Weight loss: I lost 10 pounds!! WOOOH!!! |
- I lost 10 pounds!! WOOOH!!!
- If food used to be your treat/reward, what did you replace it with?
- F56 Side-by-Side Progress Pics Same Dress 50 Pounds Lost
- I started my 20s overweight and yoyo-ed between obese and "almost not overweight" through them. I turn 30 this year, and if I can stick to it, I will enter the new decade at a healthy weight!
- I got ogled at the pool today.
- Major SV and NSV on the same day... I could cry ��
- I love eggs. They're the easiest, cheapest way I've found to meet my protein needs. I've recently realised that I'm having an allergic reaction to them when I eat too many and I'm struggling to think of good alternatives. Any ideas?
- I hit the 140s today!
- 10k steps a day.
- Has anyone experienced this after losing a massive amount of weight?
- Small SV, learning how to "eat", and sticking to real foods. I am proud of myself for my first week of management success and have no one else to tell :)
- I've had it. I ate so much crap yesterday that I actually felt like I was having a heart attack and I've been feeling horrible for some time now with shoulder, neck and general body pain - I want to feel better
- Anyone else get imposter syndrome? The scale is going down. I think I look better. I think I feel better. But I still feel fat.
- Is this what vanity feels like?
- I despise my lifestyle... But I'm taking baby steps to change it
- Weighing out food is so much easier
- You have to get rid of all or nothing thinking to succeed at this.
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 12
- Compulsive eating strategies when “just don’t keep food at home” isn’t an option?
- Feeling absolutely miserable after making some big life changes.
- Daily Q&A Post for Saturday, 13 March 2021 - No question too small!
- Weird fear after weight loss success
- A small victory
- What were the most humiliating experiences you made as an obese/overweight person?
| Posted: 12 Mar 2021 02:43 PM PST Stats: 28 M: CW: 175.0, GW: 130 Height: 5 foot 2 So i'm a lurker on this page but i thought i would make my first post on here. For clarification i'm a trans guy and i've been on T shots (testosterone) for a year and one month. My usual weigh in was 184, i discovered a week ago that i now weigh 175 pounds. I lost 10 pounds and i'm very proud and happy. I have been doing workouts at home, as well as getting exercise because the weather is so nice. I am roughly 5 foot 2, as for my target weight i was thinking somewhere like the 130 area. I'm noticing changes in my hips as well as my abdomen area. I'm very proud of myself and know i can continue to do this. As far as food goes, i eat maybe twice a day maybe once a day it honestly depends. But i cut out sugary stuff like soda, candy, ice cream, certain cereals ect. I am lactose intolerant so i use almond milk in my coffee with no sugar, or if i do use something sweet i make sure its organic honey. I eat pretty healthy like chicken from time to time with squash, home made soup like gumbo, and salads lots of salad. I ALSO STOP EATING AFTER 8 PM! I also do meal prep from time to time. But i was doing some research and an article i red somewhere said if you weigh 175 even then your BMI is like 26.6 which makes me pretty happy. With all this being said: My eventual goal is to be able to fit into jeans that are 30's or maybe 29's. As of right now i fit in 38X29's or 36X29's. As far as exercise goes i want to be able to purchase a exercise bike and burn calories that way. I am very determined. I got this. thank you for all the helpful comments :) [link] [comments] |
| If food used to be your treat/reward, what did you replace it with? Posted: 12 Mar 2021 05:32 PM PST I'm currently beating my junk food addition (hooray!) And losing weight. But I feel a bit empty sometimes, like there's a hole in my life. Before I would use food as a treat, reward, a punctuation mark. If I did well that day, I could have a takeaway. If I had a terrible day, I could have a takeaway. If it was the weekend, time to celebrate with a takeaway. Also snacks and ready meals - I wouldn't feel like I could progress to the next part of the day unless I had eaten, even if I wasn't hungry. Especially WFH, I had little structure to my day so used food to create those markers. If I had a stressful day, I would gorge myself on whole bars of chocolate, 2 or 3 family sized bags of crisps, things from the bakery, oven chips - there was a huge emotional connection to food. It was my friend when I was lonely and my comfort when I was sad. It was also the thing I was always most excited for. I would go out with my friend but be more excited about what we would eat rather than what we would do. For birthdays, Christmas - it was all about the food rather than the quality time. I don't really know how I'm managing to not indulge in these behaviours now, and I worry when I can no longer WFH and am exhausted from commuting, I will start using food as my crutch. Or when I'm more stressed again. So I would love to find some replacements for these behaviours, but things that have been suggested to me - like having a bubble bath, painting my nails or knitting (why does everyone suggest knitting nowadays lol?) - do not do it for me at all. They would not be an adequate replacement. What do you guys do instead? When you want to turn to food for a reason other than hunger, what do you do instead? TIA! [link] [comments] |
