Still look chubby-ish after weight loss?

I’ve lost almost 70 pounds (down from 252, now at around 185). I think a lot of the fat is still on my body. I no doubt look better, but my face/neck and stomach don’t look so great. Maybe it’s just my perception.

Anyways, as you maintain for longer, did you notice you started to “fill out”? I’ve been at the same weight now (slowly, slowly still dropping) for a couple of weeks and wouldn’t like to lose much more, but am not happy with the end result of my body. Going to start getting into more cardio obviously, but what are the main benefits of maintaining your weight loss after a long period of time?

Thanks , and never give up! You can do it.

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Weight loss REALLY isn’t linear

I’ve hit 4 months of tracking my weight, and it’s been really jumpy! Here are my weekly averages over the past 16 weeks:

1. 147.5

2. 146.3 (-1.2)

3. 144.9 (-1.4)

4. 144.1 (-0.8)

5. 144.7 (+0.6)

6. 142.4 (-2.3)

7. 141.8 (-1.4)

8. 141.2 (-0.6)

9. 139.3 (-1.9)

10. 138.1 (-1.2)

11. 137.2 (-0.9)

12. 136.2 (-1.0)

13. 135.7 (-0.5)

14. 135.0 (-0.7)

15. 133.4 (-1.6)

16. 133.1 (-0.3)

Except for one week (that was after a vacation where I didn’t track) it’s always been an overall improvement from one week to the next.

Those weeks where there’s so little improvement, it feels hopeless. But looking at my overall progress, I’ve lost, on average, 1 pound a week since starting - exactly what I was aiming for!

I’m super close to my goal weight range of 125-130. The plan is to take it slow. I’ll get all the way down to just under 125, then increase my calories slowly until I’m consistently maintaining in the goal range.

4 months down, hopefully less than 4 months to go until I’m successfully transitioned to maintenance!

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I'm a 5'10 male ~215 lbs. Starting points?

Title. I'm a freshman in college, and I haven't seriously worked out at all since about early in my sophomore year of high school, when I played soccer (granted, I was a keeper, didn't run as much). I try to drink water a lot whenever I can, but I find it hard, financially, to eat healthy in college.
I have mostly stomach, groin, leg (that kind of stuff) fat that I want to get rid of, as well as building upper body strength. Not primarily though, I want my primary focus, at least for now, to be weight loss. I can't remember what a healthy weight for my body is, but I know it's well below 215-220. I have free access to the gym at my college and it isn't far from my dorm, stays open pretty late. As of now most of my free time is in the afternoons and at night. what are some good starting points or maybe slow-starting routines that can help me out with any part?

Any help is appreciated, thanks

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we don’t give ourselves enough credit for starting over

starting over in anything in life is scary. we pick up and move across the country for a new job. we leave home for the first time to go to school. we get out of a long relationship and learn to start living on our own again. all of these restarts are praised as they should be. so why do we get embarrassed about starting over with our weight loss?

I feel the need to keep quiet everytime I need a “do-over” in this journey. for a while, I was doing yoga everyday and eating relatively healthy. 3 weeks later and I haven’t done yoga at all. I had no motivation to do it, but wished I did everyday. I did yoga this morning and felt so good afterward, even though it was only 10 minutes. however, I feel like I can’t celebrate this small step because everyone around me has heard the same song and dance from me a million times over. i’ve started “losing weight” more times than I can count, and I feel like everybody is tired of my constant failures. I shouldn’t feel this way, but I still do. i’m trying to be proud of myself for starting over yet again, because starting over is terrifying. the number on the scale has a lot of moving to do, and so do I. it’s a daunting task ahead of me, and no matter how many times I have to start over, I feel like I should be able to be proud of myself every single time.

so, if you’re restarting for the millionth time again today, more power to all of you. you can do this.

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Anxiety/stress eating help

Jumping right into things. I made a decision to change my lifestyle, and soon after the current challenge started, which I joined.

I'm down 24 lbs from my peak, 22lbs from my official tracking in August.

A couple weeks ago, I got an invitation for something I've been dreaming of since childhood. Since then, I've been at maintenance at best on my caloric intake. I just can't focus on my calories or workouts. The audition is in a few days, and while I've come to terms it's unlikely (though I remain hopeful) that I get it, it's still interfering with my new habits (or at least the attempts thereof.)

Though this particular opportunity is new, this behavior isn't new to me. Anything that gives me anxiety brings on this kind of behavior, whether it's an interview for a job I want or a promotion, a public performance or speech, or really just anything that the results of which give me anxiety.

I'm always okay after the fact, but for the duration of the time I sit in anticipation of the occurence, I tend to decrease in activity levels and increase caloric intake (because I tend to eat more comfort foods.)

