Weight loss: [Directory] Find your quests here! |
- [Directory] Find your quests here!
- "Compliments" from family
- I went a mile on the elliptical in under thirty minutes for the first time in over a year!
- I’ve lost 30 guinea pigs!
- I lost 12 pounds!!! I can’t believe it!!
- [NSV] I did my first pushup today!
- This is just your daily reminder to give yourself the props you deserve.
- So glad I bought a bike
- I'm having real girl problems due to my weight
- Q1 in the Bag
- Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Thursday, 01 April 2021? Start here!
- What are your best weight-loss "hacks" that make this journey easier/more enjoyable/tolerable? I'll start...
- One year on and I'm finally overweight
- Fat to Fit to Fat to Fit
- Lost 66 lbs, wear pretty much the same size
- is anyone else TERRIFIED of gaining the weight back?
- Stretch marks
- It's been more than a week since I started.
- I did not want this to be my next post
- Tips for slow and steady weight loss?
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: April 1st, 2021
- Scared of disappointing everyone
- [NSV] Cleaning out my closet (literally and figuratively)... But what to do with all the clothes that are now too big?!
- Switching from 2000kcal to 1600, wish me luck :)
- Week 10 weigh in
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| Posted: I've lost 108lb in the last two years. I spent the day with my Mum yesterday and she's thrilled I've lost so much weight. She gleefully said the same thing to me four times throughout the day. "You almost look normal now!" Almost normal. I almost look normal now. I can't get it out of my head. People really reveal their true thoughts sometimes, don't they? Now I know my own mother has been judging me all this time. She thought her own daughter was an abnormal freak because she was carrying some extra weight. I'm sure she thought she was saying something nice but I feel terrible. I saw my Grandma today and she too had something to say. "It's going to start really showing soon." I've lost a third of my body weight. Dropped 7 dress sizes. Old friends don't recognise me in the street. But to Nanna it barely shows. How is it so easy for family to drag us down? Today has been the hardest of my entire weight loss journey. It took all my strength not to go crazy at the supermarket and buy everything in sight. Now I'm spending a miserable evening at home buried in work. I'm sure I'll feel better tomorrow but I just needed to vent tonight. Edit - Thanks for all the kind responses guys. I don't have the energy to reply individually but you're all great. [link] [comments] |
| I went a mile on the elliptical in under thirty minutes for the first time in over a year! Posted: So last year I was in my senior year of high school. My school had these things called "CV Days" where we would pick a cardiovascular activity and do it for the gym class period. I always picked the Fitness Lab which was where we had all the exercise equipment, and I had to get 4.5K steps (or 2.5 miles) on the elliptical to get my points. The pandemic happened, my work shut down, and I didn't have any exercise equipment in my house. I felt self-conscience walking in place in front of my family, and the basement was taken over by my sister so I couldn't do anything down there. I passed 200lbs for the first time. My dad finally caved in December and bought us both an elliptical because the one we had frankly sucked and then broke while he was using it one day. I've been using it on and off and getting about .5 miles when I do it. I don't know what changed today. Maybe it was because I was watching "Agent Carter" which really inspires me and I subconsciously picked up the pace, but I went ham. I went a mile in 29:20 minutes! I know that's not hugely under 30 minutes, but it's a really big accomplishment for me and I'm really proud of myself. The only things I can recommend are taking little breaks to go slower for a few minutes before picking up the pace again, drinking water throughout, and listening to motivating music/watching something motivating. It's really about what works for you. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: I started actively trying to lose weight on October 22nd 2020. I lost 27 pounds within about 3 months, and then sort of...stagnated for a while. Which made me sad, so I indulged a little more at cheat meals, which only stagnated my weight loss further, which made me sad...etc, etc, etc. Last Monday I'd had enough. I was determined to get back on the wagon and I did! Since then I've finally reached my first goal of losing 30 pounds, which means I officially have under 100 to lose! I'm so pumped!!! I started googling comparisons to 30 pounds (40 jars of jam, 272 eggs), etc. My favourite was 30 guinea pigs! So I've lost 30 guinea pigs!! Woot woot!! [link] [comments] |
