Weight loss: “You’ve gained weight!!” |
- “You’ve gained weight!!”
- Face gains and body progress!! big W for me
- Invisalign and weight loss
- Why must my spouse denigrate my weight loss efforts?
- My clothes look terrible...
- Stupid question - how do you eat?
- Your body is sacred
- Brand new (sorta) *TW: Eating Disorder*
- Accepting where I was and extending compassion to myself helped me lose weight Well that and IF
- Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Sunday, 11 July 2021? Start here!
- Officially starting my journey to change and love my body
- 22 pounds away from my ideal weight (BMI of 21), but have some massive man boobs. Is this normal?
- Two birds with one stone: reading while walking on a treadmill
- Starting counting calories and mindful eating and im feeling happy!
- Really tackling my emotional eating and drinking
- Dealing with guilt/shame over weight gain. Fear of disordered eating.
- I have a food addiction!
- If I eat something over my calorie limit can I deduct it from my calorie intake the next day?
- Daily Q&A Post for Sunday, 11 July 2021 - No question too small!
- How to deal with impatience
- Advice for losing hanging belly?
| Posted: 10 Jul 2021 09:33 AM PDT I'm visiting my parents and ran into an "auntie" while I was out grocery shopping with my mom (auntie what we call older female family friends around here). Things were light and cordial for a few minutes as we chatted and then she said it, "you gained weight!!!". "You must have been eating a lot huh?" I didn't gain weight. I lost 70 lbs in the last year to be exact. I haven't been eating a lot at all. I've been watching what I eat and regularly hitting the gym. My mom knew this and saw how crushed my face was so she quickly changed the topic but the damage was done. After we got in the car, she tried to tell me that the auntie just hasn't seen me since I was a child and that I'm just a little larger than everyone else around here so that's why she probably made the comment. She did say that she was still so proud of me for losing weight. But to me, that comment means that it doesn't matter that I lost weight. I am still fat. I am still big. I am still seen as "abnormal". It also just confirms my worst fear: my weight loss is not at all visible and I look exactly the same. I already suffer from body dysmorphia and have some issues with my body image but this crushed what little confidence I have left. I'm still going to continue losing weight (because I am still technically 10 lbs away from a normal BMI), but I'm just waiting for my body to finally be at a place where people stop pointing out my weight. It doesn't help that my family also regularly points out how they're proud of my weight loss but always adds how I could eat less / work out even more to lose another 20-30 lbs. They're always insinuating that I'm going to go back to my old habits and reminding me not to eat too much every time I put something in my mouth. Its getting to the point where I wait until they're out of the house to eat something or have to purposefully eat 1/2 the serving that everyone else in the family is eating in front of them. [link] [comments] |
| Face gains and body progress!! big W for me Posted: 10 Jul 2021 04:14 PM PDT for as long as i can remember i've been bigger. i've had stints of being "thin" (aka not largely overweight)i've done all the diets all the restricting and most of all, all of the self hatred and complaining. last june i found out i was pregnant, i couldn't believe it due to my PCOS and at the time i was treating my body like absolute shit. my husband started eating clean and hitting the gym to get healthy for our son, part of me was salty because i didn't have energy and was obviously gaining weight but i promised myself i'd change when the time came Before i got pregnant i was my heaviest i've ever been at 251lbs, i left the hospital at about 223 on 2/1/21. this morning i was at 200 on the dot I finally took the whole "lifestyle change" seriously. We both eat cleanish and stay in a deficit. gym 3-5x a week together and go for walks too! I don't hate or dread food anymore. I still have about 35-40 more pounds id love to lose, but instead of focusing on the scale i'm focusing on how i look and feel. I've been able to buy clothes i've dreamed of wearing. i feel strong and powerful!!! happy losing everyone 💛 you can do it [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2021 05:31 PM PDT Has anyone experienced weight loss from Invisalign? I've had Invisalign for 3 weeks and here is my experience. For those who don't know the process, Invisalign are clear removable braces (called trays), kind of like mouth guards that you must wear for minimum 22 hours a day, leaving just 2 hours to eat. When I do eat I have to remove the trays, eat quickly and then immediately after I have to go