Almost a year, and 115 lbs down.

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Progress photos above. I started 6/13/19 at 368.5 lbs. Calorie counting, high protein, weight lifting, cardio, and redefining my relationship with food all played a part. I'm still not done yet, but I'm almost done with losing the weight, and then comes gaining more muscle. Once I get down to about 225, or 20% body fat, I will focus on building muscle and eating in a surplus of calories to do so. I didn't stick to a specific number with my calories, but rather based it on what I burned that day according to Fitbit. The more I burned, the more I could eat. I didn't cut out anything (like cookies, soda, pizza) but limited it and earned it via exercise. Did a little intermittent fasting, but it wasn't for me. Drank a lot of water. But I think the most important thing was being flexible with my calories. If I went over one day, I would just catch up the next day or two. I counted more on a weekly basis than just daily. I was gonna wait until June 13th of this year to post this, but I saw it was my cake day and appreciated the irony of celebrating cake day with a weight loss success story. A lot of reading on this subreddit helped, and so I'll gladly offer some advice on what worked for me to anyone who wants it.

Edit: I'm 6'2"

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Hi! I'm new here and I wanted to say thank you.

I wanted to say thank you because reading your stories and your motivating words has helped me find my motivation and start trying again.

I'm 25 years old (F 5'2" | SW: 130 | CW: 130| GW: 120 ) and my weight loss journey started in March 2019 and I started trying to lose some body fat. I know 130lbs may not sound like a lot (and people like to remind me that it's not) but this weight is mainly body fat which isn't the healthiest for me. I got a body scan and my body fat is higher than it should be (its above average).

Last March I started working out and counting my calories. I didn't weigh myself while I was doing this because I found it bad for my mental health. I saw changes in my body and I started to feel like I had control of my body again. But then I got (sort of) sick. I guess I had the perfect cocktail of factors (stress, eating habits, strict food rules...) to trigger a hormonal imbalance. This caused memory problems, extreme fatigue, and constant full-body hives. When I tried to work out the sweating cause me to break out in hives too. So my workout routine was gone and I no longer had the motivation. This caused my anxiety to be at an all-time high and I isolated myself the whole summer because I was physically uncomfortable all the time. I also became fearful of food, because my doctor told me that it could be a food allergy and I should try to figure it out.

When I finally got better (not fully though, I'm still trying to get back to 100%) I started eating normally and more. I stopped maintaining my weight and gained it all back. I had noticed the changes in my body but today it became very clear. I bought a skirt last summer that I was able to pull up over my hips and it was loose, today when I put it on it fit perfectly. At the time when I was losing weight, I didn't feel like there was a difference but noticing how my clothes felt and fit differently was my motivation.

Now I'm feeling motivated to start trying again, I'm a little scared because I'm worried I might do something wrong and trigger another problem in my body but I don't want to live with the fear anymore.

No one around me supports me when I say I'm self-conscious or feel like I should lose weight but Joining this sub has helped me because you guys are some of the most motivated and supportive people I've seen on Reddit. Thanks for reading. :)

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🎵Starting All Over Again🎵

Posting here before I make my husband and friends crazy with talking about my weight loss plans, goals and progress. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I decided to start my weight loss journey yet again on Monday, May 11.

Somehow I lost 5.5 lbs since Monday, May 11. I think it’s partly from increased water intake (80-100 oz), but primarily I think it was due to slashing my calories in half by counting calories BEFORE eating (big mistake for me to count afterward the first two days, that was eye opening!). I know that this rate will slow down drastically once my body gets use to the new normal...but here’s to hoping my will power sticks around.

Anyway, my first goal was to lose 26.6 pounds, only 21.1 to go.

🤞🏼

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How do you know when to stop?

Hey everyone. I started my weight loss journey 7 months ago at 233lbs. I’m 6’2” 20 year old male. I’m now down to 164lbs, which means I’ve lost 69lbs in that time period. My initial goal weight was 200, once I reached that mark and still wasn’t happy with how I looked I set 185 as my next goal. As I reached 185 I was still not happy and set 170 as the next goal. I’m now at 164 lbs and still losing weight at a rate of 4 pounds a week. I’m still not happy with how I look, and over the last few months I’ve been overly obsessed with my appearance. People tell me I’m too skinny, but I don’t feel much different from when I was 200 lbs. I barely eat. Some days I eat 600 calories a day, others I don’t eat at all. I’m starting to acknowledge that I might have an eating disorder, but in the back of my mind I still feel like I have things under control and I’ll stop losing once I’m happy with how I look. Should I see someone about this or is this a normal thing people go through while losing weight?