| I lost 12 pounds!!! I can’t believe it!! Posted: I've been a long time lurker on this community and have always hoped that one day I would have something to contribute. Today is the day! I know 12 pounds isn't a lot, but it's a start! At the end of January I decided to take my health more seriously, and now I can finally see some results. I am not a person who believes in dieting or cutting out any food group. I also don't count calories. I just choose to focus on eating healthy as a lifestyle. For me, dieting is not sustainable. My biggest problem is convenience. I'm married, work 5 days per week, go to school full time, have two dogs, a small side business, and a house. So, if the food is taking forever to prepare, I will eat something I shouldn't. Since January, Ive been eating things that I like that are quick, convenient, and taste great! For breakfast everyday I eat oatmeal with almond milk, fruit, sliced almonds, coconut flakes , and 1 tablespoon of almond butter, Nutella, or maple syrup. For lunch, I often eat lentil & vegetable soup. Around 4pm, I eat a snack of veggies and a yogurt or apple. Around 9pm, I eat dinner. This really varies but is usually vegetables and fish or chicken. One thing I refuse to give up is coffee. I like my coffee a certain way and I'm not willing to change it. I drink an iced vanilla latte everyday just the way that the coffee shop makes it. I have an espresso machine at home and I make my own vanilla simple syrup too. So it's espresso, milk, and 3 tablespoons of syrup. I'm a 5'3 female and I let myself get up to 212 pounds. Because of the way that I'm built, I hide my weight extremely well. For this reason, I kept putting off taking my weight loss seriously. Now I'm at 200 pounds! I don't have a goal weight in mind yet. I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing and figure it out. Last summer, I rode my bicycle 360 miles in 6 days on a trip with my mom, aunt, and cousin. Once the weather is nice where I live, I'll get back into bike riding and I'm sure that will help with my weight loss. Anyways, thanks so much for listening. It was nice to get to write it out. Thanks for being such a great community! [link] [comments] |
| [NSV] I did my first pushup today! Posted: So a little about me to startM/23/5'10 SW: 300 CW: 237 I started my journey last June. I reached a point where I couldn't stand it anymore. Breathing was hard, sitting was hard, standing up was hard. My friend sent me a challenge called the 75 Hard and it kicked off from there. I really stuck to the challenge and lost 26 pounds in the 75 days. I started simple with just walking. I played a lot of basketball as well during this time. My favorite sport acted as a saving grace. I really need to thank my family for supporting me with meal prep as well. Since then, I've really focused on a calisthenic/light weight with high rep/circuit based workouts. I never really set a physical foundation for myself, so I really wanted to make sure I could do some core movements like the squat, proper rowing form, and different pressing motions. I also got a fitbit and set a personal step goal for myself. It took about 9 months, but I've finally hit that inflection point where I finally have the strength to throw my weight around per se. I feel unbelievably powerful even though I have a long way to go. I didn't picture much for myself but I really believe that taking it one step at a time is the key. For everyone out there, try and build a foundation for yourself before you push too hard. Once your foundation is strong, you can build a skyscraper. Try to change or add one thing at a time! Let's keep pushing, one step at a time. [link] [comments] |
| This is just your daily reminder to give yourself the props you deserve. Posted: We spend so much time scrolling this subreddit and others like it - seeing before/after pictures of people who have already made it to their desired weight. Although, this is super motivating, it also causes us to compare our own stats/time/progress/body to what we're seeing. We see our progress as inadequate. We think it took us too long to lose what we have lost. We say things like - "I've ONLY lost × pounds." We think about the pounds left to lose over the pounds already lost. I just wanted to give a shout out to everyone on here who is STILL trying. Shout out to people starting. Shout out to people restarting. Shout out to people in maintenance. Shout out to people at their "goal weight." Shout out to people who feel they've fallen off the wagon. Wherever this post is meeting you in your weight-loss journey - your progress is still worthy of being celebrated and you owe it to yourself to remember that and never forget it. YOU DID IT. YOU'RE DOING IT. YOU CAN DO IT. YOU WILL KEEP DOING IT. Ending this post with a few props for myself. I'm 35 pounds into my journey, I have 100 pounds to go. I DID THAT. ✌ [link] [comments] |