through the routine of brushing my teeth, flossing my teeth and then using a water pik before having to force the Invisalign braces back in my mouth, which in the first week was AGONY. In 3 weeks I've cut out all snacking because it's not worth having to go through the process of removing and cleaning just for a chocolate bar. Before this I would binge on so much chocolate. I'd reward myself for any little thing with chocolate. I've also been doing involuntary intermittent fasting because my teeth are sensitive and it hurts to remove them, so I try to limit how many times I eat a day. I've learned to eat at the same time every day. And if I feel hungry I drink water. I also can't have sodas anymore. I've lost about 10lbs already and any bloating has gone. Anyone else experiencing this? [link] [comments] |
| Why must my spouse denigrate my weight loss efforts? Posted: 10 Jul 2021 08:43 AM PDT My spouse used to be supportive and understanding of my weight loss efforts. Now he's snide and mean about it and I don't understand why. It started out as little comments here and there and has just escalated. For example, the other night we had taco night. Everyone loves taco night, right? Including me. But I'm monitoring my kcal intake, so I measured out what I was going to eat and logged it. Then I enjoyed tf out of two soft tacos and was satisfied. Cue the sarcastic comments about how I'm starving myself, I can't even just be part of taco night without the damn food scale, and worst of all, how I'm setting myself up with neuroses and how is that going to affect our kids. WTAF? My husband is a very big and heavy guy, so I'm wondering if this is just coming from a place of insecurity, or if this is just his way of sniping at me because we're having other issues. Either way, I don't know what to say to him to tell him to cut it the fuck out without starting a big fight I don't feel like having. Any suggestions? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2021 11:46 AM PDT ...and I'm ecstatic! I went into the pandemic already overweight, but things spiralled out of control, and my weight crossed 175 lbs - a threshold beyond which there's only health issues for me. I decided to take charge of my health late last year, and am down to 147 now. I still have some way to go - I'd like to be closer to 130 lbs. I don't always see the change in the mirror, and my country is still in lockdown (pretty badly hit by COVID), so there's no external perspective. Today, I decided to try on some of my clothes (been in PJs since March 2020, pretty much) and everything is so loose and baggy. I was a little bummed because I haven't ever worn some of these clothes, but I can't complain. Also, the jeans that I bought in college but that quickly became too tight are now way too loose to wear, even with a belt, which feels fantastic :D It's been a slow journey, but it's great to see the progress in ways other than the scale. To everyone else who feels like they're not making progress, keep trucking. The results are coming. [link] [comments] |
| Stupid question - how do you eat? Posted: 10 Jul 2021 07:16 PM PDT I'm super embarrassed to admit, I have no idea how to eat. I'm a forty year old man, and I've been getting by on eating out and on the women in my life cooking for me. I got hit by a couple of whammies in my life. My wife and I are separated and then the pandemic hit. I've been working from home for over a year and the gyms closed. I didn't realize just how much of my life has been governed by routine. Without the office to go to (and stopping by the gym on the way), my exercise routine has withered and died. My marriage is on the rocks and I had to move out, and I've been fending for myself. Between the depression of the implosion of my marriage, the destruction of the routines that held my life together, and not having any experience grocery shopping and cooking my own food, I've gained almost 100 pounds, mostly from eating out and indulging in comfort foods. The weight gain hasn't helped with the whole depression thing, which leads to a vicious cycle of self-medicating with food. How do you guys decide what to eat? What to buy at the grocery store? How to find the time and motivation to cook? How to set up a kitchen for cooking? Especially when you're fighting depression that lead to the weight gain in the first place? I feel like an idiot for asking these questions, but I've decided the first step towards fixing this problem is to check my ego at the door! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2021 10:08 AM PDT I'd like to share a food philosophy that I find makes it easier to eat a healthy diet: Pay extra for healthy food. You're investing so much time and energy into losing weight and getting healthy. So give yourself permission to splurge on healthy food. Want to eat more fruits and vegetables? Pay extra for really good stuff that you like even if it's not in season. Want to eat at home instead of take out? Spend extra for some nice steaks that you'll look forward to eating. (Did you know that an 8 oz ribeye steak costs less than a McDonalds value meal?) Cutting junk food back to a single piece of daily chocolate? Spend extra to get the really good stuff. And most important, give yourself permission to throw anything you don't really want to eat into the garbage. You aren't the garbage disposal, and you don't have clean your plate or finish up leftovers. Your body is sacred. When you eat something, it becomes part of your body - part of you. Let only the best foods enter your body. [link] [comments] |
