How I lost 152 pounds...

-2018 May 17

13 months ago I decided enough was enough. I was tired of weight playing a major role in my life. I decided to officially start my weight loss journey. I had a different type of drive this time. I could feel I actually meant losing wight this time. It was a great feeling. I did my weigh-ins monthly on the 17th. PS-(I ate way too little for my size due to being impatient and probably stupid, Hence the huge loss every month. I DO NOT RECOMMEND EATING DEFICITS OF 2000 CALORIES) This be my report:

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-2018 May 17

Weight = 352 Pounds

I started with not knowing about the importance of nutrition. My eating habits stayed the same but I started exercising. I jogged Mondays-Saturdays with rest days being Sunday. I remember my first jog was about 300 meters (0.2 miles) and I stopped, feeling like I could die. I also remember a man looking at me, laughing. That was fun. But the next day I tried again. The next again. The next again. After a week it became routine, and I felt amazingly proud afterwards.

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-2018 June 17

Weight = 341 Pounds

This was probably the happiest weigh in of my life. 11 Pounds in 1 month. Yeah, probably a LOT of water weight, but digital scales don't lie. My family and friends was in awe and was very supportive. This was even without counting calories. By now I started to be a bit more conscious about nutrition. I cut out ALL liquids with calories by now, and tried to eat healthier over all by following the typical health guidelines. As for fitness, I remember being able to run about 700 meters (0.43 miles), resting and then another 700 meters (0.43 miles). I was improving a lot.

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-2018 July 17

Weight = 321 Pounds

By now I was sure I was on the right track. This is a monstrosity of a loss and definitely not healthy (ONCE AGAIN NOT RECOMMENDED). Everyone around me was in disbelieve (even me). By July 3 I joined reddit and joined r/loseit. I then learned about CICO and counting calories accurately. I bought a food scale and started weighing religiously, almost too religiously. Weird looks from peers here and there but it was necessary in my mind. I started restricting daily intake to 1400 while not accounting for exercise. This is not healthy in any way. It definitely took a toll on me and I was always hungry and tired. By now I could probably run about 1.2km (0.75 miles) straight.

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-2018 August 17

Weight = 300 Pounds

Another 21 pounds gone. By now I also started C25K (somewhere around here can't remember exactly). 1400 Calories a day with about 300 calories burnt through exercise. 1100, definitely not healthy at all for a 6'7" male at age late-17. I looked at advice by now and saw a male can eat about 1400 safely (although low), of course as negligent as I was ignoring warnings about it being too little for my height. I felt like shit too. I still just maintained and kept by my rules and plan.

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-2018 September 17

Weight = 280 pounds

20 pounds again. Daily input was probably 1000 by now as I was running more thanks to c25k. Not much to say bout this month except for feeling hungry all the damn time. Just more discipline. By now it became an obsession to weigh myself. Daily and some days twice.

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-2018 October 17

Weight = 264 pounds

16 pounds. This was the month I beat obesity and was officially in the overweight BMI classification. This was tremendous and the "CHEAT DAY" ensued on 30 October (My birthday). I remember feeling full for the first time in months. It was like heaven. Pizza, burgers, milkshakes, chilli cheese fries, oh and more pizza. Also bought new clothes this month and the lower measurements was great. By now I was running close to 5k thanks to c25k. That program definitely works if you want to jumpstart your fitness.

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-2018 November 17

Weight = 248 pounds

16 pounds again. This and december was by far the worst times food wise. Was burning close to 500 calories through exercise and still ate 1400. This was EXTREMELY hard. I was on the verge of just giving up a LOT of times but somehow managed to just continue with my mad deficit.

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-2018 December 17

Weight = 231 pounds

This was the last month I ate at such a huge deficit. Huge Plateau from mid December to Christmas. This month was very shit. Exercise was impossible and my performance was plummeting. My body physically resisted exercise because it didn't have enough energy. After Christmas I finally decided to put an end to the madness. I decided to up my deficit from 1400 to 1660 and also accounted for exercise. This was the BIGGEST relieve I have ever experienced in my whole life. I started to feel healthy, which is the whole point of losing weight in the first place.

