Lost my first 10 pounds!

Hey guys, just wanted to share because I'm excited! I'm actually European so I usually measure my weight in kg but for some reason I find it more motivating to also look at lbs lost because the numbers are bigger, so I'm going with that haha 10 just sounds like a far greater achievement than 4.6 :D

It's been a WHILE since I've lost so much weight at one time.... I usually used to lose like 5lbs and then go back up to my starting weight and repeat the cycle over and over again. So this is definitely reason to celebrate!

I've been doing CICO since January 27th, so it took me three weeks to lose that weight, which I never expected when I first started. I know it will slow down soon because I am aiming for a 500 calorie deficit per day and the majority of the weight I've lost was likely water.

I am tracking my food religiously, and it has taught me so much and gave me flexibility that I have never had with any of the diets I've tried before.

I even went to McDonald's last week because they have a burger for a limited time right now that I wanted to try SO bad! I just planned the meal I was gonna have there in advance and also planned my dinner accordingly. It obviously took some discipline because I only got the burger and two chicken strips, nothing else. Did I want fries? Sure. Would I have loved to have some sour cream with the chicken? Of course. But I just said no and stuck to my plan. That taught me that with enough discipline, you can even have fast food once in a while as long as it doesn't become a habit.

The food I cook has also changed immensely. My meat consumption dropped by at least 70%, as did the amount of carbs I eat. While I hadn't planned to eat low carb, I found myself eating less and less bread, pasta or rice. Also, soups have become my best friend! They taste great, fill you up with all that liquid and are pretty low calorie (depending on how you make them obviously). A few days ago I made cauliflower soup and yesterday I had some curry lentil soup which was the bomb. If you're willing to put a little effort in and actually cook, healthy food can taste amazing. I feel that was my problem with my past weight loss attempts. I was too lazy to look up recipes so I only had chicken and broccoli every day until I got so sick of it that I ended up quitting. Now I'm aiming for variety and it's working really well. I don't really miss anything right now, and I always feel full in the evenings, which was important to me because I always consumed the majority of my calories at night. Before my weightloss journey, I actually used to eat pretty healthily for lunch or dinner, but then shove snacks into my mouth at 9pm that had more calories than my previous two meals combined. Now I have a big but still healthy dinner (around 1000 calories usually - and right now I eat around 2000 calories a day), and then some fruit as a snack later, mostly blueberries and strawberries.

So yeah, just wanted to share my excitement and what has been working for me so far!

Hope you're all doing great too! :)

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[Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: February 18, 2019

Hi accountability folks, how are you? Question of the day if you fancy it is: Have you read/watched/listened to anything interesting lately, weight loss related or otherwise?

 

For anyone new who wants to join today, this is a daily post where you can track your goals, keep yourself accountable, get support and have a chat with friendly people at times that are convenient for European time zones. Check in daily, weekly, or whatever works best for you. Anyone and everyone is welcome! Tell us about yourself and your goals and join us already :) And it's all more fun when you comment on each other's posts, so let's encourage each other too!

And on to the accountability part...how's your day going? Let us know how you're getting on with your goals, if you have any questions, need to vent, have a SV or NSV to share, etc. And feel free to just have a chat about how your day went! We got this :D

 

I'll start: Will be starting out my day with an early walk as I'm going with SO to the dump on his way to work and then walking back. I didn't fully log yesterday but FINALLY properly logged a recipe I made last night, so that will make the day much easier for me in terms of logging my meals. After getting a bit off track this weekend I hope to use today to get back on top of things! Still need to answer yesterday's QOTD and will think about today's and post later in my update.

Catch you all later! Have a great day everyone!!

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Accountability pal? Is that you?

Hi everyone! I've recently started my weight loss goal again for like the hundredth time. I fall out of my workout routine after a few weeks and end up just not going at all. I'd like to have someone to message each time I go to the gym or encourage my workout quotas for each week.

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There's nothing I hate more in this world than disappointing strangers that I barely know. I'm a big pushover so if you tell me to go to the gym, I'll most likely go to the gym. That's the kind of motivation that I need.

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Obviously this goes both ways! If you need that extra push, I'll gladly give it. But yeah, that's essentially what I'm hoping to find here. If you're interested, PM me!

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[Daily Directory] Find your quests for the day here! - Monday, 18 February 2019

Welcome adventurer! Whether you're new on this quest or are towards the end of your journey there should be something below for you.

Daily journal.

• [Q&A] "I have a question."
• [Day 1] "I am starting my weight loss journey."
• [SV/NSV] "I have an accomplishment to share."
• [24hr Pledge] "Today I am going to..."

Interested in some side quests?

