Concerns over rapid weight loss and loose skin

I'm currently 18 years old and have been overweight my whole life. I have always tried dieting and exercise to no avail. I have finally decided once and for all to lose weight.

Before my weight loss journey began, I weighed at 96kgs (212 pounds) and reduced it to 86kgs (190 pounds). I finally fixed myself a diet that is low in calories and use the Nike's training club app to exercise twice a day everyday.(15 mins each session approx) My goal is to reach a weight of around 65kgs (143 pounds) over a span of 5 months. First of all, is it rapid weight loss? Second, will I have loose skin? If yes, what steps should I take to eliminate or minimise loose skin. I also have stretch marks all over my body. What should I do to get rid of it.

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Thank you.

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I feel like my life’s on hold until I get in shape.

Vent post with a throwaway.

25M, 240lbs, 5’5”

I’ve bounced between kind of chubby to obese several times from high school to now. None of the bouts of losing it have been very healthy until this one, but every time I committed to weight loss I noticed myself pretty much refuse to make significant social decisions and risks.

Obviously when I’m at my heaviest or most of shape I lack confidence to do just about anything. I understand that mentality has a lot more to do with weight, but I’ve approached my most recent journey having finally received treatment (therapy/medication) for severe depression and adjustment disorder. I’ve made my main focus this time strength training and fat loss instead of pure CICO and SVs and I’m happy with the progress I’m making (25lbs since mid-January, almost 8 inches off my waist and constant comments from coworkers about noticeable fat loss) but the same as always I’m constantly thinking “I can’t wait till I’m in shape, than I can be more social, or then I can ask that girl out, or pursue this interest, etc.” Anytime I think about some situation I just think “this would go/would have gone much better if I was at my goal by now.” I’ve found myself in this paralysis where one part of me wants to put the pedal to the metal so I can be respected and feel like a person, and the other half recognizes that approaching this the wrong way will only cause me to fuck it all up through unsustainable goals.

I’m currently serving in the military and I’m in a position where I’ll be working in my current capacity pretty much until my contract ends in about a year and a half. With that, I can’t put much of my drive or focus to my work (I pretty much run a front desk at s hospital, easy work and short hours, even by civilian standards) as circumstances play out that I can’t advance or acquire any new skills or training. For pretty much the next year of my life it is dedicated entirely to meeting my fitness goals.

But I’ve wasted so much of my life through being unhealthy that I’ve missed out on so much. I’ve had zero relationships, only a couple of sexual encounters that, honestly, I was not and am not entirely comfortable with, and despite receiving treatment for my mental illness, still have the destructive feeling that my physical appearance pushes people away from me that I would like to bond with, either platonically or otherwise. The thought of having to miss more chances at a normal life because I’m fat is agonizing, but the fear that rushing this like I have in the past to yo-yo back up and being in this predicament or worse at 30 is just as awful.

I just don’t know.

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Prom in a week! Toning up ?

Hi everyone! i’ve been on a weight loss journey for the past year now and i’m 5’7 and started back up again after a break in October. I weighed in about 170 i think then! Now i weigh 135 ! Finally after a long plateau during the winter months of being stuck at 150! So i’m very glad about all this!! However, i have prom in a week and i’m just looking for advice on what I could eat to help me tone up a little bit and lose some of that water weight! Basically just wanting to eat food that i can digest well too, as my food i’ve noticed always takes a long time to digest for me. Thanks so much in advance.

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People Getting Offended When Others Offer Food and You Decline

Hey everyone!

I am currently on a weight loss journey since March 2017. I've lost 35 lbs so far. I am a nurse and work in a doctor's office setting. Ever since starting this new job 2 years ago, I've learned to resist temptations, find habits to keep distracted and stay out of the break room where the food is. It seems like almost every day whether it's a patient, family member, a rep from a company or even co-workers bringing in food. There's pizza, cake, junk food, donuts, candy. I'm pretty much the only one in my office who makes the decision to not eat any of it because i don't want to eat it. I eat a lower sodium, lower sugar diet for 2 years now. I eat veggies, fruit, beans, potatoes, rice, low-sodium soups, and the dinners we make at home, we choose lower sodium options. My taste buds have adjusted where I enjoy real wholesome foods.

