Active vs. Passive Recovery: Why you need both

Recovery is a hot topic right now and a lot of members are talking about it. One of the first things I actually teach all of my clients is that they don’t actually get more fit in the gym, they get more fit when they adequately recover from what they did in the gym. The better that you can recover, the more positive stress your body can tolerate, and the more results you can achieve with exercise. However, there are quite a few barriers that can get in the way of this. 

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I lost 150 pounds at 17 thanks to r/loseit. I’m 19 now, and I can reflect on my journey and share advice.

19 Year old male | 5’11. | 300 down to 150 (my lowest was 130)

Before and after photo

When I was 17 years old, life had been rough for me. I was overweight since I was 9 years old, and became obese around 15. My social life was non-existent and friends were hard to come by. Most of my free time was spent in my room, playing video games, and listening to music. Depression and social anxiety became rampant. I always wore hoodies and sweatshirts, even in hot humid weather. I wore skin tight athletic shirts underneath my clothes to hold my stomach in.

In the summer of 2017 I went to Las Vegas over school break. I had a terrible time walking, i chafed badly, and I felt miserable. When I came back home I looked into dieting. Calorie counting caught my attention because I could eat whatever foods I liked as long as it was within my goals, and I could calculate weekly weight loss down to the pound.

After two months of CICO, I returned to school. My classmates commented on how I lost weight and were amazed. I was always the stereotypical fat funny nerd. I made self deprecating jokes about myself because it made others laugh and want to talk to me.

One year into losing weight and I dropped down to 140, kept going, and even got down to 130. I became addicted to losing weight and was anorexic. One week I didn’t eat, causing severe drowsiness and nausea. After I hit 140, I began to take care of myself and socialize more.

Here are some things I’ve learned

People DO treat you differently based on appearance, it’s sad but true. Your appearance is your most important first impression, and it doesn’t help that younger adults are shallow.

I lost weight TOO fast. I was losing an average of 3 pounds a week. I refused to drink water and replaced it with diet soda to tame my sugar cravings.

Losing weight doesn’t solve all your problems. I spent another year building my social life, and overcoming my depression and anxiety due to my body dysmorphia.

My reasons to lose weight were horrible, making my personality wither and rot. I lost weight initially to look better, but as soon as I delved into the sexual realm, I became addicted. Maybe it’s the feeling of knowing that someone who would never have sex with you in the past, is head over heels. I still struggle with this, as I tie my sex life, and weight to my self esteem.

I am not happy with how I look, and I might never be happy, that’s okay. Knowing that I can progress how I look, makes me strive for something. Even if life is bad, I can always workout and lose weight. Something to live for when you’re at your lowest.

If anyone has any questions please ask! I’ll respond to any of them.

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Struggling With Counting Macros

Hi everyone. I am 24F, and I started with my weight loss journey two weeks ago at 78.2 Kgs. Since then, I am working out regularly (though I think there is a lot of scope of improvement in terms of exercises, reps etc) and maintaing a calorie deficit diet (part of it through IF); I am now at 75Kgs. I am counting macros and I noticed that my calories are in control but I somehow cannot manage full proteins. If I add proteins, the diet becomes carbs and fat heavy, and I am very confused on how to ideally manage it. I am a vegetarian and I try to eat as much cottage cheese, soya chunks but somehow just cannot come to a perfect diet. Any suggestions on how I can manage this? Thanks in advance.

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In praise of my Bluetooth scale

I've been obese all of highschool and 8th grade. I always wanted to lose weight and whatnot but i just never had enough motivation weight loss is a slow thing and i always felt like it didn't work after two days and i wasn't skinny. But after my first year of college I bought a Bluetooth scale for my dorm that hooked up to my phone and tracked all my stats. I mainly bought it cause it was cool. But nearly 9 months later I'm down 50 pounds! I'm not obese anymore. I still have a ways to go till I'm a normal weight, but i couldn't have gotten here without my scale. It let's me gameify the whole process. Seeing the chart go up down. It even has a little streak counter to encourage you to weigh yourself every day and stay on top of it all. Also I feel like i should probably include my weight. I started at 250 at the tail end of the summer and am down to 198 as of this morning!

