] [comments] |
| All my life I’ve never been skinny Posted: 23 Mar 2021 05:35 PM PDT No matter how hard I try, I feel like I'm going to live my entire life being chubby. I've been on diets ever since I can remember and I'm starting to become exhausted and depressed about the way I look because it's just a CONSTANT cycle. I wish that I could live my life like a normal person and not constantly have to think about what I'm eating. I know it's about changing my lifestyle, and I know 'dieting' only results in binging it back. Trust me, I know all of this. But people really don't understand the struggle I go through in trying to make my body anywhere close to where I want it to be. It really is so difficult. It's difficult to the point where I should just give up and accept that I'm going to look like this all my life. And I know you will say, 'love yourself no matter what you look like'. But honestly, it's really difficult to do that when you look in the mirror and you just hate the way you look. I just don't know what to do anymore. I've lost all motivation. [link] [comments] |
| *SV* Finally reached Onederland!!! Posted: 23 Mar 2021 12:23 PM PDT Hey everyone! Long time lurker of the forum and love the motivational and sometimes down to earth posts here. I finally hit under 200 pounds and thought I'd share it with you as it's taken me almost a year with on and off dieting. Scale Photo Im a 27M 6'1 started at 229lbs back in February 2020 which is the heaviest I've ever been to be honest I probably weighed more than that in January of that year but couldn't get the courage to weigh myself. Weight Loss Chart My weight chart from when I started as you can see I literally stayed the same weight for 6 months as I wasn't really focused some weeks I'd binge then I'd go clean eating again. My real problem was alcohol... I mean I use to drink ALOT. Sometimes could polish crates of lager a week and then go for the bottles of JD so I've cut most of that out. Also a little bonus I've cut out smoking which I'm now heres the app screenshotI use . The main technique I've used that works for me is low carb OMAD. I'm not a big fan of cooking in the first place so me only cooking once a day is a major plus for me. So yeah thanks for reading apologies if the post got too long. I'll post my progress pics when I hit 190! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Mar 2021 06:33 PM PDT I've always been "overweight", but when I look back to photos of myself in high school, I think I looked good. My mom is 5'0 and always talked about her "goal weight" being 115 pounds (She never weighed more than 130 max). I'm a solid 5'8. I weighed around 150lbs as a teen. I was a competitive swimmer and trained in martial arts. I didn't get a driver's license until college, so I rode a 3 speed bike all around town, at least 5 miles most days. But at the back of my head, I always thought about how I weighed 150 and a woman should weigh 115. I "needed" to lose 35 pounds. I remember watching one of those dramatic weight loss commercials. I always thought those were for "really" fat people, not for me. It has that loud voice saying, "Are you 100 pounds overweight? Do you have 50? 40? Or 30 Pounds to lose?" My heart dropped. I had 35 pounds to lose. I was the target audience for dramatic weight loss measures! After high school, I no longer did sports or rode a bike, and started slowly gaining weight. It didn't get bad until my brother died. Then I just started eating more and more. Senior year of college, I did a formal internship and none of my formal clothes fit. I had to go shopping. Around this time, my best friend was getting married. We picked out bridesmaids dresses. I needed a size 18, and the store only carried up to 16. It needed to be special ordered and came with a $50 surcharge. It was embarrassing. My friend was kind and lovely about it and never made me feel bad intentionally. I stepped on the scale for the first time in a long time and was shocked to see it read 217 pounds. I basically stopped eating from May- August. I totaled my car and was back to the bike, riding 10 miles each way to my summer job, 5 days a week. At the end of that summer, I weighed 160 lbs. I was starving myself though, so it wasn't sustainable. I slowly gained weight over the next two years, back to 185 lbs. I started a fitness program and got back down to 150lbs over the course of a year. The weight loss was slow and I felt good about myself, but I was dedicating quite a bit of time to exercise. From that fitness program, I was featured on the Today show weight loss segment. It showed photos of me from back at 217 lbs. I gained some of that weight back, but was maiming around 165 when I got married. This felt like a healthy weight for that stage of my life. I got pregnant, had my first son, and hovered around 175. I stayed active and lifted weights so I looked pretty good (in retrospect) even though my