Weight loss: I’m 575lbs and trying not to die. |
- I’m 575lbs and trying not to die.
- NSV: I’ve eaten a serving of veggies with every meal this week!
- I have put on 55 pounds in just over a year
- I lost almost 50 pounds in 3 months!
- Hardcore May anyone?
- NSV Is that a Tricep in my Chicken Wing?
- Annoyed at my coworkers
- [Century Club] April 29, 2021 - Have you lost or need to lose 100 lbs or more? Here’s a thread just for you!
- NSV: A huge personal milestone for me. I finished five mile walk.
- You are doing great!
- I got fat during covid... ��
- Can I change my life in a year?
- Completely off track, binging, gaining weight back, feel like shit for it. don't know what to do. I need help.
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: April 30th, 2021
- Low calorie dense foods to make tasty meals? Im bored of chicken rice and veggies
- Under 200 for the first time since 2015
- Postpartum weight loss
- I’m going to college next year and I’d like to shed some weight.
- Working from home - a nightmare which accentuates laziness
- fuck everything. i’m not worth the weight loss. (rant)
- Stuck at the same weight
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 29
- Feeling lost.
- Enjoying life in the mean time
| I’m 575lbs and trying not to die. Posted: 29 Apr 2021 08:01 AM PDT I lost my job due to Covid last June, and it sent me into a spiral. I was already big, but damn did I eat. I didn't pay attention until the other day when my wife and me were having an argument. I was upset because she doesn't seem to include me in decision making sometimes, and she stated she was just trying to prepare for when I'm not around. At first I was angry, but started piecing it together. She has been cooking from home a lot more the past six months, trying to get me to cut down on sodas, asking me to come on walks with her. My depression just kinda pushed all that down and I didn't realize why she had been doing this. She was literally preparing for when I wouldn't be alive anymore because of how bad it had gotten. So I've been cutting down on sodas, and am starting to attempt to calorie count. The depression hits hard, and I find myself grabbing fast food, with really no explanation why. I got into the gym today for the first time in years. I actually surprised myself by being able to walk a mile without stopping. I want to do this. I don't want to go. I don't want her to have to bury me. EDIT: Thank you all for the great advice! I think some clarification on some things might be helpful. The work I do now is physically demanding, I'm standing most of the day and climbing ladders. My last job was as well, so I'm actually not bad walking or standing. I know most at this size can barely move, and I'm thankful everyday that I'm able to move like this. I'm starting to go to the gym and am working out with my wife, so we are trying to view it as a way of bonding. Because of Covid, I no longer have health insurance. I'm a contracted employee, hopefully going full with the company. Before Covid, I was taking Prozac and Vyvanse to help with depression, adhd, and binge eating associated with both. Now I don't have access to those. But hopefully soon! [link] [comments] |
| NSV: I’ve eaten a serving of veggies with every meal this week! Posted: 29 Apr 2021 07:06 PM PDT I have always hated most vegetables. I'm a super-taster so I've always hated anything really sour, really sweet, or really bitter. That means coffee, tea, veggies, and even most chocolate grosses me out. Lettuce and baby spinach seemed to be the only thing I ever liked, so that was what I leaned heavily on for the first few weeks until I got really bored. I've been trying really hard to incorporate some vegetables in my diet using different cooking methods. I have yet to find one I enjoy, but I've been suffering through it in hopes of learning to like them. After over 2 months, I'm not sure if that will ever change, but I'm eating them and giving it my best shot. The air fryer has helped make them bearable and worst case scenario, I can always blend them up into a smoothie or turn them into a veggie sauce if I never learn to actually enjoy them. I know this is a really lame NSV for a lot of people, but eating a cup of brussel sprouts with my dinner tonight was such a mindf*ck for me! 🥦 [link] [comments] |
| I have put on 55 pounds in just over a year Posted: 29 Apr 2021 09:44 PM PDT 24yo female, 5'2, I went from 130 to 185. It has been like I have been in this dreamlike state, just wandering around, not noticing the chaos and the bad habits I was creating. Somewhere along the line, fruit for breakfast became pancakes, bacon, doughnuts. Lunch and dinners used to be light, but are now like calorie bombs loaded with fat and salt. I don't know what caused this downfall for lack of a better term. I used to jog in the morning, but, somewhere along the line, jogging was traded in for planting myself on the couch, and not leaving unless it was for soda, snacks, or a meal. It was like my life was just bed to couch, couch to bed. I'm sure everyone is feeling like they need to be on eggshells about this issue, because no friend, or family member, nor my boyfriend has said a thing. How do I ease myself back into a healthy lifestyle or am I too late? [link] [comments] |
