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At my biggest I'm almost certain was pre-diabetic without having a diagnosis from a doctor. I would often eat multiple bags of candy (like the size you are supposed to share) and entire pizzas to myself at my desk job on a daily basis and just constantly felt like trash.

My turning point was after eating a coworker's cake balls and legitimately felt like I was going to pass out on the drive home. That was one of the scariest moments of my life. Decided to turn this around and starting tracking and weighing my food religiously while balancing my macros with help from the Macros app. This has been invaluable to my success. At the same time went from being sedentary to working out regularly with cardio and some lifting.

My lifting increased a lot throughout the months while still balancing with regular cardio. I'm feeling like a new person now and am healthier than I ever have been. It's definitely been a total 180 in terms of lifestyle. I get to enjoy life now and can even mow the lawn without feeling like dying! It's the little things that make it worth it.

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My dogs health is my inspiration

Posted: 31 May 2021 06:21 PM PDT

About a year ago I adopted an obese Labrador mix. She weighed 140 pounds with health issues because of her size and desperately needed to lose weight. So we started walking every day and got her on diet food. She started to lose weight faster than I did, but now that I've started to improve my eating habits we are both making great progress.

She's lost about 30 pounds, and I've lost 25 so far. It's so helpful having a partner to keep me motivated and accountable. So I wake up every day and choose to eat well and walk often, for both our sake!

Here's Ivy's transformation, and I can't wait to post my own sometime too!

https://imgur.com/gallery/LT2GjBN

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Shopping for clothes is now something I enjoy instead of dread

Posted: 31 May 2021 04:25 AM PDT

I've lost a fair bit of weight this past year through straight up CICO and casual exercise and, understandably, all of my pre-weight loss clothes don't even approach fitting anymore. This is particularly an issue for any sort of professional wear as the pandemic meant I did not need to purchase any while losing weight like I did with more casual clothes.

Since I'm finishing my weight loss journey I decided to go shopping to start rebuilding my button down collection. I always hated shopping for clothes. I hated looking at myself in the change room mirror, seeing how I barely squeezed into whatever I was trying on. I hated praying that the largest size in the store, usually an XL, would fit while there were stores like the Gap where I knew even the largest sizes were too small. It always made me feel awful.

So this time I grabbed some mediums, a size that seems to usually work these days, in a few styles and headed to the fitting room. One of the shirts fit quite nicely, but another was surprisingly loose. On a whim I decided to see if a small would even fit, and, while it was certainly fitted, it looked good and wasn't even tight like some XL used to be. I realized that I was enjoying looking at myself and seeing how the clothes fit. Even more importantly, I no longer cared whether the small fit because that would either mean I just go a size up or that it isn't the right cut.

So I bought my first size small piece of clothing since...who knows...I was a small child? Even then I'm fairly sure I was on the larger end. It is surreal now to even think that I would buy a size small but its also a sign that there no longer stores that I should fear entering to shop. I don't feel much different after losing weight in many ways, but this is one area where there is a major change.

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Down 36.1 lbs and I couldn't be prouder of myself

Posted: 31 May 2021 11:00 AM PDT

SW: 351 lbs CW: 314.9 lbs

I can't believe it. I CANNOT BELIEVE IT. I'm almost out of the 300s baby!!

What Worked For Me:

Not being mean to myself. I've spent a decade shaming every food choice, every day I didn't exercise. Punishing myself. Did it help me lose weight? Absolutely not. I just soothed my emotions by binge eating, thus creating a shame spiral that I've been swirling around in since I was 14.
Practicing intuitive eating. Now, yes, I'm still on WW so I am monitoring what I'm eating and portion sizes. But I am also listening to my body. I let myself have that cake if I really want it, but if I'm not hungry, I don't eat it. If it doesn't make me feel good, I don't eat it. This sound really simple but when you've struggled with disordered eating and serious eating disorders for most of your life, it's fucking huge.

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Ex Obese of Loseit: What health problems caused by obesity were you able to revert after losing weight?

Posted: 31 May 2021 07:43 PM PDT

Dear people, I am struggling to get the motivation to actually stick with the changes needed to loose weight. I'm trying to focus on future health benefits.

