Weight loss: I lost 100 pounds! but then covid hit and I gained 40 of that back... but then I got back on track and now I’m down 100 again! |
- I lost 100 pounds! but then covid hit and I gained 40 of that back... but then I got back on track and now I’m down 100 again!
- I've lost over 50 pounds since October of last year and I feel really good about it.
- Jan 1st I stuggled to get out of the bath. Today I rowed The English Channel.
- Losing weight is more easier when your mom is with you.
- NSV- body dysmorphia/ body positive progress. :-)
- What I Learned After Taking a Diet Break
- Starting my weight loss journey and I'm excited!
- NSV I can fit back into my old roller skating/roller derby safety gear.
- Mindlessly eating when bored
- I can’t seem to stay consistent.
- How do I stop always thinking about food?
- My body transformation(fat to(less fat lol)) https://youtu.be/MGf5zEg6Xeo and how exactly I did it;
- The First Day on My Journey to 215
- Finally sub 170
- Losing motivation to follow CICO diet after 20lbs loss...
- Made a happy compromise when I had intense cravings!
- Weight loss help
- Don’t be afraid to be silly or cheesy
- NSV: today I ignored the urge to eat my favorite dessert
- Itchy when a fat runner, itchy when a thin runner. Really putting me off jogging.
- A long, long plateau
- I’m scared to swim at my gym because I’m overweight
- I can’t seem to stick to my daily calorie goal
- I lost 6lbs this week! [315lbs-309lbs, 5' 11", M, 25]
- Almost to my weight loss goal!
| Posted: 08 Mar 2021 12:41 AM PST relevant picture: https://imgur.com/a/22f5mvU I was 290 pounds two years ago (the left side of the picture). I got down to 190 by just cooking at home more and eating less, but I never really went to the gym or exercise regularly. Covid hit, and suddenly I started getting a panda express bigger plate doordashed to my apartment every other night... the pounds added back up quick. I was about 230 pounds in November, I decided that that was probably a good time to cut back on the fast food again, and i also started going to my apartment's gym every day. I'm currently back down to 190 (right side of the picture), and feeling better than ever :) (also if you look at the picture, I have been told before that I "don't look 290" on the left, but I'm just tall so the weight is spread out a bit.) [link] [comments] |
| I've lost over 50 pounds since October of last year and I feel really good about it. Posted: 07 Mar 2021 12:36 PM PST When I [M 29] started my fitness journey last year in mid October I weighed 330 lbs since then I have logged over 46 hrs at my gym spending usually an hour every day when I wasn't working. I usually do mix of lifting and cardio exercises each day. I caught covid last month and it really affected me so I had to take things easy while my body recovered. Yesterday was the first day I felt good enough to go back and I was shocked when I weighed myself at 281 almost 50 pounds lighter than a few months ago. It just really made my day and I wanted to share with someone, I hope you all reach your goals too. 😁 [link] [comments] |
| Jan 1st I stuggled to get out of the bath. Today I rowed The English Channel. Posted: 07 Mar 2021 04:50 AM PST I was 18st 11lbs at the start of the year. Not sure why the bath tub was the thing that triggered me to start exercising but I distinctly recall being pissed off that I could not reach the taps and struggled to lift myself out of the tub. I started indoor cycling and rowing, I have dropped 14lbs and today I rowed 35,000m for charity; the width of the English Channel. I am still way too heavy but I proved to myself that I can put the hard work in and now I believe I can go all the way to target weight by the end of the Summer. Set goals, work hard, support each other and you will get your rewards! PS I am writing this in the bath tub after almost 3 hours on my rower. I suspect it will still be a struggle to get out today 🤣 EDIT: WOW so much positive feedback. A couple of people messaged asking about the charity. It's Cyclists Fighting Cancer in the UK, they provide bikes to kids who have had cancer. My page is here if anyone wants to be a hero and push me over my fundraising target. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/lukepickering1978 [link] [comments] |
| Losing weight is more easier when your mom is with you. Posted: 07 Mar 2021 11:27 PM PST So the story starts with my family, just me and mom and dad. All of us are obese, sadly. Whenever we are outside people will talk and laugh at us and it really made me mad like 'why are we like this.' Or 'I dont want to hangout with them anymore'. But this pandemic thought me that I should change that. And my mom joined, not that she also do 20 hour fasting and 30 mins HIIT everyday. But she does fasting and zumba everyday, she would encourage me whenever I start my workout and I would energize her whenever she dance and shout like "Energyyyyyyy.." or "Breathe Ma." Etc. She would follow my calorie counts like 1/2 cup of rice and drink less soda even if its her favorite thing in the world. I would even scold her when she breaks her fast. And she rides all my adjustment in my eating instead of laughing at the ridoculousness of it all. Now I lost 9-10kg while she was 4kg since the start of late January. Losing weight is not easy but with my mom, its much more fun. [link] [comments] |
