I’m down 60 lbs in just over 2 years, trying to find motivation to lose the next 60 lbs

Hey y’all, my SW was around 310 and I’m hovering around 250 right now - it took me just over two years to get this weight off and maintain it off. I won’t lie, most of the weight loss came from my antidepressants suppressing my appetite, but that lead me to changing my eating behaviors in ways I still maintain today while on my medication. However, my meds don’t cut my appetite nearly as much as they used to, so now I’m trying to focus a lot more on exercise and eating clean to get down to 190. I don’t have a set date I’d like to reach that by, I think a year is more than reasonable? Or am I not pushing myself hard enough?

Also would love to hear any advice from teachers out there - I’m on summer break so now I can devote myself 100% to my fitness and eating, but during the school year, I have many bad habits...such as usually skipping lunch and just eating when I get home. Bleh!

Here’s a before and after pic - left is 310 in May 2017 and right is 250 in July 2019: https://imgur.com/a/MO411gX

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I Threw Away Food Today.

I know that this is very much a first world achievement. But ever since I was a kid, my mother always said to finish the food on my plate, which I did, and I would always make sure to eat the leftovers of whatever else is in the fridge. As I grew up, the thought of letting good food waste. I thought I was doing the right thing, and in many ways I was, it's not good to waste food. But working at a coffee shop, there is so much food we throw away when mistakes are made. Today was the first day of my renewed weight loss journey. I have started up, and stopped a few times now, but with my depression worsening, what else do I have to lose? I've decided to try and actually fight for myself in some small way. So when those food mistakes came through, usually, I would put in the back, or set it to the side to eat later. But I said to myself, "better in the trash than in your body". So amidst the rush, with the food in my hands, I quickly tossed it in the trash. And subsequently, it became so much easier to begin to toss things into the trash. I realized when my other coworkers are in my position, they just throw the stuff way without having to think nearly as much I did today. They don't think the same as I do. Food is not something that we must partake in whenever we encounter it, its hard to look at something delicious and not have it. I'm fortunate to even the option, but the reality is, I'm not doing much of a service to anyone by making myself sicker.

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Men who've lose a lot of weight and women who have male SO who've lost weight - adult conversation 👀

Right, so far I am 80lbs down... now this might not be the topic everyone wants to talk about but...

Has anyone else noticed their penis is "bigger" with weight loss?

I'm not a fool, I know it hasn't grown I imagine I've just lost fat around the area to reveal more of what was there, but this isn't something I'd ever considered and looks like gained a decent length 👀🙈

Am I just being stupid or is this a thing? 🍆

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1. M. SW 392lbs CW 312lbs Sedentary job, walk as much as possible listening to audiobooks. Commute via car 2.5hrs each day and it's a killer.

Meal prep most Sundays, decent calorie deficit fitting around a social lifestyle.

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Increased calories + new exercise routine = stalled weight loss and frustration.

Mid 30s guy in the obese BMI range. I was put on a 1500 cal diet by my docs and have lost 30lbs since mid April. My docs gave me the okay to increase to 1800 cal a day since I was dropping weight too fast. I’ve added about 60-90 minutes of strength training a week 5 days a week for the last month with about 20-30 of cardio if I have time about 2 days a week. Since I’ve added the exercise a month ago I’ve stalled out a bit. According to MFP I’m down about 3-5lbs for the month and I’ve lost practical nothing in the last week.

I know that adding exercise can cause water retention , add muscle, increase blood volume etc. And that the increased calories are going to slow things down a bit. I also know that even including the slower loss I’m still above the “safe” loss rate of 8lbs per month. So I shouldn’t really complain.

All that being said I really miss stepping on the scale in the morning and seeing it drop by .25 to .5 lbs. I guess I’m just venting because I’m about 6lbs away from being out of the obese range and the lightest I’ve been in 10 years.

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I'm feeling very stuck in my weight loss goals and could use some help!

Throwaway because I like to keep defining personal details off my main account.

