Maintaining my weight loss - and another step in my journey. Recommend by my GP as a candidate for loose skin removal.

Ok brief background. I'm 51 yrs old and have lost 145 lbs / the majority of that (115-120) in about 18 months and the rest over another 18 months. My last 5lbs of fat were eliminated forever last January. I didn't lose the weight with any aesthetic goal in mind - I was mostly just trying to save my life. Over the last year I have sincerely struggled with the extra bits of me - but I've tried to be content with compression gear.

This last checkup my doctor of 6 yrs finally actually engaged me in a weight loss conversation. The conversation began around my cholesterol check. I said I wasn't due - but she said people on my diet typically needed them more often. I was like - my diet? How do you think I lost this weight?

She paused.

I said : "I've just been using calorie management. That's IT."

"Well," she said, "well... Wow". And she finally looked at my chart. "Your cholesterol is actually... Really really good and you've been ...maintaining quite awhile now. That's pretty amazing. I've had WLS patients that can't even keep it off as long as you have."

My brain did a cartwheel. I got flustered and teared up. I may have said thank you. Then she really surprised me and asked if I wanted to be recommend for skin removal.

I struggled with the idea for almost a month until my best friend reminded me of the longevity of our family and that no matter what 50 is hella NOT to old to stop caring.

So, in 4 days I'm going to a consultation and I'm formulating a list of questions. I'm up to 15 focusing mostly on recovery (when can I walk/run lift/yoga) and after care costs. Any other tips are welcome. Anxiety is starting to rev up and brain is trying to drag me back into weight loss mode because of it so I've started logging again.

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Help! Why won't my stomach pooch go away?

So, I'm 5'5" F21 and 118-122lbs depending on the day. I've lost about 30 pounds since january (hooray!) through CICO/portion control, but I have a stomach pooch that refuses to leave. I'm actually super happy with my body right now (I never thought I would say that), but my pooch is still keeping me self-conscious. I'm not comfortable wearing bikinis or form fitting dresses because of it even though the rest of my body is pretty toned. I'm just really confused at this point because I thought that it would be gone at this point in my weight loss journey. Like my bmi is at about 20, but I swear my stomach looks exactly the same since I was 10lbs heavier. I have a sister that's been pretty supportive of me, and I've asked her honestly about what she thought. Even she said that she was surprised that I still had a such a prominent lower belly since the rest of me is so skinny. It's just really strange and I need help figuring out what to do. Any advice?

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Motivate Me

My weight and size has haunted me my entire life. I am currently 6’3” 475 lbs. 35M US.

I get on the right track, fall off and then spiral back into my old habits.

I’m pretty mobile for my size. Was going to the gym as recently as a month ago.

I get married in 3 weeks... I’d like to lose a couple pounds before then and kickstart my way to a better life.

I just feel like what my mind wants and body does are two different things and I haven’t been able to take control lately.

I need a spark. What words do you have for me that won’t destroy my soul?

This is my first time posting on Reddit since I joined 4 years ago. I find these weight loss communities very inspiring.

FYI blood pressure is 120/70, cholesterol is 125, A1C is 5.2. Doctors encourage diet and exercise.

Just looking to take back my life...

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Anticipating a weight loss plateau. Any advice?

Hey guys (29F). I’m back on the bandwagon having binged in recent weeks, but Thanksgiving weekend was the kicker. Weighed myself back home last Sun and was at my highest weight I’d ever been. Oof.

I fasted on Sun, and only allow myself to eat in an 8 hour period (10a-6p or 11a-7p; can’t be overly restrictive with this window, but I’m okay with it). I’ve reduced my calorie intake to ~1,200, perform cardio 4x/this week, stretch stretch stretch, and do a series of bicycles, crunches, modified sit-ups, and planks 3x/this week. I’m not only proud of myself for sticking to it without bingeing, but also feel my tummy is lighter which is sooo much nicer than being in pain because of bingeing.

