Weight loss: If you have lost weight and you’re still wearing your old clothes... |
- If you have lost weight and you’re still wearing your old clothes...
- SV - Down 90 lbs in 6 Months
- Got under the 200lbs, 7lbs lost in a month. Feeling great
- Finally hit 140 lbs!
- NSV: I ran a half marathon today
- Set an “Oh $hit!” Weight for yourself. Even if you start gaining again, it helps you from gaining too much back.
- I have become completely addicted to food and I feel so hopeless.
- An uncomfortable reminder of why I'm doing it
- Screwing up sometimes is okay. Self sabotage is not.
- I (F) lost 100 lbs and I noticed my female friends acting weird when I'm around their boyfriends and it hurts me because I feel somehow guilty of I don't know what.
- Down 4 pounds since my first weigh in! Not much but I'm glad!
- Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Sunday, 30 May 2021? Start here!
- I’m finally under 200lbs!
- Discouraged
- Feeling better, but a long way to go still! SW: 380, CW: 317, GW: 230 (pics inside)
- I'm taking a year to do it all over again. ��
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 29
- My biggest motivator for losing weight
- NSV: having snacks that are healthy ready made is a game changer.
- At my lowest weight but looking fatter than I have been? (Fat is softer)
- I don’t want to spam but I didn’t want my last post to be a big essay of nonsense
- I'm finally below 100kg!
- Advice for eating at an Italian restaurant?
| If you have lost weight and you’re still wearing your old clothes... Posted: 29 May 2021 05:37 PM PDT Bite the bullet if you're financially able and get some that fit! I lost 57 lbs last year and never did update my wardrobe thanks to COVID. I wear scrubs to work, so really just have been wearing whatever on the weekends. Until today. I tried on some size 12 shorts and medium tops, and I felt HOT for the first time in years. I was previously busting out of size 18 bottoms and in a snug fit with XL shirts. I'm still not to my goal, but haven't been trying to be for months. I'm now motivated again and no longer wearing tents that do nothing for my figure. Any other tricks for motivation after a long break from calorie counting? Thankfully already into exercise. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 29 May 2021 06:34 PM PDT I have attempted to lose weight several times over my life, and have succeeded and failed to varying degrees. Prior to this story, I had lost 80 lbs (455 lbs down to 375 lbs). After that weight loss, I decided to stop trying and, over the next 2 years, gained 140 lbs. I was the heaviest I had ever been in my life. I started this leg of my weight loss journey back in November of 2020. I was 512 lbs when the company I work with took a trip to Florida. I was excited to go, but very apprehensive because getting on a plane at 512 lbs was not going to be fun. I was concerned that I was going to make anyone who sat next to me very uncomfortable because I was so big and would be, very much, in their space. Despite all my apprehension, I decided to go. The flight wasn't terrible, but it was very uncomfortable. Luckily, the plane wasn't too full and there was an empty seat between me and the next passenger. We landed in Miami and the humidity caused me to start sweating immediately, and I didn't stop sweating the entire time we were outdoors. We stayed in a giant, 6-bedroom house with a swimming pool. Everyone else who went was incredibly fit, or relatively fit. They all went out and enjoyed the beach, walking around town, seeing the sites. I stayed in the house, sitting on the couch, playing the Nintendo Switch and swam in the pool. I felt weightless in the pool and it was a nice break from the incessant pain of my obese body crushing my bones and joints. During that week, I think I left the house 3 times. Everyone invited me out to go with them, but I new that I would be miserable at the beach and walking everywhere would just cause me to be a huge sweaty mess once we got where we were going, so I thanked them for inviting me and just stayed inside. When we would go places to eat, I was too big to sit in a booth, the chairs for high-top tables are incredibly uncomfortable, and, for some crazy reason, all the normal chairs all had legs that stuck up higher than the seat, and it would stab into the backs of my legs. We moved a couple times so I could be comfortable, but after the third place we went to, and everyone asking me if we needed to move to another table, I couldn't be that guy anymore. We went to a very nice restaurant and they seated us in a booth. I literally had to squeeze my stomach into the booth so hard that I could barely breathe. It felt like my stomach was in my chest. Everyone I was with could see that I was miserable and asked if we needed to move (they were very sweet about it). I said no. I'm not going to make us move again. Not only does it suck for the staff working to have to move us to another table, it is so embarrassing. This dude's too fat to sit anywhere in the restaurant so they have to keep moving to accommodate him. I couldn't do it anymore, so I just sucked it up. The return flight was pretty much the same as the first, except I got an entire row to myself. After we got back from the trip, I was ready to make a