Combo NSV/SV: Finally below 210 and fit into a shirt I've never fit into before. Not everyone's pleased, though...

First, the good news. I've been at this for a while (since I've been making mistakes for a while), and recently finally fell below the 210 lbs mark since freshman year (when I was gaining) - officially making this the best weight loss period I've ever had.

This SV was complemented by an NSV as well - I fit into a TShirt I've never been able to wear - for some reason their L's were tiny. But I didn't have anything else that was clean to wear a few days ago, so I decided to put it on - and it fit! Pretty comfortably at that!

It's been a long stretch of keto-ish meals, calorie counting on MFP, and fasting when I can. Onederland is close, although my goal weight is another 20 pounds or so beyond that.

Hasn't been without negative "support", of course. My dad's been pretty vocal about my need to lose weight, but has done little in terms of actually helping me with the task. I decided to tell my dad about my weight loss progress and I woke up to a passive aggressive note telling me that was not enough, and that I should stop eating meat and cheese from the fridge (I took a slice of cheese to melt on top of an avocado half for lunch yesterday). Instead "eat beans from the pantry, here are some" (the note was attached to a 4-can blob of pinto beans).

Honestly makes me wanna order takeout just outta spite. It's only us two in the house until mid-August (when I move back to school) - yippee.

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20 pounds and 2 sizes down in 1 month but no one has noticed

I’m feeling a little discouraged today. I took before pictures so I can definitely see that I’ve lost weight, but not even my husband has noticed.

I’m a short girl (5’2”) with a good amount of weight to lose (started at 199 and am down to 179 today). I’ve read about the paper towel effect, and maybe that’s why others can’t see, but I feel like my body composition is different now and it’s noticeable.

I’m heading back home to see family for the 4th of July week, and I’m nervous that I’m going to get the same reactions from them. They haven’t seen me in a year, but I’ve been sharing my weight loss victories with them over the phone. Now I’m afraid they’re going to be like my husband and not see the results I’m seeing.

Regardless, I’m doing this for myself, and I’m going to keep on this journey whether others see my progress or not. I guess it just hurts a little that others aren’t seeing my progress too.

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6 months, down a whopping 8 pounds

23F | 5'0" | SW: 119 (lbs) | CW: 111 | GW: 110-108

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Not six weeks. Not eight weeks, or ten weeks. Six months.

Given my history with disordered eating, I'm determined to reach my goals in the healthiest way possible, paying close attention to my mental health. I'm focusing on making lifestyle changes and being okay with slow progress. It's been a good year so far. But Jesus Christ, no one told me progress would be this slow.

I've been fluctuating between 111-113 in the past couple of months and have been plateau-ing around 111 for the past three weeks. That's about when I've stopped seeing physical results (drop in measurements, pants size, etc.), curbing any hope that I might just be gaining muscle.

I thought I was being admirably realistic about my goals. My initial GW, 110, is at around the heavy end of the healthy range for my height. I started out counting calories, but now I'm focusing on eyeing my portions. I don't deprive myself but I've cut down a lot on sugar, snacking, alcohol, etc. I've always loved healthy foods and increased my consumption of them. I eat mindfully, I work out regularly (yes, strength training in addition to cardio), and I don't beat myself up if I slip up now and then.

Don't get me wrong, I am happy about what I've accomplished. I did lose weight. I picked up a "gym habit" for the first time. I'm better at keeping portions down. I'm overall so much healthier than I was. Lifestyle change? Accomplished. Lifestyle change as a means to accomplishing my weight goals? Remains to be seen.

I try to stay positive, but navigating a weight loss journey, particularly all the frustrating contradictions that come with it, is so mentally exhausting.

1. When someone's struggling like this, they're advised to count calories and log every bite of food. But on the other hand, we're told that only a holistic lifestyle change yields lasting success. Are we expected to be counting calories for the rest of our lives? (Also: we're advised to focus on whole foods, but it's packaged foods that make calorie tracking so much easier.)
2. We're advised to be patient when progress doesn't happen after a week. But our success is built on dozens of small decisions we have to make each day, every day.
3. One day of perfect eating won't yield results, but one day of bad eating, especially as a petite person, can throw off your whole week. (Also, as a petite person, a few pounds of weight gain is entirely noticeable, but not a few pounds of weight loss.)

So, yes, mentally exhausting. I guess I just wanted to vent, but it would be nice to know if there's anyone out there in the same boat.

They say weight loss is all about a change of mindset. What do you do if your mind is completely on board for the journey, and has proven it for 6 months, but your body just refuses to come along?