| Brand new (sorta) *TW: Eating Disorder* Posted: 10 Jul 2021 05:52 PM PDT Hey everyone! I am 25 FtM, 5'4, and already down to 181 lbs from 186 last week (very fast and first weight was a scale at the doctor's office, so I'm assuming this as mostly water weight and a difference in scales but still! Very happy to see the decrease!). So, so happy I found this subreddit a few days ago, as reading through all of your triumphs and tribulations, wins big and small, has made me enthusiastic about actually getting healthy rather than just "losing weight" for the first time in my life. I am posting today mostly for accountability, I guess. I am (unfortunately) an old hat at losing and gaining and losing again and gaining even more. I've been overweight since age 6 or 7, surrounded by a household full of people who were chronically under weight. Yes, you can imagine what that did for my self-esteem (it's non-existent). All my life, it's only ever been me who has to watch what they ate. Me who wasn't allowed to have dessert while I watched my family pig out on anything they wanted. Me who was bullied at school. Me constantly getting comments from well-meaning family members and family friends about my weight and "should you really be eating that?". Me overhearing my mom crying to my dad when she thought I was asleep about how she's worried I'm going to be fat and miserable until I die young of some comorbid illness. Me getting dragged from nutritionist to nutritionist and eating "special" (read: gross) diet food and new food rules that changed with every new nutritionist. Needless to say, my relationship with food probably hasn't been healthy since I graduated preschool. And I never understood why it was just me. I thought there must be something wrong or broken with me, and there was nothing I could do about it. That I was doomed to be "the fat kid" forever. Until the summer between 9th and 10th grade. I was 15. We finally had Internet, and I spent literally all day on the computer. It completely distracted me from everything, even food. I would watch YouTube videos and read for hours and hours until it was 8 hours later and I still haven't eaten anything all day. I would make myself soft boiled eggs and a bagel and get right back on the computer. And that was it. Every day. All summer long. My only meal was eggs and a bagel, and the occasional family dinner. And the weight melted off of me. At the time, I think my highest weight was 165, and 2.5 months later I was about 140. I was shocked! I didn't think it was possible, because I'd never been able to lose weight before. And I wasn't even trying! Suddenly everyone was proud of me. I was getting a bunch of positive attention from everyone about my weight. It was the first thing people talked about when they saw me. My parents were visibly relieved. And all it took was just not eating. Hello, eating disorder! (TW START. Will mark the end, skip to there if you need to) I stopped eating breakfast- only coffee. I stopped eating lunch at school. I'd get home from school and eat fruit or a small bag of hot cheetos, and stuff myself with dinner. Which progressed to getting home and taking a nap to avoid eating anything at all. Maybe I'd eat dinner, maybe not. But I absolutely never finished anything I ate. It didn't matter how hungry I was, or even how much food was there to start with. It didn't matter that I was fainting left and right. It didn't matter if I was exhausted and shaking. It didn't matter if my heart was getting damaged and my body canablizing itself to stay alive. I was finally "skinny", and if I finished my food, I was going to gain everything back and disappoint my family and be right back where I was. I ate a lot if I had 600 calories in a day, and punished myself the rest of the week by eating even less. (END TW) I'm not sure what changed but I hit 117 pounds and gradually came back to my old (still poor) eating habits. I started seeing my weight creep back up and I would start to panic, but then console myself about still being a normal weight. And then the excuses kept coming. And kept coming. And kept coming. And then 