Thought experiment: How much would you pay for a pill that magically made you a healthy weight?

My answer: $7-10k

Why I ask: I constantly turn away things that would make weight loss WAY easier because of the cost. But if I rolled all those costs together, they’d cost less than that magic pill. So maybe it’s worth saving up, and using that cash to make my weight loss process easier.

For example:

Fancy healthy salads: For some reason it’s “Healthy, delicious, cheap, pick two”

Kale Chips: Like 5 bucks, but save me from eating 500 more calories in snacks.

Pre-chopped fruits and veggies: Marked up far too much, but I’m much more likely to eat them.

Pilates classes: Super fun, but super expensive.

Everyone’s list is different. But if you’d save up for that magic pill, consider saving up for those healthy (but pricey) habits.

Edit: sounds like everyone disagrees! It's not worth paying a few extra dollars to make eating healthier more convenient, or to try a new healthy activity we might like. Glad we put that one to bed. Carry on!

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No matter where you are in your weight loss journey, just remember to try and be happy with yourself. Mental health is just as important as physical health.

Until today, these past few months I have felt more horrible about myself than I have ever before. I am much lighter from my heaviest weight of 270lbs, but even though I have lost all that weight and "look better" than I did before, I have begun to hate myself more than I ever have in my entire life just because I feel that I am not where I want to be. I have had people tell me how much better I look, but in my head I just feel like they are just lying to me because my self confidence is so low that I feel like I am the ugliest person on the entire planet.

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But today I have decided to just try my best to forget about what anyone may think about me (good or bad) and just be there for myself and I feel much better. No matter how many people are there for you, if you arn't there for yourself it doesn't matter. At the end of everything, you have to be there for yourself and try to find some happiness.

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I am 21 years old, I am 194lbs, I have stretch marks, some loose skin and many things I am insecure about, BUT IT IS OK. I am struggling to be happy with my self but I am trying, and I honestly hope with all my heart that anyone who is reading this that may be going through something similar to what I am going through, that you try your best to be happy with yourselves if you are not. Everything takes time and you have to take your own time to get through what you are going through.

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Started a diet three weeks ago, struggling to see results despite a much lower calorie intake.

So I'm currently at 125kg (275ish lbs) 184cm tall (6'ft) and my SW:128 (280 something lbs?) First goal weight is 95kg and final goal is 80kg. I started 3 weeks ago by basically eating much much less. I used to eat candy on a daily basis, I have a super sweet tooth. I'd have big plates of food for lunch and dinner, but I wasn't eating like super crazy unhealthy food, I just simply ate too much every day.

Realizing that my biggest issue was my portioning and my sweet tooth I decided to quit cold turkey knowing the first week was gonna be bad, I was expecting it so I was in for the ride. Now three weeks later I have very minor sugar cravings that I can withstand easily. I eat between 1000 to 1500 calories a day, I'm doing some minor workout sessions just so I don't go too hard too fast, having done that before, being a complete couch potato and went to the gym with a mate and his friend and the day after felt like I couldn't move due to soreness put me off working out altogether.

But despite all this I'm barely losing weight it feels like. The way I've been eating and working out should result in a much bigger weight loss than what I've seen and I'm kind of clueless as to why that is. It's not to say my motivation has died down cause I tell myself "it's muscles" or "it's your body adjusting to the lower calorie intake" but if that's not it, what could it be? Am I eating too few calories and putting myself in starvation mode?

I'd also like to add that I just recently measured my waist so I'm keeping an eye on that as well from now on.

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I couldn't even do 10 minutes of light workout

I'm really upset at myself. I'm and 18 year old male, 6'5" and 300 pounds (overweight) and today I decided to work out. I had to tap out after 3 minutes of jogging and 3 minutes of dynamic stretching. I have never had a proper workout schedule or even workout in general and I'm upset I let it go this far.

