Starting Off Slow

I have been lurking on this sub for months. I have gone on and off diets for the last year after putting I a ton of weight due to birth control and a stressful job. I struggle to stick with diets. I changed jobs so that helped with the stress weight gain. My (new) work schedule changes a lot and they feed me during really busy periods (I work at a university) so I have trouble sticking to a schedule or even bringing my own food to work sometimes because I don’t have time to go to the grocery store and prep as much during my busy periods.

I was recently in a wedding and I hate every picture of me in it. It’s time for a change. My friend and I got Panda Planners (I highly recommend them) which really helps me on focusing on day to day goal achievement rather than long term obstacles. As such I’m working on being healthier: eat better (even if not perfectly), take a walk during the work day, exercise a few times a week. Today I did a half hour on a stationary bike and ten pushups (I’ve been doing the push ups daily) but I am wondering: does anyone else “work up to” being on a diet or seriously changing their whole routine to benefit weight loss? Does anyone have any other ideas for small things I can work on and continue to build on?

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Losing weight as a teenager

Hello everyone! I’m new to Reddit and this community but wow! I already feel so motivated and ready to start my weight loss journey and know that every post here can will help keep me motivated as lose all my extra weight. I’m 15, 5’6” and 232. Back in middle school I had major depression, was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder and Binge Eating Disorder and started gaining. It got so bad that in my last year of middle school I gained 40 pounds! I know I’m young and I don’t really have the “good ol skinny days” but I still see vacation pictures of me next to my siblings looking cute in all my outfits and being happy and relatively small but now that’s just not the case! I really don’t want to start my real life after graduation fat and sad about it. I want to chase after my dreams of being a journalist and going to UCLA but I fear I can’t get the full experience of college and do my best if I’m constantly obsessing over my weight and comparing myself to others. I see all these posts of everyone doing these things but I can’t do half of them! I can’t get rid of all the food in my house except the stuff that I’m meal planning with or I can’t go to the gym or even eat the meals I want because I’m 15. Not to mention how unsupportive my entire family is. Everyone aside from my father is picture perfect. They’re ashamed of how big and gross I am and it’s so embarrassing. They’re so rude about it. And my father! He’s all “Oh, we’re fat together, it’s alright” and all this stuff like it’s okay to be overweight because we both have the same struggles. It’s so rough to deal with. Especially because I’ve been trying to go vegetarian and it’s been backfiring because I like meat! My mother and siblings are vegetarian and vegan but they always make fun of me and don’t believe that I’m trying. And my dad doesn’t help at all. He keeps filling the house with meat and cooking meat-oriented meals because vegetarianism is just sooooo expensive. It’s so rough to lose weight as a teenager and i’m really struggling. I officially start my journey Jan 1st 2020 because 1) I’m serious about losing 70 pounds this time and 2) I kinda wanna eat all that holiday stuff and have fun 😬 So basically what I’m saying is it’s really hard to get motivated and STAY motivated with everyone pushing me down. Also it really sucks to lose weight when you’re a teenager. If anyone has any ways that they kept themselves motivated or just any tips to get me started they’d all be greatly, greatly appreciated.

Happy losing! :)

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Tantrum Tuesday - The Day to Rant!

I Rant, Therefore I Am

Well bla-de-da-da! What's making your blood boil? What's under your skin? What's making you see red? What's up in your craw? Let's hear your weight loss related rants!
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People on a massive weight loss journey: Have you noticed yourself bruising easier as you lose the weight?

20 F / SW: 330LBS / CW: 280LBS

I have to start by saying that I am not on any medication, so this isn’t a side effect of that.

I have been morbidly obese almost my entire life. And in my lifetime, I have never bruised easily. I could get decked by my older brother (like a full force punch) and still not bruise. I can count maybe on one hand times that I remember bruising.

I’ve maintained a caloric deficit for nearly seven months now. I know that doing this you will have less nutrients, but I eat a mostly veggie diet. I eat meat maybe 2-3 times a week. When I do eat it, it’s mostly poultry or fish. I try to stay away from the red meats.

So I’ve found two random bruises on my body recently. Not bad ones, just like barely purple ones. There is one on my inner arm that is maybe the size of a quarter and one on my calf that is the same size.

I’m just wondering if anyone that’s on a massive weight loss journey has experienced the same thing? And once you lost the weight, did it change? Or do smaller people just naturally bruise easier?

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people who are not overweight and their eating habits

hey everyone,

so for many years, and until recently when I started counting calories, I always said something like "the majority of thin people are thin bc of their metabolism and not bc they eat so healthy or work out so much". I know big pile of bullshit.

but I used to say this bc I had been eating healthy since 2017 september and lost a bunch of weight then my weight loss completly stopped bc there wasn't deficit anymore and I didn't have the time/energy but honestly mainly the will to look into the issue. which fortunately changed since november 13th. I know it's not a long time but my mindset changed a lot.

so since I have been counting calories and being mindful of nutrition I also discovered a few new habits such as that I don't eat until I'm stuffed just until my hunger is sated. if I'm a little bit hungry I can wait between meals until the right time. and while I don't succeed all the time I try my best not to emotional eat.

but there are still people who can eat as much as they want and won't gain any fat/weight. and I wonder how many thin people are like this? are the majority of thin people have a much more portion controlled relationship with food?

and I'm not talking about thin people who are into fitness or healthy eating, just your average person. someone who is thin but doesn't necessarily exclude fattening foods like pizza from their diet, someone who lives a sedentary life style bc they have an office job. so like the absolute average person you can imagine.

so yeah. this is my question;

are the majority of thin people have a much more portion controlled relationship with food? or the majority of thin people actually have fast metabolism?

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More weird side effects of weight loss: knobbier knees + bigger feet?

I was laying in bed last night, unable to get comfortable and wishing I had someone to talk to about this weird phenomenon, when I remembered the beauty of r/loseit!

There are two weird things I've noticed since losing 40 lbs. I went from about 195 to 155 (F, 32, 5'5).

1) I can't sleep as comfortably on my side any more because of my knees. I used to always sleep in the fetal position, which put my knees on top of one another. Now they are poke into one another, the side of my knee bones touching, and it's REALLY uncomfortable. The weird thing is, I carry most of my weight in my legs. I definitely do not have skinny knees. Has anyone else had this problem since losing weight?

2) I think my feet got bigger. Right at around 160 lbs, I started getting really bad blisters on the tops and tips of my toe. I didn't change my shoes or my walking habits. I'm not sure what else this could be, but don't people usually go DOWN a shoe size?

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Tips on keeping heart rate lower?

Hello,

So my doctor has prescribed Adipex to me to help with weight loss. I've been on it before and it works wonders for me, but I have concerns that I want to ask you guys about a heart rate issue I have in case someone has new advice.

I have a consistently high heart rate. Right now, off medication, I'm at 104 bpm resting. On Adipex it's 120 bpm. Obviously, neither are good.

She told me to stay hydrated and cut out all caffeine. Does anyone have other tips? Cause it's kinda scary when I feel it thumping away.

Please don't go on about how adipex/phentermine is bad/meth/etc. I know what it is and what it does and I'm choosing to use it because it helps me.

Thank you.

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