| F56 Side-by-Side Progress Pics Same Dress 50 Pounds Lost Posted: 12 Mar 2021 03:58 AM PST You can see the goods here: https://imgur.com/gallery/fwW8uUa About a year apart, from 244 to 194. My goal is 140. I still look really fat to myself, but I am beginning to be able to see a hint of my collarbones now. I plan on taking another set of pics when I get to around 160. That still seems like a million miles away, but I do know that I will get there. I lost weight a few years ago by calorie counting, and I swear that method does work. I got down to about 170 or so that way. But I got so burnt out on counting calories and weighing my food that I gave up. Really gave up. I regained all my weight. I started hearing about intermittent fasting around a year and a half ago and decided to see if I could even do it a little bit. I could. Turns out it was a much better fit for me than calories counting was. I know that IF isn't for everyone and I would never push it on anyone, but for me it's been a great technique for limiting calories. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 12 Mar 2021 12:02 PM PST I did the math last night. I'm 5'10, and currently 203lbs, my healthy weight range is 130-170lbs and based on personal history I'd say 150lbs is my goal. If I can lose the "safe and recommended" 2lbs/week until my birthday I would could be at 159lbs! I know I'll mess up, I know there will be set backs, I know that nothing is linear and the body fluctuates and plateaus happen and cake exists and and and and... But I'm 30 lbs from healthy. I'm close. I can do it. I'm fasting (18:6), I'm counting calories, I'm exercising. My husband is getting me a fitness tracker and cheers me on every day. I can do it! If anyone else is looking to lose at least 30lbs by August, let me know! We can check in with each other and share our progress! [link] [comments] |
| I got ogled at the pool today. Posted: 12 Mar 2021 08:54 PM PST I'm 30M, have been doing IF and constant workouts for a little over a year now, and have always been self conscious about taking my shirt off in public. It was my biggest mental block. Anytime I went to the beach or the lake I would swim in a shirt or wear a rash guard, no matter how impractical it was. Today I whipped my shirt off at the (not crowded, very socially distanced outdoor) pool and caught a woman checking me out. Its just really tickled me and has been a big confidence boost, especially with summer around the corner. I'm not used to that and I think I made a face that projected fear and confusion but losing weight is always a learning process so next time I will be ready. We're almost at the end of this so everyone keep it up. [link] [comments] |
| Major SV and NSV on the same day... I could cry �� Posted: 12 Mar 2021 01:36 PM PST TL; DR at the bottom. Let's get these stats out of the way: 24F / 5'9 / SW: 271 / GW: 160 / CW: 231 I know that compared to most posts here this might seem like a goal not worth mentioning, but today I hit exactly 40 pounds of weight loss. I was so happy when I stepped on the scale this morning; I've been working for months and months on getting my relationship with food under control, and now I'm actually living my life. I'm waking up every day before work and walking at least a mile, I'm making healthy snacks like hard boiled eggs a staple, and I'm eating vegetables every day... I swore that I never liked Brussel Sprouts, now I realize that I just never knew how to cook them! (Did you know that their "leaves" make great veggie chips when roasted? Me neither until, like, 3 days ago!) The NSV of the day? I got a job offer from a job that will allow me to move to an apartment I like, put myself through law school, and open myself up to a life I've wanted to live so badly for so long. I can finally quit the job that made me eat for comfort, I can finally quit the abusive bosses and insane quotas, it's a relief I've never felt before. I have my health AND my life back. I almost cried on the phone when I got the call. To have such a great weight milestone and then a professional milestone in the same day.... I'm shocked. I'm relieved. I'm thankful. If you made it this far, thank you. If you're here for the TL;DR: I lost 40 pounds the same day I got an offer for my dream job. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 12 Mar 2021 05:35 PM PST A little bit more about me: I do 5-6 short strength workouts a week (30 mins each). For years I've relied on eggs to meet my protein needs. But I'm having increasingly intense reactions to them (I'm currently covered in hives). I absolutely hate protein powder. I hate the gone-off milk smell and the sickly sweet flavours. I aim for around 150-170g of protein a day (I also eat carbs and fats, they're just easier to source lol). I drink clear protein as an alternative to soft drinks but they're still only 15g max per glass. I buy a lot of deli meat because it's a handy, healthy snack and I used to always eat about 100g of it with 4 eggs most days for lunch. It's reasonably low calorie and full of protein. I also buy a lot of meat and fish generally -- I'm not opposed at all to a meat free diet, I just find it very easy to be consistent with meat. Is there anything you can think of that has the key benefits of eggs? (Cheap, lowish calories, easy to make, not too artificial) Thanks [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 12 Mar 2021 05:57 AM PST Last May I was at a really bad place in my life, from balancing work and my last year of nursing school, to knowing deep down that my 5+ year relationship was ending, I was in a really low place. I stepped on the scale and I weighed in at 205 pounds, which was the heaviest I've ever weighed. For a 5'5" 23 year old woman, that was a lot. In June I decided enough was enough and began my journey. Today, I officially weighed in at 148.8 which means I have a normal BMI for the first time in my adult life!! If you're wondering how I got here so quickly, it was a mix of alternate day fasting and a smidge of depression. I really didn't work out much, but then again my job is very physically strenuous and I typically walk five miles in a shift while lifting patients all day. I really thought I would never reach this weight, it seemed impossible. So if you're feeling that way, just remember, if I can do it so can you. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 12 Mar 2021 04:38 PM PST I started doing 10k steps a day since I figured it would be a nice, attainable, versatile way to become more active. If you struggle with getting out there everyday for x amount of time like I do, the 10k steps give you a goal to familiarize yourself with and you can add to throughout the day as opposed to one sitting. Highly recommend! I never believed people who enjoyed walking. I have to say after the initial trauma it's weirdly relaxing. I'm shedding weight quicker, have more energy, am sleeping earlier, and just all around feel really good about taking steps towards a healthy lifestyle. [link] [comments] |
| Has anyone experienced this after losing a massive amount of weight? Posted: 12 Mar 2021 06:54 PM PST Long story short, I'm a 24 year old guy who recently went from being obese to finally a healthy weight. I've never really been a self conscious person at all. I guess you could say that I was the stereotypical funny fat guy. I was comfortable around people because of my humor, so I never really felt out of place. Anyway, I recently went from having a 34 BMI to 24, and I've noticed so many psychological changes recently that I honestly feel overwhelmed sometimes. Basically, sometimes I don't really recognize myself. By that I mean I still feel a bit weird when noticing changes in my body. For example, I can feel my rib cage and hips now. I was overweight/obese my whole life, so I never really felt anything like that before. I actually got my LinkedIn photo redone recently, and I legit felt so weird when I saw it because I honestly don't recognize myself at all sometimes. Does this feeling go away? Secondly, this is probably the most important thing I've noticed that makes me feel kinda weird sometimes. When I was obese, I felt like I sorta blended in with the crowd. I felt comfortable to do my own thing and I didn't really have any kind of self awareness so I didn't care if I dressed poorly or looked weird. Nowadays, I've upgraded my clothes and I try to dress better. Here's the thing though, I feel like people stare at me sometimes. I'm not used to this at all. Honestly, I still feel socially awkward sometimes so I don't know how to handle people coming up to me and chatting. I recently went shopping for clothes, and I was blown away by the customer service. I NEVER EVER had anyone reach out to me and ask what I was looking for. Basically, I feel like losing weight has made me feel like I'm naked or exposed. Sometimes I'll be walking down the street or reading a book and the park and I'll have people walk by and smile at me. Sometimes I feel like they're really laughing at me or I feel like I look funny to them. I'm not sure how to explain exactly what I'm feeling, and I'm also not sure how to handle it. Is this normal or am I just exaggerating all of this? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 12 Mar 2021 12:51 PM PST Long time lurker checking in! Last Friday I went to my doc and I finally admitted that I needed help. Sure, she told me things I already know, like be more active, cut out junk food, etc. I was at 235 and at 5'2 it's just not fun anymore. I needed to make a change... She suggested I knock myself down to a 1400 cal plan and after adjusting my lifestyle to it for a few weeks, lower it to 1200 and stay there. By then I should have adopted new ways to enjoy food for what it is. And so far I have been!! I haven't eaten one single thing that is processed. Not one thing. Everything that I have consumed has been REAL foods! And I've lessened my sodium/salt intake by more than half (that's been so hard). My trigger to binge eat was when I put my babies to sleep I would clean the house, then reward myself with all the food I've been craving. Brownies, nachos, frosted flakes, left overs, all those foods that I wanted to eat throughout the day but didn't find the time too I would binge them from 11pm-2am. It was my version of "me time". I have no idea how many calories i would eat in that span of several months. I used to eat a meal, still feel hungry, and eat junk after my meals to get that full feeling. Now, I eat my meal and wait a little bit and then that fullness feeling slowly comes on and I realize that I'm good! I've set myself to a schedule. I'm weighing my foods on a scale. I'm starting to meal prep to maintain my schedule. I'm actually SEEING the numbers that I take into my body. That helps me greatly. It's like a bank account... I don't know how much is being affected by my activity until I see the numbers with my own eyes. I hope that makes sense lol In just this week I have lost two pounds, which is my goal! Im sure this high will have it's lows but I'm gonna enjoy it! SW: 235 CW: 233.3 GW: 140 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 12 Mar 2021 08:12 PM PST Hi. I'm in my late 20s, female and I am about 25 kgs overweight. The appearance thing is not an issue, the issue is my lifestyle. Yesterday I went to bed with one of the worst stomach aches I've ever experienced which was the result of my day's junk binge. I ate 3 packets of chips, 2 beers, 3 sprites, 1 coca cola, 2 pieces of fried chicken and 1 serving of fries with lots of ketchup while sitting on my ass all day binge watching MCU movies. I've had it. I wasn't even hungry, I just felt stupid sitting in front of TV not eating. I also haven't left my house for about 2 months now, so I haven't been exposed to sun for that long. I also live in an apartment building in a big city and the roof doesn't really get much sun because of tall buildings around. Except, there are a couple of parks very close by... But it's so hard for me to go out. Not because of COVID, that's only been an excuse for me. Even before COVID I rarely left the house. I just don't like getting dressed, I don't like walking, I feel like it's a waste of time. BUT I know it's not and I know I need it. I need the sun, I need the exercise. I've been having back and shoulder pain for a few weeks now. My job as a software engineer and my studies both have me sitting for hours every day. So I know I should move... but it's just so hard. I'm also going to clean up my eating. I won't count calories, because I know I won't stick with it. I also can't really do meal prep because I have two roommates and a tiny fridge. We usually get take out. No more. I'm gonna cook. Even if that takes a lot of time. I'm gonna put on music, or a podcast or sth so I don't feel like I'm wasting time. I don't know how to make walking/getting sun more fun though. If only I had a dog, I could walk it every day... but again, can't get a dog because of roommates. So here's the plan:
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| Posted: 12 Mar 2021 08:25 AM PST Hi all - Current stats: 30F 5'9 SW:250 CW:207 GW:165 I had the gastric sleeve so maybe I'm just dropping weight quicker than I can mentally keep up, and probably contributing to my overall "not quite normal yet" feeling, but perfect example came up last night. My husband and I went for sushi and I wore jeans I've had forever and yeah they weren't skin tight but they weren't loose either. I keep thinking I've lost over 40 pounds, surely I should be getting to the point where things start to feel a bit baggy. Instead I feel like I'm still my fat self just with a smaller scale number. Maybe I'm just setting my expectations too high but honestly - and this hurts a bit to admit this - I think I was in such denial about how much I gained that I convinced myself all my usual clothes fit, when the reality is they didn't. They were too tight to the point where I couldn't bend over in pants and my bra outline was definitely visible in shirts. Maybe now my clothes aren't baggy, but they're fitting better than they did 6 months ago and maybe that's the victory I should be focusing on. Does anyone else feel this way? Like you see the scale dropping but you're not noticing a lot of differences? Or maybe big differences yet? [link] [comments] |
| Is this what vanity feels like? Posted: 13 Mar 2021 12:30 AM PST Long time lurker first time poster here. I never thought I'd be making a post like this but life really does surprise you in so many ways I've always been a big guy my whole life and for the most part I've been comfortable being that big. Towards the end of 2020 after going through some personal stuff I decided to challenge myself and see if I could achieve a 'healthy' (or at least not obese) BMI and I'm so proud of myself for taking that step 6 months in and I've lost ~6 kg (~13 pounds) and even though I'm ages away from where I want to be I'm even further away from where I started. Anyway the whole point of this post/ramble is during my daily weigh in I caught a glimpse of myself in the bathroom mirror and I couldn't stop looking at myself. I genuinely couldn't believe how much my body has changed and I love it and myself even more now than I ever have. This is a feeling I've never felt before and it just motivates me to keep going to my goal weight! [link] [comments] |
