Weight loss: "You don't need to lose anymore weight" - I'm still obese so I kind of do.. |
- "You don't need to lose anymore weight" - I'm still obese so I kind of do..
- I chose to get a small today
- I completed 10k steps today for the first time in two months!!!!
- If you’re working on losing weight you’ve lost before, don’t be discouraged.
- Update: 5 months, from obesity to a healthy BMI!
- The pandemic broke one of my bad habits by taking away snacking as an option
- Little changes made a big difference!
- Had a whole cheat week and it actually gave me more motivation.
- Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Monday, 12 April 2021? Start here!
- Maintained for 2 months! Back on the loseit train.
- How do you get out of the food=reward mindset?
- 4 month update / 50 lbs celebration / progress pics!
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: April 12th, 2021
- Today I joined a virtual walking challenge to help motivate myself!
- Who else here is prone to face/neck fat?
- I reached Mini goal #2
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 11
- Tomorrow is my first day at the gym
- The journey begins
- plateau??? or am i going insane?
- How To Be Okay Knowing I’ll Never Have The Body I Want
- Easiest dessert hack- fat free whipped cream in a bowl. That’s it. Feels guilty, is still super satisfying with no regret!
- Looking for accountability partner(s)!
- It's official... (couple of NSVs)
- You're likely inspiring others to embark on a health journey of their own
| "You don't need to lose anymore weight" - I'm still obese so I kind of do.. Posted: 11 Apr 2021 05:20 PM PDT Just curious if others experience this, in my case it's a bit unusual since I used to weigh 450+lbs and was super morbidly obese, just recently I ticked over into the 'regular' obese category at 240lbs. Now I don't know if people are just being nice or what but I keep getting people asking if I want to lose more and when I say yes, they say I don't need to lose anymore weight etc. And I think they're being genuine, which just really confuses me because yeah, compared to what I look like before, I look a lot better, but I'm still obese for crying out loud. Not even a little bit obese either, like I still need to lose 60lbs to hit a healthy BMI, which I have every intention of doing. Hell I'm probably still close to the average 'starting' weight on a sub like this. It doesn't bother me they say this or anything, I'm just curious if others get this? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 11 Apr 2021 07:15 AM PDT I don't have anyone to talk about this with, so I'm posting it here to hold myself accountable. As the weather has been getting nicer, I've been really wanting soft serve ice cream. However, I try to be dairy free for medical reasons and don't eat regular soft serve. So after weeks of waiting, I finally had time to go to someplace that had oat milk soft serve. And instead of ordering a medium or large, I only got a small. My family always made it seem like getting the larger size was better because you had more of what you wanted. It was a right of passage to finally order a medium or a large. But I'm realizing I don't need to over indulge on what I want or what I'm craving. I can get the small size or only eat a small portion and be happy. [link] [comments] |
| I completed 10k steps today for the first time in two months!!!! Posted: 11 Apr 2021 11:50 AM PDT As someone who is generally quite an indoors person and whose work doesn't require going out, the pandemic and the lockdowns didn't really have a major impact on my social, or the lack thereof, life. Life inside became so comfortable that I would literally force myself to actually step out of the house when I felt like even my own aversion to venturing into the great outdoors had become too much. But over the last two months, this started bothering me. As life in my area returned back to normal and people started going out, I felt left behind. Not to mention the aftereffects of staying and working from the indoors which had left me with a sprain in my back that refused to go away and that hindered my (half-hearted efforts) to lose weight. Finally exhausted, I decided that I would start off with the easiest, walk 10k steps everyday. After all, that's what the doctors recommend. However, imagine my surprise when I found out that 10k is far far more steps that I could have thought of. As someone who's average steps in a day varied between 100-1000, depending on the day I was having, 10k suddenly seemed like a huge challenge. Still, with much help and motivation from the group, I continued. It wasn't persistent, no no-- I started off slow and steady and it's only been this week in the past 8 weeks I've started walking when I've done 4+ days a week. That, I thought would be my achievement this week. But nooo, there was something far better in store for me today. As I've tried doing this month, I headed out in the evening with my earphones and my phone, dialled a friend and started chatting as I walked. And once I got into the momentum, it was easy peasy. Before I knew it, I had walked 1:45:43 hours, over a distance of 7.75 kilometers and burned over 350 calories, with a total of 11257 steps!!!! 