I'm 10 pounds off from my goal weight but i'm unhappy with how my body looks

This is a weird question, but it's been bugging me for ages. So i have really large thighs compared to my upper body and calves. When viewed fromthe front, this is super ovbious, but the back of my thighs look normal and in proportion to the rest of my body. I realise how weird this question is, but is there a reason for this? Like, is front of thigh fat a thing?

I'm 5'3 and weigh 130 pounds. I've lost around 22 pounds so far, with 120 pounds being my goal weight. I'm a bit concerned though, as i'm getting closer to 120 pounds but i'm still unhappy with how my body looks. Along with my lower stomach, my thighs are my problem areas.

I'm pretty sure i'm pear shaped. I'm an a cup, and my waist isn't very defined. However my thighs are really big, to the point that they look quite disproportionate to the rest of my body. I have a small, rather flat butt, and slim calves.

I also have 'violin' hips, and while they've become less pronounced due to the weight loss, the curve still very visible. How much difference do you think losing another 10 pounds will make? I have a smallish frame, so fat is very obvious on me (no muscle tone either). I don't have a workout routine, but i run for 40 minutes every other day. Most of the weight loss has been due to diet (1300 cals a day).

I don't have any photos on me unfortunately :/

Thanks guys!

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I learned a lot about the benefits of walking more than the bare minimum (3.5 miles/5k a day for me) after finally getting a fitbit. Now I want some input on whether 5+ miles at once or spread out between several 1-2 mile walks throughout the day is more effective for weight loss?

My thought process is that it would be better for weight loss and easing my severe anxiety due to raising my heart rate regularly and for longer times throughout each day, which would make me more tired by the end of the day, which always helps ease my anxiety and panic attacks.

I lost my job recently due to my anxiety, so I've got nothing more productive to do than exercise and improve myself. I also just moved to my current location two months ago or so, and I found a lovely sidewalk through the hilly woods the day after my discharge. Perfect for a relaxing walk for me and plenty of things for my dog to sniff, pee, and poop on! :) I totally wouldn't mind going on three long walks down and back on that trail 2-4 times a day!

Thanks for looking!

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Started a new job recently and coworkers don't believe I was obese before until I show them a picture.

Haven't posted here in a while, but just wanted to offer some encouragement (and brag a little) for anyone that worries they just won't feel good or healthy again or that anyone will notice the difference.

I got to the point where going up a flight of stairs would leave me out of breath. Walking briskly for any distance would leave me sweaty. I wasn't just obese, I was inactive and incredibly out of shape.

Brief recap of my weight loss journey: Thanks to the encouragement and advice of friends, I changed my lifestyle. Started cutting out added sugar, fried foods, heavily processed foods and more. I've always had a bit of trouble counting calories and staying consistent with that, so I became fanatical in my adherence to eating and drinking healthier things. which left me eating less calories and feeling more full from those calories. It was still CICO in the end, just a form that worked for me being undisciplined about logging calories and being unable to resist bingeing on certain foods. (Edit to add: If it was something I had trouble controlling how much I ate...then I just didn't touch it at all any more.)

Started exercising from the start as well. Couldn't do more than a few push-ups against a countertop and some days just walked a thousand steps, but I stuck with it and recorded what I did and made it a goal to always add on more. As I started losing weight and keeping up with physical activity, it got easier and easier and I was able to do more and more.

Found accountability and encouragement with friends in person and on this sub.

There were plenty of extremely hard points, some plateaus, some times where I felt miserable and angry at the world. I started out the experience convinced that that would be the rest of my life. Not really being that much healthier, feeling miserable and unhappy with the food I was eating, and never really feeling good. Basically that it was all pointless suffering that maybe I didn't really need and that wouldn't result in much.

How wrong I was.

Fast forward to today. I lost about a foot off my gut. I work 50 hours a week at a very physically demanding job now, but I keep up easily and have tons of energy. I've been maintaining my weight for 3 months now without suffering from major cravings or all the hurdles I had when I started...this is just my life now and what I do and I love it.

For a while I enjoyed the attention at the new job without saying anything about my past. People would make offhand remarks wondering how I have so much energy. Other guys would look at me and mention how they really needed to get in shape. Off work I'm getting compliments on my physique. Actually had to learn how to process people's hands lingering on me and squeezing my arms after a hug or pat on the back and realizing they're feeling my muscles.