| NSV- body dysmorphia/ body positive progress. :-) Posted: 07 Mar 2021 04:03 PM PST I wanted to give you guys an update from my last post! (If there's a better way to do this other than commenting on that post with updates, please let me know!) I have seen a mental shift in myself that is subtle but feels permanent. I am essentially correcting myself every time I start to engage in negative self talk. I just put a stop to it and instead choose objectivity, acceptance, being gentle with myself, and finally trying to find something about myself I can feel confident about instead. Having body dysmorphia is so strange, because it has this element of gaslighting that makes you question both yourself AND the people who love you. If someone compliments my body and I can't see what they see, it makes me feel like everyone is lying to me to pacify me, and it creates baseless resentment and anger towards that person. It's so deep rooted and it's so hard to rewire your brain if you struggle with it. I am a very reasonable, rational person and I'm not quick to anger or resentment or anything like that. But I have to check myself often when people compliment me, because I have been taught by so many that my body is ugly that I have internalized it. I'm just so proud of the woman I'm becoming despite those fucked up mental barriers that had the potential to destroy me. I am trying so hard to love myself deeply, intimately and truly. Today I took this picture. I'm sure I've lost a few pounds since my last post (as I've been incorporating permanent eating, mental, and physical changes into my life) but that isn't my concern at this moment. Instead, I'm proud that I can look at this body, post it on the internet, and say to myself, "you are beautiful and your body is lovable. There are so many things about you that are lovable! " That's all! Thanks for reading. :-) 💕 so much love to whoever this finds. Keep going! You're so beautiful. [link] [comments] |
| What I Learned After Taking a Diet Break Posted: 07 Mar 2021 01:37 PM PST When I started trying to lose weight in earnest, I wanted to put everything into it - unlike the previous attempts, this was gonna be my do or die moment. Fortunately, by educating myself and having all the time in the world to meal plan and workout (a small personal benefit of the pandemic), things clicked this time and I managed to lose 80lbs between June 2020 and January 2021 (before and after pics here). By the time January rolled around, my weight loss slowed to a crawl. Even as I continued to lower my intake in relation to my lowering weight, it became harder and harder to make progress. I was stubborn, though, and the idea of taking a break felt like giving up or giving in to laziness. Finally, I started to feel weak during workouts and my performance suffered, so I decided to eat at maintenance during February and resume my weight loss in March (note: I maintained my same work out routine the entire time). Now that I've been eating at a deficit for a week, there's a few things I've noticed:
In closing, hopefully this helps people who are stubborn like me feel better about taking a break from eating at a deficit. It's not giving up or wasting time - it may actually make the process MORE efficient! I'm also going to try out "refeeding" by eating a controlled increase of carbs every other Sunday in order to encourage leptin production, which will hopefully prevent plateauing. This is a different way of having a "cheat day" but staying productive. Any other general tips for long term weight loss are welcome, and hopefully some of you find my discoveries helpful to your own weight loss journeys. [link] [comments] |
| Starting my weight loss journey and I'm excited! Posted: 08 Mar 2021 04:54 AM PST I started my weight loss journey 6 days ago and I am loving it so far! On day 1 I (25F) weighed 17st 10lb, and ive already lost 4lb as of yesterday. Ive always been a big girl, although i did really slim down and was quite skinny between the ages of 12-15, but then on birth control the weight started creeping up. I had a baby in Nov 2019 which resulted in an emergency c-section and that has messed my stomach area up as you can imagine, because of that and being a first time mum along with covid i just piled on the pounds. I have been feeling so down, lost all of my confidence, and ive been so desperate to lose the weight but i just didnt have the drive and willpower to do it. In January my partner began his weight loss journey, he has been eating clean and goes out running 3/4 times a week and so far has lost a huge 2st 7lb. Im so happy for him and quite envious, its seeing his hard work and enjoyment that has nailed it in my head that I am finally ready to start my journey. I have joined Apple Fitness+ and im really enjoying it at the moment, especially the dance workouts, they are so much fun. Surprisingly im really enjoying the clean eating too, something ive never liked before, which to me, shows that this time i am really ready for this. I cant wait to start seeing results, however long it may take. Not really much point to this post I just cant contain my excitement! [link] [comments] |
