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- Tip: if it helps you exercise/eat right and is safe, don't worry about whether it's conventional. Just do it.
- anyone else losing weight in secret?
- Here's Everything I Learned From Reading "What My Skinny Friends Do" Posts
- Motivation bracelet
- When to make the move, and buy new clothing - Imposter Syndrome
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: June 7th, 2021
- How to stop "reward eating"?
- I've been fighting against my weight my whole life, and it's goddamn hard.
- 1 month update
- The pride and shame of weight loss
- Anyone “Accidentally” lose weight?
- Try what works for your weird brain [my story, i guess]
- Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Monday, 07 June 2021? Start here!
- Formerly obese people of reddit, what are some things about weight loss that you enjoy or didn't expect to enjoy?
- End of week 6. Down 22.3 lbs. I’m over the moon!
- Daily Q&A Post for Monday, 07 June 2021 - No question too small!
- I'm done being overweight
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Monday, 07 June 2021: Today, I conquered!
- 24-Hour Pledge - Monday, 07 June 2021 - The Plan for Today!
- The Push I Needed
- Haunted by the desire to be skinny
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 6
- How I choose what to eat: My "calorie per gram" method to make calorie maths easier
- Struggling to lose the last 11lbs
| Posted: 06 Jun 2021 11:53 AM PDT Short one: I am incredibly unfit. The one thing I can do is walk, but only if I listen to music, lipsync, and dance along. Is it cringe? Yeah, I look real dumb. But it's helped me walk five miles a day almost every day this week and have some fun doing it, and there's nothing cringe about that. If you want to dance, dance. If you want to eat vegetables with ketchup, do it! If it's 11pm and you suddenly get the urge to get out of bed and do a workout routine, DO IT! Don't let the thought that it's not the way it's usually done hold you back. Being healthy is different for everyone, make it your own! [link] [comments] |
| anyone else losing weight in secret? Posted: 06 Jun 2021 03:49 PM PDT i definitely much prefer this method of not telling anyone that you're trying to lose weight. it feels like i'm in my own little world, you know? i don't have to deal with people asking questions about my weight or food choices, it's my business only. i feel like a huge reason we fail when trying to lose weight is because we hype it up too much and we tell everyone about it. this creates a lot of unnecessary pressure, and for me personally i feel it causes me to fail. keeping it private and personal feels so nice. this is my thing, no one else's. of course eventually someone will catch on or notice that i've lost weight, but for the time being this is quite nice. [link] [comments] |
| Here's Everything I Learned From Reading "What My Skinny Friends Do" Posts Posted: 07 Jun 2021 12:24 AM PDT For quite some time, I've been a lurker on this subreddit. Despite considering myself a healthy person who is both physically active and eats fairly well, I was not happy with the way I gained weight in my gap year and then during the first year of uni. I was 63kg (139lbs) when I came back home and weighed myself in June 2020. That summer I lost 5kg without really thinking about it. It was just the fact that my summers are usually quite active. During the academic year of 2020-2021, I lost 3kg more and now I am 55kg (121lbs) (by being more mindful about what I ate). However, this is not the end yet. I don't like the way I look because I know that I can look better and feel better too. The problem is that losing these last few kg is soooo difficult. To solve this problem, I went on a quest to research as many posts as I could because everyone knows that Reddit is the most reliable source of universally true knowledge :P In any case, I did find a pattern and was particularly interested in the posts about things redditors noticed their skinny friends doing. I made a list and I am determined to make these practices my own habits. I don't want to be dieting and constantly stressing about how I can't seem to lose weight or control myself. I don't want to control myself! I want this "skinny" lifestyle to be sustainable, and to make it sustainable, it should be made of habits that, at some point, I will be able to perform unconsciously. Excuse me for the lengthy introduction, but I felt like sharing (especially considering this is not something I do often). Here are four tips you need to follow to lead a "skinny" lifestyle (and what each of these tips means):
