Started at 209, checking in at the lowest I've been in years 166.9

I started my journey December or 2017 after being used by a guy and it motivated me to get a revenge body. When I first started my weight loss journey I was at my heaviest at 209 pounds. The major changes that I took where to eat cleaner, limit how much fast food I ate and if I did to try to choose a healthier option (even if that ment no salt on fries or no mayo) and cut way back on my alcohol intake. Unfortunately depression also played a role as I dont eat when I'm depressed and I went through 2 types of birth control and also lost my father in March. I now have a wonderful boyfriend who is incredibly supportive and has even gone out of his way to motivate me to go on walks at the end of the day and cooks low sodium dinners. Today I weighed myself at 166.9 pounds. It's been about a year and a half with a total loss of 43 pounds and I couldnt be happier. Keep at it, there were times that my weight stayed the same for like a whole month before it would drop again but you just have to keep going. Then half a year down the road you'll check your weight and see how far you've gone.

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My doctor automatically assumed I weighed 150 or less.

28/F/5’8 SW: 199 CW: 154 GW: 140

Just a little pick me up moment I had. Went to the dr for a follow up on a procedure I had a year ago. I hadn’t been in 6 months, so last time I was there I weighed 199.

The nurse was new, I had never seen before. She asked me to step on the scale. It was a sliding scale and already set at 150. Without hesitating she moved it to 100 and started moving the top bar. I smiled and kindly told her she would need the 150 mark (I am 154) but it hit me that looking at me, she assumed I was 150 or less.

She also say my previous log of 199 and looked bewildered. She was so excited when I told her about my weight loss and we grabbed about how much better it is to feel/be healthy. She mentioned a few things I was medically less susceptible to. She was genuinely proud of a stranger and it really felt like so many wins!

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This is hard...regained weight. Anyone relate?

Here's my story. Overweight/obese my entire life. Highest weight ever was 220lbs in 2011/2012. I initially lost about 30lbs in 2012 effortlessly by working on an organic farm over the summer simply because I was moving a lot and eating a lot less and healthier.

Once I left, I was at a standstill as I wasn't moving much anymore and started eating like I used to. I had no idea how much I weighed at that point because I didn't have a scale, but I knew I had lost some weight over the summer because my clothes were falling off of me. Oct 2013 decide to start tracking my food online because of this very subreddit. I felt encouraged so decided to buy a scale. I weighed in at 192lbs. I just kept at it with logging my food and counting calories, and week after week the pounds kept dropping off.

Lo and behold about a year and a half later, I'm down about 90lbs. I was thrilled to finally be at a healthy weight for my height and finally feel normal. My confidence soared, I started working out with workout DVD's and my body continued to improve and I felt so confident in clothing and even confident enough to wear a bathing suit/bikini for the first time as an adult. I felt great wearing summer dresses and shorts and skirts and all the clothing items I would never dream of wearing before. I used to loathe summer when I was overweight because I felt so uncomfortable in my skin and didn't want to wear anything that would show any skin, so I would suffer with long sleeves and pants. I vowed to never feel that way again and never gain the weight back. I even made a post on progress pics with my before and afters, which got a lot of attention, and had someone from Yahoo contact me to do an online article about my weight loss journey. I felt great and everyone who knew me was so proud, but most of all I was proud of myself.

I managed to stay in the mid-high 120's/low 130's from summer 2015 until summer 2018 and felt maintaining was pretty easy at that point. It all started going downhill starting the holiday season of 2018. All the previous Christmases I had managed to maintain and even lose weight by keeping track of the treats I was eating and adjusting my calories before/after so I could still indulge but not go overboard. For some reason this past Christmas I ate and ate and ate and didn't stop. I just figured once January rolled around I'd just go back to my regular routine and lose the few pounds I had put on. Only thing is I started a new job in January, a desk job, and I was very stressed and anxious all the time because new jobs are terrifying and I wanted to do well. My previous job was in food service and I was on my feet a lot more and was eating free salads at work everyday so it was easy for me to keep the weight off. I never had a desk job before so I really didn't think it would make that much of a difference but it did. Combined with the stress of the job itself, I started eating more and stopped tracking my food. Plus during winter, I was covered up so I didn't really notice the weight creeping on. Then my boyfriend and I went to NYC in May and I basically binged for 3 days straight and kept eating once I got back.