• [Motivation Monday] Share some motivation, get some motivation.
• [Tantrum Tuesday] Need to vent? People getting on your nerves?
• [Weigh-In Wednesday]
• [Track with Me Thursday] Did we just become best friends?!
• [Free Talk Friday] What's on your mind?

Community bulletin board!

• [Running with Loseit] Run with losers. Avoid arrows.
• [Maintenance Monday] Lost it? Work on keeping it.
• [Wecipe Wednesday] Swap and discuss recipies!

If you are new to the sub, click here for our posting guidelines

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NSVs all up in my weekend!!

I’ve been trying really hard to focus on NSVs throughout this process because the scale can be a lying bitch sometimes, amirite?

This weekend’s NSVs have really made me proud of myself and they are:

• Ran 5 miles (that’s the most I’ve ever run at one time! Slow and steady baby!)

• Kept keto (my diet plan of choice) and under calories all weekend despite being back home with Mrs. Food, aka my mother

• On that same note, keto recipe surfed the net with my mom who is very hesitant and critical of any diet I try so that was so nice to see her accepting and helping me ❤️

• Went closet shopping! Found tons of “new” clothes that fit including PANTS A SIZE SMALLER WHAT it takes me so long to drop pants sizes!!

• Found more goal clothing that I wore at my lowest weight, and some goal clothing from WHEN I was at my lowest weight (which is about 10 lbs away from now and 15 lbs higher than my real goal) so now I have multiple pieces to check my fit with and aspire to wear again

What’s working for me is a concrete challenge, actually two: I’m doing a weight loss challenge at work, on a team of three and we get prizes if we win so I really want to help my team win! We meet every week, share our challenges and support each other in our victories, work out together sometimes, share recipes and cool products and generally just check in on each other. It helps so much to be able to vent sometimes and know that someone else is going through the same mental hurdles as you are (you guys are all so great for that too!)

The other is an 8k that I’m running at the end of March. That’s 5 miles, more than I’ve ever run before, only ever done a 5k before, but after my practice run yesterday I know I can nail it! The run (shamrock shuffle in Chicago) has a training program they designed available on their website for 8 weeks of gradually building endurance and speed. I’ve been following it, plugging those workouts in my calendar so I have a reminder every day of what I need to do, and I get myself through about 80% of the training each week (which is basically incredible considering how little I enjoy exercise). It’s not perfect but I know I’m going to be a hell of a lot more prepared for that run than I was Jan 1, and I’m only helping myself lose weight and I have guidance on what to do so I don’t have to think too much about it.

Thanks for reading this far! It’s taken so long to start losing and it just goes to show that all you have to do is just stick to your plans, do everything you possibly can, and things will change for the better in the long run.

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Struggling not to give up on my weight loss journey.

Im a 5’4 girl. With a flip flopping weight of 223-227. I know, it’s VERY bad. I started this beach body program where it tells you to eat this amount of carbs veggies etc. I used to eat junk food EVERY DAY, all the time before this program. I have completely changed my diet. I hardly have gone to a fast food chain. My husband and I cool healthy meals pretty much daily. We meal prep for the week and do the 20 minute workout required for the program. It’s been one month, I FEEL different. But my scale and my mirror disagree. I just find it hard to believe with my exercise and change in diet my scale only goes back and forth. It’s super un motivating. Does anyone ever feel like giving up? How do you keep going?? :/

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Brain Over Binge - Can I get to a healthy weight without counting calories?

Hey everyone. I don’t want to type a super long post but I do want to give a little background on myself - I am currently morbidly obese. I have been diagnosed with binge eating disorder (BED). I’m at the opposite end of the spectrum, in some ways, from when I had bulimia in my early 20s - am now 28. My binge eating throughout the years has truly negatively impacted my life in so many ways. Throughout that time I’ve had small weight loss successes - I would lose 40 pounds with Weight Watchers, gain back 80. Lose 50 with calorie counting, gain back 100. Just really dangerous and disordered eating patterns that always ended with me fatter and fatter.

I have just read Brain Over Binge by Kathryn Hansen and I can honestly say... I think I truly relate to this philosophy more than any other I’ve seen. The idea that my binge eating and food issues were actually caused by dieting, that I can change this, that I just focus on health. It really has motivated me.

So that’s why I’m asking, is it possible to leave behind morbid obesity and get to a healthy, normal weight without counting calories, excessive restriction, or any other kind of diet?

I want to make weight loss something that is only for my health now. I’m not worried about losing weight quickly anymore, abstinence from entire food groups, or counting any points or calories. Through my experience with years of therapy and treatment plans I’ve found dieting really messes with me and I always fail.

I’m interested to get insight from everyone here because you are all success stories so thank you ahead of time for reading

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