Weight loss: Never too late |
- Never too late
- From up to 5 cans of Coke a day... to nothing but water. I’m going crazy!
- 275 to 235 in about a year (again)
- My BMI is NORMAL!!!!!
- 2lbs. Away from my monthly goal. Midnight snacks, fun diet and easy food swaps have helped me control cravings and avoid binge eating. Progress reflection and tips for binge eaters.
- To anyone having trouble getting started
- I’m committing to walking/jogging 31 miles in May!
- Why does everyone keep telling me not to lose more weight
- NSV I have to wear a belt
- I stopped giving myself harsh weight deadlines, and for the first time, I am feeling hopeful that I'm going to ride this thing out instead of quitting for the hundredth time.
- Should I tell my girlfriend about my weight loss?
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 4
- Do you guys wanna go on this weight loss journey with me?
- Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Wednesday, 05 May 2021? Start here!
- Recently diagnosed with bipolar 2, rapid cycling. Really struggling with consistency due to my frequent mood/energy swings. Advice?
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: May 5th, 2021
- Just not losing it
- Weight loss to loose skin analytics
- Why am I hitting a plateau/advice on how to push past it?
- A nice surprise for sure
- Weigh-In Wednesday (Share Your Numbers)
- Week 15
| Posted: 04 May 2021 04:38 PM PDT I am 51 years old. I went to my doctor in January for a yearly checkup and my weight was 415 pounds. My heaviest number ever. The doctor told me I was killing myself and gave me a lot of tough love. I have been overweight my entire life and when others got too small, I just bought a bigger size. It was an endless circle of weight gain. After my doctors visit, nothing changed for a few weeks. I ate like I always did and was sitting the majority of my day. Then one day I started counting my calories. I also started walking. Needless to say, starting out it was rough for me to walk even half a mile a day. The foot pain, the blisters, the back pain… seemed like my body was fighting against me. I continued to count calories and walk with the pain. I would soak my feet every night to try to get the pain to ease up. Every week I pushed to walk more than the week before. That was February. Fast forward to today (April). I am down 58 pounds, I am walking 6 miles a day, and riding my recumbent bike 10 miles every night. I am also much better at counting my calories. The back pain is gone, the blisters are healed. The foot pain is just a memory now. My daily walks vary between a hike at the state park around a lake and through the woods to going to the river walk and walking the trail between a river and a canal. My weight is dropping, my mental Heath has never been better, and the people I see that are also out walking are always smiling and greeting everyone as I walk. Talk about a support group… I have people of al ages at the river walk and we are all there for the same reason and everyone is supportive of everyone else. Starting in May, I will start resistance weight training. I know I have a LONG way to go, but I feel I am off to a good start. I use an app on my phone to track my calories and my Apple Watch and iPhone tracks my steps and workouts. I know the calories burned aren't precise, but that and my calories goals have helped me become excited to change my body, and my life. I am now excited to go out on my daily walks. Thanks for listening to me. [link] [comments] |
| From up to 5 cans of Coke a day... to nothing but water. I’m going crazy! Posted: 04 May 2021 05:12 AM PDT Please no judgement, I know how bad that amount of Coke is and that's why I'm trying to quit. I am absolutely addicted, I drank it through my teens, 20s. It's comforting, it reminds me of good times, it gives me that boost of energy during the day. Coke became my water. But I am trying so hard to quit. It's so hard, I sit down to relax in front of the tv and I automatically go to open a can. Water makes me feel gross, I drink it and I imagine the glass is dirty and the water to clean it is the water I'm drinking (seriously wtf). I can't drink tap water, I'm scared the pipes and tap are dirty. I've started drinking water by buying big bottles of water, that way I feel cleaner. I've been putting in diluted fruit juice just to make it bearable. Sometimes if I don't have Coke then I won't get the urge to drink anything at all. Luckily I'm not massively obese or diabetic yet, and my teeth are good. I just desperately need to get off the Coke and onto the water. Does quitting addiction get any easier?? I'm going crazy, I feel so damn tired all the time. [link] [comments] |
