Weight loss: Hot take: I don't really care about "being strong" or "feeling empowered", I want to lose weight to look good |
- Hot take: I don't really care about "being strong" or "feeling empowered", I want to lose weight to look good
- life after losing 158lbs
- Overestimating your calories is also a bad idea
- First Time: ate two meals out yesterday and still lost on the scale ��
- I feel like I’ve been wearing a costume for five years and I’m back in my own skin again
- It wasn’t one thing, it was all the things (plateau)
- Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Sunday, 11 April 2021? Start here!
- How Many Maintenance Days is Too Many?
- Got sick while deep in my bike ride. Now I’m retaining water like crazy and my legs are unbelievably sore.
- Depression and weight gain/loss
- What happens after a woosh?
- Can I eat cheese, ice cream or have a beer ever again?
- Trying to avoid loose skin + extra advice (18F 156 lbs 5’2)
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: April 11th, 2021
- How can I stop telling myself I’ll “start tomorrow”?
- When you hit 1/3 of your goal weight lost and your BMI is still well over the threshold for obesity
- How to Actually Hit Protein Goals?
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Sunday, 11 April 2021: Today, I conquered!
- 24-Hour Pledge - Sunday, 11 April 2021 - The Plan for Today!
- Anyone got any experience losing weight whilst transitioning away from binge/ starve cycles? CW- Disordered eating
- Stuck in body composition limbo
- Finally 18 years old. Finally down 5kg (10 pounds)
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 10
| Posted: 10 Apr 2021 10:22 PM PDT I'm happy for everyone who has a reason to lose weight and is doing so! No one's reason is better than anyone else's. That being said - the overall consensus with this sub seems to be "just get healthy and be strong, weight loss is a byproduct!" or "I lost 40 pounds but I'm most proud of feeling powerful!" And of course more power to you, if that's your case. But for me - I'm losing weight to look good. So that when all this corona mess is over, I can wear a tight sundress and go out for brunch with the girls and make eyes at the cute line cook. That's the goal, anything else is sooooo far in second place it's not even on my mind. I went from 5'5 150 to 134 in the past 5 months by eating 1600 calories a day and 2-3 days a week for gym time. My ultimate goal is whatever weight I have a flat stomach at (probably 120ish) so I can wear aforementioned tight sundress lol I wish I could find a community that admits we're motivated by looks but so far all I've found is Tiktok which is a little too young for me and sort of reminds me of the bad parts of 2012 Tumblr in terms of promoting some iffy stuff. Anyways, is anyone on the same wavelength? And since the sub has a limit on how long a post can be: Empty words to meet word limit. Empty words to meet word limit. Empty words to meet word limit. Empty words to meet word limit. Empty words to meet word limit. Empty words to meet word limit. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 Apr 2021 06:50 AM PDT Hye, I've actually shared my story here before so I'm back with a little update. After couples of months into 2021, my body isn't losing as much as when i first started my journey back in 2020. But i've been making a little progress. About my workout routine, I still run 3KM to 10KM daily depending on how much time I have on that day. Well, to whoever want to lose weight with low budget, try to learn slow jogging, its really helpful. I also started to lift weights as suggested by r/lose it community. I've been making small gains, but hey, progress is progress am I right? Also picking up jump rope, I'm kinda addicted to it though, really fun sport. Jump rope is low cost sport like running, you can do it anywhere you want. In 2020, I didn't take any sweet drinks and ice cream. Now I ate ice cream twice a week, I deserve to be happy too!!! I still do calories deficit to maintain my body weight because its really simple and effective. Not to mention, Intermittent Fasting which helped me a lot throughout my journey. Me myself as an Asian guy, I have not eat rice for over 15 months, isn't that great? Here is my latest picture. Still didn't have girlfriend though (please help a brother out with tips), but Im happy with my current life. Just hoping I can secure better job. Well that's a little update from me. To anyone who wanted to lose weight, success wont come instantly. You need to put yourself through pain, because diamonds are made under pressure :) . Remember this, "the sky's the limit"! [link] [comments] |
