Weight loss: One Year into my Journey and I have lost 170 pounds. |
- One Year into my Journey and I have lost 170 pounds.
- Progress with pic! 380 to 320
- You can lose too much
- I don’t know who needs to hear this but I’m in awe of you! You’re doing great, keep at it. Just by being here and engaging with this community is a start.
- Finally I’m no longer obese, just overweight!
- TW: five years ago, i weighed 100 pounds. today, i weigh 235 pounds. i am finally committed towards making a change.
- I keep giving up. I feel like I don’t see results quickly enough, and I like food and hate exercise, and I always give up.
- I remembered it’s allowed to be fun
- I can't believe how many calories there are in alcoholic spirits
- I’m tired of quitting. I’m tired of disliking myself. I’m tired of hiding. This is it for real.
- Trying to make gains after 4 month lockdown. But still wanting to lose fat. Please can someone check my meal plan!
- 6 months in and I'm down 25KG! (55 Pounds)
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: April 19th, 2021
- Those of you who have lost weight and then put it back on, what's the most important lesson you've learned?
- 100 Days and 25 Pounds Down
- Motivation Monday. Get and give motivation for yourself or others.
- Put on 2.3lbs despite a sub-2000 calorie week
- Weight management doc says no goal weight!
- Lost 90 lbs and feel that I'm uglier than I was before starting this journey.
- 1 Month Update! - I had had enough
- 24-Hour Pledge - Monday, 19 April 2021 - The Plan for Today!
- Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Monday, 19 April 2021? Start here!
- How much progress does 1 cheat day undo?
- Long Covid and weight loss
| One Year into my Journey and I have lost 170 pounds. Posted: 18 Apr 2021 01:40 PM PDT 38 M | 6' 3 | SW: 401. CW: 230. GW: 200 I read this sub alot and never really make any posts or comments. I have wanted to write about my journey for awhile but I can never find the right words. This will be all over the place so just read it if you want I'll try to post some pictures at the end. I lost my job at the beginning of covid, I hated it and was always surrounded by food. The day I was done I felt such relief wash over me. I was able to get unemployment and had 3 months to focus on myself. I started out walking a little at a time trying to get 5000 steps at first then 10000. I walked everyday and pretty soon I was walking farther than I could ever imagine. I am an introvert and being alone and finally dealing with my thoughts and feelings helped me overcome depression, anxiety, and self hatred I have had my whole life. About a month in I remember waking up to the pouring rain and being so upset that I couldn't walk, but I said fuck it and drove to a park and walked for over a hour getting poured on to hit my 10000 steps. After that I knew it was over and that I was going to lose this weight and nothing would stop me. I started eating better and went to about a 1500 calorie diet with mostly whole foods. The interest in cooking and preparing foods got me interested in going back to school for nutrition. Since then I have changed majors but I have not given up on finally earning a degree. After 3 months and about 60 pounds of weight loss I got a warehouse job for the first time in my life and lost 30 in pounds in a month. Everyday I set a goal to be the best and work harder than everyone else. I want to be the best and I want to succeed even if the job is only physically stimulating. Truth be told I lost 160 pounds in 9 months. By Christmas I had my friend take a picture of me and I cried like a baby, I couldn't believe that was me. I worked so hard for 9 months and by the time I took a second to look at myself I couldn't believe it. 2 days after Christmas I met a girl and had a gf for the first time in probably 10 years. 3 months later we broke up but I learned alot about myself and it felt good to be loved. Afterwards the pain was hard but needed to remind myself you can fail too. Just last week I met a girl who also shared a weight loss journey and got out of depression. It really blew me away that you can meet people with similar stories in real life and the connection is amazing. We decided to give it a go at a relationship and I couldn't be happier. I don't know if you are still reading this but I just hope if your trying to lose weight and you hate yourself and don't think your worth anything I understand. It is hard to put yourself out there and give it everything you have. It is hard work to be happy but it is more rewarding then food or any other vice you have. You can change and be happy and have a new outlook on life. Try loving yourself and others will love you. I walked 50 miles in one day about 3 weeks ago just to prove to myself I could. I'm not anybody special and I feel like I can do great things so anyone reading this I just want you to know you have great things inside you too. Here are some random pics to see the difference. Edit: Thank you for all the support, it means the world to me! If