10k+ steps for the first time in over two months, and this makes me so fucking happy! I've got PCOS and I struggle with losing weight, and while I it doesn't reflect on the scale, it feels so good knowing I've actually done 10k steps. It's not great, I know, but I gotta remember slow and steady win the race. I know it's not much but I was so happy today, I just wanted to share it with someone. [link] [comments] |
| If you’re working on losing weight you’ve lost before, don’t be discouraged. Posted: 11 Apr 2021 07:42 AM PDT Weight loss isn't linear. We've all heard that, right? I went from 195 to 153, and in the last few months I had gotten back up to 165. I am back down to 159 today! I still have a bit to go before getting back down to where I was, and really I want to get down to 145. It's easy to feel like I 'wasted time' or 'man I could already be there if I hadn't gotten off track'. It's easy to be hard on yourself and expect perfection- we all just want to get there already! Over time I have started understanding that it is baby steps and every day is a new opportunity to try again and keep going. I've been doing the same things I did the first time around- gallon of water, smaller portions, being mindful of the foods I'm eating, and going on walks. Trusting myself and trusting the process has helped me get back on track. If you're struggling, I hope you can be kind to yourself today. [link] [comments] |
| Update: 5 months, from obesity to a healthy BMI! Posted: 11 Apr 2021 05:12 PM PDT 🎉🎉I frickin' did it!! 5 months ago I stepped on a scale for the first time and realized I was medically obese. Two days ago, I stepped on a scale and saw the number: 142.2. 34.4lbs off. I'd been regularly checking the NHS BMI calculator and it finally put me on the green part of the spectrum. My boyfriend also measured my waist and it looks like I'm some centimetres under the risk number, where I started at "extremely high risk." I am a healthy girl!!🎉🎉 What to say? I feel incredibly fortunate because I was able to do this without a lot of distractions and with a lot of support. I know this is rare, but I actually felt weight loss to be both easy and joyful. During quarantine I accidentally ballooned even though I was only on a soylent/meal replacement shakes diet for all of college. I've spent the last few months learning what real food is. I started from scratch and totally redid my diet, spent a lot of time reading nutritional/health information. Everyone has always bullied the fuck out of me for eating a weird robotic soylent diet, but I think without it I might have slipped too much into viewing food as comfort or reward, instead of what I had to think of it as in weight loss (and in daily life after I finish, tbh): food is fuel. There is a whole cornucopia of whole foods, vegetables, fruits, seeds, legumes, that I had never tried, that are so good for you. I can't see how someone who actually gives veggies a chance won't find a set of foods that both brings them joy and sustains their health. When I was a teenager and before I went full-soylent, I basically only ate junk food, and the idea of food I'd learned from my culture was that it's indulgent and greasy and either very filling or not satisfying until you have huge amounts. I don't want to get too much into it, because I started out so ignorant and still am and there's so much to learn, but I just learned so much--again, nutrition stuff and what to eat, but also about food systems and our obesogenic culture, how incredible and sci-fi the human body is, agriculture, even whole new ethnographic things (and anthropology was my major, lol!) I've changed a lot, and for the better. I mentioned in my last post I hadn't felt determined in ages because my experience at college was so shit, but in these past few pandemic months in a kind of volatile home situation (my last post said "I don't get along too well with my parents," pretty quickly after I posted that my father turned out to still be full-on abusive lol), I didn't feel I could control a lot but I could control this, and this is the first thing I've actually accomplished in ages. It's a real thing with a real benchmark, no one can dispute that I went from x weight to y weight. And that feels good. When I started, I had the BMI of the average person from Tonga. Now it's the average person from Lesotho, and I'm well below average for my country. I'm still gonna keep