| 275 to 235 in about a year (again) Posted: 04 May 2021 07:50 PM PDT Two years ago, I decided it was time to get serous about my weight. I'm a big guy, 6'4, so I can pack on a lot of weight, and I had. I was the heaviest I had ever been at 265, and very unhappy. I ate right, practiced IF, worked out 4-5 days a week and dropped down to 245. Then we had a baby. The day that hospitals started locking down for COVID. For the next 18 weeks, I worked from home with a new born. No gym. Lots of food. By May, I had gained most of my weight back. At the end of June, (this picture) I was 275. My wife text me this photo after our round and it hit me like a ton of bricks. I couldn't believe I had gained back everything I'd lost, and then some. I started down the same road, again. This time, I started doing CrossFit, which my sister had been begging me to try. That, coupled with counting calories and managing protein/carb intake, I've gotten back down to close to my goal weight and increased my muscle mass significantly. I still struggle. I have a sweet tooth and am not immune to the sweets my kids have around the house, but I try and focus on moderation and staying active. This sub has always been a great source of motivation for me and I can't thank everyone on here enough for their stories of success. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 May 2021 07:46 AM PDT For the first time in my adult life, for the first time probably ever, my BMI is normal. At 164 at my height, that gets me to 24.9. BMI isn't that important to me, and it marks 11 lbs lower than my original goal weight set by my doctor, but I wanted to prove to myself that it was possible and that it's all in my control. This past year of weight loss just can't be put into words. I'm happy I made lemonade with lemons during the pandemic, and it's weird to think about that had the last year not forced me to make lifestyle changes, I may not have found the motivation, or the motivation that I found may have come much later, potentially too late for me. Now as we slowly return to normal, I'm ticking up my calories, still being mindful, eating and drinking a bit more, but keeping up with my exercise, keeping a 200-800 calorie/day deficit depending on the day, and slowly (very slowly now) but surely, the progress is accumulating. The last time I was this weight might have been fifth grade if I'm being honest. I know I hit a size 40 pants and a weight of 192 in sixth grade, I now wear a size 33 and am about half a foot taller than I was back then. If you were or are like me, just remember it is all in your control. You will need to develop a you-specific routine that works for you, and for me that was counting calories, never lying to myself about what I was eating, developing mindful habits, will power, and never surrendering to old habits. As time went on and new habits built, it became much easier. And now here we are. This is life now, and I couldn't be happier. Keep losing, everyone! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 May 2021 07:57 PM PDT Kinda long read- sorry! Started at 230, at 172 now and goal weight is 170! End goal is 120-130. I feel amazing in so many ways! Before this year the lowest weight I have been was 190 and I was really struggling with binge eating and found it really difficult to stick to my goals and see it as a lifestyle. I actually have a good sense of fashion and have been showing myself off lately- I feel like I am the occasion whenever I get dressed. (: I wish everyone could feel the same in their own bodies. What's changed is I had someone holding me accountable in the beginning that helped me realize the binge-eating has nothing to do with food and has to do with control or lack of and also restriction. They were harsh and made sure I knew that I was screwing myself over by binge-ing and that I can't keep making excuses for why I binge. I had to apply some self- discipline in the beginning to quit my binge foods and other negative habits until i started dropping weight and getting used to the changes as well as being on a lighter stomach. At first I mainly DID have to change my mindset so I started asking myself if I really want to eat for hunger or just because and I had to tell myself "I used to struggle with binge eating" or "I no longer cope with binge eating". I don't acknowledge this enough because I feel like "well, I shouldn't be binge eating anyways" but it was DIFFICULT. Although I don't really struggle with binge-eating now, I sometimes over eat or neglect to eat nutritious foods that I know make me feel good. Lately, I've been trying to make everything fun and my nutrition enjoyable and BALANCED. I've been trying to see what I can get away with in terms of eating tons of food for little calories. I try to enjoy anabolic treats like ice cream, mug cakes and waffles a few times a week and recently experimented with homemade low cal ramen with shirataki noodles instead. I regularly enjoy grass jelly in replacement of boba in my morning iced coffees- which sometimes I'll make chocolate flavored or anabolic too. I am in love with cooking now and have a lot of fun with having delicious foods high in volume but fits with macros or low cal. I also wanted to share that I can keep pretzels and my other favorite treats in the house but on a high shelf hard to reach. Sometimes at night I forget to take my meds with my dinner or will have a little more hunger than usual and I've learned to stop denying myself that and just have a midnight snack (I avoid eating that late at night, I just call it that for funsies) which will usually be maybe a handful of pretzels and some turkey. If I