From 310 to 190 in 9 months. Thank you r/loseit!

After lurking in this sub for months seeing other people’s success I decided it was time to try. It was not that I had tried and failed before, I truly had never tried, I always had a reason to wait, next month, after graduation, new job etc.

March of this year I finally decided it was time to try. I had been obese since elementary school and did not know where to start. I started with the only thing I know would help, eat better.

I stoped eating fast food, stoped putting to much butter on everything, stoped eating a bag of chip because why not.

For 3 months I generally had a bagel with cream cheese for breakfast, a wrap from subway for lunch, and chicken and veggies for dinner. Now it’s was not the tastiest food, and damn if it was not tough at times, but I was able to stick to it. March 5th - June 5th I went from 310 to 275 doing just this.

At this point I couldn’t believe that I had lost 35 pounds only from eating healthy. It was time to find out what happened if I committed. I swapped out the bagel for an apple and yogurt and started walking 2k / day. That first 2k. Oh my god I was sore. I went home and honesty took a nap. From simply walking 2k.

In the next 3 months I continued to walk and eat an apple, yogurt, wrap and chicken / veggies. June 5th - September 5th I went from 275 - 220.

All this time I continued to walk, simply walking further, when I could. Within no time I was up to 5k. Sometimes I would stumble, but that was ok. I had no specific targets, I had no specific goal. I was trying. I didn’t go for a walk? That’s ok there’s always tomorrow. I had a couple slices of pizza late Friday? That’s ok I logged it and moved into Saturday.

Sep 5 - Dec 5. Progress slowed down substantially, but it was there. I ran my first 5k ever (just under 30 min!) in October. But most importantly I hit my goal. I didn’t know it. But at 190 I feel comfortable in my skin. I never set a number, I simply wanted to lose weight until I was no longer fat. Turns out I think that is 190 and so here we are.

I have officially changed my goal from weight loss to maintaining. Time to hit the gym.

Please if you have been hesitating to try for the first time, or have been considering get back on that horse, just do it! It’s ok to have set backs, it’s ok to not meet a goal, the only thing that is not ok is failing to try due to fear of failure. I failed to try for years and I have no bigger regret.

Again, thank you r/loseit!

March - December 2018 https://imgur.com/a/MJgARfl

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Am I focused too much on calories?

I’m 34 M and joined a gym last week. I live in a region that is too cold, for me at least, to walk in the winter. I also have extremely poor eyesight and have to wear super thick glasses. This is important for later.

I’m 6 feet and had gotten up to 240. Since joining the gym and cutting out soda, I’m down to 235. Ultimately, I’d like to be around 180. At the gym, I’m only doing cardio, either running or walking on the treadmill. I stay until the treadmill says I’ve burned 1,000 calories.

I plan on getting eye surgery in a couple of months and then will add lifting to my routine. In college, I had a exercise plan but I’d say I did cardio at least as much as lifting.

Is this a sound strategy for weight loss? My only concern thus far has been running on the treadmill. I seem to be getting shin splints a lot worse than I used to. I haven’t really ran in probably a year and a half so I’m hoping that goes away.

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Something that always helps me find motivation

Since I have read many posts about lack of motivation, I thought I might share my take on that. A little backstory, after 2.5 years I am finally only 5 pounds away from my ultimate goal weight. My total loss is not that big, it will be 50 pounds when I reach 150, but I did need over a year of maintenance at some point and it really helped me put some things into perspective.

When you are young and you are not obese class 2 or 3, most of the time you won't feel the health problems that come with being overweight or obese. Your body is still young and strong and you will fully experience the effects of excess weight later in life.

That's why young and relatively healthy overweight people have such a hard time changing their eating habits for the sake of health. Because it might be important, but it's not something exactly tangible, it's more theoretical.

What helped me put things into perspective, is that when I was at my heaviest, my eating habits and my whole lifestyle was not good for both my physical and my mental health. I realized that not only eating all that crap was bad for me because it made me fat, but because it is bad for my body plain and simple.

That's not a way for a confident and happy person to feed ourselves. All that food also made me more sluggish, less productive and less willing to live a full and social life, due to the self confidence issues that stemmed from being obese. It made me unhappy.

