it’s so hard to lose weight

So, at 16, after a rather long phase of crippling depression, I peaked at ~143 kg’s (315 lbs) and decided to lose it.

I am 6” and I remember at the time I was not able to stand for even a short time like 15 minutes without feeling pain.

I would binge eat like an animal, until my stomach would ache and I couldn’t fit another dorito in my gut.

I had no friends and eating gave me comfort, it helped me deal with my chronic depression and SAD.

Started losing about 2 years and 5 months ago, I’ve lost about a third of the weight of my then-self, got to 90 kg’s (198 lbs) and I am still yet to reach my goal weight of 70-75 kg’s (155-165 lbs). Frankly, I’ve never regained any of the weight I’ve lost even though I take breaks longer in between diets that are longer than the dieting periods itself. It’s quite hard to balance mental issues, stress of life and weight loss.

I don’t feel proud of myself for losing this weight, it feels like fixing a mistake I never should’ve done in the beginning.

So after another (3-month) break I’ve decided to lose the last bit and reach my goal weight. Wish me luck, I aint the person with the greatest willpower but I just wanna be done with this shit this time and for all.

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I'm losing weight... and, oddly enough, my wife is getting sad about it.

Hi, fellas. I think I need a little help to deal with a complicated situation.

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I'm a man, 35 yo, 6"03' (1.84m) and, in December 2018, I reached the 264lbs (120 kg) mark. My wife is 41 yo, 5"2' and approximately 242lbs (110 kg).

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In my childhood, adolescence and early adulthood I never had problems with weight. But I began to gain it during a period of stress and, since then, I've been playing the "old game": food in excess, no exercise. My wife has ALWAYS been overweight, since childhood. In recent years, it just gone worse. She has always suffered from this problem, including episodes of depression and psychiatric treatment. She has tried millions of diets and programs and magic formulas over the years, with little or no success.

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That is, we were a "fluffy" couple.

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We were.

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In December of 2018 I decided to put a stop to it. We had tried it before, together, without success. And we concluded that dieting "together" was not a good deal, because we have different taste preferences (like, she love greens and I can't stand them), daily routines (work schedules, free time), etc. So, at her suggestion, each one elaborated s own diet.

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Result: in 2 months, I've lost 33lbs - 15kg (CICO and training, nothing more). She barely lose weight.

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And the worst: she's getting visibly sad and shaken by the situation. She says I'm doing an overly restrictive diet and gym in excess (i'm not: 1600 cal, macros ok, 40 min/day of cardio or strength training, cheat day on sundays). She gets annoyed when she decides to eat junk food during the week, offers me and I kindly refuse. She mocks the things I buy to eat, saying I'm too exaggerated.

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It got worse yesterday. In an attempt to help her, I picked up an article on weight loss (from Physionomics) that helped me understand the weight loss process, fully translated it into Portuguese (she does not speak English) and gave it to her. "Maybe this might help you better understand what's going on and make some progress". Surprisingly, she started to cry, became extremely angry and said that she already knew everything about diet and fat loss, because she suffered with it ALL her life... but she just can't control herself and I'm just making things got worse.

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I think she is having a depression crisis and that it was triggered by my weight loss (luckily, a few weeks ago, she decides to return to therapy, and the psychiatrist appointment is next week). I think she's sad because she sees me having results, people complimenting me, the clothes being changed... and she just can't do it.

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I love her so much and I want to help her.

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But paradoxically, I don't know how to do it.

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Have you been through this? Any tips on how to deal with the situation?

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Many thanks.

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What could you do in 101 days? Calling all day oners!

This is just as much for myself as it is for you guys because I have been slacking on diet and exercise since last year and not hitting any of my goals, BUT...

June 1st is in 101 days people! As someone who absolutely LOVES summer and wants to feel good this summer, not tired just walking to the park with my family I am putting pen to paper and making tracks on this goal.

So I also love math, so why is 101 days important?

101 days/7 is roughly 14 weeks

Aggressive weight loss is 2 lbs a week. That is 28 lbs we could lose between now and then!

Considering I am prone to laziness and cheating on my diet I am setting it more at 1 lb a week.

That is ~15 lbs we could lose together between now and then!

Any other first dayer's let's do this!

