Weight loss: I wish 300lb boyfriend would shut up! |
- I wish 300lb boyfriend would shut up!
- Finally made it under 200 pounds!
- I brought a scale. I've been "clean" for a week. I've lost my first "official" kilo. If I can do this, you can do this.
- Former alcoholic down 20 pounds and sober
- I am fat and I've had enough
- 11 days in.
- SV: I finally reached the weight that I put my driver's license
- I'm too ashamed to go out anymore
- The gym anxiety response: “no one is paying attention” is false.
- Obese to Healthy weight in 12 months
- Lost 80 pounds! 21M 6'2 275-195
- It's totally fine if you don't want to take a before pic or progress pics.
- life is so much easier in a “normal” body
- Overcoming the anger towards myself(26F) for getting to this point
- I gained it back. I’m so uncomfortable. I don’t know what to do!
- Working on yourself IS the goal
- A tough year
- Adopting a “win the day” mindset and realizing I need more than motivation
- 24-Hour Pledge - Thursday, 20 May 2021 - The Plan for Today!
- Would you say portion control has a bigger impact on weight loss than just simply dieting / eating healthier?
- I just had a realisation
- I feel so guilty that I upped my calorie budget
- 522lbs of pure depression.
- Anyone here struggle with B.E.D?
| I wish 300lb boyfriend would shut up! Posted: 19 May 2021 03:53 PM PDT A tiny rant. I am F 45yrs old (CW 165, GW 145). He's 6ft, 300lbs. At 300lbs he has alllll the advise for how I should go about losing weight. "Eat earlier in the morning, calories are a myth, salads are stupid". Each bit of advice sounds dumber than the last. This is all coming from a man that eats pizza slices topped with french fries. I'm forced to ask obese pseudo Harper over here why his tips aren't working for him. Well that's because he's not really trying to lose weight. Oh, of course. I see. No matter how often I plead I can't get him to shut his trap about my weight loss efforts. If you see me measuring food SHUT UP. If you see me logging calories SHUT UP. Just shut up!! Thanks for letting me vent. [link] [comments] |
| Finally made it under 200 pounds! Posted: 19 May 2021 09:24 AM PDT Stats: 44M, 5'11, SW: 300+, CW:199, GW: As little body fat as possible I initially wasn't going to post my story but reading the other stories here has helped me to remain motivated so I thought, in honor of finally getting under 200 pounds for the first time in over 20 years, that I would share in the hope that it will help someone else. Eating for me was something that was both comforting and boredom alleviating. If I had a bad day, I would eat to make myself feel better. If I had a good day I would eat to celebrate. When I was in college in my 20s, I ballooned up to 260 pounds. The stress of my studies, getting dumped by my girlfriend at the time, and my father dealing with prostate cancer put me under a massive amount of stress and depression. The summer I graduated from college, I managed to lose 60 pounds by hiking and not having the money to be able to afford junk food. I would spend the morning looking for a job and the afternoon in the woods hiking. At the end of that summer, I finally found a job that I really liked and had moved out of my parents house and into my first apartment. I was an adult out on my own now and could do whatever I wanted! If I wanted to fill a huge bowl with Captain Crunch and spend Saturday morning eating it and watching TV, you better believe that I did it! I've always had a sweet tooth so after my dinner, I had to have something sweet or something with chocolate in it. At first it was a couple cookies, then some cookies and some ice cream. Slowly, the sweets started to ramp up, especially when I discovered all the free food that was available at work. I work in academic IT so it is not at all uncommon for a department to call us to come up and help get rid of leftovers from parties, conferences, and lectures. I always happily obliged and gorged myself on donuts, cookies, candies, all sorts of catering, and amazing amounts of delicious ethnic food. I would go to work, head up to our café for a sausage, egg, and cheese breakfast sandwich and chase it down with a chocolate chip muffin. Lunchtime would mean going to a restaurant on campus for pizza, fried food, or deli sandwiches. If we got back from lunch and a department had food; guess what? Second lunch! I would reason it with "This will just be an early dinner" or "It's not often we get this amazing BBQ/Thai/Greek/etc. food, I HAVE to eat it!" I would get home and still be full, but if the day was the tiniest bit stressful, then I would use that as an excuse to pick up a six pack of beer on the way home. At first, I would only have one or two beers, but that slowly began to grow to 4, 6, then 8 a night. You can see where this is going. My weight started to go up and I started to experience health problems from it: profuse sweating, being out of breath, aches in my joints, and acid reflux; just to name a few. I was in denial though, I didn't think I was fat, I didn't feel fat, and when I looked at myself in the mirror, I didn't see a fat guy. Besides, what did it matter? Everyone else I saw was fat, I'm normal; this is normal