I'd say this is the most extensive list that is also very basic and easy to remember. Even if you can't do all of these at once, try to integrate them one by one into your daily routine until they become habits. I sure as hell will. I also want to start doing more things I enjoy that I don't feel will be wasting my time (e.g. read a book instead of going on Instagram/Twitter) because I know this will help my mental health get better and I think mental health is directly related to physical health. June is an exam month for me, so I am mostly focused on my studies, but I want to spend this first month of summer getting myself in shape by changing my lifestyle. I hope these tips help someone else too and I will try to update this post at the end of the month with my results. I'd also be glad to read about anyone else's experiences! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Jun 2021 01:54 PM PDT So in a post we were talking about rewards and u/laundrybasketball has this great thing she does where she buys herself a charm for each 10 lbs she loses. This led to be doing some intense research where I found that this is a pretty unique idea. In my research I found another idea. A bracelet where each bead represents a pound you have lost. I went to Michaels and for less than $10 I made my own. I got 2 bracelets and 2 colors of beads (make sure the hole is big enough in the beads). On the bracelets I chose, the end ball screws off and I just slip a bead on. Now I have a reminder of how far I've come on my wrist each day. [link] [comments] |
| When to make the move, and buy new clothing - Imposter Syndrome Posted: 06 Jun 2021 11:19 PM PDT (Before reading, I just wanna say that this post might not apply to everybody, and also assumes everyone has the ability to just randomly go out and buy new clothing. In the end, always do what you can with your budget, and what makes your comfortable.) I wanted to share an experience with you guys, For the last few weeks or so. I've slowly became more and more unhappy with my appearance. I wasn't sure why. I was losing weight, I was on track, I was exercising, and all in all I was doing the physical things necessary to continue my personal weight loss journey. And yet, every time I looked in the mirror when I got dressed in the morning, I just looked...huge. Now obviously everyone has a different start, and a different end, and appearances are subjective. But this trend of "bleh" continued on for about a week, until the other day when I was out with friends discussing the diet and exercise, and one of them remarked that I was still wearing the same clothing I had worn two months ago (Despite losing 30 lb since then) I told them that I hadn't lost enough weight yet to size down, but they laughed and told me to try on a smaller size when I went clothes shopping next, and so today I did. Walking into a dressing room with a pair of pants and a shirt that were a size down, for me, brought up a lot of bad memories of weight gain and school clothes shopping as a kid. But when I put on these new clothes, I found that they fit really, really well, in fact the size down had a quite impressive amount of room and flex to the pants I feel like I could have maybe even gone down another. I took some photos and sent them to the aforementioned friends and they confirmed that it all fit and how I looked good. I realized that I maybe could have done this earlier, or taken the chance. And that when I looked in the mirror with these new clothes, I no longer felt "blah" or felt the same lack-of-confidence. The feeling, growing up, of putting on a pair of pants only to have them not fit. And the sweating in a dressing room, and the shame, put me in a mindset where I absolutely refuse to put on an article of clothing unless I'm sure it's going to fit. Even if shirts are literally hanging off me, I'll still choose them over getting new ones and possibly feeling that disappointment again. But doing that possibly has a pretty big negative effect on your mindset, and really hides the details of your progress. So going forward I'm absolutely going to try to wear/buy things that fit me and donate the rest, and not be afraid to have a shirt or pair of pants be "too small" because I'm 100% sure if it's too small now, it won't be, later :) I'd love to hear everybody's experience with sizing out of clothing, and when/how you make that conscious decision to get rid of something, or replace it. Also whether or not anybody has dealt with that feeling of Imposter Syndrome :) [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: June 7th, 2021 Posted: 06 Jun 2021 10:01 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: 06 Jun 2021 10:33 PM PDT I have recently developed a bad habit where I eat as a reward for achieving things in my daily life that I struggle to do. I feel fine about it when it is something large that deserves a big reward (such as finishing my last assessment for a topic at university), but it's getting to be the case where I have started rewarding myself with food for basically anything, for example buying myself a snack for just getting through my stressful work day, breaking my fast to have breakfast if I feel tired going to the gym, having a dessert if I choose to stay home instead of going out, and other things such as that. As a rule, I'm probably "treating" myself every second or third day. I was wondering if anyone had any tips or tricks for overcoming this? Does anyone implement other rewards that aren't food but are a similarly good dopamine hit? [link] [comments] |
