Does it matter how fast you lose the weight?

Something's been on my mind lately. Does it matter how fast or slow our weight loss happens?

We see so many reddit and instagram posts, et cetera, about losing "__ lbs in __ days." It makes me question how effective my diet plan is, as I am losing my weight slowly and steadily.

When I posted my first progress pic on here, someone commented (and deleted) that I have been doing something wrong on my diet to have lost what I lost so slowly. He or she broke down the math- said at a sufficient deficit I should have lost more weight than I did, and that I must have been dishonest with myself about my calories.

I have lost 25 lbs in 7 months. Here's why: it takes time to discover CICO, figure out my BMR and TDEE, and get a plan together. It takes time to decide on a sustainable yet effective calorie limit for each day. You tweak it over time, improving it along the way. It takes time to learn which foods keep me full while at a deficit. It takes time to learn how to cook them, learn new recipes, learn how to grocery shop. It takes time to break bad habits. It takes time to cultivate discipline. It takes time to finally get in the gym, not to mention finding a good workout routine. IT TAKES TIME TO MAKE A LIFESTYLE CHANGE.

If I'm alone on this, just ignore... but I'm wondering. Has anyone felt the same way?

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NIH Body Weight Planner Calculator Accuracy

Normally a lurker in this group but also on a journey of my own. Wondered about your thoughts on this calculator. My situation is this, I'm a 5'8" M of about 193lbs/87.5kg. I'm on a weight loss and lifestyle change journey to decrease my weight to about 75kgs/165lbs by the year end. I was looking online at different stuff to help adapt my lifestyle and came across this calculator by the National Institute of Diabetes and Kidney Disease from the Department of Health in the US. I plugged in my numbers in terms of activity changes, current info, and planned weight loss date and it spat out a number of about 1,750 calories per day to hit my weight. It even gives an CSV file with how your weight will drop. Has anyone ever used this calculator before? Would you say it is accurate?

Link for the calculator: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/bwp

Also, a question I had for the group, is my weight loss plan feasible and sustainable?

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I am RIGHT BACK WHERE I STARTED! I do not know where to begin, but I know I don’t like the way I currently am. I feel worthless, unhealthy, ugly.

Yesterday I weighed myself and I came up at 189lbs as a 5’6” female. Just last November I was 169lbs and I hit a plateau. I lost motivation due to the decreased progress and went away from CICO.I lost myself and now I’m back to where I started.

I’m having such a hard time trying to restart this weight lost thing. When I look at myself I see a bigger, fatter, more ugly version of my former self, but I cannot bring myself to go through all the work again. When I see food I just want to eat it. When I’m stressed I eat. Bored, I eat! I can’t stop! I don’t know what to do. I’m afraid that I’ll be a 600lbs person in a decade if I continue down this path.

My fiancé is also very thin and he tells me how beautiful I am, how he loves my body. I know he is not lying, but how can he be happy with a body I clearly hate? People in my family tell me that I’ve gotten small, but the numbers on the scale tell a different story. I’m fat! I’ve always been fat! I admit it! I want to change, but I don’t know how to not view food the way I do! I know that in a few years when I pop out some kids I’ll get even bigger! That horrifies me! Plus if I lose the weight do I have to worry about it for the rest of my life? On my first attempt at weight loss I became obsessive, but it worked, but I don’t want that to be my forever...

I’ve recently taken up rollerblading and feel so wonderful while I do it. I can skate for about an hour and burn so many calories, but I throw them all away with the food! Also My weight limits my skating, my back aches, It takes so much work just to move my body, I get self conscious of my body, etc.

I’m just struggling so much and need some guidance. This sub got me through my first attempt at weight lost and I need another hand.

Before anyone says it, I’ve been to therapy, I’ve tried fasting, I’ve tried Leto, I’ve tried so much! Everytime I hit a wall... I don’t understand.

How can I change my relationship with food? Where do I begin? Why do I think being overweight discredits ever accomplishment in my life? (I.e. I graduated college, but I’m still so fat).

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Is it Possible to Lose Weight but Not Feel Like You are Starving?

Hello All!!

In some way or another my whole life I have been up and down with my weight. Currently I am trying to shed a few pounds so my clothes fit better and I feel better. My past experiences always had me believing... if I feel hungry it must be working!! I started a new eating plan (I don't want to say Diet, as I been there done that and it never works) that I hope is something I can maintain for most of my days to ensure I don't gain back weight as I have in the past when I'd lose it. I just started, so I haven't lost any weight yet but I don't feel hungry so I feel like this might not work! What is your experience with food and losing weight? Were you able to without those terrible hunger pains?! For example, today I prepped most my meals last night and this was my menu for today:

Breakfast: 177 grams of plain Greek Yogurt with honey/fresh berries and 16 grams of granola

Snack Break: Small fresh fruit cup

Lunch: Spaghetti Squash with baked 5oz chicken breast with 125 grams of sauce and 1/3 cup of non fat mozzarella shredded cheese

Snack Break - 70 grams of cucumbers with 2 tbsp of Hummus

Dinner: Steamed mix veggies with 6oz baked chicken breast

I drink coffee/water/green tea throughout the day as well. I also work out pretty often, which is not my problem with my weight loss... FOOD and Alcohol are my enemies. With the above I get around 1300 calories and I don't feel like I'm starving and in my mind I think I should be to lose the weight... is this just some weird mental thing for me to think that way? Did you lose weight and not feel hungry?!