do decide to have it, I'll try to have no less than an hour before bed and I realized I'd rather go over 100-200 cal a couple of nights a week...instead of going 500+ anytime in the week and feel like crap. I now have a beverage that I go to for comfort too that is kind of like a london fog. Earl grey or chamomile with cashew/almond milk and some cinnamon or cloves. Whenever I find myself stressed, want to relax or craving food for emotional reasons, this is the drink I turn to. That's it...I know I did not give tips but I hope my experience can help anyone who reads this that struggles with binge-eating. I know it is not expert or foolproof advice but I found what works for me and I wish someone told me these things and I'm happy to have learned the process....I thought I would struggle with binge-eating forever. I also found out that my family binge-eating is why I learned it in the first place. You are worth it! No excuses so stop starting over everytime!! Thank you for reading if you did. [link] [comments] |
| To anyone having trouble getting started Posted: 04 May 2021 12:04 PM PDT I've been a member of r/loseit for years. This month is the first one I've been able to stick to a diet long enough to lose any weight. I kept trying to cut calories, becoming horribly hungry, cranky and tired, and giving up after a few days. I have a lot of weight to lose and I know I can't live like that for several months. Life is already hard enough. Guess what? That miserable first few days is a gauntlet. As my SO says, "Your body has to figure out that it's not actually dying." If you can get past it, you will feel good and normal again even as you eat less and watch the scale change. You'll still have moments. Someone brings donuts to the office, say, and you have to make a choice. But it doesn't stay hard, almost physically painful, forever. Your brain and body adjust. If you've been pacing the edge of the pool, shying back from past attempts, this is your moment. Jump in, grit your teeth past the initial discomfort, and wait. Wait for the few days it takes for your body to adjust. You absolutely will make it; it's just a few days. You can do this. [link] [comments] |
| I’m committing to walking/jogging 31 miles in May! Posted: 04 May 2021 06:13 PM PDT I'm 29/F, 5'5" and I weigh 150 pounds. I just got a treadmill, and I'm going to try to do at least 31 miles on it in the month of May. I might just do a mile each day, but if I miss a day I'll have to make it up somewhere during the month. I know 31 miles in a month may not seem like a lot for people who are more active. But for me coming from doing zero physical activity before, I think it's a good start. Or better than nothing. I'm curious to see if I lose ANY weight or my body changes at all. Not expecting too much, but we'll see. I guess I'm just posting this to hold myself accountable. I'll come back and update with my progress at the end of the month, for anyone who is interested. Have you guys lost any weight from just consistently walking or jogging? [link] [comments] |
| Why does everyone keep telling me not to lose more weight Posted: 04 May 2021 12:43 PM PDT I've been on my weight loss journey for around a year now (a lot of stopping and starting) and I've lost around 30 lbs, I'm current 5'6 and I'm 160 lbs. I'm still overweight on the BMI scale and would ideally like to lose another 25 which would put me around the middle of a healthy BMI but literally everyone in my life, family and friends, are constantly telling me I'm being unhealthy trying to lose the weight, saying I don't need to lose anymore. It's really starting to get to me, when I tell them I'm still in the overweight category on the BMI scale they tell me BMI is stupid and I shouldn't pay attention to it, when I tell them I want to lose weight to feel better about myself they tell me that it's an unhealthy mindset. They are constantly trying to discourage me from my goals. Why do people do this ? I just don't understand why you'd want to discourage someone who just wants to feel healthier and more comfortable in their body. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 May 2021 01:21 AM PDT 37/F. My SW was 307 03/07/2021. CW 283. I started a new job this past December as a 911 dispatcher in a different department. My new department requires us to wear 511 TAC pants and polos. I was disheartened when I measured for my pants. Size 52 mens. Very snug, very unflattering (because of course they're tan). I also have PCOS, hidradenitis surraptiva, and high blood pressure. I went for a well visit with a new GP and was prescribed metformin and spironolactone. I'm tired of being tired and fat. So I started CICO. I try to eat clean and I don't restrict myself anything, just budget accordingly. Anyway, back to the hideous pants. I have been noticing how loose they're becoming. I don't think they're loose enough to size down but I definitely need the belt I was issued for them. Side note - I hate wearing belts. I found it, put it on and cinched it. And to my genuine surprise, I couldn't buckle it because the tightest notch is still almost two inches from where I need it. I'm feeling pretty chuffed. Maybe I will order those smaller pants! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 May 2021 08:29 AM PDT I think I've finally cracked the code on why I fail at reaching my goal, over and over and over again. I'm 27 and have been riding this weight loss rollercoaster since I was a teenager. I've lost and gained the same 20, 30 pounds what seems like a million times, and still, I sit here, obese. I've done all the different diets, I've tried all the different exercise regimens, tried all the motivational tools like having an exercise buddy or trying to be active on the MFP forums. But there has always been one constant: I force myself into these tiny constricted boxes of "I need to lose this much weight by this event." My birthday, a 4th of July party, a wedding, whatever. It was exciting to think about going to this thing and feeling great about myself for hitting a big milestone. But if I had a day where I didn't stick exactly to my diet, or I had a week where my weight didn't move because weight just does that sometimes, I would stress, hard. Tell myself that I'd work EXTRA hard to make up for it to meet my goal. And here it would come, after one or two months of this, the inevitable burn-out. I'd get burnt out on eating right, on exercising, and give up completely. Because I already failed, so what's the point, right? I'd always go from 0-100 right out the gate and get worn out before too long. And then it hit me the other day, as I was thinking about how "I would like to lose x amount by this event," that...everyone already knows what my body looks like. Everyone already knows that I'm fat. It's not like I'm going to show up and people would be aghast at what I look like, like they're seeing me for the first time ever. THEY ALREADY KNOW. So why am I trying so hard and burning myself out trying to meet these unrealistic goals to impress people who already know what I look like and love me anyway? So, it just kind of clicked for me. I'm down 20 pounds now and still going strong. Not feeling burnt out or like I want to quit. Not feeling like a failure because I have a piece of pizza one day. Working toward living a generally healthier life, eating better and being more active, not forcing myself into a strict diet that I hate after a few days. Like this week, I know my calories have been good, and I've been active, but the scale hasn't moved. This would normally cause me SO much stress that I'd just throw the whole day and feel terrible. But it's okay if the scale hasn't budged this week! I know I'm doing things right and it'll catch up eventually. I'm not trying to impress anyone, I'm just trying to change my life for the better. P.s. I know everyone is different, and for some, having hard goals like that are a big motivator to stay on track. And I'm not trying to say that wanting to be down so much by a big event in your life is bad! I was just setting myself up for failure, and it doesn't work for me. I couldn't celebrate the weight I DID lose, it was always just, "but I didn't reach this exact goal, so I did something wrong." [link] [comments] |
| Should I tell my girlfriend about my weight loss? Posted: 04 May 2021 07:09 PM PDT Between January 2019 and June 2020 I went from being 300lbs to 170lbs and I have been very public about this journey online because I wanted to be proud of myself. At the start of 2021 I cut back on the weight loss posts because I didn't want to identify myself as just that but I have kept all the old ones. Between December 2020 and now I gave gotten info a serious and intimate relationship. My girlfriend knows about my weight loss because of my online posts and I've vaguely talked about it but we've never sat down and talked about it formally. She doesn't seem to care at all about weight, appearance, etc and genuinely loves me for who I am. Anyway I've been thinking a lot recently about getting back into weight loss (I've gone up to 200lbs) and part of me wants to share all of this formally and honestly with my girlfriend so that she can support me. I have a hard time saying no to cravings (fast food, snacks, etc) and having her on board with my goals to keep me focussed could help a lot. As cliche as it sounds I'm worried that she might be put off by all of these things. [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 4 Posted: 04 May 2021 05:45 PM PDT Hello losers, Happy Tuesday! I hope you're all out there kicking butt! Weigh in daily, enter in Libra & report here even if I don't like it: 246 this morning. Just a number. Even when I dislike the number. The scale is a tool. Not a moral judgement. A quick aside, all you lovely losers. Your weight has nothing to do with how much you are worth as a person. You are wonderful folks at any size. Wanting to better yourself is always an admirable choice even if you feel like you could be doing it better or faster. You are still here doing it & that's an astounding act of courage! Get it. (Maybe I'm projecting & needed to hear that from myself today but y'all are here & way easier to cheer on!) Stay within calorie range (1500-1800): Making it after all kids! 3/4 days. Exercise 5 days a week: 30 minute lunch walk & stationary