Immense feelings of dread when thinking about weight loss

This isn't meant to be a pity post, but I need to get this off my chest.nFor context, I'm 19M 5'10 and 300 pounds. I'll be turning 20 next month and that realization has made me want to try even harder to lose weight, something I struggled with since Covid. My freshman year of high-school I was at my heaviest and most chubby as far as body composition, but at one point I was down to around 250 pounds. I did lose weight. The fact that I've lost it before should make me feel great and give me motivation to do it again, but if anything I'm dreading it. I have no clue how I had done it, the only difference I can think of is I started getting some walks in throughout my day. I eventually stopped and I guess my weight came back over the course of 2 or 3 years. I didn’t know I was actually this heavy until about a week ago. Just last year around this time I was 285, so I knew I had gained, but it still really snuck up on me. What I don't get is that I weigh more than I did at my largest size and somehow aren't as big. I can tell that just by how my face looks. But I'm heavy nonetheless and my goal now is to just get back to where I was, I have 40 pounds to lose. I know it's my fault and I have nobody else to blame, but this sucks, you know? I'm not the person I want to be at all and I know I can be better, but I don't know if I have the strength. The realization that I could be down to 200 at this point if I'd realized and been consistent really eats at me. I'd have a better life by now and feel better about myself, but I actually tipped the scale in the complete opposite direction and don't really know how to even the odds.

I get the basics, calories in< calories out and I've been trying to stick to that since December and have had no meaningful changes as far as I know. I think my jackets and stuff fit looser, but I may honestly just be fooling myself. I have been more mindful of what I eat and I only drink water, but I don't count calories or walk which may make all the difference for me. The problem is that those two tasks seem so daunting for me and I don't know how to start. It's like I have the fuel, but I can't force myself to put the foot on the gas and just go. Advice would be very much welcome.

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How do you actually lose weight?

I’ve always wanted to lose weight i just don’t actually know how to. The internet sucks when it comes to this type of stuff. I’m 250 lbs, 6’1, 18 yo, and do basic exercises and workouts. But i just can’t seem to lose the weight. And it bothers me immensely, all i want is to finally lose weight. I just need answers. How do you actually lose weight.

I’ve tried many different diets, apps, workouts. But nothing seems to work, i lose motivation quickly. I know you have to keep things up and can’t just quit after a week. But nothing seems to work even when i do stick to it. As long as i get a better understanding of things i’ll stick to it. I have access to a planet fitness, I can cook, etc.

If anyone could just help me understand weight loss better that would be amazing. And if you need extra details or anything i will happily give. And please don’t come trying to get me to pay for anything. I’ve had people come and try to get me to pay for their subscription to lose weight and it’s all absurdly expensive and dumb to me.

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Loss of appetite?

Context: F28, 5’9, SW: 321, CW: 296 GW: 200

Wondering if anyone has experienced this? I started my weight loss journey on Jan 1st of this year. I am eating 1800 calories a day and strength training/walking 3-5x a week.

While initially, I felt it was somewhat challenging to stay under 1800 calories, I’m now struggling to get there at all. I’m not as hungry as I used to be. Today for example, I got home from work at 6pm or so and had 1400 calories left for the day. And its not like I felt very hungry all day and was just dying to get home to eat. It almost felt like a chore to have to at least get to 1200 calories.

Wondering if maybe its just hormonal changes? Just one of those weeks? Could it be the addition of strength training (which I started consistently about 2 weeks ago)?

I appreciate any and all input!

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Huge weight jump during ovulation? Is this normal?

Hi everyone,

I’m hoping someone can help me sanity check this.

I’m on month 2 of a fat loss phase. I track everything pretty closely, calories are consistent, I’m in a deficit of 300-500 cals a day, I weigh daily, and I get a reasonable amount of sleep (average 7.5 hours). I also keep a detailed tracker so I can see trends over time.

For the first several weeks, I was losing about 0.2 lbs per day on average (not perfectly linear of course, some days I’d hold water, then it would drop). Overall the trend is clearly downward.

Right now I’m on day 10 of my cycle (approaching ovulation) in month 2 of my weight loss journey and I’m up over 3.5 pounds in 3 days, despite no major change in calories or sleep.

Has anyone else experienced this kind of massive swing?
Is this just water retention shifting around hormonally?
Does it usually resolve later in luteal?

I know fluctuations are normal, but 3+ pounds in a couple days feels mentally hard, especially when I’m doing everything “right.” I don't gain this much in luteal or even during my period.

Would love to hear if others track closely and see similar patterns.

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I went to a store to figure out my new clothing size after weight loss. People are weird. Bodies are weird.

I've lost a bunch of weight over the last year or so, mostly unintentionally. I wanted to lose weight I guess, but it wasn't something I was actively working towards. I've struggled with my weight since childhood, with pretty large fluctuations every few years between dieting and binging, and have historically had horrible self-image. When I reached my heaviest at 240lbs a few years ago, I didn't feel great about my weight but it also... wasn't the worst? I had finally found at least a little peace with accepting myself after years of work.