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-2019 January 17

Weight = 225 pounds

6 Pounds. I was not disappointed at all. I felt great and I actually enjoyed eating again. This AND I was still losing weight. Was a win in my book. Not much more to say for the next few months. I reached my initial goal of 220 pounds in the next month and that was great but my real celebration was at Christmas 2018. Here I decided to be healthy instead of pursuing numbers and not still not giving a shit about my body as a whole. Set a new goal of 195 pounds but kept it realistic and healthy. The rest of 2019 will have no summaries since I stopped changing much. Just sticked to a routine.

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-2019 February

Weight = 216

-2019 March

Weight = 210

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-2019 April

Weight = Approx. 204

Note: By now I set my calories to my tdee and was done trying to lose weight.

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-2019 May

Weight = Approx. 199

-2019 June

Weight = 193

I realize now I need to increase calories. I'm eating 2300 a day without accounting for exercise. Might need to up it to 2500.

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This journey has been long and took a lot out of me. I know it was very fast but it required my attention 24/7 and I was depleted every single day until sweet Christmas. I still count calories every single day and I think I need to continue doing it until a can find the sweet spot in the amount of calories I need to consume. I need to be able to eat naturally (obviously don't know how since I was obese since the age of 10). Would I have done the extreme restriction on calories again? I really do not know. I can be extremely lucky that I am still here and had no major repercussions after being so negligent. I would definitely not advise eating at such an extreme deficit.

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Loose skin:

I have no loose skin around my arms or neck. My stomach and titties definitely droop, but nothing major. Also some loose skin on my ass and upper back of my legs.

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Happiness:

Not altered in any way whatsoever. I thought I would be a lot happier (not that I was sad in any way) but I feel exactly the same in that department. I can definitely say I am way more confident.

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Quality of life:

I always sit in front of a computer so it is not like I did much to start with. Walking places definitely easier. I noticed the most difference in the effort to stand up. When standing up from a chair it does not feel like a chore anymore. Also sitting up on the bed feels fluid (not forced as it used to). Clothing also a huge improvement. Instead of the clothes choosing you, you get to choose the clothes.

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Is it worth it?

Depends on what you are looking for. Are you looking for an improved ease at physical tasks? Better looks? Nicer clothes? Healthier body? A flirt here and there? Prolonged life? Enhanced quality of life? Then absolutely yes. Happiness? Not so much. Although it might help to increase your experience in life, it is definitely not a way top escape your emotional problems. It will not solve depression. That comes with counseling and improving ones mental health.

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Sorry for the long post.

Feel free to ask questions.

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Happy Father’s Day! 7 Tips for Maintaining a Healthy “Dad Bod”

The most talked about body type right now just may be “The Dad Bod.” Unfortunately, the “Dad Bod” has gotten a somewhat negative connotation—the term generally referring to a male’s body being “soft” and “not toned.”

But here at Nutrisystem, we believe that you can be a Dad and have a bod that is both healthy and fit. Even if you don’t have six-pack abs or bulging biceps, taking steps toward good health can make a huge difference in not only your looks but your longevity—and that’s important when you have kids counting on you.

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Here are seven ways to keep your Dad Bod healthy:

1. Get Moving.

Whether you’re a brand-new dad or a seasoned one, life with kids is busy and fitting in exercise can become more challenging. But staying active is absolutely key when it comes to maintaining good health. Whether you’re someone who really doesn’t like exercise or someone who is just having trouble fitting it in, it’s something that you need to give precedence in your life.

Fortunately, there are solutions out there. You can find a huge list of weight loss activity suggestions, all customized to the type of activity you want to do, in the NuMi app. And it doesn’t have to be hard. We’ve heard plenty of Nutrisystem Success Stories about how real people, just like you, found ways to fit more activity into their day. Look for ways to involve your kids, too. Whether it’s a bike ride or just a game of backyard soccer, you can make fitness fun for everyone.

2. Start a Nutrisystem Meal Plan.

Eating healthy can sometimes feel like a challenge—particularly with your busy lifestyle. But by starting the Nutrisystem Meal Plan, you can take all of the guesswork out of making healthy choices. With your meals arriving right at your doorstep, you’ll already know what’s for dinner—and that it’s a healthy choice.

