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Welcome to 2019 r/loseit!!
Today is the first of the year which means it is also the day everyone’s New Year's resolutions kick in! In 2018 ,r/loseit grew to 1.3 MILLION subscribers with the existing community losing a collective 1,669,143 lbs! If you are new to loseit for 2019 we are here to welcome you and are glad you have joined us! We have tons of resources and one of the best online supportive communities you can find anywhere.
We have a many resources that can help reach your goals for 2019 ranging from an FAQ to different ways to keep you engaged and accountable throughout your journey. The full array of these are available in the sidebar and in the Daily Quests thread, but we've highlighted a few here that will probably be the most helpful to our newcomers:
We also have challenges that we run throughout the year. The next one starts this Thursday on January 4th and features a Pokemon theme! Sign up, get assigned a team and work together to complete inter-team exercise challenges and lose weight together!! It is sure to be fun and motivational, so please sign up! More information can be found here.
To ring in the new year we are bringing you a bit of bonus motivation. A brief interview with a few of our long time members!
Here are our four interviewees and their progress pictures so far:
Question: How long were you overweight or obese?
Question: What are some of your motivations to lose weight?
Question: How many times did you attempt to lose weight previously?
Question: What was different this time around that allowed you to achieve success?
Question: What are your personal weight loss tactics? (calorie counting, IF, etc. with a brief explanation of what a day of losing weight might look like for you)
Question: What are your plans when you reach your goal/if you have reached your goal - how do you intend to keep the weight off? (Brief explanation of your strategy)
So, What's your plan for the new year? Do you have any questions we can help with? 2019 can be the year to accomplish those weight loss goals, so let's work together and make it happen!
Here is to a safe, happy and healthy 2019!
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My tum has been acting weird for the past couple of days.
I tried to fix myself before New Year's eve, I couldn't.
I couldn't eat or drink properly at the New Year's Eve Party because I was terribly unable to.
I stayed within my 1200 extremely unwillingly last night and had terrible diarrhea before bed and first thing after I woke up.
I walked to the scale and weighed myself as is my morning routine!
I see 60.8kg! WHAAA!
I started at 170lb(76kg) in June I wanted to hit 132lb(60kg) by January. I saw 60 on my scale on the FIRST DAY! AWESOMEEE.
I got my goal! Sure, I have to maintain it but it is so awesome to see that number on the scale! It's such an unexpectedly motivational way to start 2019 for me.
2018 has been iffy in terms of other life goals. I wanted to lose the weight six months ago. I set my mind to it and here I am 30 lbs lighter! Awesome!
My other goals are(seem) a lot harder. With weight loss, all I needed was this discipline. The HOW part was so clear-CICO. Not so much with the other life goals. I know what I want, but I am not sure how to get there, who to ask or how long anything takes or even I am going to get where I want to at all. It is so fucking scary. But I have definitely not been trying, just putting things off, making excuses. I'm done with running away, it is stressing me out.
This weight loss has been giving me a sense of accomplishment. I will use this as fuel for achieving my other goals. If I discipline myself enough, I can get shit done. and it will get done better than browsing Reddit all day.
Here's to more 2019 goals! Cheers!
PS: I took my Imodium.
You'll have a much higher chance of meeting your goals if you make sure they are
Specific-- "Lose weight" is not specific. "Exercise more" is not specific. Be as specific as you can. Add as much detail as you can.
Measurable-- Whether your goal is calories per day, weight lost per week, or minutes of exercise per week, you should be able to measure what you're doing and be very clearly successful or not. But a specific number on your goal.
Achievable-- Don't set out to lose 20 lbs a month all year. You're setting yourself up for failure. Make your goal very achievable. It's better to exceed your goal than to set yourself an impossible goal and get frustrated after a few weeks. It's also smart to focus on what you can control. We can't really control how much weight we lose, so saying "I want to lose 2 lbs a week" may be less achievable than saying "I want to eat no more than 1500 calories per day". You have much more precise control over what you eat and how much you exercise than how much weight you lose. The weight loss will come if you're doing the other two.
Relevant-- Know WHY you want to make this change. The goal won't be important to you unless you have a clear and well-defined motivation.
Timebound-- Put a time on your goal. Give yourself both short term and long term goals. "Lose 50 lbs this year" is a great goal, but you want need a clear plan of action for THIS WEEK. Focus mostly on short term goals, which add together to make long term goals. Shorter term goals can also be more flexible as you can change it up more often if you find your previous goal unrealistic or too easy.
I haven’t weighed less than 200 pounds in at least 15 years. My weight loss was slow because I’ve cut calories, but still ate a lot of things that I wanted to eat (carbs, carbs, and more carbs). Nonetheless, I’m still proud of my progress. I’ve been working with a trainer for two months now and just started attending exercise classes. My additional goals for 2019 is to eat healthier foods while trying intermittent fasting (I’m on my third day). I’d like to drop at least 25 more pounds (I’m 5’11”). Best wishes to all of you for a happy and healthy New Year! The support shown in this sub is top 10!!!
Hello there. 5’6” F, 30 yo. SW 140 lb CW 126.9 GW 125. I started out wanting to just lose weight, being tired of my “skinny-fat” figure, and most importantly trying to improve my overall fitness. I noticed last year that whenever I had to go up a couple flights of stairs with coworkers I was the only one extremely out of breath, red, and flustered! I would even be sore the next day if I had gone up more the 4 flights of stairs in one day!!! I avoided hikes because I was afraid I would ruin it for everyone by being slow :/ . I’m close to my goal now, and I’d like to share my slow progress over the past year.
Diet:
Jan-October: avoided regular soda, avoided sugary drinks (except for natural fruit juice), chips, tortillas, excess bread. Focused on not buying crap at the grocery store more than anything, did not completely cut out any one thing, but tried to avoid the fattiest cafeteria meals when possible.
November-December: Started tracking calories with goal of 1200 cal, but I actually averaged 1320 cal per day over the two months. Tracked every single day on MFP even when I messed up by having 4 drinks on one night which led to 3 chocolate cupcakes and late night sushi :’( , etc. Holidays were harder than expected, went over 2K cal a couple times, but that made me be extra careful the days around it.
Exercise:
March-October: got a gym membership in March! I started out pretty slow, only walking on treadmill and occasional low weight machine exercises. Only 2x a week in average.
Nov-Dec: decided I HAD TO make time for the gym, had to plan my day better, and I averaged out 4x per week. I picked up running, started with one slow-ass mile every other day, now averaging 8 miles a week at a respectable pace. I started doing squats, but have been pretty slow to increase weight. Since I’m near goal weight, I’ll start getting more serious about strength training and plan my gym time around that instead of cardio.
