Any help for my weightloss? -Teen

Please don't over look this for me being a 'child' I want to he healthier and more active,but also to feel good and happy in my body and mind.

I'm a 13 year old female, yet I am overweight. I'm 164cm (5'4) in height and currently weigh in at 72.5kg (159.8lbs).(20/10/2018)

• but I was heavier.

•22/04/2018 I weighed 76kg (167.5lbs) •27/05/2018 My weight dropped down to 74.6kg(164.4lbs) •03/09/2018 Jumped up to 77.5kg (170.8lbs) •16/09/2018 Slowly going back down to 75.2kg (165.7lbs) •21/09/2018 then to 73.7kg (162.4lbs) •11/10/2018 finally reaching 72.7kg (160.2lbs)

I went from a Top (shirts) size large 42 (14 UK, 10USA) to a Medium 40 (12 UK, 8USA. :) and from Bottom (pants, trousers) size of Large 42 (14UK, 10USA) or Extra Large 44 (16UK, 12USA) ( depending on the fabric etc.. to a Medium 40 (12UK, 8USA) or a small if it's really stretchy material.

Although I'll still fit into a Small Shirt 38 (10UK, 6USA) But I hate the tight fit with my larger body

Now as you may see I've not lost much since then, but it has only been 9 days so it's not worring me. I know and understand it takes time and I'm grateful that I already lost 5 kilograms (11lbs).

The start of Motivation for me: One day when I was changing I looked in the mirror and saw a stretch mark on my lower stomach, now I am no stranger to Stretch marks, I've had them for as long as I can remember, on my thighs, around my knees, my hips, butt and even my arms. The ones on my thighs I've had for a long, LONG time. So they never bothered me, but the one on my stomach flipped a switch in my brain... I wanted to lose weight- I needed to lose weight

So here I am deciding to make a change before it gets any further, at a whopping 77.5kg only at the age of 13. Slowly, but surely I got did of fizzy drinks straight away. NO More! I used to drink 1-2 cans a day at school, weekends would probably be a litre or a little less. I thought this would be the hardest, but surprisingly I stopped craving fizzy drinks, not even thinking about them.

Now that the fizzy drinks were out the way I tried to focus on smaller portions and Less.. LESS fatty foods and candy. Somewhat I got there, but this past 2 weeks I've had exams in my school, being stressed since they depended on the level of class I'll be able to do. I still had smaller portions and let myself have a few treats here and there...

Anyways, I wouldn't have lost any weight without the Cardio I started doing. Walking 5k every night at a fast nearly jog like walk. Of course sometimes it's really hard to find time or keep up the pace but I'm managing. Lately I started adding some jogs here and there, fitting it into the 5k.

But I'm starting to get bored, I guess need new workouts- but not Extremely hard + ones that don't use equipment. I'll still continue the Cardio and try raise it up to a 5k jog.

What I guess I am asking for from you is a way to start eating healthier! I HATE vegetables.. or I mean I'm a very picky eater, I need a way to convince myself to start eating them. Also to break the habit of snacking before it's too late.

I'm asking you for any tips you have that would help my weight loss journey. ANYTHING.. please.

My goal for now, to prove to myself and other I can do it is 60kg (132.2lbs)

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A new beginning for me (mid journey)

Hello everyone. I just joined reddit and this community today. I have read posts on reddit before, I just never bothered joining. But today I woke up realizing that I need to make a change in my life. Let me take this back a little bit and start from the beginning of my main weight loss journey.

On Dec 23, 2016, I woke up in the early hours of the morning in a blind panic. I couldn't speak, I couldn't stand, I was terrified. I half crawled out to the living room. I couldn't make it all the way to my sister's room. I tried calling out to her, but my voice was failing me. Finally her alarm went off and she started waking up. She could finally hear me. She came out to check on me. I had a stroke. She called 911. The ambulance came. We lived on the 2nd floor. The EMTs felt I was too fat to safely carry down the stairs. Our building didn't have an elevator. So I had to walk do the stairs with EMTs supporting me in the front and in the back. I was so sure that I was going to fall. I have never been so humiliated in my life.

While at the hospital, they discovered that I was also diabetic. My last doctor appointment showed that I was only prediabetic and I wasn't due for more labs for another few months. This was the tipping point. How could a 45 year old have a stroke? Some how I did.