any of you ever need someone to talk to don't hesitate to reach out [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Apr 2021 01:04 PM PDT Decided to put my first side by side pic together. I've been tracking and doing a deficit since Boxing Day. 380lbs or so to 320-325. I've had some cheat days. Usually Saturdays are the hardest. When I don't have the structure of needing to be at work, my life tends to go off the rails. Lunches and most dinners 5 or 6 days a week consist of around 11 or 12 ounces of well seasoned meat like Chicken breast, chicken thighs, ground chicken, shrimp, tuna etc. And most of a head of romain lettuce, half a cucumber, half a yellow pepper and whatever else veg I feel like throwing in. And NO dressing. Closing in on being able to fit a 3xl and that was my main goal for starting. Thanks for looking. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Apr 2021 01:39 PM PDT In 2017 I (36m at the time) was 326lbs at 6'0 and in 2018 I stared doing IF and working out 7 days a week. I was 215 in August 2019 and had a stroke but I still managed to do IF and get down to 199 a few months later. From November 2019 to November 2020 I whittled down to 154 but looking at myself in the mirror I realized I'd gone too far as I looked like an extra in a holocaust film so I decided I needed to go back up some and since November 2020 I've put back on 20ish lbs and have started back up st the gym focusing more on strength training and hoping to weigh between 190-200 by the end of the year. The novelty of wearing Small shirts and 30w pants had worn off. Just remember just because you can lose more weight doesn't mean you should. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Apr 2021 05:07 PM PDT To the people on here who have incredibly busy/difficult lives (eg being a parent/carer/working long hours/battling mental or physical illness/going through a tough time etc) and are still managing to hold it all together, even if you're just making a tiny amount of progress or you're able get back up again when things don't go to plan - I'm in awe of you. I'm not really someone who has ever had big problems with weight (I have yo-yo dieted here and there etc and am looking to lose a small amount and improve fitness) but I know even losing a small amount takes quite a lot of focus and time, not to mention being in the right frame of mind etc; and I'm a student with much more time than many people on here! Seriously massive congrats to you if you are squeezing this into parenting and/or working etc - you are doing amazingly!! [link] [comments] |
| Finally I’m no longer obese, just overweight! Posted: 18 Apr 2021 02:10 AM PDT I never thought the day would come when I would be happy to be classed as overweight, but here it is! F/29/5'8" SW: 217lbs CW: 196lbs GW: 165lbs BMI: 29.7 I've always been active, an avid runner, boxer and generally into fitness, going to the gym and such and although I could lose a few lbs here and there, it always came back. It just goes to show that you can't out-train -run or -exercise a bad diet! Things finally snapped for me when my friends wedding was rearranged (where I have been asked to be bridesmaid) and, although the dress has already been purchased, I must say that I'm so ashamed to have had to buy the size I did. So this time, I decided to do something about it and what better time to start building new habits than a lockdown? I'm a firm believer that, although many diets (IF, Keto, etc) are tools towards achieving this, the only way to lose weight is that energy in/energy out ratio. So in February I downloaded a new calorie counting app (LoseIt for those interested), set a realistic, sustainable calorie goal (1790) and have somehow stuck to it. It was hard to start with to begin with, as much of the foods I'd been consuming were quite calorie dense, but as I started swapping out for food that kept me fuller for longer, it became easier and I've been able to be really consistent. Of course, I still enjoy the occasional treat but I make sure to budget for it. I've really made becoming a healthier, happier person the focus right now. I'll discuss new healthy recipes with friends whilst walking with a coffee instead of drinks at the pub, prioritise working out over relaxing, listening to inspirational podcasts instead of watching TV and although I'm nowhere near perfect, I've found that a continuous focus on the adoption of a healthy lifestyle has really helped me. This sub has also been a huge source of motivation, seeing the progress that others have made, being able to cheers them on from the other side of the world, and hopefully the latest lose it challenge will inspire even further! To everyone else who is with me right now, those starting their journey, those who have achieved goals they never thought possible, we've got this! TL;DR - lost weight; YAAAY! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Apr 2021 10:42 AM PDT tw: eating disorders i had both anorexia and bulimia about five years ago. totally obsessed with calories, worked out twice a day. my recovery journey had a change of plans, and i developed a nasty case of BED. since my weight gain averaged at about 40 pounds a year, give or take, i am now 235 pounds. tried countless diets, and joined five gyms over the years. was it the key to success? no. why? the motivation was non-existent. i never took accountability for my health and well-being. today, i was horrified after looking down at the scale. i will start slow this week, with the first priority being grocieries. i am taking it day by day, because nothing too extreme and strict worked for me. i don't have a weight goal in mind yet, but working towards it. my ultimate wish is to post my transformation photos on r/loseit in exactly one year. who's in the same situation as me? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Apr 2021 06:30 AM PDT I had about a week of CICO and exercising daily. I weigh about 285, and really should lose about 135 lbs. After a week... I got really sore from the exercise, so I stopped for a few days to rest up. I said "okay, well, I won't lose weight anyway. I'm sad about that." So I started eating again to comfort myself and stopped calorie counting. I have been off the horse for about 6 days. I am going to get started again after these 6 days. I ate fast food, I didn't exercise, I didn't count. It's time to start again. I ordered huel to make it easier. I haven't eaten yet today so I'm going to have my 200 cal breakfast. I'm going to a dinner party tonight and I'm gonna watch portions and be careful. It's day 1 again, but I don't want to live like this anymore. I don't have any conditions because of my weight yet, and I'm terrified of that yet. I'm tired of being an ugly, sad blob. I want to change so badly. I can't do that 5 days on 6 days off. Thanks for reading. [link] [comments] |
| I remembered it’s allowed to be fun Posted: 18 Apr 2021 06:18 PM PDT I was dreading walking today. Without really realising it I'd gotten so caught up in the numbers and the counting and the tracking and I was feeling stressed out and over it. I wanted to just skip it or quit, then I remembered about this cute watch face and decided I'd just go for a walk to grow the plants. Not think about times or calories or distance and just stomp along to see them grow. Let me tell you, it was the most fun I've had exercising in a while. I noticed more about the beautiful path I walk down, enjoyed the breeze, grew my plants and ended up going a kilometre over what I normally do. Just a reminder that it's okay to take it less seriously and stop and smell the roses (or grow the plants in my case). [link] [comments] |
| I can't believe how many calories there are in alcoholic spirits Posted: 18 Apr 2021 12:11 PM PDT I don't know why but I had this assumption that spirits such as Vodka had next to zero calories. Boy was I WRONG! And I mean like seriously wrong. Vodka, being one of the least fattening alcoholic drinks, has about 100 calories in each SHOT! I am stunned at this revelation. Did anyone else have the same misconception as me? If so, how did you end up fitting the occasional drink in to your limit? What about when you have drinks with friends? It's obviously the same for all other drinks like beer etc which I already knew. But for some reason I thought spirits wouldn't have many calories in them at all. I can't really enjoy my whisky guilt-free anymore! Damn it. I still can't believe it but I don't know why I thought it in the first place. [link] [comments] |
| I’m tired of quitting. I’m tired of disliking myself. I’m tired of hiding. This is it for real. Posted: 18 Apr 2021 01:37 PM PDT Hi I'm new here and I've never posted before. I'm 33 female 5'4" and I weigh about 200 (I think). I've had a battle with weight my whole life. But up until my mid twenties, I've always managed it with exercise. Even though I was always a little on the thicker side, dressed to flatter my body and I wasn't seen as fat. I was also really pretty and people would comment on how pretty I was. I know that sounds vain, but I'm just being honest. My self worth isn't tied to prettiness, but it was definitely nice to hear. I felt confident I was happy in my skin. I also felt strong and healthy with my exercise routine. I was addicted to it. Then my career got stressful as I moved up in my field, long commute, long hours, financial stress, moving to a new apartment, closer to work and away from my favorite gym. Waking up at 5am for work and getting out late. I just couldn't keep up with exercise. My body is unrecognizable and my skin feels like it's aging so quickly. Exercise kept me youthful. I've become addicted to food. I'm an emotional eater and so is my spouse. We enable each other. I get excited to eat "bad" and I can't stop myself. It makes me feel better in the moment. I used to have so much willpower, now I'm pathetic. So often we say we're going to start over, and we're good for a week and then give up. I miss dressing up for work. I miss my husband being excited to take me to events so he