20 pounds down, 10 in the last 30 days (intuitive eating)

No tracking, no hard restriction, just guidelines:

• don't eat stuff that makes me feel bad (heavy/heartburn/uncomfortable)
• don't eat out unless it's an occasion to be celebrated
• don't eat refined sugar unless it's a special occasion
• eat as much protein as possible (still working on this one)
• ((i already didn't eat bread/pasta/cereal/cow milk))

Workout (usually 1.5h with the last 20m stretching and bodyweight):
MWF - Weights, focusing on core and legs (recovering from surgery, this is a specific pain-management need of mine)
T,Th,S - Cardio

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I don't track my calories daily, but I do log things every few weeks to audit myself and I'm between 1200-1400 calories on a typical day). Intuitive eating can really work if you know how to read/respond to hunger cues. Still working to get more protein.

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I'm pretty hyped, because I've been getting much stronger too, so the weight itself doesn't fully reflect the change in my body composition. My pants fell off going hiking this weekend. It was funny...and makes me want to buy new clothes, but I think I'll just get a belt bc I'm not stopping any time soon. :)

(for clarity, my main motivations are pain management and getting my baseline strength up to get over chronic health stuff that's kept me down for 5 years. I just found an old post from 2015 where I lamented not being able to go on a simple walk around the block in over a year and I just wanted to feel the sun on my skin again. I've come a long way. The weight loss is welcome, but is a secondary concern for me. Still cool to see numbers changing, tho)

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Changing up my weight loss diet

So far I have gone from 252 pounds to 189 over the last 9 months, and I have a little more to go until my "ideal" weight of 175, I have been at 189/90 now for about 3 months, I seem to have "settled" at this weight after losing a steady amount for 6 months prior, So I figure I am going to have to change it up a bit and change my meals and vastly increase my cardio (walking).

On the meals side of things, I am thinking of having a weekly rotation, Eat the same thing every day for 7 days then a whole different thing the next 7 days and so on, and am thinking of something like - Spinach/Egg/Pepper breakfast, as a omelette - Brown rice / Grilled chicken and Broccoli for lunch, But i am really struggling for ideas on what to have for dinner, sure there is tons of recipes online but I want to get actual peoples advice on meals that have worked for you.

I know everyone's body is different but I really would like to know what meals have worked for you, for me Eggs and Broccoli have been my go to food and seem to have worked well, can anyone recommend other good meals to try?, especially dinner ones.

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I lost 37 pounds in two months!

I'm 25 F. Was a long term keto dieter (over a year). I didn't lose a single ounce. In fact, over that nearly two year span, I gained over 40 pounds. I went from 125 to 175. At 5'6, it may seem confusing to some why I even started keto and carb reduction at 125 but it was for seizures, not weight loss. I however didn't expect to gradually gain over 40 pounds. I suspect it was difficult to properly measure the fatty foods/meals. Lack of satiety. Not to mention, bulletproof coffee and fat bombs to curb hunger (which it NEVER did).

I stopped in the middle of June after a reality check that keto is not my thing. Not to mention, my updated bloodwork at the time was showing low cortisol, low glucose, low insulin, low thyroid (especially T3), low blood pressure (despite me salting the heck out of everything). Low EVERYTHING! I also was chronically constipated despite all the fibrous greens and I was getting. I felt like death and could barely function. Had to be hospitalized a few times too either because dangerously low blood sugar, fainting, seizing, fecal impaction, etc.

TL;DR That's when I stopped dieting and basically began eating anything I want in moderate portions. This includes foods like ice cream (Ben & Jerry's), sushi, chips, etc (in addition to some healthy foods). I've lost 37 pounds since the middle of June and am down to 138! Additionally, my most recent bloodwork shows improvement in cortisol, glucose, and thyroid levels. This is without treatment. And my bowels have completely went normal on their own, despite me eating even LESS fiber than when I was strict dieting. My lesson: everything in moderation. Dieting stressed the hell out of my body. Just wanted to share 😊

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Can't figure out why I'm overeating/my activity level

For some background: I'm 5'0 and currently around 133lbs, down 7lbs from 140. I'm definitely not new to weight loss, as a teenager I had an eating disorder and my lowest weight was around 85-90lbs which I dropped to from 140lbs (seems to be the highest weight I get to). I've been trying to lose weight for years, ever since I got to my HW again and every time I've failed. I sincerely know quite a bit on nutrition and weight loss. I've recently started paying more attention to my body and what works best for it and I've noticed I do quite well eating substantial carbs (in a calorie deficit) and so on.