change. And, luckily, a friend of mine told me that the owners of a local meal prep and supplement company wanted to meet with me. I said, sure, and we set up the meeting. The meeting went great and they said they wanted to help me. They provided me with about $1,000 worth of premade meals every month, as well as access to any supplements, protein, and anything else they had in their store. They said, whatever you need, just come in and get it. They gave me a unique coupon code, and I used that to get what I needed. All they wanted in return was for me to exercise (walking and going to the gym) and eat their meals. So I did. I started going to the gym 4 days a week, walked 2-3 times a day and ate only their premade meals, their protein and took their supplements. I did that for 5 months and lost about 80 lbs. The friend who told me about the meeting has a sister who is s personal trainer. I was talking with her one day and mentioned that someone told me that I should hire her as my personal trainer. She said, "I think you should too." So I did. I hired her as my personal trainer to work out with me 4 days a week. She also gives me weekend workouts to do on my own, so I've been working out 6 days a week for a month and a half. She has also completely revised my nutrition to be mostly plant-based. The pre-made meals that I had been eating were mainly protein and carbs - basically beef, turkey or chicken and rice. My new trainer has me eating mainly whole foods: kale, chickpeas, black beans, tofu, all kinds of fruit, quinoa, broccoli - things from the earth. This change in diet and exercise has quickly changed my physique, stamina, range of motion, and just my overall physical and mental health. I feel so freaking good now. They say to eat living things to feel alive, and I completely understand what that means now. Before, I was eating mainly dead animals and I felt sluggish and tired all the time, now I'm eating plants and I feel great! Here's a TMI example of the improvement of my range of motion from the weight loss (I'll cover it up in case someone doesn't want the TMI.): I was so big that I couldn't reach around my body to wipe my own butt. I had to buy, and install, a bidet so I could take care of that. It's ridiculous to have that problem, but it helped me realize that I had been so lazy for so long that I ended up not being able to take care of my own basic needs. So, here are the progress pics: I'm incredibly excited about this progress over the last 6 months and can't wait until I hit my goal of 250 lbs. If you want to see more, you can follow me at @_robfit on Instagram. [link] [comments] |
| Got under the 200lbs, 7lbs lost in a month. Feeling great Posted: 29 May 2021 04:55 PM PDT Hey guys ! Doing well ? I hope so ♡ As of today, I lost 6lbs since the beginning of May. SW (my highest ever) -> 205lbs ; CW -> 198lbs ; GW -> 160 lbs. My cat is 6.5lbs, so during that month, I lost the equivalent of my kitten. It didn't seem that much until I saw my lovely cat sitting beside me. And until I realized that this loss was the reason why I could finally squat with my jeans on. Being able to move in my clothes feels great. Next step : being able to wear my 2019/2020 clothes again (I was 150lbs pre-covid, I feel so ashamed). Still a long way to go but it feels nice. Have a nice day ! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 29 May 2021 04:43 AM PDT 36f 5'3" original weight 165 cw 140! gw 120. I am finally a healthy bmi! I just wanted to share an update! Thank you loseit community for your kind words and support! I will try to link my original post for continuity. I will continue to work hard and keep posting. To anyone struggling please don't give up! Ok I do not know how to connect the old post, but it is titled, "finally passed 150 lbs." I don't know what else to write. I'm under the limit for posting so I guess I'll write a bit more about the reason for my journey. A health scare a few months ago made me want to get back to a healthier version of myself. Also my fiance and I want to visit his family in Germany and spend at least 6 months there makes me want to be in better shape. I have a great support system at home with my fiance who decided to follow me lead and he has lost weight too! Once again thank you to the lose it community and to my stat twin who told me that dropping below 140 can be difficult so to not give up. I have mentally prepared myself so that I won't lose motivation. You rock! [link] [comments] |
| NSV: I ran a half marathon today Posted: 29 May 2021 01:14 PM PDT I started running again in February of this year and could only manage 3-4k at a time. I kept at it and ran a half marathon this morning! I signed up for a virtual event a few weeks ago but I actually decided against it because I thought I wouldn't be able. I'm in our little holiday home in west Clare at the moment. I woke up this morning and thought "I'm gonna run a half marathon after breakfast", and I did. I ran from a place called Carrigaholt to Kilkee and included a coastal cliff route to take me to the full 21.1k distance. It took me 2 hours and 11 minutes. Then I went for a 6k walk with my family in the afternoon. I'm exhausted. Lol. 8kg to go to reach my goal weight and I'm feeling so strong! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 29 May 2021 11:23 AM PDT 41/F. 5'4" HW: 167, CW 159 GW: 135 A long time ago when I first started my weight loss process, I weighed 166. I decided right then that I was NEVER going to weigh more than that again. I made it my OH $HIT! weight. In the following 15 years, I have dieted, exercised, fallen off the wagon for a variety of reasons, started over, fallen off, rinse and repeat. But since I made that rule for myself, I have been able to catch myself and DO something before spiraling out of control. It has been a good wake up call for me over the years that I'm sliding too deeply back into bad habits. So many of us work so hard to lose weight and then something happens and it starts creeping back on and then next thing you know, you've gained all your weight back and then some. Set a point for yourself, not your current weight or goal weight but a realistic weight that you just can't go over again. Give yourself some room for when you are overwhelmed and stressed but set a ceiling for yourself. I know some people see this as planning to fail. I see it as mitigating bad points in my life. [link] [comments] |
| I have become completely addicted to food and I feel so hopeless. Posted: 29 May 2021 02:27 PM PDT I started my weight loss journey around 5 years ago now. I lost almost half my body weight and was only 10-20lbs away from my goal weight. Things were amazing - I could shop anywhere I wanted, I was calorie counting and didn't feel restricted by my eating choices, I was exercising and going out constantly, and even though I was self-conscious about my loose skin, I looked great with the help of a good bra and clothing that covered my stomach. But life changed for me a little too fast and depression hit me like a freight train. I half-heartedly maintained for a few months, then spent the next two years slowly gaining more and more weight. After about 9 months of depression I sought out a therapist. After 2 months of pretty unhelpful therapy I sought out medication. Eventually I quit therapy, but kept on the medication as it did help tremendously with the depression. Last year I developed binge eating disorder and found that every time I restricted my calories for more than about 2 weeks, I start binging. After my third attempt to lose weight killed by binges and shame, I sought out an eating disorder therapist. I've been seeing her for around 8 months now but nothing has changed. It's my fault, not hers, but I just feel so hopeless. I feel like I can only think straight when I'm disgustingly full. After I've eaten a big (trashy) meal, everything seems to clear: my guilt, my shame, my desire to lose weight. I can plan out meals, shopping lists, exercise routines... But 3 hours later I begin to get hungry again and it all disappears. Suddenly I no longer care about any of it and all I want is to eat: the trashier the better. My therapist made several recommendations early on for ways to combat this, but the problem is when it happens I just don't care. The only thing I care about is eating. I'm trapped in this horrific cycle where I gain weight, feel depressed, don't want to work out... Then just want to eat. And the cycle continues on and on and on. My mother just got gastric sleeve surgery and I feel so ashamed when I think about all the progress I ruined and she tells me that she lost 17lbs this month (she was in a similar situation to me). I spent hours today looking at local weight loss clinics but the truth is I really don't want surgery. I want weight loss to be easy like it was the first time, but it's not. It's so much harder. And on top of the constant cravings for food, I've gradually eaten more and more so I can eat a lot of food before I'm even full... Probably 3x as much as I could even 3-4 months ago. I order out several times a week and typically when I buy food with good intentions to eat it, it goes bad because when given the option to order out or cook... I order out. Homemade food doesn't excite me anymore because all I want is garbage and sweets. I've even tried meal plans, but it was the same thing: I ate the premade meals for a 4-5 days before they just seemed so boring and I ordered out again. I'm in a war against myself and I am not winning. It doesn't matter how much I think about the bad parts of being fat or the good parts of being thin, it doesn't matter that my body aches and I hurt walking up the stairs, it doesn't matter that I go to therapy, it doesn't matter what I buy to eat. I've even tried blocking the fast food websites with our home firewall, but I'll just binge the healthy food I've bought with good intentions for a week then give up and use my phone to order out until I fix the firewall. I just feel so hopeless and I don't know what to do. I want to shop at stores I love again. I want to feel comfortable no matter what chair I sit in. I want my ass to not hang over the sides of the toilet. I want to feel light when I take steps. I hate living this way and I want to feel happy, energetic, and successful again. [link] [comments] |
