Weight loss: I've Lost 119 lbs in 8 Months - Progress Pictures |
- I've Lost 119 lbs in 8 Months - Progress Pictures
- My friend says I need to eat 500 calories a day to lose weight but isn't that very unhealthy?
- How far from your goal weight did the paper towel effect start?
- NSV: My suit jacket that I was fitted for prior to my first "real" job interview, was too big to be tailored
- Calorie counting for 10 days and…
- new all time low!!!
- Since deciding to do something about my weight, 2 months in, have lost 9.6kg
- Wife left last October and I'm finally trying to get out of my funk... I need a change... What diet/lifestyle change should I try?
- I promise to make my actions match my intentions.
- NSV: No longer pre-diabetic!
- Weightloss "tricks" that helps me.
- 1.5yr journey + my own little game which helps me go forward! (pics included)
- 46 LBS difference - Face before & after.
- Thanks to a post here I am loosing weight
- Having a terrible time with discipline and motivation...
- I think I finally found the glass slipper
- Stubborn belly fat
- Intense cravings for whole wheat or rye bread with ricotta or cream cheese/neufchatel. It is bizarre since it is so specific but I will crave it as a snack between meals or after dinner. Has anyone else experienced this?
- Today has been a struggle, and I had to reframe my thinking like I tell my patients.
- new here, need encouragement
- Starting to calorie count again
- Almost everyday I tell myself I will start tomorrow...
- How do you define "too restrictive"?
| I've Lost 119 lbs in 8 Months - Progress Pictures Posted: 20 Jul 2021 06:30 PM PDT First off, here are the progress pics. I posted here about a month or 2 ago when I had lost 90 lbs, and I wanted to post again now that I'm down 119 lbs and I just hit the 3-month mark with my personal trainer. I had been "trying" to lose weight for like 10 years or more, but never really stuck to anything, and obviously nothing worked (because I didn't stick to anything). Back around August or September of 2020, my work took a trip to Florida. I was around 515 lbs at the time. I cover, in my previous post, the struggles of the trip, what helped me get into my current mindset, and hiring my personal trainer. I'm just very excited about the progress I've made and the fact that I am just 6 lbs away from the halfway mark of 125 lbs. My first goal is to lose about 250 lbs (which would bring me to about 260 lbs). After that, I'll talk with my trainer and my doctor and see where I want to go from there. I may want to lose another 10, 30 or even 80 lbs. But I'll figure that out when I get there. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this. Just know that it's a slow, but worthwhile process. [link] [comments] |
| My friend says I need to eat 500 calories a day to lose weight but isn't that very unhealthy? Posted: 20 Jul 2021 03:07 AM PDT Hi Loseit Community. I am trying to lose some covid weight gain. According to myfitnespal it told me to eat 1350 calories a day to lose 1 lb a week.. But my friend told me that is too much. She told me she has eaten 500 calories every day since she was 17 and she's 33 now, same age as me. I didn't think it's safe but she keeps insisting and said she's been tracking her food every day and that she has been just fine on 500. When I told her I emotionally eat sometimes, she goes back to saying I have no self control and that she has never in her life eaten above 500 since she was 17. Now every day she asks me how much I ate and when I say around 1350 or 1400 she says ill never make any progress because I can't control myself. But I really don't think 500 is healthy from what I've read. Any insight? EDIT: Thank you to everyone for the comments. It has made me feel like the amount I'm eating is ok and that I dint have to beat myself up for emotional eating sometimes. Regarding my friend, I wish I'd not met her but I feel guilty because she gets upset every time I talk less and I've pretty much resigned myself to tolerating her negative comments because I dint want to hurt her. [link] [comments] |
| How far from your goal weight did the paper towel effect start? Posted: 20 Jul 2021 01:00 PM PDT I am a 20M, 6'1, 217lbs, GW: 187lbs. I have basically lost 50 pounds, starting at 265 pounds. While I do see a noticeable difference in my progress pictures, I basically still have a stomach and moobs, just smaller then they were. My goal weight is 187 pounds, so I am 30 pounds away. So my question is, how far from your goal weight did you notice the paper towel effect happening? Paper Towel Effect Short Version: the closer you are to your goal weight, the more drastic your visual appearance changes with every pound lost. Long Version Copy/Paste: The lesson to be learned is that fat, like paper towels, comes off in sheets. When you are heavy, you are big around. And when you are big around, that fat is spread over a MUCH larger area - just like that outside towel sheet. The closer you get to the lean you, the more each lost pound of fat shows, because it is spread over a smaller area. While the outside sheet may only cover 1 layer of the roll, the inside sheet may go around 4 times. That last sheet looks like it gives you 4 times the results of the first sheet, but in reality, the results are the same - your perception is just different! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Jul 2021 12:08 PM PDT So last week I went to my local tailor and brought in my old suit jacket. I was fitted for this jacket in 2011, when I was 22 and right around 330 lbs. I needed a fitted jacket for a couple dinner receptions that I'm going to when I go out to Vegas next week. I explained to the tailor that I lost a "bit of weight" and needed the jacket to be taken in. When I put it on he smiled and said, in a very thick Italian accent "Congratulations on losing the weight, but that coat is five sizes too big. You're better off getting a new jacket that's a little big and having me take care of it. The alteration will cost more than the jacket!". I didn't realize just how much bigger it was for me until I put it on in the tailor's shop. If anything, that coat was a little small for me at my most recent starting weight, and now when I put it on, I could hide a bazooka under there. Anyway, just thought I'd share. I ended up going to a thrift store and finding a jacket for $10 that retails new for over $200, and brought that in for a $50 alteration. I'm going to look fresh and fly for Vegas. Goal weight, out in Vegas, I'm ready to let er rip! LETS GOOOOOO! I hope you're all having a great summer. To think that last summer I was around 100 lbs heavier, but already well on my way to goal, teaching myself how to run with C25k, and this summer I'm a year older and having my first #hotguysummer at 32! Can't wait! Good luck to you all, keep plugging away at those goals. Victories like these do not happen quickly, but they will come. No matter if you want to lose 20 lbs to gain a little more confidence, or 200 lbs for your health. These victories will come if you keep making those small, gradual, incremental changes, and keep listening to and learning from your body. [link] [comments] |
| Calorie counting for 10 days and… Posted: 20 Jul 2021 02:59 PM PDT This is the longest I've ever been disciplined! I was 68kgs 2 weeks ago. Today I weighed in at 65.4kgs. I am eating between 1400-1600 calories a day (down probably 1000/day). A friend of mine suggested cutting out in increments of 100 until I'm in a deficit but I've never responded well to weaning. I have to make big changes or change will never come for me personally. I have retained my daily Starbucks cold brew habit, and have had a pack of Oreos in my house for over a week, which is practically unheard of for me since I more or less sleep binge historically. I feel so much more confident already, and I think that is based less on physical accomplishments and more on the fact that I'm actually doing the thing I've wanted to do for…. 2 years? And, as a final side note, I just got finished ordering and eating ONLY 2 soft tacos from T-Bell. 3 weeks ago I got 2 chicken chalupas, 2 cheesy roll ups, nachos and cheese, and a Mountain Dew for one meal. I don't know. It's probably dumb to be proud this soon but I'm feeling in control of my eating habits for once, instead of feeling enslaved by them. Happy Tuesday to me! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Jul 2021 03:52 PM PDT Hi everyone!! 32f, 5'3 Around Christmas 2019 I had lost 15 lbs, going from 227 to 212. By April of this year I was back to 223, and I had a doctor tell me weight loss would really help with a skin condition I have. So I finally decided to get serious about really trying to lose the weight this time. Well today I hit 211, which is a new low for me since high school!! My goal weight is around 170 for now but I didn't have anyone else to share the news with so woohoo!! Gotta celebrate the small victories 🎉🎉. also just want to say how inspiring and helpful this subreddit has been for me so thanks a million y'all!!!! [link] [comments] |
