Struggling to lose weight

F - 26 - 242lb Hi everyone, I'm in need of some help/ insight as to what's going on with me. I have been obsessed with losing weight ever since I was a teenager in school. I have only successfully managed to lose a ton of weight once when I was about 16/17 thanks to getting sick and being unable to eat for a long time, I think I got down to about 143lbs which was a very good weight for my height. However due to how I lost this weight this slowly crept back up over the years to where I am now. I have tried my share of fad diets over the years which I'd end up giving up after 2 days. However recently I have been trying to lose weight sustainably through CICO and upping my exercise, whether that's bumping up the daily steps or hitting the gym. Despite my efforts, willpower and weighing and tracking every damn thing I eat, I am lucky to step on the scales at the end of the week and see that I've lost ~1lb. This is 1lb in total mass, not 1lb of fat as I don't have any fancy scales. I know that a loss is still a loss and I should be thankful that it's coming off slowly, but surely someone of my size should be seeing some big changes early on? Every one of my friends and family who begin a change in lifestyle will often lose around 2-3lbs per week, even those who are a lot smaller than I to begin with. I have calculated my BMR and am eating around that amount in calories so I know I'm not over indulging. People have been telling me that there's nothing wrong and it's still coming off, but it's so frustrating seeing people around me half ass their week and come away with a decent weight loss while I'm grafting and getting nothing back. I should add that I have no health problems, and am not on any medication. I don't drink unless I'm going on a night out which I haven't done in a long time. I have been doing this for 4 weeks and during that time I have strayed off plan once for half a day which resulted in me gaining a whopping 4lbs that week, which has basically taken me back to where I started.

I knew this wasn't going to be easy but I'm getting really frustrated now and I'm wondering if there's something else I'm doing wrong or anything I'm missing?! Thanks

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Painfully updated my flair today...I'm getting back on the wagon.

I started my weight loss journey in January 2017 at 360 lbs at 5'10". By June 2018 I was down to 255 lbs and I was so freaking proud of that 100 lbs flair.

Well, here I am. We got in a tough spot personally. Job stress, financial stress, all that fun stuff and more. My husband (who had been losing with me) stopped tracking and eventually I did too. It was just that one more thing. I maintained for a little bit, but it started creeping up.

I started buying clothes for school (I'm a teacher), and realized just how much I had ballooned back up over the last year. My husband was the same, he started needing new work clothes a couple months ago. I put new batteries in the scale and stepped on it last week. 295. My heart sank. I am back up to morbidly obese and 300 is staring me in the face (which, in reality, wasn't a surprise. I knew it, the scale just confirmed it).

So here I am again. We started tracking together on Friday, today I'm already down to 290 (yay bloat-woosh!). This hurts. I remember now that I wanted to be at a healthy weight before I turned 30. That's probably not going to happen now. So my new ETA if I work my butt off is Christmas as a healthy weight 30-year-old. Close enough, right?

CordialCarbonara is back on the wagon. I'll be seeing y'all again the challenges, I used to love those!

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Nighttime Binging

About a week ago, I decided to get serious about my weight loss. I've definitely sensed a corrolation between my mood and my diet for years now, and documenting when I eat and my mood 30 minutes afterwards for a month now has proven this to be the case.

That said, I've been documenting what I eat through MyFitnessPal for over a week now. To keep my mood stable, I eat some fruit in the morning regardless of whether or not I'm hungry so that I'm not grumpy midmorning. I eat a 500-600 calorie lunch, again regardless of whether or not I'm hungry so that I have energy for the gym in the afternoon. I suppliment this with an apple midafternoon.

By the time I finish my afternoon workout, I'm feeling great. I make another 500ish calorie dinner, and things are looking good for the day until about an hour after I eat dinner, which is around 7 pm.

I crave food at this point. My mood starts to plummet the longer I go without satisfying this hunger. So I binge food. Ice cream. A frozen meal. Tons of bread and peanut butter. Muffins. The craving goes away, but my mood is still in the doldrums but instead of being related to craving food, it's related to having eaten so many calories to satisfy the craving.

I don't think the craving is related to not getting enough calories from dinner, it appears completely psychological. At 7 pm, I'm essentially done for the day and have nothing to do but read Reddit and watch Netflix. I'm bored, and I crave food.

The only thing I can think to do is wean myself from binging at 7 pm, but I don't know how. Anyone else have or had this problem? I'm looking for ideas.

