Day 4: here's what I'm doing

Hey everyone. I'm starting another weight loss journey. I managed to lose about 25 pounds years ago over tge span of a few months and slowly gained it back due to new chronic illness. I'm 5'6 around 160lbs, 35F. Goal weight is around 130. Scale arrives in a few days. I haven't been weighed in a while, but my pants are tighter than I'd like them to be.

I'm doing a whole food, plant based diet. It's worked really well for me in the past, I can eat basically unlimited quantities of foods, and I enjoy trying new recipes. I'm also doing low histamine, which sucks but whatever.

The benefits of this way of eating:

Anti-inflammatory, never hungry, can eat large volumes of food, can be as simple or complex as I want, no calorie counting, no weighing my food, intuitive style of eating, still get to have dessert and snacks, extremely effective for weight loss, has other health effects (such as helping to manage blood sugars, reduce cholesterol, and reverse heart disease).

The drawbacks:

Requires more cooking because I'm not using much pre-packaged stuff, low/ no junk food or animal products (I'm already vegan, so that's not an issue for me, but I love chips).

What I've been eating:

Big salads with delicious sauces. Cereal. Soups (heavy on beans and veggies). Roasted potatoes/veg with creamy garlic sauce. Green smoothies. Popcorn. Blueberry crumble with homemade ice cream. Stir fry. Occasional yellow curry.

The general gist of what I'm eating:

Unlimited fruits, veggies, beans, with some whole grains and nuts/ seeds. No oil. 90% unprocessed plant foods, 10% wiggle room (I use this for my 1 cup of coffee with creamer snd occasionally chips/ dining out).

Why it works:

Plants are low in calorie density and full of fiber, both of which keep you full, blunt hunger cues, and give your body the macro and micronutrients they need.

So yeah, that's what I'm doing in case anyone is interested. My scale hasn't arrived yet, but I already feel a bit lighter. I can't exercise because of MECFS, so diet is the only way for me.

If anyone wants resources, check out:

Forks over Knives (documentary, website, and book),

How Not to Diet by Dr. Michael Greger (the best book on weight loss I've ever read, with like 5000 scientific references)

How Not to Die (documentary and book by Dr. Michael Greger. Doc is on youtube).

Long post, but I hope this information can help someone else.

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Softer and less elastic skin after weight loss

26 year old man

I lost 28 kg in little over two years but I also did lots of yoyo dieting due to depression. I will show you my full journey bellow. I am now 3 weeks in at maintanace. Went from 96 kg to 68 kg. I am a man 175 cm. So I never had a maintanace period. Until now. I am using vitamin c serum, peptide serum, retinol serum, vitamin c supplements, collagen supplements, moisturizer, sunscreen, neck and face exercises, working out, eat enough protein, 8 glasses of water a fay, plan to be at maintanace for 6-12 months, maybe do RF microneedling, thinking about fasting. Now my skin isn't hanging. It looks like my normal skin but it's softer and less compact and has lost some elasticity. Because it spreads out a lot more than it did before my weight gain and loss, when pressed, I can not wear shirts, scarfs or ties anymore because it spreads out right away and I hate it. I genetically have less elastic skin than others but it bothers me how it has gotten worse now. My cheeks, hyoid and neck are softer. My platysma band skin is like a little sail Over my platysma so it's a little loose. Not as close to the neck as it was before. My body looks good but when tucked or pressed my arms, legs and abdomen gets loose and jiggly and spreads out. Here is my journey. P.s I had a weight gain journey from 2018 to 2019 and a weight loss journey from 2019 to 2020 but I don't have the data for that. Will it tighten back up with maintanace and care or has my yoyo dieting ruined it forever?