Other:
Alcohol: I started tracking how much I drink, turns out I was drinking about 10 drinks per week (lots of end of shift beers, social outings, dates, drinks with the roomies, etc). I have lots of work to do with bringing this down further, but last two months I restricted to 6 drinks a week and I didn’t get the shakes, so I’ll go down to 4/wk for next couple months and see.
Sleep: While I haven’t officially tracked my sleep, I overall have made better decisions (like not going out for a drink on a Wednesday) leading to more sleep. Also gym is exhausting, so my insomnia issues are practically gone.
Appearance: noticed clothes fit better, my jeans go up more easily, and just over past month I feel my extremities are visibily more toned and my mid-section (where all my troubles are) is slowly but surely getting smaller and now I think I have a little bit of a but 🤣
Overall, I’m happy I developed better habits and I hope I can keep it up beyond my original goal end point. I feel a lot more confident, I don’t feel out of breath with minimal exertion, and my goal is now to get stronger and continue to wean down off my bad habits. Overall, I think starting slow was important for me to not quit when the scale wasn't changing or when I had a couple bad days of drinking and over eating. I also tried over restricting and it ALWAYS back fired, so beware. For this next year, I plan to drink less, cook more and see where things go.
LET’S THIS BE A SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR ALL OF YOU PEOPLE NEW TO THIS WEIGHT LOSS THING, AND FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE RE-STARING OR MAINTAINING AND GETTING STRONGER. Happy new year <3 🤗
M, 34, 6'1, 310.
I've been in a terrible mood since the end of football season. I'm a high school coach and we ended up making a playoff run and won state. The season was such a drain mentally, emotionally, and physically. We had so many meetings where alcohol was following and no time to cook healthy so lots of fast food.
It's been a month and a half since it ended and I've just been down and withdrawn. I didn't go home for Christmas break because I wanted to be home alone.
Well, I though to myself I'm going to go make something happen. I really have a problem with portion control, both food and alcohol, so that was going to be a focus this new year.
But yesterday I was sitting in the couch watching TV and wanted to get started. So, I got up, leashed up the dogs, and walked. Went a mile around the sub division. Then today, in the snowstorm I caught myself trying to convince myself that I didn't have to go because of the weather. Well, I called BS on myself and went. It was so pretty out, big snowflakes and Christmas lights.
The dogs loved it. I am so ashamed that I haven't been walking them every day, but we are going to start.
I didn't wait till New year's to make a change. I started two days early. I don't
I don't have a weight loss goal, no magic number. I just want to be healthier and happier.
Thank you for reading.
This will be the first new year's eve where weight loss will NOT be a resolutions. It was last year ( as it has been for every year I can remember ) but this past year I tried something I had never tried before and it did the trick.
Am 55 and have done it all ( with the exception of keto - I didn't know about it ) ...CICO, low carb, no carb - you name it and I tried it and everything worked - for a while. Then because I went whole hog into what ever method I was trying , the restrictions wore me down over town and I would cave and fall hard off the wagon. The weight would come back and it always brought more friends with it.
Long story short - this past January there was a work sponsored health / wellness weight loss competition. I joined a team and decided to try something that had very recently come on my radar - Intermittent Fasting. I won't go into a big explanation of the science behind it - there is a ton of info online and I will always answer messages asking questions. But because I don't believe there is a perfect one size fits all approach to weight loss - I just wanted to put it out there for those that might not have ever heard of it.
I research everything - this was no exception and I went into it as fully knowledgeable as I could be and I crushed it. The results I got were 'genie in a bottle grants a wish' amazing.
Below is a link to an old before/after post but at 55 I am now the leanest and strongest I have ever been. The best benefit from Intermittent Fasting is not the fat loss. It is why everyone starts it but to me the better benefits are the ramped up HGH production ( my body responds more to exercise now than ever before ) and the autophagy - the immune system boost. I have not been sick a single day in 2018 - not even a headache. My Dr and Dentist ( my gums are amazing now ) gave glowing reports from my last visits.
Any way - I just wanted to share what worked for me to give me a total body transformation that I never believed was possible and certainly not at my age. I melted through fat like I didn't believe was possible and once I was adapted to it - it felt effortless. I have been in maintenance for 6 months now and it has been easy.
IF is not a diet or eating plan. The changes that IF brings on are not tied to what is on your plate - they happen in the fasting hours when your insulin drops to fasting levels. It couples with what ever eating style you choose..cico, keto, low glycemic, weight watchers...you name it and you can pair it with Intermittent Fasting.
I am not trying to convert anyone or sell this as the only way to lose weight...but I can say that it did for me what none of the others could...this was the perfect fit for me.
Best of luck in 2019. I would highly recommend doing some research into Intermittent Fasting if you have never heard of it and if you do and have questions...please feel free to reach out to me - I spent about 80 hours online googling it and everything related to insulin and autophagy and while IF is a very easy concept, there is a learning curve to successfully putting it into practice.
Happy New Year Everyone
F/21/ SW:195/ CW:170/ GW: 130
As the title stated, I've finally passed the 20lb mark! I know it's not a lot compared to what a lot of people on here have lost, but I'm still really excited about it! My work out buddy isn't around at the moment to celebrate with me, but I had to share it with someone!
I've always done the half-hearted, "oh I'll watch what I eat and cut back on my portion size" but it never really stuck. So I'm really really proud of losing just this much! I feel great! I'm down a size for my shirt, two for my pants, and I experience nowhere near as much knee pain as I used to! I do still have more to lose before I'll be in the healthy weight range, but I'm proud of what I have done so far!
43 M 5-8 CW:303 GW:199
A few years ago I got serious about weight loss and dropped over 70 pounds. I was so proud of myself and felt so much better. I have since put all the weight back on and have started and stopped trying to get healthy numerous times. Well now I have eaten myself into diabetes as well as other health problems and I truly believe this time it's a matter of life and death. I have two children and I don't want them to have to bury their father while they're still kids.
I have been inspired by so many stories on here and am ready to not only try again, but to succeed. I'm trying to post a picture of myself but am having trouble doing so, so I am not sure if it will show up. I chose not to hide my face because I feel like I need to own up to who I am and acknowledge where I am starting from. Of course, if the pic doesn't show up, that plan backfired.
M24/268.5 lbs
So this isn’t just a weight loss thread per se.
I just initiated a CICO diet on Sunday (Australia time) with a limit of 2400 calories a day. 2 days later I’ve already lost 2.5 pounds. For a good few years I’ve been eating crap and been worried about my health for a few weeks because i refused to brush my teeth, ate approximately 2000 calories each meal and been a hermit on my ass playing video games for a good 6 months. Safe to say, things will have to change.