What conditions/ pain / labs were you able to make better? How long were you obese for? And at what BMI did you get those health benefits?

As for myself there are so many more severe and concerning issues now, but one small thing just felt like the last drop lately. noticed I had an itchy skin lesion on the side of my face for many weeks and thought I might have skin cancer. Turns out it's just my old glasses from before gaining all the weight. I started using them again and haven't noticed how small they are for me and how they press on my face now. I never thought about it, glasses not fitting !

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I’m shocked at how much less hungry I’ve been simply by avoiding takeout and processed carbs and sugars!

Posted: 31 May 2021 06:27 AM PDT

So growing up my mom always made us very healthy homemade meals (I was thin as a stick most of my life) and so thankfully I have that experience as a foundation to use making myself dinner and lunch etc now.

I gained weight because due to COVID I was basically sedentary and then moving in w/my boyfriend during university I've been having more takeout, snack foods, candy, Dunkin' Donuts, etc.

Well, I know I'm not currently healthy so I started a diet and exercise regime about a week ago and while it's definitely still just the start, I'm still glad I'm sticking with it because the first day I craved Dunkin' Donuts all day long and I did eventually allow myself one donut but usually I get 1 donut and 10 munchkins and a drink and I only had the donut (was still under my calorie deficit for that day, as well).

Point being though: since starting I've completely cut out snacks (not cold turkey, but since two days ago I'm completely on 3 meals a day w/measured out pistachios as a snack if I haven't eaten enough - so like I've cut unhealthy snack food) and I'm started making my own homemade lunches and just fully avoiding junk food. Also got some radishes and kale (I can actually stomach it lol. Now that I think of it, I think my mom used to make shredded kale w/garlic cooked in some olive oil as a side meal for dinner a lot which might be why) and blackberries (I LOVE blackberries. Also planning to pick up some blueberries) and this probably isn't like the ultimate health food I could be eating but I just wanted to say that I've been really surprise by how cutting out takeout and eespeciallyyyy snack food has lowered my cravings etc by a lot!!

I've also been drinking tea in the morning because I do need a bit of that caffeine appetite suppression but I used to drink coffee and tea all the time so it's not that big of a deviation.

I'm just, really pleasantly surprised. For dinner we get meal prep meals from my boyfriends work which is really helpful because they're really healthy (he works at a meal prep place so we get to pick 2 free meals a week and then he works the Tuesday shift so he gets first pick of any extra meals that don't get shipped out meaning about 5 days a week we have those meals, other two days are usually chicken breast and rice and a vegetable side.

I think my biggest problem was snack food because it really would make me eat a lot more due to making me crave a lot more. I'm definitely not completely perfect now (and I have been thinking about cheesecake a lot these past few days... it takes forever to make but it sure is good... ), but I'm really psyched that I don't have all day cravings for snack food and more calories now like I used to.

It's funny because they say you often wind up eating like your parents and I really didn't think I'd ever be a veggie enthusiast (for date night my mom and stepdad make this vegetable tajeen meal that's just !! All vegetables !!), but I'm even enjoying exercise so I genuinely think I'm going to wind up eating very similarly to my mom as an adult. Hopefully. I'm going to do everything I can to try and actually stick to this life change because I want to take better care of my body (and damn it's a lot cheaper)

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27F/SW178/GW120 Quit bad habits cold turkey - still alive 10 days in - cheesy emotional depression talk warning

Posted: 31 May 2021 02:04 PM PDT

[EDIT: Guys, thank you so much for the upvotes, comments and the award. I'm new to reddit, so it may not look like much to you, but I'm glad that you're reading and appreciating my post. I fixed a bit of grammar and I'm going to sleep now. <3]

I just want to share a couple thoughts of mine, after an introduction. Forgive me if my English is weird, and forgive me because I will be EXTREMELY lengthy and cheesy- read this post like you would read the diary of a cringey 12-year-old girl.

I will talk in absolutes, but please keep in mind that all of this comes from personal experience, so please don't be offended if you don't agree with me. Everyone is different and I just hope that someone can relate. If you don't, that's okay, and I'm open to any opinion.

