selfishly worried about my progress due to covid19

I know this may come off as selfish in the grand scheme of things, but I feel like I need to get it out there in some way.

I’m suddenly terrified that the progress I’ve seen, and was hoping to make this year is going to be unattainable due to the coronavirus pandemic.

It took everything in me to finally get comfortable going to the gym (9 weeks strong!) but now as the number of cases grow, I get more and more paranoid about going to the gym. The amount of people who still don’t wipe down their equipment, or who go to the gym sick is crazy. I get you don’t want to miss a workout, but a few days off to recover is better for everyone else who has to use the same equipment. This is bad enough with standard colds and flus, but with this new virus going around I’m on high alert to how many people are guilty of this, and it’s terrifying.

Add to that the fact that I have 2 kids under 3 (who thankfully seem the least vulnerable) but who would be devastated if they couldn’t see their grandparents for any amount of time if we were to get quarantined, or worse spread it to them, and suddenly going to the gym feels selfish.

I was so proud of myself for missing a workout due to unrelated sickness but not falling off the wagon a week ago, but I don’t know if I’m strong enough to take an undetermined amount of time off from working out. It felt like it was starting to become a habit.

I get that the main factor in weight loss is diet, but the feeling I get from working out, and the strength I feel, and the improvements in body composition are such big factors that I don’t know how good I’ll be at one without the other. A huge motivator for my eating habits has been how active I’ve been outside the house lately and the fact that I work out early and every meal I can mentally ask myself “are you really about to waste that workout so you can have fries with that burger?” If that goes away I’m scared of what else may suffer.

Again, I know this may come off as a woe is me thing in the midst of a global pandemic, but for once in my life I felt like I was getting control of my health and weight, and now I’m scared i won’t be able to keep it up.

Thank you for taking the time to read my rant/worries. I just had to tell someone how I’m feeling about this, and I hope it any of you are in the same boat, that we manage to work through it. I’ve come too far to go back.

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Imposter Syndrome

Anyone else get imposter syndrome about weight loss?

I'm 30 and this is my first time losing weight that isn't just some shitty crash diet kinda thing I did way back when. I've been faithfully tracking CICO and working out regularly all week, while allowing myself "cheat meals" in social situations and loosening the reins on what I eat on weekends.

Since Jan 6th, I've lost almost 13 lbs, and 0.5-1 inch off all my measurements. It's still hard to see any difference physically - sometimes I do think I can notice a change but other times I'm not sure. Despite being able to see my weight going down on my fitness tracker app, I find that I am often second-guessing my weight loss - a voice in my head will try to argue that this really isn't that much, that it's probably just a fluke or scale/measurement error. It's so strange because I'm really not a person that usually feels insecure, but now I have to rationalize to myself that in fact these numbers are in fact due to consistent work & attention on my end (and if I had really lost 13 lbs on accident I'd be worried enough to see a doctor)!

I think this imposter feeling may be due to the fact that I have been allowing myself somewhat regular cheat meals, however I think that not being too strict with my eating habits are what is ultimately making them sustainable long-term. I know that losing weight over a slower amount of time while not depriving myself is ultimately more rewarding as I feel like I am still living my life and not some miserable person "on a diet." Anywayyy I just wanted to reach out and see if anyone else has experienced this same weird issue!

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Sv/NSV - Double Boost

So after weighing myself this morning, I am now under 200lbs for the first time in more years than I can remember.

I started beginning of last year, but like most of us, I fluctuated quite a lot. So at the beginning of this year I weighed myself and was 224lbs, which meant I had still lost a bit from the beginning of last year, but gained some over Christmas...who doesn’t. Took the decision to start meal prepping, joined a gym and to take this weight loss seriously. I also intermittent fast. I try and make sure that I don’t eat for 14 hours a day or longer, but the eating length differs, but after I stop eating is 99% of the time 14 hours or longer after last food. I work shifts and this way works for me.

