Small victories for first week of weight loss

Per this sub's suggestions, I've been starting with small goals to begin my weight loss journey. My goals for the week of 8/1 were:

-stop bingeing

-if I do binge, record how I feel afterwards in a journal (hint: I do not feel good)

-log all my foods in LoseIt app

-only drink alcohol on weekends

-aim for calorie goal daily

As someone who's trying to really stop bingeing, I only binged once in the last week and logged how I felt. But I also hit my calorie goal yesterday for the first time since starting this journey and I feel very proud of myself. I know this sounds like a minute accomplishment but if I can do it once, I feel like I should be able to do it daily.

Cheers!

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I hit -100lbs today!!!!!

Let's start with the progress pics: Here's a full body side by side

And my face gains

One hundred mother fucking pounds!! I have always struggled with binge eating and my weight. This is the second time I have lost this goddamn weight, so if you have lost and regained I SEE YOU and you can absolutely do it again!

My friend introduced me to Bright Line Eating last year and after 6 months of watching her success I figured it was worth a shot. I read the book and committed to 4 weeks of following the plan to the letter. In a nutshell it's no sugar, no flour, no snacking, and you eat 3 weighed/measured meals a day. It's based on the food addicts anonymous eating plan.

It felt IMPOSSIBLE at first, I really felt like I was going to crawl out of my skin the first couple weeks without food to cope with my feelings. But by 2.5 weeks I hit a stride and was amazed that I hadn't binged for so long! I started binging around age 10 and never could go more than a couple days without binging. 2.5 weeks was unimaginable! I followed the plan as written for 6 months. From January-August 2018 I lost 25lbs with CICO, but once I started BLE the weight fell off much faster because I wasn't undoing all my work with binges. So the last 75lbs has come off in just under a year.

Earlier this year I wanted to see if I could moderate sugar and flour again. While I never binged, it was a slippery slope for me and before long I was eating up to maintenance and started spinning my wheels with weight loss again. I didn't lose anything at all in June. About a month ago I started BLE again, and it's been a relief to just eat my meals and not have all the food chatter and negotiation going on in my mind.

I don't know if I'll ever be able to moderate sugar and flour, so I just focus on one day at a time. I don't need to eat sugar and flour today so it's no big deal. When I hit my goal weight I may try again to incorporate those things in a sane way.

I'm 15lbs away from goal. I have stubborn fat on my stomach and thighs that I suspect will shrink up as I lose those last few pounds. I started in a TIGHT size 18 and am now in an 8.

I know lots of people struggle with binge eating, and I really encourage you to keep trying things even if you don't think they'll work. I tried LOTS of things that did not work over the years, and cutting anything out entirely was not something I was open to for a long time because I was convinced that it would make things worse. It turns out that that's the magic bullet for me. It won't be for everyone, but I'm so grateful that I kept trying and didn't just give up on myself even though it would have been so easy to do that. I am so relieved to have those 100lbs off of my body. I am so relieved to not feel like I have no power over what I eat.

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SV: nearly 8 pounds lost!

I know it’s early days. I know weight loss can slow down, stop, or even reverse after the first week or two. But damnit, this is a victory.

It’s been one week and I have lost nearly 8 pounds!

I’m doing CICO on MyFitnessPal and that’s literally it. I have “lose 1 pound per week” selected although this is the beginning which is often more drastic from what I’ve heard (I mean, seriously, 8 pounds?)

My current calorie goal is 1300 calories a day (yesterday it was 1310 but it’s 1300 with my updated current weight!) It started at 1320.

A typical day for me so far is: a small but sugary breakfast (don’t judge, I stop at a coffee shop before work). Then most likely pasta for lunch, sometimes a sandwich. For dinner I’ll either have a sandwich or more pasta, depending on what was for lunch. (My diet doesn’t vary all that much.) Sometimes I’ll switch one of the meals out for a burrito, pizza, or whatever else is available at home or at a social event. And for snacks I have fruit, veggies, and small treats.

So far I haven’t had any cheat days (actually I haven’t even felt the urge to cheat). I expect for something to come up at some point, but so far I’m keeping it up quite well, even during “social eating” which can be a problem.

I’m prepared to plateau or gain some back after a certain point and have to drop my calories lower. Or maybe my body is just very receptive to diets, but that’s pretty optimistic. I’ll just see what happens and adjust whatever I need to if necessary.

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[Milestone] I’m normal!

I started on my journey in January 2017 at 220 lbs. I’m a 5’8 woman, that gave me a BMI of 32. I was obese.

It’s been a long journey of trying different things, going from keto to intuitive eating (made me gain back 10 lbs) to focusing on CICO and IF (no breakfast, so depending on the days roughly 17 hours of fasting). I’d been using Lose It! since January 2019 and I’d come to a plateau where I was barely losing 0.5 lbs a week even without cheats. I had to change some things.

