Weight loss: Donated my entire pre-COVID work wardrobe today |
- Donated my entire pre-COVID work wardrobe today
- 15F wanting to lose 120 pounds by the time I start college
- Down 20 lbs since July 6th!
- Eating back my exercise calories has helped me lose the weight faster
- I Lost 20 lbs!
- "It's just food!" - and other things I have to constantly tell myself.
- I wore shorts outside for the first time in YEARS today!
- I now have a BMI of 26!
- I’m shocked at how simple it was
- Is Fit-Shaming A Thing?
- I've lost (almost) 10 lbs!
- Sv, finally got below 200!
- 15 Years Old (M) | My Journey From Obese to a Healthy Weight
- Don't know what to eat anymore
- Holy heck, I thought my scale was broken.
- Down 20+ lbs, and finally under 200 again!
- 2.5 months in and ZERO weight loss?! Is it the SSRIs?
- How do you deal with arm loose skin after weight loss?
- Vent
- Really struggling to lose weight
- It's time to suck it up and get back to myself
- Upset with how fat I was when I didn't realize it
- Just hit a weight lower than my fluctuation range!
- Pre-diabetic and crushed
- I went from the best shape of my life to the worst shape of my life in two years.
| Donated my entire pre-COVID work wardrobe today Posted: 09 Aug 2021 06:50 PM PDT M 33 SW 257 CW 168 GW 160 We're finally returning to the office in September after being remote since March 2020, so today I finally got around to dusting off and trying on my formal work clothes to see what still fits. Turns out: literally nothing! Even the dress pants that were way too tight for me to fit into at the start of COVID were way too wide for me today. Given that I've lost 89 lbs I guess this shouldn't have really come as a surprise to me, but I was shocked at how comically huge everything was on me. In my mind I had thought at least a few things would still fit! I donated all my suits and dress shirts to a men's shelter this afternoon, and as I drove away I felt like my mental perspective of my weight finally caught up to my physical reality of how much I've lost. I feel so free. [link] [comments] |
| 15F wanting to lose 120 pounds by the time I start college Posted: 09 Aug 2021 09:28 AM PDT Hello! I am fairly new to this subreddit and I wanted to know if my goal is attainable. SW: 250 CW:244 GW: 130 Height: 5 ft 7 in Basically, I am incredibly obese. I want to be a healthy weight and look better by the time I enter college, so September 2024. Almost exactly 3 years. My TDEE is about 2,400 calories a day. Does anyone have any recommendations for the amount of calories I should eat a day, types of foods, apps, websites or anything like that? Also, is this goal attainable? I have struggled with binge eating and I have gained about 70 pounds in the past year and a half. I most likely have PCOS as well. Also, are there any teenagers who are looking for an accountability partner? Or people who lost weight as teenagers, any recommendations for how to do this while still living with my parents and not buying groceries for myself. Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2021 04:57 AM PDT Starting weight: 282. Current weight: 262. So 2020 was a hard year for a lot of people. I was truly blessed in 2020. My neurotic paranoia paid off and I stocked my family up with food in February and March. I brewed almost 100 gallons of beer. We ate like kings in 2020, no one in the family caught COVID-19 and we kept our jobs. I also put on like 20 lbs, and I was already at 240 lbs. Then 2021 hit... My mom (who moved to be by us in September 2020) got diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer in January and passed away on April 23rd. It was hard, stressful and depressing. I ate and drank myself stupid and ballooned up to 290 lbs at one point. Afterwards I realized I had to make a change so started getting a little more active and cut way back on beer. I decided after Independence day I would really hunker down. I'm now down 20 lbs without stressing myself out. I walk with my family after dinner for about 30-40 minutes each day, but I changed my diet. I stopped eating junk food, fast food, and stopped eating my stress so to speak. I eat mindfully now, and just having cut back my serving size and not having second helpings goes a long way I drink a ton more water each day which is important for so many reasons, but the biggest is because your body uses water to convert fat into energy. I added more fruits and veggies to my diet and switched to lean meats and added more seafood to my diet. I cut how much rice or potatoes I have and use low carb bread and tortillas. I can't really taste the difference. But losing 20 lbs my clothes obviously fit better and my knees and back feel better. My wife also says my snoring is much better too. I realize that it is a long haul, a marathon. It took me years to put the weight on, it's going to take months to drop it. You just have to forget about yesterday and focus on the healthy choices you make today. String together enough great today's and you'll lose weight easily! Remember, you're not alone in your weight loss journey. [link] [comments] |