at it until I lose about 25ish pounds more and hit the 115-120lbs area--20/21ish BMI, dead centre, is good for me. Then I'll pump up my calories from 1200/day to 1500-2000 or whatever I need according to my activity level (I think by the time I'm done I'll be vaccinated and so will a lot of my area, so I hope I'll be able to really scale up the activity to a healthy degree). Another wonderful thing is that I've influenced my loved ones. My mother and my boyfriend both watched me do this and changed their diets to various extents to become healthier after being inspired by me, and I think their choices will go to inspire others, as well. Nobody loses weight just by themselves! We are all network nodes! I don't really want to write this post with advice because I don't feel qualified to give any, both because my situation was so peculiar (for a while, I basically couldn't leave my or my mom's tiny rooms except to cook because of my home situation, so no exercise--but on the other hand, I also wasn't working or really studying and could almost just fixate on my health full-time, which I imagine almost nobody has the privilege of doing) and because who the hell am I to tell people what to do? But there are some weight loss-related things I did do, if anyone is curious, although I wouldn't claim any of them are secrets to success. I went full cold turkey on sweets and full-on junk food--again, food is fuel, don't lose the plot. I used to eat several bars of milk chocolate per day, then I started having only some dark chocolate squares. With the pandemic, I was staying at home all day so there was no constant bombardment with temptation and ample time to cook. Since I was thinking conscientiously about food, I finally went from vegetarian to vegan--mainly not for the health benefits, but as I got into that world I saw how many there were, and how many temptations it just kills right away because soooo much shit I'd want to eat otherwise is non-vegan. The weirdest thing is maybe that I just eat the same thing every day, Derek Parfit-style. This has gotten me cyberbullied as well. I find it to be fantastic. Once I figured out a balanced set of meals with all the necessary vitamins and minerals through cronometer, with constant adjustment and occasional substitutions, why would I have wanted to subject myself to thinking about what to stuff my noggin with every day when I have a perfectly good system already? It's definitely less than the healthiest thing possible for the gut microbiome (I think you're meant to get 30 different plant foods a week for it), but it works terrifically for me since I can focus on what I care about instead and I do know that what I am getting is very good for me. Maybe I'll level up and include more diversity as I get better at this. The only money I spent was on a food scale and a new personal scale because the old one was broken. No meal plans, no apps, no personal trainers. I'm extremely confident I've saved a lot of money--not just from my old diet (which was pretty expensive) but even compared to the average diet of most people in my country. Legumes are the key to life, the universe, and everything. I didn't bullet point those for easy reading because it's seriously not to be construed as advice, just a weird set of stories. But I wanted to post to brag. Because it's an accomplishment, and I used this sub a lot and found it very helpful, and I'm very happy! Have a wonderful day! [link] [comments] |
| The pandemic broke one of my bad habits by taking away snacking as an option Posted: 11 Apr 2021 06:12 PM PDT One of my issues losing weight in the past has been snacking during errands. I'd usually pick up bags of nuts, granola bars or whatever else they put next the register to eat on the way home. Then there's the temptation of sipping on a "coffee" that's half whipped cream. I never realized how often I did it unless I was using MFP. It's not like I particularly enjoyed these "treats". But with mask mandates, I had to stop. You're not even allowed to walk around Target with a frappucino if you have to keep your face covered. It's been long enough now that I probably won't pick up the habit again after the mandates are over. [link] [comments] |