| I've been fighting against my weight my whole life, and it's goddamn hard. Posted: 07 Jun 2021 01:33 AM PDT Since my early years in life I struggle with food and my weight. I've been actively trying to loose my weight for almost 6 years now and today I feel like I'm still at the bottom. I'm 5''5 tall and I currently weight 211 pounds. I tried a lot of things, I've done CICO for years, I tried water fasting for two weeks, cutting refined sugar, intermitent fasting. Everything worked kinda fine for a moment, and then I just got stuck. I'm stuck between 207 and 212 pounds and can't figure out how to get out of this. I have an executive position in my job, working 6 days a week. Sometimes I work from 5am to 3pm and sometimes I work from 12pm to 9pm. I absolutely love my job but it's taking a lot of time in my life, not counting the time I spend thinking about work related things when I'm at home. Don't get me wrong, I have the time to workout, but I absolutely don't have the motivation or energy. I used to go to the gym (and it's actually one of the only kind of exercise I enjoyed), tried running in the morning (hurted my knees), I did Insanity for 2 weeks, home workout. I just don't like it and I already have so much things I want/need to do on my freetime, I can't convince me to keep the effort more than few weeks. I just don't like it and as soon as I see my weight going up I loose any kind of motivation for exercising. I cant count my calories neither because I'm working in a bakery, I eat here every single days. But I can't plan in advance what I'll eat because it depends on what will be available when I'll get enough time to take a lunch break. I also regularly have to test the new products. I would also like to train to get a pastry degree. Everything in my life is basically related to food, when I'm depress, cooking or training my pastry skills make me feel good. Food is my passion. But it's also ruining me. I'm sick of not liking what I look like, not finding clothes that fit me. Not liking to go to the beach with my friends or not feeling confident enough to go out with people or girl I like because of my look. I honestly feel like there is no way of getting out of this. Obviously I won't stop fighting. I started to only eat 2 meals a day to reduce my calories intake considering one of my meal will be a rich salad, a sandwich or a slice of pizza. I do loose around 2 pounds a week, and then get it back on my only day off, then I start again from zero on monday. Just wanted to vent this out. Keep it up guys. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Jun 2021 10:17 PM PDT Height: 5'10 Starting weight: 206lbs Current weight: 194lbs Goal weight: 175lbs Total lost this month: 12lbs Total lost overall: 12lbs A month ago today I woke up and decided to weigh myself. I was feeling insecure and embarrassed and could no longer stand for my fiancé to see me naked. I needed to face reality and the scales were ruthless. I was over 200lbs for the first time ever in my life and 0.6 BMI points away from being obese. I could make excuses for it - 2 pregnancies with big babies, depression induced binging. But my reasons for getting there wouldn't spare me from the health risks of obesity. My doctor said my blood work was good and I felt guilty that my body was still trying to carry on despite how I've been treating it. I stepped off the scales and started dieting right away. Initially I tried OMAD with 800 calories a day. I lost 8lbs in a week but I quickly realised that it wasn't healthy or sustainable. After that I switched to 3 meals a day and 1200-1500 calories, started walking more and felt much better. This week I've started using a rowing machine and some dumbbells for exercise. I'd like to get a bar for deadlifts too at some point. I feel like I am slowly conquering my food addiction. I weigh out my portions and count my calories. If I want a treat I will let myself have it as long as it fits in my calories. I want to make this something I can keep up for life. [link] [comments] |
| The pride and shame of weight loss Posted: 06 Jun 2021 03:16 PM PDT I'm at the point of my journey where my weight loss is becoming noticeable (even to myself, thank goodness!!). I'm getting a lot of comments, mostly positive, on how I look, what I've been doing and how much weight I've lost and I sometimes I find it really awkward to answer. On one hand, I'm really proud of what I have achieved but on the other, I find it embarrassing that people noticed how big I was before and even somewhat shameful to talk about how much weight I have lost and how much more I need to lose. Even with my close friends and family I under value how much weight I want to lose when they ask (eg: I tell them I want to lose approx 30kg total when really I want around 40 - 45kg total). It's totally all in my head and I'm usually a very open person but for some reason I feel like I can't be truthful about my progress and goals. Can anyone else relate and have any tips on how to feel more confident about this topic? [link] [comments] |