I want to be down 30-60 lbs by the end of the summer but I don't know how I'll get there if each workout is as disappointing as this one was. I'm really shocked and upset because I thought I could do at least a 30 min workout without sweating so much and sitting to catch my heaving breath.

I'm trying to save for college so I don't have a lot of money for a gym membership or a personal trainer. I just have a treadmill at home and an empty basement.

I'm not the most motivated person and I'm scared I'll put this off and not follow through. Was everyone as disappointed as I am when they first began their weight loss journey? How did you get past these major road blocks I'm having? Any suggestions or help would be very much appreciated.

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How to Up Daily Calorie Intake Without Guilt?

Howdy y'all!

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This is my first post in this community but first, I would like to start off by thanking everyone for the inspiration and showing me where to start just through my lurking of threads and comment sections. CICO has worked fabulously for me!

I am a 23 year old male, 211 pounds, 6'0 tall. My weight-loss journey started the week before Easter, seven weeks ago, after I realized I was at or near my heaviest weight in my life at 234 pounds. I have managed to lose 23 pounds in the past seven weeks, something that I am quite happy with (though I'm sure at least a few to several pounds is water weight!) and am already seeing positive health results from changing my lifestyle. I have a rather large build and if I had to guess, my happy medium and weight loss goal would probably be to get to 175 or 180. I am almost half way there!

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However, I realize that three pounds a week is not a sustainable weight loss regimen or something that I want to keep up as slower weight loss is associated with keeping the weight off and I recall from a couple years ago that my gallbladder may have a bit of sludge or small stones in it, and I understand continuous drastic weight loss would be a risk factor for developing further issues. As such I would more like to aim for 1.5-2 pounds of weight loss a week while working a pretty active job as a park attendant. As such I have been trying to raise my daily caloric intake from 1500 to 1750 or 2,000. I can certainly eat that many calories (hunger is no issue here, ha!) but I find myself getting paranoid or feeling guilty for upping my count.

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I was wondering if anyone had any tips on avoiding the guilt or getting into the correct mindset so I don't feel this guilt or like I'm reversing progress as I know my current mindset is quite toxic and could lead to issues or eating disorder down the line, and I certainly do not want such a thing!

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Legs just won’t slim down!

Hey all! So, over the past few years, I have lost around 65 lbs. I’m a pretty tall gal (5’10), hovering around a size 6-8 right now, and have always carried most of my weight in my butt/thighs/calves. I’ve seen a serious reduction in fat around my stomach, my upper body, and my face, but my legs just won’t budge! I feel like I have the same calves and thighs I did 65 lbs ago and I don’t know why. I’m at a point where I look super disproportionate (my legs are quite a big larger than my upper body) and I wanna do something about that. I know you can’t spot target fat, but I’m curious if anyone else has experience with this. I’d say I’m 15-20 lbs from my ultimate goal weight, but I’m pretty happy with how my upper body looks right now after my weight loss. I do Orangetheory about 4x a week and power yoga 2x a week, so I’m very active. One of my huge goals for myself is to feel comfortable wearing shorts again (something I haven’t done in like 6 years!) but even with my considerable weight loss I still hate how my legs look :( Any tips or stories?? Thanks all!!!

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Losing weight fast makes you gain it back?

I am a 5'3 woman with a weight of 141 lbs, and I'm planning on losing 1.5% - 1.8% of my bodyweight per week. I can do this on a 1200 calorie diet.

There are articles that stress the importance of not losing weight too quickly because it will all apparently come rolling back. But these are articles by the same writers that talk about starvation mode and the like, so I'm not too sure how confident I can be about their advice. If you do believe it to be true, how so? How am I going to gain it all back by losing 1.8% of by bodyweight per week, as opposed to 0.8%?

Have any of you lost weight at the rate I wanted to lose it at? What did you experience?

It would help if you have any links on studies that show that quick weight loss (1.5% - 1.8%) leads to regaining.

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