22M Shock, disappointment, and encouraged

Hi everyone!

I’m new to this sub, I was mainly a lurker in a bunch of subs before but I’m looking to start fresh with a new acct and make some changes in my life.

A little background about me, I’m 21yo, I’ll be 22 in April, and currently I weigh 251lbs and I’m 6’2” tall. Growing up, and all through HS, I was always a bigger kid, sometimes I got teased about it, most of the time, I wasn’t but was still very insecure about myself. During my Sophomore year of college (Fall 2017-Spring 2018) I really drove myself to make changes. I had new roommates who were motivated to go to the gym, workout, play basketball, and overall be active. Over the course of about 8 months, I lost about 40lbs and got myself down to a weight of around 195lbs. Between December of 2017 and now (December 2018) I’ve now managed to gain back about 55-60 lbs and now I’m sitting at 250.

I am not happy with myself at all. I have about 8 pairs of jeans, only one of which fits because it’s a size up from the rest, I weigh 250lbs and not a ton of that is muscle, and I am just generally not happy with the way I look or how out of shape I feel.

Looking through this sub, I see a lot of people who make goals and get shit done. So I want to say thank you guys for showing me others did it, I already did it once, and want to get back to a healthier weight.

About the previous weight loss, most of my time during my sophomore year was spent either in class or at work. I was at school/work from about 7am-10 or 11pm. This left very little time to really eat a lot of food so I think that was the main reason I had lost the weight. I know that this time around, I want to do things in a more healthy weight and either lose weight in general, or if I’m going to be 250lbs, I need to be in better shape and have more muscle.

My main motivations for wanting to get in shape are a few things. First, I have a 3 month old son. I want to be able to be around for him for a very long time, and being healthier for him is important to me. I need to eat better and exercise more. Secondly, I want to look better. I feel like if I can get to a weight/strength I’m more comfortable with, I’ll be a lot happier in general because I won’t feel like a big tub of fat shit. Thirdly, and this is selfish but goes along with having better self esteem, I want people to compliment me on how good I look. I want to be able to look back and say “I used to look like that but now...now I look like THIS!” And have people congratulate me and tell me I look way better.

Thank you to anyone who actually read this whole thing, I really do appreciate your time. And I also have a few questions for people too.

-I’m really bad about eating fruits/veggies. I know I need to eat them but I’m going to have to ease myself into it. What are some ways to begin adding them to my diet that aren’t necessarily just eating them raw or adding them whole to meals? -I want to go to the gym, do some home exercises, is there anything specific that will help me getting in overall better shape before I try to just go straight to adding muscle? -what kinds of foods are best to stay away from when trying make meals/eat out at places/buying groceries?

Thank you again, I really appreciate you guys! TL;DR I was fat, lost some weight (in not a super healthy way), got fat again, not happy, trying to start the loss journey again but in a better way

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Tip from a woman who lost 60lbs

DONT FUCKING GO OVERBOARD!! I lost all that weight in a short period of time (very unhealthy) and it took a huge toll on my boobs. They were triple d’s now they’re just d’s which I’m fine with but they still have that extra skin and in certain positions, they look like a pair of nuts. Slow and steady wins the race guys, trust me.

for reference I’m about 5’7 maybe a bit taller and I went from 180 to 120. I did look freakishly fucking skinny so I gained back 15 lbs and I look great now! I wish I had before and after pics but unfortunately the only pics I could find are nsfw and I’ve received enough creepy pms just from innocent selfies so I’m good on that.

just remember to be healthy! I developed an ED and it jacked up more than just my boobs. vitamin deficiencies, LOTS of hair loss, anxiety, depression. almost lost my period. it’s scary and totally not worth the weight loss. I love my weight now but honestly sometimes I miss being curvier. I carried that weight well and everyone said so too! nobody believed me when I said I was 180, love yourself :)

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Lost 80 pounds; my belly looks worse :(

https://imgur.com/a/51P06pz

So in the last 2 years I've lost 80 pounds. 40 of that has been in the last 6 months. With clothes on, I look undeniably better. But without clothes, I feel extremely insecure. I like the shape of my body; I have a small waist and big hips, but my belly has always been something I've hated. I obsess over it. Before losing weight it was definitely bigger, but now it's covered in saggy skin and is lopsided and just looks so gross. I have BDD and am constantly worried that people are looking at my stomach and can tell what I'm hiding under my clothes. The idea of letting anyone see me naked terrifies me. I feel so defeated; even after losing 80 pounds I'm still not happy with myself. I still think my body is disgusting. I can't afford plastic surgery. I know there are no miracle cures for post-weight loss sagginess, but if anyone has advice on how I can better handle this, both emotionally and physically, please let me know. I'm currently at 205 lb. and I'm 5'11, so I know I have more weight to lose. I just feel at this rate my belly is never going to go away.

