I'm heartbroken

Please let me know if this is an inappropriate post for this subreddit. It might be more appropriate on r/relationships so, I'll post there as well.

I guess I'm just reaching out for some words of wisdom before I end up hurting myself.

I (21f) currently weigh the most I ever have (172 at 5'5). My husband and I just had our third anniversary, and when we got married I weighed 150. My husband has let me know in the past that it would help our marriage if I were to lose weight. Before and after him saying this I attempted weight loss countless times, without much results. I haven't been professionally diagnosed but I've considered myself depressed for a few years.

Before we were married my husband was completely infatuated and in love with me, and staring at me, and I loved every bit of it. It seemed to just stop after we got married; it was a stressful year for both of us which caused me to gain weight and him to stop showing me the kind of affection he previously did. And my current body type is just not what he's attracted to, at all.

Well, two nights ago when we were getting ready for bed he asked me "what is your deepest darkest secret?" and I told him I wasn't sure, I'd need to think of one. "Why do you ask? Do you have one?" He kind of giggled and said yeah but he can't tell me (in a way that hinted he wanted to tell me). So I told him that he can tell me absolutely anything, and it won't change the way I feel about him. I'll always love him, all this kind of stuff.

So about 15 minutes of him trying to tell me, he finally blurts out "I think (my sisters name) is cute" and then he hides under the blanket. I responded "well, she is! everyone thinks she's cute" (Which is true. She's 18 months younger than me, and she's adorable. She's also the exact size I wish I was.) He says "That's not the response I thought I would get. I have a crush on her." I was speechless. In that moment I was still in the frame of mind that he could tell me anything and nothing is going to change. He explained that he has had these feelings for her for years and his fantasy is him holding both of our hands at the same time. I didn't say anything for a long time. I said "I love you" and he....said... "I love you. I just love you both."

???????? Idk how that's supposed to be okay, it's like he's making us equal in his mind.

It was very late and eventually he fell asleep, and my mind started racing. I know that my husband and my sister have no 1 on 1 communication, and I know my sister SO well and I'm sure she doesn't have feelings for him. She seems him as exactly what he is: her brother-in-law. But my heart aches from seeing my husband act like an excited school girl while talking about my sister instead of me. He also mentioned that he doesn't want to change anything externally, he just needed to get his thoughts out of his head because he was feeling guilty about keeping it to himself.

I slept for a maximum of one hour that night.

The next day we were texting while he was at work and he said "I'm glad I told you, it's been driving me crazy". I replied "I wish you were crazy about me" and he said "same". I cried instantly. I mean, I could tell for a couple years that he doesn't look at me the same way he used to. But this hurt like a truck. A while later I responded "how long has it been since you've been crazy about me?" "Don't be mad, but I'm not even sure." "I won't be mad, I just need to know." "If we're talking about crazy crazy, it's been since 2014 or 2015 (we got married end of 2015)."

So now I know how he's felt about me our whole marriage. I know he's only talking about me physically, and he loves who I am. But ouch. ouch ouch ouch. I've absolutely adored my husband since the day we met. I'm literally an excited school girl when I see him. I have butterflies when we make eye contact.

So, yesterday I ate one taco (probably 300 calories), and today I plan on eating nothing. My sister is 5'7 and weighs about 115. I NEED to lose my weight for my marriage. I know his actions aren't my fault but I crave his affection. I'd do anything for him to be crazy about me again.

Last night it was late, but I couldn't fall asleep again. He told me he wants to talk more about this, but it was too late (2 am with work in the morning). I just needed to know that I was the most important person to him, or that he wouldn't leave me, or just something to hold on to. I asked something like "I just need to know that I'm still enough for you" and he couldn't respond to that, which absolutely shattered my heart again. "Don't make me try to say specific things right now. We need to talk about stuff and I'm too tired right now. But I'm not going anywhere."

So, at least I had the "I'm not going anywhere" to hold on to. But I started sobbing. and he fell asleep anyway.

Listen, if you read to this point, thank you. There's a lot more I could say. Every other aspect of our marriage has been perfect up to this point. We love talking and spending time together. I am so conflicted and hurt. I literally don't want to eat until he looks at me the way he used to, or talks about me the way he talked about my sister.

