Weight loss: I think I am finally doing it! Down 11 pounds in 1 month. |
- I think I am finally doing it! Down 11 pounds in 1 month.
- Gained ALL my weight back and more. Feel like a sack of potatoes. Depression has overtaken me & I've got little to no motivation to get back at it. 19F
- Mom doesn't believe I'll ever lose weight - vent
- Been one year since I started watching my weight, went from 325lbs to 266lbs (59lbs lost) , my goal is to be around 200lbs by end of this year.
- NSV - Hiking with my son , F42
- Changing habits snowball
- A revelation for us short people ��
- I’m doing strength training every day and eating at a deficit. Is it normal that I’m hovering around the same weight since February?
- First triathlon on Sunday - 2 years in the making (M182cm 85kg-62kg)
- People who lost a lot of weight and kept it off long-term: how did you do it?
- Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Saturday, 10 April 2021? Start here!
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: April 10th, 2021
- 24-Hour Pledge - Saturday, 10 April 2021 - The Plan for Today!
- Losing weight the healthy way for the first time in my life and I feel so GOOD.
- My weight loss journey since last summer.
- Should I, or should I not lift weights while losing weight?
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 9
- A year on, I'm at a complete loss
- Before I wanted to look good for myself, now I need to get healthy...so here I go
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Saturday, 10 April 2021: Today, I conquered!
- Need some advice at platauing please!
- Proud of the Mental Shift that comes with this journey
- I've managed to gain weight despite staying on track.
| I think I am finally doing it! Down 11 pounds in 1 month. Posted: 09 Apr 2021 09:56 AM PDT I finally believe I have "cracked the code" for weight loss and finally found a solution that works for me. I am bout 60 pounds overweight in total. Usually, I eat heavily processed food, lots of frozen pizza, chocolate etc. So here are the reasons why I failed before, and now seem to be succeeding: 1. Eat food you like! Before I was eating the most boring healthy food. But this just makes you think more about what you are missing. Make tasty healthy food, lots of veggies, chicken, spices, etc. It tastes just as good, if not better than unhealthy food! You just need to find what YOU enjoy. I can not stress this point enough, because it has made weight loss a joy. I make healthy wraps with chicken and lots of veggies and spices, and it works for me! There are no particular food groups I do not allow, just eating enjoyable things with a lot of variation that are filling. 2. Walk every day. Not primarily because it makes you lose calories, that is just a bonus. But because it makes you feel so much better, makes you less hungry, reduces stress. 10k steps are what I aim for, and it is truly awesome how good you feel after! 3. Don't be very hungry! Being really hungry is not a good feeling, and will make you lose motivation. Don't be afraid of eating when hungry! Even though it might go a bit over calories allowed. I do not count calories, I only eat when I feel hungry. Some days that means more meals than other days. And I do not eat when not hungry, or "pre-hungry". I eat when I actually get the sensation of feeling hungry. 4. This is a lifestyle change! Not a diet! If you think of this as a diet, you are doing it wrong. You should replace processed bad food with healthy good food, and stick to that for the rest of your life. If you go back to eating bad food again you will lose. Therefore the importance of finding low-calorie tasty food you enjoy! Bonus point: For me drinking lots of diet soda and energy drinks with ice has removed all sugar cravings. There has been some discussion if it is healthy or not, but for me, it works. I will probably cut this down over time. Bonus point 2 How can I have missed that nature's snacks, berries, have so few cals?? They taste amazing. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2021 06:02 PM PDT I LOVE working out. I love feeling the burn, feeling fit. I was 130lbs at 5'6" and felt awesome. Ate 1,200 every day without break, no sweets, no unhealthy foods. Realize now I ate too little and worked out too hard because even though I was confident in outfits I obsessed over my looks &I would be light headed super frequently. Bf moved in. Quarantine hit. I've delved back into my depression. Haven't worked out in months. I'm binge eating all over again. Making excuse after excuse. I feel stuck in a loop. I don't hate my body but I love how I was and I'm scared for my health. I'm 40 or even 50lbs up. Can't bring myself to eat right, & it's SO hard to say no when I'm offered tempting food. My bf loves eating out bc he doesn't eat that much so he can stay healthy weight. I binge eat and add eating out to it. I feel so gross and sad. I don't hate my body but I'm ashamed at how I've let myself go. I was once so proud but I feel like I can't do anything. Words of encouragement would be appreciated. I know I have to eat to fuel not to binge or purely restrict. I'm just at such a loss and depressed, anxious, paranoid. I'm at a really hard time but I know it will only get harder. [link] [comments] |
