All About Drinking Water and Weight Loss

Hi Losers of Reddit!

I want to know all about your weight loss experience and your experience with drinking water. This could be anything: did drinking more water help you lose weight? Have you noticed a change in your success as your water drinking habits have changed? How much water do you currently drink? Do you drink more water now than when before you were losing? Do you find it really has had no affect on your weight loss? Does it help you curb your appetite?

I am just looking to see how people's water consumption / non-consumption habits have tied into or not tied into their weight loss, what advice they have to give re: water, what changes they've made re: water, and anything else.

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Major life changes - How did you handle it?

Hi everyone! Longtime lurker of this sub though I do post in others. I love every single one of you. You are all very inspiring and I love seeing new posts every day. Keep up the good fight!

tl;dr Have you experienced any major life changes and how did you handle it during your weight loss journey - for better or worse?

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Okay, now for the story!

As a preface: I've always been comfortable with myself. Even at my highest weight I've never found myself in a position where I hated myself, loathed how I looked in the mirror, etc. But after some health problems started to arise, I took my weight by the buttered up horns and started beating it down. Looking back - yikes, how did it ever get that bad? I'm proud of myself for who I've become today - both physically and mentally - but I do have a long way to go.

On that journey, I accepted that food is what makes me happy. Restricting myself away from what I loved only lead to failure. Since starting CICO last summer, I've learned to balance enjoying good food with moderation. It's been the only successful "diet" I've ever done. Who knew you could actually enjoy whatever you want, as long as you don't overdo it? What a concept! 👀 I'm now down to my college weight. Soon: my high school weight!

So, here's what happened. Quite possibly my biggest, coolest, and most anticipated life change to date: My husband and I bought a house! So far, every single day for the last month has been 100% focused on the house. Day after day of relays between apartment and house, packing, unpacking, stressing, calling utilities, maintenance, and excited friends and family asking if we needed anything. We are finally moved in, and we're starting to settle and get life back to normal, and it's so much excitement, new discoveries, and lots of spent money (haha).

But that entire time, I didn't have a single ounce of energy to focus on meal prep, or calories, or anything. It's understandable given I was living in 2 places. Once I got my fridge, I was ecstatic to begin cooking in my brand new kitchen... but dang if I had the time. The very idea of weighing ingredients and planning good food was just so.. exhausting.

I had a bit of a wake up call the other day, halfway into a box of cookies sitting at my desk. It was weird. Just a brief moment of clarity: I was eating because it was something I knew. In a house I didn't recognize, with furniture I've never owned before, and different bills and a new commute and new neighbors and everything being so different - the taste of thin mints, or jasmine white rice from our rice cooker, or starbucks drinks - those were things that felt "right", things that were familiar. Needless to say I put the box away. Come on, I can do better than that!

Ah, but what an exciting time this is. I'm enjoying every minute. We had some friends from New Orleans swing by this weekend to celebrate and brought a HUGE king cake with them. How can you say no to that??

But it's true what they say - it really is a slippery slope. But I'm not stressing over it. I haven't even stepped on the scale. I count my blessings to be fortunate enough to be able to not worry about my weight while I focus on the house and getting my life back to a new "normal". I know not everyone can do that. I am definitely overweight, and I definitely have weight to lose. And I will lose it. But at this moment, I'm trying to take care of myself the best I can.

I'm getting better. Every day I do a little more to get back on track. I'm counting the little improvements. For example, this Sunday I successfully weighed out and prepped lunches for Mon/Tues, and I ate them and was happy. That's one meal under control! I have some homemade ramen broth in the fridge to cook tonight... no, I didn't weigh anything out so I can't really count it right, but some heartwarming homemade ramen on this cold Texas night helps the soul! And another micro win: I did NOT buy a box of cookies today! WOO HOO

Please share your stories of major life changes and how you've coped with them. In the end, did you manage to succeed in your weight loss goals? How long did it take to get back on track?

Have a great day everyone and thanks for reading!

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Been out of it for a bit - will this help, just looking for advice.

I've started a regimen to start my journey with weight loss. About 3 years ago, I was successful in losing about 50lbs in less than 4 months, mostly due to jogging, and controlling what I ate. Everyone said it was bad for me but I looked and felt awesome. Right now I am 237lbs, I was 180lbs before.

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I've started a new regimen a week ago, but am unsure on the results. What do you guys think? I've cut a LOT of food out of my diet - I was eating fast food for lunch for the last 3 years, then eating again at home out of guilt because my wife cooked. (This alone will should cut my calorie intake by 1000.)

