Hot take: staying at home can help with weight loss

Upfront caveat: this obviously doesn’t apply to everyone. This post is to counter balance a lot of the posts about how losing weight is harder during quarantine. By no means am I insinuating that this situation is true for everyone - I wouldn’t dare discount the extreme levels of stress people feel during this time. I am sharing my experience in the hopes it may help some others.

Working from home affords me the advantage of having full access to my kitchen whenever I want it, which helps me lose weight. This sounds counter intuitive, but in my brain, knowing that I am not restricted in types of food or time of day I have to eat actually increases my ability to say “why don’t I just wait a little longer to eat”.

It allows me more freedom to listen to my hunger cues because I am not bound to the idea that “if I don’t eat now I won’t be able to for another 3 hours”.

I also know that I can eat whatever I feel like eating (because it’s all in my kitchen), so any impulse decisions due to a scarcity mentality around specific types of food, like “well I better just have this piece of bread now so I’m not distracted thinking about it all afternoon”, is no longer a factor in my decisions.

Anyway, just wanted to share and I’d love to hear about how the changing access to food has shifted (or hasn’t shifted) your mindset.

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Is cardio PREVENTING my weight loss? Never had an issue losing before!

Struggling to make any progress! TL;DR at bottom of wall of text.

In my adult life (past 10-12 years), I have always bounced around between 94-106ish lbs. At 5’0”, I know that’s relatively thin but I attribute a lot of it to being socially active, as well as having anxiety and panic disorder and in general being a high-stress, GOGOGO person. There have been periods in my life where I was purposefully restricting (prepping for my wedding, a boxing video shoot, etc) but for the most part, I stayed in the 97-102 range without doing much more than watching my portion sizes. I ate plenty of pizza, Whataburger, beer, french fries, and never had an issue dropping a couple pounds or toning up when I wanted or needed to. Just had to toss in some cardio and stick to a lifting regimen 2-3x a week.

I was 102 pounds in April of 2019. Over the next six months, due to some stressful events, (moving cross country, job insecurity, stepping away from a musical project), I gained 10 lbs. By January, I was at my highest weight of 116 pounds. I felt very uncomfortable in my skin, and set a lofty goal, knowing I had the time to make fitness my priority.

So I had at it! Meticulously tracked EVERY calorie from food & drink, and began a furious cardio regimen. I would camp out on the Cybex ARC Trainer at my gym, and do 1-3 hours of cardio, at least 4 times a week. My calorie goal was 930 per day NET. I would eat over that, and just made sure I was coming in under my weekly goal with all the cardio. There were weeks where I burned 8-10k calories through cardio. The scale didn’t budge much; I lost about 3 pounds.

For March, I started to try something different. I added in weight training 4-5 days a week. I do a general 12-week Beach Body routine of squats, pushups, wall sits, crunches, etc. 5 times a week. In addition, I do separate arm weight training 2-3 days, and a leg session 1-2 days. I continued to do cardio, 3-4 days a week. Each cardio session is always right after I weight train, and usually 2-3 hours.

It’s April now. I had one day where my scale registered me at 109.9 in March, and I finally thought I was breaking a plateau. I sit today at 113.4 lbs. In 4 months, I have not lost even 5 pounds. What am I doing wrong???

Please, any advice would be helpful. I have been tracking my net calories over my goals, and even with being over some weeks, I should be seeing more progress. Since 12/30, with a goal of 930 net calories per day, I am only 4200 calories net over. To put that in perspective, that means my average net calories per day since 12/30 is 976. How have I not lost any weight? I can see some toning progress, but not a lot. Based on CICO, with my BMR at 1291 for my height, age and weight, I should have lost 8.19 lbs by now.

TL;DR: Gained 14lbs last year, 102 in April 2019 to 116 Dec 2019. On 12/30/19, began heavy cardio regimen of 2-3 hrs on ARC Trainer, 4-5x/week. Added weight training in 3/1/20; continued cardio 2-3 hrs 3-4x/week. Not losing weight despite CICO math showing I should have lost 8.19lbs by now. Still not sure what led to initial boom in weight after years of being 97-102 lbs with minimal effort.

F, 30, 5’0” SW: 116 CW: 113 GW: 105

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Here we go...

Hello,

This is my first post on Reddit, let alone my first in this subreddit. However I'm very familiar with this community & decided to post today because I just want to see people's opinions on my situation and what pieces of advice could be provided. Anything will help. Really.

I'm currently a 20 year old male, 6'3 in height, and have been battling weight issues with what seems to be my entire life now. My first time recognizing that I was 'overweight' was in grade school (5th grade to be exact) when I had to tuck in my shirt and saw my belly flop over the belt loop of my pants. As I looked around I remember not being able to relate to any of my classmates as their bellies went straight under their pants in contrast to mine. This would soon become the start of when everything went downhill.

As my friends went on to get girlfriends, join the sport teams, get invited to the most 'exclusive' parties, I was on the other hand blowing up like a puffer fish. It's very hard at this point in time to recall what my exact weight was since I avoided the scale any opportunity I could, but I would say my weight went from 225-250 lbs throughout high school. And yes, as you can imagine, during that time I had no girlfriends, no "friends" that were girls, popularity, admiration, etc. This would eventually create 90% of the depression, anxiety, lack of self-worth, self-confidence, and many more negative feelings that I'm sure you're very familiar with that I would battle up until today. And to add to that, after enrolling in community college for another 2+ years I have added on another 20 lbs totaling it up to 270 lbs at this point. And college/life after college has just been another repeat of high school so I won't bore you with another story.

