Is it weird?

so I've gone from about 300 pounds when I first started to 219 as of yesterday, with my goal weight being 180. I'm so close to getting to my goal, and I've noticed something- the closer I get to my goal, the less concerned I am about having a few setbacks like cheat days and the like, and the less concerned I am about it taking a little longer to get to my goal. I would've thought that the closer I got to my goal, the faster I would want to try and get to it and get it out of the way, but maybe since I've gotten this far and the fact that I've accomplished this much and can already fit into my old clothes again is helping me be okay with the last leg of my journey taking a little longer than expected? Either way, I'm looking forward to what the future has in store for my weight loss.

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Why do they do this

I started losing weight at the end of June this year and mostly tried to keep it a secret this summer because I knew I couldn't do it otherwise. That meant that it would go slower but whatever.

In mid September I bumped it up a bit more because I started school and since I'm going to school in another city I would be alone and with a better control of my diet. The weight started coming off faster.

This weekend my mum moved back home and because of that now I have to go home every weekend and of course my she talked about my weight, and since the cat was out of the bag, I decided to tell her about CICO and me logging what I eat everyday because I couldn't brush off a 25 lb weight loss that easy. Thought that was it and moved on. The next we also made some chicken soup and sarmale (cabbage rolls filled with rice meat and vegetables). She put some out on a plate for us to see wether it was cooked all the way or not, she was talking with someone trough text on her phone so I figured it would be okay if I let mine out as well to read some comics. She waits a bit and mockingly asks "are you counting the calories that you just ate?".

Now I can't wait to go home every weekend to see what else she has to say and how many calorie related jokes she'll make and how she'll be preparing food for me to take with me when I leave. She even gave me a pot with about 30 cabbage rolls, and while they are tasty they also have a fair amount of calories.

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Today I lowered my typical lunch of 1200+ calories down to less than 400. What could I have done better next time?

It's time I take my weight loss seriously. The plan is to use CICO without starving myself or going cold turkey on certain foods. Today I lowered my usual lunch meal by a staggering amount of calories pretty easily. Is it enough food for one meal? What could I have done better? Any tips?

About 5x a week I was having ham and cheese tortilla rollups with a side of potato chips and a can of mountain dew for lunch. Looking through just what I had in stock at the house I modified it as such:

(honestly the calories on TYPICAL are low estimates. I was not measuring my food before today. It could very well be more than 1200 because of the cheese and ranch)

TYPICAL LUNCH=1200+cal

50g 4 thin slice sugar ham 60cal

74g 2 flour tortilla pueblindo 200cal

58g 4 tbsp ranch dressing 220cal

56g 1/2 cup gv fiesta blend 220cal

5g 4 gv pepperoni slices 35cal

56g 48 eves thin bbq chips 300cal

10g 2tsp taptio hot sauce 0cal

2 pinch of diced green onion

1 can mountain dew 170cal

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TODAY'S LUNCH=365cal

50g 4 thin slice sugar ham 60cal

2 lettuce leaf wrap

10g 2 tsp gv mustard 0cal

56g 16 gv tortilla chip garlic 280cal

30g 2 tbsp gv chunky salsa 10cal

2 pinch of diced green onion

6 jalapeno slices

(I am not sure how to calculate the colories on greens like the lettuce, onions, or jalapenos but I can't imagine they would put it over 400)

One obvious fix to me are switching the chips and salsa with something else. My eating habits psychologically force me to have a side with anything sandwich-like. The problem? We had nothing but chips! No other vegetables/fruits other than canned ones and no crackers. Next time I go shopping I will definitely fix that problem.

gv = great value walmart brand of food shopping on a budget.

edit: fixed the formatting

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Am I losing water or fat?

Hi everyone! I 22M (98kg->94,5Kg)was trying to lose weight for a long time but it was always about making it all planed meals. I mean I would plan my whole day of eating including macros. It always felt like to much and discouraged my from sticking to it for more than a week every time I tried. Now all I do is eat with caloric deficit and if I can hit some macro goals then cool if not it’s still ok. I don’t plan it. It’s been 2 weeks and I lost 3,5kg. I know that is common to lose water weight but is it due to deficit of calories or due to healthier eating without that much salt? If it’s due to the salt intake/processed foods then I didn’t reduce it at all for know so is there a chance my weight loss is fat? I should add that I eat at least 0,8g of protein per kg of body mass and do workout in the gym so it should not be a muscle mass.

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SV : 31lbs lost, the biggest weightloss of my life. [F,5'5, 195=>164]

This is my first successful weight loss ever. I've never lost this much over such a long period of time (7 months).