| I despise my lifestyle... But I'm taking baby steps to change it Posted: 12 Mar 2021 07:47 PM PST I'm M 29, 5' 8". When the quarantine started almost exactly a year ago, out of panic for food shortage and being trapped in a "survival" situation, I started eating less and less every day. Basically I would have a very simple breakfast plus one meal a day. By August, I had lost around 12 lbs. It was not out of fear anymore. I enjoyed seeing that I have to close the belt buckle at the last hole. Each wear mark on the leather reminding me of how much weight I had lost. Then I started eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner again, with snacks in between. Even worse, aside from the breakfast, I ordered out the rest of my meals and stopped cooking out of sheer laziness. My sleep schedule was absolutely messed up. My life, a sedentary hell as always. I gained all the weight I had lost back, and then some. A couple of days ago I went on the scale and realized that I'm almost 205 lbs. I hated myself. Deeply. I decided to do something about it. A couple of weeks ago I decided to get my sleep schedule back on track. I set my alarm to 730 for every single day of the week, and ever since I've been waking at or before that hour regardless of when I went to bed the night before. This made me automatically tired and sleepy around midnight every night. I don't need naps during the day anymore. My circadian rhythm seems to be back on track. Yesterday, I decided to start 16:8 intermittent fasting. Eating between 8 AM to 4 PM (usually breakfast and one meal, maybe some snacks in between), and fasting for the rest (nothing but water, maybe sugar free gum). I'm at 198 lbs currently, and am really trying to maintain the IF and my corrected sleep schedule until I can get to my desired weight: 165 lbs. That's how much I weighed when I was 20. Girls found me way more attractive than they do now, even though from other aspects I think I looked horrendous (facial hair, hairstyle, clothing, etc.) Pitiful motive? Maybe. But there's also the fact that diabetes runs on both sides of my family. I do not want to get diabetes. So sweeties and diabetes, those are my motives (dumb joke... sorry! I'm deep in hell crawling my way out let me have that). I hope to add some minimal exercise to the mix too, once I've made a solid habit of my IF and sleep schedule. Sorry if this was a long-winded post. I don't post often on reddit. But this post is necessary for me. I want to put it out there that I'm trying hard to hate my lifestyle less. Any comments or any help from anyone who is or has been through the same journey would be immensely appreciated. Much love ❤️ [link] [comments] |
| Weighing out food is so much easier Posted: 12 Mar 2021 12:14 PM PST So I've been tracking all of my food for months now using MyFitnessPal, and I just recently learned that weighing out my food is so much easier than measuring it out. How it's easier: • You can build your whole meal on top of your kitchen scale (after resetting the weight of the plate) • As you're adding ingredients, you can just reset the weight between each ingredient to track what you've added • Most foods on MyFitnessPal have an option of foods in 1gram to easily punch in exactly how much you want • Don't have to do conversions if what you measured it with isn't on the app • You don't have to individually measure everything out with measuring cups • No more rinsing out/ cleaning measuring cups in between ingredients • No more spooning food into the measuring cup • No more packing or leveling off measuring cups • It makes less mess with dishes • It's more accurate than using measuring cups • It's so much faster! Hopefully this helps out some of you who are frustrated with the time consuming and monotonous motions of measuring out your food. It doesn't have to be that way. Enjoy!~ [link] [comments] |
| You have to get rid of all or nothing thinking to succeed at this. Posted: 12 Mar 2021 05:32 AM PST Lurking (per usual) and seeing some posts and thought I would toss this out. Too many people think about weight loss in a binary way. Either saint or devil. Goal calories achieved or complete failure. Instead you should think about this like, say, building a house. If I said to you "Hey X I am building a house, I have 17 truckloads of bricks and wood and the electrician, plumber, drywallers plus the furniture delivery guys etc...etc... all coming on Monday" you would, quite reasonably, look at me like I was insane. It's pretty clear that in order for the furniture to be installed you need like walls and a roof. In other words, it's silly to have people arriving before you are ready for them. So, to weight loss. You have to build the foundation first. Then move up from there. To the data! These are my daily calories for the first two years of doing this (-136.6lbs) (The P's indicate periods with different calorie targets)
