After crying over a pizza, I started a healthy weight loss journey. So far, 10lb lost!

Hi All, Long time lurker first time poster. I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who participates in this community. You all give me the strength to pursue my weight loss goals in a healthy way. As a person who is 5’ 2”, I weighed 130 lbs steadily for several years despite dieting and working out almost every day. I would eat a “little more” to compensate for my gym time, but I wasn’t counting what I ate. The hopelessness of trying to lose weight but not being able to due to poor practices started creating an eating disorder inside me. I was never clinically diagnosed, but all I could think about 24/7 was what I ate (with guilt) and what I wanted to eat. I would feel so much anxiety if I didn’t make it to the gym atleast once a day, and then would work myself into the ground the next day to “make up” for it. It was an unhealthy relationship with my body for sure. My rock bottom was when my boyfriend and I ordered two dominos pizzas at our local brewery, and I ate one whole medium pizza by myself. I immediately asked to go home so that I could lock myself in the bathroom to throw up. As I was leaning over the toilet I just started sobbing. I was crying over A DAMN PIZZA. that’s when I knew I had a problem, and went to go see a therapist. The therapist didn’t help much, and was so expensive (thank you American mental healthcare system) that I could only afford five sessions. I kept looking for ways to achieve a healthy weight, without the psychological toll that my routine had taken on me for 5+ years. I found a fitness trainer on Instagram whose practices were based on scientific studies, and bought her book. I read it through and resolved to give it a try, and to commit to it long term. I started CICO, and lifting heavy at the gym just 2 days a week. It took a while, but after 3 months of this, I am at a good weight of 120! I don’t fret about what I eat or drink anymore, and let myself have what I want to eat occasionally. I’ve been maintaining for the past month, just to give myself a little psychological break from dieting, but I hope to hop back in the fall to reach my goal weight of 115. Thank you all for inspiring me! 10 lb isn’t much compared to what the others in this community are losing, but it makes me feel like I have control over my body again.

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I think something is changing :)

Since I posted last week:

• I have purchased fresh food and am eating more vegetables and whole foods again.
• I haven't had any booze.
• I DID have a mini-junk food binge, but I got back on the horse.
• I have managed to avoid carb-heavy breakfasts.
• I checked out a new gym and have been to a yoga class there, and swimming. It kicked my ass but felt very good. I have put it in my calendar that I will go tomorrow night to a barre class or spin class at the gym, and I'll go swimming again. And on Wednesday, I am going to a boxing-type of class.
• I also went to a different yoga studio with a friend that is close to my home, so I can walk. Loved that too. Going today for another class.

A couple people responded to my post last week and made comments about yoga not being great for weight loss. I just want to say here that I incorporate yoga into my entire plan because it helps me to tone my body tremendously and build strength; as well as providing me a form of moving meditation that helps me connect to my body in a way that is very healthy for me.

I suppose, after dieting my entire life since I was 5 years old, I realize that I can't make this just about numbers or even really just about the numbers on the scale. I was thinking on the weekend that if there was a sub about building a healthy selfcare routine, that would be a good fit for me, but I couldn't fine one.

So with that said, I hope I'm still welcome to post here, even though I'm approaching my weight loss journey as more of a "fruit" of my efforts to learn to take care of myself from a place of self-love and self-respect, rather than as the ultimate goal.

Thanks for reading.

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lost 22 pounds in 11 weeks and hit onederland for the first time in years!!

first post, long time lurker, but I’ve been trying to loose weight for about 4 years now (ever since I hit my highest of 219 as a 5’2” female towards the end of high school) but would only ever get to and stay around a 212 to 217 range. College late eating habits did me no favors but no harm either, but never moving on the scale was so frustrating!!!!!

BUT IM SO EXCITED TO SAY I BROKE MY CURSE! LOST THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AMT OF WEIGHT EVER, all in just under 3 months too!

I wasn’t around many people and didn’t have to resist as many food related temptations! Did a combo of keto/low carb and IF (omad mostly but sometimes 20:4) and didn’t have a single scale around to track my progress (till now), which made me more diligent and in tune with what my body was feeling to be honest!

Started at 217 beginning of summer but I’m down to 195 now! My goal is to get down to 185 before I start my last year of school in September and eventually 140 for graduation.... BUT I’m not all too worried because as long as I’m focused, I’m not too pressed about time frame, I know I’ll get down to my goal weight if I work hard like I have!!!

Side note, it’s been weird to be so happy (and worried) to notice some loose skin in parts of my body haha. Like my body is changing, yay! But also how bad will my skin be at the end of it all... dumb things to worry about.... IM EXCITED TO CONTINUE THIS WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY THOUGH!

