Weight loss: I am so excited. I’m shrieking. I (F/30/5,5”) just hit the 150’s for the first time in 2 years!!! |
- I am so excited. I’m shrieking. I (F/30/5,5”) just hit the 150’s for the first time in 2 years!!!
- To the man I saw sneaking food. It's okay bro, I love you.
- NSV - I can finally see hints of some abs after being obese my entire adult life.
- Today I’ve reached 40 lbs lost since I started. Thank you to this sub.
- 1kg away from a healthy BMI
- I'm 15, 5'9, 260 pounds. Enough is enough.
- [M 21 6'2 244] Gained all the weight back, gotta get it off again
- Just realized I’ve been at this weight for 8 years.
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: May 21st, 2021
- SV/NSV: [M28, 219 pounds] I’ve lost and held off 50 pounds in 6 months and my underwear band doesn’t fold over anymore!
- Avoided break room muffins
- What are the best exercises when you’re really overweight?
- I(27m) Start My Diet Today
- I did my first ever pull-up!
- Calories in a whole bag of popcorn...?
- loose skin and sagging stomach/pooch
- My first 30min workout!
- Tips for continuing to lose weight when you've reached a healthy weight?
- Baby steps but...I am proud of myself today!
- Seeking some dieting advice for my very limited kitchen situation
- 24-Hour Pledge - Friday, 21 May 2021 - The Plan for Today!
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Friday, 21 May 2021: Today, I conquered!
- Mysterious Gaining
- Day 1 of Getting My Life Together - 21 May 2021
| I am so excited. I’m shrieking. I (F/30/5,5”) just hit the 150’s for the first time in 2 years!!! Posted: 20 May 2021 03:11 PM PDT Sorry I just had to share! I'm beyond giddy. I've been CICO for about 7 weeks now. I was trying on some of my dresses for an upcoming event and not feeling too great about myself. Nothing was fitting quite right. I stepped on the scale to see the inevitable; I've somehow gained the weight back that I worked so hard to lose... NOPE! Bitch I weigh LESS than I did last week when I was feeling pretty good about my progress. I'm currently eating 1200 calories a day, doing some major volume eating. I don't go hungry and I always leave calories at the end of the day for a glass or two of red wine. I am now currently basking on my couch in my birthday suit with said glass of wine. Just goes to show you can't always trust your eyes as a progress meter— progress is happening, but you get so used to "you" that you stop noticing. Anyway, thanks for reading my wall of text. I hope this encouraged someone to keep going! Don't give up! EDIT: forgot to add; I started at 163 lbs and am now at 157.7 lbs! [link] [comments] |
| To the man I saw sneaking food. It's okay bro, I love you. Posted: 20 May 2021 11:00 PM PDT I work at a grocery store that has a nice deli and a little seating area. The other day I saw a man sheepishly eating a meal by himself. He was chowing down pretty fast and his body language made it look like he wanted to keep it on the down-low. I got the impression that he was sneaking food in while he was by himself at the grocery store, the wife and kids would never know. Bro, it's okay. I'm big, you're big. We sneak food and hide it from the people in our lives who know were dieting. I've been doing it since high school so I know it all too well. One of my most painful memories is getting caught with a big cheese sandwich in the kitchen after midnight. It made me feel like there was something wrong with me that made me unacceptable. Bro, I accept you. Were not perfect, we never will be. I love you bro. [link] [comments] |
| NSV - I can finally see hints of some abs after being obese my entire adult life. Posted: 20 May 2021 08:55 AM PDT Shirtless comparison March 2020 - May 2021 Clothed comparison January 2020 (Heaviest) - March 2021 After a year of hard work and mostly consistent progress, I am still amazed at the changes my mind and body are going through every single day. Faster, stronger and happier than I ever thought this body could possibly be capable of. I started at around 233 lbs on my 28th birthday in March and got to around 143lbs for the following birthday in 2021; when the scale stopped moving. But the changes still kept coming every week as my body composition continued to change. The last couple of weeks in May have resulted in the biggest changes to my physique when my abs started to show and I have been so excited that I wanted to share it with one of the most supportive communities on Reddit. I check this subreddit almost every single day and it helps me keep on track for the most part. I hope this post can help some of you do the same. There is so much I learnt, I do not even know where to begin. Let's start with food. FoodAs most people know food really is the key to losing fat. More specifically, eating in a caloric deficit. And what worked for me changed