Sunday, September 29, 2019

Shout out to my Mom's Best Friend.

My mother's best friend had been clearly obese for most of her adult life. She's a lovely woman, but like all of us, she has been held back by her weight. In the past year her husband died of cancer and her mother also passed away more recently.

Shortly after her mother's death, her uncle sent her a horrible letter under the guise that he cared about her obesity. In the letter he shamed her about her weight and said many other terrible things to her.

Instead of letting her uncle's words keep her down, my mom's friend decided to take her health into her own hands. She is in her mid 60's and has lost about 20 pounds now in the past couple months. This is great progress, and my family definitely noticed last time we saw her.

She recently told my mother that she visited her Aunt and Uncle, and her uncle decided to shame her face to face. She told them about her weight loss and her Uncle responded by saying he barely noticed anything and she must have 'lost 3 pounds at best'. Luckily her Aunt came to her defense and according to her the Aunt 'ripped her uncle a new one's and he was forced to apologize.

My mom's friend is still steadfast with her weight loss despite her Uncle's attacks, which I find to be very inspiring to my own weight loss. Just wanted to share this story and say that you all should believe in yourself no matter how much others might want to tear you down.

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Snatiation

Okay, this is probably off topic, but I am curious. Does anyone else suffer from snatiation?

I started experiencing it maybe four years ago. I used to think I was allergic to Chili's, but no, Chili's is just where I was eating all the time and eating in excess. Two weeks ago was the last time I had a sneezing attack after a large meal. One side effect of this weight loss journey is never experiencing snatiation again.

I'm also the only one I know that has the photic sneeze reflex, though 25% of the nation is supposed to experience that as well.

I don't know, maybe I just have the most annoying superpower in the world.

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What to do about lose skin & surgery (Australia)

Hi all.

In Aug 2017 I was 196kg (6'4) ~70kg lean. I am now ~120ish with 95kg lean mass. However this has effectively meant that I have an unbelievable amount of loose skin.

I have it on my gut, (ex) man boobs, thighs and a lot underneath my armpits.

I went to the doctor today and he thinks that my only real option is to have it removed, some might work out over time but the big 'flappy bits' are there.

Medicare in Australia will only cover it IF it is a medical need and unfortunately, i am now in pretty good health.

However this is not free and I am not rich, what are the options to have it removed if anyone knows. Is flying to somewhere like Indonesia or hong kong to have it done much cheaper than the australian private system offers a feasible option, how likely am I to end up with massive scars from a hack-job?

Any input would be great

Good luck on your weight loss journey

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Beginner CICO Question - Is it bad to eat below your recommended calorie intake?

Hey fellow losers!

So I got a pretty simple beginner question. I've been using CICO methods for about 3 weeks now, and I'm really enjoying it as I get the hang of it more and more. It takes way less food to fill me up, and I love going through each day knowing I'm satisfied off the new meals I've learned to prepare for myself. My question/situation is this:

Mostly every CICO calculator tells me to consume anywhere from 1,700 - 2,100 calories in order to consistently lose weight week by week. However, my diet on most days puts me at around 1,300 - 1,500 calories per day, and I'm completely satisfied with that, sometimes even less. For reference, I'm a 220 lb (it fluctuates one pound over or under usually every day) male with a height of 5'10". I first weighed in at around 231 lbs three to four weeks ago. I also go to the gym 4-5 times a week for some light cardio and weight lifting, and I make sure to eat maybe an extra 250 calories if I get hungrier on those days just to make sure I'm not running on empty. But still, it usually comes out to around 1,300 - 1,500 a day.

So basically, I can tell that my CICO strategy is definitely working in the weight loss aspect, I'm just wondering if there's any consequences to eating below your recommended calorie intake? Thanks for the help, I wouldn't have been able to get started without this community.

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5’ 8” 27F SW: 181 CW: 178 GW: 160 Need advice

I’ve known I need to lose weight for a bit now because I’ve noticed my weight slowly creeping up. I’ve decided I want to move forward with my desire to join the military, so I went to talk to a recruiter. He told me that my max weight to join is 166. He had me come back about a week and a half to reweigh me and I had gone done from 181 to 178. I’m supposed to go back Wednesday to weigh again but I feel like I haven’t lost any more weight. I’ve been trying to avoid fast food and walk several miles every day. I’m worried about not having lost any more weight (which I realize it’s too late to really lose anything before Wednesday). I’ve been considering starting to do intermittent fasting to try to boost my weight loss. Ultimately, I’m just looking for some advice.

TLDR I need to lose 20 pounds relatively quickly to join the military and need advice.

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Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Sunday, 29 September 2019? Start here!

Today is your Day 1?

Welcome to r/Loseit!

So you aren’t sure of how to start? Don’t worry! “How do I get started?” is our most asked question. r/Loseit has helped our users lose over 1,000,000 recorded pounds and these are the steps that we’ve found most useful for getting started.

Why you’re overweight

Our bodies are amazing (yes, yours too!). In order to survive before supermarkets, we had to be able to store energy to get us through lean times, we store this energy as adipose fat tissue. If you put more energy into your body than it needs, it stores it, for (potential) later use. When you put in less than it needs, it uses the stored energy. The more energy you have stored, the more overweight you are. The trick is to get your body to use the stored energy, which can only be done if you give it less energy than it needs, consistently.

Before You Start

The very first step is calculating your calorie needs. You can do that HERE. This will give you an approximation of your calorie needs for the day. The next step is to figure how quickly you want to lose the fat. One pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories. So to lose 1 pound of fat per week you will need to consume 500 calories less than your TDEE (daily calorie needs from the link above). 750 calories less will result in 1.5 pounds and 1000 calories is an aggressive 2 pounds per week.

