Lost my first 15 pounds in a long time

I grew up playing basketball and even got scholarship money to play for a small college. I was fat through elementary school then thinned out a little in middle school then even more so in high school with all the basketball I was playing. I was 6’7 240lbs my senior year of high school. I’ve never been thin always just a really big guy. But I looked good and was popular and all that. I played college basketball for a year then suffered from depression (without knowing it for over a year), quit, moved home, and started getting fat. I went to 300lbs in about 12 months and got serious stretch marks.

Over the years (I quit hoops in 2007) I’d go up about 25-30 lbs then lose 10-20 then gain another 25-30 and that cycle went on for about 10 years. Recently, after having my first kid 3 years ago, I ballooned up to my all time high of 385 lbs. I gained 145 pounds since my 19th birthday. The 385 weigh in was last September (2018).

My boss started a weight loss challenge for me, him, and the third guy in our team. All overweight some, but I am definitely the fattest. I also smoke and my boss and I are really close (he’s 59 years old). He keeps telling me and encouraging me to stop dipping, smoking, and tells me I need to take my health seriously while I’m still young (31). Good dude.

Ive been losing about 2-3 lbs per month since October (5 months ago) and am down 18 pounds to 267. Not doing much as far as exercise goes just taking the stairs a little more and taking longer routes around the office. The main thing has been my portion sizes. I stop eating when I’m satisfied. Not when I’m full. I still snack unhealthily 1-2 times per week and eat a couple mini chocolate candies a few times a week at night, but no more soda and no more cream and sugar in my coffee.

I started doing some push ups in my office the other day and today woke up sore in my arms, shoulders, chest, and core. It feels AMAZING to be sore again.

Anyway, I just wanted to get this out here. Not sure why... it feels nice to share, though. My wife is amazing and tells me I look fine, but I want to feel better and am so tired of the way I look in pictures. Better sleep habits along with a few pounds lost already is making a difference in how I feel day to day.

Wish me continued success!

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What are your coping strategies that don't involve over-eating? My first meeting with a nutritionist M.D.

I went to the hospital on Monday to meet with a nutritionist M.D. for the first time in my life. I had decided 2019 would be the year I'd lose weight " for good" but as it turns out, I was randomly diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in January which turned everything around. Dieting became both a vital necessity and a difficult task because I couldn't just "up the proteins and lose the carbs" since I have to limit my protein intake.

So, off I go on Monday, wanting to know how many calories I need to eat and how many grams of proteins and all I wanted was to set my macros straight in My Fitness Pal with the M.D. and get on with my life.

I was in for a surprise!

He didn't want to tell me how to set my macros. He didn't even want to tell me how many calories I should eat! He wanted to know what "hunger" meant for me, how dieting was impacting my life (my health, my thoughts and my social life). He wanted to know if I had cut off foods altogether and which ones. He was interested in WHY I over-ate rather than WHAT I should eat. All in all, he explained that if I did not develop healthier strategies to COPE with life (stress, whether big or small), all weight loss efforts would ultimately end up with me re-gaining the weight, even more weight, and be in even poorer physical health because, through the "yoyo dieting effect", I'd lose my muscle mass and regain all that weight and more in fat alone. In conclusion, he enrolled me in a program with follow-ups with him, a dietician, a psychologist and a fitness trainer so we could find out together what those coping strategies might be for me.

What an eye opener for me!! I mean, I knew I ate my emotions and over-ate my stress and anxiety. But I never really put 2 and 2 together and never realized I needed to equip myself with better coping skills for life. Which leaves me to wonder : what are your coping skills ? What strategies have you developedto replace what over-eating did for you? Thank you for sharing, I am just at the begining of the journey in that respect and I'd love to hear from you.

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Today is my 3 year anniversary of my successful weight loss journey!

Today's an important date. On this date 3 years ago I did my first meal prep. I started something called the 4 hour body low carb diet. That diet sucked! But it taught me about meal prepping, and after about a month I learned about CICO and the proper way to lose weight. All the information I learned to start my journey was in the FAQ and quickstart quide of r/loseit! That's why I always tell people to read it!

Today marks the 3 year anniversary of my successful weightloss journey! Included some of my favorite progress pics ☺ what a journey it has been! From being able to hardly walk a mile to training for a half marathon. From making countless meal preps and even meal prepping for a recipe book. all the awesome people I've met and inspired/been inspired by. It's been an awesome journey so far, can't wait to see where I go next!!

Thanks r/loseit for being a huge starting point and continuing inspiration!

SW - 380 LW - 218 CW - 246 GW - 180

Now for the pictures!

http://imgur.com/gallery/07XRFN6

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One Year Down

Today marks the completion of a full year of weight loss. This time last year, I’d just come back from a weekend event where I advise a student organization. Every year, I struggled to fit into my suit, and hated how big I looked in the group photos. Then, I went to my doctor, who told me I really needed to get a grip on my weight. I went home, talked to my wife, and resolved that this time, I was going to lose weight and keep it off.

