My journey so far and the Lessons I've Learned

Hey everyone! New member of the r/loseit community here. Just wanted to share a bit of what I've worked on over the last four months with regards to (what else) fitness and weight loss.

First, a little backstory. In high school, I was a two sport athlete on the swim team and water polo teams at my school and I probably weighed around 210 at my lightest weight sophomore year. At that time I was probably around 6'1". Fast forward to November of last year. I had basically no training plan and was in a definite rut- I'd just graduated college but hadn't found a job after a few months of searching and turned to food to fill the lack of daily interaction with people. I'd skip breakfast, eat a big lunch of a large sandwich and pretzels, eat a large dinner of ground beef/tacos/burritos, and go out for a fourth meal at Taco Bell around midnight, where I'd eat another ~1200 calories.

I got on the scale one morning and it read 264.

I looked at recent photos of myself and noticed that my chest was starting to become more and more visible. I shouted "Enough is enough!" in the mirror and decided to meet with a dietician. We came up with a calorie plan and I promised myself I'd be more active. I started out at 2600 calories a day and over the weeks slowly decreased my calorie intake to 2200, 2000, and 1800. I'm proud to say that with 30-45 minutes of brisk walking 3 times a week and a big change in my diet (Cut way down on sugars, stopped eating after 8:30 pm, drinking around 40 oz more water/day), I've lost about 20 pounds since November. I'm nearing the 230's weight range that I was in during college. I'll be the first to say that sometimes I slip up and have cheat meals but I just log it in MyFitnessPal and move on to the next day. I've made a lot of good progress and there's still a lot of work to be done, but I'm confident about the future and know that I'm not just dieting- I'm making a lifestyle change.

For all my tall fellas out there packing on some extra weight, you got this!

Thanks for reading and good luck on your journey! Go get it!

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Low TDEE

Hi team:

I've been hard at work trying to figure out exactly what I should be eating to take my weight loss more seriously and finally shed some fat and weight. I've yo-yo dieted without consistency for some time and I worried about possible metabolic damage.

I found a TDEE spreadsheet posted on this sub, where you consistently track calories eaten and body weight each day.

Based on the spreadsheet, it's reporting a TDEE of 1500. I'm a 6ft, 234 pound 28 year old guy. Have I really fucked things up so bad that this is where I am metabolically?

Part of me is wondering if I should keep doing what I'm doing: eating around 1400 calories and doing LISS to lose some weight. Or should I say fuck it and just start lifting? Losing weight seems so much harder now than it did when I lost 80 pounds several years ago.

I appreciate the help!

For the record: not trying to say I'm a unique or special snowflake. Nor am I saying I'm hopeless. I'm just trying to figure out wtf to do next.

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I can fit on a bus now! :)

Little background about me, I am currently at 250, male, 5'7 and 31 years old. Was at 270 to begin the year and very happy to drop those 20 pounds. For me, i feel like i wouldnt be comfortable with my weight untill I hit about 190, with my ultimate goal being 155 to feel like i have a rockin body.

Anyhow, I am a bus driver and one of the things we have to do after every shift is walk up and down the isle of the bus to make sure there are no kids left behind or nobody left a backpack or anything. For those of you who havent been on a bus in years, some of them are pretty narrow, resulting in heavy guys like me having to sort of snake back and forth through the seats, or you just slam your hips into the sides of the seats :( . Anyhow, my bus broke down about 6 weeks ago, so I had been driving a replacement in the meantime with a much wider isle. I liked this one because I could actually walk up and down it without slamming my thunder thighs and hips into the seats as i wattle down the isle. I had my original bus back today and guess what?!?

I completley forgot and I walked up and down the isle, then looked back and realized I actually fit down this isle. The narrower isle that I always was too big to walk comfortably down. My hips have actually shrunk :) I know it sounds like a wicked random stupid thing to be happy about, but this was like, the first noticeable change for the weight loss and just something that made me really happy and wanted to share. Its crazy the things we do as fat people that seem normal to us but are so happy to NOT be doing when we lose weight. Anyone else have an odd "taken for granted" moment like this?

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Feeling confused...

