Unable to recognise my own progress

A year ago I had lost 10kg and was the lowest weight I had been for years. I moved from overweight BMI to the top end of healthy. But at the time I still felt so fat and disgusting and consequently gained it all back. Now that I’ve undone all of my progress, I look back at photos from that time and I can see that actually that 10kg had made a huge difference and I didn’t look fat at all, just curvy. Has anyone else had this issue that they can’t see their own progress and consequently can’t stick to the weight loss / maintenance? I took progress photos and everything but it still didn’t help.

Even when I was young and very slim I always though I was fat - now I would give anything to look like how I did back then!

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How to cope when losing your booty?

Guys, my weight loss is going great! Only issue is that my butt and boobs are leaving me 😩 My boobs not so much, (I had implants pre-weight) but still a little. I know I can’t do much about that. My butt though has completely gone flat. I’m sad, my boyfriend is sad, and my jeans are sad.

I’ve been doing squats and even with weights but it doesn’t seem to help. I might be at too much of a deficit to gain booty muscle?

How did you guys cope? Any advice? I’m happy to lose the tummy weight and thighs and I know you can spot lose fat but it’s so upsetting when I was trying on new jeans today.

Do any ladies on here know of any brands that help not further push your ass down? Lol

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Self Esteem/Attention after weight loss

I (F21) have gone from 197 lbs to 150 lbs in about a year. My self esteem has always been low, and was even lower when I was nearly 200 lbs. When I was in high school/early college, guys rarely ever talked to me. I was chubby and miserable for the longest. Nothing looked good on me. I couldn't wear a bikini. Numerous rashes from my thighs rubbing together. So last year I decided to take matters into my own hands, and started exercising and eating right. Lost 47 pounds. When I was around 20 lbs down is when I started getting attention from guys. They'd ask for my number, if I had a boyfriend, ask how old I am. It really flustered me because it had never happened before. Men have said things in passing to me (compliments) but I didn't respond, because I still automatically assume that he's not talking to me. I hate that I still think so little of myself. I still feel like I'm not worth pursuing/being with. Anyone else deal with this feeling?

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My wake up call

I have lost control over my weight, but I never realized HOW bad it was, and last night was my wake up call so I am starting my weight loss journey.

Some background, I guess I’ve always been the “fat kid”. I was always like 140+ lbs in middle school and in high school I reached 200.

2016 I got out of my slump and went from 245 lbs all the way down to 160 lbs and I felt great, looked great, people wanted to be my friend, and was overall my best self.

That ended when I started dating a crappy guy, started working full time at a fast food joint, and stopped taking care of myself. My weight slowly climbed back into the 200’s. I left that guy and started dating and moved in with someone else who didn’t exactly have the best eating habits, either.

At 225 lbs I became pregnant and used it as a crutch to let my weight get into the 250’s

Now I’m 19 years old in 2019. My boyfriend took a picture of me for the first time in a few months and I looked AWFUL. I had pudgy thighs, my arms looked suffocated by my shirt sleeves, I have a prominent double chin, and I basically looked like a gummy bear that got left on someone’s dashboard in the heat. I stepped on the scale for the first time in a while and I am at 280 lbs. TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY. This is the biggest and ugliest I have ever been.

It’s not fair to my boyfriend to have to be seen with me like this. It’s not fair to my daughter to grow up seeing my disgusting body and habits that come with it. Lastly, it’s not fair to myself to live like this and treat my body so horribly, it’s unacceptable.

My goal is to budget my calories, spend less time being sedentary and more time being active, and preparing better meals for my family and I until I reach a reasonable weight. Hopefully before my 21st birthday 🎂

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Feeling burnt out

Hello everyone!

I started my weight loss journey this past January after getting tired of losing some weight and gaining it back plus some. I am a full time undergraduate student hoping to get into medical school next year and felt like I needed to get my physical and mental health in check/create healthy habits before going through the demands of med school. I'm a 5'2" female and have never been "skinny" but have been at a healthy weight before. I started at 191 lbs on January 6th and I am now 161lbs. I exercise 2-4 times a week depending on how much studying and work I need to do that week and I am eating between 1200-1400 calories a day (i try not to be too hard on myself as some days I just don't have time to cook or grocery shop). While I have made so many great changes and feel really good as clothes get looser, I am really starting to feel burnt out. My friends enjoy drinking and eating out late and just enjoying life, while I have to carefully plan my schedule around class, studying, working out and cooking. I guess I just feel like I'm missing out on college life. I was wondering if anyone has experienced something similar? Or had any ways to shake this feeling?

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I‘m really really afraid of changing my wardrobe

I suspect I might not be alone with this problem. As a person who has been on the chubby side my whole life, I always feel I have a fat person inside me, even if my weight loss is going great at that time.

I have been losing and gaining back weight for a couple of years now (probably 5). It’s mostly because I’ve never had control over my binge eating. And most of you know once you deprive yourself of some food, ban is as being “bad”, you want it even more. At least I did.

That’s why over the years my weight has fluctuated from 164 pounds to 121 (I’m 5’4). Right now, I’m on track – I’ve been eating really healthy these past few months, I’ve been exercising, and my weight is 144. I’m still aiming for 121.

But this time I feel that something has changed in me, in the way I think and perceive food. I allow myself to indulge in something I really want, I just control the portions, I eat when I’m hungry and food does not control me anymore (or so I think). So, my bingeing is nonexistent, since I’m not depriving myself. That’s why this time I feel I can really stick to my weight loss and keep the weight off if I want to.

The problem is, my body is changing quite noticeably and that’s great! I bought myself cute new clothes, I’m confident and strong. But I was cleaning out my closet the other day and decided to try on some of my big clothes. They’re WAY to big for me now, I’m not going to wear them in this weight. I packed them all in bags to donate, but I can’t bring myself to do it, because the “fat me”, that is still stuck inside me, thinks I will be fat again and I’m going to need the big clothes again…

Any advice on how to get over that?

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I “binged” last night for the first time since January.

27/F/5’8 SW: 199 CW: 163 GW: 145

I am saying binged because while I have cheated/eaten badly throughout this weight loss journey. I usually plan my “cheat” days around my social life so they are planned in and I eat around the “cheat” meal throughout the day to make sure it fits relatively well.

Last night we went out. I knew I was going over just because of alcohol but I ate good all day and was just a little under my calorie range. I had specifically gotten today off work because I was so excited for this drag show/band/90sthemed party and I wanted to be able to stay up late.

Well the group I was with ended up wanting to go to an after party. The girls were hungry so we went to Qdoba. Earlier in the night when someone mentioned food I thought “I just won’t get anything I’m not hungry” but by 2am we arrived and I just said fuck it. Fuck it I am getting nachos!! I can get a bowl from Qdoba and at least make it a little healthier but I was kind of drunk and I just wanted those darn nachos.

They were delicious. I put “binge” in parentheses because I didn’t eat it all. I actually shared them with a friend. So I don’t feel like this was a huge binge but it was a HUGE unexpected calorie addition to my day and it seriously tasted so darn good. I was glad I ate because we ended up being out after 4am and I would not have survived without some food.

Part of me is mad at myself. Part of me knows there’s nothing I can do now and it’s just time to move on and get back on the healthy eating train. Part of me knows one bad night won’t screw everything up entirely.

I don’t know. I feel bad and my stomach kind of hurt when I woke up, but I had fun and is what it is I just felt the need to share.

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