I'm an Italian 27-year-old woman. I've been overweight since I was 13, but my weight fluctuated a lot - from 135 (which actually looked good, even if I'm 5'1), to a scary 190 lbs during the first COVID lockdown. Now I weigh a mediocre 180lbs, BMI calculators say I'm moderately obese. Many times I went on a weight loss journey, many times I failed and sometimes I won, only to keep the weight down for not more than a couple years. Starting this month, after seeing some really ugly birthday pictures of mine, on a particular birthday that was very important to me, I decided to go on this journey for the last time in my life.

The reason this birthday was so important to me, is because I finally healed from depression. After 10 years of professional therapy, and hard, exhausting work on myself and on personal goals. Of course "healing" is not something that happened overnight. You do small steps, one by one. Then you realize you start feeling things you could only remember from your childhood, happy and sad things. You start seeing colors. You start feeling love. You stop being destructive when bad things happen. You realize you're tired of punishing yourself for your mistakes, and that it's useless, childish. Then you finally pass a university exam, fall in love with a healthy person, start making music or finish a beautiful painting, or you have a beautiful dream. ... and then you realize you're just living with no impediments, that you're having healthy thoughts, that you feel every emotion you should feel, be it positive or not. After all these years I can say for sure that being overweight is linked to depression, but it's the latter that causes the first, and not vice versa, something I hear and read almost everywhere.

Surely, being overweight is very bad for your mood and social experience, but saying that being "fat" is a reason to be "depressed", after all this work on myself, is very very wrong and harmful, a criminal statement if you ask me - since many vulnerable people are subject to it. I was mentally ill because, during my childhood, I wasn't cared for properly, and the adults in charge couldn't have a healthy, supportive relationship with me, during my most vulnerable years. That's it. That's why I couldn't eat in a proper way, that's why I found comfort in bingeing, that's why a healthy, feminine body image wasn't something bearable to my weak mind, and bottom line, something I was so afraid of. Many times I blamed my failures on my weight, and many times, when I wasn't fat, I bragged and felt that my successes were based on my good-looking body- a very, very sick mindset. I am one of those people that can hands-down guarantee that if my therapist wasn't there, I would probably be dead.

So going back to simpler stuff. Now that I felt various definite signs that my mental illness is over, and hardships are just hardships, my weight is not something that scary anymore. It's something I've been packing on myself for years, and that I can overcome without being tragic about it. My birthday pictures are horrible and I look fat compared to my friends- so what? That's just fat. That stuff doesn't define your worth, guys.

I realized this is the last step I have to take to get rid of my "old" life. After a couple days of just getting comfortable with tracking my calories, I made a simple diet plan and decided I would stick to it from the following day. Then I started. After 10 days, the weight is definitely falling off. No excessive hunger, no cravings, no wish to binge. (I only miss the idea of eating gelato with my friends lol.). No comparing myself to Instagram models, no wishing I could do this in 10 days instead of 365. After beating depression, no matter how hard, everything is just a silly, fun, challenge. I discovered Vinyasa yoga, I'm feeling all of its day-to-day benefits, and I'm appreciating my body - not its chance to "look fuckable", but the way I can walk, run, eat...

So, other than just expressing how I feel, I want to tell the people who can relate to the depression part- if you struggle with weight, if you binge eat and hate yourself for it, don't try to ignore the fact that your problem is not your body, but something deeper that was just hurt and needs to be cared for. Your external image will reflect your internal image just once you are ready to approach what probably is one of your most insignificant issues. If you start a diet or a workout plan based on hatred and shame, it will never work, just add up to something bigger.

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Lost 25lbs and no longer prediabetic!!

Posted: 31 May 2021 03:03 AM PDT

I've gone from prediabetic to simply "at risk" and even that is the lowest possible number for that category. It's so so close to normal.

I'm so stoked!

I've been doing high protein high fiber CICO (1200-1500kcal), seriously cutting down my alcohol consumption, and trying to make more good choices than bad ones.

My tooth broke last week and for three days all I could eat was string cheese and the cool part is I wasn't even hungry. I think my stomach may have shrunk a little because the amounts of food I was eating even just a few months ago seem daunting to me now.