I have continued brushing my teeth twice a day starting the week before Christmas and as of the second last day of 2018, I’ve been calorie counting. For the first time ever last night I only had 1 steak and a teeny bit of salad for dinner, nothing else. If this were old me I would’ve had 2 steaks and 5 sausages for dinner alone.
One more thing to address is to make more connections, go outside every couple days and enjoy the town I live in. I previously went all over the closest city to go to places but stopped for 6-8 months after a bad experience. I’m just gonna focus on my town for now.
It’s funny how this all came about, I brought some friends over for a get-together and as they were binging MTV, I noticed the life I’m missing out on. The lack of social and romantic connection, the non-hermit life. I ran back to Instagram and was immediately reminded by the models I follow that my life was headed downhill. Boyfriends, actual great lives, great looks etc. were abundant and I felt in order to get it all back together I need to respect myself.
I tried Tinder again but with my neckbeardy looks, it didn’t get me anywhere as expected.
The motto I made up (I think) is “to love myself before others”. Apparently I’ll be at 198 lbs by 2020 according to Lifesum if I keep up my diet. As I’m 268 it’s a massive improvement itself.
Happy new year! I’m hoping to keep this up and my end goal is to become a brilliant-looking guy with a good lifestyle which I’m aiming for 2020.
Well, here we are... on the cusp of 2019, having survived one of the longest years ever ~.~ 2018 was truly trying at times for everyone, and this made losing weight kind of hard, but through it all We have kept on the path... I generally did :/
I started my journey on May 14th 2017, at a whopping 405lbs. I was just fed up with being excluded from some of life's best moments because of my weight, so on that date I made a deal with my mom. If she cooked healthy food I would eat it, and that is exactly what happened. I started out watching carbohydrates, and that soon developed into watching calories. Now my daily routine includes entering every bite of food that I eat, good or bad. This has become as regular to me as taking a shower, and that was what I needed. Being able to do the math and figure out how much weight I should be losing based on how many calories I was eating is honestly what really powered me on and kept me going, and is keeping me going through this bout of maintenance I am in(I have maintained my weight for three months now).
Not all of this journey has been about weight loss, a lot of it has been about changing my mindset on many things in my life. I keep saying that I am broken now, but I am not actually broken, I have just been reshaped in to a different person... Weight loss alone did not change me, but weight loss coupled with a series of serious events in my life has completely changed my demeanor, and what is important to me. I have now applied for a second job, something I would not have been able to handle at 400+lbs. I am hoping to get an additional 30 hours of work weekly. I will be finally getting out on my own in my own place because of this extra money I will be earning. I know I know, congrats to me on becoming less of a loser right :/ but it really means a lot to me, and I am actually really glad on the way things turned out. What has happened in my recent past has truly made me into a much better version of myself, and that is what is keeping me going now.
Now, here we are, 2019... and my birthday is only two days away(January second). I will have lived a quarter of a century, I have not been this relatively thin since I was five years old, and I truly have given myself the best personal birthday gift of my life; independence, confidence, boldness, tenacity, and 210 less pounds to deal with daily... all of that in less than two years... not to bad.
P.S. - I am still about 10-20lbs off of my goal of 185-175, but my New Years resolution should take care of that. I plan on only eating around 1300 until I get to my goal weight, and then I will maintain my goal weight within 10lbs as my resolution, and this is one I will easily keep :)
P.P.S. - Thanks for all of the long term support r/loseit ... I would not have been able to do it without this support, literally. I was about to give up around 390lbs when I hit my first plateau, but I was talked down by r/loseit, and for that, I thank you :)
Hi friends, new and old!
I lost 30ish pounds during 2018, on top of the 15 that fell off during 2017 when I finished grad school and started drinking less. I also maintained for the second half of this year-- at first accidentally, and then as a conscious choice. I'm ready to lose the last 15-20 pounds, but thought I'd pull together some thoughts for all of the new loseiteers! Welcome! We have open, increasingly skinny arms!!
Here's what I know you're all here for: progress pics!
Here's what I learned:
Know your TDEE: in January 2018, I started hanging out on r/loseit. I saw a lot of people talking about 1200 being plenty and, never having tried CICO before, thought that was what you had to do in order to succeed. I'm 5'11" and fairly active. This was a terrible idea. I was cranky and lightheaded, and was stomach-grumblingly hungry all the time. As we all know, we make poor decisions when hungry, so I soon found myself going over my 1200 calories/day by a lot. Then I'd feel disappointed, then I'd try to be even more strict the next day. That way eating disorders lie, and I was lucky to have a good support network that suggested eating more, but not too much more. It took a few weeks of experimenting to realize that 1800 is the sweet spot for me-- low enough to still lose, but not so low that I'm starving all the time. Your TDEE is going to be different depending on your starting weight and activity levels-- take time to figure out what works for you, and adapt if your rule is actually hurting you!
Use the tools that work for you: On that note, just because someone swears by one weight loss app doesn't mean it'll be the right fit for your brain/emotional state/needs. For example: I started with just My Fitness Pal, then I added in Libra (Happy Scale for you apple folks) to get more of a sense of trends. Then I wanted more accurate TDEE info, so I threw in the 3Suns adaptive TDEE spreadsheet. Then I was getting impatient and wanted to know when I'd reach my goal, so I started using the losertown predictor. I was soon entering my weight in three or more different apps every day. That was fine when the scale was trending down, but when I wasn't happy with the number on the scale, every extra app was just a reminder of my feelings of failure and impatience. My system wasn't healthy for me, so I cut back to just Libra, and enter my weight in MFP whenever I remember.
Know your eating habits: With time, you'll figure out where you need to put your calories to get the most bang for your caloric buck. For me, that's less than 300 calories for breakfast, being at around 1000 calories consumed by midafternoon, and having 800 calories to play with for dinner/dessert/an evening tipple. I've learned overtime that I just feel lightheaded and woozy if I don't eat breakfast and that I need to save up a ton of calories for the end of the day so that I can enjoy being spontaneous with my bf, rather than worrying about finding a 200 calorie dinner when he wants to go out to eat. Find the caloric breakdown that works for you, your exercise habits, and your lifestyle.
It's ok to maintain, even if you're not yet at your ultimate goal, even if maintenance is an accidental decision: By about mid-May, I was consistently in the 180s. Then I was in the low 180s throughout June. Then I moved to a new city in July, and was living at other people's houses while we looked for our own place. Then we found an apartment, but settling in after a big move is no joke. Soon it was September and I was starting a new job, and I was still in the low 180s. Because of all the eating out that happened in June and July, I'd stopped entering my food in MFP. I was also straight up tired of thinking about losing weight every day. So, I decided to consciously commit to maintenance, even though I'd already been maintaining for a several months. I kept the rules simple: weigh in once a day. I've since maintained for another three months, and have rediscovered my discipline and enthusiasm for weight loss. Sure, it'll take me longer to get to my target weight, but I'm pretty sure I'll be happier for it and more likely to stay at that goal weight. This is all to say that your eating habits should fit with the bigger picture of your life, maintenance breaks can be great, and finding ways to keep yourself trending in your desired direction is more important than "perfect" weight loss.