One tip that worked for me last year was I told myself 90 days and then I could quit. I had never stuck with anything for that long and figured if I could do that I could just quit and never diet again. Well at 90 days I ended up liking it and routine was routine so I ended up doing almost 6 months last year before falling off.

So I am gonna work till June. Then I am gonna quit, or we will see when we get there

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I'm back baby

New job, holidays, new roof = big stress. I've been taking a break for a really long time, about 6 months. I know that I've gained, I went from a sales position where I walked upwards of 20,000 steps per day to an office position, where if I'm lucky I break 5,000 steps per day.

I'm struggling to come back, but today I had a breakthrough. I decided to walk the rest of my lunch and so I did, it was only about 15 min but during my walk I was clutching hard into my favorite substance in the world, Mt. Dew. When I fell off the weight loss wagon I jumped into the cold sweet embrace of my old friend and haven't been alone since. Today, while I was walking and drinking this diabetic golden fluid I realized that I didn't want it anymore, so I threw it out.

I miss how I felt while I was losing weight, good, happy, energetic, and sexy. I miss that I was starting to get compliments. I miss it all, so now I am back!

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Halfway there! (before and after pic)

https://imgur.com/0jfhsfh

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So I am pretty nervous to post this, since reddit is sort of anonymous land haha, but I've been posting on this sub through most of my journey and owe some of my success to it and in reading others' success. I've been struggling a bit lately breaking a stall I've been on, and came across the photo to the right (don't mind my hack job on the cropping, was cutting out people in the background), so I decided to try on the same outfit so I can see the progress myself side by side. I couldn't even believe I was where I was in the right photo. It was definitely motivating to see the difference as I'm not always seeing it on the scale or in the mirror.

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My stats: I'm 5'2. In that picture I was about 220, my highest weight ever. Currently I'm sitting at a stand still at 180, although losing inches. My pant size then was around a 16. I'm in a 10 now. :)

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Story: I've ALWAYS struggled with weight loss. Yo-yo'ed a lot using fad diets and even super restrictive eating patterns. Sometimes eating as low as 500 calories a day just to lose a pound. The lowest weight I think I've gotten was around 170 before gaining back. That was probably when I was in my early 20's (now 32). I do tend to have issues with binging especially when trying to restrict myself and diet. Nothing diagnosed or anything, but I know it happens. Anyway, I lost the first 15 pounds through keto. Which worked okay for me, but eventually I stalled for about a year. I tried to figure out the issue, changing calories, cutting out this or that...blah blah blah. Caused many tears and frustration..which led to binging too..cause I'd be like wulp, why even bother?

Finally in October of this year (was about 205 at this point), I decided to go to a metabolic doctor thinking there was some sort of issue with me. There they did a whole panel of bloodwork and everything came back normal aside from my triglycerides being high and also my prolactin levels were a little elevated. Not much though. Nothing really that held my weight loss back. What did help through this process though, is that they did a test to calculate my BMR. All this time I've been using online calculators which were off for me. So the success came when I knew the right amount to eat to be in a deficit and seeing the weight movement inspired me to workout more too. CICO. Who would've thought? haha

I first started at the gym with spin. First in classes, then on my own with my own music. Still love it so much, and it burns a lot of calories in an hour, so it's still my go-to. In December, after going for my followup appointment and seeing that BMR only lowered with my weight loss, I decided to start weight training to build up some muscle. This kept my weight around the same since December maybe about a 5lb loss since then, but I did lose some inches through the last few months.

So where I am now is 180. I've been at 180 for about a month and a half..maybe even two months. Frustrated, but this is usually the point I give up and gain back. I saw this picture and realized wow, I'm halfway to my goal..I can't give up now. So still working on my journey, but want to share my progress so far :) Right now I'm just trying to find the right calorie intake for me to start losing weight again. My nutritionist suggested to up my calories as I was eating 1200 and working out so much, so I've just been playing around with different numbers to find my sweet spot. I'll get there. Sorry for the long post, but wanted to share both my struggle and success. Thanks for the support!! :)

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Also quickly wanted to share my Body Composition Analysis from the last two appointments since sometimes the scale can be the MOST frustrating thing, but you may still be making progress underneath:

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December: Weight: 186 lbs

Body Fat: 82.5 lbs

Lean Body Mass: 103.6 lbs

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February: Weight: 183

Body Fat: 76.3lbs!