| I lost almost 50 pounds in 3 months! Posted: 30 Apr 2021 12:04 AM PDT A little back story, last year after the pandemic hit and we went into lock down i lost my job like most people and decided to focus on finishing university instead of working. Around May 2020 i weighed at 209 pounds and maintained that weight until August. Because my classes where all online my routine was wake up, attend some classes and then spend the rest of the day home doing virtually nothing (no pun intended). It got to a point where i decided to try smoking weed. After a couple weeks i was hooked, i started a bad routine where i would wake up do the bare minimum during the day then convince myself i've done enough to deserve weed and ordering ubereats. There were times where i would smoke everyday for two weeks straight then order ubereats and if i was out hanging with friends the only thing i would think about was going back home and doing it. Around the end of September i was weighing 242 pounds which was the biggest i have ever been in my life. The turning point came when i was at our local butcher and saw people i hadn't seen since the lockdown started who commented on my weight gain which made me feel like absolute shit. That same day i decided my life will change, i began training at 5am, 5-6 days a week doing 1 hour and 45 minutes of cardio then weights for 1 hour and 15 minutes. As i said the first day i started training which was September 25th i weighed 242 pounds and by Christmas day i was down to 198 pounds. Since then i have been complemented on my weight loss journey which has been great. Between January and now i've just been maintaining my weight and i can happily say as of today i weigh 194 pounds and want to lose even more! I've now set another goal to lose another 7 pounds then i will reach my all time goal! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 29 Apr 2021 03:25 PM PDT So I've been noticing I'm starting to creep 100, 200, or 300 over my calorie goals most days. I also find I'm starting to make excuses to skip or shorten workouts. As a result my weight has plateaued the last 2 weeks. I have been calorie counting for about 5 months and am 28 pounds down (53 pounds total lost over 2.5 years of non-consistent effort) which is respectable but 11 of those pounds came of in the first 10 days, so other than the rapid water weight loss at the beginning it has just gotten slower and slower. I'm lucky if I lose a quarter of a pound a week now. I am super proud of the work I'm doing and I am definitely still recompositoning. But frankly I'm getting a bit bored. I want to challenge myself again. I'm stagnating with the same old deficit, the same old workout routine. Now I want to see how much I can do, how far I can walk, how long I can go without going over my calories. I want to go HARDCORE. It's pretty dramatic sounding for basically sticking to my diet better and exercising 5 days a week, but it helps me feel motivated and like I'm a badass. The plan for me is:
Anyone want to join me? Hardcore May buddies? What does your "Hardcore May" look like? [link] [comments] |
| NSV Is that a Tricep in my Chicken Wing? Posted: 29 Apr 2021 08:00 PM PDT I'm pretty damn sure I got a glimpse of my triceps. Fact, I have chicken wings and not arms. When I set my original goal I didn't think my belly would still over hang my belly button, or that I'd still have big, floppy triceps. To say I was not amused is an understatement. I should have taken before photos, then I could see they have shrunk, coulda, shoulda, woulda. Because I was frustrated, I made the decision to maintain, work on muscle tone, etc. Even if it's hidden by flab, I could work on toning and growing those muscles I couldn't see. I've been back to work to lose whatever it is I need to get rid of this stomach and improve these arms for a week. Thanks to arthritis floor exercises are just a problem for me so I stick to standing workouts. I did a core with dumbbells workout today and as I kept my arms raised, cursing myself for choosing 5lb weights, arms day was yesterday, I saw what I'm damn sure were my triceps at work while my chicken wings were jingling. Hello girls, nice to finally meet you. I hope to see more of you soon. I hope what anyone can take from this is if your goal doesn't bring you what you hoped, reset, refresh and renew the fight. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 29 Apr 2021 07:59 AM PDT M30, SW: 193, CW: 175, GW: 160, H: 5'8'' So, i have a job that requires the use of one specific social media. On said social media, my profile pic is one of myself in 2012 when my life was about nothing but working and training. Since then, I've gotten married, bought a house and had two kids whom I love more than anything else. For a multitude of reasons, training wasn't in my priorities anymore and binge eating had started being my way of coping with my newfound responsibilities. Obviously, after a few years, I gained about 50 lbs and lost the definition in my arms. So yesterday, while in a team meeting, one of my colleagues found it appropriate to to comment that I didn't look like my picture anymore. Going as far as suggesting, as a joke, that I had photoshopped my face on someone's body. So, well, fuck them. We've been working remotely for 14 months so they don't know that I'm much closer to my picture than I was when they last saw me. But fuck them. I couldn't possibly fathom commenting on someone's appearance, much less a colleague, in front of the whole team. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 29 Apr 2021 07:47 PM PDT I have often welcomed those who have lost 100+ lbs (~ 50 kg , ~7 stone) to "the club" and joked that club meetings were on Thursdays. I recently suggested that we try out having a regular weekly thread to talk about issues that are particular to those who have lost 100+ lbs, those who are well on their way and those who are just at the beginning of a journey this big. Welcome back to the Century Club! Each week I will provide a topic of the day that has been on my mind or inspired by previous posts. However you are free to talk about any topics you think might be relevant to current and prospective club members. Previous Topics: Relationships - Loose Skin Redux - Multiple Centuries - April Fools! - What didn't work? - Milestones - Seasonal changes - Is it worth it? - Surprising Food Facts - Mistakes were made - Time to Vent - Relief Valves - Seeing Objectively - Tips you hate - Fear and Self-Loathing - Starting - 2020 recap How strict? Well, that's a first. I slept in a bit later than usual this morning and by the time I got out of bed and ate breakfast I ended up completely sucked into a maelstrom of work and never got a chance to post today's thread. Well it's 10:30 PM where I am and I'm finally done with work for the day and can post. A couple of things precipitated this week's topic:
Basically, I mostly agree with u/AssociateDear6001 that the only way I, personally, have managed to get some of my own bingeing behaviors under control was by accepting that some of my "trigger foods" were going to be available to me and potentially even in my house for my kids or my partner, but I was going to be able to limit how much of my average calories I consumed of them by reducing portion size, frequency or both. This was echoed by Ms. Ingram in the most recent episode of QQ where she was suggesting that her husband should give himself the Tuesdays when they air QQ as a regular "cheat day" where he might not adhere so closely to his IF feeding window and maybe choose to extend it a bit so he could eat what he cooks, and maybe even enjoy a cocktail, when they are online. This was also emphasized -- shortly after her comments -- by his accidentally eating a grilled asparagus spear while plating her dinner even though he was outside his feeding window. To which some viewers responded with comments to the effect of "well now you've broken your fast, so you might as well keep going". So what about you Centurion? What has worked for you? Do you need to exile certain foods from your house altogether, in perpetuity, or were you able to find a happy medium and enjoy these "sometimes foods" and "sometimes situations" without completely upsetting your process? And does a single deviation from your plan mean that the whole day might as well be ignored? [link] [comments] |
| NSV: A huge personal milestone for me. I finished five mile walk. Posted: 29 Apr 2021 08:42 AM PDT Two years ago I was on the cusp of having lost 100 pounds. I was in the best shape of my life walking an average 15-20 miles a week. I finally began to feel confident in my appearance. I had purged clothing that was far too big and began buying from the big and tall sections and not exclusively from the big and tall stores. Two years ago is was in a car accident and suffered a traumatic brain injury, which left me disabled. That period of my life was the hardest I've gone through. I dealt with depression and anxiety caused by the subsequent demoralizing struggle getting onto disability, coping with the limitations associated with my injury, and an existential struggle living a purposeless life; all made worse with a diminished ability to manage my emotions. Needless to say I lost control, fell out of shape, and gained almost all of that weight back. Well yesterday I accomplished something I haven't done in a long time - I walked five miles. There is a beautiful park with a walking path around a lake. This path is a roughly 5 mile loop and was my go to place to walk. Since spring began I've been walking there again. I picked up bird watching in the last few months so I was only doing 1-3 miles at a time, at a relaxed pace. Yesterday, as I reached my turnaround point, I decided to just walk past it. I got to the 2.7 mile mark where there is no turning back because it just made more sense to finish the loop. My legs and back hurt and the blisters on my feet were already formed, but I made it back to my car. I haven't been so proud in myself for such a long time and I can't wait to do it again. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 29 Apr 2021 07:35 AM PDT Yeah you, the person reading this! You saw that this lifestyle is not good for you, you moved out of your comfort zone and started working on bettering yourself. I personaly love tasty food and that took me on many weightloss journeys so I know how hard it is to start and keep going but the first step is always the hardest. I would love that you can quit overeating as you can with smoking or drinking ( they are demons on their own, as I have a friend with drinking problem ), but you must eat to sustain yourself and you are always tempted, so changing your lifestyle to lose weight and better yourself is a tremendeous step in a good direction and shows your resolve! You rock! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 29 Apr 2021 05:12 PM PDT I know this is my fault but having a baby, loosing my job, my house, and having to go on antidepressants certainly didn't help. I actually was doing really good after the baby was born, but it's almost a year later and I've gained 7 pounds instead of loosing pounds...Also, all that crap about breastfeeding making you lose weight is crap. My body held on to weight like I was going through an apocalypse. So I am 5'6 - now I weigh 161, I typically weigh 135, my skinniest I was 110 (probably never going to get back to that, the diet isn't sustainable long-term). Ideally I would like to be 125. I finally got joined up to a CrossFit gym and have been going 3x a week. I would like to loose 1-2/week. The problem is my eating; I can't count calories because it stresses me out and when I get stressed I eat ALL the food. Anyone have a way to eat better without counting calories so I can drop 30 pounds? [link] [comments] |
| Can I change my life in a year? Posted: 29 Apr 2021 09:17 PM PDT F38, HW: 282, CW: 268, GW: 176 (and then I will reassess), H: 5'6" Apologies in advance for the rant!!! I re-installed a fitness app on my phone yesterday as I decided it was finally time to get serious (again) about losing weight and getting healthy. For some reason I had got it in my head that I had lost some weight in the last year, but just not nearly enough... Wrong! My weight this time last year, was pretty much exactly what it is now. In the last year I have gained and then lost around 14lb giving me a false sense of achievement. I have wasted yet another year! I am an anaesthetic technician and work in a busy operating theatre. Everyday I see patients who require surgery because the lifestyle they lead has caught up to them, or, I see patients who require emergency surgery for an injury or women who require caesarean sections etc that require a much more specialist anaesthetic and surgical approach because of their co-morbidities. I've lost count of how many limbs I have seen amputated because of uncontrolled diabetes or peripheral vascular disease. Did you know that when you are obese and require a caesarean section to deliver your baby, there is a special sticky dressing that is used to pull all of your fat up and and out of the way? And even then, it's still a much more technically difficult and dangerous surgery. Anaesthetising and intubating obese patients is much more difficult and dangerous than the average sized person. Obese people are likely to drop their oxygen levels much more and much faster and their airways are more likely to collapse leaving them at risk of an hypoxic brain injury. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. After taking some time to reflect and really get honest with myself, I realised I am no better than many of my patients; in fact I am probably much worse off than most of them as despite having all of this knowledge I have continued to eat poorly and live a sedentary lifestyle... :( Anyway, I am so glad I have found this group. I have been browsing through and there are many inspiring messages. This is an accountability post of sorts for myself. Starting from the 1st May I am going to get real about my health by: - eating low carb, healthy fat As well as improving my overall health, I hope to be able to get healthy enough to have a successful IVF round next year. If you have read this far, thank you for listening to me rant! I hope I haven't offended anyone. I just wanted to give myself a big reality check. I look forward to watching everyone's weightloss journeys. And I hope that in a years time I will be posting a success story of my own! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 29 Apr 2021 03:26 PM PDT hey all. I've been on my so called 'weight loss journey' for exactly 7 months now. back in sept 2020 I got a gastric balloon. it was due to remain in my stomach for 4 months. 