Small win but I'm happy with myself!

I've been on again off again with weight loss for about a year now. My biggest issue has been committing too fully to one idea and then I'd burn myself out after a week. This time around I decided to do things more slowly. Bring a lunch to work, go for a walk if I have some downtime, do at least 10 push ups a day, ya know, small easier things just to get myself going.

I started working the gym back into my habits last week. I am not trying to make it a daily habit, but rather something I do a few times a week to help out with the process. Today I had a rough day at work and was craving a beer all day. Instead of heading to the bar right away I went to the gym and rode a stationary for 20 minutes instead.

I feel great! I worked up a sweat, rode a bit further than I thought, and, maybe most importantly, the beer craving diminished! Like I said, not a huge win, but I'm happy I went

submitted by /u/Little-Bears_11-2-16
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/2UV8oDf

First time post to hold myself accountable and have something to look back on

(Repost to fix title and add flair because I didn’t know how to make a proper reddit post before)

Hello losers,

This is my first time posting on Reddit, or really any kind of forum. I have always just lurked around, but not much. I've decided that I wanted to post to keep myself accountable and hopefully gain some support.

I have been fat my entire life. My childhood is a blur, and I don't remember anything really. But I know I was always the bigger girl in everything. Dance, cheerleading (not sideline, clap your hands cheerleading, but practice every single day, conditioning, tumbling, and competing cheerleading), school. Everything. I wasn't bullied, I was actually very well rounded and had a lot of friends, did sports and what not, but I was always just a big girl. One of my most vivid memories was getting my sports physical for cheerleading the summer after 8th grade, about to go to highschool. I was 198 pounds (5'6) and I was mortified. Anyways, I graduated, adding many pounds, and went to college where the real damage was done.

I was binge drinking every single weekend, multiples times a week. I ate whatever I wanted, and hardly exercised. I hit around 245. The summer headed into my junior year of college, I went from about 245 pounds to 218 through a healthy diet and exercise. It''s worth noting I also had mono, and I was physically drained, working 7:30-5, going to the gym for an hour and a half a day. I also found myself becoming VERY restrictive with calories. I aimed for 1200, but a lot of times I was only eating 800-900. I felt GOOD losing weight though.

College started back, gained it all back. Then senior year hit, and I really spiraled. When I graduated college (May 2018), I hit 250 pounds. Throughout the remainder of 2018, living in the real world and navigating a real job, I finished the year at 256. I didn't start my weight loss journey until January 22nd, 2019 - starting weight 256.8.

I tracked my calories intensely, and lost 12 pounds in the first month, 13 more the next, and then about 6 more. In 2.5 months, I lost 31.2 pounds, bringing me to April, where I hovered at 225. I felt good, but then I ended up taking a break and I went up to about 236, which I think a lot was water weight.

I decided to get back into it towards the end of August. From August 26th, to today (9/10), I am at 224 pounds. I eat around 1200 calories a day, and live as active of a life as I can at a desk job. I live in a big city, so I walk a lot (about 15k steps a day, sometimes more, sometimes less). During my lunch break, I'll walk the entire hour, or exercise at the gym. I have been doing HIIT classes at a gym twice a week (similar to OTF), along with Soulcycle once a week. I almost completely cut out alcohol, minus a beer or two on the weekends.

I am very nervous, but also excited. I feel more motivated than ever, and have found myself in a completely different mindset than I was in the past. I am very afraid that I will take calorie counting out of control like I have done in the past. I measure everything, track everything, and am a little obsessed with the MFP "where you'll be in 5 weeks" feature. I'm also afraid of when I do lose weight, how to live life. I've never not been fat. I have no idea what it's like, and it's terrifying. I also think I may struggle with some depression and anxiety, but I’ve never really addressed that. Being 23 is weird.

Anyways, thanks for reading! Please leave any advice, tips, or encouragement you may have

submitted by /u/ybbiggirly273641
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/2O1ePCW

TIFU Threw away mums chocolate

So I've been on this weight loss journey for maybe 2 years now, (21 M, 5.11) 90 kg was my peak and I got down to 75kg by not eating. Obviously put back on very fast and went back to 85kg. Now I'm doing right and and am losing slowly but with the correct meals and such and CICO.

Anyway I'm a sugar addict and if I pass some sweet, chocolate or cake I have to get some, this was fine at university as I just didn't buy it, when it's in the shop it doesn't attract me. At home now and my mum buys it all the time, like two packs of kit kats atleast twice a week and a bunch of other sweets and bars. If I go in the pantry to make a meal all I see is a mountain of chocolate in these big tubs. I've asked my mum to stop buying as it's killing me to see it. Yesterday I had enough, and threw it all in the bin, I filled three bin bags, like the big black ones, it was crazy and most was out of date from like 2007.