| Since deciding to do something about my weight, 2 months in, have lost 9.6kg Posted: 20 Jul 2021 09:42 AM PDT Completely over the moon when i weighed myself this morning. My starting weight was 119.6kg (264 lbs) and this morning it was 109.4kg (241 lbs). I know its not a huge difference in two months but its such a motivating step in the right direction. For the past 2 months, I have been doing 30 mins of fasted incline walking on the treadmill in the morning and then another 30 mins in the night. I have invested in a Fitbit and now track my steps ensuring i get 10k steps a day (at first it was a huge struggle and I would have a cheat meal here or there every other day). Apart from the continued consistent exercise of simple incline walking, I have actually got my sleeping in order bar the odd day here and there! This has helped a lot as it has completely cut out all the night time snacking and i stop eating by 9pm and go on an intermittent fast until 9am after i have done my morning incline walking. Along with cutting out the night time snacking, I have learned to listen to my body and eat when I am hungry. I used to have a really bad problem of not being to control myself, if I saw food that I loved, despite being full or thereabouts, I would still eat it!! To further motivate myself, I will remind myself to post pictures of a 6 month transformation (fingers crossed) on the 20th November 2021. For the next 4 months, I am planning to give myself 2 cheat meals (nothing extremely over the top) per week along with increasing my incline walking to 45 minutes every morning and night along with starting to lift weights. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Jul 2021 06:58 PM PDT Hey everyone. I'm going through a divorce and I've always heard the best way to start feeling better during a break up is to work on yourself. I want to fix a lot of things about myself, first and foremost is my weight. These past 9 months have been rough on me mentally, but I'm slowly getting to the point where I want to be better. (You can read more about the separation in my post history if you're interested). I'm 34 years old, 6'1", 293lbs. I recently stepped on a scale at a friend's house and was shocked how close to 300 I am. I remember back when I realized I was 250 I wanted to lose weight... Now at almost 300??? Oh man. I do not go to the gym. I work in management at a grocery store so I am on my feet walking for anywhere from 8 to 16 hours a day, lifting, pushing, pulling, etc. I get that none of this is CONSTANT work, but I'm not really sedentary. A few years ago my doctor told me I have a fatty liver and spleen and put me on a Mediterranean diet. Lots of fish, nuts, seeds, grains, vegetables, olive oil, some chicken, rarely beef, never pork... I tried it for a while, and I didn't see any noticable weight loss changes. My biggest issue here was feeling hungry all the time. A 'snack' portion of almonds, for example, is a handful. Like.... Eight nuts. I think my biggest opportunity is my eating habits and soda. I have an unhealthy relationship with food, especially since my separation. We used to eat out sometimes, cook at home a lot, but now I don't really cook. Rarely, if ever. I always cooked dinner for both of us, so I CAN cook. I just haven't had the energy. Most of the time these days it's fast food or sit-down restaurant, or junk food while I work. What would you recommend? Intermittent fasting? Calorie counting? I guess Keto isn't really an option with my fatty liver issue... I know pretty much all lifestyle changes are hard, but I'm hoping to avoid being miserable... Any advice would be greatly appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| I promise to make my actions match my intentions. Posted: 20 Jul 2021 08:17 PM PDT This post is my starting point. Today is technically my day 5 but I'm just going to count it as my day one. I currently weigh 380 lbs, yes, 380 lbs. My overall goal is to lose 175-200 lbs. I want to lose the weight, pay off my debt, and start saving money for my future. I want to get my mental health under control. I /am/ going to get my mental, physical, and financial health under control. I'm going to use this Reddit account to track my weight loss journey. The good, the bad, and the mentally ill parts of my journey will be posted here. I've been in this group on my personal account for at least two years now, but now I'm actually going to do something about my weight. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Jul 2021 06:48 AM PDT A couple of years ago, I was told that I was pre-diabetic with an A1c of 5.8. I made a few half-hearted attempts to change but wasn't successful and ended up with an A1c of 6.5 last year. I had almost resigned myself to becoming diabetic. At the beginning of this year, something shifted in my brain and I re-started my weight loss efforts and have lost 30 lbs so far. On Friday, I had my regular checkup and the nurse noted my weightloss. Yesterday, I got a call from my doctor's office letting me know that my A1c is now 5.5! The secretary who called said the doctor said congratulations and to keep up the good work! I turn 60 in a few weeks. I'm still about 15 lbs from my first goal weight which I had hoped to reach by my birthday. I won't reach it by then but I think I've given myself an even better present - the threat of diabetes is no longer a sword of Damocles hanging over me. I know I will always have to be mindful even when I do reach my goal weight but the immediate threat is gone and I'm happy. [link] [comments] |
