Starting my meal planning at 1300 calories

So after my post earlier today I received some awesome feedback and feel like I’m now heading toward the right direction. Of course I haven’t DONE any of the things necessary except chose a much healthier meal for dinner (one step at a time). I’m going to do CICO and found a calculator that shows that if I eat 1300 calories a day with exercise 3-5 times a week I can ALMOST be at my goal weight by April. I got home and got on the scale for the first time in a few months and while I’ve been thinking I was between 165 or 167 I looked down and saw 172.4. My goal weight is between 140. Well I have to start somewhere. I’ve decided I will be meal prepping not only my lunch but also my dinner which I have never done. I’ll be weighing in every Friday morning to see if I am on track of my 1.5 to 2 pound loss every week. I want to make a goal of ATLEAST going to the gym 3 times a week but aiming at 5. I hate cardio but for now I’ll be doing a 50/50 balance of weightlifting and cardio where as before I’d only weight lift. In my calorie count for the day I’m going to fit in a treat every night because then I can stay sane. April is also perfect timing for my weight loss goal since that is my husbands birthday and he has decided that he’d like to go a water park.

Quick off topic question, how do I make my stats show up in the post bar? I’m newish to Reddit and would like to update at each of my weigh ins on Friday’s!

Edit: A word.

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How to stay motivated when people are saying I don’t need to lose weight?

Hello all! I started changing my lifestyle about 2 weeks ago. I’m down about 4 pounds and feeling pretty motivated! However, I have people in my life telling me things that make me feel invalidated. I am 5’3’’ and I currently weigh 184 lbs. I know I carry it well and it’s in “all the right places” (so I keep being told 🙄) but I don’t feel healthy. From a medical standpoint I am not healthy. My BMI is too high and my doctor has encouraged weight loss for awhile now. I really don’t appreciate my friends and family telling me I look fine and don’t need to lose weight. My goal is 140 pounds, which will put me in the normal BMI range. I’m starting to feel like the people in my life saying these things A) don’t really care about my health or B) are jealous that I’m working towards my goal. If anyone has been on the receiving end of comments like this, how did you stay motivated?

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I need to lose weight

Hi everyone! I am looking for some advice. I am doing a 2 month weight loss challenge and I really want to do CICO using My Fitness Pal. I am 21 years old, 173 Ibs, 5’ 7’’, F. I was looking at both 1400 calories/day and 1200 calories/day and I wasn’t sure what to do. I do HIIT ~5 times a week (burning anywhere from 450-600 calories per workout). I was initially planning on eating 1200 calories a day to maximize my weight loss but I heard that if you don’t eat enough your body holds onto the weight and I don’t want that to happen. I also don’t want to feel like I’m starving the whole time because I’m worried I’ll quit :/

Some background, a few years ago I hit my highest weight of over 215 Ibs. I was diagnosed with PCOS around the same time and upon going on medication and doing CICO I went down to 185 Ibs. I don’t remember how much I ate a day to lose the weight but I remember being hungry and feeling deprived the entire time, which is why I ended up giving up. Over the past few years I have jumped between 185 and 195 Ibs every few months. Last summer, I started HIIT and I got down to 173 Ibs but I am stuck and I know it’s my eating.

I’m just frustrated because I know I am the reason I am not losing weight. I’m constantly overeating and snacking. I think I’ve failed at weight loss so many times and I am scared that if I lose weight I’ll end up gaining it back. Most days I still see myself as being 215 Ibs.

I just want to get to a healthy BMI. I haven’t been in the healthy range since I was a baby. Ideally I would love to get to the middle/lower healthy weight range but for now I’m setting my goal to the upper limit of a healthy BMI.

Any advice and tips and tricks are appreciated!

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"Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels." For those who have lost weight and are now thin - has this been true for you?

I remember vaguely when Kate Moss first said this (controversially) about a decade ago, and it has had some staying power as I see it repeated occassionally from time to time.