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Looking for any advice on how to begin the maintenance phase

I'm down 40-45 pounds since Jan 1 (~243 --> ~200), and I think it's time to try to maintain. I've never done this before and am a bit nervous to increase my calorie allowance.

To this point, I've just been using the recommended calories on MFP for "lose 2 pounds per week" (which I've obviously fallen a bit short of as an overall weight-loss pace) -- that default setting had me at 1680 at first, and 1620 for the last several months. Should I just change MFP to "maintain," or should I try to manually calculate a calorie target based on my weight loss over the last six months?

More generally, any tips on mindset and approach for the maintenance phase are appreciated. As I said, I've never tried to do this part before. Thanks!

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Looking to Lose 10 Pounds? Why Nutrisystem Is Your Summer Weight Loss Program

Most of the year it’s easy for us to hide extra pounds under our bulky clothing, but when the hot and steamy days of summer come and our clothes get lighter the excess weight is there for all to see. Great news: It’s not too late for you to look and feel better right now. Nutrisystem’s FreshStart plan can help you lose 10 pounds or more in just a few weeks.* That’s plenty of time to get you ready to wear your favorite swimsuit at the pool or on the beach this year. Better yet, this plan will put you on the path to your ideal weight so you will be at your best for many summers to come.

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Here’s what you need to know about your summer journey to lose 10 pounds:

1. Summer-Friendly Plan

With FreshStart, you begin losing weight right away because you eat specific meals and snacks chosen to maximize your immediate results. When you sign up, you get specially selected breakfasts, lunches and dinners for your first seven days, plus snacks that are packed with protein and fiber to prevent hunger pangs between meals. On top of all that, you also get to enjoy seven cool and delicious FreshStart shakes that aid digestion and bust belly bloat. Bonus: The shakes also help you chill on hot summer days!

Starting in the second week, you’ll be incorporating Flex Meals into your meal plan. This way, you can enjoy two breakfasts, lunches, dinner and snacks on your own—which leaves you with flexibility to enjoy meals with family, friends and also learn the principles of creating a balanced meal. You’ll also still be enjoying plenty of your Nutrisystem meals, snacks and shakes.

Does summer keep you on the move? Nutrisystem meals and snacks are conveniently packaged and ready to eat so you can take them everywhere you go. You’ll never need to wonder if you can find healthy food when hunger strikes—you just bring your delicious, satisfying food with you and enjoy it wherever you are.

2. Lose Weight Fast.

We know you want to see changes right away and that’s what happens with FreshStart. All you need is four weeks to lose 10 pounds or more. In our clinical trial of this plan, the study subjects shed up to 13 pounds in the first month. That’s double the average weight lost by subjects who try dieting on their own. And with Nutrisystem, you don’t have to spend your time counting calories or weighing food—we’ve handled all of that for you.

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3. See the Difference.

Checking the numbers on the scale is one way to monitor your results each week, but with FreshStart you can see the weight coming off. In the same clinical study, the subjects saw their waistlines go down 7 inches in the first month. You’ll immediately begin to feel better about wearing beach wear and other light summer clothing and your family and friends will start noticing the change, too.

4. Support System

Your FreshStart plan comes with powerful tools to help you succeed. Our free NuMi app goes wherever summer takes you, letting you remember your favorite meals, sending your reminders and helpful tips, giving you recipes and much more.

Want more advice or tips for your weight loss? Best of all, help is just a phone call or email away, seven days week. Nutrisystem’s trained weight-loss counselors are standing by to answer your questions and help solve problems. You can reach them at 1-800-585-5483.

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5. Proven Success

You don’t have to take our word that FreshStart is the answer for how to lose 10 pounds this summer. You can get even more information here> or even better, you can ask the thousands of happy people who have started shedding extra weight fast with the FreshStart plan and are well on their way to their best summer ever.

What are you waiting for? Lose 10 pounds this summer with the help of a FreshStart meal plan >

*In a study, average weight loss was 11.6 lbs. and 8 inches.

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Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Friday, 28 June 2019? Start here!

Today is your Day 1?

Welcome to r/Loseit!

So you aren’t sure of how to start? Don’t worry! “How do I get started?” is our most asked question. r/Loseit has helped our users lose over 1,000,000 recorded pounds and these are the steps that we’ve found most useful for getting started.