I do track my foods in MyFitnessPal but I don't freak out if I'm a little over, especially on days where I have been more active. As a perfectionist I used to really struggle with trying to keep that number right on the dot, but eventually I had to give up eating 1200 every day, expand my range of calories, and allow myself to go over sometimes. I needed to give myself more freedom so I wouldn't get mired in the details.

I don't have a perfect diet (see the string cheese story) but I do my best and when things don't go to plan try to mitigate it as best I can. If I don't leave myself enough time to cook in the evening I try to have lower calorie microwave options available, and if I have to order food for whatever reason I get the least calorie heavy thing on the menu.

I have severe exercise anxiety so I don't workout but I'm working on it and I hope I can start soon.

I have a long way to go, I'm still morbidly obese (5lbs away from regular obese lol) but this is so motivating for me! I can't say I look better, I look the same, but knowing I am reversing some of the damage has really lifted my spirits regardless of what I see in the mirror.

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If your struggeling with weight and health issues get checked

Posted: 31 May 2021 12:52 PM PDT

Posting a small reminder to get yourself checked if your overweight and dont know why. I was one of them, i thought it was my low 700kcal a day (or less) intake that ruined my metabolism, i went to the doctor multiple times, i went to a private nutrituon doctor, followed a strict diet that made me gain more. I gained weight with eating mushrooms and broccoli and lean chicken and under 1000 kcal every day. It turns out, i have cushing syndrome and earlier i posted here for help as i rapidly gained weigh and my body fat went up to 40% and i got a reply that "its impossible" and even a long PM about how wrong i was and that it defeats it the same way as gravity is a fact. They were wrong. If i eat normal i gain at least 1 kg every other day or even more. If you really are struggeling with weight even tho you are eating healthy - get PROPERLY checked. Demand bloodtest. Anyways.. good luck to you all. I waited way too long and now its not just my weight thats an issue... dont listen to everyone in here. Think for yourself.

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in that awkward phase of my weigh loss journey

Posted: 31 May 2021 07:25 PM PDT

F23, SW: 398lb, CW:333.4lb, GW: 175lb.

Ive been on my weight loss journey for about 7.5 moths now and have lost roughly 65lb. Idk if anyone relates but im in that awkward phase where I can notice a nice deal of change in my body and ppl are also starting to notice. But Im still hella fat and every part of my body looks the same but just smaller lol. Like clothes are getting looser, smaller clothes are now fitting, but at the same time nothing looks good. I know this is just a phase and Ill be seeing more results soon. I know eventually Ill get to a weight and appearance where ill be happy and like what I see. But it just sucks to wake up and look in the mirror after all this hard work and working out to still not like what I see. Anyone feel the same?

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First maintenance break was a success!!

Posted: 31 May 2021 06:20 PM PDT

I've been losing weight since January (down about 25 lbs of my 100 lb goal). Very pleased with my progress, but in April I started feeling pretty emotionally fatigued from my new lifestyle, and found myself wanting to "cheat" more and more regularly. So I decided to take a maintenance break in May, and allow myself to work out less (not every single day) and eat at TDEE, not below, as well as take a break from tracking every single calorie. I also stopped weighing myself during this period for about 3 weeks. Stepped on the scale for the first time today, and lo and behold I lost 1 pound! I was very nervous that I was going to have gained multiple pounds, so it's very reassuring that I can take these maintenance breaks when my body needs a break and not have to stress about losing all my progress. Feeling recharged and ready to get back on track and tackle the next 25 lbs!

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Tired of Being Fat

Posted: 31 May 2021 07:36 AM PDT

This kind of thing gets posted all the time. I'm not really expecting anyone to read this, let alone care. I just need to put my thoughts out there. I guess I think if I do, it might help me stick to it this time.

I'm 6' and weigh like 300 pounds. It's funny - I look at pictures of myself in high school (or even a few years ago) and say "Damn, I was skinny" even though at the time I felt huge.

I'm tired of being this fat. I feel like a bad role model for my sons. I feel like a terrible husband. Overall, I just feel like a failure of a human. People shouldn't be this fat.

I've tried losing weight before. Usually what happens is I start, I go pretty strong for a month or so, lose five or ten pounds, and then get tired of measuring and counting everything I eat, logging every calorie. I come to dread the LoseIt app. So I just stop. I gain back those five pounds. Sometimes I gain back even more than I lost. I tell myself it's not a huge deal, I'm not THAT fat.