| Little changes made a big difference! Posted: 11 Apr 2021 08:16 PM PDT A year ago I felt really crummy all the time, I couldn't exercise without breaking down, I was busting out of all my clothes and all my swim suits. I was almost happy I could be hidden away and no one could see me! I was 160lbs and on my small frame it was really making me lag. Here's what changed in my life. 1) I was saving to buy a house and my strict budget didn't allow for snacking and pulling through the drive through 2) where we moved there is little access to fast food/restaurants and with lockdowns we haven't been able to eat out like we did before 3) I lost all of my friends (its for the best they weren't the best) and now rarely have people wanting to drink/eat out with me and so I've cut my alcohol consumption down by over 50% (it used to be every day, now it's maybe once a week) All of a sudden I noticed my ring could slip on and off of my finger again, my mom mentioned I looked good, my jeans were baggy, and I can put on my summer clothes and feel good about it. I don't know how much I weigh now, my scale is still in storage, but I don't think it matters if I feel this good! It was active in the sense that I had to watch what I was spending on, but passive because I wasn't thinking about watching my weight so much! I'm so excited to wear this one designer dress that I've been holding on to hoping for a miracle! I finally got it zipped up today, no miracle required! [link] [comments] |
| Had a whole cheat week and it actually gave me more motivation. Posted: 11 Apr 2021 12:48 PM PDT Hello! So over last several months I lost over 60 pounds. I am still overweight and working towards loosing more. Unfortunately I also just spent 21 days in enforced home quarantine (in my country if you get sick with covid/somebody who lives with you gets sick, you are not allowed to leave your house). I continued my diet and exercise, but being in essentially house arrest for that long got pretty depressing towards the end. Because of that once it ended I decided to gave myself whole cheat week in celebration of my newly regained freedom. A kind of EXTREME cheat week. Over last 7 days I had one huge pizza, a pretty big burger and fries, another pizza, a heap of spaghetti with very meaty sauce, and couple bags of chips inbetween. The food itself was delicious and wonderful. I regret nothing. But at the same time, throughout most of the days of this cheat week I was accompanied by constant feeling of slight nausea/just general digestive discomfort. Nothing big but definitely noticable. Made me wonder if that's how I felt every single day before going on a diet and just was used to it. The food and self-permitted binge was fun, but it didn't even took me whole week to start missing feeling healthy. Today is the last day of my cheat week and I am genuiely excited to go back to my salads, hummus and low fat meats. I guess I just didn't expect to feel this way, so I found it interesting enough to share. [link] [comments] |
| Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Monday, 12 April 2021? Start here! Posted: 11 Apr 2021 09:31 PM PDT Today is your Day 1? Welcome to r/Loseit! So you aren't sure of how to start? Don't worry! "How do I get started?" is our most asked question. r/Loseit has helped our users lose over 1,000,000 recorded pounds and these are the steps that we've found most useful for getting started. Why you're overweight Our bodies are amazing (yes, yours too!). In order to survive before supermarkets, we had to be able to store energy to get us through lean times, we store this energy as adipose fat tissue. If you put more energy into your body than it needs, it stores it, for (potential) later use. When you put in less than it needs, it uses the stored energy. The more energy you have stored, the more overweight you are. The trick is to get your body to use the stored energy, which can only be done if you give it less energy than it needs, consistently. Before You Start The very first step is calculating your calorie needs. You can do that HERE. This will give you an approximation of your calorie needs for the day. The next step is to figure how quickly you want to lose the fat. One pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories. So to lose 1 pound of fat per week you will need to consume 500 calories less than your TDEE (daily calorie needs from the link above). 750 calories less will result in 1.5 pounds and 1000 calories is an aggressive 2 pounds per week. Tracking Here is where it begins to resemble work. The most efficient way to lose the weight you desire is to track your calorie intake. This has gotten much simpler over the years and today it can be done right from your smartphone or computer. r/loseit recommends an app like MyFitnessPal, Loseit! (unaffiliated), or Cronometer. Create an account and be honest with it about your current stats, activities, and goals. This is your tracker and no one else needs to see it so don't cheat the numbers. You'll find large user created databases that make logging and tracking your food and drinks easy with just the tap of the screen or the push of a button. We also highly recommend the use of a digital kitchen scale for accuracy. Knowing how much of what you're eating is more important than what you're eating. Why? This may explain it. Creating Your Deficit How do you create a deficit? This is up to you. r/loseit has a few