[Daily Directory] Find your quests for the day here! - Sunday, 31 March 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.

• [Q&A] "I have a question."
• [Day 1] "I am starting my weight loss journey."
• [SV/NSV] "I have an accomplishment to share."
• [24hr Pledge] "Today I am going to..."

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• [Motivation Monday] Share some motivation, get some motivation.
• [Tantrum Tuesday] Need to vent? People getting on your nerves?
• [Weigh-In Wednesday]
• [Track with Me Thursday] Did we just become best friends?!
• [Free Talk Friday] What's on your mind?

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• [Running with Loseit] Run with losers. Avoid arrows.
• [Maintenance Monday] Lost it? Work on keeping it.
• [Wecipe Wednesday] Swap and discuss recipies!

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SV/NSV It is so amazing to watch the body actually get healthy and heal itself after weight loss!

I have been a long time lurker of this sub. I have been following the cutting instruction on the TDEE calculator and been losing my weight only by diet. I have lost 20 pounds which has put me at 160. My phone screen actually broke which sounds bad but it is actually a good thing. I only wear skirts at works and as we know, very few skirts have pockets so I would always put my phone in the band where it would stay snuggly and securely between the band and skin, well now all of my skirts are too loose to hold my phone. Lol. I can actually fit in skirts that I haven't been able to fit in for two years!

The better news is yet to come! I have periods that don't stop, slowly through my weight loss journey they have regulated themselves back to where they are supposed to be. I previously had to have surgery for this issue and there was a ton of talk about infertility and the fact that my hormones are out of whack so I would need to always be on birth control or the bleeding wouldn't stop. My doctor was gobsmacked that I was able to get back to being normal. She then mentioned that when a person who is overweight gets back into a healthy weight their hormones function better, ect. I might still be infertile and they are keeping an eye on me but I may not have to constantly be on birth control (I am not on it now) and my bleeding has stopped!

What makes this even more hilarious is that afterwards I told my Mom (Who has been my biggest supporter, she keeps telling me "I am so happy you are losing weight the HEALTHY WAY!) and she said that whenever she gained weight she kept bleeding too. All I could really think was "And you couldn't have told me that in the beginning?" She said she had never put two and two together until now. I love my Mom.

And my favorite coffee shop makes a light version of my favorites that come in at 200 calories. My friend works there and she is doing CICO. She actually ran around adding everything up to make sure she was telling me correctly. I hope everyone else has had a wonderful day! I am just feeling like spreading the success!

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Unexpected side effect of 160 lbs weight loss transformation

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So over the last 5 years or so, I've managed to lose 160 lbs and build a decent physique that I can be proud of. Obviously, losing the weight has had a ton of benefits, such as improving my quality of life, increasing my confidence, boosting my self esteem, and improving my health.

However, one thing that has been bothering me is that losing the weight and basically having a different body and lifestyle has changed my interests in life and opened up doors that were previously closed to me. For example, when I was at my heaviest weight, I basically had no choice but to get an office job because I couldn't handle physical labor. Sitting behind a desk all day wasn't a big deal to me so I pursued a career in Technical Sales. Now I basically dread sitting at a desk all day, and essentially hate my career. I realize that I have the opportunity to change, but I'm not sure what I would want to do at this point. My current career pays really well and it will be hard to walk away from, but I have this deep feeling that there is something else I'm supposed to do with my life now. I've thought about changing to a career that helps people, such as a life coach or something like that. I created a YouTube channel to share my story and put content out to help others.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSE4N5p1HtRNnxKChyB_jxA?view_as=subscriber

Just curious, has anyone else experienced something like this after losing a lot of weight or going through a major body transformation? Is this normal?

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1 April is a new quarter. Is anyone else setting a “new quarter resolution” (i.e. to achieve between 1 April and 30 June)? Mine is to lose 10lbs. You can share here and we can keep each other accountable.

1 April marks the beginning of Q2, 2019 (going to use calendar year, not financial year here). So it’s a new opportunity to set a new intention.

I know goals can be set whatever the date is, but sometimes our weird brains like to align goals with a bit of a momentous date, hence the popularity of New Years resolutions on 1 January.

Well, why not a New Quarter resolution on 1 April?

On 1 Jan, the first day of the quarter, I weighed in at 130lbs. Today, on 31 March, the last day of the quarter, I weighed in at 125lbs.

5lbs weight loss in 3 months is not fantastic progress but the truth is... I actually weighed in at 125lbs on 10 Feb. I then fell off the wagon a bit and spent the rest of Feb and all of March in maintenance land. This is fine though, the past is the past.

115lbs is the ideal body weight for a 29F who is 5’3”, according to the Devine formula. That’s 10lbs away for me. If I can lose 5lbs in 6 weeks, I can lose 10lbs in 10 weeks.

I took a good hard look at my life. I thought - why can’t I lose these pesky 10lbs? I practice OMAD, I am moderately active, and I don’t drink calories.

Well my vices are: 1) eating out, and 2) eating processed, shelf-stable packaged, foods.

Now, I can’t give up eating out. Going to cafes and restaurants is a big part of how I socialise with my friends and family, and go on dates. I love exploring new places and a big part of that is exploring new things to eat.