4 years had passed and I had blown past my starting weight to a grand 192 pounds and I hated myself. I tried to get back to my starvation "diet" and I just couldn't do it. I would last few a couple of weeks or months, lose 20 or 30 pounds, and then go on a binge and "give up", and gain it all back and more. Then start a different, actual diet (like keto) but start to fall back into my anorexic mentality. And I was juussttt self aware enough to know that was a bad thing, and gave up again. The entire time, guilty for every morsel of food that passed my lips. Blaming myself for not being able to starve myself well enough (I know, I know). Cue 4 months ago. I finally got on some antidepressants that I should have been on since maybe age 9, and the whole world feels different. Leaving my house doesn't feel half impossible. Hanging out with friends isn't completely exhausting. Hell, getting out of bed every day no longer feels like climbing Everest. I have all this brand new energy I've never had, so I figured I might as well do something with it. So I started seeing a "food therapist" who works with people with anorexia and disordered eating and does the whole "intuitive eating" thing. I realized that my weight isn't the problem, but the consequences of the problem. I realized that I was absolutely miserable no matter what I weighed. There was no difference between how I felt about myself at 117 pounds vs 192. My relationship with food, how I think about food, how I think about my body, my thought processes in general - here lies the problem. I also realized about a week ago that I "intuitively ate" myself to another 20 pound weight gain. And I realized that this was okay. Because I learned that blindly "intuitive eating" doesn't work for me. I learned how to recognize my distorted thoughts and I'm working on learning how to combat them. I learned some steps to work on forgiving myself for being in this situation in the first place, and accepting and working with or around the circumstances that I didn't have control over but which lead me here as well. I figured I needed something different, so I searched reddit for a weight loss sub and found this one. Within 5 minutes, I learned about CICO and TDEE. And then I downloaded Noom, which seems to be exactly the kind of structure and direction I wasn't getting from the food therapist, and has been providing context to some things that weren't clicking when my food therapist brought them up. For the first time, I feel like I'm motivated for the right reasons, with the right intentions. I feel like I do actually want to be healthy, not just "thin". I want to run a mile non-stop for the first time in my life. I want to hike some national parks without being out of breath and in agony. I want to eat good food guilt-free with my friends and family. I want to know what it feels like to not be self conscious. I want to know what it feels like to not completely hate myself. Am I worried about falling back into an eating disorder? Absolutely. But I hope I have a better support system now, and I'm in a much better place mentally than I've ever been, so that doesn't happen. I have the tools now, and I'm ready to make the change once and for all. This really does feel like the last first start. Sorry for the ultra long (and kinda rambly) post and thank you to anyone who made it this far 😊 [link] [comments] |
| Accepting where I was and extending compassion to myself helped me lose weight Well that and IF Posted: 10 Jul 2021 09:24 PM PDT I gain and lose large amounts of weight (40-50lbs) periodically (3 times) in my life(39). No one knows why I've had all the tests. But this last time NOTHING I was doing could make a dent. It wasn't commitment I worked out more than anyone else using the personal trainer at my office (yes my work is so awesome we have our own personal trainer for a year) I ate clean, I ate healthy, I counted calories, I cut carbs down, eventually I rotated in a cheat meal once a week . Everything that had helped me and worked before just stopped and I carried around between 40 and 50 surplus pounds for the past 5 years. The pandemic had no effect on my weight so I suppose that's lucky. My house had burned down 4 years ago and I never replaced my wardrobe. I took what was donated to me from friends and coworkers and only bought new things when I had to underwear, weddings, funerals. I kept saying I will lose this weight so I didn't want to commit to being this size by buying clothes. Around November 2020 it dawned on me that by not doing that I was actually punishing myself by withholding the clothes I wanted. I was saying "This body isn't good enough for those clothes". The pandemic did help me with that. I realized this body carried me through the worst mass plague the world has seen since 1918. I decided to buy the clothes and have them