Weight loss: Saw my fridge from a new perspective. Why doesn't everyone do this all day? |
- Saw my fridge from a new perspective. Why doesn't everyone do this all day?
- Weight loss will not fix your body image issues. Do it anyway.
- Down 110 lbs in 8.5 months with 10-15 to go! Pic included.
- I’m frustrated with how difficult this is
- 8 down 7 to go
- Halfway there! f(30s) sw:237lb (107.5kg) cw:192lb (87kg) gw:150lb (68kg)
- Losing weight is so difficult when you’re depressed
- Lost 5 lbs!
- Here again. Don't you ever get sick of it?
- [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: July 13th, 2021
- Down 50 lbs - feeling not great about it
- Lifestyle Changes... a Personal Reflection
- Today's the day - from 79 kg (174 lbs) to 69 kg (152 lbs) by Christmas
- Advice on losing BF
- completely dropped soda for water, feeling bigger than ever.
- I feel like I’m spiraling
- Daily Q&A Post for Tuesday, 13 July 2021 - No question too small!
- Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Tuesday, 13 July 2021? Start here!
- 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 12
- Booze and ultra high processed food rant
- I'm doing this for my son
- 24-Hour Pledge - Tuesday, 13 July 2021 - The Plan for Today!
- SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Tuesday, 13 July 2021: Today, I conquered!
| Saw my fridge from a new perspective. Why doesn't everyone do this all day? Posted: 12 Jul 2021 06:35 PM PDT 32F -- heaviest was 360lbs -- recent SW: 294 -- CW: 230.2 The TL;DR of my backstory: fat kid, overweight teen, obese college student, morbidly obese employee. Went from 360 to 300 when I met my 200lbs BF about 7 years ago. I was motivated. My profile was rocking that weightloss inspo. I was doing this for myself and he could come along for the ride if he wanted, but I didn't Need No Man to validate me! ...basically I thought I was hot shit. Welp. Spoiler. Turns out with 2 incomes you can eat out TWICE AS OFTEN. So... dating was awesome. Restaurants were awesome. Trying new foods, being adventurous... hell yea! It's all awesome. Gaining that weight back was...less awesome. Now, my BF has always had the fantasy of picking me up. I say it's a fantasy because that man is obviously dreaming. Like... I love you, but Dwayne Johnson couldn't bridal-style this thiccness. What makes you think you can carry me? I've always been very self-conscious about his efforts to lift me and have been firm but gentle with my giggly "hahah no babe, don't lift me, it'll ruin my hair!" Or "baby please no, my makeup!" When in reality, I'm doing speed calculations of our finances in my head and realizing we can't afford for him to have a broken back right now. Maybe next year. So after years of my gentle feminine protests thwarting his caveman fantasy of lifting his woman, I was shocked to discover that he had resorted to guerrilla tactics. The Stealth Attack was a constant worry. If he was in a playful mood I'd sequester myself in a chair or on the couch. If I found myself exposed (ie; standing anywhere) I'd keep my back to the wall like a retired hitman, always prepared for my enemy to seize any opportunity of weakness. To his credit, I never really explained how mortifying it was to know he couldn't lift me, and to live in fear that one day he'd successfully try, and fail, and I'd have to watch that horrific realization dawn on his face as he finally understood that he was dating a fat girl. I guess up to that point I was still deluding myself that he was somehow unaware that I was 100+ lbs heavier than him. But over the years, he eventually got the hint and stopped trying. I silently applauded his graceful acceptance of my limitations and figured it was just something I wasn't meant to experience. As I've lost some weight this year my scale has gotten down to numbers I've haven't seen since I was in middle school. I've started to try new things that used to terrify me: sit-ups, Victoria's Secret, wicker furniture. My BF has been incredibly supportive and affectionate as I discover all these average things that are now insanely exciting for me. Tightening my belt by another couple notches... bravo! Fit into smaller clothes sizes...huzzah! Experimenting with new foods...woo-hoo! But it was all a ruse. I was being groomed. This man was playing the long-con. This Saturday I was innocently meandering to the fridge, unsuspecting and unaware of the imminent danger lurking nearby. I closed the fridge, turned around and screamed as two arms wrapped around my thighs, locked under my butt and for the first time in my adult life a human being lifted me straight upward. It's all a bit blurry now, but I swear in the span of about 10 seconds, as I vice-gripped his shoulders and got cozy with the smoke detector on the ceiling, I considered 1) ending the relationship, 2) begging him to marry me, 3) at least six insults to call him when I was on my feet again, 4) and how to convince him to never put me down. I still don't understand how it was possible. My loose skin didn't pull, I didn't bruise, he didn't go to the ER for a damaged spine. I never thought I would be a person who could be picked up by anyone. I had fully accepted that my wedding day would include no bridal-style carrying. I'd walk myself over the threshold and just be happy that I'd eaten cake that day. I set my limitations and somehow my body snuck around and changed them without me knowing. Anyway, like the title says, I've seen my fridge from a new perspective. He held me up there long enough for me to see how fucking dusty it is on top of that thing and I feel gross. After he put me down and I stopped screaming "Again! Again!" I handed him the swiffer duster and told him I'd call him the next time I needed to clean my ceiling fans. Might as well throw away the 350lb-rated step stool I bought. I will never again be unreasonably pissed at a burnt out light bulb or a beeping smoke detector battery. Is this what skinny people feel like? Why do people not beg to be lifted and carried all the time? Is it weird that I want to climb things now just because I feel like there's this whole world 3 feet above me that I've never seen until now? [link] [comments] |