over this journey as well. In the beginning it was keto but now it's anything that's lower in calorie density/ volume eating. Keto worked because it was enjoyable. All the cheese, creams and fatty meats tasted so great it was easy to stick to... until it wasn't. You can [clearly see](https://i.imgur.com/yWFoTIv.jpg) where it stopped working on my progress chart. This was because it just wasn't enough food, volume wise, to keep me satiated anymore as the fat reserves ran low. I would stick to the diet for the majority of the day and then binge on keto friendly foods at night thinking I'll get back to a deficit the next day but it just kept happening over and over again. Keto foods are simply too dense in calories for me now. That is also when I started to watch Greg Doucette and Will Tennyson on YouTube and decided to give their method a shot. They advocate for low calorie dense foods so you can be full for fewer calories. And the trick is to make the foods delicious so you can stick to it and it absolutely works. Cooking without oil/butter, popcorn, xanthan gum thickened shakes, loads of fruits and vegetables, lean meats, egg whites, low fat yogurt and cheese, regular ass bread, sugar free soda, squash, sweetners and syrups are the staples. The folks over at /r/volumeeating also know what's up! Tonnes of great recipes and ideas over there. I still eat "junk" food every now and then but the cravings for excess amounts of them have pretty much stopped. So when I do have them I can keep it to a moderate amount. To give you an idea, I could eat 2 x 12" pizzas as a meal before where as now it would be half of 1. Couple of scoops of ice cream instead of half the container. If I had to do it all over again, I would not do keto. It would be volume eating all the way. That is not to say that it is the right diet. At the end of the day the right diet for you is the diet can stick to for the rest of your life and this just so happens to be mine. It might be keto, or paleo or anything for you. Experiment and try to see what works. But sticking to it long term is absolutely necessary. Another point I learnt is not to skip meals. Ever! the first thing I do every morning is eat something. Sometimes it's a decent sized breakfast, sometimes just a protein bar or shake. But something has to go in even if I am not hungry at the time. I find that skipping breakfast or intermittent fasting longer always led to cravings later on. It is much easier to control hunger by eating through out the day. 3 meals and 2 snacks does the trick for me. All contain at least 20-30g protein to create 5 muscle synthesis windows through the day which is what the average human body is capable of. Working OutCardio is the most important! As my man Greg says, The heart is more important than the bicep. And cardio burns calories allowing you to eat more. Simple as that. Finding an enjoyable form of cardio is the key here. For me it is endurance running and recently gotten into jumping rope. I find both extremely rewarding and am surprisingly good at it. I could barely jog a kilometre when I started and can now run the half marathon distance without stopping. I also have a 24minute 5k and getting faster every week! Training wise, I do just under 200km per month now, increasing every month. My goal is to get to a sub 20min 5k and increase distance to a full marathon. I also lift weights at home but do not find it very enjoyable at all. Bought a home barbell, dumbbells and a pull up bar at the start of it all but I am not very consistent at it. When I do lift I go pretty hard. As heavy as I can go for 8-12 reps, just shy of failure. Taking lifts to failure can feel good but it means recovery takes much much longer than just shy of failure. Keep 1 or 2 reps in the tank always for an easier time recovering so you can hit the muscle again in a couple of days. I went to an actual gym for all of March 2021 with a personal trainer. This was mostly to learn proper form for the lifts. I noticed a big jump in my strength and built some muscle during this time. But I could not keep my running mileage up and had a small rotator cuff injury as well. Swapped back to the home workouts since April began and have continued to see improvements. In my opinion, the best lifts that give the most bang for your buck are the deadlift, squat, chin up and bench press/floor press. And training your abs is not necessary for them to develop. They get hit with pretty much every compound lift. I try to get 20 sets for each lift in a week spreading them out so they are stimulated every 2-3 days for optimal results. SupplementsThese are the least important in my opinion but I was going for optimal results and so had to eek out every little percentage of improvement. Some of these have very limited supporting research so take it with a grain of salt.