TLDR; have had a nearly perfect marriage until i gained weight. my husband still loves me but confessed he has a crush on my sister who has the perfect, small body that he prefers. i'm prescribing myself indefinite fasting. help. <3

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Surrounded by skinny people

Who’s going to support me through my weight loss then?

So I’ve been trying to lose weight through CICO and Low carb for the past 3/4 months, and I’ve successfully lost around 10kg, with a little under 10kg more to reach my goal weight for a healthy BMI around 55kg.

Most of my friends know that I’m trying to lose weight, and besides the occasional “what’s the point, you’re going to gain it back anyways” comment, most have just led it slide, or shared a personal weight loss story of their own, or their family members, or their friends of friends etc etc. I don’t need most of my friends to be my emotional cheerleader, I just want to be able to have a say whether or not I want to go to that new bbq buffet place because I’ve hit my calorie limit for the day.

Now back to my best friend- she’s one of my closest friends, and we’ve known each other since we were 14/15. She finds it very difficult to gain weight and loses weight easily because she’s a picky eater and eats small portions, and she often makes remarks about how “I lost 5kg in the past week again.”

Don’t get me wrong, I love this girl to pieces and there is a reason why we are friends, but statements like that often rub me the wrong way. I consider her a very good friend of mine, but she’s also very blunt and brutally honest, and as I’m waddling through my weight loss journey it’s getting harder and harder to deflect her comments. When I decided to start losing weight through keto (for health issues, after my Grandmother passed away from a stroke and my Father faced some complications with diabetes), she was the first one I told. She absolutely did not believe that I was going through with it, and basically gave me the same “you’re going to give up and gain it all back anyways” spiel. I’ve never been one to yoyo diet, and the lack of faith sort of came as a shock.

Naturally, she isn’t one to diet and her mom refers to me as “that fat friend “, which obviously irks me but is nothing I can really change, since she’s not the one I’m interacting with constantly. Still, some my Friend will occasionally remark on how I’m “still on a diet” and “what’s the point”, and to some extent I can see her reasoning behind it and tolerate it.

What really broke me today was when we were taking a break from studying and browsing through YouTube videos, I brought up a video titled “fat woman wants to gain more weight”, where this girl, Tammy young, wanted to gain more weight, and was also a star on some BBW platform. Midway through the video , around the 1:35 mark, there’s a video of Tammy going “... and today I’m going to play with my doughy, big, plump belly”, with tammy grabbing and jiggling her belly. So we started talking about how women like her were making a lot of money off BBW websites when she remarked “so when are you starting (to make videos)?”

Now I have nothing against bigger women or men and personally don’t really care what other people are doing as long as they don’t preach bullshit to others, but it just pissed me off. Was this how she saw me? Was I that “fat, funny friend” of hers? I wasn’t even that fat! I know she made that comment meaning no harm but it just set me speechless down the self hate train again.

My family isn’t that supportive either - my family has a history of diabetes and heart disease, but most of my family members don’t really need to diet, although my father is a diabetic.

My younger sister is much smaller than I am - taller, too, and I sometime get that ting of an inferiority complex, despite working towards eating healthy and working out the way she does.

My mom is so amazingly supportive, but she has always seen “having extra curves” as a blessing. Still she buys extra-large clothes as souvenirs for me, and takes my food (I buy what I eat) saying that she needs some “fatty food”. She was drinking the dark chocolate almond milk that I brought trying to substitute the sugary chocolate drinks I used to love.

My grandfather isn’t very encouraging either, and often compares me to my younger Sister. He often makes snide remarks when relatives gain weight, and every time we share a table for dinner, he compares my plate with my sister’s. When he sees that I’m eating less rice (bc Low carb), he laughs saying it’s about time I went on a diet, while piling food into my sister’s plate, saying how she’s too skinny.

I know my family members and friends are all well meaning - but am I being too sensitive here? I know weight loss is a lifestyle change, but it’s sort of hard to do that when your friends and family aren’t exactly supportive. Of course there’s this amazing sub amongst others, but real life doesn’t exist on reddit, and it’s getting harder to find motivation to stop hating myself.

