208 lbs>122 back up to 132lbs … slowly slipping

Hello everyone,

So started really focusing on weight loss in January 2024. By November 2024 I had lost 85 ish pounds and was proud to hit 122 lbs. unfortunately I’m finding the weight creeping back up. A 10 lb gain doesnt seem like that much but in a span of around 4 months it really is. At this rate I could gain back about half the weight I’ve lost in a year ! I need help on refocusing. I’ve done this before but it seems like cutting back is a lot harder this time. Anyone been in this boat have any advice?

Thank you !

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I burned off 196350 calories - no one clapped. I did it anyway.

I wanted to share my story on here, because I’ve looked at social media influencers posting weight loss for clout, or sometimes worse; to feed their own ego. I’ll try to keep this short and to the point. In 2023, I was 110 kg. No muscle. No clue. Couldn’t even see my wrist bones, my veins, or better yet, my jawline. I was the fat kid who made people laugh so they had something other to focus on.

My clothes didn’t fit properly. I refused mirrors. I’d avoid photos like they could expose something I wasn’t ready to face. Every day felt like I was hiding behind something, until I got tired of hiding.

Time warp to 2025. I’m now 86 kg. Stronger, leaner, smarter. 49 gym sessions in. Don’t even ask how many calories that is, because frankly, I have no clue. But the title doesn’t lie, I actually burned off the equivalent of roughly 655 donuts, calculated at 300 kcal a pop. I counted. Roughly 200,000 calories.

I didn’t hire a coach. Didn’t ask an influencer. I opened ChatGPT and asked for guidende. ChatGPT helped me build my own plan, customised based on how I felt during my sessions. Although hard at times, I stuck to it. Even on days I wanted to quit. Even when the scale didn’t move. Even when nobody noticed. I kept going—because the version of me I was chasing didn’t have time to beg for validation.

I think people that are just starting their fitness/fat loss journey need to hear this. I don’t train to look good. I train to have a better chance of surgical success. I train to feel like I belong in my own body. I train to not be the guy people feel sorry for. I train to be impossible to ignore; even in silence.

You’ll never understand just how powerful it is to go from being fat in high school, being blamed, feeling out of the norm, to totally transform your body; and be truly proud of yourself. Unless you’ve been through it already. And trust me; its far better than pulling girls (don’t let this be your primary goal).

I’m not done. I’ll never be done. But if someone out there needs a sign to start?

Start now, so one day, you’re the one they don’t recognize.

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Body Recomp

I officially lost 60 pounds today and entered one-derland! I'm so proud of all of my hard work and dedication to myself.

I've been going to the gym, walking, running and playing pickleball and it's been firming my body up. Of course I have the extra skin that comes from weight loss and it's been difficult.

I know skin removal surgery is in my future and I'm not mad about it but I do have a question.

When did you see the most progress of weight loss on the lower part of your stomach? Were you a specific weight? Started doing specific exercises?

I've lost a bunch of visceral fat so it's much slimmer up top then the bottom part of my stomach and I'm happy about any of the fat I've lost, just getting unhappy about how it's looking.

I know you can't spot reduce and it will change in due time, I'm just curious of everyone else's experiences with it.

Also, did you notice more rapid changes per pound of body weight once you got into the 100's? I've seen it said a few times so I'm starting to get excited on seeing even more changes as I lose more.

Thanks!

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what’s it like to be thin?

especially after never having been thin before?

i’m looking to hear from people who’ve lost a significant amount of weight, particularly those who, like me, have never experienced being thin at any point in their lives—not even at their lowest weight.

what were some of the small, subtle changes you noticed after your weight loss? i’m not talking about the obvious stuff like clothing size or compliments from others, but more personal, everyday things—things that might seem minor to someone who’s always been thin but stood out to you.

were there physical changes that surprised you? things you could suddenly do that you couldn’t before? how did it feel, emotionally or mentally, to move through the world in a different body?

i’d love to hear the little things—those moments that made you stop and think, “oh wow, this is new.”

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NSV: Waist dog leash

I (NB, 26yo) started trying to lose weight about one year ago after being diagnosed with severe sleep apnea and was determined to make sleeping without the CPAP a few nights a year possible.