That wraps it all up for now. I do not plan on bulking or cutting any more. Will continue the recomposition and if I plateu, the plan is to slightly up my calories to an excess of 200-300 to keep any fat gain to a minimum. Oh and before anyone asks, I do have excess skin that is tucked under the shorts. You can see what it kind of looks like in my previous posts/comments on progress pics. Thanks for reading and keep up the hard work! [link] [comments] |
| Today I’ve reached 40 lbs lost since I started. Thank you to this sub. Posted: 20 May 2021 03:45 PM PDT 23 M SW: 245 CW: 205 GW: 165 Today I got on the scale and saw a number I honestly never thought I'd actually see. I started January 2nd, with a complete 180 of my diet, kickstarted exercising, and began fasting (OMAD). I'm writing this not just for myself but for someone else who might need encouragement. When I started this journey I would spend hours combing through this sub, finding motivation from everyone here when I couldn't find any myself. So if you're reading this and you just started, or are trying to find a reason to keep going, or whatever really, just know that you are NOT alone. I know it might feel likes it's all for nothing, or too difficult to accomplish but I promise you, you owe it to yourself to give it everything you have. Thank you r/loseit. I really couldn't have gotten this far without you. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 May 2021 01:06 PM PDT I started my weight loss journey in May 2020 and I've lost 26kg (~57lbs) since then. I am 1kg away from a healthy bmi! On the 7th of May last year I weighed 87kg (191 lbs and class 2 obese) and now I weigh 61kg (134lbs). I'm also 5'1 so a tiny person height-wise. This sub has helped me so much with everything- and the advice that some of you have given me has kept me from falling off the wagon went I was going through a rough patch. Thanks to the advice on here, I have implemented cheat days and maintenance weeks to keep me from burning out. This has worked really well for me, and I'm so appreciative of everyone who commented on my last post. I still want to lose another ~9kg or so to reach my goal weight of 52kg, but I definitely want to preserve muscle at this point. I've gotten really into running and I'm up around 10k distance, but I really enjoy 5ks. My plan is to train for 5ks specifically and do them fast and with proper form etc. I was looking through pics of myself from May of last year and I think my face has changed a lot! [link] [comments] |
| I'm 15, 5'9, 260 pounds. Enough is enough. Posted: 20 May 2021 07:33 PM PDT I'm tired of running out of breathe when lightly jogging at PE. I'm tired of being scared of heart issues. I'm so close to getting diabetes. If I keep going like this, I'll die before I hit 40. I eat 3,000 to 4,000 calories a day sometimes. I'm addicted to food. I have 0 self discipline. I need to lose weight. I've started diets in the past and I've never gone a full week without quitting them. I have ADHD so I get into dieting for a week then I get unmotivated and quit. I'm tired of sweating 24/7. I need to lose this weight. I don't know how I'll do it though. I like weight watchers but I'm under 18 so It may be inaccurate. Starting tomorrow I'm loosing weight. I'm not quitting. I'll have my parents lock up the pantry if I have to. I need to loose this weight. My goal is going to get to 140 pounds. [link] [comments] |
| [M 21 6'2 244] Gained all the weight back, gotta get it off again Posted: 20 May 2021 08:35 PM PDT Yeah. Lost ~80 pounds in high school, from 260-180. Over the pandemic gained it all back pretty much. Very demoralized but I'm trying to harness the energy that enabled me to lose weight in the first place. It fundamentally changed my life. [TL;DR] Trying to find motivation to get back on the wagon after gaining the weight back during the pandemic. All I want is my glow-up to glow-down to glow-back pictures and feel good again. I lost weight using calories in vs out (which is not a long term method for weight-loss). Diets are also flimsy in their long term applications. I want to get back into running (and like everything else that made me feel good since I basically don't do anything anymore). Intermittent fasting with a small feeding window sounds nice too. I'm struggling with the whole know what I need to do vs the not doing anything about it mentality. I moved out at the start of the pandemic, came home to my parents basement since my mom is now occupying my old room with a home office. Not having any sunlight at the start of your day really makes you wanna do a whole lot of nothing I've found out. I told myself I wasn't going to ramble, but here we are! [link] [comments] |