and I'm just acting like everyone else. "At least I'm not 300 pounds" I would think. And then one day I was 300 pounds. Actually, I don't know what the exact weight was because my bathroom scale maxes out at 300 pounds so when I stepped on it it just said "ERR" and would error out. I knew I had put on weight and gotten fatter, my shirt size had gone up to 3x and those were starting to get tight too, but I hadn't realized that it had gotten so bad. I had a doctors appointment coming up and I was terrified as to what he would say to me. This is getting long already so I'll sum it up with this: over the course of a year, I was put on blood pressure medication, then cholesterol medication, then a few months later in a follow up appointment, he told me my insulin levels were getting dangerously high and I would likely wind up becoming diabetic. That terrified me and I knew it was time to make some changes. I started small; instead of eating two big bowls of cheese covered pasta every night, I only had one and a half, then just one. I stopped buying cookies and sweets and started buying almonds and cashews for snacking. I slowly started replacing foods and cutting back. Then I started to incorporate exercise in to my daily routine. I started just taking the stairs at work, then that progressed to me taking walks on my lunch break around campus. The weight was starting to come off and I was thrilled! Then, one day I was looking at Facebook and saw an old friend of mine that posted a picture of himself that blew me away! He used to be big like me but had started lifting weights and the photo I saw of him was his progress after a couple years of lifting. He was ripped! I wanted to look like that too! I think most guys would get jealous, but I wanted to look like that so badly. I was afraid to ask him though, I was so embarrassed by my weight and the way I looked. Instead I posted on my Facebook page looking for anyone who was selling or getting rid of old weight lifting gear that I could use to try and get started. My friend saw it and reached out (like the good friend he is) and helped me come up with a routine that I have been working off of (and have since modified) ever since. Fast forward to today: I only eat whole foods and make sure to stay within my macros, I walk at least 3.5 miles a day, and I've started lifting weights. I have completely cut out alcohol from my life and I used to have a big goatee to hide my double chin, but now that you can actually see my jawline, I decided that I didn't need it anymore and shaved it off. I can now fit in to a large sized t-shirt and be comfortable in it. My doctor appointment that I had 2 weeks ago was the first time I ever went in and came out happy-- My doctor told me that I made his week and he loves seeing people who have made the progress that I have made. My confidence and self esteem used to be horrible and I hated myself, but now that I look and feel better, that has gone up considerably. I've always considered myself fat and ugly, but that's changing, albeit slowly (I am the hardest person I've ever had to love). I've started dressing better now that I can fit in to regular clothes, I've gotten in to men's fragrances, and have been reading up on men's fashion and style. This past weekend I took my dog to go see a local band my friend plays in and was stunned by the amount of women that flirted with me-- that never happened to me before! Here's some tips that really helped me:
YOU GOT THIS! YOU CAN DO IT! If my fat-ass can do it, so can you! :) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 May 2021 02:54 AM PDT So, I've been obese for 30 years now (F46). Growing up with parents who put me on a diet at the age of 11 and obsessed about my weight (when I was at a perfectly normal weight) distorted my relationship with food. If I was already fat, I might as well continuing eating (and avoiding actually looking at the effect that weight was having on my body) was how I thought of it. I slowly ballooned to what I can only assume was around 200 kilos (I never weighed myself) at my highest. Sometimes I lost a little weight but generally I put more on. Fat was my armor. Then a few years ago I started caring a little more about my weight. About the aches and pains I was feeling prematurely. About the fear of what I had done and was continuing to do to myself. About the fact that if I carried on like this, I would die 20 years earlier. I started small. I cut out soft drinks, then reduced junk food, and tried to mainly make healthy meals and I lost some weight (still wasn't weighing myself, so I don't know how much, but my face and clothes told me I had). I carried on like this for a while, but not tracking, not weighing myself, not taking it seriously caught up to me, and the weight I had lost started creeping back on. Last week I said enough. I ordered a scale, downloaded a calorie tracking app, and started CICO. Then the scale arrived and told me I weight 151.1 kilos (that's like 340bs). I couldn't quite believe it, but I wasn't even upset. It didn't derail me or make me think it was pointless even trying (the reaction I expected and was prepared to fight). The number didn't actually