Advice Please. Effects of weight loss on tattoos

LTL FTP and all that jazz.

I'm on my own weight loss journey (with a lot of help and inspiration along the way from this sub!). I still have ~50lb to go.

I've an old tatt from my dumb teen years that I'm wanting to get covered up with some nice new art. My question is can I do it now, or wait til I've reached my goal? Itching to mark a massive life-changing event, so the prospect of a 6 month wait seems like an eternity.

I'd really love to hear about your experiences with weight loss and how it has or hasn't affected your body art. Not so much worried about loose skin - I've gained and lost this amount of weight before with no skin issues, but I'm not sure if the tatt design might distort...

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[SV/NSV] 345lbs to 198lbs - Onederland and a New Outlook

Well, I did it. This week I broke the 200lbs mark and lost my 145th pound. I attribute 100% of my early success to this subreddit, particularly the daily Q&A threads where experience losers walked me though "the simple stuff" that I was never aware of. Although I haven't been as active on here the past few months, I'd just like to send a huge THANK YOU to this incredible subreddit for motivating me each day when I was morbidly obese and genuinely lost.

Moving forward, I have shifted my goals a bit away from weightless and have begun focusing on a maintenance and fitness plan. A vast majority (99.999%) of this weight loss was strictly diet based. Now, I'd like to shave off the last of my remaining fat with diet + exercise in an attempt to become a more healthy individual. I've started hitting the gym 5 times per week and am hoping to fill out some of the loose skin that I see appearing already.

To those of you just starting out your weight loss journey, trust me when I say "you can do it!" Almost a year and a half ago I was sitting on a couch alone with junk food and soda surrounding me when I found this subreddit. Today, I weigh 147lbs less and am the happiest I've ever been in my entire life.

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I’ve lost 152lbs in under a year!

Today, I’m 152 pounds lighter than I was when I started my weight loss journey back in January.

My story is not one of overnight success. I didn’t take a magic pill. My results were not from a fad diet or a product from an infomercial. My journey has been more like a roller coaster ride but heading mostly towards the ups. a few errors, but also a collection of small milestones along the way, eventually leading to more than I ever expected my weight loss journey to be.

I replaced all the bad food I was eating with healthier balance meals. I went ‘cold turkey’. Many foods I was able to replace with healthier substitutes, changing full fat sausages for heck chicken sausages or M&S skinny sausages, using lean minced beef to make my own burgers and meatballs. Making my own meals ensured I knew exactly what I was putting in my body. I swapped up using oil to cook foods and started using fry light, and in my opinion it’s even better. My meals this year have been even more tasty than before I started.

I always hear people say to me “I need to join a gym to shift this weight” but then go home and have a take away. Don’t get me wrong, I do occasionally go to the gym, and it makes me feel healthier for it, however it hasn’t increased my weight loss.

I’ve lost over 150lbs in 10 months, and given myself a second chance at life.

One piece of advise, don’t force yourself to change, that will not last, do it when it feels right for you. If your mind is right, you can succeed.

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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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