I signed up for a gym and switched to MFP to do my counting. The weight loss began anew and this morning, for the first time in my life, I had a healthy BMI. 24.9 for a weight of 164 lbs. That’s 56 lbs lost and a whole new motivation found. My goal is to get to 150 and until recently my aim was Christmas, but now that my rhythm has picked up again thanks to MFP being stricter and my new work out habits, I can see it happening much sooner.

Keep it up, everyone. Months and years, not days and weeks. We’re changing our lives 💪🏻

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Sharing my personalized weight loss goals!

Hey guys! A week or two ago I wrote a post asking how to set a weight loss goal when you’ve always been overweight. I got so many helpful replies, so THANK YOU!

A bunch of people wrote that setting mini goals that were personalized to me would help break up the time and keep me motivated. I spent a lot of time thinking about what I could use, and I wanted to share what I came up with in hopes that it would help others. See my list below! Now this huge amount of weight I still need to lose almost feels like a do-able game.

If anyone else would be willing to comment and share their own personal mini weight loss goals, please do! That may help me or others think of more for ourselves!

My list so far:

[x]231 pounds: back to my starting weight for my most successful weight loss period (2017-2018) Achieved 8/1/19!

[x]Out of the 230s! Achieved 8/7/19

[]223 pounds: loss of 5% of starting weight comes with a bunch of health benefits like lower inflammation and lower blood pressure

[]Out of the 220s!

[]215 pounds: back to how much I weighed when I got pregnant with [kid 1]

[]213: loss of 10% of body weight has a bunch more bonuses like lower cholesterol, lower blood sugar, and lower cancer risk

[]Out of the 210s!

[]204 pounds: back to what I weighed when [nephew] was born and everyone said I looked good.

[]ONEDERLAND! (Under 200 pounds)

[]196-ish pounds: back to the lowest weight I reached during my 2017-2018 weight loss.

[]194-ish pounds: back to my wedding weight

[]Out of the 190s!

[]Out of the 180s! Under 180 pounds passes into “overweight” BMI range, no longer obese.

[]175 pounds: what my driver’s license says I weigh, haha

[]Out of the 170s! Now I probably weigh less than [husband] :-P

[]Out of the 160s!

[]158 pounds: the lowest weight I have on record for myself as an adult

[]Out of the 150s! Under 150 passes into “healthy” BMI range, no longer overweight.

[]Out of the 140s!

[]135 pounds: would mean I lost over 100 pounds from my starting weight. Time to get a DEXA scan and set some body fat and athletic goals.

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Lost 20 pound in only a month. Worried and need advice.

Hey guys I’m happy but worried about my fast weight loss I always hear that if u loose weight fast you’re going to gain it back fast. I’m 5’2 female 23 yrs started at 204lb in June 28 and today my weight is 185. I used to eat junk food and drink big sodas but I don’t usually eat a lot it’s just the type of food that I used to eat had a lot of calories when I switched to healthy food I find it hard to eat all of my calories I get very satisfied very fast. And I’m worried that I’m not eating enough even though I’m never hungry. I workout 4-5 times a week an hour cardio and an hour weight training. I’m supposed to eat 1600 calories a day and I barely can eat 1200 calories in healthy food. Please help

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The “we probably wouldn’t be dating right now if it wasn’t for my weight loss” realization

I’ve been at my current job since January of this year. When I started here, I was closest to the heaviest I’ve ever been. It was right after Christmas so I had that extra post holiday bloat, if you know what I’m sayin’. Anyways, as with most workplaces, a new job means a new building ID badge. Let’s just say, my chipmunk cheeks were doing their thing in that picture.

I started getting serious about my weight loss soon after I started my new job. By the beginning of May, I was down about 20 lbs. I’m a 5’2 female, so 20 lbs is fairly noticeable on my frame. Around this time is when my now BF started working at my company.

My BF and I started seeing each other in June. I had hinted one or two times that I had recently lost some weight, but never went into any detail about it. One day, he got in my car and picked up my work badge. His immediate reaction was “Oh my god.” I then shyly told him I had lost about 20 lbs since that picture was taken.

Fast forward to last night. I had just gotten back from a 2 week vacation filled with alcohol and food. I was complaining to my BF about how fat and gross I felt. He said “you’re not fat.. but in your work ID picture you were.” I didn’t fully process it in the moment, but later on I thought, WTF.

What if we had started at our company at the same time? Would he have even given me the time of day? My BF is a VERY sweet and nice guy, I don’t think he is shallow, and I get that everyone has their preferences.. but damn.. I don’t know how to feel about this one.

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