Before, I would "diet" for 3-4 months, lose 10lbs and then crash gain them back slowly. I gave up on losing weight and just tried to accept myself at 175lbs, my stable weight back then. I did, I loved my body the way it was but then I just gave into food. I slowly went up to 180, then 185 and then 190. 190 freaked me out, to be honest but I had such bad memories from previous diets that I just didn't know what to do. 195lbs was my highest weight ever. When I saw that on the scale, I didn't want to believe it so I made excuses. It will go away, it's just extra pounds from clothes, food, water. But it stayed, and I didn't like it. I started noticing my weight gain. Clothes were tighter, exercising was harder, I looked bigger.

At some point, I googled my BMI and found out I was officially obese. My BMI was 33. That was my wake up call. I started doing my research, slowly over the course of a month or two and just decided I couldn't keep going like this. I can't gain anymore weight, or my health will be in danger. I decided I wasn't going to let that happen and fixed my goal at a 24.5 BMI.

I knew about CICO, but I just hated tracking stuff so much that I really didn't want to use it. I first started with cutting out carbs and introducing more "healthy food". I started with a "at least one vegetable at every meal" rule. Then one carbs free meal a day. It didn't really work, I only lost a few pounds but I was still motivated. I finally tried CICO. I followed this sub and other subs advice and started with one week at maintenance, just to get into the habit of tracking. And omg, it opened my eyes. My "healthy" breakfast consisting of whole wheat bread, eggs, spinach, fresh orange juice and coffee ? 600 calories. 200 for the orange juice alone. I don't even like orange juice that much, it was just a healthy food to me. My quick healthy snack : peanut butter and an apple ? 300 calories, 100 for the apple, 200 for the peanut butter. I figured out that most of my days were around 2000-2400 calories, which is not that much but my TDEE was 1800. 200-600 calories over my TDEE a day were enough to make me gain that much weight.

I hated calories tracking but it worked. I tracked my food, stayed under 1600, with most days at 1300 and I lost weight every week, consistently, slowly. I ate whatever I wanted, but just stayed under 1600. I've had slip ups, days at 2500, even days around 3000, weeks where i didn't track at all but I went right back on track. Until July. I went on a 2 weeks vacation, stopped tracking but kept exercising and when i came back from it, i went straight into old habits ("oh i ran 20min ? I can eat a whole pizza now! it balances out!") and gained weight. To be honest, it bummed me out a little. But I had already lost 15lbs by then and I had a choice : either give up again and gain it back or get back on track and forget about it ?

August was different. Tracking for so long game me enough information to stay under my TDEE without having to weight every bite. I slowly stopped counting calories and focused on high volume low calorie food. More greens, more fruits, more vegetables, less oils, less sugar, less carbs. Fat is the only thing I measure out now because it's really easy to go from what's supposed to be 100 calories of olive oil to 300 calories of olive oil. I gave up on the low carb aspect because it made me miserable and my only goal now was to be healthy and not miserable. I love bread and carbs and I won't stop eating that for no good reason.

I learned that treats are not for every day. That special meals had to be a minority, there are 21 meals in a week and if I wanted to be healthy, in a 80%-20% way, 17 of them had to be healthy and only 4 could be a treat. But it didn't have to be that way every week. I could also do 20 meals on track on one week and only 15 the next one, as long as it balances out. I learned to see food in a new way. I still love food, a lot but not unconditionally anymore. I learned to see the harm in too much food, I learned to accept that food that I love could make me feel like shit.

I'm still 20lbs away from my goal. But I feel confident in this journey and I'm not in a hurry. Im in this for life and Im not giving up.

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Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Sunday, 03 November 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.

• Quick Start Guide - Build your foundation!
• Loseit Compendium - Frame it out!
• FAQ - Answers to our most Frequently Asked Questions!

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Needing help with restrictive diet

Hey guys,

So I (23F) suffer from PCOS along with some other hormonal issues that are untreatable for various reasons, and cause me to gain weight very easily and make it extremely difficult to lose any. I have a BMI of 40, was referred to a bariatric clinic, but was rejected due to my ADHD as they believed it would interfere with my treatment. I'm being given no other alternative, and am stuck in a vicious cycle in which I know that my hormonal issues will improve once I lose the weight, but these same issues are preventing me from doing so.

I hope you can take my word that I've been eating a well balanced diet created by a nutritionist I was referred to by my doctor for years, calorie deficit, swimming 4 times a week, and still no weight loss.

Now, I have managed to shed some pounds in the past through very restrictive crash diets. Unfortunately, I always end up dizzy, groggy, depressed, and feeling sick.

I'm sure there are other people on this sub who have been forced to lose weight under very restrictive dieting for medical reasons. So my question is, what did you guys do to prevent feeling sick and having mood swings throughout the day?

I don't have much issue with cravings, I go through the day not touching anything outside of my meal plan and not even feeling the need to, so that's not really an issue for me. What I severely struggle with though is feeling so tired that I can barely move, and feeling anxious and angry on these restrictive diets. Because it takes so much restriction (under 1000 cals/day) to lose any weight at all, I don't know how to go about losing weight and still managing my day to day life. Any and all help would be much appreciated!

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