I did it. I hit my goal weight today, after 9 months.

tl;dr - I lost about 40 pounds and I love myself and I'm grateful to this subreddit.

Two years ago I was in a car accident and confined to a wheelchair. I gained a ton of weight as one does when one becomes sedentary. I had to learn to walk again and it was hell. (My tibia, fibia, and patella (knee cap) were all broken.) I got back on my feet, literally, but because the weight gain had been gradual, I didn't really notice.

At a bar contest, I saw some pictures of myself and I went, "oh my God, I got chubby." I have been very fit and athletic my whole life. (The month before the car accident, I had completed the 2016 Los Angeles marathon.)

I made a commitment to get back to my previous body type, which was no easy feat since my knee still has issues and I can no longer do any high-impact, strenuous exercise.

This community has been incredibly useful and supportive, so THANK YOU to everyone here for your advice and encouragement. I'm mostly a lurker but honestly, this sub was instrumental in my success. I used the TDEE calculator and downloaded the MyFitnessPal app, and those were the tools that helped me make this a reality. I also signed up for HealthyWage.com and I'm getting paid out this month ($1600).

Seriously, thank you guys. I feel really happy about my body. I'm working on building up muscle now and although I probably won't ever get back to long-distance running, I'm planning for a 5K this December.

Here are the before and after pics, along with my weight loss chart.

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There's a reason they suggest you see a doctor before changing your diet and exercise

Every advertised meal plan or workout challenge or government initiative has the recommendation to visit your doctor before undertaking a lifestyle change. I've given the advice myself, but I neglected to follow it myself. I figured that I'm young, generally healthy, eat good food, pretty active, and wasn't making a drastic change.

After my last blood donation, I found out that I was low in iron and am not able to give blood until I bring my levels back up (6 months or with a letter from the doctor). I was pretty gutted. I love giving blood and was motivated by a pretty personal reason.

I was also surprised! Sure I don't eat enough meat to consider it part of my regular diet but I have no symptoms of iron deficiency and have more energy than I ever have. So I went to the GP yesterday. It was a new doctor who I hadn't seen before so I told him about my weight loss over the last few months just by calorie counting and eating less, and that I've ramped up my exercise in the same time. My donations also started since I began losing weight. With a pretty slight change in diet, but also using/losing more iron my stores were starting to be tapped out and not getting replenished.

I'm not a fan of taking the supplements but at this stage I'd rather that than having to alter my diet. It was pretty much luck that I found out while I was asymptomatic and probably would have waited until something felt wrong to go to the doctor under my own steam.

TD;LR: It's a good idea to get an extra checkup or two while you're losing weight if you can, even if you feel fine

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Finally seeing progress after struggling, and reason I wasn’t losing

Hi guys. Just wanted to share what seems to finally be working for me. I’ve struggled for such a long time losing weight, tried some many things...from crazy restrictions when I was younger to diet pills (I know 🤮) in college to keto to the normal eating healthy and exercising. Nothing ever worked for me. I was so frustrated and many times months of hard work led to no weight loss which led to me binging.

I’ve been to my GP a couple times about this and blood work always came back normal. Finally went to a nutritionist and metabolic doctor. Although I have not yet gone to my second appointment (it’s next week) to review my blood work, I have already lost ten pounds since the initial appointment on September 17th. This is the first time in over two years I actually have seen the number move so I wanted to share what helped..to maybe help others struggling for the same reason.

It was so simple. I’ve done CICO so many times before but it never worked. I used online calculators to calculate my BMR and they always said about 1800. I’ve been calculating wrong I suppose because when they calculated it at the doctors with their fancy scales it showed around 1400. So all this time I’ve been eating at a maintenance. The easiest thing. I thought of lowering calories before but having gotten pretty obsessed with that in the past I was scared to lower it way below what I had thought my bmr is.

Since finding out it was 1400, I started eating 1200 a day and finally seeing progress. So just came here to say if you’re struggling check your bmr calculations!!! It could make all the difference.

I’m hoping to get some more advice when I go back for my checkup next week to see if anything else has been holding me back, but it feels so good to finally see my work paying off. I hope it keeps up this way.