recommendations but ultimately that decision is yours. There is no perfect diet for everyone. There is a perfect diet for you and you can create it. You can eat less of exactly what you eat now. If you like pizza you can have pizza. Have 2 slices instead of 4. You can try lower calorie replacements for calorie dense foods. Some of the communities favorites are cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash in place of their more calorie rich cousins. If it appeals to you an entire dietary change like Keto, Paleo, Vegetarian. The most important thing to remember is that this selection of foods works for you. Sustainability is the key to long term weight management success. If you hate what you're eating you won't stick to it. Exercise Is NOT mandatory. You can lose fat and create a deficit through diet alone. There is no requirement of exercise to lose weight. It has it's own benefits though. You will burn extra calories. Exercise is shown to be beneficial to mental health and creates an endorphin rush as well. It makes people feel *awesome* and has been linked to higher rates of long term success when physical activity is included in lifestyle changes. Crawl, Walk, Run It can seem like one needs to make a 180 degree course correction to find success. That isn't necessarily true. Many of our users find that creating small initial changes that build a foundation allows them to progress forward in even, sustained, increments. Acceptance You will struggle. We have all struggled. This is natural. There is no tip or trick to get through this though. We encourage you to recognize why you are struggling and forgive yourself for whatever reason that may be. If you overindulged at your last meal that is ok. You can resolve to make the next meal better. Do not let the pursuit of perfect get in the way of progress. We don't need perfect. We just want better. Additional resources Now you're ready to do this. Here are more details, that may help you refine your plan.
* Lose It Compendium - Frame it out! * FAQ - Answers to our most Frequently Asked Questions! [link] [comments] |
| Maintained for 2 months! Back on the loseit train. Posted: 11 Apr 2021 06:48 PM PDT So I lost just about 11lbs since December. In an effort to see if I actually changed my habits (knowing I needed to make big adjustments for going back to in person school and much longer hours) I chose to actively eat toward my maintenance Kcal. All of this really was to prove to myself that I don't need to constantly be losing or gaining. This was to see if I could actually maintain my weight within about 2 lbs. And by gosh almight- I did. How did I do it? CICO and a little unintentional fasting due to my working hours. This was all done without any additional exercise. So onto phase 2! Which is adding in some walks, hikes with the dog, and some fun at home workouts while I cut back my Kcal to 500 kcal under my maintenance and get this ball rolling again! To anyone who is struggling with how slow they are losing weight- no one said this was a race. Lose 10 lbs and then maintain for a month or too then lose another 10. I'm honestly happier and feel less binge-y doing it this way. I sure hope this helps someone! A graph of my progress since December. Weight loss is not linear at all over here. 😂 [link] [comments] |
| How do you get out of the food=reward mindset? Posted: 11 Apr 2021 11:29 PM PDT I think one of the biggest contributing factors to my weight problem is the fact that I've managed to build up this psychological effect where food is always a reward, and the criteria for receiving that reward is very low. This causes me to snack excessively through the day both to satisfy my oral fixation but also almost like a reward for doing small things (doing school work or whatever would warrant having a favourite snack). Then every once in a while I would have a total binge session as a reward for getting through a particularly hard day or whatever. Point being, I have conditioned myself to associate food with being a reward for even the smallest of achievement. So how the heck do I get out of this mind set? I want to change my lifestyle such that food is seen more as a thing to sustain me rather than something to comfort me? I'm trying to figure out what could possibly replace food as a reward or what strategies I could use to change my mind set. Any ideas? [link] [comments] |
