Time to get back to work

Hey everyone,

I last posted in this sub about 3 months ago when after about a 3 month long plateau, I decided to take a break. I was driving myself insane trying to get the scale to budge with no success, so I needed to step away from it for a bit.

During my break, I’ve tracked calories some days, but not very often. And I went from weighing myself every day to once every week or 2, just to make sure I’m still maintaining and not gaining any weight back. It’s been nice to give my mind a some rest, but these past couple of weeks, I’ve been slowly slipping into bad habits. I’ve really been slacking when it comes to my workouts and sometimes I blow off the gym altogether. I’ve noticed myself eating for comfort or when I’m bored, which is exactly what put me at my starting weight in the first place.

This time last year, my weight loss and fitness journey was in full swing, and I was seeing consistent progress and positive changes in my body. I felt strong, empowered, healthy, and motivated... and I really miss it. So I’ve decided it’s time to get back to work and continue fighting the good fight.

I admit, I pretty afraid to get back into the swing of things. I know it sounds ridiculous, but I have a fear that I won’t be as good and dedicated as I was the first time around. I think a new physical challenge will help me jump back into things and restore my passion. I had a friend ask me if I’d like to join her in running a half marathon in October, and I’m genuinely considering it. Running in a marathon is something that I’ve dreamt of doing for years. I always thought I’d start off with a 5k, and half of me thinks it’s a crazy idea to consider starting with a half marathon. But the other half finds it exhilarating and makes me say “go big or go home.” I have quite a bit of research to do when it comes to running and training, but nevertheless, I’m excited to get things moving again!

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"A shot of Bacardi? What's wrong with you?" And other bar troubles

Feeling like I can't catch a break lately! My work friend and I occasionally get a shot at the bar after work. We work in the restaurant industry, days are long, etc. Before my weight loss journey, I would always get the same thing- the beer + shot special for $6. After starting CICO I realized that was hurting my calories. The beer was usually about 160 calories (microbrew) and the shot of whiskey about 100 calories- for a total of 260ish calories each time.

Obviously, I did some research and adjusted to something lower cal. From what I saw, Bacardi has the lowest calories at 48 calories per shot. Half the calories of the whiskey I'd usually opt for. Awesome! I'll switch to Bacardi for shots, and Bacardi seltzer with a lime for a drink. Easy solution, right? Hahaha. No.

I've gotten so much shit from bartenders regarding my drink orders since making the switch. They moan and groan about putting the lime in my drink- sometimes outright refusing me. Yes I know it's a little extra work to cut limes. But without it, I'm drinking rum and water which isnt appetizing to me. And today, the bartender (a nice guy who I like) said "A shot of Bacardi? What's wrong with you?" It just kind of hurt a bit. I had to explain by telling him that I was on a diet and that Bacardi has half the calories as whiskey.

His reply was "Oh... I didnt know that." I know its minor and I get it. Our bar is more of a whiskey bar, in a big beer town. I just dont like having to justify my choices and tell my coworkers about my weight loss stuff. Kinda feel like the odd one out. Does anyone else feel alienated by their weird food/drink requests? I'm sure it's not just me... right? 😅

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My First Post: How is This Possible?

Hey guys, I'm 16 weeks into my weight loss efforts. I'm 6'1 and started at 257 pounds. I began eating healthier, from ordering pizza / jimmy johns, or going to culvers every day, I started eating about 1700 calories a day. This was super easy, so I cut it to 1200 after a week, and after two weeks of that I've been eating between 750~1100 calories a day. Now, I'm sure a lot of you would be concerned about this, it's not enough food! I get that, but decided to keep doing it as long as I felt healthy and energized and didn't feel hungry all the time. I eat a daily supply of multivitamins and eat plenty of protein to help against potential issues.

Two weeks ago I hit 211 pounds, averaging about -3.6 pounds per week. I feel fine, and hardly feel hungry. Coffee helps.

Now here's the issue: I decided I wanted to stop going at this so hard at week 14, because of potential health issues that could arise. I decided to up my caloric intake to 1500 per day, figuring I'll still lose around 2 pounds a week, at least. After one day of this, I gained a full pound. I gained a full pound 4 days in a row, and now I gain about half a pound per day every day for 2 weeks. My question is how the hell is this possible? People told me as long as you are getting less than you need, it's impossible to gain weight (save for some day to day fluctuations), but I'm now consistently gaining weight while eating only 1500 calories per day, it's making me want to go back to 1000 but I want to see this through and see how long it will take to balance out, but I just don't get how the body can build fat and keep me energized and functioning on just 1500 calories a day. Can someone explain?