| Weightloss "tricks" that helps me. Posted: 20 Jul 2021 01:14 PM PDT Feel free to share yours in the comments!!:) Eating high volume and filling food. Lot of green with meals, broccoli, green beans, lettuce, love having a good salad with chicken added in for protein and if you're scared about dressing, I love reducing mine with lime/lemon juice or I use salsa instead. When it comes to food that will fill me, I cook a big batch of Chilli once a week, lot of beans and vegetables in, good source of protein from the beef and beans. I always cook my ground beef in a pan first to remove the extra fat and chilli really isn't that bad if it wasn't for the pack of seasoning I add in, it's a pretty balanced meal. There's alot of recipes out there so you can really make it as healthy as you want. Switching white bread to grains bread makes a huge difference as well, it fills me so much more and has more nutritional values as well. Snacks. Snacking between meals is something I've always struggled with. Fruits, vegetables. I don't like raw vegetables but sometimes, I'll have a head of broccoli steamed with salt as a snack. I buy grapes and freeze them, I buy these Tube yogourts which I also freeze, it doesn't have alot of calories and it's great in Summer if you're craving something refreshing. I really like dry cereals, depending on the brand it can be low calories, usually granola and not sugary ones. Not drinking your calories. Lot of sparkling water, I love these flavored Bubly sparkling water or diet rootbeer which I rarely crave, I'm more of a water person in general but sometimes, it gets boring. If I'm craving juices, I usually buy diet cranberry juice or the zero calories Arizona iced tea, suprisingly I can't taste the difference. I'm well aware, these tricks aren't life changing but they can make a good difference and they help me on the daily!! [link] [comments] |
| 1.5yr journey + my own little game which helps me go forward! (pics included) Posted: 20 Jul 2021 10:33 AM PDT Hi All. I frequently browsed the sub, but barely posted/commented (if ever). Recently I went to comment on some post and noticed my flair I've set up shortly after I joined and I was amazed! I am 9lb (4kg) under my weight goal and I am still pushing - completely forgot about the old goal. Which is funny, because that was supposed to be my dream goal, probably not achievable, but I wanted to shoot high. I am 27yr old male, started in January 2020 with 254lb (115kg) on the scale and decided to ge with keto I was extremely, obsessively motivated to lose weight ASAP, as I just got out from 8 year relationship with my then fiancée and was completely destroyed mentally. I blamed the end of the relationship on my weight and wanted to get back with her ASAP (oh how times have changed). I decided to go with keto, as I loved meat and read a lot of things encouraging me to go for it. I added 15k-20k step walks every evening, which was absolutely doable as I was alone in the city back then (I moved across the country for my ex). I've lost most of the weight in 2-3 months, which may not be healthy for everyone and I wouldn't recommend that pace to everyone now - I was losing 5lb (>2kg) every week and went to onederland in March. I kept fasting, but slower pace and got to 180lb (82kg) around July. That didn't fix my mental issues as I thought. I was satisfied and went off keto, trying to moderate. I decided to set some wake up goal - as soon as I regain weight, that would send me to 200lb (90kg), it would mean something is not working and I need to start keto again. It took me around 2 months and as I excepted, I finally hit 200lb again. I started keto, but after couple of days I realized that I don't want to follow strict keto diet anymore - I wanted to drink beer, eat bread, fruits and I had enough of meat for the few first months of the year. I would never expect that - I always loved meat and even behaved like a slight douchebag to some of my vegetarian friends by making some light but unnecessary jokes about vegans. But I decided to go vegetarian and haven't eaten any kind of meat in 10 months now. It was awesome, I eat a lot of fruits, didn't crave meat at all, kept balanced diet and supplemented carefully what was necessary. This post is not advocating for vegetarian diet, I just want to express my opinion, that there is no 'one and only diet working'. For a few months I hit plateau, as I was having more drinks than necessary and enjoyed large pizza for hangover 1-2 times a week, but I counted calories and was quite active, so I didn't gain anymore either. Fast forward to 1-2 months ago, I found a great idea, which totally works for me, is really fun to follow and allowed me to lose 11lb (5kg) in that time, which I think is optimal pace for me. I'm really competitive, love games, challenges