At a standstill and I don’t know how to fix it

Hey everyone, hoping I can get some advice from people that can relate to what I’m saying...

I’ve been on a very long, slow weight loss journey. I’m female, 5’6”, and my highest recorded weight was 275 lbs around 2009 or so. Starting in 2010, I began my weight loss journey because I was tired of being fat, and I was also going to be in a wedding the following year, and I didn’t want to be the fat girl in the wedding pictures. I managed to lose around 50 lbs before the wedding. I am still continuing to lose weight. I had a major setback due to personal reasons a few years ago, but got back on the wagon.

I currently weigh 193, but my problem is that I have been in this range now for the past few months. I cannot for the life of me get out of the 190s. If I do, it’s a temporary thing and I immediately gain the next day. I don’t understand what I am doing wrong. My doctor says I am just a “slow loser” at losing weight. My nutritionist seems to agree. Insulin resistance was brought up at my last physical, but I am not at risk for diabetes as my bloodwork was normal. I’ve tried CICO (what I currently am doing and what helped me lose the previous weight), weight watchers, low carb....I just don’t understand what I’m doing wrong and I’m getting frustrated and upset over lack of progress. I exercise around 3 times a week and I definitely prefer cardio (I like running and swimming) but I have started doing more strength exercises and started a strength program. Some friends suggested it’s muscle weight, but it’s the same 3 lbs coming and going. Has anyone experienced something similar to me, and found a way to break the cycle? Really would appreciate any advice!

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Am I getting enough exercise?

Sorry if this is the wrong sub to ask this, but I wasn’t sure where else to ask.

So I’m a 19F college student trying to lose weight. I have somewhere around 100 to lose and have been making progress over the last couple weeks. It’s a lot easier since I have a kitchen this year! No more relying on dining hall and microwave food.

I’m worried that I’m not getting enough exercise. I know that it’s not necessary for weight loss, but I really hate being inactive. I want to do more cardio, but I’ve exhausted myself the last couple times I went to the gym. I had to cut my last session ten minutes short (total of 20 mins) since I just didn’t think I could go on. I was on the elliptical and had it set at the most basic settings for resistance and incline, and I still struggled. I wasn’t going too fast either.

But as a college student, I’m not completely sedentary. I walk to/from classes four days a week, which can add up to about 30-40 mins of walking per day in 5-15 min spurts. I’m not sure this really counts because it’s not like I’m pushing myself extremely hard or doing it for long periods of time.

Also, as I lose weight, I do hope to be more active. But with how exhausted I get when doing “low-intensity” cardio, I don’t see that as being an option yet.

Does anyone have any tips? Is this enough? Is there anything I should add into my routine to help me get more active?

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Anyone else hate it when family comment negatively on your weight when you’ve actually been losing it?

My dad keeps making hints about my weight. When I weighed 187 pounds, I remember he straight up said to me when he saw me at uni “I think we both need to lose a bit of weight don’t we?”. I said I know, I wasn’t actively losing weight at that stage but was planning to as I joined the gym. That was the first time (back in July) a family member commented on my weight gain and though I knew I needed to lose weight, it still almost made me cry because it was the first time a family member had mentioned it.

I’m now 175 pounds, and this is the most weight I have lost in one go and I’m proud of myself. I go to the gym regularly and though I don’t eat the healthiest (I’m at home, I tend to eat healthier when I’m at uni as I choose what goes into my cupboards and fridge, if there’s junk there I’m very likely to eat it) I’ve been losing weight at a gradual pace which is healthy. I went on holiday for 10 days and gained 3 pounds so I had to take a week or two to get back into the routine and mindset of losing weight.

I don’t think my weight loss is visible, I understand the first chunk of weight loss is water weight, I’ve actually noticed the weight loss in my arms more so than my thighs or waist.

My mum however would still make hints, to this day. She would make hints about healthier eating and calories, I even straight up said to her when it started to annoy me “look, just tell me I’m overweight, stop making hints it’s not doing anything for me, I’ve actually lost weight, did you know that?”. She didn’t respond to the first part but in response to knowing I lost weight she said “yes” but she seemed surprised, I don’t think she knew but she doesn’t like to admit when she’s wrong so I think she lied.

As I’ve been home and seeing friends, as a 19 year old I’ve been going out and drinking one too many. My parents claimed to have never gotten drunk in their lives so they do shame me for it despite me being a university student. I often get McDonald’s after a night out with my friends because, and this isn’t an excuse, if I don’t eat something substantial after drinking I more likely than not will be sick, and McDonald’s is usually the only place open. My mum has used this to berate me, saying she sees me eating nothing but junk food (she rarely sees me eat as she’s at work) and when I say what she says “McDonald’s”, which I’ve only had twice in two months. She berates me if I throw up from being sick, so whether I get a drunken McDonalds or not I’m going to be shamed by my mother, who isn’t healthy either, she’s eaten a multipack of 12 crisps in 2 days, I haven’t touched crisps since being home.

Sorry for going on a tangent, I’m just saying I wish my parents would be as happy with my progress as I am, and yes even though I still have some way to go, they know I go to the gym regularly, and 12 pounds weight loss is really good for a stubborn young adult aha. They only see a small snippet of my diet and routine and think they can judge me for it, if my diet was really that bad I wouldn’t have lost 12 pounds since mid july (with a 10 day holiday in between).

If you are a parent worried about your child’s weight, please be encouraging when they do lose weight, don’t shame them into trying to lose even more when they’re already trying.

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(Advice Needed) I'm a bridesmaid in a March wedding and I'm debating on what size dress to buy.

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this. I considered posting in r/weddingplanning but this is more of a weight loss question than a wedding question.

My best friend and old college roommate is getting married in March 2020 and I'm a bridesmaid. I'm thrilled for her and I'm honored to be in her wedding. She sent the bridesmaids a link to the dress she wants us to get (through David's Bridal) and I'm concerned about the size I should get.

Obviously I'm going to go to a David's Bridal store and try it on first, but I've lost 54 pounds since March 2019 and I know as I continue to lose weight I'll be dropping dress sizes pretty quickly. I'm holding off on buying the dress until the deadline that she's given us so I can get the most accurate size for my body at that moment (I have to buy a dress no later than October 31st).

I'm at a deficit of -750 to -1000 and I lose about 1.5 to 2 pounds per week. I do moderate exercise in the form of Couch to 10k and I've been building some muscle which is exciting!

I've never lost this much weight before (yay!) so I have no idea what my approximate size would be when I'm between 210-220 pounds which is the weight I am aiming to be at by this March. Has anyone been in a similar situation? I'm concerned that if I buy a dress now, I'll either spend a fortune in alteration fees (which I can deal with I guess) or I'll be stuck with a dress that I can't wear.

Am I putting the proverbial cart before the horse? What do you guys think?

Edit: In case it matters, here's my stats. 27F SW: 306 CW 251 GW 200 to start and adjust after that

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Losing friends after losing weight?

So I've dropped 30 lbs and want to lose 5 more to reach my goal. I've worked very, very hard on my diet and exercise to do this. When you're older, it's a lot hard to drop lbs. I've been noticing some friends aren't too happy about it. I hear I'm getting too thin. Not true at all! lol. Also, when we go out to lunch, they keep asking when am I'm going to be finished with this diet already because I'm careful about what I eat and don't eat. I say I'm never going to be done because I want to to maintain this weight loss. I don't discuss my diet with these ladies, so it's not like this needs to be an issue. It's just frustrating to me.

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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

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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

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