Need the next step

So over the course of the last 3 years I have lost about 45lbs. The first 30lbs came off quickly over a course of 3 months. I was going CICO and fastings....I was basically doing the subway diet Sunday thru Friday with Saturday being my cheat day. Before starting, I described myself as eating with "free abandonment".

I stayed around 180 for year and then felt motivated again to try to drop weight. I lost a solid 15. I did this with IF and keto....and a lot of stress. And then it stopped....a few months later I picked up working out...I did HIIT 2 to 3 times a week and yoga (hot yoga) 1 to 2 times a week. I did this for about 8 months and I hated it....like hated it so much that I left crying and hungry...frustrated. no weight loss occurred...very little inches loss as well. I gave it up for 6 months due to being miserable.

Speed up to present. I gave up keto....I eat a small amount of carbs now. I cook all the time...mostly veggies and proteins and healthy fats. I tried working out again and I still hate it.

I have learned to only eat when I'm hungry...I have learned to not snack. So i am maintaining my weight nicely over the last 3 years. However, I would like to lose another 10 to 20 lbs. Just looking for advice and guidance. Making being healthy a lifestyle and trying to keep everything in balance.

Thanks in advance

H: 5'1" GW: 145

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Concerns about continuing to lose/maintain after an unintentional weight loss?

I've been doing volunteer work in a third world country for a few months now. Due to the heat, lack of food choices, issues with available food, and just a general dislike for the food here, I've pretty unintentionally lost 25 pounds and am nearly to my goal weight, much to my surprise (a lack of mirrors and the requirement to culturally wear very loose fitting clothes means that when I weighed myself, I was quite shocked).

Before moving here, I set the goal of 135lbs for myself but figured if I ever got to it, I would consider setting a second goal of 125 (I'd still like to get to 125 one day but am in no hurry after all this).

I guess my concern is that the way I've lost this weight is not considered particularly healthy, and I want to increase my calorie intake to a level where I'm getting enough calories to lose at a more healthy rate and also be able to start working out. However, I'm afraid that my body will balloon up because it is not used to a sufficient number of calories. I've heard too many horror stories.

I feel kind of vain thinking about this while I'm here, and it probably sounds like a silly concern, but I really don't want to go back to where I was because I was pretty unhappy. If anyone has dealt with something similar or had any advice, I'm all ears!

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SV: Onderland! 152lb (69kg) down! 6’1/M/23

About me:

Male, 23 years old, 6’1 (184cm)

SW: 360lbs (160kg)

CW: 198lbs (90kg).

GW: 175-188lb (80-85kg)

Comparison heaviest to Today! Sorry about the pajamas :)

Got up today, put my first ever onesie on (was too big for onesies before) that I got myself and felt thin! So decided to check my weight and finally crossed to onederland! So happy!!! Sorry about the onesie, but I find it incredibly cute and didn’t feel like changing for pics.

Health stuff out of the way first:

This is my third update, you can find the previous ones under (They are worth skimming through for more nuanced thoughts and feelings that I had the past year, if you‘re interested):

1st

2nd

/r/progresspics post from 2 months ago

I wanted to get down to about 240lb (110kg) by this years Christmas time, but this ain’t slowing down at all, so I’m happy about that 😊

Just to be sure, I feel healthy but to be 100% certain I had blood tests done last week and all came back as normal.

Method:

I dropped about 10-15kg and yoyoed a tiny bit around august last year, but promised myself that with 1st of janury I’m going to fully commit to losing weight through calorie restriction, and I kept the word that I gave to myself.

From 1st Jan I restricted calories to 1500 a day, cut out as much sugar as I felt comfortable with, and tried to cut out needless carbs. For the first few months calorie counted with MfP but I found that I was so stressed out because I didn’t want to go over my limit I was severely under-eating so I deleted the app and eyeballed everything. Hasn’t failed me yet.

Overall, I don’t eat healthier, I eat mostly the same stuff I did before, but just 2x less. So you don’t have to force yourself to eat food you hate, just eat less and you’ll still lose weight!

Positive things that I noticed thanks to weight loss?

With my past two updates, every time I said that:

• I feel more confident,
• more mobile,
• that I’m faster,
• that I can move for longer without getting out of breath,
• that I feel more attractive,
• that girls tend to be nicer and strike conversations more often,
• clothes shopping is much easier and with way more options

and the further I go towards healthy weight the better all of those things get, its actually unbelievable that I FEEL a difference every couple of weeks. So if YOU want improvement in any of those areas, just keep going. If I can, so can you.

You dont have to believe me, but what would I gain by bending the truth? Of course YOU can do it, you’re strong as hell, no one knows the crosses you bear but yourself, so whats one more? And that cross will lift you up, just stick with it. ❤️

If you feel ever feel down or like giving up? Just come here, read the posts, read the comments, IT WILL HELP. It did for me, every single time I felt down.

I’d be more than happy to answer any questions.

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Looking for a weight loss buddy!

Hey everyone!

It’s been a while.. a while since I’ve read every sub, every comment about weight loss. A while since the scales have moved the way I want them to. A while since Ive felt the positivity and motivation I once did.

Anyone else feel the same?

Sometimes it’s just such a struggle. But I know I would be SO much happier if I was back loosing weight again. So I’m hoping there’s someone else out there who would love a weight loss buddy. I don’t mind how much you weigh, how much you’ve lost, what gender you are. We are all in the same boat working towards a goal. Let’s encourage each other, keep each other accountable and most of all - let’s have fun together while getting results!

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6 months, 37kg (82lbs) down, nearing goal weight, losing meaning?

I have lost 37kg (81.5lbs) since Spring -- while gaining quite a lot of muscle mass (chart here). My strategy has stayed the same throughout - and my previous post captures this(tl;dr: cico deficit + weight lifting). What has changed, particularly in the past month, is the ‘why’ am I losing weight - as opposed to the ‘how’ or ‘when’.

