NSV: Remembering to forgive myself and celebrate other achievements!

Today marks one month since I quit alcohol. I have only just realised this, at 9.30pm while laying on the sofa feeling guilty about eating too many chocolate bars today. For the last 5 years I have been a heavy drinker, both socially and alone. Quitting is a big deal but necessary for health reasons told to me by my doctor. I quit immediately after Christmas with my last drink on Christmas day but I have just sort of ignored it that and instead I have been focusing on my eating habits and trying to reach unattainable goals with weight loss.

I need to stop beating myself up that I haven't lost anything this month because I have. I have lost a horrible habit. I have lost a useless crutch. I have also gained countless productive hours back and the knowledge that I can achieve something huge and stick to something long term.

I think I tried to do too much in January and almost forgot to celebrate the biggest health change I have made in my life. I don't care that I have eaten more sweet things in January now because I haven't drank the calories like I would have last year. Of course it's going to take time to adjust, I need to give myself a break!

It's step by step to health and I've just realised I am solidly past a very tricky step.

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Can we talk about plateaus for a minute?

In August, 2018, I decided I was tired of being obese and decided to work at it. I had seen this sub, and started reading posts every day. I joined a gym and decided on 1400 calories a day with 3x a week training. And wouldn't you know it, CICO worked just has it did for everyone else. I copied a google sheet posted in a comment that automatically calculated my average weekly TDEE based on calories consumed and weight lost. About a month in, I dropped to 1200 calories a day and found that I was losing about 2-2.5 lbs a week. Every week. That is, until January.

Suddenly everything stopped. I was tracking the same I was before, eating the same kinds of food, exercising the same amount. At the third week, I added in an extra gym session with no effect. I still have a good amount of weight to lose - what was happening? I searched through the subs for plateaus but was coming up essentially empty. The conclusion I drew was that I wasn't tracking correctly... but even still, how could I go from losing 2 pounds per week consistently to losing nothing? I felt discouraged as so many of the new members to the sub starting expressing their NSVs and SVs. Why wasn't it working for me?

Eventually I read something on refeeding. It stemmed from a post a few months ago. I like how logical CICO is and the refeeding seemed counter-intuitive. (Refeeding is the idea that you essentially eat at maintenance for a short while to "reset" your metabolism). I weighed my options and figured a half pound or a pound gained was worth the gamble if it was able to get my weight loss going. Two days this week (Sat and Tues) I ate well above the 1200 I have so strictly followed since mid-September. Yesterday was my weekly weigh in. Despite eating more than any week in January (and really any week in a long while) I lost 3.0 pounds.

So my question is: what causes weight-loss plateaus? Are they real? Is refeeding legit or was my body just ready to get on with losing? Is there any science behind refeeding? Had refeeding not worked, are there other ways that could have gotten me out of that plateaus? Sorry, I realize this is a lot of questions. I felt like I was taking crazy pills this whole month, and now that the weight is finally coming back off, I am even more confused.

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An After Losing the Weight Issue That (hardly) No One Addresses

I am 41F who has lost 282 lbs and kept it off since beginning in 2012. At the time I began I weighed 432 pounds. Now resting at a comfortable 140 pounds, I have a large amount of excess skin. I did not have weight loss surgery- rather it was the diagnosis of MS that made me begin to move my body and change my lifestyle. Even though I am now very physically active and have an improved sense of self esteem, I can't look at myself with my clothes off. It makes me cry to look at what basically looks like a melted pile of flesh hanging from a frame. It doesn't drive me to eat, but it does cause my depression to go into overdrive. There are days that I wonder what good it is doing me to continue on, & I don't mean exercise. At this point, activity is the only thing that keeps me going. Insurance won't pay for skin removal- so that one is off the table. I have days that I am scared of my thoughts.

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Advice needed on current body, realistic weight loss goals for 5'11"/174lb male (Shirtless pictures in description)

Hi all,

I am currently 21 years old, male, weighing 173.4lbs (78.65kg) and 5' 11" (180.34cm). I have struggled with my weight for quite a while and really would like to shred this extra fat and try to become more lean. I am not looking to get ripped with muscles (huge arms chest, defined six pack, etc), but just trimming down.

Pictures (shirtless ones) https://imgur.com/a/01fUile

At my peak weight I was 190lbs (86.18kg). At that point I was consuming one or two 12-oz cans of soda, or Snapple (16oz) a day. Additionally, I always had some kind of candy with my meal (e.g. sour patch kids, chocolate, etc). My actual meal though was typically 'real' food since I cook a lot. A typical meal could be garlic marinated salmon, oven roasted veggies and chicken, chicken parm, pasta, etc. I really don't like fast food (thank god) so that's generally limited. After weighing myself, I really began limiting myself to those items, to maybe once or twice a week now. I found La Croix to be a great substitute to beat the cravings. In addition to limiting it, I began running more (2 miles/3.2km in 20-30 minutes) about five times a week.

