I've started drinking tea and it's really helping me

I have lost and regained weight several times. Starting over this time was different because I was told I was pre-diabetic and losing my health was the kick in the butt I needed to get serious.

I have lost 7 pounds, but I still need to lose another 25. Something that I have been doing this time, that I didn't do before is to incorporate tea into my diet every day. I really thinks it helps to curb my appetite, I haven't felt hungry all of the time while cutting calories.

I have a coffee in the morning and then mid-morning I make a cup of Yogi Green Tea Passion Fruit Matcha or the Yogi Positive Energy Sweet Tangerine tea. If I have a hankering for something sweet, but I don't want to add to my calorie intake at night I will have an herbal cinnamon tea.

I think the tea works because filling up with a warm beverage helps make me feel full. Does anyone else incorporate tea as a weight loss tool? Does anyone have a favorite tea they'd recommend?

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The truth is my inner narrative doesn't believe I can be with a partner I'm attracted to, until I'm attracted to myself.

And if that was the only fuel for my weight loss journey, it probably wouldn't happen.

But the good news is that losing weight feels right. It's easier to see in other people than myself, you just know they'd seem healthier if they lost weight. I've thought that about people with smaller bmi's than I. Not something I like about myself, but the truth.

If I was someone else asking for advice on how to lose weight, I'd tell them to take it slow, be kind to themselves, do it for themselves and text me morning noon and night if they need a friend to vent to.

I'd like to be that friend for myself too.

Today is day 2 of 16:8 IF + 80-100% whole plant foods + 30 mins of cardio/day.

Here, I am not alone.

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Confused: Weight Gain after exercising

Hey everyone, reaching out tonight because I’m starting to get a little discouraged. Last March I started getting serious about weight loss (keto) and dropped 20#. Around July I switched to low carb and IF/CICO (~1200/day with a 500 calorie deficit. I’m 23F 156# 5’ 4”). I managed to drop down to 151#, and then this past August I started CrossFit and now I’ve been stalled for weeks and pretty much back to where I was in May (still keeping up with the same diet plan as before). I count all my food, I don’t eat back my exercise calories, and if I have a cheat day I make sure to stay at a maintain level.

I realize gaining muscle mass could be the reason for the weight gain, I just thought that since I’m still overweight I’d be dropping pounds until I’m at a normal BMI. Looking for guidance on what I might be missing. TIA

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At a loss in my ED recovery & weight goals

Hello all, I've been in about a year long process of recovery from binge eating. Previously I had been in restriction for about 2 years (I should have switched to maintaining) and had gotten down to a low weight which along with my anxiety disorder triggered emotional and binge eating.

Now I'm struggling as recovery has involved work with therapy and not restricting. I'm "fluffier" than I ever have been and super uncomfortable but can't seem to find a sustainable healthier lifestyle as any kind of tracking seems to trigger obsessive thoughts.

Has anyone been in this situation that has advice? I'm not looking to lose a ton of weight like previously but I just want to find a strategy to live healthier without needing a constant daily dose of something extra sugary.

Tldr; looking for new strategy for minor weight loss

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How do you manage mental health and weight loss?

Like title says. I've started and erased this post like a dozen times today, but here goes nothing. Apologies in advance if its long, I tend to ramble.

I'm a big mess. First off, I'm almost 3 years thyroid cancer free. Thyroid was completely removed in a couple surgeries, which means I'm on a pretty high dose of thyroid meds for the first 5 years as a precaution. In the last three years, I've developed pretty crazy anxiety and depression. I've talked to my endocrinologist about it, who has lowered my dose a little, but we can't go too much lower because medically I'm perfect for treatment. My primary doctor seems to think I have my anxiety under control, as I am aware when it gets bad and I can try quiet it ("Try" is the big keyword). I saw a therapist briefly, but between $70-$100 per session with insurance, I just couldn't afford it.

