Finally down to 60kgs, after being stuck at 64kilos for several months 🥹

41F, SW- 76, Cw-60, GW: 58.
Medical history: Hypothyroidism
Insulin Resistance, PCOS.

I finally reached 60 Kgs in just two months. While I don’t track calories, I maintain a detailed list of factors that contribute to bloating, weight gain, and other issues. I occasionally walk, but my weight loss primarily stems from my low carb, high protein diet.

I hit a plateau between 64 and kgs for over 5 to 6 months, and I was curious about the reasons behind it. Then, I incorporated intermittent fasting into my routine. I finish dinner by 7 p.m. and break my fast the next day at around 11 a.m. Occasionally, if I’m feeling particularly hungry, I have a cup of tea and a fiber rich, low glycemic fruit early in the morning and then head straight to lunch. I also indulge in a few cashews and dried grapes when I feel like snacking, but that’s only once a day.
I drink two cups of tea a day. No sweets whatsoever.

It’s funny how you have to devise different strategies, essentially tricking your body by making minor adjustments to your routine. For instance, I’ve increased my afternoon intake since I skip breakfast, but that empty stomach in the morning was all my body needed to cause the scale to move.

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Scale Stuck at 150; Help!

Hi all! I (20F) started my weight loss journey this year. I started at 188lbs in January, and am currently down to 150lbs. I'm super happy about the weight I've lost, but I would be overjoyed if I could be around 130lbs by the end of this year.

Since June, I've been in a calorie deficit, and not a small one. Most days, I'm usually at -1000 to -800 calories; I track my food very closely by doing about 90% of my cooking at home, and I track my calories burned with my Garmin (I have a Lily 2.) I've been making steady progress since June (170 --> 150) by tracking and going to the gym, and for the month of August, took a break from working out/lifting since I came back to college. I was still losing weight, and decided to go back to working out.

I've been working out consistently since the start of September, consistently going 6x a week; I acknowledge that some people may say that's too much, but I genuinely love going to the gym and it's usually the highlight of my day. I don't just go to lose weight. I've found it's impacted my mental health more positively than anything else I've tried (I've struggled with depression for the last several years), I like being able to go and get stronger, and overall I enjoy feeling healthier. However, since going, the scale hasn't tipped at all-- in fact, it's gone up, from 147lbs on the 1st of September to 151 today. I love going, but it's so frustrating (and confusing) to not see the number budge despite the extra effort I'm putting in.

Some extra things to note: I've been taking creatine lately, which I know can affect weight. For working out, I generally do light cardio, 4-5 lifts, and I tend to hit 10K steps a day. I know weight loss is a long haul, not a short trek, but before this month, I was seeing my weight go down at least 1-2 pounds a week.

Does anyone have advice, words of solace, or anything in between? Thank you!

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Feeling dizzy and nauseous during my calorie deficit

I’m currently trying to lose ~10 kg and I’m a little unsure whether I’m doing something wrong with my calorie deficit.

I was on vacation for a week about two weeks ago. After coming home, I started my diet on September 9th. I had quite a lot of water retention from the vacation, especially in my feet, so I know that some of the weight loss is probably just water.
Since starting my deficit, I’ve lost around 2.5 kg in total. I currently weigh 79.9 kg at 1.69 m.

I’m not completely sure about my maintenance calories, but I would estimate that my normal daily expenditure is somewhere around 2,300–2,400 calories. Over the last two weeks it was probably even lower because I’ve still been off work and spending most of my time at home.

For activity, I currently:
● Go to the gym 3x per week and do strength training
● Average around 4,000 steps per day

The thing I’m concerned about is that since around Tuesday this week, I’ve been feeling really bad. I’m constantly nauseous and have basically no appetite. Whenever I stand up, my vision goes completely black for a moment and I feel really strange/dizzy.
I also currently can’t really be a passenger in a car because I get extremely nauseous and feel really weird while riding.