| Weight loss will not fix your body image issues. Do it anyway. Posted: 12 Jul 2021 09:27 AM PDT When I am finished, I will have lost about 100 pounds. As a 44 yo who has a jumbo-sized chest and carried two babies, I have no illusions about looking like I did the last time I was a healthy weight at 25. I will probably have tennis-balls-in-socks boobs and a sagging belly and loose skin around my knees and under my arms. I will not like it, I am sure! It's important not to have unrealistic expectations for weight loss. Including, most notably, how you will feel about your body. Some of us will have the above-mentioned side effects. We'll never look like someone who was never overweight or obese in the first place. Some of us won't be able to see the weight loss in the mirror. Some of us will still feel ugly and out of place and worry about what people think of us. None of this is addressable via weight loss. Body image is a separate journey best served by good therapy, a supportive community, and daily practice. If we won't necessarily feel more beautiful or attractive through weight loss, why do it at all, then? For me, the con list pales in comparison to the pro list. I used to be a healthy weight, so I remember just how good life is when I was. Cons: Won't fix body image issues alone; sagging skin; stretch marks; people making comments; clothes fitting weirdly; worries about romantic partners seeing us naked Pros: Improved A1C; lowered blood pressure; lower cholesterol; greater mobility; diminished joint pain; ability to tie shoes/paint toenails while still breathing; penis visibility; clothes fit off the rack; fitting in amusement park, airplane, and waiting room seats; less windedness with activity; longer life expectancy; lower food costs; better digestion; easier hygiene; often better sex (mobility, strength, stamina) I'd rather work on body image issues on easy mode than hard mode, personally. If I can do so while distracting myself with a shopping trip in which the sizes I wear are stocked in-store, all the better. I realize this may not be applicable to everyone, but if you are just starting out and/or having body image issues (who doesn't, really?), I encourage you to keep going, slowly, consistently, and give yourself the gift of easier trips around the sun. [link] [comments] |
| Down 110 lbs in 8.5 months with 10-15 to go! Pic included. Posted: 12 Jul 2021 03:08 PM PDT Hey y'all, On October 28, 2020 I weighed 287 lbs. Today I weighed in at 177 lbs. Here's a progress picture: https://i.imgur.com/7BNI5kd.jpeg (NSFW, shirtless). I'm 33 years old, 5 foot 7. I was athletic and in very good shape throughout my teenage and undergrad years. In my late twenties depression (and overconsuming alcohol, and then the overconsuming of food that accompanied that) led me to balloon up about 130 lbs extremely rapidly, and I stayed around that weight until now. (I can only guess at what I weighed before I gained the weight since I never had to think about it before and almost never weighed myself. I think I was about 150-160 lbs). I made the decision to get healthier on October 28, 2020. Funnily enough the kick in the ass that got me going was that a romantic interest rejected me, but that was really more of the straw that broke the camel's back than the true source of my decision, given that I'd been miserable and wanted to change for a long time prior. I lost the first 100 lbs in almost exactly 6 months and I've been slowly losing since then. I'm less concerned with maintaining a breakneck pace now that I'm close to my goals. I did this primarily through biking--an absolute shitload, like 250-300 miles a week--lifting weights, and eating a low carb high protein diet, with lots of vegetables. Low carb works for me; it helps me with appetite, and I don't mind eating the same foods over and over when I have made the choice to do so. So lots of lean meats like chicken and turkey, and lots of salads, spinach, eggs, and so on. Like I said, last couple months I've been going slow, so I'm on and off the diet frequently. When I'm with friends I don't mind indulging or eating whatever, but when I'm alone I'm sticking to the diet. I don't intend to stick to low carb forever, and the last two months have shown I can in fact maintain my weight fairly easily when I go back on carbs, but for losing weight I find low carb to be the easiest. So I'm trying to buckle down and reach my own goal of sub-10% body fat before I really settle into maintenance (my most recent DXA scan had me at 14.8% BF). [link] [comments] |
