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At 29 years old, I’ve been obese almost my entire life. I was 100 lbs by 3rd grade, 160 by 6th grade, 200 by the beginning of high school, 225 by the end of college, and I’ve gained an additional 50 lbs since 2014. Back at the beginning of February I started doing some social media snooping into my father’s side of my family (he passed last year and we were never close). I discovered that many of his siblings (he was one of 14 kids) were obese to morbidly obese and died before the age of 60 due to renal failure, cancers, and other serious health issues. This freaked me out and really scared me into changing my diet.
The norm for me is to eat around 3,000 calories a day—mostly consisting of high fat take out food—and wash it all down with another 1,000 to 1,500 calories of soda. The first thing I did was replace all of the soda with water and limit myself to a can of diet soda a day or a black coffee if the caffeine withdrawal headaches got too bad. I deleted all of the food delivery apps from my phone, started meal planning and buying and everything at the grocery store—careful not to keep TOO much food on hand so that I could keep from binging. I stand 8 hours a day at work but am otherwise very sedentary, so I started incorporating walking into my daily routine. I found that it was nothing for me to walk a mile or two everyday if I just put on a good playlist. As of this morning, I’m down 48 lbs pounds since February 8th.
But then I had an emotionally trying day dealing with some hard family stuff and found myself at the drive thru window this evening. Most people would have ordered a junior burger or small fries to “treat” themselves. Instead, I got a foot long coney covered in a quarter pound of chili, a large order of cheese fries, a medium order of onion rings, an order of 6 mozzarella sticks drenched in marinara sauce, churros, a root beer float, and a 44 oz soda. I ate ALL of it within about an hour and a half.
Suddenly, I just feel like I’m wasting my time because I’m a loser who can’t deal with my feelings like a normal person and know deep down that my weight loss won’t be sustainable. It’s 2 decades of overcoming shitty habits and I don’t know if I’m strong enough to do it.
Hi. I love you guys. You're my inspiration and my support group (lurkishly until today) and I need advice. I'm 54, short, 290 lbs, fairly sedentary (daily walks, about 5K steps). I use the LoseIt app, I started a weight loss bujo, and I don't eat sweets, sugar, or pop. I'm low carb, CICO, and cutting way back on beer.
I've apped and journaled and measured and weighed and been steadfast for 31 days and I've lost one fucking pound.
One.
What the hell?
I'm starting back at the gym this week. I push a weighted box around until I want to die then I swim laps until I want to die more.
Is this normal? I mean, I know about plateaus but shouldn't they happen later? Not at the beginning?
So here’s the story:
SW: 151+ GW: 115 CW: haven’t checked, but definitely 140 or under
My weight loss has been slow bc I started during the school year and consistency was difficult to maintain due to exams and such.
Now it’s summer so I’m going all in!
I’ve lost weight in my face and my stomach, but my thighs and butt are still disproportionate. I think that’s just how my body shape is, and I know you can’t “spot-reduce” so I don’t want to hear that, bc I’ve definitely seen people that have overcome their body type. It’s possible, I just don’t know what exercises to focus on.
Thanks in advance!!!
I know some people will say “just stop”, but it has been impossible.
A year ago I started with my weight loss journey and it all went fine. Then, I got a job, and we moved and now I am in constant stress. The only thing that was constant and helped me until a couple of weeks ago is that I did CrossFit and yoga. But now that we moved I am going crazy with myself and chocolate. I am planning to start over my exercise routine as soon as I get to know the city.
How did you succeed and got over the bump of eating sweets everyday? Eat carrots instead? I need an answer :(
Overall, it is always a good day until it is 5pm and it’s time to go home. I am already hungry then, so it’s easy to just grab something.
How did I do it before? How do you guys do it?
HELP
I am a 21 year old woman, and I took this spring semester off to get a handle on my mental health. I am on a better medication (Wellbutrin) and have been feeling better these past months because of it, I have been working on balancing classes with how I feel day to day, and I have been trying, and succeeding, to eat more nutritious foods so there are as few roadblocks as possible in feeling better.
My problem has been consistency with the gym. In the past two years, I've gained 25 pounds from emotional eating as a way to cope with my depression. I want to lose weight because I don't have the confidence to do things I used to, and I try to cover myself up in public. I have body dysmorphia and come from a fat phobic household, so the fact that I've gained so much weight has taken a toll on my self esteem, to the point where it's hard for me to feel beautiful at all anymore. It's uncomfortable for me to move around, and I know exercise is the final component to feeling better physically, and when I do exercise, my emotional state improves dramatically because of endorphins.
What I lack is not motivation, but the discipline to go to the gym as much as I can, unless I absolutely cannot. I want to be able to push myself and get there as often as I can, so here is my question: How do you stay disciplined every single day, or at least most of them? what are strategies or mantras yall have used? I know it is the fear that I will stay this way forever that is keeping me away from the gym, as in, what's the point? I've been uncomfortable in my body this long, why do I expect it will change?
I know weight loss isn't easy, but I want to feel good about myself, and moreover, I know it helps me keep my head straight. These two things I know to be true, yet I am inconsistent. How do I toughen up and make it happen?