| Mom doesn't believe I'll ever lose weight - vent Posted: 09 Apr 2021 08:39 AM PDT As the title says. I lost 30 lbs already (30 more to go) and overcame an eating disorder (which she knows about and she's not been very helpful, to say the least). I got serious about my weight again after I stopped breastfeeding six months ago (my mom, of course was 'at my lowest weight ever!! :)' when she was breastfeeding), and I'm getting zero support from her. On the contrary: about once a month she asks if she can finally throw away the old clothes I still have at my parents' house (they've been about three sizes too small for five years, but sue me - my parents have more than enough room and I feel terrible about tossing them in the trash because memories and stuff) and - much worse - she regularly makes comments on how she'll be the one going on adventures with my baby because I won't be able to. Stuff like 'Yes, grandma will show you the forest' or 'We'll go camping with grandma and grandpa' with pointed, sad looks my way like I'll never be able to do physical activities with my own child, and the thought of it makes me spiral (what if she's right?). Like she was already hounding me about going on walks and starting yoga and exercise one week after birth, and it's clear she doesn't believe a word of it when I tell her I actually am trying to lose weight. Because I'm trying. I struggle a lot because of various issues she mostly knows about, but I do want to do sports with my child when the time comes, so I'm really trying. But more and more I get this feeling my mom's given up on me and wants to 'start fresh' with my kid (like she's always making comments on how she did the wrong things with me and now she knows better etc) and I don't know how to deal with it. Some people are good at doing things out of spite, but the thought even my mom doesn't believe in me anymore...it's not very inspiring, tbh. I feel stuck. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2021 12:59 PM PDT Some slight mopey shit, but it's whatever. One year ago I decided after seeing my weigh enough was enough with gaining. I've been obese my entire life, I said fuck it, I'm 18 and I'm not gonna keep this shit up. I started to log everything I ate. And kept a goal of 2000 exact at first, since it was clear I was eating nearly 3000 calories a day from recording. I tried to just keep it passive for a while since I know eating less was the simplest thing to do. I got a job in June for unloading produce at a grocery store, and the amount of walking and lifting helped me lose weight faster. The middle spike was from thanks giving and Christmas, being those 2 holidays, Worst time to deal with honeslty 😂. But I'm happy I got outta that. Sugar though in all of this is a bitch. I see why people are suprised out of the USA why there's so much sugar, I didn't really care until I started reading The labels. I tried to focus more foods that don't have any added sugars. Water, seltzer, sometimes diet soda and those Ice drinks is what helped me stop it. Unfortunately it didn't last long, due to it being the holidays, and I'm still fighting to get it off again. But for now, passively I just focus on whenever I'm hungry, that's really it. Being forced to eat at times is something I can think of being my main issue for eating more than needed. Using the "out of sight out of mind" idea to certain foods helped Alot, I tried to just throw out or avoid entirely foods I know I'll just go back on instantly. Went down from a 3xl to xl, waist size I got no clue, all I know is that i had to add holes into the ones I got for being too large. Ive noticed looking at older videos and photos of me, my face is way less round, cheeks especially, and the lines on my stomach are not really noticeable now. So I'm happy with that. [link] [comments] |
| NSV - Hiking with my son , F42 Posted: 09 Apr 2021 04:35 PM PDT I'm doing this activity with my 9-year-old where we are visiting all 80 parks in our city. Each of them has walking trails/paths, so this is where I get a lot of my exercise in. And the new adventures and discoveries every few days completely excites him and it keeps the mundane out of walking for me. On one of our new parks, it was more of a natural canyon area with quite a bit of elevation. Three months ago, (before CICO and clean eating) I would have been at a snail's pace, avoiding the steeper trails and trying to get back to the car early. This time, I kept up with my fast, energetic kiddo, every step of the way, jumped off ledges, and raced him to the top of a couple of hills. (He still beat me!) We get to the car to head home and he says, "Mom, you were way more athletic this time." For me, this was a mic drop. To make such a noticeable difference to my son captured all the why's and as the comment plays over in my head, it will mean more to me than any scale reading. It gets easier every week...If I got this, YOU GOT THIS! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2021 08:09 PM PDT Hey guys, first time poster here. I've been lurking for a while, but I haven't seen this concept mentioned. It's helped me, so I thought I'd share. For those of us who not only need to drop some lbs/kg, but also change our habits, the best metaphor I've seen that helped me is the snowball method. Essentially, we have a finite amount of willpower/mental energy at our fingertips at any one time, but we have multiple habits we need to change or adopt. So, what do you do? Focus on one change to establish consistency and cement as habit, while using any extra energy to try to do a new one. For example, I needed to lose fat, learn to exercise regularly, build muscle, and drop the unhealthy carbs that made the most of my diet. What helped me make progress was to work predominately on establishing a calorie deficit until that became habit and if I had a day of extra motivation or energy, I would try a work out. Now that I understands how to measure and weigh foods to calculate calories, tracking them has become a breeze as I eat the same foods routinely. So now, I am trying to get my body into the habit of exercising regularly. It is a challenge to make myself work out 5 times a week, but I've been working up to that goal adding a day of exercise each week. If I find myself extra ambitious, I research a new recipe to try to help ease my dependency on carbs. Recently, I've found that roasted Brussel sprouts are yummy! While they could never replace my Pillsbury Crescent rolls (heaven), they are a great substitute for me using Bushes baked beans at most meals. Gradually, the snowball of healthy habits gets bigger with time as I add new routines and build on prior progress. Growing up, I always thought you had to be all healthy, or all couch slob. I thought if you didn't want to be couch slob, you immediately have to start working out 150 mins a week, do two days of strength training, eat 1200 Calories, and only eat 30% carbs. So I would try to change everything at once, make it three days, then quit. Turns out, sugar is addicting and hard to give up, work outs are strenuous if you're out of shape and overweight, and sticking to new behaviors is a beast. So, I've been focusing on tackling things one at a time, and adding new habits on as I find the mental fortitude to do so. I'm 60lbs/28kg down in a year, healthiest I've ever been since elementary school, and worked out 4 days this week (so far)! For me, the expectation of perfect performance is the enemy of consistent progress. (Heard that somewhere, don't know where, or I'd give credit here where it's due.) I am sure this is obvious to many of you, but for me, Captain Oblivious, it took me 20 years to figure out. So, if this post helps any one person, it's worth it to me. Good luck everyone! Happy Snowballing! [link] [comments] |
| A revelation for us short people �� Posted: 09 Apr 2021 04:54 PM PDT My TDEE is around 1800 and I lost about 6 pounds the first month I tried tracking calories again. Then I spent a month losing... half a pound. I was so frustrated because I was "eating at a deficit" but I realized that I was eating just a tiny bit more (1600 calories instead of 1350ish) and walking a little less. I realized this morning that if it takes a 3500 calorie deficit to lose 1 pound, having a 200 calorie deficit per day means it'll take a little more than 17 days to lose a pound!! That really put things into perspective for me and helped me understand why I got so frustrated in the past and kept quitting. I'm still working on how to do better with sticking to a bigger deficit so I can be motivated by success, but somehow I didn't think through the numbers in the past and correlate that with my slooooow progress. Hopefully this helps someone else with a low TDEE 😉 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2021 03:28 AM PDT
My question is more around the un-googleable question of "does strength training slow down weight loss?" - if you google that you get a whole lot of unhelpful answers. My question isn't "does strength training make you lose weight?" It's is it possible that I'm simply putting on so much muscle that I'm matching the fat I'm losing with muscle gain? If I wasn't losing fat, then surely I'd be putting on weight after 3 months of daily strength training and eating 100g+ protein per day? Am I going crazy or am I making a mistake somewhere? My weight hasn't budged up or down more than a pound since early February. Maintenance is around 2400 a day Daily goal is 1500 cals + 270 cal allowance every day for my protein shake (so 1770 - I know this is weird but it helps me putting it that way) SW: 228.2 in January CW: 219.2 Exercise: 5-6 days per week of strength training 25-40 mins per day. Cardio: honestly non-existent at the moment. We're in lockdown here until Monday and if I walk the same streets again I'm going to effing lose it. So I've been putting off cardio until I can start hiking again. (I am already aware that cardio is good for burning fat in the Krebs cycle. But it still wouldn't account for my lack of weight loss) Measurements: I measure my body about once every two weeks. I don't find it extremely helpful because it's difficult to get consistent readings. There's been some loss but I wouldn't call it statistically significant. [link] [comments] |
| First triathlon on Sunday - 2 years in the making (M182cm 85kg-62kg) Posted: 09 Apr 2021 09:55 AM PDT I've had races cancelled and postponed again and again and again, but finally I'm going to be able to compete in a triathlon this Sunday. I started this sport because a good friend thought it could help me to lose some weight. I fell in love with cycling and finally I'll be able to compete in a triathlon on Sunday. This is a warm up race for the ironman 70.3 I'll be racing one month from today in Da Nang, Vietnam. I started running in May 2019, got injured a shit ton, but kept going and dieting. Lost over 20kg in 3 months and have maintained since then. My weight loss was probably too fast, but since then I've got stronger and faster and now I don't even think about the calories I'm consuming (unless I know I need to eat more). Deciding to do triathlon has completely changed my life and I can't imagine living without my bikes now. Here's what sport and diet have done to me.. Before deciding to do this competition I hadn't done any sport for almost 20 years. Finding the joy in cycling in particular has been amazing. Counting calories and losing weight is class, but I hope everyone can find something that motivates them to be healthy as much as my sport motivates me. [link] [comments] |
