My Weight Loss Journey

So I've never really posted about my journey before but here goes nothing.

I was always a heavy kid but it never really bothered me besides the few random bullies here and there. As I got older I really lost control of my weight, when I graduated high school I weighed over 300lbs at just 17 and 5'10". I was an active member of sports although no one pushed me as hard as I needed, that paired with a job in a bakery surrounded by horrible foods led to me gaining weight and a lot of it.

Come college I join the lacrosse team at my school to keep busy and I am instantly met with one of the greatest coaches ever. This coach and team pushed me to do my best and just complete the reps even if it took longer. With practice 3 times a week along with runs and lifts I began to lose weight and soon found that I had nearly lost 50lbs in 6 months.

I have just recently as of this post started a cut once our season ended, I started at 240lbs and I am working out every day at my local planet fitness.

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Update: I will keep this post updated as much as possible with my journey.

I am currently on day 3 of my cut and I am aiming for 1200 calories intake a day and am burning about 3000. I have lost about 5lbs so far. I find some quick easy meals to start off the day are eggs and toast and am planning on having a protein shake for dinner as a meal replacement. Does anyone have any good Recipies for other healthy low cal breakfast or lunch.

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6/13-

Breakfast - spinach, onion, feta eggs, and toast

Lunch - 1/2 a turkey club wrap

Dinner - Protein shake

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Workout -

Inclined walk 5min

Bench 3x10

Deadlift 3x10

Leg Press 5x10

Chest and shoulder press 3x10

Fly machine 3x10

Tricep pulldown 3x10

Barbell Bicep Curls 3x10

Core workout

Stairs 5 min

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Am I doing it wrong? Is it dangerous? Please help

So I posted 2 days ago about me starting my weight loss journey. I am 17 and weigh ~320 and I am 5'11. The TDEE calculator says I should I eat ~3000 calories.

So I downloaded MFP and set my goal to lose 1 kg a week. My goal should be 2000 calories. But here is the problem.

I am on my summer vacation. I have no work to go to and basically nothing to do. So I just stay home play games or watch TV. I am fasting 16 hours and only eat lunch and dinner. But surprisingly I don't feel I need to eat anything in between. I am not hungry most of the day. Sometimes I don't even feel like eating dinner. I just do it because I want to survive the next 16 hours. At the end of the day I barely eat 800 calories and I do some home workouts and use a stationary bike for 15 minutes burning 300 calories.

I sleep from 6 am to 2 pm. I wake up and eat lunch. I use my phone, open reddit, watch TV and play games for 6 hours and only drink water. Then I eat a low calorie dinner and start 16 hours of fasting. I do my exercises at 3 am (I feel embarrassed so I wait for everyone to sleep) then take a shower and sleep

Is my bad schedule causing this? MFP keeps mentioning I am not getting enough carbs, fibres and other nutrients. Should I force feed myself? I feel like eating is just a waste since I am not hungry.

It is possible I am doing this because I want to see motivating numbers on the scale. Please help me

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An advice for a couple trying to get healthy after the loss of a friend?

I am 23F 5'3.5" 179lbs. I had weight loss surgery in October and have lost 103lbs. My husband is 32M 6'1" 320lbs. He has sleep apnea, chronic bronchitis, and in the two years we've been married went from 250 to 320lbs.

We got news this morning our 35 year old friend passed away in her sleep last night after long issues with blood pressure and asthma. My husband is so shaken up by her death that he wants to do what he can to get healthy. His biggest fear is not waking up and it's very real to him now. He often fasts through the day, binges at night, and plays video games. He works a desk job and delivers pizzas about 3 nights a week. He is afraid that he will "work himself to death" when my view is that we should be working harder.

Where can we start? I was blessed enough to have a tool to start my weight loss but we want to work on this together. I would really appreciate tips, tricks, advice - anything valuable!

Edit: Title should read "any advice..."

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Small Attitude Changes make Big Differences

I eat when I’m hungry, not when I feel like it.

I stop eating when I’m full. I’ve retrained my eyes to match my stomach, instead of forcing myself to finish my portions. Throwing away food isn’t a crime.

I don’t have to exercise, I get to exercise. Not everyone has the time and resources.

The pain of muscle recovery and ‘the burn’ of exercise is better than the restless pain in my joints and muscles when I stay still for too long.

My looser skin is better than feeling trapped in an ocean of fat. My stretch marks are reminders of how far I’ve come.

Dieting and being active are not a means to an end. They are the end.

Integrating activity into my lifestyle doesn’t need to be a cold-turkey, hard switch. Jumping jacks and squats work just as well in front of the TV. Walking my dog is a great way to improve both our lives. Dancing and enjoying my body is self love.

Watching what I eat and being mindful of my intake is self-care. If I know I’m going to a big BBQ at 5, I’ll have a small smoothie for breakfast and a small salad or snack for lunch. It makes the treat more enjoyable knowing I’m not stepping out of my caloric limits.

When I step on the scale and see a smaller number than before, I allow myself to rejoice & congratulate myself for taking control of my life. When I see the same number or a bigger number, I don’t beat myself up. Fluctuation is real and weight loss isn’t a straight line. If I gain 20 pounds because I dropped my good habits for a while, I can still get back on the horse and be healthy.

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I feel better. My back doesn’t ache as much, I am sleeping better and daily I notice little differences and celebrate them. Even if it’s not a scale victory, let yourself enjoy it. Are your rings a little looser? Did your double chin get a little less noticeable? Does that pair of jeans feel a bit more comfortable? Then you’re succeeding. It’s so easy to get bogged down with the way things are, and not be able to see you can change the way things are. Thanks to everyone in this wonderful community for your stories and support, you’ve really turned my attitude around and I think this is the #1 change that will make a difference.

