Weight Loss Tips

Saturday, April 6, 2019

I lost the weight but I don't know how to be healthy. Could use some support.

26/F/5'4ish/SW:210 CW:130 GW:115 lbs

I'm not entirely sure what I'd like out of this post. Support, maybe? I've been 'chubby' my entire life until a couple years ago when I became obese. I made many difficult lifestyle changes and went from 210 to 115 lbs. I followed CICO and a 1200 calorie limit per day. But I wasn't happy with how I looked so I decided to keep going. I was skinny fat but starting to see a change using weights.

Then I decided to go back to school last September and had surgery not long after. I gained 15 lbs since then. In all honesty, had I not stopped I would probably have kept losing weight to unsafe levels. I was obsessed with having thinner legs and with the number on the scale. I've had disordered eating in the past of binge eating and then starving myself but thought I was being healthy this time around. The people I knew didn't congratulate me like I see on here. For the most part I was asked if I was doing okay. They thought I was sick or something.

I maintained my weight loss for a yearish and now the stress of life is getting at me. My hair is even falling out and thinning (blood tests say I'm fine). Half of losing weight for me was so I could look better. I wanted to feel beautiful. Now I have to wear makeup because my eyes are two purple rings. Apparently that happens with age.

A friend talked to me recently because they were concerned with my weight loss. They said they'd had experience with eating disorders and that I wasn't being healthy. It made me realize that I don't know what healthy even is. I thought I was. There's so much conflicting information out there that I don't know if I should be eating raw vegetables or making elaborate salads or what. I was raised thinking rice + meat = healthy. I don't know what to eat anymore. I don't know how much I should exercise anymore. I just don't know anymore. Thanks for listening.

TL;DR: I lost a lot of weight then I gained a little back. Realizing now that my weight loss wasn't healthy and that I don't even know what healthy is. Is there a book or something I could follow?

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So frustrated and stumped with my weight loss.

I have been in the process of losing weight since last year. I’ve recovered from an eating disorder as well, so this situation is almost triggering for me, to provide context. I was at 160 pounds a year ago and I’m at 140 now. I have about ten more pounds to lose before I’m in my most comfortable weight, for me. I’m working tirelessly it feels to lose that last ten pounds, but I can’t break the 140 line into 139. I’ve been bouncing between 142 and 140 for weeks now. I barely hit the 1200 calorie mark daily, I get in daily cardio sessions and go for runs every day. I eat a balanced macronutrient diet with a good amount of protein, healthy carbs, and healthy fats. Lots of fruits and vegetables and lean meats and protein powder. I’m not sure what to do anymore. Maybe I’m just being impatient. The most recent hurdle I got over was with a similar problem at the 150 mark, and the only reason I dropped the ten pounds was because I had surgery on my throat and could only get down 1 protein smoothie per day for a week and a half. It makes me think in order to lose weight I pretty much have to not eat or fast. It’s a depressing sentiment and it’s getting hard not to fall into restricting patterns. I’d like to continue to have healthy habits and be patient. But what else can I do to keep pushing forward and getting back to that healthier more fit weight? What’s a reasonable amount of time I should give myself to lose this last ten pounds?

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I can't stop eating. Help me.

Hi everyone...I'm making this post I guess because I feel like I'm at the end of my rope regarding my weight. I'm male, five foot four, 245 pounds right now. I've made the usual half-hearted attempts to diet, but none of them seemed to make any impact. I guess I'm sort of at the breaking point right now, I *want* to lose weight, but I can't seem to stop myself from eating, usually massive amounts at a time. I know it's unhealthy, and I hate myself when I do it, but I just...seem to forget about my weight loss aspirations when I get hungry.

Some more background: I currently live in a smallish apartment by myself while I'm going to college, and am currently having issues with my sink, which makes dishes difficult. I've switched to mostly foods that can be microwaved or are low on prep, and although some of these options are at least relatively healthy, I don't always take those. I don't know how to stop it, and it's really affecting my self esteem. This is sort of a cry for help I guess. Occasionally I just eat to the point where I throw up, at which point I get disgusted and stop, but I know that in of itself isn't healthy either.

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Becoming my own superhero...finding the inner hero inside of me and not being afraid anymore...

Hello everyone here at /r/loseit! Long time lurker, first time poster. Super nervous doing this but I hit a huge milestone today in my eyes and I wanted to share and maybe even see if my story can inspire others.

So I am a resolutioner/New Year's weight loss journey player.