Stats: 5’2 SW: 204 CW: 194 GW: 135 or just a healthy BMI

What I’ve been eating: breakfast, avacado toast. Lunch healthy choice meals so I can track my calorie intake easier, and dinner I’ve been doing home delivery meals which have been a lifesaver when it comes to controlling my portion sizes.

I’ve also been doing at least an hour of spin 6 days a week. I’m in love with it.

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Starting today

Hello r/loseit, I have decided to embark on a weight loss journey today after some consideration. First, some background: I gained all this weight as a younger kid, because I had no idea of the impact of the food that I ate really was. When I was 14 (only 2 1/2 years ago), I decided to weigh myself just to be sure. Sure enough, I was obese, with a BMI of 32. I decided to lose some weight back then as well, until I got to a BMI of 28 (I was growing taller as well at that time). Today I have a BMI of 28.6, so I decided that I should lose some weight again. I am using MyFitnessPal. Any other recommendations?

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2 weeks into diet, and I’m feeling very full after eating small amounts of food

Hey, folks. I’m a couple of weeks into my weight loss journey- I have about 30 pounds to lose. I’m down to 1600 calories a day. It’s good well!

But I’ve run into a weird side-effect, and I was wondering if any of you have experienced this.

After eating a small amount of food, I feel very full. For instance, a bowl of soup today feels like a 600 calorie meal. I also don’t have a very good appetite. I haven’t lost my appetite- I still feel hungry around meal times, but it fades quickly.

It’s odd because I’m usually a person who can EAT. It’s a running joke that I’m a “bottomless pit” because I can eat almost all the time. But not since dieting.

Anyone else?

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If you’re stuck weight cycling/yo-yo dieting, here are some numbers to give you perspective

I created an infographic on weight cycling, or yo yo dieting, that I think this group might be interested in. It’s about the millions of people who lose weight each year but can’t keep it off and regain all or more of their weight. Part of the reason I created it was to show 1) you’re not alone, and 2) people do become weight loss sustainers (20%). Those people who become sustainers do things differently than those who weight cycle, which means you might become successful if you tweak your approach.

Since images can’t be added to this subreddit (just found out the hard way), I’ll just type out the numbers:

A Hidden Epidemic: Weight Cycling by the Numbers

All Adults in the U.S. – 250 million

7 in 10 are overweight or obese – 175 million

1 in 2 are trying to lose weight – 88 million

4 in 5 will regain the weight – 70 million (that’s 30% of all U.S. adults)

70 million U.S. adults losing weight now will regain it

The infographic has numbers about the weight cycling epidemic, but I wanted to reality-check it with r/loseit. There are so many positive comments and progress posts in this subreddit, it could appear that most people are having great success. But I wanted to get a sense of how common weight cycling is with people trying to lose weight here. Certainly, there are posts about weight cycling and yo yo dieting and other struggles, but how would you tell if this is most people (as the research would suggest) or not. Does anybody have a sense of this? Put another way, what proportion of people are successful at losing weight and keeping it off?

Also, as I read posts on this forum and other sources for an accompanying article to the infographic, I was struck by how weight cycling seems to be an afterthought of the weight loss plan for many people. And how leaving it as an afterthought cycle after cycle was a big part of the problem. Is that true for some of you?

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How do you pick yourself back up after a bad day, week, etc?

I had a bad weekend. More like, a bad 4 days.

I live with the owner of a brewery. As you can imagine, 99% of my social life is at said brewery. On top of that, there's always delicious craft beer in the fridge that I don't have to pay for because I take care of brew-mate's dog in the afternoons/evenings, and those beers are not cheap calorie-wise.

Today begins week 5 of my weight loss journey. I'm still down 10 pounds, but I had a reeeeaaally bad Thursday through Sunday...especially Saturday. Like, 3,000 calories over maintenance bad. I'm still beating myself up for it, and it doesn't help that I slept through my alarm this morning and was late for work.

How do you make yourself feel better after a long string of bad food choices? I'm telling myself to focus on rehydrating and relaxing today, just to make it easier and take things slowly, but I have a feeling my boyfriend is going to want to order pizza for dinner tonight, and that sounds really good right now. Any tips for self-motivation and re-steeling my nerves would be appreciated!

I hope y'all are having a better Monday than me!

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