Thursday, February 21, 2019

After 8 Months I am back to my weight loss Journey! Total Weight Loss to date 40 Pounds

My what seemed liked 50th attempt at weight loss started in November of 2017! I started logging all my food with my fitness pal. Tracking the calories only eating 1,200-1,300 a day! I started with very little exercise I would get on the treadmill occasionally but not consistently. I however was more active with house cleaning around the house than I was before! I did not use any fitness trackers or smart watches those have always been my crutch! I had always needed my fitbit in the past to see how many steps I have done. Let me tell you that never did me any good so this time I did not use those devices. I did it the old fashioned way! Got my heart rate up when I did exercise and pushed through!

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Fast Forward to August 2018 and I had reached 224 lbs which I have not been that weight in 9 years! I was feeling amazing but I hit a plateau and I am not sure what happened but I slowly gave up and by December of 2018 I was up to 250lbs I had gained almost half of my weight loss back! Fast Forward to January 2019 I still am struggling at this point I have made it my New Years resolution to lose weight my goal is 160lbs! The month of January was up and down (still not much exercise at this point yeah I know it was dumb now!) between 245 and 250 constantly!

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Fast Forward to the beginning of February 2019. I had made a new commitment to myself I will exercise this time and I will not use my fitness pal either! Numbers have not done any good for me! So I have been and will continue to do it like it was done before all of these fancy tech things that we so rely on these days! Most of us know what is healthy and what is not! I eat a lot smaller portions around 50% smaller than I used too, a bigger breakfast, more fruits and veggies and my biggest crutch no more eating after 6 at night if I have already had dinner! I now either do the treadmill or exercise bike for 10 minutes a day and I do Resistance bands exercise for my upper body!

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Fast Forward to today! I have no idea what I weigh but I can tell you that I can now fit in my size 18 pants, my wedding ring spins around on my finger constantly it is getting close to falling off, my muffin top that I did have is a lot smaller than it was, my husband can get his arms around me more and I have a lot more energy and feel amazing! Thank you all for reading my story! When I do get a scale I will update you all with my weight!

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Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Thursday, 21 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.

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Having trouble picking exercise equipment

Hey all, apologies if this isn't the place to post this but I am a rather heavy guy looking to start my weight loss journey.

A little background on myself:
I had an extremely active childhood, riding bikes on the track and road and just being generally active,
I went through some life events that have made me pretty much drop every kind of activity and sit inside on the computer all day.
I let my emotions get the better of me for too long and balooned out to 180kg at my worst.

I'm looking at buying a piece of exercise equipment for my bedroom prefferably some kind of bike. I'm just having a hard time choosing between an upright bike or a spin bike and I was wondering if someone could give me a direction to look at.

The bike I'm looking at is the York C415 because of its weight limit, but the AUD$599 price tag is a real kick in the teeth. I'm absolutely willing to pay it because I really do want to start working toward a better lifestyle, but if there's a cheaper option for the same quality I'd love to know about it.
That being said I also wouldn't be opposed to a spin bike if that's better suited.

Once again, sorry if this isn't the right place to ask a question like this.

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Hitting the Wall

Hello everybody

Heres my situation: Im 185cm (6 foot 4 inches) tall, and I used to weigh 23 stone 9 pounds. I now weigh 22 stone 6 pounds and I seem to have hit a bit of a wall. My weight fluctuates between 22 stone 8 and 22 stone 4 but the average is about 22 stone 6.

I have gradually been reducing my calorie in take from 2200 a day to 2100 in order to try and encourage some more gradual weight loss but nothing seems to be working.

I log my calories and avoid the usual suspects like cake/crisps/pastries and bad dairy as much as possible. We eat a balanced diet of meals high in nutrition and vitamins with plenty of lean meat and we control our portion sizes methodically.

My goal is to reach 21 stone by August 26th (friends stag do) and I am trying to lose 1lb per week. So far I have lost 17lbs in 5 months but over the last 2 months I haven't really lost any weight. Seems like I have hit a wall and my body is refusing to adapt.

I have some questions, if you could shed some light on these below issues I would be grateful:

- Do sugar free soft drinks have any effect on weight loss or is the consumption of them not an issue?

- Does caffeine have an effect on weight loss?

- Does drinking more water have a beneficial effect on purely weight loss, other benefits aside?

- Does stress have a negative effect on weight loss?

I exercise daily (20 minutes walk) and do some weight lifting at home twice a week (2.5kg dumbells, 12 reps each arm, 3 sets each)

If there is anything else you think I should be doing please let me know, any ideas would be gratefully appreciated.

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Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Face gains w/ keto

I started keto back in October of 2017 at ~ 310lbs. Today, I'm at 235lbs, slowly losing but at a pace I'm very comfortable with.

I came across this picture earlier today, which was taken on Halloween 2017. Forgive the pedo stash, I went as Bob from Bob's Burgers for a party.

I was curious what a similar picture would look like, so I took this picture this evening. I'm still astounded by the difference.

When I look in the mirror, I don't see anything different. Even when I look down at my body, I still see the same large, out of shape guy that I was when I started. I know it's not true; the clothing as well as the scale tell the the weight loss story quite well. But seeing these pictures side by side this evening, it really hit home.

Edit: And here's a non-stalker angle. I just realized how creepy the other looked...

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Losing 20lbs in a month/ 30 days. Questions

So I'm currently 5'11" 180lbs, but I'm not in shape, I'm very skinny fat. I used a weight loss calculator and it figured that I could cut down to roughly 1200 calories a day to hit a goal of 160lbs in 30 days. My goal after that would be to do a slow bulk back up to 180, and hopefully be in good shape in a year or so.

I figure if I drink tons of water and my diet is high in protein, exercise 3 times a week I should be okay to reach my goal.

Can this be seen as a feasible goal? Is it safe? I don't have much of a belly right now but I'm also kind of worried about loose skin.. would losing weight that quickly increase my chances of having it?

Any other advice/questions are most certainly welcome!

Thanks!

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[Daily Directory] Find your quests for the day here! - Thursday, 21 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.

Daily journal.

Interested in some side quests?

Community bulletin board!

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