| Overestimating your calories is also a bad idea Posted: 10 Apr 2021 07:27 PM PDT I feel like I often see people on this sub suggesting that you should round up when logging your calories and I'm here to make an argument against this. I get it: You're not quite sure how much yogurt you had, so you estimate the best you can and then throw in some extra calories to hedge your bets. You figure that since you're trying to limit your calories and keep up your deficit, being wrong on your calorie count but in the LESS calories direction is good. After all, you're helping yourself lose the weight even faster, right? The problem is that not eating enough calories makes you hungry. And being hungry leads to bad decisions or binges (or maybe for you those are one and the same). Losing out on an extra 50 calories during each meal of the day (four, for me: breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks) could mean that you're 200 calories short on your foods for the day. 200 calories is an extra bowl of soup or a Luna Bar or quite a bit of cucumber and hummus. 200 calories is a pretty great little dessert treat to round out your evening. 200 calories is a pretty big hidden deficit and while losing weight fast can feel rewarding, it's harder to keep it up, day in and day out. It's even harder when you're thinking your deficit is less drastic than it really is. Much better to aim for 1200 calories and end up accidentally eating more at say 1300 calories (you accidentally under counted 25 calories a meal, for example) than thinking you're eating 1200 calories and only eating... 800 calories. When I don't eat enough, I end up giving in to getting takeout and eating it all, or raiding the snack cabinet. Not eating enough is not good for overall long term health or long term diet sustainability and therefore weight loss. There are exceptions and there always will be, but overall, make sure you're eating enough! Even when you're at a deficit, you need to eat. Try to count accurately so that you have room to eat more when you need to. Rounding up too much will make you perennially hungry and more likely to fail: Don't do that to yourself! Anyways, that's my two cents. Good luck out there, losers! [link] [comments] |
| First Time: ate two meals out yesterday and still lost on the scale �� Posted: 10 Apr 2021 02:40 PM PDT I know I can lose weight...IF I stay home and don't socialise but that will not work long term...and at 54 I am determined that this is the last time I need to go on a diet...now I know that this way of eating is for the rest of my life...so I have to adapt..... the fact I had breakfast with one friend and dinner with another and still lost weight...was amazing .... the only difference....better choices....no carbs....water or green tea.... no dessert 😇. i did IF until 1.00pm and finished dinner at 9.00pm, 1 hour of walking in the morning. I know this approach works and I can stick with it..... [link] [comments] |
| I feel like I’ve been wearing a costume for five years and I’m back in my own skin again Posted: 10 Apr 2021 07:59 AM PDT 30F 5'2.5 SW 149 CW 116.9 GW (for now) 115 I was always super skinny, always. Until I hit my mid-20s, got a sedentary job, and found comfort in food—not even necessarily a lot of food, just always junk. My weight crept up over a few years so it wasn't even noticeable day-to-day, but then none of my clothes fit and I didn't recognize myself in pictures. I know it doesn't seem like my weight was very high, but being a short woman, every five-pound gain was another few pairs of jeans I couldn't wear anymore. I started doing CICO in December 2019, hit a bunch of speed bumps during the pandemic, and am finally so close to my first big goal. Last night I was going to hang out with a friend. I got dressed in clothes I haven't comfortably worn for years and they fit like they used to, like they were supposed to. I just had this sudden sigh of relief moment of "ahhh, there we go." Like I'd been walking around in a Halloween costume of someone else's body for the past few years and I was finally myself again. I still have some work to do but I feel so good about just recognizing the me I see in the mirror again. [link] [comments] |
| It wasn’t one thing, it was all the things (plateau) Posted: 10 Apr 2021 08:17 PM PDT (F Age: 28, SW: 193 CW: 178) So I've lurked here for quite some time and gotten some great knowledge and second hand advice. I'm only posting this because I thought it might be useful to someone like me. I only started losing weight in December and have tried to maintain a small calorie deficit (250-500). I was losing pretty steadily between 0.5-1 pound until the beginning of March when the scale seemed to stop budging. I weigh weekly, and it was three weeks of the same number. Naturally I did a depth dive in this forum and the internet in general. Everyone had different suggestions and answers, but there were general themes. "Your calories may have crept up/you fell back into old habits." "Your body may have adjusted to your workouts." "Have you checked your macros?" "Are you weighing everything you eat?" "Metabolic damage! Thermo-whatever! Your body may be working against you!" "Have you started a new workout, including cardio? because it could be causing water retention for up to 6 weeks." "You may need to recalibrate your scale because some of them have memory." "Are you SURE you're in a plateau?" "Have a cheat meal." Guys I was SO confused. I felt so certain I was doing everything the same: still weighing my food, still meeting my step goal, the only thing I could think of was having been able to go back to gym workouts for the month until everything in my province shut down again. Gradually though I figured it out, and it wasn't one thing, it was like... most of them.