Through a mixture of well-rounded and frequent eating, and distance running, I lost 50lbs. When I started running with my dog I could barely wear the seatbelt-style dog leash at the smallest point of my waist right under my chest, which made me feel extremely dysphoric. I had my husband take a photo of me today during our run and I can wear the leash at my hips. I could even tighten it if I wanted to.

It feels good to have practical measures of weight loss. I hope that soon I can give my dog an extra inch or two of leash!

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How much weight lifting is too much?

I’m new to the aspect of losing weight and changing my lifestyle. SW:287 CW:261 GW:220??? 42 m.

I have been losing weight since the begin of February. I keep an eye on what I eat, cut out sugary drinks, excess beer (sticking with bourbon neat) and I am increasing my steps to minimum 10K a day. I recently got a cable weight machine and have been lifting weights the last 4 days in a row. This is what I have been roughly working on:

Upright Row 20@25 15@30 15@35 15@45

Seated Row 20@45 20@55 15@65 15@75

Standing arm curl 15 @25 12@25 12@25 12@25

Vertical Chest Press sets of 15@ 55 15@55 12@65 9@75

Tricep Pushdowns 20@35 15@45 12@55 4@65

Lateral Pulldowns 20@55 15@75 12@85 7@95

Pec Contractor 15@45 15@55 7@65 8@65

My question is, is there too much lifting weights that would hinder my weight loss. I really want to lose my belly fat and upper chest fat. Want to not be so self conscious of my weight. I want to give myself a solid year at-least to get to a spot where I feel comfortable maintaining weight.

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What's a "healthy" rate of weight loss?

"Healthy" in quotes because I know it's a subjective term that varies from person to person.

I began calorie counting in February, on Feb 21st is when I weighed myself for the first time in a while at 177lbs. (I'm female, 28 years old, and 5 ft 4 in) Since then, I have eased myself into ~1600 daily calories at a ~375 deficit. I average between 8-9k steps per day, and exercise doing strength and cardio 3-4x per week on a regular schedule. According to the gym scale, I'm now at 168 lbs and have definitely noticed that my waist has shrunk a bit and my clothes fit looser.

I am curious, as I have never counted calories before, (in a non-disordered eating way) if this is a sustainable rate to be losing weight at, as I don't want to end up crashing out because I was being too hard on myself, or being impatient and wanting to speed the process along.

I've lost just about 10 pounds in about 5 weeks - is this a sustainable weight loss rate or should I ease up?

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losing around friends who have had restrictive EDs

this is a hard one, and i think i have to make a hard decision that might impact my friendship but i want to make sure that i am NTA if i choose to do this.

so i an currently on a weight loss journey, and i have officially lost around 35 from 235 and have at least 50 more pounds to go. while i have been losing weight, i have been keeping silent about me intentionally losing weight because some of my friends have a history with restrictive EDs. as someone who has (pointlessly) gone through ED treatment lite for restriction, i have seen that they tell all people, big or small, that intentionally losing weight is pointless and doing things like calorie restriction will just lead to you gaining all of the weight back and being unhappy, even if you lose all of the weight. while i understand that for people who are very underweight/deep into their ED this is helpful information, its definitely not information that obese people need to hear. unfortunately this ideology is something that my friend has due to being in treatment, so bringing up healthy or unhealthy weight loss with her is pointless at best and triggering for her at worst.

so my friend had a restrictive eating disorder and had to go to inpatient treatment for a little bit and she left inpatient treatment around 2 years ago. since she’s been back, ive noticed that she will wait for me to eat/order something to eat and get visibly annoyed or upset when i don’t eat and won’t eat as well, which is something that is new and has only started happening after she got treatment. of course this made me upset but i felt like if i said something she would act like i was making it up!

the hard part about this is that we have been eating lunch and dinner together almost daily so it makes it hard for me to focus on my calories and nutrition and things when im also worried about not triggering her. an eating pattern that i’ve noticed when im around her is that i will eat more/be more careless with what im eating when im around her because of the guilt that i feel, which obviously is NOT her fault but its something ive noticed about myself. she also jokes about being skinny/weight loss/eating disorders but has undefined boundaries that im not really sure about so i thought it was okay to joke about it too. well apparently it wasn’t because she blew up on me and told me to stop talking like that around her (which is totally valid) but made me realize i had to make a change for myself too. so i think after today i wont be eating around her and sharing meals with her because its slowing down my progress and triggering me and i dont want to trigger her as well.

does this make me an asshole? i feel like this confrontation is a really good time to place some concrete boundaries so that neither of us are triggered or hurt. i will, of course, also cease to talk about or joke about weight loss in any fashion, which is something that ill admit that i shouldn’t have done in the first place.