| Eating back my exercise calories has helped me lose the weight faster Posted: 09 Aug 2021 07:12 AM PDT 31 F | 5'2 | SW 170 | CW 130 | GW 115 I have struggled with binging my entire life but never battled with being overweight until I had kids. I found that when I didn't eat back calories after exercise, It would eventually trigger a binge , then shame, a week or two off the wagon before getting back to it. When I started eating back exercise calories, I consistently lost about 1-1.5 lbs a week. Before, I'd lose around 2, then gain 2-2.5 back. Idk if this will help anyone but the realization that it was okay for me to do this despite common advice I found in forums was a turning point! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2021 01:01 PM PDT Humble Brag Time! I have been working super hard lately on my own mindset and goals. One of my long term goals has been to lose weight. Specifically 40 lbs. I am very happy to report I am half way to that goal. I have lost 20 lbs! Mainly the biggest change I've made is understanding my hunger and knowing when to eat and when to wait. I no longer emotional eat, which was a big problem for me. Another thing I've been doing is working on restriction of processed foods and drinking lots of water. I'm so excited for my new body and I hope you will join me in celebrating my huge milestone. We can do it! [link] [comments] |
| "It's just food!" - and other things I have to constantly tell myself. Posted: 09 Aug 2021 10:31 AM PDT "It's just food."When I'm dieting I will begin to obsess over the meal or meals that I've budgeted for that day. I look forward to it, and begin devoting an unhealthy amount of brain power toward what I'm going to eat, where I'm going to buy the food, how I'm going to prepare it, etc. I have to remind myself that it's just. fucking. food. I'm lucky to live in a place and a time when this is not life and death. Calm the fuck down, self. It helps me to take a step back and listen to those thoughts that are racing through my mind. To listen to the sheer volume of mental traffic zooming around devoted to the procurement, preparation, and consuming of food and it really confirms, at least for me, that food can be every bit as addictive as other substances.
"You are NOT going to die."Sometimes, especially early on in a diet, I have this feeling of impending doom. As if this commitment to stick to a calorie budget is a profound loss. When I examine those feelings I realize that I'm morbidly associating this inability to eat whatever I want as a severe deprivation. If I let it, those feelings almost turn into the notion that I'm going to waste away and die which, of course, is objectively ridiculous.
"Not everything has to be delicious."Never before in human history can even the poorest among us have constant access to salt, spice, acid, sugars, and fats at every single meal. Moreover, the average person has been conditioned to expect every morsel of food we eat to be practically bursting with flavor. This isn't normal. When I'm watching what I eat and limiting my intake of super fatty or sugary foods, I notice after a while that my palate adjusts, and what before would have been bland (lentils, rice, plain grilled chicken breast, a bowl of roasted veggies, etc.) is now delicious. Being hungry for a meal - really, truly hungry, not just boredom hungry - has a way of making me appreciate good, wholesome, simple food in a way that just isn't possible when I'm eating without restrictions. ...Just my two cents for today. Hope everyone is doing well and making progress toward their goals. [link] [comments] |
| I wore shorts outside for the first time in YEARS today! Posted: 09 Aug 2021 06:58 PM PDT I haven't worn shorts outside or around anyone besides my husband since 2017, which makes summers difficult for me as I live in a VERY hot and humid climate so it makes it awful to be outside more than a couple minutes. I've always been self conscious about the size of my legs, and so I've always either stayed inside during the summers or worn capris at a minimum. But now that I've lost 75 pounds I decided to try and wear shorts on a short walk around the neighborhood with my husband and daughter today. I bought them two year ago and they barely fit on me when I bought them, but they are actually really loose on my legs now! I was nervous about doing it but I wore them for about 30 minutes! As much as I like the number on the scale going down, it's these NSV's that really make me happy! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2021 08:59 PM PDT I know this post is a bit early, but I am now officially only 9 lbs/4 kg overweight! To be honest, my weight has been all over the place. I started out as a normal kid. Because my mom thought my normal weight as fat, my BMI got down to 17 as an older teenager. Anything over 55 kg was fat to her. I then left her, and my BMI was 20. Honestly I had no idea how to eat. The reason why I was thin when I was with her was probably due to her forcing me to constantly drink tea and herbal concoctions that made me sick or have diarrhea every single day, along with inconsistent calorie restriction. I was constantly hungry, cold, and my hair was dry and thin. To combat weight gain when I left her, I began the YEET what I Eat diet, aka bulimia. I also felt out of control with food. I was constantly hungry and didn't know why. I also began to just not eating at times. I'd eat a lot on one day and then nothing the next to punish myself. My BMI when I got into a relationship went kind of crazy because I stopped purging (my boyfriend caught me and freaked out). Also, he would get really worried about me showing any restrictive tendencies at all. His aunt, got weight loss surgery, and is now dying of anorexia. His cousin, is a sickly bulimic/anorexic. He associated my habits with illness. It got up to 32 (yikes I know) when I decided it was enough and I went on an 600-800 calorie diet for a month, much to the alarm of my boyfriend. I lost 30 lbs, and my BMI was 28. I maintained that loss for a year. Luckily I didn't mess myself up by doing that, but I can't say doing that is healthy. Last month, I started a 1200 calorie diet. My boyfriend was still worried, but I've assured him I'm actually ok this time. I've lost 15 lbs since then and I feel great! I've been eating mostly plant foods with some seafood and protein from eggs! I love that I'm not starving. I know this is premature because I'm not a healthy weight quite yet, but it's an accomplishment to me to lose weight in this way. I've been teaching myself how to eat in a healthy and balanced way as opposed to the wildly unbalanced stimulants, pastries and and fruit diet I grew up with. [link] [comments] |
| I’m shocked at how simple it was Posted: 09 Aug 2021 06:50 PM PDT I'm 23F, 5'6", and for many years I've been between 145 and 150 pounds. Doctors have always told me that I'm healthy (no high blood pressure or anything), although my weight is more on the upper end of the healthy range. A little less than 2 months ago I was up to 149 and I just decided that by the end of this summer I would try to lose 10 pounds to get closer to my ideal weight. I wanted to start slow by cutting out snacks completely, reducing my portion sizes a bit, and making some common sense changes to my diet here or there (like deciding to eat a banana for breakfast instead of a bowl of sugary cereal). I hadn't started a new workout routine or anything, I'd just been going to the gym maybe twice a week and I had a job that involves a lot of walking. The idea was to get the hang of eating a little better before I started some sort of more aggressive diet/exercise plan. But to my amazement as soon as I changed my eating habits a bit I started steadily losing weight. I've made it down to 138 already. I don't know I guess I've just heard too much about fancy diets and people struggling to expect to be so successful without making dramatic changes to my lifestyle. So here's a little encouragement for those of you who just need to lose a little weight and are nervous to get started. I wish I had given it a try sooner! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2021 12:43 PM PDT Over time I've been noticing little micro aggressions from people close to me and social media about wanting to lose weight for aesthetic reasons. Firstly, I love FEELING great. I have been both overweight and extremely fit. I can tell you that feeling lighter, having more energy, maintaining positivity, are the best side effects of being in good physical shape. Being able to shop for clothes without the anxiety of if they'll fit or not is an incredible feeling. Going out to bars feeling confident and feeling like you look awesome allows for you to enjoy yourself more and make more memories. I am at a point where I am actively losing weight again. The pandemic and a new relationship has caused me to fall off the wagon. I keep seeing so much rhetoric on social media that claims to be body positive but it's actually shaming people who want to look/be fitter AND the need to want to look whichever way you deem to be the best for you. If I want to have a fit body because I want to look attractive to MYSELF and other people, then what gives? What's so wrong with that? There doesn't need to be some underlying reason as to why I want to loose weight, i.e. me being programmed by society. Beauty standards suck, but feeling miserable in your own body day in and day out sucks more. Just wondering if anyone else finds this self-love stuff on social media and from other people kinda toxic in a "toxic positivity" kind of way. And how do you combat this to stay on your fitness journey? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2021 11:12 PM PDT Not exactly a huge goal but I'm just here to say that last month I weighed almost 180 pounds and now I'm down to 171 pounds :) It's so nice to see that it's working so fast... What I did is:
I'm just so proud of myself even if this isn't a huge goal. I'm currently aiming for 140 pounds (I am a 5 foot 6 inch female, which is a healthy BMI. Yes I know BMI isn't totally accurate but I am not looking to gain muscle, just lose fat!) Also, I did not count calories, at all. I'm already doing intermittent fasting, so I'm sure it doesn't matter too much what you eat as long as its healthy-ish/smaller portions. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2021 02:34 PM PDT This is my first post so please bare with me haha. I (24f, 5'4 hw:284.6 cw: 199.2 gw: 160-ish) got to my highest weight in 2019 after I had my son. I weighed 284.6 and I honestly don't know how they didn't bring up my weight as a health issue more often than they did. It wasn't until 2020 that I actually realized what I looked like and just cried. I knew I was big but not THAT big. I wanted to change it but had no idea how to until someone introduced me to cico. I started at the beginning of 2020 and got down to about 255 before giving up do to things going on in my life. I accepted that I'd just be that for the rest of my life until the beginning of 2021 when I decided to try again with support from friends, family, this subreddit, and my boyfriend. I wanted to be able to take my son to the park and not just have to sit and watch him play but be able to play with him. So I got back on track and long story short (even if this is already pretty long) I weighed myself today at 199.2! I was so excited and couldn't even believe that I of all people could do this. My next goal is to get to 160 (which is still overweight but much better than where I was) and I'm hoping to get there sometime early next year. If I knew how to attach pictures I would but I have no clue how to but I just want to thank everyone here for helping me stay motivated through watching everyone's amazing journeys! [link] [comments] |
| 15 Years Old (M) | My Journey From Obese to a Healthy Weight Posted: 09 Aug 2021 10:12 PM PDT Hello! Around 5 months ago I was considered obese. I was 5 foot 9 at 215lbs. I felt horrible and looked horrible. I knew I needed to make a change for a LONG TIME. I finally felt like doing something about it amidst the COVID pandemic (4-5 months ago) as it was my first year of high school and I had time to become more confident about myself before we went full in-person school (we were online at this time). I knew what a "calorie" was but didn't know what I had to do to lose weight. I thought at the time I would have to do some kind of exercise to burn calories. I was able to find some good YouTube videos that educated me on eating in a calorie deficit to lose weight. I looked online for "meal plans" and followed one. As I got better at understanding macros I was able to follow meal plans of my own! After about 4-5 months of eating in a decent deficit, I have lost 40 pounds! I am now 175lbs and considered borderline normal weight! My old goal weight was 175lbs but I think somewhere around 160lbs will do better for me. My plan for when I lose weight will be to gain some muscle and become somewhat lean. If I didn't have a community like r/loseit , I doubt I would have been able to sustain this deficit. The posts of peoples progresses just motivated me further and further and still continues to motivate me today. I hope this post does the same! I might post some before and after pictures if I'm able to find a good before picture (I was shy about taking pictures before). I'm excited to go into my second year of high school next month, my goal of becoming more confident has been reached! [link] [comments] |
| Don't know what to eat anymore Posted: 10 Aug 2021 02:07 AM PDT Does anybody else get really anxious with all the labels and rules of eating? I've followed almost every diet out there and have labeled myself so many different things in the past (vegan, paleo, whole30). I want to be someone who doesn't label how they eat, but now I don't know how to eat (as dumb as that sounds). I have gained and am continuing to gain weight, and although I still love my body most days, I would like to get back to my fittest self but I don't know how! Where do I start? I've lost so much motivation to cook and prepare healthy foods. I don't know where to draw the line or how much to eat of what. Ergh! Maybe I'm overthinking this. Would love to know if anybody else has been going through these mental gymnastics. [link] [comments] |