Nothing wrong with my scale and I don't think there's much water retention from my workouts, but once I fixed all this stuff (and threw in a reasonable cheat meal for good measure?) After one week back at it, bam, one more pound down. I know this is super long, but if you feel like you're in a plateau, it might not be one thing. It could be many small things working against you! Don't give up! [link] [comments] |
| Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Sunday, 11 April 2021? Start here! Posted: 10 Apr 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.
* Lose It Compendium - Frame it out! * FAQ - Answers to our most Frequently Asked Questions! [link] [comments] |
| How Many Maintenance Days is Too Many? Posted: 10 Apr 2021 09:24 PM PDT Hey all, it's finals time. Which means I'm horrifically stressed, haha. I've identified stress as a major trigger for binge-eating — it was the reason why I binged and gained so much weight in the first place during high school, and during midterms earlier this semester it reaaaaally took a toll on me and ended in a month of disordered eating. I've since gotten back on track, and I'm at my lowest weight since I've started losing back in Late December — the world did not end with my binging, and even with the weight I've gained with it I've been losing weight steadily at ~1lb a week. Slow and steady does it, I suppose. I've also picked up the Couch to 5k program and I'm starting therapy as well to work on my mental health. Since it's finals, I've tentatively decided to give myself a maintenance week instead of continuing to restrict; it's better than out right binging, but I still feel... guilty, I suppose. I'm used to taking a maintenance day or two, but a week feels... scary. Is this a good idea? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 Apr 2021 11:55 PM PDT Gained 6lbs in two days. I was doing my normal 32 mile ride and the I started feeling feverish and weak 17miles in. My last 15miles turned into a grueling effort ride. Checked my temperature, 100.7 when I got home. A day later, still running a fever. My legs are unbelievably sore. I can't sleep due to the pain. I've rode centuries and I've never felt this level of soreness. I go for long bike rides and water retention is not new to me but the pain combined with the fever and rapid weight gain has me worried. My body feels swollen and puffy. My legs and my abdomen are especially puffy. The obvious answer is see a doctor. Which I am. I am having to wait a couple of days. Any advice is helpful. [link] [comments] |
| Depression and weight gain/loss Posted: 10 Apr 2021 09:35 PM PDT I'm a 27 YO m 230lbs 5'6 Started my weight loss journey after HS. Hated myself. Stayed alone in my house everyday for 2 years and never ate out/ate very little and lost tons of weight. I ate pretty healthy at that time, but I knew I really wanted to drop those pounds to look good and feel more confident. Over the years, up to 2017, I noticed my weight started to creep up and my great eating habits started to dwindle. Come 2021, after an insane binge sesh, I'm back up to 230 and am utterly crushed, to the point where I don't want to leave my house again until it's gone. Problem is, I've been yoyo dieting since 2015 or so. I am also depressed right now and because of that, get very serious carb cravings for high calorie foods and I can't just have a little, I eat large quantities of whatever I want. Anyone have any experience here like mine? Feel like I should give up on trying to lose weight again and doubt that I could ever get to the weight I was before. I mean, I'm already 5 days into counting and am getting these horrible cravings that have caused me to fail innumerous times. I'm always stressed and tired and this REALLY doesn't help, but being overweight makes it no better. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 Apr 2021 09:28 PM PDT After losing 47 lbs I hit a huge plateau. As in, no weight loss from January to late March. I tried everything.. making sure I was accurate in logging.. adding more calories, eating less, more exercise.. less exercise. I finally started adding more protein (I was very deficient) and then, holy crap, out of nowhere I had a woosh! I lost 5 lbs in a week. However.. the next week... back to nothing. The next week.. nothing (actually a slight gain). So now I'm stuck back in this horrible place of putting all of my mental and physical strength into losing and getting nothing in return. Has anyone had this? I just want to give up, this is so depressing. I'm 30 lbs from my goal and I just go in circles. Even though I want to quit I just can't let myself. It makes me so angry that I can't do this, I should be at my goal weight by now. Anyone have anything similar? I'm trying to add more workouts but it's slow going due to various injuries. [link] [comments] |