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A little bit about me:

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I'm 5'4", 141lbs as of this morning, 27 years old, female. My starting weight was 164lbs about 8 months ago. I'm very proud of the weight loss I've already achieved, but my goal weight is 125lbs, and I've been stuck hovering around the high 30's low 40's range for probably two months now. I exercise around three times per week, focusing a lot on cardio but also not ignoring the importance of building muscle with weight lifting.

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I work on my feet and am averaging about 12,000 steps per day, so I definitely do not have a sedentary lifestyle. A couple of weeks ago I switched to a low carb diet, thinking that that might help me get over this little hump. It seemed to be effective for a week, and I reached 136lbs! Now, following the same diet, I'm all the way back up to 141. I cannot understand why I'm going backwards. I haven't started any new medications that my body isn't used to, I'm not pregnant (you wouldn't believe how many of my friends suggested this lol) and I cook all of my meals at home. I also have logged all my recipes in a macro calculator so I know exactly what I'm eating. And not to pat myself on the back too hard, but I've been doing an excellent job of not straying from my meal plan. I honestly do not snack or have "little bites" of anything. I've been increasingly strict because I was doing so well for a while and it hurts to be sliding backwards. I allow myself one cheat day per week where I let myself eat more carbs than usual, like a slice of toast with breakfast or one serving of ice cream after dinner. I'm not all out binge eating. My diet currently is heavy protein and good fats, but it's definitely not Keto.

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If anyone else has been in this situation and has advice about how to overcome it I would be so appreciative of the feedback and help! Happy Sunday y'all!

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Am I being unhealthy?

I am now around 190lbs. Around 1-2 years ago I was pushing 250. I've done a mix of simply eating better, and more recently, intermittent and short term fasting. I still want to shed some excess fat on my body. I am 6 foot, and think losing ~20 more lbs would probably leave me at my ideal bodyweight. from what I have researched this doesn't seem to be an unhealthy weight for a male my height.. and right now am even considered overweight by BMI.

However, despite feeling the best I have since being born eating and exercising the way I do, pretty much everyone in my family has something to say about my weight loss. My mom tells me that I'm "too skinny" and starting to "look gross". I really am proud of myself for finally losing weight but everyone I live with is making me feel extremely discouraged, and making me second guess what I'm doing. They all eat like slobs, and are sugar addicts. They range in weight but their consumption and health habits are terrible. I don't want them to let me stop but every time I decline food or candy I am teased for being some sort of health nut.

I'm not really sure exactly what I'm looking for but I don't want want to give up on having my ideal body. At the same time, I don't want to ignore my family if there actually is something wrong with my actions because they might just have my best interest in mind.

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Moving down clothing sizes is the motivator I needed!

I’ve [F/22/165lbs] lost about 25 pounds in the last 5 months and sometimes I have trouble recognizing the physical changes my body has undergone. I had my family vacation last week and all the week before I was super down on myself because when I began losing weight I was hoping to have lost more weight/ made more of a transformation than I did by the time I went.

I was on vacation with my family and we all went into a local store. I decided to pick up 2 t shirts from different stores. In the first store I bought a small and then when we went to the second store I bought a medium, the size I wore before losing the weight. I felt like I was being overly confident in my weight loss by going down a size.

Clothing sizes have always been something that freaked me out, as I have been overweight practically my whole life. In high school I wouldn’t buy anything if the medium was too small. In college as I gained more weight I would have to buy larges which would crush me. Lately, I’ve been working on not letting sizes be my barometer of how healthy/fit I am, because I know it’s just something I’ve made up in my head.

When we returned home from the store my sister saw the medium and asked “Why did you buy that size? It’s going to be so big on you.” I was a bit taken aback and said that I wanted it to be oversized. Later that day I put on the size small t shirt and she said “See, that size fits you!”

While I know that it’s a bit superficial for me to feel validated by something like that, the recognition that I HAD made a transformation was just the motivator I needed to hit my workouts harder to hit my goals!

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