| Just realized I’ve been at this weight for 8 years. Posted: 20 May 2021 05:30 PM PDT I haven't been 210 since I was 18-19 and I am now 26. I gained weight very quickly in a year from drinking soda every day. I still blame myself for letting it get that bad. I hit my highest weight of 298 2 years ago. I've managed a slow 281 with my lowest ever being 260 in January. I saw it hit 259 once. So at least I never gained the 100 lbs at 210 and that gives me some relief. When I was at my highest I joined the gym in July 2017 and still wish I stayed committed. I went to the gym ever since but I used to quit after 6 weeks all the years ago. I'm starting to fall back into that pattern. I'll train for 2 weeks straight and get tired. I can't make it past 3 weeks working out at home. I'm far better at the gym and can stay there longer up to 4 hours with strong workouts. Just waiting on my bus pass and I can start again next week! I want my dream body in the next 2 years. I want to stay thinner as I'm getting older and be an active (future) mom. Now there's 7 months left of the year and I've only lost 14 lbs. I was exactly down 30 lbs before gaining it back. I'm going to try and follow a strict diet plan during the summer and see if I can lose 60 lbs before the year is over. That is my main goal!! I think when I need to, I'll take a week off training and go walking every day instead. I reach 4 miles every time and I would like to reach 6 miles to lose weight. We all need a break to let our bodies rest and sometimes I just forget that. Thanks for reading! [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: May 21st, 2021 Posted: 20 May 2021 10:11 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: 21 May 2021 12:40 AM PDT Throwaway here, although I use the sub from my other account. I'm coming out of a long term relationship where weight was never really spoken about and I just found myself moving up into larger and larger sizes over the years. It was always in the back of my mind because I started to feel huge in the last year. However, my partner had some body image issues and I tried a gentle approach to losing weight once and it didn't go over well, and I never wanted to add pressure to them or the relationship. I'm not blaming them, if anything I know they would have supported me in feeling healthier so this was partly an excuse I used. I got dumped in December, and I'm not going to give my regimen out as some days I didn't get out of bed at all to eat or move at all, but I will say I tried to be as healthy as possible while going through a major depressive episode. And while I'm still going through it some days, I do try to be more active and workout and drink a lot of water and eat more greens (I haven't drank in almost 6 months, which is also an NSV I guess lol). I did cut out pop and energy drinks for almost 6 months and I've been slipping into that more and more lately so any pointers in that regard would be hugely appreciated. I also found out that it's a lot less noticeable to have man boobs when you have extra weight everywhere, and unfortunately, those and the tummy pad are hanging on for dear life so I know I'm going to have to work through this plateau I'm finding myself in. While I'm happy that the weight seems to be held off, I can't seem to touch that last 25 pounds I want to lose. I just got some weights to do home workouts to target my chest, and I walk a lot. Anything else I can do to target the moobs? I'd like to post a happier, "goal-achieved" photo by the fall. Cheers, thanks! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 May 2021 08:38 AM PDT Today at work they sent a message to everyone that there were warm doughnuts and coffee in the break room. I struggle with some bingeing tendencies (not diagnosed with BED but similar patterns) and I know that office food is one of my triggers. Especially when most people are working from home and in my mind I can "get away" with going back two or three times. There's a local doughnut place that's amazing, and I knew if the doughnuts were from there it would be worth it to have one (plus another later, if I'm being honest with myself) and just shrug and decide I'm eating at maintenance today. I was prepared to do that because it would be worth it, I thought. I went to the break room "to get more coffee" and scope out the doughnut situation and it turns out they were MUFFINS from McDonald's! Which are delicious, yes, and my colleague was super sweet to pick them up for everyone. But I'd had doughnuts on my mind, and then when I saw the muffins I realized I didn't actually feel like having one. I did grab some more coffee, then when I got back to my desk I looked up the calories in the blueberry muffin I would have taken: 470 calories!!!!! Almost a THIRD of my rough daily target! I still have a hard time thinking about food normally (who puts this much thought/effort into doughnuts vs. muffins????) and I hope I can get to the point where I don't have to weigh the pros and cons before eating anything, but I think this is a step in the right direction for me. There were times in the past where I would have had two or three of the muffins during the day and hated myself after. [link] [comments] |