weight was higher. When I got pregnant with my second son, after that, everything started to get out of control. I developed severe postpartum depression. My anxiety was through the roof. My two kids were only 18 months apart so things were insane. My husband had lost his job when I found out I was pregnant and going through major depression after the job loss.We got a good amount of food stamps, so it seemed to be the only "pleasure" I could afford. We went through a grueling time of relocating to a new state (July 2019), away from family, so my husband could get established in a new industry. My anxiety was insane, and we didn't have health insurance. Then, just as I was beginning to adjust, my husband was much happier and we had a stable, solid income, covid hit. Gyms closed. Anxiety soared. 2020 forced me to deal with my anxiety, and I feel like my mental health has improved dramatically. The major drama of job loss and moving is over. I'm sitting here now at 30 weighing 255 pounds. My best friend, the same one who I was a bridesmaid for and needed the bigger dress, just sent our group of friends care packages. We are planning a girls' trip this summer, and she sent us matching PJs to wear when we are together. Mine, XXL, don't fit. My goal is to fit into them- loose and cozy- by July. Thank you for reading my novel. [link] [comments] |
| I think about food all the time Posted: 23 Mar 2021 08:24 PM PDT One of my biggest problems in my life is that food is constantly on my mind. I love to eat. I wish I could change my mindset to be one of those people that doesn't think about food all the time. I have many friends that have busy lives to the point where they don't have time in their day to eat or they forget about food. But for me, no matter how busy my day is I will always make time for food, which means there are MANY opportunities for me to overeat and this is certainly what ends up happening. I've been on countless diets in my life, and right now my body is not where I want it to be. In saying this, even when I'm NOT dieting, I will most likely gain a ton of weight purely because I love to eat so much. I know that it's all down to portion control, but honestly it's just so hard for me to stop eating sometimes and I really can't control myself when it comes to food. I'm starting to think that I've got some sort of mental addiction. And with this whole pandemic going on, where I've got so much extra time, I find myself either eating when I'm bored or eating just to fill my time. I really don't know how I can control myself. [link] [comments] |
| Finally No Longer Morbidly Obese Posted: 23 Mar 2021 09:38 AM PDT I (22, F) have been overweight all my life, but about a year ago I hit my highest weight ever at around 276 and realized I needed to make a change. Lots of ups and downs between then and now, but this morning I finally stepped on the scale and hit my first goal--246. It might seem like a weird number, but not only is it a solid 30 pounds down, it's the weight that finally dropped my bmi to 39.7. Ok, so it's still really close to that 40, and I could wake up tomorrow with some water retention and be right there again, but this is the first time since probably high school that I haven't been considered morbidly obese. Recently I had a month long stint with a really tight back that made it super difficult and painful to move. It terrified me, because I'm still pretty young and haven't had to deal with a lot of the complications of obesity that I've seen people talk about on r/fatlogic or from fitness youtubers like obesetobeast. I wondered how close I was to all those health condititions that I had heard about. I'm really just happy because, like my mom was telling me the other day, this time is actually working. It's really just CICO, but I've finally figured out a way to make it feel like I'm not depriving myself or going too extreme. I still have a long way to go, but it's a good start. [link] [comments] |
| Is anyone else dealing with how to shed 2020 obesity? Posted: 23 Mar 2021 10:58 PM PDT So, I was a healthy weight most of my life, through my 20s, until turning 30. Then, I just seemed to gain and gain. Finally, in December of 2020, I realized I'm in an obese BMI. I'm a 34yoF w/out kids, so I can't use pregnancy gain or stress over child caring as an excuse. I definitely became less active, going from walking 15,000 steps a day in a city to ~2,000 currently. I was in an obese BMI range at the start of this year (32). I'm now down to an overweight range (29) w/ IF, CICO via Noom, and therapy. I'm cheering on everyone going through this on bc it is not easy. What other advice do y'all have for the psychological adjustment necessary for sustained weight loss? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Mar 2021 06:38 PM PDT Something this pandemic has messed up for me is just sitting with hunger. Being home all the time and being able to cook and eat essentially whenever I want has made it way harder to be able to sit with hunger. One thing I'm re-learning now with CICO is how to sit with being hungry before a meal and not reaching for something right away. I know I can snack on veggies or fruit or anything else low-cal, but tbh I feel like this is a good learning experience all around for me. Most 'naturally' skinny people I know can sit with hunger and not snack if they know they'll have a good meal coming, so it's definitely something I want to work on. Does anyone have good tips around this? I really need to rewire this impulse! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Mar 2021 09:46 PM PDT I'm writing this cause I am in need of serious advice. I am in my mid 20's and have just hit over 500 lbs and feel like I have no where else to turn. For those wondering, yes I am still able to walk/run/do anything really, it may not be for long distance but I am capable of all of that. I feel lost cause for some reason I can't seem to stick to a diet for more than 3 days currently. I find myself giving in just after a day or two of successful healthy eating. In late 2020, I tried a pescatarian diet, and it worked! I lost around 25 lbs and thought I found something that was going to work for good. However, the holiday season hit and I lost it all. As of now I gained all of that back + more. I have 0 motivation to start a diet or anything. I am also starting a brand new career soon and it's honestly my dream career. I've worked so hard to get here, I've fought out of depression and got myself to this point, but on the weight side, I'm losing worse than ever. I don't feel depressed unless it comes to my weight, but it's not affecting my other goals when in the past, it has. I just want to know if any of you have any advice to get me out of this situation. I've never talked to anyone about this. I'm scared of the future to be honest. I feel healthy and I think my spirits are okay but when I look in the mirror, see my shadow, see anything that has to do with my body, I instantly get sad. It's the worst cause I've worked so hard to achieve my other goals and I'm not even enjoying it. Any advice is appreciated. Thank you in advance. [link] [comments] |
| How do you feel good about your body while you’re losing weight? Posted: 23 Mar 2021 02:13 PM PDT hello everyone, let me start off by saying that i've always had a very bad relationship with my body and with food. the environment i grew up is wasn't the best when it came to body positivity. i've had a lot of ups and downs in my weight loss journey. i'm 21(f) and 5'2 and the least i've weighed is 160 lbs in 2019, which was very close to my goal weight but i still didn't feel happy in my body. over these two years, i've gained a lot of weight and am close to about 190 lbs and am well aware of the factors that have caused this. this time i want to lose weight successfully without any fad diets, extreme weight loss methods, etc. since i developed eating disorders due to this in the past. i am currently eating everything in moderation, trying to stay away from sugary and oily for the sake of my skin too and doing a mix of various exercises ranging from running on the treadmill, going for walks, swimming, weight training, etc. in spite of doing all this, i don't see a change in my body or even in the way i view myself. i have developed a lot of stretch marks on my stomach and it has been making me feel very sad and insecure. my question is: how do i change the way i view my body? no matter how much weight i gain or lose? sorry if this was too long and/or is the wrong sub for this question thank you! [link] [comments] |
| Down five pounds from 300 pounds Posted: 23 Mar 2021 11:36 AM PDT https://imgur.com/gallery/0K9RgIM Going to start my weight loss journey from this image. I weigh around 295 pounds in the photo and would love to be included in this community. I'm around 6'1. I'm hoping to drop to around 230 pounds, but I have some worries about that. I'm a larger framed guy and with a shirt on most people think I only weigh around 230-250 pounds. Nowhere close to 300. This is thanks to powerlifting for over a decade now while not always having the best diet and drinking a decent bit of beer. I'm wondering if it's actually unhealthy to keep above 245 pounds with my frame or even the weight I am currently at. Would love to hear some feedback and will keep my progress updated over time. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Mar 2021 07:32 PM PDT Vulnerable post I've been on a health journey for the past 9 months. Between June and now I've lost around 75 -80pounds * a little over100 from my heaviest* There's been good: I've become more confident I smile and laugh more I've experienced a HUGE mental shift I'm proud of myself and in so many ways feel like a new person But it's also been kind of lonely : I feel like I've alienated people And I feel like I don't fit in anywhere anymore. The last nine months have been the hardest and most rewarding of my life . I've grown in ways I've never imagined. But yeah...it's also been really hard. [link] [comments] |
