never hungry, but always want food?

One of the main things I have been targeting in my weight loss is my normal eating habits. And I realized the other day that I haven’t felt real hunger in a long time.

I’ve been stuck in this awful cycle where I try to wait until I feel hunger, the type where food sounds good, you can feel your stomach grumbling, but before that I disrupt my efforts and eat something and this ‘restriction’ feeling makes me want to stuff my face, so I end up eating way too much and trying to wait til I’m hungry the next day after such a large amount of food, only to restart the cycle. Before trying to lose weight, I would just never really feel hungry and always be eating.

Has anyone else experienced this? When I inevitably reach for food, it’s usually, I realized, a combination of boredom, habit and a tinge of desperation to have my comfort, even if it is just hummus and crackers to light up my day. I hate it, but it’s true.

If anyone has experienced this or has any advice I would love to hear it. Thank you.

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New challenges of new adventure

I started my latest journey towards weight loss about 4 months ago. It was going slow but it was going, and even the smallest progress made me super happy. In these 4 months I so far lost ~4kg according to the scale. However.. a couple of months ago I found out I have a stowaway! And I need to make sure this little peanut arrives healthy and unharmed :D

This caused me some mixed emotions (very happy! But then again, I really need to lose weight and afaik I'll be only gaining it in the near future!) After getting my shit together I understood it's all in my hands and I need to at least keep eating healthy (sports, even simple walks became very difficult). And during these 2 months I might have not lost weight, but I didn't gain any either.. I'm the same 98kg I was when I found out about the pregnancy. Since the baby IS growing, I thought this is a small win for me that I'm not gaining weight just yet.

BUT! I would love to have some advice from any mommas out there who were in the same place as I am or any SOs who's partner was and can share from experience. Is losing at least some weight (even if not scale-wise) possible? Or should I just get back to it after birth, and meanwhile just concentrate on general health? I'm very confused as to how this all should work since this is my first pregnancy :3

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Just a Newbie Looking for Advice

Hello, I am quite new to reddit and actually joined because I heard about this subreddit. I am not obese, but I have noticed that over the past year and a half I have continuously put on more and more weight. I feel like I am spiralling out of control to be honest.

I know that a lot of people will recommend the CICO method, but in high school I got into some trouble when using this. I found myself being overly restrictive (sometimes eating only 500 calories a day) and don’t want to fall back into such destructive weight loss habits. I was wondering if anyone had advice on how to use the CICO method in such a way that would discourage being overly restrictive. Also, if there are other methods that work well, please let me know!

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Weight loss & lexapro

Looking for positive experiences of people who have lost weight while on Lexapro. I just started a few weeks ago and it’s given me the boost of motivation I need to exercise. I’ve gotten 5 days of exercise this week which is amazing considering I haven’t been able to do that in a long time. I’ve lost a couple pounds so far (mostly just got back to where I was a month or so ago) but it seems some people can’t lose no matter how hard the try. I know this group is very focused on CICO, and I just bought a food scale, it came in today! I’m going to try to be diligent about tracking just to get an idea of what I’m eating. I’ve been exercising and meal prepping for a couple of years now. However my little sister just passed away in January and I was also diagnosed with Lyme Disease and it’s just been a shitty year so far so I definitely fell off the wagon a bit. I’ve cut back pretty drastically on drinking alcohol and upped my water intake. I don’t eat a lot of carbs as the Lyme feeds off it so I eat lots of veggies, some fruits, and lean proteins. Just worried to gain weight on the meds..

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Can anyone successfully lose weight AND drink alcohol?

I’m new here (hey everyone!) and this is a legitimate question I have. Has anyone been able to drink alcohol and still lose weight? For reference, I’m 29F 5’9” 192 pounds (about 87 kilos for our friends across the pond 🤗). Starting weight was 215 pounds. My goal is around 165-170 pounds. I’ve been counting calories. I also work out like a monster 6 days a week for about 1.5 hours at a time at high intensity. I’m a drinker. I loooove my wine! Especially, a good bit of it at a time. I’ve recently cut back ALOT drinking it though. It used to be about 4-5 nights a week however, recently it’s been none at all. I was wondering if I drank one night a week if I could still realistically reach my goal. I know it will take longer but just wondering if anyone has had success with this in the past. Or if anyone has had any luck incorporating alcohol at all within a weight loss plan.

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It’s amazing to me how easy it has been to count calories

I’ve always failed at diets. Always. I’d go from a diet of junk food and fast food to kale and bran cereal and I would fail in a week. I hated restricting myself from my favorite foods and forcing myself to eat nothing but traditional boring healthy food. It set me up for failure and made my binging even worse. This sub inspired me to just try counting calories as a method to getting started with weight loss. I’m a week in and I haven’t went over 1700 calories a day though I’m usually around the 1500 mark. I’m of course trying to change my diet to something healthier, but it’s so nice knowing that I don’t have to say no to dinner with friends or ignore cravings if I don’t want to. I just have to figure it in with it daily calories.

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Trying on old clothes

I started working on weight loss and a healthier lifestyle almost two months ago. My SW was 220lbs. I made a post a month ago celebrating loosing my first 10lbs; I’ve continued working hard since then and within the next week or two I should finally be below 200!

I’m packing my bags to head back to college today, and while I’m packing I’ve been trying on some old clothes in my closet just out of curiosity.

I tried on a couple button down shirts and pairs of jeans that were a tad bit tight last time I wore them, and now they fit perfect! I’m super excited about the shirts especially cause I’ve always liked those shirts but I didn’t wear them much last year cause they didn’t fit right. This year I’m gonna be wearing them all the time.

I’m gonna see if my family will let me take the scale in our bathroom to school with me so I can continue keeping track of my progress. There is a scale at the gym at my school, but I prefer weighing myself right after I wake up each day.

Really excited about the progress I’m making. After I break 200 my next goal will be to get below 170, at which point I won’t be obese anymore. Then from there my end goal is to maintain a weight somewhere between 120-140lbs, depending on how much muscle I can build. Taking peek at this sub every day has been really helpful with keeping myself in the right headspace to lead a healthier lifestyle.

I’m feeling good!

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