Am I doing this right?

Hi all, I’m 34F, 5’5”. SW was ~160 lbs in early April, CW is ~148, and I’m aiming to get down to 130-140 while doing body recomp. I am losing weight consistently but quite slowly, with an average rate of .5 lbs per week. Some weeks I’ve stalled completely, some I’ve had a “woosh” of 1-3 lbs of weight loss. I’ve noticed my menstrual cycle definitely impacts this: I retain water during my period through ovulation and then see most of my progress right after ovulation up until the day or two before my next period. I’ve been strength training 3-4x per week, walking at minimum 10k steps a day, and eating between 1750-1950 calories (my TDEE is calculated around 2250). I’d love to hear from others with similar experiences, especially if you lost weight slowly but consistently. I’m okay with this rate/pace as long as it eventually gets me where I want to be, but I can’t help but question if I should be doing something differently to see more steady progress. Thanks in advance 🩷

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Realization on what you are actually trying to lose...

I'm F/41/5'4/162

I got back into fitness during COVID and created a little gym space in a spare room. Soon I started Orange Theory and did that for 2 years, then I took a break and then got a regular gym membership where I mostly do 20min treadmill, 15 min stair stepper then weight machines for 10-15 min.

Some weeks I really push it and some weeks I just do little incline challenges.

Lately I've been just eating less, making all my meals at home (thank u economy) and quit drinking. I'll do a month here and there sober.

I def feel lighter, more energy, and no bloating or that feeling of "I ate too much last night". Don't miss that at all. But I am slowly noticing I have a layer of fat around my waist and on my upper back that just bothers me. And I'm thinking to myself "how/when did this even happen". It finally came to me, I am finally realizing the fat I have accumulated is from the last 10/15 years of getting high, eating everything, drinking all those nights out, and not being active at all. It's not something that came on to me within a few months/weeks but it slowly formed as decisions were made. So, weight loss is trying to burn fat that took years to develop in your body so why would the process be easy? Your basically undoing body chemistry/memory/habits and most importantly, your way of thinking about weight loss. This realization devastated me but also made me take this even more seriously. As we all want to get over/through tough times in our lives, heartbreaks, grief, we want to also lose the weight that we feel doesn't fit within our lives or identity anymore. So maybe I am still carrying the physical results of those "times" in my life. This realization knocked the crap out of me TBH and I started thinking "hell, no. This is a battle, not a journey". I NEED to lose this weight. I'm not the person who let it grow freely in my body anymore and doesn't serve any purpose other than being a physical sign I had really bad times in my life and tried to make myself happy anyway I could. Now I have other outlets for "feel good" chemicals and know the quick fixes aren't going to make us happy long term .

Anyways, I hope this inspires someone today like it did to me.

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Where to start?

Hello, I am a 24 year old male, I am 6, 2 and have weighed around 315 for a while now. I am tired of being overweight and the health problems it is causing, I am wanting to take weight loss seriously, but I don’t really know where to start. I don’t have anyone around to be a weight loss buddy so I feel lost.

I have been working really hard on cutting out sugary drinks, over the last few months I have gone from several a day to one every 2 or so days and I am trying to get to the point where I don’t drink any of them. But I haven’t seen much weight loss and I think it is coming from what I eat. I know that I am bad with portions and I am not even really sure what appropriate portions look like. I also have never done calorie counting as I was honestly too lazy in the past to try, nor do I own a scale.

Thank you for reading this and any advice would be awesome and I am happy to answer questions or provide more information.

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Feeling dispirited

I’ve always ate the same. In the last six months I’ve gained about 13 pounds. I had a small health issue that prevented me from working out like I usually do. I tried intermittent fasting and gained weight. I did calorie counting and calorie deficit but found it extremely difficult. I’m 5’1 and so a lot of the weight loss calculations were saying my max would be 1000-1400 calories a day. I had headaches, was irritable, miserable and was still not seeing results.

I don’t drink sodas, eat relatively healthy and truly do not eat any different than I ever in my life. I’ve started working out and now the only difference is that I’ve stopped gaining

I’ve gotten my thyroid checked, gotten blood down to see if this could be something else it all comes back normal. I’ve definitely gained some muscle but my bmi is 25 :(

I could use any encouragement on if people have ever lost weight after nothing happening when they first started out.

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Increased hunger after 3 months of basic calorie deficit

I had gained a lot of weight in last 1 year and decided to try a low calorie deficit and low carb diet with walking and strength training. I am very happy with my progress so far and I have been consistent for 3 months. I have lost around 39 lbs so far and never did extreme dieting. Ate homemade meals with slight reduction in carbs and added lots of Fiber and protein. Now after 3 moths after loosing the weight I put on in last 1 year I am starting to feel quite hungry. Is this normal ? Any tips to control. I have not been using any weight loss drugs and have been recommended bariatric surgery if my attempt to loose weight fails this time. I still have atleast 100 lbs more to go. Any tips ?

Starting weight 3 months back : 358
Current weight 320
Weight lost : 38 lbs

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NSV: Doctor said I was the healthiest person he’s seen today.

This feels good. Went for my regular follow up doctor appointment today. I’m finally in the healthy weight range after 2 years of work. My doctor was going through my bloodwork which had all improved drastically and he said, “You’re the healthiest person I’ve seen today.”

What great motivation to keep it up. I’m trying to get a little more solidly in the healthy range but I’m not going to force anything if my body doesn’t want to go much lower (it’s been harder the last couple months). There was a flyer in the exam room for a 5K benefiting an organization that my doctor is on the board of. I plan on signing up for it!

Wishing everyone here continued success on their weight loss journeys!

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How do you tell if its fat, or bloating??

(18F) hi! Ive never had a flat stomach before and im so so confused about if its fat or bloating. I feel like i wake up already bloated?? I grew up overweight, maxing 190lbs at 13, i lost a lot from ages 14-16 (60lbs, lowest was 130lbs) but wasnt able to maintain and ended up gaining 20lbs back, making my current weight around 150lbs at 5’7 last i checked. Im not overweight, im in the normal bmi range, but i feel id like to loose 15-20lbs… I dont have stomach rolls unless im sitting down. i can pinch maybe a handful of stomach, which i assume is fat? When i poke my tummy, it feels mostly hard with a little give. Im very active, and i use my abs a lot, so despite the bloat and/or fat, i can see some abdominal definition (not a six pack, obviously, but definitely some core)
I just feel like my stomach protrudes farther than just fat would make it, and i cant seem to figure out how to fix it :/ some days its better than others , but that might also be my body dysmorphia..
i eat a heathy diet. I dont eat refined sugar, gluten, meat, seed oils blahblahblah…. Mostly, my diet is vegetarian and consists of 0% greek yogurt, honey, peanut butter or pbfit depending on whats in the house, soy- mostly tofu, nori sheets, lots of fruit, protein powder, chia seeds, sometimes oats, occasionally hummus. Id say the majority of my diet is fruit and protein. I cant place which of these things could be making me bloat,,, and i already dont eat a lot of food items so i fear removing more could make me risk nutritional gaps. Ive tried removing dairy, but i worry about the low calcium. Im wondering if honey could be bloating me because i eat probably too much of it.
Or it could be just that i need to loose more weight? Which is a struggle mainly because i had amenorrhea for years due to under-eating and only recently got my period back, so im uncertain about weight loss since it could make me loose it again :( but i also feel so uncomfortable with my appearance and i just want to be in the 130 range again so idk what to do..

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