Down 60lbs and never felt more motivated!

I started my weight loss journey in July 2018 starting at 270lbs. I've been exercising 3/4 times a week since and have really started watching what I eat. I'm down to 210lbs and never felt better.

I managed to treat myself over the holidays and maintain my current weight for the 2 week period (so damn proud of myself that I didn't gain). The new year is here and I have never felt more motivated to keep pushing on with my journey.

My main goal is to hit 180lbs (13st) to finally fall within a "healthy" BMI range. I have signed up to run a local 10km race in March. 6 months ago I would have laughed if you had suggested I would run 10km let alone in public where people can watch and see me exercise!

To anyone starting out for new years stick with it! The first few days/weeks are the hardest but once you get through them it is so rewarding and you'll feel great! You can do it!

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Started the New Year off with the flu, am down 5 pounds. A good start?

After three days of nothing but liquids, I'll gradually be picking up food intake as well as exercise to their normally scheduled and portioned intervals. I've been on a weight loss journey for some time, but this illness was a good way to reset my stomach's normal cravy-ness. It would normally be begging for food right about now, but I think it may still be repulsed at the thought of anything that isn't Diet ginger ale, spiced tea, or broth. Even water was painful to ingest.

The telltale sign of recovery is that the liquid shits are over. Thankfully. Added some more solid food today, and got back on my usual supplements (Metamucil 1 Tbsp once daily, creatine monohydrate 5g once daily).

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[Daily Directory] Find your quests for the day here! - Thursday, 03 January 2019

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.
• [Maintenance Monday] Lost it? Work on keeping it.
• [Wecipe Wednesday] Swap and discuss recipies!

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How I stayed motivated while losing 140 pounds!

There is a lot going through your head during a weight loss journey. One day you are motivated, the next you are back to your old self. It’s like you totally talk yourself out of exactly what you just talked yourself into which is losing weight. One thing I had to realize is motivation isn’t going to transform your body. Motivation doesn’t last long at all. You have to have a purpose to why you are losing the weight. Without a “why” I was constantly lost every time I tried to lose weight. But life hit me hard n I realized my why. Every time I felt like quitting I thought of my why. I guess the advantage I had is my why was important to me. Important enough to lose 140 pounds without thinking twice about food. I guess the point I’m trying to make to you is why are you losing this weight. Find out your why and don’t let the other you talk yourself out of it.

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Happy 2019! I've lost and maintained 62 pounds, so here are 62 benefits of being at a healthy weight

I'm a 5'9" male and in June of 2017, I weighed 202 lbs. When 2018 rolled around, I hit my goal weight of 140 lbs and I've maintained 135-140 lbs since then. That's a 62 lb+ loss. So here are 62 perks of eating well, exercising, and maintaining a healthy weight. Some are general, some are specific instances in my own life.

1. I have a better attitude every day. I'm happier than I was before (if you're struggling with depression, losing weight should help, but you should see a mental health professional, as nothing replaces therapy and/or the correct medication).

2. I have more self-discipline and work harder to achieve other goals.

3. I have more self-respect and stand up for myself. In short, I value myself more.

4. I'm better at my job and enjoy it more than I did in the past.

5. I feel more valued by others (even if they've always cared for me).

6. I have a wider range of hobbies now that I'm not averse to exercise (especially distance running).

7. I finally feel like I have a "talent" (which is running. I'm nowhere near elite, but I've improved a lot in a year and a half). This has been really important for my mental health and my sense of self-worth.

8. I get sick much less often.

9. I bounce back from illnesses (from colds to food poisoning) much faster.

10. I'm more engaged in conversations and I'm more interested in other people.

11. I no longer hide my insecurities behind self-depreciating jokes about my weight or self-worth.

12. I go to bed early to let my body recover from my training, not because I'm lethargic or bored.

13. Eating is no longer my hobby.

14. I use my free time more productively.

15. I generally have more energy.

16. I enjoy going out in public.

17. I enjoy clothes shopping.

18. I put more effort into my appearance.

19. I've learned that comfort eating is a shitty way to relieve stress and I've found better outlets.

20. My penis looks bigger.

21. Women compliment my appearance more often.

22. My sex life is more fun existent.

23. I barely made it in time to check into a flight because I was able to run for 15 minutes at a decent clip while dragging my luggage behind me.

