Starting my journey back up after a rocky 18 months of maintenance

I began browsing this sub December 2016 and lost a total of 40 pounds over the course of 6 months. Since then it’s been a very difficult near year and a half of maintenance, but for the most part I’ve been able to do it without my weight fluctuating too much. However, these past 3 months or so have been unbelievably difficult for me. I have gained about 6 pounds and struggled with some intense binge episodes. I want to catch and slow down my weight gain before it spirals out of control and I want to lose the weight I gained. I know I can do it, but I’m very nervous about overcoming binging. I recently went 16 days without binging, but that record has since been broken. If anybody has any tips for getting back on the weight loss train, or stopping binging, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

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I hate my friends

Ok. Anyone on a weight loss journey whose friends are complete aholes? They just don’t understand. Sabotage— because they hate themselves and can’t make the change so they have to f* up your journey. I’ve been battling this for weeks. Tonight I gave up and had too much wine. Tired of the teasing. Instigating. I thought my friends wanted to see me succeed. Apparently not. Haters. Guess I’m on my own. Even with the wine—I’m within my calorie budget— so eat that my friends with no regard to my story. Even tho I said no. Wish o could get new friends. But my hubby is their friend tooo. Cutting ties is not easy.

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Recent breakup... I'm worried my emotional state will derail my weight loss journey...

Basically the title says it all. Over the past few months I've been having difficulties in my relationship of 5 years. We ended up splitting apart just a few days ago.

I am already feeling the effects of my emotions, wanting to eat the foods I used to love (cake, burgers, etc). I had previously been doing so well, losing 15 pounds after changing my eating habits. I was even starting to get my depression under control, finding a medication that worked for me, and had been working towards my first weight goal.

I'm looking for some advice on how to help myself out. How do I curb the emotional eating? Especially on days where I feel like I don't have the mental energy to put into meal planning/cooking/etc... And on the days where I do slip up, what can I do to keep myself coming back to my goals, and not be so hard on myself?

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I Want to Lose Weight Properly.

Possible trigger warning?

I'm 17 and my whole youth has been wasted on failed weight loss attempts and unhealthy habits I need to kick out. From childhood to now, I have never had a healthy relationship with food. I was a very chubby kid-- probably morbidly obese, actually-- and I have always been aware of that. Late elementary to middle school I started restricting calories and overexercising but when high school started it turned into binging and forcing myself to vomit afterwards. I highly doubt purging even helps to lose weight and I'm already aware of all the consequences, but it has turned into my method of coping and has luckily helped to maintain my weight from getting even higher than it already is.

But now I'm determined to lose weight properly. 25 pounds that I want and need to shed. But my compulsive eating habits keep on messing me up. And I literally do not have the control over myself to stop. I could be doing so well and then completely mess up eating thousands of calories in a single sitting, making me feel so heavy and guilty and it ultimately leads to my purging. I used to use my hands but it created scars on my knuckles that people around me would ask about, so I was able to get myself to learn how to throw up without needing to trigger a gag reflex, making it a lot harder to quit as it's become to easy to do. I have tried so many methods to stop my binges but it feels genuinely impossible. Each binge and purge session usually takes an average 2 hours and some days I do it 4 times a day, so that's up to 8 hours of my day wasted on something so stupid. And I'm kind of just really tired.

How do I get help for this, be treated seriously, and lose the weight I need to?

I have considered contacting my doctor, but I'm currently still considered a minor and I'm not sure if they would need to contact my parents (I 100% prefer to keep my family out of this and do not at all want to speak to them about this for my own reasons) and if I need money to pay and I'm not even sure if I'm allowed to go to my doctor for something so stupid. One of my concerns is that they will not take me seriously. I'm not underweight and I'm actually perfectly, physically healthy. I can usually handle things. I SHOULD be able to handle things. But lately things haven't been well and it's been affecting my school performance and sleeping habits and I've been feeling so crap. I'm not sure what to do but as for now I've realized that me attempting to fix things myself has just turned into another unhealthy, repetitive cycle, where I'm doing more harm for myself than good and I want to reach out for myself. But I need to know where to step. I'm so f/cking clueless.

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but I BELIEVE IN MYSELF AND I SHALL LOSE THIS WEIGHT.

LET's END 2018 WITH A BANG. wOOOOOO!