| NSV I can fit back into my old roller skating/roller derby safety gear. Posted: 08 Mar 2021 02:30 AM PST When I gained all my weight, I had to buy all new gear. Everything except the helmet and last week I had the brilliant idea to break out the skates in the nice weather for some exercise and for fun/torture try on the old safety gear.. Well...all the old gear fit again. I lost enough weight and/or tonned enough muscle to wear my old equipment. I may not look like my old self yet but it help me feel a little bit more like her for just a second. Edit for details: I am a 34 y/o f. I gained my weight due to a combo of health reasons. Hypothyroidism, PCOS w/insulin resistance, life long exercise induced asthma. Due to the weight gain, I also developed more health issues like sleep apnea, high blood pressure, pre-diabetes, high- cholesterol. When my thyriod went to hell I gained over 100 lbs fast and I knew I need help. I found a group of doctors who are great. My main one for this is my Endochrologist. They treat my thyriod, PCOS ,blood pressure, cholesterol, pre-diabetes, insulin resistance. I take Metformin and triosint. We have lowered the cholesterol by diet instead of medication. My PCOS is "managed", I am out of the pre-diabetic range. Blood pressure is controlled with medication but meds have been lower as weight lowers. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 07 Mar 2021 07:12 PM PST I've noticed I've been mindlessly eating or eating when I'm bored. It's starting to affect me, as in it's looking like I might need to buy some new clothes. Which also really affects my self esteem. I usually end up snacking on junk when I come home from work at night. I work 2nd shift and I'm alone when I come home and I'm too tired to be productive at that point. During the day I'll usually combat this by keeping myself busy, but I need a solution for at night, especially because usually I feel sick in the morning if I sleep on a full stomach. It's really getting to me as I just don't know what to do. I have about a 2.5 hour span from the time I get home, to the time I go to sleep so as long as I can get through that point, I should be fine. I just really need some skills or info to put in place since I don't seem to have the self discipline to hold out eating until morning. [link] [comments] |
| I can’t seem to stay consistent. Posted: 07 Mar 2021 07:59 PM PST Consistency is key in weight loss and I can't seem to do it. I'll be doing good for a week and then suddenly I have this uncontrollable urge to binge. I get so hungry and want to eat everything. And I don't even try to stop myself I'll just be like "it's okay to over eat sometimes just eat less the next day or eat your normal calorie allowance." I try to eat about 1,200-1,300 calories a day but I'm still hungry afterwards. Some days that satisfies me but my appetite changes so much and I think that is why I'm so inconsistent. And it seems like after I start eating a lot I can't stop. Any advice? All I think about is food. I just want this struggle to end. I envy people who can eat what they want and maintain their weight or lose weight and also be satisfied and full. Stress also makes me eat more and it's an endless cycle of stress eating and being more stressed because I just stress ate. Then I eat more. [link] [comments] |
| How do I stop always thinking about food? Posted: 07 Mar 2021 09:10 PM PST You know that saying that men think about sex every seven seconds? I wish I had time for that, because I'm thinking about food every seven seconds instead. I feel as though the thoughts only increase when I make efforts to cut calories and lose weight. Even know that I'm meal-prepping, I wish I could just decide what I'm having, make it, and kind of "set it and forget it," but instead, I'm just thinking about the next recipe I should make, at what time I should eat my next meal, etc. I used to think people were lying when they said things like "sometimes I forget to eat." How do you forget a literal biological function? Do you forget to shit, too? Forget to exhale? But with time, I realized that these people aren't humble-bragging about their virtue of moderation. They are just different from me, and many people exist for whom food is just another thing they have to do everyday, like brushing your teeth. I brush my teeth everyday, but don't think about it every moment of the day. The only times I knew what it was like to not be thinking about food all the time were when I was on attention-related medications, like Adderall and Dexedrine. These literally caused me to forget to eat. And when I did eat, I'd have enough, be satisfied, and then move on to doing something other than eating. I'm still prescribed Dexedrine, but don't take it every day because I feel like I only need the boost in focus it gives me occasionally. Right now, I am thinking about how the first thing I'm doing when getting home is having a sugar-free low-calorie Jell-O cup and a diet soda pop. A carbonated drink should fill my stomach up for a bit, and I'll be able to stay within my calorie deficit. Then I'll go to bed, because even if I think about food in my sleep, worst I can do is try to eat my pillow. But I know the amount I think about food isn't conducive to fat loss, because willpower is only so strong, and sooner or later, I'm going to crack. Any tips? [link] [comments] |