Keep tracking weight, if nothing else: research shows that people who lose significant weight and maintain that loss have several things in common, one of which is regular weigh-ins. So, hop on that scale! Yes, even on mornings when you had multiple beers, fries, and pizza the night before, even when you just got back from a trip to the land of no fiber and all the sugar, even when you know your weight is going to be up. Remind yourself that the number is just a signifier of your gravitational relationship to the earth, step on the scale, and record your data.
That's it for me! I'd love to hear your thoughts!
Hey everyone so I have been listening to a podcast called Losing 100lbs with Phit N Phat and the podcasters, who have each lost their own weight without counting calories, talk about the mental and emotional aspects that get in the way of weight loss
Here’s some things that I think are practical:
Meet yourself where you are at: don’t go try to cut out all junk food in one swoop, ease into it; I have tried to just go cold turkey on things but planning to have certain foods helps
Plan your meals ahead of time so you can stay committed: if you already eat pizza every night, you should plan it and write it down the night before or day of so it is intentional rather than random eating
Just thought to share because sometimes those mental and emotional aspects are what trigger me personally to overeat
If you have any questions let me know!
Felt compelled to share this latter half of my journey. Hopefully someone can take something helpful away from it ♥️
I started this year at 136 lbs. I'd been maintaining it for a few months at that point, having lost a total of ~75 lbs since I had my third baby in fall 2016. 136 was what I weighed at my high school graduation so for those who say your hs weight is impossible....lies!!
I thought I would be happy with that weight, but then I hit it and I still hated what I saw in the mirror. My body fat % was high, and even though my BMI was perfect, I felt I looked...clumpy. gross. still fat. I thought I could solve it by getting into running and eating even less. So I started pushing myself to run 10k distances (without properly preparing my body for it) and I started eating even less. I was exercising like crazy, chasing after three small kids, still breastfeeding the third, and I was miserable. But I refused to give it up, convinced I just needed more discipline.
By the time summer came, I was waist deep in eating disorder land (not for the first time in my life) and so depressed. To make matters worse, my body had barely budged. I'd lost FOUR pounds and screwed up my knee and my bf % was 27%. Lower than it was in January but still higher than the ideal for my age/gender/etc. Seeing that almost pushed me deeper down but thankfully I'd been having some spiritual awakenings about my disordered eating by then so I was open to what the personal trainer at my gym (an acquaintance...Ive never done personal training) had to say that day.
She convinced me to lay off the cardio (I was fond of hour long super sessions where I'd try to break my personal records of calories burned per hour), to amp up the strength training, and to eat enough. It was scary. I was terrified I'd get fat again if I stopped running, if I dared to eat an afternoon snack sometimes, etc. But I couldn't keep on how I was living and I have three daughters and I was more terrified of passing my crazy on to them. So I changed. I do one cardio session a week now. And I don't berate myself if it's just 40 minutes. I started lifting and taking strength training classes. I started eating more. Still clean and healthy, still no fast food, but enough.
And y'all. I am in such a better place now. I've lost two inches in my waist since July. I'm happier. I'm not plagued with constant low blood sugar. I have energy with my kids again. I look fitter and tighter in the mirror. My husband loves it but he also loved it when I was 9 months pregnant and 210 lbs so his opinion might not count haha!
So today at the gym I stepped on the scale again, just curious. My weight? 139 lbs. I have gained seven pounds since July. A year ago, that would've sent me into a tail spin. Now though? All I can think about is how good I look in my size 6 jeans, how excited my family is for the fried fish I'm cooking tonight (sometimes I do that now....the horror ;)), how I can chase after my four year old now without having to stop because I'm so lightheaded. This is healthy. This is happy. This is what my body needs to weigh and it is good and I am not fat because my BMI is closer to 25 than it was when I weighed 132. (I'm 5'5" for reference.)
Just wanted to share this because I think it's important that we realize our weight loss goal/ideal might not be what we think it should be. You might still have to fight for contentment when you reach it. Be flexible and open. Be kind to yourself. Don't lose the weight because you hate yourself. Lose it because you love yourself. And make sure you nourish yourself every step of the way.
Much ♥️ and Happy New Year!
I'm down 70lbs+ (31.75 kg) going into the new year!
One Year of Weight Loss Jan 1st to Dec 31st 2018
Last year, I got on that "New Year, New Me." It was a struggle, I wanted to quit constantly, I didn't feel any different most of the time, it didn't feel worth it.
I kept going.
My New Year's resolution wasn't a solid weight goal but simply to be a healthier version of me. While I can't necessarily say I took the best route to being healthy because I've added zero exercise to my routine this last year, but I love the progress from progress from pure diet.
Shout-out to this sub for your encouragement, for your tips, and for your progress pics. For you New Year lurkers I say you can do it!
Stats M 5'6" SW: 306lb CW: 234.8
Today I reached the weight loss goal I never thought I'd see: I'm in the 130s again for the first time in my adult life. (139.4, to be exact, but hey, it still counts). It started with intermittent fasting, then I added on food journalling, calorie counting, and exercise. When I hit a plateau a few weeks ago, I adjusted my calorie count lower based on my TDEE, and jacked up my protein intake significantly.
With that being said, y'all, I am tired. My body doesn't seem to want to work out unless I've overeaten the day before. I feel like I only have two options: one, eat more, have more energy, workout harder, and keep on the weight, or two, eat less, have no energy, struggle through every workout, and lose weight but feel like shit. Has anybody else had a similar dilemma? Is there something I'm missing? How do you keep things balanced when it comes to listening to your body?
Good Day and Happy New Year's Eve!!!
First time poster to this sub... Started my journey, casually, around one to two months ago, by meal planning and integrating whole, healthy foods, quit smoking, quit drinking (except rare occasion), quit refined sugar (only honey and maple syrup for me!), and limiting eating out. Didn't seem like a huge jump because this was kind of a lifestyle my SO and I had been moving towards anyways... and I'm 10 lbs down! Even over the holiday - whoop, whoop! Looking to get more serious come the new year. I was wondering if anyone is aware of any weight loss challenges/competitions that result in payment should you win? I have a significant amount of weight to lose and plan on doing it anyways, so why not make some money and have that extra motivation, amirite?
If anyone is curious, I'm a 5'7" 24 yr old female, currently 258, started at 268, with a goal weight of 170 lbs.
