Weight loss: Im fatter irl than in my head. |
- Im fatter irl than in my head.
- 5lbs down 95 to go
- Recently had a huge realization as to why I'm so ashamed of my weight.
- For the women & menstruating people...
- Collarbones at last!
- Get yourself a pair of roller skates!!!
- After I was willing to walk home in a sweatshirt in 90 degree weather, I think it’s Day 1.
- First goal accomplished!
- Bad gym experience makes me not want to go back. Currently fighting the urge to quit going.
- 15.7 weeks, 15.8 kg Day 1
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: June 8th, 2021
- Learning about complacency the hard way :o(
- Anyone else plagued by love handles?!
- Wow. I hit my goal.
- what's something you cant wait to do again because you couldn't anymore (or for the first time) once you lose some weight?
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 7
- Weight Loss update, 76.4pds lost since Jan!
- Y’know what Dad, you’re wrong.
- Back at it after another failure.
- 15lb. only 15 pounds. why can’t i lose it?
- You’re wrong about the obesity epidemic: podcast
- Goal weight fatigue
- threw candy in the garbage
| Im fatter irl than in my head. Posted: 07 Jun 2021 01:30 PM PDT Ok I know body dysmorphia is pretty common but it seems like most people think they are much larger than they really are. I always felt the opposite. In my head I still look like I looked in high school. In the mirror I think I look pretty good. And then someone takes a pic of me and I am just horrified by how huge I am! Is it just me? Its such a mindfuck to think "I dont look that fat and then see photos that are wayyyyy fatter than I thought. It makes me wonder if other people see me as the version in the photos or if the photos are just especially unflattering. Does everyone else see me as the beached whale the camera sees? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 07 Jun 2021 10:23 AM PDT I (F21) have been overweight most of my adult life, but most especially the last two years. I grew up being told that I was fat and then put onto weight loss plans (think SparkTeen if anyone remembers that). Looking back at pictures is heartbreaking because I very clearly just still had baby weight, and once I grew taller I had a very average body. I was not obese by any means but my family made me feel like I was. I was chubby at worst and completely dysphoric. My mom was fat and a lot of her insecurity and bad eating habits were passed along to me, but it was my dad and grandma who really drove it home for me. Since I believed I was already fat I stopped caring. I have depression and eating was my coping mechanism. I was incredibly insecure and I hated myself. Now a few years later, I truly am fat. I hate looking at old pictures and seeing myself in what is now my goal body. It sucks. At my heaviest I weighed 290lbs. I promised myself I would never surpass 300, so I got to work. Meal prepped lunches for the week, planned my dinner menu, pre-portioned my snacks, and didn't keep anything unhealthy in the house. I even started grocery shopping online to avoid temptation. AND IT'S WORKING. I have lost my first 5 pounds and it feels great. Sure that isn't much to lose in a month, but as I slowly work on adding more exercise to my routine I am hopeful that I will lose more next month. My goal weight is 180lbs. I am 284 right now. Lets goooo. To any parents out there: don't tell your kids they are fat and insist they need to lose weight. You will probably just fuck them up even more lol. [link] [comments] |
| Recently had a huge realization as to why I'm so ashamed of my weight. Posted: 07 Jun 2021 06:37 PM PDT F, 5'3", 235 lb. Made an account to get this off of my chest - I had a sort of epiphany about why I am so ashamed of my weight and how I look. I'm curious if any of you have had a similar experience. I've often wondered how overweight individuals (particularly women) can feel strong and confident in their bodies. To me, I never bring up my size to even my closest friends because of how embarrassing the conversation is for me. Even typing this out right now is difficult. I believe that this sense of shame and humiliation regarding my weight has only led to a negative impact on my ability to lose it - I am overweight, which makes me dislike myself, which makes me feel a sense of apathy about my health, which leads me to overindulge in food and alcohol. I think I've always known that this was how I felt, but I didn't fully realize why until recently. I was at the beach with my family, having a fantastic time, and I noticed that a woman and her boyfriend were kicking a soccer ball back and forth. The woman was wearing a bikini and was curvy, muscular, and tall - perhaps a bit extra weight, but certainly not fat. In fact, I thought she was quite attractive. I was in the middle of a