Feeling bones - how to manage

I’ve lost 44 pounds in the last year. I’ve found in the last two weeks or so that I have become hyperaware of my bones. Hip bones, ribs, collar bones, shoulder bones where they connect to the humerus as well as the scapula. I’ve even started to find my fingers and my wrists are super sensitive, leaving me wanting to rip my jewelry off. Both sitting and laying down can be quite uncomfortable.

Has anyone else dealt with this feeling following weight loss? If so, what did you do to work through it and ultimately be less “aware” all the time. It’s staring to cause a lot of distress, even if I am healthier.

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I need help loosing weight (16F, 5’2 and 220 lbs)

2024 is when I would say my weight loss journey actually started. At the time I was 233 lbs in my freshmen year of high school , my highest ever weight that I know of, and that was when I decided to make a change. What motivated me the most was how I viewed myself; I hate myself. I hate how I look, how my clothes fit on me, etc. I needed a change. It was going good for a while; between October 2024 and June 2025 I had lost a considerable amount of weight (60-70 pounds). I was 153, confident, and could finally breathe. Until I went on a trip to Europe…

I do want to point out that the way I lost those 60-70 pounds was not healthy. I would eat one meal a day. That was it. Maybe two. I worked out 5x a week so I thought it was normal.

Between late June 2025 and early July 2025 I went to Germany, Switzerland and Austria with a group of people led by one of my old teachers. I had a blast and to this day it is one of my most fondest memories. The problem was that I had lost all self control on this trip. I told myself, “When will I ever go back to Europe? I can eat what I want.” So I ate. I ate and ate and ate on that trip. We did a lot of walking, we walked practically everywhere, so I didn’t feel as bad at the time. When I got back home I told myself that this was just a slight hiccup. It also didn’t help that my birthday was soon approaching in the same month (July). I gained 6 pounds over the week and a half I was in Europe and probably a few more pounds during the week of my birthday.

After everything was said and done I realized the self control I had built up for months was gone and I was right back where I started. The more I gained the worst I felt and I gorged myself on food. Whole pizzas, entire family size bags of chips, extra this and extra that from fast food places. My self confidence plummeted and with that did my composure. Along with all of this I struggle with GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder) and Depression as well as Trichtotillomania (I don’t know if I spelt that right). I would pull out my hair when I got stressed. All of these problems started a chain reaction of self destruction that I’m still trying to fix today.

There were times that I tried to make a change. There were times I would try to restrict my eating like I did all those months ago, (BAD IDEA) and then I binged. Not only do I binge every day I also am a compulsive eater. As I’m typing this there is currently an empty pizza box in my room. I don’t go out; over the course of my 2 month summer I have stayed in my house 80% of the time. I was doing good for a bit. I joined a Strength and Conditioning summer camp that I did for a few weeks. I quit because my anxiety got to me; all of those girls were not only more athletic than me but they could keep up. I couldn’t. I lagged behind when it came time to run, I couldn’t keep up with snake laps, I was the slowest. All of this crushed my self esteem more than it already was and I quit.

I’m still stuck to this day as I’m typing this. I don’t know what to do anymore; I feel so hopeless. I start school in about 3 days, junior year, so I turned here. I also want to mention I take SSRIS (Zoloft and Lamotrigine) to help with my anxiety as well as birth control for my PMDD/PMS (Pre Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder). I don’t know how to stop. If anyone can give me any sort of advice that would be appreciated.

I don’t know if this is important but I play a sport. I throw Discus and Shotput for my highschool, so I am going to be active.

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Anyone else feel triggered by Ariana Grande?

I didn’t really know what subreddit to put this in but I’ve been on a weight loss journey for the past 5 years with ups and downs. I’ve successfully lost 110lbs (23F, 5’5, 155lbs) and have been working on losing these last 10-15lbs. This year however, has been challenging as I’ve been so stressed from work and then recently diagnosed with a condition that affects my ability to walk from time to time. I’ve only lost 5lbs this year, if anything I’ve really been maintaining unintentionally.

But, all this public talk about Ariana Grande has started to affect me. It’s not just public talk about her but videos and photos circulating from her tour, new music video, wicked, IG posts, tik tok videos etc. It’s really starting to get to me. I’ve blocked her on my socials and am limiting my activity in her Reddit subs and anything related to her.

Normally I weigh my food, track calories, and I’ve always weighed myself everyday and have consistently these past 2 years, it was helpful for me to get used to the fluctuations and have actual data to use. But, this week it was affecting my mental so I decided to just put the scale away for 1-2 weeks.