Well hot weather comes around and I finally have to face the reality of the past few months of not caring at all about my weight. I feel extremely uncomfortable in my skin again, my clothes don't fit/don't look good anymore. I finally faced the mirror and I knew that I had packed the weight back on only I didn't know how much, because I had stopped weighing myself early on during the year. I dug the old scale back out and stepped on: 150lbs. So I managed to gain about 20lbs since winter 2018. Yikes. That was on Monday, and since then I went back to what worked for me before, tracking my food, counting calories, upping my activity. And I'm already down 1.5lbs since then. I know it's probably water weight, but I've vowed to get back to 130 again, which was my happiest and most comfortable weight. I don't want to suffer through the rest of this summer being uncomfortable, even though I know it will probably take me until the end of the year to lose it all. I feel motivated just like I did when I started losing weight at 190lbs. I've done it before and I can do it again.

I honestly never thought I 'd be doing this again because I felt so confident in my ability to keep the weight off after 3 years. But it just goes to show, I WILL have to track my food and continue weighing myself on a regular basis for the rest of my life, and I'm ok with that. The alternative is much worse for me.

Sorry this was so long, I really neede to get this off of my chest. And I know 20lbs might not seem like a big deal to some, but I know myself and I know I feel better being at a lower weight. Does anyone have a similar story?

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This lightbulb is thanks to George Will, who used this phrase "Problems are Probable" in a totally different context. I realized that it applied perfectly to my efforts and, perhaps, many of our efforts.

💡"Problems are Probable" - Expecting that We will have Problems and will Struggle as We Find Success - My Different Success Strategy

"How's That Working For You?"

I'd need two hands to count how many times I've lost weight and failed to keep it off.

I'd log my food and track my calories, carbs, Points, or macros until things got rough. I'd try to push through or adjust the program but I would come to the conclusion that what I was doing was fundamentally wrong as evidenced by the fact that I was having problems with it.

If I was doing it correctly, it would be easy, natural, and inconspicuous. Am I right?

Carry It Differently

For anything you try to carry, there is an effective way to bear it, and a way that is unsustainable.

πᾶν πρᾶγμα δύο ἔχει λαβάς, τὴν μὲν φορητήν, τὴν δὲ ἀφόρητον. -Epictetus

So I decrease and track my food for a long time and I will lose the weight. That's the basic plan. Right? Right. Yes, it is right.

Except the other six or more times (sometimes months, sometimes only days), that was also the basic plan. Didn't work, didn't last, couldn't do it.

I realized this about week 6 of this effort. I know exactly where I was walking when I had this discussion with myself.

The debate I was having was whether or not to keep my weight-loss surgery on pause. I had lost a lot of weight in the past six weeks and was wondering about continuing to lose weight without surgery. I reasoned that if I ate as if I had had the surgery, I would lose the weight as if I had had the surgery. The surgeon, however, required post-op intake and exercise logs. I was already doing this pre-op and it was working.

"You've done all this before. You know how this probably ends." And that was true. I had reduced intake and logged diligently before. But then I came to another thought.

"Eventually you stop logging because it's redundant, quit tracking because it's hard, get behind in journaling because it's an unrewarding chore, and that becomes the rationale that ends the tracking. Maybe immediately, or within a few weeks or a month of that, the weight loss ends."

And if that happened, I could then schedule the surgery. But what if it was a momentary plateau and I give up too soon and unnecessarily get surgery? What if I had the surgery and quit tracking/logging and, in doing so, damaged my surgery or my guts in the process?

It was then that I found my other way to carry this problem. Now - bear with me - this part is a little weird and not many people address it this way. I invite you to think about it.

My old way was: Decrease and track my food for a long time and I will lose the weight.

My different way became: For 52 weeks, decrease and track my food and I will lose the weight.

Do you see what happened there? Same basic problem, same basic steps, but a different emphasis. It's like grabbing an awkward container from the bottom instead of from the handles.

We Are Evolved to be Problem Solvers

The 52-week commitment gave me permission to have, struggle with, and overcome problems without questioning whether or not I should quit. As the 52 weeks wasn't over, quitting wasn't an option open to me. After all, 52 weeks contains Thanksgiving and Christmas and birthdays and potlucks and vacations and everything.

And I did have problems here and there but since I had permission to have them, I was already more mentally ready. It wasn't a question of if they would happen but when they would happen.

We live our lives as if the perfect life is the problem-free life. But another way to think about this is that problems are to the mind what food is to the stomach. I know that's true for me. I am bored to tears on week 2 of a vacation, aching to get back to work on something that I am interested in. Maybe this is true for others; maybe this is why we have so much self-created drama in our worlds -- we're bored and need drama.

We're going to have problems. Problems are fine. A happy life isn't a life where you have no problems. A happy life is a life where the problems that you have are the problems you enjoy solving.

