question about weight loss and mensuration

hi, last summer i started losing weight and lost 20lbs. i went from 145 to 120 in around 6 months. im a 5’8 female. ive been maintaining for a while and doing well, but i havent had a period since november. im starting to get a little worried.

i track calories rather than keeping an eye on the scale to maintain and i eat around 2,100-2,300 while walking 18k steps a day. this would make me between active- highly active. i definitely feel like im getting enough food but its been nearly 6 months since i last had a cycle. curious if any other women have experienced this/ how long it took to come back. im 17 and have heard that your period is crucial to making your bones dense so

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I'm I eating to little calories?

I'm 21 6.0 feet tall and current weight of 336. My goal weight is 170. I on average eat around 1200 to 1400 calories a day. This usually includes a full container 2% cottage cheese at 560 calories with hummus, meat and some bread. I usually only eat that meal a day somtimes I have a snack but normally just one meal daily. This also includes working outside occasionally currently building a food truck,and hitting the gym 5-6 times a week. I only do cardio which is either treadmill on full incline or elliptical machine. I lose 500 calories in about 35-40 min at the longest. I didnt record my weight at the beginning I have no idea why just forgot ( i plan on weighing myself weekly now). ive been on the diet 2 weeks and have saw some weight loss in my face. So to wrap this all up, is this a healthy way to lose weight or I'm I setting myself up for failure?

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Hi there. How do you stay motivated when scale fluctuations feel devastating? How to keep from feeling like a complete failure through this journey?

Hi everyone. This is my first post here, but I've been frequenting this sub for a few years.

I'm posting today because I'm at a complete loss. I'm having a hard time staying motivated. I'm not very good at compiling my thoughts, so hopefully this doesn't end up all over the place. I'm sorry for the long post.

I weighed 208 pounds when I was 14 years old. I was heavily picked on at school, and at home by my mother, who used to call me endless names, including fat-ass and whale before I was even a teenager. I've been yo-yo dieting, going up and down, for the last twelve years. I'm not sure I've ever been happy, or ever had a positive thought about myself.

In the last 18 months I've managed to lose 90 pounds. I've definitely had some ups and downs. About 10 months in I had a traumatic experience (my own fault) and gained back 30 pounds of what I'd lost at the time, which really set me back. But here I am, down 90 pounds. about 60 left to go to be at a relatively healthy weight for my height.

My boyfriend is very encouraging to me. He tries his best to keep me motivated and is constantly telling me I'm beautiful and how proud he is. I love him so much, but I have an impossible time taking this to heart. I don't think once throughout this process /I/ have said to myself "I'm proud of you". The truth is I'm NOT proud of myself. I still feel absolutely disgusting, and I hate myself. I am not happy with what I've lost. I need to lose much more and every small setback sends me into an even deeper depression. Mentally I feel completely checked out. I feel like I barely exist anymore.

Recently I saw 208.0 on the scale which felt crazy to me, because I was now the same weight I weighed twelve years ago. But 4 days later, for absolutely no reason, the scale read 209.8. I hadn't gone over my calories. I had been doing my treadmilling. This ruined my weekend, and my poor boyfriend's. Because I spent most of my time crying and being angry.

This makes me feel like an absolute garbage human. And I don't know how to deal with it. I'm here looking for tactics on how to.. I'm not even sure of the right words.. control my depression and anger when the scale fluctuates for no apparent reason? How do you guys deal with it? How do you stay motivated, even through what feels like devastating setbacks?

I love this sub, but also sometimes when I come on here I feel like a loser. I see people losing the same amount of weight as me in half the time, and I feel like a failure. How can I combat this?

I'm sorry if this isn't the appropriate sub for these thoughts and feelings. I'm definitely nervous posting.. Thank you to everyone who read through my jumbled thoughts, I appreciate it.

I wish everybody well on their weight loss journeys.

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Day 1 (kinda) 27F/229lbs/5'4"

Since having my kiddo 5 years ago, my weight has been steadily increasing. I very recently quit my job to be a stay-at-home mom, and I've decided I've had enough. I want my daughter to see her mom being healthy. I'm trying not to make a big deal about the weight loss aspect of it to her, as I know firsthand how easily girls (even ones as young as her) can be affected by such things.