| Holy heck, I thought my scale was broken. Posted: 09 Aug 2021 08:00 AM PDT So my wife has been wanting to lose some weight and as a supportive husband I and doing this with her. We cut fast food down from 1-2x a day to about 2x a week and ideally get something slightly healthy like Togos or something compared to a bunch of burgers from McDonald's. We also cut our soda intake from 2 or 3 sodas a day to once a week, except if we go out to a nice dinner for a date. We started this about 2 months ago and for the first month we saw little to no real progress, and our scale would give us different numbers every time we stood on it even like seconds between, like 3lb differences. So I bought a new scale and damn it, it's broken too, cause every other day or so I am down a pound or two. Well, Luckily I work at a medical clinic with a super expensive scale so I did a test today. Before leaving work wearing just socks underwear shirt and pants with empty pockets and tummies. I get 328.4. Then I go to work, took off my shoes, emptied my pockets, and weighed myself. 328.04 (I assume that is 4 ounces which is less the 4/10th of a pound assuming that's how that all works). Holy heck my scale does actually work and we are losing weight, this has been great! I was even using the "broken" scale to my mental advantage and pretended I was losing weight, so when we went to the movies to see The Suicide Squad on Friday and I suffered through broccoli with my dinner I was fully intent on getting the biggest soda and like 3 or 4 candies, but I got there and felt guilty. "What if you really are losing weight, this would be sabotage right" kept crossing my mind, so screw it, I'll get a big bottle of water and some red vines (cause it's a movie and I am not a monster) and some Raisenets cause I know they aren't healthy but I wanted chocolate and they are maybe better then m&ms. Those Raisenets are still just sitting on my coffee table cause I haven't wanted to open them. The worst part of this all is now that I know I am losing weight I just want to run to 7/11 grab some sodas and some taquitos and celebrate but that is the dictionary definition of oxymoronic. Thanks for coming to my bragsession/ramble. [link] [comments] |
| Down 20+ lbs, and finally under 200 again! Posted: 09 Aug 2021 12:59 PM PDT SW: ~220lbs CW: 198 GW: 185? Height:5'11 - 6ft male A long time ago I was about 235-240lbs. Around the same time, my uncle went in for a double bypass surgery that turned into a QUAD bypass surgery. He was in his late 30's, I was in my early/mid 20's. When I went to the doctor shortly after, she told me I was quickly headed down a similar path if I didn't change my lifestyle. My best friend (of now 21 years) happened to get into cycling, and urged me to get a bike. Running felt awful, lifting was hard to do properly, and I couldn't afford a coach at the time. Needless to say, purchasing a bike changed my life (likely saved my life). I got super into it, and even got into racing for a bit. I got down to 179lbs before a big accident really put me off of my routine. Fast forward to April '21. I hadn't worked out pretty seriously in a long time. I was walking often (living in SF) but didn't really watch food intake or anything else. Post vaccination, my fiance and I went to a brunch with friends and I put on my "loose button up." I realized that day, that it was no longer loose, in fact quite tight. I was ~220ish lbs at the time and decided to get back into a more healthy lifestyle. If not for myself, then fore my future children someday. This past weekend, I weighed in at 198.1lbs! Here's a sort of step-by-step on how it went down for anyone interested:
At about 200-205lbs I started to plateau with weight. Around this time I made a few more adjustments:
Current plan:
Anyways, that's my story. Happy to help with any Q's. Love this sub btw, Wish I had found it earlier in my life! Edit: added some extra info, and what I'm doing now [link] [comments] |
| 2.5 months in and ZERO weight loss?! Is it the SSRIs? Posted: 10 Aug 2021 02:49 AM PDT 24F here. 70kg. Height: 165cm/5"5. GW: 64kg For 3 months now I've been doing at least a 30-40 min HIIT workout daily and I have been counting calories, aiming at around 1400 daily. Yet I am still 70kg today. I do notice subtle differences through progress pics - I look more toned and my waist is an inch smaller, but SURELY I should have lost weight by now. Last summer I did similar and the KGs disappeared so quickly. The only difference a year later is that I'm on anti depressants. Anyone have any experience of aiming for weight loss while on SSRIs? I'm so disheartened but I'm clutching to find inspiration as I'm enjoying working out so much. [link] [comments] |
