Appetite Changes and Weight Loss

Hoping for feedback if anyone has been through something similar. Story involves some drug use, just a heads up.

I've struggled with weight gain my whole life and topped out around 286 lbs earlier this year. I also suffer from treatment resistant depression and after many years of trying various prescriptions and therapies I got desperate and tried shrooms.

This had a very unexpected side effect of resetting my appetite. My sugar cravings are gone. I can suddenly go half the day without eating and it barely registers. I've been dropping weight like crazy without exercising and I'm stuck with the bizarre problem of having to make sure I eat enough calories for the first time in my life. I'm down to 246 after about 6 months and I'm concerned now about losing weight too fast and how to manage that.

Does anyone have advice on how to remember to eat enough, or how to manage eating when my appetite basically doesn't exist? I feel overwhelmed and I'm trying to enjoy the weight loss but it feels like I'm having to relearn how to manage my whole approach to eating.

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Need help sticking to a calorie deficit

I need to lose about 2 stone. I’m 23 F, currently 5’5.5 and 77kg. I have an incredibly long history of weight loss attempts, but mainly unsuccessful. I know I start to look my best at around 71kg, but there is much farther to go after that, maybe aiming for around 65 kg.

I try and calorie count but I feel like there is so much conflicting information and I end up changing my macros and calorie goals etc. and can’t find something reliable that works to stick to.

I weight train at the gym and try and get my steps in, but I really do not enjoy cardio unless it’s stairmaster. I’m not sure where I’m going wrong I think maybe it’s my diet and I need to lock in more with choosing the right foods. I need all and any advice anyone is willing to give!! I keep losing and gaining the same 4kg :(

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Just hit 300

Hello all, at the crisp age of 22 I have just hit 300lb. In my sophomore year of highschool I was just sub 200. For context I’m 5’9 and am all belly and teet. I work a semi laborious full time job and in my opinion don’t necessarily eat a ton. But regardless I steadily gain.

This is the first time I actually cared to take weight loss seriously. Me and my girlfriend used to go to the gym 2-3 times a week before she started collage. After we stopped going together I stopped going completely. When I would go I would usually just do 2 miles on the treadmill and call it quits.

In that time however I made no dietary/lifestyle changes. This isn’t the sub for it but I’d also like to quit vaping while I’m at it, a full lifestyle change. Mainly what I’m searching for is recommendations for either dieting, workouts, general lifestyle changes, etc. absolutely anything would help and be considered. I’ve never really looked into true weight loss methods aside from like weight watchers, which I’d just cheat on anyway. I guess I’d like to be engaged in my weight loss, I know it’s a slow burn but I’d like to have something to show myself that I’m moving in the right direction, aside from just that number.

Thanks all and feel free to ask questions, I’d love to answer anything you guys throw at me. I look forward to hearing your stories and advice!

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How to stop comfort eating?

So I can very easily stick to my weight loss diet during the week and I can also stick to it on the weekend if I am staying at home, and actually I can stick to it once I go out somewhere, I don’t have a hard time declining food when I am with my friends.

My biggest issue is once I return home, for some reason even though nothing necessarily has happened to stress me out I just can’t seem to come home and just go to sleep I always end up having to comfort myself by eating extra calories I’m not supposed to.

What’s something else I can do to retrain my brain and stop seeing food as comfort?

I currently like to put on my favourite tv show but my mind is still thinking about food regardless.

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266 to 250 in a month and 12 days

You guys. I went down a pant size. I fit in some of my older sleep sweats better. I feel more energetic. I feel less depressed. When I get hungry and forget to eat (ADHD) I DONT get the shakes, and when I do eat I will eat until I am pleasantly full, not painfully so. On my days off work when I need only a small breakfast and a large dinner since I am less active (I have hypermobility which makes it so I need rest days for pain management) I eat a feast at dinner of good foods within my deficit. And the days I go out to eat with people I don't even worry, because one day out of a week or even several weeks within my deficit isn't going to kill me or set back my progress all that much if I keep with my deficit the other days within the week. During Thanksgiving I cooked like crazy and then ate without a care for calories and I still lost 2lb that week.