In short, it's amazing and was totally worth the effort to start, finish, and in taking care not to backslide. I'm now that fit guy that people that didn't know before just assume was always fit.

I wanted to encourage others though, which is what led to this whole post. Whenever a coworker makes a passing comment now, I try to share how it's possible. When they don't believe me, I pull up an embarrassing photo on my phone to show them.

So for you, dear reader. Please know it's possible to feel not just good again, but so much better it's almost unbelievable. Know that you're worth it, and you can do it too!

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Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Saturday, 10 November 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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300 pounds and Running podcast Letter to Race Directors

This is part 1 of a 2 part podcast series with 30 Pounds and Running on this viral letter to Race Directors. Check out RunEatRepeat.com for pics of Martinus Evans, his favorite gear & shoes. And I’m challenging you to see things from another point of view. Follow @RunEatRepeat on Instagram so you don’t miss a thing!

Today I’m talking to Martinus Evans from 300 Pounds and Running and we’re doing something different – this is part 1 of 2 episodes.

We’re splitting it because we were set to talk about his recent article that went viral – AN OPEN LETTER TO RACE DIRECTORS FROM THE BACK OF THE PACK.

But we started by talking about how he found running, weight loss and setbacks after his first marathon… And I think his running journey is really important.

Running is hard.

Weight loss is hard.

And he’s had set backs – but kept going. It’s super important for us to remember –  keep going with whatever set backs we face.

There will be setbacks. Success is determined by how you handle set backs.

New here? I’m Monica Olivas – and I created RunEatRepeat.com to document training for my first full marathon and weight loss journey. While I was sharing my life the site grew an amazing community of runners, eaters and virtual friends all over the world and now it’s this podcast!

Check out Run Eat Repeat.com for more and follow @RunEatRepeat on Instagram for more.

Podcast warm up:

I listened to a Ted Radio Hour podcast a while back that stuck with me. I think it was about how we’re all different and how hard it is to see things from someone else’s point of view. And a college professor…

Imagine if all day today (or tomorrow if it’s late) you tried to see everything from someone else’s view?

Every interaction you have today – put yourself in the other person’s shoes and listen carefully. Then, put yourself in their position and try to feel how they feel… see it exactly how they see it – NOT how they should see it.

Try to understand them – not judge them. Understand –how they see you, how they see the world, how they much feel… before you respond.

We’re all just doing our best. And when someone is doing something that you think is wrong, or weird, or unhealthy or whatever… there is a reason why. It’s really hard to be friends with someone or help them if you’re busy judging them.

So today I challenge you to slow down and observe with a super open heart – who the people around you truly are.

And part of me is saying this because that talk really stuck with me and I think it’s important. But also – I realized that I identify with Martinus. I feel like I’m like him. I get it. I feel overweight – or like I’ll always identify as chubby (see my post on why I’ll always think I’m fat). And I like that. I like that I feel like I connect with certain people because we’re the same on this deep level of how we experienced parts of life.

And it made me sad to think people are mean because they don’t get it and don’t identify with us.

Then, I realized that … it’s easy for me to be compassionate towards someone I identify with. The real challenge would be to try and understand someone I disagree with or have nothing in common with.

With that – I encourage you to be open minded and open hearted today. Let’s get to the interview…

Martinus Evans is the founder and voice behind the blog and podcast 300 Pounds and Running. It’s been featured in Runner’s World, Self.com, Live Strong, Shape Magazine and more.

He started running in 2012 after his doctor called him fat and laughed when he said he was going to run a marathon.

Since then he’s run over 30 races and has been an inspiration for larger runners worldwide.

Lately, he has been the talk of the running community with his recently published article: AN OPEN LETTER TO RACE DIRECTORS FROM THE BACK OF THE PACK – we’re getting into that next time!

Martinus Evans from 300 Pounds and Running Podcast

Decided to run a marathon after a doctor told him he was overweight. He started with a couch to 5k training plan. And he built up his fitness and eventually ran a 10K, half marathon and a full marathon.

Then, he got into 2 big car accidents and couldn’t run for a year. He gained all the weight back and had to start all over again.

And now he’s back! After being benched for a year, then an injury… he was determined to get back to the runner he knew he was.

He just ran the NYC Marathon!

We’re talking about his journey from a scary doctor’s visit to running a full marathon and losing the weight, gaining it back and how he got back better than before!