could show me off (he used to always say I was out of his league lol), I miss feeling like a badass lifting heavy at the gym, I miss the feeling of caring about myself and not hiding behind food. I feel ashamed to see people. I'm embarrassed. I don't know how much I weigh right now. I'm too scared to look. But I know it's around 200. I'm going to wake up tomorrow morning and weigh myself and I'm going to work towards being me again. This time it's for real. With covid still high in my region and a baby at home, the gym is out of the question for me. My husband and I are allotting some funds to buy gym equipment for our garage and even though gym equipment is expensive as shit, I'm so excited as this will be an investment for our health. I don't know what I'm looking to accomplish in this post. Maybe just a rant, maybe accountability. But I appreciate you all reading my story :) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Apr 2021 12:27 AM PDT As the title says I am trying to reclaim some of the muscle mass that I had previously before the lockdown. I have put on 7 kg (CW: 102kg) and want to get down to my goal (GW:90kg) where I will still look muscular but have a bit of fluff so I look more jacked 😂. Meal plan below: Lunch total: 594 kcals 250g 5% beef mince 75g white rice Chicken broth Dinner: 850kcals Chicken stew with chicken leg and thigh 75g rice Pre workout meal: 250kcals Belveta breakfast biscuit Banana Post workout meal: 580kcals 400 ml high protein milk 3 large whole eggs 1 scoop of whey Snacks: Kiwis 2 Fiber one bar P:182g - 32% F:62g - 24% C250g - 44% Total calories: 2300ish for day TDEE maintenance kcals: 3200 I would really appreciate anyone giving me some tips as I am feel like I am brand new to all of this again lol. [link] [comments] |
| 6 months in and I'm down 25KG! (55 Pounds) Posted: 18 Apr 2021 04:39 PM PDT I can't believe I've actually made this much progress. For years I would try to lose weight and get nowhere. Truth is, I was extremely ignorant on how to lose weight. At one point I thought all you needed to do to lose weight was do a bit of exercise, so I'd be eating burgers and nuggets and wonder why nothing was happening. I was even one of those people who thought if I have a meal that's heavy in vegetables that'd be good enough (despite all the chips and chocolate I ate...) I had an idea about calories, but again, extremely ignorant and the subject seemed complicated, intimidating and difficult to me, what's the difference between calories and kilojoules? Some packaging has one or the other, that makes it confusing. Even if I understand that how do I know how many calories is in a soup I make? How do I keep track of all this? And the big question, how do I know how much I can actually have? In 2020 when I finally got around to finding the answers to these questions, I found out how easy it all is. I used a weightloss calculator to work out how many calories I can have and I used myfitnesspal to keep track of everything and I worked out the formula to convert those packaging that only lists kilojoules. That doesn't mean it's easy breezy, there's still a lot I don't understand, for example I have no idea how to calculate food that I deep fry (so I haven't done so), I'd love to make some deep fried battered fish again, but no idea how to calculate the calories on that. Also MFP has many foods with varying calorie amounts despite it saying it's the same thing, I've also come across foods that have differences when you select the 1.0g serving option and set it to 100 servings compared to the 100g serving set to 1 serving. So to accurately use the app I have to constantly be vigilant and verify what I'm entering is correct. My journey so far started off very well, I started off following keto and got really good results early on, I didn't calculate my calories back then because I didn't see many people saying I needed to. I understand why people can get success doing keto without counting calories, it's very easy to eat under your limit naturally. However I made a big mistake and after a few months I started eating more high calorie foods and less of the lower foods, for example instead of eating lots of rump steak I'd eat more cheese. If I was hungry I'd go and cut some cheese up. This made it so for a bit over a month I didn't lose anything. That's when I started calculating calories and since then I've lost a steady amount of weight each week! The 6 months of my journey averages out to about 1KG a week, it would have been more if I didn't stuff up, but that's how you learn and I still have a lot to learn, I've probably even said something stupid or wrong in this post. Today is the day I'm testing the waters on going off keto and going back to eating normally (I'm going to go week by week to make sure I'm all good, if not I'll go back to being on keto), I've been craving some melted cheese on toast, so that was the first thing I had this morning. I used to have 4 pieces of bread with a very thick slice of cheese on it, today I had 2 pieces of the