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does the speed of losing weight effect the amount of loose skin over time?

Hey, 24/F/5'7/276lbs, I'm still early in my weight loss journey (308lbs early Jan) but its going quite easy so far. my entire family is very obese and I want to be the first to change that and so far it has been very simple for me and I think I can lose even more with a few small changes but I was told by my family members to not lose too much too fast as it would create a lot of loose skin. I know this is a given and I expect loose skin at my weight/age but I am curious, in the end after all is done, does losing 2lbs a week result in less loose skin compared to losing say 5lbs a week? I know it would at first because it takes time for skin to bounce back to what degree it can, but I am wondering if I just lose more than 2lbs a week, will that loose skin still recover the same amount later on as if I lost less over time? (example being if I lose 100 lbs in a year or if i lose 100lbs in 2 yrs, at the 2 yr mark will i have less loose skin by taking longer to lose that weight than if i did losing it faster?) Thank you for any input c:

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I was told I looked better when I was overweight

I’m 5’2 and was at 170lbs and it was a slow and steady weight loss journey to ~107lbs.

Yesterday someone came over and asked me if I had an eating disorder and said once I start eating again I’ll just gain it all back. I have been eating. She said I looked cuter with chubby cheeks and now I have zero curves.

I do have a history with EDs, but they don’t know that. I don’t particularly like the way I look right now, but I’m happier with myself and don’t want to go back to what was considered “obese”.

This is the 2nd person to make a comment like this and it has made me self conscious. No matter what weight you’re at it feels impossible to not get body shamed in some way.

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Walking!

I just found out nearby less than a 10 minute walk away, is a running track, which has been such an game changer. Combined with coming here walking and working 30 hours a week, I wanna get 25k - 30k steps a day. Have any of you guys done this? How was the weight loss for you? I'm doing this for my health, I really wanna get active and walking is the only super enjoyable thing I like doing. (And one of the only things I'm honestly willing to do after a shift.)

I haven't been counting every calorie but I have starting being mindful of what I eat. Trying to keep it under 1400 a day. I'm 5'8 and 184 pounds.

Do you guys love walking???

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My weight loss journey – better sleep changed everything

Hi everyone! I’ve always struggled with sleep and belly fat. No matter what I tried — eating better, walking more, cutting sugar — I wasn’t getting results.

A few weeks ago, I made sleep a top priority. I changed my routine and added some natural sleep support. It wasn’t instant, but within 4–5 days I was sleeping deeper and waking up with more energy. And… the cravings at night? Almost gone.

It’s too early to say it’s life-changing, but I’ve lost some belly fat and feel more in control. Anyone else had a similar experience with sleep and weight loss?

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lost weight but still not happy with my body. I need advice on what to do next

Hi everyone! I'm 18, female, 166 cm (5'5"), 59 kg (130 lbs). I started my weight loss journey around August/September last year at 85 kg (187 lbs), and about two weeks ago, I hit my lowest weight of 59 kg. When I first started, I thought reaching a lower weight would make me feel content, but I still don’t look the way I expected. While I’m much smaller than before, I still have a lower belly pouch (i saw online something about cortisol belly? - idk if it's a thing), big thighs, face fat, and batwings. It’s frustrating because I’ve nearly reached my goal weight, but my body isn’t what I hoped for, and it’s making me miserable. From what I’ve read, body recomposition (losing fat while gaining muscle) might be the next step, but I don’t know how to approach it properly. Right now, I’m still eating 1,200 calories a day because I want to get down to 50-55 kg (110-121 lbs), but I also think i should start strength training to build muscle. My biggest concern is not wanting to gain weight back in the process. If anyone has experience with body recomposition or any advice on how to move forward, I’d really appreciate it! Thank you!