Sorry for the long post, just had to get this off my chest

*edit: I’m not the girl in the video, i tried to link a video for reference and she just happened to come up

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Almost 80lbs down since I started this whole thing, 60lbs in the last year! [SW:230, CW:156, GW:135; 30F 5’3]

Hello! I’ve posted in the past, having gained a good deal of weight due to medical complications during and after my pregnancy with my first child. Although I’ve hit some plateaus along the way I realized that I’ve lost 60lbs since last year, and almost 80lbs overall.

I’ve never been particularly thin. When I got pregnant in 2016 I was 158lbs and I’m 5’3. Medical issues and crazy emergency birth stuff followed by the medications and bedrest I was put on had me weighing in at 230lbs when I came home from the hospital with my daughter in February 2017. I honestly felt like I would be stuck there forever but after finding some scrap of motivation I started slowly working out and meal planning. As of this morning I am weighing in at 156lbs! I’m so freaking happy to be back/a little below my pre-pregnancy weight and it took me little over 20 months. I totally plan to keep this going!!

I did and do a lot of different things that have made a great impact on me. Firstly I know work out every single day, even if it’s just for 25 minutes, I make sure I do something to get myself moving. I do a lot of HIIT workouts, some dancing & Zumba video games, and some light jogging with my 30lb kid in a stroller. I use the app 8fit which is awesome and keeps me on an exercise plan and provides different types of workouts everyday that are usually between 8-12 minutes in duration. It takes all the guess work out for me and I love that it’s versatile cause sometimes I get bored doing the same routine.

Secondly I meal plan religiously now and make lots of big batches of low calorie meals that I don’t mind eating over and over again. I prepare snacks, lunches, and dinners every Sunday for the week because I work from home and if I don’t plan in ahead I will always reach for the worst foods. This takes the guess work out and helps me to not be tempted. I also practice intermittent fasting, usually fasting for 16-20 hours 2 times a week. I then eat normally the other 5 days a week (~1300calories). It’s important to say on the days that I am fasting I stick to walking and less intense exercises. I also drink half my body weight in oz of water every single day.

I track everything in MyFitnessPal and also keep a handwritten exercise/food journal which has helped me tremendously to cut down on boredom and stress eating. Lastly, and this one won’t apply to everyone of course but was instrumental in my weight loss, was I sought some counseling for some mental issues I was having post baby that helped me to realize I was emotionally eating and ultimately helped me to get better self control.

I do usually have a cheat day once every week or two, but usually what I do so it has less of an impact is practice one meal a day on the days I know I’m going to cheat and have something substantial. Like for example this coming Friday my husband and I have a dinner with friends and I know I will want to be able to have some drinks and a few fried food items so I will fast from Thursday evening at 7pm until dinner on Friday at 6pm. Then will break my fast with one big meal at the restaurant and be done eating until the following day.

As you can see I do a lot of the things that many have done on this board and other weight loss/fitness subreddits to get myself to this point. I like throwing many darts at the bullseye at once to see what sticks lol Moving forward I’m going to take some kickboxing classes and also start working with weights more because I’d like to tone up in addition to losing more. I’m also moving to towards extending my fasting time and building up towards being able to do a 2-3 day fast in a healthy way, maybe once every other month to help with maintenance.

This sub is one of the reasons I even joined Reddit and I do hope that this will be helpful to anyone on a weight loss journey, and especially new moms. I’m hoping to reach my new goal weight of 135lbs by my daughter’s second birthday early next year!!

I have a side by side comparison photo of me from September 2017 & me from this September but I’m not sure how to post it while using mobile cause I am technologically inept. Hopefully I can figure it out!

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Getting started...again.

I've been lurking for a while but in the last few days I have decided to get serious about my weight loss. I am 24m 6' and 248 pounds, %23.3 body fat. Before summer I was down to 224 but I have gotten off track in recent months and gained all of the weight back.

Growing up I was always kind of "husky" until I hit puberty and became fairly lean. I was extremely active and athletic playing multiple sports so I was never concerned with what I was putting in my body.

When I began college I fell into some bad habits. Terrible sleep schedule, lots of fast food and binge drinking on weekends. I didnt play college sports so my activity levels dropped off somewhat even though I still went to the gym and played intramural sports. Then I found out my girlfriend, who I had been dating since junior year of high school, was pregnant.

By my sophomore year of college I had a son and a wife, we were lucky enough to be able to live together on campus in a family housing unit. Which was great honestly, but this is when my health started to turn. I spent all of my time in class, studying, or with my family.