Feel the Fear, Do it Anyway

I invite you to think of these two concepts

• We are going to face some problems and we have permission and time to struggle with them.
• Rephrase your weight-loss effort in a way that commits to a necessarily long time period.

I also invite you to remember that we have something that the muggles don't have: we have /r/loseit. We have this college of other weight wizards to help us figure out new ways to look at our old adversaries. We have both the time to figure it out and the permission to struggle with it until we do.

^{♂56 5'11/179㎝ SW:298℔/135㎏ CW:183℔/83㎏ [3Y AMA], [1Y recap] CICO+🚶🏋+TOPS}

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Tips for recommitting?

Hello all,

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I have lost 45 pounds since January, but since May I haven't lost any weight. For the most part, I think I understand why.

1. I stopped tracking
2. I stopped meal prepping
3. My appetite has increased
4. I am working out 5-7 days a week (cardio and lifting), and this is making me want to eat more

So, I know that I just need to start doing items 1 and 2 again, but I was wondering what has worked for you guys to reengage your weight loss program? I am working out a ton, and this is making me hungrier. I think I look better with more muscles, and I am certainly in better shape. However, I feel like this is making me hungrier.

My biggest problem time is after dinner. Before May, I was walking every night after dinner. I think this helped me to not eat into the night. But now I am working out right after work. When I get home, I am hungry and then I eat too many snacks after dinner.

I would love to hear any tips that have worked for you.

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Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Wednesday, 10 July 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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So Many Questions and So Few Answers....Really Long Post Inside

This is probably going to be really long, as I tend to be long winded, so I apologize for that and I'll make sure there's a TL;DR at the end for those of you that don't feel like reading this really long post.

So...I suppose I'll start with the basics. I'm almost 36, 5'2", my highest weight was about 450 and I've since lost about 25 lbs. I know I have a long way to go to my goal weight, but I have recently been diagnosed with lymphadema (3 months ago) and lipoedema (1 month ago) and I still have an appointment to go see a rheumatologist here in a couple weeks as my PCP thinks I inherited my mom's osteoarthritis and fibro (yay, thanks mom!). I have done a LOT of searching on this forum for anyone that has posted in regards to lipoedema and lymphadema and weight loss and the only posts I found were from over a year ago.

I know CICO and get how it works, but even when I limit my calories to 1500-1700 a day, I still don't lose more than 15 lbs (I'm willing to bet it's due to the lipoedema). My issue is that I really don't know how much I should be taking in because of the lipoedema, as most calorie charts for someone my body size say that even sedentary is like 3400 calories but I gain weight at less than 2000, which makes no sense. I'm kind of hoping someone here might have some insight, as I'm in a couple facebook groups as well but no one there seems to know either, other than trying diets like keto. I have done a couple diet modifications that help but are totally unrelated to the CICO and are more for inflammation issues (working on giving up coffee....at least coffee with lots of sugar and creamer, working on giving up all sugar, and given up wheat and anything gluten related). Also, I should note that I have a long history of fighting my weight, which I can go into more detail if desired.

My boyfriend and I got a gym membership last month (I had to wait on getting my compression for my lymphadema) and he was using it in the morning, and I have a gym at work I can use as well. I am testing out the compression now (I have a couple minor issues with it) but am finally able to get back in the gym and know all about working out and have no issues with spending time in the gym, but I know I'll have to ease back into it given how much less energy and how much more pain I've been in with the lipoedema.

I guess my questions are thus: Does anyone have any experience with lipoedema and CICO weight loss outside of diet change like keto or south beach or anything like that? Is anyone aware of a way to figure out a proper calorie count for CICO for someone with lipoedema? Does anyone have lipoedema and can give me any food/weight loss tips for getting energy back as I seem to feel like I'm constantly without it? Anyone have any other tips for me as I attempt to tread this journey again with all this new info about my heath that I seem to be fighting against?

Also, I want to make it VERY clear that I do not use my medical issues as a crutch for my weight nor as an excuse. It was more of an AHA! moment because it finally became clear as to why exactly I have always had such a hard time losing weight. Finally having the name to put toward the reason as to why I couldn't lose weight was actually quite a relief but now I need to understand how to work with it, which is why I'm here.

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TL;DR: almost 36, 5'2", 425lb, have lipoedema, lymphadema, possibly osteoarthritis, and fibro. Can't seem to lose more than 15 lbs when doing CICO of 1500-1700 cals/day (I have a long history of fighting my weight with CICO and can go into more details if desired) and am looking for help with CICO for lipoedema and tips for it as well as getting energy back.

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