| People who lost a lot of weight and kept it off long-term: how did you do it? Posted: 09 Apr 2021 08:34 PM PDT I am a 5'9.75" male who weighed ~206 pounds a few months ago, started limiting myself to ~1250 calories a day (with ~15 cheat days), and now weighs ~180 pounds. My goal is to go down to 155 pounds. I keep on reading that around ~90% of people who lose a substantial amount of weight gain it back. For those who lost a lot of weight and kept it off long-term, how did you do it? When I get to 155 pounds, my TDEE should be ~2400 calories. I've been obsessively counting calories for the past couple of months or so. When I finish my diet, I still plan on counting calories. Maybe not as obsessively as I have been, but I plan on at least getting a general idea of how many calories I consume each day and strictly limiting myself to ~2400 calories a day post-diet. As long as I do this, I should not gain back the weight, right? It seems that most people who regain the weight do so because they go back to mindlessly eating without considering calories whatsoever, thus they eat much more than they were before without knowing it because the body wants to compensate for the months of relative starvation, right? As long as I don't go back to mindless eating, the weight should stay off, right? Is this all I have to do to keep the weight off long-term? [link] [comments] |
| Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Saturday, 10 April 2021? Start here! Posted: 09 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.
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| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: April 10th, 2021 Posted: 09 Apr 2021 11:20 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] |
| 24-Hour Pledge - Saturday, 10 April 2021 - The Plan for Today! Posted: 09 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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| Losing weight the healthy way for the first time in my life and I feel so GOOD. Posted: 09 Apr 2021 06:07 PM PDT F(27) - 5'5.5" (166cm) - SW: 167lbs (76.2kg), CW: 149lbs (67.8kg), GW: 121lbs (55kg) TW: anorexia, pro-ana, alcoholism, purging Sorry in advance if this isn't the sub for this or if anything is formatted incorrectly. For most of my life I struggled with my weight and unhealthy eating habits. As a child I was very thin because I was in a competitive ballet program, but I began to binge eat when the stress of the program plus school and social issues caused a mental breakdown. That same year I started getting bullied in school and turned to food. This started a spiral of self-hatred and binging that lasted into my teens until my mother (in a perhaps misguided attempt to help me feel better about myself) introduced me to fad diets. Of course I bounced around trying to figure out which one would be the 'magic bullet' for my fatness but eventually settled on indefinitely trying to stick to South Beach phase 1. I went into college after my longest sustained SB1 period, down almost 30lbs (13.5kg) from my highest high in just a few weeks. I felt great, but then there was sorority rush. It meant a lot to my mother that we be in the same sorority so I went for it even though I didn't think I fit in. They made it clear that I was not 'sorority material' but accepted me anyway, explaining: in order to reject a parental legacy we have to call the parent and explain why their daughter didn't make the cut. As if me being overweight and having the audacity to rush had put them in a bad situation. They put me in the back of our new-member's photo and promoted one where more than half my face was covered so that my appearance didn't reflect badly on the group (we were known on campus as the prettiest, most competitive sorority). At that point, I lost it and I binged, hard, for months. At my first formal sorority event, I had to shop in the same sizes I was before my first successful weight loss years before. I thought 'I can't do this again, nothing works' and became even more depressed. That's when I found pro-ana blogs online. To my depressed and frustrated brain it looked like the answer to all of my problems. Extremely rapid weight loss, very simple rules, save some money, and all you need is willpower. I put myself on an ELCD, consumed 3-5 20oz (590ml) coffees a day for the apatite suppressing and laxative properties, started smoking heavily again, and informed my family that I was feeling sick to set the stage for the "oops, I got sick and lost a ton of weight, of course I'm not anorexic you know how much I love food" conversation. Unfortunately for me and my health, It worked like a charm. I lost 20lbs in my first two weeks and found that it was easy to continue because I was now almost constantly nauseous. Because I really felt and looked sick, my family believed me. For the next five years I hovered at extremely low weights for my height and I genuinely felt superior to everyone around me who struggled with their diets, offering fake advice from a 'success story' even though you could clearly count my ribs, I wasn't getting my period regularly (lost it completely for 1.5 years), and I was using laxatives