It took almost a year and a half to get to a daily regime under 1970 calories and it's not like I wasn't losing, I lost 96.8lbs over that first 72 weeks (-1.34 a week) and then I decided to VASTLY increase my weight lifting/cardio (why the calories spike back up)...and while I was losing less (-1.2 a week for the last 32 weeks) the fitness benefits vastly outweighed the slightly slower pace. So...I took it...diet only for 20 weeks...diet plus solid exercise for 52 weeks...then basically doubled the exercise for the remaining 32 weeks (and increased calories) to finish the year at 191 (5lbs ahead of the goal) I know it's tempting to want this off tomorrow...but it's not coming off tomorrow... I am not saying don't start exercising right away or don't try to hit a really good calorie target...I am saying that if you're 300lbs and decide that tomorrow you are going to eat 1500 calories and walk ten miles, you're setting yourself up to be sore and hungry and vastly more likely to give up by the end of the week. Instead, decide that for 10 weeks you're going to aim for 2000 calories (or whatever) as an average and walk 2 miles a day...build the foundation first and everything follows naturally from there! Edit: Just to add...while it is technically possible that all or nothing thinking (a hallmark of depression sufferers) is going to be wonderful for you, it's going to lead to far more failure than success. Go to your average gym on Jan 10 and see how busy it is and then go back two months later and see how quiet it's gotten. Look at stats on New Year's resolutions and how the vast majority fail within a month. Everything we know about human behaviour suggests that going from binary poles (eating junk/not exercising to eating super healthy/exercising all the time) in one step just doesn't lead to a lot of success. Yay if you're the 1/1,000,000 who joined a gym on Jan 2 and lifted eight tonnes and was still going two months later, but that's clearly the minority. But, at the end of the day, come up with something that works for you. [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 12 Posted: 12 Mar 2021 07:36 PM PST Hey losers! Running late tonight! Happy Friday! Weigh in daily, enter in Libra & report here even if I don't like it: 234 this morning, 231.1 lbs trend weight. Stay within calorie range (1800): I feel both guilty & okay about whiffing this again. On one hand, ignoring the deficit does not get me closer to my goal. On the other hand, maybe it helps y'all to know I've been at this a while & I still make mistakes. I forgive myself & try again. Always forgive yourself kids! 3/10 days. Exercise 5 days a week: Rest day. 9/12 days. Self-care time (journaling, beauty treatments, anything that fills the bucket, nonfood rewards): TBD. Going to read before bed. Try a new recipe once a week: Anyone know what to do with swiss chard? Roasted romanesco & sausage sammiches with grilled veggies. 2/4 weeks. Express mindfulness and or gratitude: Today I'm grateful for being up and swinging. Survival mode is here. I'm ready to read all weekend & try to recoup some sanity. Your turn! [link] [comments] |
| Compulsive eating strategies when “just don’t keep food at home” isn’t an option? Posted: 12 Mar 2021 03:52 PM PST Long-time compulsive overeater and binge eater, here! I've realized that I always naturally and pretty quickly lose weight when constant access to food just isn't an option. Times when my spouse is away, I love being able to just not keep any food in the house except for, say, raw vegetables and meat (and even then I might overeat, but at least it's vegetables!), and just go out to the store for exactly what I want to eat, when I want it. I always slim down during vacations away from home, whether it's camping or staying at a hotel, just by virtue of having food around only distinct meal times. I was actually thin for the whole 6 years of college when I lived on my own, and again, just never kept much of any food at home! It's just so so easy for me to eat a normal amount of food in circumstances like those; whereas if there's ANY ready-to-eat food around, and I have some spare time, I struggle greatly to not just eat it. It's obviously not reasonable to ask my spouse or kids to not keep the foods they like readily available, nor do I have the time anymore to go to the store multiple times a day. I am beyond grateful to have a wonderful family, and I do acknowledge that the base issue is simply my own lack of self-control and willpower... But are there any strategies or tricks people have found that work, for someone like me? [link] [comments] |