What I've noticed though is that when I'm eating whole foods there will be times when I just want to eat weirdly. For the past two months there are days when I've just eaten so much processed chicken or I just want to eat less nutritious food like ramen all the time and thinking about normal whole foods makes me so adamantly not want to eat them, like a 8 year old has taken over my body. First I thought maybe I'm not getting enough protein or that I'm underestimating my activity level. Over summer I've worked in a cafe, I walk around 6000 steps to and from work, and I don't know how many steps I walk in my 6-8 hour shifts because we can't wear activity trackers.

I try to stay at around 1200 calories because I'm so short but often I'm going WAY over it with my weird chicken nugget binges and being poorly disciplined. When I want to eat a lot of food it's not that I'm always hungry, its more like I just HAVE to eat it (I've realised it comes from my ED past) and I literally can't settle until I do. I do also have a binging problem obviously.

At this point, I'm not sure if I should eat more calories from just assuming I'm underestimating my activity level (incase I gain) or if I should just try and eat awfully processed food in a calorie deficit?

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Weight loss inquity

Hey Reddit! I've got a simple inquiry that has me kind of concerned and I'm not really sure what to do. I've never really been big on this subreddit but I've been dropping pounds because I've been fat nearly my whole life and have gotten sick of it. I'm male, 5'9", and at my worst (about a year ago), I weighed ~178 pounds. Fast forward to now and I'm around 153 pounds (I lost this weight by exercising every now and then and cutting way down on sugar consumption). The problem I'm having is that I'm seeing very little improvement. I'm still clearly visibly fat and have "bitch tits" despite 150-155 being a relatively normal weight for my height and sex. How much more weight should I have to lose in order to stop being visibly fat? Has this ever happened to anyone else?

also inquiry* from the title lol

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Body Dysmorphia exasperated by misshaped body due to health issues

I was born with biliary atresia. Don’t worry if you haven’t heard of it. It’s rare. Basically it is a liver disorder where the bile duct is filled with scar tissue. I had a surgery when I was three weeks old to remove the scar tissue. Some complications from this disease is an enlarged spleen and enlarged hardened liver. I still have my native liver and I’m in my thirties. A blessing I never want to take for granted.

However, with this enlarged spleen and liver, my torso is lopsided and sticks out way further than it should. Now even though I’ve lost over 100 lbs in the past couple years, I feel as though I look the same or worse sometimes. I know realistically I can’t with a 100 lbs loss. However, I’m having a hard time getting around the fact that although I weigh under 200lbs, I feel as though I look 300lbs.

Does anyone else have health issues that distort their body where their weight loss isn’t as noticeable? If so, how do you deal with it?

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How should I take comments from people about my “weight loss?”

I’m not sure if this belongs here, so if it’s not allowed that’s totally fine. I’m just looking for some advice and to see if I’m being too sensitive.

But, does anyone else feel bad when people find out you’re trying to lose weight?

Let me preface this by saying I’m a week into a new healthy lifestyle. This is not my first rodeo, it’s probably my 100th honestly. But it does feel different this time.

A little backstory: My husband has lost about 50 pounds already and it’s noticeable. I’m so proud of him, and he’s inspired me to get my act together now.

However because everyone is noticing it they comment on his weight loss. He’s proud, as he should be. But somehow these people find out that I’m also trying to lose weight too. And then it’s “Oh wow I thought so!!! You look so good too!” And in my head I’m like dude, I’ve lost 2 pounds. Stop trying to kid us both.

I don’t want praise for something I should have done years ago. I don’t want people finding out that I’m actively trying to lose weight because then it’s this massive conversation that makes me feel beyond self conscious and then when I fall off the wagon I feel guilty for letting all these people believe in me.

Anyway, I’m trying my hardest to not fall off the wagon this time, but how do I go about telling people not to mention my weight loss to me? And am I being a jerk by feeling this way?

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