Questions About Protein Shakes

Hello. I’m currently on my weight loss journey, and I was trying to find ways to help my progress. I’m a 20 year old, 6’1 guy that’s gone from 296 to 266 pounds in the last couple months.

I’ve posted here before, and I’ve seen how many of you drink protein shakes daily. I just had a few questions about them:

• Should I start drinking protein shakes? I’ve been losing weight, but I’ve also been trying to get more proteins to help combat muscle loss and loose skin. Would a protein shake help me?

• What protein shakes would you recommend? I would prefer something relatively low calorie with a good amount of protein, but I’m not sure which ones would be most useful for me.

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[400lbs -> 130lbs] Excess skin left over for 5 years now...can't be doing with it any more!

Hello all! I've been around the /r/loseit posts for a whole number of years now. With the support of this lovely community, I was able to successfully carry out my weight loss journey (pics here and here) and have maintained for about 5 years now, despite a...rocky relationship with food to say the least. I've just been rejected for the removal of the excess skin for the 6th time so now I've broken and set up a gofundme. I hate that I've had to do it, but my therapist recommended it, and hopefully it'll do more good than not.

Has anyone else had an experience like this? It's always seemed to me & people I discuss it with that males with eating disorders/body image issues don't really get taken too seriously, especially in the U.K.

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Rock N Roll San Diego Marathon Half Marathon & 5K Discount Code

Medal Monday? How ’bout Meb Monday! Yep, Went to a kick-off party for Rock N Roll San Diego this weekend… and Meb Keflezighi was there!!
And I have some important stuff to report back… including a discount code for Rock N Roll San Diego. There’s a full marathon, half marathon, half relay and 5K!!

Important stuff about Rock N Roll San Diego my Saturday shenanigans…

1. Meb was at the RNR San Diego Party.

For those that don’t know – he’s one if the most decorated US marathon runners of his time. He won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympic games for the marathon. He finished 4th at the 2012 Olympics. And he won the 2009 New York City Marathon and 2014 Boston Marathon. Meb’s the first American male to win both of those races since the 80s. Amazing. And yet he’s so down to earth.

I’m listening to his book right now. So far I love it. He talks about every marathon he’s run and lessons from training, races, injuries, etc. He’s so relate-able and so much of what he says are things I believe and practice in my running. I’ve made a lot of notes so I’ll review it soon! Have you read it?

Meb’s new books is 26 Marathons : What I Learned from Faith, Identity, Running and Life from my Marathon Career. I’m listening to it on Audible… but there’s also actual book versions of it.

2. I asked Kristin (aka @stuftmama on Instagram) to be my date because she lives in the area.

Well, she’s also registered for the full marathon – I didn’t know until we were on the way.
Then, I talked to a few people running the race and… it made excited about it. I want to do it too! By the time we were driving home I decided I was in!!

 

3. So… I guess I’m running a marathon. Soon!!

The race is only 41 days away!! (Yes I counted. And that sound crazy close. Closer than saying 6 weeks…)

So early this morning I wrote a training plan that will hopefully get me ready in time. There’s no room for BS – I need to do every run, especially the long runs.

But I can do it. I want to do it. (I say that now… at mile 17 I’ll be singing a different tune.)

 

4. Rock N Roll San Diego Full, Half, Relay or 5K Discount Code!

I have a discount code for Rock N Roll San Diego – full, half, half relay and 5k!! If you want to run… c’mon!

Use this code to save:
Full/Half/Relay: SDRNR10
5K: SDRNR5

Get more info & register here: Rock N Roll San Diego info page

 

5. Oh, and a few fun things from the night…

I might have to repost my IG stories… Kristin and I were doing a photo-booth and she had on a poop hat and then I cut to Meb in the background… this is us.

And she has a big doggo, 2 hairless cats, birds and an epic pantry of snacks. I wonder if she’ll let me & Diego move in…

Oh, and we took a pic with Frida and Diego too…

Question: What are you training for right now?

If everyone’s running race do you have to do it too?

Me: yeah…

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My Journey So Far: 380 pounds -> 260 Pounds in 15 Months