| I’m frustrated with how difficult this is Posted: 12 Jul 2021 05:21 PM PDT I lost complete motivation today. I'm an avid researcher who's been super consistent and making great strides. Today, I had a moment of just sadness. I was not motivated to work out, drive to the gym, and overall not in the right headspace. Why is nutrition so difficult? It seems like everything is bad for you! Chobani Greek Yogurt, turns out it's terrible for you. Drink a glass of juice, so much sugar! Eat sweets in moderation? Why? How can you eat something you genuinely enjoy just a little? I'm frustrated with the same routine everyday. Fill up your shaker bottle, drive to the gym, do the exercises, drink water, and then go home. You gotta do this consistently for so long to get to where you wanna be. I don't want to eat healthy stuff every single day! how can you eat healthy oatmeal every single morning? How many healthy breakfasts are there really? Maybe a three weeks, four weeks, but every single day you're gonna eat the same damn thing? The same fruits recycled over and over? The same oatmeal? changing it a up a tad and tricking yourself? I'm really ranting here but it just feels like everything is terrible for you! Pizza is bad, even healthy things that the world considers healthy is actually terrible. You buy protein powder and turns out there's Sucralose in it which is also terrible! I still came to the gym and I'm just thinking about evolution and how humans over time doing manual labor changed their body types. Here I am in the gym doing the same up down up down every day on various exercises for over a year. Don't get me wrong, I'm super happy and I've seen great progress and love it. Today I just got hit with sadness that I have to keep this up otherwise the whole "you lose muscle! You'll get back into a bad habit!" How do you combat these thoughts? I understand moderation and changing things up is key but it's so difficult and I find myself so sad. It's never happened before, just today for some reason. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 13 Jul 2021 12:49 AM PDT Three weeks ago I had had enough of my work pants being too tight. I work a fairly physically demanding job and am decently active on my weekends (usually a round of golf walking and a lot of rough housing with my dog). When I had stepped on the scale, I found myself 15 lbs heavier than I had ever been at 205 lbs. I started going over all the changes to my lifestyle and diet over the past five years and found the only big difference was the amount of sugar I'm taking in. So I promptly cut out all refined sugars. Three weeks later and I'm down 8 lbs out of the 15 I want to lose. I had a coffee yesterday with the same amount of sugar I would have previously had, and it tasted vile, so I don't think I'll be going back to my old ways anytime soon. Wish me luck on the last 7 lbs! [link] [comments] |
| Halfway there! f(30s) sw:237lb (107.5kg) cw:192lb (87kg) gw:150lb (68kg) Posted: 12 Jul 2021 06:48 PM PDT I've still got a long way to go, but I wanted to share somethings I've learned along the way. For the advice I've found here I wanted to present a hall of fame, here it is. Hall of Fame: Someone mentioned the paper towel rule the first few pounds matter but not provide a NSV. It's like the first few sheets from a paper towel roll. Find a non food reward, this is my first. Calorie counting works great for some people, but if it's too depressing it's ok to focus on hunger. Walk just a little extra, even it's just parking on the far side of the parking lot. Drink water, before meals, with meals and as much as possible. IF works great for some but it's important not to burn out on it. This sub is great for continued motivation and advice. Take care of your mental health while loosing weight. Is this food worth the calories? Sometimes it isn't. This is what personal experience has shown me. Hunger doesn't always mean you want food. Sometimes it's sleep, change of activity, movement, loneliness, or even water. I take the advice of the aliens in space invaders (as expressed in futurama), drop down lower and increase speed. Drop my food in take and up my movement. I've started buying less food at the store, there is no reason to waste it, and the price is sky rocketing. Losing 10lb the hardest part was keeping it off maintaining the habit after loosing the weight is hard, loosing 40+lb the hardest part is the middle, it takes so long to loose that habits change. Covering a plate and saving it for later is a great plan. If I'm done eating it needs to go in the fridge. This is also very hard, but absolutely needed. Thankyou all so much for your stories and advice. I will likely not be on again till tomorrow, but I'd like to request an adapted version of Livin' On Prayer, by r/loseit for those of us are half there. Something like Once upon time not so long ago Tommy used to workout alot, gym's been on closed [link] [comments] |
| Losing weight is so difficult when you’re depressed Posted: 12 Jul 2021 01:49 PM PDT I order way more takeout than I should and lately I've just been eating whatever makes me feel happy because I feel numb and sad all day. I've had a lot of trouble getting myself to going to sleep (bedtime procrastination), so I'm sleep deprived all the time and even more depressed throughout the day. I no longer workout and I just lie around all day. I don't have energy to make food and eating healthfully just makes me feel miserable and deprived, so I'm constantly turning to fatty, hyper-palatable foods for that dopamine hit my depressed brain so desperately craves. I know a lot of my problems would be solved by just going to bed at a good time, waking up and working out, and eating healthfully, but I'm caught in this terrible cycle where I'm too sleepy, miserable, and depressed to do anything right, including forcing myself to go to bed. I don't really know what to do to break out of it. Eating healthfully feels like I'm depriving myself and everything tastes so bland and boring. I can't cook, I don't like to cook, and I never have the energy for it. I'm so afraid of staying stuck in these unhealthy patterns forever, but the thought of the discomfort it will take to get my act together (working out, eating healthfully, no longer staying up late) is far too daunting. I'm already depressed, so I have a lower tolerance for anything that makes me sad or uncomfortable. I feel like a self-pitying failure but I'm also just stuck. I'm not sure what to do now but I know I can't stay like this forever. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2021 08:36 AM PDT SW: 209 CW: 204 Goal: 150 My first milestone!! I've lost 5 pounds in 4 weeks exactly!! Less than a month :) A week ago I was frustrated and stressed over not being able to crack under 205 and surprise surprise today I weighed myself and it said 204!! I know weight fluctuates so I might not be this weight tomorrow but I've been waiting to crack 205 for 2 weeks I'm so happy. Hopefully by the end of this month I'm at at least 202. I cant wait to be back in the 100s club!! Literally just 4 more lbs to go. My advice for anyone in a stagnant spot is keep your faith. Hold on to every last bit of it. Make sure you're eating how you're supposed to and STAY PATIENT AND CONSISTENT. [link] [comments] |
| Here again. Don't you ever get sick of it? Posted: 12 Jul 2021 05:34 AM PDT My first time losing 20 pounds when I was a teenager. Second time losing 30 pounds was in high school. My third time losing 40 pounds was in college. My fourth time losing almost 40 pounds was last year. And here I am, again, at least 60 pounds overweight. Why am I doing this to myself? I'm in therapy but I'm just venting because it's a specially hard day today and I just don't understand why do I have to deal with this my whole life over and over again. Sometimes I'm so sick of everything I'd just like to bury myself under a rock and never get out. I can't even look at my own pictures. Judging by my social media photos people would think I'm catfishing. And one more summer "wasted". One more summer telling friends how I hate the heat and how I don't want to go out. One more summer of experiences lost. For fucks sake. I'm doing it again but fuuuuuuck. Thanks for reading. [link] [comments] |
| [Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: July 13th, 2021 Posted: 12 Jul 2021 10:04 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] |
| Down 50 lbs - feeling not great about it Posted: 12 Jul 2021 07:52 PM PDT Like the title says as of Saturday I'm down 50 lbs. I started at pretty high weight so I'm really not seeing any difference in the mirror and I'm too embarrassed to share with my boyfriend or friends how much weight I've lost because I still have a ways to go and I just... don't want to admit to what my start weight was. It's hard for me to say "I need to lose over 200 lbs" but that's the case. I'm not feeling like I'm going to quit... in fact I'm more motivated than ever. I'm just sad that I feel like I've made all this progress and I'm not seeing the results I want to see. I read a post earlier that losing weight will not fix your body image, and I think that's true--my self worth is something I'll need to work on separately and am working on with a therapist. I also wish I could celebrate my weight loss and share it with people, but the shame spiral really stops me from doing so. Anyone else feel ashamed to share their weight loss story or talk about hard numbers (what they've lost, what they've got to lose, where they started, etc)? [link] [comments] |
| Lifestyle Changes... a Personal Reflection Posted: 12 Jul 2021 03:33 PM PDT A phrase that gets thrown around on here a lot is the idea of a "lifestyle" change. It's the idea that if your new habits are not permanent, any results aren't going to last for very long. I think a lot of people are under the impression that you can just work out really hard for a month or two, lose the weight, and then "return to normal". But it just doesn't work like that. "Normal" will just put you back where you started. I just recently hit my goal weight, and I wanted to right up a post or two here to encourage all the lurkers to keep going. I know I really enjoyed reading other peoples stories. STATS: 29M 6'1 My weight loss journey was not linear at all, and it had a few different stages and phases over several years with this latest round of CICO/exercise finally clicking and coasting right into my goal weight from 242 -> 200 in ~ 240 days. So lifestyle... When I was a kid, I was very active. Biking, skateboarding, football, swimming, trampolines. This was the stuff I lived for. Sure I played video games, and I always loved pizza, but as a kid the super active lifestyle was enough for me to stay in a generally healthy range. This remained true until in middle school, I had some social issues. My school changed, I basically lost my core group of friends, the kids around me started doing activities that I was uncomfortable with, and I retreated more and more into my home, playing world of warcraft. Slowly I began to gain weight. After a few years of this I was able to make new friends, and adjust more socially. I ended up being very active in high school, not so much with sports but just always on the go. I had places to go and people to see, so to speak. I like this example because its very illustrative. My old gf worked at a Baskin Robins about 1.5 miles