Not much in scale gains, but HUGE health gains!

Just a bit about myself first:

Height 6' 4"

Age 23

SW 401.2

CW 385.1

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I started my weight loss journey a month and some change ago, and at first I lost 20 pounds very quickly. Unfortunately I relapsed, and had to essentially start again when I shot back up to 390.

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When I went to the doctor's office today for something unrelated, my weight was 385.1 . At first I was dissuaded, as that is 6 pounds more than what I recorded on my scale at home. But when they checked my blood pressure, it was 122/81. I had have high blood pressure for a huge part of my life (due to eating ofc), and my numbers last time I was in were 155/93.

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So while I lost must less weight than I was hoping due to my stumble in the middle, I have made incredible health gains, dropping around 40 points total! I am still high for someone my age, but at-least my health seems to be improving fairly dramatically!

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Losing it alone

Hey guys! I’m looking for an online accountability buddy! Right now I feel so alone with the whole starting weight loss and it’s keeping me from fully committing to it. Going to the gym alone is intimidating, but I recently moved and don’t really know anyone who lives by me... and grocery shopping leads to me treating myself to junk food I shouldn’t be eating (an entire bag of flaming hot Cheetos in a day? Not healthy.)... I feel like if I just had someone to check in with daily— did we both make healthy choices— I would make a lot of improvement. I don’t want to ask friends or family to be my accountability buddy because I know they’re going to respond with “because all your diets in the past have worked out so well...” and well, I’m really trying to make a change this time! I have a really important photo shoot in October and I want to feel beautiful and right now I just don’t with all the extra pounds I drag around.

I’m 25F and am 210 pounds at 5 feet tall. I don’t care if your man/woman/non-binary, as long as you’re looking to motivate and be motivated!

Thanks, y’all!

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30 Day Accountability Challenge - February Sign Ups

Hello lovely losers,

Another month is about to happen upon us! That means a new Daily Accountability Challenge.

To reiterate, there will be a daily post for you to check in on goals you set for yourself. You can also read everyone else's progress & commiserate, congratulate & whatever else needs ating. Your goals can be weight loss or general health related, creative, self care or whatever else you need to focus your mental energy on. We try to foster a supportive place to chat about your successes & failures & what you've learned from both.

I'll start us off with my goals for February!

Weight by end of the month 268 - 265:

Stay in calorie goal (net): I’m thinking 1400-1500 is a good goal for the month ahead. X/28

Exercise 5 days a week: This is habitual but I like accountability! X/28

Self-care journaling once a week & love journals once a month: Once a week I need to sit down & journal about the things bothering me or that require some mulling over. Love journals are journals I keep for the people in my life to write down memories, thoughts & all that lovely dovey grossness haha.

Self-care treat once a week: I've got a lot of face masks waiting.

Practice drawing everyday: I've been enjoying it as a creative outlet & way to expel some stress. The next Bob Ross I am not but it's fun! X/28

Don't be shy, chime in with your goals! And feel free to jump on the January posts if you want to get a head start.

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Ho, hum.. sister troubles

My sister and I are BFF's and until I moved across Canada last year, we were always encouraging each other to eat healthy and we made sure we got our work outs in together. After I moved, I put on about 15lbs and I blame it on stress and mourning the death of my Grandmother.

Anyway since I moved I would say my sis completely gave up on her goals. She put on probably 30+lbs and stopped exercising completely because she has no one to motivate her, she says. Her life is super hectic with 3 little kids and she struggled with the loss of our Grandmother, as well as my family and I moving away.

Anyway, she has been mentioning to me sometimes that she is ready to get her act together and bunker down, drop the weight! I said that was awesome and asked her what her plan is.

She said she is going to focus on eating 3 square meals and adding exercise back in. I told her that is solid and I will do meal prep Sunday with her over video chat so it will be like old times.

I mentioned to her that when I started weighing my food I couldn't believe how much I was overeating and I was literally SHOCKED at how my idea of a healthy portion was waaaaay off. She knows I weigh my food and it annoys her. She said it is too much work and she is too far gone (obviously she's not) to worry about calories and macros, she just needs to stick to the basics but I know she is taking in too many cals because imo it is simple math, an eye opener, yes, but essential to success. I mentioned IF and she got mad and told me I am stressing her out and we ended the call right after that.

If she asks me again, how can I make these suggestions to her that she won't feel overwhelmed? What is a good starting place for people who feel hopeless? She refuses to download any apps because she won't clear her phone, ugh she is just setting up so many road blocks for herself.

Tl;dr my sister asks me for support with her weight loss journey but gets mad whenever I suggest calorie counting/weighing foods and basically anything else. What should I suggest that I haven't already tried?

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Can I lose ten pounds if I'm already "thin"?

I am AFAB so I am using weight loss metrics aimed at women. I usually weigh around 140 pounds, and I'd like to be closer to 130. I'm 5'8" and measure 36-27-41. I hate how wide my hips are and I would like to look more androgynous. The goal would be to weigh 130 or less, and for my hips to measure 37" maximum.

I started doing (mostly vegetarian) keto a month ago and I've been really good about staying in ketosis, drinking lots of water, getting electrolytes, and exercising regularly with HIIT and dance. I always weigh every little thing I eat and count calories meticulously; my maintenance is about 1800 and I've been eating between 1200-1400 while on keto. Any less and I tend to freak out and binge, and since I've been doing so well I'm scared of eating even less and sabotaging my efforts.

Since I started keto, I've been getting so discouraged. I feel like I'm doing everything right, but since I started, I've gained an inch around both my bust and hips (the two areas I am NOT wanting to increase), and my average weight has increased by approximately 5 pounds.

Are these increases just water weight? Will they go down if I just keep at it? Could I be overlooking anything or doing anything else? Is it even possible for me to lose this amount at the size I currently am (without straight up starving myself)? I'd appreciate any tips or input.

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[27yo,F,5’9”300lbs] sitting at a weightloss clinic and have lost all hope

I’m at the end of my rope mentally and physically. I have completely given up and can’t take control for some reason. The last 2 years have been horrendous from a health perspective. I had my daughter in 2017 and had gained back all of my weight loss after becoming extremely ill and basically bed ridden since last May. The only thing I could do was get dressed go to work at a desk and come back home utterly exhausted. I had brain surgery in November and everything got worse. I can’t work now and have physical therapy twice a week. I don’t know how I’m going to loss weight when I can’t stand long enough to cook or exercise more than 5 minutes at a time for fear of collapsing. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. I’m in a lot of pain every day and losing weight will help take so much strain off my body. I just don’t know how to do it without causing more pain.

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1600 a day (sustained) or 800 a day on the fast diet (5:2)?

I've just "officially" started on my weight loss journey.

A few colleagues at work have recommended to me the Fast Diet (5:2). However, when inputting my data into MFP today I got a warning message, which got me Googling a bit more than last time. I know a lot of this depends on my weight/height, etc. However, I was curious if it's safe/sustainable?

IIFYM said my lose should be 1635 calories a day, but I'm curious if I should stick with 1635 calories Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and 800 on Tuesday and Thursday, or just 1635 all week.

I'm doing 9Rounds 3 days a week (not on my 800) days.

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