I Lost 170lbs. This Is The Part I Never Posted.

I've shared the photos before. I've shared the stats. I've written about calories and consistency.

This isn't that post.

This is the stuff I kept to myself. The years before I stepped on a scale and faced the truth. What happened after the weight came off that nearly broke me.

I'm writing this because I've spent nine years watching people start the same journey and make the same mistakes. Not because they're stupid. Because nobody told them the full story.

So here's mine.

I was always the big kid. Bigger than my friends, noticeably bigger. My parents said I'd grow out of it. Every year I went up a pants size. Every year I believed them.

By 12 I was 12 stone. By 13 I was 13 stone. You can do the maths.

I ate when I was hungry, bored, and stressed. Most of the time I didn't know which.

One summer my Dad said it. Whole family there. "You wear hoodies even in the summer."

I shrugged it off. "I'm cold blooded."

I wasn't. I just didn't want anyone to see what was underneath.

That comment lit a fire for about a week. Then it burned out. New diet every few months. Rocky on Sunday night, lying in bed planning the week ahead, convinced this time was different. Unstoppable Monday morning, meal prep done, gym shoes by the door. Back in the hoodie by Friday, the biscuit packet empty on the kitchen counter, the plan already forgotten.

By 17 I was 20 stone. The diets weren't working. I stopped believing it was possible.

2015 everything changed.

I'd dropped out of college. Law. No confidence. Working minimum wage. That was it for me.

Then my brother died. He took his own life. I found him.

I won't go into it here. But when the dust settled I was at my heaviest, unemployed, heading down the same path. There was a night where my friend found me in a bad way. That was the bottom.

Something shifted after that. Not dramatically. Just quietly. Nobody's coming to fix this. It has to be me.

It was a Friday.

I didn't wait until Monday.

That Friday was nine years ago. What happened next is the full story. The weight loss. The eating disorder. The system I built that made it stick.

If any of this sounds familiar, the cycles, the hoodie, the rock bottom, you're in the right place, this community helped me understand the basics and from there use these to help me on my journey!

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Asking for help as a very busy person struggling with depression.

Hi everyone,

I was hoping that someone might be able to offer some advice or tips. I'm trying to start my weight loss journey and failing miserably.

For background, I'm F29 and I weigh 172 lbs, I'm 5ft 5inches. I used to weigh 130lbs and was very active (running marathons) until I had a mental breakdown which rendered me completely housebound.

I'm a lot better now thankfully, but sadly I still do struggle with depression and anxiety. I think I eat a lot to self-soothe and my lifestyle is very very busy (I work in a corporate environment) and often work from 9am - 10pm most days without a break and often also work weekends.

I often feel like I've failed before I even start because I have little time to exercise or cook, which obviously are the two biggest factors here. But I'm getting to breaking point with my body, I feel so hideous that it is fueling my depression and I feel so uncomfortable.

Would be grateful if anyone with similar circumstances could offer any advice on what worked for them?

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Metformin & PCOS

I was prescribed Metformin yesterday and I’m looking for some weight loss stories from other people who successfully lost weight on Metformin.

For context, I’ve always been “bigger” since I hit puberty as a young girl. I’m 31 now and have two children. I’ve had a lot of health issues over the years (total hysterectomy and total thyroidectomy) and I’ve been unable to lose any weight, I just keep gaining. My thyroid panels came back normal and my endocrinologist believes it is PCOS and insulin resistance.

I now weigh 274lbs at 5’7” and I would like to be completely out of the obese range someday. I’m really hoping this works for me alongside healthy eating and exercise! Not to mention, my boyfriend is a total smoke show and he plans on marrying my fat ass and I would like to be a super hot bride when that time comes 🩷🩷🩷

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I miss when I could fit into my clothes.

just started my weight loss journey a few months ago.

It sucks because I used to be skinny.

I never threw out my skinny clothes. I want to be able to wear them one day and I thought they'd serve as good motivation. But instead they kinda just make me sad. They've been sitting there untouched for months to years. I can't afford to buy new clothes that fit me better right now, so i currently only have less than a weeks worth of clothes that currently fit me at all, but even those I am stretching them out. I see them all getting rips and holes in them. And I have to do laundry multiple times a week since I have such little clothes i can wear.

I'm so tired of the clothes that fit me right now too. I want the exciting smaller ones again.

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How many days a week should you do strength training?

I am currently doing 3 days 1 hour each strength training at home with the help of a personal trainer. I have about 23 - 25 kgs to lose. So apart from this, I'm in calorie deficit and do walking daily.

I try to do strength training sessions the other three days through YT videos, but just for 30-50 minutes. Lately, I have been thinking if I'm overdoing it.

How do you know how many days are required?

Whether you are straining your body too much ?

Does it help accelerate weight loss if I do 6 days a week with 1 day of rest ?

My other concern is time. Spending at least 2 hours per day for movement may not be practical always. So that is another reason I'm reconsidering this.

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Any tips to balance dating and weight loss

I’ve been dating someone for a month now (met up 6 times) and each time we always end up having something to eat and a few drinks. For the last few dates I’ve been limiting my drinks to 1-2. However the meals we go out for. And it’s been turning into a weekly thing. I don’t want to say no to outing but does anyone have any tips on balancing this?it doesn’t help that because if jobs they’re not free until Sunday evenings so most places except bars are shut

I’ve notice that while I have still lost weight overall the rate is drastically reduced? For example in a month I could see a loss of between 3-4kg but this month it was about 1.1kg.

We hung out yesterday and I’ve woken up a bit yucky today I don’t know how to explain it.

It’s my first time dating someone so I don’t know if explaining I’m losing weight is ok? The person I’m dating is really skinny and tall

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Should i keep cutting or stop and build muscle?

Hey everyone,

I’m 19F, 175 cm (5’9) and currently 72.5 kg (160 lbs). I’ve lost around 22 lbs in almost 4 months.My original goal was 62.5 kg (138 lbs), but now I’m starting to wonder if that’s even the right goal anymore.
I was lifting during my weight loss( but inconsistently haha). Right now I’m on vacation so I’m not lifting, just walking every day, but I’ll start lifting again in September back at uni.
So now I’m wondering if maybe I should just cut until around 66.5 kg (147 lbs), then eat at maintenance and focus on building muscle instead of continuing all the way to 62.5. What’s the beest ?
Thank you in advance :)

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