How do I stay motivated?

I have gained and lost weight so many times over the past 10 years, and CICO has worked well for me whenever I have been able to stick with it. I decided to make a real long-term change when my now-fiance and I started talking seriously about getting married soon. Not only do I want to look great for the wedding, but I want to be healthy and fit before we start thinking about having kids.

I have been keeping up with CICO for the past 50 days, and I have seen great results so far - I'm already down 18 lbs (but I have a long way left to go). After a few tough days at the beginning, the first month was honestly pretty easy for me - I started seeing results right away and didn't have much trouble controlling cravings.

The last week or so has seemed harder for some reason. My weight loss has slowed down some, to a more sustainable rate, and I am having more urges to snack. I also started a new job, after being off work for about three months, and being busy and active all day seems to increase my impulse to snack and use food as a reward after a tough day. Any tips for staying on track over the long term, after the initial motivation starts to wear off?

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I officially lost 20lbs!!

Being fat my entire life, I'm so happy I finally lost 20lbs today! I met my first major goal!

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I started on September 6th to start losing weight, and over the past month and a half, I have been very good with myself in terms of food and tracking what I ate.

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Prior to losing all of this weight, I struggled with weight loss. I felt like I tried everything, from Herbalife to trying to "not eat anything" to "I'll try throwing up my food." My problem was that I kept looking for a shortcut. I kept thinking to myself, "I just won't ever be skinny. I'll probably always be fat."

I was motivated to start losing weight after one of my coworkers said she got a gym membership for herself and I decided, "maybe I should too" since she had convinced me on it. I had never believed in counting calories because everyone made it seem like it'd be miserable and that "calorie counting is horrible and really hard. Who wants to track everything they eat?"

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I downloaded a calorie-counting app (which I had 2 years ago too but never used it lol) and I finally gave it a chance. I was determined to see if I could be consistent with my counting, especially after I got on my scale at home (which I was super afraid of getting on) and saw that I was 227lbs. I was at my heaviest, and I felt mortified. Although I felt mortified, it also pushed me to lose weight since I didn't want it to go any higher.

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Ever since that day, I have religously been calorie counting everything I eat and I honestly love it. I have fun with it, and it's very gratifying to see myrself say within my limits. I feel as though I have way more control of myself. I work out (though I'm still a couch potato) and I've cut out sugary drinks.

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I'm very proud of myself. Now that I'm at 207, I can't wait to lose even more and stay motivated! I hope this motivates anyone else too. At 5'3, I have noticed a change in my appearance, and most importantly, my health too. I had a much harder time going up the stairs and would breathe heavier. I feel very motivated and happy that I'm still going strong! Anything is possible with a lot of persistence and motivation! I can and and am still changing my habits for the better, without hating myself for it either. I'm very happy and still going very strong!!

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I think the most important things I have learned are that calorie counting can be very fun so long as you stay motivated. I think of it as a game! Apps that can scan barcodes are SUPER HELPFUL! I recently got a food scale so I can be accurate with stuff I obviously can't scan. Staying very positive has been very important to me. I was always very pessemistic about weight loss. It has all been easier by just staying optimistic. Losing even a fourth of a pound in a week was great! I was happy as long as I saw it gradually decreasing. Even when I had those days where I did gain a little, I would motivate myself by saying, "I only need to work harder now to make up for the gain."

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-Squoosh

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I. Can’t. Stop. Drinking.

In the past 5 months I have lost 22 lbs. I feel like my weight loss has been very slow, with very little payoff.

I know it is due to my excessive drinking, but I can’t seem to stop.

I work in the service industry, so that means long hours and even longer nights out with my coworkers.

Every night after work I am asked to go get a drink (I am sometimes even offered alcohol while at work.)

My social life generally revolves around my coworkers, and my friends outside of work all drink and party as a means to have fun as well.

It seems like everywhere I turn there’s a drink being offered to me and I can’t seem to say no.

I have started every day for the past few weeks with the mantra, “I will not drink” and somehow, at the end of a long shift, it all melts away into a glass of vodka.

On the nights I have succeeded in saying no, I get really lonely and depressed. I said no for 5 days (I know it doesn’t seem like much) and it was freaking awful. I missed my friends and I missed the bottle.

I should also mention that NO ONE is supportive of me not drinking. They laugh at me when I say I’m trying to not drink and don’t let it go when I say I don’t want to go out.

At this point I’m at a loss. I don’t know how to stop drinking, I don’t even know where to begin. I feels like my whole life outside of work revolves around booze.

Every week I consume at least 3,000 calories worth of vodka and I know that cutting it out would make a hugeeeee difference.

Does anyone have any advice for someone trying to quit the bottle?

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The moment you realized "wow, this might actually work"?

Hi everyone!