| An uncomfortable reminder of why I'm doing it Posted: 29 May 2021 09:00 AM PDT The weather is finally getting warmer here, so I went for a 20km walk today. I wore shorts because the sun was shining, then about halfway along the track my inner thighs started to feel sore. I suddenly remember... fat + summer = heat rash. I'm taking it as a motivational boost. I can't wait for the day when my thighs don't rub together so much when I walk. It was also a reminder to wear longer shorts next time! On a really positive note though, the rest of my body felt great while I was walking! I'm actually noticing how much more flexible my waist feels when I walk (is that a thing?) and my my posture is feeling better. I haven't lost that much weight wise yet, but it's so nice to see these differences already and know that they are just going to keep on coming. [link] [comments] |
| Screwing up sometimes is okay. Self sabotage is not. Posted: 29 May 2021 04:34 AM PDT Yesterday I bought a package of cookie dough. 170 calories per square, or as the naive darlings at Toll House call it, "one serving." I call it a "half of a bite" but it's hard to measure exact portions when you're tearing open the package and taking bites out of the cookie dough brick as you drive home. As you can see this was a day of questionable judgement and a pancreas who now needs to listen to Eye of the Tiger to get out of bed and deal with my shit. There was also a bag of sour cream and onion Ritz toasted chips but I think you get the picture. What's more important is the conversation I had with myself while in the shower this morning. It wasn't self eviscerating, I'll have you know. Kristin Neff's work on self compassion and Tara Brach's work on radical acceptance has done wonders for how I treat myself. I still eat garbage, mind you, but I don't hate myself for it. The gist of my self talk was more like this: "Alright Matthew...I'm not mad that I ate cookie dough. It's okay in moderation, when I count calories. But I consciously decided to overdo it. I knew a binge would create feelings of regret, I've been down this road. I wish I had done it without sabotaging my goals. I don't have to be perfect every day but it really hurts that I gave back progress I fought so hard for." I think this is why I was able to lose 50 lbs with CICO in the past. It's not just math, it's not just measurable, it's a simple way to always keep YOU on YOUR team. Because sometimes rewarding yourself with a snack sounds like a kind thing to do. But if you do it too much then you're making your life harder, sabotaging your goals, inviting regret into your life. The calorie counting system kind of says "no matter what you choose to eat, you won't eat so much you regret it later." You don't have to live on spinach and kombucha to lose weight. You just have to count and be consistent. It's not about a right way or wrong way, and you don't have to do it perfectly. It's "play the game how you want but don't score points for the opposing team." So maybe this post is just encouragement for anyone looking for a reason to give it another shot. Allowing self sabotage is deciding you don't want your life to get better. Deciding you want to make a painful mistake again even though you know how it ends. Deciding that this action will take you farther away from your goal instead of closer and that's what you want. I'm not trying to tell you what to do. You're probably smarter than me and you don't have to have pep talks in the shower about "don't guzzle cookie dough while operating motor vehicles." This system works, maybe you just need an accountability buddy and a fair honest try at CICO. I'm sticking with it because I just want to play on my own team. I don't need to be a perfect teammate, but I'm not going to stab myself in the back anymore. Maybe you can play on your own team too. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 30 May 2021 12:11 AM PDT Now that I lost weight I get showered with compliments every day from strangers and became the attractive friend I've never been. There is however something that makes me feel guilty and I don't know why.. My female friends have evidently become jealous of me when their partners are around, when they thought I wasn't paying attention I heard them having a dig at their bfs for looking at me or just treating me with "too much familiarity". Sometimes when we're eating together they always want to force me to binge although they know I'm obsessed with fear of gaining weight again. They're like "you can't live like this forever l, always calorie counting" and when I'm at their place they literally put an entire box of junk food on the table knowing I'm still not able to control myself around junk food. It's been happening also when I walk down the street and see random couples, the girl is usually always scrutinizing me from head to toe. What the heck should I do and why do they act like this? I know it seems like I'm bragging but I don't like being treated as if having lost weight is a crime. I hate it. And it makes me want to hide in baggy clothes and not be stared at. [link] [comments] |