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I had a consultation today about loose skin

And my GP referred me to plastics. I almost fell off the chair. For clarity, I live in the UK and did not expect any support from the NHS in dealing with loose skin. I went today just so I could tick getting support from the NHS off the list before beginning the process of private consultations. Instead, what actually happened was my GP commending me on my weight loss success and validating my thoughts by agreeing my skin will not magically snap back. This is the first time I have talked to a doctor about a weight related issue and haven't been told to lose more weight IN MY WHOLE LIFE. She don't even weigh me.

I'm feeling on cloud nine!

I should also add that this is the very beginning of the whole process, and that on assessment with plastics they can say no. I'm prepared for that, I'm just happy I even got a referral!

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280>154.

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[SV & NSV] First 25lbs lost!

Scale Victory!

This week I made it to 25 lbs lost! That's halfway to the first goal weight I have set for myself. I have never everrrr been able to lose this much weight in my whole life! I've also never been able to approach weight loss with a healthy mindset until now, so this is, like, a momentous life event for me.

ETA: What has helped me the most has been to completely avoid strict calorie counting, because that takes me to a crazy place. Instead, I made myself familiar with the nutritional values of my most commonly consumed foods. Now I just estimate the calories etc in everything I want to eat and portion accordingly. I also allow myself lots of flexibility with daily calorie intake. I NEVER punish myself or try to make up for going over my calorie goal. I always remind myself that it's okay to go over some days. Some days I'm under anyway, so it all evens out! I'm trying to look on the bright side of going over rather than going into a failure death spiral. It's actually better if my weight loss is slowed down - It will probably lessen my chances of super loose skin, increase my chances of keeping the weight off and put less stress on my body. I don't restrict myself from any foods either and I have created a rule for myself that I must drink a glass of water before or after I eat.

I also stopped eating meals when you're "supposed to". A lot of dieting tips led me to think things like extra protein in the morning will help me not binge at night. Even though I have no appetite in the mornings, I was forcing myself to take in calories I didn't even want. And it did nothing to stop my binges. So I stopped following advice like that and started listening to my body instead. I only start eating when the tummy rumbling starts. And honestly, that's not until late afternoon or early evening and by then it's hard to take in more than 12-1500 calories before I go to bed.

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Non-scale Victory!

You know how sometimes you buy clothes online, but they're just a little tight? And instead of returning them, you keep them and tell yourself, "Well, I'm gonna lose the weight and it's all gonna fit me so I guess I should keep it!" Then you never lose the weight. Sometimes you even gain some instead. Now you're left with all these clothes in the back of your closet that don't fit, but you can't bring yourself to get rid if them.

Last year, I bought a pair of pants and did all of that. Now that I've finally actually lost weight, my old clothes are getting loose. So, I tried on the too-small-pants on a whim and THEY FIT! They don't squeeze or pinch or restrict my movement or cause a massive fat roll over the waistline. They just fit and it feels amazing!!! I also fit into a top that wasn't from the plus size section for the first time in years!

I'm so happy, you guys!!

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A warning

Hi everyone, I'm actually on my second weight loss "journey" I guess. This isn't about that as much as it is about the first time I tried to lose weight. The first time I was successful at losing weight was fueled by an extreme depression I hit in high school. I didn't treat dieting like a way to lose weight, but rather as a way to punish myself. I lost 30 pounds in two months, and religiously calorie counted to the point that my main meal of the day was just plain lettuce for lunch. I was young, about 17. And to be honest I was over weight, but it was so easy to slip from trying to better myself into litterally almost trying to fade away.

Which in itself was awful. But then, after about three months of restriction, I found myself in extreme abdominal pain.

My gallbladder developed stones. This was probably something I was already prone too, but because I restricted my diet and cut so much fat out it exasperated the symptoms.

At seventeen I had to get my gallbladder removed, which oddly knocked me out of the horrible mindset I had gotten myself in. (Thank God)

Anyway, just be careful. There's nothing wrong with trying to lose weight, but it should never be a way to punish yourself. And read up on your medical history before doing such. Extreme dieting can bring out symptoms that shouldn't have occurred until much later in life.

A body with an average bmi is healthy, but not if it's achieved in unhealthy ways.

Anyway, I hope my mistakes can help others. I don't entirely regret what I did to myself, it helped me learn a lot about my relationship with food and gave me many insights to avoid the same mistakes.

Just be careful.

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