Progress Derailed

25F SW: 214 CW: 203.5ish (Relevant) GW: 115

My entire weight loss journey started when I started having gallbladder attacks and I had to go on a low fat diet. The goal wasn’t losing weight but as I began to shed pounds, I decided I liked the idea and got into it, including CICO tracking, swimming for an hour at least twice a week as well as lots of what I call “busy work” exercise like lifting 3 pound weights while watching netflix or doing dance routines whenever my favorite song came on shuffle. Nothing major but I dropped over 10 pounds in less than two months and I was feeling it. It wasn’t that hard.

Last Tuesday, I got my gallbladder out. I’ve been constipated since, can’t do more than just walking around the house clutching my bloated tummy, and I alternate between barely eating 500 calories in a day due to lost appetite and eating fatty foods because a. I finally can again and b. Maybe it’ll give me diarrhea and that’ll be a relief.

Because of this I’ve actually gained weight (albeit, I know some of it just retaining stuff as opposed to actually having gained weight) and my relationship with food has shifted from healthy to antagonistic. Eating an apple today (desperate for fiber!!) turned into throwing up and being wary of anything other than wheat thins for hours.

I don’t really need tips for the constipation—I’m on a prescribed stool softener, started taking a fiber supplement on top of that, drinking black and ginger tea, eating brown rice, chewing peppermint gum—but I guess I just need inspiration to shove through this.

It seems like the one thing I’ve done to reclaim my body and eating habits has betrayed me and now my one exercise outlet (swimming) is out of reach for a while and I don’t know how to bounce back from this.

My weight loss goal is 100 pounds and it feels stupid when after only 10 pounds I’m slipping.

How do you avoid yo-yoing? How do you maintain inspiration when it’s hard? Everyone preaches bland food after gallbladder removal but how do you keep eating that without getting bored and going out of your mind?

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The things I lost

So I’m about a year into my weight loss journey and I didn’t lose as much weight by now as I’d like (little less than half the weight to my goal), but I had another kind of breakthrough today. All my life I’ve been super insecure about my friends and trying to be popular and all these things, I was always hoping to be invited to the ‚cool kids‘ parties and hanging around with them, even when they wouldn’t see me as an equal or a real part of their group. As I moved to a new city lately it gave me the opportunity for a fresh start. After not gaining or losing any weight for almost half a year I finally started to exercise again and finally go back to my journey. Today one of these friends from my old city texted me, if I’d like to do something, because he and some others were visiting my town. We were texting about what to do and where to meet and everything. I was already out the door as he texted me something along the lines of:“we‘ll be at blahblah if you want you can come around, if not let it be“ I think it sounds even worse in my native language. So I thought: nope! Not going to do that to myself. I’m not going to see someone who basically tells me he doesn’t care if I come or not after he hasn’t seen me for months and we kinda already made plans I mean .. wth

So I just told him that I’d rather let it be in that case, but they shall have fun. I’m super proud of myself, for finally standing up for my own sanity. A couple of months ago I would have went either way just because I would have been so happy he asked me in the first place. I’m not gonna put myself second anymore. I went from being happy if someone wanted to be friends with me to finally deciding who i want as my friends instead. Looking forward to dump this whole group of fake friends once I’m back home!

All just because I decided to finally take care of myself and see my worth instead of defining it by what others think of me.

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Best weight loss smoothie recipes? Pros and cons of drinking smoothies for weight loss and to lower BP?

Hey guys! So I am really getting serious with weight loss and exercise. I have pretty high blood pressure for being 22 and I’m sure my cholesterol isn’t the best either. I’m thinking about having a green smoothie for breakfast daily with Greek yogurt for protein as the base, of course I will limit loading it up with fruit and the high sugar fruits. I’ve read mixed comments about having smoothies for breakfast or lunch and wanted to see if anyone has good success or good recipes that worked for you! I feel like it’ll really help me with energy and lower BP and the bad cholesterol. Thanks! This group rocks!

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Gaining muscle to the point that my clothes are tight?

I don't know if it would help to have some history on my weight loss journey or what. Sorry this will be a long post. In 6th grade, I was a 1X (16 in women's). By 7th grade, I was a size 8. By 9th grade, I was a size 4 and I pretty much was until I was 20 years. Due to some past professional problems, now at 23, I'm probably a 10 (approximately 38-31-45) and I've been trying to lose weight. However, my efforts in the past 3 years have only led me to gain muscle. I try to diet and exercise but I just keep gaining muscle. Today, even my underwear is tight. Part of me is wondering if I have more testosterone than most women or some sort of hormone problem. I just want to be a size 6 (approximately 36-28-38) and I won't complain after that. Any advice?