| Down 4 pounds since my first weigh in! Not much but I'm glad! Posted: 29 May 2021 04:56 PM PDT Trainer measured me (thank god my scale at home is low battery and I'm too lazy to replace it or I would go crazy weighing myself) and I'm down 4 pounds in a week since the initial weigh in! I was honestly hoping for more but I'll take what I can get. No change in my body yet obviously since it's only a lil bit but I do have more energy and I actually think about what I eat! I don't really have anyone to tell yet since 4 pounds isn't really something to celebrate to most people (or I get the reaction of 'ok time for a cheat day!' or "You're just gonna gain it back.") but I'm just really happy to see some results rn in the year I've just been feeling like absolute trash. I can even tell my diet is getting better cause I actually cut my lunch in half so I'd be able to eat dinner without going over my calorie limit - and my lunch is just (well seasoned lol) boiled chicken with some broccoli and carrots! I still cringe at my weight, especially since my gym has a mirror wall so I do see myself a good portion of the time but my trainer is motivating me by just continuously saying "By this time next year, maybe sooner!" And I might be getting into some weight training soon to gain some muscle! >:0 [link] [comments] |
| Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Sunday, 30 May 2021? Start here! Posted: 29 May 2021 09:31 PM PDT Today is your Day 1? Welcome to r/Loseit! So you aren't sure of how to start? Don't worry! "How do I get started?" is our most asked question. r/Loseit has helped our users lose over 1,000,000 recorded pounds and these are the steps that we've found most useful for getting started. Why you're overweight Our bodies are amazing (yes, yours too!). In order to survive before supermarkets, we had to be able to store energy to get us through lean times, we store this energy as adipose fat tissue. If you put more energy into your body than it needs, it stores it, for (potential) later use. When you put in less than it needs, it uses the stored energy. The more energy you have stored, the more overweight you are. The trick is to get your body to use the stored energy, which can only be done if you give it less energy than it needs, consistently. Before You Start The very first step is calculating your calorie needs. You can do that HERE. This will give you an approximation of your calorie needs for the day. The next step is to figure how quickly you want to lose the fat. One pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories. So to lose 1 pound of fat per week you will need to consume 500 calories less than your TDEE (daily calorie needs from the link above). 750 calories less will result in 1.5 pounds and 1000 calories is an aggressive 2 pounds per week. Tracking Here is where it begins to resemble work. The most efficient way to lose the weight you desire is to track your calorie intake. This has gotten much simpler over the years and today it can be done right from your smartphone or computer. r/loseit recommends an app like MyFitnessPal, Loseit! (unaffiliated), or Cronometer. Create an account and be honest with it about your current stats, activities, and goals. This is your tracker and no one else needs to see it so don't cheat the numbers. You'll find large user created databases that make logging and tracking your food and drinks easy with just the tap of the screen or the push of a button. We also highly recommend the use of a digital kitchen scale for accuracy. Knowing how much of what you're eating is more important than what you're eating. Why? This may explain it. Creating Your Deficit How do you create a deficit? This is up to you. r/loseit has a few recommendations but ultimately that decision is yours. There is no perfect diet for everyone. There is a perfect diet for you and you can create it. You can eat less of exactly what you eat now. If you like pizza you can have pizza. Have 2 slices instead of 4. You can try lower calorie replacements for calorie dense foods. Some of the communities favorites are cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash in place of their more calorie rich cousins. If it appeals to you an entire dietary change like Keto, Paleo, Vegetarian. The most important thing to remember is that this selection of foods works for you. Sustainability is the key to long term weight management success. If you hate what you're eating you won't stick to it. Exercise Is NOT mandatory. You can lose fat and create a deficit through diet alone. There is no requirement of exercise to lose weight. It has it's own benefits though. You will burn extra calories. Exercise is shown to be beneficial to mental health and creates an endorphin rush as well. It makes people feel *awesome* and has been linked to higher rates of long term success when physical activity is included in lifestyle changes. Crawl, Walk, Run It can seem like one needs to make a 180 degree course correction to find success. That isn't necessarily true. Many of our users find that creating small initial changes that build a foundation allows them to progress forward in even, sustained, increments. Acceptance You will struggle. We have all struggled. This is natural. There is no tip or trick to get through this though. We encourage you to recognize why you are struggling and forgive yourself for whatever reason that may be. If you overindulged at your last meal that is ok. You can resolve to make the next meal better. Do not let the pursuit of perfect get in the way of progress. We don't need perfect. We just want better. Additional resources Now you're ready to do this. Here are more details, that may help you refine your plan.