I recently had a realization. After many years of doing WW (mostly unsuccessfully), I think this time something changed in me and I feel like I might actually be sticking to a life change instead of a diet. I say this, because in the past I always dreaded eating healthy and working out, but this time feels different. I started changing my eating habits over the summer and shortly thereafter joined a HIIT type gym. It's been around 5 months or so and I have "only" lost 14 lbs. I say only because in past occasions I would've lost that amount much faster, I used to start by eating healthy... eventually just starve myself, binge one day, then a week... and then gain all the weight back. However, I now realize this I am finally doing this the healthy way and it feels great.

I have weeks where I will eat healthy all week, and feel great and proud of myself. But also, I have weeks where I eat like crap on the weekends, or even the full week. But I know now the important thing is to go back to those healthy new habits. Working out has also helped, I used to work out so I could eat more, but now I workout to complement my weight loss. I just feel like this might actually work, while losing weight might be a journey with a weight goal, I now realize healthy living needs to be sustainable. Enjoy the burger and the fries if you want, you have the power to balance your diet, use it wisely and think of what you will after indulging.

Anyways, thanks for reading! It is nice to have someone to share these thoughts with. What are some moments you guys realized your are actually committed to not just losing weight but making some life changes?

TL;DR - Finally realized loosing weight is not about starving myself, but keeping healthy habits and even indulging a little bit.

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I don’t know how to eat like a “normal” person.

Hey, loseit!

I’m sorry if this is a common topic that’s discussed, but I really feel the need to make a post of my own.

Basically, the title says it all. I’m not comfortable sharing my stats just yet, but I’m obese and have a fair bit of weight I need to lose. I’m fairly well educated in weight loss (I know the steps I need to take to lose weight healthily etc) but my biggest issue is I don’t actually know how people at a healthy weight eat.

What I mean by this is that I’ve come to realise I have no idea what healthy eating habits are? I can’t imagine what a normal portion of food is, nor do I know how healthy people approach how often they eat? I guess I’m unsure of when I’m hungry, and when I’m just eating because I’m bored/emotional/feel like it’s the “right” time. Another thing I’m unsure how to approach is junk food/splurging a little - ill always over eat, where as I guess most people only have a little and feel satisfied?

Sorry for rambling, I’m unsure how to phrase what eloquently lol. But basically, does anyone have any tips on relearning my relationship with food? Any podcasts/books would be appreciated too if there are any.

Thanks heaps! This sub is incredible.

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Think it’s time to change (Help?)

Hey guys, I’m not feeling the best right now, got strep so that’s always fun. Anyways, I went to the Doctor today after being sick for the last couple of days and the weight on the scale really killed any pride of myself that I had left. I had done that keto thing for 2 months and I was finally down to a good respectable weight for a first timer who struggled to stick to it. But let me get to the point. I weighed in at 301 pounds (yikes almighty) I know, big person moments, I was down to 289 and I was thrilled to see that I was finally making progress after all this junk food life style since 2009 really enjoyed that lifestyle. But anyways I believe it’s time to change, but idk what to do since I’m very unmotivated to do anything about it and I always slip up and make mistakes when it comes to said “diet” I’m really lost with this whole weight loss thing and have no ideas on what to do so I can become lean again.

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Lost almost 60lbs but no one to share it with!!

Hey guys, hope youre all well!

So i've had a very personal and eventful last year, and haven't really opened up to anyone about my weight loss. I've done it all myself which is why i'm so proud and need to share it with someone. So 15 months ago I finished school and was ~245, and i weighed in at 185.

So i left school and got my first proper job, something to keep me on my feet for about 55 hours a week! i lost maybe 10lbs in the 4 months i was there. My plan was to go to Austria for a ski season in January so i traveled on the 21st. Within 2 weeks i had developed a Hematoma which was infected and required surgery. This is probably where i realised i needed to change pretty drastically. You have some weird thoughts when stuck in a hospital without anyone speaking english. So i returned to the UK for a month to recover with some intense physio before returning to Austria to see out the last few weeks of the season. By this time (may) i was maybe 25lbs down since September. When i came back to the UK i was very worried about regaining all of the weight. But i worked hard and picked up another active job which i've been in for 5 months now and am leaving on Tuesday.

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I like the job but am returning to Austria for the winter to hopefully meet my goal weight of 160. So through November i am going to take my first steps into a real Gym to try to tone up before i go away. For me, it has been the best year of my life despite the difficulties i've faced, and i finally feel like i'm ready for the world without my weight hanging over my head.

Thank you for any readers! As i said i haven't opened up to anyone about how proud i am of myself so thought this was a good place to start!

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I don't have many photos of myself so these are the best progress pics i can manage! https://imgur.com/gallery/UtihEJX

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