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I have a really unhealthy relationship with food and i don't know how to fix it.

This is a throwaway account because i am way too embarrassed to write this on my main account. I have been stalking this subreddit for a while and it seemed like a safe place to talk about this because everyone seems very encouraging. I was always a chubby girl. When I started my weight loss journey I was 163cm 78kg. I started my journey healthy. I went to a dietician and did pilates. Everything was going well I was down to 67kg in 3 months. After that I started to be more aware of my calorie intake. I calculated the calories on my diet list and thought "hey I can eat way less than that I don't think it will be that hard". And I slowly ate less and less to a point that I was only eating 100 calories a day. I was down to 58kg just like that. Everyone started to compliment my appearance and i felt confident again. It was the only time I felt like I mattered in the eyes of others. Until I started to get really sick. I was constantly in the hospital getting IVs. Which was odd because before losing that much weight I was never hospitalized for a flu. For a bloody flu. I started to lose control of my "diet" and started binging again. I gained almost all the weight back. Weighing 68kg now, I am so scared of eating. Yet when I'm hungry I lose control. I am also very scared of eating/drinking certian things. I just have this unhealthy relationship with food I don't know what to do. It feels like I am only valuable when I'm skinny. But food is also the only good thing in my life. It is the only thing I enjoy. I have gotten so obsessed with calories to a point that I am deathly afraid of eating something with unknown calories to me. I want to be healthy again. Not over eating nor under eating. I don't want to look in the mirror and feel worthless. I am so tired of feeling self conscious.

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Just weighed myself for the first time in years and I feel like I'm spiraling

The highest weight that ever showed on the scale was 250 lbs, in high school. I brought that down to 220, just as I was starting to get remarks from friends and family about my loss, then I just lost steam... Gained back to 230, maintained that for awhile.

My junior year of college I really hit a good stride. I had a gym at my apartment and I'd work out intensely 5 days a week, and loved it. Cooked all of my meals from scratch. I don't think I was weighing myself then but I'm sure I must have been losing weight.

A year and a half ago, I broke my ankle. Completely threw me off my workout routine, and my cooking. I let that excuse go for a lot longer than it should have. Went through a depressive episode, stress from finishing grad school and trying to find a job, just a general funk that lasted over a year. The thought of exercising more than walking my dog and having reasonable portions was just unthinkable.

Past few weeks the fog has started to clear. I've gotten back into cooking, portion control, exercise. I've been feeling great. I figured it was time to weigh myself. I thought about trying to take a picture or video of my weight without looking at it, so that I could compare my weight loss later on without having to actually be faced with how much I gained the past couple years. But that didn't feel right. So I looked.

274.4 lbs. 5'8" 23yo female. I want to throw up.

The thing is, I barely feel any different. My clothes still fit. I can't really see any obvious changes in my body besides stretch marks. But then again, I didn't feel any different when I was at 220 lbs. How can someone lose 30 lbs, then gain back 50, without feeling any different? How were other people able to notice that I was losing weight when I-- even when comparing before/after pictures-- couldn't see the slightest change, except for the number on the scale? I still don't understand that.

The one bright spot is that in spite of all this, I have been successful at making positive changes the past few weeks. Not just sticking to a calorie budget, but avoiding sugar (my main vice), limiting carbs, having bowls full of leafy greens every day (and enjoying it), identifying and acting on my triggers for overeating, and exercising not just for the sake of increasing my calorie allowance. I am terrified and so deeply ashamed. But I will try.

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Balancing Weight Loss and Boobie Milk

I am 7wpp and have been cleared for exercise, but I have been eating fairly unhealthy on and off for the past few months. I only gained about 25 lbs during my pregnancy, which I attribute a lot to weight lifting and an increased metabolism from pre and early pregnancy. I'm exclusively pumping (medical reasons for my babe means we have to track his intake) and I want to start getting my body back. I know horomones can make it especially difficult. I'm curious how any other mommas have been able to cut their calories and lose the weight without losing the milk (spouses/partners can weigh in too)!

FYI - Yesterday was my first day counting calories since I hit and maintained my goal weight of 145 about a year ago. I'm currently 160 lbs, 5'7". So far I've eaten plain oatmeal yesterday and today as that is supposed to help.

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