What am I doing wrong? Am I doing anything wrong?

So February I started my weight loss journey, I am female 25 5”6” and weighed 90kg. I wasn’t happy and my mobility had started to become awful. I knew I needed to do something so I started calorie counting and going to the gym 4-5 days a week, 25 minutes of cardio and 15 weight lifting.I searched ideal weight for my height and the maintenance at that weight. 1500 is what it showed me and every month I’ve been loosing around 5kg. I weighed myself last month and was 65kg. I weighed myself today and I’m 64kg. I have been sticking to 1500 or under everyday since February and I count everything. Am I doing something wrong? Just a bit disgruntled that I haven’t hit my monthly goal and not sure what I’ve done wrong. I’m aiming for 55kg so I haven’t got much left to go.

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

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/2Axe6BL

How to stop feeling like your life will only start once you're thin and attractive?

Hi all,

I was curious if you guys had any tips on confidence/self worth during a weight loss journey. I've lost 50 lbs so far and i'm more than half way to my goal weight. It's odd because I never thought about looks or beauty much before starting losing weight and I know dieting/life styles changes can quickly enter into disordered eating and i'd like to avoid that.

Lately i've been feeling like I won't be satisfied until i'm as beautiful as possible, even toying around with the idea of a boob job, lip injections, possible botox (even though i'm 25). I recognize this isn't healthy and rooted in deep insecurities. I just have zero clue on how to stop caring about my physical appearance while also watching everything I eat, counting calories, having to buy smaller sizes in clothes.

Any advice greatly is appreciated!

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

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/2Ic5FQD

I got call 'fat' today in front of my kids and I feel so deflated.

I'll start by saying I have Irish Twins my youngest is still an infant; I put on a lot of weight with back to back pregnancies and am currently around 235 lbs and to date I've managed to lose 35 ish lbs since my youngests' birth with a combination of WW and doing the Bikini Body Mommy Challenges with some extra exercise as well. I wake up for the day between 5 and 5:30 so I can workout and this week I was actually starting to feel ok about myself and really starting to see the weight loss. I was proud of myself I guess.

Well this afternoon I managed to get both kids out to a large grocery store known for it's bulk items and free samples. I get my kids each a sample of some kind of sweet bread; it keeps them both busy even though my youngest is still a baby and eats like a baby (messy). He starts dropping some of this bread; its crumbling all over the floor. I tried to pick up some but ya its just not worth it. I end up leaving it. This woman circles around me with her cart staring at me in the eye and shouting "WOW! WOW! WOW!" over and over again (I'm assuming over the crumbs but I don't engage because my kids are with me and I don't want to scare them..this woman is already kinda scaring me and I figured it was best to ignore her).

I carry on kinda shaken but we keep shopping; this woman circles around the meat section and passes by me again (definitely on purpose) and stares at me the whole time. When she gets behind me she yells "you're FAT!". Ok, well at this point I just keep going. I don't want to cry and I don't want my kids to see this scene I'm afraid is about to unfold. Again we keep going and I decided to just finish my shop. She just glares at me every time we are near..finally I go to the clothing section in the middle; where I stop to look at an item and pick up my fussing baby. She passes again behind me and whispers "your Toddler is Beautiful" as she slowly walks away. (which yes my oldest is a beautiful little girl I know this as her Mom and we often get stopped and people gush about what a cutie she is..she's a doll but why say it after everything before). At this point I'm extremely freaked out; I wait there a minute until I'm sure she is gone gone and then leave.

I'm going to give a bit of context about her here: she's probably the same age as me (early 30's), she had her 4/5ish year old son with her sitting in her cart while all this was happening. She was very slim, large fake breasts, bleached blonde hair, and HEAVY makeup (not judging or shaming I love makeup as well..just for context). I'm not trying to be a jerk..but imagine the kinda talent you would see at a strip club. Which again I only mention because I'm sure she get's judged for her appearance; and there was a huge part of me that wanted to yell at her to "shut her stupid whore face" but I didn't (I would never speak like that). I just don't get it; why the heck do I deserve to be harassed just because I'm fat? She has no idea how hard I'm working to lose weight and that I'm actually doing well so far but it doesn't even matter if I was or wasn't dieting no one deserves to be treated like that. I can't even wrap my head around what took place today. I haven't been called fat since Junior high by my bully and today just brought me back to that place. Do people hate overweight people so much? I can not even fathom behaving like this towards another person and making this kind of example in-front of my child. I feel so deflated; like my effort was for nothing.

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

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/2Njv4vL

I have a question about body types.

I frequently browse weightloss and inspiration subreddits like r/loseit, and sometimes I look on r/fatlogic as well.

I am kind of confused about something I saw. I know intuitively that people don't have substantially bigger bones than others (big boned), but I do believe that some people have larger frames than others. Am I wrong in thinking this? I don't want to be misinformed by my own bias.

I am a 5'6 20 year old female. I am around 160 pounds, which I know is more than advisable. I am a part of my school's rugby team, so I get sufficient physical activity, and I have noticed that I have broader shoulders than some of the other backs on my team. Is it just my extra weight? This is a genuine question because I want to be well-informed and as healthy as possible. I try to eat healthy most of the time, and I am not delusional, I know I overeat more than I should. I really am trying, but I don't want my weight loss inspiration to be misleading because I'm built differently.