and such, so I decide to make my daily diet a little game. Here is how it goes: I am 'racing' with my stomach every day - I compare the calories my stomach consumed with the calories my organism burned. So this is basically CICO. But what helped me to make it enjoyable for me was the 'racing' approach. Let's say my body normally burns 2000kcal just by existing (not counting any additional activites). I'm not talking specific science now, I'm sure all of you know your desired daily calories intake. My sleep schedule is 0:00 - 6:00. That leaves me 18 hours, 2000/18 is 111. I left the sleep time on purpose, I know that I burn calories during night, but I don't want to give my stomach such huge heads up. So when I wake up at 6:00 AM, my stomach is on 0kcal, my organism is on 0kcal as well. What's the goal? ALWAYS BE IN FRONT OF THE RACE. When I wake up, I get out and run - sometimes 5km, sometimes 10km. When I get back, I check what time is it and how many calories I burnt during my jogging. Let's say it's already 7:00 AM and I burned 340kcal during 5km run. 111kcal + 340kcal = 450kcal, great, I win 450:0. Now I can eat <450kcal, protein full breakfast and still be ahead! And that's how it works - I have some 400kcal lunched planned? I'm want to lead the race all day long, so at noon, 4 hours after breakfast I will be almost at 900kcal - let's eat lunch at noon and be 50kcal ahead! I realize this have to really stupid for most of you, but it works great for me and is really fun if one is as comptetitive as myself. What's great is the fact that the more activities you have during the day, the more it adjustes your allowed calories intake. I'm usually 300kcal ahead after last meal, around 9PM, which allows me to 'match' that with a drink or two and with a peace in mind that till midnight my organism will get >300 'points', which makes pleasant calories deficit. That's how I lost last 11lb and I plan on continuing for a while, of course constantly monitoring my body and increasing the intake when optimal. PICS FROM 1.5 YEAR AGO VS CURRENT But the losing weight is one thing. If you are overweight and depressed, you tend to feel that losing weight will solve all your problems. It won't. If you have depression, mental issues or you just feel that something is wrong all the time, please, focus on that as well. I started seeing a therapist 4-5 months ago and that gave me more happiness that all of the lost weight combined! Everything is easier to achieve with a bit more order in your mind! ;) [link] [comments] |
| 46 LBS difference - Face before & after. Posted: 20 Jul 2021 11:59 AM PDT Yes, that's me 3 months ago at 300 lbs. The other picture is me (took it yesterday). This is me in just 3 months of eating healthy and making conscious food choices. I couldn't believe how much I changed... until I found that photo. It's hard to believe that in only 3 months I could change so much.... I couldn't see the difference before I found that photo from 3 months ago. Unfortunately I was too sel conscious to take a full body pic (still am, a bit, but much more willing now). Be courageous, persevere, stay on track! If I'm doing this, you can do this too :) PS : I still have a lot to go, need to be around 180lbs, but I'm getting there, hopefully by the end of this year or end of January 2022 :) Regards, Brandon. [link] [comments] |
| Thanks to a post here I am loosing weight Posted: 20 Jul 2021 05:03 PM PDT I was needing to loose weight for my health. I have fatty liver disease and chirosis of the liver. Last time I ate high nutrion plant based weight came off fast. This time I struggled. I read here lentils were helpful. I thought they would be callorie dense and was just having vegies short term. Once I included lentils, and Tom Yum Soup paste, I have been loosing weight again. Have not tracked exactly how much I have lost, but over 4 or 5 weeks, has been around 1 kg a week. I make up a vegie stew. Cabbage, zucchini, tomato, onion, carrots, spinach, mushrooms, broccoli, add herbs and spice for flavour. And red lentils. They only take 20 minuits to cook. With Tom Yum Soup paste is quite hot, chilli possibly. So don't add too much at first. I put about 1/2 teaspoon in enough for a day, maybe 1 1/2 litres Any low callorie vegies is good I start off with onion and spices etc. Add a little water, stir over medium heat, slowly add lentils, 1 cup and 2 1/2 cups of water, and vegies. Add longer cooking ones first. I add water if needed. If I am hungry I eat. No callorie counting, potion sizes etc. [link] [comments] |