conversation with my mother (who, like me, is fairly overweight) and she looks over at the woman and says "Geez, some people just shouldn't wear bikinis". It floored me - I thought "Seriously? You're going to get on a high horse about this?" I just said "It's funny that you say that, because earlier I was thinking that she looked really good" and she dropped the subject. I didn't really think all that much about it until my aunt (mother's sister, also a bit overweight) said the exact same thing. This time, I was a bit more impatient - "What the hell? My mom said the same thing - I think she looks great. What's up with you two?" My aunt immediately apologized and admitted that it was not a very nice thing to say. (Just an aside - my mother and aunt are wonderful and incredibly supportive individuals whom I love very much. This story in no way reflects who they are as people, it was just a shallow moment, which we all have.) It was after these two conversations that I realized why I was so embarrassed of my size - I was brought up in a household where being overweight was something to hide and cause shame. My mother has always been extremely self-conscious and sensitive about her weight, which has passed on to me because I saw the way she tried to hide that part of her rather than owning it. The same goes for my aunt. I think the more you disassociate yourself from your weight, the harder it becomes to confront and deal with it. Now I'm not saying that I wish my mom had encouraged me to feel good about gaining weight or lied to make me feel better about how I look, but I do wish that the subject wasn't such a negative taboo growing up. I also wish that my self-worth was not so attached to my weight. If I had a higher sense of self-worth, I probably wouldn't have gotten to this point (but I can't blame that on my mother, or anyone for that matter). I am a huge advocate for prioritizing physical and mental health over JUST "feeling good" about yourself, but I think you have to feel good and practice self-love in order to truly commit to improving yourself. I'm trying to train myself to believe that I'm not trying to lose weight so that I can value myself, but rather I am losing weight because I already value myself and I deserve to be healthy. If you stuck with me through all of that, thank you for taking the time to read this. From what I can tell, weight loss is as much a mental game as it is a physical one and these kinds of realizations have actually helped me to stick to my path. Anyone else have a similar story to share? [link] [comments] |
| For the women & menstruating people... Posted: 07 Jun 2021 01:44 PM PDT Track your cycle. Trust me. Without tracking, I wouldn't know that my weight can fluctuate by 4-6 lbs the week before I'm on. Seeing my weight go up by 6lbs would shatter me and send me into a spiral of guilt, but now I know that's its temporary, and by day 2 of my cycle, I'll be back to normal. Without tracking, I also wouldn't know that I experience little to no cravings during my follicular phase (pre-ovulation), whereas it's an uphill battle in my luteal phase (post-ovulation). For two weeks, a calorie deficit feels almost easy, then the next I am hungry, tired and craving sweet things. I did some googling and found out that, for some people, BMR/RMR can increase by 200-300 calories during the luteal phase. For those maintaining/not counting calories, you don't notice - it's an extra snack. But if you are already in a 500 cal deficit, this make it a 700-800 cal deficit - a lot harder to maintain. So I did an experiment where instead of having a constant 1500 cal goal, I upped my target to 1800 in the luteal phase, and it feels so much better. I don't binge or feel like I'm depriving myself, and I've continued to lose fat. When it comes time to change back to 1500, I am motivated instead of burnt out from dealing with being a woman. I've done this the last three months, and I could continue until...whenever! I'm gaining muscle at the same time as losing fat, so it's hard to judge if doing this has slowed down my fat loss significantly, or if my metabolism really goes up in the luteal phase, but I've decided it doesn't matter. This method is more sustainable for me, better for my mental health, has reduced cravings and binging and made weight loss easier (it's still hard, but you know). I'd rather keep to this, and take an extra 2 or 3 months to reach my goal, than go back to what I was doing before. That's just my experience, but everyone's cycle is different. You might be the same as me, or you might find actually your cycle has very little impact, but it so much better to know about your body and what to expect than feel like a slave to your hormones. Ty for reading and I hope that this helps somebody out there! EDIT: It's so amazing to see women having conversations about this in the comments - it's definitely something that isn't talked about enough when it comes to women's weight loss. If anyone is looking for more info, u/Scoochandsoda kindly linked me this TedX talk by James Smith which talks about the impact of menstruation on metabolism, as well as the impact of PCOS on our cycles. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 07 Jun 2021 08:55 AM PDT I'm in my third year at uni and I had been struggling to lose my freshman 15 for a long time. And they were 15 kilos (33 lbs), not 15 lbs! All the stress from exams and my social life led to uncontrollable emotional eating and before I knew it, I was at my heaviest. I'm a 163 cm (5"3) woman and my heaviest weight was 79 kilos (174 lbs). With CICO and regular walks and workouts I've steadily lowered it to 72. This is the lowest weight I've been at since October 2019 and I'm over the moon! So I went shopping for new summer outfits and tried on these tank tops and for the first time in months, my collarbones were visible! Now they're not sharp and defined as they are in slimmer women but they fact that you can notice them is a big deal for me. I hope that by the time I hit my GW of 120 lbs they'll be poppin. [link] [comments] |
| Get yourself a pair of roller skates!!! Posted: 07 Jun 2021 05:20 AM PDT I know this has become a major trend and yes I did jump on it. My first pair of skates came a couple days ago and LET ME TELL YOU I got an amazing workout without even knowing it! I'm definitely a beginner so it's taking a while to learn but even figuring out how to glide engages a bunch of muscle groups. Yesterday I skated 3 miles without even realizing it and today I've never been so sore. My Fitbit tracked it as a walk but it said I burned 500 calories in an hour and I know people say rollerskating can burn up to 600 calories an hour so that seems right. And it's FUN. You just have to get a bunch of protective gear and get over the embarrassment of falling. I skated around a bike trail but a lot of people say to start on a tennis court. I'm just so psyched about this because I don't have to do boring strength workouts in my basement or go for long runs which always ended up injuring me because of the impact and I never really enjoyed anyway. I feel so excited! I let mysf get really out of shape and weak and even I could go three miles. It's so much easier to push yourself on skates too for some reason. Anyway I feel like this has changed my life so I just thought I'd share! [link] [comments] |
| After I was willing to walk home in a sweatshirt in 90 degree weather, I think it’s Day 1. Posted: 07 Jun 2021 07:31 PM PDT SW: 214 CW: 214 GW:160. Other possible relevant info is that I am 15, male, 5'9, from the US. For a while now I've known that I don't particularly like my body, but it was never that much of a concern. After all, I watched fitness channels and made their "healthy recipes" (while certainly better than mcdonald's, they weren't low calorie by any means), and I went on bike rides often enough. This morning it was a bit cold, play my school tends to leave the AC on fairly high, so I put on a sweatshirt and off I went. During my last class of the day I got a text from my mom telling me she forgot about a dentist appointment she had and I would have to walk home. I said ok, and finished class. When I got outside, i noticed it was pretty hot but I didn't take the sweatshirt off because I was around other people and a sweatshirt mildly conceals my fat while a t shirt does not. The walk from my school to my house is about 5 miles (a fraction more than 8 kilometers, for my non american people). About 10 minutes in I decided to check the weather on my phone and I saw that it was 91 degrees (32.7 in celsius). And i kept that sweatshirt on the entire walk home, because god forbid some random person I will never see again gets a 10 second glimpse at me without a sweatshirt on. I am sure I attracted more attention by having it on, lol. When I got bike I was soaked in sweat and dehydrated. And all because I was too insecure to have someone in their car catch a glimpse of my body. So yeah, that's when I realized just how much I dislike my body. Day 1, I suppose. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 07 Jun 2021 05:02 PM PDT Bragging post for me! Today we finally made it back to the amusement park, I had hit my 20lb weight loss goal! It felt so good to walk back through the gates knowing I'm (slightly) smaller than last year leaving those gates. I am definitely very encouraged to lose even more this summer. I started in March at 255lbs. As of today I am 235lbs. I changed my diet. Started buying much more healthier snacks and dinners. I eat two eggs every morning. There has definitely been some rough roads, and cheat meals. My best advice there is not to get hung up on the bad meals. Just try and do better next time. In truth though the first 15 was hard. It was horrible. I wasn't doing well on the diet. Check your mental health. Seriously. I do not have a counselor, no meds, I have tried all these in the past. I'm not sure what I did to overcome a pretty deep depression. I just woke up one morning very different. And that changed my world completely. I didn't crave food, didn't think of food constantly. I had no desire to overeat/ or binge eat. If I had a craving for chocolate suddenly a small piece was finally enough. Getting this out of my headspace made the next five pounds slip right off. And honestly made my chronic aches and pains disappear as well. This week I've added a lot more movement. Walking every day. Doing a work out video. Just keeping me moving! Thanks for the encouragement and the support. Hopefully I can keep up the momentum now. [link] [comments] |
| Bad gym experience makes me not want to go back. Currently fighting the urge to quit going. Posted: 07 Jun 2021 06:35 PM PDT For context, I recently started going to the gym every day this past month. I've been feeling good about it and I honestly like going. I enjoy it. Today, while doing leg presses, a woman comes up to me and very matter-of-factly tells me that I am doing them wrong, tells me how to do them, and asks me to get up so she can show me. I was doing them right. My boyfriend was with me we were going back and forth, and I had just finished my set. You have to lift press past the locking mechanism to get off, so I have to stretch a little further because i'm short. I'm assuming she saw this and thought this is how I was doing my whole set. But she won't leave. She's insisting I let her show me. I tell her no thanks and after a few seconds of hard staring as I look straight ahead she leaves. This has always been the biggest fear of mine for the gym. I'm out of my comfort zone and anxious already just being there. So now i'm crying in my car from embarrassment and anxiety and trying to convince myself it's no big deal I'm so afraid of looking stupid at the gym or feeling like people are watching the big girl work out. I feel like I stick out like a sore thumb and my anxiety wins everytime and is winning currently. If this isn't the place for this i'm sorry I just needed to get it out [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 08 Jun 2021 01:13 AM PDT Hello all. I started my weight loss around 3 years or so ago at the measured weight of 126.7kg, though I think I was heavier before that. I got down to 94.3kg at the beginning of the year but am now back up to 101.8kg (just under 224lbs or a touch under 16 stones). My aim is to get to 85kg by my (47th) birthday and a healthy BMI of 25 (sub 88kg) which is just under 16 weeks away for just under 16kg so a kg or just under 2lbs a week. The plan to do this is quite simple. Better sleep, drink more water, improve my baseline activity (15-20k steps), eat more healthily and reduce the junk and eat at a slight calorific deficit. Also I plan to implement some gym work and cardio with a focus on weight loss only (though the increase in fitness levels will be welcome too). Other benefits I would like are improvement in breathing (slight asthmatic) and skin (eczema and dermititis - I know I'm a catch right?). My non-weight goal is to climb one of the 3 peaks each summer here in the UK before each of my next birthdays. This year I would like to walk up to the top of Mount Snowdon in Wales. [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: June 8th, 2021 Posted: 07 Jun 2021 10:37 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] |
| Learning about complacency the hard way :o( Posted: 08 Jun 2021 12:08 AM PDT Hey all 42 M here. Finally got on top of my weight last year, lost about 75lbs, all was going well, I thought that was it, bye bye extra weight. So why am I posting? Because I'm an idiot. Over the last 6 months or so I've become increasingly complacent with my weight loss ( or lack of ), I've taken my eye off the ball, and thought that I could ease off and 'relax' a bit. Now I'm 30lbs heavier than I was at my lowest weight and I'm on that slippery slope back to being fat (ter). I'm still 45lbs lighter than I was but I could kick myself for letting this happen. I suppose I'm posting here for accountability and because Im realising that I have to accept that food will ALWAYS be something I will need to be conscious of. Anyway. Here's to day 1 (again). :o) [link] [comments] |
