Down 100 Pounds in one year and it's kinda rough

Major milestone in my journey, and it's been so hard to keep going sometimes but I'm finally getting there. Current weight is 350, and I'm somewhere around 20% bodyfat (need to go to a few places and get measured), which should give you a sense of how large my frame is. I feel...weird about it. I'm sort of at a good stopping point where I can maintain my current weight, but I'm also not at a place yet where I feel I look "good" for lack of a better word.

So now I have no idea where to go from here. I mean, sure, I have some vague notions. I wanna get back to lifting heavy, regain the strength I lost during the weight loss, keep trending in the right general direction. But my motivation is just DONE. I'm sapped, drained dry, and it's gonna take everything I can muster just to keep my weight steady and let my body adjust.

I ought to be on cloud 9 after hitting the big 100 but more than anything what I'm feeling is the stress of it all. Need new clothes, new everything really. Nothing fits, everything is baggy but I'm having a hard time finding things in the right size now (between sizes?). Anyone else have any experience getting to a place like this, where you've sort of made it, but not quite?

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23 Dishes to Bring to the BBQ

TDEE for those that have lost and maintained rapid weight loss.

Hello everyone. First post to this sub. Just a general question, looking for thoughts, ideas, comments. I'm having the gastric bypass surgery the end of September. I made this decision after a decade of losing a good amount of weight and then putting it back on. I'm on the "smaller" end of obese with a BMI of 37.

Anyways, one of the requirements is to meet with a dietician. She brought up something that I didn't realize could happen. She said if you get to your goal weight of 150-160, you'll have to eat far fewer calories than a person who's always weighed that much and was never obese.

I figured we were talking 200-300 calorie difference and that gap would close after years of maintaining the same weight. I thought the body would accept this as it's new weight and change the set point. (Side note: I've always thought of set point as a pseudo science but both the dietician and surgeons talk about it as absolute fact)

However, my dietician said most of her patients even five years out eat only 800-1100 calories a day to maintain! Is that biggest loser study right after all? The only difference I can see with biggest loser and weight loss surgery patients is the weight comes off rapidly compared to someone that lost 1 lb a week. But my surgeon also says the weight loss surgery patient and those that lose weight the traditional way will still have to maintain weight at a much lower calorie deficit.

So I'm just curious what you all think about this. It's definitely new news to me and I'm trying to wrap my head around it. It won't be a deal breaker because at the end of the day I've talked to so many post op people and they all say it doesn't matter, you don't feel like eating anyway and eating becomes a chore. They're mindframe is it doesn't matter if it's 800 or 2000 calories to consume it's all a chore just the same.

Thank you

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My bariatric surgery journey Part 1.

I'm going to start this post by sharing that for a majority of my life I am (hopefully by the time your reading this "was") fat. Every time I have chosen to eat junk and fast food when I've gotten the opportunity. Was there factors that most people faced? Absolutely, I just have a nasty habit of externalizing my problems and shortcoming on something (or someone) else. And just never attempt to fix anything. Leaving me to relapse on my food addiction. If you can relate, then you must know it’s a cycle. Have a bad or good day you’ll come home with some salt covered classic double arch burgers with the fried salted potato sticks and in my case a nice helping of diet soda to wash that down. Day in and day out. Different kinds of fast food joints, food carts and lavish restaurants. From special occasions to just being bored, I’ve abused a private and now paying for it.

And with that being said, I wanted to pursue my goal with the help of weight loss surgery. So after some long winded internet (mostly google) searches and coming up with either: "How much can this surgery can your life", or "how much the surgery can improve my performances non-exist sex life". So I've started this post to both for a way to vent my emotions and to show other people that their not alone. There is a handful that is willing to share.

My first step began in October: when I first meeting with my weight loss doctor / surgeon back in October of 2018. He told me with diet and exercise he can see me losing 80-130 pounds after a surgery. I was happy to hear that but with a dash of pesky self-doubt. The doctor and nutritionist broke down the process of proving to doctors and insurance company that I'm worth the risk.

