Should I go with weight loss surgery or is that cheating myself?

So I've been pretty heavy for about my whole life but in the most recent years (about 6) I broke 300 pounds. Currently I'm 22, 6'1, M, and weighing in at 331. I've been trying different weight loss methods that almost always seem to fail and I keep ending back up to square one. My Dad finally suggested stomach reduction surgery. I'm honestly scared to do it. Not just because they'd have to cut open my stomach but because I feel like I'd let myself down.

I'm currently in this depression loop of telling myself to try another dieting routine while another part of me in telling myself to go with the surgery option. I'm not asking for sympathy or anything, I'm mostly trying to ask what you guys would do in my shoes? Any feedback is very much so appreciated.

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My Weeks of Weight Loss

Well, to start this off i'm going to be blunt. I am severely overweight. I Just turned 16 and I weight 259 pounds of fat and sadness. due to never eating healthy foods even though my parents do make healthy food most of the time I eat WAY to much of it. I have a weird ability to cut out anything i want out of my life and not need it [relating to food/other things like games and the such.] I had just been cutting out the good foods i need, and today I have started my journey to Finally become fit/healthier. weighed my self today and i am 259.8 LB's. By the end of the month I am hoping to drop about 5/6 pounds at least. So wish me good luck guys i'm cutting out all artificial sugars and such and only eating natural stuff to get i such as fruits.

1 week in update

Ok, it has been 1 week into not eating sugar, and it has been a little difficult. I had a few struggles at breakfast because my parent would keep making hi-carb/full of sugar aka cinnamon rolls, biscuits, E.T.C. I got through it while making 2 eggs with a scallion and red bell peppers. This is also on the fact that I am sick Right now, so it is even harder for me to not eat sugar, but I am going to keep strong through Christmas. I was at 259 last week, I am now 252. It said 250 but i put 2 pounds on for water weight and fluctuation. In that Week I ate NO sugar based things except 1 apple and a few oranges. thanks for all the support and please wish me luck in my journey!

2 weeks in update

Hi guys, this is my second week without sugar update! Well over Christmas I avoided 95 percent of the dishes they made cutting my sugar to zero. On Christmas I Kinda cheated and had some sweets since it was Christmas day and a special accusation which is fine. dropped from 252 to 250, this was after eating so weighing a decent sized breakfast so it will be more clear next week.

Wish me luck guys! And remember IT IS FINE TO EAT A SMALL AMOUNT OF SWEETS ON HOLIDAYS/SPECIAL ACCUSATIONS just don't go over board.

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Sorry for bad formatting/spelling I'm still pretty new to reddit! Wish me luck and I will answer any questions in the replies!

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Should I be considering recomp rather than weight loss?

I’m a 24F, 135.2lbs, 5’8 and am considering recomp as opposed to weight loss or fat loss. I’ve been eating at a deficit but am staying mostly the same weight despite vigorously working out with a good weights routine and cardio. I work out six days a week, lifting 4 and doing cardio at least 3 times a week. I have been told maybe I should consider recomp given that I’ve been stuck in this almost skinny fat type. Obviously, belly fat can’t be spot reduced and that’s really where I’m struggling. Just that last little bit of fat on my mid section. I have noticed muscle loss during this deficit but little change in my midsection. Maybe recomp is the next step? Any advice or suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

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Peers trying to sabotage my weight loss (Venting)

I'm a 31 year-old man. I've been losing weight since March of '19. I'm 6 ft., 2 in. (187.96 cm). When I started, I weighted 305 lbs. (138.34 kg). So I was obese. Now I weigh 226 lbs (102.51 kg).

Since I've started losing weight. I've had to deal with most of my peers trying to discourage me from losing weight: "YOU'RE LOSING TOO MUCH WEIGHT!", "YOU'RE WAY TOO UNDERWEIGHT!"

I keep telling them that according to numerous health sites, my ideal weight should be between 175 - 179 lbs, but they're so up their own asses that they think they know more than the numerous health and fitness experts because they just dismiss them entirely and tell me that they're wrong. The only people that's been helpful and encouraging to me are the people from my church. You would think that all this discouragement would compel me to give up, but I'm not like other people. Discouraging me from losing weight only adds another inspiration for me to lose weight because I like to spite others (if it's for a good reason): If I'm doing something that's clearly legally and morally acceptable and you don't like it and try to get me to stop, I'm just going to do more of it to spite you.

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But I need to ask,

To all you people out there who try to sabotage others' weight-loss efforts by "health-shaming," filling the house with nothing but cheap crappy junk-food, and doing more sinister sneakier things like spiking others food with ingredients to fatten them back up: What's your deal?! Does it piss you off and make you jealous seeing others succeed where you fail because they can learn self-control and you can't? Do you have some sort of fat-fetish? Is this nation's (USA) obesity levels so high that you and so many others around you have come to accept that as the new "normal" and you see someone losing weight as the new "abnormal freakish behavior"? What's your problem? You don't know what healthy is because you've never been healthy before. You're arrogant to dismiss health experts when you've never even gone out to educate yourselves. And if it pisses you off that I'm losing weight, then get ready to scream and pull your hair out in a mouth-frothing rage because I'm not going to stop until my fat gut's turned into a 6-pack and I'm going to enjoy the hellish rage that it brings you.

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15 pounds in the last month? I’m ashamed of myself.