24. I'm more adventurous when it comes to food.

25. Food tastes better. As it turns out, that fancy chocolate tastes great if I don't shovel it into my mouth. 🤔

26. I appreciate thermodynamics more than I did in Chemistry and Physics in college.

27. I'm not going to get scammed by some juice cleanse commercial.

28. I appreciate the human body's capabilities more.

29. I found Fat Families, the best weight loss show to grace our green Earth.

30. My resting heart rate has gone from 65-70 to 50-55.

31. My blood pressure readings are normal.

32. It's easier to slide out of my car in a crowded parking lot.

33. I'm not the fat American stereotype (I live in Asia at the moment).

34. Summer isn't actually the worst season.

35. Traveling on foot while exploring cities is fun!

36. Walking 30-40k steps in a day is rare, but it doesn't take a week to recover from it when it does happen.

37. While I still look much younger than 24, nobody says that I have a baby face anymore. AKA: my cheeks aren't fat.

38. Speaking of cheeks, face gains are the best gains.

39. I don't feel as though a future girlfriend would be settling for me.

40. Airplanes are more comfortable (though this is partly due to flexibility. Don't neglect your flexibility training, folks).

41. I learned how to cook (still learning though).

42. I've learned that it's kind of fun to lightly drum on my collarbone.

43. It's easier to be overdramatic and extra when you have increased mobility.

44. My groceries cost a lot less than they did before.

45. I sweat less from everyday activities.

46. I smell better.

47. I use less soap when bathing.

48. My acne cleared up a bit beyond what my normal skincare routine did.

49. I paced the 1600m run for my school's yearly physical fitness test, which was fun.

50. I can see my collarbone! :o

51. It's easy to find my size when I go shopping for clothes (as I mentioned, I live in Asia).

52. I'm more open to new experiences. I was invited to go climbing and I would have never done that in the past.

53. I don't feel like a fraud when giving my students life advice.

54. That time I played volleyball and was able to defend a spike by diving was badass.

55. That time I did a backflip on a trampoline was badass.

56. I don't overanalyze social interactions due to insecurities about my weight. I still overanalyze them once in a while, but not nearly as much.

57. I don't randomly pull muscles as much as I did before. Funnily enough, I pulled one earlier today.

58. I'm more concerned about other aspects of my health (especially my teeth).

59. I get to hear my friends say that I "glowed up." :)

60. Those people that said I couldn't do this, or would gain all of my weight back? I proved them wrong and will continue to do so.

61. I don't hate swimming anymore.

62. I feel like I make my nurses' and doctors' jobs just a little bit easier.

Apologies if other people have done this before, but I felt inspired to say this and maybe it'll resonate with people who are just starting or are in the middle of their weight loss journey. You got this! :)

Oh yeah, here are some progress pictures! (Warning: one shirtless picture)

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How I lost 70 pounds and didn’t hate my life while doing it

This isn’t about this year’s resolution. It’s about last year’s… and the year before that’s. And maybe it’ll help you with yours?

Nervous to share these, but pics to get you started...

Since the beginning of 2017, I’ve lost 70lbs, and I did it not by sticking to the keto diet or doing whole 30. I didn’t train for a marathon or stop going out to eat with my friends. I didn’t give up whole food groups or join a gym.

Nope, in the last two years I’ve done quite a lot. I’ve traveled all over the country and abroad. I’ve gone to countless festivals and breweries. I’ve continued to eat take out lunch almost every day of my work week. I planned a wedding and got married and ate my way through Europe. I bought a house and moved and stress ate. I’ve had wine nights with girlfriends.