I think that when you realize that the comfort and the convenience food offers you is not worth the physical and mental strain it causes you, you will eventually lose the weight. At least that's what happened with me. Another thing I want to add, is that losing weight to look slimmer is not just about being considered attractive by others (though there's nothing wrong with wanting that).

For me, it's more about matching the idea you have of yourself inside your head, with the actual image of your body. And this is going to be a reflection of your eating habits. I could never accept me as a fat girl, that's just not who I am. I always pictured myself as someone at a healthy weight even when I was at my heaviest.

Of course, that doesn't mean that you should hate your current body, just because you can't identify as fat. The fat you have is just an accumulation of calories over a period of time, and if you accept that and love yourself regardless of that, you will lose the weight in a healthy, sustainable way that will help you maintain later on the road.

Take as much time you need and make it AS EASY AS POSSIBLE for you if you want to make it. Don't be too restrictive or too aggressive. Find a way to create eating habits that you will be okay with maintaining forever. In my opinion, that's how you should approach weight loss.

Feel free to share your thoughts below!

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Are all calories created equal? Maybe not. Let's talk about it!

We all know that what we eat effects our overall health, our satiety, our energy levels, our moods, our ability to gain muscle, etc. But, does what we eat vs. how much we eat also matter when it comes to CICO? In other words, are all calories created equal?

A few folks have made a compelling argument that they are not. This article is by no means a formal scientific article, but gives a decent science-based argument for some of the nuance that CICO leaves out. CICO is a valid basis for weight loss, but it looks like what we eat can also play a role in weight loss and in CICO itself. I would love to get a discussion rolling on this (especially with those of you actively following dietary research).

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DISCLAIMER - This post is not an attack on CICO. I'm all for CICO! It is a discussion of whether there is more to CICO than we commonly consider. Also, please be nice to each other. Usually this is what I expect from r/loseit, but the thread that led me to this article was full of vitriol in all directions. The purpose of this post is to start a discussion based on science and your personal experiences with different diets. Let's keep it that way.

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Starting to see results!

Long time lurker, first time poster here. I started my weight loss journey back in October when I noticed I had gained more weight than I thought over my vacation. I slowly began cutting calories and saw some slight improvement.

Fast forward to two weeks ago: I took a photo with friends at a social gathering and later noticed that I was the biggest girl in the picture. I had become "the fat friend". This sent me into an emotional meltdown which prompted me to sign up for a local gym and personal trainer that same night.

I've been going to the gym almost every day now for two weeks, following my trainer's diet and exercise plan to the letter, and generally making healthier life choices. I'm so happy that I am feeling way better physically and emotionally already, I can't wait to see where this journey takes me!

Thank you to everyone on this sub for your photos, stories, and inspiration.

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My scale is lying and I'm not sure how to find one I can trust

I guess I just need to vent because right now I have no idea how much I actually weigh, how much I've lost, or how to be certain about anything.

Normally I only step on the scale once every couple of days, so I hadn't realized before that the number jumps around like crazy as I step on and off. Today I stepped on the scale to a new record low of 174.4 and since that's under my December goal of 175 I got back on the scale with my phone to take a picture... 170.8. Obviously that wasn't right... so I stepped off and got on again. I repeated this process about 5 times and got a bunch of different numbers ranging from 170-180...

Should I just accept this as my weight range, or is my scale so broken that I can't even be sure about that? What if I actually still weigh like 220lbs and all of this "weight loss" has been a lie? (I don't really believe that, but I also can't be sure how broken my scale actually is)

Anyone else with issues like this? Solutions? Just need to vent with me?

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You've already achieved your goal.

If you've lost a significant amount of weight already, over the course of several months of healthy habits in your eating and exercise...

But that last bit of weight left seems a long way off or like it's going to be hard, and the weight loss has slowed down...

Don't worry about it! You've actually already achieved your goal. Though you may not realize it.

You have developed a healthier lifestyle, taken more control of your life, no longer binge eat every night, no longer a couch potato. You have values and you fight for them.

For now, steady sails ahead. And if you want to lose that last bit of weight, you will need to refocus your diet and exercise, another incremental change like you've done before and crush that plateau. So when you find the motivation, rock and roll!

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