| My body transformation(fat to(less fat lol)) https://youtu.be/MGf5zEg6Xeo and how exactly I did it; Posted: 08 Mar 2021 04:11 AM PST Well so I started off by doing a phase of keto which really messed with my brain, and I ended up cheating and gaining even more weight. So I'd advice against that, but hey if it works for you, it works for you. Anyway so I eventually stumbled across greg doucette on yt and learnt the entire logic of calories in calories out, and here is all my knowledge condensed:
I hope this helps you, have a great day! [link] [comments] |
| The First Day on My Journey to 215 Posted: 08 Mar 2021 01:48 AM PST Hi everyone! I've been in this group for a little and I've been reading a lot of people's journeys to changing their lifestyles. I'm super inspired. Just quick background: I'm 26 years old, 5'7 and I weigh 289 lbs. I gained the majority of my weight after I got married due to the stress and drama of in-laws and toxicity. I love my wife but don't love her family 🤷♂️. Before marriage in 2017, I was 215-230 lb maintaining my weight sometimes and I had a gym schedule where I would lose and bulk but I was comfortable. Present day, I let a lot of negative energy envelope me and began stress eating, not sleeping, no working out and I ended up tearing a rotator cuff when I started again in the beginning of 2019. Mid 2019, me and my wife left the negativity and move out and when I tell you the sun shone brighter than it ever did that day, I kid you not! 🌅 My head cleared and I started doing things I never thought I would do. I started college and I'm fast tracked to graduate in 1.5 years (this June) instead of 4 and I started doing better in my business. Made more money than I did before... unfortunately, I got sciatica at the end of 2019 🤷♂️. You can say, I've had some hills just like everyone else. I'm grateful because it could've been WORSE. May we all climb out the holes we've been in. I was been recovering in 2020 but school and quarantine made it easier to order in and not go anywhere. Today, I'm finally confident enough to bounce back! I'm ready to change my lifestyle but I want help - me and my wife have gained a lot weight and I want to be a motivational force for her and myself. Inspire me! Encourage me! I've bought the app Simple for intermittent fasting. I'm on my second fast day. Kinda splurged on fast food as my celebratory meal for writing 4 papers and having 9 classes left in my degree. But I'm done with that. I'm a cook at heart (dropped out of culinary school) another story for another time but I'm ready to change the lifestyle by cooking more, eating healthier. I still have back pains so walking for long periods does not feel good but I'm okay with doing push-ups, sit-ups, light squats and other manageable calisthenics. Give me tips, tricks, recipes, diets, etc. Help me succeed in my journey 🙏🏿 I love you all even though I don't know any of you but we all have the same goal, to lead and live better so that's enough for me 😌 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 07 Mar 2021 06:38 PM PST I'm a 5 foot 11 male and I just weighed myself for the first time in 2 weeks and I'm 168.4. Crazy to me how I've made this much progress, I only started my weight loss journey in late January at the weight of 189 pounds. I have been on and off dieting and failing for the past 4 years of my life and I'm so happy that I finally got the willpower to really change myself. I wouldn't call myself at my goal weight exactly (I want to get lean and shredded) but I definitely would consider myself normal looking now. For those of you who are constantly frustrated and failing just remember you won't be like this forever, just watch your macros closely would be my #1 tip. [link] [comments] |
| Losing motivation to follow CICO diet after 20lbs loss... Posted: 08 Mar 2021 02:40 AM PST Hello everyone :) I guess I'm just here to rant about losing my motivation... and hoping some of you might help me gain it back. In November and December, I lost 20 pounds and went from 165 (75 kg) to 145 (65 kg) (I'm F27, 5'7). Between holidays, birthdays etc. I've completely lost my motivation to follow the CICO diet. Initially, I was following the 4000 kj/day, and decided to give myself some slack with the 5000 kj/day, but I wasn't losing weight anymore. I guess that's where my motivation vaned, because I was restricting myself a lot still and it didn't work, so now I reversed back to my old habits of eating whenever and whatever. I haven't gained back any weight, as luck would have it, but I still have 5kg/10 pounds to go to and I can't seem to overcome my food impulses. I think, one of the problem is I like how I look now, and though I know I would look better with less weight, vanity was one of my main motivation at the beginning of the diet. I wanted to exercise to sculpt my body but gyms are closed right now, and I work best on machines. Is anyone else feeling this way ? Do you have any pointers to "get back into the game" ? [link] [comments] |
