Saturday, February 2, 2019

Finally - changes after 4 years of failed attempts.

Long long long time lurker, first time poster.

I just wanted to share my achievement somewhere, because this is a huge deal for me. I've never been overweight but I've always struggled with my body and wanted to lose like 10 lbs. Instead, after years of learning about calories/nutrition/exercise and falling in love with it, I would sabotage myself with uncontrollable binge episodes and even binge weeks. I have to admit that depression/anxiety didn't help my chaotic eating. It's very demotivating to be working on one single goal for so long and instead of losing the weight you stray further from the goal. I gained 10lbs instead of losing them.

Since February I decided to seriously implement everything I learned and collect all motivation to for once, not screw myself over.

I weighed in at 147.8 lbs on February 7th. Today I dared to step on the scale and .. 142.8.

I lost 5lbs!!!

For the first time, a consistent weight loss, and I can feel it! I've been sort of consistent in the first month, I had two slip ups around my monthly cycle, but instead of letting myself slide back down I decided to bounce back and do better.

This subreddit has helped me break the cycle of going one step forward and two steps back.

What changed for me mostly was a daily routine and intermittened fasting 16:8 (since most of my overeating happened after dinner.) Exercise has never been an issue, I love the gym and cycling and walking, so not much changed there except for just moving my body every day and not letting myself get lazy.

15lbs to go, but I'm not dreading it, it feels easy now.

Sorry for the long post rant, I'm just so happy and thankful and I feel empowered.

TL;DR Managed to break through a 4year struggle of being unable to lose a single pound without gaining it back that same week. I'm so motivated to continue, and thankful for the comradery of this subreddit. <3

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Tips for weight loss by May?

So I’m currently 5’7, ~151-154 (haven’t weighed myself in a few weeks so not sure). A year and a half ago, I used to weigh my highest at 182lbs, I’ve managed to keep my weight and life pretty sustainable since then and my weight fluctuates a bit between the lower 150s.

I’m graduating in May from graduate school and my parents are going to be seeing me from oversees and I want to surprise them by looking the best I ever have.

I don’t currently have this facility near me, but I go kickboxing for about 30 mins a day 5x a week, burning about 350-400 calories. I eat a pretty balanced diet, maybe about 1300 calories a day (I don’t count my calories). I don’t eat sugar, other than my creamer in the morning with coffee. But I haven’t lost any weight since my dramatic loss since the beginning and have plateaued I guess.

Does anyone have any tips to kinda get the ball-rolling by the time I get to May?

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[Daily Directory] Find your quests for the day here! - Sunday, 03 February 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.

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Discouraged that my weight loss isn’t at all noticeable to me, let alone anyone else.

I’ve been obese for the majority of my adult life. At 24 I’m 427lbs. I’ve lost 15lbs and I feel awful. I made it a month binge free and when I realized I couldn’t notice my weight loss at all or feel it, I binged. I’m in therapy and talk to my doctor regularly but idk why this happened. I’m ashamed I feel like I threw it all away. Also upset that with a loss I didn’t feel different or look even slightly different. I see and hear people say how 10 or 15, 20lbs makes them feel different slightly or clothes are looser, but not me. My clothes fit the same. I still feel bloated, I quit regular soda over a month ago and I’m about to give up diet but I’m so discouraged. I feel swollen and puffy. My chins are still huge and prominent. I just feel like I’m going to be like this forever.

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Mental Health and Weight Loss

Round two of weight substantial weight loss for me here. Life isn't easy, y'all. I've faced a fair amount of adversity and I've realized, personally, there is a high correlation between my mental health and my ability to drop the weight and sustain good habits.

