Scared of the scales...

So I started weight watchers in November and weighed myself weekly, I did well for around a month, then completely fell off the wagon (usual reasons, personal issues, work was rubbish and I didn’t deal with any of it particularly well.) I put my big girl pants on (lol) and started again the beginning of January, cliche I know. However I have been getting on great, I’m making changes and choices because I want to and not because I feel I have to, and I’m feeling really positive about it. My jeans are looser and I’m a chin down. BUT because I knew I had eaten so terribly, binge doesn’t cover it, in December I didn’t weigh myself when I started again, I just couldn’t face that little line on my chart going up. I decided I would leave it a few weeks and weigh myself again when I thought I might like the number a bit more. I just left the same weight on my app to work out my points. But now the app is harassing me to weigh myself and I just don’t want to do it. I think I am doing the whole weight loss thing so much more positively this time because I’m not weighing myself, I tend to get obsessed with the scales and put way too much emphasis on the number on there rather than how I feel. But I know that I need to put in my weight to work out my points to get the best out of ww. So I’m at a loss really and not sure what to do. I don’t want to loose my momentum but know I need to weigh myself at some point. Help!

TLDR- chronic over-thinker. I don’t want to weigh myself but know I should. Advice sought.

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What do you think created or contributed to your bad eating habits?

I've been trying recently to pinpoint why I was a binge-eater for so many years (less of one now, I've been eating in a far healthier manner and recently hit 30 lbs weight loss, yay!) and for quite a while I just assumed that it was a psychological thing where I felt lonely and like food was one of the only things that could comfort me in my life, thus creating a cycle where I gained more weight, became even more depressed/lonely, and turned even more so to food. While I think this is something that certainly contributed, I realized that this was more of a theme during my teenage years, not during my childhood, where I was also overweight and binge-eating (before I knew it was even a thing). I can't really remember a time where I wasn't overweight, even in pre-school I remember looking around and realizing I was bigger than the other girls, despite the fact that my mom was actually pretty good about feeding us proper portions and always encouraged me to exercise and eat well. The thing is, I remember now moments as a small child where I just always wanted more food, even when I had eaten the appropriate amount already.

I remember my mom telling me at around age 5 that she'd have to stop buying junk food if I didn't stop eating it all (she tried to keep it out of my reach, but there's only so much you can do I guess.), I remember begging her for more food all the time, even as a young kid, and I can't help but wonder why my default was "eat as much as possible" seemingly right from the start. My siblings definitely were not this way. Interestingly enough, one of my nephews (age 4) now displays the same characteristics (always hungry, always wants more) where his siblings do not. Perhaps there is a genetic component there? I'm not entirely sure.

I'd like to know what may have created bad eating/health habits in other people, and when these habits started for all of you? Can you remember when these things started or does it feel like it's just always been like this for you?

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This is my last chance at weight loss

I'm one week in and 5 pounds lost, but a more accurate statement is that I'm 3 years in, 0 pounds lost, much healthier, with a lot of challenges ahead. At age 3, I'm no longer young, but by no means old. This is my last chance to really get everything together and enjoy adulthood as I've imagined it.

I don't know if this post should be considered advice, but I can't be the only person in this situation, so while I need to get these thoughts out and create a benchmark for myself, I'd also hope that anyone in a similar spot can draw some sort of motivation.

I've attempted serious weight loss four times in my adult life. Once, I lost 100 lbs. Three times I lost between 30-40 lbs. My highest weight was unknown, but after six weeks of serious diet and exercise, I weighed 383 lbs, so I estimated I started around 400 lbs. I dropped all the way down to 299 lbs in about 5 months before slowly regaining about 80 lbs back. Over the next several years, I gained and lost the same 30-40 lbs.

Here's how I got derailed each time...#1, I had a physically intense manual labor job and drastically overestimated how many calories I burned at work. Lunch was always grabbed on the run, usually pizza, and I simply messed up my basic CICO math. I gained back about 40 lbs without realizing it, and the depression when it became apparent disrupted my diet and exercise. I ended up gaining back another 40.

numbers 2, 3, and 4 were all derailed by a cold which stopped my exercise and broke my rhythm. The common theme among all four was that the weight loss coincided with good moods, arguably manic states, while the weight gain was accompanied by serious depression.

For the last three years, my weight has gone up and down but my weight on Jan 27, 2019 is identical to Jan 27, 2016. However, my blood work looks much better today. My blood sugar was borderline high 3 years ago. My LDL and triglycerides were very high. My bilirubin count was high enough that my doctor suggested removing my gall bladder (a common issue in my family).

Today, my lipid panel looks great. My blood sugar is normal, nearly every key number looks good, with the exception of weight and blood pressure. I come back to this time and again to find inner-motivation. Just because the scale number hasn't moved doesn't mean I haven't improved my life. I go to the gym about 4 times a week on average. I'm stronger than at any point in my adult life. My cardiovascular fitness is decent for a normal weight person, tremendous for someone my size.

Here's why this journey will be different. In the past, I was losing weight for superficial reasons. I wanted to be more attractive and enjoy the perks of that. While I said it was about my health, that was probably not true. Today, I don't want to die. I don't want to use a scooter at the grocery store. I want to lose weight to live the kind of life I know I'm capable of living. A common theme in the above paragraphs was mental issues. In the past I relied on "will power" to get me through the tough times. Today I understand my mental state much better. Will power doesn't correct serotonin imbalances. "Emotional eating" is a fancy way to say I'm not controlling my Generalized Anxiety Disorder with any real effectiveness. I know how to put in hard work, but I need a real support system around me. This journey begins with getting my diet back on track, but it's supplemented with therapy, introspection, mindfulness. This journey has the support communities on reddit baked in for support. I know how to eat. I know how to work out. I'm ready to live again.