Help me

2020 15 jan 2020 — 63,2 kg 21 jan 2020 — 65 kg 27 jan 2020 — 65,5 kg 30 jan 2020 — 65 kg 04 feb 2020 — 65 kg 17 feb 2020 — 66,9 kg 03 mars 2020 — 64,9 kg 09 mars 2020 — 67,3 kg 10 mars 2020 — 67,8 kg 16 mars 2020 — 68 kg 23 mars 2020 — 68,2 kg 31 mars 2020 — 67,2 kg 05 apr 2020 — 68,6 kg 10 apr 2020 — 68 kg 14 apr 2020 — 67,5 kg 20 apr 2020 — 67,5 kg 27 apr 2020 — 67,3 kg 05 maj 2020 — 66,8 kg 11 maj 2020 — 68,3 kg 18 maj 2020 — 68,3 kg 25 maj 2020 — 68 kg 01 juni 2020 — 69,4 kg 08 juni 2020 — 68,7 kg 22 juni 2020 — 69,6 kg 06 juli 2020 — 71,5 kg 14 juli 2020 — 69,3 kg 27 juli 2020 — 71,3 kg 03 aug 2020 — 70,6 kg 31 aug 2020 — 71,3 kg 08 sep 2020 — 72,7 kg 16 sep 2020 — 70,6 kg 21 sep 2020 — 73,5 kg 28 sep 2020 — 73,3 kg 05 nov 2020 — 76 kg 11 nov 2020 — 75,3 kg 07 dec 2020 — 77,2 kg

2021 01 jan 2021 — 79,5 kg 09 feb 2021 — 82 kg 16 feb 2021 — 81,7 kg 22 feb 2021 — 81,5 kg 01 mars 2021 — 82,8 kg 05 apr 2021 — 80,6 kg 27 apr 2021 — 82,2 kg 24 maj 2021 — 82,3 kg 31 maj 2021 — 82,2 kg 07 juni 2021 — 81,8 kg 15 juni 2021 — 81,4 kg 22 juni 2021 — 81,2 kg 28 juni 2021 — 80,7 kg 05 juli 2021 — 81 kg 12 juli 2021 — 80,6 kg 19 juli 2021 — 80,2 kg 26 juli 2021 — 79,7 kg 08 aug 2021 — 80,2 kg 16 aug 2021 — 79 kg 23 aug 2021 — 78,6 kg 30 aug 2021 — 76,8 kg 06 sep 2021 — 76,9 kg 13 sep 2021 — 75,6 kg 20 sep 2021 — 75 kg 22 sep 2021 — 75 kg 27 sep 2021 — 73,9 kg 04 okt 2021 — 73,6 kg 12 okt 2021 — 73,1 kg 18 okt 2021 — 72,1 kg 25 okt 2021 — 71,1 kg 01 nov 2021 — 70,4 kg 08 nov 2021 — 69 kg 15 nov 2021 — 70 kg 23 nov 2021 — 69 kg 01 dec 2021 — 68,6 kg 06 dec 2021 — 67,8 kg 30 dec 2021 — 71 kg

2022 06 jan 2022 — 71,3 kg 17 jan 2022 — 71,7 kg 24 jan 2022 — 72,9 kg 31 jan 2022 — 73,2 kg 07 feb 2022 — 73,6 kg 14 feb 2022 — 74 kg 21 feb 2022 — 73,8 kg 28 feb 2022 — 75,2 kg 14 mars 2022 — 76 kg 28 mars 2022 — 76,5 kg 05 apr 2022 — 75,9 kg 11 apr 2022 — 76,2 kg 18 apr 2022 — 77,2 kg 25 apr 2022 — 78 kg 09 maj 2022 — 78,8 kg 17 maj 2022 — 76,2 kg 23 maj 2022 — 76,5 kg 30 maj 2022 — 77 kg 31 maj 2022 — 77 kg 06 juni 2022 — 76,1 kg 13 juni 2022 — 76 kg 27 juni 2022 — 75 kg 11 juli 2022 — 74 kg 18 juli 2022 — 74 kg 25 juli 2022 — 73 kg 01 aug 2022 — 74,1 kg 08 aug 2022 — 73,1 kg 15 aug 2022 — 73 kg 19 sep 2022 — 74,7 kg 26 sep 2022 — 76,5 kg 04 okt 2022 — 76 kg 17 okt 2022 — 78,5 kg 25 okt 2022 — 77,7 kg 31 okt 2022 — 76,5 kg 21 nov 2022 — 82 kg 05 dec 2022 — 83,6 kg