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weighing myself is driving me insane and i need advice. is it possible to plateau after a month?

im a 22f and i feel like my progress is already super stagnant. at first, i quickly dropped like 13.5 pounds at the start of my deficit over the course over a month somehow. i try and weigh myself once per day. over the past 1.5 weeks though i havent lost much. this week, my weight went down .6 then went back up 1.6 THE NEXT DAY. i woke up this morning and i was like 3 pounds heavier?

someone told me that even ovulation can make you gain weight, but i just dont know anymore.

im 5’2, and i am eating about 1297 a day. i exercise about 2-3 days a week and i drink enough water. i make sure i weigh and measure pretty much EVERYTHING that enters my body. am i doing something wrong?? my tdee calculator and the loseit app calculated this number for me for “extreme” weight loss, but im not seeing it.

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if you’ve ever done a big weightloss journey & have done it again… how do you stay positive and not get defeated?

i have had an extremely tumultuous relationship with my body image and food. my levels of mental health and weight are very intertwined so i’ve fluctuated a few times and i’m getting frustrated and need some reassurance

i was always a chubby kid and then during highschool i was at my largest (sophomore year) & my smallest (senior) after doing this program with my mom and sister… basically after that, i moved away for college and was so overwhelmed and had a lot of years of figuring myself out so i gained everything back.

then in 2021 i had a huge break through after feeling like i would never be that smaller size again and lost around 55 pounds. i was even smaller then i was the first time around and made better progress. my routines were better, i did it solely on my own, and my relationship with food was much more figured out as i was about 26 at the time and doing doing a lot of inner work helped me through it

fast forward to some deaths in my family, a 2 year relationship ending, and work change stress.. here i am back at square one. the hardest part is not being defeated. i feel like i can’t ever escape this weight and it haunts me. my weight feels like it’s defined me my whole life and it makes me miserable. i hate myself for allowing myself to regress like this, but i know i have to try again because i’m not happy and it really does ruin my mental health to feel this way about myself

has anyone done multiple tries at weight loss and had anything specific help motivate you or help keep you on track? any positive reassurance is super appreciated!! thank you all

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Ready to do it naturally

I've been overweight most of my life. I've tried ALL the things (pills, injections) and most of them worked, but none of them were sustainable.

Ozempic, phentermine, over the counter weight loss pills, etc... I had terrible side effects with everything.

Not saying there's anything wrong with using these things! But for me? I used them as a way to escape having to make any real changes. :(

"I can eat whatever I want and pop a pill and still lose weight? Amazing!" Or so I thought.

But man it always, ALWAYS came back.

This is the first time in my life I took a hard look at myself and my choices. I accept where I am.

I'm ready to do this on my own without anything else. I'm actually making positive changes instead of covering up the problem with a bandaid and still eating/living like crap.

I'm tracking my food, involving my therapist, actually going to the gym, being active with friends. I have a long way to go, but I'm really proud of myself for getting to the root of my weight issues and making healthier choices.

Thanks for reading and for your support.

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What else should I do to succeed?

Hey yall. Looking for some possible advice on what I can do to improve my weight loss goals.

Starting weight : 280lbs, current weight: 268lbs, goal weight: 200lbs (for now. I am hoping that 200 by roughly end of the year is a reasonable goal.) F(27), 5 foot 4.

What I've done so far: cut most processed foods(aside from occasional cheat days), eating low carbs most days, got myself drinking a minimum of 64 ounces of water daily, getting to the gym twice a week on average - when I am at the gym I usually do one to two hours and I try to focus on all areas. So I'll run, weightlift, use various machines, all in the same session rather than focusing on one area. Hitting 10K steps most days. I try to count calories but this is something I need to improve in. I'm certain I'm not in a calorie deficit as my cheat days and alcohol consumption are likely throwing me.