So the NSV - after having way more calories than 1500 today ( boys birthday so went TGIs for dinner) I tried on some new jeans. others were feeling way to loose and I’m not keen on belts. So feeling really full and fat belly, tried on a size smaller and they fit nicely. So after digesting all the food and burning the extra calories from tonight’s meal, they should be a perfect fit.

Downside losing weight... becomes expensive buying new clothes 🤣

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F/22/6'0 [256 > 224.4 = 31.6 lbs] - I started a lifestyle change on January 5th of this year!

And because of it, I've lost 31.6 pounds

I'm really proud of myself. I've had numerous 'failed' weight losses in the past where I've lost 20 pounds max and then tapped out and gained it all back. In 2019, I gained a ton of weight and by the beginning of 2020 I was 256 pounds, the most I've ever weighed. It was disheartening, to say the absolute least. I hated the body I was in and how much less mobile I was becoming. I could barely walk anywhere without getting utterly exhausted. I did no exercise whatsoever.

I'm a different person now. You'll find me in the gym 4-6 times a week, sometimes even 7 if I'm feeling ultra motivated. I eat at a caloric deficit and don't follow any special diet. I just like to focus a bit on macronutrients to track my protein and fiber intakes to help me feel full inbetween meals. And now instead of ordering out, I make almost all my own meals!

I'm a huge comfort food person and I don't like giving things up. I also love eating large quantities and I've dealt with a binge eating problem for a long time. So my solution has been to either look up or create low calorie versions of the foods I love. Honestly, there's some foods you really can't make as good without fattening ingredients. But there's plenty that are honestly just as good if not better without some of the ingredients that unnecessarily pump up the calories and fat content without much of a difference in flavor! And that's what it's about for me, making the calories worth it. If there's a good-enough tasting substitute, you best believe I'm throwing it in there!

I cycle between eating healthy meals and meals that may not be the healthiest in the world, but sometimes I'm just having some serious comfort food cravings and need them to keep me sane while at a caloric deficit, and it's definitely better than binge eating extremely unhealthy food like I used to, so that's a plus.

Some meals that are tried and true for me are burger bowls made with meatless crumbles, BOCA burgers (they're vegan and lower cal), shrimp scampi made with zucchini noodles, shrimp cocktail, ham and cheese quesadillas (a wedge of light laughing cow swiss cheese spread on half a tortilla, then 4 slices of honey ham put on top, seared in a pan and then dipped in low fat thousand island), lemon-garlic tilapia with spinach, sushi, or honestly even some Blaze Pizza (660 cals a pizza for a simple pie, and on special days I'll even have two and still be 500 calories under, and that's without working out!

For snacks I'm a huge fan of finding the lowest calorie ones possible. I'm a huge fan of Albanese Sugar Free Gummy Bears, I also like Smart Sweets which are 80 cals a bag for numerous gummy products. And if I'm going to the movies and want something sugary/salty I'll go with some Rice Krispies Treats and a thick Slim Jim lol. They're the lowest calorie options I can find in most gas stations. If you can find GoodThins crackers, the corn sea salt ones, they're 120 calories for 41 crackers and you can pair them with some hummus for a nice snack.

My absolute favorite cheat meal is an all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant near me that's just...unbelievable. I don't limit myself until my stomach says no, it's the perfect indulgence and I can save all my calories of the day for it. And it satisfies a monthly binge eating craving, it's easy to get back on track after too! That's the thing, with my other diets I would often quit after a couple of cheat days, but now I can't imagine myself over-indulging every day like I used to!

So yeah, I'm proud of myself and just wanted to post it. 31.6 pounds down, and 24.4 pounds left until I reach my goal weight of 200, and then I'll go from there.

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Am I a jerk for asking people to stop commenting on my weight loss progress?

I used to be upwards of 210 kilos and I'm now down a significant amount, I'm at about 170 kilos now (at 189 cm in case you want a visual reference). I understand I'm doing the right things, and everything is going better.

