How do you keep going after a binge?

How do you keep going after a binge?

Hey guys, wishing you all the best with your weight loss and fitness goals. I’m fairly new here. Yesterday I ended up binging but stopped myself mid binge and obviously still feel rubbish about it. To those of you who are losing the weight or have lost weight, do you have any tips or advice on how to keep going with the journey and not completely fall off the wagon after one binge?

Also, wanted to know how often you all weigh yourselves if you do?

After a few months on anti depressants I managed to gain a lot and not lose it so I am back on this fitness journey. I’ve accepted that this is a lifestyle thing as opposed to a quick 1 month extreme dieting then binging kind of thing. I haven’t had to focus on fat loss for almost 3 years and have I suppose forgotten what really helps and what worked.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you! X

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All Aboard The Post Holiday Weight Loss Wagon!

I've been on and off of "diets" for the last couple years, and every one of them but this last one I've started on has not been able to stick. (Most of them were variations on the keto diet but this time it's just calorie counting.) My 18th birthday is just days away at this point and since the holidays are over and I'm back at school I stuck to my promise that I would weigh myself at the end of it and keep on going just like I had been. I was expecting to have completely ruined my progress but to my surprise I actually only gained four pounds! Which, yeah, is pretty bad for a two and a half week span but it's much less than I was expecting to have to deal with.

I've decided that I really wanna try hard this year to have a clear weight loss goal and plan, and to FINALLY get down to 200 pounds. I honestly legitimately cannot remember a time when I was below that number after about 5th grade when puberty kicked in. I don't want this to just be a number that I get to, I want it to be a legitimate lifestyle change and finally feel confident in my body for once.

Here's my plan: since I started in late August my calorie limit has been 1800 a day, which worked out just amazingly for me and got me down to 239 in October from like 253, combined with a huge increase in exercise from having to bike to work and school. I'm going to start out again at 1800 this week, then every week decrease 100 calories until I'm acclimated to about 1500 calories a day, then do my best to stay at that intake until I reach my goal. I will also be eliminating my "cheat weekends" as they absolutely aren't helping me any.

I'm really hoping that by July I'll be there, but honestly one of the most important things someone's ever told me on this sub is that it doesn't matter when I get there just that I'm actively working towards it. My dream is to be one of those people who look back and say "yeah I was really overweight back in highschool, but I put in the work to lose it and now I'm finally okay with myself."

It's a new decade, and now I finally have the means to financially and physically control what and how much I eat, which I plan to take full advantage of this year. Wish me luck, and best of luck to anyone else on the same journey I am!

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A Year of Getting Better Physically and Mentally

Hi everyone, 22 almost 23 year old guy here. At the beginning of 2019 I wasn’t happy with who I was as a person physically and mentally. I was pushing around 270 pounds and had been at some of the lowest points in my life losing to my depression and anxiety. I had a history of extremely low self confidence, I had years of self harming and just truly hating who I was. I finally decided to try and make my life better, one step at a time.

I’m proud to say I’ve lost 65 pounds this past year and am down to my lowest weight since I was in 8th or 9th grade, ending up at around 205 pounds. I also went down from a 38 to 36 waist size while also going from an XXL shirt to mostly XLs and even some Larges. I honestly just started simple with walking everyday around my apartment, cutting pop (soda) and certain snacks out of my diet, and reducing my portion sizes. I eventually added strength training and the Coach to 5K app with jogging to that which helped me taking the next steps to losing more weight.

While I know this sub is more focused on weight loss, I’m also the most mentally healthy and happy I’ve been in a long time, with things like group therapy at my university, keeping track of my mood, and FINALLY finding a good therapist helping me get a whole lot better than I have been in the past. I knew I needed to get healthier in more ways than one, with me even just at first barely finding motivation to lose weight.

I still have goals that I want to reach as I continue to become more healthy mentally and physically, but I still am damn proud of what I did in 2019. I’m in repair, I’m not together but I’m getting there.

Pic of me on January 1, 2019 versus December 23, 2019: https://imgur.com/a/KD0jELB

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How to focus on weightloss without feeling defeated and humiliated?

