After losing my religion, I lost other things too. Down 70+ lbs. Story below.

Hey guys,

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I have always been inspired by the stories here, including back in the day when I was really struggling with my weight.

For me a lot of my weight was psychological. I was in a high control religion and a survivor of sexual abuse. I never talked about what happened and never expressed the painful dissonance I was feeling. It was hard for me to wake up in the morning, let alone go outside, or even open the blinds.

I ended up on anti-psychotics and depression meds. I gained so much weight. Stopped seeing friends. Stopped leaving the house.

Finally I left in 2015, and spoke out about my story in 2018. Since then I have found a group of people who supported me. I got into therapy. I started back country camping and hiking out several miles, doing back packing trips. I slowly started to put the food down and chase adventure again. Life became exciting after I found my freedom.

As far as diet, even when I was heavy I would obsessively count my calories and scale myself every day. Once I stopped obsessing over food, I stopped bingeing. I started just eating small amounts of what I wanted and reminding myself I could have more later if I wanted to. I started letting people in and letting them love me and spend time with me. I started loving myself and accepting myself.

No matter where you are on your weight loss journey, I hope you learn to love yourself too.

I'd love to see other transformation pics below as well! Rock on guys! Keep working at building your life!

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Need Help Deciding What Data To Track

Hello!

I'm in the beginning stages of my health and weight loss journey after recently discovering I have immune issues and some major food allergies. Throughout this process, I've really become interested in studying nutrition and dietetics at school. I'm already on a biology track, and I'm thinking of switching so I can go to school to be a dietician! I have a long way to go on my personal journey, and I'm taking a year or two off to focus on that before I keep going with school.

I want to track my progress in every way possible so that when I enter the feild I can show my journey and progress, what worked for me, etc. I think this will help in school, but also with future clients and employers in the field.

My question is - what data should I start tracking? Obviously weight, body measurements, pictures, and exercise to start - but what else would be beneficial for me to keep track of? Should I keep track of macros? Mood? Steps? Should I get a fitness watch to keep track of what I'm burning throughout the day?

Any ideas would be helpful! I want to make sure this is as scientific and thorough as I can be (realistically). I would also love any book recommendations on nutrition and dietetics. I've been trying to soak up as much as I can.

Some background on me:

I'm 29 years old, 5'4 and 227 pounds. My highest weight was 240. I'm allergic to beef, pork, dairy, and gluten. At the request of my doctor, I'm eating mostly grain-free right now while we work on cutting back inflammation issues. I'm okay with taking 1-2 years off before continuing school to work on this part of my life.

Thank you guys!

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Finally flirting with the 130s

Mostly a lurker on this sub but wanted to celebrate something that I can’t really share aloud

My weight loss started in summer 2017 where I went from 167 to 145. In my final year of school I bounced back up a little to 152 but after graduation have slowly been hacking it down again

I’ve refound a love of exercise but I still slipped up for a while diet wise so I was plateaued between 140-145 for a while

Finally I’ve spent two whole weeks under 140, so I can officially say I’m there :)

Slow and steady, I know it’s only like 30 lbs over two years haha

Anyways my advice is all about making good choices in the kitchen first like everyone else says, but I think finding a hobby that happens to be active has helped me tremendously. I don’t think of getting on my bike as my daily workout but just how I get from point a to point b now

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100 pounds in 8 months

So I've just got to the 100 pound make in 8 months 😜

My depression is a thing of the past, I'm confident again and now in strongman training. I will be the world's strongest Man 2021 💪

Not sure how long I'll keep going but I'd like to think I've got another 100 pounds of weight loss in me.

Im not going to release full measurements and weights until I'm at my goal but I'm down 9 inch from my waist and have lost 2 X's from my t-shirt labels 😂

Who knew that diet and exercise actually worked.

My best advice to anyone reading is simply to give up bread and go from there. It's typically a staple of many peoples diets but a great place to start.

I've also not eaten lunch in 8 months so that probably helps.

Start the morning with a decent breakfast and then go to the gym after work. Come home and eat a decent dinner. No snacking ❌

http://imgur.com/gallery/Tyy2KUr

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Is anyone else just not exercising unless they feel like it, and treating it as a separate thing from weight loss?

I have yo-yo dieted many times in the past, and I’ve always included exercise as part of that. I really dislike exercising as a fat person. So this time around (after a few years of maintaining a stable, but high, weight and working on my mental issues related to food and disordered eating) I’m just...not. I plan on incorporating regular exercise once I feel like it; probably in a few months. I feel like for right now (and maybe for the whole time I am taking off weight), it’s okay just to focus on adjusting my eating. Anyone else out there who is doing or has done this? What has your experience been like?

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Progress is slow, but it's worth it.

(https://www.imgur.com/a/p9GeUcW)

This is my progress from August 11 to 19th September (today). I was 81.4 kg on the left and 78.8kg on the right. As you can see there's some difference, but not that much, as I am trying to build muscle also so I am taking it slow. I wanted to post this for the people who feel down, and uninspired when going through weight loss, fat loss and feel unappreciated. Follow the habits and routines and the results will be there. I will settle for slow progress. It's better than no progress at all. I am going through some life changes right now. For 2 years, I used to have study and college as my top priority and was very lonely, sad, anxious and depressed. I used to avoid people and things and just sat in my bed all day doing nothing other than studying for the exams. I got my good marks in my 2nd year of college and even though I was a little happy. I felt jobless and aimless for 2 months and ate like a pig, continued my porn and masturbation addiction and did not give a fuck. I've changed in the last 2 months and I'm content with myself and I'm also making progress in other parts of life also. I'm sorry if this post is a little long, I just wanted to vent.

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Timeline or no timeline

Hey everyone! I’ve never posted here before, but it’s been a real motivator watching everyone’s successes & conversations.

So my question here is have you/are you finding success in holding yourself to deadlines for your weight loss goals? I’ve been trying to do it because I have a ton of events coming up in late 2019 & all through 2020, but sometimes it feels like a big slap to the face when I fall short of my weekly or monthly goals.

So I guess I’m just looking for some feedback on shifting my mentality here, or, if you’re against timelines, ideas on how to avoid the natural calculation I constantly have going in my head for how quickly I’m losing.

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