This is what I looked like prior to my stroke. 311 lbs

I was living with my sister Brenda at the time. She started freaking out since I was the youngest of all of us. She had a granddaughter who was just a toddler. She couldn't imagine having a stroke and not being able to play with her granddaughter. So we both got serious about weight loss. I needed to get healthy again. I worked at learning to walk again. I still have to use a cane if I am standing or walking too long. But I can do it.

I first got my fitbit in Feb 2017 shortly after the stroke. I was only able to do a few hundred steps per day. I had gotten myself up to 5000 steps per day eventually.

I eventually was able to get down to 230 lbs. I didn't get a picture of myself at that weight, but I did manage to get one at 250 lbs holding up a pair of pants that I wore at 311lbs. 250 lbs

I ended up having to move in with a different sister. This one doesn't care about her health. She is diabetic and doesn't care what her blood sugar is, she doesn't care about what she eats either. She constantly brings junk food into the house. So I started gaining weight back again. I am now back up to 270 lbs. I know that I need to make a change. I know that only I can change what I am doing. I feel alone in my weight loss struggles right now because I feel like I am not living in an environment that is supportive.

I am hoping to count you all among my support buddies and we can give each other encouragement in this process. I know I definitely need it.

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Figuring out the CICO formula

I’m using my Fitbit to track my calories and do CICO. I used a website to calculate TDEE, I input my weight and BF (measured using one of those handheld scanners). I decided to just use my Fitbits calculation for calories burned in a day, as it measures heart rate.

So far, I’ve been on for a week and have targeted a 500 cal deficit for each day. This is mostly done through dieting as I haven’t been very active - busy season at work right now. Most days I hit the deficit this week, but one of two I was at calories in = calories out.

After 1 week my scale is down 5 lbs. I do have a significant amount of weight to lose (50 lbs to try to make it from “overweight borderline obese” to a normal weight. However, I was surprised that I lost so much. Not complaining by any means, but why am I losing more? I thought of some options:

-Overestimating calories eaten causing more of a deficit: If I enter anything in the track that’s generic I always put the highest calorie count available, Fitbit app gives you a range from low to “most common” to high. I’m not weighing stuff out, but I’ve tracked before, have lost weight this way, and have a good eye for measurements.

-High starting weight: I just have more to lose and so it’s coming off quicker at first when my weights high.

-Water weight: I don’t think this is it. I keep my water intake pretty steady and weigh myself in the morning before eating. However, I know hydration can impact your weight.

What do you guys think? Should I just be happy with the quick weight loss or try to dig down into this CICO formula and figure out why it’s higher? I suppose I don’t really care as long as it isn’t something I should address now to ensure I don’t have issues dropping later.

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Stuck at same 3kg weight range for 6 months.

I'm having trouble with my weight loss. I'm not talking normal 2 week plateau but almost 6 months of nearly zero progress.

I'm in the home stretch right now, down to single digits (in kgs) until my goal weight. I have found it extremely difficult to lower my food intake any further without losing focus I cannot afford to lose for work and school. I made sure that if I am going to eat, it will either be eggs or vegetables, however my habit of fast eating causes me to eat too much. I have tried so hard to drop the habit but when I'm really hungry, I can't think about anything except the food when I'm eating. Also adding on to this is that I only have about 10 minutes between arriving at work after school and the beginning of my shift. I just end up buying convenience store food and eating the entire serving (~700 - 800kcal) because I really don't want to be hungry for the entirety of my shift (even worse because I work in a restaurant).

Can anyone relate and maybe offer advice? Thanks.

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Slowly working up the courage to seek out help for my eating disorders [320 ->200= 120 Lbs lost]

Oh yeah, prawnofthedead? He's that _______ guy. While I can't know for sure what someone says about me when Im not around, this blank has always been filled with the word fat. I have been obese all my life, trekking into the morbid category towards the beginning of 2017. Once I reached about 320 pounds I decided to care about my health.

Not a single person in the world knows this but I suffer from Binge Eating Disorder. I often can not control myself around food, and I try my hardest not to put myself in a situation with unlimited food such as a buffet or a catered event. I found that through very intense exercise, high (dangerous) caloric deficits, and purging, I would be able to lose enough weight to get myself out of the obese designation. I am still fat, unattractive, angry, anxious, upset, and a litany of other things about how bad I let it get.

This is not an inspirational story nor a cautionary tale. Just hoping to show that a fat guy can suffer from eating disorders too. I hope that I will gain the courage to seek therapy. Right now I can't even handle compliments on my weight loss without severe anxiety. I HATE HATE HATE talking about myself or my transformation to the extent where if I see someone I haven't seen in a long time and I know they're going to bring it up in conversation, I leave the room. This mental issue will hopefully one day be resolved with therapy or maybe I will mature out of this.

