unusually low heart rate after weight loss?

Hey, so i use my fitbit all the time, and i love it. Something that i put no thought into but liked to randomly mention to people is that my resting heart rate is super low now, usually between 46 and 50. Someone recently told me no, thats not possible, only athletes have RHRs that low, so i looked it up, and boy was i terrified. Now I don't personally think I'm an athlete, I walk around 10 miles a day and do 30 minutes of intense cardio a day and lift for about 30-45 minutes a day. Would that explain why my RHR went from mid 80s to high 40s, or should I really be worried? my BP is usually 120/60 and my bloodsugar is usually around 80/90 non fasting

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Did it make sense to eat 900 calories a day or was I just delusional?

Hi guys, I'm on a weight loss journey and I had a secret I've kept for a long time. Started at 200lbs now at 164lbs I would eat 900 calories a day. My reasoning for it was because I didn't trust calories. I thought that even though it would say a certain number of calories, it would actually be more due to sauces and spices. So I would over estimate. Was this logical thinking? I am now eating 1200 calories but I haven't been losing weight; should I return to 900?

Some back story: I'm a college student, and I've relied on Cico and my food scale to lose weight. It's worked great when I was tracking under 1000 calories but now it's stopped. I've been on 1200 calories for a month now and I'm not seeing any results even though I'm still on a deficit.

This is a serious question, and if I broke any rules please let me know. I'm just a girl in need of advice.

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How can you help motivate a spouse who is having trouble losing weight or finding the motivation to do so?

This spouse comes from a family of all morbidly obese people (40+ BMI’s), has been at least a little overweight/flabby his whole life, and has had a BMI of 43-47% over the past 5 years. He’s currently 6’0” and 325lbs. He hates his body and wants to lose weight/build some toned lean muscles, but can never seem to stick with a weight loss plan of his choosing and “just do it”. He always loses motivation/drive within a week or two weeks at most, and ends up giving up, eating more, and getting fatter. He has 2 children under age 5, and a wife who is very active and fitness oriented. His obesity has taken a huge toll on their marriage, particularly their sex life and her attraction to him. What have you experience and seen success with in similar scenarios?

Edit: this man’s wife eats paleo herself and cooks that way for the family, plus some whole grains like quinoa and rice for the kids. She’s cooked for him when he’s wanted to do keto and other diets, but he usually ends up eating out while at work (usually at McDonalds). He also hates workout out with his wife; he tells her she’s too advanced for him and he can’t keep up. He’s 29 years old and currently has high blood pressure, plus an extensive family history of diabetes, autoimmune diseases, high blood pressure, immobility, DVT, gout, and many other issues, so it’s not like he doesn’t know the consequences of obesity. Also, his wife is a clinical nutritionist.

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[NSV] [20/F/5'1/105lbs] Eight months into keto and I've lost 30ish pounds. I'm going on vacation in a few weeks and for the first time in years I'm not horrified by the sight of my body in a bikini.

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Before and after: https://imgur.com/a/j9ZByPZ

Hey guys,

I owe most of my weight loss success to the ketogenic diet. I know it's controversial and everybody has their own opinion of it, but it worked for me and I want to share that success with anybody who is considering it or interested.

I never thought I'd be able to give up carbs because I loooove bread, pasta, rice, etc. Like, really love bread. I used to eat the ENTIRE BASKET OF BREAD at The Cheesecake Factory. So needless to say I didn't have a ton of faith in myself to stick to doing keto. If somebody had told me a year ago that I'd be where I am now -- on a low-carb diet, 30 pounds or so lighter, and actually happy with my body -- I would have literally LOL'ed OUT LOUD.

I started doing keto in April because I was sick of hating my body and was ready to make a change. I'd gotten into the habit of eating/snacking on junk food constantly, never exercised, and binge-drinking 3-4x a week since I go to a party school. I saw pictures from my sorority formal (2nd pic in the album) and started crying because I couldn't believe I'd let it get so out of control, and knew I had to try something different. I'd read a lot about keto before (I used to be really into trying different diets) but didn't want to do a fad diet and then gain all the weight back -- what I didn't realize is that keto is a lifestyle, not a diet, and it's one that couldn't have been better for me.

At first it was kind of difficult, but I also felt super motivated because I wanted to see results as quickly as I could. That motivation made it fairly easy for me to ditch bread, pasta, crackers, rice, junk food, etc. It took a while getting used to paying attention to the carb content in everything I ate; I used to drink these San Pellegerino sodas every day, like 2 or 3 of them, and they all have 30-something carbs. Yikes. Stuff like that was easy to cut out once I realized it, but there was definitely a month or two where I didn't necessarily pay as much attention to carb contents in sauces, dressings, etc as I should have. The other tricky part was alcohol; I go to a huge party school and am involved with greek life, so most weekends I have social events and during the week everybody goes to the bars. To avoid alcohol stunting my progress, I decided to only go out 2x a week or so, and stick to low-cal drinks like vodka soda, light wine, etc. Be warned that keto makes your tolerance MUCH MUCH lower though, and I can barely have two glasses of wine without getting pretty tipsy these days.

