Weight loss: My kid and a bag of cat food put things into perspective for me. |
- My kid and a bag of cat food put things into perspective for me.
- The weird things you notice while losing weight.
- NSV Sober two weeks and down 6.5lbs
- No longer obese!!
- Just a rant
- Progress. (70 pounds down!) wanted to extend my thanks
- Thin Slice Bread ��!!!!
- Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Monday, 29 March 2021? Start here!
- First NSV!
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: March 29th, 2021
- Stupid Milestone
- I've suddenly remembered a part of my childhood which may have resulted in my weight gain. It's quite eye-opening.
- Too fat for uniform
- I've gained 70 pounds in the last 3 years and I want to change this
- How do people eat healthy daily?
- I am having such a hard time.
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Monday, 29 March 2021: Today, I conquered!
- EZ Daily Chopped Salad for weight loss!
- I’m getting fat; I need HELP
- I feel like I'm not doing enough
- How accurate is the calorie function on Garmin/Fitbit watches?
- I’ve lost over 60 pounds but my body silhouette hasn’t changed
- Telling my partner how much I weigh...
- Goal Weights Make Me Uncomfortable
| My kid and a bag of cat food put things into perspective for me. Posted: 28 Mar 2021 03:47 PM PDT I have lost 20 pounds since weighing in at my heaviest weight in the fall. I know that it's a good accomplishment but I sometimes struggle to think of it as an accomplishment because the weight I am now used to be the heaviest I've ever been... so it feels like I have a really long way to go. My 11 year old has been joining me in eating better and paying attention to portion sizes, etc. and she knows that Sunday's are when I weigh myself. I don't say anything negative in front of her of course (I keep that to myself!) but I told her that I had lost 20 pounds so far. Well, later in the day I got a delivery of cat food from Chewy. Two 10 pound bags. My daughter was helping me put them away and she said "Hey, this is how much weight you've lost!" I hadn't thought of it like that, but it really put things into perspective and made myself feel better about my accomplishment being able to physically feel just how much 20 pounds is! [link] [comments] |
| The weird things you notice while losing weight. Posted: 28 Mar 2021 11:46 PM PDT This is a ramble, but in the best way possible. Please excuse the thought stream - I just needed to get this out to people who actually understand the weight loss struggles. I don't have anyone in my life that was a higher weight then lost a drastic amount of their weight, so no one really understands the current excitement I'm having over my random successes. I've lost just under half of my goal - I wanted to lose 75 pounds, I've lost 35 so far within the last year. It's been hard - I fell off the wagon these last two weeks, but now that the farmers market is open again on weekends, it's much easier for me to meal plan around the vendors I know will be there while making healthier choice. The vendors also help me stay on track, since they know my goals and such. The weight loss itself didn't really sink in until a few realizations happened: 1) the first time I had no pants I could wear. I hate belts as a woman. They just feel weird. So I just always make sure I have pants with a proper fitting waist line. When my size 16 jeans would literally fall off my hips and legs after 5 steps...well, it was chaos. My size 14 jeans are already at the point of "I can put them on without unzipping or undoing the button" and they're starting to slip frequently... 2) when a pair of size 12 shorts from target fit, even if they weren't perfect. 3) when I put my arms down at my side and realized they were fully down at my side, not awkwardly pushed out by my side boob fat. 4) when I retried on my wedding dress and realized that I had already lost so much weight that the dress looked like a potato sack on me. And in 13 more months if I lose even 15 more pounds, that dress won't be able to be altered without destroying the design and integrity of the dress itself. Y'all I just exchanged my wedding dress last week - I went from a 16W (plus size bridal) to a 12 (misses/regular). The 12 doesn't 100% fit just yet - it's about 1 inch away from fully closing on the zipper. 5) discovering none of my bras actually fit - band or cup wise. The amount of money I have to spend now...ugh. But yay. But ugh. 6) my engagement ring hasn't fit in 6 months. I tried it on again on Friday...I shook my hand and it flew off across the room. It actually can now fit on my pointer finger. Got a temporary replacement until we can get the ring resized - turns out I've lost enough weight to go down by 1.5 ring sizes. TL:DR - pandemic weight loss doesn't make it easy to recognize the successes. Sometimes the number doesn't really mean a lot. The small things (or the big ones like a wedding dress) REALLY are the moments that can make it click and should be celebrated. [link] [comments] |