Anyway, since Sunday I lost 7.2 lbs. This usually occurs during my first week or two of trying again. I feel like I’m just waiting for the plateau to hit, and worry I’ll be unable to sustain my progress with the holidays if I no longer see much difference. My partner and I have a very busy schedule for the holidays, with every single weekend moving forward being packed with family or holiday parties. Our friend is renting a cabin for NYE and my bday is on weekend after. It’s a lot, and I know there will be many enticing things on offer.

I should also note that I’m not usually so crazy about weighing myself, and intend to be much more lax once I’ve lost 15 or so lbs. I need to see a difference right now, and that seems to be it. I’ve taken a before pic so I’ll count on that being more of a motivation down the line.

I’ve experienced a couple plateaus before and either fuck up and binge for days or wait it out as long I can to see what’s going on, then eat junk again and wholly rotate back to my unhealthy eating habits. A quick Google search advised a few culprits to the infamous plateau: too many carbs, not tracking ketones, too many cals, not eating whole foods, too many nuts, getting closer to goal weight, not mindful eating, stress, lack of sleep. You get it. How true have you found these to be in your experience? Any advice on how to remain dedicated and disciplined enough to avoid just another cycle of this? Thanks!!

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100 Pounds Lost

I began my weight loss in 2016, starting with a weight of around 290 pounds. I slowly started cutting things such as carbs and sugar down as much as I possibly could. I noticed small results but nothing major. Then came the gym, I went around 3 days per week at 45 minutes per workout. This started to show more results the easier working out became. Then came intermittent fasting, drinking 2 liters of water per day, and limiting my calories to 1400-1600 per day while still hitting the gym. At this point I noticed I was losing weight extremely fast while still feeling energetic through out the day. I finally had hit the 100 pound weight loss goal.

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Fast forward to now, I haven't gone to the gym in over 4 months, I'm eating whatever I want, and im starting to feel really upset and frustrated with myself. I think I began getting too comfortable and thought I would just stay my current weight without having to do much to maintain it. Well I was wrong, I've been gaining weight back and need to get back to having the mindset and motivation I used to have. I found some old pictures of myself when I was at my highest weight and couldn't believe I used to look like that. It sparked something in my brain. It's making me want to work even harder and finally get to my end goal.

Linked my before/after. Not the greatest pictures.

Before/After

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I'm going to have to start for real tomorrow

First things first: My name is Stephan, I'm German, 27 years old, 1.87m (6'2.5'') tall and weigh 92.5kg (204lbs).

I guess the story about my biggest problem, sweets, starts with me as a kid. I ate a good amount of sweets back then (usually some chocolate and some peanut flips every day), but since I used to be a skinny kid it enver was a problem. When I approached the age of 16 or so my mom noticed me gaining a bit of weight and basically suggested that I should eat less sweets, and since I wasn't a rebel and she did all the shopping I went with it and never really had a problem back then.

The problems really started when I went off to university. I lived on my own for the first time ever, which turned out to be a bad idea. Generally speaking, all of it was a horrible idea since I noticed (or should have noticed), that university was actually not a good fit for me. Nevertheless, I wasted 5 years of my live trying to manage something that was clearly never meant to be and kinda slipped into a depression-esque state in this time. Early on in my university days I basically picked up the toxic habit of just buying 200g (7oz) of peanut flips and 3 bars of chocolate and then just eating all of it in a day. That is about 3k kcal. In the beginning it wasn't a huge issue. I was still skinny, did it pretty rarely and also didn't eat anything else oin these days. As I learned more and more that my natural intelligence was no longer able to overcome my insane learning related laziness, I started to go to University less often and binge eat more. I can't exactly remember how the hell these 5 years actually went past me (which is a horrible sign of how much I wasted them) but I eventually began eating 3.5k kcal almost daily in sweets alone, and I also started eating regular meals on the same days. Needless to say, I balooned and the only time of me losing weight was when I stayed at my parents' place during the semester breaks. I basically hit rock bottom a year ago, finalle deciding to drop out of university for the second time. At that point I weighed 105kg (231lbs).

