Weight loss; up and downs

Hey Reddit, since April of 2018, I have been moderating my health quite extensively, going going from 240 lbs to 190 lbs in April of 2019. But lately, I have been letting myself go, and went back into my bad habbits of junk food and over eating. I've gained back 20 lbs, weighing now 210 lbs. I try to force myself to eat better, but always end up going off the tracks and raiding the fridge. I started working out multiple times a week since April 2019, going every 2 to 3 days. I lift heavy weights, and do some core exercises. I feel a lot more energetic, even if I gained those 20 pounds, but I also feel fatter. I want to lose my stomach, but every time I take a step foward, I take two steps back. I don't know what to do to get my head straight, and I am afraid that I will give up. My mother follows a ketogenic diet and is doing great, but she is always out of town, and I am left home with freezer food and more junk food, since I don't have access to fresh stuff.

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The big goal! + bonus milestones

I've really been working at my initial goal. I posted a few weeks ago that i had been working hard. I had a goal to make a certain weight loss by my bday, which i came close to but missed.

Today ... today i did. 40 lbs officially off. I'm super stoked!

On top of that, i was out walking with my family at a small park that has these little exercise stations, and there was a pullup bar. I did 2! I haven't done pullups in years, what?!? Stoked!!

On top of all that, i finally gave in and bought new jeans since the last ones literally were falling off. I tried on different pairs and lordy lordy ... i was a 33!!! I haven't worn 33 since before high school! I had to sit down in the dressing room. Omg.

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I finally found a workout that I can do consistently!

I’ve loved dancing my whole life, but when I was at my highest weight (309 lbs), I could never imagine stepping into a studio and trying to dance. But I missed it and still dreamed of when I’d be able to get back into it.

I started taking ballet again this February after I got back from a trip to Paris and I realized I was finally down to 260 lbs. I wanted to do something for myself that I was scared to do before. I still had a long way to go, but I wanted to see what I could do, and if it was a complete failure then fine - I didn’t know anyone in these classes so I’d just never go back! Honestly it was the best choice I’ve made in a very long time. I’m down to 240 now and the weight loss only makes it even easier to dance.

I live in NYC so I’ve taken classes all over the city since February. Ballet, contemporary, lyrical, and I took a Jazz class for the first time last week. I burned over 1,200 calories in an hour and a half!! I’m sure that’s a generous estimate from my Apple Watch, but as others know, dance isn’t exactly an easy workout, especially when it’s a real dance class with actual choreography.

Seriously tho, 1,200+ calories in an hour and a half: https://imgur.com/a/qpPTdk0

I honestly hate the gym. It’s so boring. Even if I watch tv, listen to podcasts, go with a friend....it’s not enjoyable for me at all. But dance class just flies by. Dance motivates me to stay active. Once I’m down to 200 lbs I want to take Tap classes. My ultimate goal when I get down to my goal weight is to dance en pointe in my ballet class, but that’s many years down the road.

Anyway, as someone that’s generally hated being active and working out, I’m glad I found something I love to do and flies by without feeling like it’s torture. I had to get over my insecurities of being the biggest one in the class, but I thoroughly enjoy it now when my teachers tell me how much I’m improving :)

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17/f went shopping today for the first time since i’ve lost weight, and i’m the happiest i’ve been in a while.

i really don’t post on reddit that much, but the experience i had today has really struck a chord in me, and i wanted to express that some place.

to preface, i began my weight loss journey in early march, and have been continuing since. i started obese, weighing in at 165 pounds (which doesn’t seem like a lot, but when you’re only 5 feet tall, it adds up). now, flash forward 5 months, and i weigh in at 125, an achievement that i pride myself in.

as you could imagine, none of my clothes fit me anymore; every thing was baggy, and hung off my shoulders. naturally, i went shopping to find something that flatters my body more now.

at my original weight, i never would’ve dreamed of fitting into size ten jeans, and medium sized shirts. but now i can. and i don’t know, thinking about all the sacrifices i’ve made to feel confident in my body just made me cry in the dressing room of the H&M i was in. i quickly dried my tears and moved on with my day, but realizing that i’ve dropped 2 sizes made finally notice that “hey, what you’re doing is actually paying off, and you can actually see the results.”

so, to anyone struggling, just know that it seems hard now, but 6 months from now, you’ll get to see the true pay off of your hard work. i hope you all manage to achieve the goals you’ve set for yourself :)

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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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