My 1 year Weight Loss Journey - 50 lbs lost and bloodwork!

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My story

Hey everyone, first time posting to this sub, but I wanted a place to celebrate! A year ago I started to realize that I was having a problem. I was the heaviest I have ever been in my life. I was eating so much sugar and I think I was addicted to gummy worms. I would literally come home and my wife would smell them on my breath haha, it was a problem. I was spending around $60-70 a month just on gummy worms. My mental health was at an all time low. I had been on antidepressants for years but they began to be less and less effective. I was talking to a friend of mine who told me flat out "You are getting really fat and killing yourself slowly! Go to the gym!" I did my best to explain that I thought you could lose weight by just eating well but he refused to believe me. I ended up getting so frustrated that he didn't think you could lose weight without exercise that I decided I was going to eat better immediately!

I started on a Keto diet- which I now have somewhat mixed feelings about- and saw success. I stuck with Keto for about 6 months. My diet had a lot of greens, a lot of eggs, and a lot of meat. I immediately started feeling a lot better! I think the fact that I went from eating 1K calories from gummies in a day to 0 had a big impact! My skin cleared up, and I started to feel a lot better emotionally. I continued for about 6 months but near the end I began getting really bad brain fog and just generally not feeling great. I think the issue was that I became lenient on keto and did more of a dirty keto. I would eat a bacon-wrapped cheesy beef patty pretty regularly as long as it fit my macros.

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Keto took me from 285 to 245 in this time.

After Keto I switched to a more plant-based diet. I still eat limited meat and animal products, but probably only around 3 times per week. There are some ethical/religious reasons for this, but mostly I think I just got burned out on Keto and enjoyed the variety that came with this new way of eating. Within a few weeks I started feeling much better mentally (Although I had farts from hell itself for the first month. I was NOT used to that much fiber). After a few months of WFPB-ish eating I decided I wanted a physical outlet as well and began training in Brazillian Jiu Jitsu. I train for about 4-5 hours per week. With all of these combined I began feeling WAY better, much more confident, and I was able to work with my psychiatrist to get off of my anti-depressants (Although I acknoledge that this was just my personal experience and I am in no way implying dieting can "cure depression" for everyone)

Today I am weighing in anywhere from 230-235 pretty consistently and my weight loss has slowed a lot, but I still feel great.

Takeaways

- I went from 285-235 lbs in about a year

- Brazillian Jiu Jitsu is amazing and everyone should do it

- Morning oatmeal gives me so much energy!

- Blood work also improved:

Blood Pressure went from 135/84 to 118/72

Total cholestoral went from 172 mg/dl to 148

LDL: 120 to 89

Minimal change in HDL

I feel wonderful and I am excited to continue my journey!

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21F Hormonal imbalances and weight loss

So, I had a brain hemmorhage last year and became disabled. The bleed was in my thalamus, and likely messed up my hormone production. I gained a lot of weight after being discharged from the hospital. I was underweight, so the hospital kept me on double portion for a while. I got used to eating a lot, and ballooned to 136 lbs at home. So, I've been eating 1200 calories/day for a while, and I can't lose any weight. Because I'm disabled, exercise options are limited. I'm gonna try 1000 cal/day. But is there any hope? I'm gonna request to check my hormone levels next time I get blood labs done, but what else can I do besides starving myself? Should I talk to my doctor about a progesterone cream?

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I just need some guidance.

Hey guys, just wanted to make something official, and have some accountability. I had a physical today and turns out I have high blood pressure (151/80). Now, I’m 22, so you can see my issue with that. I’m 6’3 and at this point probably 240 lbs. I don’t eat a TON of junk food, but I could definitely eat better.

I came here because I need help getting started with my weight loss journey and steps to getting healthier. I’m due to get married in April 2021 and I want to be in my best shape for that as well as myself.

I’ve looked into this before and it’s just very overwhelming to me. I just want some help deciding what to eat, how much to eat and what I should do physically. Having somebody to hold me accountable is what I need because trying to keep myself going only works so long until I am really in motion. So please, any help would be GREATLY appreciated. I’ve seen all of these great achievements and I really want this to be my turn.

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Struggling without snacks, hangry, and mad at myself for putting the weight back on... any support/advice appreciated.

Hi all!

First time poster here, but no stranger to the weight loss game (I use the term loosely because it definitely isn’t fun lol).

So a bit of back story: I am a 25F 4’11” and currently weigh 134 lbs. When I was in high school I was always around 100 lbs (of course, because I was a child).