I slowly started gaining weight until I caught myself and started running again and going to the gym. My wife is always extremely supportive and never shames me in anyway, unless I ask her to. Having been an athlete and working primarily in male dominated fields, to that point, tough love is something I am accustomed to.

Entering my senior year of college I found out my wife was pregnant again, even though she had an IUD. By the time I graduated I was 22 with 2 kids. Oh and our university notified us that they decided to shut down family housing units because they could make more money by housing international students there.

So we were essentially homeless and forced to move in with my mother-in-law (not as bad as it sounds) but the four of us living in one bedroom was not ideal, my son literally slept in a closet. At this time my wife was also accepted to a doctorate of nursing program (youngest ever accepted to this particular program at 21yrs old) so I spent all of my time at home with our newborn daughter and 3 yr old son.

This was when I really started downhill. My hobbies shifted from sports and exercise to netflix, video games, gardening and of course spending time with my kids. Basically things I could do from home. I started to kind of go crazy as a stay at home dad so I ended up applying for a masters program in environmental health and safety which I absolutely loved, graduated this past May. I also got an internship with a prestigious non-profit in my home town and quickly turned it into a part-time job so we were able to move into our own place in a great location. Things were (are) going great in literally every aspect of my life except my fitness.

I think I just got so caught up in school, work and raising a family that everything else just fell to they wayside. Now that my son has started kindergarten and my daughter is in daycare and I have some time to myself I have had an epiphany as to just how badly I have let myself go and it's starting to drag me down in other areas as well.

For about 2 months now I have ridden my bike to work (13 miles round-trip) at least three days a week. But I wasn't counting calories at that time I pretty much just used it as an excuse to over-eat, I hope I've learned my lesson. I already cook almost everything from home and meal-prep to accommodate my family's busy schedule and any juice I drink is watered down to be 1 part juice to 3 parts water. I've also cut out all alcohol for the time being. I've downloaded my fitness pal and plan to log my calories every day, I noticed that since the last time I used it I can no longer search for items and recipes on the web but have to input everything manually, whats up with that?

The majority of this post was just trying to get it out there and create some form of accountability for myself. I'm mostly looking for some good health, nutrition and fitness podcasts or youtube channels to listen to while I'm at work or exercising at home. Any suggestions would be great. You all are so supportive and inspiring I am just glad to be part of this community. If you've invested enough time in this post to get all the way to the bottom I would love to hear your thoughts, suggestions, and critique.

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"I can't do that," turned into, "Holy sh...I did that."

Hello!

When I shared my weight loss story on fb a while ago, a friend told me I should post my progress here. I came and lurked around for a few months and didn't even make an account until like last week because I'm just far too nervous to put myself out there to a bunch of strangers...however, I feel like if I can help anyone in any way whatsoever it's worth it.

Here's my before and after - 230 > 169

Over the last 10 years I was incredibly destructive. I did things because of self-hatred and I wanted to punish myself for being...me, I guess. I stuffed myself until it was painful, I became an alcoholic, was suicidal at various points and my self-talk was ALL negative and seriously hurtful. I would look at myself in the mirror and say, "You are disgusting." Just like that. Nearly every day I did that.

In 2016 I decided I wanted to hike the Appalachian Trail in its entirety. I wanted it to be my savior and change my life. I wanted to find myself and figure out who I was. Lol. Anyway. My before picture up there was April 9th, my first day on the trail (the after picture was last night btw). I made it about a week before I got physically ill and then was holed up in a shitty hotel room crying for three days experiencing what I can only describe as a mental breakdown, it was really somethin'. I flew home after those three days and my boyfriend broke up with me the next day (he's not the bad guy here, we're actually back together and ridiculously in love, like...it's crazy).

For some reason, something clicked. I made a decision to change my life. I didn't want to be miserable anymore, I didn't want to rely on another person for my happiness, I didn't want to blame anyone else for what I'd done to myself. I needed to love me, and I needed to show me just how much.

The first thing I did was cut out all my negative self-talk and instead started looking in the mirror and telling myself how awesome I am, how beautiful I am, how important I am (to me). It sounds insane, I know it does, but god it helped. I decided to start Whole30 on May 1st. After that first month I'd lost 21lbs! Then I did the paleo diet as I'd done it before and just really enjoyed it. After that I counted calories, tried vegetarianism, and am now in the middle of my second full round of Whole30.

