Started my journey, could I (25f) be doing more?

Hi r/loseit! This is my first post on reddit. I felt the need to have a fresh community for this weight loss journey I'm on.

I'm 25F, 250 lbs, and for the most part I thought I had a pretty healthy diet. (Have long suffered with thin friends who eat tons of junk food and never gain weight.) I started a new job (desk job) 9 months ago and have gained probably 40-ish pounds since because of work-provided lunch and a work kitchen fully stocked with a ton of snacks, only about a third of which are healthy. I didn't realize how much I'd gained until I weighed myself a month ago, and that's when I said screw it and decided to make a change.

I started seeing a trainer/nutritionist who put me on a meal plan (balanced proteins, greens, complex carbs) and has me drinking 3.5-4 liters of water a day (still working up to that). I see her twice a week for an hour of intense exercise. Sometimes I can walk to work in the mornings (1 mile) but the California heat is getting to me and I don't want to get to work sweaty, and my knee and ankle problems can make the task painful. I track my meals on LifeSum (because when I don't eat well, the app gives me the most judgmental :| face). I work about 50 hours a week from a full-time job + freelance, so my time can be limited.

My energy and strength are getting better, and my trainer says I'm improving every day, but I'm having a hard time noticing results in my appearance and weight, which is not ALL but still PART of the goal. I'm not losing hope, but I'm definitely struggling with my body image along the journey.

Is there any more that I could be doing? Any tips, tricks, suggestions, things I could incorporate into my schedule? Should I be working out more between sessions with my trainer?

TL;DR: working a desk job made me gain weight, seeing a trainer+nutritionist, not sure if it's enough.

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Anyone here who has reversed insulin resistance on a nonketogenic diet?

A ketogenic diet seems to be the recommendation for insulin-resistant people but I've tried Atkins before way back when I was a teenager and while it was indeed effective for weight loss, cutting out carbs entirely severely affected my satisfaction with life.

I know, carbs are really not good for people who have elevated blood sugar levels. They are probably what cause me to gain even more weight than I already do.

But giving up carbs is like giving up half my life away.

Hence the question. Is it possible for an insulin-resistant person to lower blood sugar to healthy levels without giving up carbs entirely?

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[NEED ADVICE] I'm in a weird place right now.

Hello motivational people of r/loseit.

This is my first post here, and after being a lurker for quite a long time, I've decided to finally ask for help from the people who seem to have become what I aspire to be someday. Allow me to start by introducing myself. I'm a 20 year old boy, I weigh 275 pounds right now. But I started working out in February of 2018, at which point of time I was 305 pounds and I dropped to 253 pounds in January of this year.

My exercise consisted of casual jogging, weights and a mix of high intensity workout with a little bit of yoga. I worked out 6 days a week without fail. Wasn't really good with controlling my diet. I'd indulge in the occasional junk food every once or twice a week.

However I had to stop in February because of a couple of health and family issues. So after 4 months of literally doing no workout, bad diet and junk food intake being the same, I've put on around 20 pounds, as mentioned above.

I tried to get back to my old routine but it's become too difficult for me to keep up with my own old targets, I'm heaving like crazy, I get a bad headache after I'm done working out and somedays, I just don't want to get out of bed at all.

This has all impacted my social skills as well, I refuse to go out, I refuse to socialize with friends, I recently bailed on a vacation plan which was set months ago and I feel terrible about it. I never expected quick results from my weight loss journey, but I also never expected that I'll fall back in those same habits that made me this huge to begin with.

I don't even know what the point of this post is, to be honest, I look at posts here and have a moment of motivation to start accomplishing my goals that I had set early last year. But then when the moment comes, it just becomes too damn difficult to get out and finally do something about it

I'm really confused and would love to have some sort of direction and I thought this would be the best place to visit and share my problems and get advices from the people who have done what I dream to do someday.

Sorry if this is not the kind of post that goes here.

Have a good day. I'm proud of you guys :)

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Just finished week 2

And I’ve lost a little over four pounds so I’m right on track I guess! I guess it could’ve been water weight but I’m still not really sure what that means lol. I’ve been eating 1600-1800 cal a day, usually 1600 or slightly under though. I’ve had two 1800 days per week. Maybe it’s in my head but I already feel like my clothes are fitting better. I’m vegan so I’ve been struggling with protein but I’m finally managing to hit my goal of around 15% protein as of the last week. Still need to up my exercise, I’m planning to do weight lifting so I can build some muscle. I can’t wait to lose enough fat for my damn thighs to stop rubbing together ugh. I’m not sure if anyone cares but I’m proud of myself so I wanted to share, I feel weird sharing this on my social media accounts because I have some heavier friends who are sensitive about people promoting weight loss or dieting.

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DIY clothes modifications/Making your existing wardrobe work mid- weight loss

Hello and hope you are having a wonderful day.

I’ve started unpacking my summer work clothes and everything is too big! I didn’t think my weight loss was that drastic (~7-10 lbs) but the waist on all of my summer print pencil skirts are too big and don’t sit where they are supposed to.

