Losing weight as a teenager

Hey! I don't know whether I'll just talk about my experience or ask for advice, maybe both.

So, I'm almost 15 (4 days!) And I've been into dieting since I was 13(?) Around that time. Unfortunately I haven't lost that much, but I got no one else to blame but me. My lack of motivation is mostly due to the fact that I'm not overweight to the point where it'll affect the type of clothes I wear, or how people view me, I guess? It's more of a insecure teen driven-diet that has turned into a goal that doesn't need to be rushed but I wish to achieve, along with my regular trips to the gym that I thoroughly enjoy, a lot more than the eating healthy part ahahah.

My problem is, the advices I find online are always targeted to financially independent adults. For example, the eating options. On a motivated period, I eat lettuce with tuna. Or peas with tuna. Like 3 meals a week. Because of course I can't force my mom to spend much extra money on food that will be just for me, nor spend much time cooking whole different meals, you know? Plus, the exercise. Every site tells me that I shouldn't do just cardio, that that won't maintain my weight loss and I should focus on weight lifting. But I don't even know what I can do with my weak little arms and my age. And, of course this is my fault but, I am not the most extroverted person, so imagining a scenario in my head where I need to ask one of the personal trainers to help me in the weightlifting area, surrounded with nothing but muscular, obviously competent, men, sounds uncomfortable to me :/. I don't know what's the purpose of this post, honestly. It's just that my weight isn't something I like to discuss with other people, since I don't want to show them I'm insecure about it. It's nice to vent, and would like to know if someone has advices, whether it's on how to stay motivated, simple healthy meals I can make myself, how to get started on weightlifting, etc. I'd appreciate them all :)

Disclaimer: these kinds of disclaimers are a bit cringey (or is the cringe culture itself cringe? It's late.) But I just want to warn that English isn't my first language so I apologize in advance for any grammatical errors.

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Am I losing weight to fast? Should I increase calories based on my current weight / height?

This might seem like a weird question but I'm worried I might be losing weight to fast since I started my weight loss journey. I gained around 80 pounds over the course of 8 years while being on medication to treat depression / anxiety that has a side effect of weight gain. No matter how hard I tried during that time I could not lose any weight. Now that my life is much better I have been able to get off that medication and the first thing I did was start dieting. It's really hard for me to compare how much weight I'm losing to other people since my weight gain came from a side effect of medication and just overall not being very active. I want to make sure I'm not harming my body even though I feel fine and have more energy then ever.

I'm 6 foot 5 and currently weight 230 pounds. I started my weight loss journey a little over 2 months ago and used a random app to calculate how many calories I should eat. My starting weight was 280 which means I lost 50 pounds in 2.5 months. I have been eating around 1700 calories a day and nothing but healthy home cooked meals as well as going for long walks and stretching. I have more energy then normal and don't feel like I'm always hungry. Keep in mind It's so hard for me to tell if I'm starving myself or not because I spent 8 years on a medication that made me hungry 24/7. Any advice would be appreciated. I'm obviously happy with my progress but have no idea if I'm doing this right due to how I gained the weight in the first place.

Thanks

Edit I should also mention I was consuming like 4000 calories a day for years while on that medication and my doctor mentioned to me a year ago she was shocked I wasn't 400 pounds due to my lifestyle.

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One bad day is not the end of the line.

I guess this is myself, preaching to myself, letting you guys in on it. I am guilty, as many of us are, of being great at doling our encouragement and terrible at taking it.

Last week I broke my plateau and managed to get myself into the 130s after years of being in and around the 150s. I had been following the good old calories in calories out method with some rigorous exercise. That evening, I caved and ordered a pizza. And from there I spiralled.

“I may as well have the leftover slices for breakfast” “Well I’ve had pizza today so I guess this is another cheat day” “I’m really craving chocolate, I guess since I’m indulging I may as well do it now and get it out of my system”

One week of excuses and indulgences later and I’m back at 144lbs. I’m disappointed in myself but it’s ok. I’m going to get back to the diet today. I know I can do this now, I’ve done it already, and I’m still over 10lbs lighter than when I started. I haven’t undone all of my work, and nobody’s weight loss is a straight line.