| NSV Sober two weeks and down 6.5lbs Posted: 28 Mar 2021 09:55 AM PDT I'm trying to quit drinking and have been sober for two weeks so far. When I stepped on the scale this morning, I was down 6.5lbs from where I was two weeks ago. I know most of it is probably water weight but it feels good to see that number go down. I gained A LOT of weight that past 1-2yrs due to drinking and I'm looking to get back into shape as I continue to be sober. Super excited to see that number go down and it's helping to motivate me to keep eating better, take care of myself, not drink and to keep losing weight! Some of the biggest lessons I've learned so far are: 1. Alcohol has a shit ton of calories and it's so much easier to lose weight when not drinking it 2. Instead of ordering out, cooking at home is a better option and you have a better idea of what you're eating/how many calories you're consuming. 3. Exercise is good and makes you feel good. Instead of spending hours on the couch drinking, playing games and eating, I'm going out walking and doing more around the house. Once the pandemic is over and things start opening up, I plan to get back into kickboxing as well. Anyway, I hope everyone is having a lovely Sunday! :) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Mar 2021 12:00 PM PDT I (23,f) have been a long time lurker in this community. I've learned a lot and I owe my progress to all of you who made me feel less alone. I am tearing up as I'm typing and I wish I was a lot more eloquent and careful with my words but screw it. I lost 16 lbs in 3 months and I am no longer obese. I could never really lose the weight because I was too impatient and didn't have the right information but ever since I joined this community I understood where I went wrong and I took measures to fix it. I focussed on eating cleaner and counting calories and I found out that I liked walking a lot more than any physical exercises and it workedd. I walk 11 kms ( roughly 7 miles) almost every morning and sometimes in the evenings too. I still have long way to go.I am sorry that I am ranting but I don't have anyone to share this progress with. Sorry for any grammatical errors, english is not my first language. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Mar 2021 09:17 AM PDT I've lost 60 lbs since learning about calories and I'm 40 lbs away from the century club. I still workout using weights, so I have been able to maintain the majority of my muscle. My bad experience from last night didn't have to do with me. One of my friend's negative remarks to an obese person really hit home. The lady was just at the bar getting drinks with her friends and he was saying so many rude things behind her back. Also his reactions towards my new "fit" body made him put a lot of attention on my muscles. The level of universally accepted vanity really rubbed me the wrong way. So many people at the table shared the same opinion as him. It bothered me to see what people could have honestly thought of me when I was heavier and how much value they choose to put on me for being physically pleasing. I had been obese for the majority of 6 years and over weight almost all of my life, so it bums me out to know what people could have thought of me for just taking up extra space. I still feel like my goal of dropping 40 more lbs is in reach, but I realize that I have to be careful of who I'm next to during the remaining months. [link] [comments] |
| Progress. (70 pounds down!) wanted to extend my thanks Posted: 28 Mar 2021 11:46 PM PDT Hey everyone. Male, 21, SW: 337 lb CW: 265 lb GW: 180/210 here. I don't have too many friends or family members that I'm comfortable with talking about my weight, for all of my weight loss journey I've just been a lurker on here, minus the time I made one post asking why I was losing 2 pounds a day and then gained weight again..(turns out water retention is a b*tch) Started my health journey on December 11th of 2020. For the next 25-ish days I tried to lose weight by myself, exercising, eating an extremely low calorie diet (Sub 1100 a day for a 6'3, 337lb male..) Despite all of this when I went to the doctor on January 3rd, 2021 I had only lost a total of two pounds. My doctor started me on Phentermine and told me to keep eating when I'm hungry (but within reason) and do as much exercise as physically possible. Since then the weight has just shed off. I only took the Phentermine for two months (All of Jan and February.) and I was really afraid when I stopped taking it that the weight would come back or I'd turn into a binging monster. But since then the weight I've lost for March is on track to match the previous two months. In January I lost 31.2 lb. In February I lost 20.8 lb. And this March I lost about 20.7 pounds.) I just feel so happy, and although I have SO much left to go (With a GW of 210 / 180) as mentioned. This is the thinnest I've been in years and the happiest I've been with my body...since...well for a long time. Just wanted to share with you guys. Best of luck on your own journeys and I hope I can post again here when I hit the big 1 0 0 lb lost. Also I feel the need to say that Phentermine wasn't / isn't magic and should only be taken when discussed with your doctor etc. etc. It gave me horrible, never ending dry-mouth. Made me so irritable I'd cry when doing laundry, and sometimes my thighs (femurs?) would ache but most of these side-effects ended as soon as they started. The lifestyle changes of quitting sugared sodas and sweets and chips and stuff like that, combined with my new love for exercise (if only there was more time in the day...) is what my doctor stresses are the real improvements. Best of luck! x x [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Mar 2021 07:17 PM PDT I recently discovered "thin sliced bread" after accidentally