matter - it just gave me a reference point to work from. Instead, I continued logging my food, tracking my calories, and attempting to move my ass, even just a little. Today I'm 1 kilo down. And I will continue, day in day out, not forbidding myself anything, but making sure I log and track. That way, I don't feel deprived (our brains are not very nice to us) or tempted. Some days it will be easy, other days like today I'll feel like I need to eat the planet, but I know it's just my brain fighting me so I drink some more water and wait for the feeling to pass. It's going to be a long journey - I need to lose over half of me - but I am going to take it one determined step at a time, because I am worth taking care of. I know I can't be the only mid-40's person out there still fighting to normalize their relationship with food and take better care of themselves, but it sometimes feels like I am, so I wanted to put this out there in case anyone else is in the same boat to say, you've got this! [link] [comments] |
| Former alcoholic down 20 pounds and sober Posted: 19 May 2021 04:04 PM PDT 28 male 6'0" SW:291 CW: 269.8 GW: ~190 Used to love bodybuilding when I was younger, gained a good amount of muscle but anxiety and depression derailed me. Became an alcoholic, drinking everyday and being miserable. Gained 90 pounds over 10 years. Girlfriend told me it was her or alcohol. I chose her but more importantly chose my health. This was in March. I set my mind to it. Overnight I cut out alcohol, soda, pizza, fried food, chips, snacks, etc. If I want a snack I'll have a protein bar or a protein shake. Eat lots of grilled chicken and vegetables. Everyday it gets easier and my mind has gotten far stronger because of it. Girlfriend and her son have pretty poor diets, lots of pizza, chips and other high caloric foods. No problem with self control, I can watch them eat and do not crave the bad stuff I would eat with them. Truthfully my appetite isn't what it used to be and I have a hard time eating my daily calories. I feel AMAZING. My anxiety and depression have decreased significantly. Back in the gym lifting and walking 3 miles a day. I hope I'm able to motivate others who are struggling, you can overcome anything with discipline. Be a better friend to yourself. We will all get there. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 May 2021 07:13 AM PDT Hello everyone This is my first time posting in r / loseit and here is the obligatory "sorry for my bad english" I don't know if anyone wants to see that at all, but I think it still helps me if I share it all. I am 25F, 1.70cm / 5feet7 and currently 117kg / 258lbs and I am tired of my laziness. For the longest time I didn't know what to do. There isn't a sport I really like, so I relied on the right food for the most part. The problem is, a lot of foods don't taste good, and I only have a small selection of foods that I like and that are healthy at the same time. Everyone told me to definitely eat xy-vegetables and xy-fruits. I listened to them and ate vegetables and fruit that I didn't like. I've done sports that I didn't like either, simply because they're so popular. It goes without saying that the whole thing was doomed to fail. I realized too late that it wouldn't work until I was comfortable with it. So through elimination processes I finally have an idea what sport I do and what food I eat It's really not much, and nothing special either, but for the first time I can have fun losing weight. I am sharing all of this for accountability. I will walk 20k steps every day and eat the healthy food that I actually like. The 20k steps could be done in 3 hours, and I have enough time for it, and it's actually quite fun. I want to do it. I know I want this. Even if I fail one day, I won't beat myself up for it, and just keep going the next day. This subreddit helps me stay tuned, thank you all! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 May 2021 11:30 AM PDT I weighed myself a month ago. I topped the scales at 500lbs. To say that I was depressed is an understatement. I lost 25lbs through diet over a month. And then ballooned back up to 495. I got ghosted by a girl that I just wanted to be friends with. The indifference is what really sparked me to lose weight. I wanted to challenge myself to lose 31 pounds by my 31st birthday at the end of June. I am 30 years old, 6'5 and have never been able to control how I eat. So I started started doing calories in and calories out. With exercising everyday. I have been doing DDPYOGA and swimming or walking for an hour everyday. Tracking my calories on MyFitnessPal. 11 days in I have lost 24lbs. It sucked at the beginning but everyday it is getting easier. Edit: thank you for the Gold!! Thank you all for the comments I'm trying to get back to them all! [link] [comments] |