| What are the best exercises when you’re really overweight? Posted: 20 May 2021 05:11 PM PDT So I'm embarrassed to say that I've gained A LOT of weight from quarantine and depression :/ Before, I was still overweight, but I am now around 260. I'd like to get back into working out and lose some weight/fat, but when I go to follow workouts from programs they're all a little too advanced for me now that I'm so heavy. What are some good exercises (besides walking on the treadmill) that I can do for my weight loss journey in the beginning since I'm so heavy right now? Or any fitness people I should follow for losing weight in the beginning before I can up my exercises to being more advanced? It's frustrating and disappointing to know I've let it get so far that now it's difficult to work out because of how heavy I've gotten. And I'd really like to workout because I want to be healthy and feel confident again. Edit: what kind of exercises helped you in the beginning? I find leg and core (ab) exercises to be the most difficult [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 May 2021 08:38 PM PDT Hello everyone! My name is Perry, and as of today I am 250 lbs, and beginning the diet that will get me to a healthy, happy body. My goal weight is 160 - I've spoken to doctors within the past year on 160 being a healthy goal for my body type, and I'll be happy to stop at 180 if that ends up most comfortable. The last time I was under 200lbs, I orbited around 180 pretty reliably, and I was always noticeably chubby there, so I don't think 180 is a likely end point. I plan on doing CICO and Intermittent Fasting, aiming for a regular 2000 calories a day from 12n-8pm, and adjusting as needed. 50-30-20 is also my carbs/fats/protein goal. I'll have MyFitnessPal to help me along the way. I've tried CICO before and it did work incredibly well. I lost 20 lbs in 3 months! But I didn't stick to it. So I'll be adding in intermittent fasting. My mind works very well on reliable schedules and restrictions, so the 12-8 time period for calorie intake is something I think will help immensely. I'm tired of my belly getting in the way of tying my shoes, or my clothes feeling tight around my chest or stomach after a meal, or how hard it's getting to breath, or walk, or run. My feet ache so bad I want to cry at times, and just bending over is discouraging. I don't want to focus on the appearance aspect, but I do not like how I look in the mirror either - I've never in my adult life been thin, but I am ashamed how far I've let it go. I work as a shift lead in a drug store, which is not a light activity job - I'm constantly running and easily get 15k steps in every day, as well as walking half a mile to and from work uphill. I'll also be moving to an even more physically demanding job in Inventory Specialist, so regular exercise isn't a terrible worry for me. I'll be adding in morning stretching routines however, which I did at 21-22 and dropped around the same time I blew past 200lbs. I haven't had a healthy relationship with food since I was a preteen. I didn't have a great home life, with my parents both being on the abusive end, and deeply homophobic where I ended up being a flaming homosexual. As a younger child I didn't see food as anything but fuel for more fun things to do, but as I hit the teen years I started using it for comfort like both of my parents did. Bread, chocolate, pickles, and potatoes were all my weaknesses. Today I still have trouble passing up some reeses or mashed potatoes. Logically, I am very much aware of my issues. I know I comfort binge, I know I'm addicted to sweets, I know all this stems from emotional issues and trauma. On paper I can understand how all of this adds up and what I have to do to stop it, but the actual decision point has eluded me for a solid 15 years. I've even hit 250 and dieted down to 230 before. Well today is the day I put an end to all that - I've outed myself as 250lbs to my entire friend group and declared my commitment to a strict diet plan. I have my meals planned out for the next month, and some back-up plans if those fail. I have life changes planned out in steps. I'm not doing everything at once and I'm taking it slow, but today is the day I've decided to start, and I have no intention of allowing myself to stop. I will hit a healthy weight, and I will hit it within the next few years. So there it is! I've asked a few close friends and family to keep me on track and accountable. I've gone through all of today without breaking fast outside of 12-8, and I'll be heading to bed shortly. I can absolutely do this, and I can't wait what I'll feel like 3 years from now. Thank you for reading! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 May 2021 09:53 AM PDT I (35F, 5ft 5in, SW:160s, CW:136) have been slowly losing weight after having my second child in 2019. Right after birth I was in the mid 170s. There have been lots of ups and downs throughout this time including losing then gaining and now losing the same 10 lbs over the course of the year (thanks pandemic). This February I got upset when I realized I can't like my 5 year old up to touch the ceiling so I decided to focus on strength training. I just re-started a second round of an 8-week strength building routine (Liift4 from the Beachbody series). Since first starting in February, I went from pushups on the stairs to pushups on my knees. I still haven't been able to do a single pushup on my toes which has been frustrating but is what it is. Today I was cleaning out my closet and found a pull up bar and set it up in my doorway just for funsies. I figured there would be absolutely no way I would be anywhere close to being able to pull myself up, but I just did 1 pull-up!!! (Or maybe it was a chin up- my palms were facing towards me from the backside of the bar). I can't believe it! Anyway, I am so over the moon excited and don't have anyone to share the news with who would care in real life, so I figured I would share here as this community had been so influential on my journey back to better health. [link] [comments] |
| Calories in a whole bag of popcorn...? Posted: 20 May 2021 09:43 PM PDT Sitting here with a bag of act 2 buttery kettle corn. And I'm looking at the nutrition label and I feel like I'm obviously overthinking it. Does anyone happen to know how many calories are in an entire bag. It feels like they have purposely made this nutrition label very confusing. One serving is listed as 150 calories. But then it says popped is 25 calories. It says there are two and a half servings per bag. But also says there are seven servings per container. I just want to know how much of this popcorn is a good idea. If there's two and a half times 150 that's terrible. But two and a half times 25 obviously not bad. Or is it 7 * 25... [link] [comments] |
| loose skin and sagging stomach/pooch Posted: 20 May 2021 09:41 PM PDT ive recently started losing weight in healthy ways, after years of yoyo dieting to restrictive eating. my history of fluctuating weight has made it to where I've had loose skin to begin with. I reached my heighest weight at 299, and am fluctuating between 270-260 now. it's not a lot but I feel so much better about myself. ok on to the topic at hand, I carry a lot of my weight in my lower stomach, and I've noticed since losing these 20-30 pounds that my stomach is just a lot of sagging loose skin and fat. I can grab large chunks of loose skin on my tummy, and it's gotten to the point that getting up off the ground from roughly a planking position to a kneel makes my stomach smack my leg with a sickening noise that makes me feel terrible I'm proud of where my body is at, and I'm much more muscle than I've ever been. I feel like I am the healthiest my body has been but my stomach irritates me to no end. how do you stop it from sloshing around, without Spanx? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 May 2021 09:13 PM PDT I've been consistently overweight since 8-9 years at a BMI > 35. Tried keto in 2017, lost 20kgs that year but gained it back plus 10 more in the last 4 years - started binging on carb heavy foods once I got off keto. Came accross CICO on this subreddit and started it last week - maintained 1700Kcal for the past 6 days, now trying to reduce that to 1500 kcal (fingers crossed). Also, during the past 6 days I tried doing short 15 min workouts to get myself moving since my job requires me to be seated for 10 hours a day. Today was the first day I did a 30 min workout in a LONG LONG time. NGL I do feel exhausted, kept checking the time during the workout but completing it does feel great! Really excited to make this lifestyle change and hold on to it forever! [link] [comments] |
