Anyone had success losing weight while they were unable to walk?

I broke my foot last week and just had some pins surgically placed to keep everything aligned as it heals. I've been told I can't bear weight in that leg for 6-8 weeks and I'm majorly stressing thinking I'm going to lose all the progress I've made ( sw: 200, cw: 173, gw: 140). I know diet is more important than exercise for weight loss but I'm already eating about 1400 Cal per day with a moderately active lifestyle and about 2-3 1hr workouts per week. I'm not sure how to cut my calories even more without risking disrupting my healing.

Has anyone else lost weight while they were recovering from surgery or some similar circumstance that prevented them from walking/exercising/etc? I appreciate any tips, advice, recipes, stories. Thank you guys!!!

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Tantrum Tuesday - The Day to Rant!

I Rant, Therefore I Am

Well bla-de-da-da! What's making your blood boil? What's under your skin? What's making you see red? What's up in your craw? Let's hear your weight loss related rants!
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I lost 115lbs in 11 months. Here's what I learned about losing a lot of weight effectively

Hey guys!

First off, I want to say that I'm proud of all of you for losing weight, or at least trying to. It's definitely the hardest thing that I did in my life.

In the summer before my senior year of high school, I weighed at 320lbs - for my then 5'11" height. I gained more than 50lbs during 5 months after my wrestling injury. I was fat and unathletic. On my first day of classes during senior year, all my friends were... shocked. I'm just saying it as it is. I was really, really looking like a different person. While I still was obese before the summer, I definitely didn't look like an amplified baseball, which I did at the beginning of my senior year. That was my first red flag - and one of my motives for losing weight. The second, and most important, motive was that I would not have been able to practice the sport I love - wrestling - unless I weighed 285lbs at the most.

I started in October to go hard at it. I've always been a weightlifter, but I didn't go at it with the sole mindset to lose fat and only did it 2x a week offseason. I started to wrestle offseason 5x a week after school, and l lifted every morning. I could not even do a single pull-up. And as a wrestler, that sucks real hard.

By wrestling season, starting in early November, I was nervous. I was floating in the 295-290 range. I weighed myself EVERYDAY, which is very very important to keep track of everything. While I didn't make weight by the first practice, I still had my goal in mind to continue every day. A week and a half after, I was at 282 for my first match of the season.

During the season, I went in as hard as I could. My diet changed. I used to be a binge eater, but sleeping early because of fatigue and wrestling discipline helped against this. I was able to shave off 30lbs by January. By the end of the season, I was at 239lbs. Exercise, even if not as intense as I did, is essential to shave of those lbs'. Simply by putting it in my routine I was able to control what I ate better, and it triggers a sense of self-control that was unprecedented to me before.

Of course, from then to now, it was difficult. I lost weight down to 210 going into May but I gained 9lbs up until mid August. Now in college, with a more intense wrestling and a better ability to control my schedule, I went from 220 in mid August to 195 now. Here are the most important tips I learned:

1. Exercise is your friend. As explained above, it gave me a better sense of self-control and definitely helped me regulate my food intake.
2. I didn't necessarily count my calories. I know I spend a lot of energy at practice, but I try to stick to healthy stuff. I have an approximate 70% protein and virtually no-carb diet.
3. ^Cutting carbs, kinda like keto, is super super super useful. I felt better even just a week in. Even if it's just cutting unprocessed carbs for you at the moment, and if you feel the need for carbs, just eat a fruit. Plenty of healthy fibers and carbs in there if you need it :)
4. Weighing myself everyday was very good. I was able to track my progress week by week. Even if my actual weight fluctuated during the week, it was still nice to compare my weekly progress. It was something that made me proud.
5. Find an athletic passion. Everybody's got one. May it be wrestling or dancing, while both don't have the same cardiovascular and muscular intensity, if you have some type of physical activity to hold on to during your weight loss journey that you're passionate about is essential for your success.
6. Believe in yourself. I mean it's hard to do at the moment if you're only beginning, but focus on having the discipline of a true warrior. Make yourself proud every day.
7. Losing a lot of weight fast definitely has a psychological toll. I was very unconfident socially and internally before I started to lose weight. Almost a year after, I still struggle with those two. I still have the "fat kid" mentality even though I don't look at all the same.

If I think of anything else, I'll add it to the list. But if you have questions or comments, just post and i'll try to answer to the best of my capabilities :)

Oh, by the way, I can now pop 19 pull-ups :) BELIEVE IN YOURSELF!

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Almost 180 pounds lost, a progress pic, and what I learned along the way

It's been a long journey so far. The "before" photo was taken nine years ago right when I hit my maximum at 425. In truth it was at least 425 because that is where the scale maxed out - and broke. Not a good day, that.

I have tried to get into exercise and I was doing really well at it until I broke my back in 2016 and I had to change my plans. After that I started concentrate on diet, not so much measuring calories, but knowing that consuming more calories than I burned would equal weight gain. After my divorce i didn't cook for myself much, I didn't find the pleasure in getting an entire kitchen dirty for one person. That lead me to eat too many pizzas and any progress I had made was quickly erased.

What seems to have done the trick for me this time and why I think I just may make it to my goal weight is having relocated to a new place I decided to make my trips out of the apartment not about food. Where before on Sundays where I used to live my routine was to take whatever book I was reading to my favorite brewery, have 2.5 pints of beer and one of their very tasty means. I decided here I wasn't going to replace that activity. Yes, I can still have craft beer, and yes I can still go out for an excellent meal, but it is not longer my routine to do so and that seems to have made a huge difference. Also, when do venture out and explore my new area, normally with my camera in my hand, I eat before I go so the siren song of the highway gas station won't pull me in. You all back East have WaWa and Sheetz, and I loved them both, but I have Buc-ees', and they make their own beef jerky and I have a weakness for jerky. Ten years ago I would have left that place in an ambulance after my first visit.

