Help with eating/working out

I had gastric bypass 5/14/2018. I’m down 75 from before surgery and 80 since May. I struggled to eat a balanced diet with all the food groups and enough to sustain my work outs. Many foods just don’t agree with me anymore. I took a long break from the gym as it wasn’t safe and got back to it in October. I’m 195/5’7’’ now and I know the weight loss will slow but I feel totally stuck. I eat 1200 calories a day and due to the size of my tummy that is really hard and means eating 6-8 times a day. Per my Apple Watch I’m burning 2,700 calories a day and I’m not really loosing. Am I just stalled or is my body holding onto weight because I’m at such a large deficit? Also, is resting/active calorie data fairly accurate?

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Ive been trying to lose weight my whole life but never succeeded. Thoughts?

I've been fat my entire life (around 30bmi since middle school). I've never managed to get to a healthy weight, even though weight loss has been my one overriding goal for more than 20 years.

I can't think of one day of my life where if I was granted one wish I wouldn't have used it to lose weight. I just can't seem to get any control over it.

I'm currently at bmi 32, and every day I start over and recommit to losing weight. I wrestle with all the thoughts in my head that tell me I'm gross and no one wants me there, and I go to the gym anyway (I always go 4-5 days a week). It's exhausting.

I don't keep any junk food in the house, and if I do it's stuff my kids/husband like but I don't, like fruit snacks or ramen noodles. I cook almost every meal at home. I read book after book on weight loss, will power, and habit formation. I eat off small plates. I get 8 hours sleep. I've tried keto, I've tried IF, I've tried behaviour modification therapy. I've tried medifast, I've weight watchers (4 times). I spent November doing Whole 30 and managed to gain 5 pounds.

I'm at a complete loss about what to try next. I understand I need to eat less I just can't fucking seem to be able to do it. I always start the day counting calories with a great attitude and it always falls off the rails. But never in the same way twice, it seems. There's no particular pattern in the way I fail.

I can't figure it out. Am I just broken?

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12 Winter Activities You Didn’t Realize Burn Calories

Are colder temps cramping your exercise style? Don’t sweat it! You can torch calories engaging in fun winter activities.

This chart details the general amount of calories a 150-pound woman exerting low to moderate effort doing the following activities for an hour will burn:

Activity	Calories Burned
Downhill Skiing	377*
Sledding	477**
Ice Skating	494*
Holiday Shopping	198*
Shoveling Snow	467*
Snow Boarding	377*
Holiday Food Shopping	198*

If you’re not exactly feeling the great outdoors, or you live among the states that don’t tend to get snow, torch calories with a winter clean-up. This chart shows the general amount of calories a 150-pound woman exerting low to moderate effort engaging in various cleaning efforts will burn:

Activity	Calories Burned
Dusting	136*
Vacuuming	287*
Scrubbing	314*
Mopping	225*
Sweeping	198*

*Information obtained through the United States Department of Agriculture Physical Activity Tracker on 12/1/2015.
**Information obtained through the Calorie Control Council’s Get Moving! Calculator on 12/1/2016.

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Suddenly dropping weight fast again?

I started my weight loss in late September and in the beginning I lost about 15 pounds in month, so things were happening really fast, which I think is normal because water weight and getting used to a lower calorie intake. But then the next month, I only lost around 6 pounds and my rate of weight loss was super slow, despite not making any changes to my calorie intake. However, I've consistently gone down 1 pound a day for the past 3 days and it's nice to see those numbers, but also that seems extremely scary. I've been doing CICO this entire time and my TDEE is around 1700 ish, so I've been limiting my calorie intake to around 1300. I've been doing this the entire time so I don't see why suddenly my weight is dropping so fast. I haven't gone to the gym these past three days either, so it's not like I'm excessively burning calories, I even took a 4 hour nap yesterday and went from 247 to 245.8.

I always weigh in the mornings after bathroom and before eating, with no clothes so it's not fluctuating because of that.

I know water weight can do this but I haven't really changed anything with my intake so I'm curious as to why this could be happening. The only thing I can think of is that I don't weigh everything I eat, and I don't plan on weighing everything either because I'm prone to developing harmful habits and punishing myself (not by starving and I haven't had this issue yet thankfully). But anyway, if you have any idea why this is happening, please give me some tips.

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Decided to not bring my scale for vacation

Progress pic (2016 vs 2018) https://imgur.com/wMFRmHz

This week has been really rough and my relationship with the scale is getting unhealthy. I'm getting too fixated with the digits, a spike of 1.5 kg yesterday set off my anxiety badly and I had a meltdown in my room. Of course it turns out to be water and waste weight… I knew these facts but the numbers were screwing with my head; how could I be doing everything right and see the numbers go the opposite way? This is completely irrational thinking, since this is not my first rodeo and I know it happens.

I have this innate fear of reverting to my 'before' state and right now, I guess I'm having a case of imposter syndrome. It's an odd experience to look significantly different. Recently overhauled my entire wardrobe, and while it forces me to stay on track, I can't help but be scared.

Right now I'm packing my luggage for a one week vacation, and I was seriously considering bringing my heavy scale along haha. Decided against it and will use this week's break to reset instead. Eating while on vacation makes me nervous, hopefully continuing with my intermittent fastingb(16:8) habits will help me control my intake. Bracing myself to see an uptake in weight when I return, which I know will mostly be water and waste weight again.

It's just feels really hard when everyone thinks I'm doing well, but I'm really struggling so hard; I have little confidence in myself for maintenance. I remember every rebound from my previous weight loss effort. I really want to stick to it this time and stay consistent while living and breathing normally. Just throwing this out here and hopefully somebody will relate to this nervousness too.

Finding strength one step at a time.

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First full week recap

Last week I made the decision to change my habits and life to get back into shape. I got rid of weight watchers because while it works well initially, as soon as I'm off the program I yoyo to a higher weight than I started. I decided to try a more traditional calorie tracking program. I downloaded MyFitnessPal on my phones and put in all of the required information ( I selected a lower carb goal, but not restrictive like Weight Watchers) and have been religiously tracking my food intake. I didn't expect much because it was far too easy. After my first weigh in I lost right at 5lbs. It was enough of a change that I have a renewed vigor for weight loss this week. I'm working on a simple workout plan that I can do at home before work to help keep the ball rolling in the right direction.

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[Challenge] European Accountability Challenge: December 4th

Hi losers and maintainers, how are you today? Welcome to all the new people who joined yesterday too! Someone yesterday mentioned weight loss podcasts and I was wondering what you all use as external sources of weight loss inspiration, if anything. When I started I obsessively read loseit for info and inspiration, and still do from time to time but not as much these days. And I like a good book about health/nutrition, which usually inspires me at least in the short term. How about you all?

 

For anyone new who wants to join today, this is a daily post where you can track your goals, keep yourself accountable, get support and have a chat with friendly people at times that are convenient for European time zones. Check in daily, weekly, or whatever works best for you. Anyone and everyone is welcome! Tell us about yourself and your goals and join us already :) And it's all more fun when you comment on each other's posts, so let's encourage each other too!

And on to the accountability part...how's your day going? Let us know how you're getting on with your goals, if you have any questions, need to vent, have a SV or NSV to share, etc. And feel free to just have a chat about how your day went! We got this :D

 

I’ll start: Still in bed right now but I’ll be out of the house before noon to go get a haircut (yay!). I should also get plenty of steps in on the way. Hoping to have another day below maintenance, let’s see what happens. Have a good day everyone!

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