| Anyone else plagued by love handles?! Posted: 07 Jun 2021 09:49 PM PDT 3 months ago I decided to take my diet and fitness really serious. I wasn't too overweight. But definitely carrying an extra 25-30lbs. My biggest problem; I ONLY carry it in my midsection. I know what you may be thinking: "I doubt that, she's definitely carrying weight in other areas too" Nope. Think of an ice cream cone with a triple scoop on top. Tiniest legs and 20lbs of fat carried under my ribs. Anyways. I've lost 22lbs and down to 27% body fat. Everything is toning up nicely, I finally almost have a butt, and my stomach has flatted right out! Everything except my damn love handles. I got an entire handful (I have large hands for a woman) of fat on each side of my hip, that I can literally grab. Don't get me wrong, I look great from the side, but as soon as I face forward, I completely balloon out! Please tell me there's hope for me. And yes, I know that the first place you gain is the last place you lose. I'm just hoping there is someone else out there with a similar body type that can shine some light at the end of my tunnel. - And I'm hoping the end of that tunnel is around August 24th for my wedding. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 07 Jun 2021 01:04 PM PDT So I started 4 years ago at 267lbs. I use an app for weight that connects to my scale. I set my goal for under 200, 190. It took me a while to lose because I was doing a diet or IF, I wanted to change my habits with food and my mind. Fast forward to today and I noticed I'm there. TBH, I don't know how to feel. I'm very active now and I guess I need a new game plan to stay at my goal. I'm even thinking to lose a little more so I have 5 lbs to play with. My wife says no more but I know I should lose a little more. I went from a 44 to a 34 in waist size. Does that sound too radical? Any advice would be welcomed. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 07 Jun 2021 09:37 PM PDT Hello, long time lurker, first time poster. Wondering this because as an avid lover of rollercoasters, I keep thinking about how I once got kicked off a rollercoaster for being too fat. It was mortifying, especially because it was one of my favorite rides and I no longer fit. (I found a new favorite ride that day in a new coaster at the park thankfully that was designed with more accessible seating and was scarier and faster at least) You'd also think that would have motivated me to lose weight but I gained even more during the pandemic. Anyway, I cant wait to go back, and fit into the ride again however! Right now my weight is around 20lbs lower from that day so I think I could go now and fit, but also a little nervous to go again. I will also be excited to fit into plane seats comfortably. On a newer thing, I have never been able to go skydiving and I'm very excited to try that, I'm only about 10lbs away from being in the weight range required for that! It's been my motivator this month, that if I lose the pounds, I'll get to try that! [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 7 Posted: 07 Jun 2021 06:36 PM PDT Hello losers, Happy Monday losers. I hope the week ahead is full of victories & goal getting! Weigh in daily, enter in Libra & remove moral judgement/stigma/shame directed at yourself about it: Logged this morning. Progress over perfection. 1800 calories (tracking in 5-day cycles, Friday/Saturday at maintenance): On target today! Exercise 5 days a week: Walky walky. 5/7 days. Alone time to word vomit into journal: Made some time for this, need more before bed. Todays gratitude list: I'm grateful for crock pots. It's hot. Too hot for oven. I'm grateful to have used my brain hard enough to be tired about it. Your turn kids! [link] [comments] |
| Weight Loss update, 76.4pds lost since Jan! Posted: 07 Jun 2021 12:18 PM PDT S: M, SW: 318pds, CW: 241.6pds, GW: 200pds, H: 5' 10" Age: 31 This marks my 20th week of weight loss and it has been one hell of a journey so far. 76.4pds is a lot of weight no longer dragging me down. I wanted to post an update as I often lurk on this sub reddit reading your stories and following your journeys and felt I should add to the community. I've been keeping track of my calories with the FatSecret app and I haven't been following any particular diet beyond CICO. I started at 1800 calories but when I hit 50lbs lost I dropped it to 1549 calories a day. I typically have a 2 egg omelet with onion, mushrooms, green peppers, tomatoes, and 30g of mozzarella cheese for breakfast. For lunch I have 1 ham sandwich with light miracle whip, mustard, lettuce, munster cheese slice, and tomato with a banana on the side. (bread is toasted, and ham is grilled with cheese melted on top). For dinner I either have chicken breast and rice with homemade curry or a bowl filled with tuna, onion, radish, celery, a touch of lemon juice and just enough light miracle whip to keep it all together (plus loads of dill) and 3 hard boiled eggs cut up into it. For snack I have an orange usually between lunch and dinner. I have kept myself from any unplanned binges or diet breaks and have only broken my diet