I’d done this before, of course. I’d lost anywhere between 20 and 40lbs at a time. But I’d always put something back on. I’d never got back to my highest weight of about 260lbs, but I’d hovered around 240lbs for a long time.

What was different? Well, I have a daughter now. She was 6 months at the time, and I wanted to put the effort in so I could enjoy being active with her for longer. I also have a supportive wife, who always encouraged me in the journey - to go out for solo walks when I felt I had the energy; to not buy the special treats so that there was less junk food around the house to tempt me. She is the best accountability buddy I could ask for, and has made it much easier to cultivate my healthy habits.

Because, basically, that’s what I’ve been doing. Changing my lifestyle gradually to try and build something that I can sustain in the long run. I started going to the gym regularly: initially I used the stationary bike. But on vacation, I found hotel gyms didn’t have stationary bikes, so I started running on the treadmill and doing C25K. When I got back home, I found I’d lost enough, err, padding that I hurt my tailbone if I was on the stationary bike too long. So running has become my exercise of choice, and I’ll be at the gym 4-5 times a week, with walking on top of that.

The biggest change, though, has been in eating habits. Turns out there’s nothing like a strict calorie goal to make you focus on what fills you up! And also, how quickly your eating habits can change. I found that I actually liked roasted vegetables, especially with the right seasoning. I’ve found new recipes with beans and lentils to replace fattier meats. I’ve worked hard to cut out my biggest vice - chips/crisps. A lot of the time, I’d use baked versions as a substitute. But over time, I’ve found my tastebuds have changed. I feel odd if I haven’t had enough fruit/vegetables/fiber in a while; I don’t enjoy the junk food I used to in anything like the same quantities.

Now there’s a different challenge for me. For most of my life, a part of my identity was ‘the big guy’. For the last year, it’s been ‘the guy who’s losing weight.’ But now that I’m maintaining, I know that’s going to change. At the event I mentioned at the start, I had lots of comments about how much weight I’d lost. But the students there for the first time have never known me as ‘the big guy’. Next year, I’ll be (hopefully) more or less the same size. And so I’ll need to move to a third identity. THat’s my challenge for the year ahead - how do I move away from a laser focus on diet and exercise to something where I get used to being a healthy-sized guy at a healthy-sized weight?

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Just gimme your anecdotes about breaking weight loss plateaus and wooshing!

So after taking a few months off from tracking, and a few pounds of weight gain to show for it, I decided to get back to it, first week and a half was great, all the water weight fell off. But now it’s stuck for the last 5 days, I’ve even gained a little bit (.2 lbs but still... ) and it’s so frustrating. I’m not exercising other than walking, but I am tracking DILIGENTLY and with a food scale. My average calories over the last 3 weeks were 1,242, so that is for sure low enough (I’m 5’7F, 135lbs), and I am not snacking (and that average includes literally everything that has gone into my mouth. No untracked cheats), I’m weighing everything even things that come in amounts like “1 sausage (68 grams)” is still weigh and adjust for weight. My salt content is a little high on some days, but not extreme. The only thing I can think of is my water intake is low because I drink so much coffee (it’s black), and I don’t go to the bathroom very much, but that’s because I’m not eating that much.

So I’m doing most things right, and I SHOULD be seeing weightloss but I’m not. So just hit me with your stories of when this happened to you right before losing 3lbs in a week or something because I’m frustrated and I need it pls.

Thank you!!!

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Simple question

Good morning /r/loseit

This may seem like a simple question, but alas I’m here because I can’t find a definite answer.

I’m down 40 lbs since I’ve started , which is great! However I’ve been doing 5 workouts a week, each day includes cardio for about 29 minutes with strength training of one particular section (arm day, leg day etc).

I’ve been using the app fitness point pro, it created me a workout plan for fat loss.

The workout plans are Day 1: random muscle work outs Day 2: stair climber Day 3: rest Day 4: random muscle workouts Day 5: stairclimber

So I guess what I’m asking is 1) is it better to remove cardio on strength training days and do them on their own days alone 2) should I train one muscle group per day or random Muscles each day like the program suggests.

Which method is better for weight loss? ive included a screenshot of the workout the app has provided for weight loss.

thanks guys!

https://i.imgur.com/GT7we5J.jpg

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Fiance and I are trying to burn off together

I gained about 15 lbs over the winter after losing 19 over the summer. My fiance is at 251 right now, which is the most hes ever weighed in his life.

We tried Nutrisystem a few months back, but the moment after the 1st week he plateaued in progress. But! We still have all this nutrisystem food lying around, so I'm gonna start using it myself to help encourage him to eat it with me. And were both going to start using our dusty treadmill every day, and maybe giving our P90 tapes another try.

This may sound naive, but has Wiifit ever done anyone any favors as far as weight loss? I get excited about it for a week and always get bored before I can see any changes.

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