Anyone feeling like they're getting discouraged because it feels like nothing's happening. Do you a favor and get a Bluetooth scale!

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Trying to not judge the pounds not moving

Some back story: I lost 15 lbs, and this would be my last 15.

I have been "working out" a lot more than average by just being a pretty active person. (Dog walking 3x a week, if not more, biking 4+ miles a day on average instead of driving, yoga 2-3x times a week if not more.) Yet, I'm not losing the weight like I would love to. Yesterday I decided to stop worrying about it, since I can literally feel my stomach muscles in a way I never could, and I have almost entirely rid my back roll. I also can handle a barre class one day, a yoga class the next day
immediately followed by a 20 mile bike ride.

Also, this morning, I put on a pair of pants that used to fit perfectly, that I thought maybe just stretched out. But definitely just washed them, and they feel loose!

But what do you focus on when the weight loss isn't happening when you know the habits are better than they were before? Like, I probably have pretty fantastic health considering, and even in high school as a cross country runner I never got below 160 so this goal may not be reasonable for my actual body.

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Some things i learned after hitting goal (240->165)

Well shit ive actually hit my goal weight these past 4-5 months have been really eye opening for, and im in awe by how much things have changed for me physically and emotionally. Heres like 10 things i learned: 1. Weight loss is not linear you will have ups and downs as long as youre general trend is downward youre making progress. Also to remember changes take time and to not be too harsh/hard on yourself. 2. Fat is a great insulator no joke... Everything feels cold af rn like ?!!?!!?!?! Also chairs are hard 😭😭😭 3. You realize how small changes compound and how poorly you used to eat. Like no joke i was eating around 4k cal a day lmao 4. Discipline. The amount discipline you gain from a major lifestyle change is so shocking. Where areas before id be able to kill a box a ferrero roche, i find myself to be satisfied with eating just 1 or 2 of those golden diabete spheres 5. You gain so much confidence, ive had body image issues since the dawn of time . As a result i look taller, lmao my posture has improved greatly because i actual feel great 6. You will get strechmarks if you lose a lot of weight its inevitable, i was lucky enough to not get loose skin considering i went down 80ish lbs. Initially i hated em but i see em as progress now 7. You might needa redo your wardrobe. This is a good but expensive problem haha, you can finally find clothes that fit and make you feel confident 8. Even after you hit goal, you dont ever really wanna go back because ultimately fitness should be a lifestyle goal 9. Some people will initially drag you down on your journey but as long as you know youre improvings thats what counts 10. no matter what diet/excercise you see on the internet you can adjust it to fit your needs

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MADE IT TO ONEDERLAND (barely)

After 10 weeks of Weight Watchers and working out, I’m down 14 pounds. Today I hit 199.8 pounds which is a number I haven’t seen in a really long time and I’m feeling really happy. I’ve had weeks where I’ve lost zero pounds and weeks where I’ve lost over two pounds. In the past when I’ve had a zero weight loss week, I usually quit because “this isn’t even working” and I’m “never going to get to my goal weight.” This IS working and I’ve reached my goal weight before so I can reach it again!

After I graduated college I lost 50+ pounds using WW and Orangetheory. After getting into a relationship with my now fiancé, I got comfortable and slowly put the weight back on. Trying on wedding dresses was the punch in the face I needed and if things going as they’re going now I’ll be down another 30 pounds by the wedding. Still not my goal weight, but a hell of a lot better than where I am now.

Just wanted to share this small victory with y’all because saying 199 out loud to friends and family is still a really high number (for me), but I also know it’s a huge deal (also for me).

Thanks to y’all for you constant inspiration and knowing that really the number on the scale isn’t the most important thing as long as you feel and look good!

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