Reminder: One bad day won’t ruin all of your progress!

I had my worst binge today. I ate non-stop until I felt sick I almost puked. This has never happened to me before where I felt so stuffed I tried to make myself throw up, but I couldn’t. Being on quarantine is stressing me out and I can admit that some days I do restrict my calories in order to reach my goal weight.

I’ve been working on my fitness journey, my health, and weight loss goals for over a couple of months.

I don’t feel as guilty anymore because I know one bad day won’t ruin all of my hard work and progress. Only if I consistently overeat for a period of time I’ll lose my progress.

So to everyone on their health journey, one day doesn’t define you! You can do this! Stay consistent and on track. We will reach our goals and this is a marathon, not a sprint!

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Former athlete but now can’t lose any weight

I (34F) am formerly a competitive amateur athlete at competition weight 66kg. At regular everyday but still fit weight of 75kg. I got seriously injured (rotator cuff and neck issue) two years ago and started gaining weight. In Feb 2020 I clocked in at a whopping 95kg. My doctor wanted to put me on weight loss injections but being an over confident former athlete I said I was used to getting in shape and knew how to do it properly and would be just fine on my own.

Since then I have been cleared to return to my sport but can’t because of quarantine. I have reduced alcohol from 20-25 drinks per week (heyyy depression) to 7-10 per week. I track my calories honestly and with a kitchen scale - sub 1500 and focus on protein most days.

I workout 5 days per week and have even added evil cardio to strength training which I’m more comfortable with. Last week I did an indoor 5k, I’ve been doing zoom dance classes, shadow boxing, HIIT, and so on.

I’ve lost 4 measly kg in 3 months.

I know I’m getting old but what the hell? Why is this happening?

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Mini-success story- I’m able to do an hour on the elliptical!

This is a very minor success story compared to all the awesome things people are achieving on here, but I just wanted to share this as I’m excited for myself! For ten years in my youth, I was a cross-country and long distance runner, but I quit running competitively when I was 16 as my asthma got bad (I was born quite premature and got really sick at 6 months, so my lungs only work at about 60-70% the capacity of a normal person’s). I still have asthma, and exercise isn’t always easy with it, but for most of my life I stayed pretty active. When I was 20, my pelvic and back pain flared up and I became really lazy, and I gained a lot of weight from the laziness and medicine I was on. I’m still trying to lose that weight, and for the past three months I’ve become serious about going on the elliptical 4-5 times a week, as I realized just cycling wasn’t helping me lose much weight or improve my cardio fitness. I started easy, just doing 20 or 30 min at a time, but now I am up to about 45 minutes per workout. Tonight I just did an hour! I hope I will eventually get to the point where doing an hour five times a week is my norm.

Best of luck to everyone on here! More than just for weight loss, work out for your own health and happiness, and love yourself ❤️ You’re doing great! No matter what health challenges you face, just try to do the most that you can, and don’t compare yourself to others :) And please, please, please remember to stretch!

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I’ve lost about 40 pounds since last year and I’m really proud of myself

I’ve always struggled with my weight, I was bullied as a kid, I’ve yo-yo-ed up and down but I finally feel like I can accept how I look at any weight. I think that was a huge factor in my outlook on weight loss.

At this time last year I weighed about 220 lbs and I’m 5’6”. I was bursting out of size 16 pants but I refused to buy anything larger. When I laid down my neck fat made it hard to breathe and when I put my headphones around my neck they were almost swallowed up. I was so oblivious too; I thought there must be an error on the scale, maybe I’m growing a huge tumor.

I started to seriously limit my sugar and carb intake solely to control some unwanted facial hair. I wasn’t even actively trying to lose weight, but I slowly managed to come down to 180. Now I look back on photos from back then and I can’t believe it. All of my clothes are way looser, I don’t feel choked when I lay down, and I feel way more confident. The definition in my face is back! I hadn’t even realized I’d lost that.

My size 16 pants are barely staying up and I just ordered a few pairs the next size down, and even some dresses which I never used to wear. It’s a little weird that I can still wear the same pants I was wearing 40 pounds ago but I’m definitely pear shaped and have wide hips so I guess it makes sense.

I don’t have any current pictures of myself for a comparison but if anyone’s interested I can get a side by side together.

It took until November before I actually started losing any weight even though I peaked around May. It just wouldn’t come off until I cut the carbs and sugar way down. I was also going through a really stressful and traumatic time and getting myself financially stable again helped my mental health so much. I assume that played into my weight situation.

All through the last year I’ve been seeing all these posts on this subreddit and wondering if I’d ever get to make a post like this. Woohoo!!! Also the unwanted facial hair is way more manageable now, yikes was it bad before.

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1st day of 21 to loose as much as I can before returning to work!