| Posted: starting in december I decided to take my life back. I started counting calories (1600 a day). I quit drinking the 3 liters of pop a day and switched to water which gave me 2 solid days of having a headache. At first I was eating what ever as long as it was within my calories but you learn real quick to find healthier low calories meals that are more filling. My son also has high cholesterol so I started reading the labels. I started at about 405 lbs and after loosing 30lbs I started lifting weights which helped the weight loss. With the recent stimulus money I bought a trek marlin 8 mountain bike and have been riding it on all the nice days. I'm up to riding 5 miles in row now. I noticed since riding the bike my weight is dropping even faster. I'm down to 337 lbs now. Riding the bike is almost additive. I really miss riding it on the days I can't ride it. It just really feels nice to get out and be active when for years my life consisted of going to work and sitting around eating. I really feel like I'm getting my life back. I'm going to try to get up to 10 miles in one ride by the end of summer. Been getting my son to go with me on rides too which is nice. [link] [comments] |
| I'm having real girl problems due to my weight Posted: I was always the funny fat guy, literally became my personality. I had quite a few girl friends, would joke around with them, have a great time - as you do with friends, and it was always easy, but there was never a time where I thought any of them would be interested in me romantically. I've lost a significant amount of weight, and now I look closer to my drivers license picture (taken when I was 16) than I did last year at age 28. It's caused me some issues. I'm still the funny guy - I mean, that's who I am, I like to joke and have a good time, but now girls are taking an interest in me. It took me a while to notice, but now I have girls who want to hang out 1-on-1, are very touchy-feely and are dropping hints about relationships or dates... I've managed to lead on 3 different girls by accident. It's a problem - don't get me wrong, it's a great problem to have, but the weight loss has meant I have to change quite a bit of how I act, so I don't give off the wrong impression. I think my time on LoseIt is coming to an end... does anyone know the subreddit for advice about girls? Haha. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: On January 1st I woke up with a lifestyle resolution (not just a New Year's resolution) to put 2020 behind me, lose the weight I had gained over the last months and years, and get in shape for the first time in 7 years. As a 5'9" 41M who was, at the time, ~181lbs, I had wanted to make a change for a while because my lack of fitness wasn't allowing me to do certain things. A post I saw somewhere on Reddit that Friday morning inspired me (context in a bit), and so I began my journey. 3 months in and I'm going strong. I hit my original goal weight, but now I'd like to lose a little more. I've lost between 15-17 lbs (depends on the daily fluctuations) through exercise and CICO, can now run a 10K (I had been up to a 5k at the end of 2019, but fell off the wagon almost completely last year), run 4 miles each of two other days a week, walk or hike the rest, and try to get to the climbing gym twice a week. Other than fighting minor shin splints, I have had very few struggles. Making exercise a daily habit doesn't give me room to make excuses. Back to the context. I have an Apple Watch (for now) and saw a post on the morning of January 1st of someone who had filled all of their fitness rings for 2020. I set a goal to do the same, so here I am, holding myself accountable. TBH, I'm probably not going to be able to fill all the rings all year because I plan to buy a Garmin Fenix soon and it doesn't record the stand goal, but it won't change my goal of being active every day and not letting my fitness limit the the things I want to do. [link] [comments] |
| Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Thursday, 01 April 2021? Start here! Posted: 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: I was thinking about how it's SO much easier to stick with a caloric deficit if you're actually eating foods you enjoy. Like, why the hell am I wasting any calories on baby carrots? It sounds so obvious, but often we think of "dieting" as this horrible, torturous thing. I'm trying to figure out how to do it in a way that's enjoyable, or at the very least, tolerable.
