I lost 60 pounds in six months: 238 to 178

I decided it was time for some serious weight loss six months ago. I had heard about this intermittent fasting thing, and wanted to give it ago. At my peak I weighed 250lbs in 2019, but in August I decided it was time for a change. I challenged myself to run 30 miles in the month of August, and while I accomplished my goal, I didn't end up losing the weight I thought I would. When I decided to get serious with some diet change, I got on the scale and started the timer. My initial goal was 30 lbs, and I thought 208 would be a nice target since the last time I weight 200lbs was when I was a Freshman in High School. Well, the more I put effort into my nutrition, the better I felt. The more I lost weight, the better I felt. Running led me to the climbing gym, which led me to yoga. My life has changed, I have lost 60 pounds in 6 months, and I can't wait for the next chapter. Do you need a little motivation? Let me show you that anything is possible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KASGsi83iM

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rant: Will I ever lose it?

Hello all

First time posting here. Not meant to be a pity post, but looking for guidance/perspective.

I’m a 28 yo M CW: 221 pounds. Starting weight (Dec 29, 2019): 231 pounds. 5’9”

I have been obese my entire life. There have been times where I have been overweight (180lbs) but they are so short-lived.

In my current endeavor into weight loss, I am having tremendous difficulty. I feel that my progress has been so slow and I have had so many setbacks. I had a goal to be weigh 210s or lower by mid march for a special event, but it seems like that is not going to happen.

In general though, I just fucking hate my body and the grief it gives me. I don’t know if I shot my metabolism from some diet in the past or what it is, but it is just so resistant to change. On top of that, between my career and just random shit, I’m never able to exercise or when I do, my entire body aches for ages.

With all this bitching out of the way, is there a feasible/sustainable way for me to lose weight and get in shape? I’m tired of being ashamed of my body and my perception of my image taking such a toll on me.

I’m not looking for a miracle cure, and I know that I can be doing more. I guess I am just looking to hear any stories of people who have struggled and succeeded

Thanks all

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My body is suffering after my most recent cheat day... I don't know how I did it so regularly before!

I have been on my weight loss journey for 16 months. I have dropped 90lbs and I have 20 to go. I was morbidly obese when I started so as you can imagine my diet was horrendous.

When the new year started I made a deal with myself that I would not have a cheat day until Feb 27th. This is the norm for me, I tend to have one day every 6-10 weeks which consists of me overeating. I still count the calories on these days but my rule is this, I have to be able to work it back to maintenance within 2 days after. So, for example if I eat a 2000 calorie surplus, then I need to have a deficit of 2000 within the next 2 days.

Anyway, I worked hard as hell from Jan 1st to Feb 27th (15lb loss). I lowered my calories to 1200 a couple of weeks ago. I think this is a bit too low for me as I began to feel pretty tired/drained. By the time it got to the 27th, I was SO ready.

I ended up eating 3700 calories. This is something I previously would have done on a DAILY basis. I loved every moment of it lol. I had a tub of ben and jerries, a HUGE homemade curry, prawn crackers, massive bag of crisps that had 800 calories alone. It was amazing... until that night.

I couldn't sleep! Normally I am out cold by 11pm, I was still awake at 3am. Once I finally got to sleep, I woke up just 5 hours later. Totally out of the norm for me, I sleep 9-11 hours on weekends. As soon as I woke up my head was busting, my stomach hurt and I was gassy as hell. Also, I was STARVING... weird

I had a 2000 calorie surplus so I wanted to workout ASAP. Had breakfast, drank loads of water and began to do some cardio. After 60 minutes, I was shaking. I literally just ate 2 hours prior, I can normally go wayyyyyyy longer. I had to eat something small again. Finally was able to get 2 hours on the rowing machine done but it was a struggle!

I felt so drowsy for the rest of the day. I ate my usual 1200 calories but was ravenous!! I stayed strong though and went to bed. Woke up the next day and it was a similar situation... less drowsy but I am so hungry!!! How the hell did I do this before? my body hates me right now!!!

I will probably do it again in 8 weeks or so after I forget about this horrible aftermath but wow, sometimes it ain't worth it! I wish I wasn't such an all or nothing person. It doesn't impact my weight loss at all as I always get back on track the day next but the physical affects are baddddd.

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Finding trouble managing intake and exercise since my schedule is packed in grad school, has anyone had success with IF? Looking for more fluid ways to manage my caloric intake.

I had tried doing IF over the summer time to see what it was like, but I did the 2:5 version. I can usually manage my caloric intake pretty well, and my brother even commented I looked like I had lost some weight since i last saw him (8 lbs give or take) just over the past 6 months eating much healthier. I'm very short and don't have that much weight to lose, so I feel like 8 lbs is relatively noticeable. I've still had quite a few very very bad days, but generally I gravitate towards salads now, have been making almost all of my food, and opting for fruits and veggies for snacking.

Anyways, I liked the 2:5 diet because it felt like what i'm doing right now, in terms of just eating healthier in general without having to feel entirely on a diet. The 2:5 didn't work though. I DID lose weight, so managing my intake was fine on the other days, and effortless. The problem on the "2" days where I limited my intake to 1 meal and 500 ish calories was that I felt really bad all day, tired, so hangry, and couldn't focus on anything else. I did it for a few months, with only a 5 lb weight loss.... so just eating healthier and not exercising has proven better results than what felt like starving myself for two days a week.