getting it through a grocery order. Each slice is smaller than a standard slice but it is cheaper and less calories. Each slice is 80 calories vs the standard bread I usually buy which is 110 calories/slice. Not only that, but each loaf of thin sliced bread has 21 slices vs the standard loaf I was previously buying ( also Dave's killer bread) which had 18 slices. At my grocery store the loaves were the same price !!!! I'm shaving off 60 calories each sandwich ( and I usually eat at least 3-4 sandwiches a week) and getting 16% more slices. Yes I know each slice is smaller but for me, the smaller slice is the perfect portion. I used to struggle to finish the bread on each sandwich and I hated that each sandwich had 220 calories just from bread .... it may not be a big difference but it's one less thing I have to worry about and it's a lifestyle choice that I know will pay off in the long run. Thought someone else may benefit from this as I never knew thin sliced bread was a thing until this past week. [link] [comments] |
| Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Monday, 29 March 2021? Start here! Posted: 28 Mar 2021 09:31 PM PDT Today is your Day 1? Welcome to r/Loseit! So you aren't sure of how to start? Don't worry! "How do I get started?" is our most asked question. r/Loseit has helped our users lose over 1,000,000 recorded pounds and these are the steps that we've found most useful for getting started. Why you're overweight Our bodies are amazing (yes, yours too!). In order to survive before supermarkets, we had to be able to store energy to get us through lean times, we store this energy as adipose fat tissue. If you put more energy into your body than it needs, it stores it, for (potential) later use. When you put in less than it needs, it uses the stored energy. The more energy you have stored, the more overweight you are. The trick is to get your body to use the stored energy, which can only be done if you give it less energy than it needs, consistently. Before You Start The very first step is calculating your calorie needs. You can do that HERE. This will give you an approximation of your calorie needs for the day. The next step is to figure how quickly you want to lose the fat. One pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories. So to lose 1 pound of fat per week you will need to consume 500 calories less than your TDEE (daily calorie needs from the link above). 750 calories less will result in 1.5 pounds and 1000 calories is an aggressive 2 pounds per week. Tracking Here is where it begins to resemble work. The most efficient way to lose the weight you desire is to track your calorie intake. This has gotten much simpler over the years and today it can be done right from your smartphone or computer. r/loseit recommends an app like MyFitnessPal, Loseit! (unaffiliated), or Cronometer. Create an account and be honest with it about your current stats, activities, and goals. This is your tracker and no one else needs to see it so don't cheat the numbers. You'll find large user created databases that make logging and tracking your food and drinks easy with just the tap of the screen or the push of a button. We also highly recommend the use of a digital kitchen scale for accuracy. Knowing how much of what you're eating is more important than what you're eating. Why? This may explain it. Creating Your Deficit How do you create a deficit? This is up to you. r/loseit has a few recommendations but ultimately that decision is yours. There is no perfect diet for everyone. There is a perfect diet for you and you can create it. You can eat less of exactly what you eat now. If you like pizza you can have pizza. Have 2 slices instead of 4. You can try lower calorie replacements for calorie dense foods. Some of the communities favorites are cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash in place of their more calorie rich cousins. If it appeals to you an entire dietary change like Keto, Paleo, Vegetarian. The most important thing to remember is that this selection of foods works for you. Sustainability is the key to long term weight management success. If you hate what you're eating you won't stick to it. Exercise Is NOT mandatory. You can lose fat and create a deficit through diet alone. There is no requirement of exercise to lose weight. It has it's own benefits though. You will burn extra calories. Exercise is shown to be beneficial to mental health and creates an endorphin rush as well. It makes people feel *awesome* and has been linked to higher rates of long term success when physical activity is included in lifestyle changes. Crawl, Walk, Run It can seem like one needs to make a 180 degree course correction to find success. That isn't necessarily true. Many of our users find that creating small initial changes that build a foundation allows them to progress forward in even, sustained, increments. Acceptance You will struggle. We have all struggled. This is natural. There is no tip or trick to get through this though. We encourage you to recognize why you are struggling and forgive yourself for whatever reason that may be. If you overindulged at your last meal that is ok. You can resolve to make the next meal better. Do not let the pursuit of perfect get in the way of progress. We don't need perfect. We just want better. Additional resources Now you're ready to do this. Here are more details, that may help you refine your plan.
