My weight loss baby is a toddler! [Inside: Progress picture, my journey and other goals]

Meet my weight loss baby. She is 6 months old and weighs 30 pounds. Let's come to the crazy later.

This is a post (more like a status update, I'm not done yet) about my weight loss journey.

What I Wanted to happen:

I understood CICO. I read the fat-loss article by Aadam. This was all up to me. Where I had reached was all my fault and there was no denying it.

I wanted to lose 35lbs/16kgs and be my lowest adult weight. If I stuck to 1200/day from day one, I'd get there by November 2018.

What happened in the months that went by:

I started in May - I put everything on hold (obsessed over information and educating myself) and went at it hardcore. Calculated my TDEE. Made my meals. Logged everything. Headaches and irritation and annoyance for letting myself get here.

I gymmed in June. Was consuming protein, upped to 1400. Returned to 1200 after.

There were birthdays in July.

August was a good month, progress wise.

There was a big family wedding in September.

My favorite Aunt visited in October.

There was my anniversary in November and a fun trip.

I am going on another holiday in December.

I am female so period so my cycle does its own magic with retention.

Also, I started retaining/gaining when I recently started swimming again. I recalculated TDEE and was excited to lose faster, but now, I get anxious on days that I can't swim. My projected loss will not match my actual loss. Oh no, whatever will I do?

Where I am:

It is one month after my projected goal month, 30lbs/13kgs down instead of 35lbs/16kgs. This is a 6 month progress picture of me. To top this, I now know I want to lose more weight, pushing my total to 45lbs/20kg.

There are days I am a bit frustrated because I let myself down and ate more than I should have BUT I don't like feeling that way because it is okay. I was already better on day one, on day two and each day I did not slide back. And

Ephiphany:

Stuff happens in life. There are events, likely every week or month. Like u/funchords mentioned in his post, I only realized yesterday that I need to have a gameplan for these difficult moments. I liked eating that birthday cake, I liked celebrating with my aunt and trying out that wedding buffet with all my cousins. But I also liked looking great at the wedding because I had already lost weight by then! I like feeling fit and not like a lump when I go to bed. Food is not the enemy. Social situations are not the enemy. Moderation and awareness is your friend. I never revised my goal date even though I did not eat at my goal calories, which was silly of me

Advice

Plan more realistically. Okay, so you would love to do 1200/day but what happens when your best friend visits? What's your game plan? What about your birthday? What about drinking every weekend with your coworkers? How many days of your goal are you pushing back by?

How important is that food/celebration to sacrifice shaving a little bit of fat off your body? Sometimes, it is not worth it! Sometimes it is! When it is, then just account for it in the bigger scheme of events.

The Road from here

I think my weight loss baby is a toddler that can walk on her own now. She may need monitoring but I don't need to obsess and give her all my time and attention. I am going to focus on creating my other habit babies* which are

Focusing more on my work. I have been slacking off on the pretext of weight loss.

Beating my previous 10K record.

Trying weight training after the run.

Starting meditation again.

Presenting myself better, since I am a lot more confident now.

The Ultimate Goal: To Have a Strong and Happy Habit-Family

Mental health and coming to terms with who I am, why I do what I do and observing my struggles, accepting them, working with them are all the entire gist. Awareness and acceptance. :)

^{*When I thought of it initially, it seemed awesome. Now, it seems a little mad because I could have thought of something more generic like a habit garden, but I am rolling with it! :)}

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Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Wednesday, 05 December 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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Weight loss sucks because the premise is to reduce yourself

Think of your weight goal as a function of a larger health goal. Assuming no medical issues, excess fat is not itself the problem but instead the symptom of your lifestyle and headspace.

If you shed the weight from a place of self-loathing then it's very likely you yo-yo right back where you were before, because at the end you'll be thinking "why am I still punishing myself?" You ease up and soon enough are back to 4000+ daily calories, six months later ...

So what's the end game? Well, when I first startes taking my health seriously I could not walk up the stairs without getting winded. Then I lost a bunch of weight, gained some back. I've been 15 pounds over my ideal weight for some time now but I just finished my first 10k run in under an hour, in stark contrast to the previous version of me.