| Tips for continuing to lose weight when you've reached a healthy weight? Posted: 20 May 2021 08:59 PM PDT Hi everyone! I'm a 17 year old female and I'm 5'4 and weigh 125 pounds. I used to weigh 147 at my highest so I am very proud of getting myself back to this much healthier weight and for maintaining this weight again for ~8 months. However I'm still unsatisfied with my weight when it comes to aesthetics and would prefer to be somewhere around 115 pounds. I have started to lift weights a bit and this is helping my body composition but I would really just like to be a bit smaller than I am right now too. I know how I can theoretically lose this weight: just continue to be in a calorie deficit. But I am having a lot of trouble sticking with a deficit lately, even a small deficit of 250 can sometimes make me extremely hungry and I will often end up binging because of this. I especially struggle at night, all day I feel a bit hungry but nothing that isn't manageable until late at night when it feels like I haven't eaten in days I get so hungry. I usually eat 3 meals in a 500 cal deficit: one around 10:30 am, one around 3-5 pm, and one around 7:30-10 pm. I just would really appreciate if anyone could give me some tips on how to lessen my hunger. I already eat high protein and high fiber, drink plenty of water, etc. I'm just overwhelmed with how impossible it seems to lose weight once you reach a point like I have and how slow it can be even if you succeed with it. Thank you for any advice!! [link] [comments] |
| Baby steps but...I am proud of myself today! Posted: 20 May 2021 02:48 PM PDT Roughly 3 years ago, I was about 100lbs less than I am now. I had worked really hard for 2-3 years to lose a significant amount (it ended up being around 110lbs lost) and reached my goal. Life happened: some bad things, some really awesome things, lots of stressful things...we all know how it goes. I gained nearly all of it back. I spent a long time beating myself up over this, being overwhelmed by starting over, etc. To compound matters, I had a foot reconstruction back in 2009 that did not heal correctly, leaving me with arthritis and varying levels of pain in it constantly. Losing weight and taking the pressure off of it is the best thing for it- simple physics - but not easy to push through initially. I've been gradually being more active, being more mindful about food, and have had some success with a 20lb loss so far -- but I've had this bizarre block up about working out. And I used to really enjoy it! Today I said no more...it's time. Got through a fairly tough workout for the first time in a long time, and I feel like a million bucks! I have a long ways to go still, but this time around I am being kinder to myself overall, and I'm really hopeful that I've turned a corner and lost that mental block! If you've read this all, thank you so much! It helps to share and know I'm not alone in this battle. Take care of yourselves through the journey! [link] [comments] |
| Seeking some dieting advice for my very limited kitchen situation Posted: 20 May 2021 11:37 PM PDT Hello! New person here, hoping for some help from all you nice people with my current circumstances. I'm M/31, 5'11", and some amount over 300 lbs (I haven't weighed myself in quite some time, no scale, but last time I did I was hovering around 300 even, and have only gotten noticeably larger since). After a couple recent health scares (and no health insurance), I've finally decided enough is enough, and I need to start losing weight right now. In a super-duper perfect world, I'd love to weigh in the 225-250 range within a couple years from now. At present, my girlfriend and I live together in what basically amounts to a studio apartment, but, there is no kitchen. We live out of a mini-fridge college dorm style, and own a microwave, toaster, and a Ninja Foodi air fryer/grill combo. No oven/stove. We have access to a freezer but it isn't ours alone. We have to do dishes in the bathroom sink. Clearly, far from ideal lol. All this meaning what food we are physically able to cook and store is severely limited. (Non-perishables we do have plenty of room for, thankfully.) I'm here today seeking ideas on where to begin, food-wise, that would help me start a successful weight loss journey, but also work within the very stupid confines that we have. My knowledge about dieting is very limited, but I'm a fast learner and very eager to do so! I know obviously I should eat an apple instead of a bag of chips, of course. Water instead of soda, check. But, I'm not as well versed in terms of full meals, both what I should be making, and how much of it I should be making. For breakfast, I've almost always just eaten cereal for years now, but should I be starting my day much differently? As for lunches and dinners, I'm totally lost honestly. Even when it comes to snacking, how much is too much, even if my snacks are actually healthy? Any and all help in the food department would be so greatly appreciated more than words can describe. Besides this, I am going to start going on walks in my neighborhood, trying to ween myself into being being more physically active (from my current baseline of doing literally nothing lol). I'm also hoping to be able to buy a bike at some point in the near future (though I don't know where I would store it, fitting the theme for my present living situation). Basically, I know I need to get off my ass and get out there, doing something that's even remotely more productive than typing on a computer all day. If anybody has any ideas on activities that would help burn some weight that's easy for a fat dude to get into, I'm all ears my friends haha. I thank everyone sincerely for reading this and for any advice you can provide! I hope you all have a wonderful day and upcoming weekend! [link] [comments] |
