Working with a doctor makes the difference for me

Hello fellow losers (is that right?). I'm 50 and know I've been overweight for my frame for at least 10 years. I've done low carb and tried to be disciplined in the past but would always bubble back up to a bad weight.

What changed for me? I got an excuse to lose weight: by sheer luck I got cast in a movie (entirely different story) and they need me to lose 20 pounds in a short amount of time. I told the movie folks that I was willing but would need help. That's when I got introduced to a weight loss MD.

Working with a physician has made a tremendous difference. To be sure, no one should lose weight as quickly as I need to without doctor supervision. I have to measure BMI, weight and blood pressure daily (thank goodness for Apple health app -- makes logging very easy). I have to drink TONS of water. I'm at 1100 calories a day and doing 60 min cardio daily. And for the first time in my life, my weight loss graph is consistently going down. I started January at 188.6 lbs. This morning I weighed in at 175.8. That's a weight I haven't seen in 9 years.

I've never been as disciplined in my life as I am now and I think this actually might save my life as long as one I hit target weight I'm able to reintroduce foods and stay active. Right now I'm able to do 60 min on the elliptical sustaining 139 bpm without a break -- also crazy for me.

I'm grateful I've been able to discover discipline and consistency. I've 30 days to hit target weight and I'm pretty sure I can make it.

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slow weight loss

unlike most people, I am trying to slow-walk my weight loss...down about 4-5 lb each month. The first 10 lb dropped off on schedule, but now it is going slow even by my standards. I am 64, 5'2" and weigh 127 with a goal weight of 115, which would be nice to achieve by May. I figure it took me a while to put it on, so it will probably take a while to get it off, too.

I am vegetarian, don't drink much alcohol (about 1-2 X per month) and prefer to reduce the quantity of food I eat rather than counting calories. Right now I eat 1 meal a day, usually lunch. Exercise is by walking 3 times a week, usually for about an hour or so. I regularly weigh myself each day when I get up to help remind me to stay on track. Do the fitness apps help? I do not want to do calorie counting...makes me want to binge!

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Down 60 pounds in 97 days!

Mobile formatting, sorry

I just found this group. I found out my wife wanted a divorce on October 26. On October 29 I began my journey to get back into shape and healthier choices all around. I quit drinking, I began to work out 4 days a week, and I started making much better choices with food. Yes, I lost weight too fast in the beginning (finding out about your wife’s new boyfriend has a few negative side effects) but my weight loss has slowed down the past month and I am managing it well. I am starting to get more cravings but I am good about only eating healthy food when I am hungry. I do allow myself one day to have a “cheat meal” of some sort but even then I do not go all out. I just keep track of my weight loss in my notes on my phone, I still need to get a tracker. I ballpark my calorie intake but it has been enough so far. Here’s my weights by day/week since I began this journey:

Monday 10/29 284.4 Tuesday 11/6 278.4 Thursday 11/8 274.8 Wednesday 11/14 272.2 Monday 11/19 268.6 Thursday 11/22 262.8 Tuesday 11/27 257.4 Tuesday 12/4 - 254.2 Tuesday 12/11 249.6 Tuesday 12/19 244.2 Tuesday 12/25 238 Wednesday 1/2 233 Tuesday 1/8 231 Wednesday 1/16 229 Wednesday 1/23 226 Wednesday 1/30 224

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Lost 46lbs :) and wondering where to focus now

Hey Loseit!

Starting in August last year I decided to take better care of myself. Through the last 17 years I've been slowly putting on weight from around 185lbs to about 249lbs at my worst. So now with 35years, 6ft and about 235lbs I decided to do something about it.

Regarding weight loss, what I did was starting to track my calorie intake and aim at 1500 a day, and reduced the amount of candy/sugar/breads/etc. It was hard, often I feel a bit hungry and still have some cravings but I try to drink water/tea or have some small dried fruit or something and not candy/chocolate/sandwich like before. My meals are now almost half of what they were. Quickly I started to see some results and was losing about 2lbs per week in the beginning, now it's not as much per week but it's still close. After about 33lbs I started to notice a big difference, and it was giving me a lot of confidence and motivation to keep going. Throwing away most of my clothes and getting some good fitting ones was amazing!

It's important to note that this did not start because I wanted to lose weight. I knew I was overweight for a long time, but something shifted in my mind and I realized that I could be a better version of myself. So a lot of other things changed and improved regarding self-care, weight loss was just one of them. This may be relevant for you if you're struggling with weight loss, it may be just a symptom of something else that you have to address first.