A big problem with that diet was the way I was rewarded as well. I started to associate hunger with success, and became very obsessive about my food intake. I ate the same dinner for 2 months straight.... which I don't care what you're eating, that's not a great move.

I've been taking SSRI's for a few months however, and the main side-effect has been an increase in my appetite. I think i've done a bit of damage and already gained back 4 or 5 lbs. That's a lot to gain over 3 months, especially when it's just extra snacking or bad foods in addition to my healthy diet that had initially resulted in weight loss.

I feel like I need to do something to kind of help "reset" my appetite. This has really screwed me up quite a bit.

I was just thinking a "daily" IF approach might be better, and fit what i'm eating right now a bit better. I can get very full with the healthy food and maybe it will help me manage my appetite after the first few days.

Please let me know your thoughts on eating regimen or similar "diets".

Thank you!

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I’m finally doing it!

I don’t know where else to share this but I just knew you, as my people would get it. 2 ish years ago I broke my arm, then last year I tore a bunch of ligaments in my ankle (which was misdiagnosed and mis-treated for almost 5 months ugh). I was in a bad place with my job and finally got the courage to quit and go back into the field I love, and it recently dawned on me that I was depressed last year. I gained weight and stopped working out due to my ankle and was just generally not myself. But I didn’t know it while I was in it.

Well, my ankle injury has been healed by an amazing doctor who listened to me, and I started slowly going on walks again, and then started swimming again a few weeks ago. WELL, I finally feel like I’m coming back to myself. I took a spin class this week and I’m going again tomorrow. I have started couch to 5k and I’m meeting with a dietician Monday to go over a weight loss plan and to reverse some of the bad habits I picked up. It feels so good to feel good!

I’ve decided to sign up for a sprint triathlon in June to work towards a goal. I’ve always done spartan races, and 5ks, so I’m excited to get back to what makes me happy! Hopefully one day I’ll post by before and after :)

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Not enough calories = no visible difference?

Pre-tl;dr – can under eating in calories prevent you from seeing and feeling noticeable changes in your body?

Male. Hovering around 235lbs (both then and now)

A while back I started P90X3 (one exercise a day) – I enjoyed doing it and never had any problem with any of the exercises. At the time I had a desk job and was targeting around 2,700 calories a day (but I was probably always well under that due to stubbornness). I probably should have been doing 3,000 but I swayed the numbers in my favor because I wanted rapid weight loss.

And after 90-days I had my weight loss, but I saw no real results in my body. My strength remained relatively unchanged, reps or didn’t go up or down, stamina was around the same, no definition. Wasn’t able to do anything more than one unassisted pull-up. After everything that was super frustrating. I had a “eat garbage weekend” to celebrate making it 90-days and it sorta just never stopped.

I decided to jump back in the past few weeks and try it again (was also jump started by an unprompted comment from a coworker, “You gettin’ fat”).

I’ve checked the math that the P90X nutrition guide laid out and it seems that I am going to be targeting 3,000 calories this time around. (Regardless if I pick lose weight, maintain weight, or gain weight for the equation I always end up at 3,000 calories).

The nutrition guide breakdown looked like this
1) Gender? +1 for Female, +2 for Male.

2) Weight? <130 +1, 131-160 +2, 161-180 +3, 181-200 +4, 201-220 +6, >221 +6

3) Activity level? Slacker -1, Moderate +0, Hardcore +1

4) Modifier. Lose weight +0, Maintain weight +1, Add weight +2

So for me it was 2+6+0+2 (regardless of which number I pick for ‘modifier’ I remain in the 3,000 calorie range)

I posted this in other sections but I haven't gotten many responses so I'm hoping for any insight anywhere at this point.

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Some abnormal advice

Hi there y'all, I'm sure many of you are aware of the fact that exercise doesn't make up even half of weight loss. But as someone who is struggling but succeeding to lose weight I figured I should share my weird tip in case this also applies to someone else.

My whole life I've never been muscly and I've always been a few kg overweight (iirc that's like being 5-10 pounds overweight). This ballooned as I hit my mid teens into 10, 15kg overweight (20 - 30 pounds). At 17 I got sick of it and while I haven't made all the progress yet I'm the fittest and lighter than I was a couple years ago. And with the context done here's my weird advice.

After months of trying, what got me to stick to weight loss/a healthy body was ignoring how I ate entirely and just focusing on exercising 3-4 times a week will a full body workout. The value in this is the constant reminder of what you want. Once I developed those tentative quads and biceps I was armed with a reminder whenever I was about to buy that cupcake or entire block of chocolate. Gripping those tiny little baby muscles which were actually there and fighting for the first time in my life was what made those healthier eating habits start. It's the message saying "hey idiot, you've gotten started, feel how awesome these things are already and keep at it!" The pictures of my current weight never worked for me in the moment because I don't have them strapped to my arm or anything and I'm a very impulsive eater which is how my weight got on.

I'm not sure if anyone else will find this helpful and I'm pretty sure it looks a little weird to grab your quads or biceps in front of sugary foods but if it makes those healthy eating habits, fuck it.

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