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Weird thoughts post-weight loss

Now that I've gotten healthy (-55 lbs + added muscle) I feel good about myself/health/looks. I got fat in college and unfat after. Maybe this is all just a part of transitioning, but there's some new thoughts I can't shake (ordered by personal importance):

1. Old pictures of myself gross me out and make me feel really bad.
2. I get weirded out when people say "you're looking thin."
3. I'm not interested in answering people's questions about how I did it, because I doubt they're going to understand (2 yrs of nightly fasted hill runs on weed lol).
4. I'm not used to the way my body looks now: my hands, feet, and especially my face in the mirror. It's all improvements, but my body still surprises me.
5. My soft belly / slight looseish skin annoy me a litlte more than they should.
6. I like to exercise when I feel anxious or sad, which is sort of emotionally confusing.
7. A date didn't believe I could have ever been fat until I showed her a picture. This messed with my head a little.

I don't validate myself through how others percieve me, so it's been a very personal journey. I'm delighted and satisfied with the results of my extended efforts, but I think I've acquired some body dysmorphic thoughts post-weight loss. In my head, weight loss is something that I never should have needed. Any time someone compliments me I'm forced to acknowledge past self and feel bad. And now that I'm caring/thinking about myself more, it's hard not to be critical of my past and current self. My past self doesn't exist, so what I think about it isn't very important, but it would be cool if I could get over it and be completely happy with success and people acknowledging my efforts. Really overall I'm doing fine, and these thoughts are more annoying than troubling to me.

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Anybody Else Feel This Way?

Female, 27, 5' 1.5", 189.4lbs

I go on and off of CICO all the time (within the last 3~ years), just depending on how motivated i'm feeling or how depressed i am, but i keep running into the same problem each time. Being female, i'm very limited in my caloric intake because i live a fairly sedentary life style. Sticking to around 1300 calories a day doesn't necessarily bother me, but i get SO bored of food. I'm also very lazy when it comes to food so i tend to make things that require little to no effort to do so (when i'm the one cooking that is. My boyfriend does probably 99% of the cooking in our house <3). I find it hard to eat the same thing more than 3 times in a week. And even just trying to decide what kinds of food to eat in a week is also a challenge because often times, nothing "sounds good". Consuming liquids on the other hand, i can drink the same drink multiple times a day for days on end!

I know typically you shouldn't drink your calories, but drinks often have fewer calories than food in the first place. My mom passed away 2 months ago, and during my grieving process, weight loss has not been a priority to me. But before she passed i was having liquid meals for breakfast and lunch, and eating real food for dinner and snacking if i needed to. I was really enjoying that sort of routine!

This has been a long winded post, but my main question is: Are there any other users here who also focus more on a semi liquid diet? What kinds of liquids do you consume to help you feel more full? I'm looking for more variety when i do go back to focusing on weight loss.

Thank you <3

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New to counting calories and OH MY GOD!

I'm sure this story is common, but holy fucking shit. Counting calories is so fucking easy. I have been 200 ponds wishing I was magically 170 pounds for like three years now. A friend of mine lost a lot of weight recently so I asked him what the trick was. He told me about CICO. He popped up a webpage that gave me an estimate of how many calories I should take in to stay the same weight. He told me that in a week if I were to be 3500 calories under that estimate I would lose a pound and that its simple math.

I have been going to the gym irregularly for like a year now. Like once or twice a week. So I decided I would give it a shot. His weight loss motivated me. I started going a bit more regularly. Like every other day give or take. I started counting the calories of what I was eating. My goal was to aim for 1900 calories a day. Its been a month and I have lost ten fucking pounds.

I hadn't realized how fucking bad some of the shit I was eating was. The main things for me was coffee creamer and cereal (Too ashamed to admit how many calories of it I was eating, but I really like Frosted Flakes). I completely altered what I was eating for breakfast and it changed everything. It was like boom. The fucking weight just fell off. I fully expect to lose another ten pounds probably within the next two more months. Based off of what I was reading earlier.

I'll admit. I haven't been perfect at going to the gym the 3-4 times or whatever. I also doubt that I am getting the true gym experience. I don't go that hard. I'm just flabbergasted. I had had it in my mind the trick was to push myself harder at the gym to lose weight. I hadn't realized my diet was that bad.

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I'm officially not overweight anymore!

This is a huge fucking milestone! I decided to step on the scale and there it was, 70.7 kg (155 lbs)! I was so happy because only a week ago I was 2 kg heavier, so yeah, pretty great for just one week. I calculated my new BMI later and there it was, 24.5, under 25 which is the "overweight" mark. I have more weight to lose since my body still looks like shit, but hey, I'm closer to my goal now!

Btw I've lost about 12.3 kg (27 lbs) in two and a half months (I had a cheat couple of weeks where I gained 2 kg so I actually could've lost even more), so I'd say that I'm pretty good at this weight loss thing. If anyone wants to ask anything or any advice feel free to, I'm glad to help other people who are trying to lose weight!

And people, you can do it. You really can, just be strong and you will do it, there is no doubt.

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