I have always struggled with weight loss, and the one thing that bothers me the most is the mean comments about my weight. They're not said to encourage me or express concern for my health. Its just cruel jokes and humiliation from family, and the comments come from people who are overweight themselves. In the past I have dieted and lost weight in really bad ways in order to please them and they still weren't happy. I gained it back and the mean comments continue, and it really discourages me. I feel like I need to not diet in order to not let them win if that makes sense.

I have started keto, because I need to lose weight once and for all, but how do I shake the feeling that I have "lost" somehow by dieting? The family members who are overweight and bully me are a lot older, and nobody can make them diet, but I am expected to. Its such a complicated feeling for me. I know I need to lose weight, but I want to do it in peace. I have been holding myself back from achieving my goals in order to hold on to my pride, because its all I have at this point. If I lose weight, Im scared of becoming even more insecure, and feeling like a loser all over again like I did the last time I lost weight.

How do I focus on the fact that I need to lose weight and also stand up to my family and make sure they get it through their heads that I'm not doing this for them? How do I let go of my pride? This has been a problem for 12 years. I have been overweight since I was 7, and I don't even remember how I became overweight in the first place.

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Accountability {M/26/285}

Hello,

I am using this post to help keep me accountable for my current weight loss regime. I have a wedding to attend, my own in fact. I am already embarrassed to what the wedding photos will look like with me in it. So with that said, my goal weight is 220 with a current weight at 285. There are more reasons to wanting/needing to lose this weight. Such as, battling with gout for almost 3 years, ankle issues that sometimes make me immobile, people making stupid comments.

I guess what is hard for me, is when meeting new friends or people in general they see this fat kid. I was not always this big as i am. Im not going to lie, after college i totally went south when it came to my health. It was almost like as soon as I started my career, i made up for all the eating that i "missed" during college.

I am a former wrestler/mma fighter. I wrestled for 8 years of my life. So I was used to the cutting weight aspect in life as I wrestled at 170~ up until my junior year of college. i know i have it in me to do it and way more than enough resources to do so. I am just being very lazy at the moment.

Some people consider them selves "stress eaters" where as i consider myself a "happy eater". When im stressed about work or life in general, i dont even think about having an appetite. However, when i have good day boy o boy what is there to eat?! im talking pizza, wings, ice cream and wash it down with some root beer. if not pizza, then some Nashville Hot Chicken. Im not even "depressed" or anything. Its this idea of "i didnt get to have this in college, now that i can afford it its time to eat"

Holy fuck, as I am writing this down im ashamed that this is my daily routine. I changed my mindset since the beginning of the year. So from here on out, i will use this post as an accountability for when i have those "cravings" of a bad lifestyle. the future me will appreciate this. I am a firm believer of "if its not in writing.." so since its writing, i have to do this shit.

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Thanks for coming to my rant, if you read this.

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Where are all my short girls who struggle to lose and talk about those 10-20 lbs they've gained

10-15 lbs does NOT sound like a lot. I get it. SO many people on this sub have achieved crazy amazing things, and I read all your stories and feel blown away by all the consistent effort and commitment.

I'm short, and i am getting chubby. But im only around 11 lbs overweight based on my ideal weight. On a woman who is 5'8 - 5'9 those extra lbs disperse a lot less noticeably and its easier to fluctuate without sizing up significantly.

However, when I gain even 5lbs at 5'2, i feel it EVERYWHERE. My pants are tight, my thighs are squishing into my jeans, I see it in my face, on my feet (although rarely on my boobs....wtf thanks genetics) and definitely in my big ol butt.

I hate telling people I'm on a weight loss journey when its such a short one, it feels embarassing when others weight battles are much tougher than mine.

But it still counts and its still hard and I want all the short girls out there to know I'm with you! That amount of weight is a lot, and can make you feel terrible and gross and self conscious.

Currently 128 lbs, on my way back down to 115lbs.

Godspeed all you tiny meatballs out there.