for one week where a very dear friend who had moved away came to visit and the friend group had a couple very nice dinners with him during his stay. Only lost .2pds that week but hey I was expecting a weight gain that week so that's a win in my book. I've also been going to the gym 5x a week consistently (never less than 4x). I currently do 4 days of cardio on the stationary bike for one hour. typically I am able to hit the mid 22 miles in that hour with my current record being 23.56 miles. (this is all on level 7 of hill plus mode which alternates between easy and hard settings on a one minute cycle) . Which considering I couldn't even do 12 miles in an hour when I started is pretty damn good. On the 5th gym day I do upper body resistance weight lifting. I know I don't lift often enough to see any serious strength gains its mostly to give my legs another chance to rest and help offset any muscle loss due to my weight loss. If I have any time left I use the rowing machine (typically 10 min). my journey so far has been very hard, I'm not going to lie I am sore tired and hungry all of the time but it has been worth it. It is so much easier going up stairs, bending over, getting up and all other daily activity you can imagine even if I'm sore. My heart burn which before I started was a painfully daily event is entirely gone. On my rest days I do have a lot more energy and I can stand for so much longer without my back looking at me like a strict nun and letting its displeasure be known. I've dropped 6 pant sizes and went from the last notch on my best to the first (going to need a new one soon), I can fit into all my older clothes which were most of my nice clothes which I gotta say its been good being able to fit into all of these button down shirts again rather than the polos. My family has been very supportive, I even got my dad and mom on the weight loss train, my dad's lost just over 50pds and my mom is down 22pds (she was in the best shape of the 3 of us). My friends and coworkers have been encouraging and highly motivating. I can't express how much all of this has helped me stay motivated. Not to mention all of the passive encouragement I've received from lurking on this subreddit. I'm not quite in the home stretch yet but I can see the finish line and I have been thinking about the end. Once I hit 200 pds I plan on reverse dieting my way to maintenance (while lowering but not eliminating my gym days) and then rest for a few weeks before switching over to and figuring out how to change to a muscle building fitness regime. Thank you all for listening to my little rant, and for everyone who is still on their own fitness journey keep up the good work and please post about your journey and progress and gains below, the more we support each other the better we do. [link] [comments] |
| Y’know what Dad, you’re wrong. Posted: 07 Jun 2021 08:35 PM PDT I'm 24h through my first 5 day fast and my dad (a bigger guy), upon realizing my decision to fast is pretty upset at me. He has it stuck in his head that I'm "starving myself" and "going down the road of anorexia" when I'm just tryna get out of a plateau. I respectfully explained to him the benefits in fasting but he insists that it's harmful for me to "starve"like that. Oh, but "you look fine as you are now, you don't need to fast." No I'm not. I still have another 30lbs to lost before I'll feel remotely satisfied. I know I've already lost 30lbs with CICO and I'm looking better, but I can't stop now. I don't want to settle for nothing short of my goal. I've tried too hard to not see it through. Just because he can't stick to a diet or make remotely healthy decisions doesn't mean that he can bring me down too. He got surprisingly upset to the point where he was threatening to kick me out of the house because I was not listening to him and refusing a chocolate bar. I knew he was bluffing but I want to do the best for myself and take charge of my life. I'll be moving soon for university anyways but I think then when I'm by myself, it'll be easy to make better decisions. I just wanted to let others out there (no matter how few) that you do what's best for you and don't let anyone else say otherwise. You got this champ 💪🏼 For those wondering, my mom totally supports me and I bought the salts and supplements I need and made some electrolyte drinks with it, and I'm feeling great! [link] [comments] |