and extreme restrictions occasionally to maintain. Then, it happened again - I had to move home with my parents for a few months in preparation for grad school. I became isolated and started to snack, then it was nibbling off what was cooking on the stove, and finally it became finishing off whatever was left of the wine after family dinners and sneaking beers out of the fridge during the day claiming I had used them to cook a pot roast, etc. First I gained approximately 40lbs (18kg), then after moving for school I gained another 20lbs (9kg). My clothes no longer fit me at all, and any day over 75f (24c) made me into a sweaty, angry creature who lashed out at others for no reason. I kept on drinking a lot to numb the intense feelings of inadequacy and uselessness I was feeling. At the end of 2020, I was back at my high school highest weight (again). I was lucky enough to travel domestically for a long-awaited ski trip but found that none of my gear fit me well. Then I broke my toe in a stupid binge drinking accident that never would have happened if I was still skinny (someone tried to catch me and failed literally because I was too heavy). I was so angry at myself for getting back here that I went back to search for my old 'friends' in the pro-ana world but they were gone - in the years between my freshman year and college and then there had been a movement to remove them from the internet. Then I found you, r/loseit. This sub and others like it (shout out to r/1200isplenty and r/progresspics) helped me to gain a healthier perspective on weight loss. I got MFP and a food scale, and started tracking everything. Managed to cut down on drinking because I pre-log and can't justify a 600kcal drink when that's half my daily calories and will barely get me buzzed due to an unfortunate tolerance buildup. MFP doesn't reward you for going significantly under your goal, and I started relying on those end of day pick-me-ups to feel like I was making progress because it wasn't drastically visible like before. I am significantly less tempted to cut everything out again. I even sucked it up started going outside (with a mask) in my ill-fitting workout gear. It has been just over 3 months and I'm down 18lbs (8.4kg) without cutting entire food groups or all food entirely. I no longer take laxatives and appetite suppressants for weight loss. I threw away the toothbrush I had tried (and failed) to practice purging with. I haven't felt this good about myself in a long time. Although I still have a long way to go, I will always be grateful for your help. TL;DR: You guys got me off of a vicious cycle of fad dieting, binging, and anorexia. THANK YOU. I cannot thank you enough <3 [link] [comments] |
| My weight loss journey since last summer. Posted: 09 Apr 2021 04:39 AM PDT So, I gained a lot of weight when lockdown started. And I gained that weight very quickly. Since I came back home from Uni for the summer (and then for the whole years) I decided I really had to do something about it, fair to say its worked fairly well. Its been nearly a year now since I started keeping track of my weight, and I've decided to post this here with my methodology, and some thoughts I've had regarding it, so here goes. Details are in spoilers so the main points are easy to see and not lost in the wall of text. The Method
And that's pretty much it as far as my method goes. It's not much, but it's what I did. And as you can see by the attached records, I didn't go straight to 10k steps a day, and I didn't always manage it afterwards. Likewise I didn't ALWAYS eat homemade food, and I didn't always manage to avoid dessert. I don't live alone, and I'm not a robot, so these things are unavoidable, but I kept aware of it, and didn't give up, and that was enough to pull through and see results, even if they took a while. Also, you can see the 'Christmas slump' pretty clearly on the weight graph. Managed to bring it back, then now 'progress' also slows as I approach my 'target weight'. To be honest, after the first few months I didn't weigh myself as much. Seeing the numbers go down at first was very gratifying, but once I started feeling healthier, I just took measurements once a week or less to keep records. I might make it to 75kg, I might not. As long as I keep my healthy habits I don't really care tbh. Even at 80 flat I'm a lot better than I was, and as long as I don't get into a habit of pigging out I should tend towards whatever weight matches my lifestyle, however healthy it really is. [link] [comments] |
| Should I, or should I not lift weights while losing weight? Posted: 09 Apr 2021 04:30 PM PDT I cannot get a straight answer, even from the people at my gym. I am eating a 1500 calories per day. Yes, this is low for me. I'm on my 3rd day back at it after over a year of not paying attention and gaining 60lbs. I weighed in for the first time this morning and freaked the fuck out. I've been calorie tracking and running for about a week now, I could've been heavier before. My father had heart failure and other heart issues several months ago, also freaking me the fuck out for his health and my own. I've never been slim and then gained weight, so this whole not fitting into my pants bullshit has to stop now. Anyway, is there a point in lifting weights while eating at a steep deficit with heavy cardio? I don't have a lot of upper body strength at all. Legs are rather strong and muscular though. The science I've looked up seems to say we need a caloric surplus to gain muscle, and it's not really a thing to put on muscle when eating at a deficit and doing a lot of cardio. I do eventually want to put on muscle. When I've lost my weight and I'm ready to eat at maintenance calories, I want to adjust again and primarily do strength training. Right now, my objective is to slim down (1) for my health, (2) to join the Navy in October, and (3) to wear my slim clothes again. [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 9 Posted: 09 Apr 2021 04:59 PM PDT Hello losers, Happy Friday! I hope you're all kicking butt today & every day. 