I am taking my vitamins every night and keeping up with my weigh-in and seeing my progress both physically and in numbers has been WILD. With my progress so far I am only a little over two months away from reaching my goal weight. What the fuck. And I might shoot for a bit lower so I can have more options pant size wise, like instead of an 18 (my past size when I was 220ish) I can try for an 16 or even 14 if I want...

This is so crazy y'all. One thing I do what to say is THANK YOU to my doctor. I have PCOS and I would have such a hard time losing my weight if she hadn't prescribed me Metformin. It is keeping my insulin levels in check and helping my body act at least somewhat normal about weight loss as I work with my deficit.

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unhealthy weight loss?

hello all, i’m here to inquire about something that i don’t really know how to bring up to a doctor without them asking too many prying questions.

super straight to the point: at the start of this semester, august 26, i weighed ≈ 165 lbs. as of today, december 12, i weigh 143 lbs. is this reason for concern?

i ask because i am unable to stay awake as late as normal, because im constantly so physically exhausted. it could be something else, but my main concern is that i’m not eating enough. please advise… thank you 🙏🏾

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To those who are maintaining: how has your body changed since sitting your goal until now?

I am nearing my goal weight (M33, 180cm SW: 296lbs/133.3kg, CW: 209lbs/94.9kg, GW: 198lbs/90kg), and after losing 87lbs my body doesn’t look how I thought it would. My arms feel loose and flabby, despite resistance strength training throughout weight loss (was a former powerlifter), my stomach is still fatter than I thought it would be at this point, I think the best way I can put it is my torso and upper arms look deflated.

From a little research, although I’m never sure how credible any weight loss information on the internet really is, it seems that once you eat at maintenance calories your body can recompose as your energy reserves go into producing collagen and fat may redistribute over the next year or so?

I have no idea if that’s true or not, so I wanted to ask the community - to those of who who have lost a good amount of fat, what happens to your body shape when you get to your goal weight and stay there?

Thank you in advance,

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How to know how much weight I am actually losing per week.

Hello everyone. I wonder if anyone could help me to understand the way I lose weight so I can figure the best way to maintain my calorie deficit.

I'm F 38 and I weight (today 137.6lb). I started eating under 1100 calories 3 weeks ago with an starting weight of 141.0lb. I also exercise 3 to 5 times per week. However, my weight fluctuates every single day I weight myself (I use three different balances and the difference is around 1 or 2 oz). Day 1. 141.0 to 139.0. Day 2. 140. Day 3. 139.8. Day 4. 141. Day 4. 138.6. And so on. The last 4 days it has been 137.8, 137.4, 136.4, 137.6. I guess I have actually lost 3lb in 3 weeks because during this last week my weight has stayed under 138. So how can I calculate how much weight I am losing weekly? ​could it be 1 pound? How do you calculate your weight loss in an accurate way?

And for those who gain a lot of weight during your moon's cycle, how do you cope with that? I usually gain 6 pounds on my period and lose them two days after but it is so discouraging.

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I’m at the point in my life where I’m about to just say fuck it.

I’m F25, 5”4 and 190-200 pounds (idk). I want to be 120-130

I am losing motivation, have non existent discipline, always tired, stressed from outside sources like helping my 22 year sister get her shit together, and the thought of working out feels like a chore instead of something I love, which is crazy because I LOVE EXERCISE, especially dancing.

I am a Black American woman who likes dancing workouts like Carribean, HipHop (especially 2000s) and Amapiano.

I would literally do a 30 min dance video if I had a tv (I will at my new place I’ll move to in March 1st)

But then you have those people who say “you need to strength train as well or else you’ll lose your muscle and become flabby” which scares me into doing a boring strength-training workout for another 30 mins so that way I get both cardio and strength.