A little bit of background: Mom was an alcoholic, stepdad was abusive, moved in with Dad when I was 15 due to the bad situation with Mom, hit peak weight of 225 at 17. Got comfortable, things were stable with Dad, ended up losing 60 lbs and was the happiest and most carefree I had ever been. Mom's life fell apart when I was 19, I took over her mortgage while she moved across the country to get out of her abusive marriage. Dad dies 1 year later from extremely rare autoimmune disorder while I'm still in college and trying to keep my mom's shit together. I get in a relationship with an alcoholic and proceed to gain 100 pounds due to our bad habits. Would have left had I not been financially stuck. Finally sold her house last year so it was off my shoulders, graduated college, and SO sobered up (and stayed that way... we're doing great now and I couldn't be happier). I've quickly dropped 20 pounds, just by eating whole foods, no refined sugar in the house (use honey and maple syrup as sweeteners), and limiting alcohol and eating out. But I couldn't make those choices until I was in the right mindset. I've been able to undo two years of the damage in just 3 months.

So, please, don't beat yourself up. You are great. You are capable. You are more than enough. Your worth does not decrease/increase per pound you weigh (although, some individuals may act this way, I promise its not true). It's okay to not be okay. It's okay to not be ready. You will do it when you are ready. You will do it when the time is right.

r/loseit, thanks for inspiring me to lose this weight for the second time in my life. Thanks for letting me love myself and be proud regardless of my current weight. You all are the best.

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Getting back on the metaphorical wagon

Howdy everyone!

I started my weight loss journey in November of last year (SW: 196 lbs) and really got into a nice routine of watching my portions, cooking more and eating out less, drinking more water, and even finding time to go to the gym a couple times a week. I was really proud of myself! I lost 20 lbs and was feeling really good about my body and the choices that were slowly starting to become my “new normal” so to speak.

And then, January came around. I know the new year is a motivational time for a lot of people, but it was the opposite for me. A lot of unforeseen frustrations came up in my life, and my mental health took a hardcore dive. The icing on the cake was a pregnancy scare about two weeks ago. I started feeling powerless, I could feel my newfound confidence slowly draining away, and I turned to old unhealthy habits for cheap comfort. I stopped going to the gym, stopped logging food and tracking calories, stopped weighing myself, just stopped doing anything I had been to lose weight.

But I’m sick of it!!! Last year gave me a taste of what it feels like to be confident, what it feels like to take charge of my life and start becoming the person I want to be physically and mentally. And you know what, it taught me that I am so much fucking stronger than what my negative, depression-fueled inner demons would like me to believe.

I am not powerless to food, I am not powerless to a twang of hunger, I am not powerless in my life and I am not going to let a bad month convince me otherwise.

Weight loss and improving my health is a lifestyle change - there will always be roadbumps and stress and unexpected bullshit, and I need to learn how to get up, brush myself off, and keep going. So fuck you, January!

I cooked a healthy dinner tonight, logged it in My Fitness Pal, and I’m ready to keep it going tomorrow. I’m sending positivity and encouragement to anyone else who’s stuck in a funk right now - we got this!

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What apps do you use to motivate yourself by seeing your progress?

Hey everybody ,

I am in my first 16 hour fasting period right now. Tomorrow will show how hard it will be : ) I‘m gonna start of easy and maybe start eating a few hours earlier tomorrow. I’m sure that I will avoid a lot of calories by skipping breakfast.

My question is about apps for weight loss in general and apps progress-tracking and motivation in particular:

I feel like having some kind of gamification and or statistics and photos to visualize my progress will help me overcome my biggest hurdle, my brain. I have started several times, logging my intake but always let it fade out because I couldn’t motivate myself keeping it up until I see any progress.

Do you have any suggestions for apps to track my weight loss (the weight) and apps to make good “before and after” photos? I’m pretty sure there are some great apps out there!

Maybe there are some app experts among you who like to share their favorites.

The app I use to keep track of my fasting times is called “zero” [Appstore Link](Zero - Fasting Tracker von Big Sky Health https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/zero-fasting-tracker/id1168348542?mt=8)

Thank you all and wish me luck.

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