| 4 month update / 50 lbs celebration / progress pics! Posted: 11 Apr 2021 12:45 PM PDT M25, 5'9", SW 311, CW 260, GW 180? Happy Sunday everyone! Today, April 11th, marks the four month mark of my journey. It's insane to think how much has changed and how far I've come since freaking out on the scale back on December 11th. It also feels fitting to have hit such a big milestone, 50 lbs, just a few days prior to this (and also the day after my birthday)! I took a picture back on December 11th when I was trying to process if I was actually as big as the scale said. When I finally hit the 50 lbs mark, I recreated that photo. While I've definitely noticed some changes in my body, clothing, etc. over the past few months, I never would've anticipated how different the two photos look. Photos: 261 lbs and 311 lbs While I still have a ton of weight to lose, this is incredibly motivating. I can't wait to see what happens in another 4 months or even where I'll be by the end of the year. Thanks to all the amazing people from this subreddit that have reached out on previous posts and to everyone that shares their stories, tips, and everything else. [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: April 12th, 2021 Posted: 11 Apr 2021 10:17 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] |
| Today I joined a virtual walking challenge to help motivate myself! Posted: 11 Apr 2021 04:06 PM PDT Hi all! I started my weight loss journey in Jan. 2018. SW was 169.3; my jeans dug into me and I was often out of breath just going up stairs/other simple exercises. My GW was 135, but I stalled out at 143. It was still a huge accomplishment, I know, but life got in the way and I crawled back to 156. My healthy goal weight is 125-155, so when I saw 156, I got serious again. I've been serious about counting calories for the past 4 weeks now, excluding two weekends, and am down 6lbs so far (I'm sure a lot is water weight, but a pound is a pound!). My goal is to get to 135 by the time I start school again in August. Last night I signed up for a virtual walking challenge to encourage me to go out on walks more often! I'm not counting my normal steps to it, so it'll definitely be a motivator to go above my usual activity level. I'm excited and just wanted to share 😊 [link] [comments] |
| Who else here is prone to face/neck fat? Posted: 11 Apr 2021 08:49 PM PDT I'm about 15KG from my goal weight after gaining heaps of it during Covid and my last relationship. And holy cow, so much of my weight is gained in my face/neck. I went from having decent bone structure and small cheeks to having an extremely round face and puffy cheeks, as well as a double chin. You'd think with only 15KG it wouldn't manifest so much there and it'd be more spread around my body, but apparently not...thanks genes (my mum has the same issue). Anyone else here prone to this? Wanna share their experience and help build each other up? As well as my face, the rest is in my belly. Not my legs, not my arms. It creates a very not-good on me look, haha [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 12 Apr 2021 12:29 AM PDT I (female, 1.67m) started my journey on February, the 16th at 77,5kg. My goal weight is 60kg. I have reached my first small goal of loosing 5kgs about 3 weeks ago and today, on my birthday, I weighed in at 69.9kg. So I reached my goal of going below 70kg exactly at the time I planned for it/wanted it to happen. That's truly the best birthday gift and I'm so happy😊. My waist went from 84cm to 78cm which is amazing. I can really feel the difference when I put on tight jeans. Also, because my wrists and ankles are already small, now my watch almost doesn't fit anymore. The smallest setting is 5.5 inches which I am now at and it's getting loose. Before I started my journey it sat snuggly around my wrist at 5.7 inches. I sadly didn't measure my thighs but they have already gotten smaller. My pants fit differently and I can see it in the mirror as well. Before, I also felt my big arms and back fat were sort of getting in the way but now I feel like I can move freely, which is nice. My next mini goal is 65kg and I hope to reach that by the end of May. I'm currently on a 800-1200 deficit a day and it's been working like a charm. Walking at least 10k steps a day has really been the best solution for me. At first it was hard to reach that every single day and so far I've gotten into 3 hailstorms, wind that blew sticks around and an awful lot of rain but it was all worth it. Reaching 10k is now a daily give to me and I go above that almost every day. Last week, because the weather was okay and I had a week off from work, I went over 15k every day. Today, however, I have so many birthday preoperations that I might not make it😂 but cleaning, grocery shopping etc also come with a great deal of walking, so I guess I'll be fine. [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 11 Posted: 11 Apr 2021 06:06 PM PDT Hello losers, Happy Sunday funday! Anyone out there meal prepping? 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): Maintenance today. 6/11 days. Exercise 5 days a week: Dog park walk with my favorite hound dog. 11/11 days. Self-care alone time & ten deep breath cycles a day: Check mark on the breathing. Alone time involving the Golden Girls is occuring. Try a new recipe once a week: Cauliflower rice taco bowls, roasted chick peas & crispy coated pork chops. 3/4 weeks. Write 1500 words a day 6 days a week: Getting to it after this post. Do a mindfulness exercise and express gratitude: I spent so much time being physical, present in the moment today. I'm grateful for feeling more like my usual self. Your turn kids! [link] [comments] |