Tracking

Here is where it begins to resemble work. The most efficient way to lose the weight you desire is to track your calorie intake. This has gotten much simpler over the years and today it can be done right from your smartphone or computer. r/loseit recommends an app like MyFitnessPal, Loseit! (unaffiliated), or Cronometer. Create an account and be honest with it about your current stats, activities, and goals. This is your tracker and no one else needs to see it so don’t cheat the numbers. You’ll find large user created databases that make logging and tracking your food and drinks easy with just the tap of the screen or the push of a button. We also highly recommend the use of a digital kitchen scale for accuracy. Knowing how much of what you're eating is more important than what you're eating. Why? This may explain it.

Creating Your Deficit

How do you create a deficit? This is up to you. r/loseit has a few recommendations but ultimately that decision is yours. There is no perfect diet for everyone. There is a perfect diet for you and you can create it. You can eat less of exactly what you eat now. If you like pizza you can have pizza. Have 2 slices instead of 4. You can try lower calorie replacements for calorie dense foods. Some of the communities favorites are cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash in place of their more calorie rich cousins. If it appeals to you an entire dietary change like Keto, Paleo, Vegetarian.

The most important thing to remember is that this selection of foods works for you. Sustainability is the key to long term weight management success. If you hate what you’re eating you won’t stick to it.

Exercise

Is NOT mandatory. You can lose fat and create a deficit through diet alone. There is no requirement of exercise to lose weight.

It has it’s own benefits though. You will burn extra calories. Exercise is shown to be beneficial to mental health and creates an endorphin rush as well. It makes people feel awesome and has been linked to higher rates of long term success when physical activity is included in lifestyle changes.

Crawl, Walk, Run

It can seem like one needs to make a 180 degree course correction to find success. That isn’t necessarily true. Many of our users find that creating small initial changes that build a foundation allows them to progress forward in even, sustained, increments.

Acceptance

You will struggle. We have all struggled. This is natural. There is no tip or trick to get through this though. We encourage you to recognize why you are struggling and forgive yourself for whatever reason that may be. If you overindulged at your last meal that is ok. You can resolve to make the next meal better.

Do not let the pursuit of perfect get in the way of progress. We don’t need perfect. We just want better.

Additional resources

Now you’re ready to do this. Here are more details, that may help you refine your plan.

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Motivation to keep going on this weight loss journey?

[24/f 5'3" sw:77.5kg cw:69.3kg gw:55kg]

The title seeme very straight forward but i just want to add a bit of background. First time posting, please bear with me. This is going to be very long.

Tl;dr what's your motivation to keep moving forward?

I've always been seen as someone on the heavier side. I was the big girl who people would described as having big bones that's why i never looked small/thin. As a child, the only validation i had was when i ate all the food on my plate while my older sister was a picky eater. I had low self esteem and never cared that i was eating way more than needed until I reached high school.

High school was the time i discovered kpop and kdramas and how these korean girls were always so beautiful and skinny. I wanted to be like thembut i knew i was far off. I was too big. So i attempted my first ever diet at 14 years old. Cutting back my rice intake and by the end of that school year i lost 8kg. I went from 68kg to 60kg. Now after that i just did whatever and ate whatever, but the club i joined was pretty physical so I'm not sure if i gained any significant weight by then. However i was still seen as a big girl. I continued to ask myself why I couldn't be thin like the rest of my classmates.

University came and it was during this time period that i was too busy with school. I always had weight loss at the back of my mind but only half assedly did something about it. I'd count calories and exercise exercise for a few weeks, stop and then returned to my old habits. Year after year i did the same thing. I knew i was getting bigger, but I couldn't help myself with the kind of schedule that i had and the people i hung around with.

Then came graduation. Not sure how much i weighed but I thought i was still under 70kg. I wasn't. It was during my first job when i weighed myself again and discovered I was approaching 80kg. I wanted to do something about it. But at that time, i ate with my workmates and they always gave me whatever was left on their plate so i ate a lot more than i needed. I couldn't refuse too because I didn't like seeing food go to waste (very big issue for me). For some reason i quit my first job and found myself idle for a month. I tried one week of water fast and lost 4 kg in that short period. I know it's not healthy to do this all at once but i've read someone do it and i was curious.

Got hired and for the first few months i was eating and drinking booze like crazy. That was until March 25, 2019 came and i finally did something about it, me and my friends went to the gym for the first time. We continued going for about two months. I didn't weigh myself during this time, I didn't count calories. It was june when we stopped going to the gym and started running. It was also the first time that i weighed myself this year. I was devastated when i saw 77.5 kg on the scale. After that i watched my calorie intake using MyFitnessPal and started weighing myself once every two weeks. Gradually, I lost 8.2 kg which was a very big feat for me. I've gone below 70kg.

The thing is that my main motivation for loosing weight was to have a better and healthier life, i want to lose more weight and be fitter and look more toned and reach a healthy weight bracket (61kg according to my bmi) but i just couldn't find a motivation to keep me moving forward. I feel like i should exercise more, but my mind just keeps telling me that it's okay to have reached a weight of below 70kg. I lost the burning passion for weight loss which i once had.

I want to ask people going through the same journey, what kept them motivated to become fit and reach their goal? What burning desire makes you jog every day and eat consciously every single meal? I want to achieve more but my brain double takes and asks me if i really do want to go through all that trouble. It's a mental battle. I feel like I'm sabotaging myself.

If you took time to read and reply thank you. Sorry for the long post. 🙏

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