Sunday, July 14, 2019

Trying to Figure Out How To Start Again

Hello everyone! I've been a lurker on this site for a while now, and thought it's about time to post something.

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I (24M) have been trying to lose weight for around six years (CW: 215, GW: 180), and have actually gone on diets since 2016. My diets generally just include eating healthy and not over-eating (most importantly logging what I eat), but often my mind becomes my worst enemy. Sometimes I'll binge on something and I'll want to punish myself by eating more, and then I quickly lose all progress I've made.

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My diets usually involve a greater lifestyle switch, so I'll be more on top of cleaning my room, more eager to wake up in the morning, up for more unexpected and active plans. I'm not sure which begets the other, the lifestyle or the healthiness, but I see them as integral to each other. And I find that if I exercise for a day, I'm much less likely to binge on foods for that day. So, while I know exercise isn't as important for weight loss, I know it's personally important for me, mentally

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My trouble is finding the ability to keep motivating myself. After going through multiple efforts in which I've lost 15-25 pounds, the prospect of starting up again and keeping it up is tough. How can I make myself go to the gym? How can I stop finding excuses in every little thing I can? How can I promise myself that this will be the time?

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I know this may be a little rambling, but I would love any advice at this point. I hope to provide updates as soon as I can, but would really appreciate anything that might push me over the edge.

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Thank you!

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My hobby is counterproductive to my weight loss goals

I started calorie counting about a month ago. I've been logging everything I eat in MFP and I have been doing well at eating between 1200 and 1500 calories a day. It is working great, I'm down 15 lbs and two belt notches. Hooray!

Now to the problem, I am on a competitive barbecue team. For those of you who don't know, a competition is a two day affair. We show up on Friday morning and setup a mobile kitchen of sorts. Then we start doing a great deal of very detailed things to the meats we cook, chicken, pork ribs, pork butt, and beef brisket. Normally all of this is done with beer in hand. For example, normally as soon as I park my truck, I would walk to the cooler and open the first beer. Drinking is as integral to BBQ as smoke. Now so everyone understands, the goal isn't to be drunk. Everyone involved are adults, this is not like a college frat party.

This weekend I had a competition. I struggled with what to bring, enough beer for two days with the idea of taking a vacation from calorie counting or to be diligent. I compromised; I brought 36 cans of club soda and 12 beers. I only drank 6 beers over the course of two days. I drank a ton of club soda and I consider this a win. I would also like to point out that my teammates were very supportive. There was no pressure to drink.

The next issue is the barbecue. As a member of the team I need to taste the product. We cook in the Kansas City Barbecue Society. We have to turn in 6 pieces of chicken, 6 ribs, 6 ounces of pork, and 6 slices of brisket. Everything must be sampled. I had bites of three different pieces of chicken, a bite or two out of two ribs from each rack of ribs, numerous bites of pork, and numerous bites of brisket. This is done to make sure we are putting the best of what we cooked into the turn in box. Often we as a team argue about which is the best and more bites are required. All this is to explain that I ate a good deal of BBQ, a very calorie dense food. Needless to say I exceeded my calorie goal.

Does anyone have any ideas about how to deal with this? I've been on the team for 12 years. I don't want to give up the team, but I don't want to be obese anymore.

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TLDR: Need help dealing with beer and BBQ fueled weekend vs weight loss.

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Weight has stalled for a month now...need advice!

Hi everyone, just looking for some advice if anyone can help. In February I weighed 287lbs, started MyFitnessPal and stuck to my calorie intake, didn’t do a whole lot of exercise to be honest, mainly built up my steps marching on the spot and jogging in place at home. Four weeks ago I weighed 247lbs (40lb weight loss) & I started to go out for daily walks. I would be a fast walker and my heartbeat gets high and I sweat so I feel like I’m having a proper workout. But the thing is, doing that daily for a month, I’ve only lost 1lb and I’ve been sticking to my calorie intake that MyFitnessPal has recommended - 1550 calories. It’s so frustrating that doing all the exercising I’m doing, sticking to my calorie intake daily that I only lost 1lb! Can anyone see anything obvious I’m doing wrong??