So, do you have any "hacks" (food or otherwise) that you've found to make losing weight not suck? ETA: Sauerkraut! Makes a great side (if you like it), super low cal, and good for your gut. [link] [comments] |
| One year on and I'm finally overweight Posted: I'm 6'3 42 year old male - last year I weighed 290lbs and I was obese class 2 - I became ill last march I thought it could be covid I have no idea couldn't get tested but changing symptoms and struggled to breath for 6 weeks. I realised I needed to change to see 50 regardless of covid. I was a regular gym goer I cycled 8 miles a day so always felt good but when zoom calls started I couldn't deny that double chin looking back at me. First I started by writing a list of all the low GI healthy foods I liked I spent the first 2 weeks cutting out all rubbish and didn't count calories - I felt like a junkie - I craved good but I was full - possibly the first time in my life I realised I had a problem with sugar. The sugar adjustment took up to 8 weeks to go away. The gym closed because of the pandemic here so every morning at 6 i'd leave the house walk for an hour roughly 6000 steps then I'd make sure I'd done 10-15000 steps each day. I had so many calories mfp set for 1.5lbs a week and it worked. As the pounds came off my tdee lowered and I gradually lowered my calories - this changed my food intake and increased my exercise. I now do roughly a 18:6 fast eating my last meal around 21:00 (I've always done if but now do it mindfully) I now eat 4 meals a day Foods that helped Chicken Eggs Rice Cous cous Mince beef Vegetables Salad no dressing Greek yogurt Milk Cream of rice (hard to get in UK - CSN or complete strength sell it and it's amazing once I learned how to prep it) Thanks to this sub and r/volumeeating I've made changes I think I can stick to As of today I'm 239lbs BMI 29.9 my personal goal is another 29lbs to go and then reassess or maintain Thank you to this sub it's been so good for me Edit - I did get covid in December / January and the symptoms were very mild I think that was due to the weight loss [link] [comments] |
| Posted: Hey there! Like most of you, I've been a browser of this sub for many years because I wanted to lose weight and I was trying to learn how. After seeing some of the stories on here I would try out suggestions such as Keto, Paleo, Fasting, and all the "fad" diets but ultimately it would last 2-3 days and then I'd go right back to what I was doing. But then something changed. It was May of 2018 and I was at work as a Corrections Officer, and we had new uniforms coming in. We were switching from polos that were a stretchy material, to button ups that were not stretchy at all. With the polos, I was able to make a 4XL fit...of course it showed my stomach and a lot of other problem areas, but I didn't care because being in a 4XL conditioned my mind that "my weight wasn't a problem yet". Yes, I got plenty of jabs and was called names by the offenders, but I had learned to let that stuff roll off me since high school and it didn't bother me too much. Small price to pay for fitting into a 4XL. We get our uniforms in and we go to try them on and the 4XL is so far from being able to button up and my stomach dropped, not that I didn't fit, but because of how much I didn't fit. I tried on the 6XL and it was closer but it only had maybe cut the deficit in half, I tried the 8XL on and it buttoned up but it was pretty tight and I knew it was close to me having to have a 9XL. This was the last straw. This is what broke me. I remember sitting in the bathroom that I was trying the shirts on in because I was too embarassed of my body to change in front of anyone, and I could feel the tears rolling down my cheeks. I knew that I had let myself get too far...I knew that the 6-pack of mt dew at work plus a 2 liter at home a day had caught up to me. I knew that fast food everynight, and sometimes twice a day had caught up to me. That eating 2 big macs, a double cheeseburger, and a large fry with a large mello yello just for lunch had caught up. That coming home from work and sitting in a computer chair on the PC, or sitting on the couch playing video games or watching TV while chugging a mt. dew 2 liter, and eating snacks upon snacks had caught up with me. My weight was a problem. I vowed that I was going to lose weight, just like all those times I had started a new years resolution and it lasted 2-3 days, or I tried a new fad diet and it lasted 2-3 days, but this time was different! I swore it. So I went home and......got on the PC to do a raid in World of Warcraft with my guildies. I remember sitting there playing, and we had downed a couple bosses in the game and were