Today is my 22nd birthday. I have a variety of eating disorders. Maybe, just maybe, I will be more than just a fat guy.

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Weight Loss has sent me back to my sewing machine

First, thank you to this sub and those on it. I so appreciate the discussion and support.

My current weight loss journey has resulted in a number of my clothes being too big. I learned to sew in grammar school and used to actually make some simple clothes in high school. I have a cheap sewing machine which I bought to make basement curtains over 20 years ago. I am about midpoint to my goal weight so I thought I would try to figure out how to tailor stuff to avoid the time and expense of taking them to someone else.

The experiment has gone pretty well with the exception of one pair of ponte pants that are now the correct size but a bit lumpy in the waistband.

Here is the primary of the dozens of YouTube videos that I have found to be helpful: How To Adjust The Size of Women's Pants Waists

https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=tT-GwNxkkZc&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DpkDd6_aZn6M%26feature%3Dshare

I don't think I will ever be a particularly talented seamstress but I do seem to be catching on to this little by little.

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New York City Marathon–Tips & Must See Course Highlights with Healthy Happier Bear Podcast

Today I’m talking with Ashley Diamond from My Healthy Happier Life – she’s run and spectated the New York City Marathon several times and she’s a New Yorker so she’s sharing the best tips on how to prep for the course, what you need to know for race morning plus tips for spectators.

I ran the race in 2013 but she’s the expert so we hit all the bases including – the one food you MUST eat while in NYC (spoiler: it’s NOT pizza!?). And most of the tips can help you prepare for any race – any distance! We get into timing your pre-run food and making friends and more!

It’s a really fun conversation too – I forgot until she mentioned  – we first met at The Reach the Beach Relay race years ago that we go way back!

We’re sharing a lot of tips and kinda hang out with us on this episode!

In case you’re new here… I’m Monica Olivas – a marathon runner, marathon eater and podcaster in Southern California. I started RunEatRepeat.com to share my running and weight loss story – it grew into an amazing community online and now it’s this podcast. Thank you for listening!

Podcast Warm Up:

I ran the Revel Marathon Big Bear . And I’m talking to you … so I didn’t die.

But I did get a little sick right before the race and I did this interview with Ashley the day after so I’m a mouth breather and sound a lil congested. Gross. But if you run faster it sounds better … so speed up!

I shared a short race recap here >>> Revel Marathon Big Bear Top 10 Highlights

But let’s talk about how it really went down…

I realized I was getting sick on Thursday and tried to fight it off with sleep and vitamin C. But I had a fancy VIP trip to Disneyland planned for Friday and couldn’t bail on that. So… I got a lil sick. It was mostly mocos and mouth breathing.

Saturday… I got up early and bought new tires for my car because I was driving all the way to Redlands with my only friend and wanted her to be safe. And my brother told me it’s not smart to be driving on flat old tires so… yeah.

On the way there SR was hungry and I realized I hadn’t eaten lunch so we stopped at Chick Fil A around 4:30pm. This wasn’t the best pre-race meal but SR lives in Alaska where there’s no Chick Fil A and I live in a fantasy world without reason.

We got our bibs and went to my Nino and Nina’s house – they’re about an hour from me and were about 20 minutes from the shuttle bus pick up for the race.

Revel Big Bear starts up the mountain in Big Bear so you have to park and take a shuttle to the start line. It takes almost an hour to get to the start! So SR scared me because she kept worrying that she’d have to pee on the bus so she ducked out of line to pee somewhere and then I thought I should and might have peed on SR’s Boston Marathon poncho. And we’ll find out if she listens to the show if she tells me something about it. Boom.

Race – last week I set a few goals for myself, mostly because I felt like just saying – I’m running a marathon. K. Bye. – and leaving it at that was awkward.

My goals were:

A. Run a sub-4 hour marathon

B. Finish the marathon strong – run smart, pay attention to fuel and how I feel to learn from it

C. Finish.

D. Not die.

 

I hit my goal and ran it in 3:50:47. Pace 8:48.

Notes: I never really felt like I got in the zone. When you’re running 26 miles and aren’t going for a PR – I like to get to a pace where I feel like ‘I can do this all day’. [ How to Pace Yourself for a Marathon ]

I felt kinda meh the whole time. It felt like it took more effort than it should have given the paces I was running trying to keep it easy. There are a lot of reasons I didn’t feel 100% – my fitness level, the altitude or me being a lil under the weather or my nerves or crappy fueling or stomach … ?? But I am happy that despite not feeling great I did it!