I did find the site healthywage... With a $10/mo wager, I could gain ~$500 in a year. There are actual contests though, where its like $100 to enter, and you can win up to $5,000? Just curious if anyone else has any ideas?
Thanks a bunch!
Hi all!
Started my weight loss journey in August of this year. In all I’m still down 27 pounds. Things went a bit haywire in November when my husband suddenly became disabled and was diagnosed with cancer.
Due to stress and probably awful eating habits, I quickly lost 7-8 pounds in about 10 days. I called my doctor, was diagnosed with what is likely stress-induced IBS, and was put on Bentyl. It helped a bit. I ate more (at maintenance), and my weight stabilized, which was the goal. I maintained for 2-3 weeks.
My diet is definitely still “off” compared to what it was. Gone are the 6+ fruits/veggies per day I was eating. Im more like 2 or maybe 3. I’m taking care of two kids on my own, chasing them around, cleaning the house, and managing bills on my own now. Plus I’m trying to visit him twice per day, though our son isn’t allowed on the floor (due to age), so we have to get creative.
In short, I’m still stressed and I’m not cooking or doing any meal prep.
Yes I should probably cut myself some slack, and I do, to a point.
I’ve started a C25K program last week to get me moving on my days off of work (job keeps me active), as well as for my mental health. I also started eating at a deficit again a week ago. Overall I’m averaging about -400 calories per day. With this, my weight is still stable this week, and I haven’t started losing again.
I am probably consuming more sodium than I had been. The steady weight can likely easily be explained, but given my emotional state at times, it just gets so frustrating.
I just want my old life back. I can’t have that back, so in light of that, I just want to be making progress for myself again. I want THAT back to normal. I need it for me, and I need it to be healthy for my kids.
Here’s to hoping for a better 2019.
So it's been a year since I've started eating better, exercising and taking better care of myself. My first goal was to lose 50 pounds, then to lose 75. I started on January 1, 2018, weighing in at 246 pounds and I'm ending the year down 81 pounds finishing up at 165. See progress pics from day 1 to today - https://imgur.com/a/pHvXn13. You can also see the various pics that I've posted throughout the year by browsing my profile.
By May, I had achieved my first goal and lost my first 50 pounds. It was such an incredible feeling knowing that the hard work and effort that I had been putting in was paying off. I kept at it and lost another 25 pounds, achieving my second weight loss goal of 75 pounds by the end of August. I continued putting in the work and kept losing until I lost a total of 87 pounds. My new goal was to lose 90 pounds so that when I reapply for life insurance, I would be in my BMI ratio for my height and it should hopefully get me a better rate. I haven't quite made it there yet.
Now that being said, the last 12 pounds took a long time to lose as I had gotten a bit complacent and didn't work as hard at it as I had in the past. I started thinking that I've put in the work all year, I can enjoy a little bit more treats here and there. Well that's a slippery slope that never leads to anything good. Well now Christmas season is here, with lots of food and lots of treats around and I got a little lax in my snacking and I've gained a few pounds back. Nothing crazy, I'm still finishing the year at 81 pounds lost.
So here's what I've learned -
So it feels like I rambled on a lot, but it's been a big year for me. I could not have done it without the support and encouragement that I've found in the different Reddit communities. Again r/progresspics, r/loseit and r/c25K have helped me turn my life around.
I'd like to thank everyone who posts in these communities. You are the reason that I am where I am today and for that I'm very grateful. I know how lazy I was so when I say this I mean it - If I can do it, so can you.
Keep up all the good work folks and let's make 2019 another great year.
Let's start with stats! F, 21,173cm, SW 95kg, CW 80kg, GW 65kg
Some background: I started my weight loss journey in April 2018 and lost 15kg this year - which is nothing compared to some of the numbers on this sub! However, it's the first time the scale has gone in the right direction for me, it's halfway to my goal, and despite my slow, stop and start progress, I am determined to be proud of myself.
In 2019, I hope to achieve my goal weight that puts me slap bang in the middle of a healthy BMI. I can lose a pound a week and make it by fall, and then I want to start maintaining and strengthening my body.
I come to this sub daily for encouragement and reinforcement, although I don't interact as much as I'd like to. I was wondering which pieces of wisdom you keep handy when you're feeling your focus drift from your health goals? What mantras, pieces of wisdom and sayings that you learned on this sub, or elsewhere, do you remember to stay alert? What really stuck with you and encouraged you this year?
For me, recently reading this sub really helped me to get perspective on the calorie fest over the holidays and manage it in a way that works for me. It's what you eat between New Years and Christmas that counts, after all!
Apologies for any typos, I'm on mobile and commuting! 🌻
Since I started mid october I have lost 19.4KG by limiting myself to 1500cal per day with a target of 114g of protein per day(tend to do this with whey powder). I use a scoop of huel for breakfast to get me eatting three times a day rather then nothing till night time and eating rubbish. I have also got back into cycling and have done 800miles in 78 days which has helped with the weight loss.
When I started I gave up crisps which was bloody hard. Second month I lowed by booze from about 30 drinks a week down to 2 drinks a week which was very hard to my wife to cope with. The next challenge for me is to cut down on diet coke or maybe even give it up.
photo link below is my progress tracked with my garmin watch and garmin scales.
I figure that with new year they’ll be a lot of people looking to change things up in the next few weeks. There’s a lot of us here who have had all kinds of experiences with weight loss and mountain of knowledge and tips exist between us all. I thought it might be helpful to start a thread where we can put those things we now know to be wrong or need to be moderated better in one place, because odds are somebody else is buying into those same things right now and might find it useful to see where others made changes.
For me, once I began calorie counting I also begun to have revelations about the things I’d always believed to be quick and healthy snacks. For instance, I’ve always had issues with chocolate and I do need to be an adult and deal with that, but whenever as a child or teenager I would complain about being hungry but mostly meaning ‘I need chocolate’ I would be told to have some toast or crumpets instead. As a snack. I now am gobsmacked that two pieces of bread, butter and a spread, or crumpets and butter and cheese are about as calorie dense as some of my meals, and the chocolate bar definitely would’ve been the better option of the two. I would then go on to get my chocolate bar anyway, because I’d eaten the instructed snack (that I didn’t really like) and was not satisfied, and would also go on to have my dinner and maybe biscuits/cookies or whatever other easy to access junk was around.
Crying in the changing room wondering how I’d put on so much weight I genuinely couldn’t understand or see any pattern in my eating that could equate to it, I was considering believing (as the relatives around me were insisting) that nothing could be done and I’m just from a family of big-boned people, despite all those years I was at a healthier weight. But now I’ve come most of the way on this journey and looking back I can see where I screwed up so clearly. Also, I’ve never even liked bread, and the amount of bread I used to get made to eat (because it was ‘healthy’) makes me angry, now my calories go on things I do like and it’s not bread.