heading to the next one when I kept thinking about the 8XL shirt, and how this time was different, I was going to lose it. Except it wasn't different, I was telling myself it was, but I was doing the same shit that got me here in the first place at that very moment in time. I told my guildies that I'd be back later, and I logged off. I went down to the gym and I rode the bike for the entirety of the time that I was supposed to raid, usually raid was from 7-10, and I had gotten to the gym at 8:15. I was drenched in sweat, but it felt so good, it felt different this time, I enjoyed that I was sweating. It was like seeing the sweat on my shirt and running down my face was a visual representation of how this time was different. After the gym, I went home and I ransacked the house. I threw out every snack cake, junk food item, and any candy in the house. I threw out anything that I deemed unhealthy. I dumped 3 2-liters of Mt. Dew. and 4 6-packs of Mt. Dew I had planned to use over the weekend at work. After all that, the fridge and cabinets were so barren, you would think I had just moved in. So I went to walmart and started buying what I thought was healthy...I got salads, vegetables, meat, fruit juice, gatorade and the likes...and quickly found out that croutons, salad dressing, gatorade, and fruit juice actually weren't too healthy like so many people make it out to seem...yeah it's better than fast food and soda, but the calories can still stack up quick based on how much you use. It's definitely not as good as fat free salad dressing and water. So about a week goes by before I weigh myself again after people telling me not to weigh myself too much and not to become a slave to the number on the scale. I stepped on and I was down to 419lbs...I had lost 8lbs in a week and I was fucking esctatic, and finally realized that I could do this. After a month I got a little bit harder in the gym and bought an Athlean-X program to do. It was called Max Shred and focused on high heart rate, low weight fat burning. It was a 3 month program and at the end of the 3 months, the weight was melting off, I remember being in the 300's at that point and couldn't help but realize that it was actually happening, I was doing it!!! Fast forward to May of 2019 and my goal was to go into my 30's back at my high school weight of 280, and I missed it, but not by much I was hovering right at 310. I learned real quick that the less you weigh, the harder it is to lose and it slooooooooooows way down. There were a couple of walls I hit on the way were the number wasn't moving for two weeks, but the measurements and the clothes were still getting looser so I'm guessing that was a big "growing muscle" period. Fast forward to March of 2020 and I'm sitting at 267 lbs...just 42lbs to my goal weight and then COVID hits. The gym shuts down, food is flying off the shelves at walmart, and people are being told to stay at home for quarantine. Obviously a Corrections Officer can't do that, so I continued to work, but I wasn't comfortable going to the store to get food either, so I started picking up eating fast food again. I thought it would be okay, since I'm still working out by running around town and trying to do at home workouts. I was wrong. Slowly, the at home workouts stopped because I started feeling lethargic again, which I'm guessing came from eating unhealthy. I stayed on water, but I was eating fast food regularly again. It became easier to just sleep in, rather than get up and do a workout. So when June of 2020 rolled around and my gym opened back up with heavy restrictions, I got back to work. Except I stepped on the scale and saw that I had gained 25lbs, I was back up to 292lbs. I felt destroyed, all the hard work that I had sawn practically over a year had went away in just 3 months. It was crazy to think how fast I gained it back. My motivation certainly took a hit here, I would get two weeks into a program and then I'd quit again after seeing numbers that I had already achieved. I would try to get on a diet and but I'd fall off again and the mention of doing a cheat meal because it was more convenient. I couldn't stay consistent in the gym or on the diet. The struggle continued from June of 2020 until present day. The repetitiveness of the programs and seeing numbers I had already seen, and being out of the gym and off the diet for 3 months, all contributed to my will power and motivation to lose weight being gone, until 2 weeks ago. The losing weight comments stopped coming, and I had a couple of close friends asking if I was okay, and asking me what that was while pointing at my stomach, which was getting noticeably larger. I got on the scale at the gym