I was hopeful initially, since the last time I spent the summer at my parents' place I lost 15kg (33lbs) in two and a half months without even really trying. I usually don't overeat in regular meals and my weight just dropped like a stone. So I was optimistic, that the same might happen. I didn't account for my sweet addiction to be stronger and my means to get sweets also increased. The summer of weight loss was basically a result of a strict rule: I go shopping when I'm off studying, my mom does the shopping when I'm home. So I never really got the strong temptation to just buy some sweets. Sadly, I got a temporal job (to be productive in the time between dropping out of university and starting my apprenticeship in logistics) which meant having access to a car and to sweets. Worse even, at some point I agreed to buy my own food (for reasons not worth going into right now we rarely eat together as a family) which opened this door even more. While my parents still motivate me to lose weight, I have been eating sweets like a madman.

Which brings me to the meaning of the title. I have eaten the same setup of sweets as mentioned above, 3k kcal worth of sweets, on every day since Monday (including today). Tomorrow really has to be the start of me actively battling my addiction. I have basically been on the "just one more time" train for weeks now, always finding an excuse to get sweets, but this has to be it. I will never really stop if I don't just do it, I think. So that is my quest. As mentioned above, I'm sure I can lose weight. I don't have a problem with being active every day and I don't actually eat that much when it comes to regular meals. Hell, I have used intermittend fasting on days without sweets for a long time, never had a problem with it, and mostly drink water. I also think today is a good day since it's only two and a half weeks until I get christmas sweets (which I will allow myself to eat since it is quite clearly a different beast altogether).

It would be very interesting to hear how other people kicked their sweet addiction. I am hopeful that actually declaring my goal here and being active in this community will motivate myself to finally take this seriously. I have planned to hit my weight goal of 75kg (165lbs) on the 12th of April 2020. I know that is a ambitious goal, but I think ambitious goals are worth striving for sometimes.

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The woes of air-popped popcorn... a tale of properly counting calories

So, I have been loving losing weight.

I still get to eat what I normally want, but just less of it.

Well, for the last 6 months, I have been eating air popped popcorn. It's less calories than bagged popcorn, less oil, and overall healthier.

Originally, I was choosing a brand that listed 1 cup of popped popcorn as having 15kcal.

I'm thinking... holy damn. That's a big ass bowl of 10 cups for only 150 calories! Sign me up!

Then, I said, "I'll just use cooking spray instead of butter." The can listed zero calories. So, even a couple extra sprays couldn't be THAT much, huh?

Similarly, I found a nacho cheese powder for popcorn that is 200kcal for the entire container, and I made a total of 11 bowls out of the one shaker. Pretty good.

So, my bowl of popcorn, was a total of 168kcal. I was happy. I was free.

Then last night, I'm like.... well.... one can of Pam has 5 oz of canola oil. That CAN'T be zero calories, so how much is it...

1,250kcal. Per can.

Welp. That sucks. So, I did the math. That's 142gr of oil in the whole can. So, I made a normal bowl of popcorn. Put a normal amount of oil on it. I then weighed the Pam can afterwards and saw I used 10gr of oil. That's an extra 88 calories. Per bowl.

Well, I guess I can live with that.

So, now, my bowl of popcorn is actually closer to 250 calories.

However, I noticed that the popcorn my wife bought was measured in grams per unpopped kernels. Wondering how many grams were in a 10 cup bowl, I measured as much as I normally do, weighed it. 93gr. Ok, so 93gr of unpopped kernels. Let's just take a look at the package and.........110 calories per 30 gr.....

10 cups of unpopped popcorn is 340kcal. Plus 88 calories from the oil. Plus 18 calories from the cheese powder.

My 168kcal bowl of popcorn suddenly became almost 450 calories per bowl.

Then I thought about the nights I was super hungry and would make two bowls.

So, that is my story. Don't use cups to measure non-liquids. It's just not right. Use grams. Or ounces. Because on a night where I'd have two bowls (yes that's a lot), instead of having 336kcal of popcorn, I'm eating almost 900 calories of popcorn. And I wondered why my weight loss had slowed recently...

So anyway, that's that. Be mindful of your WEIGHT of your food, and how much each item weighs. If it says "zero calories", don't trust it. Look online. Look everywhere you can. Don't cheat yourself. Because you'll end up like me, kicking yourself for the thousands of extra calories you consumed without knowing it.

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