What are things that contributed to your situation and how did you realise or overcome them?
Today is your Day 1?
Welcome to r/Loseit!
So you aren’t sure of how to start? Don’t worry! “How do I get started?” is our most asked question. r/Loseit has helped our users lose over 1,000,000 recorded pounds and these are the steps that we’ve found most useful for getting started.
Our bodies are amazing (yes, yours too!). In order to survive before supermarkets, we had to be able to store energy to get us through lean times, we store this energy as adipose fat tissue. If you put more energy into your body than it needs, it stores it, for (potential) later use. When you put in less than it needs, it uses the stored energy. The more energy you have stored, the more overweight you are. The trick is to get your body to use the stored energy, which can only be done if you give it less energy than it needs, consistently.
The very first step is calculating your calorie needs. You can do that HERE. This will give you an approximation of your calorie needs for the day. The next step is to figure how quickly you want to lose the fat. One pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories. So to lose 1 pound of fat per week you will need to consume 500 calories less than your TDEE (daily calorie needs from the link above). 750 calories less will result in 1.5 pounds and 1000 calories is an aggressive 2 pounds per week.
Here is where it begins to resemble work. The most efficient way to lose the weight you desire is to track your calorie intake. This has gotten much simpler over the years and today it can be done right from your smartphone or computer. r/loseit recommends an app like MyFitnessPal, Loseit! (unaffiliated), or Cronometer. Create an account and be honest with it about your current stats, activities, and goals. This is your tracker and no one else needs to see it so don’t cheat the numbers. You’ll find large user created databases that make logging and tracking your food and drinks easy with just the tap of the screen or the push of a button. We also highly recommend the use of a digital kitchen scale for accuracy. Knowing how much of what you're eating is more important than what you're eating. Why? This may explain it.
How do you create a deficit? This is up to you. r/loseit has a few recommendations but ultimately that decision is yours. There is no perfect diet for everyone. There is a perfect diet for you and you can create it. You can eat less of exactly what you eat now. If you like pizza you can have pizza. Have 2 slices instead of 4. You can try lower calorie replacements for calorie dense foods. Some of the communities favorites are cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash in place of their more calorie rich cousins. If it appeals to you an entire dietary change like Keto, Paleo, Vegetarian.
The most important thing to remember is that this selection of foods works for you. Sustainability is the key to long term weight management success. If you hate what you’re eating you won’t stick to it.
Is NOT mandatory. You can lose fat and create a deficit through diet alone. There is no requirement of exercise to lose weight.
It has it’s own benefits though. You will burn extra calories. Exercise is shown to be beneficial to mental health and creates an endorphin rush as well. It makes people feel awesome and has been linked to higher rates of long term success when physical activity is included in lifestyle changes.
It can seem like one needs to make a 180 degree course correction to find success. That isn’t necessarily true. Many of our users find that creating small initial changes that build a foundation allows them to progress forward in even, sustained, increments.
You will struggle. We have all struggled. This is natural. There is no tip or trick to get through this though. We encourage you to recognize why you are struggling and forgive yourself for whatever reason that may be. If you overindulged at your last meal that is ok. You can resolve to make the next meal better.
Do not let the pursuit of perfect get in the way of progress. We don’t need perfect. We just want better.
Now you’re ready to do this. Here are more details, that may help you refine your plan.
When I was a kid I (male, currently 5'4", 280lbs yeah I know I'm short) was put on an ADHD medication that caused me to gain over 150lbs in just a few months, and that has completely ruined my life. I'm depressed, anxious, all the good stuff.
A few days ago I was put on antidepressants and they should help me lose some weight as well as deal with some of my mental issues.
I'm here with hopes of support and some helpful tips and ideas on how to lose weight. Currently my goal is 250.
After new years I'm going to start eating healthier and try to do some physical activity at home. (Gym isn't an option.) What would be the best and somewhat easiest ways to implement weight loss into my life?
I had worked in an office for over ten years maxing out my weight at 225kg. 2018 - (queue country music) - I lost my dog, my job, then another job, and another, then I lost my home. I was then blessed to get approved for a government training program and was retrained in a new field Truck driving. I could barely walk from my car to the training lot without losing my breath. It was the middle of the summer and I had to stand out in the heat for 4-8hrs a day for 9 weeks. I thought I was gonna die but I wasn’t going to fail. Before I even realized the days became easier and I started building endurance walking longer and longer distances. This Christmas I went with my family to a Santa parade and we stood out there for nearly 2 hours. That was the longest I’ve stood without rest in probably 5 years. It was then I realized I had already started the hardest part of my new life without realizing it.
Dusted off my scale and weighed myself today and I’m 200.6kg! The lowest I have been in half a decade. I wanted to make this post as an accountability. I watched a video of this guy Vance incredible 365 day journey. If anyone can link his profile I’d like to thank him. He’s motivated me to start the new chapter in my life too.
tl:dr watched a weight loss video - motivated me to make a change after hitting rock bottom.
Hi. I wanted to share this with you since I’m not telling anyone in my inner circle.
I’ve made the decision to truly commit to my weight loss journey. I’m 5 ft 1. And 170 lbs.
For years I’ve struggled with my self image and never liked my body, and I’ve finally made up my mind to actually do something about it. I’ve been working out but I don’t see results since my diet wasn’t as strict as I’d liked.
But I will follow a very strict regime and I hope to get results between January and July.
Wish me luck and resilience, since I know this will be a difficult journey for me.
Here’s to a new year of opportunities!
I spent 60 days weighting myself and counting calories every day so I could develop an easy Weight loss dashboard using Microsoft Excel. The experiment started on October 20th, weighting 77,4kg and finished it on December 18th, with 77,1kg. Every meal was registered using MyFitnessPal. Here's the results (so far in a single page).
Some of the spreadsheet functionalities:
Calories goal for every day of the week: As you can see, I’m used to binge during the weekends, so it is possible to add a different goal based on your routine;
Future perspectives:
I’m thinking on translating it fully to English and launching it online, so anyone who’s interested will be able to use. Of course I’d take the time to write a manual on how to fill it. Just wanted to know if you guys interested and ask for tips on possible websites.
I am 21f and 5’1, 130 lbs. That is on the edge of healthy weight but pushing overweight. I know I could be a lot worse off. I just have the hardest time getting motivated and staying on track.