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): Kids, I'm not doing swimmingly in this arena. I'm striving. I've added a couple different items to my usual routine to try & keep me where I need to be. I am still learning & adjusting what works for me. I hope that provides you with hope & solace. I've lost a person's worth of weight & still struggle with this every day. 4/9 days. Exercise 5 days a week: 30 minute walk about. 9/9 days. Self-care alone time & ten deep breath cycles a day: Check mark on the breathing. Alone time during my walk & will likely retire a little early to do some reading. I'm really enjoying The Shining and looking forward to reading Doctor Sleep on its heels. Solid movies too. Try a new recipe once a week: This weekend I'm going to make some taco cauliflower rice bowls & tonight I'm going to do some crispy coated pork chops. 1/4 weeks. Write 1500 words a day 6 days a week: Over goal today! Do a mindfulness exercise and express gratitude: Urge surfing like mad today. Full sized bags of M&Ms are everywhere in my office. And boy howdy do I want to grab three, open them & tip them over my gaping maw. And that's okay. I don't have to do that. I would like to. It would not do anything to advance my goals or build on my values. I would rather spend those calories on something more fulfilling. I am grateful for the gesture of kindness, of humanity that was someone bringing in dozens of bags of M&Ms. Right now, the world is a scary place & someone sharing something sweet as a way of spreading joy or sharing an experience of comfort through chocolate is a beautiful thing. A beautiful, empty tempting calorie ridden gesture. I can dig that. I will bring a bag home so I can weigh out a serving to enjoy with my yogurt like some sad candy depraved too tight pants wearing schmuck because that's the healthy way to handle that gesture for me. And yeah I'm a candy depraved too tight pants wearing schmuck sometimes because that's life. :P Your turn! [link] [comments] |
| A year on, I'm at a complete loss Posted: 10 Apr 2021 02:24 AM PDT Hey guys, My weight loss has come to a complete stop and I feel like I'm out of options and desperately looking for help. For a little bit of context, I'm a 28 year old male who started dieting in Feb. 2020. I've been on the heavy side since I was a kid but I really put on the weight right after high school after a long bout with depression. I ballooned up to over 140kg (~310 pounds) for 1m78 (~5"10'). When I started in Feb. 2020 I was 138kg and very motivated. I started keto and some light exercise at first and the weight came off relatively easily, losing about 1kg a week. I wasn't paying too much attention to my calories but I was eating a lot less than before, doing keto, and started doing some more exercise (hiking, lifting weights). I adapted the amount of food I ate and how much exercise I was doing as I lost weight and I mostly avoided any big stalls. I could feel that it was becoming harder to lose weight, but it was still manageable. My efforts were paying off. I started experimenting with keto + omad at the end of summer. Then in September I found out I was hyperthyroidic (and apparently had been for 2 years at that point). This was a shock to me because I always struggled with losing weight, and people with hyperthyroidism are supposed to have trouble even putting on any weight. I know I was eating many more calories than a normal person (I was obese after all), but not to the point of compensating for serious hyperthyroidism and then some, and I had to take my weight loss journey pretty damn seriously to lose weight. Even then not at an incredible rate. I can't find anyone online talking about hyperthyroidism and being overweight, my endocrinologist has no real explanation (she's not even sure what I have, after many radios and examinations she thinks it's Graves but no certainty) and I still can't reconcile my hyperthyroidism and obesity. Anyway, I started on 20mg daily of methimazole in October and my weight shot right back up from 106kg to 110kg or so in the span of a few weeks. At this point I got really serious about my weight and bought a food scale, went full omad + keto, while still exercising about an hour everyday. I was somehow still gaining weight and I pleaded with my endo to reduce the dosage, and after some blood tests she agreed to give me 5mg daily instead. That was in December and I managed to go down to 103kg (~230 pounds), a weight that I've been stuck at for close to six months now. Since then I've tried reducing my caloric intake further and further, ending up below 1000 a day (in one keto meal), I've done several 3-5 days fasts interspersed with keto+omad, I exercise as much as possible in my free time playing tennis, lifting weights, running...Nothing seems to work and I've been stuck at 103 kg. After a fast I might go down to 100 or 101kg, but I gain that weight back as soon as I stop, even with a very