Make your weight a hurdle and not the goal and you'll be slim for life.

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[Daily Directory] Find your quests for the day here! - Wednesday, 05 December 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!

If you are new to the sub, click here for our posting guidelines

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From 290 lbs to 270 lbs *2.5 month update*

This is an update of sorts as I'm updating my weight loss and nutrition. The major change over the last three months was chaning to a keto diet. It was tough and challenging at first- still difficult-, but I'm learning and gaining an understanding of how to cut back from carbs and sugars. I'm still lifting 3X a week annd changing my lifts so I can avoid a plateau. My biggest achievement is buying new clothes; it sounds so simple, but it feels rewarding knowing I can fit in smaller clothes and throwing out jeans and shorts at 50-52 inch waits and 4XL and 5XL shirts. It takes time, but sticking with your plan and making adjustments work.

Here's a before and after photo: https://imgur.com/gallery/Gp1mozU

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Here's a closer before/after photo with me in the same room: https://imgur.com/a/4zlmTd0

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Key tips I've learned in the past few weeks (for anyone just starting off)

So I've been very good for the last few weeks and it feels great! I'm so excited to continue on the journey of weight loss.

My weight has been extremely up and down the past few years. I'm at my heaviest right now and a few weeks ago I was feeling so dreadfully down about my weight. I can't bring myself to weigh myself yet but I know I'm still far more over weight than I should be.

Takeaways and sweets became a sacred thing that allowed me to wallow in my own self pity and gave me that dopamine hit I was after. Seconds after finishing my food I would feel so dreadful.

I had been attempting (at least in my mind) to lose weight. But this was essentially me eating very little during the day and then coming home and allowing myself a treat of a takeaway of sweets for being good. 🤦‍♀️ I was really fooling myself and I have come to the point where I was sick of not being able to go clothes shopping without feeling absolutely vile. (I still do, but I will get there!)

I didn't know how or where to start. I really thought I couldn't control my eating. I didn't think I could continue for any length of time really and Im hardly a bastion weight loss knowledge, but anyway, the things that have kept me on track are:

1) Doing a weekly shop. If you don't buy the junk in, you won't eat it! Buy fruit and vegetables. If they're there and the junk is not, you will reach for them!

2) Buy a pressure cooker - cooking has become the easiest thing on the planet!

3) Buy meal prepping containers (I got mine on Amazon) and make extra of whatever you're making to put in the fridge when you're feeling hungry! Also controls portion sizes!

I know it may seem basic but these things really do help as a starting point!

Oh, and: Being a salt lover, egg noodles with soy sauce and steak pieces has become my go to 'takeaway' (made by me obviously!) Delicious and salty and really not too bad on the calories! Being a sugar lover, I've swapped chocolate for flavoured rice cakes.

Good luck everyone. I hope these help someone else get started.

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How do I manage my calories alongside exercise?

I asked a similar question when I started in the Daily Q&A but didn't get much of a response. Need help.

Started a couple weeks ago - found it pretty easy to stay below my deficit - eating on average 5,300kj (1260cal) a day (some days closer to 1100cal others closer to 1400cal).

But I recently started exercising and now I'm starving. I went from usually having a tea in the morning (200kj) to a soylent type shake (800kj) and I am hungry. I'm not doing intense exercise really, just trying to go walking a lot. Like yesterday I went for a 4km (2.5 miles) walk in a very hilly area; it was tiring because I'm unfit, but it was slow, took about an hour (14:14 per km).

Generally, I'm very sedentary, office desk job. I like walking and was only going about once a week for a couple kms. But I got a fitness watch and have been challenging myself to walk every day. I'd like to do a C25K again (it's been a long time since I last tried/failed it).

I don't want to overcompensate and stop making any weightloss progress. The weightloss is the important part of this (my BMI is just over the line into obese). I don't trust the "cals burned" they seem high. But I just don't know what's reasonable.

TLDR Went from sedentary to doing regular low-medium exercise. Don't trust the "calories burned" stats. Main focus is weight loss, but also want to be at least kinda fit. Starving to death. ^/s

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