Now, 5 months later I'm at 189 lbs I'm still keeping my current calorie intake although I've stopped tracking it around month 3 since I realized I was consistently doing 1500 without 'concerns'. I think I want to continue but I'd like to shift my focus a bit to body fat reduction. I did not do any training through the process so far, but have started doing some 30min workout sessions about 3 times per week. Based on my scale and some tape measurements I'm at about 19%. Ideally I'd like to go to about 14% I think, but I'm not sure exactly what to do now. I'm still a bit unhappy about some fat around the belly, but in general I now actually like looking at the guy in the mirror. Regarding food, I like the amount I eat now, but I understand 1500 a day is not healthy for me in the long run.

I know I should have my own goals, and the important thing is that I'm happy with myself but I was wondering if you'd have any insights/experience to share.

Tldr; Lost 46lbs in 5 months, wanted to share my experience, and I'm also wondering what my goals now could be.

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Two years ago today I made a choice to be healthy. 100lbs later... time to maintain!

Hey r/loseit!

Tl;dr at the bottom. Wall of text incoming.

Two years ago today I made the decision to change my life forever—to get healthy, to lose weight, and to conquer my year. 2016 was a year lived entirely lived for someone who wasn’t me. My best friend lost her entire immediate family in a really horrible way, and I ended up living my whole life for her—spending all of my free time (and a lot of time that was supposed to be for other things) with her and for her. I didn’t take care of my body or my spirit that whole year. So when the year anniversary of her family’s death came up, I decided that I needed to live that year—2017—for me. I decided I was going to lose weight, graduate from college early, and apply (and get in to) graduate school. And I did! That first year, I lost about 50 pounds, and the year following, I lost about 40 more. I started at about 264lbs (though my highest was in the 280s), and today, I float around in the 170s. You can see some progress pictures of me here. I am 5’10 for reference.

I thought that I needed to lose more weight the last couple of weeks. I’m on the edge between overweight and a “healthy” BMI, and I thought maybe I should get down to about 150lbs to be safe. But then, my girlfriend picked out a dress for me last night at a thrift store that was just GORGEOUS. And it was… get this… a size 6! I began at a size 18 on a good day, 20-22 on a normal day. The fact that I fit into a single digit dress, and a size 6 at that, is absolutely CRAZY to me. And it fits absolutely perfectly!

So I’ve decided, today, on my 2 year health-aversary, to begin transitioning to maintenance. I’d like to stay in the 170s or high 160s (once I get to about 182 I start feeling bloaty and uncomfortable, but I’m completely comfortable in the 10 pound range of the 170s) and I believe that this weight is not only maintainable, but healthy for me and my large/tall frame. I know it’s at the high end of my healthy weight range, but I believe that if I get any smaller, I will be both too small for my height and unable to maintain my weight. So here we go… maintenance time!

How did I get from there to here? Read on!

For the first 2 months of losing weight, I didn’t track a single calorie. All I did was write down everything I ate. When I look back on this journal I CRINGE! I was eating horribly! However, I lost a little bit of weight at this time. I thought it was important to learn how to be aware of what I was eating before I learned how many calories it was. This turned out to be a great decision for me, as I have had issues with secret eating and binge eating. Once I became self-aware of my food, switching to tracking calories as well wasn’t so bad. I would highly recommend this method if you have issues with binge eating and secret eating.

I didn’t put exercise as a primary point in my weight loss. As I’ve lost more weight, I have started to exercise more, but this is because I want to have good cardiovascular health and be generally fit, not because I wanted to lose more weight. I lost slowly, at around .8lbs a week over two years. I eat exactly what I want, just in smaller quantities. I have discovered what foods make me feel bad and what foods make me feel good, and I choose them (or don’t choose them) accordingly.

To the resolutioners and new members of r/loseit, here is my advice. Do not go on a diet you cannot keep up for the rest of your life. Eat foods you want, drink drinks you want, exercise in a sustainable way for you. If you don’t, you will fall off the wagon, hard. And you may fall off the wagon a few times, and that’s okay! What matters is getting back on the wagon again.

Best of luck, losers! Go greet the day!

Tl;dr: after a year of neglecting myself, I decided to lose weight and complete several educational goals (graduate early, get in to grad school—did both!). Ended up losing around 100-110 pounds from my highest, about 90-100 from my start weight, depending on the day, in two years. Went from a size 20-22 to a size 6-8, as of yesterday. Took tracking slowly by starting without tracking calories, didn’t make exercise a fixture point in the process until recently, eventually moved to tracking calories and losing weight slowly. Ate what I wanted in smaller calories, made a lifestyle change instead of a drastic, unsustainable change. Decided today, on my 2 year anniversary of health, to begin maintaining.

