how do you lock in again

28F, 160 cm (5'3).

I was overweight basically my whole life until 2023 when I decided to lock in and lose 20 kg (44 lbs), which put me for the first time in the Normal BMI category. I'm now hovering around 63/64 kg (139/141 lbs). However I've been struggling to get to my goal weight of 55 kg (121 lbs) for nearly 2 years now.

I notice I keep going on the cycle of going on deficit of 1400 cal for 2 to 5 days -> overeating at 1500 cal once -> thinking my body might have signaled me to eat more so going maintenance for the next 3 days.

The scale didn't go down so I might have eaten more than what I accounted for.

My question is, how do people lock back in after a huge weight loss? I feel crazy that despite being able to lose so much weight before, I can't seem to lock back in to that old mindset. I keep wondering what I was thinking during that time but right now I also have plenty of motivations, they just don't seem to affect my mentality that much 😭

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The moment I knew I had to make a change

I had to buy size 18 pants in November 2024 and they were already uncomfortable because of my stomach. December 2025 hit and the same pants were now too tight. That’s when I knew if I didn’t start now I would eventually reach a size 20. From age 7 to now I was always overweight for my age, but that was my breaking point. I reached 213 pounds by February 2026.

I started my weight loss journey February 19th of this year and now the size 18 pants are loose. I have to constantly pull them up and i keep forgetting to buy a belt. I am going on a trip and bought size 16 shorts because the size 18 shorts were too wide on the bottom. The shorts are a little tight, but in a few weeks they should actually fit. I am currently 194.7lb. I have so much shame about my past eating habits but all I can do now is move forward to never feel like that again.

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DAE feel like they’re saving money losing weight?

So I’ve seen post after post here - ‘I can’t eat healthy, it’s too expensive’, ‘I’ll never lose weight because weight loss food costs too much’…

…what?!

I am actually finding that I am saving money. I’m buying less for a start, as I don’t need so much food. Slight fun story now - I used to actually be deathly afraid of the fridge becoming empty. Yep. Stupid I know, as more often than not, most of it was spoiling and I had to throw it away.

Now I just buy smaller packs of things, and if something runs out then it can wait until I next go shopping to be replaced. No one’s gonna die, nothing bad is gonna happen - it’s fine!

I’m sure many of us across the globe are feeling the pinch currently what with everything going on, so this is great as I’m getting closer to zero waste, I’m saving money by not spending so much each shopping trip, and I can still carry on with my weight loss.

What about you guys? Do any of you feel the same?

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Practical weight loss mental strategies?

I studied marketing at uni and really enjoyed learning about the concept nudging from behavioural psychology/insights.

It’s super interesting to me and recently I was thinking instead of on a mass-scale for public health or corporations purposes, etc, what if I tried to use this concept to help my own weight loss.

It’s already super hard, but I do want it, so the question is how do you trick yourself into eating better/less each day?

One example of nudging for food (for meetings, coffee mornings, etc) is to make plates smaller to enhance the appearance of the amount. Using the same amount on a bigger plate mentally gives off the impression that there’s less food at this event, meaning you may like it less, etc, but with a smaller plate with the same amount of food, you show people there’s maybe an excess of food/it’s a good environment to be in.

Well, I know eating plates already exist (I even had an idea back in uni that trolleys should be sectioned into different colours, small area of red, medium of amber, large green space, to indicate how much should be in one sort of area, with the labels around the shop using the same colours next to the name of product- to potentially nudge buyers into making a healthier eating choice).

Anyway! Do people have any ideas/tricks like this that could work? I know people drink water when they feel hungry first/right before meal, but what else is there?

Like in a practical sense, is there anything else that could actually value into tricking one’s brain to help get through the day and manage initial cravings/desires/binged when it’s hardest at the start/consistently just make this a habit.

Appreciate any help! Let’s make this easier on all of us!

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My partner intentionally sabotages my weight loss

We do not live together. During the week, he and I both eat healthy and he even sends me pictures of his healthy food. Everything he buys is organic to the point where he only shops for food on a certain "plan" he makes for himself.

When I see him on the weekend, I am still eating healthy and he picks up Dominoes, Chinese, and fast food without asking. He brings it over and puts it right on the table in the kitchen. I have asked him to stop doing this. I have made progress and he will do this every weekend without fail.

He shames me for throwing it out in my own house.

I'm absolutely about to break up with him but am wondering why someone would do this? Is it really as malicious as trying to destroy someone's hard work and progress? It just seems so petty.

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officially 50 pounds down! 🥳

i started at 203lbs and this week's weigh-in has me at 152! a year ago, i would have never imagined this weight-loss. i was on biweekly injections for my allergies, asthma, and eczema for 5 years and over those 5 years, i gained over 50lbs.

august of 2025, i randomly decided to stop taking them because i felt like my body was too reliant on them. one month later, i was down 10lbs without any other changes. after i saw the scale actually move down, it motivated me to work out and meal plan.

it's crazy to think about my weight loss bc when i was in uni, i developed some really bad eating habits bc i was so desperate to lose weight. i had to be hospitalized and even then, the scale did not budge at all 😭

i truly thought there was something wrong with my body and that it would be impossible to lose weight. so to be able to say i've lost 50lbs, my mental health improved, and even my allergies/asthma/eczema are more controlled than ever feels so surreal to me.

i'm a little over 35lbs away from my final weight goal and 7lbs from my first goal weight! it all finally feels within my reach and obtainable. i'm very thankful that i found this sub to interact with, ask for advice, and see everyone's inspiration stories, along with vulnerable struggles that help me not feel alone. you guys have been a big help for me 🫶🏽

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Under eating unintentionally

Hi, so I just started my journey (for probably the 10th time) 2 weeks ago and am trying to do things right this time around. I use MyFitnessPal to track my calories, and I use a food scale to make sure what I’m tracking is accurate. My biggest issue is by the end of the day when I’m logging my last meals/snacks into MyFitnessPal, I’ve been consistently anywhere from 400-700 calories under my daily goal (1700 cals). I know this is not good. I’m not doing it on purpose, like I said I’m trying to do this the right way this time around (my previous weight loss attempts were always me just starving myself). So seeing myself so under on my calorie goal is bumming me out. I think the main reason this is happening is because I am pretty busy during the day and rarely at home. In the past I’d stop somewhere and grab something to eat but since I’ve been tracking calories and weighing my foods, I stopped doing that. Trying to make all my foods at home. I avoid anything I think might be high cals or considered unhealthy so if I don’t have anything that fits into my current diet goals around to eat, I just don’t eat until I get back home. I know I could carry snacks with me, but I really prefer to save my calories for real meals (I enjoy whole meals wayyy more than snacking). Is there anything else besides carrying snacks with me that I can do to make sure I’m reaching my cal goals for the day? Should I eat a bigger breakfast and dinner to make up for the midday calories being missed? I’m already pretty full though with the amount of food I’m eating for those two meals already though. Anyone else ever have this issue? What did you do? Any advice is appreciated.

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