Therapist helping with weight loss without talking about it

I have seen my therapist for 8 years and for the past 5 years I’ve seen her 3x a week (I have severe mental illness) and I’m 300+lbs and we have never talked about my weight (dealing with too many other things to focus on losing weight) and recently therapy has so much filled in the wounds from my childhood that I was finally ready to tackle it and I’ve been perfectly calorie counting and eating 1300-1400 calories almost every day for the last month, and I can tell for sure that this will be a forever thing. I’m done eating the way I was.

I just wanted to share because it’s crazy how much good therapy can help with weight loss even when you never talk about weight.

I know you might be thinking that I’m only a month in, but I’m dead serious that I’m done stuffing my face with junk every day FOREVER. Mostly because of my therapist’s care. I could have never done this past month if it wasn’t for her.

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Going back up to maintenance calories to break a plateau?

Started my weight loss journey at 94kg now down to 80kg. Been at 80kg for 4 months and struggling to go down further. I also suffer from PCOS. I started at 1750 calories and have been slowly going down. I track and weigh everything that goes into my mouth. I only drink water. I don’t order take outs and I exercise regularly (gym + 10k steps). I’ve been at 1500-1600 for about 7 weeks now and nothing. I’ve been told to lower calories but I’m already starving on this I’m not sure I could. I’ve seen a few people mention going back up to maintenance calories for a couple weeks to reset, has that ever worked for anyone? I’m out of ideas I physically can’t get out more to exercise and I’m already trying my best to manage my hunger on 1500 calories.

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How long did it take you to lose 50 lbs?

Hi ! I’m 18, 5’6 and about 180. I went from 125 to 185 over the past two years, my doctor put me on a bunch of medications that boosted my appetite and blah blah blah. I’ve been trying for about 2 months to lose weight, but with the combination of my appetite, slowed metabolism and extreme fatigue from everything going on it was extremely difficult, bordering impossible. I started actually losing weight about two weeks ago, after my doctor gave me the OK to ween off the medications and have so far lost 5 lbs. Just wondering if anyone else has lost a similar amount of weight and how long it took you? I know healthy weight loss is 1-2 lbs a week, but I’m hoping to speed that up at least somewhat. Any advice, suggestions or antidotes are greatly appreciated :)

edit: Thank you all for mentioning that losing weight faster is not healthy. Even just losing 5 lbs I got so excited that I wanted to speed things up for a quicker reward, not healthy! Also, my activity level used to be really high. I was a dancer till I was 16. (the reason I stopped is the same reason I was put on so many medications and gained sm weight). I want to lose weight so I can feel comfortable in my body, and go back to dancing, and hiking and other things I enjoy without getting so sweaty and exhausted so fast. My exercises mainly consist of different ballet inspired workouts for weight/resistence training(1 hour, three times a week) hiking to get cardio in (3 hours every saturday, plus 8k steps a day) and some mma here and there (my boyfriend and mom both do mma so I figured it be a fun way to get exercise in). If this helps any of you with giving advice, there you go! thank you all so much again!

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my weight loss has stopped and i don't know what to do anymore

i’ve been in a calorie deficit since march. for a year i was home all day bc i had to study so i was only walking 10k steps 2x a week.. the first three months were good and I lost 10kgs but after that the scale hasnt even moved. then i started going to the gym this july and i lift weights 3x a week and do cardio 4x a week. despite all this i still haven't lost any weight. I tried to eat 2300 calories for a week 3 weeks ago and then went back to calorie deficit but it didn't work.. (im already eating 1400 cals and i don't want to eat less and (I accurately track everything i eat) (and also i don’t gain any weight if i eat around 2000cals) please can someone give me advice?

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Nutrafol during weight loss journey?

I’m curious to know if anyone has avoided hair loss during your weight loss journey by taking Nutrafol at the same time as you are losing weight? I’ve gone through a few weight loss journeys myself and have lost a significant amount of hair each time (even while losing at a slow and steady pace, tracking macros, etc). I’m trying to get in front of the hair loss this time by taking Nutrafol during my weight loss journey and was curious if anyone has done the same and not suffered from as much hair loss? I know it can help after the fact, but was curious from a more preventative standpoint.

Thanks!

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Am I losing weight too slowly?

My SW on July 1st (of this year) was 202.3 lbs. Being over 200 lbs is what motivated me to start really trying to lose weight. I am now down to 195.4 lbs, but this feels incredibly slow. I did the math and since this is about 7 lbs lost over 11 weeks, that accounts for ~0.6 lbs/week. I was originally aiming for 1 lb/week and 0.4lbs less a week really adds up over time.

For context I'm 5'9 F, currently aiming for ~1600 kcals/day, with Friday and Saturday set a bit higher at ~1900 kcals/day. I'm in my late 20's and this gives me wiggle room when going out with friends on the weekends. My GW is 150 lbs and after only losing 7lbs in almost 3 months this feels so far away. I don't do too much weight training due to chronic pain and it tending to cause flare ups, so my protein goal is set at 90g/day and fiber at 23g/day. I have been moving my body more in general though with walks, smart hooping, etc. I'm not perfect like any human and these are ideals, and while I don't hit them every day I usually get pretty close.

Has anyone else had really slow weight loss or is it normal to just lose 0.6 lbs/week? I know plateaus are normal but that's all I've really had😅 I'm not trying to crash diet and have the loss be unsustainable, but damn.

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25lb weight loss, I can't see the difference.

My fiance says she can, and I know she means it, but I gained thirty pounds without noticing, now ive lost 25 of them and see no difference. My clothes dont feel any different and I feel like I still look the same.

It doesnt help me weight loss has stalled for the last week or so, and I just keep looking at that "95lbs left to go!" And my wedding getting closer every day. Its just... ugh. I want to see that difference, I want to feel that pride in myself, I want to have some tangible reminder that I am doing this right and a stall doesnt mean im failing.

At what point did you notice your loss? Did you start to actually see yourself differently in the mirror? Im longing for that moment of being able to see the work im putting in.

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