bike. 3/4 days. Self-care alone time & ten deep breath cycles a day: Check mark on the breathing. Alone time during my walk. Try a new recipe once a week: Nothing yet but I'm going to figure out what the hell to do with pork jowl. X/4 weeks. Write 1500 words a day 6 days a week: I'm considering restructuring this goal. I think I'm missing something about making this effective for what I want it to be. I am writing but it's not getting me where I want to go exactly. Do a mindfulness exercise: Here me out on this one. I identified a tree based on how it smelled. And it was sensory input based so I'm counting it. Never will I ever plant an ornamental pear tree. Yuck. Gratitude list: Today I'm grateful for binner, nitrite free bacon, free ebooks through the library system & the people in my life that may know how fraught my internal storms are but still hang around for the sunny bits. Your turn kids! [link] [comments] |
| Do you guys wanna go on this weight loss journey with me? Posted: 04 May 2021 08:01 AM PDT Current me is on the right, left is me a year and a half ago :( 30/female So yeah basically pic says it all. Covid really hit me hard in terms of eating and all that. Stopped going to the gym, was drinking a lot due to so many stressors in my life, a relationship ended, my kids drive me crazy (4&6). I can get back to the left, just need some help and motivation. Since the time on the left, I've become a single mom of two special needs boys working full time. Put in all of your best secrets for weight loss for a busy mama! I have POTS and Ehlers Danlos so I'm badly deconditioned. 🥺 One of my biggest concerns is binge eating. I'm coming off all of my meds unfortunately for a sleep study next month so I'm up and down I feel like. BUT! I went to the gym two days in a row and am planning on keeping up this exercise. I feel so much better, I'm eating better, drinking water and my lady parts are smelling like flowers 😂😂😂 I very much prefer to do weight lifting at the gym instead of at home HIIT workouts. I've passed out many times at the gym doing HIIT exercises. [link] [comments] |
| Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Wednesday, 05 May 2021? Start here! Posted: 04 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: 04 May 2021 10:30 PM PDT I've lost nearly 35 lbs since December of 2019. I am so proud of the fact that I have been able to consistently, albeit slowly, lose weight without gaining any of it back. I KNOW how to lose weight and I KNOW how to be consistent. But my bipolar has made it so incredibly difficult to keep going. My biggest problem is when I'm hypomanic, I have so much motivation, energy, clarity, positivity, and ideas that I feel like I can start going to the gym 5-7 days a week for the rest of my life, cook almost all of my meals, sometimes work out multiple times a day, encourage my friends who are also pursuing weight loss, etc. My best effort lasted a couple of months. Inevitably I crash. Most times, my depressive episodes have no trigger. Some do, but most don't. When I crash, I have no energy for the gym. I have no energy to cook or even clean my house. I can hardly work, but I'm self employed so thankfully I'm able to take time off any time I need. I tend to eat a lot of fast food because I can't handle cooking and cleaning. I've improved to eating things like salad, grilled items, or even not minding junk food and just logging my food and staying in a mild deficit-maintenance. This can last for days or even months at its worst, but typically I'm back to hypomania in a couple of weeks. I'm thankful to understand WHY I'm like this now, as I was just diagnosed last week, but this has been a lifelong struggle. I'm so tired of it. The thought of "it's not my inability to get my shit together, it's my mental illness" is just as daunting as it is comforting. On the one hand, I'm not a lazy POS. On the other, this will be a lifelong struggle that I have no control over, even with medication because it's not perfect. While I can manage my bipolar, I can't make it go away. Anyway, back to weight loss. I've been trying hard not to beat myself up because I've been in a depressive episode again, and getting out of it is so hard. I really want to be to my goal by my 25th birthday this summer. It's 20 pounds away. I was on track this year to be WAY early, so it wasn't even pressure at all. I'm over halfway there, but now because of depressive episodes I'm cutting it closer and closer. I feel almost incapable of meeting my goal because I have no idea when my depressive episodes will make my weight loss come to a screeching halt. I do manage to maintain during my episodes which I am SO proud of. That never used to be the case. I feel pathetic and weak watching my friends and other people on this sub be able to have consistent weight loss without the CONSTANT stop/start/stop/start that's really slowing me down. I know any progress is progress. I know that maintenance is progress. I know a downward trend is great, I should be proud that I haven't given up, and that time is irrelevant. But I'm only 24 years old, and I'm angry that I feel like I have the endurance of someone who doesn't