from the house. We would walk to school, walk to a friends house, and then walk home. If she had to work, I would walk her to work. I would then walk home. Maybe I would walk to visit another friend or something, and when her shift was over I would walk there and walk her home. So while i paid almost no attention to my diet, my life consisted of a base-line activity level of walking 5+ miles on most days. Combined with the fact I had no money, this lifestyle kept me pretty healthy too. After this, I ended up working in a warehouse loading trucks. This work was incredibly demanding physically, and it was the same story, my weight was fine, I didn't worry about it. Then comes the phase when I was laid off. I weighed my options, and decided to go back to school. Couple this with a bad breakup, and moving back in with my parents, I went thru a phase where I spent a lot of time at home. I bought a playstation and played a bunch of video games, ate my mothers cooking, and slowly the weight creeped up. I still didn't give it much thought. I began to be frustrated with my physical appearance as my weight kept increasing, and so I took a weight lifting class at the junior college I attended. This was a God-send, and I developed some strength and stamina and began to lose weight. It was at this point I became mildly aware about calories, and I attempted on and off to make healthier food choices. I dropped weight, and felt good and strong. But then I graduated from that community college, and fell away from my beloved little gym where I had free access and felt so at home. I took an internship in a fancy office park downtown by the university. For the first time in my life I was making a bit more money, and I was sitting ALL DAY. I would commute 1 hour each way, and then sit on a computer for 8 hours a day. I was still cognizant that exercise was important, so for instance I would take the stairs the 6 floors from my carpark to my office each day. But a 5 minute stair walk 2x a day was just not enough to combat the influx of calories from my new lifestyle. In retrospect I can see it so clearly. My weight / condition was always tied to directly to my lifestyle. But I never thought of my lifestyle as something I could control. I was just a passenger, letting the waves of the ocean dictate my levels of food intake and exercise . This all came to a head when I was walking my chunky butt down the stairs to my office and I turned too quickly at the bottom of a landing of stairs and tweaked my knee. I remember thinking "what the hell, I just hurt myself from walking". I used to run, and jump, and fall off of skateboard ramps and never think twice about it... what happened? I thought to myself, If I fell down onto the ground right now, i'm pretty sure I would injure myself. It never used to be like this... This was my initial wakeup call. I knew something was wrong, and I wanted to change. But I really didn't know how. I tried doing the things I knew, I cut out soda and drank more water. I tried to order the chicken instead of the beef. I made small token efforts at living a healthy lifestyle. This new modified sedentary lifestyle was enough to keep me at about ten pounds lower, but that was it. Then school started again, and I was at a new university on the other side of town. I had to walk to class from my office car-park. And it was about 1.5 miles each way. At first it sucked, I was over-weight, and it gets very hot where I live. But just adding in that walking, was enough to bring me down 10 additional pounds, in a way that was simple and easy to maintain. I didn't think to much about it, I didn't track calories, it just was my lifestyle. Now I met some new friends at university, and I really liked them. One in particular was a marvel to me. Her lifestyle was SO different from what I had ever done. She used a bicycle to get around. She packed fruits and nuts in small little containers for snacks. (instead of waiting until she was starving and getting a bunch of tacos and beer at the end of the night). She spent her spare time in the library studying for tests, instead of racing home to play video games. So I copied her. Its a good thing it wasn't a test because this would have been major plagiarism. I wanted to keep up with her biking, so I busted out my old longboard. With my longboard my commute was much more manageable. And I was having FUN! I would ride up and down the bike paths. I would explore new areas. I would take long rides at night enjoying the cool air. I started going to the grocery store and buying fruits and nuts to bring to school for snacks. At some point I also started tracking calories. This brought me down to ~220lbs (40 less than my maximum). It was fun, I was happier than ever, and It was not burdensome. It was easy, because what I had done is copied a successful and happy person, and adopted their lifestyle. I wasn't just forcing myself to quit doing what I really liked, I just re-adjusted what I liked doing. But alas all things must come to an end. COVID struck, and everyone went home. I took my newfound passion for skateboarding with me, and I used all those covid hours for exercise. I maintained my weight and was generally pretty pleased. However then I got married. (which was/is awesome). But I think nothing has ever been more of a shock to my lifestyle. I kept up with the exercise, but my diet went to crap. My wife is an excellent cook, and I think she shows me her love by making delicious things that I wanted. This change in lifestyle set me back 20lbs