[SV] Sharing my journey in major weight loss as an adult ft. new adventures!

I hope this doesn’t break any rules. Apologies in advance if this is in the wrong place!

My name is Helene. I’m 28 and from Canada.

I wanted to share a quick (ha, psych, I’m a rambler!) version of my story in rediscovering health as an adult. I think a lot of people think they’re too old/poor/far gone/incompetent to start. I’ve taken on so many new ventures just to see what I like, what’s fun, what I’m good at. If you take nothing away from this, if you stop reading now - just try things no matter how many reasons you tell yourself you shouldn’t.

Timeline, for simplicity’s sake: 2008: graduated high school, tipping the scales at around 280lbs. 2012: left toxic relationship, lost 50lbs in 3 months with diet alone. 2013: lost the rest of 100lbs-and-then-some with consistent* (*read: obsessive) weight training and cardio. 2015: had surgery to remove 4lbs of hanging skin on my abdomen, also to repair a diastasis recti (vertical split in my ab wall due to obesity). Healing after this sucked hard, btw. 2016: first bodybuilding show 2017: first 3 powerlifting meets 2018: second bodybuilding show, more powerlifting, first strongman competition 2019: started training Jiu Jitsu - competed twice, powerlifting nationals (earned Worlds qualification).

Our bodies are really fucking cool. Learning how important my health is was the best thing I’ve ever done for myself.

I’ve gone through hiiiigh highs and low lows. Body dysmorphia, judged competitions, missed lifts on the platform, tapping an opponent, being ranked in the top 15 lifters in my category in Canada. So many amazing experiences thanks to a decision I made 7 years ago. ❤️

Photos linked, if you’re curious! https://ibb.co/92x1tQk https://ibb.co/LPTM4p0 https://ibb.co/Jt0vZrY

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This is going to sound... duh!....

Ok so. I recently lost 22lbs without trying. Simply by being treated for a medical issue that had kept me unable to lose weight. I mean I tried and tried and tried a gave up. When everyone stated noticing my weight loss recently I didn’t see it... I actually believed my clothes were just getting so stretched out of shape.... I refused to listen to the comments and I refused to weigh myself.... so eventually I came around and now I have stopped the unintentional loosing and I am left not sure what to do to lose the extra 40lbs. I mean I just tried so many things in the past read so much stuff and put so much effort I cannot seem to even begin to know where to start now that I’m able to loose the weight. Sooo what are some simple successful things I can do to get started. I have a lot on my proverbial plate so it’s gotta be simple and not too time consuming. Thanks.

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I’m so miserable from maintaining a calorie deficit

I’m trying to lose at least one pound per week so I don’t have to maintain such a big calorie deficit. I would love to lose more but, since one pound equates to 3500 calories, I still need to have a deficit of 500 calories/day just to lose one pound.

I’m trying to only consume 1000-1200 calories where I used to consume probably 1800-2000 calories before. But my basal metabolic rate is only 1350 calories. So I’m sort of just maintaining my current weight now with no change.

I used to eat all the time. I love rice and it’s the only thing that can keep me full. I loved snacking on cookies and other sweets. I can’t seem to find a healthy low calorie equivalent to sweets as I can with other savory foods.

I have currently cut out junk and have been trying to eat healthy. But vegetables and fruits can’t satiate me for long and it doesn’t bring the some satisfaction as junk food. I’m tying to drink water more to curb my appetite but it doesn’t really help.

I feel unmotivated, unhappy and lazy. I would be able to feel better if I actually saw results but I’m not. I’m starting to hit a dark path where I end up binging after seeing my unsuccessful results on the scale, preventing my weight loss even further. I can’t help but compare my weight to my peers and realizing I’ll never be as good as them.

I know people say weight loss is 80% diet and 20% exercise, but I’m managing my diet so poorly.

I tried IF before but I just end up binging for the time slot where I’m able to eat food. I feel incapable of keto as I’m obsessed with rice and can’t do cauliflower.

I understand it’s a marathon not a race but school ends pretty soon and I don’t want to be remembered as the chubby kid ppl joke about.

Am I just physically incapable of weight loss? How is everyone else able to maintain such drastic calorie deficits?

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don't panic if you gain weight after a bad week.

I have lost 113 pounds since last year, I have been managing to stay at 185 for a while now. Last weekend we went out and I ate one small piece of cheesecake, the next day I had 2 pieces of cake. The following days I had some water biscuit with condensed milk AND I had one day I overate which made me feel extremely sick with a headache and sweating for like 30 minutes.

I weighed myself after that day and I was at 195 pounds. Surprised? After everything I have learned during my weight loss journey, not really and neither was I scared.

I ate a TON of carbs foods. For every gram of carb stored in the body there is also about 2-3 grams of water retained. I have been on keto for about a month and a half, limiting my net carbs to just under 20 or 25 grams a day.

I didn't gain 10 pounds of fat in a couple of days, I gained 10 pounds of water weight and I KNEW it would go away in a week or two. Almost a week since this thing happened and I am currently at 188, it will probably be back to normal in a couple of more days.

If you do decide to treat yourself please don't panic when you see your weight jump up in a matter of day(s). I knew eating those foods will make my body retain water weight. I knew eating those foods will temporarily affect my 'weight progress' and whatever would show up on the scale would be a false reading.

When your weight is gradually going up over weeks and you're not trying to bulk... sure maybe it's time to take a step back. But if your weight drastically changes in a day or couple of days then it's probably nothing to worry about as long as you go back to the usual.

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Jealousy and Toxic Friends After Weight Loss

I'm 20f, and I've lost 18kg in the past 6 months. I've gone from a UK size 16 to a size 8 now. And one of the worst things I've had to get used to is how absolutely rude anjealous people can act.