2 months in, I was doing great. I made a lot of effort. I was really motivated. I was off sugar, eating right and walking so so so much. I started at 315lbs...lost about 30lbs in those 2 months. the next 2 months...I made no effort. I stopped eating right, I kept on with the walking and stuff but the food aspect never really cleared up for me. since the ballon exited my body (end of jan 2021)....its just been a series of unfortunate events and lack of effort (at most times). as soon as I started losing weight, my period went crazy. I had been on a period for 3 months straight. bloating, constant hunger, back pain, moodiness, crying etc was almost an everyday occurrence. went to numerous drs and specialists to be told what I suspected in the beginning: my body was having a crazy reaction to the weight loss. I am now on the mini pill to stop my period until I get to a healthy weight range. but this issues caused my weight to fluctuate like CRAZY. since jan I have gained back some weight, lost it, gained it, lost it, gained it, lost it...on and on and on like this will a couple weeks ago. I was stuck at 288lbs for the LONGEST time...I finally got down to 280 2 weeks ago. today I checked my weight and I am 284 again. 2 weeks ago ramadan started too. I had such big plans. I wanted to utilise ramadan not only spiritually but also for my weight loss. I thought: I will get back on the wagon and stay there. I got sick a week in (I was also still on this 3-month long period btw). terrible cough/cold (not covid as of yet - doing a test tomorrow). in ramadan you don't have to fast if your on period or sick. so I missed so many fasts. still not fasting. no idea how I will feel tomorrow. I feel so bad for missing it. and I never took a day off work though cos I just got this new job and didn't wanna take any time off....today I ended up sleeping through my alarm from sheer exhaustion and missed my morning meeting. finally took the day off after almost 10 days of coughing through meetings and deadlines. taking tomorrow off too. today I just went ham....ate so much. I wasn't even hungry. ill be honest. ate junk, sweets, desserts. drove to subway just for 3 cookies (which I ate in the car by the time I got home). 2 doughnuts...a whole 2/3 big ass meals even though I was def not hungry. over 3000 cals today. and speaking of cals...my god. its just really getting to me. the calorie counting. I HATE IT. I HATE HATE HATE that I have to count every morsel of food I consume. I hate it!!!!! I hate logging in these apps and worrying about taking 1 bite of chocolate or an extra bite of rice or some shit. its so exhausting mentally. I feel so tired and sick of doing it. I am getting more and more obsessed day by day. and when I see my calories turn red (cos I went over, which I have been doing every single day this month) I feel upset, like a reject, depressed and sad. and the cycle goes on. I eat, I log, I feel sad. I work out to balance things out. I lose no weight. or adversely - I gain weight. I feel like I have 0 grip on what is going on. tomorrow I have to wake up and think about all this again. its getting so tiring. I tried to go a day without calories counting...and it was so nice until I couldn't stop thinking about it. and didn't even do that bad on that day (yesterday). I was just in my calorie range and I did a workout. but I feel like calories counting is weighing me down. dieting is weighing me down. wanted SOOOO badly to be slimmer/healthy is WEIGHING ME DOWN! I look around and I see beautiful, slim, healthy people everywhere and then I see me. I can't even look at myself in the mirror. I hear so often I need to learn to love myself before I can make progress. I have tried. I really have tried, I promise but I can't seem to do it. I can't seem to love myself for how I look today. in this body. I hate it. I hate my flabby tummy, the fat arms, thick thighs, bubble butt and double chin. I hate it all. I want it gone so badly but it seem like as soon as I seem to make progress...I mess it up. as soon as I hit that 280...I started to fuck up. I was dreaming of being in the 270s by now (2 weeks after hitting 280). instead im sitting here on 284 feeling like a true loser. I don't know what to do. I feel hopeless. 31lbs lost in 7 months WITH the fact I had a gastric ballon is bad. I really do think so. I read about people who lose 80lbs/90lns/100lbs a year on here and I think WOW that's amazing. I really (from my heart) love that for them. can I do it? no way. I wish could.i literally pray every night to god to help me lose weight. I know its on me but I just feel soooooo hopeless. money wise things have been hard this year. relationship wise too. friendship-wise too! I have been able to kinda sort those things out (slowly, slowly) but this weight thing seems to haunt me evermore. im starting to feel low, useless and depressed. like I was 1 year ago. and im scared. im worried for me. I don't want to be stuck here. I don't want more and more time to pass with me just wishing I made a change and then crying about how I could have lost X amount in the last X months... im so tired ya'll. I am so so tired. [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: April 30th, 2021 Posted: 29 Apr 2021 10:09 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] |
| Low calorie dense foods to make tasty meals? Im bored of chicken rice and veggies Posted: 30 Apr 2021 01:33 AM PDT Im trying to lose roughly 5 percent body fat. Currently on a 500 cal deficit. Im female, 5'10, 25 years old, weigh 80kg and I strength train x4 a week. Im on 30% carb 40% protein and 30% fat. I find i can't have some of the healthy foods I enjoy because they are so calorie dense: avocado, fatty fish, full fat milk So my question is, what are some foods I can add into my diet that I can make nice meals out of but aren't so calorie dense? Bonus points if you can provide an example of how you use the ingredient in a meal. Bonus bonus points if they prioritise protein intake. Im allergic to eggs so can't have those [link] [comments] |
