Started my Weight loss journey the beginning of 2018 and have so far lost 42 pds! Starting my weight loss journey after a few month break and I’m now looking to lose another 41 pds.

At the beginning of 2018 I was at my highest weight of 230 pds as a 5’9” f (24y) which is super obese for my height and age. For most of my adult life I’ve been very thin but gained a dramatic amount of weight after going through a break up and then entering into a very toxic relationship. During 2018 I tried every diet you could think of and managed to lose 26 pds but the diets never felt sustainable and my weight yo-yoed as a result of working really hard then breaking and binge eating for a week or 2. The summer of 2019 I got really serious about losing the weight again and really wanted to start feeling good again, finally found a system that worked for me. Restricting calories and exercising 5-6 days a week, ran my first 5k which was amazing! I dropped down to 189 pds which is the lowest I’ve been in years. I took a little break but managed to maintain the weight at times adding 3-4 pds but always staying in that range. Just started last week again on my weight loss journey, getting back to serious calorie counting and exercising 5-6 days a week. I’m at 187.8 pds currently and really hoping I can get to 176 pds by the end of March. I feel amazing that I have lost 42 pds so far and nervous about losing another 41 pds to get to my goal weight of 146pds. Hoping the community has some tips and advice and losing the last 40 pds. I feel like the weight came off very quickly when I was at such a higher weight. Nervous how quick the weight will come off now that I’m at a healthier weight. Interested on your guys thoughts!

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I'm at a loss

I'm a mid twenties man

I keep going back on my weight loss

For reference I'm about 6'3

I currently weight 245lbs

I have been stuck at this weight for a year and a half now

Everytime I try to lose weight I fuck it up and wind up back at the start

I will eat healthy for a few days/ or even weeks at times

And then something happens

I get a panic attack, I get really depressed, I get fired from a job, I'm broke, struggling to afford rent etc..

And then I say FUCK IT

And I eat

And eat

And eat

Until I am numb

The food isn't even good anymore

I'm just using the food as a distraction. Numbing myself from whatever stress and problems I am dealing with. I know it's a problem and I know the extra weight is making me feel worse emotionally and physically.

But sometimes it feels like food is the only comfort I have in a world of hardship.

What do I do to get past this? How do I teach my brain healthy ways of handling this stress and anxiety. Rather than using food as a coping mechanism.

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Science-backed weight loss tips!

Hi everyone! I’m a 21 year old male working on losing (about 12 lbs down!) and I’ve been really disheartened by the vast amounts of contradictory information available for weight loss. I’m a Public Health student and decided to use my school’s online databases to find actual scientific information to creat a guide for my own weight loss. This information has been very helpful for me and I’d like to share it with you! I’ll post a link to a bibliography below my guide. 

The most important thing I found is the leading contributing factors to weight loss. One study found that all (100%) of the participants who successfully lost weight maintained a calorie deficit. 21% of losers incorporated increased fiber into their diet, 88% incorporated physical activity, and 92% incorporated self-monitoring (journaling, food diaries, etc.)

Other things I found: Keep healthy foods at home so they’re always available. Increase vegetable consumption and eat breakfast every day. Researchers say that decreasing both carbs and fats can be helpful, but we need to eat adequate protein. Does intermittent fasting help? Maybe, but the data is pretty mixed and there’s no real consensus. What if I only exercise? That doesn’t cut it. You have to watch what you eat. Early success can lead to long term success. The going might get tougher, but if you had great losses in the beginning, you can probably achieve a long term loss. The higher percentage of body fat you lose means the higher chances of successful maintenance. Diet alone is not enough to maintain, you must exercise and enjoy an overall better lifestyle. Early-risers are more likely to have success losing and maintaining. Getting good sleep is associated with better weight loss outcomes. MFPers unite! Consistent calorie tracking is associated with more weight loss. Daily weigh-ins showed better long term results than other weigh-in schedules or not weighing at all.

Bibliography

I know some of this stuff might not be applicable or the best information for some people. In general, I think the best approach is whatever works for you! Thanks!

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I promise I haven’t forgotten about you, loseit community, maintenance is just scary

This is my first post on this sub since late July. At one point during my weight loss journey checking reddit was my first move of the day. I was obsessed with looking at other’s progress pics, meals, and successes. Y’all really helped me through my weight loss journey so thank you. I started at 297lbs in August of 2018 and “finished” in August of 2019 at 179lbs. That’s 120lbs!! Something I’m so proud of!