Why you’re overweight

Our bodies are amazing (yes, yours too!). In order to survive before supermarkets, we had to be able to store energy to get us through lean times, we store this energy as adipose fat tissue. If you put more energy into your body than it needs, it stores it, for (potential) later use. When you put in less than it needs, it uses the stored energy. The more energy you have stored, the more overweight you are. The trick is to get your body to use the stored energy, which can only be done if you give it less energy than it needs, consistently.

Before You Start

The very first step is calculating your calorie needs. You can do that HERE. This will give you an approximation of your calorie needs for the day. The next step is to figure how quickly you want to lose the fat. One pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories. So to lose 1 pound of fat per week you will need to consume 500 calories less than your TDEE (daily calorie needs from the link above). 750 calories less will result in 1.5 pounds and 1000 calories is an aggressive 2 pounds per week.

Tracking

Here is where it begins to resemble work. The most efficient way to lose the weight you desire is to track your calorie intake. This has gotten much simpler over the years and today it can be done right from your smartphone or computer. r/loseit recommends an app like MyFitnessPal, Loseit! (unaffiliated), or Cronometer. Create an account and be honest with it about your current stats, activities, and goals. This is your tracker and no one else needs to see it so don’t cheat the numbers. You’ll find large user created databases that make logging and tracking your food and drinks easy with just the tap of the screen or the push of a button. We also highly recommend the use of a digital kitchen scale for accuracy. Knowing how much of what you're eating is more important than what you're eating. Why? This may explain it.

Creating Your Deficit

How do you create a deficit? This is up to you. r/loseit has a few recommendations but ultimately that decision is yours. There is no perfect diet for everyone. There is a perfect diet for you and you can create it. You can eat less of exactly what you eat now. If you like pizza you can have pizza. Have 2 slices instead of 4. You can try lower calorie replacements for calorie dense foods. Some of the communities favorites are cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash in place of their more calorie rich cousins. If it appeals to you an entire dietary change like Keto, Paleo, Vegetarian.

The most important thing to remember is that this selection of foods works for you. Sustainability is the key to long term weight management success. If you hate what you’re eating you won’t stick to it.

Exercise

Is NOT mandatory. You can lose fat and create a deficit through diet alone. There is no requirement of exercise to lose weight.

It has it’s own benefits though. You will burn extra calories. Exercise is shown to be beneficial to mental health and creates an endorphin rush as well. It makes people feel awesome and has been linked to higher rates of long term success when physical activity is included in lifestyle changes.

Crawl, Walk, Run

It can seem like one needs to make a 180 degree course correction to find success. That isn’t necessarily true. Many of our users find that creating small initial changes that build a foundation allows them to progress forward in even, sustained, increments.

Acceptance

You will struggle. We have all struggled. This is natural. There is no tip or trick to get through this though. We encourage you to recognize why you are struggling and forgive yourself for whatever reason that may be. If you overindulged at your last meal that is ok. You can resolve to make the next meal better.

Do not let the pursuit of perfect get in the way of progress. We don’t need perfect. We just want better.

Additional resources

Now you’re ready to do this. Here are more details, that may help you refine your plan.

• Quick Start Guide - Build your foundation!
• Loseit Compendium - Frame it out!
• FAQ - Answers to our most Frequently Asked Questions!

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Severely obese, been doing well with tracking calories, looking for the next step!

First, a little bit of backstory: I'm 613 lbs, 5'6", 35 years old, have been overweight all my life, and have tried various things over the years to lose weight. I know I'm dying, I know it's severe, and I also know I've got very little willpower.

But!

For the first time ever I've been doing really good at a very simple weight loss method: counting my calories, and staying within my "daily alloted caloric budget". According to Myfitness pal, at my size/age/weight combo, I should be eating 3600 calories a day to lose 2lbs a week. I tried tracking for a day or two on my usual diet (of utter garbage), and found I was well over 4.5k calories a day. Since I've been tracking my calories and tapering down to 3600 calories a day, however, I've managed to drop from 624 to 613. Not a lot, but it's something!

I'm on day 25 of my weight loss, and I think I've found what works for me: keeping a digital food journal has really helped me to make better decisions, to better space-out my meals, and to plan my eating accordingly.

I'm kinda looking/ready for the next step. Right now I live a pretty sedentary lifestyle, but I do have the DDP Yoga DVDs. I also have still been eating not-the-best stuff; it's within the 3600 calories, but not every one of those calories are great. I still do a lot of diet sodas, water-flavor-enhancers (Mio, Crush, etc), and the occasional fast food/doordash item. I've started reading Good Calories, Bad Calories in the hopes it'll teach me how to eat better.

I'm open to suggestions, though. Thinking moderate, measured steps here... what should my next move be, you think?

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