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| Posted: 29 May 2021 07:29 AM PDT I started my weight loss journey at 205 lbs, went down to 200, and now I'm at 198! It's the first time since I've been under 200 since last year I believe. I'm 5'4 so I really need to lose more lol but it's a start! What I've been doing is watching what I'm eating and having some fruit and cheese for breakfast (usually grapes or watermelon and string cheese). Sometimes I don't eat lunch, sometimes I do. For exercise I'll do fifteen minutes of the elliptical and fifteen minutes of Just Dance on days I don't work, and when I work (I work at a movie theater where I'm walking around for at least four hours) I take how many miles I've walked and put that into MyFitnessPal. I'm going to keep working at this all summer and hopefully carry it into the school year. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 29 May 2021 04:14 PM PDT Throwaway account. On mobile so formatting might be shitty. I've been obese the majority of my life. In December of 2019, at my previous highest weight of 360, I decided I was going to commit to a real weight loss plan, and for a while it worked. Dieting and going to the gym multiple times a week took about 50 pounds off of me. My lowest weight was about 305. I felt better, I feel like I looked better too. I at least felt better in my skin. Covid hit and the gym closed. I stopped working out. After a while I stopped dieting completely and just ate whatever I wanted. I'm currently over 400 pounds. My scale is maxed out. I don't know how much I weigh. I've felt so incredibly out of shape lately, so today I decided to just commit to my health again. I drove out to my old walking trail and started up the hill, but my back hurt and my calves aches after only 10 minutes. I'm back in my car now writing this. Nobody saw me out there, but I'm still humiliated. Not even a year and a half ago I was able to push through hour-long workouts!! Why did i let this happen? Just feeling like a failure. Any kind words, or even better "I've been there"s will be massively appreciated. I feel like I'm too fat to even bother trying again. [link] [comments] |
| Feeling better, but a long way to go still! SW: 380, CW: 317, GW: 230 (pics inside) Posted: 29 May 2021 12:53 PM PDT I have always struggled with my weight. I yoyo'd quite a bit over the years - going up to 330, down to 245, back up to 300, down to 260, and most recently up to 380. In the past year, though, I decided I really needed to do something about it, especially since I had been diagnosed as prediabetic. That was something of a wake up call, and I found myself trying to figure out how to lose the weight. So, after some searching, I found that intermittent fasting may work for me. I had a friend that it worked really for, too, so I decided to try it. I found that it came pretty naturally to me. I skipped breakfast and sometimes lunch, and would try to eat better dinners and cut out the late night snacking (this was always my weak spot, being a night owl and all). So, I would stick with a 16/8 or 20/4 schedule, depending on the day and the demands on my time for work. I also go to a few high intensity MMA classes per week to help. And so far over lost over 60 lbs! A good chunk of that has just been in the past few months since I actually started tracking my weight a bit more closely. Watching it go down seems to be giving me greater motivation to remain disciplined. Plus, I recently got my blood work done and found that not only am I in pretty good shape, but I managed to reverse the prediabetic diagnosis =). I've still got another 90 or so to go, but I'm determined get there! Progress pics - the first one is from June of 2019, but my SW is based on a doctor visit in early 2020 (so, god only knows how much more I weighed in the first pic!); the second pic is from last week, but reflects how I look today =). Edit: typo'd the amount of weight lost =). Also, thank you all so much for the comments! [link] [comments] |