low caloric intake. I feel like my metabolic rate has crawled to a stop after a year of severe caloric deficit. Realistically, I've given up on even making progress with losing weight at this point, I'm just trying as hard as I can not to gain back the weight, and I'm barely succeeding. I have learned to control my hunger better, I think I know how to eat healthy now, I have put on a little bit of muscle thanks to all the lifting, I'm in way better shape physically, but technically in a year my BMI went from ~45 to ~32, which is to say very obese to...still obese. I'm very discouraged with this almost 6-months stall and I don't know what to try anymore. I'm a rational person and I realize to a reader the best explanation must seem to be that I'm lying or somehow misreporting my calories or amount of exercise. It just doesn't make sense considering CICO. I have no explanation to give, but I'm telling the truth. I'm at an absolute loss and I need help. Weight loss over time (I weigh myself daily) Thank you for reading if you've come this far and sorry for the wall of text. I would appreciate any advice. [link] [comments] |
| Before I wanted to look good for myself, now I need to get healthy...so here I go Posted: 09 Apr 2021 10:20 PM PDT Hi everyone! So I'm on here because I really want to lose the weight now. For health reasons. Before it was for aesthetics more so than health, but the tables have turned since this panoramic happened. I gained about 50 pounds in one year, and about 40 of them I gained in about six months. I reached my heaviest weight at 269 pounds...and I feel it. I literally feel weighed down. I get so winded from simply walking up steps, walking distances I used to do without sweating at all. Speaking of sweating, I used to sweat a lot (my dad sweats hella too and he's average build and more for than I am, so I think it's genes), but now I sweat so much so easily. It's like I'm overheating. When I walk down the stairs I feel like my legs are heavy and my knees are struggling. I am so disappointed that I let myself get to this point. I worry that if I don't make changes soon I'll develop health complications like diabetes and hypertension. I'm only 22. I'm just sharing this all because I think it will help me to get this off my chest and just focus on my future healthier and more fit self than dwell on my current status. I'm finding it difficult to break unhealthy habits especially since Im getting really busy with college stuff and I'm looking for a job for after I graduate. I really don't want to push this off because I "don't have time". Thanks for reading through all of this. I look forward to interacting with you all more :) [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Saturday, 10 April 2021: Today, I conquered! Posted: 09 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] |
| Need some advice at platauing please! Posted: 10 Apr 2021 01:26 AM PDT Hello, for context right off the bat, I'm 26, F, 5ft 6 and 173.6lb as of this morning. I've been dieting and exercising strictly for the last 3 weeks, for some more context I have adhd and have struggled with impulsive and boredom eating my whole life and have only just realised it the day I went on meds and the thoughts either went away or I was able to not give into them and I'd find something not food related to do. I'd often eat at work when what I actually needed was a 5 minute break to walk around and do something else. To clarify also, the meds I'm on are supposed to offer appetite suppression, in reality for me, I only got these for the first week and I'm glad of that, because it helped me get over the first part that's the hardest when changing your calorie intake. That's worn off now so please don't anyone think I'm promoting them as a weight loss drug. If you don't have adhd do not take these meds, they simply don't have the same effect on a neurotypical brain and is dangerous. For my adhd brain however they've changed my life and brought me in line with other people and have enabled me to access willpower and long term planning I knew was locked in there. Now thars out of the way, onto the situation at hand.. For the last three weeks I've been carefully logging my calories and getting into ringfit (way better than wii fit, that game makes you sweat!!) I have hypermobile joints and previously the only exercise that didn't hurt was rollerskating. My physio recommended resistance training during covid so I could strengthen my ligaments at home. I have resistance bands, dumbells and ring fit which I've been doing almost every day (with some exceptions) for at least 15 minutes but usually around 30 a day, longer on the weekends. I don't have an active job at all so I've been taking getting even small amounts of exercise in really seriously to stop my bones and muscles from getting any more weird and wrong due to my hypermobility, but it has meant I've had to take it slow at times. I've been working on a CICO basis as it makes the most sense to me. I've got it set to 1200, and I tend to actually try to aim for 1000 calories only because I know it's incredibly common (especially for me) to under report calories even when you think you're super accurate (forgetting to add cooking oil to something you roasted, missing out a drink you had or a small piece of candy or oat bar). I'm fairly rigorous and use my fitness pal because it has a barcode scanner (if this isn't a good app please let me know, I always try to find items that are the closest in calories