Onederland!!

I am thrilled - I weighed 199.8 lbs this morning and that is (technically) ONEDERLAND!! I am a 40-year-old woman, and haven’t weighed under 200 lbs since sometime during the COVID lockdown. I went into lockdown in 2020 after losing some weight and getting fit, and was around 160 lbs. I gained a lot of weight (60 lbs) during lockdown.

I became pregnant at 220 lbs and during my pregnancy, my weight climbed to 275 lbs. Postpartum, I slowly lost weight and got back down to 220 lbs in about 3 years. I was satisfied to be back to my pre-pregnancy weight.

In January, I decided this is the year I will focus on my health and wellness. I’ve lost 20 lbs through counting calories, I walk more, get more and better sleep, drink way less alcohol, read more, and am on my phone less. I feel better than ever. The weight loss piece has been a bit slow, but I am very happy and motivated by this Onederland milestone!!

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Is this a plateau? What do I do?

I am afab, 33 years old, 164cm/5'5" and started my weight loss journey at 106kg/234lb in 2025. I reached 63kg/139lb this summer which I am very proud of but my goal weight is 59kg/130lb.

I took a break of two weeks and kept counting my calories though I was well aware I was eating 700 calories a day over what my body needs. This, however, shouldn't have been a 4kg/8,8lb weight gain at the end of those two weeks! When I saw the number on the scale, I was annoyed but went right back to eating in my comfortable deficit of 600 calories less than what my body needs. The same meals every single day, just like before my break (I'm autistic, so I like doing things the exact same way). And what worked before.. has left me confused now.

Despite my calorie deficit, and doing what I was doing for over a year, I am stuck at 148lb for almost 3 weeks now and even gained some weight yesterday and today. Why? What's happening? Do I just keep going? My period will come in 9 days so I doubt it is related to that.

My activity level hasn't changed either. Nothing has. Just that my diet isn't working anymore all of a sudden.

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I’m confused please help!

I’m fairly new to the gym journey & I hear so many people say eat this don’t eat that. Do this don’t do that. So please can someone here let me know if I’m doing the right thing. I don’t know if weights or cardio is better for weight loss, but weight loss is the goal for me.
Here is my routine:
Gym- 3x a week minimum
I do weights the first 30-40 minutes, then cardio the last 20 minutes
I don’t do a leg or arm day I just focus on both & what my body can do that day.
Protein after the gym.
I also job where I’m moving all day & walking.
As for diet, I have no clue about that. I’ve been trying to eat higher protein foods. But I am new to all this.

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Self perception 20kgs down after a break

I’ve lost 20kgs in the last year, I’ve got another 10kgs or so to go but due to travel and other commitments I’ve been on a bit of a break for around five weeks.

I’ve been maintaining - but what’s interesting is how my own self image has changed. When I got to 20kgs down I was really impressed with my achievement - I’d never lost this much before! I loved how much smaller I looked etc.

But a few weeks of maintaining and it’s like my brain has made this my new normal. I’m not particularly excited by how I look, and now all I can see is that I still have a fair bit to lose. I don’t hate how I look, but I’m not like ‘wow I don’t recognise myself’.

Also I was checking out some old photos of me over a year ago and something else shifted - I can’t believe how big I looked! That was just me for most of my life so up until recently, in my head, that was just me.

It’s so interesting what weight loss does to the brain!

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Possible metabolic adaptation? Help me keep my sanity 🥹

Hi all! Thanks for any help or advice in advance.

I’ve been on a significant weight loss journey and am down already 120 pounds since 1.5 years ago. I started by being prescribed a GLP one when I was diagnosed as type two diabetic. Immediately, I started walking and changed everything that I put into my mouth.

I wanted to stop losing muscle mass so I decided to start lifting 3 to 4 days a week on top of my steps every day about six months ago I have seen my number drop, but for how much of a deficit I am supposedly in I should be losing at a much more rapid rate. I know I am gaining muscle at the same time, but I’m getting frustrated because I should be seeing much more significant results in the overall fat loss and measurements of my body. I’m 40 years old, 6 feet tall, and about 261 pounds. I do have a significant amount of muscle on my frame. I walk between 12 to 15,000 steps per day and my total daily energy expenditure is usually somewhere between 3400 cal to 3800 cal on average. I eat roughly 250 g of protein per day under 300 g of carbohydrates and keep everything under 2600 cal.

Since my rate has been greatly reduced at which I’m losing fat, could my body be going through potential metabolic adaptation? Any thoughts or help would be incredible.

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How to approach still having a long way to go, but also feeling very burnt out by weight loss journey?

Hi, everyone! I’ve posted before, but I’m 32F, 5’3 and 178 lbs right now.

As a bit of a part two on this recent post, I’m happy to share that I did not renew a plan with that dietician. I spent thousands of dollars (literally) on what basically came down to a combo of feeling like she was slow rolling my weight loss (~206 lbs in January 2025-178 now), not feeling like I was truly getting the accountability I was paying for, and frankly, half ass responses that were increasingly, clearly AI.

The gist of my frustration for a lot of 2025 and most of this year can basically be summarized as: Yep, I get it about being kind to myself. I REALLY do, but I also need to make progress so I’m not in a weight loss phase forever and can move to maintenance.

… and that’s still my frustration now, on my own. I have MacroFactor. I know how to log, weigh food, etc.

But because I’ve been in “calorie counting/weight loss” mode for 19ish months now—where it feels like my whole life revolves around it—I’m tired.

I don’t really want to do a diet break (already did that for 8 weeks with the dietician months ago), but because of this exhaustion I keep feeling so susceptible to a loop of 3-4 days really on track (she was trying 1300-1400 for me for a bit, but I’ve been going for 1400-1500 now), then 2-3 days each week where I just kinda get into “screw this mode” and eat higher.

So … how do I make meaningfully progress when I’m so mentally exhausted?

My stats, for reference:
32F, 5’3”
178 lbs right now
I have a desk job
I run 3x/week (two are 30 minutes, one is a longer 3-7 mile run),
I walk at least 6k steps a day, sometimes more
I weight lift 2x/week most weeks

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Mom obsessed about my weight

What I find really funny is that when I was 129KG eating sweets, chocolates and all kinds of junk food my mum would make comments like “you need to get rid of that belly,” “you’re bigger than all your siblings.” Now that I’ve decided to cut out all the sugar and eat clean I’m suddenly “being brainwashed” and “taking this thing too far.” I currently weigh 92KG and really proud of my progress.

Every single day she’ll come in to the kitchen to see what I’m making or eating with comments like “that’s not enough food” or “too much eggs isn’t good for you,” “you body still needs sugar.” Genuinely STFU!!!

I went out clothes shopping yesterday and realised that I can now fit into Medium sized clothes when before I was wearing XXL. Now my mum is trying to put me down saying “is this what you’ve come to, you can’t become slimmer than your brother” who is 10 years younger.

I say all of this to say, this is only going to make me lose more weight just to annoy her even more. No one gets the right to dictate how I want to look and feel within myself. I always hear her whispering to my sister about my weight loss and I hear every comment. I’m very glad that I’ve never cared what ANYONE thinks about me.

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