Any other time, I've had no issues with discipline & weight loss, and while I'm an emotional eater, the biggest hurdle prior to this was a very significant life change that led to depression.

Some people are sure to suggest therapy, but while I appreciate that, I'm hoping for any potential coping techniques you might offer for free because usually these things are short lived and far between. Plus I have no insurance, so it's not really an option anyhow.

I've been on a bout for about the last 1.5 weeks, and though my weight has stayed constant, I don't want to let these behaviors become habit.

Words of encouragement, advice, anything is welcome.

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How I lost weight without doing anything.

Counting calories. It's that simple. I've gone from 280 to 215 just by eating 2000 calories or less. Want to know what I ate yesterday?: 4 slices of little Caesar's 5 dollar pizza 1200 calories, 300 each 4 del Monte fruit cups 200 calories, 50 each 2 peanut butter chocolate Twinkies 280 calories, 140 each 1 Coca-Cola 190 calorie can If you can't survive on this much, I can't help you, maybe therapy can help, but if that seems like enough for a day then you can do it. You may not be the healthiest but goddamn will you lose wieght, you add walking or any exercise to the mix, more weight loss. All I do is smoke weed, play Xbox all day, he'll I even take shrooms, I'm no one special I know this, that's why I believe this is the simplest method to lose wieght.

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Reclaiming my Mental Health, Exercise, and Health (19/F: SW185/CW166/GW140) TW: Eating Disorders

Hey everyone, I’m mostly a lurker and a very rare poster. I just wanted to post to show myself how far I’ve come and kick my butt back into gear to lose the last 26 pounds.

In high school, I struggled with exercise subtype bulimia but kept it mostly hidden. I also ate vegan for ethical reasons — this was independent of my ED — I just thought I’d include it to make part of this make sense. My freshman year of college, I left my support system behind exacerbating my eating disorder and ballooned up from 167 to 185 pounds. (It could’ve been higher since I didn’t weigh myself at my absolute worst). I was depressed, not on a schedule, vegan binging daily (#healthyvegan /s), and exercising for up to 3 hours at a time. When I went home for winter break I was an absolute wreck. In the spring I was still massively struggling but began addressing my binging and overexercising by seeing a therapist. I no longer binged daily, I cut back on exercise, modified my vegan diet that balanced my nutritional needs, and started journaling. I still binged frequently and struggled with my body image but I had improved. I stagnated in the high 170s though, and still treated food and exercise as rewards/ punishments. At the end of my freshman year, I went to see a psychiatrist to change my anxiety/ depression medication. He noticed how jumpy and scattered I was, and after rigorous testing, I was diagnosed with ADHD and began treatment. (An important fact to note is that people with ADHD produce less dopamine than their neurotypical counterparts.)

Over the next three months, my life drastically changed. My first day on medication, I called my mom crying because I had sat still for more than 10 minutes. When I began treating my ADHD, while my cravings for junky food didn’t go away, my intense urges to binge began to decrease. Additionally, I started a reasonable running plan (as opposed to sporadically over exercising after binging) to increase mileage and improve my cardiovascular fitness... and I stuck to it! Eventually, I switched over to a more rigorous plan (still nothing compared to after binging) and began training for a half marathon. I ran with a plan, and that plan was not dependent on how much I ate. I stopped treating exercise as a punishment. Instead, I found that steady state cardio calmed my mind. During this period, I realized that my ADHD and poor body image had created a perfect storm: I felt awful about my body and wasn’t producing enough dopamine, so I went out and found my own dopamine by binging on any rich foods. During those first few months of treatment, I dropped to 160 pounds due to consistent exercise and significantly fewer binges.

When the semester restarted I went back up to 166. These days I eat a balanced vegan diet consisting of 60/25/15 carb/protein/fat ratio. I aim to eat about 1800 calories a day on days I’m inactive or run less than 5 miles. On days where I run more, I eat back half the calories I burn. I’m running a half marathon next Saturday and am hoping to get down to 140.

A couple final notes, all of my weight loss/ mental health work is an ongoing conversation with my psychiatrist. If something I do is triggering/ doesn’t work for you, that doesn’t mean I have the same reaction. We all recover differently. Please be kind! There’s a lot going on in my story but I feel like these are the most important takeaways: 1. My weight loss has been anything from linear and that’s okay. 2. By changing how I viewed certain activities and behaviors, I have empowered myself and reclaimed them for me. 3. You can and should work on your physical and mental health at the same time. 4. You can be a healthy or an unhealthy vegan/ keto/ paleo/ whatever your diet is. It all depends on the quantity and quality of food you eat.

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