| Having a terrible time with discipline and motivation... Posted: 20 Jul 2021 08:04 PM PDT I'm a 5'11, 24 year old male weighing 220. I have a fair amount of muscle mass, but a lot more fat than I'm comfortable with. I'm halfway or more to a dad bod. It's starting to move into my face as well. I've been at this weight for a year or more. I know what I have to do to lose the weight, how much and what foods I have to eat, the exercise I have to do. But I just don't seem to feel the motivation or the discipline I did when I was a teenager doing P90X for the first time. I just can't seem to get myself to care enough or muster up the discipline to reduce my food intake, or consume a lot less of certain foods, or to get myself to go do my workouts. I've been indulging too much in good beer, good whiskey, and good takeout food. I know how to cook but I'm lazy about cooking, I don't like spending a ton of time prepping and especially cleaning up. I'm too poor for a meal delivery service. The only times when I feel the motivation are during pool days when I look at my much fitter friends and my reflection, and I'm not really happy with what I see. I've fallen into some bad, lazy habits and I've become too addicted to short-term pleasure/gratification. I've been trying to just willpower my way out of this, but it only works for 1-3 days at a time and then I just say "fuck it, this reuben or this burger today won't hurt me, I'll make up for it tomorrow or the rest of this week." And then I say the same thing to myself a day or two later. I feel so far from my goal that I'm less and less motivated to try and put up with giving up or reducing the stuff I like, and deal with the discomfort of hunger. What do I do to stop spinning my wheels and re-ignite the desire, the passion, that I once had for fitness and for trying to achieve my dream body? [link] [comments] |
| I think I finally found the glass slipper Posted: 20 Jul 2021 03:58 PM PDT This is a bit long, but I wanted to share my story for you guys in case it's relatable because I think I finally found the diet that works for me. I have been struggling with my weight and energy levels for a decade now. I went from being severely underweight my entire life, to overweight in just 3 years. It was frustrating, demoralizing, it has impacted my marriage negatively. Nothing seemed to work. What have I tried? Well I started trying to be more active but I couldn't really get into much other than hiking and walking. And nothing changed. So I tried counting calories, just writing it all down on a piece of paper and I lost a few pounds, but it wasn't a long term solution. I got sick of the food logging pretty fast and it never lasted more than three months and then I would boomerang back to an even higher weight. So I spent several years just trying to stay a little active, beating the absolute hell out of myself mentally every time the scale inched higher. I had two babies and lost even more energy than before. I tried cutting out all carbs and counted calories again. Again it didn't stick more than a few months. The next year I tried Noom, and it gave me a lot of great insight into my eating habits and how I could improve them, but again the food logging just wouldn't stick. After trying that program I FINALLY had a breakthrough with my health and was diagnosed with PCOS. Because of COVID I was left to research and look into it on my own for over a year before GYNs near me started to accept new patients again. In that year, after reading as much about PCOS as I could, I tried some new diets. My habits were much better because of Noom, and I was consistently active, lifting weights and going on walks multiple times a week but my weight STILL wasn't changing. First I tried keto. But the excessive amounts of fat were making skin tags pop up all over my face neck and chest. I didn't have the energy to food prep either and the cravings for junk food were not going away. I then tried intermittent fasting. It only lasted a few weeks because of how unpredictable and volatile I felt during the fasting window. I have chronic depression and anxiety and with COVID picking up steam I didn't need the additional mental health hurdle. The nail in the fasting coffin was having to get a job during the pandemic. I started working a full time physically demanding job. I expected the weight to slip off like a stretched out swimsuit.... it did not. Mid pandemic I had an extreme mental health crisis that made me seek therapy where I discovered that my motivation and energy levels and brain fog was in fact because- despite what I thought- my depression was wildly out of control. My anxiety being under control lead me to believe my depression was too and the gross sluggish way I felt was just... me. BUT IT WASN'T. So, the pandemic finally eases up and I finally get an appointment to see a gyno about my PCOS and ask the ass load of questions I had. There were several important takeaways: -I was right to not pursue diets that I couldn't sustain long term -PCOS may cause your body to go into fat storing mode when you do cardio. Stupid, but true. All the cardio I was forcing on myself was working against me.