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Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Sunday, 14 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.

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Advice for someone not in control of meals

I'm an undergrad student at college, just finished my freshman year in May, and I've been home for the summer since. I'm required to be on a full meal plan when I'm at school, and it's pretty difficult to find consistently healthy foods at the dining hall. I did my best last year, but it was a struggle and more often than not I had to compromise and eat whatever was there, which wasn't always, like, spinach and quinoa lmao. I gained about 10 pounds over the course of my first year, and probably would've gained more if I hadn't been exercising nearly every day.

Now that I'm back home, I'm able to eat more fruits/veggies as my snacks, but I'm still not in control of my meals. My mom cooks my family's meals and even though I'm technically an adult, I can't choose what I eat here. I'm really grateful to my mom for cooking for me and I love her food, but it's not exactly diet-friendly. We're Filipino and it's very carb-heavy—I eat rice (white) at least once a day, usually twice. It's just part of the meal, and I'm not allowed to refuse it or else my mom gets upset or accuses me of trying to starve myself.

I guess I'd like to know if anyone has any advice for maintaining a healthy diet which also supports stable weight loss when you don't have much control over your diet. Food is such a crucial part of health/fitness and I really want to start making some long-term changes, but sometimes it feels impossible or like I can't start until I graduate and move out of the house. Thanks for any feedback!

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First post in several years. I'm back.

Hi there, LoseIt!

Several years ago I used this community pretty frequently on my old account and it was absolutely incredible. I lost 60 lbs and learned so much about diet, nutrition, and fitness that I've — mostly — kept it all off since 2014!

I'm back, needing to recommit to weight loss and I remembered today how instrumental this sub was several years ago for me, and realized I need to resubscribe and begin posting again.

Now, the reason I need to come back is, while I've mostly been able to keep the weight off with only a little fluctuation, I have a circumstance which is changing the way my body functions and thus the way I store, burn, and manage weight.

Several years ago, I was in college and had gained a decent amount of weight on top of being a chubby adolescent. I was at my biggest, and after years of having horrible, horrible, body issues, I used this sub to really commit to weight loss.

I lost 60 lbs, began a healthy workout routine, got in great shape and was running 5ks. For the briefest moment in life my body issues seemed to go away.

Shortly thereafter, they came back. The fact that I was constantly working on and honing my body was extremely stressful and I suddenly felt trapped, as I had before.

Where before, I felt trapped in a body that I hated, now I felt as if I was balancing on a razors edge, and if I stopped my training and dieting for even a second, my new found happiness would all crumble away. The disgust I felt in my body went from a present feeling to a threat, that I never felt would go away. I needed my body to be the best it could be, but the effort and work was killing me, and it would never be enough to address the root issue I had with my body.

About this time, I realized I was transgender.

While weight and diet were obviously factors in my discomfort in my body, my true cause of hatred for it was that my body was all wrong to begin with.

About 9 months ago, I started gender affirming hormones which — let me tell you — throw your appetite for a loop.

In addition, you store weight completely differently. Different foods affect you differently.

The coasting I did with my previous dieting skills were no longer enough. I was gaining weight, losing muscle and my proportions were all out of whack.

So I'm back. And I'm very excited to get started.

My first NSV was that today I stayed within my calorie goals on my fitness pal, and had a really stellar workout.

Today is the first of hopefully many.

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Saturday, July 13, 2019

[Daily Directory] Find your quests for the day here! - Sunday, 14 July 2019

Welcome adventurer! Whether you're new on this quest or are towards the end of your journey there should be something below for you.

Daily journal.

Interested in some side quests?

Community bulletin board!

Need some questing buddies?

If you are new to the sub, click here for our posting guidelines

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