Other than that, my health is generally okay. I do not smoke, drink rarely, and no past medical history. My blood pressure is around 120s/70s and HR 70s. My physician said at my last annual physical all was good.

So, seeing my pictures, hearing my background, what are your suggestions? How can I slim down just a bit more? I would think a goal weight of 150-160lbs (68kg-72.57kg) would be good and still let me stay in good health. How is my body now? Average/overweight/etc? Thank you!

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New Year, New Me

Hello Everyone,

I am a long time lurker and have been so encouraged by everyone's story that I finally had enough and decided to make a change myself. I am 5'7" and have always struggled with my weight. When I was in college, I really let myself go my sophomore year. I got to my heaviest weight which was 220 pounds and really hated everything. I felt embarrassed just to walk around campus and going to class because I just felt so out of shape.

 

I finally took some steps and decided that enough was enough and lost 60 pounds in a relatively short amount of time through intermittent fasting. Ever since I lost that much weight, I felt great and confident.

 

Fast forward about 6 years and I was around 215 pounds on New Year's Eve and was looking through all the pictures of when I was thinner. I have tried to lose weight off and on throughout the past few months but was unable to stick with it. Losing a substantial amount of weight in a short period of time was a blessing and a curse because I always had the mentality of "Hey, I did it before, I can do it again!" but it's definitely not that easy this time around.

 

I am happy to state that I have actually stuck with my New Year's Resolution to get back to intermittent fasting and have lost around 20 pounds in 25 days. I am just getting discouraged because the first week, I lost a lot of weight (to be expected) and I have obviously slowed down even though I feel as if I am better disciplined and making better decisions than when I first started. I feel if I even have the little "treat" I just negate all the hard work I did the week leading up to it.

 

My goal is for my in-laws to notice my weight loss because I haven't mentioned anything to them. I saw both of them a few days ago and they haven't mentioned anything to me yet so that motivates me to continue this weight loss journey for a healthier 2019. I am happy to say that I have gone from 215 pounds to 190.6 since January 2nd. My weigh ins are every Wednesday and I have been tracking it on a chart I put up in my bathroom so it's right in my face and I can't run from it. I feel like I'm doing great so far this week so I am excited to see what the scale tells me next Wednesday.

 

I wanted to thank all of you for continuing to share all your personal journeys to help me get back on track. I just recently lost my uncle to diabetes and my mother was just diagnosed with it last month. It runs in my family and nothing terrifies me more than not being around for my family and I am hoping to set a great example for my future kids. Nothing is tougher than fighting the cravings of food but we are all doing it together. Thank you. Thank you for opening my eyes that no one can make this change but me and I should not hide behind any excuses anymore.

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Starting out strong!

Good morning everyone!

I've always struggled with revolving weight since my teenage years & after being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis last year I finally decided it was time to get it under control if i want to be around for my 1year old son. ( Ideally back to 180 like i was 5 years ago in college doing strenuous weight lifting... etc )

Back in September of last year i had a very disabling MS episode ( Though i wasn't diagnosed until December )

And to top it all off I was also at my heaviest ( 265lbs )

At first I started Lazily counting my calories and was able to drop to 258 over the course of 3 months.

Come January i really started to take this goal seriously & started substituting my overloaded coffee in the morning with Green tea & Earl Grey, and then i took it a step further and started using Huel in tandem with Intermittent Fasting ( 16/8 )

I am proud to say that today when i weighed myself the scale only showed 242!!

My next weight loss milestone will be to hit 235 Which i hope to accomplish by the end of February!

As a long time lurker of this sub I want to say thank you for all the great success stories!

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You are all awesome & I can't weight to reach our goals together.

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Please stop spreading weight loss woo

Starvation mode isn't real, if you're not losing weight after 6 weeks you're not in a calorie deficit.

Muscle doesn't weigh more than fat, it's simply more dense and therefore takes up less space than fat does. If you've started a new weight training or strength training program you might be retaining water but if you've only been lifting for 5 days you have not gained 5 lbs of muscle. Muscle building takes time and dedication. No one accidentally Arnold's. Even Arnold Schwarzenegger would tell you he put in a fuck ton of hard work, and possibly some enhancers, to look the way he did.

Cheat days only work if they don't turn into binges, if you feel like this wouldn't be beneficial for your weight loss, don't do it.

Your TDEE can go up or down based on activity and weight. If you lose weight it goes down, if you move less, it goes down. No foods speeds up your metabolism. This is literal horseshit.

Please take advice you're given here with a grain of salt and do your own research to be certain you're being given correct information.

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