25F, plateauing, 5’7”, 275 pounds, walk/jogged a 5K in 45 min

Hello all!

I began my weight loss journey in June 2019 with OrangeTheory at 350 pounds and have lost 75 pounds since I began. I walked a 5K last year and it took me an hour and 10 minutes. Two days ago, I walk/jogged the Houston Rodeo Run 5K in 45 min. and 20 seconds.

I was pretty proud of myself, but I’ve been reading online how I really need to push myself more. I guess I’m at a bit of a crossroads and don’t know where to go next. Should I train for a 10k next? Continue training for 5K’s until I get to a certain time?

I’m mainly worried about all the pressure on my knees and realize that weight loss will help that above all... I’ve hit a bit of a plateau these past 3 months. Now that my 5K has passed, I’m going to focus a bit more on weightlifting, while still continuing to train for the next running event.

Do you all think my time was good? Bad? What should I be striving for? Could I ever run a marathon? Or even a half marathon? Thanks all!

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Any percentage of healthy is better than zero. One slip up doesn't mean it's all been for nothing!

I'm on probably my thousandth fresh start for my second weight loss journey, and unlike the other times where I quit half way through the day, I lasted five days before a screw up, eating perfectly while still keeping myself full and walking 10k steps a day. I started seeing small changes in my stamina and body immediately, so I was feeling great and highly motivated.

Today my depression hit me hard and I knew the second I woke up that I was gonna lose control. I still ate healthy meals, even baking kale chips for the first time to try and make a healthy snack alternative that I could binge on without it affecting my calorie total as much, but I accidentally oversalted the chips to the point where they were inedible and after that I gave up and ate what felt like tons of chocolate and sweets. In reality, I had ten small sweets and two Twirl chocolate bars. I don't know how the rest of my evening/night will go, if I'm being honest I'll likely eat more, but as far as binges go, that's very small for me, especially if you consider the following:

Last week the straw that broke my back and made me fully motivated at last to lose weight again was that I ate eleven chocolate bars in one sitting, and while it's not the worst I've eaten, by far, it was how easy it was and how I didn't feel at all nauseous when I was done that scared me. I'm 5'6 and was 170lbs on Wednesday, having just about dropped to that from my heaviest, 175lbs, after Christmas. I've been this weight for eight months and it's been my first time properly living my life while overweight. Last time, even though I was 10lbs lighter, I shut myself away and isolated myself from everyone and everything for five months until I started losing weight again and got back down to 135lbs, my safe weight. This time has been different. Partly because I had a job that I couldn't avoid and forced me out in public, partly because I have a boyfriend who loves every inch of me and can make me feel confident even when I feel like no one has ever looked so gross. It's been better this time, but I still haven't been fully happy because I know I'm not being healthy and I don't look the way I want to.

So that's why I know that after being reminded of how amazing it feels to walk and not be exhausted after ten minutes, to eat healthy, wholesome meals, to have the energy to go out shopping with my boyfriend, to model the underwear he got me for him and feel confident doing it, to not feel like a balloon blowing up bigger and bigger every day, to actually feel in control of myself... I know that tomorrow I will wake up and get out of bed and make my healthy breakfast and get out the door as soon as possible for an hour's walk. Because inevitably I'm going to have slip ups, but if I can live the healthy life I want to live 90% of the time, that's infinitely better than how I was living before.

TL;DR: I had a small binge today after five days of perfection but I'm not letting it ruin my future.

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I think I'm going to lose one of my best guy friends due to my weight loss

I have a really close male friend who I've been tight with for a few years now. We tell each other everything and he has really become a valuable part of my life. We would talk about everything, but venting about family and dating has always been a big thing we connected on.

I saw him for the first time in months this weekend, I've also lost a considerable amount of weight in this period of time. He acted totally different... constant sexual remarks, compliments, flirting. I was happy when he initially complimented me but as we started to have more drinks it started to get so weird. I also felt uncomfortable telling him about my current dating life. He was acting jealous and putting down the people I was talking about. I feel like I'm about to lose a great friend just because apparently he now views me as "fuckable?" It was really annoying to have to reject him a few times through out the night.

I'm not going to be able to hang out with him again if this continues. I feel extremely frustrated by this. I've always thought he was a handsome person and never said anything weird to him in the past. I guess this rant is stupid since everything else in my life has been better since my lifestyle change but it definitely hurts.

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(Day 1) (F23) tossed out my cookies

I havnt posted here before. So I’m sorry if I mess this up.

5’4” 147 ibs

Weight loss hasn’t really been a friend of mine. It took me about 6 months last year to lose 20 ibs. I was 166. It was a breaking point for me. I cried when I stepped on the scale. Years of not watching what I ate and so on. I tend to gain 5-10 ibs pretty easily. I knew I didn’t want to get any heavier then that. Looking back on photos after seeing that number really hit me in the face.