This will be the first time ever that I haven’t seen a gain and decided to abandon the diet completely, only to come crawling back when my weight becomes unbearable again. I am breaking the cycle, it ends here.

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Started exercising to stay sane in this pandemic, reached my lowest weight in the last 3 years as a bonus! (F, 24, 163cm)

Hi guys,

Hope you're all staying safe and healthy.

I started this quarantine feeling really anxious, homesick and lonely. I just moved cities for my job and have been living by myself for the first time ever.

A few days in the lockdown, my work became really hectic. This, coupled with the loneliness, started giving me some really bad anxiety episodes.

I decided to start exercising every day just to have something to do in my day other than work and sleep. I started small, just a couple of squats a day or something. But slowly I ramped up to more intense workouts, and even started paying attention to what I'm eating (avoiding sugar, more fruits, etc )

Today I weighed myself and this is the lowest I've been since 2017! I know weight loss wasn't my goal when I'm started but I'm really motivated now. Maybe this could be the time I reach my goal weight and stay there!

SW: 78.6kgs CW: 69.6 kgs GW: 55 kgs

What are some home workout routines that have been working for you?

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A reminder that it doesn't happen overnight

I have been feeling pretty discouraged lately since I didn't see much change in the scale anymore despite being strict with my diet. It has been almost a month since I started my weight loss journey (again), and even though it was satisfying to watch the scale go down rapidly the first few days (all water weight, I know...), I've been at the same weight or maybe lost only 2-3 more lbs most of the time afterwards.

Then I looked at my weight loss chart back in 2018 when I started my first serious weight loss journey. It took me 6 months to get to (almost) my goal weight.

I needed that reminder that this too will take time, and I'll need to stick with it instead of giving up and stuffing my face with junk food again. Maybe someone out there can also benefit from this reminder. Weight loss is not a linear process, but it's ok; all we need is the discipline to get back on track and keep going.

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Plateaued and lost.

I've been fluctuating between 144.8 lbs and 144.2 lbs for the past 2.5 weeks. I've been hitting my steps, getting my workout in and eating in a deficit (I eat about 1200-1500 kcals) I have no idea what I should do or what I should change. I feel very lost and unmotivated.

Also, I was at about 152lbs at the begining of March so I'd say my weight loss has been steady.

The only change that has taken place is that I weigh myself at 4PM instead of 7AM. This is because before Ramadan I was using IF along with CICO and so I weighed myself 12 hours after dinner. Now that my last meal ends around 4AM, I thought it would be alright to weigh myself 12 hours after.

I'm a 5'3, 20 year old female with a goal weight of 114lbs.

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Binged last night and feeling terrible, any advice?

Hey, long time lurker first time poster here.

Context: I've (24F) been doing the couch to 5k running plan for 7 weeks now and cico for around 4 weeks without any major slip ups. Sure I've gone over what I hoped I would eat by a few hundred cals every now and again and had arranged "cheat meals" but overall I've been steadily losing weight.

Last night I completely lost it and turned to emotional eating like i havent since my teenage years. I work designing medical technology for a university/hospital so obviously everything at work is crazy stressful now. I decided there was no point to doing any of this weight loss stuff any more, as all I am doing is staying home at my computer all day. I might as well just do what I want. So I ordered a huge takeout (I would guess around 3000 calories, and this was after I'd already eaten a healthy dinner) and ate as much as I physically could of it while watching divorce court in my pjs.

I made the massive mistake this morning of logging "the event" on MFP and it basically ate up my entire calorie deficit for the last week. I can't help but feel super unmotivated about this and don't even want to start tracking again. How do I pick myself up after something like this and stay on the wagon?

Tl;dr: I ate a takeout and am feeling sorry for myself

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