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This is my daily routine now:

• I've already cut calories to under 1500/day.
• I am walking 1 mile to work downhill to work.
• Taking a 2.5 mile walk around my work campus, instead of eating.
  
• Walk 1 mile uphill home.
• Go home and eat something sensible. Usually it's some sort of meat, and vegetables fried with 0 calorie spray in a nonstick pan.
• Take a 2.5 mile walk until it gets warmer, When I will start running.
• Eat a sensible meal.
• I've committed myself to doing pushups and situps. In a week's time, I already can do 15 pushups, and 4 situps. My goal is to do 50 each a day, or more.

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I relax on Weekends and go out to restaurants with the wife.

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Do you guys think I'll be able to drop at least 30lbs by May 31st? I'm going to start logging my walks in Endomondo, so I can keep up with my progress.

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As for the calorie deficit - I was eating under 1000 calories before, and never felt sick or any loss of energy. I actually feel much better since I've cut off the fast food calories. I'm never really hungry either.

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Food as a reward when feeling bad + irrational behaviour

Dear Reddit,

I am a 27 year old woman, living together with my boyfriend. I have a stressfull, interesting and demanding job. I am not obese, but I’ve been overweight (BMI 28-30) all my life.

I’ve been on a diet/concious of my weight since I was around 10 years old. As such, I’ve dieted on and off the past 17 years. Never in an unhealthy way. Despite my continuous failure in weightloss, I’ve never believed in the lose-weight-fast methods and have always tried to do it the right way through healthy eating habits (CICO, plant-based diets, etc.). I believe I have the correct nutritional knowledge to, theoretically, diet healthily.

Recently, my boyfriend of 10 years expressed his frustration with my ongoing weightloss battle and the effect it has on my mood and my general happiness. He told me to see a therapist or to ask reddit.

I’ve analysed the following behavioural issues in myself: 1. Even though I am great at reaching my goals in every other part of life (business, academics,..) I have been unable to show the same tenacity in weight loss. I keep it up for about a week until I have a bad day. 2. I feel like food is always my reward for any shitty things I encounter in life. Bad day at work? Mac ‘n Cheese in the evening. Period pains? Give me those crisps. At those times, I am completely irrational and will get very angst if someone stops me from eating. I feel as if I’m entitled to eating, because I feel bad. And then the guilt cycle begins. 3. Boredom eating.

Solutions I’ve tried in the past: 1. Stick to a strict food plan: I’ve failed this one since I get bored very easily and I don’t view this as a long-term solution. Also, I have many work-related lunches and dinners. 2. Reward myself with other things than food: It’s very sad, but food actually maken me the happiest as a reward. I’ve tried material things, but I dislike spending the money on items I don’t actually need or clothes which make me concious of my body (and the bad feeling cycle commences). Also, I feel like I need to learn to live through the bad times withouten having the need to be rewarded for it.

I see myself longing for the thin me these past 17 years and I can’t help but feel sad about how I feel about myself and how I’ve still not managed to change my eating habits.

So, does anyone else feel the way I do? What have been the solutions/tricks you’ve tried and were they (un)successful?

Thank you for your feedback and advice!

FYI: 5ft5, current weight: 170 lbs, goal weight: 143-145 lbs

TL;DR: Please take your time to read my story, as I feel weight loss is much more complex than what can be explained in one sentence.

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Long vacation

Just got back from a 7 night cruise with buffer days on both sides where I had access to buffets, burgers, hot dogs and 24-hour pizzas on the cruise and airport food courts on the buffer days. I did go over my 1500 + exercise calories allowance on about half of the days but carefully and honestly tracked everything and kept it reasonable. I generally filled up on hard boiled egg whites for breakfasts, build-your-own stir fry with heavy helpings of low-calorie veggies for lunches, lean meat dishes from the buffet for dinners and sensible snacks like fruit or turkey wraps. I did allow myself to have a couple of burgers and pizzas during the week as it was a cruise after all. I stuck with my exercise routine, logging about 25 miles of running on the ship's jogging track over the course of the cruise. Nine days later, the verdict is in. I maintained (may have even lose a few ounces)! My pants do feel a bit tighter, which had me really nervous, but maybe I'm just feeling a little bloated from higher sodium consumption. This was my biggest test since beginning my weight loss journey and I'm proud of the outcome!

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How Long Should Your Long Run Be and Best Running Movie Q&A

New roundup of questions on running, half marathon training, running coach certification, my dating life, IT Band Syndrome and more! Ask me your question on Instagram or via email or voicemail! All these questions are answered via video and saved on the RER Instagram highlights too! Follow @RunEatRepeat on Instagram so you don’t miss anything!