And just because you might be eating a separate dinner from the rest of your family doesn’t mean we advocate for you eating alone. We’ve had many parents share stories of how they still joined their family for mealtime—something that we think is important. One tip that members have shared is that it helps when the rest of the family is eating something similar. For instance, if you’re having Nutrisystem Chicken Parmesan, maybe the rest of the family could have a similar meal (ie: whole wheat spaghetti with some tomato sauce). Plus, everyone can share a big salad.

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3. Fuel Your Body with the Right Amount of SmartCarbs and PowerFuels.

When it comes to keeping up with your kids, you need to be well-fueled. But nutrition can be complicated and making the best choices can feel elusive. That’s exactly why we’ve created snacks and meals that already have the optimal balance of nutrients to keep you feeling satisfied and help you to lose weight.

When it comes to proper fueling, you need a certain amount of “PowerFuels” and a certain amount of “SmartCarbs” each day, which we’ve explained in more depth, here >

4. Drink More Water

Water is required by every cell in your body in order to function normally and be your healthiest self. When it comes to maintaining a healthy Dad Bod, you need to make sure you’re fueling it with plenty of water. Of course, life gets busy and it’s easy to lose sight of how much you’re drinking. If you’re looking for some inspiration to drink more water, we’ve got plenty of ideas, here >

Because water is an appetite suppressant, drinking a glass before meals can help you feel fuller and ultimately consume less. But beyond weight loss benefits, drinking plenty of water is also essential for the kidneys and other bodily functions. When you’re well-hydrated, your body can perform optimally.

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5. Make Smart Snack Choices

Snacking is often an area where your efforts to maintain good health can go awry. How easy is it for what started as a handful of chips to become the whole bag? That’s why it’s so important to practice “mindful snacking” and to make smart choices when it comes to your snacks.

At Nutrisystem, we believe that snacks are an important part of a healthy diet. They help keep you satisfied between meals. You just want to make sure that you’re selecting snacks that are fueling your healthy diet—not setting you off course. These 9 healthy snack choices from Nutrisystem are a great place to start.

6. Get Plenty of Rest

As a dad, that one may sound like a challenge. When you have kids, sometimes it’s challenging to get adequate rest—especially if you have little ones. But trying to fit in those Z’s is important. Research has shown that people who sleep fewer than five or six hours per night on a regular basis were more likely to have excess body weight and become obese.

While you may want to stay up late and watch the game after you’ve gotten the kids to bed, you need to make sleep a priority. Aim for seven to nine hours each night.

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7. Be the Example

The final tip that we’d offer for maintaining a healthy Dad Bod is to remember that from day one, your kids are watching you. You are a role model in their lives, and they will mimic your behaviors. By making some of these smart choices we’ve suggested, you are setting your kids up for success in their own lives, too. That’s because they’re likely to follow suit. In fact, a Canadian study published in Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism recently found that when it comes to nutrition choices, dad’s behaviors actually have more influence than mom’s.

Take the first step towards your healthy dad bod and get started with your Nutrisysystem men’s program today! >

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Starting to suspect a hormonal issue... making a doctors appointment but also asking you guys (Female topic)

I like every other woman tend to gain a few pounds on my period due to water retention. However, I’m growing concerned since the duration of the weight gain is about 2-2.5 weeks long. After now 3 months of tracking my period and my weight loss I have noticed that every month I gain the day before my period and I don’t lose anything until the week before my next period (so 2-2.5 weeks later). So for one week a month I’m losing rapidly then it stalls and my weight goes up and stays there.

During the time period where my weight is stalled I am weighing all my food and eating 1200-1300 net calories a day (I subtract 50% of my Apple Watch calorie burns and don’t eat them back). I workout 1 hour a day, sometimes 2 hours if I do cardio in addition to weight training.