What's next: starting in April my plan is to get more consistent with counting calories. Cut the cheat days. Cut alcohol entirely. I'm unsure what my current calories average consumption looks like but I'm guessing starting at aiming for no more than 1,800 per day would be both achievable and sustainable. Push myself to make the gym three times a week minimum, push to get my daily steps up to 12K (with a future goal to push more but I am trying to start with a reasonable goal.) My water intake will hopefully go up as I push myself to move more though no set number of ounces aside from still meeting my 64 minimum. And then the big part I'm not 100% sure is healthy and definitely feels like will be the big hurdle, I want to at least for one whole month cut grains and dairy. I don't believe I'm sensitive to them but my hope is cutting them out for a while with a slow reintroduction will hopefully both give me information on if there is a sensitivity to them that I'm just not clocking and also better moderation for them in the future. Dairy especially is an area where I know I'm eating more than I should (the cheese gets me 😩) This means my diet will consist mostly of proteins and vegetables. I will try to not do a lot of fruit as I'm hoping to be as low carb as reasonably possible. I will also measure my coffee creamer (switching to a coconut one probably?) instead of guesstimating it for calorie counting (I should probably also reduce my coffee intake lol I think I drink like at least 5 cups a day) And I need to improve my sleep, I know that as well. (I stay up late to reclaim my time but end up with 5-7 hours of sleep.)

So friends. Is there anything I'm particularly missing in my efforts to improve? Is my plan dangerous? Much as I want the weight gone, I am trying to be careful to not do so dangerously. Am I focusing in the wrong areas? Reality is I don't really know what I'm doing, a nutritionist or any form of coach is not an option for me to utilize because of my 2 jobs and their limited availability. But I'm sick to death of the weight and I need to make changes to improve. Just not at all sure if I'm making the right ones.

Your thoughts and advice is appreciated!

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Can I balance my weekly deficit?

Hi, I’m 23F, 246ib, 5’6. I’ve been in a deficit for the past two weeks. I’ve been eating 1200-1400 cals each day and calculating everything. I already feel a lot better but in the first week of April, I have a meet up at a party where there’s gonna be all greasy and sugary food.

Now, while I’ll be mindful of what I eat, it’s certainly not possible for me to be in my 1200 deficit. I might go up to my maintenance which is about 2300cals.

My question is, to not stall my weight loss, can I eat 1000-1100 cals each day for the rest of the week and eat 2000 cals that day and still lose weight?

In these two weeks, I saw progress and I know much of it must be water weight but I’m already feeling better. Just need to know if by this approach I can still lose without hampering these two weeks of progress.

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10,000 steps a day makes such a difference

For the first year of my weight loss I really didn’t get more than 10,000 steps ever, I was probably between 4,000-7,000 most of the time. But I had so much extra weight, I was able to eat a decent amount of food and still be in a calorie deficit, and lost probably 1% of my BW per week (SW 362lbs), so I just rode that out for a long time. Once I hit about 100lbs down (about 265lbs), it seemed like diet alone and lifting weights wasn’t really enough to keep the scale moving with the amount of calories I was eating. For a while I tried to drop my calories lower, which sort of got it moving but my energy dropped like crazy and I felt like crap. So back in January I got a full sized brand new treadmill, and set a goal to get 10,000 steps a day. And wow the weight loss has completely picked back up, I’m actually eating more now than I did at any point in my weight loss and I’m losing consistently 2lbs a week, based on my intake and weight loss, I’m consistently in the moderate activity level for tdee. I also weight lift 3-4 days a week, but I really don’t consider weightlifting as apart of my energy expenditure as I take so many rest breaks between sets, the amount burned is pretty small, but between my treadmill, taking my dog for walks, I’m getting usually 10-15k steps a day. I know it may seem like a lot to get in, but once you do it you won’t want to stop and it’ll streamline your weight loss so much. If you’re running into a plateau or not losing as much as you want, just start walking.

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What is an ideal diet / is it true that all carbs are bad?

So I have for years been lazy and opted for quick and easy food that requires the least amount of meal prep. But now that weight loss meds are off the table for me, I am wondering what I should put on the table.

My nutrional knowledge is abysmal and I don't know what a healthy diet looks like. I am expanding my cooking and nutritional knowledge. Pretty much every food I can think of someone has told me is unhealthy except for some vegetables.

So my question is, are there good carbs worth eating or are there no good carbs for weight loss? I know white bread is not good but are potatoes bad? Quinoa? Lentils? Chickpeas and lentils? And on that note is meat and dairy bad too(not because of carbs).

Nutrition is very confusing. Right now I am getting rid of frozen food, artificial sweeteners, drinking more water with meals, replacing frozen Mangos with apples and Oranges and adding more vegetables to start.

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