I took my before pics for the first time today. I am THAT fat. I'm a blob. It needs to go.

I guess the one good thing is I'm relatively physically capable. Walking five miles doesn't kill me. I can lift things. If I feel like it, I can even run (just not for very far).

I'm just sick of being the fat guy. I'm tired of coworkers giving me the nickname "Big Guy." I want to change, but I've tried countless times before and always fail

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[Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: June 1st, 2021

Posted: 31 May 2021 10:47 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.

For all new people that have joined this month, at the end of the month we do a roundup of what happened. we'll also talk about our goals for June.

How was your May? You're free to structure this however you want, but think about the following topics:

How has your weightloss progressed? Better, or worse than expected?
What are some Non Scale Victories that you've experienced this month?
Did you set goals, did you keep to them?
What went well during this month, what could need improvement?
What important lessons did you learn?

Today is also goal-setting day for June! If you're new, every first day of the month we think about small goals we want to achieve this month. They can be weight goals, exercise goals, or anything really... An important aspect is that they are SMART goals: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time based...

Do you have a goal weight for this month, if yes, what is it? For example: maintain a 0.5kg loss a week.
Do you have exercise goals? For instance, get in 10.000k steps a day
What plans do you have for your diet? Do you have goals there?
What are some non weight/exercise related goals you have? Here, get creative. Past participants have used this section to stay accountable for their homework, learning languages, pledging not to order junkfood, ...

if you're new, please introduce yourself! Let's kick some ass!

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Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Tuesday, 01 June 2021? Start here!

Posted: 31 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.

Quick Start Guide - Build your foundation!

* Lose It Compendium - Frame it out!

* FAQ - Answers to our most Frequently Asked Questions!

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Treat Yourself the Way You Want Others to Treat You

Posted: 31 May 2021 11:56 PM PDT

I am lying in bed trying to sleep when this thought suddenly occurred to me. It's a play on the Golden Rule "Treat others as you want to be treated." And the alternative "Treat others as they want to be treated." While I'm sure I'm not the first to come up with this thought, I thought that maybe somebody else needed to hear this. If you don't want to be verbally abused, don't think negative thoughts about yourself. If you wouldn't want to physically harmed by others, treat your own body with care and respect. If you like to hear encouragement and inspirations from others, remember to encourage yourself to keep going, keep fighting. If you like to be treated well by others, please treat yourself well.

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F/20/5’2”/SW:160/CW:153/GW:125/ It’s Finally Working!

Posted: 31 May 2021 09:51 PM PDT

I've never posted about weight loss or any adjacent topic before. And for a long time, my weight didn't bother me—it just existed. I previously had been a competitive long distance swimmer at 135 pounds of pure cardio driven muscle. And I took that for granted.

After quitting swim, I ate little—which made me not think to why I had gained so much weight. And I finally wanted to step up and think about it. I did a week long food journal to realize my one and a half meals a day were adding up to almost 3,000kcal. Which is…. Clearly not ideal.

I kicked it into gear doing 1800kcal a day, 33/33/33 on macros, and…. Saw no progress for 3 weeks. Thought to myself, "That's okay, that happens" and kicked it to 1700kcal for another 2 weeks— not a single pound dropped, still 160. At this point I was panicking and was in what felt like a worthless death spiral. I kept with it, no cheat days at all in regards to calories and dropped to 1500kcal.

This was a struggle for the first week, I couldn't regulate times when I ate very well and was incredibly sluggish and ill feeling the first week. I'm thankful that this got better and now it's just part of my schedule. So 3 weeks later, I've lost about 7 pounds. And I'm finally so excited to see some progress and really wanted to share— as I didn't think it was worth sharing before when I had not lost any weight—although I had been determined, dead set, and consistent.

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Woke up in tears today, the up and down is so draining

Posted: 31 May 2021 06:41 AM PDT

Just a vent.

I'm a former athlete and was used to being in peak shape, not even just average. I have developed an unhealthy relationship with food and I can't feel good about myself anymore after being in that kind of shape before as a teenager.

