[Daily Directory] Find your quests for the day here! - Monday, 27 May 2019

Welcome adventurer! Whether you're new on this quest or are towards the end of your journey there should be something below for you.

Daily journal.

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Will I ever reach my goal?

I've started my weight loss journey around a year ago after excuses and getting lowkey offended by innocent comments coming my friends. I started HIIT five times a week (still doing it) and I consulted with a nutritionist to get weighed and measured every two or three weeks.

I've lost 11kg (24 lbs). I'm F/ 1,60, and I went from 86 kgs/189.2 lbs to 75kgs/165 lbs. I don't have a goal weight, or that's what the doctor told me, that we should not focus on the number on the scale, but the numbers of the measurements. While I think is somehow healthier than being fixated in numbers, I'd kind of like to know cause I don't have that tool she uses to measure me. If I should make a guess, it'll be 10/20 lbs more.

The thing is, I got stucked there. I know that I kind of abandoned the plan, but...I don't know why I can't keep it up with it now. I haven't gained or lost any more weight, I'm always fluctuating a few pounds up or down. I'm not binging and I'm not eating junk food but I don't have the energy to be as methodical and willing like last year. Some days I feel pretty and badass, but there are other days when I feel awful cause my arms are still kind of big and my stomach is not...flat. And I see a lot of posts where people got super fit and all their body rolls disappeared in the same or even less time that I've lost my weight.

While I don't want to go back to be that big, sometimes I wonder if I can get better than this, and if there's actually a way to get to my goal body, or if I'll be happy once I reach that goal.

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Small Steps might take a while, but they still bring you closer to your goal!

TLDR: Take small steps, realize losing a little each month means that you will achieve your goal!

First thing to know about me - I am extremely goal driven. At the start of this year, I decided that it was time to stop making excuses and get healthy again. I still have a long way to go, but I hit some MAJOR milestones this week that I want to share! 1. I have lost over 50lbs since January 1. 2. I ran a 5k today (mostly ran... uphill in km #4 is hard, so walking to breath was necessary). I hope I can motivate a few people out there by sharing, so here’s what I have learned - start small. I know it seems like a daunting task to lose weight, especially if you’re like me and have a LOT to lose, but find a way to break down the process to something that seems more manageable.

For me, I broke my goals down by month, each building on the previous. Here’s my list:

January: Log food intake daily. That’s it. However, as I logged, I started to learn about calories, more specifically, how many calories were in my favorite foods (and drinks). As I learned more, it just seemed easier to cut back on the foods that didn’t seem “worth” the calories anymore (fast food and soda/pop were the top contenders). I learned about CICO and started trying to hit my daily calories as the month progressed and lost about 15 lbs in the first month.

February: Go to the gym. That’s it. I already had a gym membership from a failed weight loss try last year, but there was something (aka stubbornness) blocking my mental ability to actually walk in the door. My goal wasn’t necessarily to achieve anything while at the gym; heck, most of the time, I just walked on the treadmill for about 30 minutes, but by the end of the month, I realized that the gym is not just for really fit people. It’s for everyone and there’s no reason for me to be self-conscious. (I lost 7 lbs)

March: Do not drink alcohol. This is a big one for me, as I assume it is for a lot of you. Going to the bar, the brewery, out to eat, etc. are my main methods of being social. Not going means I’m forcing myself to find other ways to spend my time – taking walks with friends, going to the park, going shopping for new clothes! I made it through the month, and what it ended up helping me realize is that I really don’t need to drink every night to relax after work; herbal tea works just as well as wine. (I lost 12 lbs)

April: 10,000 steps a day. Honestly, I failed this month. There was a lot going on at work that required my attention 12+ hours a day. I wouldn’t get home until after dark and didn’t want to go walk 2 miles to get to the goal. I was exhausted. BUT I maintained my improved eating habits and had set my May goal already, which was to run a 5k by the end of May, which meant that I needed to start jogging in April. Instead of stressing myself out even more during the week for not hitting steps, I focused on the weekends. I downloaded the C25k app and got started. I also tried to make up for my lost steps during the week and tried to get in 7-10 miles a day over the weekend. Again, not a great month, but I still lost 7lbs.