She gets home, sees what I've done and goes ballistic, how dare I throw it away, it was like I had personally attacked her, I even kept the most recent bars she had bought but no it wasn't enough. She smashed my Nintendo switch in retribution. Now I'm waiting for the anger to pass.

TLDR: don't touch mums chocolate.

submitted by /u/pekkalax
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/2A4yhqx

Gym success stories?

I’ve been working out at the gym for about six weeks now. I go 3 to 5 times a week and go to at least 2 strength training/weightlifting classes and the rest cardio. In the past four years I’ve went from weighting 210 pounds to now 154 pounds. I’m down to my last 15 that I have to lose. Unfortunately, I’m not seeing the weight come off like it has in the past.

I would love to hear success stories of how the gym helped you lose weight. How long did it take? Did you see weight loss within the first month or did it take longer? Just hoping for some motivation and I love reading about other people success.

Thank you in advance!

submitted by /u/frannieprice
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/2HZVm22

Please do it slowly! It is so worth the effort.

Hi everyone! First post on any sub so please bare with me :)

Here are some progress pics: https://imgur.com/gallery/0lPJiTB First is feb 2018-sept 2018 and second is May 2019-July 2019-September 2019

Change sucks. When I was a freshman in college two years ago, it absolutely broke me. I went from being the outgoing funny girl to the girl that hid in her dorm because she had no friends and was embarrassed about it. With no friends to hang out with and nothing to do, I ate. I ate whatever the heck I wanted. It’s weird when you gain weight in a short period of time because I honestly didn’t even notice it was happening, no matter how obvious it was to everyone else. I didn’t realize until I stepped on the scale one day in November and it read 188. I was a 5 foot 4 18 year old female nearing 200 pounds. I was always bigger than my friends, but not THAT much bigger. My toxic relationship with college led me to continue this happens on a slightly smaller scale and I did probably lose a few pounds by the time finals were over in May. And that’s when I went diet CRAZY. I was eating from 800-1100 calories along with playing softball and going to the gym 5x a week. I lost weight and I lost it fast. I was scared of “bad” foods and when I ate one slice of cake for my moms birthday in August I immediately went to the gym for an hour after because I was so freaking guilty. Not cute. I got down to 145. When I got back to school for my sophomore year, down 40 pounds, the compliments were exhilarating. I was obsessed with people telling me how good I looked. However, turns out eating 800 calories a day wasn’t sustainable??? Who would’ve thought??? Dining Hall food with no calorie counts made my life hell and led to binging. I was stuck in the classic binge-restrict cycle I told myself I would never get into. By the end of Sophomore year I had completely given up and was back to 173. This past summer I tried the whole weight loss thing again but without, you know, starving myself. I ate a more reasonable amount of calories (around 1300, I know it’s still probably too low I’m sorry I’m trying my best) and worked an active job as a camp counselor. Being on my feet all day and fueling my body properly made me feel damn GOOD. I grew to appreciate my body. I educated myself. I knew if I wanted this done right, I had to lose weight slower and with less restriction. So that’s what I did. I am down 26.6 pounds from May and I and feeling GREAT. By going slower I was able to teach myself that it is okay to eat “bad” foods, skip the gym every so often, and I worked really hard to try to stop saying no to social events because of my fear of the food there. I’m not perfect, but I’m sure as hell better mentally and food/body-wise than I have been in YEARS. I’m not sure my reason for posting this. Partly because I don’t feel comfortable talking to anyone in my life about this, party so that I can hopefully convince one person to DO IT SLOWLY. You didn’t gain it in 3 months you won’t lose it all in 3 months. Put in the work for yourself. You deserve it. Move more. Eat less. Act like you respect your body and eat like you do. Thank you r/loseit for the constant motivation, education, and comfort. We’re all in this together!

submitted by /u/missghettii
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/2HYxsUz

23F 5’6 | SW 256.6 | CW 224.2 | (first) GW 199

Hello losers,

This is my first time posting on Reddit, or really any kind of forum. I have always just lurked around, but not much. I've decided that I wanted to post to keep myself accountable and hopefully gain some support.

I have been fat my entire life. My childhood is a blur, and I don't remember anything really. But I know I was always the bigger girl in everything. Dance, cheerleading (not sideline, clap your hands cheerleading, but practice every single day, conditioning, tumbling, and competing cheerleading), school. Everything. I wasn't bullied, I was actually very well rounded and had a lot of friends, did sports and what not, but I was always just a big girl. One of my most vivid memories was getting my sports physical for cheerleading the summer after 8th grade, about to go to highschool. I was 198 pounds (5'6) and I was mortified. Anyways, I graduated, adding many pounds, and went to college where the real damage was done.