10 years later and I'm constantly battling a 15-20 lb fluctuation every year, where I'm borderline overweight at my heaviest. I was at that weight today. I feel like a stuffed sausage in my clothes. I get motivated for a couple weeks counting macros, then I fall off. My husband eats junk and can't keep it out of the house which makes it tough for me as I have impulse control issues.

I also have severe depression and notice that I tank once my depression gets bad (I'm in therapy working to address this).

I hope this doesn't sound insensitive as I know I don't have as much weight to lose as a lot of people, it's just very hard for me mentally feeling like a failure and always being self conscious. I just need to stick to the damn thing.

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This is the worst my health has ever been and I need to change.

Posted: 01 Jun 2021 01:44 AM PDT

My physical health could be worse but my mental health has never been worse. I struggle daily with everything, my anxiety has been paralysing and overwhelming. My weight got worse because of my mental health but now being 60lbs over my "ideal" weight has been making my mental health worse than ever.

I know what I need to do to stop this and I know how to lose weight. I know how to count calories and I know what exercise regimen works best for me. I just don't feel like I can do it. I feel like I'll make everything worse. I feel like it will cost me so much mental energy. I feel like I don't really deserve it, that I'm incapable of it.

Rationally, I know none of that is true but I don't know why I can't convince myself of that. I don't know how to get myself to make any change. I feel stuck and trapped in a doubt cage I built myself and locked myself in.

I don't really know why I wrote this post. It's partly a rant, partly me asking if somebody can relate or has any advice.

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Some days it is difficult to find joy outside of food

Posted: 31 May 2021 06:30 PM PDT

I have lost 14lbs since January, which I am proud of and continue to remind myself that I am farther than when I started, but this past month has been a struggle.

It may be coming down on me harder right now because of my PMS, but it's difficult to find joy in activities outside of food. I have tried to take action and do things like take a walk, read, watch tiktok, draw, listen to a podcast, take a bath, put together Amazon wish lists, video games, Youtube...etc. I end up feeling more depressed. Food is much easier. I am so sick of food being this drug over me.

I am trying really hard to make sure I eat my fruit, veggies, and protein while including fun foods throughout the week, but it is still hard and weight loss is hard. These kinds of nights are so hard.

I just want to eat to feel good, but I went to my doctors and my blood pressure is slightly elevated so if I eat continue to over eat, my health will decline and eating is just going to put a bandage over my problems for a short time and I'll only feel worse afterwards. I'll probably feel better in the morning. I'm just trying to do something like write this post so I don't go into my kitchen and overeat. I live in a small apartment so I am also sitting outside on my porch to try and get my self away from the kitchen. I want to make it through this night. I know over eating tonight will not kill me, but neither will not over eating.

If anyone has figured out something they look forward to outside of food, feel free to let me know. I could use some ideas that maybe i haven't considered or seen on a top 50 things to do list via a Google search ;n;

TL;DR trying to get through this night and not over eat. my alternate activities aren't bringing me as much joy as food. PMS is probably a factor too

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24-Hour Pledge - Tuesday, 01 June 2021 - The Plan for Today!

Posted: 31 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

I'll be posting a daily, 24 hour pledge to stick to my plan, or whichever small piece of my plan I am currently working on. Whatever your dietary goals may be, I hope you stick to them for the next 24 hours (and then worry about the following 24!). Who's with me?

Thanks to /u/nofollowthrough who made the 24-Hour Pledge an ongoing /r/loseit institution.

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Gym program help needed.

Posted: 01 Jun 2021 01:02 AM PDT

I'm a 16 yr old male, currently fat. I've had quite a weightloss journey so far, losing 5 KG last month by fasting but that won't work anymore. I'm back to my intermittent fasting regiment and sustaining the weight I had after weightloss. I'm joining a gym in the 15th to lose more weight, so I can achieve a flat belly during the summer and then I can start working on muscle. What I need help with is a gym program for fat loss. I'm kind of new to the gym so I don't have an exact idea of what exercises to do or what diet to follow. As for the gym, I plan to start on June 15th up to September 15th, so during the 3 months of summer. I'm gonna be doing 3 days a week, since that's what the subscription offered, Monday Wednesday Friday, to assure a day break in-between, the time hasn't been sorted out yet I need help for that. I was thinking going in the morning since that's a really good time where I'm fresh and a good way to start the day. I've sorted about everything out as you can see except diet and gym plan. Help would really be appreciated, thank you in advance

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Buying clothes still stresses me out... but for a different reason now

Posted: 31 May 2021 08:15 PM PDT

I have always LOVED going shopping, but it caused me immense pain. I hated how my body looked and how nothing would ever fit me "right". I nitpicked my body in every single way and couldn't buy anything because of how disgusting I felt in everything. It stressed me out so. damn. much.