| Can I eat cheese, ice cream or have a beer ever again? Posted: 10 Apr 2021 03:58 PM PDT I (35F) have been overweight to morbidly obese my entire life. Up and down 100 lbs multiple times between college, a back injury, multiple pregnancies. I've been on every diet there is. I need to start really taking care of my body so I can be a good example for my kids. I am currently 20lbs down from my highest weight ever and I am really struggling to break though. I keep fucking up. I have lost the last 10 on WW but I am so sick of tracking and honestly I am a terrible liar when it comes to measuring out my food. (Even thought I'm only further punishing myself) I have always been most successful when doing Whole30 or Paleo - but now with kids and keeping bread and dairy in the house for them I am having a really hard time sticking to it. Plus I feel like I will never be able to have my favorite foods every again; ice cream, cheese, pasta, rice and beer.... I am so much better when I can stick to rules and don't have to count calories but the thought of not being able to enjoy those things ever keeps me from taking the plunge. Can I ever have those things without falling off the wagon? Anyone been able to incorporate some of those things back after losing weight on Paleo? [link] [comments] |
| Trying to avoid loose skin + extra advice (18F 156 lbs 5’2) Posted: 10 Apr 2021 11:41 PM PDT 18F 5'2 156lbs. I want to lose around 40 pounds of fat, but I'm terrified of having loose skin, how do I avoid it? Everything I read says to go slowly, good diet, hydration, and exercise. First of all is that true and how do I go about any of that? I'm sorry I just have done so much research and there's so many conflicting answers on how to reach my goal, like apparently cardio isn't as good as I thought!? My goals are to lose weight and get fit, but I'm already insecure as it is so dealing with loose skin is going to heavily impact my mental health. I also heard that it will just tighten up over time, Is that true? [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: April 11th, 2021 Posted: 10 Apr 2021 11:30 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] |
| How can I stop telling myself I’ll “start tomorrow”? Posted: 10 Apr 2021 04:53 AM PDT I was working with an online coach/PT over Christmas and throughout the winter. She was really great at holding me accountable and motivating me. In March, I decided to go it alone (and I couldn't afford to do it for much longer either). But since I've stopped working with her (it's been about 6 weeks), I keep telling myself I'll get back on track "tomorrow." As in, I'll have a few beers tonight and maybe order a pizza because the diet starts tomorrow, next Monday, when I go back to work etc. I really don't know how to break out of this mindset. I do this literally every day. It's like I'm two different people: the motivated person in the morning, and the lazy, greedy person in the evening. What can I do? I'm putting all my weight back on, and I'm not doing ANY exercise anymore. Edit: Thank you everyone!! I have been out for a walk and I do feel better already. You've given me such great advice and so many different options for tackling this. Thanks so much. What a great community!! [link] [comments] |
| When you hit 1/3 of your goal weight lost and your BMI is still well over the threshold for obesity Posted: 10 Apr 2021 03:09 PM PDT Hit 30 lbs down out of a goal of 90, and I was curious what my BMI would be given as now. I know BMI isn't everything but it hits hard af when your BMI tells you you're obese.. And anytime you go to the doctor they tell you that and give you a pamphlet about weight loss. So I checked my BMI now and I'm still at 33, aka well above the 30 threshold for obesity. 30 lbs, over 10% of my starting weight, seemed significant enough that it might move me at least to "overweight" category which still feels bad but I guess not. My negativity has been telling me in general hitting 1/3 of your goal isn't that significant, you're still not even halfway and you've been haphazardly trying for years, and this just reinforces that. And in looking at this I even realized my goal weight, which I was at one point and wore M or even S shirts sometimes, is even almost technically in the overweight category. Even my goal weight is at the very top of the "normal weight category" which means in just natural fluctuation I'll probably technically be overweight pretty often, even at my goal weight. I was my goal weight for a little while on high school (22 now) and that's when I was working out almost every day, ate pretty well and definitely looked skinny in my opinion at least. Am I just gonna be permanently technically overweight? Or do I really have to push that hard to be the lightest I've ever been as an adult? Feelsbadman.png [link] [comments] |