I love the prints and considered getting them altered but I’m not sure I want to spend money doing that since I’d like to lose another 10lbs. That would mean paying to alter it now and then paying again later.

Does anyone know a YouTube channel or video they could recommend for these kinds of DIY fixes? Or even just tips on how you made your old clothes work while still on your weight loss journey.

Thanks!

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Struggling with the endgame

I am really struggling to stick to my diet right now but my goal is SOOO close. How do you guys do it?

I started at 90kg (198lbs) at 167cm (5'5"). Currently bouncing around 73kg (160lbs). Goal is 69kg(150lbs) or below, then switch to maintenance/low rate loss and hopefully to maintain around 67-68kg (145-148?).

It was really easy to stick to the diet in the beginning. I did not really struggle that much and the kg just flew off it felt like. I have gained so much from losing weight! Moving around is just so easy now. It's kind of like I always walked up hill before and now everything is walking flat. The resistance is gone. I like my body now and it is functional for the most part. I have more energy and I have less depressive days. I just in general feel better and loving my life more.

After I reached 30lbs lost, it got really hard to stick to my diet and the last 8lbs have been a harder struggle than the first 30.

My biggest struggle is that I have a huge sweet tooth. Especially in the evening, I can sometimes get into "binge mode" raiding the kitchen for anything sweet. With CICO I could budget in my sweets and allow for a small dessert in the evening with a low-cal option. This was what made me able to go through it, not feeling like I was denying myself anything but living my life just with smaller portion sizes basically.

But as I am closing on my goal I keep treating myself with food. I keep eating sweets, and not logging as strictly as I used to do. I also less strict with myself at keeping my goal, eating closer to maintenance, and the weight loss is obviously slowing down because of it. I am still in a downward trend but the scale is so much up and down it feels like it is not moving... and it is sooo frustratig when you hope to see the numbers move in the right direction but they just don't. I also had kind of set a time frame in my head based on the rate of loss I had that I would reach my goal in the beginning of July. It is still not too late to reach it if I get back into it, but then I really need to be more strict with myself again, and keep my daily calories lower. I have tried incorporating more exercise but currently it's not really making up for the difference.

A part of me want to stop logging and try intuitive eating and focus on fitness/more exercise, or just be content where I am at and try maintenance. but I know if I don't log I will probably start over-eating again as I still see some tendencies when I am bored in the evenings that I want to just binge anything sweet.

It feels stupid because I only have 10-12 lbs to go before I reach my goal and it's just SO close! Re-evaluating my goal and time frame feels like I am giving up and I am not ready to do that yet.

My goal is basically to be within my healthy BMI range and to have a happy and healthy body. I don't want to be "skinny" or even super fit for that matter. But it would be nice if my stomach did not bulge you know. I feel like thats a healthy goal.

But the battle in my head is something like this: Why should I stay at 73kg and overweight when I can be 69kg and normal weight. It's just 4kg. Already lost 15-16kg, whats 4 more. At the same time I already have a lot of health benefits and feel good at my current weight. What difference is it gonna make? Other than the satisfaction of reaching that arbitrary number on the scale that grants me access to the world of "normal weight" where I have probably not been since I was pre-teen. Why not just go maintenance now and lose it slower? Why not just grind on for a few more weeks and be done and reach the goal?. I can't seem to decide with myseld what I want.

Now the puprose of this post was mostly to rant, sort my thoughts a bit by writing it out, but also to seek advice. I know there is a lot of you out there who already reached your goals. Now did you all just set the goal and stick to it and never looked back or did you ever re evaluate and changed your approach as you closed in on your goals? How was the last part of your weight loss journey?

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I decided to sign up

For HealthyWage. After thinking about it for about 6 months (concerned about its legitimacy, risk, etc) I finally just decided to go for it. I haven’t been able to stick to a weight loss plan the last couple years despite having had success in the past. Hopefully this will provide the extra motivation I need.

Here are some things I discovered after signing up for anyone who’s interested:

1) you can weigh in yourself at home with a video you take and upload. When I was first looking into this program I think you had to go to a gym. This is much improved. Weigh out video is the same 2) you have to be willing to lose (at minimum) 10% of your body weight to participate 3) you have 90 days to start the clock (weigh in) after you sign up but billing starts immediately 4) you can buy more time at the end if you want/choose to 5) you receive an extra $40 added to your prize pool and anyone who uses your link to sign up does as well. My link if anyone wants to use it: https://hwage.co/1179700/ 6) you have a two week time frame from your end date to weigh out. It does not have to be on the exact date of your challenge. 7) they have an app that tracks your stats, has chat, trends, etc.

This is what I have so far. Hope this helps anyone who is also considering joining. So far for me it has been fantastic motivation. I actually threw away left over pizza I had in my fridge and am mentally spending my winnings on the daily. Lol.

Good luck all!! ❤️

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