Hey everyone of r/loseit, I hope you’re having a great day! I’ve been a long time lurker and have only posted one or two times, but I’ve never really talked about my story of weight loss. I’ve read so many other wonderful stories that have given me inspiration, so I figured I can share mine and hopefully it will help inspire someone else. First here’s some background information: I’m a 5’ 11” 22 year old male college student (I graduate in 3 weeks woot!) and I used to weigh 380 pounds but now I weigh 260. My revelation came in January 2018 when I went to the doctor and weighed in at 380 pounds. He had a frank conversation with me and told me if I didn’t start to turn my life around I would be drastically shortening it and what I did have wouldn’t be that great. It wasn’t anything I didn’t already know, as I’ve struggled with my weight my entire life, but after hearing this shortly after my father had a health scare, I knew it was time to fully commit to it. I’ve always struggled with healthy eating habits (and to be honest, I still do just to a much lesser extent) and I wasn’t exercising at all. The first thing I did was tell my friends and family that I was finally serious about this and was going to do it, no matter how much it hurt. My best friend agreed he would start working out with me, and the next day we began playing basketball together. I was so out of breath after running for just a few minutes. I thought I was going to have a heart attack everything hurt so bad, but I kept going and over time I gained a little more stamina and the weight began to come off. I did this for a long time and continued to track my calories and exercise. I’ve noticed a lot of people here have used a specific dieting technique like keto or intermittent fasting, but I’ve always been a food lover so the idea of giving up certain types of food or only eating one meal a day seemed like something I wouldn’t be able to maintain. With this in mind I decided to go with the old reliable, calories in calories out (CICO). This way if I wanted a piece of cake I could have it. If I wanted to have 5 small meals throughout the day, I could do that. As long as I burned more calories for the day than I ate, I knew I would keep losing weight. I knew it wouldn’t be as fast as keto (I was reading in my anatomy and physiology textbook that those who are on a low/no carbohydrate diet see large amounts of weight loss in the first six months, but over a year it equalizes with low fat diets). So I entered my weight, height, and age and found my TDEE. My initial goal was to eat 300 calories per day under my TDEE then any exercise was extra on top of the cake. I went the route of exercise heavy so I could still fulfill my cravings. I play basketball at the rec at my school for 2-3 hours 5-6 days a week. This results in me getting 50-60 miles travelled per week, averaging about 110,000 steps per week. For me, the hardest thing to learn was patience. Sometimes there would be a week where I would put in 20 hours playing basketball (moving about 50-60 miles) while still eating under my TDEE and the scale wouldn’t budge. The next week though I would do a slightly easier week and would lose 4 pounds. I know it is much easier said than done, but patience truly is the key to sustained weight loss. Over a period of 15 months I went from 380 pounds and a 2XL to 260 pounds and a L. My next goal is to get to 240 pounds and my ultimate goal is 225. I have a muscular build and to be honest, I never want to have a 6 pack, so I think 225 is a good goal for me. If you have any questions at all feel free to ask :)

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Fitness pen pals for motivation and support

Hi ☺️ first time posting - please be kind! I’ve made some really great progress in my fitness and weight loss journey (was 89kg, now 64kg - 157cm 26yo woman) but I’m finding the daily grind of exercise and calorie deficit pretty lonely. I figure this could be a good place to find some like minded folks to get support from + give support to as we all look to change ourselves for the better.

As my username suggests, I’ve got a specific goal in mind! The remaining pounds to go don’t bother me so much as the ways I fixate on how I want my body to change aesthetically. I’m proud that I’m in the best shape of my life and the progress I’ve made, but find this journey and ‘slog’ very lonely when I don’t really have a support network I’m making all these changes with.

Let me know if this is the wrong place to post this - just thought reaching out when in need probably better than bottling it up!

Hope to hear from some of you ☺️

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Struggling with slow weight loss and need some motivation/inspiration/support!

32/F, SW was 123.5 about 30 days ago and GW is 107. I am 4’10 with a small frame, so 123 was considered overweight for me. I know it’s not much to lose, but it feels like a lot on my frame and I’ve just been so uncomfortable at this weight.

I set a goal to hit 10,000 steps for 30 days straight and today is my 30th day. I’ve been sitting at 119 for the past two weeks and it has me frustrated. I use CICO and coupled with the walking I was hoping to lose a bit more by this point.

Hoping that I can keep up even the slow weight loss, but I’m feeling a little worried that I will plateau or won’t be able to keep losing to reach my goal weight.

Any support/ideas are appreciated!

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I don't understand my lack of weight loss/gain for the past week or so.

Hi all, I'm hoping someone can shed some light on my struggles recently. I am 6'3 and currently weigh 295 after losing around 60 pounds in the past few months. I feel like I have figured out my formula for losing weight, (just CICO and mix in a little exercise) and it has worked well up until recently. For 6 days straight, however, my weight did not change. It was within .1 either up or down every day, and I can't figure out why. I have eaten very well and have mixed in more exercise than usual to push me over the hump, but had no success. My weight stayed steady.

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As it usually goes, though, not losing weight caused me to be discouraged in my progress and I binged Friday night. It was maybe my worst binge of senseless eating after midnight that I've had since the beginning of the year, and I woke up the next morning prepared to get on the scale and pay for my actions. Wrong. I weighed myself and had lost half a pound, my largest budge in a week. I ate well Saturday and weighed myself Saturday morning. No weight change from the morning before. Sunday was Easter, so it involved a big family dinner, which I overindulged and had a huge plate of food, including a plate full of 3 different kinds of desserts. This morning, I was prepared to see that weight gain yet again. Wrong again. I had not changed even .1 on the scale.

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What is going on with my weight? I even dug out my old scale to see if it was busted and I've been getting consistent readings from both of them. Is it possible that I've been eating too little food? My wife told me that my metabolism could slow if I do not eat enough and maybe my overeating actually kickstarted my metabolism, but I know nothing about that topic and have always just followed CICO. I don't strictly count my calories, I just know to eat less and make better decisions than I have made in the past when I was gaining weight.

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Any ideas? Is it possible I am eating too little? Or should I just be patient and keep doing what I'm doing?

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