Once college hit I really took that freshman 15 and ran with it, by the time I was 20 I was 150lbs. It took a while, but I started going to the gym, and eating better but at 22/23 I was 120 lbs, which I think is around my ideal goal weight that I’d like to maintain.

My actual GW is probably around 115 but I want to be more realistic, and I’m trying to focus on looking and feeling good rather than the number on the scale.

Anyways, in the last year I’ve gotten into a new relationship and we moved in together, I’ve been stressed with work, and my diet and exercise really fell off. We are pretty active in the summer when we can be outside (we're in Canada so winters are cold and dark). We hike, go for bike rides, walks etc, but other than that I’m not insanely active.

I have been so depressed as I’m creeping back up to 150 and I feel like a failure. I’ve put on 15 lbs in what feels like no time at all. It also doesn’t help that my boyfriend can eat whatever he wants and stay skinny, he's around 5'8" and floats around 125-140.

I’m just having a hard time with food. I’ve been tracking my calories (using MyFitnessPal) and it’s saying I should have 1200 per day. I have been doing okay and staying under the goal cals 90% of the days, but I find myself constantly thinking about food. My biggest struggle is that I’m not able to snack. I’m a snack fiend and usually eat multiple times during the day. I’ve been trying to drink tons more water (2L per day) but nothing seems to help curb my appetite.

Another thing that’s been discouraging me is that everywhere I’ve looked, since I’m so short my “healthy weight” is somewhere between 88-115 lbs. I am not a super thin girl. I have curves, a pretty big booty, and D sized breasts. To me this feels so far away and unattainable.

I guess I’m just looking for any kind of motivation, advice, anything. I’ve been having such a hard time and my self image is completely shot...plus I’m hangry all the time.

Thanks in advance everyone!

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CW : 260 Lbs GW: 200Lbs

Hello, Im a 19 year old guy looking to lose approximately 60 pounds. I am currently 260 lbs unfortunately. I've always tried to start a weight loss journey but I keep breaking it about a week into it. Ive decided to make a post to try to hold me more accountable to reach my goal. If you're interested in how I plan to do this : I want to eat around 1500 calories a day and workout 4-5 days a week. I am a current student learning computer engineering so I obviously need to find that balance between school work, work, and working on myself. If anyone has any idea of some good low calorie meal ideas for breakfast, lunch, or dinner that would be great.

Date Starting: October 18th, 2019.

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Hope to comeback in 2 months to just explain my (hopeful) positive change.

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A little help needed.

For the past month, I have been eating 1,200 calories ( i log and weigh all my food). Until recently, I have discovered the TDEE Calculator and found out that I should really be eating 1,514 calories based on this information:

Age: 27

Weight: 149

Height: 5'4

BMI: 25.9

Activity level: Light Exercise - I am currently doing C25K and trying to implement weights/strength training on days that I am not running. According to my apple watch, I burn a minimum of 300+ cals daily and I do not eat my calories back and I drink anywhere from 96 oz- 1 Gal of water daily.

Saying all this, the weight loss journey has been so slow. I am trying to stay encourage, but could i have been doing something wrong like under eating? (but by no means do i ever feel famished, fatigued or lethargic). Should I bump my calories up to 1500? Not sure if this matters, but I am also a vegetarian and I started at 150 lbs. I am pretty healthy without any medical issues aside from asthma. Thanks!

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Using diet soda as a crutch?

I'm a 6'4" 23 year old (M) that started at 355lbs and am now sitting at 346. My goal weight is ~220-230 and I've had success in the past dipping down as low as 285 using diet soda as a crutch for weight loss. Before I was 21 I was well on my way to losing a massive amount of weight, then once hitting drinking age my weight skyrocketed out of control again.

Anyway I'm trying to cut out drinking as much as possible, and when not I'm using resources like getdrunknotfat.com to try to stay within my daily cal goal. My question is how does the loseit community feel about using diet soda as a crutch for weight loss? I'm currently consuming a relatively large amount of diet soda per day to combat my cravings for both sweets and beer. I'm truly not concerned about the synthetic materials that could do potential long term damage, because my obesity will kill me long before then.

I appreciate any and all opinions.

Add on question: My SO lost a dramatic amount of weight in highschool doing a "clean" diet and she's on her way to start again soon alongside me. Does anyone have any advice about people in relationships that have very different approaches to weight loss?

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