and nutrients to the packaging if I can't scan a barcode, rather than picking the lowest calorie one like I used to 😂). I weigh all my food out, things like grated cheese to make sure I don't do my usual of piling up 200g of cheese when 50g would suffice. I also do this with my veg and the healthiest stuff even if it had next to no calories so I can make sure I'm hitting my protein and fibre goals too. I'm logging around 1000-1100 a day and presuming it should account for any mismeasurment? Despite all of this, it seems like I'm constantly platauing. At first the weight came off quite quick, I've lost 6lb total but most of it was in the first week, the last two weeks I keep staying at 174-173 and the variance is clearly just part of the normal daily fluctuation rather than indicative of any loss. Is there anything I could be doing differently? I have had one day last weekend where I consumed slightly higher, around 1400-1500 because I read sometimes having one day of slightly higher intake can help you get over a plateau, I did that and it sort of helped, as it resulted in a tiny bit of loss, but I'm just kind of flatlining at the moment. I know it's a marathon not a race, and even with meds my adhd brain still likes short term gratification (which is why my goals are all short term, I do have a long term to get to 140 so my bmi is green again, but right now I just want to get to 170 and I'm flagging because it feels like I must be doing something wrong? Sorry if I'm being super unrealistic or if what's happening is completely normal!! I haven't had any success in the past with this because I've never been able to stick to it, so now I'm sticking to it i guess I'm feeling impatient lol. I am also trying to remember things like water weight and also the sudden change to my intake (less greasy carbs and sugar, cut out almost all my soda intake, maybe one or two glasses a week instead of a day) has shaken up my GI and made me a little constipated, I'm trying to get more fibre to help it along. Also I know that 5lb of muscle weighs the same as 5lb of fat but looks very different and I am seeing more muscle on my arms and my bf says my legs and butt look more toned, so could that be it also? I've also lost about 1-2 inches on my waist and hips, and an inch off of my neck so I know I'm not completely getting nowhere. Sorry for the long post, just appreciate any advice, any tips on what is a realistic expectation for someone my height, weight and age with the info provided and anything that sounds like it's wrong (pls don't tell me that 1000 calories is too low though, I know it is which is why I'm only roughly aiming for that because I think it's likely there's a margin of error of about 250 calories through the day so it's likely I'm still getting 1200, if it does sound like I'm measuring correctly though and I should eat a bit more to have a better go of it, do let me know that aha). Any advice welcome, thank you :) [link] [comments] |
| Proud of the Mental Shift that comes with this journey Posted: 09 Apr 2021 06:35 AM PDT It's my birthday this week and due to various events (Easter on Sunday, Birthday midweek which included a massive hike, outing to a winery on Saturday) I had given myself the week off from CICO and my full exercise regimen to just do what I need to do (and also work a lot of hours on Tuesday/Thursday to be able to take a day off midweek). I felt anxious about doing this because I've made good progress- I'm a small goal person but I've dropped 10 lbs since January and I have about 5-10 more to go! And now... I'm itching to get back to my routine. I thought I'd feel free to do what I wanted this week- I was excited to drink (perhaps even beer during a weeknight evening!) and eat the snacks I wanted (chips!) but I have absolutely zero of these cravings. Instead, I'm desperate to find the time to get back to my evening workouts and my lunch time walks. It's such a crazy mental transformation from where I was from March 2020 to January 2021. I could barely find the motivation to walk the family dog, nevermind actually work out. And the amount of chips and alcohol I consumed during this period actually makes me feel a little ill. I feel prouder of this mental shift than I do the physical pounds lost :) [link] [comments] |
| I've managed to gain weight despite staying on track. Posted: 09 Apr 2021 06:30 AM PDT For two months I have been diligent. I purposely didn't weigh myself so that I don't obsess over the numbers. I went to the gym every week, sometimes three days and sometimes six. I lift heavy and do 20 minutes of high intensity cardio, plus half hour walks during lunch, walking for grocery shopping, etc. I average about 17,000 steps a day and 2700-3200kcals burned a day. I eat healthy, cook all my meals, never go over 1700kcals total a day. I caved in and weighed myself this morning. I weigh 2 pounds more than I did in late January. Just writing that sentence is making my eyes well up. I feel like I've sacrificed so much these past two months, getting up at 5:20AM to workout, staying away from temptation and eating the same thing every day so I can be in control of my macros. My waist is 1.5 inches smaller, but I can constantly feel the presence of my stomach and I don't feel smaller overall. And the number on the scale does matter to me. It's really sent my head to a bad bad place this morning. I feel like saying fuck it and throwing it all away. [link] [comments] |
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