Especially other girls. That I thought I was close to. Ive received comments that I "looked better before", "lost my curves" "look like a stick". So much body shaming. I was never body shamed this much when I was actually almost obese.

And then the same girls are asking me for weight loss tips. And beg me to help them. Its so gross honestly. You literally will not be able to predict how people actually end up reacting to your weightloss.

Ive had people I wasn't that close to, give me such genuine compliments and tell me I've inspired them. And then some I thought I was close to have started isolating me. They'll take any chance to make demeaning comments. Especially when there's guys around. They'll purposely leave me out of pictures. And "forget" to invite me to things

I've distanced myself from anyone who's acted this way. If you can't even be happy for your friend, what kind of friend are you? But anyway I've done this for myself and although their reactions do sadden me, I'm incredibly proud of myself. And living my best life with friends who are bringing me up, and not in some weird competition with me.

Have any of you other ladies experienced something like this during your weight loss journey?

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Another Covid-19 related post

I'm down over 55 lbs since October. 25 lbs to go to my goal. I was doing awesome.

And then all this started.

I have to work at home. I'm very anxious. I was too worried about going to the gym, but now I can't at all, since they close tonight. Kids may or may not have daycare. We did some prep including lots of extra food, but healthy stuff like fresh veg was in short supply. I bake when i'm stressed, so there are cookies. I see some real food challenges in the next few weeks.

So i'm scrapping the >1 lb loss per week I was on. My new plan? Maintenance. Still logging and weighing and doing my best. But if I can hold during this stressful time? When I get to real maintenance, i'll have some skills and a clearer understanding of what I need to do. There is no timer on my weight loss journey. If a pandemic slows me down a little bit? That's really OK. It's not my first priority right now.

I'm also trying to get fresh air, walking around my neighborhood (thankfully this is spring!) and around the house. I found Darebee and am going to work on that in lieu of my weight training.

Your mental health and physical health both matter. Take care of yourself. That's going to look different for different people and it's OK. We can still reach out goals, even with unexpected challenges!

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Seriously Confused

A couple of years ago, I’d lost a total of 60 pounds. In the last couple weeks I was losing a pound a day before I settled into 185 at 5’4. I maintained that weight for about 8 months with no issues. I got comfortable, and so stagnated despite being only a little more than halfway done with my weight loss.

Around 9 months ago I started gaining some weight back. I’ve managed not to go over 200, but I haven’t seen anything below it for a several months now.

Up until about a week ago, I was trying to lose the weight I’ve gained back by doing what I used to do: very low calorie diet, low carb, high fat. My weight didn’t budge. It was frustrating because I’d done the same thing before and got quick results that were easy to maintain.

So a week ago I decided to go all in, hard. I figured maybe since I’m just a little older now my metabolism might be slightly slower, and that not eating enough actually makes it worse the way people say it does. This didn’t seem to be the case for me before, nevertheless, I took the hint and I’ve been working out and counting every calorie, measuring everything, bought a food scale and measuring cups, all of it. I’ve been meticulous.

Every day, I walk at 5.5 mph with no incline for 50 minutes. According to various calculators, this means I burn anywhere from 660 and 780 calories from my cardio workout. I’ve lifted weights once this week, pretty light weight with high-ish rep, but enough that I’m a little sore. I drink a lot of water, sometimes more than the recommended 8 glasses a day. Aside from sauces, I’ve been eating very clean.

As an example for what I eat vs what I burn, yesterday I ate a 870 calories throughout the day before my workout. Throughout my day after, 673. That’s 1543 food total minus 660 from the workout. It put me at a 316 deficit under 1200. I also over-estimate (round-up would be a better way to put it) what I eat to ensure I’m not underestimating, and I’m conservative with the estimate of how much I burn so as not to overestimate it.

My weight hadn’t moved at All, even decimally, after the first few days. I weighed myself both today and yesterday out of frustration.

I’ve gained a pound each day.

Now, I know a week isn’t enough time to really lose anything when you’re doing it properly. I know weight fluctuates.

But this doesn’t make any fucking sense. Just by the math, I should’ve lost at Least half a pound by now. I’ve made sure I eat back what I burn while staying in a deficit. There’s no way I’ve gained 2 pounds of muscle, and if it’s water weight, why did it go up a pound per day instead of me just waking up to it, or seeing the difference within the same 24-hour period?

I’m uncomfortable with how much I’m eating even though I know for a fact I’m not over eating. If I hadn’t gone so long eating so little and losing nothing I’d scurry back to that. I see weight gain and associate it with how much I’ve consumed, since, being obese, that has been my life for years. The fact that I’ve stayed the same eating little and gained weight eating more is very, very stressful. I’ve been a champion of not binging anymore for a few years now with very few relapses, and just that sort of control has improved my mental health to a degree difficult to convey. Eating more now terrifies me. I’m doing it, and I’ll keep doing it. But it’s scary.

I will say I’m visibly smaller in places. I don’t own a measuring tape, and stupidly haven’t taken pictures, but my jawline is a little more defined than it was before I started a week ago, my breasts are less droopy/squishy due to excess weight, and my kneecaps are emerging more from the surrounding fat on my legs. So Something is happening.

I think it’s obvious from how much I’ve written that I’m overreacting and impatient. But I’m insanely confused and would like to know what anyone thinks given all the context I’ve provided. Every time I’ve tried to “trust the process,” I’ve only gained weight, gotten scared, ate much less, lost what I’d gained, and then never go lower. I feel like I never Really know what I’m doing and so stick to a compromise that feels safest. “At least I’m not bigger” sort of thing.

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