May: Run a 5k. I completed that today! All 250lbs of me. It was tough. There were still things going on at work, so I had to push myself each and every weekend. Also, I live in the south, which meant that in order to not die of heat stroke, I had to get up by 7am in order to get a workout in (I like running outside much more than on a treadmill.) I am a night-owl, so this month was more than just improving my physical capabilities, it also stretched my mental being as well. I have lost 9lbs this month – so far! I have also taken a lot of naps.

June: 50+ crunches a day. I am traveling quite a bit next month, so I needed to decide on something that I can do anywhere. I think building my core is a good next step…

These are my goals that have worked for me; they might not work for you and that’s okay. Figure out what is one thing you can change today that will help you achieve your overall goal and just get started!

I have a few other ideas for the rest of the year, but would like to hear a few of yours!

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from loseit - Lose the Fat http://bit.ly/2X8oxp0

Part of my life coming full circle after losing nearly 100lbs. What are some things that you guys are proud of after losing weight?

So when I was a high school senior in 2016, I was around 270lbs and had zits on top of zits. One day I was in class and this one person I would hang out with sometimes who is brutally honest with everyone told me that I was fat and ugly. He wasn’t even trying to be mean, he just simply thought I was ugly so he told me. I remember feeling so horrible about myself for so long after that.

Fast forward to this year. I am now 190lbs and have nearly no acne. I was at the grocery store and out of nowhere that same person who called me ugly in high school walked up to me. He didn’t even say hi or anything, he just told me how great I look and that he is really proud of me for losing all that weight and that he wouldn’t have been able to do what I did if he were in my shoes. Then he just walked away. I literally only got like two words in, he only came up to me to tell me that and leave, and it felt good because I know how brutally honest he is and that he wouldn’t of told me that if he didn’t truly mean it.

I was so dumbfounded of what happened. It felt like part of my life coming full circle because in high school I had absolutely no self confidence at all and hated myself, and him telling me im fat and ugly made it worse. Now I actually have self confidence and don’t hate myself and then that guy shows up out of nowhere and tells me that and it made me feel even better about myself.

What are some moments/things you guys are proud of after/during your weight loss journey?

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I really need help...

I have posted updates here about my weight loss, but I want to directly ask because I haven’t had the chance to yet. I weigh 583 right now (lost 12 pounds in a week from continual changes to eating habits) and I am trying to figure out what caloric intake I should be eating at currently?

I want to continue to lose the weight and I want to do it in a healthy way. I can’t exercise yet because of my MLL (massive localized lymphedema) on my left inner thigh. I have finally lost enough weight to start physical therapy on Friday, so I am stoked to get physical to some degree. Because of the MLL though, my doctors don’t want me doing a ton of moving to irritate it and potentially cause cellulitis again or worse.

That being said, at my weight; what would be the best caloric intake goal? Stick with 2000 or should I try to stay around 1200/1500 instead?

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Binging Cycle: I'm disgusting

I've been a longtime lurker on here, and this sub alongside r/1200isplenty and r/progresspics has helped me go from 168 pounds to 131 since last summer through CICO. I hit about 133 back in March and since then, I feel like something in my brain has hit a brick wall with losing. I want to get down to about 126 ideally; I don't hate how I look now, but I do hate my stomach still and in my head I want to have lost 3 stone and 126 is my ultimate goal number on the scales I guess. Which maybe is problematic in some ways I don't know. I had been tracking my calories up until March with just adding up on my phone calculator as the day goes on, I know to most people a proper app is easier, but my previous failed attempts at weight loss had all been with MFP, so I didn't have great associations with it. I did switch to it in March however, and I've been using it since then, not sure if that's relevant or not.

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I can tend towards binge eating, and I would say that before March I'd maybe binge once a month, never planned or intended, it would just happen, and would maybe be a day of 2000-2500 calories, but recently something's flipped. I can't seem to make it through a week or two at most without a 2000 calorie day, which whilst it isn't the end of the world, it means I've been stuck fluctuating between 130-132 for the last few months and I feel so frustrated. I'm scared I'll keep binging and gain weight back, I'm terrified of gaining it back, so the thought of switching to maintenance calories for a bit seems counter intuitive to me. But equally I can't seem to keep myself in check trying to modestly lose at the moment either? I aim for around 1350-1400 a day, so not a huge deficit. My mental health is always fluctuating, and recently has really been bad, which maybe is also related to the binging?