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My dog has been a giant motivator for me to lose weight

My dog is one of the most important ""people"" in my life. She's been through high school, college, and grad school with me, and has moved with me countless times for jobs and internships. I love her to death.

We do dog agility together, which is a very physically demanding sport on the dog. Over the winter, unbeknownst to me, she put on a little too much winter weight. Our agility instructor recommended that she drop about 10 lbs (from 62). That would put her on the low end of healthy, which is where dogs should be if they do agility (so it's less taxing on their joints). It's taken about 6 months, taking it slow, but eventually I found that reducing the amount of kibble she gets, substituting in vegetables so she still feels full, and exercising her more has resulted in her steady weight loss. She did plateau for awhile, but I stuck with it, and she's back down to a very healthy weight.

This has completely changed my attitude to my own weight loss. When I cut her consumption, it wasn't because I thought she was fat and ugly, it's because I loved her and wanted her to be the healthiest she could be. If she didn't like the vegetables I gave her, I didn't force her to power through, I found other ones she did like (she'll eat poop, but not cucumbers. Okay.) When I took her for long walks and hikes, I made sure she was having fun and I viewed the time as relaxing outdoor bonding time, not as a punishment. Turning this same logic onto myself has totally changed the way I think about my weight loss. I love myself, I love my body, and I want to treat it with the same love and respect that I do for my dog. And that means no table scraps.

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Mental Health Updates are Important

Hey r/loseit! I (5'3 F) weighed myself this morning at i was around 181 lbs. After drinking around 3 L of water today, I weighed in at 184.

One year ago I was between 215 and 220 lbs. Four months ago I was at 208 lbs. I really didn't even try to lose weight. I just did intermittent fasting for a month to kick start shedding some extra pounds so I could finally hit 200 lbs after weighing over that for almost four years. Once I did IF for a month, I realized that I can survive with much less food than I was eating. I stopped enjoying cream and sugar in my coffee, I cut back on ice cream desserts, and I stopped eating breakfast. Once I did that, the weight kinda just fell off.

I was at 185.0 consistently for about two or three weeks. I was surprised that I didn't gain or lose any weight even though I was having some really restrictive days, and some normal days. I'm getting scared that I won't be able to have normal days again, because I am terrified of gaining weight.

My body is changing, and I don't even know if I like it. My legs are smaller, and more tone, but my waist is bloated and big from all the water. I am kind of nervous I am creating unhealthy habits, but weight loss is definitely addicting.

My initial goal was to be comfortably in the 170 lb range. I really want to hit it, but if I hit that, I would want to push it to 160 because I remember the last time I was 160 I was in 5th grade. (crazy, right)

How do you know what a healthy weight for *you* is? I don't trust BMI, and all of my vitals are in good ranges, so I know on paper I am healthy despite my BMI being like 31. I know 120-130 lbs is way too little for me, since even at 180 I feel like I don't look as much as I weigh. When should I stop? When is too far?

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Has anyone noticed that extra weight shows quickly after weight loss?

When I was overweight, it seemed like I could gain/lose ten pounds and not notice it on my body or in the fit of my clothes. Now that I've lost weight (maintaining for one year+) and my bmi is low, I can notice when I gain a couple of pounds.

The place where the fat deposits on me is over my hip bones on either side toward my back, like right on my waist/hip area. It makes me laugh because there is a threshold where it appears. Two pounds up and it's there, two pounds down and it's gone. I like to be three to four pounds under that weight because when I gain weight over the day, as one does, my "side fat" isn't busting over the waistband of my jeans in the afternoon/evening.

I don't know, it was just a weird thing that I've noted over the past year that I'd never, ever seen when I was overweight. Has anyone else noticed that a small weight gain is more noticeable after reaching their goal?

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It’s amazing how 10 lbs made a huge difference already

It’s been about 7 weeks since I started my weight loss journey. I have lost 10 lbs, F 5’6 29 272 now 262. In the grand scheme it’s a small amount but, wow does it feel good. I haven’t been able to clean my entire house in one day since moving in a year ago. I would become to tired, my whole body would hurt and I would be short of breath. I couldn’t scrub my shower properly because it was too hard to bend over. Today I did everything, mopped every floor, cleaned all three bathrooms, went grocery shopping and meal prepped. I feel like a super star. My back does hurt a little now that the day is coming to a close but nothing like it use to. I was thinking to myself it’s only 10 lbs how can it really make a difference already but I imagined putting a 10 lbs weight around my waist and it got me thinking about all this extra weight I’m carrying, man I can’t wait till it’s gone. My goal is 180. I’m really looking forward to a trip to Nashville in April 2020 for my birthday and I really want to be feeling my best! This is giving me great motivation and I’ve never been my own motivation before!

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