Thanks for all the unknowing encouragement & motivation!

I’ve been lurking for the last 6 months or so and wanted to introduce myself and let you know how motivating and encouraging it’s been to read the posts here!

A little about me: I’m a 31F and I stay home with my 2 kids. I’ve always despised exercise and only ever succeeded in weight loss when I’ve counted calories (albeit without any knowledge of TDEE) or cut something out (stopped drinking soda in college and noticed a difference) so CICO made sense.

I’m 5’4 and I believe my very highest weight at some point in 2017 was around 180lb which I disliked immensely. Managed to get to 176 on my own and maintain there for 6-8 months before stumbling onto this sub and deciding to get my butt into gear. Currently I’m down to 159 having maintained ~160 for Oct-Jan. Oct-Dec were known large amounts of travel and holidays and birthdays.

I’ve learned that I can maintain pretty well but struggle to lose. I’m working on 1200-1400 calories/day knowing that closer to 1200 is better for me. Surprisingly I’ve had no issue finding foods to keep me full within that calorie range. My biggest current hurdle is mid-afternoon snacking while my kids nap and while I know my body doesn’t need that food for now I’m ok doing that and eating smaller dinners.

Thanks to you all I’ve learned what a good TDEE is for me and have confidence in mg calorie goals. You all also introduced me to the Happy Scale app which has resulted in my longest streak of weighing myself daily without getting frustrated by the numbers and giving up. I now know that plateaus are fine and I can hate the all-encompassing evil of scale/food fluctuations around my period with more understanding.

I’m down a pants size and am able to wear my wedding ring without breaking out in a rash from it being too tight for the first time in a couple of years. After being too lax and content in January I’m back on the wagon with a stretch goal of 120. I spent a lot of high school/college around 140 so that feels realistic but I’d love to see what I can do.

Thank you all for the comments on other’s posts which gave me countless tidbits and the encouragement you give to everyone regardless of their starting point!

Sorry this all got away from me and turned out longer than I meant!

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What do you do for in-between clothes?

Long time lurker first time poster!

Over the last 3 years I have lost 30 pounds. Slow weight loss, but weight loss nonetheless. I'm reaching the finish line and have really buckled down this last month to just finish the weight loss struggle.

None of my clothes really fit me anymore; even clothes I've purchased a couple months ago are turning baggy. I don't want to invest a ton of money into new clothes, but also I am sick of showing up to work in baggy skirts and blouses. Even the nicer secondhand stores in my town are a little expensive to me for short-term wear because I am a student working part-time.

Does anyone have any tips on buying clothes, altering clothes, or buying clothes that are more sustainable for weight fluctuations?

Thanks!

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1 month of CICO (data tracked)

Hi all, I just thought I'd share a little different type of progress pic. This is a picture of my data thus far since I started tracking CICO 12/29/18 https://imgur.com/a/GhhSKNQ

Stats: 30F SW: 180 CW: 170.4 GW: 135

The data I tracked is based on my logging into MFP and the calories burned based on my samsung watch.

I am human and didnt track for 1 day out of the month (life, long story...)

But, according to my data I am at a deficit of just over 21,000 calories for the month. Per the scale I am down 9.6 lbs.

I find this data to be interesting. If 1 lbs is truly = to 3500 calories I should only be down about 6 lbs. I think this is a reflection of some water weight loss, coupled with perhaps some element of guestimating calories and also perhaps my watches calories out tracking isnt completely accurate.

Anyway, seeing that I'm nearly 10 lbs down in 1 month this morning was an awesome feeling and I'm looking forward to the continuation of my journey!

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Make sure you’re mental state is right.

We all know a good diet and exercise plan will get us to our weight loss goals eventually. If you break it down in it’s simplest form it’s losing more energy than you take in. It’s so simple but most people including myself struggle with it for years. If you’ve tried and failed numerous times... it almost has to be a bad mental state holding you back. Some people have that, “Hard work and dedication, I’m just gonna get it done!” Capability. Some do not. I’ve been relying on meditation lately and it’s a lot easier feeling like I’m not gonna just snap and go back to bad habits. Meditation is just my personal recommendation, some people pray, some people use the law of attraction, and some people even get therapy. Whatever you got to do to put your mind right, do it! Hopefully some of you guys got tips in the comments that can help people build up that strong mental state. Best of luck to all of you!