So as I write to you today, I genuinely am trying to reach out to hear real advice and even stories from people who know what its' like in the dark. Unfortunately a lot of the friends around me now don't understand the situation I've gone through, as majority of them are healthy and have grown up slim. Which is a good and bad thing.

I've tried the Ketogenic diet (all love to my keto nazis), lost 40 lbs in 3 months but gained it right back within 4-5 months after finding out my crush liked my best friend for the past year. Tried intermittent fasting, water fasting, you name it, I've tried it. However my friends, I just can't seem to stick to anything.

What way of weight loss has worked for you? And what do you recommend I do or practice so that I can stick with something I know will be beneficial for me in the long run?

NOTE: If you've managed to read this entire post, thank you. Never knew what it felt like to get this off my chest :)

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I need some positive reinforcement...

57 yo female. I was diagnosed with T II DM in late January, as well as high BP. Have RA.

Dr. was supportive when I got the diagnosis, and said that losing weight would definitely help both conditions, and I might be able to get completely free of medication with weight loss and exercise.

Dropped 15 lbs in 2 months with medically managed low carb diet, (1400 cal daily), 90 minutes daily gym time, and metformin. Started feeling better. Then work days got longer-I'm in healthcare, but not patient interaction, I didn't have a place to store lunch from home, and my gym closed.

My work week has gone from 50 hours a week to 32 hours a week, and I plan to get back on track. I want to buy a bike for exercise, but when my kids were young I had one, and almost never rode it. My husband is telling me that I shouldn't buy one because I probably won't ride it this time either. Now I feel selfish about spending money on it. (The bike I want is less than $100)

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22/m overweight and trying to lose it, I just have one simple question on my road to weight loss

Hey so first off I'd like to state that I'm the lowest weight I've been in a year right now, I've cut out sweets and sugar for the most part, switched to drinking water, I have chronic pain so my main excersise has been walking and I've started up on that again. I was wondering if it's bad for me to eat under my required calorie intake, not by much but slightly. I'm struggling to hit it given the size of my meals and controlling portions as due to my weight I can eat about 2,300 calories.. I'm not talking under by much, maybe 300-400 calories due to not wanting to squeeze in an extra meal. My diet currently consists of fruit, eggs, some meat, some pasta. This is not my first time losing weight but it is my first time putting it back on and I'm not using the same diet. Thank you so much for your time~

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Rediscovering A Passion

Hey everyone! I’m a long-time lurker of this sub and have always come here for inspiration and advice. I’ve finally decided to make a post of my own in hopes of it helping me stay motivated.

I have been on my weight loss journey since January 2018. I have had my ups and downs, but at my best, I had gotten down to 255 lbs. after counting calories and focusing on consuming whole foods. I was ecstatic about my weight-loss, but due to some unforeseen circumstances in my life, I've had a stressful past 6 months and have gained almost 50 lbs. back. It is not a mystery how the weight came back; I have been eating (and drinking) mostly what I want when I want as an unhealthy way to deal with the stress.

Today I stepped on the scale out of curiosity and saw 303 pounds. It was huge benchmark for me to get below the 300 pound mark, and to see that I have erased all of that hard work is heart-breaking. It is time for me to get serious again. When I was in the middle of actively losing weight, I really enjoyed it. I dedicated so much time learning about nutrition and weight loss in general that I considered it a passion of mine and even contemplated changing my major.

Now I have lost that drive, but I am determined to get it back. I want to feel that excitement I felt when I stepped on the scale and saw another loss. I want to feel the pride I felt when the shirt that was once too small for me is now too big. Most of all, I just want to feel healthy again!

I know I have a long journey ahead of me, but reading the posts on this sub help to remind me that it's possible. I have learned from everyone here to trust the process and to remind my self to love the journey, not just the destination. So thank you everyone for your updates, and congratulations for the success you all have found. And for anyone reading this who may be feeling down or unmotivated, please remember: WE CAN DO THIS!!!

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AMA Crosspost Announcement - Dr. Florencia Helperin - April 2nd at 1pm EST (UTC -5)

Good day all! We don't normally allow crossposts, but we decided to make an exception as this was an opportunity that seems too good to miss. We wanted to announce that today, over on r/IamA there will be an AMA hosted by Dr. Florencia Halperin ( u/formhealthofficial)

In Dr. Halperin's own words:

My name is Dr. Florencia Halperin, and I'm the Chief Medical Officer at Form Health. I specialize in helping people lose weight to improve their health. I trained at Harvard Medical School, was Co-Director of the Center for Weight Management and Metabolic Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Chief of Endocrinology at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, both Harvard-affiliated hospitals in Boston.

Have weight loss questions for me? I would love to answer them! Join me this Thursday, April 2nd starting at 1 pm EST on https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/

Please note: This AMA is NOT taking place on r/loseit and is not being moderated by the r/loseit team. As such, please make a point to follow r/IamA's rules. Please do not post any questions to Dr. Helperin here, as she will not see them.

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