At the start of my journey, I almost had a ‘negative goal’ which was: I don’t want to be fat/obese anymore. With the justification that it was making me miserable and would lead to poorer mental health + physical longevity outcomes. Well now I’m closing in on the ‘normal weight’ BMI and I’d say I pass as not being fat anymore. If anything, given my build, I pass more for a sort of rugby player body (not skinny, but healthy).

This has come with a swathe of benefits - no more sleep apnea, newfound romance, higher energy levels, etc etc (we are all aware of these). The only negatives thus far (apart from the restricted diet) is the slight loose skin and the sensitive teeth from drinking so much diet coke. But that’s a price worth paying and the latter can be corrected if I just stop drinking it.

So, what next? People now treat me very differently, I’m happier, more confident etc. But I’m also in pretty unchartered territory -- my goal is to be very strong between 82kg and 85kg. Which is about 7kg away (essentially the end of December). The closer I get the weirder it feels as I’ve spent so long obsessing about this point, it’s now getting very real, and the next steps/meaning feel unclear.

Ostensibly, it’s perpetual maintenance. But that doesn’t really feel like a goal? Has anyone else had these moments where they feel a bit directionless post-large weight loss?

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Out of Obese BMI category :)

Hi LoseIt!

I feel a bit sad that this is a milestone for me, and that I should be so happy about it, because it never should have got to this level in the first place... This morning I weighed myself and I am officially out of the Obese BMI category!

As a child, I was slightly chubby, in a cute way. As a teenager, I thought I was fat, though looking back, I really wasn't. I just was never naturally 'skinny'. In university, I gained weight, and then lost it in an intense final year where I went back and forth from my desk to the gym. During this period, I was in the best shape I'd been maybe ever, and weighed 64kg. This isn't that low for my height, BMI-wise, but I looked good - I didn't look like I needed to lose any more. But at the end of that year, I had a bit of a breakdown and went on antidepressants. I struggled during my Masters, gaining more weight. Then I lost a bit during a year out where I worked and travelled. I was happy enough, hovering between 67-69. But when I started my PhD, I just gained more and more. At my highest, I was probably over 90kgs. I hated myself - I've hated myself for a long time. And until recently, I didn't feel like losing ALL this weight was a mountain I could ever climb.

But now that I have a stable job, a home, as well as the support of the same amazing boyfriend that saw me through that whole PhD and never found me disgusting (like I found myself), I feel a bit more ready to take this on. I am sick of hating myself, not fitting into any of my clothes (I refuse to buy clothes above a size 12/M, which, as you can imagine, is quite limiting at my weight), and eating self-destructively. At some point in the near(ish) future, I want to look good in a wedding dress. I want to have kids. I want to regain my old confidence.

About a year ago, my GP recommended joining a group like Slimming World. I remember feeling aghast - in my mind, that was a group for fat, middle-aged women. Along with all the self-hate there was clearly also some part of my brain that was in denial of quite how big I was. But going it alone wasn't working for me. I woud lose a few kilos, then slip, and one slip for me meant throwing the whole plan out of the window. I'm trying to change that attitude.

So on 3 October this year, I attended my first SW meeting, and, to my surprise, quite enjoyed it. I have not lived in my current city long, and there is a nice social aspect to the whole thing. Since then, I have stuck to plan, and it has not felt like a deprivation. I've found that I'm thinking about my weight and about food a lot, still, but I much prefer thinking about it in my optimistic frame of mind, and thinking about how I'm inching closer to my goal, than going round in self-hating circles. This has been a big thing for me: realising that I can either obsess about my weight in a self-destructive way that changes nothing, or I can think about it more or less constantly, but knowing that I am slowly making improvements. I think I have to accept that I will never be one of those people who can maintain a healthy weight without thinking carefully about what I'm eating.

I do feel slightly daunted about the next stages, particularly when I get closer to my goal, because I know it will be harder to lose weight, and harder to eat at deficit, especially for someone that has trained themselves to enjoy the feeling of being 'over-full', has spent a long time eating abnormal portions, and genuinely loves food. But, for the first time in a long time, I feel like I might get there.

I weigh myself every morning at around the same time, and have been tracking my weight using the Libra app. The SW scales don't agree because my official weigh-in is in the evenings, just after I've had dinner, and I seem to gain about 2kg over the course of the day! So I know this isn't really 'official' and won't be for a little while, but I'm excited and I wanted to share. I'm even more excited about the prospect of being in the 70s bracket, which I haven't seen in about 4 years. Onwards and upwards (or downwards on the scale)!

Thanks for reading, sorry for the long post.

TLDR: feeling more optimistic about weight loss than I have in a long time; now out of BMI category - 9ishkg/ 20lb lost through healthier (low-fat) diet and Slimming World weekly support groups.

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Critique My Weight Loss Diet

So, a little background first. I’m currently around the 300lb mark at 28% bodyfat. I’ve spent years lifting heavy and getting my strength levels up. Now - I am more concerned about leaning out and cutting.

What does everyone think of my typical daily meals?

(I fast 16 to 18 hours and eat within a 6 to 8 hour window and my long term goal is 230lbs).

Meal 1 - 3 scoops GNC protein in 16oz skim milk with creatine, red apple, light and fit yogurt.....

Meal 2 - Large Ribeye steak w/ Bag of Steamed Broccoli (around 3 or 4 cups usually).

Black coffee and water during non feeding window.

Total calories is around 1800 with 170g protein, under 100g carbs and around 80 to 90g of fat....

Any suggestions? Guesses on timeline for my weight loss goals considering I walk 30 min daily and have 3 heavy lifting days a week. Thanks in advance!

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