Lean Body Mass 106.7 lbs

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I pre-planned my Chick Fil A treat meal, and I never want to go back to doing fast food the way I did it in the past.

Today, my 4-year-old daughter had surgery. My husband told me on the way to the hospital this morning that we would be stopping to get her a treat after all was said and done. I had packed healthy sensible snacks and water in my son’s diaper bag, so I wouldn’t be tempted to binge on vending machine chocolate and soda while I nervously waited for it to be over.

Anyway, my breakfast and mid morning snack barely registered on my calorie balance, so I made the conscious choice to indulge in some Chick Fil A, BUT I pre-planned the meal while we sat in downtown traffic (wasn’t driving). I decided what I was willing to spend my calories on and knew immediately that it was NOT soda or waffle fries.

I took an L for 3 breaded chicken strips and a SMALL vanilla shake with a fruit cup. In the past, I would’ve thought nothing about upsizing. I also would’ve eaten all of the upsized meal and sucked down my large vanilla shake in two seconds flat. However, almost two full months into my weight loss journey, and I’m full on the small. Like stuffed. I can’t even imagine how I upsized in the past.

My Chick Fil A craving was satisfied. I feel it was worth it, and I have enough calories for the sensible, healthy dinner I had planned for tonight. I didn’t go off the rails. I made mindful decisions. I can feel my body telling me that it’s more than enough. It feels good. No guilt, and no setbacks.

This is the healthiest weight loss journey I’ve had yet. I don’t feel deprived at all because I’m no longer trying to live under 1000 calories every day like I did on previous journeys. I’m on a 50 day streak on Lose It (my longest ever) because I haven’t “rewarded” myself with a mindless binge and avoided logging.

I’m really glad to have found a group of people who advocate slow and healthy weight loss for lifetime changes. I seriously don’t know that I would’ve continued to do this in a healthy way without your posts and encouragement.

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Running Watch Bands, Old Navy Workout Gear and more questions

I’m answering your questions from the @RunEatRepeat Instagram story box! We’re covering running topics like how to prevent your watch from slipping when you’re sweaty to puppy house training to Old Navy workout gear. If you have a question for me – leave it in the IG story box or email RunEatRepeat@gmail.com

You can watch the video below OR watch it on Instagram – it’s saved in my highlights under Feb Q&A.

Run Eat Repeat Questions and Answers:

 

I sweat so much my watch slides up and down my wrist a ton! Any fixes?

RER: I had to get a replacement band for an old running watch. It was fabric and velcro – I think something similar would work great for this purpose. I have this Garmin Forerunner 235 Running Watch.

 

Is your hair color 100% natural? I’m totally jealous.

RER: Yes. I was born with red hair and I think it’s gotten more red as I grew up. I had highlights in the past but right now this is just my hair.

 

Check out my favorite hair products here.

 

When is the RunBet going to start? I’m ready.

RER: I’m shooting for March.

 

How do you manage long hair with all the sweat? I’m ready to chop mine off!

 

Any puppy house training tips?

 

Do you run on a treadmill?

RER: I used to run on a treadmill 5 days a week for a year!

 

Do you ever buy Old Navy workout gear? Thoughts? I love the prices!

RER: I have a favorite pair of running shorts from Old Navy, but outside of that I haven’t gotten new gear there in a long time.

 

What’s your favorite brand of non-running clothes?

 

I miss your podcast episodes! When will they be back?

If you haven’t checked out the Run Eat Repeat podcast yet – I’m asking you to at least listen to the most recent episodes (the first ones are rough).

You can listen for free on most podcast apps… Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify and more. Just get the app and search Run Eat Repeat.

 

When you ‘Subscribe’ to the podcast it saves it to your list so you get new episodes when they come out automatically (so you don’t have to look it up every time).

Let me know if you have any questions.

 

Did you move?

 

Any tips on nutrition during half marathon training while also trying to lose weight?

 

Dating life?

 

Have you ever been to Oregon?

RER: No. But it’s on the list!

 

Who do you want for president?

RER: I think this is the perfect time to announce my candidacy for the President of the US of A. Boom.

 

Best candy bar?

 

And that’s it! If you have a question for me… ask!

 

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