Maybe I should do 2 resistance videos and one dance video a week? Idk.

My schedule is so tight. I work 3 12 hour night shifts Friday-Sundays, and then at my part time I work 1-8pm shifts Tuesday, Wed and Thursdays.

My only true days off are Mondays (but I’m exhausted from 3 12s) and Friday (but until 5:30pm to get ready for my 3 12s)

The apartment I will move to doesn’t have a nearby gym outside of boring planet fitness with no fun classes, only equipment. All of the other gyms are 45 mins and a couple buses away.

Walking doesn’t feel like exercise to me (keyword: ME)

My biggest bet is at home 30 min workouts, but is 3 30 min workouts a week enough? 2 resistance workouts and 1 cardio???

I don’t want to do 4 or more workouts a week because I will end up not being consistent like so many fucking times before. I failed to lose weight like 39382819292929 times.

I considered personal trainers but they want 100 a session….A SESSION!!!!!!

I want to succeed this time but in the most convenient way possible. Any advice? Tips?

I slowly feel myself giving up on weight loss but I’m just so tired of being fat. For once in my life I want to be a normal weight and feel better about myself, especially while I’m also in therapy for other stuff

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Can we have a candid discussion about weight loss and boobs?

My weight has yoyo'd a lot over the years, with the largest weight loss I've ever had being from 138 lbs to 109 lbs (so roughly 30 lbs). Contrary to what we often hear, that weight loss actually improved the appearance of my boobs. Granted, this was a few years ago when I was 26-27 years old, so youth may have been on my side. But I went from a 36D to a 32DD, so effectively one cup size smaller, and yet they became perkier (i.e. nipples were pointing more "out" vs down).

I'm 33 now and trying to lose about half the amount of weight (14 lbs). I've lost 9 so far and I feel like my boobs are not having the same...improvement. I haven't even gone down a full cup size but I think I see signs that things might be different this time around. They don't necessarily look worse but I can feel the volume loss when I touch them. It's making me a bit worried about what's going to happen when I lose these last 5 lbs.

This may seem like a vain question. And I think anyone who makes that appraisal is fair. But I also know it's a concern for a lot of women around weight loss.

Would anyone be willing to share their experience? I admit a motivation for writing this post is to see if there's anyone around my age with around my bra size who can offer me some reassurance that their boobs didn't totally deflate lol. But if you need to burst my bubble that's ok too!

I think sharing the information can be useful. Both because I think there are probably women who are very fearful of what will happen to their boobs when they don't necessarily need to be, and because there are probably women who need to understand the reality of what might happen and that it's normal and ok.

Thanks!

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help a busy and broke college student! starting weight loss again after 2 years.

I (19F) am in my second year of college and have gained 20 pounds in the last year, majority of that in the last 6 months. I’m 5’7, around 170 lbs. I went through a breakup this summer, which turned into a general depression that I ate my way through. I have ED adjacent issues (accidental under eating turned obsessive cal tracking turned binge eating). I’ve never been diagnosed, but I was in therapy / nutrition support for it from dec 2024 to july 2025. My diet as of this semester has mostly consisted of fast food and many binges. Last year my dorm had a kitchenette with a large fridge as well as a large community kitchen, so I would eat breakfast in the dorm (oats) and meal prep. but this year my dorm has no counter space, only have a mini fridge and a tiny shared kitchen. i barley have any space for meal prep containers and I’ve been so depressed that I just order something on GrubHub. How do I lose weight? I used to be overweight but I lost it all during HS and now my BMI is back to overweight. How do I lose weight without repeating the same mistakes I did last time and giving myself ED issues? How do I get back into the gym (too scared to go) without only looking at the cals I’ve burned? The only way ik how to lose weight is tracking my food, but tracking my food turned into BED that still hasn’t gone away. Help!

