Help with meal planning

I’m (28m/240lbs/5’7) just starting on my weight loss and mental health recovery journey. I have severe anxiety about eating, ptsd from a severe allergic reaction, and have basically lived off of water, pizza, potato chips, and chicken for the last year or so. I want to make a change and I know that eating and working out will help my mental health. But I’m stuck on what to eat.

If I don’t plan what to eat, I just won’t eat. And then when I do eat, I binge because I don’t know when the next time I’m going to feel comfortable eating is.

I am allergic to peas, that’s what the severe allergic reaction was from. I have since totally avoided all lentils since they are related. I also experienced some mild allergies to apples, pears, bananas, and citrus fruit so I haven’t had any fruit in years.

I think I would be able to get myself to eat eggs, broccoli, potato’s, spinach, and Brussels sprouts. I would really appreciate any tips or advice. I like working out and just started going to the gym and walking more, but this diet thing really gets me down and I know it’s very important. And yes I am working with a therapist but it’s slow moving.

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Why does my weight drop whenever I work from home?

I always hear people worrying that working from home (WFH) will make them gain weight, but I have the exact opposite problem, and it's making my goal to gain weight really difficult.
I recently finished a 3-month probation period where I had to work continuously from the office 5 days a week. During those 3 months, my weight stayed consistently around 55–56 kg. Now, I’ve been working from home for just one single month, and my weight has already dropped down to 53kg.

The exact same thing happened at my previous job: 5 days a week in the office kept me at 55–56 kg, but the moment I transitioned to WFH, it dropped all the way to 52 kg.

I eat the exact same amount of food in both environments maybe even slightly less when i am at office. Why does my body hold onto weight at the office but drop it at home? Has anyone else trying to gain weight run into this "WFH weight loss" trap?

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How does your period impact the scale?

I know that everyone who has a period tends to experience weight loss much differently than people who don't. For example, EVERYONE has daily fluctuations, water weight retention.etc., but for those of us who have periods, our weight loss can look very different.

My weight loss tends to go in waves depending on where I am in my cycle. I lose weight as soon as my period hits and will continue to lose for another week until I plateau a bit. When I ovulate, the weight that I've been losing comes off again. I plateau again after that until the first day of my period. It's so incredibly aggravating because I sometimes will psych myself out and beat myself up for "not losing" when its really just fluctuations and water retention due to my cycle.

I'm really just trying to see how normal my pattern is and how many other people experience weight loss in alignment with their cycle. So, I'm curious, how does your period impact your weight loss?

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I have failed multiple times at losing weight over 10 years, I am on a weight loss drug and I still crave and eat unhealthy food, I feel like I am possessed by some kind of unhealthy food demon, I am afraid for my life at this point

26M, I have been obese for like 8 years now, now way worse (145 Kg or however many pounds).

Nothing works. Or more importantly, nothing sticks. I feel like I am possessed by some kind of unhealthy food demon that makes me go bad overeating, overindulging and overstuffing myself no matter how I want to change.

I really want to change. My life is in danger from this. I am cognisant that if I don't change now, I may die in less than 10 years. I am fully aware of this reality and I ought to everything possible to prevent it.

I am addicted to the dopamine that food brings me. Completely addicted. There is no substitute for it in my life. Food is 50% of the joy I have in my life. I am naturally a pesimist, an introvert. Food is how I get some joy in life.

2 years ago I tried losing weight with a registered dietitian. It worked for 2 months, until I started eating junk food again after stress from college finals. Now since 2.5 months ago I am on Wegovy, and it doesn't work. I still want to eat junk. I am on vacation right now, and I still overindulge and eat my feelings away.

I have been on therapy for 10 years now due to anxiety and similar issues. So going to a therapist won't fix my indulging tendencies. I am afraid on what to do now, because the miracle drug is not working.

I, a grown man, fully aware of the consequences, still on a weekly basis, will raid the supermarket and buy unhealthy shit. I may do 1 week of healthy eating, and then I am back again addicted, like a crack addicted.

Has anyone been in my shoes and succeeded at changing? Because right now I feel utterly and completely defeated.