And I swear I'm not stupid, or trying to sound it, but the fatlogic subreddit is giving me so many different answers that I have thoroughly confused myself.

submitted by /u/nohrlegend1998
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/32RqyZ7

Here I am to state the obvious: My year long “plateau” was because I wasn’t in a calorie deficit. Shocker.

34F/5’4”/SW:195/ CW:150/ GW:135

I had my 3rd child in December of 2017 and weighed the most I had ever weighed: 195 pounds 6-weeks postpartum. I tried the usual formula (cals in/cals out) for four months and lost about 5 pounds (probably from still eating too much....) I tried keto that April and lost down to 170 in 5-short weeks (because of...a calorie deficit...duh.) Went back to carbs and surprisingly didn’t gain a pound back. This was probably because I kept trying to lose. I managed to lose down to 163 by that October. Until recently, I was what I had labeled a “hard plateau.” An endless stall. Surely something was wrong with my system. My body was failing me no matter how hard I tried. My hormones are wrecked. I’ve ruined my metabolism. Over the span of 10 1/2 months, I tried it all. Keto again. Vegan. Intermittent fasting. Water fasting. Lifting heavy with little cardio so I could at the very least “recomp” since my body was just soooo resistant to losing anymore. I studied everything. Researched it all. I saw three doctors who told me that I was probably eating more than I thought and that’s why I wouldn’t lose. I worked out! What did they know!?? Nothing. I was even referred to an endocrinologist that at least found out I was insulting resistant. I tried Metformin. This entire time. Not. A. Pound. Lost. Until one day about five weeks ago, I read something that has changed what I’ve done. I went back to the basics instead of hoping for a quick fix. I stayed consistent, and most of all..I stayed in a calorie deficit.

I am short. I use less energy than taller people and that’s a widespread annoyance among short women. We lose at a snails pace, if at all. The reason is because I was trying to eat 1200 calories a day, but I was starving. I ended up giving in to a 300-400 cal snack almost nightly. I’d binge On the weekend (masked as a cheat day) because I felt so restricted. I worked out, but not enough to negate the calories. I thought I was super consistent...but I was consistently eating at maintenance.

I started eating a solid 1600 cals broken into 4 meals a day. I upped my protein and started to not be so terrified of carbs. I also took the advice of a fellow shorty and started walking 7-9 KM daily. I now do this without fail. Add that to my usual workouts, my now non-disordered eating patterns and voila! A ten pound weight loss in a month. I’ll never understand how I truly believed that I was soooo different and that basic physics didn’t apply to me.

In the end, all it took was a damn calorie deficit. A real deficit. A consistent GD DEFICIT.

I’m officially a dumbass. 🙄

submitted by /u/Cosmobella20
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/30tHtiT

Diet advice

Hello all, About two months ago I started my diet/exercise journey and I have reached a point where I am unsure what I should be doing.

A little backstory. I am a 31 y/o male. 6 foot 4 max weight was 254 and current weight is about 215. I have a fairly thin frame I can post pictures if need be. I haven't had any serious exercise in over a decade besides walking and occasionally bike riding. My current job is me at a desk most of the day I probably get in a out 5k steps a day. My current workout routine for the last two months involves weight training for about 1.5 hours 5-6 days a week. I also do cardio 5-6 days a week which is anything from running 1-3 miles to a mixture of sprints and body weight exercises. Typically 20 min of cardio.

Now to the good part, my diet. Typically for the last 2 months I have been on a 1500 cal a day diet. Trying to keep my macros at 25% fat, 200g of protein , and how ever many carbs to fill the rest. Most of my protein comes from one whey mix with almond milk, tuna, turkey, or chicken breast. Fats comes from eggs or occasional dairy. Carbs are from occasionally having breads or pastas but I try and limit these and typically on Fridays we do pizza night where I allow myself one to two pieces of pizza and manage my calories elsewhere to stay around 1500. I only drink water and I drink about 4 liters a day. I am at the point where my weight loss seems stagnant but I am also putting on muscle. I have some belly fat I would still like to lose and really I think my ideal weight is somewhere around 205-210.

My question is or what I am seeking advice on is should I be consuming more calories with the amount of exercise I am getting? I am worried I am burning muscles when I want to be gaining. I want to lose this belly fat but am finding it impossible no matter how much abs or cardio I do. Any advice is appreciated and if anyone needs any more detailed information please let me know.

Also I get around 7-8 hours of sleep a night.

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

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/307PaA7

Lost my favorite weight loss cheerleader

My coworker D just left my company to pursue a great opportunity. I'm very happy for her, but sadder than I should be about her leaving.

I didn't see her often, but I met her on my first day, and when I started losing weight, she was one of the first to compliment me. From then on, every time I saw her, she'd remind "You're looking great! Keep it up!" It was really encouraging, and somehow always what I needed to hear. She was never super pushy, or judgey, or falsely motivational, or one of the ones telling me to give up or that I'd lost "enough" and to stop. Just quietly and consistently supportive. Some days, running into D was enough to make me reconsider a binge urge.

I'd been at maintenance for a bit (reached the halfway to final goal milestone and got married - decided to stick to "okay enough" and not have to pay a ton for alterations). I'm back on the bandwagon of tracking my calories, which is going well so far, but I'm going to miss my (roughly) weekly reminder as I start back up that it IS working.

I've got another ~60 pounds to lose before I hit my ultimate goal (mid-range of healthy BMI), and it's going to be harder without D. I wish more people were as awesome about it as she is.

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

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/2Nn9syq