really want to try. I am extremely goal oriented and driven. To feel like I can't stick to my goals consistently is devastating. Can anyone relate at all? Do I just need to accept that this is my life and be thankful I'm still losing at all? I could really use some pointers. Thank you 🖤 [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: May 5th, 2021 Posted: 04 May 2021 10:17 PM PDT Hi team Euro accountability, I hope you're all well! For anyone new who wants to join today, this is a daily post where you can track your goals, keep yourself accountable, get support and have a chat with friendly people at times that are convenient for European time zones. Check-in daily, weekly, or whatever works best for you. It's never the wrong time to join! Anyone and everyone are welcome! Tell us about yourself and let's continue supporting each other. Let us know how your day is going, or, if you're checking in early, how your yesterday went! Share your victories, rants, problems, NSVs, SVs, we are here! I want to shortly also mention — this thread lives and breathes by people supporting each other :) so if you have some time, comment on the other posts! Show support, offer advice and share experiences :) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 May 2021 01:30 PM PDT Current stats: 32F, 198lbs, 5'5" I've been very hesitant to post about my weight loss journey because I'm worried that I'll receive harsh criticism instead of support. I've never been the type to respond well to "tough love" or "harsh truths" but I do understand fair criticism when it is needed. I have always been over weight, and my weight has fluctuated. The highest I've ever been is 240lbs, the lowest I've ever been was 120 (I was on adderall for a year in high school and lost weight due to no appetite). I've tried diets, keto, mediterranean, etc, nothing has ever worked long term. In late 2019, I had a baby, and went right back to my pre-pregnancy weight of 187 as soon as I was out of the hospital. I hovered around that weight, at one point getting as low as 183, until the beginning of this year when we moved. I was sick of the inactivity and joined a gym, and I have been working out 6 out of 7 days out of the week non-stop since 3/1. But I haven't lost any weight. I started at 194 and I'm now at 198. I understand that muscle weighs more than fat but I see literally no difference in the pictures I took at the beginning to now. My clothes don't fit any different, in fact some clothes I can't even wear any longer. I feel disgusting. I don't eat like a hog but I don't keep a strict log of everything I eat either.. I don't want to have the anxiety of having to track every single macro for the rest of my life to lose weight. I eat breakfast and lunch, a few small snacks, and rarely dinner. My days of keto dieting still have me avoiding most sugar and carbs. I don't drink soda, I don't have caffeine, I don't drink milk or any other sugary drinks or alcohol so no drinking "empty" calories. I'm well hydrated with water, I even bought a giant 64oz water jug that I fill up a few times during the day. I do have an IUD and I'm also on another medication that can cause weight gain through appetite stimulation, but another medication that suppresses appetite. I don't have a ravenous appetite so I don't believe it's the medication causing me to gain. Maybe the IUD? I'm not sure. I just don't know how I could have been working out for nearly 2 months straight and see no difference. My workout routine is mainly machines. I see profess in the amount of weight I am able to handle. For instance, I started out on the leg press at 70lbs and it was a struggle. Now I'm at 160lbs. I also just started to add more cardio into my workout, so when I'm finished on the machines I'll either wall the track for 20-30 minutes or I'll get on the treadmill. Some days I'll only do a few machines and dedicate the rest of the time, generally about 45 minutes, to the treadmill, where I can burn about 400 calories according to my Fitbit. Maybe this is all over the place. Like I said, I was very hesitantly to post in the first place. Maybe I need an outside perspective on what I'm doing wrong. I feel so defeated whenever I get up in the morning and I see the number on the scale has not changed. Whenever I look in the mirror and still see the same fat body even though I feel so much stronger... [link] [comments] |
| Weight loss to loose skin analytics Posted: 04 May 2021 09:40 PM PDT Hey everyone. I'm currently on my weight loss journey (very early). Been working out a ton, but with no focus on my diet whatsoever. I'm afraid that I'll have loose skin when I reach my target weights loss goal (30 lbs lighter). I've seen some posts where people talk about loose skin w/ general data on when people see it, but I wanted to start a thread that incorporated more detailed body composition stats. Outside of genetics and a few factors, this would help me and other readers get an estimate of when to expect loose skin. As mentioned, I'm aiming to lose 30 lbs and am worried about having loose skin. I put my "specs" below, and how some of y'all can share yours, along with whether or not you have loose skin from your weight loss. If so, at what weight loss point did you notice it? Gender: Male [link] [comments] |