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Tall and fat looking for good tips to shred it

So im about 450 and im roughly 6’9”. Weight has fluctuated and dieted and such off and on for years. now im really trying to lose it, for more superficial reasons. ive always had a bad back, ive started to do a bit of walking but looking for anything else that would help me lose the weight. and maybe some meal prep recommendations?

I want to lose maybe 200 and looking for mainly workouts to do at home. just looking to pay, please don’t message me if you’re looking to hock your scammy weight loss program.

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Meds for maintaining a healthy weight? (105-108 lbs)

I currently weigh around 105-108 lbs. I lost 80 lbs manually and have been maintaining for 2 years. But not gonna lie, I don’t know how much longer I can last fighting my hunger cues. It doesn’f matter what macro/micronutrients I prioritize with my meals, how I change up macronutrient ratios, how nutrient dense the food I eat is (I don’t eat processed foods anymore) my hunger cues are always screaming at me to eat. Every day is a constant battle. And I feel like I’m going to lose & crash HARD one day.

I have PCOS despite losing so much weight and cleaning up my diet (surprise surprise, weight loss doesn’t cure PCOS), so food noise & raging hunger cues are pretty much gonna be with me for life. I’ve read such amazing things about certain meds like ridding people of their food noise and allowing people to finally eat & function like a normal human being rather than a ravenous monster constantly looking for their next hit.

What are the odds someone who is within healthy weight range for their height can get prescribed these meds despite all their “numbers” (weight, blood sugar, blood pressure etc) being ideal and not actually needing to lose weight?

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New Cloths

Any advice on when to buy new clothing? I've lost 20 pounds while putting on muscle, so my waistline has shrunk more than a normal 20 weight loss for me. I have this crazy idea that I can do another 20. If I can do that, I'll be high-school thin. My jeans are getting a little loose, but not too bad yet, but my body is shifting pretty quickly.

I've lost plenty of weight plenty of times, but I've always had smaller pants in the back of my closet and it looks like that won't be the case this time.

I don't want to buy too early and have to go buy some more.

Edit, I'm sure we all know i am speaking of clothing, not cloths.

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Been doing carnivore and keto thinking of switching to a normal diet.

Been doing keto and some days carnivore I've dropped 100+ pounds still have 60-80 to go. Thing is recently I've been feeling like a zombie. I wake up drained like I haven't slept and the brain fog is crazy because of this. I'm trying to study and I can't retain any information.

This started happening 4-5 months ago I'm tired of it thought it would get better. Just wondering for only the people that have done long term keto or carnivore and switched back how long did it take for your body to adjust if it did take any time at all? Also any side effects when switching high glucose blood pressure etc?

Since starting keto carnivore my blood pressure and blood sugar have dropped dramatically which is pretty much the only plus besides the weight loss.

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How to lose 200+lbs for real, without weight loss surgery. Need advice from people who've personally done it.

I'm F/32/450lbs. A lot of factors play the part of my weight. I'm a pc gamer, and I work from home, and I like to eat crappy food that I can get instantly. I know the umbrella idea for weight loss is "eat less, eat in a deficient" which I get.

But I want to hear from people who have been my weight or more, who were able to make lifestyle changes, and lose the weight. I want to hear realistic stories, realistic tips, realistic workout routines for beginning the journey. I'm sure not every story starts with "One day, I just stopped eating junk and never slipped up again".

Everyday, I tell myself that today's the day, then hours later I'm doing the same crap that got me here. I'm so set in my ways, that I literally forget the things I wanted to do until it's time for bed. I lay in bed and thing "dang, I wanted to work out today. Dang I didn't want to order food today. etc".

I just need a little inspiration, or resources, or tips that have worked for others.

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I need advice to lose weight

I just turned 30 and I’m getting really frustrated with my weight loss journey. Losing weight will help control medical conditions I’ve been diagnosed with but I can’t seem to find help on how to get there.