| How to Actually Hit Protein Goals? Posted: 10 Apr 2021 08:47 PM PDT Hello everyone! Re: macros, I'm having a very tough time actually consuming enough protein. I'd like to be able to because I'm strength training routinely for the first time and have honestly never seen my macro breakdown (at least from what I log on MyFitnessPal) hit the numbers I've set for myself. I'm currently trying 30% carbs, 30% fat, and 40% protein to see how it goes. After logging for a couple of days and planning my meals beforehand, I noticed that I skew heavily towards carbs and consistently miss my protein goals. Does anyone have any advice as to how to generally incorporate more protein into your diet? I have no dietary restrictions and am just trying to up my protein levels to see what my body thinks! [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Sunday, 11 April 2021: Today, I conquered! Posted: 10 Apr 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] |
| 24-Hour Pledge - Sunday, 11 April 2021 - The Plan for Today! Posted: 10 Apr 2021 10:01 PM PDT Wake up with determination; go to bed with satisfaction! This is our daily check-in, to help keep us accountable over the long haul. Feel free to post whatever goals will help keep you on track. Here's the regular text on behalf of this thread's originator, kingoftheeyesores, taken with his blessing
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| Posted: 10 Apr 2021 03:29 PM PDT CW- Disordered eating Sort of as the title says really. Over the past year and a half I managed to lose about 30 pounds and gain a load of muscle with an intense exercise regime and...well to be honest starving myself whilst occasionally binging on all the food I could get my hands on (you can imagine the awkwardness when people asked me what I did to get there lol). I was down to 122 lbs and very happy with that but aiming to get down further to about 112-118 lbs (I'm 5"3). Now that COVID has hit and a few personal problems/intense deadlines have cropped up, I'm doing a lot more binging than starving and no exercise which means that pounds have piled back on to about 132 lbs and pure flab. I want to do something about this but as I have deadlines I want to keep my energy up which would require not restricting as much as I used to. Unfortunately, I don't really know how to lose weight properly. My diet was always high in sugar to keep my energy up in short bursts and eating unhealthily when i could eat as I was craving food. I've found this cycle really hard to break and just keep ending up still eating like shit and binging. I'm really stressed about gaining weight again as I had previously been overweight for years but i don't want to put my body through that again. Does anyone have any tips how to stop this cycle? [link] [comments] |
| Stuck in body composition limbo Posted: 10 Apr 2021 03:46 PM PDT Despite doing everything correctly, I can't help but feel like I'm never going to get close to my ideal body composition. I'm a 5'8" 28-year-old male who currently weighs 145 lbs. At my fattest, I weighed around 230 lbs at over 30% bf. I've been below 180 for the past couple of years, but my body fat was still quite high. These past 3 months I lost 10 additional pounds the right way, and my bf, I would estimate, is hovering around 15%. My arms and upper chest/shoulders look quite good (I actually have visible traps). My lower body looks pretty good as well, and my back looks acceptable. My mid-section looks so out of whack when compared to the rest of my body though. My ribs are clearly visible, but there is this pear-shaped "patch" of fat in my mid-section. It looks terrible, tbh. Part of me wants to keep losing weight until that patch is gone. After all, I didn't go through all this trouble of losing weight to not has visible abs, or at the very least, a flat stomach. On the other hand, diet fatigue is really starting to set in. My NEAT is clearly decreasing, and my lifts have pretty much remained low, albeit fairly stable, for the duration of the diet. Putting on muscle at some point is a must for me. Even though my body looks significantly more defined than it ever has, I'm still quite weak and under-muscled. I hardly received any of those noob gains that everyone talks about. I can't think of a single thing I'm doing wrong: -I'm eating at a moderate deficit (400 calorie deficit). -I'm tracking every macro I consume and taking daily weight measurements. -I consume at least 170 grams of protein per day spaced out consistently. -I'm lifting weights using one of Reddit's recommended programs. -I'm consistent with my lifting (i.e. I don't skip days, sets, reps, etc.) -I push myself in each workout (RPE 9 or 10) -I focus on form, mind-muscle connection, and full ROM. -I get adequate recovery. I'm just not sure if I should keep losing, start eating at maintenance with the hopes of some recomp, or start trying to bulk and put on muscle. I can think of good reasons for any of the 3, but I will likely feel that any one of the 3 is wrong. [link] [comments] |