| Anyone “Accidentally” lose weight? Posted: 06 Jun 2021 10:10 PM PDT Obv not on accident, but, just a slow gradual loss. Without too much of a concentrated effort? I was 250 lbs at the end of 2019 then dropped 50 pounds in 6 months. I've hovered around 200 pounds since. All I really did was eat oatmeal for breakfast. I wasn't starving at lunch, dinner was still diner, and I wasn't late night eating. Not an accident, but I did something small and didn't feel like a diet. I want to drop another 25 pounds (goal weight it 175) but I don't know how. I still eat oatmeal. No over eating. Water intake is where it should be. Most of my exercise is at home work out, shooting around basketball at the park, and biking. I'm not that strong so I don't go hard. I'm actually holding back, I feel like I get muscle fatigue pretty quick. I've had to come back from a sport injury. One thing led to another injury. I'm always self conscious about that. Kind of scared. Idk if my body can come back as fast as I did before. Any advice. Workouts I can do at home ( dumbells , bench press bar) What took you to that next level. Fitness wise. Weight lose wise. Motivation. I've never really had gym experience or drive for it. Most of my exercise was basketball for a long time. [link] [comments] |
| Try what works for your weird brain [my story, i guess] Posted: 07 Jun 2021 02:17 AM PDT Okay, so I have pondered losing some weight for years. I have heard a lot of people talk about various ways that I considered "simpler", requiring less thought: e.g. intermittent fasting (eat what you want but only in a limited time window), eat about 1/3 less on each plate (no measuring, just kinda go for less and see), don't eat anything on one day of the week (disclaimer: not promoting it and not sure how good an idea it is, but if you're otherwise not restricting it seems to be not the full crash diet thing - sorry if that qualifies tho, I'm not educated enough), ... My thought was, I have never done this, so it'll probably work better if I go easy first. Turns out trying to make it "simpler" by going by some vague measure made it way worse for me. I overdid all of these attempts which made me too hungry, and I also got really confused about whether I was hungry or having a random useless appetite (I have always been bad at naturally telling when I feel full), and it didn't work at all - FOR ME. Which discouraged me greatly. Now on a whim I tried 100% strict calorie counting which I find, despite it being "complex", way simpler. I just eat what I calculated, turns out if it's not a horribly undercut amount (that is super unhealthy anyway) then I'm not ever so hungry that I feel like I have to snack, and I can now let go of any wondering if a minor stomach feel is legitimate hunger needs or not. I just do the exact scheduled food for the day (even if I feel like eating less, so I don't accidentally crash diet) and I can relax, take my mind elsewhere to things I care about in my life. And I don't really care for cheat days apparently (just gets me worrying if I'd overdo the cheating, then need to overcompensate after) so I just don't do them either. Now I assume this sounds horrible to many. No cheat days, what? 100% precalculated, no take-outs ever? And I'm sure for many this wouldn't mentally work, at all. After all, many I know lost weight with these "soft" approaches I listed, and it worked for them, while it didn't for me. Which brings me to my point: if an approach that seems "more sane" or "less radical" (eating 100% on a calculated schedule is admittedly pretty radical) doesn't work for you, try another one. Don't skip the "more strict" ones just assuming they're not for you because the "easier" ones didn't work. You might be surprised what works for you, it seems to be very personality dependent. I hope this helps someone. And don't do crash diets, please. Stay safe, friends Edit: some other things that didn't work for me but do for MANY others: "eat only when hungry" (my hunger feels are messed up), "do sports" (i always overdo it, then don't for a while, can't manage the consistency mentally), "eat slow/thoughtfully" (i'm just a super confused person and zone out when i eat and gobble it down fast anyway), ... basically I'm saying, don't despair if all these common ideas don't work for you. Another one might. Just try others, see what sticks. [link] [comments] |
| Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Monday, 07 June 2021? Start here! Posted: 06 Jun 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.