I started this past January at 130 and was determined to get down to 115. I started tracking my calories & drinking water only. I live in the south and drink a lot, a LOT, of sweet tea and soda. With no exercise and just better eating habits I got down to 117 by the end of April. I had started feeling comfortable in my skin again at 120. But then in May, my grandpa got really sick. He and my dog (first dog I ever had, he was 12 years old) died 2 days apart. I stopped tracking my calories and started drinking soda/tea again, got up to 125ish. Got a new job because I had to quit my old one to take time off to grieve - I’m a waitress, we get a ton of free food, and the food is insanely good. Unlimited access to soda and tea. Here I am again, at 130.
I realllllyyyy want to start try and lose weight and keep it off again. I just have zero willpower. It is impossible for me to turn down the constant gourmet food at my job or not pour myself a soda. I have no energy to exercise. I just eat and feel really bad about myself, and get mad because I don’t know why I can’t just NOT do those things. Like why I can’t just drink water. Or why I can’t just drink the food. But then in the moment I have zero will power and I do it. I know a lot of people gain weight at my age because of alcohol, but I rarely drink. It’s seriously just drinks and desserts - literally just sugar - that’s gotten me here. I am 100% addicted to sugar and it’s affecting me in every way, from my teeth to my weight to my energy. I feel like my diet is almost all sugar and if I cut it out cold turkey I could lose 10 lbs in two weeks or less.
It is especially upsetting because I was never over 105lbs in high school, and even then I had a poor self image and always thought I looked chubby. I was between 108-115 my first couple of years of college. And then when I started dating my now boyfriend is when I got up to 130. We both have a bad soda drinking habit and neither of us can commit. And we both like to eat good food. He has gained weight since we started dating too, from 160 to 178, but he is 6’0 so it doesn’t really show.
Anyways. I had just come across some late high school/early college pictures and I looked so skinny. And it wasn’t even that long ago and I look so different, even in my face and arms, not just my stomach. My grandma on my dad’s side was bulimic and underweight, and my grandma on my mom’s side was clinically obese, so I have some pretty conflicting genes here. I have just never had healthy eating habits and have never exercised aside from walking around at my job all day. All I want is to develop some good habits and stick to them. I would love to be at 115 by the summer.
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I used to be 120 lbs until I was bedridden after a head injury (had a seizure and hit my head). I went up to 150 lbs for a long time until last semester. I did a study abroad and gained a lot of drinking weight (thanks English pubs!).
Currently I am 5'2 and somewhere between 165-175 lbs (I'm not 100% sure). I graduate in May and I'm moving back abroad for grad school, and would love to be a healthy weight. Even before that I want to be a healthy weight for my graduation pictures. I am also 22 if that makes a difference.
I will be taking graduation pictures late April/early May, and my goal is to be my high school weight of around 145 lbs. My plan is to exercise 3-4 days a week where I can fit it in my work schedule. I am a full-time undergrad student with two jobs. I am also going to eat clean, and get my calorie intake between 1250-1300 a day. I will also be cutting out drinking (a big one for me).
I want to be 145 (so lose 20ish lbs) by May and continue to work out until I move in September. My ULTIMATE goal weight is to be in the 130's.
Is it possible to reach these by April/May and then September if I stick to it? Does anyone have any advice or sees anything wrong in my plan? I will continue to browse everyone's posts here and think this will be an amazing sub to keep me motivated.
tl;dr: I am 5'2 and 165-175 lbs (honestly unsure but guessing). I want to be 145 by late April/early may by eating 1250-1300 calories a day, working out 3-4 times a week and stop drinking (I drink about twice a week). Is this goal obtainable?
Okay so i am going to try keep this as short as i can. Me and 3 friends are having a bet to see who can lose the most weight from the 1st till the 27th of Jan and i am currently planning out the strategy and was wondering if i could get some comments on my idea.
Current weight: 190lbs roughly
Goal weight: 184/180 (Try to lost roughly 6 to 10 lbs)
Prep: been eating a lot more than normal to make it easy to lose more weight so ballooned in weight a bit
Diet: nothing special, low carbs but not no carbs and eating around 1500 calories a day with lots of water the first two weeks. Then slowly cutting it out and going Keto for last week to get rid of water weight.
Exercise: 6 days a week
2 Runs
2 Spin Classes
2 Weight lifting
All feedback welcome :)
Hello folks,
It's day 30! We've got an extra day, so tomorrow we'll do a year wrap up post. Here we go!
Weight by end of the month 285 - 280: 283.2 this morning. 283.4 trend weight. That's a loss of 2.6 pounds or 6.8 off of my trend weight. Still better than gaining in this festive month. Next month, I will see a higher loss.
1500 ish calories: There were a lot of maintenance days this month. No regrets, I think I did an okay job of balancing indulgence & restraint. December is definitely weight loss on hard mode.
Exercise 5 days a week: I went to the dog park today, a nice long walk with doggos! This is a well established habit. 24/30
Self-care journaling: Successful! Kept me kinda sane during the holiday season. 5/5 weeks.
Self-care treat once a week: I'm good at this. I used to do this with food & I find my self care these days is much better for me. 5/5 weeks.
Embrace the holiday spirit/love journals: I'm working on one right now. Success here too. I'd like to have done more entries in the journals I keep for my loved ones. But I did any so that's still progress.
How about you all? How do you feel about this month? Tomorrow, I'll post a year wrap up & the sign up post for next month is up!
I've always been overweight, since a teenager, so almost every year I can remember, I would go through the cycle of a New Year resolution to lose weight and by the end of the month, I would generally be off the wagon. The goal was usually alongside other unrealistic targets of getting fit, eating healthy yadda yadda.
In August 2017, my weight had increased to the point I was obese, so I hit those "resolutions" early - started a weight loss plan, joined a gym etc. However I was so unfit after living in a depression cave for 3 years and doing no exercise at all, I hated it! I was so unfit the gym near killed me (despite doing the "beginners" bootcamp class I was recommended to do, so I gave up after two weeks in shame of being so sore I could barely walk or sit on the toilet and fell off the weight loss wagon a week or so later.
In October 2017, I discovered fasting and was able to fit it into my lifestyle and finally start losing some weight, so after a few months when I moved to a new place that had a cheap 24 hour gym across the road, I decided it was time to try the gym again. However, this time I did it differently.
I joined the gym on Jan 2, 2018 with the single goal of going every day. Nothing else. It didn't matter if "going" just meant walking 20 mins on the treadmill, I wanted to build the habit of daily exercise, so I'd never be embarrassed again by not being able to run a few hundred metres or pick up heavy boxes.
I have kept that up all year and have missed just 5 days due to travel and work, which has led to some amazing transformations, as well as meaning that I've exercised on 360 days this year!