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NSV? - Weird Side effects of weight loss

I have two questions for y’all. What do you all do about all of the comments on your weight loss? On one hand it makes me feel good that people notice or tell me how great I look, on the other it’s feeling excessive. People tell me when I go out, leave comments on my fb (randoms from college who I don’t even know when I spoke with them last) and even students at my work. Makes me wonder how badly I looked before, which is actually makes me feel a little worse...

Second q - what to do in the interim when all of your clothes just don’t quite fit? Everything is super baggy, especially my work clothes. Because I want to lose a little more, I’m not ready to invest in a new wardrobe. Especially expensive work clothes. I’m a thrifter, but even then I don’t want to spend the money just yet due of the holidays.

My back story - I’m 5’7” and have fluctuated between 180 (highest was 190 for like two weeks) and 155 for most of my adult life. I weighed in at 144 this morning and have consistently been under 150 for one month!!! I don’t even know when I was this weight last. Freshman year of college?? Since nov 1 I’ve lost 16 pounds. I want to lose another 15 pounds and definitely need to start toning mode, so my story isn’t done.

Y’all have always been such an inspiration to me and I can’t wait until I can finally post pictures on /r/progresspics

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"Are you afraid of food or something?" and other questions I got at the office holiday potluck.

Went to the office holiday potluck. Brought a huge tray of fruits and a huge tray of veggies. As I suspected, most people went for the enchiladas and fried chicken, so I had myself two bowls of fruits and one of veggies and lowfat dip. Yum!

Several folks at my table acted like this was the wildest thing they'd ever seen. One person asked me if I was afraid of food, and another asked of I was vegan. I let them know that I just like to pay attention to what I eat and exercise, which one person responded to by placing some cake and cookies in front of me and saying "you look like you need some dessert." I opened up about my weight loss, and conversion to a more health-conscious lifestyle. After the event, someone came into my office and thanked me for sharing that, so they can be aware and respectful of my lifestyle. I thought that was about the best thing I've heard throughout this entire journey.

I feel really affirmed. I marched to the floor below my office and joined the campus rec center, where I can lift before work. I didn't know if the image of me in workout clothes before and after office hours would put my new coworkers off - that kind person's comment motivated me in the right direction!

Also I think I kicked ass with my eating choices, enough to start a conversation. I hate being the center of attention, but I'm happy about our dialogue, and laughable comments.

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Haunted by BED :(

Hi everybody.

I feel like this is the first time I am successfully breaking away from binge-eating disorder, an illness that ruined my life in so many aspects for the past 3-4 years.

A little background, I would mainly binge at night (sometimes 7000+ calories). When it was really bad I would binge all day as well. Driving around to buy food until I was sick and hated myself. My binges were mostly emotionally-tied but my night time ones were more habitual.

I've noticed a few things though since I've gotten out of the worst part of BED:

• Eating late at night leads to so much internal conflict. If I'm hungry at night I am so scared I will binge. I have remnants of the disorder, I'll sometimes still get up past midnight to eat some cookies or something but nothing close to what I did before. This can be incredibly discouraging for me even though it is such an improvement.
• One of my greatest accomplishments is getting back in tune with my natural hunger cues. I totally lost them in the midst of my eating disorder and have worked incredibly hard to get back in line with them. I would say although I'm more in tune they are not reliable. Sometimes I'm super hungry and I will eat past fullness and other times I won't have an appetite at all. I'm working on this though and I know that this is a recovery journey that doesn't happen over night.
• I need to get out of the habit of fasting after I over eat. I find this is a pretty unhealthy intention mindset wise and can lead to night time binges.
  

I'm posting this in /loseit forum because I know binge-eating is pretty common among anyone with weight loss efforts. I really hope I can work on these things as they seem to be the 'next-level' in my journey. Anyone have experiences like this ?

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I’m setting a goal, and sticking to it.

I’m almost 30 and have been fat well over half my life. My family claims this wasn’t so and that it was because I developed early due to medication and kids didn’t know how to react and I only became fat in high school. But I was a fat kid, I remember having a hard time finding clothing that fit and being called fat by most people and when you’ve been from school to school and you have been called fat your fat. I feel like I’m at a point where I’m around positive people and have goals and a positive mind set so I am able to do it. Honestly because of my High school experience I will only document my achievements on here I honestly don’t think people from my past need to know and I honestly don’t care to tell it on social media. So I’m 300+ and my first goal is 250. Why fairs i want to comfortably ride on the rides. Today I will put away sodas, candy and chips for a year (I would do this without the weight loss goal and I have already chucked soda so I know I can do the rest also starting with 15 minute exercise now.)

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