| Feeling absolutely miserable after making some big life changes. Posted: 12 Mar 2021 02:45 PM PST For the past 2+ years I've lived a pretty sedentary life eating shitty food whenever I wanted, many times binging heavy amounts of it at one time, all the while suffering through a drug addiction. I decided I finally had enough and had to make a change (finding out I had gallstones among other health issues also had a big effect on that). I went cold turkey on both the drugs and the shit food and even cut out alcohol from my life. So for the past four days, I've made a huge turnaround. I'm eating cleaner than ever before - chicken, salmon, brown rice, lots of fruits and veggies etc. I've already lost 4 lbs which was a little alarming to lose in four days but I tend to get bloated a lot from the gallbladder issues so that could have something to do with it. Mentally I feel okay, and it's nice to see clothes fitting better already. Physically however, I feel like an absolute wreck. I feel tired and run down all the time and I feel like I never have energy anymore. I take lots of naps but no amount of sleep seems to satisfy. I haven't started exercising yet but I plan to start taking walks soon. It's been a rough four days but I've put my body through the ringer for the past couple years so I realize me being healthy again isn't gonna happen overnight. I'm honestly not sure what the reason for my post was other than to get this all off my chest, haha. I've got a long way to go and look forward to being healthier than ever before. [link] [comments] |
| Daily Q&A Post for Saturday, 13 March 2021 - No question too small! Posted: 12 Mar 2021 10:31 PM PST Got a question? We've got answers! Do you have question but don't want to make a whole post? That's fine. Ask right here! What is on your mind? Everyone is welcome to ask questions or provide answers. No question is too minor or small. TIPS: * Include your stats if appropriate/relevant (or better yet, update your flair!) * Check the FAQ and other resources in the sidebar! [link] [comments] |
| Weird fear after weight loss success Posted: 12 Mar 2021 04:39 PM PST Hello! I was just wondering if anyone can relate to me on this. I've had a successful year and lost 60 lbs. I feel really proud of what I have accomplished for my health. It also is great to look in the mirror and visibly see all my hard work pay off. But I've realized lately that it also leads to some gnawing fear that I'll wake up one day and all the pounds will just...be back. I know it's irrational but I think it's giving me some subconscious anxiety. Does anyone else worry that they'll wake up and all their success will be suddenly diminished? Has anything helped assuage your fears? I'm sure it'll get better with time as well. Thanks everyone and best of luck on your journey! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 12 Mar 2021 09:19 PM PST 24F 5'5 SW:185lbs currently weighing in at 155lbs, GW: 125-130lbs. I've always struggled with body image and had low self esteem because of my weight, it's been about a year that I finally decided to take my happiness in my own hands and started working out, honestly it hasn't been a straight line. Lots of ups and downs, the gyms closing due to Covid considerably slowed down my progress but I was thankfully able to keep the weight off. Today I decided to pull out some old pairs of jeans that I haven't worn comfortably in over 2 years and to my surprise they actually fit! I can't believe I went from a size 11~12 to a size 8. For once in a long time I can say I feel good about myself, I wasn't able to see the progress in the mirror but being able to feel the progress I'm honestly speechless. Sorry if this post is all over the place I just really needed to share this with someone. [link] [comments] |
| What were the most humiliating experiences you made as an obese/overweight person? Posted: 12 Mar 2021 10:49 AM PST I'll go first. There were plenty. I was a fat then chubby child, a chubby teenager until slipped into anorexia. Fast forward to my early 20s, I became overweight again, I binge-ate and hated myself. Once again. I'm now 24, trying to get back to a healthy weight. There's one moment I particularly remember in middle school. I was approximately 11 or 12 then. A teacher of mine wanted to explain the word slim and wanted to give us an example. So she pointed at a classmate of mine who had always been very thin and said "that's slim. her name is a slim person, her body is slim." And then her gaze stopped on me and she added: "and in comparison my name is not slim, my name is the opposite of slim. So you know what slim means now?" It went down like that, I can't remember the exact quote and it also wasn't in English bc I don't live in an English speaking country but you get the point. I felt very humiliated. Later when I became anorexic, my mum in fact told her how badly her comment had then affected me and how embarrassed I was. It was one of the many cuts I had collected in my life until I had just enough to convince myself starving is the right way to solve this. I'd love to hear about your stories. I think being obese means more than carrying excess weight, it is almost political. The harassment, the stigma and the constant reminders by society there is something undesirable and repulsive about you are everlasting. [link] [comments] |
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