Friday, July 19, 2019

The weirdness of handling comments about weight loss

I'm on my second serious weight loss journey.

First time around, I lost about 80 pounds that had amassed after leaving a sport training regimen and simultaneously falling in love with cooking and baking, eating and drinking.

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I maintained happily for about 6 years until I broke my neck in an accident and was forced to be truly sedentary. On top of that, a bad reaction to a prescription medication caused crazy-fast weight gain and seemed to wreck my metabolism. And, I turned 40. "Everyone knows" its hard to lose weight after 40 - or so people kept telling me. I was overwhelmed and simply quit trying to manage my weight.

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There was a breaking point when I knew I needed to get things back under control. I'm 33 pounds down today and want to lose at least that much more, but I'm here to tell you it can be done. It's going slower this time around, but it is going.

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I'm curious to notice how my attitude about weight loss has shifted the second time around. The first time, it made me anxious if others brought it up. I found compliments uncomfortable - like backhanded insults - and I was really private about everything. My weight loss felt like nobody's business.

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This time around, it feels totally different. I care a lot less what other people think. I don't go out of my way to share, but if someone compliments me, it brightens my day. I say thanks and tell them I'm working hard on it. If they genuinely want to know what that means, I tell them. If someone offers unsolicited advice, I thank them even if I'm rolling my eyes on the inside - and then change the subject. I remind myself that at least their intent was probably positive. I feel OK articulating my goals and needs to colleagues and family in a light, matter-of-fact way.

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I'm not sure what shifted or why, but this feels so much less stressful.

Has anyone else experienced a shift like this?

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Question Regarding a Weight Loss Method

Heyo guys: I'm pretty fat. I think I need to lose well over 50 pounds in order to be at a healthy body weight. I've been trying to lose it for a long time, but I think the problem is that I just don't like healthy food.

My question is; would I actually lose weight if I exclusively ate cantaloupe, apples, oatmeal and turkey? I'm thinking that a diet of this simplicity combined with a good amount of running everyday will get me to a steady and stable amount of weight loss. I have heard that diets that have you consuming under 1200 calories are extremely unhealthy, but what I aim to do is pick a small selection of fruits and meat that I like, that I can choose to eat a sh*t ton of, and not have to worry.

If you think that this is a bad way to lose weight, what should I change or think about differently? Thoughts?

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Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Friday, 19 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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The Beginning

Hello, Reddit.

My name's Lys, and I'm a 30 year old from the UK. Nice to meet you!

Weight has always been 'a thing' for me. My obsession first started when I was 10, which was when I first started realising I was a little chubbier than my peers - not massively fat, just chunky. I asked my mother and her friend how to lose weight, at which point they laughed (kindly) and told me I shouldn't be worrying about it at my age.

Naturally I ignored the shit out of that, and became obsessed. I didn't really do anything to try and change it, but comparing myself to others became nothing short of addictive; my friends were thinner, prettier, healthier. I would stare discreetly - discreetly for a kid, which I now realise was probably obvious as fuck - at them when they were running around, in shorts, whatever, just seeing how different they looked to me.

Got worse as I got older. I could never stop comparing, and at 12 I started the long fall into stop-and-start bulimia. That went on until I was about 22 (alongside laxatives), but with no consistency I can't really say it made much of a difference. Thank god.

At 16, I finally did something about it. I took up tap dancing, and was - naturally, with my personality - obsessive about it. I'd ignore my girlfriend of the time and just dance, using the spare studios whenever there was space. I lost some weight, was genuinely gorgeous - because despite being a UK size 14 even with the weight loss, my face was slim and pretty and my body has always been in great proportions. I wish I'd seen it back then, rather than continuously still comparing myself to others and loathing myself.

I moved schools for sixth form, got into another relationship and got lazy. Stopped dancing, ate a shit ton, and steadily gained weight. That never really changed. In 2014 (at 25) I was diagnosed with Bipolar and BPD and had a breakdown - I didn't go out, ate and ate and then starved myself, then ate and ate. Cut off all of my hair. Tried to kill myself. Ended up in hospital. Continued my breakdown, just in a quieter way.

