Trying to be kind to myself

I started CICO last December and have been doing it on and off all year. By July I had lost 20lbs! I know this is very slow weight loss compared to others on here, but I did what worked for me.

However, as it happens to all of us, life got in the way again and since July I’ve put 10lbs back on. I’m disappointed in myself for undoing half of my progress, but I’m trying to stay positive. If I beat myself up over it then I’ll never start the process again. So this post is basically just me saying to myself- I forgive you and it’s ok.

A glass half full point of view would be that this is the first year in my entire life that I haven’t gained weight! I weigh less than I did last year and I’ve never been able to say that before.

Today was my 100th Day One and I logged everything I ate. Its a shame I let so much progress get undone and if I’d kept at it I would be at my goal weight by now. But I can’t change the past, I just have to keep on trying in the present. I know I can do this.

Thanks for listening to my vent!

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My biggest hurdle to weight loss has been my sugar/carb addiction. So...

...I am going to go 30 days without eating sugar/carbs.

I used to think I was an emotional eater, but the truth is I crave sugar all the time (and especially so when stressed). I have been this way all my life, but I have had years where I went without eating any sugar or refined carbs at all, basically lazy keto, and lost a lot of weight.

I've been trying to lose weight for a while, but I think I am focusing on the wrong thing. I would be strong for a day or two, then feel very physically bad and start craving sugar again, and I would always give in. I realized it is very difficult to control your hunger and cravings while you're still addicted to sugar and complex carbs. So for 30 days, I'm going to stick to lean protein, fats, and veggies while eating at caloric maintenance or slightly below. For exercise, I'll take a long walk every day.

Today is day 0 since I consumed a ton of sugar today before realizing I was feeding an addiction that is robbing me of life and health. Tomorrow is day 1, and I will make a post here every day until the challenge is over.

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Recommendations for in-home workouts in an upstairs apartment

Hi all! A few months ago I was on my way towards weight loss and several major life events took place that caused me to completely shift my focus to maintaining my sanity and let go of weight loss. I had even lost 10lbs which I have gained back and then some (ugh!!!). Now that the dust has begun to settle, I can focus back on my weight loss! I believe that since I have lost 10 lbs before, I can absolutely do it again!

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One of the major life changing events was moving into a new apartment which is an upstairs unit. Now that the moving is completely done, I need to know what kind of workouts I can do that won't cause my neighbors below me to hate me more than they probably already do (I have loud, stompy elementary aged boys). I feel like running in place is out, as is jumping jacks, etc, and I feel a bit embarrassed to make the entire apartment complex shake. Any advice is welcomed to a self-conscious girl trying to get her body back!

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TLDR: Asking for suggestions for in-home workouts for a big girl in an upstairs apartment!

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A humble beginning - 259lbs, 5'7".

Hey all, just a first post, probably mainly for my own maintenance and encouragement, to establish today - 15th October 2018 - as the starting point for my weight loss.

As of this (Monday) morning, I weighed 259 on the scales. I'm tracking caloric intake and drinking 2l of water from today.

Today, for example, I didn't snack hardly at all, and the snacks I did have were low calories and only had because they fit within my calorie "budget". I managed to keep my caloric intake at 1560kcal, 835kcal under my BMR.

I'm hoping to get a bicycle soon for cheap - I'm very poor but I think adding in a small bike ride at the end of every other day will just push the weight loss that bit further.

Sorry for the long winded post, I just wanted to say how happy I am to have started this journey after abusing food for the better part of my late teens. Hopefully I can keep it up.

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Is your weight loss more like a staircase? Or a slide all the way down?

I'd love to know - how steady has your weight loss been? I've been losing weight quite slowly, but steadily over the last 14 months, sometimes the progress has been frustratingly slow and sometimes fast. Definitely more of the staircase type of loss - down a few kgs, then nothing for a bit, then down a few more kgs, then nothing etc. I was looking at my happy scale graph today and wondering if that is normal, or is it more normal for people to just keep on losing continually until they reach their goal?

I do find that each time things flatten out for a while (or even go up a few pounds) I have to psych myself back into the weight loss mentality to get back into it which is hard. I wonder if it would be better to just do everything I can to switch up my loss graph to look more like a slide all the way down, than a staircase of down, stop, down, stop?

I see people who lose all the weight I want to lose in a few months (when it took me a year to even get this far), so I wonder if I just went hardcore and get it over and done with over a few months, that could be a better approach? Opinions very welcome :)

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Face is still fat?

I posted on here almost 2 months ago about not seeing my weight loss and everyone was so helpful! I lost 9 more lbs since then and for some reason those few pounds have done the trick! I am finally feeling slim. I am 5’8 and started at 202lbs in January and am now 146lbs. I see the weight loss now, but my face is still chubby! Does anyone else have this issue?! I know I have lost weight in my face, but it’s still not the face I had when I was 140lbs before my two pregnancies.. We just had Thanksgiving here, and there were lots of pictures taken and I couldn’t help but be disappointed because of how chubby I looked because of it.

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I actually enjoy shopping now.

I started at 220, now at 188. Cico, lose it app, water, sleep and regular exercise.

I hated shopping before because majority clothing didnt lookgood on me. I was also between sizes. Size 16 is too big for regular clothing stores, too small for plus size. At regular stores, some clothes were too tight. At plus size, i never filled them out they way they were meant (for chesty women).

Now i can fit a 14 or a 12. Its exciting going shopping! I look better in clothes and feel better. Im more interested in fashion since i can get more out of it. Its exciting buying something new every month or so because im smaller each time.

There are a lot of styles/clothes ive never wore because I didn't think they looked good on me. Now im started to be a healthier shape, i can pull off more.

I still have a huge gut belly, thick thighs and a big butt 😅 but now its in smaller dimensions.

There are still other clothes I want to look good in. Its a huge motivator for weight loss!

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