and it said 347...I'm almost to the point where I max out the scale at the gym. I remember the moment that I could finally weigh myself at the gym and thought how different the range of emotions were. After that, I've reinvigorated myself and I have that same feeling as when I started the first time. I've gone back to my diet, and instead of doing a cheat meal every 7 days, I have set weight goals to be able to have a cheat meal. I'm 2 weeks in now and I've dropped back down to 335 with my first goal weight to have a cheat meal at 320. Losing 10lbs in 2 weeks is nuts to me, but I realize most of that was probably but water weight like the first time I started, but I'd say 2-3lbs was probably the diet. I just wanted to share my story because I want people to know how easy it is to slip back into old habits even after 2 years. I always told myself how I would never let myself get that bad again as I was approaching 250, and it definitely happened and instead approached 350...I also learned that you have to make changes to your diet that you can maintain, so that when you lose motivation, you don't just relapse back into old habits, you know, if a pandemic breaks out lol. Motivation is definitely key to losing weight, it sucks that I have to hit a breaking point to kick my ass into gear, but I'd rather it be that than nothing at all. Wish me luck! And good luck to all of you out there trying to lose weight and try to stay motivated!! And I'll be damned if I don't hit that GW of 225!!! If I remember to, I'll post progress pics of the rollercoaster of weight once I get home from work and I have access to facebook. [link] [comments] |
| Lost 66 lbs, wear pretty much the same size Posted: So like the title says, I've lost about 66 lbs and I'm happy about the numbers on the scale going down and will continue working until I reach my goal weight which is about 39 lbs more. My issue is I really haven't had to update my wardrobe that much. The only thing that usually gets smaller is my waist which has always been smaller so I just wear a belt like urkle and call it a day...or spandex. I gained most of my weight from prednisone(steroids), medication and just overeating. Has anyone else experienced this? According to my scale I'm 113 lbs of muscle, BMI at 30.5 😕 I'm 5'10. At what point of your weight loss did you notice a significant change physically in appearance or significant clothing size change? [link] [comments] |
| is anyone else TERRIFIED of gaining the weight back? Posted: I lost a little over 30 pounds in the duration of three months. My old clothes and pants don't fit me anymore and they're way too big. I bought a couple of jeans a size down which I wear to work and out in public. But I have all of these jeans and clothes that don't fit me anymore. I was thinking to throw/give them away, but there comes my fear of "what if I need them? What if I gain the weight back?" Does anyone else have this fear? How do you deal with it? Now I am terrified of gaining the weight back and being who I used to be. I don't know if I should store the clothes away just in case I need them in the future or if I should sell them and make a quick buck, or just throw it away [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26F I've been going back and forth about getting micro needling done on my stretch marks. I've lost 60lbs in the last 3 years and I've had stretch marks since puberty. I do feel better about myself since loosing weight and tackling my acne problem. My stretch marks still make me self cautious so I finally went for it. I paid $400 at a medical spa for both my thighs and each hip which from research is reasonable. They said it would probably take 2 sessions and I scheduled my next in 3 weeks per their recommendation. I would like to hear from people who have had it done. Did you feel like it was worth it? Are you happy with the results? How many sessions did it take? TIA :) [link] [comments] |
| It's been more than a week since I started. Posted: Since idk how the "next to your username" stats works, here are mines: 20 M, 1m80, SW: 106.8 kg, CW: 106 kg, GW: 90 kg to 75 kg It's been a while since I had motivation to lose weight. And I already lost .8 kg/1.76 lbs ! (Which honestly feels a lot for the program I had: .5 kg / 1.1lbs per week). Even though I sometimes failed to resist and bought, for exemple, a frappucino. Which I later ate less in calories in consequence of that event: and I think it kinda worked ! So it all started with counting calories, but even that, after some days, I gotten tired of doing it 'cause I struggled to estimate roughly what I had eaten. But yesterday someone made me realize all the possibilities the "MyFitnessPal" had (even though it isn't totally free). I think I lost weight because I restricted myself on the quantity, mostly. I feel like this will be a long journey, and I hope we can do it together ! And I plan to do a workout planning ! I'm already doing 3x20 squats per evening (although no cardio, yet). Keep it up y'all ! [link] [comments] |
