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Welcome to 2019 r/loseit!!
Today is the first of the year which means it is also the day everyone’s New Year's resolutions kick in! In 2018 ,r/loseit grew to 1.3 MILLION subscribers with the existing community losing a collective 1,669,143 lbs! If you are new to loseit for 2019 we are here to welcome you and are glad you have joined us! We have tons of resources and one of the best online supportive communities you can find anywhere.
We have a many resources that can help reach your goals for 2019 ranging from an FAQ to different ways to keep you engaged and accountable throughout your journey. The full array of these are available in the sidebar and in the Daily Quests thread, but we've highlighted a few here that will probably be the most helpful to our newcomers:
We also have challenges that we run throughout the year. The next one starts this Thursday on January 4th and features a Pokemon theme! Sign up, get assigned a team and work together to complete inter-team exercise challenges and lose weight together!! It is sure to be fun and motivational, so please sign up! More information can be found here.
To ring in the new year we are bringing you a bit of bonus motivation. A brief interview with a few of our long time members!
Here are our four interviewees and their progress pictures so far:
Question: How long were you overweight or obese?
Question: What are some of your motivations to lose weight?
Question: How many times did you attempt to lose weight previously?
Question: What was different this time around that allowed you to achieve success?
Question: What are your personal weight loss tactics? (calorie counting, IF, etc. with a brief explanation of what a day of losing weight might look like for you)
Question: What are your plans when you reach your goal/if you have reached your goal - how do you intend to keep the weight off? (Brief explanation of your strategy)
So, What's your plan for the new year? Do you have any questions we can help with? 2019 can be the year to accomplish those weight loss goals, so let's work together and make it happen!
Here is to a safe, happy and healthy 2019!
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My tum has been acting weird for the past couple of days.
I tried to fix myself before New Year's eve, I couldn't.
I couldn't eat or drink properly at the New Year's Eve Party because I was terribly unable to.
I stayed within my 1200 extremely unwillingly last night and had terrible diarrhea before bed and first thing after I woke up.
I walked to the scale and weighed myself as is my morning routine!
I see 60.8kg! WHAAA!
I started at 170lb(76kg) in June I wanted to hit 132lb(60kg) by January. I saw 60 on my scale on the FIRST DAY! AWESOMEEE.
I got my goal! Sure, I have to maintain it but it is so awesome to see that number on the scale! It's such an unexpectedly motivational way to start 2019 for me.
2018 has been iffy in terms of other life goals. I wanted to lose the weight six months ago. I set my mind to it and here I am 30 lbs lighter! Awesome!
My other goals are(seem) a lot harder. With weight loss, all I needed was this discipline. The HOW part was so clear-CICO. Not so much with the other life goals. I know what I want, but I am not sure how to get there, who to ask or how long anything takes or even I am going to get where I want to at all. It is so fucking scary. But I have definitely not been trying, just putting things off, making excuses. I'm done with running away, it is stressing me out.
This weight loss has been giving me a sense of accomplishment. I will use this as fuel for achieving my other goals. If I discipline myself enough, I can get shit done. and it will get done better than browsing Reddit all day.
Here's to more 2019 goals! Cheers!
PS: I took my Imodium.
You'll have a much higher chance of meeting your goals if you make sure they are
Specific-- "Lose weight" is not specific. "Exercise more" is not specific. Be as specific as you can. Add as much detail as you can.
Measurable-- Whether your goal is calories per day, weight lost per week, or minutes of exercise per week, you should be able to measure what you're doing and be very clearly successful or not. But a specific number on your goal.
Achievable-- Don't set out to lose 20 lbs a month all year. You're setting yourself up for failure. Make your goal very achievable. It's better to exceed your goal than to set yourself an impossible goal and get frustrated after a few weeks. It's also smart to focus on what you can control. We can't really control how much weight we lose, so saying "I want to lose 2 lbs a week" may be less achievable than saying "I want to eat no more than 1500 calories per day". You have much more precise control over what you eat and how much you exercise than how much weight you lose. The weight loss will come if you're doing the other two.
