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I missed my weekly update yesterday, but I'm determined to keep this going! Week 3 went well, I stayed within my target calorie range with ease and tried to be relatively active. I managed to lose a pound by my weigh-in this Monday, so it's really nice seeing progress, even if it isn't as quickly as I'd like. I should really try amping up the activity side of things, but for now I've taken to walking with ankle weights on, working out with those and some wrist weights when I find the time/motivation, and heavy housework.

So far, week 4 isn't shaping up well. Due to some unexpectedly high-calorie meals and a day or two of deep depression, I began to eat my feelings again. I hate to say that I genuinely considered throwing it all backup, but I'm well aware that would be incredibly unhealthy, and I have a weird fear of throwing up anyway. Plus, I need to live with those actions and move on from them. At least I should still have been below maintenance calorie levels, even if I didn't hit my targets, and I can definitively say that I was nowhere near as bad as before I started this 3 weeks ago (my choice to not keep anything too tempting around the house paid off). I'm expecting to see little change to my weight going into week 4 (deservedly so), but we'll see if I can salvage this week by the end of it.

Not a whole lot to say this week really. Sleep has continued to be an issue, I'm not sure of the extent that can effect weight loss but I am aware that it can. A lot to work on going forward, but apparently habits take approximately 12 weeks of consistency to develop. Hopefully that means I'm a quarter of the way there! Happy halloweeen everyone, let's not do anything we regret.

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Hey everyone, I hope this fits guidelines, if not I'm sure it'll be deleted. But I'm a 17 year old trying to get my life on track and lose weight and eat healthy before I have to be completely self dependent. One less problem to worry about ya know. But I'm getting a gym membership soon and need some help or advice. I'm not really educated when it comes to exercise and different activities, but I was hoping to get some advice on what exercises help burn fat the fastest. I'm heavily overweight and desperate, searching online just kept giving me diet supplements and bullshit pyramid schemes. I don't expect instant results, but whatever helps me get the quickest results in comparison.

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So over the past 6 months I have so far lost a total of 117 pounds. While I am pleased with my progress, I keep thinking of all the years I wasted being so miserable and how different my life could be right now if I had just applied myself and lost the weight when I was younger.

I have been overweight since childhood and feel I lost out on a lot of the experiences that people go through in their teens and early twenties. I turn 25 this year and I’m just now getting into dating and starting to socialize more, but I feel so inexperienced compared to everyone else my age. Most of my friends are either in long term relationships or have been dating around for a while, and I have always just been the one by myself. Which don’t get me wrong, some of the stuff they put up with from their boyfriends makes me glad I’m single, but I still want to know what it feels like to be wanted. I just see people younger than me enjoying their youth to the fullest and it just makes me sad that I probably missed and will never get to know that feeling of being young and in love, getting to go to college and make a bunch of friends, or just getting to experience life so carefree. I’m glad I am finally taking control of my life and moving in a positive direction, but sometimes I can’t help thinking of how it could have been.

I do love myself and I know if I keep working hard I can accomplish my goals, but I just wish I could go back in time and help my younger self make the improvements that I should have made.

NSV1

Tucked away in the back of my bedroom closet is the box of shame -- all the clothing that fit me 4-5 years ago after I lost 80 pounds, but stopped fitting me a few years later after I re-gained 100. Well now I'm 60 pounds into my second shot at weight loss, and those shirts and pants that fit me in June are starting to look like clown clothes today.

So before heading to the stores, I peeked inside the box of shame. I found about six things that fit nicely right now, which is very helpful. More importantly, I found motivation in all the awesome clothes that used to fit great but are still out of reach. It's crazy to imagine that I used to be a size L ! I was in 2XB's this summer, and am teetering on the edge of XXL->XL right now. Still lots of work to go, but thankfully I have an extra bit of motivation now...

NSV2

In September, HQ notified that they're shutting down my office and firing us all. Ugh, back on the job market after 15 years...

Since appearances matter more than they should in hiring, it's good luck that the weight loss efforts I started in June have started to produce noticeable results. Went for an interview last week and [barely] got the job. I start Monday.

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So thanks to both of those NSV's, I"m heading down to Portland Oregon this weekend for a little tax-free shopping for properly-fitting work pants.

