Fell off the wagon. Hard. For no reason at all.

F, 5’3. SW: 215; CW: 187.

I have been so committed to weight loss since I started in January, 3 months after the birth of my second child. I was just tired of feeling exhausted, tired of not being able to wear the clothes I wanted to wear, tired of feeling unattractive and sloppy. I had been obese for over a decade and had enough.

Anyway, I did C25k and completed it at the beginning of March, since then running 5K 2-3 times a week. I almost never eat under 1500 calories, log everything scrupulously into MFP and intermittent fast 16:8 every. Single. Day. And my hard work paid off: I’ve lost nearly 30 lbs and gone down a dress size.

So I totally didn’t see it coming when midway through the day on Friday I just decided fuck this, I just really want a glass of wine. Which turned into four glasses, a small bag of crisps, and a bowl of pasta. Okay, I tell myself - no problem, I’ll just start over tomorrow. Except I wake up on Saturday still on a mission to eat everything in sight. It was honestly like a strange, hypnotic self-destructive mode and I ended up consuming close to 2000 calories yesterday. Today is a write off because it’s uk Mother’s Day and we’ve had lunch reservations for ages, and I AM having a roastso basically this entire weekend is shot. I haven’t run since last Tuesday, either.

I know it’s fine, I can just start over. But I AM mad at myself. And I can’t work out why I did this. It was like being possessed! I really, really want to keep losing weight and getting fitter. But is this devil always going to be on my shoulder telling me to just give it up and go on eating/drinking benders? am I doomed to be a self-destructive glutton forever? How do you all cope with these urges that seemingly come out of nowhere?

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Tell me your weight loss/regain stories

I feel like in most weight loss forums, the people who are/have successfully lost weight have the spotlight, and those who have tried and encountered hardships are pushed aside.

The point of these forums is to learn from and support each other, so with that in mind I would like to ask the following of my fellow r/loseit subscribers who have lost a substantial amount of weight then regained some/all of it back. Did you know it was happening? Were you aware you were in the process of gaining back and didn’t have the power to stop it, or did it suddenly dawn on you that you had gained back, and it came as a shock. Are there any warning signs you would tell people who have lost weight to look out for in regards to regain, and is there anything you wish you had done differently.

I myself had (past tense) lost over 70kg, and during the past 3 stressful months at university have regained around 5. I am fully aware that my old stress eating habits have come back with a vengeance, and what’s worse, I keep telling myself I will be able to undo the damage I am doing now because “I am so close to being finished at uni, and then everything will be better.” I have returned to the old cycle of, “As of Monday I am back on the wagon”. Well, 20 Monday’s and counting...🤨

So how about it r/loseit, tell me your stories. How did you avoid/ not avoid the dreaded regain? I have no intention of sharing them, but maybe we can find wisdom in each others experiences.

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I hit the -25 pound mark today meaning i'm halfway to my goal!!

I hit the 25 pound weight loss mark recently, which means that I am halfway to my goal! 5 years ago, I gained 50 lbs in a little over a year. I grew up always being careful about my weight, but let myself go because I never learned to cope with emotions in healthy way and went through a difficult time that I coped with via emotional eating. This weight loss means so much to me because if I didn't learn how to be healthy emotionally, I would have never been able to control my unhealthy eating. 25 pounds ago I saw how long I had to go and felt despair because I felt like I would never have the self control to lose 50 pounds let alone 25 and that I had ruined my life for good due to one bad year. However, I PROVED myself WRONG. I used my goal of weight loss to give me a goal......something to look forward to in life and lift me out of depression. For the first time today, I was able to fit into a dress I haven't been able to fit into since college and for the first time in 5 years, my BMI is no longer obese. I have continued to eat give or take around 1200-1500 calories a day for the past week and it seems as though i've hit a plateu but I will not give up until I am no longer overweight and just healthy again! I decided to stop weighing myself daily while continuing to diet and just praying a whoosh happens in a couple weeks. I can't believe i'm halfway there!!! I never thought I would be able to do this holy crap.

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[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..."

Interested in some side quests?

• [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?

Community bulletin board!

• [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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