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DEXA Scan results showing me major progress!

I started this year following macros very religiously along with CrossFit 5x per week. I wasn't losing weight very fast and was getting discouraged. Even my measurements weren't showing anything.

I took a DEXA scan last August when I weighed 212 lbs, and continued to gain weight for the rest of the year until I was 216 at the end of December.

I've been perfect with macros all year, and my CrossFit workouts are slowing reaching a point where they're a little enjoyable instead of total misery for 45 mins. :) I hadn't been noticing much of a change, but the DEXA scan was so great for me.

Here are the results between my two scans:

• ARMS: - 1.12 lbs of fat, + .72 lbs of muscle
• LEGS: - 2.71 lbs of fat, + .81 lbs of muscle
• TRUNK: - 4.63 lbs of fat, + 1.67 lbs of muscle
• ANDROID (abdominal area): - .95 lbs of fat, + .41 lbs of muscle
• GYNOID (hips and butt): - 1.65 lbs of fat, + 1.12 lbs of muscle
• TOTAL: - 8.64 lbs of fat, + 2.75 lbs of muscle

I'm just sharing this to show that even if weight loss is going slow, you can still be making huge changes in your body composition. I'm shocked that I lost almost 5 pounds of fat in my trunk area, and added almost 2 pounds of muscle.

I'm still at 31% body fat, and my goal is to get below 20% by the end of the year. I started the year out at around 35%, and I'm excited to keep working.

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I can finally tell that I'm losing weight.

So I've tried to lose weight multiple times in my life but would always lose motivation after about a month and go back to my old eating habits. At the most I only ever lost about 10 pounds from previous attempts, which I could never physically tell a difference from so it would always start to feel like there was no point. In the past year I've really tried to change my mindset around food and health and have taken steps to make lifelong changes rather than temporary ones. At this point I've lost just under 30 lbs and I'm finally able to see some differences in my body that I wanted to share!

• My rings are all loose now, I think I've gone down a full ring size and have had to move them from my ring finger to my middle finger
• I put on a pair of shoes the other day and they were incredibly loose, it felt like someone had replaced them with a larger size as a joke. Didn't necessarily expect to experience a lot of foot weight loss but I'll take it!
• There's this jacket in my closet, which I bought because I liked it a lot but I could just barely fit into it and my arms were incredibly restricted while wearing it. I tried it on recently and it fits perfectly now and I have total arm movement!
• I needed to wear something more formal for a presentation recently so I picked out this gorgeous skirt from my closet that I would always wear at my waist line. All day I found myself having to tug this skirt up, it just kept slipping down and I realized that I must not have as much fat around my waist to hold it up anymore.

The entire time I've been losing weight, I've had trouble actually seeing it because when I look in the mirror, I feel like I look the same, despite the number on the scale changing. Having these physical reminders has done a lot to keep me motivated and shown me that my work is actually paying off. I have a closet full of clothes that have been pushed to the back because they stopped fitting. I usually look at them and feel bad but for once I'm excited to go home (I'm away at college) and try everything on to see if there's something I can bring back into rotation!

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Feel free to share if you've noticed any differences like this, I'd love to hear what other people have noticed about their bodies after losing weight.

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gained 70 lbs in a year due to depression, time to shift it

Hi all I'm finally coming out of the other end of a really rough year, in which (amongst other things) I finally went to a doctors and was diagnosed with depression, and am now suitably medicated and trying to deal with things in a more constructive way.

I got on the scales for the first time in a long time and ive gained more than 70 lbs in about a year, but now im going to try to lose weight and work on being happy with my body, as ive kind of got my mind sorted out.

I have done weight loss before (lost 50 lbs ish with slimming world) but I stopped going to the classes when they started introducing games into the mix (not my thing). So I know I can do it, so I am hoping with the encouragement of the community that I can get sorted again.

thanks for listening/reading

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