| Made a happy compromise when I had intense cravings! Posted: 07 Mar 2021 06:40 PM PST Hi all, so I'm 20F, 180 lbs trying to get down to 130. Today I had the biggest craving for a veggie burger with a ton of fries. Then I thought to myself: all those simple carbs, grease, sodium, it's not good for you. At the same time though, I didn't want to completely deprive myself. So I decided to make a compromise. I got a veggie burger w/ a small fry (no buns), skipped out on burger sauces, shared the fries w/ my s/o. I actually ended up only eating about 1/3 of the fries because the veggie patty was super filling. I also had cucumbers, tomatoes, some grilled mushrooms and some water. Before, I'd eat bread, rice, desserts and sugary drinks all day. Now, I'm fighting back! I understand this technique may not work for everyone but if you are able to, maybe try compromising/enjoying your favorite foods in small amounts to curve cravings. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 08 Mar 2021 03:09 AM PST In August 2018, at only 4foot 7inches, I was 86kgs, prediabetic and the unhealthiest I'd been in my life. I decided I needed to make a change. At first I didn't start with anything too dramatic. I reduced my food portions, ate less simple carbohydrates and exercised three to four times a week. At this point I was quite unfit and couldn't do all that much in the way of exercise, but whenever I went to the gym I made sure that whatever I did, I would get my heart rate up and I'd make sure I was sweaty before I left. By August 2019, I had gotten down to 75kgs. Although it had taken me a year, I was so proud of what I had achieved and at that point, it was the healthiest and happiest I'd felt in my life. Throughout 2019 I continued with the healthier eating but became more stringent and focused on watching what I was eating and by this point could do a lot more fitness wise. I would run on the treadmill, go on long hikes, do lots of strength training. I tried lots of different things and found I enjoyed it all now that I was fitter. However in August of 2020 I'd plateaued at 66kgs. I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. I never took a day off. I exercised every day for over two years and nothing worked. My GP suggested I try the Fast 800 program by Dr Michael Mosley. With this I would eat 800 calories a day within a 12 hour period. I did this from October to December and continued with my exercise but still I stayed at 66kgs. I feel like I've had every blood test done under the sun and nothing abnormal shows up. I've been to an endocrinologist. They can't figure out why I'm not losing weight. I've looked a bit at theories around different body types and how if you're an endomorph (which is how I would describe my body type) this can effect the way you lose weight. To say I'm at my wits end is an understatement. I can't continue to maintain the momentum of reduced calories and strict exercise regime for my entire life. Especially when it's no longer resulting in weight loss. Has anyone else been through something similar? Does anyone have any suggestions that I haven't already thought of? I'm not adverse to hard work, I just want it to work. [link] [comments] |
| Don’t be afraid to be silly or cheesy Posted: 07 Mar 2021 01:53 PM PST F/36/5'6" SW:355 CW:189 So I don't know if this will really help anyone, but I had a bit of a moment today that I thought I would share. I've lost and regained hundreds and hundreds of pounds over the decades, but this most recent time I really took a different approach. I decided that I would stick to it come hell or high water. I would read everything I came across, and I would try every strategy. So I did. If I came across a motivational tool, I did it even if I thought it sounded dumb. I had sticker charts (that didn't last long), rewards written down for milestones (I owe myself SO MANY rewards), the two jars of marbles (I like that one better than I thought I would), progress pictures, everything. You name it, I gave it a try. Some I enjoyed more than I thought I would, some I stopped doing. Well, I had forgotten that I made a "dream board." That's not really my thing, but I had promised myself to try everything. I made it as a private board on Pinterest, and it has pictures of all of the things that I could think of that were my motivations when I first started. I did look at it a bit when I was struggling at first, but then as I got better coping skills, I stopped looking at it and forgot about it completely. Today I came across it. Looking through it, I have either archived or am able to achieve almost everything on it. There are some things I haven't actually done, but my weight is no longer a barrier to doing it. For example, I really want to go sky diving. Well now it's just a matter of going out and doing it, instead of it being something I physically couldn't do. If I'm being honest, when I made that board, I don't know that I really thought I would do those things. But being able to look back and see the things I wanted SO BAD and know that they're within my grasp is a pretty amazing feeling. So the moral of my story is to try things that you think won't help. You might be surprised. [link] [comments] |