-I was dangerously close to diabetic and NEEDED to make some kind of significant change to head that off -My doctor reccomended I focus on low impact workouts like yoga and walking and weight lifting to build muscle mass (because those at least still burn calories thankyoujesus) and that I try Whole30 Now, I won't explain what goes into Whole30 since you may already know and if not can look it up yourself. But I sat down with the guidebook and started to plan. I read and made notes and read some more and planned some more. It took me three weeks to feel fully prepared to start. Today is Whole30 day 30. My body feels leaner, my brain feels sharper. My energy levels are up. My chronic and near debilitating preoccupation with food and sugar is almost non existent. My mood is better (but I still have bad days). And I haven't had any of the issues I'm used to like nauseating heartburn and mystery stomach pains. I cheated and weighed myself this morning (you're supposed to wait until day 31) and I lost twelve pounds. Unlike what I thought at the start of the 30 days I don't feel desperate to add things back in. I will just give myself more variety and make it a more sustainable solution long term, but it'll probably be things like dairy and beans. I don't need sugar the way I used to and I'm not dying to binge on it like I have with previous diets. I know it hasn't been very long but it feels so much different this time around. There are a few things I did that helped. -I put all of my daughter's "junk food" snacks I might be tempted by into fabric bins in the pantry so I couldn't see them. -I only shopped at Whole Foods the first two weeks to avoid impulse buy temptation and ordered my daughter's snacks through Instacart to stay out of the store. -We just moved into a new house so if I couldn't eat it (save for my daughter's food) I didn't buy it. I told my husband if he wanted something off limits to me he had to buy it himself and I also gave him fabric bins for his goodies. It ended up working out that he was gone for 95% of the 30 days for work so there's that lol -I scoured their recipe books and planned out two weeks worth of meals. By day 10 though I was confident enough to not need any advance planning outside of making sure I had what I needed from the store. -I don't know how capable I would have been had I not been doing therapy first. It greatly helped my mental health and thus I felt more capable than ever before to get it done Feel free to ask me any questions if you'd like. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Jul 2021 05:46 PM PDT I've been exercising/eating healthy for the past 5 years and not even on my most fitness times I was able to get rid of my lower abdome fat. Has anybody else had the same problem and found a way to fix it? Btw I'm a 24 yo female, I do hate cardio but I still do about 30 minutes of it (mainly cycling and doing the 12-3-30 on the treadmill) about 3 times a week. I avoid processed foods and junk food as much as possible, as well as refined sugar. It's been 9 months since I've come back to the exercising regularly and I see results in muscle gain, toned thighs and rounder butt, way less celullite than before and a slimmer face and arms for instance but the only thing that doesn't change is my belly fat :/ [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Jul 2021 07:38 PM PDT When I crave it it is always the same "feeling" and I wouldn't strictly designate it as a craving because most of the time I am genuinely hungry. I don't even crave sweets at all or regular bread. It needs to be whole wheat or rye or whole grain. And it needs to be with the ricotta or american neufchstel. It can even be skim ricotta. Just something smooth and light. I never do it with butter or cheeses like brie, just ricotta or american neufchstel. I've looked online at answers but have found none. The only possibilities I've found was need for quick sugar or nitrogen deficiency. I don't think whole wheat bread qualifies as a typical bread craving and I get 25-30% of my calories through protein so I highly doubt it is a nitrogen deficiency. [link] [comments] |