| How do you deal with arm loose skin after weight loss? Posted: 10 Aug 2021 02:21 AM PDT Hello, F24 here. I used to be overweight for a big time of my life, through my teenage years to young adult years. But about two years ago I lost 15kgs and I have maintained that weight off. Now I'm at a weight of 65kg for 165cm. I overall became much more confident with my body as I work out regularly (weightlifting and resistance training) to build muscles and lose fat. However, I noticed no amount of workouts gets rid of my loose arms. I only realized now that it is probably loose skin more than it is fat. I do still have a couple of kilograms of fat I'm hoping to drop off, but I'm still extremely insecure about my arms. Do you have experience with arm loose skin? Are there any ways to tone these arms without skin removal surgery? Thank you! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2021 09:13 AM PDT Need to vent and figured I'd put it here. What you see on the outside: Someone overweight and fat. You assume they don't take care of themselves and are lazy. Doesn't value health. What you don't see on the inside: Someone who grew up with an alcoholic mother and often neglected. Someone who moved schools growing up all the time. Someone who tragically lost mother as a teenager. Someone who got pregnant out of wedlock. Someone who went went to graduate school. Someone who has a career helping others with similar struggles she went through as a child. Someone who is empathetic and kind. Someone who went through a divorce and is a single mother. Someone with a hormonal condition that makes losing weight difficult. Someone who gives everything she has to give her children the best life possible. Someone who tries her best to track her calories and fit in exercise and make it a priority amongst all the chaos of the day. Someone who despite all the things knocking her down, DOESNT GIVE UP. I'm so much stronger than you even know. There is much you don't see when you just look at the outside. Let's just be a little kinder to another another and not assume we know everything just based on outside appearances. [link] [comments] |
| Really struggling to lose weight Posted: 10 Aug 2021 02:04 AM PDT 32m / 5'6 / 89Kg / Working from Home Hey everyone, So just to kinda jump in at the deep end here, this past year has been a real struggle for me. Covid didn't bother me at the start, I was working in the office which meant I was walking 90mins a day 5 days a week and still being active. My gym was open/closed with the lockdowns but it wasn't a massive deal as I could still walk. I'm now working from home and it's been more of a curse than a blessing. Everything seems to go wrong. Ive not seen my little girl for almost 4 months due to really stupid interference from my ex's family and to make matters worse, my partner has just suffered a miscarriage after 3 years of us trying. So these two things have certainly taken a toll on me. Mentally right now I am feeling overwhelmed and I've stepped on the scale this morning to see that I'm almost 90kg and my heart just sank. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I would be at the gym 2 times a week with a PT and although I'm not walking as much as before, I still try and make a point of going a walk at the weekend when I'm not working. The only thing I can think of is my diet letting me down. I rarely eat breakfast or lunch, I'm not a big eater in the morning or afternoon and my dinners mostly consistent of chicken and rice with vegetables. Is my lack of eating during the day making me put on weight somehow? Im sorry if this isn't the right place to post this but I just feel like I'm taking so many steps back in my journey here and I'm really not sure how I can get back on track. It's very disheartening seeing the scale constantly go up and up and up. [link] [comments] |
| It's time to suck it up and get back to myself Posted: 09 Aug 2021 10:34 AM PDT Hello all, so basically, me and my girlfriend broke up about a month ago and I convinced myself that I was okay with the breakup, then proceeded to lock myself in my room and drink alcohol and eat like a complete idiot for about a month straight. I went from being somewhat fit to being 10kgs heavier with no signs of muscles on my body in a little over a month. Then yesterday I kind of awoke from this mental state and realised that I was lying to myself and I was not at all okay with everything, otherwise I wouldn't have done this to myself. I kinda realised that instead of just ruining things for myself further, I need to focus on getting back on track and suck it up. I've had my time to cry about it and now I need to get on with my life. Therefore I have decided that from now on I will get back on track and continue with my workout schedule and get my body and my mind back. Today marks day 1. I will try and post regular weekly updates. Thanks [link] [comments] |