| Do you ever worry it's just water weight? Posted: 24 Mar 2021 02:01 AM PDT I feel like every time I step on the scales I'm worried that it's all going to be back, that it wasn't real and I've only lost water weight. I know in reality there's no way it can be, I've lost 54lbs, 12.5" off of my waist and gone from a size 16 to a size 10 (UK). That would be a hell of a lot of water. But no matter what every time I step on those scales I worry. So that the rules are happy - I'm 5', F, 29, start weight was 198.8lbs. I'm doing CICO and have been for the last 8 months after the birth of my son. I'm finally off of my blood pressure medication and I've been upping my exercise gradually by doing one thing a week for a month, then two things a week for a month and so on. [link] [comments] |
| Stopping the Day 1 starts tomorrow mentality Posted: 23 Mar 2021 08:45 PM PDT Long time Reddit lurker, first time poster since I'm hoping spitting this all out will help Day 1 actually happen. As background, I'm 5'3" and was around 130 in college and 140 after college/before kids. I didn't gain a lot of weight (15-20 lb?) with my first kid and lost a lot of weight in the year after without trying (guessing a combination of breastfeeding and post partum depression). I got down to 118 at one point and was buying a size 4 pair of shorts. By the time I was getting back to my pre-baby weight of 130-140, I was pregnant again. Gained a normal amount of weight (25 lb?) but didn't have the big weight loss afterwards the second time around. For the last 5 years I've been around 155 (overweight BMI) but did have some success with intermittent fasting 3 years ago. Then COVID hit and I've gained 20 lbs to get to my highest weight ever, 175 lb, with an obese BMI. I can tell the difference in my body with the extra 20 lb and I always say "this is it" but I end up having a frappucino, pop, or ice cream (or all 3 in a day aka the trifecta). I "know" I need better habits for myself and my family. I "know" I'm overweight/obese and would feel much better losing 40 lb. I "know" lifestyle change is the way to go with making deliberate choices. But then the other thoughts creep in: "I'm a grown person and can do what I want," "I deserve this," "it's only 1,"... the worst is thinking I can flip the switch whenever I want and drop the weight easily: I'll just start tomorrow. The other worst thought is looking at myself and thinking I'm not really obese, I'm not like my mom. She's been overweight her entire life and has everything that goes with it: diabetes, neuropathy, colitis, sleep apnea, also depression. I know my opinion on what obese looks like is skewed because so many Americans are overweight/obese, but I think it's not that bad, so I grab that one last ice cream. Thanks for reading if you made it this far. I know I can't be the only one in this obese gray area (even if the gray area is in my head since numbers don't lie). Maybe putting this out there will help Day 1 start tomorrow, for real. [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 23 Posted: 23 Mar 2021 05:16 PM PDT Hello losers, Tuesday. I live in Colorado & I'm so deeply saddened by the shooting incident. My warmest, kindest thoughts go out to all y'all. Weigh in daily, enter in Libra & report here even if I don't like it: Ungh, not fabulous today, I don't even want to look at my Libra but it's logged, 231.1 lbs trend weight. Stay within calorie range: Maintenance. I'ma be real kids, this is survival mode. I'm counting my calories & not super jazzed about them, but I am still here & striving with y'all. Exercise 5 days a week: Life is enough of an exercise today kids. 17/23 days. Self-care time (journaling, beauty treatments, anything that fills the bucket, nonfood rewards): Bath. Face mask. Trying to keep it up right & going. Try a new recipe once a week: Roasting some fennel right now, home made granola, sautéed swiss chard, sautéed zucchini & summer squash, corned beef, roasted romanesco & sausage sammiches with grilled veggies. 7/4 weeks. Express mindfulness and or gratitude: Today I'm grateful for being home. Sometimes the day is disproportionally long & all you want from the world is more comfortable pants. Your turn kids. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 Mar 2021 01:48 AM PDT Hello! I'm posting this here because I don't know where else I can rave about this. So I've been struggling a bit losing some belly fat for a while now. Since I'm a healthy weight, I'm not too worried about losing weight and even my waist measurements fall under the healthy range but I'm still a bit flabby and not quite fitting into my pants right. I already lost 20kg by calorie counting and I'm so over that, so I had come up with some other way to go about this. Exactly one week ago, I started looking into ways to lose belly fat without a deficit in calories. And now, a week later, I have lost 2 cm from my belly and 0.5 from the smallest point of my waist! I'm so excited! I fit in my pants way better. Unfortunately I tore my meniscus just at the start of this week, so long walks and any kind of exercise have been very hard. I'm going to keep doing these things, and once my meniscus has healed, I'll start working out again, which will definitely boost my efforts. Also summer is coming, so hello biking and hiking!! I guess I could tell you what I did even though that wasn't quite the point of this post, but here goes. Disclaimer! You do need to have healthy lifestyle habits before you start doing these things, don't expect to do these things and then eat junk for the rest of the time, that won't work. 1) Apple cider vinegar, one tbs in the morning. (Dilute it in water and drink with a straw!! It's an acid, it will hurt your stomach if not diluted and corrode your teeth if not drunk with a straw.) 2) Miso soup with spinach and kale So these two drink in the morning. I don't replace my breakfast with these. I wake up pretty early, so before I get breakfast hungry, I sit down and enjoy these two things. Miso has a lot of probiotics which will help your gut work better, ACV; everyone has probably heard of that one, and also coffee because heck, I like coffee. Also it helps keep me regular. I also try to eat a lot of fiber and good amount of protein.I I have one meal consisting of potato, sweet potato, avocado, mushroom, zucchini and broccoli most day. I mean, I like it :'D Also I get most of my protein during dinner/breakfast. This one is for the ladies. I try to eat foods that balance my hormones, mostly because I have problems with estrogen dominance, but they might help you too. Foods that help the balance are: Broccoli, brussel sprouts, kale, spinach, beetroot juice, grapes, yogurt, miso, blueberries, turmeric. This post became way longer than intended. Well, I hope someone finds something helpful in it. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Mar 2021 05:08 PM PDT I wanted to share my progress so others can maybe not give up hope. Two years ago in March of 2019, I turned my life around. My grandfather had just passed due to heart disease, my father had lost his toe due to his weight and obesity and I declared to myself that I was going to be the turning point. I stepped on the scale and regrettably found myself weighing in at 245lbs. The heaviest I had ever weighed. I started counting my calories, taking my workouts seriously and chipping down at my weight and by February of the following year, I was 187lbs. I looked great, I felt great. I had run a few 5K with more races on the way, I was at my prime. If only I knew the rollercoaster of a year 2020 would be for me. In March 2020, the world was taken by storm. I was riddled to anxiety, a budding relationship I had with this girl all fell apart and I feared for the safety of my mother, who was high risk and worked in the hospitals everyday. My new coping mechanisms I found in the gym was gone. I fell back on old habits and I ate and drank a good chunk of the weight back. With nowhere to go, anyone to see, I didn't even bother trying my new skinny clothes from time to time to see if they'd still fit. By the time I had noticed the weight gain the damage was done. Fast forward to March 2021. My mind could dwell on the fact that I took a step back. But I don't feel like I did. I figured it out once. I've proven to myself I can do it. My body composition is a lot different this time(Before, my pants size was 40W, now its a 36W). I'm actually stronger now than I was starting out two years ago too. I already started to lose the weight again. Don't get me wrong, I did want give up. But don't let the dread stop you. If you did it before, you can do it again. [link] [comments] |
| Does anyone have advice for someone who can't leave their home and is very badly out of shape? Posted: 23 Mar 2021 02:06 PM PDT I have very severe anxiety and depression and leaving my house is incredibly stressful and I want to lose weight to help with my terrible confidence because I currently can't stand people even looking at me with how I feel. I was hoping any of you might have any advice or routines for someone who gets badly winded after 5 minutes of light exercise and stretching who can't leave the house. I've tried beginner friendly workout guides on YouTube but I was so ashamed of how tired I got even a tiny way into them I just couldn't watch them. I'm really not knowledgeable on any of this stuff so sorry if this is badly worded or I'm asking the wrong questions. Edit. Thanks for everything posted, I'll focus on diet primarily based on what I'm seeing here. Edit. Thank you again for everyone commenting here, I'll also look at the YouTube videos some of you have recommended and the following along to just dance etc. on youtube. [link] [comments] |