lowest calorie bread I could afford and I had a thin slice of the lowest calorie cheese I could afford, so my breakfast was very low in calories! And best part about it? Before I even finished it, I was feeling full, where before I'd have 4 slices and still want more. I also bought some chips (flaming hot doritos, because I missed them) and some chocolate (caramilk, because it's the most delicious chocolate there is) and I had 1 serving of each as a snack. Previously, I'd very easily eat the whole bag of chips and the whole block of chocolate, but I slowly ate the chips and even before I finished the serving, I was feeling full, so I put it to the side to eat a bit more later on. The fact that I wasn't desperate to just plow through the packet or even say to myself "one more serving should be okay" gives me hope that I should be able to succeed in the future and I shouldn't go back to my old ways. I'm gonna use the knowledge I gained from doing keto to make it so I can succeed once I've reached my final goal, I've learnt a lot about satiety and which foods fulfill that better. One thing that's really annoyed me since starting my weightloss journey is my family telling me what I'm doing is unhealthy, or they're worried I'll become anorexic (we've had 2 people in the extended family do that, so I understand why they say it... but it's almost like they are hoping I fail) yet when I would eat bags of chips, blocks of chocolate, large amounts of fast food they never once said to me "what you're doing is unhealthy"... Whenever they'd offer me food and I turn it down they get a bit mad at me and I say "I'm counting my calories" they come back with "you don't need to do that" or "I've heard people get better results if they don't do that" and "it's okay you can just have this one". Nope, I'm gonna stick to my plan until I get to my goal. My journey is far from over, I'm not even half way yet. My biggest hurdle isn't even here yet, I'm going to be starting a new job soon so there will be added stress from that, I won't be able to just eat whenever I need to and I'll probably be very tired after work, so I'm hoping I don't fall off the wagon when that comes around. Well I think that's all I had to say, best of luck to everyone else in their journey, I hope we all have great success in this. :) [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: April 19th, 2021 Posted: 18 Apr 2021 09:53 PM PDT Hi team Euro accountability, I hope you're all well! For anyone new who wants to join today, this is a daily post where you can track your goals, keep yourself accountable, get support and have a chat with friendly people at times that are convenient for European time zones. Check-in daily, weekly, or whatever works best for you. It's never the wrong time to join! Anyone and everyone are welcome! Tell us about yourself and let's continue supporting each other. Let us know how your day is going, or, if you're checking in early, how your yesterday went! Share your victories, rants, problems, NSVs, SVs, we are here! I want to shortly also mention — this thread lives and breathes by people supporting each other :) so if you have some time, comment on the other posts! Show support, offer advice and share experiences :) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Apr 2021 12:54 AM PDT For me, it's the fact that discipline is nothing if you don't have a personally meaningful goal, and can be outright harmful if your body is trying to tell you that it can't keep up yet you keep at it. I'm now within 3kg of putting the 18kg I lost in 2019 back on. Given how shockingly poor I felt even during my month of maintenance with minimal physical activity at my lowest weight, I don't think I'll want to give it another shot for the foreseeable future. I could stick with it all I wanted because being disciplined was the easy part, but with no source of motivation that I actually care about it was just making me more and more miserable. My body's struggles during the maintenance period were so severe that my stress levels skyrocketed - not only did I become weirdly paranoid and start getting regular night terrors, but it ultimately became a major contributing factor to the loss of my previous job as well. I am now under no illusions whatsoever that the journey, if I ever go through it again, is ever going to be anything other than the worst part of the weight loss process. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Apr 2021 10:51 AM PDT 27F | 5'7 | SW: 238. CW: 213. GW: 150(?) Hi friends. I'm so relieved I made it past my first self-imposed hurdle of 100 days. The short of it is I'm down 25 pounds and have about 60-70 to go, but I'm feeling so, so good right now and I want to share what's been going on the last 100 days. Covid was a depressing and isolating time, but after a few months of feeling sorry for myself, I thought it might be a good opportunity to do what I've always wanted to do and lose the weight that made me feel ashamed of my body. I've tried losing weight for years, but always gave up after a month or so because it just felt like nothing was working and I was spinning my wheels. If I was going to be the same size no matter what, might as well eat cheetos instead of carrots, right? But with no excuses of time crunches and no feelings of being judged for my body, I decided to stop being afraid and give it a real try. I started by doing what I do best: Learning. I watched so many documentaries (7 I think?) and I'm on my fourth nutrition book. Keto seemed the ideal way to condition my body to do what I want it to do, and cutting out sugar and keeping my carbs below 20g a day was the goal. I made meal plans, got downloadable cookbooks, and made spreadsheets on how to hit my macros the most effectively. No sugar, no grain, no processed foods. I bought a scale that measures my weight but also my body fat percentage, muscle percentage, water percentage. I started tracking that on February 23rd and I've been so grateful to have a way to track watching the numbers go down. Don't get me wrong, I'd have days of 221, 221.5, 220, then 226 out of nowhere, right back down to 218 the very next day. It's all over the place, and that's something that I had to learn by doing. It's okay when that happens, as long as the trend is going down. I also measured my waist with string. According to my lovely string, I've lost 3 inches on my waist. I'm curvy and I've always called myself the Hourglass that Trapped Jasmine, but measuring at the pinched in part has gotten smaller and smaller and I can appreciate that when I see the starting string and current string side by side. I don't see it in the mirror, but I see it on the wall. Finally, today is day 101. I let myself cheat today for the first time, and I planned to have whatever I wanted as long as I reacted honestly to it. I've been living on eggs and cheese and nuts and meat, so to have that first bite of french fry, I was so excited - and let down. It wasn't that good. My homemade food is better, my turkey burgers are better than the burger I got with it. Soda tastes like pure chemicals, I already miss my tea. It's really just reinforced to me that with 100 days away from processed foods and sugars, I actually feel a lot better without it and I don't feel like I'm missing out. The foods I used to love were just convenient and I didn't have anything to compare them to. I'll post comparison pics when I'm at a comfortable weight for me, but so far, I'm down a weight class, down 5 numbers on my BMI, down 25 pounds on the scale, down two pant sizes, and I just can't wait to do more. [link] [comments] |
| Motivation Monday. Get and give motivation for yourself or others. Posted: 18 Apr 2021 09:01 PM PDT "Why I need or how I found motivation." Just starting and need a kick in the pants? Hit a rough spot and need a pick-me-up? This is the place to give and receive a little motivation. Please revisit this post through the week to help motivate yourself and others! [link] [comments] |
| Put on 2.3lbs despite a sub-2000 calorie week Posted: 19 Apr 2021 01:21 AM PDT My BMR is 2400 calories as I'm a 235lb 6'4" man (down from 270lb over 1 year). My daily goal is 1600 calories although with my 10-15k steps I can go over by upto 200. Nothing that would cause weight gain. I weigh myself weekly and after a tough Sunday night that ended in a bowl of ice cream (still below TDEE) I have weighed +2.3lbs on Monday morning. I did weigh pre-bowel movement but I am unable to do it any other way. As my bowels don't move until I eat which also screws the weigh in. Any advice would be great. I've come down from 243lb on 28th March and would have loved to be sub-230lb for May 1st and my larger goal is sub-210 for July 1st [link] [comments] |
| Weight management doc says no goal weight! Posted: 18 Apr 2021 05:18 PM PDT F, 44, 5' 5", SW: 244 CW: 234 After 20 years of yo-yoing up to my current weight, I had my first appointment at our university hospital's weight management clinic. Doc is accomplished in the field and was so personable. His focus is on management and life-long healthy habits. After the questions and physical exam, he gave me my starting plan. Here are my three steps:
Then I asked what a good goal weight would be and he said, NO GOAL WEIGHT! He explained that we do not control our weight, only our behavior. He said that we will work together and that the weight would go down and then I would plateau and go into maintenance. He said that people usually choose goals that are too low and then get disappointed. I have never heard of this! But you know, I am seeing a professional because my methods (including CICO) have not been successful long-term. [link] [comments] |