2023 26 jan 2023 — 89,4 kg 06 feb 2023 — 88,8 kg 20 feb 2023 — 92,4 kg 06 apr 2023 — 95,7 kg 16 juli 2023 — 91,5 kg 31 juli 2023 — 96,6 kg 07 aug 2023 — 95 kg 14 aug 2023 — 95,6 kg 21 aug 2023 — 94,8 kg 28 aug 2023 — 93,8 kg 04 sep 2023 — 93 kg 11 sep 2023 — 92,8 kg 12 sep 2023 — 92,2 kg 18 sep 2023 — 91,2 kg 25 sep 2023 — 90,2 kg 02 okt 2023 — 89,2 kg 07 okt 2023 — 89,2 kg 14 okt 2023 — 89,2 kg 16 okt 2023 — 89,6 kg 23 okt 2023 — 88,2 kg 30 okt 2023 — 87,8 kg 13 nov 2023 — 86,8 kg 27 nov 2023 — 86 kg 04 dec 2023 — 84,7 kg 18 dec 2023 — 84,3 kg 26 dec 2023 — 84,1 kg

2024 01 jan 2024 — 84,1 kg 28 jan 2024 — 83 kg 07 maj 2024 — 84 kg 14 maj 2024 — 83 kg 28 maj 2024 — 83 kg 03 juni 2024 — 86 kg 11 juni 2024 — 85 kg 17 juni 2024 — 84 kg 24 juni 2024 — 83 kg 08 juli 2024 — 82 kg 15 juli 2024 — 81 kg 22 juli 2024 — 80 kg 29 juli 2024 — 79 kg 05 aug 2024 — 80 kg 06 aug 2024 — 80 kg 14 aug 2024 — 80 kg 26 aug 2024 — 79 kg 09 sep 2024 — 79 kg 30 sep 2024 — 78,2 kg 07 okt 2024 — 77 kg 30 okt 2024 — 76 kg 04 nov 2024 — 75 kg 18 nov 2024 — 74 kg 20 nov 2024 — 74 kg 25 nov 2024 — 74 kg

2025 31 jan 2025 — 75,7 kg 28 apr 2025 — 78 kg 15 juni 2025 — 80 kg 05 nov 2025 — 75,7 kg 16 nov 2025 — 73,5 kg 17 nov 2025 — 72,8 kg 2026 21 feb 2026 — 68 kg

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Is there hope?

So I guess this is abit of a success story mixed with anxiety and fear but here we go.

I used to weight 140kg a few years ago and now I’m almost at 85kg at 15% body fat and I am very happy with that. A large reason for my weight loss was to find a partner since I really want a family in the future. However as I inch further towards my goal I get the dread that it’s not gonna change anything in terms of my attractiveness. I was on apps at 104kg last time at roughly 32% body fat and I struggled hard. And I was really hoping my weight loss would help me succeed but I am scared it won’t. I haven’t gone out on the apps yet but I am planning to once I reach my goal.

Out of curiosity I tried online attractiveness eaters and got the following scores

AI: 7-8/10

Reddit: 5/10

Photofeeler: 8/10

I don’t know what o make of this but I really hope my weight loss will give me more success.

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20 pounds down… Here’s what I’ve learned so far!

1. Progress isn’t linear. I have days where I go over my calories but I don’t let it deter me from sticking to it the next day. I try not to let myself have a ‘bad’ day twice in a row. I have been giving myself grace and talking to myself almost lovingly. The journey is so much easier when I love myself rather than hating myself through it :) ♡

2. I learned to sit with hunger and found that it goes away after a while. Before, I would eat anything and everything even when I felt sick to the stomach stuffing myself because I didn’t know how to be okay with feeling even the littlest bit hungry. I feel a lot more regulated letting myself just wait 20-30 minutes after eating even when I do have the urge to eat more.

3. Every time I choose to stick to the promises I made to myself—sticking to my meal plan, taking that walk, cooking at home, I have new found confidence in myself. My weight-loss journey has been more than just losing weight. I feel so confident in myself as a person because I practice discipline every single day and show up for myself.

I just wanted to share some things I have learned during my weight loss journey, if it helped anyone I’m so happy ♡ We all got this!

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Losing weight, but still fat and really sick of it. Wondering if/when I'll start feeling smaller?

