They said it’s unhealthy to lose at a rate of more than 2 pounds a week, but is it?

I started losing early January primarily through CICO. I have been eating approximately 1500 calories per day, however some days are as high as 2000 and some days as low as 1200. This has resulted in my going from about 300 to 260 in around 40ish days.

I don’t watch macros super religiously, but I have tried to be mindful. I try to avoid carbs but haven’t been scared to eat tortillas or a piece of bread if it makes sense with the meal. I didn’t want to be skinny fat so I researched protein. At my calorie limit it’s almost impossible to hit the proper amount of protein, so I supplement with shakes. I usually skip breakfast or drink a smoothie, small lunch consisting of a salad and maybe fruit, then eat lean meat and 4 servings of vegetables with dinner. Throughout the day I drink 2 protein shakes with almond milk resulting in about 150g of protein per day.

I excercise between 3-5 times a week for an hour. Generally 15-30 minutes elliptical, and the rest basic main lifts. I’m usually on my feet for 7-12 hours.

As someone who loves food and eating it for fun, I’m surprised by the fact I don’t feel like I’m starving. I don’t feel like I don’t get enough food. I am strict on eating lots of vegetables with my meat and it keeps me totally satisfied. I have eaten out probably 5+ times but just been mindful of the calories and don’t eat as much during the day if I’m going out to dinner. I have yet to have over 2,000 calories a day since I started.

My question is how unhealthy is this weight loss? It is coming off at an incredible rate, and I feel just as well nourished as when I was eating 3,500 calories a day to be at 300 pounds. Am I supposed to slow down?

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I genuinely can't believe I put EATING over my mental health and wellbeing for so long

I'm well into my weight loss journey, but I still have a ways to go. Especially mentally. I'm pretty close to my goal weight but I still feel like I'm so far off from having a healthy relationship with food. Like does anyone else feel like they'll never be able to change? Why can't I just be one of those people who don't care about food, and literally just see it as a way to fuel their body. It's so fucked up that for the longest time I would have rather eaten complete shit than be happy with my appearance.

I just feel like a complete idiot for letting myself be so insecure and unhappy with myself over something so stupid. If I could have my tastebuds removed I would. Because sometimes I feel like that's the only way I'll ever be able to stop being so obsessed with food.

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Finally woke up in Onederland! [SV]

Hey guys! This is my first post and i’m on mobile, so sorry if the format is awful.

I’ve been overweight for as long as I can remember. I was the chubby kid who was slow and out of shape all the time. My parents never really taught me how to live a healthy lifestyle (they have struggled with weight and health issues for years.)

I started my weight loss journey in July of 2018 at my heaviest: 258 lbs as a 21 year old, 6 foot tall guy. I was obese, and I hated it. I hated every picture I was in, I hated looking in the mirror, etc.

Well I started off by just cutting out sugar, and I did lose a few pounds just by that. But I wasn’t satisfied by any means. So I started counting calories and watching what I eat. I also found this subreddit to help find motivation and encouragement. I also started jogging and running which I actually really enjoy!

Anyway, this morning I woke up and weighed in at 198.5 pounds! I don’t remember the last time i was under 200 pounds (mainly because i was too scared to weigh in once I was over 200.)

One thing that surprised me is how easy it is to count calories now with a free app and some determination! If you’re on the fence about making a lifestyle change, do it! You will not regret it! Simple CICO is what has helped me the most. This subreddit has helped me a lot as well with staying encouraged.

Best of luck to you all!

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Advice on balancing CICO with social life

I’m working really hard on sticking with my CICO goals but my biggest struggle is consistency. I get frustrated when my mother in law invites us over for dinner once a week, or if a family get together happens, or when friends go out to eat. I feel like I have to isolate myself in order to stick with CICO and see any results. I do IF, and on days where I don’t prepare my own food I do OMAD. But eating food I haven’t prepared is a huge struggle for me as I’ve learned how easy it is to eat over my budget. I use MyFitnessPal (and I know I can log food I haven’t prepared, but I’m more concerned about accuracy).

How do you guys manage? Do you bring your own food to dinner? Do you cancel your plans? I’m trying so hard to balance weight loss with enjoying life and being social but the two seem to clash more often than not. Any advice would be appreciated.

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[Rant] Back after a very long time of being an idiot. Just wanted to post something to say hi and make it feel real.