I am now 30 pounds down and decided to go clothes shopping today with a friend because I had nothing new to wear.

Well, I ended up taking 11 items into the fitting room and purchasing 10 of them.

I now feel so much more comfortable trying on new clothes and I can finally shop in the same section as my friends. We even pick up the same sizes and I feel confident enough to put on a fashion show in the changing room. It's so liberating to pull whatever I want off of the clothes rack and try them on because most things fit now. And I don't hate how my body looks anymore. I get stressed because of how many clothes I want to purchase but don't have the money for lol.

I always used to tell myself "you can't wear this until you lose weight". It's such a toxic mindset and I don't wish it upon anyone in this subreddit. But i'll admit, it's a difficult thought to get rid of. So, if anything, take it as motivation. Get into the best shape of your life in a healthy way and appreciate your body because of what it can do and what it does for you on a daily basis.

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literally always thinking about food

Posted: 01 Jun 2021 12:24 AM PDT

F17 6'0 CW 147lbs GW 135lbs

So like nearly everyone I've put on weight during quarantine. It's not that noticeable on me I guess due to my height, but it still makes me feel bad since all my clothes fit thighter and weird now so I figured I could lose it all again

I've been eating around 1500calories a day for about a week now, I'm not very active so I figured that should be enough. But I'm literally alwayss hungry. I think about food 24/7 and it's starting to make me feel awful

And this only happens when I try to eat less. Like when I'm not on a diet or anything, I'd just eat whatever and then not even think about food until next time I'm hungry. But when I'm in a deficit, I always end up binging, especially at night. Any tips?

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F/31/5'9"/276lbs. This is my accountability post.

Posted: 31 May 2021 09:33 AM PDT

I've been lurking around here, on and off, for several years now, but it's finally time to post.

I'm in the same boat as many other posters here, in that I'm wondering how it is that I got here, whilst being aware that I've been putting this off for years.

Growing up, my mother was always overweight, and my brother joined her as quite a small kid. My father used to eat a lot, too, but did a very physical job, and was in very good shape. He became disabled around fifteen years ago, and he... stopped eating so much. A lot less. "Naturally." He's still slim, and I'm here wishing I was more like him in that way, heh.

I remember quite large portions as a kid, and being expected to clear your plate, but I also remember being very active, and always being told how skinny I was. I remember having to wear clothes for kids a couple of years older than me because I was tall, and the waist on everything always being huge, and looking back I was just a perfectly normal kid. I remember my brother sneaking food, putting on weight, and me having no such urges.

I remember becoming a teenager and not ever thinking about my weight. I ate what my mum gave me, I sat still only when I had to, and food just wasn't a concern. I remember starting to see doctors because I was thirsty all the time, and diabetes being ruled out, and that being that.

I remember going vegetarian when I was 14, and starting to cook for myself. I remember not bothering to take food to school as I got older, and just eating when I got home. The choices of people around me still just weren't affecting me.

I remember going vegan when I was 15, and my best friend following, and people starting to comment on us losing weight, more so her. I think she'd been just a little heavier and lost a little bit more. I'd certainly never been called fat, even with plenty of bullying going on, so I guess I was fine. I remember weighing myself somewhere towards the end of high school, and being just underweight. I felt fine. I didn't think about it.

I remember starting college. I didn't bother taking food there, either. It was just too much like effort. I took up a new sport that I did for more than 16 hours every week. I remember my male friend who had been doing the same sport for a lot longer and did think about those things being envious of how much my abs were starting to show. I still don't remember thinking about my weight.

I remember starting to be tired and sore all the time, and everyone blaming my veganism, and me caving back to vegetarianism. I remember it not helping. I remember quitting the sport. I still wasn't thinking about my weight.