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Day 1 - Can't keep living like this, ready for change.

This past year has been a pretty terrible one for me (24M). i graduated college in may 2018 and moved to a new city with my at the time fiancee. I started a job I don't enjoy, to support my Fiancee and start our lives together. I worked my ass off while she did nothing. once she found a job, she started cheating within 2 weeks of the job, and 2 months later in october 2018, we got married. shortly after the wedding i discovered her affair. on our 1 month wedding anniversary, she moved in with her new boyfriend. a few weeks later, i sustained a debilitating spinal injury i still struggle with to this day.

Needless to say, the fallout of ending a manipulative, borderline abusive relationship, and dealing with chronic pain has not made things easy. i spent the last 9 months trying to survive one day at a time, but i haven't really been living. i haven't really been taking care of myself minus the bare minimum to keep myself alive and psychologically well enough to wake up in the morning.

This past week, my company decided to retake our headshots for our website, and when i saw the pictures, i was so disappointed with myself. i dressed nice, got my hair cut, wore my new glasses, but despite everything, i'm just undeniably fat. i can't find stylish clothes which fit in most stores (i'm right between a 2x and 3x in shirts, and i have a 46" waist) and i can't hide the fact that i just look and feel bad. i'm always tired, i'm out of shape, and i have little luck in the dating world. something has to give.

i started logging foods last week, which i've done before but never actually stuck to. Today is the first day i am actively choosing foods to stay around my goals. i had a light, healthy breakfast, and have already logged my lunch, with plans for a light dinner. i really want it to stick this time.

i am currently 6'3" and 336lbs. my goal is 240, because it's what my doctors always told me as a kid my healthy adult weight would be. it seems high, but people routinely mistake me for 250lbs because of my stature. in high school i weight 235, and people would guess 180-190.

weight loss has been a struggle since high school. at 17, i went from 310 down to 230 lbs with basically no effort. i didn't adjust my foods, i didn't log, i just ate slightly less, and i ran 2 miles a day. i dropped 80lbs in the course of 8 months and made almost no lifestyle changes. ever since, when i gained it back, i figured it would come just as easy, and i couldn't have been more wrong. it's a major psychological hurdle to get over. the same weight loss will take 4x more effort now that i have a sedentary job and responsibilities, as well as trauma and injuries to overcome.

it seems shallow, but my main goals are aesthetic so far. I know my health is important, but I was in a serious relationship from as soon as i turned 18 until recently. there are so many young, good looking people having fun and dating and hooking up and i don't want to miss that because i'm fat. i'm almost halfway through my twenties, and i dont want to miss out on being 25 and having fun and hooking up with cute girls. I'm 24 and feel like 65 because nobody looks my way and my body is failing me.

longer term, i just want to feel okay. i have a bad knee and a bulging disc in my spine which i know weight loss would help alleviate. i am often too tired to properly exercise my dog, and i get tired even walking down stairs. i live on the second floor and constantly argue with myself over whether it's worth it to walk out to my car to get something i forgot in it. it's 200 feet away from my front door, it shouldn't even be a question. this won't get any easier with age unless something changes.

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all i want is to look good, feel good, and not miss out on my 20s. any advice or encouragement as i start this new chapter would be great. it all seems so unattainable and far away, but others have had success, why not me?

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8 Tiny Kitchen Tweaks for Big Weight Loss Results

Your new secret weight loss weapon: Reorganizing your kitchen. You may think that keeping snacks out of sight is a “duh” tip, but there have actually been well-done research studies proving that it really works. Here are a few other scientifically vetted housekeeping suggestions that may also help you peel off the pounds:

1. Clear the clutter.
A messy kitchen can make you feel stressed and out of control and encourage you to eat more, according to a study published this year in the journal Environment and Behavior. In fact, the women in the study, who were exposed to a neat kitchen and one strewn with mail, newspapers and dirty dishes, ate twice as many cookies in the messy kitchen as in the tidy one.

2. Hide the snacks.
If you have to have unhealthy snacks in the house, make sure you need to use a stepstool (and maybe a map) to find them. Studies from the Food & Brand Lab at Cornell University have found that when they’re out of sight, they’re also out of mind. Also, they point out, when you have to pass yummies a lot you’re constantly making the same decision—eat it or not—and you’re likely to eventually wear yourself down and succumb to temptation. Forget those cute little glass containers. Store goodies in opaque containers and use aluminum foil, not plastic wrap, for fattening leftovers in the fridge. (Cornell researchers have found that the average kitchen has four or five snack cupboards and recommended isolating treats to just one.)