| Tomorrow is my first day at the gym Posted: 11 Apr 2021 06:05 PM PDT Hey guys, thank you if you're reading... I am just kinda getting a mental breakdown because tomorrow is my first day at the gym, and I feel so out of place... I don't have a decent workout outfit, just old leggings and ugly t shirts, but I don't want to be spending a bunch of money rn, but still, I feel out of place because I know it will be full of girls wearing those expensive amazing leggings you see on instagram. I have a plan of what I am going to do at the gym but I feel scared and in panic because I've never been to this gym before so I don't know what to expect in terms of equipment and staff, I got a good lockdown gym deal so I just decided to go for it. And now it's tomorrow, it's 2 am, I can't sleep, I am overthinking my gym towel, and I am scared of what to expect.... I don't know if it is dumb but I always see people say that the outfits make them feel ready and I just feel like a clown rn... Okay that was my rant thank you... [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 11 Apr 2021 07:16 PM PDT Hello everyone!! I am a little new to this sub Reddit. I am starting the biggest weight loss journey of my life tomorrow. I've always been a bigger kid idk how since I've played soccer for around 13 years now. I am currently 19 and I'm my first year of college during the pandemic I had actually followed a very rigorous workout schedule to train for college soccer but decided due to my mental health and overall lack of motivation I would not be playing collegiate soccer so I fell into a slump and gained all the weight I had lost plus some. I haven't weighed myself in a while but I'd say I'm in the 235-245 range. I'm not really upset with myself or anything I just want to do this for me and my health. I also want so badly to fit into large clothes again lol. Thank you all for your posts of encouragement and motivation, you have inspired me to get on the wagon as well. Good luck to everyone and know you are not alone!! [link] [comments] |
| plateau??? or am i going insane? Posted: 12 Apr 2021 12:19 AM PDT hi guys it's me again, i was about to celebrate my 10 kg loss (81 kg to 71 kg) but then at 73 kilos i gained 2 kilos and went back at 75. Bummer. I got back on track and now i'm at 72.5! However, i've been 72.5 for a whole week now, which to me is unreal since i mostly lose 200 grams every 2 days. Is it a fricking plateau? I'm not on my period so it's not a hormonal issue, but i've been sleeping erratically lately. Could that be the problem? Some more info: i'm on CICO, i don't exercise at all due to asthma F 18 164 cm x 72 kg START WEIGHT: 81 kg GOAL: 62 kilos by july fingers crossed [link] [comments] |
| How To Be Okay Knowing I’ll Never Have The Body I Want Posted: 11 Apr 2021 01:57 PM PDT I know. No one has the exact body they want. Yeah. But I really never will. I have to lose another entire overweight person for my height. I feel deeply ashamed everyday, all the time. No matter how much I try to be okay with where I am and work towards where I'll be, I'm haunted knowing that I'll never have that perfect, lean, extra-skin-free body. I've already lost about 35lbs. It's taken me about two years to do that because idk, I think I'm not as serious about losing as I think I am. I'm trying to get clear out of the 300s, and I keep creeping back into it. Even though I'm counting calories. I get so down knowing that even after all the work. All the weight loss. I'll likely deeply dislike my body. I feel like my weight happened to me without my consent, maybe that's the part I can't deal with. I was an overweight child, overweight teen, then lost most of it suffering anorexia and bulimia, then gained it back x ten, and then some more over the years. I come from a family that was extremely emotionally abusive when it came to weight and diet culture, and I'm just angry that I'm here and have to deal with this issue. But the only way to be happy will be to deal and get the weight gone, but I am bitter, over the way I look, my weight, and the way I will look. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 11 Apr 2021 12:25 PM PDT Just as the title says! I often crave something delicious late night, which is the worst for trying to eat healthy and lose weight. My stupidly dumb and delicious solution? A bowl of fat free whipped cream, maybe with some cut fruit if I'm not feeling too lazy. And that's it. It satisfies the sweet tooth need and is maybe 30-50 calories maximum. Feels decadent without breaking the calorie bank! I've been gravitating towards this lately and realized that it's the type of delicious food that (I don't think?) I've seen on this sub too often, so wanted to share for newbies or to remind the OG's how easy and tasty it is. Thanks for all the encouragement on this sub! [link] [comments] |