now to 240. Again, every different weight and phase has just been a reflection of changes in my lifestyle. It was at this point I realized that I was in control of my lifestyle. I had learned that I love skateboarding, and that is plenty of exercise for me. But now I needed to tackle the eating. But my old strategy of just eating fruits and nuts and for long days away at school wasn't working so well in my new 24/7 at home environment. Enter CICO. I learned the truth about calories, and I was on fire. It sucked at first, and I was hungry. I had to figure out what types of foods are worth it. I had to get a food scale and find out that my honey bunches of oats were 4x more calorific than I ever would have dreamed. I had to learn that I love carrots. I would have long plateaus and think something was wrong. I quit using mayo and just started putting hot sauce on everything. I had to cut down on alcohol because it just doesn't fit very well into a good deficit. But now it's paid off. I've crafted a new lifestyle, and I very much enjoy it. Any spare time i get I steal off to the skatepark and drench myself in sweat for a couple of hours. When I'm home I eat nice foods that my wife cooks, she just weighs the meats and gives me a count of how much of everything she used. I'm going to track it for a while still, because it's really not that hard, and I like the accountability. So this was incredibly long, thanks for reading. I wanted to give a birds eye view of what "lifestyle" has looked like for me. And how my weight has always directly been related to it. My advice to any new-comer is this. If you want to lose ALL the weight you have to count your calories. If you want to lose SOME weight, you need to just nudge your lifestyle a little bit. Cut out soda. Start walking to the liquor store instead of driving. Switch to sugar free energy drinks. Pick whatever is easiest and start there. A small and genuine change to your lifestyle is worth its weight in gold. [link] [comments] |
| Today's the day - from 79 kg (174 lbs) to 69 kg (152 lbs) by Christmas Posted: 12 Jul 2021 01:30 PM PDT Hello you sweet people, In order to commit myself to losing weight I'm posting here to mark the start of my jouney. :) I'm 169 cm (5 ft 6) and I want to lose 10kg (22 pounds) by Christmas. That's about half a kg per week, which I find an attainable goal. How am I going to do this? - 3 to 4 times work out per week (at home and at my Crossfit Box) I wish you all the best on your journey! I have to say, reading through all sorts of posts pumped up my motivation. :) We got this! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2021 10:19 PM PDT Hello. Im Asian 5ft 9 170lb. I can bench 135lb max and dumbbell bench press 60lb . I can curl 40lb dumbell and do 4 pull-ups in one set. i am trying to improve more in compound exercises such as squats and Deadlift. Ive really struggled w the concept of losing body fat. I had done a dexa scan and it stated i was 110lb LBM 55 lb fat and bmc (bone mineral content) 5lb . I actually look lean but i am skinny fat/endomorph in which my fat primarily lies in visceral and love handles. Can send a pic if that would help. From my research it seems to lose fat you should eat 500 cal less than your TDEE. When i input my info my tdee at lightly active is 2400 which would make 1900 cals my target goal. I find this difficult as im a small guy that generally eats 2 meals a day and breakfast which would be 1500 cals. However when I enter my LBM in a tdee calculator i get a different result of TDEE 1737 cals which would make a deficit of 5%-10% to be 1563- 1650-cals. I've also seen with resistance training that the recommended protein intake is 1lb per lb of body weight which would mean 170g protein per day. Even w protein shakes, i find this difficult to attain as i would just get super full. I usually have more like 80-120g protein a day. I also struggle with having 2L water and 7k steps daily.. Any advice is appreciated of how I should go about my diet and fitness regime to start seeing some sort of improvement. Does genetics matter much in body recomposition. Would possibly getting approved for TRT help? Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| completely dropped soda for water, feeling bigger than ever. Posted: 12 Jul 2021 07:36 AM PDT hi all, this is my first post here, i recently moved from the US to the UK and have lost probably 20lbs minimum, after that i was feeling super motivated! so just a week ago i decided to completely drop soda for water and i've done really well! i set up a cute calendar with 7 boxes a day and check them off once i've drank a glass of water. i know it's only been a week and i'm likely being impatient but i feel (and look?) bigger than ever. is this water weight? how long should i expect this retention? maybe tmi but i have been using the restroom more with drinking more water so i don't know why that's not helping. if that's what this even is. after the last 8 years of being hopelessly addicted to soda, i've been so proud of myself this past week but now just feel awful and don't even wanna to eat (i've struggled with going on anti-binges where i hardly eat for weeks and get super ill) since i've just moved a new country, i don't have a doctor or nutritionist to help me yet. any advice is appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2021 06:56 PM PDT Not sure this is really a question, but I just need to organize my thoughts. I was SO close, and now I feel like I'm ruining everything. In October 2019 I weighed 178lbs at 