I've been making an effort for the last several weeks to eat better and be more active, and I've noticed a difference. But today I took the plunge - I put batteries in the scale and downloaded a calorie-counting app.

I don't have any questions yet, but I'm sure I will. If anyone has any advice they found (or would have found) helpful on their first day, I'm more than happy to hear it (and yes, I did already read the Day 1 post for today and found it very encouraging).

I just wanted to post, I guess to make it real and official. Thanks for having me, guys! I'm excited to join you!

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I've found live chat helps me loads with motivation, so wanted to share a Discord channel with anyone else interested. If you've never tried discord, you should! It's easy.

This is for ALL kinds of weight loss plans and exercise -- fasting, CICO, WWs, running, yoga, keto, etc -- and is an open group much like this subreddit welcomes everyone doing their own thing.

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Anyway, I had found a few discord groups in the past that I liked, but they were geared to just ONE plan or ONE activity and I love learning from other folks. I also like the ongoing chat and feeling like my accountability buddies are a click away. It definitely doesn't replace this subreddit, but it is another tool for your chest in your weightloss journey.

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https://discord.gg/zEQPxMc

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Help me get back on track

I’m appealing to people who have been stuck in my situation before. My weight loss journey started October 2014 when I joined WW and I lost 2 stone (28lbs) in 2 months. A breakup happened and I moved home and for the next 9 months I dieted on and off and eventually gained 1 stone (14lbs) of it back. I moved to a new city where I was more active and surrounded my good influences so by 9 months after that I had lost a further 3 stone (42lbs) bringing me to my lowest ever weight but still a good 1.5 stone (21lbs) away from goal.

I started my career after graduating and was put on various medications for depression, anxiety and insomnia. This was 3 years ago and since then all I have done is gain that weight back... I’m not only 1 stone (14lbs) away from where I started back in 2014.

I’ve tried various diets, counting calories is what worked best but doesn’t seem to work now. I’ve tried Slimming World, Slimfast and WW but I can’t seem to stick to anything for longer than 2 weeks.

Has anyone been in this position and managed to get themselves back on track after such a long struggle off plan? I have body dystrophia and prone to disordered eating so I’m partially reluctant to keep track of food and weight religiously as it’s a trigger.

What helped you get back on plan?

Thank you!

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The coolest and most unexpected NSV - love of fitness is infectious!

A week or so ago, I posted about lessons learned on my one year journey: https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/bnt1p0/one_year_in_and_beyond_my_wildest_dreams_here_are/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

One of the most amazing parts of my journey was to watch people around me start their own. My mom was one of them. She started weight watchers a bit after I started losing, and has made great progress. Yesterday, she told me she was in a size 6 Jean and small shirt. I was so proud!

Then she said something I never thought I would hear my (almost) 60 year old mother say: "I think I am going to sign up for this [running program]. Yikes!"

My mom was referring to a program offered through fleet feet which is a 10 week c25k sort of course, with focus on proper form. I was so astonished by this - my mom has never run in her life. It was one of the coolest, most amazing and courageous things I had ever heard my mother say.

I was talking to my sister about it later, and she said, "I think you have inspired her. So much health shit you have influenced." (My sister is a very eloquent person.)

I ran when I was a teen, but put it aside until last year when I started c25k at the ripe old age of 31. I had to take a break due to an injury (not running related) and subsequent ankle surgery, but have been rehabbing for a while and started running again a couple of months ago. I hit my first adult 5k last Saturday. Then again on Monday. And Thursday. And yesterday. I talk about my love of running constantly, and when I hit my first 5k, my mom was like "that fast huh? Wow!" I had no idea that she would take that information and go and look into her own program.

I am so proud of her for all of her progress, and her openness to new adventures! I am so proud and humbled that I started pushing the needle for both her and my sister. One of the coolest things about weight loss is when your adaptation and promotion of a healthy lifestyle infects others and pushes them to places they never thought they would go. Collectively, my mom, my sister, and I have lost over 155 lbs and have all pushed ourselves to do things we never thought we would have done a year ago.

I can't wait to see where we all are next year - I hope my mom tries the program and loves running as much as I do!

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