Feeling mentally stuck, miserable, and gaining weight rapidly. (23F)

Hey everyone. I apologize in advance because this might be very long.

Basically, my situation is that I am a 23 year old woman who has been out of college for two years and I've really, really let my physical health go and it has gotten to the point that it is taking a toll on my mental well-being.

When I was around 19, I lost a good bit of weight through calorie counting and moderate exercise. did not start weighing myself until about half way through my weight loss journey, but if I had to guess, I probably went from ~200 pounds to ~155. I am 5'11, so the difference was pretty dramatic. I went from wearing a US Size 16 to about a US Size 2/4. I felt great. I felt confident in my skin, I enjoyed clothes shopping, and most importantly, a lot of things that used to ail me when I was heavier (chronic headaches, lower back pain, insomnia) seemed to fade away or disappear completely. Any time the weight started to creep back on, I nipped it in the bud and was able to go back down to my "normal" weight pretty easily.

A lot of things changed after graduation, however. My graduation coincided with a bad break-up of a long term relationship. Basically, I immediately lost the structure of both school and my relationship. After college, I focused almost exclusively on trying to get into a good law school (studying for the LSAT, etc) while working a series of odd jobs here and there and living at home with my parents. I stopped exercising, I was living a pretty sedentary lifestyle and eating a LOT of garbage. I think I tried to rationalize it by telling myself that I needed to focus all of my energy on my immediate goal (getting into law school) but that was just an excuse for me to let my diet fall by the wayside.

The weight gain was not too bad at first, I'd say that in the first 6-8 months, I maybe put on 10-15 pounds. It was noticeable to me, but my doctor seemed unconcerned and confident that I could lose it if it became a problem. But then it really became a problem. I started eating more and more, and soon I surpassed the 200 pound mark. At that point, I tried to lose weight but gave up pretty soon after and then piled more weight on. As of right now, I have no idea how much I weigh, I am genuinely terrified of weighing myself. I feel extremely uncomfortable in my body. I have stretch marks on my chest and ass, I've developed the faint beginning of rolls on my back. All of my clothes are too tight on my arms and thighs. It has taken a lot for me to even admit just how bad things have gotten. I'm probably around 250 pounds at this point, and if I do not do something soon, I will be approaching 300.

I was successful in my law school endeavor in that I will be attending Harvard Law this fall, but I don't want to start my law school career this out of shape. I want to get my shit together. I know that for me personally, there is an undeniable link between my physical health and my ability to excel as a student. When I was in undergrad, my retention was better, my sleep was better, my confidence on exams was better, all when I was eating right and getting enough exercise. I want to be that person again, but I feel so stuck.

I would appreciate any insight, tough love, words of encouragement, or advice that you have.

Thank you all in advance.

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Do you gain weight more easily when deconditioned after having been fit versus never getting fit to begin with?

Research shows that when you work out consistently, your body adapts to conserve energy and after a while burns fewer calories for that exercise, which can result in a weight loss plateau. So when you stop working out, can that have the opposite effect, and cause you to more easily gain weight than if you had never gotten fit to begin with? This is disregarding the fact that you will likely have lost some weight during the time you were fit or if you are eating healthier. I’m talking strictly in terms of the calories your body naturally burns, if you were to eat the same amount as a never-been-fit person versus a deconditioned person. I’ve tried to look this up online but can’t exactly figure out how to word it so nothing is showing up lol... any ideas??

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Chloe Ting 2 Week Shred Results

Tl;dr? Results at the bottom!

I have been losing and gaining weight my whole life. My biggest was 160 and as a five foot female that is a LOT. I’m currently at 140 and my lowest has been 122. Quarantine has been ruining my progress... so I decided to do something with all this free time. I loaded up YouTube and tried a Chloe Ting challenge.

I picked the two week program to jumpstart myself. I tend to give up if the project seems to daunting. This was TOUGH. I literally had a poster on my living room wall to force myself to be accountable-each workout I would color in a square. My partner who is essential and working would come home each night and see my progress which really pushed me to keep going.

There were times I literally thought I would throw up. Working out has never been a big part of my weight loss journey so I wasn’t sure if this would even give me results. That being said I am stronger now than I was at the start and I do feel motivated to try a less intense but longer workout program!

Results: Here are some before and after photos. I lost a total of two pounds in two weeks. I was also on a very strict WW diet plan. I only took measurements around my waist but I did go from 31 inches to just over 29 inches.

Overall I would recommend this for anyone with a solid drive who is looking for something to get them back into gear. Not for the faint of heart!

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315lbs to 175lbs in 1.5 years. Celebrating 5 straight years logging into MyfitnessPal every single day without ever missing a day.

So, I always told myself I wouldn’t care about what people thought if only I was able to lose weight.