But I also I found a way to not hate exercise and get in a 6-day-a-week routine. I logged everything I ate as best I could in MyFitnessPal and hit my calorie goals most days. I figured out that I actually love vegetables and feel better when I eat fewer carbs. I found this Reddit sub. I consistently lost 5lbs a month. And I was patient.

Two years ago I took a photo with my then boyfriend on New Years Eve and didn’t recognize myself. My resolution that year wasn’t intended to be “to lose weight,” but that’s what it became in that moment. I bought an inexpensive exercise bike off Amazon and put it in my basement and started eating low calorie meals and logging everything I ate into MyFitnessPal. And as a result, I lost 25lbs in 2017. It came to a dead stop in June of that year when we bought a house and moved. My routine got interrupted and I didn’t pick it back up until reality hit that October. My now husband and I got engaged and the superficial female in me really didn’t want to be a fat bride. I ignored that nagging through the holidays, knowing I needed to get serious.

So 2018 began and I got back on the weight loss train. Luckily, I had done a great job maintaining my 25lb weight loss, so I picked up where I left off. I am a woman of routine, so I set one. I woke up every weekday (and still do) and work out for 40 minutes. I eat one of 3 low calorie breakfasts every day. I eat a vegetable heavy lunch. And I cook a healthy, low calorie meal (usually from skinnytaste.com for dinner). On Saturdays, I work out harder to compensate for my weekend drinking habit. Sunday I rest. Rinse and repeat.

By the time my wedding rolled around in November, I’d lost an additional 45lbs, bringing my total weight loss to 70lbs. And I felt kick ass and confident as a bride. But to say that this was about my wedding would be a lie. This was about the fat kid and then 20-something I was my whole life and confronting the issues that brought me there. And damn, am I totally different from the person I was 2 years ago. I am more confident and mentally clearer than I’ve ever been.

Could I have done this faster? Yes. Absolutely. I imagine myself eating cucumbers for lunch and meal prepping each week. I envision not going to breweries with my husband or saying no to happy hours. I imaging myself yo-yoing and frustrated. And man, does that sound totally not at all fun.

But instead, I had a great two years and they went by fast. I taught myself to eat like a healthy human in a slow, sustainable way. I figured out that I actually really like to exercise and miss it when I don’t. I unintentionally motivated my husband to lead a healthier lifestyle and we now enjoy walking and biking and hiking together. I gave myself the time for my mentality to catch up with my physical appearance and energy.

All of this is to say, BE PATIENT. Be persistent. Be consistent. That’s literally all I did, and damn, it was worth it. Every second of it. Weight loss doesn't happen overnight and I really don't think it should. I hate the term "weight loss journey," but in a lot of ways it truly is a journey.

I’m posting this to help out those with 2019 resolutions who are finding themselves here today, but also for myself. I still have a bit of work to do in 2019, but after two years on this train I'm pretty sure I can handle it.

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How to get over my crippling food addiction? Help!!!

I'm in a horrible place right now with the highest ever body weight of 93 kilos at a height of 160 cm. I had tried to get myself on track and watch what I eat about 2 months back, I installed MFP and even logged in regularly. I have done this several times over the years, never successfully. Doing this somehow made me just completely obsessed with food to the point I am not able to think of anything else. Its always what to eat, when to eat and how much to eat. I behave like some starved person obsessing over my food and going way over my daily limit of 1200 and I still don't stop. I realise what I'm doing yet I find myself unable to stop. I sometimes eat even when my stomach hurts from the food. I realise having no control is an issue, but living in a college hostel and having food from the mess means I cannot completely remove myself from the foods I crave. I can't afford to not have food at all from the mess either. I have gained over 3 kilos in the last 2 weeks and I just feel completely disgusted with myself yet I'm still thinking of going for a bite as I'm typing this. I guess what I want to ask is, did anyone of you face anything similar while beginning your weight loss and if you did, how did you handle it? Where there some practices or resources that helped you remain on track?

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