First time actually trying

I (19m) am new to this. I have tried vaguely to cut weight before, never successfully. I would guess my current weight is around 200lbs, I’m pretty visually out of shape.

My story isn’t anything unique, I was a pretty short and fat kid. I don’t remember specifics but I was over 200 lbs at an age that I should not have been. I had a (suspected) eating disorder in high school and dropped all the weight, but as many high schoolers do, I discovered weed and gained a lot of it back binge eating.

I’m now in college, and stress has contributed to months and months of binge eating. We’re talking practically 3 course meals after 10pm. I think I’ve finally, finally had enough. I don’t know exactly how much I weigh (no scale in the house), but the belly is motivation enough.

This is around day 3 of trying, I’ve been going on short runs and it feels so good to get moving again and feel like I’m working towards something. I feel embarrassed but for a while I was only getting 1-2k steps a day, but recently I’ve been getting it up to 5-7k a day. It’s a start. Today I really focused on cutting back my excessive eating and the night time cravings have been fairly intense but I’ve just decided I’m not giving in to them anymore.

I’m not perfect, I don’t expect it to be easy and I don’t expect that I won’t make some mistakes/slip ups as I get in the groove, but for the first time in a while, I feel like I’m in a good mindset about weight loss.

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My brain tells me I’m overweight and I don’t know how to feel

Back story: I have always been someone who is super athletic and have always valued physical health. Because of that, In the last 4 years, I became a gym enthusiast and actually started going regularly at 5 am everyday.

I was gaining a lot of muscle at first and toning of course but still always felt bad about myself (I grew up in a very judgey household where skinny = pretty) even when I shouldn’t have.

Fast forward almost a year ago, I started losing weight, rapidly, while doing the same exercises. I mean losing 30 pounds in almost a month, feeling AWESOME about myself.

Shortly after this rapid weight loss, I was hospitalized with DKA (diabetic keto acidosis) with no family history of diabetes or any autoimmune conditions.

Turns out, I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 29 years old and have since had a major life change. I think the initial visual of what my intense working out did to my blood sugar scared me away from working out. Eventually, I stopped all together.

This being said, I have gained back the 30 pounds I lost and I have never felt worse about myself. I don’t know if it’s the gaining the weight that i hate so much or letting myself down by stopping the work outs but im really struggling.
Any advice is welcome.

TLDR: lost 30 pounds very fast, felt great, diagnosed with an autoimmune condition and gained it back, feel terrible. Advice welcomed.

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Losing guide

Hello everyone, i am a male 20 and weight about 120-130kg (approximately 240-260 pound) with the height of180 cm (approximately 6") so currently, i wanted to start my weight loss journey and im not sure on how can i lose weight quick. Or will there be a problem if i loseit too quickly. I was thinking to lose around 20 kg (40 pound approximately)

What is the ideal time to lose weight so that i wont get flappy skins. And what will the best activities for losing weight quickly and efficiently. I havent lift a pound or go to gym and i was thinking to start hitting on it as well. Please help thank you

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Life can still happen, don't get discouraged.

I'm been working on my weight since the start of the year, I started off at 300lbs and have been on a steady path down. My job is physical so I wanted to be sure I was getting what I needed and still able to burn fat, while there been a few bumps I've been taking off a pound or so a week and it takes off and I feel good. While no weight loss is a straight line I've been so happy with the progress. I'm down to 253 and when I started I bought a belt that had notches all the way around so I could use it the whole time and have another metric, I started on notch 3 and am now on notch 9. I wasn't planning on making a post about it until the end of the year. Now to the title, last Friday my father went to the hospital and do to the current locations of the rest of my family I was the only one who could be there when needed, between the stress lack of sleep and just eating what I could when I could I'm up 6lbs. My dad is home and now it's time to get back to work, there is a good chance old me would have used this as an excuse to give up. As much physical work it takes to get healthy the biggest hurdle in my opinion is mental, we can be both our worst critic and best support. When we get knock down we pick ourselves back up and keep moving forward (I think that was from Rocky). Am I bummed about the set back? Sure but I'm not done yet.

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Weight loss & optimizing muscle mass (6'0" / 1m83, 365 lbs / 166kg): 100% Cardio or Lifting + Cardio?

Hi everyone!

​I'm a 25M, 1m83 (6'0") and 166kg (365 lbs). My goal is to lose weight while keeping, or even optimizing, my muscle mass (I naturally have a pretty "bulky" build). I'm managing my calorie intake, but I want to optimize my fat loss through the gym.

​I've been going to the gym for a month now, and I keep hearing two completely opposite things:

​100% Cardio: I've been told to avoid weightlifting entirely. Because in a deficit, my body will burn both fat AND muscle, ruining my frame.

​Heavy Lifting + Light Cardio (5-10 min): I was told that muscle requires more energy at rest. By building strength, my body will hold onto the muscle and target the fat instead.

​Personally, I'm leaning towards the 2nd option. Since I have a busy schedule, I go to the gym twice a week and use guided machines. Right now, I'm doing a Full Body split like this:

​Day 1: Push focus (Chest, shoulders, triceps, quads).

​Day 2: Pull focus (Back, rear delts, biceps, hamstrings).

​End of each session: 5-10 mins of light cardio.

​What are your thoughts on this? Do you have any tips or advice to help me properly set up and optimize my workout plan?

​Thanks in advance!

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Weight loss + cutting down on drinking

Does anyone else find it difficult to control their weight when they stop drinking alcohol regularly?

First off, a little context. I was overweight from when I was a toddler and got gradually fatter until I was about 20, when I started eating better and exercising and lost a huge amount of weight in a short time.

I've never been what I would call a problem drinker (never tempted to drink when I have stuff to do the next day) but I did used to get riggidy-wrecked when I went out, 2-3 times a month and be a hungover mess the next day.

I cut down on drinking 2 years ago (only go out once every few weeks) and since then it's been a battle to keep the weight off. I find this very strange because, doing the maths, I'm consuming less calories than before, while still hitting the gym and eating more home-cooked meals.

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Loose skin 16m

Hi so I’m 16 and I started my weight loss journey in I’d say ehhhh about October 2025maybe I lost alot of weight about 115lbs and I’m left with loose skin.
So I fall into the moderate category I have like a u shape of skin at the bottom of my torso and my whole body is kinda just stretchy.

My lowest weight was this augest at 150lbs I’ve been lean bulking since then trying to put on Muscle and it has been working to a certain degree I was fat from about 8-16 so a span of 8 years how meaningfully will my skin improve? If there’s anyone that was in a similar situation please let me know.

Cause it stops me from living my life and as sad as that sounds it’s true I have a very hard time with mental health from it and sadly my height is capped off since I’m Tanner stage 5 so I can’t grow any more in hopes to stretch tighter across my skin.

Any advice is appreciated.

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