I’m growing concerned since I’m still young (20) that maybe this is a hormonal issue like PCOS. I have no symptoms of PCOS and have never been overweight. I am a normal weight. Still I don’t feel like I can rule out PCOS since this weight issue is always around my period, and I do have very painful periods. I also wonder if maybe this is a thyroid issue? I have tried everything to get to a slightly lower BMI to improve my health and constant exhaustion, but it always backfires. I always end up where I started. Even with perfect diet and exercise I get nowhere. God forbid when I actually do fuck up (rarely) and eat pizza or have beer with friends. Then my weight shoots up 10 pounds overnight and will not come down for weeks after just one day of extra calories.

Does anyone have any insight into what kind of hormonal issues could cause this if any? Could this be a medical issue? Which one? I know these are questions for a doctor but I’d be so grateful for any responses. I hate to go to a doctor because I’m American and I can’t really afford it right now but I will go.I’m just not sure when I’ll be able to. Thanks guys!

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I [27M] lost 8lbs in 8 weeks [172lbs>164lbs] doing the /r/bodyweightfitness Recommended Routine!

Recently, I did the /r/bodyweightfitness recommended routine for 3 months. I lost 8lbs during the first 8 weeks and regained my abs. Switched to maintenance for the last 4 weeks since I was happy with the weight loss.

During the first 8 weeks, I ate at a deficit 5-6 days of the week with 1-2 maintenance days.

Calories were at ~2000 with the maintenance days being at ~2500.

Meal prep was pretty much the key. I ate almost the exact same thing every day.

Here is a pic of what a typical day looked like (ignore the timing):

https://i.imgur.com/hnjolSn.png

Here is a before and after pic!

https://i.imgur.com/dLSGQ8h.jpg

Here is the original post I made in /r/bodyweightfitness about my experience doing the routine!

https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/comments/bxv1zk/27m_i_did_the_recommended_routine_for_3_months/

I know 8lbs is not a whole lot, but I figured I’d celebrate anyways! Keep up the good fight everyone!

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I went on vacation for 10 days and didn’t gain weight. In fact i lost a pound.

I was majorly stressed about this upcoming vacation. I wasn’t going to take my food scale (didn’t want to seem obsessive around extended fam) and wouldn’t have a regular scale to track progress. I’d have some control over food but I’d also be around a LOT of junk food because my in-laws love it. And they are all overweight.

I decided I’d take it one day at a time and enjoy myself. But i had to define “enjoy myself” in regards to my goals as a whole and what that meant to my future self. That meant gorging on delicious but calorie dense foods would not contribute positively to my overall goals. So instead I defined “enjoy myself” as enjoying the beautiful tropical location, being able to walk several miles a day without being hindered by weight. It also meant eating small treats here and there and moving on. Being in a swimsuit also helped as I didn’t want to feel stuffed or bloated the entire time.

I prioritized fruits and veggies and lean meats. I ate a lot of them. I also only drank a LOT of water. And only water. I stopped eating when I was not hungry but not full.

I enjoyed a few treats but nothing excessive. And this sounds terrible but a feeling of superiority helped immensely as I watched my in-laws stuff their faces with calorie laden dinners and desserts and then complain about their weight gain. But I kept that feeling to myself and would never express disdain over their food choices .

Also walking through airports with a couple heavy bags shifted my mindset. I probably was carrying 30-40 lbs or weight on my back (camera gear) and I kept thinking “holy shit this is how much extra weight i used to carry around all the time!!”

It was such a relief to be able to slip it off my shoulders.

Anyway you can enjoy your vacation AND maintain weight loss. It’s possible!!

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[SV] 70.3 lbs down! (32f 5'2")

I wanted to share my Lose it! app Graph because I am so proud of that wiggly line!

I didn't start logging my weight until March, so dec-march isn't an accurate depiction of the ups and downs of weight loss.

I started this weight loss adventure after weighing myself at my mother's house on Christmas. The number I saw broke me and I spent a long time sitting on the side of her bathtub crying. 334.5. It was the shock I needed to make a change!

