Well bla-de-da-da! What's making your blood boil? What's under your skin? What's making you see red? What's up in your craw? Let's hear your weight loss related rants!
The rant post is a /u/bladedada production.
Please consider saving your next rant for this weekly thread every Tuesday.
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.
Interested in some side quests?
Community bulletin board!
If you are new to the sub, click here for our posting guidelines
In the past year I gained so much weight due to overeating and bingeing due to depression and with this came a certain amount of effort lost in the way I dressed myself. I love fashion and felt I was too big to wear what I wanted with confidence and pride. Like so many other here, I spent so long in oversized jumpers and tops so I could "hide" what had happened to my body. The downside to this is that now that I've begun to lose weight through IF and OMAD, the already oversized clothing is practically hanging off my body. We're going into winter in Australia (my favourite season for fashion) so I took it upon myself to begin shopping for clothes that I actually WANTED to wear, which is where my NSV for the day comes in.
One of my most used online shopping sites has an option to enter your details so it can make predictions of what size clothing you should order. I realised I hadn't changed my stats since starting my weight loss so was over the moon to see this pop up under every clothing item I looked at!
A few months ago they were suggesting size 18 (Australian), so I'm pretty over the moon. Not having to wear in size 18/20 sized clothing in a size 14 body is going to be quite the experience!
My goal is to get 64 kg or a BMI of 24, from a starting weight of 73 kg and a BMI of 27. I was recently diagnosed with T2 diabetes and my GP suggested this goal and to get to it as fast as I could, and I felt it was reasonable. I've only told one person about my diagnosis and they reacted badly so lesson learned that the stigma about this disease is real and to keep it a secret from people. I've told someone I'm losing weight and they asked how much and when I said about 10 kg (22 pounds?) they said "That's just your first goal, right, you'll try to lose more after that?"
To be honest, I might not.
I have a history of eating disorders, both anorexia and binging/purging, and the only time in my adult life I've been able to sustain a BMI of between 19-21 was through very unhealthy behaviour, basically eating between 500-700 net calories a day and over-exercising. So I'm VERY aware that I could start slipping into bad thinking and bad behaviours if I get too obsessive about losing weight, and I'm in my 30s now and my body probably won't react as well to being starved as it did when I was in my 20s. (Yes, I know it's ridiculous to be fat and talking about having been anorexic, this is the sort of thing that people screen cap and post in mocking comments on other sub-reddits.)
If it turns out that I'm able to manage my blood glucose levels at a weight of 64kg (not just with diet but with exercise too obviously!), then I may not try to lose more, even though that's at the high end of the normal BMI, barely below the overweight range.
I can't lie, part of this is for a reason that's both practical and superficial. Over the last couple of years I purged my wardrobe of all my thin clothes after having accepted I'll never fit into them again. I have a limited budget and really can't afford to buy a whole new wardrobe, so if I'll be able to get away with keeping the clothes I've got and cinching stuff in with belts or getting items altered smaller, then that will make life a lot easier. Especially as I now have the added living expense of buying stuff to monitor my blood glucose (this isn't subsidised for type 2's who haven't been prescribed insulin, we have to pay out of pocket).
Like I say, this may change, and will have to change if I can't manage my glucose at this weight and need to lose more. But if I can avoid losing more than a couple of dress sizes, that will be the ideal circumstance for me.
Is anyone else not aiming for a weight that's the thinnest you can possibly be? Have you had any pushback from people about it?
Apologies if not aiming for the maximum weight loss is not in the spirit of /LoseIt. Bracing for downvotes!
Hello all. Like the title says, during my weight loss journey I’ve encountered this minor issue and am not sure how to remedy it?
I started at 129 and have made it down to 119. I lost 10 pounds and feel great that I’ve accomplished that. One thing I’m confused about is my waist line. I read all the time that people lose weight and also lose x amount of inches on their waist line but my waist is still 27 inches, same as when I started.
What do I do about this? Am I measuring myself wrong? Or is it something about my workouts?
For reference, I do Pilates/yoga and I run. I also do CICO and use the my fitness app to track my meals. I figured I’ve been doing everything right but I can’t get my waist to change at all! Just need some advice on this. Thank you all!
Stats: 37f, SW: 240, CW: 194, GW: 150
Photo progress!: Photo
I started my progress photo in March of 2018 but didn't start my weight loss journey until June 2018. My goal initially was just to hit 1200-1500 calories per day. I started working out consistently (3 times per week) and at the new year I began a challenge with a local gym and that is where I have seen a lot more of my progress. I workout at least 4 times a week with HIIT, weight lifting, or cardio. I mix things up as they offer a lot of classes and that seems to work for me. I am very strict about not going above 1200 calories per day and try to go lower carb. The ideal macro each day is 40/40/20 -> protein/fat/carbs. That is the percentage of calories from each category.
I use MyFitness pal to keep me on track and keep track of my progress.
Some days are easier than others but I have now found a rhythm and a motivation that keeps me moving forward. Finding the daily motivation in the long run was hard. I started with a personal trainer. This is someone that was just starting their business. But when they fizzled out I found a program through a local gym. The program had weekly weigh-ins, motivation, and advice when I needed it. This has helped me find my own motivation to go to the gym consistently. The BIGGEST component to this program has been teaching me to meal prep. Every Sunday we cook enough food for the week. Taking away the stress of deciding what to eat each day and always having healthy options on hand has been life changing. Meal prep por vida!
I just figured I would share my progress in case it helps anyone else out there. I know I always look for similar stats and goals.
I have a goal weight in mind. To be fair, it’s ambitious. I’m still 20 lbs away and have never been there as an adult. (I’m super short, so 20 lbs is a lot for me.) In my head, reaching goal weight will give me a level of confidence I’ve never had before. It will let me dress however I want, in clothes that never looked quite right on my body. It will open up the dating pool in ways it’s never really been open and let me be comfortable doing anything over the summer. I’ll feel more excited to go out, to be more feminine, and even to dress professionally because I’m not simply trying to work with/hide my body.
But the other part of me thinks, look, it’ll never be enough. Even when you’re this thin, you’ll want to be thinner. There will always be something that makes that confidence elusive. Grass is always greener, etc. I worry this will be the case because the additional 20 lbs may make me feel better physically, but won’t really be opening up any other big doors other than confidence. It’s vanity weight, essentially.
So what are your experiences? Did anyone lose the last 10-30 lbs of vanity weight and thank god they did? (Happy to hear stories of people who’ve lost more, too!) Do you feel like a substantially different person/carry yourself differently? Were you treated differently? I just want to feel confident that I set goals that will pay off, rather than disappoint. Would love to hear inspiring stories of how the weight loss has impacted you.