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Shame on anyone that hated on Adele for losing weight

I was watching Joe Rogan's podcast and saw that a multitude of people (mainly women) were hating on Adele for losing weight.

I just don't get it. Why would you hide behind your screen and criticize anyone for bettering themselves? This is just ridiculous.

I can assure you she did it for her health and she has a kid. She probably wants to be in her kid's life for a while... She looks really good, like unrecognizable. She was beautiful before, too. But she seems to be very proud and confident of herself and she should for how far she's come. It looks to me like she lost a good 50 plus pounds.

It just really irks me. I know it's out of jealously why people are angry. Like people were really hating on her and being so harsh for no reason... I know there is a reason people are jealous, but c'mon. Let the woman live her life and flaunt her newfound confidence. Losing weight is very hard as is and healthy weight loss should be celebrated to the maximum.

What do you all think?

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LOST 11 KG IN HALF A YEAR

original weight: 70kg current weight: 59 kg height: 160cm lifestyle: business / engineering student so I have to sit a lot

Not sure if it's an achievement or not coz 6 months is quite a long period of time. So basically I:

-reduce my portion (not encouraging you to do it but just wanna let you know i'm on a 900 kcal diet, I'm pretty short and I dont move much, plus I dont have any headaches or faintness, I'm doing fine)

-try to incorporate workout in my everyday life (see I wrote tried so I didn't do much I do like a Chloe Ting vid every month or so - yea just one workout a month lmao)

-walk more : I'm now living in a small town so I like walking down the alleys and streets and I usually walk 15000 steps twice every week

-force myself to go wash the dishes immediately after I finish eating so I would be standing up and that allows my body to digest food quicker (I think)

-I adopted the habit of standing up while eating, with the aforementioned reason

-eat cleaner (ate loads of sweet potatoes, bananas, apples)

-drink cleaner (VERY IMPORTANT! I used to drink coffee / fraps / bubble tea like twice a day so this really helps cut down the sugar intake. I know since theres a quarantine everyone drinks that 1000 darunga ??? coffee??? sorry can't spell but nooo you wouldnt wanna do that on your diet)

-sit up / stand up straight (use your back and core muscles)

-get enough sleep (really important but I guess y'all know this)

-on a diet and feel hungry: I try to drink a lot of tea / water with chia seeds first, if I'm really hungry I'll go eat some baby carrots, and if that still doesn't help, I will cook some chicken breast

-try to move around more in the house

-if I have to work while eating, I'll put my computer somewhere on my tall shelf and stand up (and eat)

I'll update you if I remember anything else. But for now my journey still isnt over, it's just started. My goal is 47kg (oh don't worry I'm an asian so my bone structure is more petite(? it should be fine for me).

Apart from sharing my experiences, could you guys tell me how I can continue to slim down and maintain the weight? Actually slimming down isn't that hard as long as I get the calories and diet right but maintaining the finished figure is a bit demanding. Could you perhaps share some tips?

Thank you for reading. If you want me to continue to post updates about my weight loss journey, please comment down below. Thanks again:) Have a nice day

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I feel weak and tired - is this normal?

F/21/5’4 145lbs

I’ve been using MFP for almost a month, but didn’t follow my goal until about 2 weeks ago. My goal cals is 1,200. I weighed in at around 158.7 lbs in the end of January. I’ve lost 8lbs due to my job (unintentionally) from February to April. Then towards end of April and now, I’m currently at 145 lbs. So in total almost 14 lbs.

I count calories pretty strictly, but just in case I overestimate a little for MFP. I do have a cheat meal to keep me sane, but it’s at most once per week.

I lost 4lbs in 3 days last week in which I was strict about my cals and was working out for 15~ min per day. I was not starving and was satisfied, and I remember for at least 2 days last week I was struggling to fill up my cals. Snacked frequently after my 16-8 fast. I also drink lots of water.

This week the number has not budged and I’ve been feeling weak and tired. I haven’t worked out bc I don’t have the energy for it and have been sleeping a lot to make up for the lack of energy. Yesterday, I had a cheat meal where I ate pizza, mac & cheese, and a popsicle. I felt normal that night besides the food coma and was feeling good this morning too, until this afternoon.

I’m disappointed bc the number on the scale hasn’t budged, but I’m also confused. I know it’s a lot more complicated than just a few factors bc weight loss has so much to do with your body comp, genetics, etc, but does anyone have any ideas? What am I doing wrong? Has anyone felt like this?

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