| Today has been a struggle, and I had to reframe my thinking like I tell my patients. Posted: 20 Jul 2021 03:09 PM PDT I'm a substance abuse counselor, and daily I talk to my patients about relapse and that just because you're having a bad day, drugs won't make it go away. Think about long term effects. Think about everything you've accomplished and how you would feel afterwards. Today I found myself playing those over in my head as I drove home from work. It was a shitty ass day and the first thought I had was to get something shitty to eat. I had to stop myself before I followed through and talk to myself like I talk to my patients. It was hard to hear. I've been doing 20 carbs a day for a little over a week now. I lost 12lbs fairly quickly (water weight I'm sure) and now it's stalled the past week. I'm discouraged and down today. I know the scale isn't the true measure of loss, but fuck it's hard to pay attention to anything else when that number flashes back at you. I just needed to vent and I know it's nice to see that other people struggle but try to stick it out. I'm just going to eat my low carb Parmesan chicken and hope tomorrow is a better day. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2021 01:16 AM PDT hello! i am very new to reddit and starting up my fitness journey again. i was losing a significant amount of weight before covid, and i completely let myself go during the pandemic. i want to get back on track and get my life back together. my dad has always been a major source of stress in my life regarding my weight. almost every time i've tried to lose weight before it has been to make him proud or make him stop commenting about my body. but fuck that. i want to lose weight for myself. i've physically and emotionally felt better when i was exercising and eating better. i want to feel good about myself again. i am 5'2 and currently 183lbs. my goal is 120. i know i have a long way to go, and it seems kind of overwhelming. i don't feel comfortable asking people i know personally for encouragement, because i always convince myself that they'll no longer like me if i fail. so that's why i'm turning to the internet. if anyone has any tips on getting back into fitness on a vegetarian diet or any kind words, that would be much appreciated. thank you for reading! [link] [comments] |
| Starting to calorie count again Posted: 20 Jul 2021 06:48 PM PDT Lost about 15lbs in the second half of 2020. Went from about 187 to about 172 (I'm f 5'5" in my 30s). Weight started creeping back on early 2021. Now I'm almost back where I started (about 183). I haven't been in the right mindset to start counting calories again…but I think I finally got the motivation to try again. I hurt my back a couple weeks ago so exercise has been minimal…I guess that's what made me realize I'm ready to start focusing on my eating habits again. Also my partner (m 30s) has recently started counting again. I don't want to derail him with my bad habits…so I might as well jump back on the bandwagon. I'm going slow. Half a lb a week would put my calorie limit at about 1900. I think I can do this. In the past I tried to be about 1500 and often went over…I'm hoping less drastic change will make this easier I went to the store today and got a lot of single serving snacks. I love to snack especially at night…so I'm hoping this will help me no go overboard. Popcorn, chips, cookies, etc. I also want to start cooking again. I haven't done that for awhile. But we are doing some home improvements including some reorganization of the kitchen/dining room. I'm hoping the nicer space will inspire me to cook more. [link] [comments] |
| Almost everyday I tell myself I will start tomorrow... Posted: 20 Jul 2021 07:57 AM PDT ...And then I find an excuse to eat like shit. I will find out that we're having a party on Saturday and then I will move the start of my new healthy diet/lifestyle to Sunday because I don't think I have the willpower to not binge on Saturday. I was going to start my diet today, but I found out I'm gonna be home alone all day on Saturday and that is a trigger for me so I've decided to start for real on Monday. How do I make sure that this Monday I change for real? What do I do in the future to cope when triggering scenarios come up without giving in and failing and binging? It feels like I'm giving up the one thing that cheers me up when I commit to the diet completely and that I will have nothing to look forward to ever again. This causes me to procrastinate starting and to give up quickly. The weight loss takes too long. [link] [comments] |
| How do you define "too restrictive"? Posted: 20 Jul 2021 05:54 PM PDT I'm 5'5 and on a 1400 calorie diet. I can't tell you how successful I've been because I don't own a scale - they give me anxiety. The problem that I would like input on is that my sister, and Google a little bit, are saying that 1400 calories is too low. I was tired and hangry the first few days, but have since settled down and am now fine. I'm not getting proper nutrition, but then again, I wasn't doing that anyway. So if I feel OK, is it too restrictive? I always took that to mean that if you were always tired and hungry it wouldn't work, but are there other long term issues I might run into that I just don't feel yet? [link] [comments] |
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