I’m trying to practice healthy portion control and hunger cues but just when find myself enjoying my meals and thinking about my next meal or snack it’s like images of Ariana pop into my head and my brain’s like “no don’t eat that, look at Ariana, she barely eats and she’s just fine” Other times I’ll be snacking on something like some gummies and feel guilty and think man I need to spit it out quickly and sometimes I do but then other times I have to snap myself out of that thinking and I have to tell myself it’s okay to have these things and gummies aren’t the enemy. My mind feels like it’s in SHAMBLES. It’s soo frustrating and hard. I’ve struggled with an ED in middle school, never hospitalized or anything but I lost a significant amount of weight fast forward I gained it all (hence the 100lbs weight loss) but after losing 100lbs in a healthy way I thought I’d finally overcome all this disordered thinking.

I don’t know what to do. Right now I’m just trying to do my best to remind myself my body deserves to be nourished and food is the fuel for a healthy life and a healthy life is the real reward. And I’m trying my best to make meals I actually love and looking up new recipes to help me enjoy creating new meals. But it’s like in the back of my head I feel like I’m dancing on the line between a healthy relationship with food & body and disordered eating. I do see a therapist but not for ED or body dysmorphia but would love some communal support here 😭

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Increasing my TDEE

Hello. I’ve been on a weight loss journey of which I am almost done. My goal weight is 8 stone and so far I’ve accomplished this purely through a strict diet. However as a 5ft 2, 33 year old mixed race female living a very sedentary life my TDEE is incredibly low at 1400 ish to maintain.

I want to increase this so that I can actually have the calorie intake of a relatively normal person as I don’t want to be stuck in the land of restricted eating. Obviously the way for this is to actually exercise regularly, fundamentally I am a lazy person it’s how I got fat in the first place I fully admit that… I also feel a general anxiety going to the gym, feeling self conscious based on a previous creeper encounter.

However I don’t want to waste my efforts as such I would be grateful if someone could just tell me oh if you go on the treadmill at this speed/incline for x amount of time it’s gravy. I know weights are highly recommended but I do have a chronic shoulder injury that’s prone to dislocations very easily. I’ll go to the gym late at night when it’s quiet and make it a part of my routine as I am a creature of habit once something sticks. I did try getting into the local pool because I enjoy swimming but I live in a pokey village and it’s constantly booked. 🫠
Thanks in advance.

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How do I turn it around?

Honestly, it’s been a shit year with various health concerns. Luckily nothing serious but has the potential to be, and I’m sure my weight hasn’t helped at all. Even my husband said to me (in love and caring way) that he’s concerned.

Currently I’m weighing in at just under 16 stone (224lbs) and I’m 5’3 female (aged 39) currently wearing a 22/24 UK (18/20 USA) dress size.

When I met my husband when I was 17 I was a size 8/10 UK (4/6 USA) dress and around 9.0 stone (126lbs) and I feel gross, ugly and disgusting now, made even worse when my Facebook memories come back from years ago.

I can’t walk far without getting tired and out of breath easily so I get the bus to and from work, which would be a 35-40 min walk each way for me. I’m always shattered and falling asleep on the couch whenever I sit down.

I do work full time but it’s spread over 4 days so work long hours which doesn’t help for food but rely on a LOT of convenience food, pre made meals and a take away once a week.

Along with my husband, we have 2 teen children who need me healthy. They are all fairly healthy, husband is a tiny bit into the overweight range but nothing losing 7lbs wouldn’t fix.

I’ve tried WW and Slimming World (weight loss support groups for those not in the UK) in the past but cannot stick to them long term even though I’ve had good results, I once lost 1 and 1/2 stone (21lbs) in 10 weeks

I’ve even joined gyms in the past but given up when results weren’t fast enough.

My mental health is in the bin and I hate myself for what I’ve become. Fat, lazy and a horrible mess. Honestly, I’m so embarrassed. I was even asked if I was pregnant the other day I’m that fat.

If anyone has been in my situation before please, serious answers only, share what helped you to finally crack it, turn your life around and get better physically and emotionally.

Thank you

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Need weight loss tips

So, I am a busy neurodivergent teenage student. I really don’t have lot of time to workout, and I’m too broke for gym memberships etc. since I’m still a teenager, I live with my parents so I really don’t have a say in what we eat either, so it’s harder to control calories.

I’m struggling with my body image mostly because my arm and lower belly fat, which I’ve been working on. I’ve been doing some fast workouts daily (with rest days included), but I’d like to ask does anyone have any tips I could do? as I’m neurodivergent I have a hard time to do stuff for longer periods of times + hard time updating my routines + can’t do the same stuff day after day.

Any workout routines etc that you can do at home, tips on how to lower calorie intake while still living at my parents or what I could change to get some results sooner would be appreciated 🫶

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Gout and intermittent fasting

So a month ago I decided to stop taking my medication for gout feeling that my weight loss was going well and I haven't had a flare up in a long time. A few weeks later I start getting flare-ups in my back. Now I'm back on allopurinol but the flare-ups are still happening and I'm not sure if I need to take a break from intermittent fasting till the uric acid is normalized more or if I just need to do a shorter daily fast. Honestly right now I feel like just pushing through it and hoping that it gets better because I have been losing weight fairly reliably but wanted advice if anybody has dealt with this before.

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