I stopped at the restrooms 2x and took my time.

I wanted to walk the rest of the race around mile 19. I walked through the water station and had SR take some pics of me around that point.

I didn’t want to quit but I wanted to just walk it in the last 6 miles. But SR kept bugging me and we argued. And she was quiet for a bit and then started again and I got mad.

But I’m glad she pushed me because I am proud of how I did.

And I’m extra grateful she came out to run this race with me because I’ve registered for several marathons in the last year and a half and either stepped down to the half or back out all together of every single one.

I probably would’ve done that again – so SR deserves all the credit that I ran a whole marathon.

And I feel a lot better about myself and my abilities now. It’s not about the time – it’s that I didn’t think I could.

This is Barles Hambone aka my only friend aka Skinny Runner aka Mayor of Alaska aka …

And with that…

I’ll remind you there are Race Discounts for RNR LA – RNR VEGAS – LEXUS LACE UP and more!

Check out the Race Discounts Page for more!!

Now let’s get to the Main Event:

 

New York City Marathon Training, Race Day and What to Eat – The Best Tips Podcast

Ashley Diamond is a runner, blogger, wife and mom working in e-commerce in New York City. She’s run and spectated the New York City Marathon several times and considers it her favorite race. Today I’m asking her for all the best tips on training, race morning, the course and where to eat. She’s currently training for a half marathon and you can keep up with her at My Healthy Happier Life

Tips for the NYC Marathon – How to have the best race day at one of the best races in the US!

1. Let’s start with training…

What’s the NYC Marathon course like? Any specific training we should incorporate?

– What’s the course like?

– Start time / Logistics is challenging… how do you train for that with fuel & hydration?

What and when to eat race morning!

2. Tips for the expo?

She’s volunteered at the expo a few times too!

3. Race day Tips and Reminders:

NYC Marathon start line logistics are very unique! When I ran it I took a bus to the start line. But I think you’ve taken a ferry? Let’s talk about our race morning experiences & tips for each.

– The options to get to the start.

– Plan / Pack Fuel

– Throw away gear

– Corrals / Running with Friends

– How to find your people after the race – great tips for spectators! What to wear, where to stand and other notes to make sure you don’t miss your cheerleaders.

4. The Course

I think the best thing about the race is the amazing crowd support. There’s nothing like it.

What is your favorite part of the NYC Marathon course?

What should runners make sure to enjoy?

5. Victory Lap – (Best Food / Fun in the city)

What is the BEST post race victory lap?

All her running favorites:

> Favorite race / distance to run? Half Marathon – she’s going for a sub- 2 hour half marathon this weekend!

> What are your favorite running shoes? Brooks Levitate 2 – good support and cushion & bright colors

> Must Have Running Gear? Apple Air Pods – they stay in place and stand up to sweat // Brooks Greenlight 7” Shorts (they’re my fave too)

> What did you listen to on your last run / workout? Running Podcasts – Ali on the Run, Another Mother Runner, Hustle…

> What’s your favorite post-run / post- race victory lap? Burger & Fries

 

You can follow her on Instagram @Healthy Happier and her blog is My Healthy Happier Life

Tips for Spectators of the NYC Marathon via Healthy Happier Life

NYC Marathon Recap via Healthy Happier Life

I ran New York in 2013 – here’s my blog recap of the race and pictures:

NYC Marathon Expo

New York City Marathon Race Recap – there are a lot of pics in there too

(I think the only post-race picture I have was with Ben) I was freezing after the race and just wanted to find him and get inside. He was watching the race with friends and as soon as they found me they snapped a pic of use together and we headed inside.

 

Awards:

1st place goes to SR aka Skinny Runner aka @BarlesHambone for being my only friend, photographer, and agreeing to sleep with me but not actually touching me.

2nd place – Brooks Running sent me a pair of the special edition NYC Marathon running shoes! They are so fun! I love them!!

If you have a question or a topic you’d like me to cover for an upcoming podcast… let me know!

Email me at RunEatRepeat@gmail.com with Podcast in the subject line or call the RER voicemail.

Hi! Let me know what you’re doing while you listen by tagging @RunEatRepeat on instagram

[ Photos courtesy of The Healthy Happier Bear on Instagram and Facebook ]

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