altered if I really love them. In April 2021 I began Intermittent fasting 16/8 no restrictions on calories or diet just I have eight hours to start and finish eating for the day . Since I have dropped a size and 18lbs. That might notsound like a lot but it is to me. Even with CICO and exercise 5 days a week it took me 5 months to lose 10lbs before so I'm over the moon. Also I've been too ill to work out respiratory infection (pneumonia) and a flare of CFS/ME. Thankfully I am beginning to get better and did some chest flies and skull crushers tonight on an exercise ball. Just putting this out there if anyone needs hope is trying and not seeing results or just needs hope to keep going. Y'all have helped me a lot I am grateful for this community! [link] [comments] |
| Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Sunday, 11 July 2021? Start here! Posted: 10 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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| Officially starting my journey to change and love my body Posted: 10 Jul 2021 07:28 PM PDT As the title and username suggests I am officially starting to work towards bettering myself. I've done many things over the years to change here and there but always lost my motivation. But now I have a goal and a deadline of sorts. I want to feel more confident in my body by June. Regardless of how much or how little I change, I want to look at myself and feel proud. Part of this journey will be accountability based. I'm awful at keeping myself motivated but I'm good at setting mini goals for myself and reaching them. So I am going to be posting every 2 weeks. Progress pictures and measurements so that even if you can't SEE the change I'll have numbers to look at. (Weight doesn't always matter when you can be gaining muscle at the same time but I'll include that too because why not.) I read this sub a lot on my main account. I've found that many of you are kind and open to helping motivate each other. Even if no one sees this post it's nice knowing that those who do will know the same path I'm taking. Here's hoping that we can see change together! 06/09/2021 Measurements: Left arm: 12.5 in Right arm: 13 in Across Chest: 39.5 in Waist: 35.5 in Hips: 43.35 in Left thigh: 25.5 in Right thigh: 26.5 in Weight: 184.8 lbs Other info: Female, 5'6", 20's. Progress pictures: http://imgur.com/a/bNoK5wL [link] [comments] |
| 22 pounds away from my ideal weight (BMI of 21), but have some massive man boobs. Is this normal? Posted: 10 Jul 2021 09:15 PM PDT To give my stats first, I'm 19M, currently 207 pounds, height of 6'3". Started off my weight loss journey at around 263 pounds, so I'm beyond happy to have lost so much weight. I've seen a huge change in the size of my stomach, and I've felt a change in the size of my ass and thighs since clothes that were too tight for me before, now are way too big for me. But one thing hasn't changed, and that's my man boobs. I'm still 22 pounds away from my ideal weight, but I'm almost entering the health category of the BMI scale, and I'm wondering if having man boobs that stick out around 3-4cm from my chest, and this hasn't changed much at all over the course of my weight loss, is really normal being so close to my ideal weight? I had a friend who had around the same weight loss as me, but he became much much thinner in that period than me, who's still a little bit chonky. Also still have quite a bit of fat in my arms and thighs, but that doesn't bother me as much as my man boobs. Thanks everyone, sorry if the question was badly structured. [link] [comments] |
| Two birds with one stone: reading while walking on a treadmill Posted: 10 Jul 2021 11:32 PM PDT I've always wanted to be someone who reads books but it always feels like I want to be doing something while reading. The same way you can drive, do dishes, walk the dog, etc while listening to something. I would feel silly sitting in a chair staring at a wall while listening to an audiobook or podcast, yet for basically my entire adult life that's what reading for pleasure has felt like for me. With that in mind, tonight I tried reading while walking on a treadmill in our apartment complex's fitness center. It worked! I read for half an hour straight. I'm excited to have this be something I do on a daily basis. [link] [comments] |