| NSV: today I ignored the urge to eat my favorite dessert Posted: 07 Mar 2021 05:35 PM PST Hey there wonderful people Yesterday I decided for the 10th time since the beginning of the pandemic to get back on CICO. A bit of background: I'm a 46 year old dad of a 6 y.o. kid, and I've been overweight since my early teens, and obese since the early 20s. I found this sub on 2016 or so, and on late 2017 I decided to give CICO and C25K a shot, and managed to go down from 125kg to 106kg in 18 months, slow and steady. Joined a ton of 5k and 10k races and even a half marathon in August 2019 in which I finished nearly last, but I finished it. In late 2019 I started to fall off the wagon a bit but I was certain I'd get back on track in early 2020, and then covid showed up. Fast forward to now and I'm pretty much back to square zero. I'm not sure about my weight as I'm afraid to check, but I'm sure it's over 120kg. Looking my self at the mirror last Friday night I decided to get serious again about calorie tracking. And then today my mother in-law (we're in the isolation bubble with my in-laws to get support while my wife and I work from home) who usually cooks or orders the most tempting food decided to cook my favorite dessert, a typical Brazilian dessert (pudim de leite). It was tough to see that thing tempting me all day. My main strategy was to pick up a book I've read in 2017, Amy Johnson's "The little book of Big change", and remind me that an urge is just a thought, not an order or a reason to try to "out think" it. It's an habitual thought which is best when it's simply discarded as new thoughts will come, our brain is a constant, random thought generator. It seemed to have helped. Anyway this post turned out to be a long rambling. In any case here's for day 2 of my journey, I hope I have the strength to stick to it. Have a good week folks! [link] [comments] |
| Itchy when a fat runner, itchy when a thin runner. Really putting me off jogging. Posted: 08 Mar 2021 02:09 AM PST I had a BMI of 32 and jogging was awful for me because it make my side and back fat, belly and thighs, super itchy. After 5 minutes of exercise I would sulk off home miserable and would scratch them until they were red raw. I thought it was because I'm so fat that the blood circulating through my fat was making me itch. Strength exercise always gave me injuries and I just gave up on exercise. Then I lost a lot of weight due to illness and also dieting/restricted intake of food. Now my BMI is 21. I feel really good and am recovering well and making good food choices. I decided to try exercise again. I started with ringfit for Nintendo switch. I haven't injured myself so far and I quite like the variety and the pace. However! Today I decided to go for a jog. I jogged about 1.3 miles this morning. It's not much but it's the first time in about 10 months. I wanted to jog 2 miles but at 1 mile the itchy started again!! It was in my side fat and butt area where I guess i still carry a lot of fat. I wasn't going to scratch myself in public and luckily I was doing laps round the neighborhood so I came home and felt sad that I got itchy again. I'm not even sweating. I don't why this happens. Is it a common reaction? I'm a missing some particular vitamin or something? Any advice would be appreciated. My dads advice was just "well pet, you're obviously not meant to be a runner. Just take the dog for a nice long walk instead!" [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 08 Mar 2021 05:10 AM PST Hello r/LoseIt! I'm not sure where else to go to advice, despite there being 900 blog posts in Google about plateaus. I successfully went from 190 lbs in October of 2019 to 144 lbs today. There's been a few plateaus along the way, but nothing I couldn't break through. I'm 5'1" and trying to join the US Air Force, so I need to shed about 4 more pounds at least before I can move forward there. My weight was stuck at 147, I got through that, and now it's stuck again and is continuing to stick at 145. Currently I could lose 1 lb a week at 1100 calories, but I'm sticking to 1200 for safety. Last summer, my sister was losing weight with me at 1200 cal/day, but now she's maintaining at 1800 and my dad is losing at 1800, so it's been really really difficult to keep my calories low! I'm considering OMAD, but I'm a pretty avid runner and get hungry after a run. I'm really bad about one snack snowballing into three snacks, so I try to avoid it if I can. Planning my day out ahead of time doesn't work because my family will decide to have something else for dinner last minute. If I don't cook, my dad does and serves massive portions. Any plateau busting tips? Are there any runners who do OMAD and what's your experience with it? I'm getting really impatient with my weight loss recently [link] [comments] |