Ah, memories.

Eventually I moved back in with my parents, and in 2016 I met someone new and started losing weight. Was eating less, walking more, got a new job and things started looking up - I felt GREAT! I'd got up to 20st (280 pounds) whilst during my breakdown phase, and got down to about 16st (224) whilst back at home. I finally felt good about myself, and life was on a good path.

Unfortunately, my relationship ended up being an emotionally abusive one and I ended up wrecked and unhappy - but, hey, whatever. I had some time with myself, maintained my weight.

Met someone new. Was happy. So I ate. XD

Now I'm at a weight I'm not happy with - not quite as severe my highest, but still not good - and I need to sort this shit out. I'm 30, my body is not as forgiving and I want to feel beautiful again. I'm counting calories, and I thought I'd been doing well, but fuck me if I haven't somehow gained a little of the 8 pounds I'd lost already!

So, I need to lock it down. Need to do it. Need to show myself I can do it. And I need to know I've put this somewhere that I can be held accountable.

My gorgeous boyfriend is also losing weight, so I'm not doing this alone. I guess I'll catch up with you soon, Reddit, and let you know how I'm doing, but just... wish me well, even silently. Because I feel like I owe it to my inconsistent, ridiculous self to actually achieve this.

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I’m going to attempt and start my weight loss journey

I think I’m going to do. I had a revelation today, that if I’m ever going to have kids, I can’t be this fat. Just walking to work is a struggle. For reference, I’m around 420lbs, 6’1”, 26 y/o. Got my wedding in March of next year. I want to slim down as much as I can before then, as we’re flying to get there and I want to make sure I can fit in one seat.

I think my first step will be to cut out soda. That’ll be hard, I’m so addicted to it. Major exercise would be too much of a struggle, maybe starting with some light walking is good enough?

Thing is, I actually don’t hate being big. I kinda like being chunky, and my SO likes big guys so there’s no tension there. I’m just not a confident guy at all. I feel like my face is too fat, and people are staring at me wherever I go. Doesn’t help that I’m from a generally fit and skinny country.

I just had to write all this. Don’t even know if I have the willpower to actually start this.

But I need to try.

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Thursday, July 18, 2019

31 lbs weight loss in 7 months + Healthy Cholesterol Results by month 4

7 months ago I got my cholesterol tested and it was pretty high. With history of heart disease in my family, I was pretty concerned and so were my doctors. I had few months to get myself in order before they were going to put me on meds.

I got serious. I started calorie counting (thanks to one of the top posts ever on this Subreddit) using the LoseIt app and cut out foods that were known to contribute to high cholesterol, such as red meat, dairy and unfiltered coffee. I exercised, some months more and some months less, but consistently throughout. In LoseIt you get to log in calories burned during exercise, which means you can eat more, so I was properly motivated.

I dropped 10 lbs in the first two month. By month four I cleared 200lbs for the first time since I got out of the military. I also got ALL MY CHOLESTEROL LEVELS TO HEALTHY RANGE. Yesterday, at the last day of my seven month initial goal, I weighted in at 187 lbs. Two pounds over my goal of 185 lbs, but one pound under 188lbs, which is an upper bound of healthy range for somebody my height. I went from 218 lbs to 187 lbs, with total weight loss of 31 lbs.

I wanted to help spread the word and may be encourage others. In the world where so many people are struggling with weight management, and with all the noise around it, the solution (mobile phone and apps like LoseIt) is literally just sitting in our pocket. It costed me nothing. I didn’t need fancy diets or doctor supervision. I ate normal/mostly healthy foods, and it worked. The key was to log my food intake and not go over my calorie budget. It required some will power(first month was tough), but I quickly got used to the lifestyle. Because I set a reasonable weight loss target of 1.5 lbs per week, it almost felt like I ate normal. It just took a bit longer to see the results, but it also empowered me to stick with it for 7 months.

The math is simple, but it works!

Before/after photos and test results can be found here: https://www.krasfit.com/

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[Daily Directory] Find your quests for the day here! - Friday, 19 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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