* Lose It Compendium - Frame it out! * FAQ - Answers to our most Frequently Asked Questions! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Jun 2021 01:49 PM PDT As the title suggests, I'm currently obese and trying to lose weight. My therapist suggested that I don't focus on the numbers but instead on other aspects of weight loss. I've always been overweight so it's hard for me to visualize things and put them into perspective. Pretty much everyone I deal with in my family is also overweight/obese/has unhealthy lifestyles, so I don't have anyone else to ask these things. Some of the "goals" I've come up with so far are going down on my shirt and pants sizes, eventually getting a breast reduction, getting physically and mentally stronger, feeling more confident, etc. I'd appreciate any comments, replies, advice if allowed. Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| End of week 6. Down 22.3 lbs. I’m over the moon! Posted: 06 Jun 2021 07:36 AM PDT SW: 234.8 CW: 212.5 GW: 190ish 6'1, Male So I'd been convincing myself forever that "a guy as tall as me should be like 215-220 naturally." With no science behind it. Then one day knowing (in my opinion) that I was just a little overweight (in my opinion) I decided to check my BMI. It shocked me. I know it isn't perfect but to the BMI scale I wasn't overweight. I was obese. I had a hard look at myself and three things really stuck out to me. 1. I hated the guy and how I looked in older shirts. 2. When playing with my son and soon daughter who is due in a couple weeks, I would get tired after 5-10 minutes tops. 3. When I would smoke I would eat absurd amounts of food. So I did what little I knew to do. Cut out all smoking, started counting calories, started paying attention to the foods I eat. I'll admit I haven't started any form of workout regimen. I'm going to start at a BJJ gym once I'm 205. I just don't want to go and be THAT out of shape unskilled guy🤦🏻♂️. I average 1,600 calories a day and the two days before weight day I average 1,300. This sub and all of your success stories have changed my life and my health immensely. I appreciate y'all! (Just wanted to say I'm a huge supporter of marijuana and marijuana legalization. There was just no way I could use it and get healthy as I eat for flavor and not hunger when I'm high haha) [link] [comments] |
| Daily Q&A Post for Monday, 07 June 2021 - No question too small! Posted: 06 Jun 2021 10:31 PM PDT Got a question? We've got answers! Do you have question but don't want to make a whole post? That's fine. Ask right here! What is on your mind? Everyone is welcome to ask questions or provide answers. No question is too minor or small. TIPS: * Include your stats if appropriate/relevant (or better yet, update your flair!) * Check the FAQ and other resources in the sidebar! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 07 Jun 2021 03:04 AM PDT 29/F 5.5 SW 196lbs GW 140's lbs (?) I made this profile just to create some accountability for myself. I have been overweight for most of my twenties and I'm done. I have spent the last several years taking almost no pictures of myself and not being able to wear nice clothes because I feel so ashamed of my weight and generally uncomfortable with the way I look. I avoid get togethers and have given up swimming, one of my favorite things to do. Emotional eating is a big problem for me and I gained most of the weight after becoming depressed several years ago. Now I find myself binge eating to the point where I feel sick. I have no health issues to speak of at this moment in time , but the knowledge that this could change is constantly on my mind. So, here is my promise to myself (and to you internet strangers), I am going to change. No more excuses. From today onwards I am prioritising my health. Wish me luck 🍀 [link] [comments] |
| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Monday, 07 June 2021: Today, I conquered! Posted: 06 Jun 2021 10:01 PM PDT The habit of persistence is the habit of victory! Celebrating something great? Scale Victory, Non-Scale Victory, Progress, Milestones -- this is the place! Big or small, long or short, please post here and help us focus all of today's awesomeness into an inspiring and informative mega-dose of greatness! (Details are appreciated!! How are you losing your weight?) * Did you just change your flair? pass a milestone? reach a goal? * Did you log for an entire week? or year? * Did you take the stairs? walk a mile? jog for 3? set a new personal record? * Fit into your old pair of jeans? throw away your fat clothes? fit into your college outfit? Post it here! This is the new, improved place for recording your acts of awesomeness! Due to space limitations, this may be an announcement (sticky) only occasionally. Please find it daily and keep it the hottest thing on /r/loseit! --- On Reddit your vote means, "I found this interesting!" Help us make this daily most the most read, most used, most interesting post on r/loseit by redding, commenting, and participating often! --- [link] [comments] |