| SV: I finally reached the weight that I put my driver's license Posted: 19 May 2021 09:55 AM PDT F24 5'1" SW: 202.4 CW: 165 GW: 120 I moved to a new state six years ago and just around two years ago I actually got around to transferring my driver's license over from my old state because I finally bought myself a car. I had known that I had gained weight since I got my last license (which listed 150 lbs, and was also a guess) but I didn't weigh myself before I got to the DMV so I just put 165 on the new one, and I shrugged and guesstimated it was approximately accurate. I've never been treated as anything more than a cute sort of chubby by anyone in my family, so clearly I couldn't have an obese BMI right? around 7-8 months ago I stepped on the scale and OMG? I was over 200 pounds! 38.25 BMI! WELL into obesity! Through the power of CICO and HIIT + walking, I've been working to get down to where I am now, and today I stepped on the scale: 165.0 pounds exactly. My driver's license is no longer a lie!!! If I get pulled over a cop can't look at me and say "Woof that seems generous" when they see my weight. The next time I go in to get my license renewed I can put an even LOWER weight! Maybe by then I'll even be at maintenance! my next huge goal is to get down to what I put on my first license back from my last state, and from there I'm going to cannonball it all the way down to my goal. 37.4 pounds down! I'm almost half way to my end goal! This is insane! [link] [comments] |
| I'm too ashamed to go out anymore Posted: 19 May 2021 10:29 AM PDT For context, I (27F) used to be at an ideal and even athletic body type about 6 years ago. I've hiked the Appalachian Trail and done 25+ mile day hikes but due to badly treated chronic depression, stress from a traumatic abusive relationship, and now a back injury exacerbated by exercise, I am now almost twice, possibly three times my ideal body weight. I'm no longer in any shape to hike anymore (which had added tremendously to my self hate and depression) and... I'm really not pretty anymore. Before, I was a kind of a boyish-faced athletic type on most days and an alternative queen on my best (lol). I look incredibly young for my age and have been compared to a "cute anime character" with my eyes and hair. Not trying to brag here lol but people used to compliment my butt all the time. I didn't think much about what all this meant at the time but now I do. I started noticing even just 40 pounds overweight that people in public stopped complimenting me. Then i noticed as I got heavier that people in public would completely ignore my existence at best and look downright offended and annoyed by it at best. Those kindly ol southern gentlemen stopped holding the door for me, people smiled less. My outfits looked frumpy and unclean now on my body shape. That booty I was so proud of and everyone loved has become flat, saggy, generally misshapen and not becoming at all. My boyfriend used to talk nonstop about it or ask for pics and now... not so much. I noticed my hair had changed... its not thin and unruly. Even in the same hairstyles as when I was thinner, it now doesn't look "boyish/messy cute" but now lazy and off putting. My eyes have sunken in with my bigger face and I look 10 years older now. Then the real kicker: I noticed even my family stopped comppimenting me. They used to say how great I looked, asked me about my latest hike or adventure, invited me on vacations and trips. Now... nothing. They're still friendly to me, sure, but i can tell they maybe feel sorry for me. To make things worse, my obese cousin slimmed down tremendously and now everyone gushes over how amazing he looks and how athletic he is now, how handsome, etc. I can tell that sometimes when they do that, they're probably wondering what went wrong for me. If i talk about my boyfriend now, i swear I can see them kind of wondering how I have one... Because of all this, I'm afraid and ashamed to even go out and attempt to exercise. I feel like people aren't seeing the real me, just a frumpy, obese woman. I feel like if I talk about my past adventures that they don't believe me. I'm sorry for the long rant, I just had to get this off my chest and I didn't know where else to do it. Thanks to anyone who reads this for taking the time and if anyone has any advice or similar personal experiences, I'm forever grateful for it and all ears ❤ xoxo - Nicole [link] [comments] |
| The gym anxiety response: “no one is paying attention” is false. Posted: 19 May 2021 12:14 PM PDT First, this is only my opinion. Now, anytime I've told a coach or trainer that I hate going to the gym because I feel like everyone can sense that I'm new, they respond with "no one notices you or cares." And i know anxiety makes everything heightened. But I know for a fact when I walk around the gym looking for equipment or what to do that people are looking at me because... I see them. One time I got over myself and went, there were a group of guys watching me in the free weight area because I was doing a functional movement (so it was a little jumpy- hard not to notice I get it) but I ended up leaving because I couldn't stand it anymore. What about all of those "FAIL" videos online of people at the gym? I see it on Instagram stories, TikTok, etc. People ARE paying attention. Maybe this is just my horrible social anxiety talking but I hate hearing that response. [link] [comments] |