| Why am I hitting a plateau/advice on how to push past it? Posted: 05 May 2021 01:24 AM PDT (Let me start this by saying that I know for a fact that I am technically eating too few calories, but I am doing it for a specific reason. I need to get a surgery (not weight loss surgery, but it's a surgery to get rid of something that is causing me a lot of physical pain) and they won't do it until my BMI is a bit lower. Once I've gotten the surgery, I will up my calories a bit and I'll be able to be a lot more active.) I started at about 91 kgs about a month ago, and a week or so ago, I hit a plateau around 86/87 kgs, and I can't seem to push past it, and I don't know what's causing it. I don't eat a lot of sodium, I count everything I put into my body, including drinks. I'm eating about 1000-1100 calories a day (again, doing it for a specific reason, and won't be doing it forever. I am 5'3 at 21 years old, and quite sedentary bc of the pain, so I wouldn't say it's /extreme/.) Any advice? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 May 2021 07:02 PM PDT M18, 5'6, CW: 68kg(150lb) GW: ??? So, about 3 months ago I decided that I wanted to lose weight because I'd always been a big kid growing up and I wanted that to change; so I started eating less and doing cardio for 40 minutes a day-- with Sundays off. I didn't really count calories, only watching what I ate and estimating how many calories they were-- which I was eating around 1000 - 1500 calories a day. I also gave myself one day a month where I could go wild on what I ate-- but not too much, obviously. When I started, I had no idea how much I weighed because I didn't have a scale at the time and couldn't be bothered purchasing one, so I was just hoping that I was losing weight. Well, I thought it was high time I bought a scale and actually weighed myself, and surprise, surprise, I'm actually at a healthy weight now??? I knew I was losing weight because most, if not all, my clothes cannot fit me anymore, but I can't believe I'm at a healthy BMI now... I mean, it's barely on the cusp of healthy weight, but it's still a win in my book. I almost want to think my scale is broken and is showing a faulty result-- who knows, maybe it is? I'll definitely keep going, though-- maybe I'll aim for around 55-60kg or something and then maintain. [link] [comments] |
| Weigh-In Wednesday (Share Your Numbers) Posted: 04 May 2021 09:01 PM PDT Share Your Numbers!!!Welcome back to another week of weigh-in Wednesday. Share your +/- change from last Wednesday to this Wednesday, and a short summary of your week. Sometimes we get lost in the day to day ups and downs and it's good to see our week over week changes. Time to celebrate losses and lift each other up during possible failures. This is not a timed event or contest, feel free to jump in any time. This post was made a staple of r/loseit by u/Kahne_Fan and our thanks goes to him for providing a service that so many find helpful. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 May 2021 12:13 AM PDT Hello I 25 F 5ft 3inches SW 237.6lbs last week i was 221lbs just weighed in at 223lbs. I know I haven't put on 2lbs its just water weight from the weekend it will come back off again . Last weekend was pay day and bank holiday weekend all in one . So i ate delicious junk food went over on calories a couple days but not enough to put 2lbs on . Lifes not prefect and im making lifestyle changes meaning il have todo this forever so im not going to feel bad over food which I wanted and to be honest was fcking delicious. Just because im trying to lose weight doesnt mean im going to stop myself enjoying those moments in life where food is a part of the enjoyment. Il just track it its that simple . Still only drinking water which i think helps to offset the junk in a small way lol is that wishful thinking ? As for my may mission to stop part 1 of my self soothing behaviour. I havent done it since friday im proud of myself that im doing it .it isnt easy . I should explain iv had a stuffed animal toy since i was months old i sleep with it when i go downstairs i take it with me and it comes with if i ever have any medical appointments . Im nearly 26 im a adult okay im still sleeping with it but im trying to break this ingrown behaviour. Most days I want to go grab it but i stop myself as im trying to improve myself slowly . This isnt going to be easy or quick but im determined to do this . Every week im slowly undoing more and more brain knots which is causing things to come to the surface that iv ran from or tried to block but now is the time to face it head on . When the worlds opened up more in a few months il try to be brave and go doctors to ask about therapy which scares me to even think about let alone do . Also i found i love rice cakes mainly because i can get cheese flavoured and chocolate covered ones . Low cal and taste yummy which means i can have a snack . Hopefully by june im below 220lbs cross everything. Thanking for reading . [link] [comments] |
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