My first half… Should my longest run be 12 miles or 11 miles – 2 weeks before the race?

I think you should stick with whatever your training plan says. 11 miles is fine, some plans have you run 10 miles as the longest run. And 2 weeks before works. Just make sure you have some time to rest up and show up on race day 100% ready to go!

Check out some of the RER Training Plans here!

When is your next podcast?

Friday!!

If you haven’t checked it out yet… listen to the Run Eat Repeat Podcast starting this Friday. K. Thanks. Love you.

It’s free! It’s fun! Sometimes.

How to Listen to the Run Eat Repeat Podcast:

If you have an iphone…  use the Apple Podcast app and search Run Eat Repeat. (It should already be one of the apps on your phone.) Or you can get a free podcast app from the app store like Stitcher.

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Go to the app store and download Stitcher – it’s Free!

Search Run Eat Repeat and there will be a list of episodes.

Listen right there!

Bonus: Press on the ‘+’ sign to add it to your Running or other Playlist so new episodes pop up first when you open the app!

AND: It’s also on Spotify and Google Play.

What’s your favorite pre-race inspiring movie?

The Spirit of the Marathon. Hands down. Amazing.

Are you RRCA certified? Would you do it again? Debating doing it to improve my own running technique…

Yes – I did the RRCA certification a few years ago. It stands for Road Runners Club of America. I think it was good! I don’t know if all classes are awesome but I remember thinking at the time that I got lucky and had a really good instructor.

AND the legendary ultra runner Ann Trason – was in my class!!??! Even if you’re not an ultra runner… she’s mentioned several times in the book Born to Run.

Have you ever suffered from IT Band syndrome? If so, how long until you were able to run again?

Yes. Ugh. It was rough. After my 2nd full marathon… my first run back after that race my knee started to hurt and got worse. I went to the doctor, got an MRI, was referred to a physical therapist and was told not to run for 6 to 8 weeks. I was devastated.

Check out this post for more: How I Got Past My IT Band Syndrome injury

Note: I have a really great podcast interview with Amanda from Run to the Finish coming up this week! She’s sharing how she got through her running injury. And it’s super inspiring and hopeful because she’s bouncing back fast!

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Male anorexia after dropping 115 lbs

Here's my progress pics - I posted them here a few months back. (https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/a7diq7/decided_to_change_my_life_this_summer_today_i/)

I don't know why I'm writing this, but I just needed to get it off my mind because a lot of people in my life are worrying about me. Over the last year I started off 273 and ended up hovering at around 165-170 after working incredibly hard to get where I am at. Throughout the process I tried to make sure to do everything right - I logged meals at 1500 cals a day, a pretty sustainable number and worked out. Now that I've lost the weight and I've started maintaining, my mental state has really deteriorated.

Throughout the weight loss period I was euphoric. My body was only, always getting better. I became obsessed with looking at my new body in the mirror and bought a whole new wardrobe, started dating and really experiencing what my skinny friends have been enjoying their whole lives. I basically vowed to never let myself look as fat and disgusting as I did prior to my journey - even to the point where it's difficult for me to even look at photos of my formerly fat self.

Maintenance has by FAR been the hardest part of my weight loss journey. It was at this point where I really stopped seeing my body "get better" - instead my body has been settling and adjusting to what I've done over the past year or so. This is what's basically started my problem.

The first thing I do every morning is go into my bathroom. I look into the mirror, think I look like shit, then weigh myself. If the number is below 170, literally the second I look back in the mirror my view of myself will look 10x better. If I weigh over what I wanted, you can guess it will pretty much hang over my head the entire day. On those days I will sometimes literally eat nothing and work out to get myself back to that "skinny sub-170". When I feel fat I will hide away from the world and only continue to eat, I won't even open my snapchats because I hate seeing my bloated face. I've found that I am extremely sensitive to water retention and my weight can fluctuate 20 lbs in a given week (and it has) - this is incredibly stressful to me.

My days now are pretty much feast or famine. Some days I'll be really busy and my entire intake for the day will be some small tossed salad (maybe 500 cals). Other days I will literally order a 10 piece of fried chicken from Popeyes and consume 4000 calories in a single serving. Even consuming water is stressful because it bloats me and makes me look puffy. I'm literally scared to eat a sandwich or rice because of the bloating effects of carbs.

It sounds fucking ridiculous, I know. But it's real. I'm just posting because I want to know if there's anyone else like me here. People say that weight loss makes you happier and it's true. I've never been happier in my life but at the same time my mental state has never been this fragile.

Take care of your mind and body during maintenance. It's important - I wish I did better for myself. Gonna work on getting this fixed in my life.

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