5'2. I started tracking calories and the weight came off relatively consistently. I hit my lowest weigh-in ever on June 25th of this year at 103.7. My goal is 100-105. Today was 106.4, and after eating 3 servings of Oreos over my calorie budget, I know tomorrow will be even higher. It's been a busy month with friends visiting, bars opening fully, etc. I have a vacation planned for the first week in August, and I want to be at the lower end of my weight range so I can relax a little. So why can't I stop eating???? This is the worst I've felt during my journey. It's probably ridiculous, but I feel like the gain is visible. I'm just so worried this is the beginning of how I regain it all. I know what to do. I need to start over. Track carefully, and one good day will lead to the next. It just feels like my willpower and all the habits I worked so hard for have disappeared completely for no reason. The knowledge that I have to lose weight that I've already lost is so demoralizing. [link] [comments] |
| Daily Q&A Post for Tuesday, 13 July 2021 - No question too small! Posted: 12 Jul 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] |
| Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Tuesday, 13 July 2021? Start here! Posted: 12 Jul 2021 09:31 PM PDT Today is your Day 1? Welcome to r/Loseit! So you aren't sure of how to start? Don't worry! "How do I get started?" is our most asked question. r/Loseit has helped our users lose over 1,000,000 recorded pounds and these are the steps that we've found most useful for getting started. Why you're overweight Our bodies are amazing (yes, yours too!). In order to survive before supermarkets, we had to be able to store energy to get us through lean times, we store this energy as adipose fat tissue. If you put more energy into your body than it needs, it stores it, for (potential) later use. When you put in less than it needs, it uses the stored energy. The more energy you have stored, the more overweight you are. The trick is to get your body to use the stored energy, which can only be done if you give it less energy than it needs, consistently. Before You Start The very first step is calculating your calorie needs. You can do that HERE. This will give you an approximation of your calorie needs for the day. The next step is to figure how quickly you want to lose the fat. One pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories. So to lose 1 pound of fat per week you will need to consume 500 calories less than your TDEE (daily calorie needs from the link above). 750 calories less will result in 1.5 pounds and 1000 calories is an aggressive 2 pounds per week. Tracking Here is where it begins to resemble work. The most efficient way to lose the weight you desire is to track your calorie intake. This has gotten much simpler over the years and today it can be done right from your smartphone or computer. r/loseit recommends an app like MyFitnessPal, Loseit! (unaffiliated), or Cronometer. Create an account and be honest with it about your current stats, activities, and goals. This is your tracker and no one else needs to see it so don't cheat the numbers. You'll find large user created databases that make logging and tracking your food and drinks easy with just the tap of the screen or the push of a button. We also highly recommend the use of a digital kitchen scale for accuracy. Knowing how much of what you're eating is more important than what you're eating. Why? This may explain it. Creating Your Deficit How do you create a deficit? This is up to you. r/loseit has a few recommendations but ultimately that decision is yours. There is no perfect diet for everyone. There is a perfect diet for you and you can create it. You can eat less of exactly what you eat now. If you like pizza you can have pizza. Have 2 slices instead of 4. You can try lower calorie replacements for calorie dense foods. Some of the communities favorites are cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash in place of their more calorie rich cousins. If it appeals to you an entire dietary change like Keto, Paleo, Vegetarian. The most important thing to remember is that this selection of foods works for you. Sustainability is the key to long term weight management success. If you hate what you're eating you won't stick to it. Exercise Is NOT mandatory. You can lose fat and create a deficit through diet alone. There is no requirement of exercise to lose weight. It has it's own benefits though. You will burn extra calories. Exercise is shown to be beneficial to mental health and creates an endorphin rush as well. It makes people feel *awesome* and has been linked to higher rates of long term success when physical activity is included in lifestyle changes. Crawl, Walk, Run It can seem like one needs to make a 180 degree course correction to find success. That isn't necessarily true. Many of our users find that creating small initial changes that build a foundation allows them to progress forward in even, sustained, increments. Acceptance You will struggle. We have all struggled. This is natural. There is no tip or trick to get through this though. We encourage you to recognize why you are struggling and forgive yourself for whatever reason that may be. If you overindulged at your last meal that is ok. You can resolve to make the next meal better. Do not let the pursuit of perfect get in the way of progress. We don't need perfect. We just want better. Additional resources Now you're ready to do this. Here are more details, that may help you refine your plan.