Maintenance has been a completely different journey. Which... okay I know everyone says. I stopped tracking calories in October and since then my weight has fluctuated, usually around the 182-187 range. I weight myself every few weeks to check! I’m not rapidly gaining back weight like I was afraid I was, which is a relief. It feels too good to be true. I feel as if my physical body looks fatter. Maybe my brain is just back to it’s self hating ways? I know I should work out more but god, I hated it the entire time I lost weight

Someone speak some rational thoughts at me please! Thank you

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Starting my weight loss journey today

Hi! My name is Ashley and today I realized that it was time to get serious about my weight. Back in high school I was a whopping 135lbs before basic training. Flash forward to today (almost 10 years, a marriage, and two kids later) I am at my biggest weight ever.

I weighed myself this morning and broke down in tears. I am currently sitting at 195lbs. I have noticed though that I have started becoming short of breath easier and everything hurts. I can feel the weight I have put on and I'm ashamed. So today I joined the gym, wrote out a very specific meal plan for the week, and am struggling to fight off the soda urges.

So, I hope you guys don't mind me checking in everyday and posting things. Being held accountable and having someone to be accountable to helps a lot.

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Why am I not losing weight? What am I doing wrong?

My weight loss journey started on February 8th. I committed myself to IF, drinking 100 oz of water a day, working out 5x/week, and CICO. I am consistently coming under my daily calorie goal. There was one day where I went over my limit. I am consistently staying within my fat, sugar, carb, and sodium levels. The first time I weighed myself, I lost 2 pounds and was very excited. It felt like all of my hard work was being rewarded! I weighed myself this past Sunday (my weigh in day), and I had only lost 0.2 pounds. I am feeling extremely discouraged already and am trying to figure out where I am going wrong, because I feel like I’m doing everything I can and doing the best I can. Help?!

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Not wanting to be a ‘fat bridesmaid’ is finally motivating me to restart my journey to change my habits and focus on health.

Hi everyone, this is a long one (also as a precursor, I’m British so I’ll flick between metric and imperial like the wind changes direction).

Almost 4 years ago I hit my heaviest weight ever, 16st 10lbs (234lbs/106kg). I started taking pictures of everything I ate, calorie counting and went to the gym 5 days a week. I was losing weight but not in a sustainable way, I wasn’t learning what food was good or bad for me, just if it fit my calories.

I kept that up for 5 months, 20lbs down and feeling great me and my partner loosened the reigns when we went to a friends wedding. Then we took a break from the gym. Then we reintroduced take always (they were banned previously). I slipped back into old ways and I gained back 15lbs.

Frustrated I joined slimming world (think it might be a British thing only). I formed some good habits, but their approach to dieting didn’t suit me, it was low fat everything, anything with fat or sugar was ‘synned’, healthy fats like avocados were synned in the same way that chocolate was. Portion control didn’t exist. After close to a year, having lost 12lbs but feeling pretty negative about weight loss and dieting in general itself I quit. I decided to reassess and research this time.

I made exercise plans and goals, I gave myself rest days, I let myself have treats, I researched healthy meals, I tried to stick to rough macros and a calorie allowance but didn’t punish myself if I went over. I didn’t weight myself religiously but tried to go by how clothes felt. I wanted a healthier mindset.

The weight loss was slow but sustainable. I was at my lowest in years at 14st 4.2lbs (200.2lbs/90.7kg) finally felt like I cracked it. That’s was until last May, when my work did an intensive charity bike ride — the equivalent of lands end to John o’Groats (the bottom to the top of Britain) — which saw people take it in turns to ride a gym bike. I jumped at the chance to be involved and I threw my back out in the process.

It took months to heal. I struggled to exercise. I struggled to stand for long periods of time to prepare healthy food. I felt depressed and I comfort ate. In the October I went to my Doctor for help saying I was struggling with my back, and in turn found it hard to exercise and without that my healthy mindset was out the window. My doctors response was truly disappointing “try to move more, try to eat less, instead of having 2 biscuits, just have 1. Instead of driving to the shop just walk”. I left feeling worse than when I went in. I spiralled. I went back up to 15st 12lbs (222lbs/100.7kg).

With this time frame my best friend got engaged. She asked me to be a bridesmaid and I didn’t have to think twice about it. But I worried about my size. In January we ordered the bridesmaid dress. I deliberately ordered the size down.

My back was finally starting to feel better (it’s still not 100 percent), I looked back at when I formed my healthy habits and tried to replicate that to the best of my abilities. In 1 month I’ve lost 6lbs (2.7kg). The dress arrives this week and there’s 10 weeks until the wedding. I’m positive I can make it work this time!

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