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| Posted: 28 Mar 2021 11:06 AM PDT Hey everybody! Long time lurker - first time poster. You guys have kept me so motivated since I started my journey in January! For reference, my starting stats were 28F, 5"9, 251.4lbs, I am currently at 225lbs. Always a bigger child/teen, I have never known "skinny". I started a virtual boot camp during lockdown round 1 back in summer 2020 - not paying attention to any changes to my diet at all. January came and started tracking my calories in my fitness pal, with it set to lose a pound a week. I haven't noticed any significant changes to my body yet, it's actually been discouraging me quite a bit. Seeing the numbers drop but no real change to my body. But then last night, I put my favourite belt on for the first time in months. First time out with friends post lockdown, I haven't worn this belt since the fall maybe? The belt notch I had been using last year was quite apparent as it was worn/stretched, but when I went to put the belt on last night - I had to move it in 2 notches! This has given me so much motivation - even if I'm not SEEING huge changes, I am making progress :) Have a great Sunday everybody! [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: March 29th, 2021 Posted: 28 Mar 2021 10:03 PM PDT Hi team Euro accountability, I hope you're all well! For anyone new who wants to join today, this is a daily post where you can track your goals, keep yourself accountable, get support and have a chat with friendly people at times that are convenient for European time zones. Check-in daily, weekly, or whatever works best for you. It's never the wrong time to join! Anyone and everyone are welcome! Tell us about yourself and let's continue supporting each other. Let us know how your day is going, or, if you're checking in early, how your yesterday went! Share your victories, rants, problems, NSVs, SVs, we are here! I want to shortly also mention — this thread lives and breathes by people supporting each other :) so if you have some time, comment on the other posts! Show support, offer advice and share experiences :) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Mar 2021 10:02 AM PDT Hit a dumb milestone today and thought this community would get it. I always thought I was around 180-185, until I weighed myself around December 2020. Had the realization I was 214. Took dieting more seriously (CICO, generally worked on portion sizes and listening to my body if I felt full. Finding healthy alternatives to stress eating). Work outs increased. I'm now back at 185 today. My goal is to get to the 130s range (5'4" female) or at least a healthy range. I'm still having trouble processing that I'm losing weight, cause I always thought I was my current size. But hoping as I lose more from this point it'll feel more real! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Mar 2021 05:07 PM PDT I've struggled with my weight on-and-off since I was a teen. I wasn't overweight as a kid, but looking back, I think that's just because I was really active. I'm pretty sure I've had 'bad food habits' all my life. My main problem with food is that I have this overwhelming need to clean my plate at meal times. Even when I'm no longer hungry and my body doesn't need anymore food, I continue eating until it's all gone, even if it puts me past full and I feel bloated and stuffed. Also, I always have this overwhelming urge to eat something sweet after I've finished a savoury meal, even if I am full. I know a lot of people have bad food habits because of their family situation growing up, whether it's because they grew up in poverty so they'd eat as much as they could whenever they got the chance, or because their parents were obese and they picked up their eating habits for example. But nothing like that applies to me. So I've been kind of racking my brains thinking about why I have these problems listening to my body. And then all of a sudden it came to me: my grandparents. As a kid, I used to go round my grandparents' house at least a couple of times a week for lunch or dinner. I distinctly remember a few things about these meals:
My grandparents are both overweight. I know I only ate with them a couple times per week, but I think this was enough to teach me to ignore my body's signals, eat as much as I could fit in until my plate is clean, and to always crave something sweet after a meal. I am not blaming them, at all. I know that they never had any bad intentions and just wanted me to be well-fed and healthy. But it is quite eye-opening. What about you guys? Have any of you been able to link anything in your past to your eating habits today? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Mar 2021 07:16 PM PDT I've always been on the heavier side, but in 2020 I gained like 10-15 pounds. I've been trying to lose weight but can never commit. Today I picked up my uniform for my job that I start tomorrow. I NEEDED A 2XL SHIRT!!! I just turned twenty three years old and feel like a damn whale. I also got pants without trying them on in size 14. They are so tight and unflattering (if you catch my drift). My shirt could cover part of the issue, but I have to tuck in my shirt 😩. It's too late to get a new uniform and extremely embarrassing. I knew that I had to lose weight but I didn't realize how bad I had gotten. I ate pretty good today and am officially on a REAL diet that I will stick to. I'm already nervous about my first day tomorrow, now I have to worry about my outfit and the many people that are going to see me. Why have I let myself get so out of shape???! [link] [comments] |
| I've gained 70 pounds in the last 3 years and I want to change this Posted: 28 Mar 2021 05:22 PM PDT I am 20, currently 5 ft 2 and I weigh 185 lb. I used to be 164 pounds and then gained about 20 lb in the past 10 months. 3 years ago before I started putting on weight I used to be in the 110-120 category. Basically started eating bad and excessively due to emotions. I want to go down to 118-120 pounds (about -65 lb). I feel like I felt and looked the best then. During the past year I kept saying I will start and I keep pushing it. As a kid, i've always been obese. Then in 6th grade I made a change and lost weight from 180-110 pounds. It's so sad, when I was at my smallest, I always thought I was so big and when I started getting bigger, I didn't really notice till I got on the scale and people made remarks. I guess I need help with staying motivated and pushing through. Have any of you lost this much weight in 4-5 months (i know, not safe)? School's in person soon and i really wanna look my best. I've started to I.F. and I'm looking to do a vlcd and low carb diet - mainly soups bc they keep me full. Any advice would be great, please. [link] [comments] |
| How do people eat healthy daily? Posted: 28 Mar 2021 05:20 PM PDT I've always struggled here. Cost isn't really a factor for me, it's time and energy. I'm single and work 50-60 hour weeks without a consistent scheduled lunch break and I'm usually exhausted at the end of the day. How do people manage to keep reasonably healthy meals on hand? I've given meal prepping a shot or two but I've never found a quick and consistent way to keep going and still have a variety of filling food that doesn't go bad before I eat it. I always wind up just having unhealthy food delivered in the end. Am I just bad at planning? It's also really challenging to kick soda, I've gotten down to one a day several times but it seems I always bounce back to 4 or more. Any advice would be appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Mar 2021 06:24 PM PDT The more and more and more frustrated I get, the harder it's been for me to lose weight. In fact I find myself gaining weight. Between the last year of my PhD during the pandemic, multiple family crises, and personal problems, I know that I turn to food for comfort. I don't have a reliable personal support network, and I find myself struggling alone with my problems. As a result, I turn to food. I don't want this weight, and I don't want this relationship with food. I know that I've developed this system of behavior because I have a hard time establishing boundaries with others-- I reach out to someone to connect, and they hand me all of their problems. Now on top of my own problems, I have to deal with someone else's. I get that it's a tough time for everyone, which is why I'm labeling myself responsible in not establishing boundaries. So I'm back to food. I've tried diversionary tactics, which I can't seem to make into habits. I've tried hobbies, but it gets to be so easy to just bring food with me. I feel like I need to shift my mindset, so that I'm not compelled to seek out food for comfort, but I'm having a hard time finding the one that clicks for me. Can anyone please recommend a new system of thinking so I can train myself out of going back to food for comfort? [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Monday, 29 March 2021: Today, I conquered! Posted: 28 Mar 2021 10:01 PM PDT The habit of persistence is the habit of victory! Celebrating something great? Scale Victory, Non-Scale Victory, Progress, Milestones -- this is the place! Big or small, long or short, please post here and help us focus all of today's awesomeness into an inspiring and informative mega-dose of greatness! (Details are appreciated!! How are you losing your weight?) * Did you just change your flair? pass a milestone? reach a goal? * Did you log for an entire week? or year? * Did you take the stairs? walk a mile? jog for 3? set a new personal record? * Fit into your old pair of jeans? throw away your fat clothes? fit into your college outfit? Post it here! This is the new, improved place for recording your acts of awesomeness! Due to space limitations, this may be an announcement (sticky) only occasionally. Please find it daily and keep it the hottest thing on /r/loseit! --- On Reddit your vote means, "I found this interesting!" Help us make this daily most the most read, most used, most interesting post on r/loseit by redding, commenting, and participating often! --- [link] [comments] |