| Obese to Healthy weight in 12 months Posted: 19 May 2021 10:21 PM PDT Hey everyone, I'm a 26 year old guy, I'm 6' 3" and was 300 lbs May 27th, 2020. Today, May 19th, 2021 I'm 197.8 lbs. I'm officially considered healthy weight according to BMI. It's been a journey, mostly mental. Here are some things I've learned: 1) Change your Situation - I was working from 10am to 6/7pm every day. I would skip lunch and never cooked. I am not a morning person so I would sleep in until the last minute and not have time to get breakfast before work. By the time I got off work I would be starving and I would binge eat. By waking up earlier, having breakfast before work, having lunch and dinner meal-prepped has helped me so much. I no longer over eat or binge eat impulsively from being starving by the end of the day. 2) When you eat is more important than what you eat - I love chocolate. I always get dessert cravings after dinner. I would get midnight snack cravings and eat before bed. Now, I no longer eat after 6pm. I let myself have chocolate still but I eat it in the morning so I can burn off the calories throughout the day. I no longer eat directly before bed. 3) Listen to your body - I didn't understand what my body was asking for. I still get cravings for milkshakes sometimes, but now I know that it means I'm starving. That is my body's way of saying I've gone too long without eating. I also will crave chocolate or peanut butter when I'm thirsty. I noticed I always drink after eating peanut butter and my body when it is super dehydrated will give me a peanut butter craving. 4) cut out stress - I was stress eating a lot. I had no energy after work to do anything. I didn't have energy to pursue a hobby like take a painting class or go to yoga, I just would eat my feelings after work everyday. Now I will do other things to de-stress like get a massage or go for a walk. 5) stopped making food social - for me, going out to dinner and grabbing drinks with friends has always been a big social thing for me. I no longer meet friends to eat. I will meet friends to go on a walk, or go see a show, etc. 6) stopped daily calorie tracking - I now think of my food intake on a weekly basis. If Monday is my friend's birthday and I'm going to eat cake and pasta, I'll just eat very little on Tuesday, and go for a run on Wednesday. Basically it's ok to have a high calorie day every now and then, you just have to balance it out with a low calorie day or a high workout day. 7) stopped working out - for the first 50 lbs I stopped going to the gym because I would be so hungry after lifting that I would get fast food on the way home. It was better for me to eat healthy and not workout. I only recently started working out because I can cook all my meals now, and I plan to be hungry after the gym, so I have dinner already waiting for me when I get home. 8) walking is better than running - it's better to walk every day then to go running and be too tired that you take off three days in a row to recover. In general, daily activity is better than intense activity. Take it easy in the gym, don't push yourself so hard that you won't be able to walk the next day or workout 9) find your triggers - certain people, environments, and situations trigger me to over eat. I stopped drinking alcohol because it makes me impulsively eat (aka drunchies) and I ended a few friendships because I noticed I always feel insecure or anxious after seeing those "friends" 10) my last piece of advice is to stop trying to change your body or compare yourself to other people. If you eat healthy and stay active, your body will do its job and get fit. If you just focus on eating well and walking everyday, the body will come as a result of that. Stay present everyday and choose to eat well and walk. Find a way to motivate yourself. The last 40 lbs I really doubted myself and kept researching what I should be eating, etc. I kept telling myself I must be doing something wrong and I was afraid of hitting a plateau. I think this doubt was me not believing in myself and I almost gave up many times. But remember to practice patience, all you need is time and the weight will come off. Good luck to everyone! [link] [comments] |
| Lost 80 pounds! 21M 6'2 275-195 Posted: 19 May 2021 02:03 PM PDT Hey everyone, I honestly never thought I would be making this post but I've finally lost the weight I've always wanted to lose and honestly I wanted to make this post to prove to you not to give up and stick with it! Here's a bit of backstory. Growing up I was always the big kid, played football and basketball but I was always chubby. Last year when I went of to University I really ballooned, at my heaviest I was 278 pounds and miserable, I was in a dark spot and I finally decided I needed to do something. I started going to the gym, going for runs and using the stationary bike, but the biggest thing I fixed was my diet. Diet was key to me as I basically ate like sh*t all the time, and that what got me to the 278 pound mark. I'm here to tell you that you don't need to buy fancy supplements and super foods, all you need to do is just put yourself into a calorie deficit! I started at approximately a 500 calorie deficit and then worked out almost daily to increase that deficit to something like 800-900. It took me about 8 months of strict dieting to get to the point I am now but honestly once you get past the mental side of eating, you can just keep on pushing! I have a long way to go but here are some before and after pics: Before at 276lbs: https://imgur.com/a/x49EBdK After pics at 195lbs: https://imgur.com/a/nWFJDAy Like I said I'm still a bit shy hence why I cropped out my face but I'm just making this post for the people who are down in the dumps right now or maybe you put on some weight during the covid lockdowns. If I can do it so can you, get out there and change your life!! Sorry to sound all preachy lol. Feel free to ask any questions in the comments, I'll do my best to answer them! [link] [comments] |