I don't follow any one thing religiously. I find that with my personality being what it is, I NEED change. I can't stick with one thing for the rest of my life. But one thing is for sure, the base of my diet is meats and vegetables, and I don't really get tired of that for now.

At this point in my life I am a positive, happy, excitable, and FAR more loving person than I used to be. I have learned to take responsibility for my words and actions and not blame others for my shortcomings (which was my MO back in the day, nothing was my fault, especially my weight), I've learned to truly love myself and in so doing learned to love others. That cliche really has stuck with me. I never understood it until I felt it myself.

Anyway, I digress. I just wanted to share with you all my progress and if anyone has any questions I'd be happy to answer!

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10 Simple Hacks to Help You Drink More Water

Water is required by each cell of your body in order to function normally and help you become the “healthiest you.” While your body will also obtain water from other fluids you drink, water is far-and-away the best choice. Water has so many benefits from increasing energy and relieving fatigue to boosting your immune system and of course, also promoting weight loss. One way that water helps with your weight loss journey is by fueling your workouts. If you’re dehydrated, your workouts will not be as effective. But water also helps you feel full and potentially eat less. Sometimes a glass of water is enough to curb what you thought was hunger.

While you probably already knew the importance of water, you still might struggle with fitting in all that extra hydration. Sometimes it’s even just a matter of getting so busy that you forget to keep up with drinking. We know you’ve heard a lot of tips before, but we did some research and have come up with 10 more water-drinking-hacks that you can add to your arsenal. Try these easy ways to drink more water:

1. Set an Alarm

If you’re like most people you probably always have your phone on you. Well now you can use that alarm for more than your early morning wake-up call. Set an alarm to go off every hour to remind you to drink up. It’s so easy to get caught up with what you’re doing and fail to drink as much as you should but this will help provide an easy reminder.

2. Band It

If you’re more of a visual person, this hack is for you. Start your day with at least eight rubber bands around your wrist. Each time you drink about a cup of water, remove one rubber band. Make sure you’ve removed them all by the end of the day and you’ll know you fit in your eight (or more) cups that day.

How Much Water Do You Really Need? How to Know

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3. Hashmark your Bottle

Another visual reminder, by using a permanent marker to add hashmarks to your water bottle, you can know exactly where you stand with water consumption for the day. Next to each hashmark write a time which corresponds with the time you plan to drink up. When the clock strikes that time, drink until you’ve hit the next hashmark.

4. Buy a Water Bottle You Love

It sounds silly but investing in a bottle that you really love just may help you drink more. There are a lot of bottles on the market. In fact, if you’re not much of a DIY type of person, they even sell water bottles that are already hashmarked (per the suggestion above). There are water bottles that allow you to easily infuse fruit and others that advertise keeping your drink cold all day long. Or you could even just buy a cup with a straw that has a favorite saying or character on it. Something as simple as a cup you love just may be the motivation you need.

How to Buy the Best Water Bottle

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5. Set a Rule

Another way to remind yourself is to set a rule based around a regular occurrence. For instance, you could decide that every time you go to the bathroom you have to drink one more cup of water. If you have another ongoing occurrence throughout the day, you can set your cup drinking to that. It just serves as an easy reminder to tie it to something you’re already regularly doing.

6. Eat Your Water

There’s no rule that says you must drink all your water. If you really struggle with water consumption try adding more water-packed foods to your day such as watermelon, cantaloupe or cucumber. This will help boost your intake even if you’re struggling with drinking it all down.

Trouble Drinking Enough Water? 10 Hydrating Foods You Need to Be Eating

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7. Switch your Brand

You’ve probably already heard the tip about adding flavor to your water to make it tastier but maybe just switching your brand could make a difference. Or maybe you prefer mineral water. If you’re currently drinking unfiltered water, invest in a filter and see if that makes it more appealing. If you make your water more enjoyable, you’ll likely drink more of it.

8. Add a Straw

Some people find that drinking from a straw is easier. It’s a simple switch but might be worth trying if it will help you drink more water. Whether you drink from a straw or not, sipping water—as opposed to gulping it down—is always much more pleasant so focus on taking it slow and you just may find you can fit more in.