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I took 2 back to back "cheat" days unintentionally and I guess seeing how I bounce back will determine my willpower and is one of my first real tests in this process

Thursday morning I was 196.4 and Sunday morning I was 201.2

YIKES

I didn't plan on having any cheat days this weekend but hey, shit happens. This may come as a surprise but pitchers of beer, the munchies, and 3 am pizzas are NOT the secret to weight loss. I know most of this is water weight because 5 pounds of fat is 17,500 surplus calories and I really don't think I ended up there. It'll probably just be a day or two until I sweat all this weight off but man it's a punch in the face to see the number go back into the 200's after falling out of them.

Hopefully my next post here will be when I hit 190 and I buy myself the body analyzer that I set behind my goal of 190 lbs!

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Losing weight with Lymes

I have 2 main questions, and I explained my problems farther down. Thanks in advance :)

How do I motivate myself to eat healthy when i get sick no matter what I eat?

And how do i eat a healthy when all the carb stuff is what is easiest on my stomach, and the the carb stuff I can eat (gluten free) is soo expensive?

I have Lymes disease (have for about 7 years, diagnosed 1 year ago) and am on TONS of medications. I have horrible stomach problems from the antibiotics and IV’s. I also have autoimmune reactions to food and am not supposed to eat gluten, any grains (except rice and corn), cows milk, cheddar cheese, or peanuts.

So I’ve been trying to do the Keto Diet as it’s inherently grain free. But here’s the issue, my stomach is not handling the high fat, protein rich foods well at all. I’ve lost 8.5 lbs in 3 weeks but also everything I eat goes straight through me... it’s hard to eat healthy when the “healthy”food makes me sick too. The carb food like crackers, and such doesn’t make me as sick. But also low carb was kind of the goal for this year. I don’t want to give up on weight loss, but I’m also not making it to my college classes, and I’m scared to leave the house cause of how sick I get.

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I went back to the gym for the first time in a month and a half!!

And damn did it feel good. My MO with gym memberships has alway been to go maaaaybe 2-3 times and then make excuses for months, wasting money, until I’d finally cave and cancel my membership.

This time around I invested in a personal trainer for 6 months, which really helped me get familiar with the gym and the equipment. I didn’t see a ton of weight loss during this time as I wasn’t doing cardio and wasn’t going to the gym outside of my training sessions.

Well, my training sessions ended mid December and of course without the accountability I stopped going. My excuse was initially the holidays, and then how busy the gym would be in January. Yesterday I ignored all of my excuses and went to the gym. I started slow, doing a light ab day and some cardio, but it felt really good to be back.

Just thought I’d share that I’m slowly breaking old cycles. I know going back once does not necessarily mean that I’ll go back again, but it’s one step in the right direction and sometimes that’s all it takes. If you’re in the same boat as me, make a deal with yourself to go back just once. Don’t plan to go 7 days a week right off the hop, because I personally find that very intimidating.

If you have any tips or tricks for me (I.e. getting more comfortable at the gym, any cool exercises or workout routines) I’d love to hear them!

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How accurate is YOUR fitness tracker calorie burn based on your Lose It! calories in and weight change over time?

First things first, this is a question I am asking out of academic curiosity. And I understand that the reliability of data is dependent on a number of factors, likely the most significant of which is how accurately people are logging their calories in Lose It. Another big issue is that it doesn't account for rapid water/glycogen loss at the beginning of a very low carb diet. So there are a lot of limitations to this "study".

With that out of the way, I'd be interested to hear the following data from people who are willing to submit it:

1. What fitness tracker is estimating your calories burned
2. Average estimated calorie burn per day
3. Average calorie intake per day in Lose It!
4. Average weight change per day in lbs
5. Total number of days of data included above

So for me, it would go like this:

1. What fitness tracker is estimating your calories burned: Fitbit Charge 3
2. Average estimated calorie burn per day: 3713
3. Average calorie intake per day in Lose It!: 836\*
4. Average weight change per day in lbs: -0.85
5. Total number of days of data included above: 51

\I have been on a medically-supervised very low calorie diet*

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Based on my data shown above:

Assuming pure fat mass (FM) loss (3500 kcal/lb), my expected average daily weight loss would be (836-3713)/3500, or 0.82 lbs, which would suggest that Fitbit was overestimating my calorie burn by ((0.85-0.82)/0.85)*100, or 3.5%.

Assuming 75% FM loss and 25% fat-free mass (FFM) loss (average 2719 kcal/lb), my expected average daily weight loss would be (836-3713)/2719, or 1.06lbs, which would suggest that Fitbit was overestimating my calorie burn by ((1.06-0.82)/0.85)*100, or 28.2%.

If I exclude my first week on the diet where I lost a lot of water/glycogen weight, I come up with 17.1% overestimation of calorie burn assuming pure FM loss vs 41.3% assuming 75% FM and 25% FFM loss (data not shown).

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If anyone else is willing to submit the 5 data points above, I'd be happy to do the calculations for you. Most fitness trackers will answer Questions 2 + 3 for you. Question 4 can be calculated by dividing your total weight change by the number of days total between the starting and endings weight.

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