I found this small gym run by a fitness couple last year that really made me feel welcomed to their small family of people who love functional fitness. It was a great encouraging atmosphere where everyone was extremely friendly and supportive of me when I started (extremely obese). Unfortunately I was injured a couple months ago and was unable to continue exercising there for a while. However, during that time I would stay in touch via text messages and even popped in once to just say “hi” to the people I started to see as my friends/family and mentors.

During this injury period away I could not do much more than walk or very lightly jog (which I did every day), so I paid very care attention to eat super clean to make sure I could continue my weight loss in the only way I had available. My body’s shape has finally started changing over the last few weeks and I was feeling confident wearing normal sized t-shirts (that actually fit me) FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE THAT I CAN REMEMBER...

I visited the gym today wearing a normal t-shirt that actually fits me and everyone I knew did double-takes like they didn’t recognize me at first and then some of them looked at me like they were almost disgusted. A couple of them said “wow you’re really skinny” and my main mentor even said “man you’ve lost a lot of muscle since you’ve been away.”

I know people can’t read my mind, that a formerly super obese 275lbs guy is finally confident enough to wear a shirt that isn’t a few sizes too big on him, but man I was expecting people to be more encouraging or even just casual/apathetic—because blending in to the crowd is actually something I’ve never felt being so aware of my obesity for so long.

Does this make sense? Am I overthinking this? Please help me change my mindset so I don’t feel so depressed. Something in everyone’s faces changed when they saw me today in a weird way. Not like a “wow our training partner is at a normal weight after dedicating so much time and effort” but to me it felt like they were looking at me with concern or even disgust. My lab results came back from the doctor last week and every test/indicator says I’m super healthy, I’m at a BMI of 24.3. Anyone else have similar experiences?

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No weight loss this month-so frustrating

Lots of stuff here. Here we go.

I’m a singer in a couple bands, trying desperately to catch up to the other singers in my group. Why? It’s the industry. I easily lose jobs just because of this. Anyways.

Started at a size 14, 211 pounds. They are all size 6’s and under. I am now a size 8-10 (depending on brand) and 184.

Last month I lost 10 pounds. This month nothing. I exercised 20/28 days of the month. Forwent fast food and sugar 20/28 days. I had to get rid of several stage outfits as one literally was falling off of me on stage. I added more lifting to my routine.

Still. So damn frustrating not to see the scale move.

Bagghhhhhgghhhhhh.

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I am backsliding a little and would love some advice.

26/F/5’8 SW: 199 CW: 179 GW: 145

I am starting backslide and would love some advice from people who’ve been through it.

First and foremost, what I have been doing on my weight loss journey is using my fitness pal to count calories and track macros. I’ve incorporated a healthy meal plan and allow myself probably average 1 out meal a week. I also have been going to the gym 4-5 times I week. I started on January 4th so I’m approaching 2 full months and I’m 20 pounds down.

My meal planning is excellent, I’ve encountered very little problems maintaining it and I love cooking so I’ve actually enjoyed coming up with meals to cook and new ideas.

My workouts on the other hand I’m really struggling to fit into my schedule in a way that works. My 4-5 times dwindled down to 3-4 which I was ok with. But last week I went 2. This week I’ve skipped again today and am looking at only 2 times again.

My schedule is a huge part of this issue. I work Sunday 9am - 6:30pm and Monday through Thursday 1pm - 9:30pm. I selected this schedule for 3 reasons: I make more hourly after 5pm, I am a night person, 9:30 is still early enough to go do something or to just go home, relax, and go to bed early. I’ve been working out after work which has worked great but it’s really starting to interfere with my social schedule. If I workout at 9:45, I’m not home until after 11 so I definitely can’t do anything with friends. This is an easy solution, workout before work. I’ve been on this schedule a long time and I am astounded how locked into my sleep schedule my brain is. I have set alarms to get up and go to the gym multiple times and my tried brain sleeps through it and gets up around it’s usual 10:30-11 no matter what time I went to bed. It’s like my subconscious knows I don’t HAVE to get up so I just don’t.

Has anyone else battled schedule/motivation issues, or had to overcome one particular thing to really maximize your time/workouts. And if so, please help me figure out how to do that!

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