| Upset with how fat I was when I didn't realize it Posted: 09 Aug 2021 06:09 PM PDT I've recently hit my goal weight (160 lbs, 6'1" 22 m) and started maintaining. I had wanted to see a before/after comparison, so I pulled up some photos I had taken last year when I was at my heaviest right before I started losing weight, around 240 lbs. I was absolutely shocked by how fat I looked in all the pictures. I looked far, far heavier than I had realized at the time, and than I had ever seen in the mirror. Instead of being happy about how much weight I lost or glad I lost it, I am just upset, ashamed, and embarrassed by how much I weighed when I didn't even realize it. It has totally ruined my day. To be clear I definitely knew I was fat, but the face in the mirror I saw back then was not nearly as bad as what I now see in the pictures. It's also suddenly made me paranoid--if I thought I looked better than I did in reality back then, is it true now too? Am I not as slim as I think? I don't think that's true because my weight is pretty good for my height but I have still been scrutinizing myself in the mirror all day. Has this happened to anyone else when looking at "before" pictures from when they were heavier? Does anyone have tips about how to look at it and feel good about the progress you've made instead of being embarrassed about having not realized how fat you were at the time? [link] [comments] |
| Just hit a weight lower than my fluctuation range! Posted: 09 Aug 2021 06:07 AM PDT My (24F, 5'9, SW: 160 GW: 145) weight usually fluctuates from 157-160 but today I hit 156 for the first time. It's a small win but I'm so happy that I'm on the right track. I wasn't doing a good job or counting calories when I first started and in the past two weeks or so I've been using a food scale and recording EVERYTHING.. and I definitely think that helped. Before I was using measuring cups for things and was definitely going over a serving with them. I also realized my iPhone pedometer is underestimating how much I'm walking — I kind of suspected it so I downloaded Pacer to keep track of how many miles I'm walking in a day. I had posted awhile ago because I hit 161 and the advice given definitely helped me… so thank you, r/loseit! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2021 03:15 PM PDT (20F/5'7/158 lb) Went for my yearly physical, excited because I had been working hard at changing my mindset about food and being kind to myself and exercising regularly for the past 3 months. I was proud of myself because I've gone over a month without a bingeing and purging episode. I was truly changing my mindset. I know I'm losing weight and am not deluded because inches are going down, my face is slimmer, I can run for longer, my clothes fit me better. So I go in for my first yearly physical (just moved from a country where that's not a thing) and my a1c is 5.7. My cholesterol is also at the lower bound of high. My heart rate is great and but my systolic bp is on the higher end while my diastolic is normal. I'm confused and so crestfallen. I know I have a massive sweet tooth. I know I have been eating at a calorie deficit but not monitoring macros. I know family members have these issues with greater severity. I know what needs to change and am confident I can make those lifestyle changes permanent. But I'm so disappointed in myself. I know it's my responsibility to be healthy. I was overweight all my childhood and have to learn now what healthy eating — not overeating, severe restriction, or binge/purging — is on my own. I know cholesterol and bp can come down. But I've permanently altered how my body responds to insulin. I did that to myself. I'll do what I need to to manage it, but I can't believe this as young as I am. If you looked at me, you'd think I'm healthy. I'm very curvy and have longer limbs which makes me look slimmer. But my cardiovascular health sucks. I'll do what I need to do but I am so upset with myself. [link] [comments] |
| I went from the best shape of my life to the worst shape of my life in two years. Posted: 09 Aug 2021 10:27 AM PDT Two years ago I was incredibly fit, I had gotten into aerial gymnastics, pole, and dance. Doing these activities 8 hours minimum a week plus a personal trainer meant I got in shape quickly, I loved how I looked and felt. Fast forward two years and I've gained 80 pounds. All my dance studios closed during Covid, I switched jobs from one where I was on my feet all day to teaching behind a computer, and started eating more as my new partner cooks more. I broke my shoulder and am in recovery for it but makes it hard to do all the exercises I used to be able to do, which adds to the frustration. I signed up for Noom, I hope it works, I hope I can keep track of my eating and lose this weight. I hate how I look, I hate how I'm covered in red stretch marks. I just want to snap my fingers and have my old body back, but I know that doesn't work. I want accountability, so I'm posting here today to say that I'm going to do better and going to lose this weight. [link] [comments] |
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