| Under 200 for the first time since 2015 Posted: 29 Apr 2021 12:08 PM PDT M(34) 5'11" SW:222 (01/01/2021) CW: 199.8 GW: 170 (165 would be ideal, but I'm being realistic for the time being) I used to be a marathoner (2009-2013), but between a job that drained me and the hard winter of 2013-2014 in MI (apartment was without power for 3 weeks), I fell off the running bandwagon and continued to eat and drink with the same distance runner cavalier attitude. The weight started rolling on. I can count on one hand since that last marathon in 2013 how many races I've run. Losing running fitness was tough. Through the half dozen or so attempts to get back on the running wagon, I would come away frustrated after a few days of attempting. Angry that distances that I used to chew up were unreachable, and my pace was a snail's crawl at best. I started running regularly before the pandemic, but it was really during 2020 that I stripped away all of the ego, went all the way back to basics and just learned to love running for what it was. Even then I ended up injured last fall and went from around 210 up to my new year's weight of 222, the heaviest I've ever clocked. But I stuck with it after a move to a new city, and except for a couple of lull moments, I'm averaging about 6-7 runs/week, and coming up on the end of half marathon training (not for a race, but just using the plan for the structure), with my first full marathon scheduled for the fall. I haven't focused heavily on my diet yet, but running longer distances always changes my cravings to be healthier. I'm thinking once marathon training starts in a month, I'll lean into that a bit more. I know it's not the drastic changes that many of you on here have gone through, and the hard sacrifices and diligence you take to make a change, but stepping on the scale and having it not roll over 200 for the first time in over five years was really empowering, and I just wanted to share it with somebody who gets it. Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 30 Apr 2021 12:58 AM PDT I'm 11 weeks PP and the heaviest I've ever been. I'm 5'5 and 250 lbs. I am 30lbs heavier than before pregnancy and I honestly didn't think I would gain so much. My calves hurt when I walk now which they didn't before. I'm worried it's my arteries. I used to love walking and now I just find it tiring and painful. I also have PCOS and weight loss has always been a struggle for me. I lost just over a stone before I got pregnant but stalled just before. I can never seem to get past about 16lbs without stalling and plateauing - and then I stop as I have no idea what to do to push past it. I used to do lots of weight lifting and enjoyed it but now I'm back to worse than before I started lifting and losing weight and the goal seems so far away it makes me cry. Any ideas for losing weight PP? Lack of sleep and raging hormones adds a whole new dimension to weight loss. Feeling deflated and like I will never be healthy again :( [link] [comments] |
| I’m going to college next year and I’d like to shed some weight. Posted: 30 Apr 2021 12:35 AM PDT I'm an 18 y/o male, 6'5 and 220lbs. I have noticed over quarantine that I've begun to develop a bit of a belly and my face has become a little more chubby. I used to be very active, playing sports nearly every day, but since I've finished high school and taken a year off to work I've noticed I've had less of a chance to be active (I work rotating shifts at a factory). I'm just coming here to ask what would be some good activities I could do while in lockdown to help me become more active? I've tried running but I have bad knees and feet so it usually causes me some pain that I'd rather not deal with. Should I also begin a diet, or cut calories? [link] [comments] |
| Working from home - a nightmare which accentuates laziness Posted: 29 Apr 2021 06:50 AM PDT I never realized how much movement I was making when I went to an office. The road to my bus, the metro station runs to catch the next train, the fast walking to catch my morning meeting at work, and repeating that in the evening back home. I did not lose weight, but I didn't gain any either. Then I started taking classes after work (Zumba, kickboxing, pilates, a variety of things, it was soo fun and inspiring to see many good-looking people around) and eating a salad mixed with some protein stuff like chicken, cheese, and in the evening eating something light. I was losing weight like crazy. Then I got stuck home, I tried for a few months to lose weight by taking the online classes from the gym I used to go to, I tried a diet in hopes I would eat less at home. But it's so boring! I am doing the same thing every day, and the only highlight of the day is what we are going to eat today. I am also spending money like crazy on takeouts