The last two or three weeks have been rough. I started going to the gym, went on the scale to find out that I had gained about 7lbs from August which was my first time ever going to the gym and last time I had been. I was 212lbs three weeks ago. I realized that the freshman 15 was going to beat my ass and turn into the freshman 45 if I didn’t get it together. So I started looking up diet plans and ways to get healthier.

None of the info I found was necessarily new to me. I had been looking up weightloss tips for years throughout high school and just never did anything bcs I had to eat whatever was given to me. I knew all the calorie deficit stuff, the whole “its diet, not exercise” spiels, and what IF was. After some more research, I decided how I was gonna lose weight and what I was gonna do to change. By then, I had been going to the gym like every other day and saw that my weight went up again. This time to 213.6lbs, but that’s fine right? Weight fluctuates, that’s probably what it is.

Then all hell broke loose last week.

I decided I was gonna try keto. It was hell, because not only did I not realize how much food had carbs in it, i live in a college dorm where basically all of my in-room snacks are just chips and cookies and chef boyarde. I was the mayor of carb city. So the keto train ended real quick. The next day I tried just trying to minimize calorie intake and inevitably, I went way over without realizing. This pattern continued for the next few days.

I would do good in the morning because I don’t eat breakfast. I’d eat a small snack like a granola bar at most. But by 9pm, I would be eating anything in sight if I wanted to. It doesn’t help that my dorm hall has just been handing out massive amounts of candy because of Halloween season. Not only was I overeating, I was also sleep deprived. Sunday, I woke up at 4pm. I missed half the day. So I decided, ah yes...I will just stay up and not go to sleep until tomorrow night. Because two days basically turned into one long day, I essentially did not know when to eat and quite honestly I was just sleepy the whole day so eating kept me up. I have no doubt that I didnt eat well over 2500 on Sunday and Monday. (also I didn’t even fix my sleep schedule bcs my dumbass still went to sleep at like 2am, so I’m a clown). And it’s weird bcs I never saw myself overeating this much before. Maybe like once a week, but never to the point that I was doing so this past week.

Tonight, I went to the gym and weighed myself and I am now 214.6lbs. I am steadily increasing my start weight and I wouldn’t be surprised if I was 225 by the end of this semester. I always swore to myself I would never get to be over 200lbs. I don’t know how but the week I tried eating better, I ate severely worse. I tried IF and it’s like I always found myself eating at 2am bcs of a poor sleep schedule and breaking my fast.

So TLDR if yall didnt wanna read that; It seems like the more I tried to be health conscious, the more I overate. Am I just stressing out over this? Is there anyone else going through what I’m going through right now?

I’m like 👌 this close to saying fuck it and just letting the weight consume me. I hope this post made sense bcs I literally am just spitballing at this point. If u have no advice, hope you enjoyed my rant.

I have lost and regained weight several times. Starting over this time was different because I was told I was pre-diabetic and losing my health was the kick in the butt I needed to get serious.

I have lost 7 pounds, but I still need to lose another 25. Something that I have been doing this time, that I didn't do before is to incorporate tea into my diet every day. I really thinks it helps to curb my appetite, I haven't felt hungry all of the time while cutting calories.

I have a coffee in the morning and then mid-morning I make a cup of Yogi Green Tea Passion Fruit Matcha or the Yogi Positive Energy Sweet Tangerine tea. If I have a hankering for something sweet, but I don't want to add to my calorie intake at night I will have an herbal cinnamon tea.

I think the tea works because filling up with a warm beverage helps make me feel full. Does anyone else incorporate tea as a weight loss tool? Does anyone have a favorite tea they'd recommend?

When I was a senior in high school there were these freshman twin boys. They were only 14, but one boy was morbidly obese and the other was lanky and thin. I am amazed how twins could have such a difference in weight. They lived in the same household, would eat the same dinners, and were raised by the same parents. I don't even know how its possible to be so heavy at a young age. When I was 14 I felt like I could eat MOUNTAINS of food and not gain a pound.

I am now 25 years old and 144 pounds at 5'5 & trying to get down to 120 pounds. My dad's side of the family are all stick-insects and never struggled with their weight. My dad must even be underweight for his height. However, my mom's side of the family are all a bit chubbier. I wonder if some people just have bigger appetites than others, or if it's entirely related to environment. It just amazes me how a 14 year old can be so heavy...especially when their twin brother (who eats the same dinners in the same home) is literally over 100 pounds lighter.