The month of December I slacked off big time. And on purpose, too. I wanted to get my last fill of eating and feeling like shit so I had absolutely zero excuse. I vowed not to step on the scale until January 1st, 2020. And that’s what I did just a few seconds ago. My heaviest weight ever has been 232.6. I’d been hovering around that the last time I stepped on the scale in early December so figured I’d gained maybe one or two pounds because even with a ton of binge eating, I gain like maybe 4 pounds and then lose it quickly. However I stepped on the scale today and am now a whopping 247.4. That’s exactly 14.8 pounds. This is the absolute heaviest I have ever been. I couldn’t even tell I was getting bigger was the thing! Sure, I noticed I now fit into that 2XL pajama shirt I had, and that I didn’t fit into a couple other things but I chalked it up to just looking bad that day? Idk. So I now have to lose 87.4 pounds to get down to my weight loss goal and wow, that’s really sad. I never thought I’d wish to be back at 232! Sorry for the vent, I needed it!

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Checking in with a few broad / practical tips for smaller changes

Hi guys, I have a middle of the road approach to weight loss since I'm not overweight and have a fairly active social life.

I'm a 5'10 male. About a year and a half ago I worked myself down from 180 to 158 through regular exercise and diet. I lost motivation around the holidays and gained most of it back.

In June I then moved in with new roommates and was living very unhealthy. By August I was around 175 and started committing to a new mentality of smaller changes, because I lost my motivation last time after I hit some goals (7 minute mile, 160 pounds).

The key seems to be to focus on sustainable progress. Otherwise you will just rebound it all back.

Since August I am now down to 155. The reason I am making this post is that I truly havent made huge changes or exercised much. It's been up and down with sustained plateaus, but here's what I can offer as truly practical advice to LOSE WEIGHT WITH MINIMAL LIFESTYLE SACRIFICES:

• Small lunch and medium dinner seems to be a good go-to strategy for me. I try to keep lunch objectively healthier and then try to ease up on dinner. My main change to dinner is sides. I don't eat the whole thing of french fries and I don't drink soda. I don't eat breakfast.

• Calories. Always keep calories in mind. At the end of the day, if you break down and eat some cake and donuts in the office, if you keep lunch really light you probably didn't do that much damage.

• Cheating: Unless you have serious medical need to be dieting, I think cheating is inevitable and should be accepted. But I just keep in mind the last bullet point. What that means is that I recognize that one or two packages of candy on Sunday isn't going to set me back much. It means I look at the calories and try to make an informed decision about which snack is more worth it. Just being slightly more informed / educated with smaller decisions adds up. The worst you can do is say "I cheated so now I give up" and set yourself back an actual week's progress in calories.

• Drinking: tequila or vodka sodas all the way. Cocktails will destroy your calorie count.

• Fasting: I go close to 24 hours without eating somewhat regularly. I don't like to do it after drinking, but if I had a sober friday or saturday then I may just skip brunch the next day. Especially if I really pigged out the day before. I can see how this could be considered a bad habit / mentality so be careful here if you are prone to eating disorders and obviously don't abuse this as an excuse to pig out all the time.

• Exercise: It's hard now that it's cold out, but walking is amazing. Especially if you live in a city. Getting a smart watch can motivate you to get more steps in.

In short, I realize none of this is groundbreaking. But if you're just getting started out and find dieting intimidating, try: 1) incorporating more walking into your life 2) make a conscious effort to limit yourself to mainly just the dinner entree and half a side 3) focus "healthy" eating efforts around having a smaller-sized lunch 4) cut out all regular snacking / sodas, don't punish yourself for cheating, and try to make smart relative choices by looking at calories 5) if you have to drink, get a tequila soda

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A call for help

Hey All,

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I'll make this post as Drama Free as possible but I intend to be humble about my situation because i legitimately feel like it's the best way to demonstrate the kind of help I need. So Lets get to the ground floor.

I am currently 34, 5"11 and 330 lbs atm. Every year I am tacking on a bit more weight and i am well aware my eatting habits are just atrocious. I have not been planning or factoring at all for meals my life right now feels im stuck in a 24 hour loop of "Work, Sleep, Eat"

I am endeavoring to change this because right now my Routine is rolling out of bed, letting my dog out. Rushing to work. 1) Grabbing a Canned Iced coffee and pop tart at work for breakfast almost religiously.
2) coming down to buy 1 or 2 microwavable sandwhiches and a drink for lunch
3) Order delivery for dinner.

I work in a call center so it feels really hard to grab rewarding food in time. I know the biggest issues with this is not making my own food for any of these meals. It genuinely feels like a struggle to just grab food from the grocery store each week and what I have found is I may have genuinely been living this way to make such visits barely last any time at all before I need to go again.

Living off fast food and crappy microwavable food this long I have found my ability to prepare food is all but dead. I can make ramen, eggs and a salad sure but anything more involved is genuinely a struggle.

So here is what I have done to attempt to resolve this....

1) For energy I am setting up a Gym Membership as I have the money just really getting the proper nutrition that I don't peter out.
2) I've made a vow after the 15th No more fast food until I've lost at least 30 lbs and then I plan to only have 2 cheat days a week until I develop healthy habits.

3) I set up Online grocery delivery, this i feel is the most impact to my weight loss I just need to honestly get some suggestions for recipes and food staples to live by as a guy who has all but destroyed his body. I want to develop a staple of food I can grab each week or two and then grab things that sound good But I think I need help from everyone here to provide realistic suggestions for this (That is why I am waiting till the 15th to compile any and all suggestions and move forward)

I hope this was coherent. My goal is to lose between 100 to 130 lbs as 200 is supposedly my ideal body weight but I don't perscribe to that too much as long as we are happy. But weight has been giving me some serious medical concerns lately for being so young still that this change has been a long time coming.

I hope everyone who does respond can see where I am coming from and remain patient with me while I move toward this goal. Thanks :)

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