So I hit my goal weight around October 2017. I was super excited for maintenance, but after Haloween, Thanksgiving, a family vacation, and Christmas AND Channukah (great celebrating both as a child, not so much when you're trying to avoid big family eating events) I gained a little over 5 lbs. And me, being an idiot, thought "oh, that's not too bad. I can still be lax." And slowly gained 5 more lbs while half assedly logging for several months.

At that point I was frustrated full of stupid thoughts. It had been years since I started my weight loss journey^tm and I was fucking sick of dieting. I hadn't gotten to enjoy maintenance for even a moment after finally hitting my goal weight. So I said "fuck it, I'm just going to 'focus on exercise'", aka go back to all of my old shitty eating habits that I had worked so hard to fix. And gained 5 more lbs.

So now I have a total of 15 lbs to re lose. I did at least commit to the gym like I said I would, I did the Bootyful Beginnings program and now I'm starting weeks 9-12 of Gluteal Goddess. My butt and suprisingly arms are looking awesome! I've been consistantly tracking for a 2.5 weeks (minus Valentine's Day) and lost 1/2 a lb. I know that's not a lot, I had a lot of bad days, but I still tracked everything on those days which is a huge step for me!

My 16 lb cat will also be joining me. He's lost 0.2 lbs so far!

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What is a good balance between Cardio and Weightlifting for weight loss?

I've been going gym for roughly 5 months now and the workout routine (if you can call it that) I've been following is 1 hour lifting, working whatever muscle group I picked that day followed by 30 minutes of cardio, usually on the bike. I started at 106kg and I'm currently at about 95-94kg. I've put on a good bit of muscle in my opinion but I still feel like my progress is very slow, plus recently I've kinda hit a plateau, so basically I was just wondering if there are any changes I should make to my gym routine. "inb4: yOuR DieT iS tHe mOsT iMpOrTaNt PaRt oF wEiGhT lOsS!", I am very much aware of that, but if anyone has any tips that helped them meet their calorie goal, that would still be very much appreciated!

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^{Don't Forget to stay hydrated!} :)

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I started my weight loss journey 9 months ago and am not sure how to continue

Obligatory TLDR at the bottom.

I moved away from home 9 months ago and decided to lose weight while I was starting my new adventure. In the beginning I was extremely disappointed in myself when I looked at myself in a mirror so the motivation was there from the start.

I started my journey with a target weight loss of 10lbs and because I was no longer crushing 90 beers a month it happened extremely naturally.

After that I continued to go to the gym because I was in a new city with very few friends, so I had a lot of time on my hands. I figured I would shoot to lose another 10lbs, and with basic cardio and weight lifting that happened fairly quickly. At this point I was starting to feel pretty content with where I was at after hitting my target weight loss twice, but when I looked in the mirror or at old photos I was still extremely distraught and would always have an out of this world workout the next day. I decided to keep pushing myself and shoot for the 30lb total weight-loss mark.

Fast forward another two months and I again hit my mark! I was back to being able to run a good paced 5k. It was around Christmas time and I was running pretty regularly. One night I was out drinking with some friends I had made from work and during some midnight shenanigans I suffered a devastating severe ankle sprain and was going to be out from the gym (besides basic weight lifting) for the foreseeable future.

I was crushed and assuming I was going to go back to crushing beers and being a couch potato and reverse all of my weight loss headway.

I went home for Christmas and after not seeing any family or friends since losing 30lbs I was bombarded with positive remarks left and right, "OMG you look great" "Glad you hit the gym you were really getting pretty fat" "I didn't even recognize you!" I was basically knocked on my ass with dopamine.

I decided to start learning how to control my body in the kitchen and picked up the Mediterranean diet, as my doctor told me anti-inflammatory foods with also accelerate my recovery.

After a slow recovery and controlling my diet I dropped another 10lbs, and here in lies the my problem...

I've lost my motivation from looking in the mirror and at old photos, and I don't want to lose any more weight. I've never in my life been able to maintain a steady weight and after every big life event I inevitably shift without being able to control it. I'm terrified that I will stop going to the gym and if I move somewhere that fastfood is more convenient I'll go right back to an unhealthy lifestyle.

I'm looking for any and all tips from r/loseit on being able to continue a healthy lifestyle without the only reason being that I am mad when I look into a mirror, or ashamed when girls think I am unattractive.

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TLDR: Hit my target weight after starting a new adventure 1,500 miles away and no longer have motivation to keep working out/maintaining the weight I'm at. Looking for advice and pointers for maintaining after hitting my target weight.

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