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Some things I have learned following #100 loss

I wanted to share a few things that are very important (at least to me), regarding weight loss after hitting the #100 loss point this morning:

• There are no shortcuts. One does have to "embrace the suck" of not being able to eat anything they want, anytime they want, in order to build mental toughness. Developing mental toughness and strict discipline with regards to eating seems to be largely ignored -- likely because it's very real and can be very difficult at first.
• Those searching for shortcuts (e.g. fad diets) will ultimately remain overweight.
• Cravings for unhealthy foods do indeed diminish over time.
• The mortal sin of gluttony is very real. It takes real effort to avoid this sin (see above.) The more fortunate begin building temperance towards this sin (3 squares, no snacking, etc.) at a very early age.
• I make it a point not to bring garbage foods into my house.
• I prepare 90%+ of my own meals now. I make time to do so -- it's that important. There's something about spending 15-20 minutes crafting a large salad or making sushi (Youtube is an unreal resource) for dinner that I find very important.
• If I am going to go out for dinner, I eat a large 100% veg salad with red wine vinegar before I leave the house. The salad takes up space and it provides roughage.
• Since March 1, 2019 when I began I have tested myself with what I believed are "problem/trigger" foods for me. I have concluded that some are and some are not.
• I 100% reject problem/trigger foods now. I view them as addictive/toxic -- along the lines of tobacco/alcohol/drugs. I will never be one of those that dreams of their "cheat days" when thy can partake of such foods. Life's too short, and there's too much other great food out there to be obsessed with Nacho Cheese Doritos, donuts and the like.
• I didn't weigh myself at all for most of my journey. I laid out three sets of dress shirts/slacks in differing sizes. When I barely began fitting into the smallest/goal sized shirt/slacks, I began weighing myself.
• Exercise is uber important in weight loss and weight maintenance.
• I have been to a few parties during my weight loss period. It's more about what I ate/drank rather than how much I ate/drank that determined if I felt good or like I was run over by a truck the following morning.

Good luck to all. Now I begin an even tougher challenge. The maintenance phase...

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Yes, I have loose skin. No, weight training won’t help. Yes, I have stretch marks. No, I don’t care if you see them. NSFW

I topped my weight loss out at 81 lbs 3 years ago. I’ve bounced between extremely strong and just doing the cardio to get by. There’s a difference in overall “shape” when weight training is involved, it’s really neat to see...but I’ve been hurt and afraid to go back to the gym after being sized up and having another woman who was yoked roll her eyes and huff and puff while I was using a machine.

Anyways, I remember when these marks were red. They angrily tore across my flesh and I hated them. I lost my weight and spent the summer in gym clothes noticing how great my new body looked. I was happy. The next summer it was bathing suit time and that’s when it hit me. It was the scene from Click when the guy wakes up in the hospital room and wiggles what’s left of his stomach fat back and forth. I thought I’d be “pretty”, I’d have a flat and smooth stomach like my friends, that maybe someone else would find me more than a pretty face...

I cried and cried and then I got over it. I wore high waisted bottoms to the beach but cheeksters by the pool, I was happy, the sun felt good on my skin, and I was healthy.

The first time my first boyfriend laid his head on my stomach he said “squishy”. I shuffled uncomfortably into a different position.

My little brother at 8 and naive, asked me why I had cat scratches down my sides.

Freshman year of college, a boy removed my shirt and pants and then I told him I wasn’t ready. He told his friends “she’s got the body of an old lady. You don’t want her”. They snickered at me in the halls.

My roommate used to try and pinch her abs after dinner and called herself fat. She wore a 00. She was beautifully fit.

Then my mom started in with the tummy tuck and boob job talk.

When I’d workout hard I could here my thighs and stomach slapping around.

I used to do 500 sit-ups a night for a year. Still had loose skin.

I cried a lot. I starved myself hoping it’d go away like people were saying. I developed an freaking eating disorder and body dysmorphia over loose skin.

News flash:

-running doesn’t magically make your skin shrink. - drinking more water doesn’t either. - if you want to be a body builder, maybe that could help but for the average person? Nope.

You know what though? That was three years ago. I have broken my body many times since then and been through emotional pain and trauma. My body brought me here today and I love it for that. I might never be smooth and flat, scarless but I have struggled and I have overcome.

People get tattoos to remember, to express, and to remind. These silver streaks down my sides, thighs, and stomach are my tattoos. The remind me of who I was, let me remember what I pushed through, and express my desire to overcome any challenges.

I just started the Atkins diet this week. It’s been a hot minute since I’ve actually given a real effort to lose these last 15 lbs, everyone’s told me I’m healthy so there’s no point but there is to me. I’m feeling refreshed and I’ve been saving up as well in case I decide to get things removed- no more swinging, sagging, stomach when I do planks.

In the meantime though? I’m going to the beach, in my bikini, and I don’t care if my scars and loose skin offend you. If there’s one thing I’ve taken away from this- the only person’s happiness you can control is yours. Own your life, love yourself at every stage, and keep on keeping on.

23f 5’8” Sw: 250lbs CW:169 GW: 154

Check out my shiny silver stretch marks below.

Here’s some skin.

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High-Protein Breakfast = Hungry All Day?

F, 5’4”,145, 22 years old.

Hey guys, I’m currently on a weight loss journey of losing my skinny fat (about 25% body fat) and gaining some lean muscle.

I notice if I eat a high-protein meal at the start of day (and I’m a lifelong vegan, so the protein is always plant-based), I notice I’m hungry all the rest of the day. Like, I’m eating huge salads and other healthy meals rest of the day, but I’m hungry while still eating them, and I’m making something to eat soon after.

Why is this? Is this a sign my metabolism is revving up? Either way, I actually don’t mind the feeling (it feels good to me in a weird way!) just wondering why.

Thanks!

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