| It's totally fine if you don't want to take a before pic or progress pics. Posted: 19 May 2021 08:24 AM PDT I just wanted to post to say I am super glad I didn't take a before picture. I've done it before and it just never worked for me, I'd feel guilty and exposed and give up before I even started. Or it would just motivate me to "get healthy today" and make me go from zero to 100 from day 1, which just led to burnout once the weight loss slowed. This time I didn't take a before picture and the first week of my diet I didn't change my diet at all, just gathered information about my current diet, I didn't add any exercise until well into month 2. It was a slow ramp up. I didn't think of foods as clean or "superfoods" or bad or whatever, if it fit in my 500 calorie/day deficit I allowed it in small amounts. I don't feel deprived, the weight loss is slow but steady and I recently hit 6 months of tracking and 30 pounds down since November. This is the longest I have stuck with anything and since I can still have all my favorite high calorie or high sugar foods in moderation this is something I will stick with forever. It just feels like I'm discovering lots of new low calorie yummy foods but I don't make myself eat anything I don't enjoy just because "its good for me". I have increased to close to 10 k steps a day from less than a 1000, I feel stronger and I have more stamina. Sure I don't have a convenient before picture in the same outfit for my after pic, nor do I have side by side progress pics. I have old pictures where I look bigger and newer pictures where I look smaller. If progress pics help motivate you then super. I know for some people it helps visualize recompositon changes. But if you are flirting with a diet but too shy or self conscious to take a before pic or progress pics... don't. Just start. [link] [comments] |
| life is so much easier in a “normal” body Posted: 19 May 2021 06:06 PM PDT I (21F) went from 237 lbs to ~160 lbs in 2018-2019, and have essentially maintained since then. I'm still not small or thin by any standards at 5'8. But my daily life and my interactions with people now compared to when I was at my heaviest? It's like comparing night and day. I recently finished my first year of law school and attended a little celebratory dinner with my study groupmates. One of my groupmates had made joke t-shirts and had ordered a few in each of the standard sizes (S,M,L) so we could take a picture. Three years ago, I would have been so embarrassed to either have to force myself into a shirt that obviously didn't fit, or I wouldn't have been able to participate at all. Now, the women's large fit loosely. During dinner, I didn't even think about what other people thought of my eating or wonder if they were judging me. But 2018 me would have been terrified and self-conscious about eating too much compared to everyone else or looking like a fat stereotype. There are so many other small instances that I can reflect on in my daily life, but these really hit home for me when I was looking back at pictures from the event. Back in 2018, my body would have ruined the night for me or at least stressed me out to a great degree. Now, I can mentally be in the moment and focus on interacting with my friends. I'm sure there is something to be said for being thin and beautiful, and I am working on losing more weight this summer while I'm in not in school and have the mental energy to focus on weight loss. But for me, just being able to function and be treated as a "normal," "standard" person is really great, too. And much more attainable than being considered "thin." [link] [comments] |
| Overcoming the anger towards myself(26F) for getting to this point Posted: 19 May 2021 03:03 PM PDT Between February of last year and this past week, I've put on 62 pounds( 139 to 201). I knew I was getting heavy but avoided the scale so I didn't have to see the truth, I just bought clothes, outgrew, bought, outgrew, and ate. I think the lockdown and various other stresses played a role. Not really going out much or seeing those close to me played a role because after awhile I was like, " Nobody's gonna see, so, why cares how I look?" Recently I saw friends and family and for the first time in a year plus they saw me from more than just over FaceTime and Zoom and they were shocked. I'm mad I let myself go. I'm mad I created this issue and now have created this long road back to a normal weight. Has anyone else experienced this and knows how to handle it? [link] [comments] |