| 24-Hour Pledge - Monday, 07 June 2021 - The Plan for Today! Posted: 06 Jun 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
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| Posted: 06 Jun 2021 07:25 AM PDT From January to April-ish, I was rocking it. Did a Biggest Loser thing at work and won, losing 40 of my 300 lbs. Then spring break hit (I teach) and a week of lazyness and overeating became a month, then more. I never fell totally off the wagon -- more like I was dragging behind the wagon, clinging by the fingertips, struggling to get back on. I've done this before, losing about that much weight and then falling off and putting it all back on. I really didn't want to fall off again, but goddamn ice cream and pizza are just so good, and getting takeout is so convenient. Cue summer break a week ago (and thank the gods for that). I am walking every morning, 5 miles to get my 10,000 steps in, and I'm eating okaaaaay but then going over with late night munchies. I'm up 5 lbs from April and mad at myself for it. And on one of my walks, I walk past an old man, looked at least 80 and ambling slowly down the bike path, who quips, "I figured you'd catch me, you're young." To which I joked "Young yes, but heavy enough to be slow." He says "Well, you're working on it and good for you." I appreciated the comment and move on, didn't give it much more thought. The next day I see him again, and he stops me. He tells me a story about his daughter, nothing groundbreaking, but he says she shed a lot of weight, and explains all she did was buy smaller plates. "Portion control, that's what you need." I have been fighting my weight on an off, actually trying to do something about it, for years. I am all about CICO. I know weight loss is 90% food and 10% exercise (which sucks because I actually enjoy exercising, I just love eating too much). He didn't teach me anything new. But somehow, this random stranger, remembering me, and trying to help with his advice was like Gandalf arriving at first light on the fifth day. I was flagging, about to lose the battle, and it gave me what I needed to pick myself back up again. Less than week later I'm back down 2.5 lbs. More importantly, I'm firmly back in the groove and back on the wagon. And I'm already so much happier, because dragging behind the wagon suuuucks. So here's me paying it forward. If you're dragging behind your wagon, here's an internet stranger telling you that you can do this. That pizza is good for a few minutes, but it's not worth feeling like crap about yourself afterwards for eating it. Don't beat yourself up and think you've ruined it all when you lose progress, just be determined not to lose any more and get back on it. We can do this! [link] [comments] |
| Haunted by the desire to be skinny Posted: 06 Jun 2021 06:53 AM PDT I'm at a decent weight, 155lbs at 5'7. High end of '"normal BMI." I'm healthy, I can run a 7:30 minute mile, squat my body weight. I have a wonderful partner who loves how I look. I no longer dread photos or conversations about weight or food. My body goals are now aimed at fitness. Yet there lives this creature in the back of my mind. I wanna be skinny. Actually skinny. Almost unhealthily skinny. I wanna take up no space and consume no food. I want a man to be able to scoop my waist in one arm. I want to walk on two sticks. I want to wear a sundress to have any illusions of curves, it's all bone underneath. I know it's a terrible idea. I've gone too low before, 118lbs at my lowest, and my body wasn't well. No energy, no period. The worse part is that I don't even find thinness attractive - I've always been attracted to thicker women with big hips and legs. So if it's not about health, and if it's not about beauty, why do I want it? Is it some psychological demon that wants to get as far from the idea of "fat" as I possibly can? Is it that I never want to be associated with fatness again? That I never want the ideas of "fat" and "me" to be linked. There to be no natural association. For it to be laughable to call me fat. "Fat? *Her*? She's a stick!" It's not easy to struggle with something your whole life. To try, succeed, and then fail again. So many times. To hate yourself so intensely, and then to forgive yourself. I'm going to be healthy and strong. You hear that demon? Fuck off. [link] [comments] |
| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 6 Posted: 06 Jun 2021 05:37 PM PDT Hello lovely losers, Happy Sunday funday! Anyone out there meal prepping something fun? 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): Under goal today, body hunger cues are weird. Exercise 5 days a week: 20 minute station bike, arm sets, posture poses & vigorous housework. 4/6 days. Alone time to word vomit into journal: Made some time for this & list making, should do more before bed. And yeah I do a lot of lists. Todays gratitude list: I'm grateful for how wonderful the produce has been lately. The pandemic called some of those supply chains in question so I'm glad for all this lovely spring produce. Such good berries kids. Your turn kids! [link] [comments] |
| How I choose what to eat: My "calorie per gram" method to make calorie maths easier Posted: 06 Jun 2021 05:51 AM PDT I want to share the method that I use to decide whether a food is worth eating or not. I struggle with doing calorie maths in my head, so I came up with this system. Please note: I still weigh and log all my food, this isn't intended to replace that. Simply, I think about food in "calories per gram". For example, Greek yoghurt is approx 1 cal per gram. On a calorie budget of 1500 cals per day, I like to think of it as 15 units of 100g portions. I try to maximise the amount of food I can fit into each unit. I therefore consider anything that's 1 calorie per gram or less to be the ideal food, in terms of being easy to calculate and easy to fit into my budget. Vegetables are close to 0 cal per gram (rounding down), so I can eat almost an unlimited amount because I'll feel full before I hit my calorie limit. Pasta is approx 4 cal per gram (380 cals for 100g, uncooked) meaning it would take up 4 out of my 15 units just for a small portion, so it's not worth it. On the other hand, potatoes are only around 1 calorie per gram (a 200g potato is about 186 calories), meaning I could have four times the amount of potato as pasta. This makes it super easy for me to make a healthy choice between potatoes and pasta, and I don't need to remember "100g* of pasta is 380 calories but 100g* of potato is 93 calories". I just remember pasta = 4 and potatoes = 1. Chicken and turkey is around 2 calories per gram, beef and pork are closer to 3 calories per gram. This makes it super easy to compare food, when I'm not sure what to choose. It's especially useful in a restaurant or at a friend's house when I can't just whip out my scales and start weighing everything. I usually round up or down to the nearest whole number, which evens itself out over the day. I assume this is a similar system to what WeightWatchers uses to assign points to different types of food, but my system is more transparent because nothing is obfuscated behind some convoluted points system, it's just simple calorie maths. I hope this helps someone else, and I'd love to hear your system if you have a different one! *100g = 3.5 oz [link] [comments] |
| Struggling to lose the last 11lbs Posted: 06 Jun 2021 07:11 PM PDT So it's almost two years after my second child was born and I've lost a total of 44lbs. I feel amazing, none of my clothes fit and everyone comments how great I look (which I find very embarrassing) The issue is I have another 11lbs to lose before I am at my final goal weight - which will just take me into the healthy bmi range for my height, and I can't seem to do it. I've literally been gaining and losing the same couple of lbs for the past 4 months. I just can't seem to get my ass into gear to get to the final goal post. Im so close, but mentally I feel like I'm never going to get there. Has anyone ever experienced the same thing? If so what did you do to kickstart your mental game into action? Edit: the reason for my stall in weight loss is because I'm eating too many calories because mentally I am over "it" (it being losing weight, dieting, trying etc) I need help finding how to get motivated to continue on and see this weight loss journey through to the end. [link] [comments] |
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