| 24-Hour Pledge - Friday, 21 May 2021 - The Plan for Today! Posted: 20 May 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
Thanks to /u/nofollowthrough who made the 24-Hour Pledge an ongoing /r/loseit institution. Due to space limitations, this may be a sticky only occasionally. Please find it daily using the sidebar or top message. --- On reddit, your *vote* means, *"I found this interesting"* (...read more about [**voting on reddit**](https://www.reddit.com/wiki/voting)) --- [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Friday, 21 May 2021: Today, I conquered! Posted: 20 May 2021 10:01 PM PDT The habit of persistence is the habit of victory! Celebrating something great? Scale Victory, Non-Scale Victory, Progress, Milestones -- this is the place! Big or small, long or short, please post here and help us focus all of today's awesomeness into an inspiring and informative mega-dose of greatness! (Details are appreciated!! How are you losing your weight?) * Did you just change your flair? pass a milestone? reach a goal? * Did you log for an entire week? or year? * Did you take the stairs? walk a mile? jog for 3? set a new personal record? * Fit into your old pair of jeans? throw away your fat clothes? fit into your college outfit? Post it here! This is the new, improved place for recording your acts of awesomeness! Due to space limitations, this may be an announcement (sticky) only occasionally. Please find it daily and keep it the hottest thing on /r/loseit! --- On Reddit your vote means, "I found this interesting!" Help us make this daily most the most read, most used, most interesting post on r/loseit by redding, commenting, and participating often! --- [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 May 2021 11:33 PM PDT It's not a big deal, in the past month I've lost a whole lot of weight (6kg woot woot) and it was falling off me. I knew intellectually that it was just water weight. But now the dramatic drops have stopped. And also I'm slowly going up the past couple of days? Like 100g a day. Not a huge deal, over all trend is down, and I know I'm eating less and healthier. I have been on this sub long enough to know that people just say "you didn't count your calories right" but I counted 1300 so even if I was off, in not off by a thousand which is what I would need to even start gaining weight. Anyway, I'm here I guess to seek reassurance that this is normal. I'm going over to my brother's for a barbecue tomorrow and I want to be able to relax and trust the process, and listen to when I'm hungry and when I'm full and not worry too much about the actual count. Finally there have been victories this week. I am back into XXXL dresses, and I can put my arms around my husband properly and I managed to up our daily walks from 2km to 3km. So good things are happening, the scale is just bothering me. [link] [comments] |
| Day 1 of Getting My Life Together - 21 May 2021 Posted: 20 May 2021 09:47 PM PDT Nervous to post here but REALLY need some accountability! Over the past year and a half I've gained 35kg/77lb and it's time for me to start doing something about it. I've tried this whole past 6 months and I just keep falling off the wagon but I'm going to start posting here once a week for accountability. I'm currently battling BED so I know progress will be slow until I can get it under control (which is what put the weight on in the first place) Goals - Post here 1x a week to update progress - Lose 10kg by the end of 2021 - Stick to my daily calories (2000) - Drink 2.5L+ of water - Do SOME sort of movement daily - Aiming for 3x weight sessions and 4x light cardio - Build back up a healthy routine! I know losing 10kg in 6 months might seem pretty simple, but I know right now I'm climbing an uphill battle. While I have BED tendancies rn my mind is still very much towards AN thought patterns (which I was diagnosed with in 2014) so gaining this weight has been incredibly scary mentally.
I look forward to sharing my journey with you all and I hope you'll follow along [link] [comments] |
| You are subscribed to email updates from loseit - Lose the Fat. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States | |
No comments:
Post a Comment