The first month (well probably the first 8 weeks) was brutal, as I was so badly unfit. Everything hurt and it seemed to take forever to get any type of fitness back which was really frustrating. I had trained for a marathon in 2013, but found myself unable to even run 1km at a really slow speed after a month. But regardless, I kept going. Even on the days I didn't want to go, I talked myself into just going for 10 minutes, so I could keep the habit up. Mostly I found that once I got there and started working out, I felt better and I was happy to keep going.
Around April, I went out for my first "run" on the road and in May, did my first run that was all running - not half walking! It was super slow, but I built it up over the year and a couple of weeks ago, I finally hit the one goal I had for the year - running 5kms in under 30 mins - yay!!
As well as being able to run again, my commitment to daily fitness has brought about so many other changes this year!
I started using the rowing machine at the gym and loved doing that so much, I went to the local rowing club for some coaching. To get coaching on the erg, I had to do a rookie course for on water rowing first. Despite never having rowed before or having any interest in it at all, I found a new sport that I loved! I've now have joined the club (which is awesome for social interaction) and compete at rowing regattas (and weirdly have become a morning person in the process, as rowing is a 5am wake up sport and I do it 4-5 days a week)
One of the girls who did the rookie course at the rowing club with me, is also a powerlifter and she asked me to train with her which I started a few months ago and I've found something else I LOVE! We're doing a powerlifting meet in March next year! I am especially in love with deadlifts and last week I could actually deadlift more than my bodyweight for reps - that felt SO good! (and I looked so strong haha)
Even though I didn't start with a plan to lose weight, it was more to make fitness the habit, I've still managed to lose another 9kgs/20lbs over the year as well. Most of that weight loss did come from dietary changes rather than the exercise though - 80% of weightloss is diet and all that. I did discover lose it and xxfitness on reddit around October 2018 as well, which was brilliant! Such supportive and amazing communities. The mario challenge really helped a lot. I've still got 8kgs to lose to get into a healthy weight range, which I'll slowly continue to lose.
So lots of surprises from that one tiny resolution and the best thing about all of it... my mental health has improved SO much this year as well. It's been awesome having something good to focus on and getting fitter and stronger has made me feel much more confident, so its been amazing all round.
All that came from the decision to exercise every day! So glad I didn't go big with the NY resolutions like I usually do and especially I didn't focus on losing weight like all those other years. What I did was achievable and helped me make lifelong changes.
So maybe making a small change, rather than a list of 5 or 10 things you want to change could be what makes the difference for you this New Year? I know for me - one small change was like a butterfly effect :)
Cheers to an amazing 2019 fellow lose it friends!
There is shame in not keeping a promise, but there is no bigger shame in promising something on the internet and not do it - Gnarly Carly, my 2 year old.
I've let myself go for the past 1 year and a half - disappointed in myself, true. However, 2019 should be different and to actually keep my promise i should embarass myself if i can't keep it again.
2019 should be a successful year for you, and me. No more excuses.
I don't care how late i come home from college, i AM going to the gym. No matter how delicious that double cheese, pepperoni with garlic looks and smells like i will not let it take my soul and allow it to crush my physical form.
Seriously though, we should really try, harder. We should be one of those people that actually achieve something when we say that 2019 is going to be our year. Besides the gaining weight my 2018 was good, in 2019 i want to make it better AND lose my weight. (If you're already trying and succeeding, i'm happy for you. This is for those who struggle, like me)
!RemindMe in 12 months.
Have a great new year.
Last night I stepped on my bathroom scale and I weighed in at an astonishing 250 lbs. I weigh what a 6'3 athlete with built muscle should weigh and I am 5'7. The thing is I have always known I was a little on the chubby side but it wasn't until the past few months that I really started putting on the pounds. I remember 6 months ago I was around 225. At the present time, most of my shirts either do not fit me or look like a belly shirt on me. I want to do this for the same reason I feel many of you do, to look good, feel good, and to be healthy.
I have read some of the transformation threads or seen threads with progress pics posted and I must be honest that it does give me hope reading about people's success and thinking that I too can achieve the same thing. I have read many of the side bars and stickies and they have been at least a good starting point for me. Posted below are pics of me that I took today. My goal is to get my weight to at least between 180-190 and I want a built look. I am hoping to achieve this within 10-12 months or at least see a major change. I want to work hard at this because this is important to me. I want you guys to point out anything I am leaving out or experiences you had on this matter. I plan on posting a few new pics once a month to observe my progress and have some form of accountability here. I'm interested in results, not excuses. I have had far too many excuses in the past and it ends today. It is time for me to do what I know I can do, to see what I can really do because if I'm being honest I think we all want to know what we are truly capable of. Really though, the third picture is the one that shocked me the most.
**BEFORE PICTURES**
https://i.imgur.com/un1ni5Y.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/dFM1V97.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/xX8uWxm.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/XWrXfIK.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ePvuInU.jpg
Here is what I have done:
I have determined from 2 separate TDEE Calculators (SailRabbit & Bodybuilding.com) that my TDEE is right around 2200 calories, the next step would be to create a caloric deficit by subtracting that by subtracting 500 calories it will give me a total of 1700 calories. This number seems low to me. I arrived at this number by providing my height, I'm 5'7, and weigh 250 lbs and I am 30 years old. I'm thinking there will be an adjustment period because currently I eat take out all the time and I never measure or weigh my food portions. I am eliminating all fast food/ take out, all sugar, processed foods, breads, tortillas and no beer or alcohol. No food before bed. Just sharing your own experience is helpful. How long was it before you actually started to notice a change?
How long did it take to get used to a new way of eating? How does the way you look at food now differ from before weight loss? What other changes did you experience? Any tips or advice would be appreciated.
Also, I joined a Gym. This would not be my first time in a gym. I am somewhat experienced with lifting and fell out a while ago. I like feeling active and the physical activity tires me and I have less on my mind so for me 6 days a week is something I am ready to commit to. I have heavily researched and received advice from people on this topic, again any tips or advice would be valued. Thank you.
Below is my routine:
*M/TH* *TUES/FRI*
Barbell Bench Press / Chin Ups Barbell Clean and Press / Dumbbell Lateral Raises
Barbell Incline Bench Press / Bent Over Rows Heavy Upright Rows / Push Presses
Pullovers / Deadlifts / Crunches Seated Barbell Curls / Close-Grip Press
Standing Triceps extensions with Barbell
Wrist Curl / Reverse Wrist Curl
Reverse Crunches
*WED/SAT*
Squats / Lunges
Leg Curls/ Standing Calf Raise
Straight-Leg Deadlift/ Good Mornings
So, in short, Caloric deficit+ Exercise/Gym= Weight Loss at hopefully 1 pound per week. By November of next year would be 45 weeks so I am hoping for at least 40 pounds lost by then. Is there anything else I should be considering or any resources I should be made aware of?