Now that I think about it, leaving the house with a full stomach when you head out may have made more difference than any other single thing. Oh, and keep plenty of water with you on the road. Stay hydrated!

Anyway, as promised, at nearly 180 pounds gone here is the pic. I tried to recreate the angle but failed. You get the idea though. Stay strong, oh, and though it feels like your weight loss journey may be taking forever, and in my case it certainly has, but as long as the long-term trend is going in the right direction that has kept me from losing focus from the overall goal on days or weeks when that scale needle won't move, or worse, goes in the wrong direction.

Lastly, thank you all for the inspiration. I have found so much of it in this sub over the years I've been on Reddit. Thank you all!

Edit: typo, fixed photo link (whoops)

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Wondering if anyone’s in the same boat as me

Hi guys. I’m Brandon, I’m 23 years old. I started my weight loss at 280lbs just over 3 months ago, and I’m down 40lbs so far. I work out every day and my TDEE is about 3375 calories, but my calorie counting has determined that I only eat about 1500-1700 calories a day, and that’s being liberal.

The worst part about my weight loss journey is maintenance weeks. I’ve had 1 since I’ve started, and am currently over halfway through a second one. And let me tell you I absolutely HATE having to eat more. I have my diet down to a science but I know these maintenance weeks are necessary for sustainable weight loss. Intermittent fasting has conditioned me to not ever feeling hungry throughout the day. I can go 20 hours without eating without feeling unpleasant (tested this unintentionally).

On a regular day, I eat 3 FULL meals, which are about 1200 calories in total. I have to have a snack or extra shakes for MFP to not bitch at me to eat over 1200 calories. Like I said, I have my diet down to a science, and I find it EXTREMELY difficult to eat 2000 calories, let alone 3000 a day without eating out or eating unhealthy.

I dread maintenance week and I have to force myself to stuff my face when I know what I need. If I would’ve told myself 4 months ago that I’m complaining about having to eat more I would’ve laughed in my face. I’m obsessed with my weight loss because I know I need and deserve it more than ever. These maintenance weeks make me feel fat. I hate seeing the scale go up. It bothers the fuck out of me.

I’m just wondering if there’s anyone else in the same boat as me, and if you are, how do you cope with it?

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From obesity to anorexia [Worth reading]

[Repost] Hey, same Op Here. If you scroll down my profile you probably saw that I made a reddit text a few months ago describing my healthy weight loss.

Haha. I wish. Or more like, I thought it was. I really thought it was healthy.

Today, right now, 5 minutes after it happened I'm writing this now. I had a 20.000 calorie binge today. 20 f-ing thousand calories. I gained nearly 16 pounds from all the food weight inside me right now.

Maybe you have seen my former post, I'm 5'7-5'8. I was in the 200+ pounds weight range for a large portion (pun) in my life. But since December I've decided to change. From 200 to 119 pounds in a mere 8 months. I thought I was healthy, I truly did. But since last month I've seen that I'm anorexic. I am afraid of over 400+ calories. I weigh every single thing, I fast for 3+ days at a time, and since last week I've binged on 3k calories every day and today 20k now. It devastates me. I weigh 135 pound in this very moment, probably from food weight but I know that I must have gained after this week long binge. And I'm shaken up. I want to be on the 2-Numbers weight range till Halloween. I'm fucked up

"Mimimi but Op why are you making this post?" To spread awareness. Now that I'm a lot skinnier I still feel like shit. I feel disgusting. I'm never thin enough.

"What about a doctor?" You see, I'm not underweight yet for them. My hands look like sticks but my torso and legs aren't bad yet. I lose weight in the upper part of my body so fast, my eyes are sunken in, my collar bones are cup holders, my hair is falling out, my hands are bones. But my stomach and hips and thighs? Phew boy. Those are chunky and those are usually where they meassure your BMI. My doctor even told me I can lose some more weight just a few weeks ago. So no and yes. Yes I'm going to a doctor. No I'm apparently not getting help.

Right now I'm sitting crying on the floor, my stomach and face are bloated, there are 3 empty peanut butter jars here, 2 ramen packs, a nutella jar, 4 ice cream cups, 5 chocolate bars, candied nuts, a whole empty loaf of toast, 2 microwaveable spaghetti packages, a cake slice, and some bread and so many sauces and pringles and energy drinks. And you know what? I can't remember most of it. I only remember eating as fast as I can. As if I'm being hunted or preparing for hibernation.

I don't know what to do if I'm honest. I have body dysmorphia. I can't see myself. I want to have a thigh gap I want this or that or those and ahhh. I totally lost the point of why I'm writing this. My mind is still foggy and weird. My doctors won't take seriously. All I want to say is... please stay safe.

You will NOT be happy once you're thin. It will NOT be a magical cure to your problems. Get a therapist. Don't end up like me. Eating disorders are scary. They control you. And now I experienced both ends of the spectrum.

Stay safe. Looks aren't everything.

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Skin can’t handle the weight loss

Hi guys. Long time lurker seeking some skin advice. I’ve lost nearly 100 pounds, 345 down to 255, and my skin is shredded with stretch marks. I’ve accepted them as much as possible right now but lately (the last year or so) I’m getting stretch marks literally EVERYWHERE. My forearms, my chest, and my FACE. They’re not red or incredibly deep, definitely visible though, and my skin seems to just have had it. Stretch marks are normal but this seems like it could be a medical problem. Has anyone experienced this? Advice? I’m trying to stay positive but I’m barely holding it together these days and now I’m scared to lose more weight in case they get worse.

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