And if that was the only fuel for my weight loss journey, it probably wouldn't happen.

But the good news is that losing weight feels right. It's easier to see in other people than myself, you just know they'd seem healthier if they lost weight. I've thought that about people with smaller bmi's than I. Not something I like about myself, but the truth.

If I was someone else asking for advice on how to lose weight, I'd tell them to take it slow, be kind to themselves, do it for themselves and text me morning noon and night if they need a friend to vent to.

I'd like to be that friend for myself too.

Today is day 2 of 16:8 IF + 80-100% whole plant foods + 30 mins of cardio/day.

Here, I am not alone.

So my fiance had his doc appt and was told he needed to lose some weight, and without going into details and a lot g story, the doctor said she didn't want him to count calories.

She said what he should do instead is when he has a meal (breakfast/lunch/dinner) he needs to one have 1 plate and no more, no second at all, no acceptions. Half the plate should be fruits/veggies either both or all of one of the other, then 1/4 should be the lean proteins (she said any lean meat, she doesn't care what it is, steak, chicken, fish, etc. Just not fried) then the last 1/4 a starch, so corn or sweet potato or something (I'm still foggy on what a starch is, because isn't corn and sweet potato veggies??)

My question is, has anyone done anything similar to this and had results or is counting calories the way to go, especially when first starting out.

Sometimes is hard to could calories because I'll make dinner but it will be like a casserole or something so it's hard to get a calorie count. I made shepherds pie a few nights ago (ground turkey, corn, peas, a bit of water with cornstarch and beef boulion, then the top I did 2 potatoes and a whole head of cauliflower) I figured that was healthy enough, but I don't know the exact calorie count....can I skip meals like this but count everything else and still be ok?

Hello everyone!

Been fat awhile over here. It's a bummer.

I graduated college back in May, and I was weighing like 240 lbs at that point (I'm a 6'/6'1" guy). Thought I was really fat. Couldn't imagine it getting any worse.

But it wasn't all bad. Earlier in that semester, I made my first ever real attempt at losing weight. It only lasted 3 weeks, but I shaved off 10 pounds. I still consider that a good proof of concept that this is something I can figure out if I set my mind to it. It's a pretty encouraging precedent albeit not as spectacular as I would like.

But towards the end of those few weeks, as I was running out of steam, I was also dealing with some nasty drug habits. You can read all about it if you go way back in my reddit history but please don't because then you'll hear all my fucked up political opinions and personal anecdotes.

I decided to focus on getting off the drugs I was on at that point first and make my weight priority #2, to be dealt with at a later date.

I set my mind to getting clean and I did. I still have a drink with coworkers but I don't stay up all night on prescription amphetamines. So, not a spotless lifestyle, but a dramatic improvement!

Problem is, I weigh 280 pounds now. I am easily fatigued even walking up stairs. My coworkers laugh at me (kind heartedly!) when I break into a sweat playing ping pong. I'm barely fitting into some of my xxl t shirts.

In large part, I attribute the increase to my failure to cope with my best friends death. He shot himself in June after an excruciating period of Adderall withdrawal. I love him very much and miss him everyday.

I ate emotionally constantly, with indifference to the consequences. I've been living in the moment rather than planning for the future and my health reflects that.

Anyway, I've gotten a lot better this last week. I've been hitting the treadmill, lifting some dumb bells I bought off amazon, and dramatically reducing how much I eat.

I eat one, large meal a day. Probably at least 1800 calories in this meal alone. But it's almost all I eat. If my hunger gets too bad later in the day, I snack on fruit.

Anyway, I don't usually like to take the spotlight on these kinds of things, but the glowing positivity of this sub and the anonymity of reddit made me want to share. You all seem like a great group of people.

I had an EatSmart scale that gives your weight and some other fancy metrics, but this morning the readings were all over the place-- -2lbs, -5lbs, -10lbs, +5lbs, +15lbs, etc. So now, I'm looking for a replacement scale and was hoping to hear some recommendations from some actual users and not all the hijacked Amazon posts. I do prefer a digital scale and I like the idea of having other metrics. I know that accuracy of metrics are generally not as reliable, but I'd prefer consistent readings to get some sort of baseline, if that makes sense. If the scale could sync measurements with apps (Fitbit, MyFitnessPal, and Samsung would be my requirements) over Bluetooth &/or WiFi that would be great. I've considered Fitbit's Aria, but it's so pricey--so if anyone has it, is it worth it? Sorry for such a long post and thanks for all the suggestions.