almost every day, and me and my SO got significantly fatter since last year (for me it is about 15kgs). I dislike cooking (I know..) and I never get myself to do it in the weekends, we are usually gone for the weekend to friends or our families -trying to compensate for the lack of human interaction in the week- and when we get home we just want to chill. It is always a repeating cycle of trying to eat healthier, trying to cook a few things instead of ordering, working out for a week or two, then something happens (like a trip, or any event) which breaks this habits, we go a day without working out, then two, then weeks, then we order food again as during the day I cannot cook, I am still working and people are calling me. I feel stuck and desperate in this. No clothing fits me anymore. Any time I try eating healthier and working out the scale does not budge (even if weeks have passed) and my motivation goes to the ground. We tried menus with calories counted by others, but they are expensive and also did not work. I feel desperate and like no matter how much I try I am not losing weight at all. We even got a treadmill that folds, but the diet is the problem.. And my SO cannot follow a diet, and we will always have some snacks in the house, or he will eat something which I want to taste too, and makes me hate everything in the world if I cannot taste it. Even if we go back to work now it wouldn't help because we now have a car so we won't be walking to the metro station anymore. A gym is also close to us, but I will go only after I am fully vaccinated and my SO is too. Edit: our scale is telling us we are both lacking water, protein I blabbered a lot, but maybe do you have any piece of advice for us? I realize I need to eat less and move more. [link] [comments] |
| fuck everything. i’m not worth the weight loss. (rant) Posted: 29 Apr 2021 03:47 PM PDT this is hard man. warning: whiny excuses and bullshit ahead F/19/5'2"/206.8 lbs. i've been trying for 5 years now. 5 years of "ill start tomorrow" then failing tomorrow. i'm bored. i want to eat. even when i'm doing something i want to eat. when i'm distracted i want to eat. it doesn't matter what i'm doing, i want food. it feels amazing. it's the most addictive feeling in the world being able to eat whatever, whenever, in ANY amount. nothing tastes as good when i know i can only have a bite of it, in spite of people saying it tastes better when it's a treat. i don't want one damn bite my whole life. when i have the opportunity to binge, when there's food around, i don't give a fuck about my weight. i could care less if i'm fat forever in those moments where i have my favorite foods in large quantities in front of me. i lose all sight of my goals, they don't matter to me, but the guilt afterwords is real. doesn't matter though, cause the guilt can and always does fade and i'm back to eating several thousand calorie meals again. I gained 45lbs during this pandemic. I surpassed a weight i always ALWAYS told myself i'd never even be within 15 lbs of ever again. I see the scale and i'm apathetic to it. every time i gain it's a shock for about 2 seconds then it becomes a new normal and I just keep going. I'm so scared to reach a point where getting to my goal weight is something that will take years rather than months like it could have had i not gained these 45lbs. I've tried everything. I know exactly why to do. Yes, i've done it before. people say if you've done it once you can do it again but back then i wasn't even trying, back then it was easy, it was my first time. i've approached it the same way and it's just fucking impossible. i've approached it other ways and nothing is working. ease into it, start little, habit changes, proportions, cheat days, fasting, omad, none of it fucking works for me man. i mean, of course it works, but i am not doing it. i won't do it. i don't understand why i can't stick to it. the craving for food (even when i'm not hungry) is beyond my want for a healthy body in those moments. what's sucks is sometimes i feel so inspired and motivated. "this time it will be different. why am i acting like this is so hard? i can totally do this. this time is it" i have that feeling like 7 times a month, gotta be several hundred times the past few years and i've learned not to trust it because never have i ever stuck to it and actually did something when i got that feeling. 3 lbs lost here 2lbs lost there, and 5lbs gained the next day because fuck food is so good man. i feel like i'm bound to be overweight forever. i feel like i need to accept that and give up. i feel like i deserve it since i can't do something as simple as not eating several thousand calories a sitting. i can't even stay on my calories for one fucking day. slow or not, ease in or not, I fuck everything up for that feeling of freedom and satisfaction. i sabotage myself and lie to get food (aka, tell my friend i have calories left and to get me snacks when i'm 1000 over) the scale is going to keep rising and i'm going to get more and more apathetic to it in favor of food and pass the point of no return. you may think there isn't one but i feel pretty sure that there is. i wish i could just stop eating like i'm fucking starving. i wish it didn't feel so good to be able to do whatever i want. i wish i didn't hit a new highest weight every single day and stop giving a fuck minutes later. this is so pathetic i think i might deserve to be overweight if i can't control some dumb ass cravings funny thing is, i'm eating a fucking pie out of the container with a fork while i write this lmao. can anyone one relate? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 30 Apr 2021 01:33 AM PDT I started eating healthy in January and managed to lose a stone in around 3.5 months. In the last month however I have put on 0.5lb and maintained that every week since, despite exercising more than i have in years and not changing my eating habits. Does anyone know why? Could it be because i'm exercising and thats building muscle? I cant eat any less calories than I am or it would be unhealthy. Is there a certain thing i should cut out of my diet such as carbs or fat? I'm so close to my GW its annoying me that I'm getting fitter and my mindset has changed completely but the numbers just wont budge! [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 29 Posted: 29 Apr 2021 07:02 PM PDT Hello losers, Thursday! It's my Friday! Weigh in daily, enter in Libra & report here even if I don't like it: 239.2 this morning. Progress over perfection. Stay within calorie range (maintenance): Trying for a deficit, at worst I don't want to go over maintenance. 12/26 days. Exercise 5 days a week: Lunch walk & stationary bike, 30 minutes each plus arm reps & posture poses. 22/26 days. Self-care alone time & ten deep breath cycles a day: Check mark on the breathing. Check mark on alone time. Try a new recipe once a week: Going to try some stir fry soon, making my own sauce & everything. Turkey pesto meatballs, cauliflower rice taco bowls, sesame roasted salmon, roasted chickpeas & crispy coated pork chops. 5/4 weeks. Write 1500 words a day 6 days a week: Not tonight my friends, need some down time. Do a mindfulness exercise: Going to have a long shower & do breathing exercises. Todays gratitude list: Grateful for old friends & sun butter! Your turn kids! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 30 Apr 2021 12:48 AM PDT Please ignore this post if you don't feel like being annoyed. Yesterday I felt like I had a mental breakthrough in other areas of my life (letting go, forgiving, etc) today I am battling the inability to sleep because I realized that I will be 26 this year and as far as I can remember I have never lived a single day where I didn't think about calories, how much food I have to be eating to be gaining weight, etc. I also began wondering at what point I would have to let go of the idea of having children if I don't get my shit together in the next few years. I'm curious to know what was your breaking point? What made you truly quit cold turkey and focus on your health for weight loss? I feel like a lot of us ignore some of the pains and twangs that come with being heavier, and even my chest hurting and general body aches havent jarred me in the way I wish it would have. I have also dealt with some unaliving issues for a really long time that I have begun to stray from as a coping mechanism. So back to the question: What was your breaking point? When was enough enough? [link] [comments] |
| Enjoying life in the mean time Posted: 29 Apr 2021 01:30 PM PDT Something I've been really struggling with is enjoying my life while trying to become a healthier version of myself. I have a lot of insecurities because I gained my weight pretty rapidly. I haven't been able to lose any yet. I wanted to do it right, so first thing first is getting my very neglected mental state in order. I've been going to therapy weekly for the past 4 months and finally feel like I can move onto the next steps of exercise and diet. I realize now that I'm probably not going to be one of those people on this app or YouTube that you see "lost 15 pounds this month". Not that I'm hating on them (if anything I'm jealous) I'm just saying it'll properly take months for me to reach x amount of lose because I am trying not to crash diet or start going to the gym for 5 days a week and then abruptly stop2 months in because I burnt myself out. Ive done that many times in the past. So what I'm trying to get at here is that I have a long time to go until I reach my goals and in the mean time I want to still feel confident and be happy and stop comparing myself to my beautiful friends. I want to wear the dress that shows my arms without having to cover them with a jacket. So tonight I'm meeting up with friends, my arms will be out and I'm setting the intention to enjoy myself and not fixate on my weight the whole night. Even though my long term goal is to lose the weight I'm still going to appreciate my body with it. Hopefully this reaches some people who felt like they rather stay hidden until they reached their goal weight because up until recently that was me. We will reach our goals but let's enjoy our lives in the meantime [link] [comments] |
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