| I gained it back. I’m so uncomfortable. I don’t know what to do! Posted: 19 May 2021 10:02 PM PDT 27F 5'4 SW: 216 CW: 212 GW: 140. In 2019 I got down to 173. I felt so confident and healthy. I wasn't hot all the time and busting out of my clothes. I got put on Remeron and got a ferocious appetite and gained all the weight back. I have tried for about a year to lose the weight again. I did it before! Why can't I do it now? Is there something wrong with me? I originally lost weight by CICO. This time around I have tried CICO again, weight watchers, weight loss clinic, intermittent fasting, cutting out sugar and processed food. It only ends in frustration. I see people losing weight and wonder why that can't be me. Apart from not liking how I look, I feel hot all the time, I get out of breath doing almost nothing, my clothes don't ever fit right, and my belly is almost always upset. I just want to feel comfortable and like when I see myself in the mirror. The absolute worst part is that I got married two months ago and got my wedding pictures back and I can only see how fat I am, not how happy I am or anything else. It sucks. How do I lose the weight again? I want to take pictures with my husband that I want to actually show people. :( [link] [comments] |
| Working on yourself IS the goal Posted: 19 May 2021 06:48 PM PDT Hi loseit community. I have received so much encouragement and inspiration from the posts in this sub. I am emerging (like so many cicadas) from pandemic winter having gained 12ish pounds, after hitting my weight goal last June. Over the last 10 weeks, I have been cycling through strict CICO, running/not running, alcohol abstinence, playing around with intuitive eating, and generally hating my calorie tracking app and my scale. I lost barely 3 pounds. My reaction to the early pandemic days (I also had a baby somewhere in there) was to strictly control my calories and optimize my exercise, which happened to put me in the best shape of my life and about 55 pounds off my heaviest. I am working incredibly hard now to remind myself of the following: 1)this is not a race to some mythical finish line. 2)if I'm taking good care of my body, then I'm winning. 3)every pound not gained is just as important as every pound lost. 4)choosing to do the work is the reward. If you are choosing to care for yourself for the first time or the 59th time , you are winning, and I will root for you today and tomorrow! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 May 2021 04:58 PM PDT Before covid hit I was in really good shape. I watched what I ate and worked out 5 days a week. My contract ended with an employer and I went to another company (I work in the engineering side of oil & gas) knowing they were working a lot of OT. I was looking forward to the extra money and thought a little break from the gym couldn't hurt. Not even a week later we got sent home to work and I was putting in even more OT from home, 80+ hours a week. I was asked all the time how I found time to workout, with a full time job and two small children and I would always tell them "I make time". Working that much I literally didn't have time for anything else but work and a few hours at most with my kids. All that lasted for about a year. In that year I really let myself go. I've gained 50lbs, I snore super loud (says my wife). I'm always tired. I run out of fucking breath when I lean over to tie my shoes. I'm absolutely disgusted with myself! There's no one else else blame but myself. I've tried getting back into the routine of going to the gym, but I find myself lacking enthusiasm and self discipline to go. If you're reading this and you're experiencing the same thing, then hopefully I can help motivate you! This is my vow to get off my ass and put in the work. Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today! I'm ready to start getting my body and mind healthy! [link] [comments] |
| Adopting a “win the day” mindset and realizing I need more than motivation Posted: 19 May 2021 05:49 PM PDT No matter what goal I've set in life, I've always found that I have very little patience for actually reaching it. I want to be at the goal RIGHT NOW and struggle to maintain the drive and commitment needed over the long term to actually achieve it. Impatience is part of who I am as a person, but I've stop letting it be a reason I give up. Instead, I've adopted a "win the day" mindset, rather than a mindset that constantly wants to look ahead to the end goal. All I need to do - all I CAN do - is win today. Whether that means staying within my calorie goal, drinking my gallon of water, hitting my steps, or staying in my intermittent fasting window, I can do it and win today. Tomorrow? It doesn't exist. My ultimate goal weight? Nope, not going to think about it. Just today, that's all I can control and all I want to focus on. Additionally, motivation? It's for the birds. Sure, it's great to have that "I'm gonna kick ass, take names, give it all I've got" feeling. That feeling is amazing. It also doesn't last. Give me discipline over motivation any day. I'd rather never feel motivation again in exchange for the ability to continually push and plod along, baby step by baby step. That's where it's at. Shoutout to everyone else out there just putting in the work - I see you and I believe you can succeed. [link] [comments] |