I've lost my weight via CICO (Eating less calories than your body burns on its own). I've tried various daily allowances (from 1200-1800) over the months and have found 1300-1400 to be my personal sweet spot. I eat enough to not feel hungry, grumpy or lethargic and still lose a reasonable amount. My diet isn't too strict. I practice moderation for all things. I have stopped using sugar to sweeten beverages and instead use stevia drops and almond milk for cereal, and creamer, instead of dairy milk. I buy low carb bread and tortillas to allow for more filling meals. Other than that, as long as it fits in to my daily allowance, I allow myself to eat what I want. I bulk up smaller meals with salad, fruit and veggies.

I drink a lot of water (flavor drops make this so much easier!) tea, coffee, zero cal fizzy flavored water and the occasional zero or diet soda.

I'm taking collagen supplements and using a collagen lotion, in an attempt to minimize excess skin. I can't be sure if it's working but I am finally seeing positive changes in my flappy areas.

I take a daily vitamin, a hair skin and nails gummy, a probiotic targeted towards female health and fiber powder (to keep things moving).

When it comes to my daily allowance I try to look at the week as a whole. If I have, or want to have, a bad day I take calories from the days around the high cal day.

I ride my stationary bike for 15-45 minutes, several days a week, to help build up my stamina. Getting started was hard! I started at 2minutes, the first day I had the bike, and gradually worked my way up by adding 1 minute to every ride. It's helped immensely! I don't get winded, very easily, anymore!

My goal, for now, is 150lbs. I should be there by the spring or summer of 2020, if my app's goal projection is accurate.

I'm very proud of my progress and wanted to share my scale victory with you all!

70.3lbs down!

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What a Great Birthday Present!

Hey everyone! I've been following this sub for about a month now - around the same time I decided to get serious about my health. You all have been so inspiring so I just want to start by saying thank you!

So I am a 25 yr old male and currently weigh 334 lbs at 5'11". I have worn size 44 jeans for the past 6 years or so. For some back story, I put on weight once college started (I was about 315 at the start of college) and had to go up from size 42 jeans, which I wore throughout high school. I had always been active as a teenager, playing football and working out a lot because of it. I considered myself an "athletic big man" but I have never been lean or anything close to it.

I ate whatever I wanted and didn't gain much weight because of how many calories I was burning from football practice, conditioning and weight lifting. Although I was never happy with my weight, my strength helped me find confidence in myself during those years as I was happy with how my arms and shoulders looked, but I was very displeased with my midsection.

After high school, my workout routine fell off significantly, but my diet remained, for the most part, the same as it had been for years. I worked out off and on throughout college and after graduatuon, but ended up at my highest weight of 367 lbs in March of 2018. I started weight watchers that month and ended up losing 35 lbs in a few months doing that, but I stopped the program because tracking calories and food isn't sustainable for me. I know this works for a lot of people and is a great way to monitor your eating habits, but it has never been something I could see myself doing for the rest of my life.

Once I stopped weight watchers, I fell into old habits and gained about 20 pounds back over the course of about 10 months. I weighed myself on May 14th of this year and came in at 348.7 lbs. At that point, I knew I needed to change and I was driven to do so. I found a podcast for weight loss and started listening every day. I learned that being mindful of what you are eating and listening to when you are actually hungry (not just emotionally hungry) will be just as effective as counting calories.

With doing this method of listening to my body, walking every morning and trying to get at least 8000 steps each day (my job is sedentary), I have lost about 15 lbs! I feel so much better about losing weight this time around because I feel like I am changing my physical AND mental habits, which I will be able to sustain for the rest of my life. I am going to start doing bodyweight strength training soon and I am excited to get strong again!

To top it all off, I went shopping for some new work clothes today (new casual dress code!) and I tried on size 44 jeans... but they were LOOSE. I grabbed a pair of size 42s and, guys... THEY FIT! I couldn't believe it! I have not fit into a size 42 in YEARS and today I broke that streak. This has given me such confidence and motivation to keep doing what I am doing to better my health and be the best person I can be.

Thank you if you read this whole thing. I appreciate all of you who post and support the members of this group. Keep on keeping on!

TLDR: I have finally found my groove and mindset to lose weight after struggling with it my whole life. I have had a size 44 waist for about 6 years, but I fit into a size 42 today (my birthday!).

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