Exercising but now I'm hungry literally all the time!

Mid 20's, 120 lbs, 5'3 female here. I've gained about 5-7 lbs since starting grad school and stress eating and would love to fit into my old pants again :( I've started running 10ks/6 miles 2-3x/week which is great and all but I'm CONSTANTLY hungry. I try and eat somewhat healthy and filling foods, such as protein bars, salads with chicken, pasta, yogurt, fruits, etc. I consume 1600-1700 calories a day but it's just never enough. Literally had chicken, rice and a huge bowl of greek yogurt for dessert and I'm still hungry. I drink probably 2-3L of water and eat slowly. I really do enjoy exercising so I would like to continue doing it, but I'm not sure if it's derailing my weight loss journey. Anyone had a similar experience?

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I think I know why my first weight loss journey was a failure.

19F here. I've been overweight and unhappy with my physical aspect my whole life, but when I turned 16 my self esteem issues and body dysphoria tragically worsened.

I hated myself. I couldn't stand to look at myself in the mirror. I envied my slimmer, cuter friends. And that's when I decided I would lose weight. And boy, what a journey that was.

I did lose weight, about 60 lbs. I took pics of my body everyday since I started eating "better" and looked at them till I couldn't recognise myself anymore. How had I never noticed the fat on my arms? My cellulite? My fat face? My disgusting thighs? How could I walk around like that and not feel embarrassed?

I hated that fat body of mine. I felt like I was in a cage, a cage where a better version of me - a slimmer me was imprisoned, waiting to be freed.

I started losing weight rapidly. I was happy! I was doing CICO, going to the gym, and my family and friends were congratulating me everyday.

But... something felt wrong. Why didn't I notice any difference? Sure, the pictures didn't lie, but why did I still feel ugly? Why wasn't I happy with how much weight I was losing? Doesn't matter, I'm still fat, I need to lose weight! Everything will be better when I'll be slim!

I reached a 19.5 BMI in less than year. And still, I felt fat. Still, I hated myself. Still I felt caged in that ugly body of mine that didn't belong to me. I found imperfections, some loose skin, cellulite, and everything I could think about was: disgusting.

Do you see where I'm going here? Losing weight never helped me. I still saw myself as disgusting and now the only thing that made me happy before (food) was gone! I felt scammed!

I started eating again, gaining weight rapidly. In two years I had lost and gained more than I ever did. What was wrong with me?

I know the answer now: it wasn't my body. In these two years I started going to therapy. In these two years I found a guy who loved me despite of my weight; he saw beauty in me and he let me know. In these two years I started loving myself.

I now weight more than I did when I started this huge journey and I'm ready to lose weight again. I learnt many things after I started gaining weight again. Now, I don't hate my current body and I don't hate myself. But I want to improve what I already have and learn to love myself even more.

So please, everyone. Don't hate yourself and don't think you'll be a better person after you lose weight. Instead, do it because you love yourself! Do it because your body is amazing and it deserves respect and love and healthiness. Do it not to be liked by people but to be a better version of yourself that you can love even more.

Do it for you.

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I've lost 25 lbs thanks to communities like this one

So, I was going to wait until I lost at least 50 lbs before posting something about my weight loss journey but I thought I might gain/give insight or value by posting.

It took me years to get this far, about 3 years. It wasn't until about 2 months ago that I figured out how to stay mostly satiated throughout the day without going over 1,500 calories. I'm riding that wave now with little to no interruptions other than the occasional cheat day.

I don't really know what else to say. I'm just proud of myself for going from 250 to 225. I have struggled with my weight my entire life and it just feels good to make progress, even if it's not that much. Take care, friends and thanks for keeping this community alive and effective. Have a great day.

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Salutations!

Hello to all! I'm new to this sub. It was recommended to me by another user in r/weddingplanning. I am a 34 year old woman, 5'4 and currently 250 pounds, down from 260. My weight loss journey is made more difficult by an inability to exercise. I am physically disabled and exercise without a pool is extremely painful and difficult, and additionally physical stress can trigger my autoimmune disease and make me very ill. Pool access is hard due to money and transportation constraints, otherwise I'd go weekly at least.

My goal is to get down to 170 by May 2021, when I'm getting married. I have a wonderful fiance who loves me and thinks I'm beautiful just the way I am, but for health and self-esteem reasons, I will lose the weight. Stunning him in my wedding dress is just a lovely motivator! For reference, here's me ten pounds ago, trying on some wedding dresses. These are my future "before" pics. I'm nervous but excited for my weight loss journey, and look forward to sharing it with you fine people.

Good luck in your own weight loss efforts! May they be healthily executed and thoroughly successful! 💜

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Is losing 10 pounds a month reasonable/doable?

I’m a 21 year old 6’0” female weighing in at about 370 pounds. I ultimately would like to get down to anywhere between 150-180 pounds (since I’m tall I carry my weight pretty well and I don’t want to end up looking too thin, so which ever weight that looks best on me is the goal). So I have a loooonnggg way to go. I understand I need to change my entire lifestyle and develop a healthy relationship with food, so I’m not interested in rushing the process at all, but I don’t want to spend years getting this weight off. I figure if I give myself a very reasonable monthly goal I’ll be more likely to achieve it. So is 10 pounds amount reasonable? That would allow me to loose around 200 pounds in less than 2 years. Should I aim for more or less? And any starter weight loss advice would be nice!

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27F, a rough few years spiraled me into a drastic weight gain

For about the last 2.5 or so years, there've been more " downs" than "ups", (losing a job, breakup, family tragedies). I ate when I was stressed, sad, angry, bored, and happy. Any emotion was an excuse for a binge. I was overweight my entire life as it was, but now I'm pretty much 270, and it's not good, it's not fun looking in the mirror and feeling like you weigh twice as much as your friend. I wish I had a better support system via my parents, but, my mom in particular, is the first one to hand out some side comment about me looking bigger or something fitting snugger. I will sometimes workout, but only if I'm truly really really bored. I download the weight loss apps, I don't stick to them. I'm on it for 3 days, I'm off it for 6 months. I'm sick of feeling how I feel and looking how I look. I'm scared of the scale and I feel defeated when I look in the closet.

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I feel defeated and hopeless, like this boulder thats just gonna keep rolling further and further downhill. What can I do to change my ways?

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Newbie here

Hello! I am trying to lose weight (my BMI is 28 and I am concerned a bit). Until now I wanted to just see quick weight loss results but today I decided I am gonna take very small steps and just change my mindset how I should eat so it would benefit me in the long run. In autumn I started with using stevia instead of sugar (I cant really drink pure tea) and it helped control my cravings for sweets a bit. I tried keto diet until now and I saw some results but I just cant keep myself away from apples and fruits in general so I looked into paleo a bit and I feel like it would suit me more since I love eating fruits! Since last summer I also started liking salads a bit more (i didnt like salads at all before). Do you have any tips how to fight cravings and is stevia better than sugar anyway? I actually dont know its benefits besides its 0kcal and it helped me with cravings. Also how do I keep myself motivated to go to gym often? Thank you!

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