| I'm taking a year to do it all over again. �� Posted: 29 May 2021 10:03 PM PDT I fucked up, you guys. I'm M26, 6'4". I went from 300lbs - 197lbs in 2018. It was largely because of this sub. Just cico, plain and simple. I had been fat all my life. It changed my life and I became a different, more confident, hotter person. I really felt young for the first time. The last year and a half have been hell. I have been intensely depressed. I've used food to cope. I am now at 262lbs from 196 before the pandemic began. I have had some life experiences that have taught me a lot. But I also realized I need help, so in a few weeks I'm seeing a therapist for a long overdue appointment. I'm going to start healing again. Over the pandemic I learned that my previous motivations to lose weight and be fit were empty and pretentious. My motivation to get fit now has more to do with care about myself and my well being, as well as my future. This time around, I'm going to incorporate weight lifting into my routine off the bat, so I have a better shape when I'm slimmer. I have a routine and have met with a Trainor, I just need to be consistent. I can now that my gym is open again. I don't think I'm going to obsess about the numbers in my Fitbit this time around, that lost its novelty. But I will keep using MyFitnessPal. Well, here I am again, at the starting line. Looking at fat in parts of my body I didn't think I'd have again. Not able to wear my slim clothes. Not confident enough to have sex. But this time it is different, because I know it's possible and relatively easy if I'm just consistent over time and not too restrictive. Here we go again. In the morning I'm filling my freezer with frozen veggies. In a year, I am making a life change where I need to be physically fit. I need to be comfortable enough to go through a physical in front of others in my underwear, and shower naked with other men in a bootcamp situation for a couple months. So this year I'm really working to be confident and in good shape for that - because I know I can with time and consistency. [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 29 Posted: 29 May 2021 06:36 PM PDT Hello losers, Saturday! It's a day! Woot. May is almost over. Weigh in daily, enter in Libra & remove moral judgement/stigma/shame directed at yourself about it: Weighed in & recorded this morning. I am more than just this number. 1800 7 days: On it today! Exercise 5 days a week: About an hour of walking about. 24/29 days. Alone time to word vomit into journal: I need to be making more time for this. Got some lists to make. Gratitude list: Today I'm grateful for snap peas, relative comfort, fresh flowers from my partner & coffee. Your turn kids! Side note, I'll post a sign up for next month tomorrow. It's a long month so y'all can wrap up tomorrow or Monday! I hope you're kicking butt out there! [link] [comments] |
| My biggest motivator for losing weight Posted: 29 May 2021 04:52 PM PDT Since the age of 7 or so, I've noticed a nickname strangers use for me: "big guy". I've never been particularly tall (I'm 5'11") so it's not like I am a giant. I'm definitely not ripped either, so it's not that. It's a comment on my weight under a false guise of calling you like "buddy" or "pal" but I've never heard one of my short friends, tall friends, or skinny friends be called "big guy". It's always me, the fat dude. People will argue they're just being friendly, it's bullshit. Commenting on someone's size isn't friendly, it's cutting, it hurts. I hope to never hear that fake friendly crap again. [link] [comments] |
| NSV: having snacks that are healthy ready made is a game changer. Posted: 29 May 2021 07:19 PM PDT Okonomiyaki (translated: grilled as you like it). It's the fuckin' kitchen sink of veggies stuffed into a pancake. 1/2 a cabbage, an onion, garlic and ginger to taste, and then whatever the fuck else you like. Corn? In. Peas? In. Asparagus? In. Broccoli? In, but dice it. Spicy peppers? WAY in. Something in there a bit last it's prime? Giv'r. The Mrs digs potatoes so I grated two and fired them in. The pancake-y bit to bring it together is: 1 c all purpose flour 4 eggs A good pinch of panko or tempura scraps, 2 cups stock. Dashi is preferred but I used beef last time. It's fine. Some salt. Pinch of baking soda. Pinch of sugar. Or say fuck it and use pre mixed pancake powder to get it out of your pantry. Just make enough to give everything a good coat. For fancy-pants toppings I wizzed up a sheet of seaweed paper for sushi and tossed some bonito (fish) flakes in mayo. Hot sauce or BBQ sauce work well. Bulldog sauce is the more usual topping, but it's like steak sauce. Dealer's choice here. You know how pancake texture is? Make it that thick, then add your veg all at once. Fry that shit over medium heat with a little fat of some kjnd. This is a dead-nuts easy vegetarian dish, or toss some pork belly in there for you omnis. Bacon is my preferred. The amount you wind up with will vary a bit on how finely stuff gets chopped (cabbage should be a chunky ish texture), and how big stuff is. This made about 10. So it's a fuck ton of veg, 1/10 cup of flour and 1/4 an egg each. Eat two. [link] [comments] |