| EZ Daily Chopped Salad for weight loss! Posted: 28 Mar 2021 08:55 PM PDT I'm pretty much a noob at making salads. And I live pretty meagerly with not much of a budget. So from all the information I learned, this is a recipe I came up with at fairly low cost. I'm just starting on my weight loss journey. So I can't confirm results. I'm not a chef. I welcome anybody to examine this, and give feedback/suggestions. EZ DAILY CHOPPED SALAD Garlic Onion Ginger Chili Pepper (any sort of hot pepper) Kale (or Spinach, Lettuce) Cucumber Tomato Bell Pepper Sprouted Brown Rice Sprouted Lentil Tuna (not necessary, or a good meat) Lemon EV Olive Oil (or any oil) White Wine Vinegar (or any vinegar) Plain Yogurt (not sweetened) Sea Salt Black Pepper (seasoning) I chop everything up to bits. Sort of like dicing or use a food processor. The ginger and chili pepper is advice I got from Indian style cooking. To enrich the flavor. Lentil is advice somebody gave me here. Brown rice might not taste so great, but is excellent for weight loss. And actually tastes just fine. Sprouting both brown rice and lentil improves the nutritional value tremendously. They can both be boiled a bit. Splashing in lemon, oil, vinegar, salt/pepper with a little bit of plain yogurt makes a great light glaze. I wouldn't refer to it as a typical dressing that might be more saucy. The kale and cucumber can be chopped marinated with this glaze in the refrigerator overnight to tenderize them. The salad stands well on its own without meat. But I like to add a bit of tuna with additional lemon. I use tuna because it's the cheapest thing I know of that's decently healthy. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Mar 2021 08:48 AM PDT The pandemic hasn't been kind to me and I am starting to panic. Before Covid-19, my health wasn't that bad per se. I never went to a gym but I was always on the move – Mostly partying, dancing, going out etc.. I'm a 27 years old female, 5"4 and was 127 lbs last year (now 167!!). It feels like the past year I have been on the cruise control. I worked from home and spent the rest of my free time eating (!), binge watching Netflix shows (Shout out to Lupin, Money heist, Travelers, Salvation, Ozark & Queen Gambit) and doing, well, absolutely nothing. Actually, it feels like I just woke up from a bad dream. Lately, I've realized that it's getting harder and more exhausting just to go up the stairs to my bedroom. I need to make changes now before it's late. However, I don't know where to start. I would like to start moving again, maybe even working out. I have a room downstairs that I don't use and could turn into a small home gym. One thing I know for sure, I don't want to set foot in a gym. I'm too uncomfortable to do it and honestly, it feels depressing to make the drive while I could get my feet moving from home. I'm really dedicated to finding a solution. I want my health to get better before it gets worst and it feels like its now or never as I am slipping deeper and deeper into the circle of laziness and unhealthy habits. My question is; Where do I start? What do I do? How can I stay motivated and focused on my health? tl;dr: The pandemic hasn't been kind to me. I'm getting fat and want to make a 180 and get healthier but doesn't know where to start (or how) [link] [comments] |
| I feel like I'm not doing enough Posted: 29 Mar 2021 12:24 AM PDT Just a vent tbh. I'm worried I'm not doing enough. I'm eating at a calorie deficit and I'm more active than I was before, but every success story I've seen has people walking 10k+ steps in addition to much harder workouts. I'm just sitting here thinking "there's no way!" I know a feel good platitude is "don't compare yourself to others," but I feel like if I want to actually make progress I at least need to know where the bar is. And I feel like I'm not meeting it. I'm typically sedentary and frequently bedbound. In the last few months I've been using video games like Fitness Boxing, Ring Fit Adventure, Just Dance, and Finc Home Fit every single day to try and lose weight and build strength. But when I compare 15 minutes, 30 minutes, an hour here and there of fitness gaming to the 2+ hours of lifting weights on top of 10k+ steps every single day, I'm left feeling like I'm just not pulling my weight (ha). At the same time, I'm scared to go harder. But even with eating at a calorie deficit, I'm just not seeing results as quickly as I'd like. I've heard that people my size slough off weight fast at first, and I've not really experienced that at all. Worse, ever since I gained back some of the weight after being bedbound again for a month, I feel like I've plateaud before I've even really gotten started. It's discouraging. [link] [comments] |