| Looking for accountability partner(s)! Posted: 12 Apr 2021 01:34 AM PDT Hi! I'm (31F) looking for accountability partner(s) to encourage each other to reach our goals. I'm 5'3", small framed cw fluctuates between 125-130 lbs. I could care less about the weight. My focus is on the composition of my body. Last time I got dexa scan done, my body fat % was somewhere around 32% and I've been told by my doctor that I'm borderline prediabetic. I've been trying to eat better and be more active and work out for sometime but I just can't seem to stick with it for more than a month. Then I get discouraged and go back to my old ways. I also have unhealthy relationship with food. I'm an emotional eater. I tend to binge eat when life chucks a lemon at me. I want to break away from this unhealthy habit and feel strong and good in my own body. Anyone here on the similar journey that needs an accountability partner to achieve our goals together? [link] [comments] |
| It's official... (couple of NSVs) Posted: 11 Apr 2021 02:26 PM PDT I made a post the other day about having lost ~60 pounds but not being able to see it because I was still wearing the same clothes and couldn't see a difference in the mirror. Today, I have no idea what my weight is. Last time I weighed myself (Friday), I weighed in at 348lbs... down from my starting weight of at least 410. I have since had two NSVs. The first being that I found a pair of pants that I bought over a year ago... a pair of Levi's jeans with no stretch, and which are two sizes smaller (normally wear 60 inch waist, these are 56) than the stretchy jeans I normally wear. (IIRC, I accidentally ordered the wrong size from Amazon and couldn't be bothered to send them back). When I originally received them, I couldn't even pull them up all the way, let alone fasten and zip them. Well, I found them tucked in a corner of a drawer and decided to try them on, and not only was I able to pull them up, but I could button and zip them without even sucking my gut in! They're still snug, and with no stretch, I don't really trust them, but I got them on... and it's only a matter of time now before I can get some use out of them. Fast forward to today, I decided to check out some clothing at a local store after work and see if they had anything I could wear. Normally, I order my clothes from King Size or Amazon and wear 4x shirts. I picked up a couple 3x shirts and took them home. One an athletic Jersey style shirt for breathability, and the other a zip up hoodie. To my surprise, both of them fit, and they're not even tight! I'm very happy right now. I'm sure that'll change at some point, but for now... pleased as punch. As a side note, I think I am losing weight in my huge thunder thighs. I'm a dude, but I feel like I've always carried my weight in weird spots. Namely, thighs butt and moobs. I see a lot of overweight guys who have a huge gut, and while I do have a huge gut... it's obviously not where all of my weight is. Anywho, my thighs are looking more wrinkly and gross, and starting to develop a fold when I stand up. So something is obviously happening there. There are a couple of other changes I've noticed but... I'll spare y'all the details on that. XD [link] [comments] |
| You're likely inspiring others to embark on a health journey of their own Posted: 11 Apr 2021 08:17 AM PDT I have been on a health journey for about a year and post on my Instagram stories every now and again as a way to keep myself accountable. I don't have many followers and all my followers are either acquaintances from university, friends, or family. I've lost around 15lb and have good muscle tone (honestly look better in photographs than irl because of the lighting and posing). As of the past two months, 3 different people from different faucets of my life have reached out to tell me they've also embarked on a health/fitness journey and sent me progress pics! I don't typically speak with these folks and it warmed my heart that they would reach out and share details about their routine and diet. I didn't realize that by posting photos that people would be following my progress, I honestly didn't think people cared. It warmed my heart that they proactively messaged me just to tell me they've been inspired by my progress and are starting to go on their own fitness journey. [link] [comments] |
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