I remember getting into the first relationship where we were around each other all the time towards the end of college, and not much changing. I still struggled with being tired, but realistically I wasn't sleeping well, and I was still active, and I didn't think about it much.

I remember leaving college, and spending most of my time with my partner and our friend. It was a time of having money for the first time, and nothing you really had to spend it on. Take-out became common. Friends bringing sweets and chocolate when they came to visit became common. But we still walked everywhere, and not much seemed to change. Or at least I didn't notice it. I still wasn't thinking about my weight. And then driving happened. And take-out became whole pizzas. And Dr Pepper was a quick pick-me-up because I still just felt tired.

It's actually kind of a blur after this time. Lots of doctors, and treating small, seemingly unrelated issues individually. Lots of food. Lots of sugary drinks because I was thirsty, and tired, and other things didn't quench my thirst in the same way. The habit of not thinking about weight stayed. A swollen thyroid, but okay blood results. Starting to go out to eat a lot. Becoming vegan again. Different exercise regimes taken up, only to be given up. Starting to notice the weight, and occasionally becoming concerned about the weight, only to get burnt out trying, because of the thirst, and the soreness, and the dismissal from doctors. More sports. Gyms. Food as a comfort. A diagnosis of endometriosis, and becoming a little better, but not knowing what else was going on. No longer having a dog for the first time in more than 25 years, and even the daily walks disappearing. Getting on and off the wagon. Generally feeling like crap. So many Mondays when the diet started. So many excuses to stop for a day, only to never start again.

Somewhere in all of that, I hit around 18 stone (around 250lbs/114kgs) and was shocked. That was the kind of weight my brother hit, not me. That was me trying to help him to lose weight. Trying to get him motivated. Trying to help him understand how bad for him it was. And yet it didn't stop me - not for any longer than it had before, anyway.

A few months ago, I decided to at least start walking again. My partner was starting to complain about his weight gain, too. The weekend of the 22nd-23rd, he bought a new weighing scale. I saw 20 stone on it. 20 stone and 2lbs (282lbs/128kg). I really hadn't expected it.

The diet started last Monday. I've been walking 5-10k steps daily. I've put my calories at a maximum of 2000 to start, because I'm one of those people who gets anxious at the thought of not being able to eat enough that day, one of those people who'd rather eat less than they "should" instead of having a stricter goal. I've been eating a lot healthier. Less calorie-dense foods for volume. A lot of water. I've lost 6lbs over the week. I know it's different at the very beginning, but it's still good to see. I still feel like crap. I can't tell if there's another issue to investigate at this point, or if it's the weight now. I'm hoping to find out along the way. I think I'm serious this time. I feel serious.

Aside from the obvious, I'm glad to be here. There are some amazing, motivating posts, and I feel like I've got this. I plan to keep posting, for accountability. For inspiration. I just want to lose right now. I want to hit the top of my BMI (168lbs/76kgs) and take it from there.

I like writing my food down on a whiteboard, instead of using an app. It's just faster. I do it there and then, in the kitchen, then I leave the kitchen with my food. On the back of it, I have 30 little boxes drawn out, to fill in for each pound lost. The first goal is 252lbs, or 18 stone.

I'm sorry for the essay, but it was kind of cathartic to get it out there. Thanks for reading, and good luck in your own journey.

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Struggling to lose weight despite exercise and cutting out food groups

Posted: 01 Jun 2021 01:24 AM PDT

Hi all,

Looking for some advice! I am back on track with my transformation which is great and I feel it's sustainable. I have been doing cardio 3X a week for 1-1.5hours in group lessons.

I have cut back significantly on what I eat and only select healthy or low calorie options when I'm out. I am vegan. I don't eat dairy and I don't eat rice or pasta.

In the past 3 weeks I've lost 5lbs. If I'm honest I was expecting more just because of the amount of work I've put in.

Things that I think could help - cutting out alcohol and calorie counting. I don't drink much alcohol only socially and even then I limit it to one / two glass of wine or two mixers.

The thing that stops me from calorie counting is that I have a very restrictive diet. I basically live a whole foods plant based diet except the alcohol.

Has anyone gone through this ?

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