| How accurate is the calorie function on Garmin/Fitbit watches? Posted: 29 Mar 2021 12:11 AM PDT Hi, I hope it's okay to post this here :) I recently got a Garmin Forerunner 35, and while wearing it yesterday it said I burned a total of 1300 active calories. I walked to and from work (about 1.5 miles total) and I work in a large retail store, and basically spent the whole shift packing up winter stock and putting out summer stock ready for reopening in April. Lots of walking up and down stairs to the stock room and moving boxes around. I was on my feet for 9 hours including walking to/from work. Is 1300 calories feasible in this case? It seems really high. And this is in addition to my "resting" calories which was around 1200 for the day. I'm F30, 168cm/5'6" and around 58kg/128lbs. [link] [comments] |
| I’ve lost over 60 pounds but my body silhouette hasn’t changed Posted: 28 Mar 2021 10:27 PM PDT 5'10 22 year old male, SW 264, CW 203. I've lost a lot of weight. My size has shrunk for sure. I'm down 2 shirt sizes, almost 3. The problem is all that's happened to me is I've shrunk, but my silhouette is the exact same. Still have large thighs, same looking muffin top, man boobs, everything. I've taken progress pictures and look back when I was much heavier my body looks the same, just smaller if you know what I mean. My goal is to get down to 175-180 pounds pounds, but I'm starting to get scared I will continue looking the same, just smaller. I try to lose 2 pounds a week and I've been pretty good with that for the most part. Since February 22, I've lost 9 pounds. Any advice? [link] [comments] |
| Telling my partner how much I weigh... Posted: 28 Mar 2021 10:26 PM PDT This is half a vent, half me looking for advice. I'm currently 7.5 months pregnant, lost 20lbs my first 16 weeks due to sickness and have (miraculously) only gained back 5lbs. I'm also reaching that end point where I will be able to think about weight-loss again, and this time I want the support of my partner. About a year ago I finally disclosed to him my history with bulimia, and how that affects me. We've talked about weightloss and he assures me everytime that whether I lose weight or not, he thinks I'm beautiful and worthy of love. I'm tired of being fat though. I'm tired of failing. I want to be healthy and active for my kid, I want my kid to grow up with good eating habits, and a good role model. So now I've reached a point where I want to tell my partner my goals, but doing so means actually disclosing to him how much I weigh (267lbs today). He knows I'm fat, I know I'm fat, it's no secret, yet the idea of sharing the number with him, of telling him I need to lose 100lbs to hit "healthy" is terrifying. How do I go about it? I feel so much shame over that number, how do I possibly share that with him? What if 267lbs isn't worthy of love? [link] [comments] |
| Goal Weights Make Me Uncomfortable Posted: 28 Mar 2021 09:06 PM PDT 6'5, SW 438, CW 399.2 here. Having spent 21 years struggling with my relationship with food, I have tried to lose weight more times than I can count. I remember telling myself every summer in grade school that I was going to watch what I ate and I never did, needless to say. a few years ago I had my greatest success to this point, dropping from 400 pounds down to around 360. Then COVID hit and I ballooned to my all time peak, only 12 pounds shy of overloading my "high weight capacity" scale. I knew I had to change, because frankly I was heading for an early grave and I knew it. I started religiously tracking my food intake and cut out all of the estimating that I did the last few times I used a tracking app and have seen consistent results at a steady rate for 90 days now. However, a bunch of friends and family who I have told and seen since then have asked me what my goal is, and it makes me uncomfortable every time. In the past, my efforts almost always ended because I didn't lose for a week and spiraled into thinking about how I was going to need to starve myself for over a year or two to get to a healthy weight by BMI. I also hated making claims of how I wanted to get to 250 pounds or whatever arbitrary number I decided sounded nice that day and then putting weight back on. Nowadays I have just been saying that I have so much to lose that I'm not worried about it for now. Frankly I don't want to die or otherwise go down the road of diabetes and heart disease and need to keep that my focus. Does anyone else with a lot of weight to lose feel this way? [link] [comments] |
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