Close to goal weight but need to adjust my goal weight a little

Hi all! Hope everyone is having a good week :)

I was wondering if there is anyone else on here close to their goal weight and how you set your final goal or adjusted it?

I started (this time around) in December at 62.5kg with a goal weight of 56kg (123.5lbs) and today I weighed in at 57.1kg (my lowest weight in the past few years) so getting close to my goal weight.

However, now I’m so close I can see that I will still have a bit more to lose (although I might sound quite light I have a very slim bone structure so I’m actually still carrying a decent amount of fat), I’m looking to get quite lean and lose a lose a lot of the fat I’m carrying around my back and stomach (I somewhat apple shaped)

But, I don’t know what a good goal weight will be, and what will be too thin. I used to be waaay thinner then I am now but that was many years ago and I didn’t have a scales so don’t have a clue how much I actually weighed.

I want to keep up the momentum and set my goal weight now so I can stay focused, and also I like playing DietBet’s so I’d like to sign up for another one if 3 or 4% weight loss is achievable.

I do go to the gym regularly and have done for several years, just doing weights no cardio

Any advice is appreciated

Edited to add I’m 5’4.5 (yes, I’m counting the half lol)

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My weight loss journey... March 2019 - March 2020

I’m not stopping my activity, but I’m really proud of how far I’ve come, and wanted to share it! Everyone stay motivated! You got this! (i grew up a twig, so gaining 40 pounds after high school was a wild rollercoaster of depression and a mess) I’m a 19 year old female, very active but also a very very good eater 😂😶

first two pictures: 182 pounds (approx.) last two: 150, 145 (respectively, and approx.)

https://imgur.com/gallery/BWxJPjy

:) I started to restrict my calories and I took to running a 5k every day. Average time was 45 minutes (yuck but i’m still proud) my most recent run time was 33 minutes. Health problems have gotten in the way and I’m taking a few weeks off from the gym, but my restricted diet has not been messed with. I hope to keep going and hit my dream weight. I would show body pictures of progress, but for some reason i couldn’t find any. Oops!

Start: 182 Current: 144 Goal: 140 Dream Goal: 125-130 Dress size start: 10-12 Dress size now: 6

I’m proud of me 🥰 and proud of everyone on their own weight loss journey!

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Advice/weight loss stalled

I have been working hard with IF and calorie counting for about 2 months, I’ve had positive outcomes and I’m happy with my results... until now. I had a calorie deficit of 9,000 calories over the course of last week and I lost no weight, I actually put on 0.2lbs. I feel like banging my head against a wall I’m so frustrated.

Is it possible that eating too few calories can stall a weight loss? That doesn’t make sense to me on a scientific level, but I’m very new at this. I thought “less calories in = loss” right? I’m not sure why my loss has stalled. I’m curious if there are people with nutrition experience who can help me.

My maintenance calories are 2500 daily, previously I was fasting 16:8 and eating between 1200-1500 daily and loosing between 1.5-3 lbs a week. Last week I wanted to experiment and ended up fasting 18:6 and eating 1000-1100 daily. I know this isn’t necessarily healthy, but the fasting window had me eating less.

How can eating less = loosing less?? Is this just a normal plateau? I’m so frustrated... this week I’m switching back to 16:8 and 1200-1500 but what the heck gives??

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I started my weight loss journey one year ago today at 16 years old. 365 days later I’VE LOST 60 LBS! Not a single cheat day during those 365 days. I’m finally happy with myself.

Hey r/lostit, I’m Mark! I’ve come here a couple times to talk about my weight loss but this day feels a lot more special. Today is my one year anniversary of starting my weight loss journey, it’s been a very long and very quick 365 days if that makes sense. My day one started with cutting out all fast food, chocolate, soda, ice cream, cake, candy, donuts, chips, burgers and white bread. And I’m so proud to say over every day in this one year I haven’t cheated it once.

Through the course of my 17 years a very large portion of it has been with me unhappy, uncomfortable in my skin and overweight. I’ve struggled with my weight since I was 9 years old, it’s crazy now to think about that, I was way too young to have the thoughts I did about myself. I had zero confidence, none of my friends or siblings were overweight. I felt like the pink elephant in the room for so so long. Trying on countless outfits and looking in the mirror to make sure my clothes fit like I wanted them to, so many moments by myself were I’d break down. Fortunately I finally came to my breaking point a year ago, the day after a baseball practice where I once again felt out of shape, out of place and somewhat worthless. I truthfully don’t know what made me commit to this, my weight was at it’s highest at 247 but it wasn’t any different from when I was 9, 12 or 14. It was the same uncomfortableness that I had felt all that time. In my eyes it’s a blessing from the man upstairs, my weight was unquestionably impacting my health and I wasn’t doing anything to change it even though I so desperately wanted to.

I’m honestly just so glad I did this. I can buy and wear clothes comfortably now, my friends and family have given me such incredible compliments without me even telling them what I’ve done, they can just see the difference. I finally have what I’ve wanted for so long, a normal and in shape body. It took me a while but I got it. The work isn’t done and I can’t wait to continue working on my body and diet, I will say however I’m looking forward to cheating my diet for the first time in a year. It’s been a LONG 365 days in the nutrition part of this, just wishing I could eat what I want but knowing the payout would be worth it, and now that I’m here, it was SO worth it.

Lastly I want to say thank you to this subreddit, I’ve posted a couple times and truthfully your comments have meant the world to me. You all have been a big part of this being the absolute best 365 days of my life. At this point my family knows I’ve lost a lot of weight but I just haven’t been able to open up and tell them the whole story, so being able to come here and talk to you all has been a great outlet for me. Thanks so much for reading, much love, Mark.