For clarification I have POTS and Insulin resistant PCOS. I’ve heard GLP-1s can be helpful with PCOS weight loss but it has a dangerous effect on POTS symptoms. I have tried diet and exercise for years and I lose 10-15 lbs before it stops completely, and not like a plateau stops, but stuck at that weight for months on end as I’m furiously tracking my calories and making sure I’m getting in exercise and that number refuses to go down.

Can anyone else relate to this? What advice can you offer? I just want to be healthy again.

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5’7”-F-220lbs-15m postpartum-25 years old

Okay, so I used to struggle with eating disorders and was 100-110lbs a few years ago.

I realized finally how unhealthy I was during an Easter event where we did family photos and I could see all of my bones protruding out. That was the day I realized the mirror and my brain had been lying to me. I decided to gain weight.

It was difficult emotionally but I did gain weight. Not healthily, though. In my mind, if you want to gain weight, you eat more. So I’d eat until I was full to bursting. I got to 150 and still wasn’t happy. So I continued. I got to 170-180 and was happy with my appearance.

It won’t let me post photos (otherwise I was going to post my current “before” photos) but weight has always gone to my stomach last as I have an hourglass figure. I also did construction and worked on vehicles on the side, so I was able to balance at 170-180 for a while despite it being difficult to stop eating now. Went from one extreme to the next.

I did slowly start to gain weight once I stopped construction and ended up at 210, and then got pregnant. I had a high risk pregnancy and by the end I was 245lbs.

1 month postpartum I dropped to 200lbs, but honestly only because I was breastfeeding as well as neglecting myself. I wasn’t eating much at all and my first priority was just taking care of my little girl.

Over the last 6 months, I’ve gained back to 220. I can really see it in my arms (always been self conscious about them) and in my face and stomach now. I want to lose weight healthily. I did find out last month that I have hypothyroidism and also have to get tested for hashimotos (family history).

I’ve since started medication and also going on 30-60 minute walks 3-5 days a week. Just within this last week, I started also going to my apartment gym, because the walks weren’t cutting it for me anymore. They have weighted balls, dumbbells, an elliptical, bike machine, and a machine that’s meant to work out the entire body with adjustable weight levels.

I’ve been going on the elliptical for 10 minutes, working out my arms with the machine and dumbbells, doing some squats, and ending with 10 minutes on the fat burn cycle of the bike machine.

I have for the most part stopped snacking or binge eating and am trying to incorporate healthier foods into my diet.

Are there any recommendations y’all have for losing weight and workouts to do?

I really want to tone my body, especially arms, stomach, and legs, while losing the weight to 180 (40lb weight loss goal)

Im not purchasing a scale because I don’t want to become obsessed with it again, but I am taking photos and checking in on how I FEEL and look instead with weight checks periodically at my doctors office.

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Suggestion for calorie counter app?

Hi all, I'm starting a huge weight loss journey (I need to lose like 40kg) and I am looking for suggestions for a good app for tracking calories?

I used to use yazio when I lost weight before, but now it has so many ads and takes like 10min to be able to track the meals and the annoyance makes me not track at all.

Any good suggestions? Preferable something where I can add myself, I don't like the ones where you take pictures of meals as the calories are not accurate imho. Also a + if you can track the weight and bmi in the app :)

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Plateau help!

Starting weight: ~280lbs Current: 233 lbs Goal: 200

34 years old, male. i essentially crash dieted for 2 months and now trying to fix what i have done. i am very dedicated very disciplined. i quit drinking in april 2025. starting dieting in october and was eating roughly 1k-1200 calories a day. november i started TRT. for a month now weight training consistently and i eat pretty clean, but also not enough. i have been stuck at 233 for like 2-3 weeks. i know the answer is i need more calories and protein but my brain is telling me less food equals weight loss. i was 198 lbs and stacked about 10 years ago but life happened and i let myself go. now im trying to relearn everything and im just lost. is 2200 calories a day with 190g protein efficient and will i continue to lose weight?

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