Covering bases with weight loss plan

Hey all

I'm currently going through a weight loss phase right now, I'm 5'9, male, and around 158 lbs. I've been doing around 22k steps every day including 30 mins of incline walking, eating around 2k calories. This seems sustainable to me, but I don't want to crash diet, so tips would be appreciated.

I've lost weight before, and got all the way down to 147, but reverse dieted way too hard back to 161. I look a lot better than I did then due to my body composition changing, but maybe there is information I don't know or things I am missing. Is 2k cal a day too aggressive for that level of activity? My diet is almost all whole foods with low cal food to make it taste better, I'm looking for any level of advice to ensure I can do this correctly again. Much appreciated!

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Weekend away calories

Hello everyone! Just a bit of advice really or for someone to tell me what I’m doing is sensible. I’ve started my weight loss journey again after being away for a week on holiday only last week and I’m about to go away with friends for a quiet weekend, rather than try and be in a deficit or just ignore it completely as I will 100% binge and won’t stop. I’ve been thinking about eating at maintenance so it still allows me a few treats but will hold me accountable. Do you think this is a sensible idea?

I understand it’s a break and normally I’m like enjoy it you don’t get to do this often but after the gain from last week I’d like to keep some control.

Hope this makes sense and thanks in advance!

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DAE feel like calorie counting is bad for their eating habits?

Just posting here for some validation and to let anyone else out there who feels the same know you're not alone in hating calorie counting. I'm autistic so a part of me cares an unreasonable amount about accuracy and precision which makes guesstimating quantities really stressful but I don't want to weigh everything either for fear my housemates will ask questions or judge. This stress makes me more prone to either restrict to avoid having to calorie count or overeat either because of the stress or hunger. I then feel compelled to further restrict after overeating to "make up" for the calorie surplus the day before... You can see where this is going.

I guess I'm putting this all out there because I feel like whenever I discuss weight loss with doctors, they push calorie counting or programs like Noom. My current goal is ~16 hr intermittent fasting, boosting my fiber and protein and minimizing my ultra processed food intake, making tea/flavored water when I get sugar or snack cravings, staying hydrated, keeping dessert and alcohol to one day/week each and, the hardest, working on eating slower and getting more sleep. I'm still experimenting with what I need to do to support these habits and working on getting them down so I'm hoping that's why I haven't meaningfully lost weight for the past 6 months. I guess I just am hoping for some reassurance I'm not doomed to fail even though I'm not calorie counting like my doctor says?

Btw, any tips on eating slower? I'm a terrible snarfer and I'm not making much progress on consistently slowing down.

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For those with extra skin after weight loss: is your skin stretchy or just loose?

Curious if you’re able to pull your skin into a stretched position or if it just hangs loose.

I gained & lost 50 pounds and was left with skin that doesn’t necessarily look loose, but is quite stretchy.

People keep saying I might have Ehler’s Danlos Syndrome, but my skin was never like this before (not that I noticed, anyway.)

Has anyone noticed this on themselves? My stomach, thighs, chest, neck, and face all have significant stretch when pulling on the skin. I can even do it on my forearms/backs of my hands.

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Weight and grief.

Hi guys, I’m 24m in California and I’m here for both advice and guidance. I lost my younger brother in May of this year and since he’s left I gained a lot of weight. I always struggled with weight gain and loss, but I’m the heaviest I’ve been. I’m open to any tips, suggestions, recommendations, etc for foods, exercises, drinks, and more! To start my weight loss process I’m going to go on walks and start eating better. Things have been so hard lately and I would love to see and hear how others have struggled with weight issues and grief. I do struggle with binge eating disorder amongst other mental health issues, but I’m trying to not let that get in the way of doing what’s best for me. Cheers!!

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Lost 154 lbs (started around 368, now 214) while managing epilepsy + recovering from two brain surgeries — happy to share what worked

Stats: down 154 lbs, now at 214. Not a straight line, and not fast — this happened alongside years of epilepsy treatment, including a 2017 brain surgery (temporal lobectomy) and a 2022 deep brain stimulation implant.

A few things that mattered for me specifically, since my situation had some unusual constraints (seizure risk, surgery recovery, medication side effects, depression that didn't fully lift until DBS settings were tuned in early 2026):

• I couldn't rely on high-intensity everything, so I built consistency around low-impact stuff first (walking, then a weighted vest, then eventually running).
• I had to plan around "what if a seizure happens right now" for every workout — so solo, isolated workouts were out for a long time.
• Mental health treatment (in my case, DBS finally being tuned correctly) mattered as much as diet/exercise. I didn't have the bandwidth to sustain habit changes until the depression eased.
• I stopped trying to fix everything at once. Weight loss, seizure management, and mental health got worked on in sequence, not all simultaneously.

Now I'm training for the LA Marathon (March 2027) which felt like a joke a few years ago.

Happy to answer anything about training around a chronic neurological condition, or just the slow/nonlinear parts of the process nobody posts about.

https://www.epilepsysucks.org

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Another update on my progress. (Down 73lbs)

I’m pretty high while writing this on my phone, so sorry if it isn’t as detailed as my last posts. Also sorry for the late update, I just didn’t really think there was much to talk about, so I hadn’t mentioned it till now.

I’m now down to 264lbs from 337lbs since the end of February this year (when I really decided to make changes). The highest I’ve ever weighed was 360 something pounds ~3ish years ago. For the most part I feel better physically, I don’t get abdominal pains nearly as much as I used to. I don’t have an update on the fibrosis, but I do plan to ask my doctor about scheduling a fibroscan during my next visit.

I’ve been a lot better mentally (when it comes to my physical health). I’m still eating about the same as I have been (although sometimes I eat more than I should when with friends).

If I had anything to say about my progress so far, is that although I’m happy and proud of my weight loss, I’d probably not advise others to do what I did (shocking I know). My diet could use a lot of work, I’m just lazy when it has to do with preparing food and I should exercise more consistently.

Something I’ve learned that really stuck with me, is that your nutrients are vital. Yes you may be dropping weight, but if your nutrient intake is way off, you’re going to have problems. Make sure you drink plenty of water, roughly a gallon a day (which I often don’t achieve).

That’s about all I have to say. Cya!

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