Now for those who happen to read and also just to be playing around with idea or if you are considering the pros and cons. It's probably time to ask some difficult and invasive question about oneself. Such as, "Am I ready to do this?", or how comfortable are you with surgery. My difficult question was asking myself was is it going to be worth it. I found that if you don't have an immediately o feel like you don't half way decent answer. Don't sweat it too much those answers are going to take some time.

Moreover, no matter which doctor or where you get the surgery from. If the people helping you through this process is seasoned then your weight WILL BE MONITORED. Most people who had the surgery would tell you that, but more importantly; you have to try. Doing this for the first time, starting at 372 pounds. I couldn’t see myself losing even ten pounds on my own and I’m down to 340. The most I have done was some light walking daily. Even doing this isn’t easy considering I was in two car accidents and lower back is completely herniated. You owe to yourself to try. Thanks for reading. Any question comment concerns or errors in my writing is appreciated. Part2?

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Help: plateau, F 5’3 132lbs

Hi everyone, I know that this has been asked before but I need help with my specific situation. I had my son 4 months ago and I started my weight loss journey two months ago after stopping breastfeeding. When I left the hospital, I weighed 152. I was extremely thin before pregnancy (about 105) and I don’t want to go back to that! My goal weight is around 115-120.

I lost weight pretty quickly (I’m guessing it was because I stopped eating 500 extra calories a day) and was stuck at 136 for about a month. I then dropped to 132. I’ve been stuck there for two weeks with no changes. I don’t exercise and I eat fast food pretty regularly. I try to stay around 1300-1400 cal.

Here are my questions. Is this a plateau? Could stopping eating fast food take me out of it? Should I decrease my intake? TIA

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Two months of going to the gym, improving my diet, no weight loss.

Im a 26 year old woman, 5’0 & 160 pounds.

After some health problems, I started going to the gym every other day, doing cardio for 30 minutes and then 30 minutes of weight training (legs one day, arms and shoulders the next, and back and chest the third day, rotating). I want to get down to 130 pounds.

I’ve been going consistently for almost two months, eating 1,400 calories and counting them on an app.

I’ve lost five pounds thus far, and have seen a huge increase in my performance. I can run for a longer period of time at a higher speed and I’ve upped the weights I use. I’ve seen some muscle gain in my arms and legs, but the scale has been stuck after losing those five pounds.

Could this be the muscle in gaining?

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NSV: Is that really me? [18m 250lbs+ -> 166lbs]

Long time whatever. I’ve written my personal story on so many times before deleting it, so I’ll spare the details. Basically: I was a fat kid but never knew how to stop being a fat kid. Finally, I mustered the courage to ask google for a way off this ride and spent the greater half of my senior year counting calories and doing IF.

Well, it’s been way over half a year and I’m working towards a goal of losing 100 pounds in total.

Anyway, this past week was Frosh week at my university. At the closing ceremony yesterday, there was a slideshow of all the things we did. I was looking at the pictures and feeling down. My anxiety and prior commitments didn’t let me attend every event, and the ones I didn’t go to were shown first.

Then, I saw a light.

There was a group photo featuring someone who kinda looked like me. But he didn’t. He looked happy. He was laughing and having fun. He’s living his best life, confident and boldly.

I felt so normal. I saw qualities in myself that made me happy.

Years of hating the way I looked and moved in videos. Years of failed attempts at weight loss. Years lacking confidence, energy and drive.

I’m free from the body I once lived my life trapped in. I feel like I can do what I want with the right support.

So there it is. A little bit of light at the end of the tunnel. I hope this helps you like countless others have helped me. The journey wasn’t easy but it was totally worth it, and all that jazz. To be honest, I’m glad there wasn’t some kind of miracle cure, and looking back on everything I’ve done to get here, I wouldn’t change a thing.

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