Relevant-- Know WHY you want to make this change. The goal won't be important to you unless you have a clear and well-defined motivation.
Timebound-- Put a time on your goal. Give yourself both short term and long term goals. "Lose 50 lbs this year" is a great goal, but you want need a clear plan of action for THIS WEEK. Focus mostly on short term goals, which add together to make long term goals. Shorter term goals can also be more flexible as you can change it up more often if you find your previous goal unrealistic or too easy.
I haven’t weighed less than 200 pounds in at least 15 years. My weight loss was slow because I’ve cut calories, but still ate a lot of things that I wanted to eat (carbs, carbs, and more carbs). Nonetheless, I’m still proud of my progress. I’ve been working with a trainer for two months now and just started attending exercise classes. My additional goals for 2019 is to eat healthier foods while trying intermittent fasting (I’m on my third day). I’d like to drop at least 25 more pounds (I’m 5’11”). Best wishes to all of you for a happy and healthy New Year! The support shown in this sub is top 10!!!
Hello there. 5’6” F, 30 yo. SW 140 lb CW 126.9 GW 125. I started out wanting to just lose weight, being tired of my “skinny-fat” figure, and most importantly trying to improve my overall fitness. I noticed last year that whenever I had to go up a couple flights of stairs with coworkers I was the only one extremely out of breath, red, and flustered! I would even be sore the next day if I had gone up more the 4 flights of stairs in one day!!! I avoided hikes because I was afraid I would ruin it for everyone by being slow :/ . I’m close to my goal now, and I’d like to share my slow progress over the past year.
Diet:
Jan-October: avoided regular soda, avoided sugary drinks (except for natural fruit juice), chips, tortillas, excess bread. Focused on not buying crap at the grocery store more than anything, did not completely cut out any one thing, but tried to avoid the fattiest cafeteria meals when possible.
November-December: Started tracking calories with goal of 1200 cal, but I actually averaged 1320 cal per day over the two months. Tracked every single day on MFP even when I messed up by having 4 drinks on one night which led to 3 chocolate cupcakes and late night sushi :’( , etc. Holidays were harder than expected, went over 2K cal a couple times, but that made me be extra careful the days around it.
Exercise:
March-October: got a gym membership in March! I started out pretty slow, only walking on treadmill and occasional low weight machine exercises. Only 2x a week in average.
Nov-Dec: decided I HAD TO make time for the gym, had to plan my day better, and I averaged out 4x per week. I picked up running, started with one slow-ass mile every other day, now averaging 8 miles a week at a respectable pace. I started doing squats, but have been pretty slow to increase weight. Since I’m near goal weight, I’ll start getting more serious about strength training and plan my gym time around that instead of cardio.
Other:
Alcohol: I started tracking how much I drink, turns out I was drinking about 10 drinks per week (lots of end of shift beers, social outings, dates, drinks with the roomies, etc). I have lots of work to do with bringing this down further, but last two months I restricted to 6 drinks a week and I didn’t get the shakes, so I’ll go down to 4/wk for next couple months and see.
Sleep: While I haven’t officially tracked my sleep, I overall have made better decisions (like not going out for a drink on a Wednesday) leading to more sleep. Also gym is exhausting, so my insomnia issues are practically gone.
Appearance: noticed clothes fit better, my jeans go up more easily, and just over past month I feel my extremities are visibily more toned and my mid-section (where all my troubles are) is slowly but surely getting smaller and now I think I have a little bit of a but 🤣
Overall, I’m happy I developed better habits and I hope I can keep it up beyond my original goal end point. I feel a lot more confident, I don’t feel out of breath with minimal exertion, and my goal is now to get stronger and continue to wean down off my bad habits. Overall, I think starting slow was important for me to not quit when the scale wasn't changing or when I had a couple bad days of drinking and over eating. I also tried over restricting and it ALWAYS back fired, so beware. For this next year, I plan to drink less, cook more and see where things go.
LET’S THIS BE A SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR ALL OF YOU PEOPLE NEW TO THIS WEIGHT LOSS THING, AND FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE RE-STARING OR MAINTAINING AND GETTING STRONGER. Happy new year <3 🤗