| I did not want this to be my next post Posted: (mobile so formatting may not be optimal). I am writing this in the middle of the night after what I can only describe as a binge on candy and crisps. I really, desperately, wanted my next post on here to detail my success. To tell you all what I did and how and make my own post detailing what I've learned and what changed. I've written it in my head at least 40 times. But here I am, I'm not doing well and I needed to air this out and maybe get some advice. I've been losing since September last year. I use CICO and it went well. I worried (and still worry) about the particularities of my belly fat but there is change. I am about 3.5 kilos from my goal weight. After adjusting once again for weight lost, my allowed calories got much lower. This is very hard as I rely on the stability of 3 meals a day and 1 meal a day is not made by me which means I cannot alter the calories. The task seemed impossible, still does. It triggered a response in me to completely stop counting. I did start exercising more as well recently and the past month/2 months I've (thankfully) maintained. But I've been slipping. And now with stress added and the feeling that I will never be able to lost those last few kilos, my snacks are becoming more frequent and unhealthier. It feels horrible. And I don't mean just emotionally. My body is rejecting the amount and kinds of food and I feel physically sick and I hate it. So this is me telling myself that I do have to get out of this binge relapse kinda thing. That I need to think before I eat. That I need to supply my body with the things that make it happy. And healthy. That make me feel better so I can better handle the days ahead. I'm not really asking for anything with this post, advice is always helpful (and reassurance that I have not forever fucked up my life as well ;)). Any advice is welcome really. I do have one specific question for anyone who actually ends up reading this: could a period of not restricting calories per se but focusing primarily on eatinh healthy foods pull me out of this enough to get back on track? Has anyone tried that? Thanks for any possible replies and thanks to anyone who actually read this at all! [link] [comments] |
| Tips for slow and steady weight loss? Posted: 20F 230 lbs. So basically i have been fat my whole life and have done tons of dieting, fasting and quick tricks to lose weight. Ill lose 10-15 lbs quickly and then i get bored or overwhelmed trying to keep up with everything and backslide. Atp trying to lose weight quickly does nothing but negativity affect my mental health and body dysmorphia issues. Right now i am the biggest ive ever been. I want to lose weight, but i also want more than that. I want to be healthy. Before I didn't really care about anything other than getting skinny to be desirable. I would starve myself and do all kinds of fads to meet beauty standards. Now im looking to build habits and skills that will last me a lifetime. I want to change my relationship with food. I want to exercise so i can feel strong and healthy. Obviously losing weight is a part of me becoming healthy because im obese but im just pass the point of hurting myself for an overnight glow up. I want to change my lifestyle and would to prefer to go through it as a learning experience instead of just pushing myself to reach a goal weight. Do you have any advice for slow and steady weight loss? Gradually building habits that will stick? Getting comfortable with exercise as someone whos really unfit? I really want to take my time with this and when i try to do too much at once i overwhelm myself. [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: April 1st, 2021 Posted: 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. For all new people that have joined this month, at the end of the month we do a roundup of what happened. we'll also talk about our goals for April. How was your March? You're free to structure this however you want, but think about the following topics:
Today is also goal-setting day for April! If you're new, every first day of the month we think about small goals we want to achieve this month. They can be weight goals, exercise goals, or anything really... An important aspect is that they are SMART goals: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time based...