| At my lowest weight but looking fatter than I have been? (Fat is softer) Posted: 29 May 2021 06:34 PM PDT So I'm a male, 5'6 161lb, and used to be 235lb. I lost a lot of weight just by dropping my calories for about a year in 2019-2020, stalled for a bit, and have started trying to lose the remaining fat (aiming for about 145 by August). About a year ago today I was around 164. I've noticed recently that my stomach just looks bigger than it did then and I'm pretty self conscious about it since summer is here. I noticed that my fat is softer, more jiggly now? So I have a few questions. Should I be worried? Should I start strength training? Currently all of my exercise is just running about 4-5 times a week. Thanks for any help! [link] [comments] |
| I don’t want to spam but I didn’t want my last post to be a big essay of nonsense Posted: 29 May 2021 05:08 PM PDT Yesterday my coworkers and I went on our longest walk yet. It was great! Of course it didn't help that I snacked a little yesterday and today but I'm trying to incorporate water more. I recently got my license so I eventually get to go to some more trails on the weekends. I'm dying to go because I've been looking up some challenging and scenic ones before I got my license. Some of them are pretty close so I'll definitely hit those first. This is what I've been waiting for. Hiking is my favorite thing to do. I just love the scenery and the challenge compared to just walking on the street. This is it, y'all! One of these days I will go hiking and I will start dropping pounds like water. I'm so excited and determined! 😁 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 29 May 2021 03:11 AM PDT Okay I'm at 99.9kg, but I started at 121.3kg (267lb to 210lb - 19st 11lb to 15st 10lb, I think I have the conversations right). I'm 7 months in on losing weight, it started very well, but I halted for the last 2 months on 105kg even putting on a couple of kg, then losing it the next week. Well after I found a very knowledgeable actually here on Reddit, and doing a complete overhaul of exercise and diet, I've managed to lose that 5kg in 2 weeks. I'm disabled, so I go to a gym that supports my needs while exercising, so this is a huge achievement for me. My life has improved so much these last 7 months and I have even started walking for short distances again. [link] [comments] |
| Advice for eating at an Italian restaurant? Posted: 29 May 2021 11:40 AM PDT Hi all, I'm currently eating in a calorie deficit to lose weight. I have some extended family in town and we're all going out to dinner. We're going to a local Italian place (I tried to push for the local seafood place because that has healthier options, but no, they had to insist on Italian). I'm feeling really anxious about this dinner because I've eaten at that restaurant before, and while the food is delicious, it's VERY calorie dense. It seems like everything there is soaked in butter or has a ton of carbs. And, being a small family-owned place, they don't have calories listed on the menu or on the website. My daily calorie goal is 1,770. I had a 150 cal breakfast, and I skipped lunch to try to prepare for this, so hopefully since I have 1,620 calories to spend I will be okay. I guess I'm just really stressed about it because I'm recovering from food addiction and binge eating. I have done SO good the past 3 weeks, and I'm really worried that this dinner will put me back in a cycle of bingeing. Does anybody have any advice for eating low-calorie at a restaurant like this? I have no idea what to order. Also, does anybody have any advice about the psychological aspect? I just feel like I can't trust myself around food and I'm afraid I will pig out tonight and get off track, so I'm super stressed. Edit: I just got back from dinner. I had lots of salad, a small piece of bread and sea scallops. Thank you so much everyone for the advice and kind words! I was so worried about the food earlier that I forgot I would be spending time with my family, so I made sure to focus on that, and I barely thought about the food while I was there. Thanks again! [link] [comments] |
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