| NSV - buying a swimsuit for the first time in three or four yeats Posted: 23 Mar 2021 09:10 AM PDT Ok, stat time: SW: 271 | CW: 230 | GW: 160 | 24F | 5'9 CICO is my method of tracking for weight loss Hi - I finally decided to incorporate swimming into my exercise routine after months of wanting to, and I realized I needed a swimsuit to do so. Rather than finding the frumpiest one that would cover my whole body, I found one that's both modest and cute. It's basically a sports bra for the top, and biker shorts for the bottom in a grey camo print. It's a far cry from the bikinis I want to wear someday, but it's also a far cry from where I was a year ago, six months ago, even three months ago. The fact I even bought one is still surprising to me. I love swimming so much, but I held myself back thinking "Once I reach X size, I'll start... Once I reach Y weight, I can do it... Once I reach Z muscle mass, I'll be able to try..." I haven't hit X, Y, or Z, but I now realize that I don't have to. I'm taking care of myself, I'm loving myself, and that's all I need to do. Thank you for coming to my TedTalk. [link] [comments] |
| No loss on second week of dieting Posted: 24 Mar 2021 02:06 AM PDT Hi all! New here as you can tell from the title. I've got a lot of weight to lose ~50lbs. I started taking meal replacement shakes for breakfast and lunch and having one meal at dinner time. I end each day on under 1200 calories. The first week I lost a whopping 6lbs but this last week the scales didn't budge at all. I know weight loss isn't linear but I was expecting to even have a little loss on the second week so I'm feeling a little disheartened. I'm still gonna keep pushing through for at least 6 weeks to see how it's going as so far I like the shakes and find it easy to plan around with my lifestyle and avoid mindless snacking and eating. I just wondered if this had happened to anyone else? [link] [comments] |
| Overate and Still Lost Weight ? Posted: 23 Mar 2021 08:51 PM PDT Hi! I don't know how this happened. For the past 3 months I've been in a calorie deficit and I have been focusing on losing weight and I've lost 30 ish pounds. I was starting at 185 and now I was down at 154. I was 154 all last week and the beginning of this week (I guess this was a plateau?) But last night, I was starving and overate my dinner a little bit. I felt really full. This morning I woke up, weighed myself, and lost 3 pounds? I don't know how or why but how could this large meal make me lose weight? (The meal was a GIANT 14 oz chicken breast with Brussels sprouts by the way if that helps. If it also helps I'm 5'11 and I aim to run 1.5 miles 6 days a week) Is it time to start reverse dieting? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Mar 2021 09:56 PM PDT Today I looked in the mirror and truly saw my double chin. It hit me that I want to change how I look. My wedding is coming up in 5 months and I'm going to try to start dieting and exercising. I' struggle with feeling insecure and my fiance has been super supportive reminding me that he's happy the way I am, but I want to actually try to change. I tell him every now and then that I want to diet but never actually carry through so right after I post this, I'm going to start a timer for intermittent fasting. I'm hoping forcing myself to post an update each day will keep me accountable. Wish me luck! <3 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Mar 2021 10:43 PM PDT Hello r/loseit, Asian Indian, 48F, 5 feet 2 inches. I lost around 30+ pounds purely by cooking at home (thanks covid) and walking very slowly inside my spare bedroom (minimum 7 miles per day) again thanks to Covid. Took me exactly one year. Started walking to deal with some personal stuff (nothing big but lockdown made some stuff bubble up in my mind) as walking was calming and fell in love that I continued walking. Weight loss was not the initial goal. Current weight is 118 pounds. Legs seem very toned but my upper body looks very big now. I look funny when I wear skinny jeans. LOL. Unable to go to gym but own a pair of dumbbells. Is there an exercise that I can do to reduce my upper body? Another thing is, when I see myself in the mirror, I don't look like / feel like I have lost any weight at all and never took any pictures this entire year as I never dressed up and roamed around the house in lounge pants with drawstrings. Realised that I had lost weight only when I tried some pants before deciding to donate (konmari) and realised that they got loose Totally ignorant when it comes to different exercises. Please suggest some exercises that a woman closer to 50 can do without tearing a ligament. Scared to do high intensity activities as I don't want to visit hospitals now. [link] [comments] |
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