Just curious! I am also new here, so HELLO!!

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Pro tip to curb snacking (for folks with crooked teeth and an extra $2k lying around)

My incremental reward for hitting 35lbs down was to get invisible aligners for my teeth. They weren't super crooked, mainly just one wonky bottom tooth that migrated out of place due to stubborn 14-year-old me not wearing her retainers after braces. The weight loss and tooth straightening are both part of an overall glow-up plan I'm working on in advance of my wedding in September.

I went with one of those internet mail-order orthodontics companies. Got a 3D scan of my teeth, and three weeks later a box full of 7 months' worth of molded plastic braces.

Wearing these things forces you to stop snacking between meals, because you can't eat with the aligners in, they're a pain in the ass to take out, you have to wear them 22+ hours/day, and you have to brush your teeth after every time you eat or drink anything but water. It is incredibly inconvenient. Weight loss is a common side-effect, even for people who aren't actively trying to lose weight.

Six months later, I've lost just about 50lbs more for a total of 84lbs down, and my teeth are almost perfectly straight (and sparkly white as hell due to brushing 4x/day). My wonky tooth is oh-so-close to being in position with just two sets of aligners left.

Pretty sure my coworkers think I'm bulimic since I've dropped so much weight and I'm always brushing my teeth in the bathroom after lunch.

Anyway, it's not for everybody, but if you have a bad snacking habit and need your teeth fixed, it's a good way to learn new habits. After my aligner program is done I plan to continue brushing my teeth after most meals to signal that eating time is over.

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17 y/o guy - start of weight loss journey

Hey, so I'm 17 years old and am wanting to lose weight. There's a bit of a backstory:

From the age of 13 I've suffered a lot with my mental health - depression, anxiety, dysphoria, low self esteem etc. As a way to deal with these feelings I messed around with food. At 14 my weight plummeted from 105lbs to 70lbs. I then got back up to 110lbs, before turning to binge eating as a coping mechanism and ending up at 140lbs which is where I am today.

140lbs may not seem massive, but I'm only 5'2" (I'm trans, so biologically female) and this does put me as overweight. As well as making me feel physically unfit, being overweight is worsening my dysphoria. I need to slim down for the sake of my physical and mental health.

I don't know why, but today I just had this surge of motivation to do something about it. I'm going to lose 30lbs and go back to being 110lbs, because that's where I looked best - and more importantly, it's where I felt happiest. I'm going to be counting calories, eating healthier and upping my exercise.

Just thought I'd create this post in order to give myself an extra push. Writing it down will hopefully encourage me to stick at it.

Let's do this :)

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I decided to change my life for the better six months ago today, and I’m 72 lbs down. I would like to thank the r/loseit community for being such a great resource and source of support during my journey! (SFW progress pics included.)

24F, 5’7”, SW: 336 lbs, CW: 264 lbs

Today is my six month anniversary!

I hit my highest weight at the beginning of this year, reaching 336 lbs. My life had gotten miserable. At that point, I had spent nearly two years with severe back pain that kept getting worse and worse, to the point that I was essentially housebound. I had been obese ever since childhood when I started using food as a maladaptive coping mechanism. I didn’t think I was worth caring for, so I had spent years neglecting my health and abusing my body.

But then one day something clicked and I was ready to lose the weight. On January 25th, I decided to turn my life around. I had tried many times throughout my life to lose weight, but this time felt different. For the first time, I was being compassionate towards myself. Instead of viewing weight loss as a way to punish myself, my perspective had shifted and I started to view it as an act of self-care. I was ready to start treating myself and my body with respect.

I’ve been losing the weight primarily through CICO, which in turn has caused me to care a lot more about what types of foods I put in my body, portion sizes, and moderation. I don't follow any specific diet and I haven't entirely cut out any foods. I just try to make better choices while staying at a deficit.

I’m happy to report that my chronic back pain is much less severe now. I can actually go out and walk in the grocery store without needing to use the cart to support myself. I can stand for hours at a concert now. I’ve even begun to introduce some exercise into my life, mostly through the use of an exercise bike. I’m not completely pain-free, and I’ve done so much physical damage to my body that I might not ever be, but my pain is so much more manageable than it has been for a long time.

Here are my progress pictures. I don’t have any photos at my HW because I was too ashamed of my body to take any, so the “before” pictures here were taken mid-March after I had already lost 27 lbs. I’m kicking myself for not taking pictures at my HW since now I can’t see the full impact of my 72 lb weight loss, but I’m happy I at least have these.

My favorite difference in the photos is just how much my posture has improved. I used to struggle to physically hold up my body weight because of how much pain I was in, but now I can stand with very little pain, and that’s really reflected in my posture.

I still have a long way to go before I reach a healthy weight, but I’m proud of the progress I’ve made so far, and I’m really grateful to have had this wonderful community to support me along the way.

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