Long story not short, I travelled to several countries over the last year volunteering on various farms, and for the first time in my life, the weight just...disappeared. I was doing physical labor all day in extreme weather conditions, and I was eating what the farms gave me to eat. It took so much of the decision process out of the mix. I've never unintentionally lost weight before, and it was bizarre to experience my body disappearing without me actually working towards that.

So, I'm back home now, and have no idea what size clothing I wear because I've just been altering my old clothes with sewing machines as I've had access to them. I've been trying really hard to not pay attention to a scale, but found out at a doctor's appointment that I'm around 170 lbs now. I do need some new overalls though, and went to a store today to try on some various sizes since I had no idea where to start. A store associate came over to me and asked me what size I was looking for, and I briefly told her I had no idea because I had recently lost quite a bit of weight. She immediately gave me a huge grin and told me "Congratulations!" It felt incredibly weird to have a stranger so legitimately want to celebrate a change in my own body, with no knowledge of whether I had worked towards it, had lost weight due to an illness, nothing.

I also insisted to her that I must be at least a size large, because I used to be a 2X in that brand. She convinced me to also take a medium with me to the fitting rooms. I was sure just by looking at it that it wouldn't fit, but I did it to end the interaction because I was uncomfortable. Well... the medium fit. The large was significantly too large. I still can't quite wrap my brain around that. When I look at the overalls on a hanger compared to my looking at my body in the mirror, I still feel like I still look too large for it to fit (body dysmorphia is a thing I struggle with fwiw). I've never fit into a medium ANYTHING as an adult, and I'm 37 now. That's never been in my version of reality.

I guess I don't know what this post is about, except to ramble about how bizarre the post-weight loss experience is.

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I swear my body can tell that I’m close to my first goal

My first goal weight is 259lbs. It’s not super ambitious, but I haven’t weighed below 260 since 2021 so my first goal in weight loss has been to get below that.

For the past 6 days, I’ve weighed in at 260.4 lbs. Every. Single. Day. This hasn’t happened yet in the previous 15 lbs I’ve lost so far. It’s like my body knows I’m close and just won’t let me see my weight in the 250s.

I’m not discouraged though. I know I’m doing the right things and it’ll drop any day now. It’s just funny to feel like the scale is playing with my excitement/suspense.

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Google Sheets Weight Loss Tracker (lbs,in)

Hey y'all!

I made a weight loss tracker that helps identify your weight trajectory at 2lbs of loss/week, calculates BMR, BMI, TDEE, etc. It includes a graph and a weekly calculator to assist in looking at your weight loss from a bird's-eye view.

Sorry in advance, but all calcs are done in lbs/in.

Feel free to make a copy and make it your own!

It may be a bit too in depth but hey I like more information than less.

Let me know what y'all think!

Google Sheet

Credit to u/lifesshortstraw 's og design.

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How to deal with family’s comments after weight loss?

I’ve lost about 77 pounds in a healthy, steady way after a struggling cycle with an eating disorder & recovering. For my entire weight loss journey, I barely go to the gym & only use the treadmill, this makes my body look “soft” & a bit bony? (Prominent collarbone & chest bones but this is entirely due to how my body fat stores). So people comment a lot, especially family and such. My friends love how far I come but my relatives are a different story. They keep commenting on how soft I look & that I need to lift weights, and when I say I don’t want a lean/super toned body and that I’m happy with my body now, they act confused. Sometimes they poke my collarbones & ask if I even eat and comment on my portion sizes. My family on average is bigger, and there’s nothing wrong with that but they don’t have good eating/health habits and don’t commit to losing weight, the only family member who doesn’t negatively talk about my body is my dad who is very healthy & is at a normal weight. It’s just something that I noticed. I’m really happy with how I look now so I try to not think about what others think. Just a slight vent

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Can't seem to raise my weekly calorie budget

Hi! Long time lurker, first time poster. 39F, I've lost 13 lbs (5.9 kg) over 3 months by using Loseit, which is awesome. I want to lose 7 lbs more, but I'd like to raise my calorie budget from 1 lb. lost per week to 0.5 lbs. Easing myself into maintenance, I guess.

The problem is, every time I change my budget in Loseit, I start gaining weight. I switched to the 0.5 budget and gained a pound in one week. Freaked out, switched back to the 1 lb. budget, lost the pound. Decided to try again, switched back to 0.5 budget and gained 0.8 lbs in a few days.

Up until now my weight loss has been consistent and predictable, so this is really weird. I'm staying within my budget and carefully weighing all my food, just as I was before. Why am I gaining weight in what should be a small deficit? Shouldn't I be at least maintaining my current weight?

Any ideas as to what could be going on?

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