| 24-Hour Pledge - Thursday, 20 May 2021 - The Plan for Today! Posted: 19 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] |
| Posted: 20 May 2021 12:52 AM PDT New to the sub though have been lurking for a while. Sorry if this has been posted already, don't recall having seen smth similar!! Before I start my stage: 5"2, 129, F. 34. I started my weight loss transformation two months ago (before I was still active but not really watching food, or actively trying to lose). I've only lost 8lbs and have been fluctuating between the same lbs (127-130) for at least 3 weeks now. I have been eating healthier but not losing as much as I thought I would so I was wondering what people's experience have been with portion control vs healthy eating for weight loss? As the problem for me could potentially be how much I'm eating as opposed to what I'm eating? An example is I'll have salmon on rye bread but then eat a lot of fruit and berries that obviously puts me at a higher total intake of calories. My question is - Did you find that portion control has a bigger impact on your weight loss than simply just eating healthy / clean? I'm working out everyday so I don't want to do OMAD- but as weight loss is 80% diet I'm wondering if I'm doing smth wrong in that regard? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 May 2021 12:20 AM PDT Weight loss is "automatic". Using the TDEE calculator, I learned that I have a basal metabolic rate. Taking into account my age, size and so on, my calories used to stay alive is the same regardless of when I'm up and about or in a coma. Additional calories burnt by being active are a "bonus", if you like. So I will use X calories per day whether I do anything or not (2500 in my case). I don't "need" to exercise to lose weight, I don't even "need" to eat well (I do). The only thing I need to do, my part of the bargain, is not to OVERFEED. If I limit myself to X minus 500 calories, I will automatically lose weight. [link] [comments] |
| I feel so guilty that I upped my calorie budget Posted: 19 May 2021 07:20 PM PDT Hey awesome humans! I'm a 6'1" 30 year old female. I decided I wanted to lose weight fast once the scale hit 195, so I cut back to 1000 calories a day. It really worked and I lost 22 lbs in 6 weeks and I'm down to 173. Unfortunately, I've been feeling super lightheaded and weak and sick, so I decided to up my calorie budget to 1300. In retrospect, I do not recommend this calorie budget, particularly not to someone my height. I ate 1300 calories today, and I have so much more energy and feel a lot better physically. However, I feel so guilty and like I "cheated" on my plan. How do I get over this guilt and eat like a normal person? Has anyone else experienced anything like this? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 May 2021 10:47 AM PDT So, I just joined this subreddit for some motivation and help. The stories here are amazing and I'm really happy to be a member. Being my size has never been easy, I was 400lbs at 15 years old and I lost a bunch but then my mother died and I put it all back on and then some. I'm 31 now and 522lbs. I need help. The US Government also deems that I'm not disabled even though I can hardly move out of my house so I have no income. I used to work but since covid my mobility and lung function has become so awful I can't anymore. Two big questions as a newbie here, does anyone know anywhere that pays you to lose weight? Like... seems in a world where you get millions for doing food challenges there should be a similar niche for losing weight no? As well, anyone have any tips of how to cut down cravings? [link] [comments] |
| Anyone here struggle with B.E.D? Posted: 19 May 2021 07:37 AM PDT I'm working with a psychiatrist and a therapist about getting into a support group, but the recommended group isn't accepting members for a few months (it has hit its limit of patients because they meet under COVID restrictions). My binge eating disorder is out of control. I know that no one here is a doctor, but it would help to see how others with the same problem have lost weight. It seems like I get all of my pleasure/happiness from food. It's what brings me the most joy, and I hate that. All I'm ever looking forward to is my next meal or next treat or next opportunity to eat when everyone else has gone to bed. It's not even hunger. It's this awful feeling in my brain. Like, hunger from the stomach, but in my head. Incessant, pervasive, gnawing, refusing to be ignored. My family buys and eats a lot of junk food. I'm not in a financial situation where I can consistently buy my own food. A fair amount of the people in my family are trying to put on weight because of low BMI (doctor's orders). How do you stop giving in? How do you mitigate your binges? How did you deal with being around trigger foods all of the time? Any advice is appreciated. Thank you. Edit: Thank you all for your advice! I'm reading and upvoting all of your comments. Much appreciated. ❤️ [link] [comments] |
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