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| 30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 12 Posted: 12 Jul 2021 04:42 PM PDT Hello losers, Happy Monday! What a day. Yarg. I mean, yay the start to another heroic week! Weigh in daily, enter in Libra & remove moral judgement/stigma/shame directed at yourself about it: Logged this morning. Progress over perfection. Having a hard time with not using this number to berate myself. 1800 calories (tracking in 5-day cycles, Friday/Saturday at maintenance): On it. Exercise 5 days a week: Rest day. Body tired after an active weekend, going to have a rest day. 10/12 days. Alone time to word vomit into journal: Hit this up during lunch today. Todays gratitude list: Today I'm grateful for all the tools & information I have access to in modern life. The health of my antique of a kitty. Sunshine through my sun roof. The stability of my boring but secure job. Expressing gratitude: I need to be better about expressing some of this gratitude to the people I care for so starting a new one. Gonna start saying something I appreciate about my family of choice (different people at different times) aloud before bed. Or maybe I text em. Whatevs. Your turn kids! I'm so proud of every last one of you for being here & kicking butt. Keep up the fabulous work. [link] [comments] |
| Booze and ultra high processed food rant Posted: 12 Jul 2021 02:43 PM PDT I've been not drinking for the last 2 to three months. Basically my therapist suggested I look for dopamine hits outside junk food and booze, so I tried cycling and weights. And I love it. I log all my food and the fit bit logs my progress in the gym. I didn't choose to stop boozing. It just happened as I started to enjoy being fit and healthy. Cut to 2 days ago, I had friends over, and we had a few beers, next thing I am hammered, 8 beers in. I lost yesterday with a stinking hangover, and about lunch time I start craving uhpfs. I get a footlong sub {5000kj} 3 of those biscuits {900kj each} then I'm snacking on cheese and biscuits and any shit I could get my hands on. Lost a day in the gym, 6500kj over with the beer, 12500 kj in a day in junk uhp foods, and I have diahreeah and I weighed in 1.2kg heavier this morning. I just don't think I'm gonna drink any more. It's literally the trigger for my obesity inducing habits. Thanks for listening to my rant. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2021 06:20 AM PDT I know people say you're supposed to find the reason to change within yourself, and I've heard the airplane analogy so many times before. Put on your own gas mask before helping others. I have a two year old son. I love playing with him and rough housing. He is a little ball of energy. He loves it when I lift him up in the air and giggles uncontrollably. He's like a natural clean and press. But after playing with him, I hurt all over especially my back. Sometimes I have to just sit playtime out because I am plain tore up. I have to get in shape. If I'm this worn out when he's two, how will I keep up with him as he grows up? I want to be able to shoot hoops with him, throw a football, the whole nine yards. Maybe this is just a father's conceit, but I think my son has athletic potential. I don't want to just sit on the sidelines, cheering him on. I also want to be a good role model for my son. I want to model healthy exercise and eating habits, so he doesn't pick up my bad habits. He's a clean slate, and I want to start him out right. It's so much effort and heartache having to re-learn and work towards undoing a lifetime's worth of bad habits. I don't want that for my son. What's your motivation? [link] [comments] |
| 24-Hour Pledge - Tuesday, 13 July 2021 - The Plan for Today! Posted: 12 Jul 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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| SV/NSV Feats of the Day - Tuesday, 13 July 2021: Today, I conquered! Posted: 12 Jul 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] |
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