However, one of my friends (let's call him Bart) commented to me while we were out drinking that i "looked way grosser before", as if to help me feel like I'm progressing in my weight loss. He has always been a really fit person, as long as I've known him (we're 20, we met when we were like 12). I told him that saying that was a bit of a dick move, and I didn't appreciate being referred to as "gross" by someone I considered a close friend. He didn't really understand why I would feel that way, but relented and said he wouldn't say things like that again.

This spilled into my interactions with other people too, unfortunately. Whenever my parents or family say "wow you look way better!" I no longer take it as a compliment, I see it as them saying I wasn't good enough before. It's even worse when I see people from high school or my old workplace comment on it, for the same sentiments as with my parents, except I don't even acknowledge things like that anymore. To be clear, I have let everyone I regularly interact with that I don't like comments like that. My family has stopped the comments completely, with the exception of my obese sister, who is also working hard towards losing weight. I don't mind talking with her about it though.

Well, last night I was at a bar with Bart, and the bartender asked to see my ID. I handed it to him and I made a comment like "that's from a hundred pounds ago but the picture still works eh?" And the bartender just chuckled, said it was fine, and handed back the card. I thought it was kinda funny. But Bart pipes up and says "yeah man, you look WAY better now than you did! It's a crazy change!" To which I said "just shut the fuck up dude, stop talking about my weight loss". He was silent through his two drinks he had and left.

Am I being an asshole for setting these boundaries? Am I overreacting? I understand he was coming from the right place, but I just don't like this feeling that people thought I was a lesser person when I was fatter. Obviously this isn't affecting me so bad I'm going to trash my progress, but it's still affecting me to the point where being around people I used to know makes me sort of miserable.

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Reddit, I could use your help . Also my weight loss story

Hello

I am a german man, 20 years old, and i started loosing weight since my ex-girlfriend and i broke up in the summer of 2018. I cant tell you why, but since then i am try to loose weight. I started by going on my stepper for 45 min every 2 days and cutting sugar and Eating healthy.

I lost about 20 Kg , or 44 lbs, from 110 kg to nearly 90 kg, or 242 lbs to 198 lbs, in a year.

Since November 2019 i started tracking calories, going to the gym 5 times a weak and watching my weight with sorrow. I only lost 3 kg since then. I am currently at 87 kg and the weight isnt going to go down. It s frustrating me like hell.

I am currently Eating 1880 kcal per day , 206g carbs, 115 g Protein, 61g fat. I Train on a split with weights and doing 30 min cardio a day.

I dont know, why my weight is stucking that hard. I know, there are times where the weight stucks for Maybe 1 or 2 months, but not like half a year! Pls reddit, help me fix the issue, i dont want to be in this Body any more and getting ribbed, as i was Training for.

What can i do?

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Btw, my first post on reddit :) I am going to watch this subreddit with big intrest

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Not losing weight - any advice?

Just found this community, and I've been really enjoying lurking and seeing how people are doing.

I'm 20F, 5'5", 142lbs. I've been trying to get down to about 120lbs for a while now; I gained a lot of weight since starting university, and it's causing discomfort and pain (a lot of the extra weight has gone to my chest).

Currently, I'm eating at my BMR, ~1400cals a day. On a bad day, I might go up to 1500-1600, but I also workout minimum 4-5 days a week. Started at 1hr of weight lifting a day, but I've slid down to 30mins due to school commitments. In the past week, I've started doing a bit of cardio (elliptical). My stamina is poor as I've never been a cardio person, but I've been doing 10mins minimum, taking a break, and then doing what more I can.

It's been almost 3 weeks since I really started, and I saw the loss of one pound before going back up. Am I expecting things to go too quickly? I'm really new to the concept of intentional weight loss, and so I don't really know what to expect. Do you have any advice? Thank you in advance!

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