| Finally 18 years old. Finally down 5kg (10 pounds) Posted: 10 Apr 2021 04:47 AM PDT From the UK. As a young teen, it's been hard to lose weight in the ways that everyone urges you too. I gained weight from being on the contraceptive implant for 2 years. About 2 years ago i was size 12 (tops), size 14 (jeans) and size 12 (dress size). I've always been size 14 in jeans for as long as i can remember just because of my thighs and bum. Anyway., I got to a size 14 in tops (1 size up). So last November i got the contraceptive removed because i realised that i had gained weight and i always wanted to eat food. ALL THE FLIPPINGGGG TIME. So i got it removed and that was that. From November i began trying to lose weight and found that my appetite had decreased drastically and i wasn't eating every single hour and i thought that not eating as much food was enough to lose weight. However, it didn't lead to any weight loss so i kinda gave up for a bit. I started recalling the things that used to be in my life when i was slim and remembered that i walked a lot and had a lot of vegetables which i wasn't having now because i live alone. I started walking despite some Reddit posts saying that walking is an insufficient method of weight loss and that it's better to run. In January i tried walking more around sixth form (college) but didn't start eating as healthy as i could have done. I was still eating chocolate bars every other day and fried chicken wraps and chips/fries when i was hungry and so i maintained my weight. I began using the Pedometer app on my phone (its kinda inaccurate because I'm on a Samsung but when i get my iPhone 11 in a week or so, it will be calibrated more accurately). I began walking to school on March 22 but only got to do it for 2 mornings because it was the end of term for Easter. Walking to school i got 17k-18k steps a day. From the beginning of April it was half term so i was at home all day so i decided to go on walks which would equate to 5 miles. So i chose locations in a 2.5mile radius because walking there and back would be 5 miles. I tried counting calories using my fitness pal thinking that i was in a huge calorie deficit but i found i wasn't losing any weight. Then i went on reddit again and was told that i needed a food scale and i needed to weigh every ounce of food i ate, all the seasoning, all the oil and all that crap and i said no way. No way, Jose. Coming from a family where food is cooked by taste and not measurements that would be near impossible to input into my fitness pal so i scrapped that. THANKFULLY, i stumbled upon this video on YouTube and took note. I started having 50% of my plate as vegetables and the other half was my normal dinner. I could have chicken curry with rice as long as the other half of the plate was vegetables. I must also add that i didn't eat from plates and i ate from a Tupperware box because it was easier to control portions and divide veggies into 50% of the the box. I cut out chocolate a bit. i/ had 2 easter eggs which isn't a lot compared to the full size bars i was eating everyday. I don't eat crisps like Walkers and i still drink Juice as long as I'm drinking more water I was doing this while walking around and averaging around 15k steps a day. I tried to drink 2L of water a day. I stepped on the scale on 7th April and was down 5kg. I was very very surprised. I even stepped on the scale again today and i really said i was down 5kg. I'm just writing this to let you know that counting calories isn't for everyone and that's perfectly fine! You don't have to go to the gym for 1 hr every day either. If you'd like, ask me for some recipes that i made and ill let you know or link some websites which helped me a lot, [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 10 Posted: 10 Apr 2021 02:40 PM PDT Hello lovely losers, Happy Saturday! I hope yours is going fabulously. Weigh in daily, enter in Libra & report here even if I don't like it: No weigh in this morning, X lbs trend weight. Stay within calorie range (1500-1800): Pre logged & ready to roll. 5/10 days. Exercise 5 days a week: Long walk on the river trail and vigorous cleaning. 10/10 days. Self-care alone time & ten deep breath cycles a day: Check mark on the breathing. Alone time during my walk & cleaning. Try a new recipe once a week: This weekend I'm going to make some taco cauliflower rice bowls. Roasted chick peas, crispy coated pork chops. 2/4 weeks. Write 1500 words a day 6 days a week: Getting to it after this post. Do a mindfulness exercise and express gratitude: I spent some time out in the sunshine. Easy to be in the moment when you feel like a cat in a sun beam. I'm grateful to be near such a wonderful trail system and a river. I'm also grateful for some down time & feeling a little more myself lately. Your turn! [link] [comments] |
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