A little background about myself: 28/M/293 starting out. I was diagnosed with moderate obstructive sleep apnea at the beginning of the year as well as having high cholesterol and high blood pressure. I have had weight issues my entire adult life. I was a chubby kid that was bullied in high school for being gay, being overweight and being different. I hated myself for a very long time and I turned to food for comfort and because darn it, fried foods, pizza, tacos, etc. taste really good. I struggled with my weight in college and joined Weight Watchers throughout my 2013-2016 post-graduate life and lost 55 pounds but gained it all back when I moved out-of-state to pursue my career. It got worse in 2016. I lost my best friend to a drug overdose, I was working an overnight job I didn't like and I ballooned. I was able to get out of that job but I never could shake off my last few years of self-sabotage and just not feeling good enough.

I had enough in 2018. I was obese, I was miserable and I didn't want to end my life prematurely with the way I was eating. Whole pizzas, 20 piece nuggets with large French fries and a crispy chicken sandwich with diet cokes, eating till I couldn't feel feelings anymore, resigning myself to my fate as an obese man. I soon realized all this junk food was killing me and it was basically me telling myself: You're not good enough to be healthy. I was tired of this version of myself and I knew I had to make that change now or I am resigning myself to an early, painful and unhealthy death. The doctor visit really pushed me over the edge as I had to go do a sleep study and being diagnosed was the worst day of my life. But I knew it was a great start for me to get motivated.

I was always inspired by superheroes and all the movies I've seen. I even was inspired by a lot of cosplayers on Instagram and it looked like fun. I was always thinking that being a cosplayer was "not cool" and freaky for grown men to wear spandex and go to comic conventions. Inside, I wanted to be a superhero, my own superhero. Someone that was strong and could be inspiring to others and himself. I found a cosplayer on Instagram who was also a personal trainer (based in Australia, I'm in the US) and he offered a lot of guidance and support and I made a goal to save money up to be a client of his and to fight my weight loss villain once and for all.

I started on 1/1/19 at 293 and today, 95 days later, I'm down 40 POUNDS! I have been doing muscle workouts three days a week, cardio five-six times a week and managing my calories and macros through MyFitnessPal. I got interviewed about my weight loss journey by a cosplaying YouTube channel and I hope to share it to this subreddit when it comes out in a week or so. I've made so many amazing cosplayer friends through instagram and I even treated myself to my first pair of Superman boots and I'm looking to get measured for costumes towards the end of the summer when I lose more weight and go as Shazam for Halloween and go to my first con in costume next year.

It's been super helpful having this now fun goal to help motivate my weight loss. I can't wait to become part of the community even more and showcase my hard work and hopefully inspire people that they can do this, you can change your life. It is hard work, it is blood, sweat and tears but we only get one opportunity to dance on this earth and it was time for me to step up on stage and I may have two left feet, but I'm dancing through life now. I feel better than ever. I cannot wait for my doctor to see me in June and to get retested for everything and hopefully kick high blood pressure (and the medicine), my cholesterol and my sleep apnea off the stage.

My mantra this year is be your own hero and I really feel like I am. Thank you for allowing me to share.

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Superfood Saturday: Beets

“Time will pass any way” - reminder for everyone with a big goal or slow weight loss

I was feeling kind of down about slow weight loss and how much longer it will take me to hit my goals when I remembered this phrase - “time will pass any way”. Basically, if you’re alive a year or two will go by no matter what whether or not you lose that weight. So why not lose the weight? Maybe I won’t hit all my goals as fast as I want, but I’m still making progress.

I didn’t have to buy new bigger clothes, which was slowly happening. Now I even have some clothes that are too big! I’m a year and three months into my weight loss journey and I’ve lost about 25 pounds. Even if I’m not in the healthy BMI range yet, my joints are happier, I look better and my clothes do too. I could be the same age but not have lost that weight.

So whether you have a big goal or just are disappointed that you’re not keeping up with some of the amazing losers on here, it might help to remember that “time will pass any way”.

PS I think this comes from Gretchen Rubin’s podcast. I can not recommend her work on habits and habit change enough for weight loss. She’ll help you understand your personality and how to work with it to make change including weight loss.

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Freezing My Eggs–The Night Before Surgery

My egg freezing experience series. I’ve decided to freeze my eggs and I’m sharing every step of the process as I go through it. I started thinking about this over a year ago and kept going back and forth not sure if I should or shouldn’t go for it. After hearing something that pushed me to go for it I decided to move forward and now it feels like it’s happening so fast! I’m nervous and scared and overwhelmed.

This is the night before my egg retrieval! I’ve never had ‘real’ surgery before so I’m not sure what to expect. And I’m also not sure how many eggs I can get or really should get. I have a lot to share and catch up on!! But that’s coming soon. For now I wanted to share my thoughts in real time and I made a video just talking about how I’m feeling physically and mentally.