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3. Put the good stuff where you can see and grab it.
Don’t get rid of those little glass containers or the plastic wrap. They’re perfect for the healthy food you want to eat. Likewise, it’s okay to have a few things on the counter, like a fruit bowl maybe, filled with grapes on the vine that you’ve snipped into easy-to-eat portions. Other research at Cornell—recounted in the book Slim by Design by the head of the lab, Brian Wansink, PhD—found that having healthy food where you can see and reach it makes you eat more of it. And the sweet spot? The middle shelf in the fridge. That’s where to keep your celery, carrots, apples, oranges and other healthy fare, not in the produce bin.

4. Consider buying little red plates.
A study published this year in Journal of the Association for Consumer Research found that downsizing your plates by 30 percent also downsizes the amount you eat by 30 percent, in part by cutting back the amount you serve yourself. Why red? Cornell research found that plate color also tends to affect how much you serve yourself, particularly if the plate and the food are highly contrasted. Portions of white food, like pasta and rice, look much larger on a darker plate, the researchers say. You’ll eat less of darker foods on lighter plates too. Mix and match?

5. Ditch the stools and chairs in the kitchen.
Or, at least, make your kitchen less comfortable as a hangout. The more time you spend in the kitchen, says other Cornell research, the more you’re going to eat.

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6. Serve from the stove, not the table.
You’re less likely to overeat if you have to walk to the kitchen for seconds, rather than just reach for the bowl or platter on the table, say the Cornell researchers.

7. Invest in healthy kitchen utensils.
Have you tried “zoodles” yet? Those are the “noodles” made by using a special device to spiralize zucchini. For as little as $30, you can get a spiralizing device that turns out piles of noodle-like veggies—all kinds—that you can use in place of pasta. Consider a collapsible metal vegetable steamer that not only lets you steam veggies, but other healthy foods like tofu or homemade spring rolls made with shredded veggies. And take the guesswork out of portion sizes by keeping a counter-top food scale. You can find one that’s only about six-by-two inches so it won’t add to a cluttered look.

8. Keep an aromatherapy diffuser in the kitchen or dining room.
Studies have found that just sniffing the scent of fruits such as apples, bananas and grapefruit can help you eat less. A 2012 Dutch study in the journal, Flavour, also suggested that strong aromas—things like onions, garlic and chiles—may encourage you to take smaller bites.

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3 week weight loss update and Happy Scale app rave!

I posted here about 3 weeks ago about having gained 20lbs since starting a new deskjob early this year and no longer tracking my food intake.

3 weeks ago I was 150lbs and this morning I weighed in at 143.4 lbs! So that's about 2.2lbs/week on average lost, which I am super thrilled about. I already feel so much better physcially and mentally. My clothes are fitting better, I feel more confident in myself, and I feel super motivated to continue. And it's all thanks to CICO. I've actually been going to the gym less, still walking about 40 minutes a day to and from work though. I know my weight loss will start slowing down now and I will have to decrease my calories/ increase my exercise as I get closer to my goal, but I am ready for that.

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And I just wanted to quickly rave about the Happy Scale app. Whoever recommended it in a post here, thank you! It seems to be keeping me sane. I no longer dread the scale because even if I go up a bit after being down, I still want to log it just to see the averages and predictions and all that. Highly recommend!

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Losing weight with a low BMR?

I'm 5'3, 146lbs currently, starting weight was 157. Ive lost 10 lbs in the last month, and I need to lose at least 20 more. However, it feels so difficult and unsustainable because my BMR is only 1,327 calories. This number is from the InBody assesment I had done at my gym, I'm unsure how accurate those are, but everything else seems accurate on the test so I believe it. This means I have to eat under 1,000 calories a day to achieve weight loss at a pace that isn't absolutely glacial. I also try to go to the gym each day to help speed things up, and alternate days between strength training and cardio, about an hour of each.

I'm just feeling so hungry and fatigued all the time it seem, and it hardly feels worth it at this point. I've started replacing breakfast and lunch with a protein shake, and that helps a bit for keeping me full, but it's still no walk in the park. I feel like I'm just white knuckling through it. Are there any other smaller women on here who have lost significant weight? Do y'all have any tips or tricks I could try? Thank you!

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