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Whenever I have a piece of pizza or a slice of cake once in a blue moon, it makes me uncomfortable physically...my mouth hurts, my taste buds get inflamed, i feel heavy in my stomach and I physically regret it afterwards. Do any of you get constant offers from your co-workers or just other people asking if you want their food and you decline their offer and they get really offended or shocked that you said no.

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For example, it's Nurse's Week this week and today, pizza was ordered for the nurses. I had multiple people ask me if I was gonna have a slice. And I said "no thanks, I'm good". One person kept going on and on stating "not even on Nurse's week? not even just one slice?". And I explained to the person why I am declining. I've been on a plateau in weight for many months now and this week I'm finding a way to break that plateau.

Do you find it rude or shocking that people get offended when you decline their offer of food? People get so emotionally upset over food and when you don't eat it, they get offended. I just wanted to hear some thoughts and opinions on how other people handle people like that? And what your advice is to handle people like that.

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How to cope with lack of visual progress?

So I started at 110kg (about 240lbs). I want to get down to 60kg (about 130lbs). I'm halfway there, this morning I weighed 84kg (about 185lbs). I should be proud of myself, and I am happy that I've stuck with it and that I've made positive healthy changes and so on.

But when I look in the mirror, I still see a caravan. I know that when you start from Class 3 obesity then, like a full toilet roll of toilet paper, you have to remove quite a lot before you start seeing a big difference visually. I understand how the relationship between volume and diameter isn't linear. And I can see where I've lost weight in some places. My calves are much slimmer. My bum is much smaller - although that's a problem in itself in some ways, because now it's sort of a saggy flab of cellulite, but that's fine, I can do some squats or something.

But my double chin is still mega prominent and my cheeks are really chubby. My belly is still embarrassingly huge. I know that I'm still obese and will be until I lose another 3kg (6.5lbs) and even then I'll still be overweight and there's a long way to go until I'm of a healthy build. I'm just finding it so disheartening that I'm still so huge. Because I mostly wear loose dresses and leggings I also haven't had any moments of "wow these clothes that were way too small before fit me perfectly now" because, you know, even a size 20 can fit into size 12 leggings... And literally no one in my life has commented on my weight loss (except my boyfriend, but he knows I'm dieting), although I do accept that my wardrobe of loose dresses doesn't really accentuate my figure so it'd be harder for people to notice.

Sometimes seeing the numbers go down on the scales is enough, enough to reassure me "you're going in the right direction, you'll see a difference soon, just be patient". But other times I just feel so hopeless. Especially as my weight loss is slowing somewhat due to my TDEE decreasing as I lose weight. It makes me feel like if I'm going to be unhappy with my appearance anyway, I might as well eat all the cheese I want. I've managed to stay disciplined so far, but I worry my resolve is getting shakier as I become more despondent. Does anyone have any advice on how to ensure these moments of low mood don't end up sabotaging my efforts? Is there a good way for me to refocus my thoughts so I don't let it get me down?

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sv- Below 300 lbs for the first time in 13 years.

I checked into the dr for a hernia diagnosis in January this year weighing 348lbs. I've worked with keto a few times in the past, always getting discouraged when I hit a plateau, but decided to give it another shot. This time I added skipping breakfast, or as posted here, a 16:8 fast. Lost 30 lbs in the first month pretty quickly, then hit my first plateau. I decided to break the keto for a weekend, believing I'd read somewhere it was best to take every other weekend off. For the next month I fluctuated within 5lbs of that 30 lb weight loss. Still frustrated I worked up the courage to take a big step. Decided to give up the alcohol. I'd enjoy a spirit just about every night for the first couple months. Either straight whiskey, tequila with lime, or vodka with lime. When we went out to eat, vodka and lime was easy. I'd track 4oz in MFP, keep the calories below 2k, and the net carbs below 25. Ditching the alcohol seems to have made a huge difference for me. I've been losing 1-1.5 lbs almost daily. This morning I weighed 299.8. I couldn't remember the last time I'd seen less than 300 lbs on the scale, so I went to my Kaiser records and saw 298 on January 28, 2006.

I told my son we would celebrate this milestone with a sushi night out, but told him today I couldn't. I don't want to see that damn 3, in that hundreds place, ever again. He completely understands.

tl:dr- keto, 16:8 fast, no alcohol

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