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I know this is a long post but I just feel like what am I doing with it at the moment? I can't seem to stick to a solid eating pattern, I'm constantly craving crappy foods, but if i buy them, I eat all of them so either I don't or eventually once in a blue moon when I tell myself I'm going to have some in moderation, that inevitably always fails. Today was a low point, I'd been craving carrot cake (anything sweet god is my downfall) for days, eventually caved this morning, had a decent sized slice for lunch with low cal ice cream as I'd skipped breakfast. Decent low cal meal for dinner, the day was looking balanced. Now I know how crazy this sounds, and you're probably going to be disgusted with me at this point, and I know it's terrible in terms of food waste, but I then sprayed the cake with perfume to stop myself eating more, put it back in its box and back in the bin. Cut to this evening, me fishing the box out of the (pretty much empty) bin, proceeding to eat the rest of the cake despite some of it tasting of perfume. I mean what is wrong with me? I just hate myself right now, I don't know what to do. I feel like I've become stuck in this cycle, I've got these last few pounds to lose and I honestly feel like they're going to defeat me. Plus I'll wanna cry when the scales go up again tomorrow.

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FINALLY reached my goal weight!!

Before and after pics (slightly NSFW because of sports bra): https://imgur.com/a/nPFs6pS

It's been a long journey with tons of ups and downs, but I did it, I finally reached my goal weight! In 14 months, I managed to lose over 95 pounds.

Like many people on this sub, I grew up fat and always struggled with my weight. I managed to lose a decent amount of weight twice, but I gained it all back because I had the mentality that I could go back to eating how I used to. Last year, my work had a weight loss competition, and I decided to join. I knew I needed to change and get healthy and figured this would be a way to keep me on track. Although I didn't win, I was one of the few people that kept going after the competition ended and actually ended up leading a team for this year's weight loss competition!

I did CICO and worked out, nothing special. I started working out 1-2 times a week for around 30 minutes and walked during lunch. Every few weeks, I tried to increase the amount of exercise I did. I now workout 6 times a week for 40-60 minutes a day. I was eating around 1200-1300 calories a day for the first year or so, but I recently upped my calories and am closer to 1500-1700 a day.

Some tips and advice that I would offer to anyone trying to lose weight:

• Don't give up - even if you have a bad day, week, month, keep going! No one is perfect, and there's no reason to beat yourself up if you fall of the wagon.
• If you have an unhealthy relationship with food, you need to work through it. During my past attempts at weight loss, I never analyzed my relationship with food. After lurking on a few subreddits and podcasts, I realized that I have binge eating disorder, which explained a lot of my eating behaviors and why I always gained the weight back. Now that I'm aware of this problem, I have armed myself with the tools I need to identify and end a binge when it starts.
• The scale isn't everything, and it's always going to change. I used to weigh myself every day and would get so discouraged when I "gained" a pound overnight. It took a long time to realize that my weight is always fluctuating and "gaining" a pound overnight doesn't mean that I messed up. My weight fluctuates anywhere between 1-4 pounds during the week, and I've found it's best for me to pick one a day a week to record my weight on MFP.
• The time is going to pass anyway, so why not try to better yourself? A year from now, will you be wishing you had followed through with your weight loss goals or will you be thanking yourself for the changes you made?
• It's not motivation, it's discipline and follow through that are going to make the difference.
• Small changes add up over time. Walking at lunch, picking healthier lunch options, or parking further away may not seem like they make a big difference day to day, but they will help in the long run.
• The best exercise/routine is the one you're passionate about. There are so many ways to get your body moving, if you hate your current routine don't be afraid to try something else!
• Meal prep is king.
• Take monthly progress pictures, you'll thank yourself later.
• It's not easy, but it's worth it. I am eternally grateful to past me and all the sacrifices she made. The countless hours spent meal prepping and exercising, the willpower to turn down office goodies, and the courage to not give up even when it seemed impossible.

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Thank you for taking the time to read this and for everyone who has offered support and inspiration in my previous posts. I'm really scared to start maintenance, but I know I can do it. If you ever need someone to talk to or encourage you please know that I'm here for you!

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