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Not feeling much difference at almost 35 pounds down

25F, 5’1” SW: 225 CW: 192.2 GW: 135

I’ve been losing weight since April of this year. I’ve been working hard and it feels like I’ve been doing at least an okay job. After my second baby last July, I weighed the most I ever have, and I’m just trying to get closer to a normal weight for my height.

My mother in law planned a birthday party for me at a pool, which is very kind of her. I put on a swimsuit I haven’t worn in more than a year and a cover up dress in size XL that looked like it would fit with room to spare in the store. (Changing rooms were closed, so I know I took a gamble here lol)

I couldn’t believe how huge I felt. Both the swimsuit and cover up were so tight that I was uncomfortable. I’m so discouraged and feel like my almost 35 lb weight loss has done nothing for my body. I realize I’m being dramatic but I don’t even want to go so that no one has to see me. I just needed to rant, but if anyone has experience with something similar I’d love to hear how you overcame it.

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Looking for Any Suggestions for My Weight Loss Journey.

Hello! I’m a 22 yo male who’s 5 8’ and currently working on weight loss. I’ve been on a calorie deficit and I’ve also been doing cardio and strength training, and I’ve gone down from 244 lbs to 229 lbs in these past 5 weeks. I think the first 8-10 lbs was glycogen and water weight given how fast it went down, but now I’m losing weight at a more sustainable pace of 1-2 lbs per week.

Im trying to get to below 200 lbs by the end of December and as of right now, I’ve been tracking calories and I’m around a 1,000 calorie daily deficit during the week, with some days on the weekend being more like a 500-700 calorie deficit. I tend to eat like 2,000-2,200 calories a day. I try to get 180 g of protein a day to preserve muscle during my strength training and calorie deficit as well. I’m just wanting to make sure that my calorie deficit and my strength training and protein is okay before I continue since I don’t want to lose too much muscle throughout this journey. I’ve been lifting and I feel like my strength is going up, but I am a beginner lifter (never really lifted weights that seriously before) so idk if it’s just the initial gains from being a beginner. I’ve also been told by people that I look skinnier and I feel a lot less bloated and feel better overall, so I think the weight loss is working a bit so far. Also my sleep quality and energy levels have felt so much better now that I’ve lost some weight. I try to get 7-9 hrs of sleep a night. I do weight lifting 3 days a week (with a short 30 minute cardio session after each weight session), and for the other 3 days of the week I do 1-1.5 hrs of cardio on the elliptical each day. Here’s my workout split:

Workout A
Leg press
Dumbbell Romanian deadlift
Hoist ROC-IT Glute Master
Shoulder press
Triceps pushdown
Lateral raise machine
Calf raises

Workout B
Seated leg curl
Lat pulldown
Seated cable row
Chest press
Face pulls
Dumbbell curls
Hammer curls
Oblique crunch machine

I do workout B twice a week and workout A once a week

Is what I am doing with my calorie deficit, workout split, and protein good to continue or do you all have any suggestions? I know that muscle loss will happen as I lose the weight I need to lose, but I’d like to not lose a terribly high amount or hurt my metabolism. Let me know what you all think!

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Just bought new jeans/belt for work and it's making me spiral out of control irrationally *VENT*

TL;DR - Just needed to vent about getting new clothes due to recent weight loss and the more snug fit is making my body dysmorphia hit harder than normal

Just need to vent and maybe get some feedback/words of wisdom from the community.

Just recently got past my first goal weight and am 198.2 lbs so I decided it was time to invest in some new clothes and jeans/belt for work. I got a 38x32 (used to be 46x32) and got a belt that goes from 38" - 32" waist and once I got to work and started walking around all I can think about is how tight these jeans/belt are on me.... They're not too small by any means, I just think I'm so much more confident in looser fitting clothes unfortunately.

Idk why I just feel terrible about myself in these new jeans and feel like I literally gained weight just by wearing them... I did eat at maintenance this weekend so the bloating/retention is probably a factor in this along with my BED. (In therapy working on it currently)

Does anyone else have this issue when finally switching out their wardrobe into clothes that fit their current weight better? I don't want to just wear baggy clothes to feel more comfortable as I had to get thru this whole meltdown the prior time I got smaller jeans, it's just bugging me that I hit a huge milestone for me but still feel gross in my own skin... my body dysmorphia is TERRIBLE

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