So today I got the phone call from work that I won't be returning to work on May 1st - the anticipated time from our Governor's Stay home, stay safe order. The time has been extended to May 16th (our State has extended the Stay home, stay safe order until May 15th). I've done fairly well with my weight loss but haven't been really strict. So today I'm really getting on the program! This morning my weight was 170.8 pounds. My daily goals are 1200 calories, water is 3 liters and at least 30 to 60 minute walk. I want to get as close as I can to 150 pounds before I return to work! I'll log everything in Myfitnesspal.com.

Since I've been home from work (my last day of work was March 17th) I've been working on trying to eat salads, fruit, yogurt and lean homemade meals, mostly vegetarian and no processed or fried foods. Up until now I've snuck in a few cookies (homemade) and a little bit of candy/chocolate, and there was the ice-cream (I don't have anymore in the house!). I did give up Diet Coke and now just drink water. The pantry and freezers have been cleaned out (I have an upright freezer and the freezer in the frig) and I've been working at stocking them with homemade single serve meals, fruit and vegetables, lean meats and healthy baked goods - all stored in single serve packaging. My plan is to have enough meals made up so it's a healthy grab and go meal daily, just add a salad and piece of fruit. I'm even putting in homemade breakfast foods. Trying to make a really good variety of meals. I want enough meals for 3 months so I can continue to go down to 140ish pounds!

So the plan is to do intermittent fasting. I'll eat between 4pm to 7pm every day. I'll drink water and unsweetened tea. I'll stick to just my homemade meals - mostly salad and fruits. Although on Friday's I'll order perch, baked potato, cole slaw, dinner roll and a piece of cake (it's an entire meal you can order) - it's from one of our local groups and they deliver. The roll and dessert will be put in the freezer for now. I'll continue to cook/bake and stock the freezers and pantry.

The plan extends into the time I return to work - until I meet my goal! I like to distance walk in the summer so that will continue with that. Last year I didn't make a trip to the local Dairy Queen and I won't be going this year! I work in a restaurant/bar and I won't be eating anything from there and no goodies from the gift shop at work either. No Diet Coke when I go back to work.

I know this is very attainable! The highest my weight was 285 a few years ago and I went down to 140 pounds. I then had some health issues and my weight went up to 220ish pounds. It's time to get it together again! This is a perfect time, since I'm home, to work on me! In January I had a health issue and it really made me want to focus on me!

So I want to emerge from this Covid-19 stay home, stay safe time healthier than when it began. When there is so much stuff going on in the world it feels really good to have something I can control in my life! Is anyone else doing this? Please let me know what you are doing to achieve your goals. I will check back in to let you know how I'm doing.

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Advice from someone who was struggling to lose weight

Hi,

I'm not much of a browser of this forum, but I wanted to share some tips that worked for me, in the hope it will help others. I was roughly 15-20 lbs overweight. I'm under 10 lbs overweight now, with the gap closing steadily. My ideal weight is somewhere between 170-175 (male).

A big thing that worked for me was getting a small kitchen scale (cost: $10). It allowed me to see where I was accidentally overingesting calories. It turns out cereal was a major culprit--I was accidentally eating 3, 4 + servings when I thought it was one serving. You don't have to be perfect, but this allowed me to know whether I was eating meals that were 500 calories. Also, at least for me, 500 calorie meals do not entail suffering at all. It's not hard to find meals that will satiate you at 500 calories.

The other big thing was going on long walks (this is quite easy while the whole world is essentially on lockdown). They say weight is mostly lost in the kitchen, but I don't think that's true--I think it should be viewed as 50/50.

Apple's health tracker app has a very intuitive interface that lets you view your progress. Another thing I got was a ~$20 scale that gave me accurate weights. Even though you shouldn't obsessively track your weight, seeing a real trend and progress can be hugely motivating. Make sure you have a scale with good accuracy (and precision).

These changes have led to consistent weight loss and not that much suffering. I recommend (as do websites curated by health professionals) having a ~1000 calorie deficit per day (for me it was a 500 difference from my BMR of 2000 and 500 from exercise), which will lead to 2 lbs per week. If you have a different profile than me, you may need a different schedule; definitely see a medical provider.

Good luck!

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Today my weight loss journey starts!

I never post on Reddit, I’m not sure how it works but I’m giving it a go anyways.

So basically I’m (18F) starting my weight loss journey today, I weigh 71kgs (156 lbs) and I’m 174cm (5’8). I did a crash diet at the beginning of this year and in 2 months I went from 73kgs (160 lbs) to 64 kgs( 141lbs) but I gained almost all of it back in 4 months. I was always cold and very weak, I felt awful to be honest. But people noticed the weight loss and my clothes felt more comfortable. I struggle with disordered eating and losing weight has always been an ongoing issue with me. Now I just want to get back to that weight and possibly lose a few more pounds but in a healthy way. I don’t feel comfortable in my own body and want to feel comfortable in clothes again. So I just wanted to write here for accountability.

I want to mention that I love my body, I just don’t feel my very best in it so this journeys sole purpose is to allow myself to feel as good as I can in my body! If anyone sees this, I’m open to any advice and tips you guys might have!

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