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Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Today, I'm calling a therapist.
You might be saying, "hold up, this isn't about weight loss", but it is.
I am one of the many people in this sub and across the whole who uses food to fill the holes in my heart. It's like having an overly stuffed stomach makes that dull, sad ache a little less achy. Then you get in a cycle of not even being hungry, but you're no longer stuffed so you must eat some more. Carrots or cauliflower won't do either. It must be filled with simple carbs to give that quick pick-me-up. Hello truffles and pizza - ideally not together.
Recently, I had my second child. I think I may have mild postpartum depression. Just over a month out from delivery I find myself overcome by sadness and crying. And now there's something else. She's healthy and wonderful and sweet, and I'm racked with guilt. She has had an easy start to life, but her older brother did not. He was born early, he developed necrotizing enterocolitis at 7 days in the NICU, and he had constant ear/nose/throat infections until one developed into bacterial meningitis at 16mos. He wasn't given a newborn hearing screen as the hospital fell through on their duty, but with the constant infections we had to keep cancelling planned ones or they were marked inconclusive. Last week, his cold was still mild that while the results are not conclusive we did find out he is deaf in one ear. I wrote about it on other subreddits, but the vitriol I received had me deleting two posts. The parent guilt is already enough and people can't seem to wrap their head around the idea it was hard to notice or that a child can be that constantly sick. We have brought up my son's constant illnesses and wanting to see an ENT with his pediatricians (it's a practice), but were told by multiple drs that constant illnesses in daycare 0-3yr olds is normal and an ENT won't be able to help unless he has 5 confirmed strep cases in a year or 7 in two. After the SSD or UHL diagnosis we were sent to an ENT. It is worse than we imagined, probably because we kept being told all this was normal. He is going to have a bunch of tests. My husband and I are great supports for our son and each other, but right now we need more. Our friends and family don't seem to understand they're saying the wrong words and it isn't fair of us to put that responsibility on them. So today I'm going to call a wonderful lady, who has helped us before. Everytime I reach for a truffle, start ordering take-out, or heating up the oven to eat an entire pizza I going to remind myself that it's easier to care for my children without carrying around this excess weight. And it's true. It is easier. At a healthy weight, it is easier to have more energy (mental & physical), you're more comfortable in your surroundings (which is truly underappreciated), and will help with one part of current hopeless feeling. I cannot control my son's health, but I can control all the extra food I'm adding to my day. That bit of control helps me feel a bit less lost. Sorry for any grammatical mistakes. I'm trying to nurse and type. (I don't produce even half of what my daughter needs so I'm not worried about my production dropping more. I'm about to be irrelevant as a source of food for her as my production is only a small percentage already.)
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Today I start - AGAIN
Today I restart my weight loss journey. One year ago I lost 20kgs (44 pounds), but since then I gained about 10 of them back. I am at a weight of 88 kgs (194 pounds) right now and my goal weight is 65 kgs (143 pounds).
Lately I have been really beating myself down about the weight gain and my lack of discipline. This is putting me into a really bad place mentally which I then try to alleviate with food. We all know that is a very, very bad idea... So today I start tracking/WW again. On top of that I will also stop drinking alcohol for at least a month. The problem is that a big part of my family/friends don't understand both my weight loss goals, nor my wanting to stop drinking alcohol. My mother and some of my friends are really supportive and help me a lot, but my father doesn't take this into account at all. I don't blame him for this, but it really makes my journey more difficult.
Do any of you have tips for:
- a good, easy/quick to make breakfast
- non-food related rewards for personal goals
I really hope I can do it this time!
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Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Tuesday, 05 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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Our weight loss journey is being shown on TV tonight - thank you /r/loseit!
Long time lurker - but just wanted to say a huge thank you to this sub for helping me over the past two years without knowing it. I don't post very often but I frequently browse and the help I've got from this place has been fantastic.
So, from May 2017-18 my husband /u/ahrimaniac and I took part in a British TV show called 'This Time Next Year' and the episode we're on is being shown tonight! (8pm, ITV1) They've released the 'before' section as a promo which you can see here if you'd like to watch.
The premise of the show is you make a 'pledge' to achieve over the year - weight loss, will learn to drive, will find my long-lost sister, learn to read and write, etc. You have a short interview with the presenter and then leave the stage through a door, and 'reemerge' a few seconds later. Of course, both ends are filmed a year apart and stitched together so the 'transformation' seems instant. It's hard to explain but it looks really cool! So anyway, our pledge was to lose 280lb between us over the year. We can't wait to see it!
So a huge thank you to everyone in this sub, you really have helped us immeasurably, especially when we've fallen off the wagon and finding it hard to get back on. We hope now that we can help inspire others as you have inspired us!
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Time to feel good about myself
Hello everyone. First off, I want to say good luck, congrats, and I wish you all nothing but success in your weight loss journey.
I'm pretty new to the whole "diet and exercise" thing. I was just wondering if anyone had any tips or hints to guide me through my weight loss. I'm currently around 285, and I know that if I can get to 235, and then hopefully down to 200, I will finally feel good about my appearance. I know it won't be easy, but I am up for the challenge. Any and all tips are welcomed from diet to workout plans to supplements.
Good luck to you all on your journeys. I can't wait to hear of everyone's progress!
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Maintained weight loss for a year, then gained a few lbs. No big deal. But I binge every time I track calories now.
Title pretty much sums it up. I'm female, 30, and am sitting around 123-125lbs. I lost ~45lbs in 2017, over a period of 8 months. Maintenance has been really easy, but I have put on a few pounds over this recent holiday season. Just enough to make my pants snug enough for the return of the muffin top, yay.
I thought it would be no problem to eat at a deficit for a few weeks to get rid of it. I didn't want to seriously restrict for such a small loss goal and am fine with slow progress, so my calorie limit has only been a little below maintenance. But every time I track calories now, I start craving everything under the sun and end up eating way over. The result being that I've just gained more weight instead of losing it! Anyone else experience this? Is it some weird self-sabotage thing? I am obviously very afraid of going back to my previous size.
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