Today my 6 year old stepson, who absolutely adores and loves me told me: "When I grow up I want to be fat like you!". Well if this doesn't make me get back on track and losing weight, nothing will.

I was over 600 pounds in September 2017. I lost 235 pounds over 14 months.

Over the last 6 months I found a girl, fell in love, moved in with her, and got married.

With all of this new stuff in my life, I kinda let the weight loss slip and haven't lost anything in the last 6 months. I've stayed on the diet, still eating clean for the most part but have been eating too much and starting to use food as an emotional crutch again. I have to realize that binging on chicken and salad might not be as bad as pizza and donuts, but its still bad.

Today with my stepson saying that to me, knowing how much he loves me, hurt me so much. The last thing I want for him is to be fat like me. I have to do this for myself, but more than me, I have to do this for my stepson and for my future kids.

This was a wake up call. Time to get back on track and break through the plateau.

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Any tips on how to take advantage of ramadan/fasting to lose weight ?

First of all I'm so grateful for this community. It really helps being exposed to people this driven and this helpful, really does motivate me to stick to my goal, especially with the WWoW challenge going on.

I just had a little question if any of you can help me: Ramadan being only 2 weeks away I'd like to know if htere is any good plan to maximise weight loss during it.

So far, I have set myself the goal of not over-eating during the fast-break, where the calories cas easily pile up, and drinking a lot of water at night, but I don't know how to approach the exercise side of things.

Is going to the gym in the afternoon when you haven't eaten or drunk for 12-15 hours feasible/healthy ? What practices would you recommend to take ful ladvantage of the fast ?

Thanks in advances friendos. :')

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Metabolic diet by Dr. Goglia- "nutritionist to the stars"

Has anyone heard of or tried the metabolic diet or the book Turn Up the Heat? It's premise lies in eating for your metabolic type, small frequent meals (7 per day), and enough water. Dr. Goglia says there are 3 types of metabolisms- carb- efficient (23% of population), fat-protien efficient (74%) and dual metabolism (3%). Using a lipid panel done through a blood test, your metabolic type can be determined and a diet and exercise regimen is recommended for you that changes each week.

Dr. Goglia says the idea of the diet is to "turn up the heat" of your metabolism to make it the most efficient it can be, even at rest. He calculates the amount of calories you should be eating by using your active BMR in order to fully activate your metabolism. He says by doing this, you will lose body fat and gain lean muscle.

So here is my question: Everything I have learned about weight loss before this book says ultimately CICO is the way to lose weight. Whether it's through restricting one food group or another, CICO is what is happening in the body. This nutrition plan doesn't rely on CICO. How could this work?

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Will cycling twice a day actually help me lose weight or should I find something else to do?

Hi everyone! Long time lurker, first time poster. I've been doing CICO on/off for the last 3 years or so and fell off the wagon last June after discovering cheesecake, which was a doubly-bad idea seeing as I'm lactose intolerant.

I'm ready to get back on the wagon and ride it all the way into health-ville, but I have a couple of questions first.

First up: me! I'm 5'4" and currently around 175lbs. I say 'around' because I don't own a scale, although I ordered a new one which is due to arrive soon, and that's what I weighed last time I checked.

In the last few months I've managed to make some changes such as completely cutting chocolate out of my diet and attempting to get at least 2,000 steps in a day. I lead a VERY sedentary life because my job involves me working from home and being on call 24/7. I'm currently eating around 1,500 calories/day.

I have an exercise bike. For the last week or so, I've been waking up, cycling 5km, going about my day, and cycling another 5km in the evening.

The question: Is this beneficial? Will it speed up my weight loss in any way? Even if it won't help with weight loss, should I keep doing it anyway because it makes my muscles feel nice and gives me endorphins? Should I lower my calories?

Thank you for any help you can give! ❤️

(I also accept vegetarian recipes. I'm pretty much living off hummus and tomatoes right now.)

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18 pounds down, but struggling recently.

I have a binge eating disorder and PCOS, so losing weight sucks ass. I've been working hard and have lost 18 pounds so far since the end of February. The past week or so I've been having a REALLY hard time making good food decisions.

Today I did notice the first visual change though. My body looks the same so far, but I put two pictures of my face side by side, and I think my face has slimmed a bit.

What's working for me: eating small, nutritious snacks every 2/3 hours, making little changes to move more on top of working out (parking further away, using the stairs, taking more walks), and treating my weight loss as a way to defeat PCOS instead of treating it as a way to change the appearance of my body. I'm not losing weight to get skinny. I'm just trying to get healthy (which is not synonymous with thin).

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How accurate are calorie counter on exercise equipment?

Hey guys, I'm currently about halfway through my weight loss journey. I started at 110kg on Jan 2nd and am currently at 94kg as of today. End goal for me is a max of 80kg, perhaps even high 70's. 25 y/o male 5'10.

I've been tracking my daily intake using LoseIt! Which has been going well, however I do have a question. My elliptical trainer has a calories burnt display on it to tell you how much you've done in a workout session. But if I put the time I spent on it into LoseIt it shows it to be different.

So my question is which one should I be paying attention to? Do i input what my elliptical says or go by LoseIt?

Thanks :)

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My simple tips for building up self-control and willpower while on your weight loss journey

1) Set "rules" on unhealthy foods. For example, suppose you LOVE ice cream and you know that you should be cutting back on the amount you eat. A "rule" you could set is that you can eat a serving of ice cream once a month. Always start small and once you master the first "rule", you can set it for longer periods of time.

2) Keep temptations out of sight as much as you can. What I do is when I buy muffins, cookies from the grocery store bakery, peanut butter cups or chocolate bars, I always put them in the freezer. Not only does it keep them fresh, it keeps them out of my line of sight so I'm not tempted to eat them. For sweets in my pantry, I try to put them near the back of the pantry so they aren't immediately in my line of sight.

3) PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE. It's hard. As I'm typing this up, I'm fighting the temptation to go into my pantry and snack on some Chips Ahoy cookies. Will you give into temptation sometimes? Yes. But just remember that everyone slips up. No one is born with perfect willpower and self-control. And also remember that one slip up won't make you magically gain all the weight you lost back in one day.

If anyone else has any more tips to add, feel free to share them.

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