Job. Im a mom (boys, 10 and 3), and a wife. I have a job that allows me to be pretty flexible and it pays decently, but damn, sometimes I work 3-4 days a week, other times I have to work 16 days in a row (true story. I literally worked everyday from 10/9-10/25). Needless to say I'm beyond burnt out. My husband and I have been fighting like crazy, and its because I'm not home at night. He is the breadwinner and works days, so I go in at night. My kids ask for me at night, it breaks my heart, but we need the money. I've pretty much been crying every night since Saturday after my husband and I had a long discussion about everything from our finances to our relationship.

Now, onto the bigger picture. I've been morbidly obese pretty much since my first pregnancy. I started this year out at 278, and I'm currently sitting around 256, which is the lowest I've been in over 10 years. But I cannot get my shit together. I just have no desire to do anything. I try to stick to IF + Mediterranean diet, but now I just don't care. I just don't have the energy to put into anything. Depression sucks. I've been binge eating and eating junk, and I've never done that before. Do you all have any advice on what to do to get back on track? TIA.

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I hate it when people comment on my weight loss

Title basically says it all. I've lost 30 lbs since April, and recently I've gotten a few comments about it.

I live with my parents, and my mom talks to me about it a lot. I've gotten more used to talking to her about it (ie talking about exercising and being more mindful of what food I eat), but when she comments on my weight loss I hate it. I hate talking "numbers" with her, telling her how much weight I've lost or how much I weigh now. My dad has commented once, saying he's noticed the weight loss and congratulating me on it, but that made me very uncomfortable as well.

A few weeks ago, a coworker (actually my supervisor), told me that I looked good and asked if I was losing weight. I was extremely uncomfortable with that conversation, and just said "a little, yes" and moved on.

That being said, I don't really mind comments online about it. I guess because it seems more impersonal to me, but I feel much more comfortable with online comments than in person.

Does anyone else have this? I see posts from people saying they're so happy when people finally notice their weight loss, but honestly that's my worst nightmare, to have people commenting on it all the time. I'm sure that it's partially to do with my anxiety, but I still feel like it's weird.

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SV Gave myself a birthday present by hitting my initial weight goal

So on August 15, I started my weight loss journey (then-31, F, 64.5kg, 157cm). I set my initial goal to get below 60kg before my birthday (Oct 30). Which is ten and a half weeks, so it allows for a healthy and slow weight loss.

I started calory counting without restricting myself in what I could eat (as I know if I got too strict, I wouldn't have been able to keep it up, and I love sweets and other "unhealthy" stuff), aiming for a deficit of about 500 calories a day. I also started adding in more healthy food to switch out some of the unhealthy stuff I've been eating, to make my belly full without filling up my daily calories too fast. (Tip: Cherry tomatoes make for a great snack food instead of chocolate, chips, or similar stuff; and for me at least those Zero or Light sodas with almost no calories help with sweets cravings a lot without screwing up my daily calory count.) And I started going to the gym more regularly again, which is always a bit of a struggle as I'm chronically ill, but I've managed to stick to 2-3 times per week for most of this time now. I do mostly strength training there, a full-body workout with machines and dumbbells, since that's what I love doing.

A month later, I started to watch and note down my protein intake as well to minimize muscle loss (and because I had just then learned more about all that). I'm aiming for at least 90g of protein per day, which I'm not always hitting, but that's okay. I'm trying.

Some weeks ago I hit kind of a plateau, so I had to adjust my daily intake some to get the scales moving down once more. Slowly but surely. The biggest measurable change outside the scales was my waist; I've lost about 5cm in waist circumference! I finally have a waist again!

Some added benefit of watching what and how much I eat was that I didn't feel so stuffed and bloated anymore all the time, which I think in turn gave me more motivation to actually work out even at home (a full belly doesn't like bending and twisting much...).

Yesterday, on Oct 29, my scales finally showed me a number starting with a 5 for the first time in forever. 59.9kg, yesterday and today, just in time to make my intial goal come true!

Next goal is to stabilise for a week or two, then go down to below 58kg before the end of this year (end goal probably around 55kg with hopefully bringing down my body fat % to 25% or lower).

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