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I was told by the gym I just joined to lose weight that I'm too heavy to use the treadmills here, thereby defeating the purpose of why I joined. Should I get my money back or do something else, since I won't be able to achieve my original goals now?

Hi. I'm not a regular user of this sub. I just joined a new gym here in South Korea. It is a normal fitness gym. Before this, both back at home in the US and here, I did kickboxing and MMA. I hate the idea of fitness/cardio gyms because they're pointless for what you're paying for and you could just jog or ride a bike, the latter of which I've already done for years now. I even bought a new mountain bike when I arrived here and use it regularly as my main source of transportation. But I quit my kickboxing gym because it's clear across town and was extremely inconvenient to get to, even by bike, especially with their limited schedule that clashed with my work schedule. It couldn't be more out of the way, but was the most affordable gym in the city and the trainer was fluent in English. Had I lived closer and he didn't have hours almost exactly the same as my job, I'd have loved going there. But for $150 a month, going all the way across town for one hour on a Saturday wasn't worth it.

So I joined a fitness gym again since leaving Planet Fitness four years ago. My goal is to lose 100 pounds of belly fat and overall be healthier and happier. I don't know if it matters or not, but I also have had hypothyroidism for a long time now. And yes, I know about the diet aspect as well. I paid about $360 for a yearly membership because I was that committed to it. But when I started today, I was told by the same guy who signed me up that his boss said I was too heavy for the treadmills. STEX treadmills. I've never been "too heavy" for treadmills before, and I doubt that's true. But he said it was his boss' call. I came here to lose weight. This defeats the whole purpose on a $360 membership. If I can't lose weight/belly fat, I feel like there's no point of me being here. My ideal weight is 215-230 pounds with muscle. That means losing around 100 pounds. The trainer tried to say I could use their other options, like yoga class, free weights, or the pointless exercise bike, but what the hell good is that going to do me? I'm kinda pissed, to be honest. They said nothing before I signed up about this. And it's a pretty small gym. They only have treadmills, bikes, weight equipment, fourteen weight machine, a yoga/Zumba room, and two locker rooms. That's it.

I feel like there's no point in me being here if I'm not "allowed" to do any cardio here. I came here to lose weight, but am told I exceed the weight limit for a standard treadmill, the kind I've jogged on plenty of times before in the past. I already don't like the idea of normal gyms and find them a chore to go to, as opposed to a skill-building place, like kickboxing, but this is the closest gym to my apartment complex and the only one not out of the way. But I doubt I can achieve my weight loss goals here if I'm not allowed to do any cardio because I'm "too heavy" for a regular treadmill according to the boss. I can either A) get a full refund and never return, B) get six months refunded and stay for six months, or C) stay here for the full year with the gift of unlimited guest passes (not that my already-skinny friend would ever make time put of her day to come to a gym).

I'm here now, not using the treadmills I paid to come here and use to lose weight. There's really no other purpose of me being here since I can't use the treadmills and thus, can't slim down to my target weight. But I'm not a fitness lover, so what do I know? What do you think I should do regarding this? Get a refund or something else? Thanks.

Edit: After an hour here, I have nothing to show for it. No progress. Nothing accomplished. So I really don't think it's worth being here if I won't be able to lose weight/fat.

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Fasting made a toll on my mental health

Just to be clear, I'm not telling anyone that they can't fast to lose weight, but it's preferably not for me. I started losing weight in June 2019, with a starting weight of 195lbs. It's Feburary 2020 and I've now reached 150lbs with 10-20 left to go. At the start of my weight loss, I was absolutely miserable (although being 5'5 made it so I didn't look "too" fat, I was still pretty hefty). But I remember googling fast ways to lose weight and I stumbled upon intermittent fasting. I took the sandbox approach, and started fasting every other day. One day I would only eat dinner, and the next I would only eat lunch and dinner. I didn't know what a calorie was, or how it worked but all I knew is that I was losing weight fast. When school came around in September, I had already lost around 25-30lbs, and everyone was starting to notice the change. This somewhat motivated me to count calories, and I was surprised with how much was actually in my food and in a serving size of such food. During the holidays, we had two weeks off of school, so I couldn't use the weight room to work out. And I fell off track, constantly binging/restricting, and I even started to purge out of guilt (with the excuse that I felt sick). One morning I just woke up at a friend's house and thought "I need to make a set point, I can't keep doing this". And that morning, my every day set point was 1200 calories. The way that my diet was working, it was almost useless to go to the gym anymore, because I was making no progress with my muscle gain. And I would look at the freshmen in the gym making all these newbie gains, and I'd be stuck there with the 15lb dumbbells wondering "why don't I look like the other guys? Why am I not getting any stronger?". Then I found out about macros. After I started increasing my protein, it helped a little bit but it made me feel sick, most likely because it was too much. So I keep my protein around 100-111g. My boyfriend eventually caught wind of what was going on, and had the talk with me about it. All I remember is him even MENTIONING the idea of raising my caloric intake and I broke down sobbing in front of him, I was terrified of gaining fat back. But I promised him that I would get better, so I raised my calories up to 1500. I didn't get rid of my disordered eating though, and I still obsess over my body fat %, and my calories. But, I am losing weight a lot slower (1lb per week usually). And I'm gaining more muscle, and I have more confidence and motivation. Moral of the story is, do not hyper focus on macros or calories when trying to lose weight or gain muscle, you'll get there in time, even with the baby steps.

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