| Lost 90 lbs and feel that I'm uglier than I was before starting this journey. Posted: 18 Apr 2021 04:41 PM PDT I was 406 lbs, now am 311 lbs. I felt ugly at 406, but I feel truly disgusting at 311! Sure, I'm smaller, but I have extra skin, it sags and rubs on other parts of my body and the sensation squicks me out. It's unattractive and whenever I catch sight of my saggy areas in the mirror or in photos, I tear up and want to apologize to anyone who had to see it. I have been stuck at a plateu for months (stuck between 300-315), and my husband bought a membership for us to a gym with a pool. Today I shopped for a swim suit and was appalled by my reflection. Had a long talk about it with hubby and I KNOW I have major self-esteem issues, obviously...but knowing that additional weigh loss means additional saggy skin and ugliness makes me want to give up. I want to be healthier, but I also want to be attractive and happy with my body. It feels like I can't get both. [link] [comments] |
| 1 Month Update! - I had had enough Posted: 18 Apr 2021 08:56 PM PDT Hi all! I have been looking forward to write this update for several days. It has been a month and a few days since I first posted here and decided to take care of myself and my body again. Last days I had the goal of building a doable work out routine, and i'm really happy I suceeded with that. At first I planned to do it in the morning before my daugther woke up, but then I realiced that was better to do it at night. It helped me in so many ways, not only with losing weigth (3 more pounds, yay!) but I'm also resting better and feeling physically great. I continue with MyFitnessPal that has been a great help. I keep eating healthy, i have realiced how much food I used to get on one meal, my servings now must be kind of half what I used to take, and I'm feeling full, I have not felt hungry, not a single day. And recent news are that my husband has officialy decided to join me, and has been doing great. For this week I don't have new goals, i'll try to improve what I've so far accomplished, because some days I realice I don't drink enough water, and I have to keep working on meal prepping. As always, thank you so much for all the support! It has been great knowing that we are together at this! Till next time! Previous posts: [link] [comments] |
| 24-Hour Pledge - Monday, 19 April 2021 - The Plan for Today! Posted: 18 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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| Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Monday, 19 April 2021? Start here! Posted: 18 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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| How much progress does 1 cheat day undo? Posted: 18 Apr 2021 05:44 PM PDT I've been on my weight loss journey for the past 35 days, and things have been going fairly smoothly, but today I slipped up. I realized I had calculated the calories in my cup noodles incorrectly (I thought they had 220 calories, but it turns out they had a whopping 392...) and it made me think to myself, "eh, I might as well make it a cheat day then." So I walked to the store and bought a small bag of chips and some chocolate. Ate both of them and clocked in at 2668 calories. In truth, I had been having massive cravings for the past several days so this would have probably happened sooner or later anyway. And I'm glad it did because now it's out of my system and I received a reminder that it just wasn't worth it. Not worth the taste, and not worth the calories. But how much of my progress did I undo with this 1 cheat day, I wonder? I've been trying to stay around 1300-1500 calories on most days, so this was over a 1000 calories more than what I usually eat. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Apr 2021 01:51 AM PDT I got covid quite badly in December. I was very obese at the time and had high cholesterol, it hit me hard for a 25 year old. I recovered after a few weeks but I completely lost my sense of taste and smell and it has never returned properly. I also have other long covid symptoms such as fatigue, muscle pain etc. It woke me up to how bad my health situation was (270lb as a 6ft male) and the fact that I couldn't taste anymore helped. All the junk food I used to love now tastes kind of like sulphur. Meat tastes rotten. Cheese makes me gag. Bread tastes like nothing, but I now hate the texture. It's miserable. There's something so wrong about eating food and having it taste of nothing. But I decided to use it to my advantage and since mid December I've lost nearly 80 pounds. I just eat or drink water until the hunger pain goes away but I never eat until I'm full anymore. My stomach has shrunk I think. I don't track calories but it's not a lot. I don't eat much high calorie foods, mostly just fruit and vegetables. One bad thing is that I feel tired a lot and my lungs still haven't recovered from covid, despite all the weight loss I still can't run without getting out of breath and I get that uncomfortable feeling in my lungs. I'm very pleased with my weight loss and I want to keep it up until I reach my goal weight but I'm not sure what to do then. I'm worried if/when my taste comes back that the weight will come back too. Not sure what I'm asking for here but I'd like some advice on how to handle this situation. [link] [comments] |
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