if you're new, please introduce yourself! Let's kick some ass![link] [comments] |
| Scared of disappointing everyone Posted: I decided to start taking losing weight seriously this year, I've lost 30 pounds so far. I've been overweight and obese for my entire life and I told myself I can't keep living like this anymore. I told my family and close friends my plans and they're all supportive of me but I know they have their own doubts cause I've said this same thing twice before only to quit not to long after starting. But now i've made the most progress I ever have and don't want to look back, yet everyday I think "what if I just throw it all away again" or "will anybody believe I can ever do it if I fail this time" and it terrifies me. I don't know if anyone will believe in me ever again so I have to do it now. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: I'm still in the beginning of my journey but so far I've managed to close 27 lbs and many of my best wardrobe pieces are no longer an option. I know this is not the worse problem to have, I'm happy to move on to smaller sizes - especially if I'm going to look even better in what I wear than I have in a long time. But this also pains me because I do have some really beautiful, special, and even some very expensive pieces of clothing that are simply too big for me now and they cannot be altered for one reason or another. I've got dresses of all kinds, unworn bathing suits, unworn lingerie, blouses... I wouldn't want to offend anybody I know by offering them clothes that are obviously now "too big" for me - I think that might rub some people the wrong way, especially if the fit isn't right. The problem is: I'm too busy to manage selling them, I'm too afraid to donate knowing the fate of some donated clothes (the trash), and I'd hate to give them to somebody who wouldn't appreciate them. I just want them to go to a good home, where they will be loved and worn! I think back to when I was buying these clothes and how hard I tried to curate a closet that felt like me, when when I didn't feel like me. I searched HARD to put together outfits that made sense for my body without aging me or making me look bigger and also while hiding problem areas (this was a STRUGGLE). I used to work in fashion, I've always been so particular about clothing and these are some high quality pieces that I've taken really good care of. And not to mention, it was VERY hard being a plus sized girl in the fashion industry. I was so miserable I ended up changing my career entirely! I thought about doing some type of plus sized, professional/high end clothing drive for donation (like maybe for battered or homeless women - like "dress for success" but exclusively plus size?) - but I don't know!!!!!! Is that a thing? Can I make it a thing? Any ideas for me??? [link] [comments] |
| Switching from 2000kcal to 1600, wish me luck :) Posted: So I came from 80kg to 74kg somewhat surprisingly, eating at my calculated maintenance of 2000kcal but it dropped rapidly. I was wondering when was it going to stop and well, it did now :) So I downgraded my daily food package to 1600 (I use a full service with daily delivery of ready meals for the day) starting today and my goal is to reach 70kg, though I know I will feel terrific at 72 already. Although it is a bit of work, I would like to encourage everyone and testify that my weight loss has not been a torture, it is just fine especially after first three weeks of getting into it. I felt awfully full and well fed on the 2000kcal diet lately and I kind of long for the slight feeling of lightness and progress this switch to 1600 will bring. I am quite confident that I will not feel terribly hungry, it will be just fine. I think limiting food is largely a mental exercse and has to do with attitude. Hunger is a kind of a panic reaction and it can easily be an overreaction, because a calorie deficit of 400 or so a day is not actually harming you. Peope were hungry for a decade during and after the war, if I remember correctly the daily emergency ration was limited to 400kcal a day in post-war Berlin on the worst periods. Having a constant supply of 1600 or 2000kcal of quality food every day, this calls for gratitude and calm, not complaining, anxiety and panic. Feeling a bit hungry tonight is nothing if you remind yourself that you have actually eaten, your body is just fine and there will be a new meal tomorrow exactly as planned. This is my experience and if reading this helps even a single person, I consider it being worth typing out. I will report back when I reach my milestones of 72 and 70 accordingly. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: Hi I 25 F 5ft 3inches SW 237.6lbs last week 222.8lbs just weighed in at 222lbs . Yay im still losing weight . The past week mentally has been hard . When you remove guilt from around food and try to be more grateful for the food my brain has been bringing up things iv run ( metaphorically i cant run atm bad idea ) from for in some cases over a decade . This is a day late as i posted about the biggest thing thats refusing to be ignored . Other things im not ready to say/type out loud just yet . Even tho im not ready to share im ready books about it and books about eating , eating disorders and the mentality behind eating/food just so i can be more understanding and respectful towards anyone who struggles . I want to educate myself so i can be as supportive as possible and that i can be self aware when lifestyle changes are starting to cause a issue. I found a quote this week that made so much sense to me i dont know who said it but its YOU ARE NOT THE REASON BUT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE . which just clicked in my head along with its not your fault but you can control how you handle it . I know the mental side of my lifestyle change will be a live long fight but having those quotes are just helpful reminders . I think once the world isnt as crazy and i feel ready to deal with it i will speak to a doctor about therapy if i can afford it . Im in the uk im not sure how it works but I know i will need therapy. Im not brave enough yet tho . There was a big positive this week tho i did a diy project all by myself even tho my partner said id need there help and they would probably have to fix or finish when they got home from work . I did it all by myself with no help from him only a little googling tho lol . Yes im 26 this year but it made me feel like a proper capable adult for once . Thank you for reading [link] [comments] |
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