Between January and February this year I lost 10 Ibs but only because I needed to fit into my wedding dress. I was happy to be back around 145. This past week and this weekend have been pretty bad for me. I’m not focused as much as I was to lose weight because I didn’t have a dress to fit into. I bought a box of short bread cookies and there’s probably only 2 left. Having them there really was distracting and I ate way more than I should have.

Getting to 145 was to me a necessity. My dream goal is to weigh 130 ibs. But I havnt been that tiny since before high school. Is it even possible? I threw out my cookies. I couldn’t keep them around. I know that the smaller you are the harder it is to burn calories and I’m not sure where to go from here. Even though I lost some weight I still feel like Im gross.

Going to the gyms not an option because I can’t afford it. Walks are dangerous right now where I live because the sidewalks are covered in ice and snow and will be for a long time. I was thinking of maybe buying Ring Fit for the Switch. Does anyone have any experience with that? I didn’t know where to go or who to turn to and I use reddit pretty frequently and came across this sub.

I feel like I hit a block in the road. I wanted to start documenting my story and share it with others for advice and to share what might work for me in hopes it helps others.

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When do you feel like you have quit maintaining?

Last week I discovered I was at 65.5kg instead of the 64kg I want to weigh and have maintained since August 2018. No biggie I thought, I'd eat what I eat now and lose the weight again!

Today I jumped on the scales and I'm at 65 kg, that's definitely a weight loss and I was happy but then I realized that since I was losing weight again I technically haven't maintained it.

I suppose I could call the 1.5 kg gain a fluctuation but at what point do you look in the mirror and tell yourself that you haven't maintained the weight?
Like, I haven't gained a lot of weight and I am losing the weight I did gain but does that count as maintaining it?
I feel like I should be less proud about my weight loss if I start gaining (some) weight again, especially after I advocated for CICO to some of my friends and colleagues.

I just feel like it's a bit dangerous to still tell myself I've maintained the weight loss and then not actually realizing I haven't. I think it could lead to me going back to eating too much again and gaining way more weight as a result.

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Gotta love being chastised for healthy habits...

I am losing weight because I reevaluated my relationship with food. I see food as fuel now, and I want to make sure I'm using premium fuel so my body runs the best it can.

This means I don't eat junk anymore, and I really don't want to.

If I go out for lunch with friends I get salads with extra grilled chicken. I'll do a burger, but I'll get steamed veggies instead of fries. I don't do desserts, unless its the protein ice creams I get from my local grocer. Sure I know fried foods and sugary snacks taste good, but I also know how they're going to make me feel after I eat them, so I don't eat them.

My weight loss is becoming very noticeable to people around me, and now I'm getting negative projections from them when they see my eating habits first hand. They can't understand how I'm torturing myself by not enjoying the good things in life. "Oh come on, a basket of fries isn't going to kill you." - No, but they'll make me feel bloated and upset my stomach. "But you loved mint chocolate chip ice cream! Just eat some and get over yourself." - I don't enjoy the crash after eating that much sugar, so no thank you. None of the repercussions are worth it to me.

I get it, they're being insecure and feeling guilty about their habits so they need to try and bring me down to their level. I dealt with the exact same thing when I quit drinking. It's just super annoying and I'm getting sick of hearing it. Yesterday I spent the afternoon meal prepping all my lunches and dinners for the week. I am so over being chastised for my food choices, so I've removed the need to go out to eat. It's for the best anyways, meal prepping is a lot more wallet friendly and it takes the guess work out of caloric monitoring.

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Why am I always hungry when I'm not at home

For some reason, any time I spend time outside of my flat, I basically feel like I'm starving.
Things I already know:

• I'm not thirsty, I drink enough water (average about 2,5 Litres a day)
• I eat a very filling breakfast (oatmeal with nut butter and joghurt and fruit, got all macros in there) at 8.30ish
• I'm not bored
• By hungry I mean physically hungry - stomach rumbling, low blood sugar, feeling lightheaded, getting hangry etc

If I stay home, I nearly have to force myself to eat because I just don't get hungry for so long, why is it so different when I'm outside, I generally don't move that much more, since I spend time at my apartment doing stuff (like cleaning, dishes, general moving around and workouts), I rarely chill on the couch. I have one sedentary part time job and I go to uni as well, so I mostly sit there. I'm female, 23 and 5'7. I'm not someone huge who needs several thousand calories to survive the day, maintenance for me is about 2000.

I'm annoyed, I bring a healthy lunch and 2 snacks to uni but I have to force myself to wait until 12 even though come 10.30 I could eat a horse, I can't concentrate cause I just want to eat, snacks are gone by 10 am latest too. I don't want to bring 12 Tupperware containers with me every day just so I don't have to buy junk from available stores around me, plus I would eat above weight loss calories or even maintenance for sure!

Can anyone tell me why I get so hungry?

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