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9. Start Early

If you’re like a lot of people you might kick off your morning with a glass of juice or a cup of coffee. Why not try drinking a glass of water before anything else? One of the biggest issues with fitting in eight cups a day is that most people don’t start their water consumption until late morning as they’re typically drinking something else first. But if you make water your first drink of the day you’re setting yourself up for success. In fact, you might even find you don’t need that glass of juice now that you’re fully hydrated on healthy H20.

10. Add Ice

Again, simple but effective. Adding ice may make your water more appealing—particularly on a hot day or after a work-out. You can even take it a step further and use ice as the way to add flavor to your drink. Freeze ice cube trays full of fruits or herbs and plunk them in your drink for both a boost of flavor and a temperature cool down.

 

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Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Tuesday, 16 October 2018? Start here!

Today is your Day 1?

Welcome to r/Loseit!

So you aren’t sure of how to start? Don’t worry! “How do I get started?” is our most asked question. r/Loseit has helped our users lose over 1,000,000 recorded pounds and these are the steps that we’ve found most useful for getting started.

Why you’re overweight

Our bodies are amazing (yes, yours too!). In order to survive before supermarkets, we had to be able to store energy to get us through lean times, we store this energy as adipose fat tissue. If you put more energy into your body than it needs, it stores it, for (potential) later use. When you put in less than it needs, it uses the stored energy. The more energy you have stored, the more overweight you are. The trick is to get your body to use the stored energy, which can only be done if you give it less energy than it needs, consistently.

Before You Start

The very first step is calculating your calorie needs. You can do that HERE. This will give you an approximation of your calorie needs for the day. The next step is to figure how quickly you want to lose the fat. One pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories. So to lose 1 pound of fat per week you will need to consume 500 calories less than your TDEE (daily calorie needs from the link above). 750 calories less will result in 1.5 pounds and 1000 calories is an aggressive 2 pounds per week.

Tracking

Here is where it begins to resemble work. The most efficient way to lose the weight you desire is to track your calorie intake. This has gotten much simpler over the years and today it can be done right from your smartphone or computer. r/loseit recommends an app like MyFitnessPal, Loseit! (unaffiliated), or Cronometer. Create an account and be honest with it about your current stats, activities, and goals. This is your tracker and no one else needs to see it so don’t cheat the numbers. You’ll find large user created databases that make logging and tracking your food and drinks easy with just the tap of the screen or the push of a button. We also highly recommend the use of a digital kitchen scale for accuracy. Knowing how much of what you're eating is more important than what you're eating. Why? This may explain it.

Creating Your Deficit

How do you create a deficit? This is up to you. r/loseit has a few recommendations but ultimately that decision is yours. There is no perfect diet for everyone. There is a perfect diet for you and you can create it. You can eat less of exactly what you eat now. If you like pizza you can have pizza. Have 2 slices instead of 4. You can try lower calorie replacements for calorie dense foods. Some of the communities favorites are cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash in place of their more calorie rich cousins. If it appeals to you an entire dietary change like Keto, Paleo, Vegetarian.

The most important thing to remember is that this selection of foods works for you. Sustainability is the key to long term weight management success. If you hate what you’re eating you won’t stick to it.

Exercise

Is NOT mandatory. You can lose fat and create a deficit through diet alone. There is no requirement of exercise to lose weight.

It has it’s own benefits though. You will burn extra calories. Exercise is shown to be beneficial to mental health and creates an endorphin rush as well. It makes people feel awesome and has been linked to higher rates of long term success when physical activity is included in lifestyle changes.

Crawl, Walk, Run

It can seem like one needs to make a 180 degree course correction to find success. That isn’t necessarily true. Many of our users find that creating small initial changes that build a foundation allows them to progress forward in even, sustained, increments.

Acceptance

You will struggle. We have all struggled. This is natural. There is no tip or trick to get through this though. We encourage you to recognize why you are struggling and forgive yourself for whatever reason that may be. If you overindulged at your last meal that is ok. You can resolve to make the next meal better.

Do not let the pursuit of perfect get in the way of progress. We don’t need perfect. We just want better.

Additional resources

Now you’re ready to do this. Here are more details, that may help you refine your plan.

• Quick Start Guide - Build your foundation!
• Loseit Compendium - Frame it out!
• FAQ - Answers to our most Frequently Asked Questions!

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