I don't really work out, like ever, because it makes me want to die. So I lost all of the weight from just doing keto. However, once I started to see results, it really encouraged me to incorporate small efforts to be active into my life whenever possible. I take the stairs if there are stairs, I walk if walking is an option/the weather is okay - I also attend college on a very hilly campus so I'm constantly walking uphill. I lift light weights at home and do squats and 20 min ab exercises when I have time.

Once I lost the majority of the weight I got a little less strict -- I don't care if I accidentally eat 25 carbs instead of 20 one day, for example -- but I'm still sticking to keto and will...forever. I am so much happier because of it.

Please let me know if you guys have any questions or if there's any advice I can give if you're curious about keto or my weight loss. It can be tough at first and I know it helped me a lot to chat with people who have seen the amazing benefits of this lifestyle and can testify to them! You can always message me too if you have private questions.

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Eating Disorders and Weight Loss

Hey folks.

I'm a 27 year old man, currently 250lbs at 5'10". I'm hoping to lose weight for a couple of reasons -- one being my health, as my stepfather passed away when he was only 37 due to heart complications from his weight, and secondly because I'm gay, and being gay and overweight is incredibly difficult.

I've been working on weight loss for no less than 5 years at this point, and I used to be over 300lbs, but I lost a fair bit simply by cutting out soda and switching from a lot of frozen pre-cooked meals to meals I cook myself, but I've definitely plateaued.

I go to the gym for an hour a day at least four times a week (typically five, as I go during my corporate gym during lunch break at work). I'm not entirely sure if my routine is the best for weight loss necessarily, though.

I've spoken to my therapist about my body image issues a lot over the past couple of years, and after a lot of talk about it, she believes I've got a combination of Binge Eating Disorder and Selective Eating Disorder. To make a long story short about those, I had an extremely poor upbringing in regards to foods, and I physically cannot eat a lot of foods as they will make me gag until I vomit. On top of that, most of the foods I can eat end up being carb/calorie heavy, and I frequently find myself overeating, recognizing that I'm doing it even in the moment, yet continuing to do it while feeling guilty and embarrassed enough to hide the eating from friends/family.

I'm not 100 percent sure what I hope to accomplish in making this post, maybe just getting some sort of support, or even advice on coping and managing my eating. The few friends I've talked to about this simply don't get it and have suggestions like "just force yourself to eat [those foods]", not understanding that I physically *cannot*.

Sorry for the wall of text! Thanks for reading :)

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I want to get back to losing weight but I don't know how

Last year around January I started on my weight loss journey by using the resources on this subreddit. I changed my eating habits and was eating 1200-1500 calories a day, and I was also going to the gym at least three times a week. I felt great and was losing the weight. I lost 20 pounds in a few months. Around August, I got into a new relationship and university started back up so I just lost all of those healthy habits. I started eating out a lot and not watching what I was eating. I also am a binge eater, and have really struggled with that. I have not gone to the gym in months. I have gained back all of the weight I lost and I just feel so defeated. I want to get back on the weight loss journey but I just do not know how. I feel like I just won't be able to control my binge eating and I think I am also addicted to sugar... Does anyone have any advice for me to get back into things?

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Is there some kind of online boot camp with a reward/punishment system to help me pull through?

I have zero self-control / self-discipline when it comes to my diet, and I constantly sabotage myself. Like I got rid of all the junk food and then I left my apartment to buy some chocolate anyway. When I manage to stay away from chocolate, I'll binge on normal food until I feel physically ill. Even as a kid I would hide junk food in my room and eat it secretly. I've always been addicted to food. I'm in the middle range of a healthy weight but I'm NOT healthy, and I certainly could stand losing 12 pounds. I tried all kinds of diets... WFPB, keto, IF, you name it. Sometimes I'm even fully aware that I'm sabotaging myself, and I'll eat anyway, despite a part of me not wanting to. I'm kind of scared of me at this point. I'm so impulsive and hate myself because I never achieve any goal I set myself.

So I basically have to learn how to develop discipline but I already tried habit trackers, MFP, weight loss groups. Nothing ever works (due to the self-sabotage). So I need some more severe methods, like a bully-coach lol. I'm looking for an online service - a forum, app or anything really - that offers some kind of coach - real or virtual - who will MAKE ME stick to my goals. Does such a platform exist? If not, are there any volunteers who would like to support me? No whining together!

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