| Starting counting calories and mindful eating and im feeling happy! Posted: 10 Jul 2021 11:45 PM PDT Hey all so I am a 22 F, 5'3 and 170lbs or 77kg. I used to weigh 145 lbs( roughly 65kg). I moved away from home and started unhealthy eating patterns such as binge eating bags of chips, coffee with way too much sugar everyday, donuts very often and my physical activity decreased. I was s pre diabetic with my Hemoglobin A1C being 5.9. Thats when I started to reduce my carb intake, replace sugar with stevia and exercise more. My A1C went down to 5.4 but my weight was roughly the same. I then figured I was eating too much food. Now im in a calorie deficit diet and i listen to my body. I ask myself, Do I really want to eat this? Am i really hungry? s Sometimes I would eat to the point of being uncomfortable because I ended up too full. I just wanted to share that I am motivated to lose weight and I'm hoping to lose 5Kg In two months. I was bullied by my family members because of my weights gain But here I am standing strong. I want this post to be a sign that you can do this nothing is impossible. It's tempting to want to eat because food is delicious but listen to your body. good luck. [link] [comments] |
| Really tackling my emotional eating and drinking Posted: 10 Jul 2021 08:32 AM PDT Pre pandemic I was 135 pounds and modeled and now I'm 170 pounds and literally don't even recognize myself in the mirror. Horrible relationship and pandemic made me binge eat and binge drinking wine all last year and I can't believe I still gained this much weight. I tried to make the plus size self love thing work but it's not and I just want my old self back so bad. I'm done. I don't give a shit anymore if people say I look "thicc" or no one wants thin women etc I feel way more attractive not being overweight and having four stomach rolls that go over each other and feeling like the michelin man. I love myself and I deserve to feel healthy and look great. Day one was yesterday, let's bring on day two. [link] [comments] |
| Dealing with guilt/shame over weight gain. Fear of disordered eating. Posted: 10 Jul 2021 02:57 PM PDT Hello! I just joined because tonight I finally realized how much weight I've gained. But I can't say that I've accepted it yet. And I would like some advice on how to get into the right mindset to start losing weight and maybe how to deal with the shameful feelings around it. Really thankful for any kind of support! The story goes something like this.. I lost 30 kilos three years ago in about a year. Which is interesting, because I remember so distinctly that I wasn't like "Oh, I'm so fat I have to diet now." I knew I was big. I had been for a long time. It was just how I looked, I thought. But I have always struggled with mental illness and the reason I began "dieting" was mainly because I knew I needed to treat myself better to feel better. And the more weight I lost, the better people started treating me and the more terrified I began to feel at the thought of gaining it back. Being able to just wear any clothes, having "pretty privilege", etc, was just so foreign to me and needless to say it felt good and I didn't wanna lose that feeling. Long story short, after receiving tons of positive feedback during my weight loss I started restricting A LOT and I lost even more weight, but I felt more miserable and uncomfortable about my body than ever, because I didn't realise it then, but I was basically starving myself. Around this time, I changed jobs (from a very active one to a desk), lost basically all of my friends, quit smoking and moved in with my partner. And during all of this, I started to comfort eat, happy eat, eat eat eat (and not exercising. At all.) and was in denial about the weight I was gaining. I was still stuck in the "I'm finally skinny" feeling and it clouded my perception. I didn't wanna go through the whole journey of losing weight again, so I just silently ignored my weight gain. And now I feel so angry with myself. Like, there was no need to ever let it get this bad, why was I in denial for so long? After having all of that "freedom" when I was at my skinniest, I now feel trapped and I don't know what to do. I know it takes a lot of patience, hard work and discipline. But right now it feels so hard, impossible even. It's all or nothing for me, how do I find the balance? It was when I started counting calories that I began to fear food and I don't want to get in that place again. If you've managed to read all of this I'm truly thankful. Maybe someone who is smarter than me knows some good advice or if you can relate. Also, English isn't my first language, so please excuse any spelling/grammar errors. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2021 07:14 PM PDT 26F, 5'2, 148lbs. I used to be so petite! And I'm still short (obviously) and I still see clothes that would have fit the old me, and I'm consistently embarrassed that my mind hasn't caught up with my "new and unimproved" body after like… 3 years of ticking upwards toward my current weight. Anyways, I've been going to the gym at least 3x a week - usually 4 or 5 - for about a month, with varying degrees of intensity and time spent. I have cut out soft drinks, but haven't committed to calorie counting, hoping/thinking/praying? that the changes I've made so far would give me the results I want. Spoiler alert: they haven't. So I decided tonight to start calorie tracking with an app and settled on Loseit. I started tracking my calories and even started thinking, there's no way I'm eating that much - I should be losing weight, I didn't even have coffee today! This app will prove that it's not me, it's a health condition sabotaging my weight loss, blah blah blah. And then I logged the Chinese Buffet that I had this afternoon. I was having a bad day and went to the gym anyways so I "treated myself" but didn't even eat that much, less than I usually do at the China Buffet. And I still logged 2400 calories for the day. No special occasion, nothing that I recall wanting badly enough to "splurge" for. No wonder I am at my highest weight! I am probably eating 3000 calories on days when I really let loose. In fact, I'm hungry right now and if I had Oreos in the house right now I could probably eat another 300 calories in Oreos without a second thought. Fuck. I am in for a long few weeks/months. [link] [comments] |
| If I eat something over my calorie limit can I deduct it from my calorie intake the next day? Posted: 10 Jul 2021 06:21 PM PDT So went out to eat due to a birthday and I realized that my meal pushed me over my calorie intake limit of 1200cal by about 600cal making my total intake of the day 1726cal so can I subtract 600cal from my limit the next day to make up for it? Or what if I just eat one meal the next day that isn't more than 500 calories? I should add that I did walk 9,500 steps today to also make up for it since I wasn't able to do a workout. And for the record I'm 16 and 165lbs making me really overweight so I'm really concerned about what I'm eating so I don't like to over do it on the accidental calorie intake. I've also tried drinking lots and lots of water. What else can I do to make up for the excess calories? And I may workout double tomorrow to make up for the calories from today but any other tips will be greatly appreciated. 16F 5'4 SW:165lbs CW:165lbs GW:150lbs [link] [comments] |
| Daily Q&A Post for Sunday, 11 July 2021 - No question too small! Posted: 10 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] |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2021 09:36 AM PDT Hi y'all. I am 28, 5'4" SW: 263 CW: 247 GW: TBD I should preface this by saying that I have made peace with being plus size. My body is strong, provides for me, has an hourglass shape, and I'm happy with myself as I am. However I know that my long term health is at risk at this weight. I recently got a new job where I walk a mile each way and healthy snacks/lunch are provided. I didn't even notice 7-10 pounds dropping off in that first month. Once I did I decided to roll with it and integrate IF and it is working amazingly. I think I finally found something that works for me! However I deal with intrusive thoughts telling me if I restricted more I could lose weight faster. I know this is unsustainable, unhealthy, and would pretty much kill my social life, so I override these thoughts. Also working it out in therapy. How do you deal with impatience to reach your goal?! I wish I could fast forward through this summer of hard work. I fantasize about the day I can show off my weight loss to my family. I'm certain I can get there at 5-10 lbs lost per month. How do I live in the now and not the future? [link] [comments] |
| Advice for losing hanging belly? Posted: 11 Jul 2021 12:21 AM PDT I'm a 5'3, 23, y/o, 140-143 pound female, I used to weigh around 206 and lost a majority of it through diet alone... The past 7 months Ive been regularly going to the gym 3-5 days a week and although my body has changed a lot (arms, legs, glutes have toned up for the first time in my life!) and i've gotten more muscle, but my belly has gone no where. i love doing cardio and do it at almost every gym session i have. i do a lot of strength training as well. i also have tried tracking cals and weighing my food as well as going on a calorie deficit to see if it'll help i know you can't spot reduce, but i'm going crazy trying to think of what to do to get rid of my belly, it seems like everything i do helps out everywhere else except my stomach area and i'm confused on what to try at the gym i have recently been trying out a HIIT/circuit? work out and i've noticed myself getting stronger but the belly is still the same... i get discouraged when i go on social media and see people who were as big as me or bigger now having flat stomachs, i know it's horrible to compare yourself but i just get so frustrated. im not unhappy about my weight it's literally just my belly. i thought maybe if i lost weight the belly would go away but it hasn't and now im at a loss as to what to do or what workouts to try.. i just want my clothes to fit better and feel more confident [link] [comments] |
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