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Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Sunday, 03 February 2019? Start here!

Today is your Day 1?

Welcome to r/Loseit!

So you aren’t sure of how to start? Don’t worry! “How do I get started?” is our most asked question. r/Loseit has helped our users lose over 1,000,000 recorded pounds and these are the steps that we’ve found most useful for getting started.

Why you’re overweight

Our bodies are amazing (yes, yours too!). In order to survive before supermarkets, we had to be able to store energy to get us through lean times, we store this energy as adipose fat tissue. If you put more energy into your body than it needs, it stores it, for (potential) later use. When you put in less than it needs, it uses the stored energy. The more energy you have stored, the more overweight you are. The trick is to get your body to use the stored energy, which can only be done if you give it less energy than it needs, consistently.

Before You Start

The very first step is calculating your calorie needs. You can do that HERE. This will give you an approximation of your calorie needs for the day. The next step is to figure how quickly you want to lose the fat. One pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories. So to lose 1 pound of fat per week you will need to consume 500 calories less than your TDEE (daily calorie needs from the link above). 750 calories less will result in 1.5 pounds and 1000 calories is an aggressive 2 pounds per week.

Tracking

Here is where it begins to resemble work. The most efficient way to lose the weight you desire is to track your calorie intake. This has gotten much simpler over the years and today it can be done right from your smartphone or computer. r/loseit recommends an app like MyFitnessPal, Loseit! (unaffiliated), or Cronometer. Create an account and be honest with it about your current stats, activities, and goals. This is your tracker and no one else needs to see it so don’t cheat the numbers. You’ll find large user created databases that make logging and tracking your food and drinks easy with just the tap of the screen or the push of a button. We also highly recommend the use of a digital kitchen scale for accuracy. Knowing how much of what you're eating is more important than what you're eating. Why? This may explain it.

Creating Your Deficit

How do you create a deficit? This is up to you. r/loseit has a few recommendations but ultimately that decision is yours. There is no perfect diet for everyone. There is a perfect diet for you and you can create it. You can eat less of exactly what you eat now. If you like pizza you can have pizza. Have 2 slices instead of 4. You can try lower calorie replacements for calorie dense foods. Some of the communities favorites are cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash in place of their more calorie rich cousins. If it appeals to you an entire dietary change like Keto, Paleo, Vegetarian.

The most important thing to remember is that this selection of foods works for you. Sustainability is the key to long term weight management success. If you hate what you’re eating you won’t stick to it.

Exercise

Is NOT mandatory. You can lose fat and create a deficit through diet alone. There is no requirement of exercise to lose weight.

It has it’s own benefits though. You will burn extra calories. Exercise is shown to be beneficial to mental health and creates an endorphin rush as well. It makes people feel awesome and has been linked to higher rates of long term success when physical activity is included in lifestyle changes.

Crawl, Walk, Run

It can seem like one needs to make a 180 degree course correction to find success. That isn’t necessarily true. Many of our users find that creating small initial changes that build a foundation allows them to progress forward in even, sustained, increments.

Acceptance

You will struggle. We have all struggled. This is natural. There is no tip or trick to get through this though. We encourage you to recognize why you are struggling and forgive yourself for whatever reason that may be. If you overindulged at your last meal that is ok. You can resolve to make the next meal better.

Do not let the pursuit of perfect get in the way of progress. We don’t need perfect. We just want better.

Additional resources

Now you’re ready to do this. Here are more details, that may help you refine your plan.

• Quick Start Guide - Build your foundation!
• Loseit Compendium - Frame it out!
• FAQ - Answers to our most Frequently Asked Questions!

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Average weight in a week.

Hi, so I've been losing weight since January first. More exercise (walking, hiking, swimming etc) and better food choices (had a real problem with binge eating and a post about it on Reddit not long ago has actually hugely helped with that mentality).

I started at 207lbs, the day I weighed myself January 1st 2019. I've always weighed myself once a week and taken that as my current weight. However the last two weeks I've been reading about the benefits of weighing yourself every day. So for two weeks Ive been logging my weight every day, same time every morning and been getting a way more varied pattern that is actually helping me see where I'm going wrong and helping me see progress.

For example, started at 207 and today I weigh 203. However my average for this week is 199. On Wednesday I weighed 197. That's a huge difference. Last week my average was 201. I can see the start of a trending decline. Even if some days I'm heavier (yesterday I didn't eat well even though I did 11 thousand steps and walked to the white horse).

So I'm asking if that is a viable way to track progress/weight loss? It feels like it is to me, it feels like it takes into consideration fluctuations, water weight, bad days etc etc. Any one else find this?

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