Trying to get my mojo back

Well, I seemed to have lost my mojo. I could use some advice and encouragement for others who made it out of this foggy spot before.

I feel disappointed with myself. That I didn't stay on track. And even disappointed that I didn't celebrate what I did accomplish. I was hoping to have an exciting before and after photo someday, to be honest. Like a bratty kid, I want gold stars, but my inner bitch won't let me have them.

I was always waiting to hit some goal more significant. Never hit "50 lbs lost" - hung out here instead. Today, I'm celebrating a SV that I have maintained and not gained weight for 2.5 months.

Not celebrating the loss means I risked giving up, exasperated, YET AGAIN. My weight loss journey started in 2014 and my MyFitnesPal graph looks like peaks and steep drops til I just pop up somewhere on the graph, much higher, much later.

This time, I thought, it would be different.

Since mid-March 2019, I followed a plan-and-measure everything for 6 months in which I lost 48 lbs. Cico is the best thing that has ever worked for me.

I used to check in more often on this subreddit and leave comments. I just got out of the habit? The loseit challenges were a great support, but I dropped off this last one, and felt so disappointed in myself. I am one of those people? I don't want to quit.

I hit my current weight mid-Sept, around my 45th birthday, and I've been bouncing around that for 3 months. I thought by now I would have lost much more if I had continued at the same pace. But I had a few days when I stopped tracking, and I thought, Oh, I will just take a short break. Then there were always 'special' excuses. Oh it's just a treat. It's a special occasion. We're travelling. Yeah, I'll get back to that.

I feel like I was veering into a danger zone when I saw the scale hit 188.8. No no, I can't go back. I'm ready to get back with the plan. I've been trying to make some better choices and got back down to 186. Where I was mid-September, and I realized maybe it's not as bad as I thought.

I want to flip it the story around right now. I have a scale victory to celebrate. I didn't gain. Now, I need to get back.

Any encouragement and advice would be welcome.

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Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Thursday, 05 December 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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Will this help me lose weight?

Hi all! I recently applied for a job and got it! Yay! This job is located at an adventure park. It's a job that requires me to attend to customers, walk around and mostly stand for LONG hours. ( like 5 hours a time) I also live far from my work so I have to walk at times to reach my work place.

So I started work on Monday and each day, I walk around 15k - 20k steps for the duration of 10 hours. My legs get very sore. But a good night rest helps me recover very fast. I sleep 7-8 hours a day. My allocated dinner is at 4pm.. Very early. I'm asian so what I normally eat during my break is a bowl of rice and a few side dishes. When I end work, it's late at night so I don't eat then. I only drink a cup of hot chocolate before I sleep. So for the whole day, my only meal is dinner at 4pm. I know I SHOULD eat breakfast, but I often forget about it as I'm rushing for work.

Will I lose weight? I work all the day til the end of February. Before I started work, I stay at home for days and eat more than 3 meals and snack without thinking.

Are there also any side effects ( smth like suddenly gaining weight fast when I eat 3 meals again?), or any tips to help me lose weight? Or what am I doing wrong?

My starting weight was 58kg. I'm acceptable but slightly on the edge of being overweight. I haven't weighed myself since Monday since my weighing scale is broken. So i will update ASAP!

Thanks so much redditors! Really appreciate the response! Good luck with your weight loss journey!

TL;DR I'm working everyday, walking up to 20k steps and only eating 1 meal a day and a cup of sweet drink at night. What will happen?

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Trying once again

Hey, all.

I've gone up and down with my weight aaalllll my life. Childhood abuse, depression & bipolar cause me to binge eat. That's my issue. I had lost 75 lbs last year or so and was feeling excellent... and I've gained it all back and more in a few months.

I always do this. Sometimes I get to my goal weights and keep it down, stay healthy for a few years, but with perimenopause I'm struggling extra hard now. I know what to do. I know how to do it, as well. I just need to start - so I decided to hell with wallowing in my pity. I'll just re-lose that weight again, and hopefully more.

I'm quite afraid to actually see my weight now, because it will put me off and stop me again. I know from a recent dr visit I was over 300, and I'm short - 5' 5 or 4.

I think I'll have my husband help with measuring me instead.

Just posting for support and because writing it down someplace should help cement my resolve once more. I have several baby step weight loss goals and here's to hoping I'm going to make them with your help these coming months!

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Didn’t get the flat stomach but so much more

My whole life I have been obsessed with getting a “flat” stomach, this certain look I’ve had in my head forever and why I’ve always gotten on the weight loss train. Well I’ve lost the weight; 62 lb to be exact, and guess what.....No flat stomach. For months I’ve been lifting my shirt first thing in the morning praying that that flat stomach would magically appear with another pound gone. It’s never shown up. I even passed my goal weight and I still felt disappointed UNTIL I had a massive realization. I looked up from my stomach and saw my collarbones, my cheek bones, the way my necklaces lay around my neck, slimmer thighs, and stronger arms. I saw my glasses sat nicer on my face and I only had one chin (ha!) All this time I was obsessing about my “flat stomach” I never realized all my other progress. So I kept looking and I loved what I saw. I’m not out of breath going up the stairs, I can run a 5k for FUN, I can keep up with my kids, I feel more confident,I have good blood pressure, a normal BMI, I have learned to cook healthier recipes...I could go on and on. I’m sharing in hopes that if there is someone out there like me that’s made it to their goal weight and feels like they can’t “celebrate” or be proud because goal weight isn’t the body they imagined...please look twice at yourself! There is so much to celebrate in every pound of weight loss. And our successes are so much more than how we look.

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Advice

Hey everyone, I’ve seen so many successful posts and motivational weight loss, body and mind transforming stories and I first just want to say I’m proud of all of you guys! I’ve come here for advice. Right now I weigh in at 181, which is 10 pounds down from my starting weight and about 25 pounds away from my goal weight. I’ve hit this 180 platform before, and feel great about it, but then shoot back up. I’m around the corner again, and excuse my French but I don’t wanna fuck this up. Have any of you guys hit a weight barrier like this where it just felt impossible to break through but you eventually did it? If so, how did you do it?

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