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Over the past several years, my weight has slowly but steadily been increasing. I've thought for a long time that I need to lose weight, but I never had any real motivation to do so. Well, in January, my doctor ran some routine blood work, and we found out that I have high cholesterol, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and pre-diabetes. THAT was the kick in the butt I needed to get serious about weight loss. I don't really care about clothes size or how I look, but those numbers (especially to blood sugar) scared me. So on Feb. 1st, I started a low-carb CICO diet. I cut out all junk food, and my husband and I stopped ordering take out. I'm now on a 1200 calorie/day diet, watching what I eat, minding portion sizes, and I've upped my activity levels.
The good news is that I'm dropping 1-2 lbs a week, and in 12 1/2 weeks, I've lost 20 lbs! That's 9% of my starting weight. But yet, I'm so frustrated! I really don't care what size I wear, but I have not changed clothes sizes AT ALL. Nothing. 20 lbs down, and I'm STILL wearing a 20W. How? Just how? NONE of my clothes or jewelry fits any differently. I can't figure out where I'm losing the weight from. My eyelids? I always see people say they lost 20 lbs and dropped two dress sizes and such, but not me. I know it's not water weight, because (due to a medical condition I have) I drink 3-4 L of fluid--mostly water--every day. Second, and along the same lines, my husband started a CICO diet 4 1/2 weeks after I did, because he is also overweight and pre-diabetic, and he's lost 28 lbs, and he's down 2 pants sizes and 1 shirt size. We saw family for Easter, and several people mentioned that my husband looks like he's lost weight, but no one said anything about me. I'm really happy for him, but grrr! I know I shouldn't compare myself to him, or anyone else, but it's annoying.
The thing that is really bothering me though, is that I bought a glucometer on the advice of my doctor, and I'm checking my blood sugars regularly, and they are still in the pre-diabetic range. My doctor said that losing 5-10% of my weight should help all my numbers. Granted, I can't check my liver enzymes or cholesterol at home, but I was hoping to see some improvement in my blood sugars at least. But so far, nothing. (On the upside, my husband's blood sugars are now normal.) Plus, I'm not feeling any better than I did. I don't have more energy, and I still have a lot of joint pain. People always say they lost X number of lbs and feel so much better now, but that's not happening for me either.
I went into this planning to change my eating habits. I know I need to eat WAY healthier than I was. I figured if I was fairly strict initially, I'd break my addiction to junk, and once I am closer to a healthy weight, I should be able add a couple hundred calories a day back to maintain. I knew it would be hard initially. My husband and I opted not to have lavish meals to celebrate Valentine's Day, our anniversary, or my birthday. I skipped my annual Valentine's day chocolate covered strawberries and decided to forego a birthday cake this year. We didn't have any Easter candy, and we were very cognizant of what we ate when we got together with family on Easter.
I know three months isn't that long, and it's a short period of time to see major changes. And I know that overall, these changes I've made are really good for me, and I will get healthier over time. I check back with my doctor in a couple weeks to discuss how things are going, and if we need to make other changes. I know I'll end up much happier in the long run. But for the moment, it's just so frustrating, because I feel like I've given up a lot, and I'm not seeing the results I thought I would. Thanks for letting me vent.
I am 5'2, female, 124 lbs, white, 24... before you say it's water weight, I literally shrunk so much the skin on my stomach is hanging. I was overweight before this week.
Basically I got a super bad infection while camping, some bacteria in the water.
I began binge eating like crazy because of how scary it is to suddenly feel like death and see all your ribs. I haven't weighed myself but I can only imagine I lost more weight. It's been 10 days. My TDEE is 1560. That is what I usually eat to maintain. But today I was so scared and dizzy like I was gonna faint, fever and chills even when I am eating 2400 calories.
I hope it is not overkill, but I am currently still losing weight and the infection has spread to my arms. I know this is not water weight, otherwise it would have come back after binge eating (I am also drinking enough water). The thing that sucks is this would be a great way to lose the last 6 lbs I need to reach my ideal body weight, however my innate fear of death is making me binge!! The only thing I can hold down is milkshakes and protein bars. I know it's not great but what's worse is dying of bacteria in your brain and blood.
For the record-- doc diagnosed me with a nasty bacterial infection that has somehow moved to my blood :( again I'm on the medicine as of today, but the shakiness and weight loss has been causing me to binge eat. Help
So I have lost 45 pounds in a relatively short time frame (October 2018 to now) and I feel like people are really starting to notice which leads to them asking me how I did it. I tell them honestly: first 30 pounds were diet control onlyish (1200-1500 cal a day on MFP with a step goal of 10,000 on my Fitbit), and then I added cardio and light weightlifting recently (when I started exercising I upped my calories to 1500-1800).
However this has led to a few of them getting defensive, such as my boss who initially started around the same time as I did, but she used an MLM (multi-level marketing company). She only lost five pounds. It makes me sad now when she tells me that although I look great my method will never work for her.
Or my art teacher who told me (tmi by the way) that my method would not work for her because she's going into menopause.
Or my coworker who looks to me for reassurance that she has been in a plateau for four months, not overeating.
It makes me feel bad because it was never my goal to make anyone insecure. I just wanted to be healthier. I don't want to be a reminder to anyone of their failures. It makes me feel a bit guilty.
Does anyone else feel like this or had any experiences like this? I wish it would make me mad(at their excuses) but it only makes me sad that they feel bad about their bodies...
Hi r/loseit! I'm happy to say that through the act of logging calories every day, and through the help of this subreddit, I was able to lose almost 40 pounds (from 176.8 at my highest to 137.4 at my very lowest). I completely owe this success to the knowledge/support I found in this community.
I first hit my "goal" weight of 140lb back in November... but I only adjusted my calorie goal in my loseit app to "maintenance" in March, because it wasn't until then that I felt that I had truly reached my goal of 140lb, on average, most days. Since this "mission accomplished" moment, I have definitely let myself eat over maintenance... a lot of the time. While I was trying to lose weight I also let myself eat over maintenance some of the time (holidays, a very social Saturday, etc.) -- but on average I was eating at a deficit most days, and therefore still losing. The difference now is that I am aiming to eat @ maintenance on *most* days ... and still letting myself indulge (i.e. eat over maintenance) on "special" days.
Here's a link to my graph from the loseit app if it's interesting to anyone else: https://imgur.com/ZbHoNAP
I've creeped up to 144.4 recently... so I'm hoping to switch back to weight loss mode to try to get back down to my goal of 140, maybe 137 as a cushion.
My question for the successful maintainer's out there is: how did you approach your transition from weight loss to maintenance? What worked for you to keep this up long-term? Does it get easier?!
I lost 130lbs over 2 years and then gained back 75 lbs in 1 year. I changed jobs a few times in the years. A combination of stress eating and depression and less exercise were all a part of the problem. I didn’t realize I was gaining for the first 40 lbs because I kept changing uniforms with the different jobs. Once I realized, it just kept going.
I am tall for a woman and my weight distribution has always “fooled” me into thinking I weigh less than I actually do.
Today I found out my grandmother’s weight. This woman is horrible and disgusting for numerous reasons that go beyond this subreddit. I always thought she weighed like 350+ lbs, but turns out she weights 250. She weighs less than me...
I know I needed to lose the weight again anyways, but this is an eye opener. It’s also a huge blow to my self esteem because of how bad my relationship is with her and how much I don’t like her and how big I thought she was. So if she weighs less than me, but I think she looks huge...how do I look to other people?
I think this was the spark that’s gonna get my weight loss going again. I feel so crappy right now.