I am an obese but otherwise healthy female in her mid-20s who is actively losing body fat. I'm 5'5" in height and weigh 202 lbs as of this morning. (That's AWESOME, because at the start of the year I was 215.) I was chubby as a kid and super lean as a teenager (125lbs), but after I quit team sports in high school my weight crept up each year because I love to stuff my face. In my early 20s, I experienced a severe psychiatric episode and self medicated with junk food - I put on almost 60 pounds in a year, with my highest weight hitting 254. I was completely miserable, felt sick all of the time, and could barely get around. I am now on the right meds (including ADHD meds for the first time in several years, which have helped with my impulse control). I don't regret being as big as I was because I needed to learn that morbid obesity is not right for me. (PS - my A1C, cholesterol, and hormones are all in the normal range.)

In 2023, I finally dropped some weight and began to hover at around 222 until August of 2025. In autumn of last year, the ADHD meds kickstarted another wave of weight loss because I have much better impulse control and eat a balanced, lower-calorie diet. I also lift weight and walk + use the elliptical machine 2-4 times a week. Like I said, my morning weigh-in today had me at 202.8 lbs and I let out a celebratory cheer when I saw the number - I'm SO CLOSE to being out of the 200s!

But I still feel huge. I feel rotund. I am a giant beast! I know that 202 lbs on a petite 5'5" frame is still very big and I have a long way to go, but I sort-of don't feel any lighter than I was at 254. Thankfully, people in my life have noticed my recent weight drop (I've noticed it on my face too; I'm so pleased to see my jawline and beautiful neck coming back!). Has anyone else experienced this? Will it take a while until I start to feel "lighter"? I'm TIRED of feeling like I'm carrying around a bunch of kindergarteners on my waist all of the time. I wish that I could speed this process up. But the weight went on really gradually, so I know that it will come off gradually too. I'm just feeling so impatient.

TL;DR: My highest weight was 254 lbs. I am 202 lbs now and don't feel lighter, even though I'm steadily losing body fat, actively working on improving my strength and stamina, and can feel my muscles getting stronger. I'm wondering if I will ever get to a point where I don't feel like a whale anymore. Thoughts?

Edited for grammar and to add a contextual sentence.

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28 year old 6ft male month weight loss discussion.

Hello my name is Rhys.

Feb 19th – 104.8 kg

March 19th – 101.3 kg

(Lowest being yesterday at 100.9 kg)

I’m a 28-year-old, 6'1" male, and I’ve been tracking my weight consistently over the past month while trying to stay in a calorie deficit. I’ve been reasonably disciplined with my food, keeping things fairly controlled day to day, and I’ve also been paying attention to my activity levels.

I’m curious how my progress is looking overall for the first month. I’ve lost a few kilos, but I’m wondering if the results should be more dramatic at this stage, or if this is considered a solid and realistic rate of progress. I’m also unsure whether the level of fluctuation I’m seeing on the scale is normal, or if my graph should look smoother and more consistently downward.

One thing I’ve been finding mentally challenging is how the scale behaves over short periods. For example, I might sit in the low 101 kg range for several days, then finally see a drop into something like 100.7 kg, which feels like a big milestone. But then within a couple of days, it jumps back up to around 101.3 kg again, which can feel frustrating and makes it seem like I’ve undone progress, even though I’ve been consistent.

I’d appreciate any insight into whether this pattern is normal, and how others interpret these kinds of fluctuations when trying to assess real progress.

Thanks.

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Lost 60lbs and Friends and Family are Telling Me to Stop

For context I'm 5'2 female, my highest weight was 213 lb and Im now currently 153 lb. My goal weight is around 120-130lb so in the middle range of a healthy bmi.

I have some friends and family telling me that I need to stop losing weight. That their concerned that my goal weight is too low for me despite it not being considered under weight for my height. And its making me feel very discouraged.

This is my 2nd serious attempt at weight loss. I previously dieted back in 2015 and went from 160 lb to 134 lb at my lowest before gaining it back and more through some unfortunate life circumstances.

And now that I've lost 60 lbs, I'm suddenly being told that I looked "too thin" back when i was 134 lb and how it made me look like I had a "big lollypop head." They never said this to me back then but are saying it now. And to be honest, back then I still felt a little chubby at 134 lb which is why I want to aim slightly lower this time.

The people telling me this are overweight themselves and want to lose weight but havent made as much progress as me. So I cant help but think theres some jealousy involved.

I dont know what to do about the comments other than to ignore it and still pursue my goal. Im not great at confrontations and Im a bit afraid of the comments they'll make if and when I do hit my goal though.

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