Hey guys, this is my first real post here and I’m not gonna go deep into my story, just a little background and how I’m kicking the freshman 15s ass. So I’m currently a sophomore in college (M19 SW:300+ CW:233 GW:220), and I’ve been losing weight since February! Last year I definitely took part in the freshman 15 damn near double that!! All of the fast food places that were nearby my dorm were was next to (Chick-fil-A, Taco Bell, Panda Express, McDonald’s, BurgerFi, canes + more) ALL within a 1-5 minute walk. I ate so much that I surpassed 300lbs that first semester!!! Since last semester February I changed my diet and started working out and it’s been a blast Anyways what I did today (which I NEVER would have just last year) was skip out on our student govs potluck... there was SOOO much food, from Oreo balls, fries, cookies, candy, and so much more lol but I didn’t touch ANY of it and I’m honestly pretty proud of myself!! It’s so weird because exactly a year ago I would have downed like 2 plates and tried everything and instead I just had unsweet tea! Just wanted to share this because I really have no one to seriously talk to about my goals and it kinda sucks so I think I’m gonna start being more active here, but yeah that’s my short story of how my whole life basically did a 180!!

I just started counting calories this week. I used to just mindlessly snack on the free junk my job provides, or run to the nearby bodega for candy. I realized it’s getting to be too much and I needed to do something. So I started counting! Monday was really awful. My brain couldn’t understand why it wasn’t getting sugar. But luckily, there’s a giant bowl of Halloween candy in the kitchen at work and I realized I could have two mini Milky Ways without derailing my calories. I swear these tiny candies are saving my sanity this week. The 3pm crash hits, I have a candy (and eat it soooo slowly) and I can get through the rest of the day. I thought it would be so hard to not eat the whole bowl of candy, but allowing myself just one or two candies has been so helpful.

Hi! I (22F, 135lbs, 5 foot 2) have been doing CICO for 2 weeks now (I'm allowed 1370 calories a day, and with exercise allowances I usually end up eating around 1500). I'm worried that I'm going to get obsessive about this and hurt myself- I do go over my calorie requirements sometimes and feel bad about that, and I don't know if that's normal or healthy.

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I've been a lot less hungry recently. I usually still eat at least 2 meals a day and am around my calorie requirements, but I worry that I'm subconsciously trying to convince myself to eat less. I did switch my birth control recently, but I haven't really read much about that causing a loss in appetite, usually a gain.

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It's also weird being so aware of the calories in foods. I went to get a cookie last night (I had 200 calories left) and decided to get a protein bar instead. I COULD have eaten a cookie and been under my limit, so it worries me that I'm being obsessive or something.

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Is this just something that comes with counting calories? Is there anything I can do to ensure this doesn't turn into some kind of eating disorder and is sustainable? Thanks for hearing me out and I'd love to hear from people who went through something like this!

Hey everyone, reaching out tonight because I’m starting to get a little discouraged. Last March I started getting serious about weight loss (keto) and dropped 20#. Around July I switched to low carb and IF/CICO (~1200/day with a 500 calorie deficit. I’m 23F 156# 5’ 4”). I managed to drop down to 151#, and then this past August I started CrossFit and now I’ve been stalled for weeks and pretty much back to where I was in May (still keeping up with the same diet plan as before). I count all my food, I don’t eat back my exercise calories, and if I have a cheat day I make sure to stay at a maintain level.

I realize gaining muscle mass could be the reason for the weight gain, I just thought that since I’m still overweight I’d be dropping pounds until I’m at a normal BMI. Looking for guidance on what I might be missing. TIA

Hello all, I've been in about a year long process of recovery from binge eating. Previously I had been in restriction for about 2 years (I should have switched to maintaining) and had gotten down to a low weight which along with my anxiety disorder triggered emotional and binge eating.

Now I'm struggling as recovery has involved work with therapy and not restricting. I'm "fluffier" than I ever have been and super uncomfortable but can't seem to find a sustainable healthier lifestyle as any kind of tracking seems to trigger obsessive thoughts.

Has anyone been in this situation that has advice? I'm not looking to lose a ton of weight like previously but I just want to find a strategy to live healthier without needing a constant daily dose of something extra sugary.

Tldr; looking for new strategy for minor weight loss