| Back at it after another failure. Posted: 08 Jun 2021 12:20 AM PDT I've been struggling with my weight for about 15 years. I've done many diets and always regained the weight as they were crash diets and unsustainable in the long-term. Last year I really thought I had it. I had discovered this community, started using MFP, and quit smoking (which is not really related to weight gain/loss but it made me feel like I could truly be healthy for the first time ever). I lost 17kg (37lbs) between January and July counting calories and walking a lot. It was the first time I didn't feel like I was depriving myself and I felt really good physically. And then I burned out. Nothing to do with the diet, just a lot of stress at work. I fell into a depression and basically gave up. I got very lucky because I found a better job in September, but by that time I had lost my focus and motivation. Also the doctor told me the pills he prescribed make you hungry and I used that as an excuse. Anyway I regained it all and then some. I went up 20kg (44lbs) in the next few months (don't know exactly how long it took because I stopped weighing myself). So I'm back to square one, fairly confident in my ability to lose weight but very much doubting my ability to maintain. I decided to go slow this time and set a goal for November 2022. I hope this will give me enough time to develop better eating habits. Wish me luck! [link] [comments] |
| 15lb. only 15 pounds. why can’t i lose it? Posted: 07 Jun 2021 08:24 PM PDT So I went from 159 to 140 last year. I hit a plateau and got lazy, moral of the story is I gained the weight back. I'm currently sitting at 153-154. My body doesn't look completely bad, after all. It looks much better than it did before. I think because I gained some muscle. But to lose weight I need to eat 1500 cals. But for some reason it's much harder for me now. I have consulted with a trainer before. With peace and love, she was not good at all. She was very conceited, took forever to respond to my messages, couldn't see where I was coming from, etc. She wanted me to do a reverse diet and upped my cals up to 1750-1700. Some days I struggle with getting 1500, some days I struggle with getting less than 1500.
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| You’re wrong about the obesity epidemic: podcast Posted: 08 Jun 2021 01:41 AM PDT I wondered if anyone here has listened to this? It's from a few years back and I don't agree with everything they are saying but there was some excellent stuff about how fat shaming does not help people lose weight (it may make you want to lose weight but gives you no skills to do it). Also really hit home that the key to a healthy lifestyle going forward isn't a particular diet - it's having that moment where you press the reset button and start again- be it something dramatic like surgery or stopping drinking or gradual reworking through mall sustainable change. It's worth a listen anyway. https://www.stitcher.com/show/youre-wrong-about/episode/the-obesity-epidemic-56329545 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 07 Jun 2021 07:43 AM PDT I've been losing since January 2020. Female SW 287 CW 167 H 5'10.5. I've been pretty consistent throughout the whole thing, only taking mini breaks when I was hospitalized and for Christmas. My goal weight is 150 so I have roughly 17 lbs left to go. The problem is I am tired. Like existentially fatigued. I am thinking of taking another break until I get my gallbladder removed. I see the surgeon today. But the weight loss is so much slower and I just want to be at my goal weight already. I took a progress pic today and I almost cried because of how bad I look. I carry all my weight in my stomach. My family is insisting I don't need to lose any more weight and I'm tired of fighting them. Im just tired. Sorry this is so rambling. Does anyone else relate? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 07 Jun 2021 05:58 PM PDT for a while now, i've been avoiding foods that are really high in sugar and also eating only what i've cooked or baked for myself. i started this a couple of years ago because i was eating horribly. like, container of ice cream every night horribly. i started cooking my own food just to slow me down, not even to eat better. i'd need to be cooking all day if i wanted to keep up with the amount of food i had gotten used to eating. this approach was also really helpful to build new habits like cooking and meal planning. since then, i've started allowing certain food items into my diet that i wouldn't eat at the beginning. mostly it's just to cut corners (buying sausage instead of grinding the meat and making my own) and accepting free food (sometimes my workplace buys us lunch or gives us treats). a coworker of mine usually has some gummy candies at lunch and gives me the flavours she doesn't like. i don't particularly like them either, but always think to myself 'well, this was given to you, so you can eat it'. today i was like 'okay but... this is just garbage disposal. i don't have to eat it just because it was given to me'. so i threw them out and i'm going to keep throwing them out because i don't really like them. [link] [comments] |
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