I was binge drinking every single weekend, multiples times a week. I ate whatever I wanted, and hardly exercised. I hit around 245. The summer headed into my junior year of college, I went from about 245 pounds to 218 through a healthy diet and exercise. It''s worth noting I also had mono, and I was physically drained, working 7:30-5, going to the gym for an hour and a half a day. I also found myself becoming VERY restrictive with calories. I aimed for 1200, but a lot of times I was only eating 800-900. I felt GOOD losing weight though.

College started back, gained it all back. Then senior year hit, and I really spiraled. When I graduated college (May 2018), I hit 250 pounds. Throughout the remainder of 2018, living in the real world and navigating a real job, I finished the year at 256. I didn't start my weight loss journey until January 22nd, 2019 - starting weight 256.8.

I tracked my calories intensely, and lost 12 pounds in the first month, 13 more the next, and then about 6 more. In 2.5 months, I lost 31.2 pounds, bringing me to April, where I hovered at 225. I felt good, but then I ended up taking a break and I went up to about 236, which I think a lot was water weight.

I decided to get back into it towards the end of August. From August 26th, to today (9/10), I am at 224 pounds. I eat around 1200 calories a day, and live as active of a life as I can at a desk job. I live in a big city, so I walk a lot (about 15k steps a day, sometimes more, sometimes less). During my lunch break, I'll walk the entire hour, or exercise at the gym. I have been doing HIIT classes at a gym twice a week (similar to OTF), along with Soulcycle once a week. I almost completely cut out alcohol, minus a beer or two on the weekends.

I am very nervous, but also excited. I feel more motivated than ever, and have found myself in a completely different mindset than I was in the past. I am very afraid that I will take calorie counting out of control like I have done in the past. I measure everything, track everything, and am a little obsessed with the MFP "where you'll be in 5 weeks" feature. I'm also afraid of when I do lose weight, how to live life. I've never not been fat. I have no idea what it's like, and it's terrifying. I also think I may struggle with some depression and anxiety, but I’ve never really addressed that. Being 23 is weird.

Anyways, thanks for reading! Please leave any advice, tips, or encouragement you may have

Edit: sorry for the title, I thought that went to the line next to my name but clearly I have no idea what I’m doing :)

submitted by /u/ybbiggirly273641
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/32xkSDx

25 lbs in 50 days (detailed progress graph, pics, and program)

M 5'8 SW: 187 CW: 162.4

I ended up losing about 25lbs in 50 days (actually 24.6 lbs in 49 days, but lets not be nitpicky), while retaining almost all my lean mass (~90%+).

I've provided a full breakdown showing my weight loss (daily and weekly average), fat loss (daily and weekly average), as well as my calories consumed and calories burned per day (in bar graph form). So enjoy the graph if you're a data geek like me:

https://i.postimg.cc/8kfHKmfP/weightloss-2.png

Note that the black line is my expected weight loss based on Calories-In-Calories-Out, which I used it to make sure I wasn't adversely affecting my metabolic rate.

Here is a gif of the progress:

NSFW (shirtless dude) : https://i.postimg.cc/VLyF30X9/shrinking-man.gif

​

DIET:

I initially started with a severe calorie restriction of 1500 Cal, but I ended up eating closer to 1800 Cal per day. Even on 1800 Cal I found that my exercises were becoming brutal and I was starting to get weird injuries. Consequently I started to eat a lot more (2400-3000 Cal per day) and doing a two day (~60 hour) fast every week to maintain my calorie deficit. It's worked wonders for me as I now have enough energy to work out hard and recover properly, while the two day fast burns a ton of fat. I've started eating a keto diet (<20g carbs) on the day prior to fasting to accelerate how quickly I get into ketosis.

I don't worry about macros, other than making sure I'm eating >0.75g protein/lb body weight to help retain lean mass.

EXERCISE:

For most of this period I've been doing a full body exercise 3x a week with cardio on the other days. The full body exercises I've been doing have been a variation of Funk Roberts Dumbell Workout, to which I've added tricep extensions, straight-arm flys, and shrugs to get a better full upper body workout.

For cardio I've progressed from p90 cardio (A,B, C) to p90x cardio (Kenpo, Plyometrics). I also do the p90 abs workout on cardio days following the same progression p90 to p90x.

Beyond that, most of my calories burned comes from hiking. I'm lucky to have a beautiful pristine 20km nature hike next door to me. Particularly on fasting days, I try to make sure to hike so can fully deplete glycogen stores and get into ketosis as fast as possible.

submitted by /u/fitnessexpress
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/2Qdaj74