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82 Pounds - 365 Days of MyFitnessPal (35F - 5'8 ; SW: 350 CW: 268)

It's almost my actual birthday. That was enough last year to finally do something about how unhappy I was. Right now, I'm crying at my kitchen table. Plenty of reasons, but mostly because I'm glad last year me was brave enough to try to change even though it felt impossible. 82 pounds is unreal but turns out it isn't impossible.

I've only ever been obese. I mean, I still am, but less so. I'm working the number down and I'm made peace with it being slow. I hate slow, but I trust it. Slow teaches you things. She gifts you things. Slow means I have a better chance of maintaining.

You can change. It just takes time.

Thoughts / Things I hope help you somehow

• CICO is how I lose weight. I'm more active (walks now, but when I lose more I want to get a bicycle and maybe even run! I still feel too heavy for both.) but counting calories is the reason I lost 82 pounds.
• MyFitnessPal free app is where it's at. It was hard for a few weeks, but now it's habit. I need to track what I eat. I wish I could be instinctual about it, but I can't. That's OK!
• I fit better. Everywhere. In my bathtub, at tables, next to people. All my life I've wanted to fit in the world and every month I feel like I do more. Everyone gets to take up space. Your value has nothing to do with size! But just, I like fitting in things designed for average weight people.
• Walking up the stairs, sitting on the floors, getting out of bed are all easier. It's still hard not to envy people at healthy weights, but this only works when my focus is me not other people.
• Sometimes when I carry in ALL the grocery bags and they feel SO heavy, I step on the scale. It's the best way I've found to remind myself of what I used to carry.
• Looking into your grocery cart and feeling good about everything in it is pure joy and a mood booster! When you're strong at the store, it's easier when you get home.
• Make some sort of display of your weight loss. A friend of mine suggested a paperclip chain -- one for each pound lost. I hung it around my mirror--which I let myself look into now.
• Keep a few old clothes to try on. Besides my face, I have trouble seeing my weight loss. Nothing proves me to more that I've gotten smaller than old clothes. Sometime that used to be tight is now loose? A delightful surprise! Added fun is when your new clothes get too small.
• Funniest NSV? My new jean pockets are kinda too small for my phone. I know that's a problem women have with pants, but my old jeans were large enough that they pockets were giant. Now I can complain about the junk women pockets, too! Buy some clothing that fits your current body perfectly. I suggest underwear because I got new underwear (80 pounds and my old underwear still stays up, go figure!) two months ago and every day I'm happy when I put it on.
• Take measurements. I couldn't convince myself to do that until July. I've lost 8 inches off my waist since then, but I wish I knew my starting points.
• I have excess skin. I will have more. I can't change that so my answer to my arms and tummy and thighs is: so what? I didn't like how my body looked before. I'd rather feel better and be healthier with loose skin.
• No one, besides the handful of people I told, noticed and said something about my weight loss for 6 months. Then it was like floodgates and EVERYONE noticed. Took awhile to be comfortable with the comments, and even now I sometimes fake the "thank you."
• You can say thank you and then move on. No need to tell them more, unless you want to. People push and sometimes I'm good about changing the subject and sometimes I tell them more than I wanted to. But serious, "thank you" or "I know" is all you have to say.
• I started going to therapy. We talk about my anxiety way more than my weight or food. I didn't know I had anxiety but I knew I wanted to talk to someone. If you're considering therapy, I recommend it. It's expensive, I know! My health insurance is terrible with high deductibles, but I've worked it into my budget and it helps me. It's hard, but I'm better with it.
• I like little challenges along the way. For one, I ate a vegetable with supper every day for a month / tried 8 new vegetable recipes. I did 30 days of 10,000 steps which turned into 100 days. Only water as a drink for a month. These things lead towards different habits, are fun, and keep me trying new health things. I don't always continue doing that, but I notice I eat vegetables even more now and walk more and mostly only drink water and coffee these days.
• I notice I'm different all the time in little ways. What I pick at restaurants. What I say about myself. What I do. It's a hundred ways I'm different but every one of them feels like the real me. I'm glad she isn't hiding as much.
• Most people have been supportive. I'm lucky. But fuck anyone who isn't. You're worth this. I'm worth this.

Someday I hope to be brave enough to share progress photos.If you have any questions, I'll do my best to answer them!

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