I’m wondering if this could be related to my calorie deficit. Maybe I’m not drinking enough, maybe my deficit is too large, or maybe I’m missing something else.

Has anyone experienced something similar while dieting? I’d especially appreciate advice on whether these symptoms could be caused by an aggressive deficit, dehydration, electrolytes, etc., and whether I should increase my calories for a while.

I know the initial 2.5 kg loss is probably partly water weight, so I’m not expecting that rate of loss to continue.

Edit:
Current macros are mostly around 1800-2000 cal, 100g protein and 70g fat

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I think it's maintenance time

We're coming up on the year anniversary of starting my serious weight loss journey.

I've been eating between 1200 and 1300 calories a day for nearly a year, but I'm at my goal size, just a few pounds shy of my goal weight. And today I treated myself, ate nearly 1600 calories. I'm half terrified that I've opened a door that I can't close, and half excited that I might be able to ease up on such an extreme CICO.

Anyone who is in maintenance, how do you transfer safely from losing to maintaining? Without accidentally going too far and gaining again? Right now I weigh myself in the morning before I leave or in the evening when I come home, trying to find my normal or average weight range now. I know it fluctuates a bit.

For context, I'm 33F 146lbs and mostly sedentary but I do pilates 3x a week for strength and mobility.

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Question about rules :)

Hey everyone, I myself am currently on a weight loss journey after years of eating disordered weight gain. I’ve gotten much further than I had anticipated before, but I’ve noticed that my motivation is dwindling and my will to keep going is getting smaller

I’ve had the idea of posting weekly weight updates to a public space to keep me motivated. Somehow the thought of others getting to judge me if I don’t continue on my journey will surely motivate me.

I am, however, unsure if such a thing is permitted in this subreddit. If anyone knows the rules better than me (English isn’t my first language so I often misinterpret written language more frequently) and is reading this then I would appreciate a nice response

Thank you in advantage and a good evening tk anyone reading :)

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Help & Advice? - 5'6F, 150lbs to 125lbs

Hello,
I'm currently fluctuating 148-152lbs, but I am hoping to lose 25lbs before my sister's wedding. I've always been on the heavier side, and although I know it is largely self image, all of the other bridesmaids are extremely skinny so I do not want to be standing out as I'm sure these photos I'll continue to see throughout my life. Before the summer I had been able to get down to 145lbs, but unfortunately due to summer activities such as a cruise I am back where I started. Food has always been a reward or emotional comfort tool for me, I remember within my childhood often if I was sad the answer was here's a nice homecooked meal and sugar.

For those who love food is there any recipes you suggest/how do you overcome this? Any general weight loss advice for this would be greatly appreciated. In addition any suggestions on incoporating exercise would be amazing, as I struggle to find exercise I enjoy & stick to--I have an open basketball on fridays, but outside of that I'm very inactive.

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WEIGHT LOSS-95KG,165CM

hlo im a 16 year old boy. I am 95.50kgs and 165cm in weight and height. I want to lose weight cuz im tired of being bullied and i want to make a healthy body. i have a bad habit of eating chips and cold drinks everyday since like 4-5 years and since last 1-2 years ive consumed a lot of maggi and fastfoods like pizza,noodles,fried rice,manchurian etc.

Now i wanna lose weight. Im from india btw and im too shy to go to the gym. havent filled out the form yet cuz exams are going on and im gonna go to gym since 1st october when exams end. i want yall to gimme some suggestions and i want to know how much time will it take to lets say reach 70kgs and body? also im insecure about my chest like its soft and i often get bullied for that too so will it get good if i loose weight? also the skin at my belly is tearing and new skin is appearing and i think its a bad sign. if i lose weight fastly does it lead to a surgery for removal of extra skin?

please pour in all the knowledge and motivation im gonna need it. Im doing it so that my family dont have to suffer from me being ill and the hospital bills along with the taunts they get from toxic neighbours and relatives.

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