I recently went from obese to normal weight and I've been thinking about this statement. The truth is I'm not 100% convinced I agree with it. The compliments about my weight loss from people have felt great, but that was of course temporary. Being able to wear "slim-fit" clothing is great, and I certainly feel more confident about my appearance in public...but I also desperately miss binge eating delicious carb/fat-heavy foods the way I used to.

I guess it's a sacrifice either way, and so I'm curious how others feel about it.

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How do you make it sink in that slow progress is good progress?

I've had a lifetime battle with weight/food/diet. I've always been told that the faster you lose weight the better, despite reading (and knowing) that rapid weight loss is frequently not sustainable long-term. Cutting a long story short, I'm struggling to get out of the mindset of lowering my calories so that I lose more than 2lbs a week, particularly because I'm so tired of being obese and want to just get on with my life.

How do I teach myself that weight loss of 2lbs a week or less is good and fine?

I want to get into an exercise program that will be quite intense, so it's hard to find a happy medium between reducing calories for weight loss while maintaining sufficient calories to keep up with my exercise. I read a post recently where a guy who was quite tall lost a whole lot of weight sticking to 1500 calories a day while exercising. Another post by a different man said they had lost fat and gained muscle by doing intense training and sticking to a surplus of 200-300 calories daily. I feel so confused and like I don't know anything anymore. On the one hand, cutting calories down to something like 1500 seems reasonable. On the other, I doubt I can stick with my plans to spend at least an hour a day working out (mostly cardio) at those intake levels.

I think the issue is a lifetime of being told by family members that surviving on as few calories as possible was the right thing to do, and that faster weight loss is better. I'm trying to teach myself that slow weight loss is okay and consistency is most important.

Does anyone have any advice for helping that message sink in?

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My fat friends gaslight my decisions to be healthy by saying I am "fatphobic"

I am a 31-year-old Asian woman who lost around 80 pounds in the last 1.5 years after a doctor's visit revealed I had high cholesterol, borderline high blood pressure, and was in danger of becoming diabetic. I am no longer in the 'obese' range and am inching closer to regaining a normal BMI. More importantly, my cholesterol has improved (though I am not in the "healthy" zone) and my blood sugar is normal. To do this, I made drastic changes to my lifestyle - cut down my calories due to sugar and junk food, went to therapy to help distract me from food, and started going to the gym. When I say drastic, they were drastic to me. I could never dream of not drinking at least two sodas a day.

The problem is that all my friends are fellow fat people like me and have similar lifestyles to what I had and very unhealthy relationships with food. I know because I was (still am) one of them and am working hard through my issues. The last year has taken a toll on my friendships to the extent that they make me feel like shit about my weight loss. I have barely spoken about my journey with them, in fact, I go through great pains not to, but these are my only friends and it is hard not to talk about (at all) major lifestyle changes. When we go out and I suggest a non-junk food place (not expensive) to eat they roll their eyes and make a comment about how "hippie" I am. If I choose clear alcohol instead of my usual soda-alcohol mix, they sneer and make a comment about "oooh, x is trying to save calories". If I comment that I can now deadlift a 100-pound weight, they say that they're not interested in lame topics. I finally lost it a while back and snapped back at a friend when she said that having a "weight goal" was " fat phobic" and that there was nothing wrong being fat. I said that my decision was purely health-driven, and it wasn't my problem if she didn't give a fuck about hers. (yes I know, I was an asshole). I'm not sure how to save my relationships with these people who I love when it feels like every action I take they interpret as an attack on them. I just don't know how to get them to stop commenting on my choices.

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A letter to the mods. We need an auto response saying Weight loss is CICO. Working out is for fitness not weight loss. Most of these post are variations of the same problem that the above would answer.

I have seen many posters say it better than me. It’s just the same issue over and over. I want everyone to get their attention and answers but a quick auto response would help out a majority. There are so many post about how much they workout or if they should work out. r/fitness is the place for workout guidance. Here we lose it! The sidebar is a treasure trove of information and help guide for the magic secret to losing weight, Spoiler alert - it’s counting calories! Eat what you want just make sure it fits in your caloric budget! CICO! That’s my crazy hormonal rant. Keep on counting those calories !!!

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