He recently wrote a blog post called “Re: AN OPEN LETTER TO RACE DIRECTORS FROM THE BACK OF THE PACK” –

that went viral because of it’s in-your-face tone and because it resonated with so many runners. I wanted to give him a chance to share his point of view on how back of the pack runners are treated at races and by some other runners. But – we ended up talking about running and weight loss to start and it runs kinda long so this is going to be a 2 part series.

Today it’s about his story of becoming a runner, losing weight, having major setbacks and eventually getting back to the sport.

Next time we’ll talk about his open letter blog post. There’s just so much!

On starting running and weight loss: 

Going from Couch to 5K to Couch to 10K to eventually running a marathon.  – He used various apps to find the best training plan for his needs.

Tips for new runners – and the things he had to figure out for himself.

10K to half marathon and eventually a full marathon.

Why running a marathon isn’t a good way to lose weight. We both share how we gained weight while marathon training.

Post-race blues after his first marathon.

What stopped him from running for over a year.

Why weight loss isn’t his focus now.

RER: How much weight did you lose when you ran the full marathon?

Evans: … lost about 80 to 90 pounds…

RER: I’ve found running a full marathon isn’t super helpful to weight loss. Was that your experience?

Evans: … Most of his weight loss came during training for the 5K and 10K runs.

300 Pounds and Running Favorites: :

> Favorite race / distance to run? half marathon

> What are your favorite running shoes?

 HOKA ONE Clifton 5  

And he used to wear Brooks Glycerin

> Must Have Running Gear?

Osprey Race Pack

Slow AF shirt tech tees up to 4 XL – https://300poundsandrunning.com/shop/

> What did you listen to on your last run / workout?

90s hip hop – itunes playlist southern hip hop essentials – hip hop workout – running podcasts – serial podcast

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

Carrot Cake.

Follow him on this site and social media here:

Blog: http://www.300poundsandrunning.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/300poundsandrunning
Twitter: http://twitter.com/300lbsandrunnin
Instagram: http://instagram.com/300poundsandrunning/

Thank you for listening!

If your have 10 seconds – tag @RunEatRepeat on instagram and tell me  what you’re doing while listening .

If you have 13 seconds – subscribe to the show.

If you have 26 seconds –  rate the show in your podcast app.

If you have any seconds after that – text a family member and tell them you love them.

Have a great one!

 

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Stomach pains?

I’m a 5’6, 23 y/o woman, currently around 162lbs. I try to listen to my body and eat when it’s hungry, not when I/my brain wants to eat. Within the last year, my progress has stagnated. To be honest, that may be due to mental health issues and lack of motivation (which I am owning up to), but I’m worried there might be something else going on.

Today I realized that I may misinterpreting signals from my stomach. I’m eating when I think I’m hungry (stomach pains), but maybe my stomach is acidic instead. I’m not feeling any burning in my chest, burping up acid, or having any coughing - it’s not like heartburn that I’ve had before, it’s a burning sensation in my upper stomach area. Pepto helps sometimes, but it also kind of makes me want to throw up. Drinking milk or eating bread doesn’t always help either, which I thought would help if it was heartburn.

I haven’t been able to find out any particular trigger foods and it seems to just come and go randomly. Because of my work schedule right now, I’m relying a little heavier on Lean Cuisine-type meals instead of homemade meals. When I was meal prepping I still had this, though.

I have been diagnosed with IBS with constipation a few years ago, but am not taking medicine for it. I had a physical last month and all of my blood tests (thyroid, cholesterol, liver, etc) came back with great results.

I feel like I would be able to continue my weight loss more successfully if I didn’t eat to fix the discomfort. Does anyone have any ideas on what I can do to keep this from happening, or how to at least treat it?

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[Daily Directory] Find your quests for the day here! - Saturday, 10 November 2018

Welcome adventurer! Whether you're new on this quest or are towards the end of your journey there should be something below for you.

Daily journal.

• [Q&A] "I have a question."
• [Day 1] "I am starting my weight loss journey."
• [SV/NSV] "I have an accomplishment to share."
• [24hr Pledge] "Today I am going to..."

Interested in some side quests?

• [Motivation Monday] Share some motivation, get some motivation.
• [Tantrum Tuesday] Need to vent? People getting on your nerves?
• [Weigh-In Wednesday]
• [Track with Me Thursday] Did we just become best friends?!
• [Free Talk Friday] What's on your mind?

Community bulletin board!

• [Running with Loseit] Run with losers. Avoid arrows.
• [Wecipe Wednesday] Swap and discuss recipies!

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