| I’m scared to swim at my gym because I’m overweight Posted: 07 Mar 2021 01:55 PM PST I probably gained close to 30 pounds over the year due to pandemic, major stress and depression. I joined a YMCA a week ago and it has a lap pool I want to use. I put on a bathing suit for the first time in over a year a few days ago and I was disgusted at myself. I'm scared to go out in public and people seeing me in it. My gym is also full of teenagers and younger people during certain times of the day because I guess when they get off from school, they all head to the Y. Teenagers are naturally immature and I wanna say I'm used to stares, but they can still really bother me. I'm still gonna swim no matter what, but I'm still gonna feel insecure as hell. How can I get over this 😭 [link] [comments] |
| I can’t seem to stick to my daily calorie goal Posted: 08 Mar 2021 12:11 AM PST 38/m , 6'3 277 lbs. Supposed to be eating 2300 cals a day to lose a pound a week but I go over that almost everyday. I really have trouble on the weekends especially. I ate a whole Red Baron frozen pizza today and that fucked up my calorie counts. I can't seem to work in my favorite foods into my diet without overdoing it. I ate like six hostess cinnamon rolls in two days. I get the hungriest at night but that's also when Im the most bored, as well. I try to drink more water but I don't seem to get thirsty a lot . I'm on the verge of giving up this calorie counting thing because I suck at it so much [link] [comments] |
| I lost 6lbs this week! [315lbs-309lbs, 5' 11", M, 25] Posted: 07 Mar 2021 11:18 AM PST Basically last week I weighted in at 315lbs. This was not cool, I knew I was big but I hadn't weighted myself in a while and it was a shocker. I reckoned that if I wanna be the fitness guy in really good shape I need to "be the fitness guy" than comes the body not the other way around. So I decided to do that. I cut my calories back to about 2400, started rowing 45 minutes every other day and the day I'm not rowing I walk 5k. I started eating keto and only eating once to twice a day with no snacking. So far I feel excellent! I hope I can keep it up. I haven't had this much energy before. Just wanted to post my progress! [link] [comments] |
| Almost to my weight loss goal! Posted: 07 Mar 2021 09:57 AM PST 28 M, 6'0", SW: 265 CW: 173 GW: 160-165 Before: https://i.imgur.com/iT8ODLQ.jpg Current: https://i.imgur.com/JUR7RkQ.jpg Hi everyone! First time making a post here, but I've been lurking for quite some time. Around the early part of 2018 I got out of a long relationship and was at my heaviest weight of 265. I committed to losing weight that summer and was able to lose about 70 pounds doing IF 16:8 ~1500-1800 calories a day and getting into the gym 5 days a week doing cardio on an elliptical and lifting weights for about a half hour. I hadn't really had much experience in a gym so for my lifting I would alternate between upper body/ lower body and do 4 sets of 8 on 5 different machines/ exercises. After the summer I went back to school and stopped working out and watching what I ate and subsequently gained back 10-15 pounds. The next summer came and I once again committed to getting back into the gym and losing some more weight. Although I did manage to lose the weight I gained, my eating habits were all over the place and I stayed around 195-200 pounds. Fast forward to March 2020 and COVID hits. I move back in with my parents to save some money and pick up running because gyms are all closed and I have unlimited free time essentially. I ran my first 10k in July and then my first half-marathon in September!! This time around I'm not doing any lifting though. At this point I'm steadily losing weight from running and IF 16:8 and managed to get down to around 170 pounds. Then about a month after my half-marathon I pulled a muscle and was off for a few months, subsequently gaining back 15 pounds. I picked up running again in December, and now am at the point where I'm lifting 5 days a week and running 25 miles a week. I still would like to lose some more weight, and get somewhere between 160-165. Once I get there I can switch my focus to lifting more, eating in a surplus, and putting on some muscle! The biggest thing I've learned throughout all of this is that weight loss is not always a linear progression. There are lots of bumps in the road, but the most important thing is that you pick yourself up and get back on the wagon! My quality of life has improved so much. I can do everyday activities without getting tired! Also, at least for me, obsessing over calories has never worked. I never know exactly how many I'm consuming, but I have a good estimate in my head. It just made things easier that way! [link] [comments] |
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