Just a little over 5 years ago I weighed 315lbs and was beginning to have health issues in my early 20’s. I would watch weight loss transformations every night at work on the computer and think “I would give anything to be able to do that. I wouldn’t care at all about putting myself out there if I was just able to get the weight off. I’d do it immediately.”

I was able to learn how to track my calories consistently on a daily basis and was able to lose 140lbs in 1.5 years. It has been by far the greatest accomplishment of my life in so many different ways, but for the past 3 years I’ve thought about my non existent weight loss transformation video almost every day.

I did not understand how I was struggling so bad to put my story out there. People reach out to me on a daily basis for help, and I love providing it because I know how badly I needed it, but still it was not enough for me to be able to make that jump.

Recently, with what has taken place around the world with COVID-19, health has been a big topic for a lot of people. I have personally seen people close to me enter a very real situation of not knowing whether or not their current level of health will be good enough to weather the storm. It all made me think if something were to happen to me or someone that I know would I question whether or not I did all that I could?

Below is a link to my weight loss transformation video where I detail the top 5 things that helped me along the way the most. I hope the posting of this video helps you as much as it has helped me.

YouTube Channel: Cody Brewer Weight Loss

https://youtu.be/0K1mlWviNvY

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Today I realized I've been over estimating my calories burned :(

Hello! I'm feeling a bit down today and I just need to rant.

I've been using strava for the past year during my weight loss journey, I lost weight by cycling and counting calories. I'm 5'1 female went from about 190 pounds down to 130. I usually ate back around half of the calories I burned. Today I realized just how inaccurate strava was for calories burned. Today I went on a 4 mile walk and it said I burned around 500 calories but my moms Fitbit said she only burned around 250 cals (we are basically the same height and size). I'm shocked at how big the difference is. I've been struggling to go below 130 for a few months and I think this is why. Anyway I just needed to rant. I'm gonna buy a fitness watch and hope it gives me more accurate calorie counts. Thanks for reading~

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Numbers aren't everything!

F19 5'2 SW: 61KG/134lbs CW: 56KG/123lbs GW: 50KG/110lbs

I've been stuck on a weight loss plateau for almost a month already and was feeling so sorry and frustrated at myself since the numbers on the scale barely go down.

So today, I decided to measure myself out of curiosity. I last measured myself on April 1 and was hoping to measure myself a whole month after that and was surprised to find out my waist went from 29in to A WHOOPING 27.5IN!! WTF!!

I didn't think my waist would actually shrink, especially since my weight wasn't going down for a while now. My waist isn't even my target area to lose weight but it's still great to see changes!!

Then I measured my thighs as well, which is my target area and made me want to lose weight in the first place, I didn't even notice they went from 55cm(R) & 53cm(L) to 51cm(L/R) IN LESS THAN A MONTH. I've been so busy focusing on the numbers on the scale that I forgot I was supposed to see results elsewhere too! Seeing those results motivated me even more to keep doing what I'm doing right now. I was on the brink of giving up but I'm glad I measured myself a bit early, now I got the energy back to finish this weight loss journey!

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Weight loss feels emotionally exhausting

Stats: 22F, 5’2, CW: 148lbs, GW: 130lbs

I can’t help but think that my body and brain are working against me. I have urges to eat constantly. From the time I wake up to when I go to sleep, I’m constantly exerting willpower. I feel like I’m always making decisions - should I eat what I’m craving or the “healthy” option? Should I ignore my hunger or give in? Should I have another serving or not?

I know the answer to all of these questions, but making so many decisions all day every day is exhausting. I started IF to cut down on the amount of food-related decisions I have to make. It’s helping a little, but I’m still struggling.

Weight loss is also just so slow for me. I’ve lost 2lbs in April and my measurements have gone down so I’m almost certain I’ve lost fat. But it feels like my goal is so far away if I keep going at this rate. I try to eat 1600 calories a day which is a real struggle most of the time. I thought about reducing my calories to lose faster. But since I don’t even consistently succeed at eating 1600 calories most of the time, I’m worried I’ll fail miserably at eating 1500 or 1400.

I also exercise a decent amount - 3 weighted circuit workouts per week and an average of 15k steps per day, including 20 miles of running per week. Exercise is the only part of this I enjoy/feel good about but sometimes I wonder if I’m doing enough. The first time I got down to 130lbs I was running 30 miles per week, waitressing at a busy restaurant, and walking 4-7 miles per day on my college campus. Obviously, as a quarantined grad student starting a full-time desk job in the summer, that amount of activity just isn’t realistic. But when I was exercising that much and barely thinking about my diet, weight just fell off of me. I miss that!

Last night I was so frustrated I just said fuck it and got drunk and ate like 4000 calories so I’m feeling pretty low today. Thanks for reading my rant if you got all the way to the end. If you have any advice or a personal story I’d love to hear it.

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