I’d honestly rather be fat and have an active dating and social life rather than slim but lonely at home by myself (I live in a small condo with a tiny kitchen so it’s not great for entertaining groups).

So, here is what I’m going to do differently this quarter:

• Give up buying processed, shelf-stable packaged foods. No more shopping in the centre of the supermarket. Those foods are not necessary. I’ll only shop in the produce, deli/seafood, bakery and refrigerated/frozen sections of the supermarket.
• Join a gym and actually go. Every evening I don’t have a fitness class on (I do yoga and dancing), or a social occasion, I’ll go to the gym and run.
• Write down everything I eat in a notebook. I’ll keep doing OMAD since it works with my life, but calorie counting doesn’t (because I eat out a lot). However I will write down the situations in which I eat. For example, was my OMAD at a restaurant or at home? What kind of cuisine? Who was I with? etc. then hopefully I can see trends. I already know I tend to eat more (volume) when I take my OMAD at home because I supplement it with the aforementioned processed food snacks, which I could not do if I was sat in a restaurant and just eating what’s on my plate.

What are everyone else’s “New Quarter resolutions”?

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I can't stop fueling my weight-loss with self hate and I want to be able to work on both my physical and mental health

Hi! I was just wondering if anyone has had similar problem as me. I've lost nearly 50 pounds now (345-300) and I'm hitting a wall mentally. I feel like so much of my weight loss is fueled by how unhappy I am with my body.

I'm proud of how far I've gotten but it's a constant barrage of "don't make the wrong food decision because if you do you'll fuck it all up" or "you don't deserve to be loved until you lose more weight".

I wish I could be "body positive" like a lot of women my age but it's so hard. Im scared if I'm positive about my body I'll give up and if I'm not I'll be able to reach my goal.

I wish I had enough money to seek out therapy to help with all this but im not in a position to do that. Is there any advice anyone has or similar experiences?

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Since starting my weight loss two months ago I’ve lost 20 LB and while that’s a mere blip in the amount of weight I need to lose it has entirely changed my relationship with food

I started the OMAD (eat once a day) “diet” two months ago. I previously tried intermittent fasting and while I found it helpful, it didn’t fix everything because I felt like when I had the opportunity to eat after 16 hours it was a license to just chow down on whatever. When I started OMAD I wanted to course correct every problem I had while on intermittent fasting.

For one, I decided I was going to consume mostly veggies and limit meat intake and try to cut out dairy entirely. Not necessarily abstain from meat entirely, but not make it the focus of my meals or my main source of protein. Second, I was going to consume healthy fats such as nuts for the extra protein to help get me full. Third, I was going to research what calories I ate when eating out.

All of this has been paying off.

More than anything it has exposed my (and others’) relationship with food. I would often eat out but not just that, I’d also include the two other meals too. I’m guessing that by not counting calories while I eat out I would sometimes eat somewhere between 2500-3000 calories. My realization has been eye opening in how bad so many peoples relationship with food is. We, as Americans, eat so darn much. I deliver food for people and get to witness peoples bad food habits personally, as well as my own, which has allowed tremendous amount of introspection.

I just delivered pizza to a family of three and to be honest, while everyone is different, three people do not need to eat two large pizzas. You don’t need a big gulp drink. When you eat a fast food combo that’s like 1500 calories in all honesty that might be the only thing you should eat that day. This isn’t to say you shouldn’t eat pizza - one is fine, add a salad on top. Or that you should’t Drink soda - a small should be satisfactory. But more and more I see just how my myself and others have drowned in gluttonous excess. A lot of us, as a culture, eat far too much than we need. I apologize profusely if this sounds elitist or anything.

Through OMAD, I’ve learned what true hunger feels like. One time I went 28 hours without eating. I was really, really hungry but I could also push it aside and control it. I’ve seen a lot of people that do OMAD that think it’s an excuse to eat a mountain of food and while preferences are preferences, I think this does nothing to change one’s overall relationship with food.

I’ve found that a lot of diets factor into this unhealthy relationship with food - OMAD included - and that they seem to be about total abstaining or going full on. Meanwhile countries like Japan still have access to fast food joints and eat there, but still manage to remain thin. There’s other factors of course such as the fact that we drive a lot in America, companies put tons of preservatives and sugar in our food and drink, but ultimately it lies with us and something about the way we Americans consume our food in the past few decades is just broken.

TLDR: losing lots of weight has started to change my overall relationship with food which in the past was ecessive and gluttonous. Many are eating more than they need to and we just don’t know or care. Hopefully what I wrote was not pretentious and I apologize if it’s construed as such!

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My weight loss isn't going the way I planned.

Hi all. I have used CICO to lose weight to great success in the past. It works for me. This time, I also added exercise and some light strength training to the mix. I've been going to about a month and have actually gained a few pounds. I have been eating at a small deficit, not pushing too hard -- but the fast food, eating out, sugary snacks, and binge eating has stopped.

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Can anyone relate? Is the working out (30m of elevated HR 3 times a week + a combination of things like squats, lat pulls, overhead press, chest press, and body weight exercises) preventing the weight loss? Am I gaining muscle weight, or just not doing it right this time? The scale has become my worst enemy.

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Any ideas?

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