Reached a healthy weight, but I'm CONSTANTLY hungry

24 year old male, 63kg, 5'11. I have lost over 50kg in 10 months. Obviously it required quite an extreme calorie deficit but I am very proud of how far I've come and I'm now back to eating a normal amount.

I used to do OMAD as it was most successful for me in my weight loss, but now I am trying to maintain. I still do 16:8 as I don't want to get into the habit of eating throughout the day. I usually eat 2 meals, one at 3pm, another at like 9pm. Go to bed around 1am.

I eat 1800 calories a day, that seems to be my maintenance, so I can't eat any more. I do one hour of vigorous exercise every day and lift about 3 days a week. I am trying to get rid of the last bit of stomach fat without losing weight (trying to recomp).

I have started feeling weak and lacking energy during the day and even when I eat I always want to eat more but I resist the urge. I feel light headed a lot and just a lot of aching hunger often.

I am very careful with making sure I get enough vitamins, minerals etc. All my food is weighed and calorie counted, I can't see a reason why I should be hungry.

Will it get better? Is this just an adjustment period? I understand my rapid weight loss has probably caused my hormones to go out of whack but it really sucks. Any tips to get rid of it? I have considered trying appetite suppressants but I don't want to rely on them.

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Don't rush your weight loss.

Trust me, I totally understand wanting to have this done as quickly as possible but we have to keep in mind that we all know that we didn't put this weight on just a month or two, so we shouldn't expect it to be gone in just a month or two. It takes time to lose weight safely. When we try to do it too quickly, we put ourselves at risk of having LIFELONG issues because of it. Take the time to set yourself up in a way to safely remove the weight and be able to learn and keep yourself to habits that will help you continue to keep the weight off.

Often when we try to rush through this, we doom ourselves to gaining the weight back and most likely a good amount more.

Give yourself time to do this. Yes, it may not be done quickly, but you will be setting yourself up for a better chance of keeping it off.

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Trying to lose weight- any advice/tips?

I am 6’2” 15F and I weigh around 200 pounds

I start band camp in just over a month and I want to lose weight and be healthy for that so that I can be more active and not get as tired easily. I’ve been eating extremely healthy, no breads/pastas and a low/none processed sugar intake. I don’t drink sodas or eat a lot of sweets to begin with.

I’ve been swimming for a few hours each day and the other thing that’s been happening is muscle gain. I do want to be strong and have muscles, but I want to lose the fat first. I have a muffin top and flabby arms. The flab has been going down but it’s taken a very long time, meanwhile my biceps and quads are huge with just 2 weeks of swimming.

While I realize that I’m still growing, I want to be healthy and not have fat around my midsection.

Any advice or weight loss tips would be greatly appreciated :)

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NSV: I’m a strong mommy

Yesterday I carried my almost 6 year old for a mile - he got a tummy ache at the farthest point from home on our regular evening walk. Today I lifted my (screaming) 2 year old back into her crib ~40 times in 35 minutes until she finally fell asleep. My 2 year old weighs 27 pounds and the crib rail comes up to my chest (I’m short). Also, she’s very wriggly.

I don’t think I could have done either of those things 6 months ago. I added strength training as part of my weight loss strategy about a year ago. I didn’t realize when I started the bang on effects it would have on my life.

I started out doing Starting Strength (which was great for me as a beginner because of how simple it is). I switched to New Rules of Lifting for Women about 4 months ago and am liking it so far (the approach feels a bit more balanced than SS, even though it’s more complicated). I only lift 2-3 times a week, and the routine only takes 30-40 minutes.

I run 2-3 times a week as well, and it does wonders for my mental health, but for life changing effects, strength training has helped me the most.

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I ran 4 times this week!

I run pretty slow for a medium active person (6.45/km around 11 min mile?) so i know it’s nothing to most of you here. honestly it is the first time i really committed to running. most of the time i run because of school training commitments but i’m starting to enjoy this routine (although i wanna die on a run cause i’m tired af) but the post run feeling feels good! I am an athlete myself (not running related) so i really want to instil some discipline in myself during this whole quarantine :) running helps me take my mind away from all the negativity and distracts me (by exhausting me lol)

i also want to lose weight so i’ve been eating in moderation. during this quarantine, i do some light weight training (no gyms) and cardio (wasn’t as much as this week)

I hope i commit to do this more often in the weeks and months to come. I can’t believe i actually ran by myself, FOUR TIMES this week itself. i hardly feel proud of myself so this is something big to me. i hope i get past my weight loss plateau 😭😭 (64kg in 2019, lost to 59.5kg (my lowest) in mid 2019 and i recently put on 1kg) :(

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My body is an asshole - I broke my plateau by making a doctor's appointment, apparently

Not going to the appointment, just scheduling it. I've been stuck at 220 pounds for a freaking year now and no amount of calorie counting and eating less has changed that. I finally decided I was sick of my body's shit and made an appointment with my GP to see if she had any suggestions and if she felt I should rule out any potential underlying health issues that could be contributing to the stalled weight loss.

I shit you not, I weighed myself the day after making the appointment and was at 215. I got up this morning and I weighed 213. I'm not celebrating just yet because I know I'll probably balloon right back up to 220 like I always do, and I realize this is not a significant loss, but I also haven't seen the scale go that low in about a decade and it just feels good knowing my body isn't broken.

I fully intend to keep the appointment because my body seems to like plateauing in 10-pound increments. I was stuck at 230 for a while before I was stuck at 220 and I figure if I hit 210, I'll get stuck there too and I still want to see if anything could be interfering with my efforts. Seems all I had to do was threaten my body with weight-related professional intervention - that's honestly the only different thing I've done this past year or so.

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Lost 36 pounds in a year, there's hope for slower and older losers.

I have lost 36 pounds in a year, and wanted to share some hope with other people who are also slow losers. And a big thank you to everyone who posts and comments here. This community is so motivating and supportive.

Since June 2019, I have lost 36 pounds, from 229 to 193 after decades of yo-yo dieting. In June, I realized I needed to figure it out for good or I could easily weigh 400 pounds.

What is working:

· CICO, CICO, CICO and the Quick Start approach on this subreddit. In June 2019, I started making little changes week by week: drinking more water, not counting exercise calories, dropping my calorie budget by 100 calories a day, reviewing patterns daily and adjusting. A year later, it’s now a pretty natural way of eating.

· Started tracking calorie accurately in August using a food scale (after seven years of using the Lose it app). Eyeballing calories was incredibly misleading: my “one” ounce of cheese was actually three, it wasn’t two ounces of cream in my coffee but six! A “small” handful of nuts was actually two ounces and a huge calorie count.

· Prior to June 2019, I could easily eat 3000 calories a day (and still feel hungry!!). Now I am averaging 1550 calories a day and NOT feeling hungry!! Not feeling hungry because of: IF (16:8 but not strict); two meals a day; 50% of calories from fat; drinking 8 to 10 glasses of water a day; and a Goldilocks approach to carbs (50 to 100 grams a day) as too many carbs trigger cravings but too few carbs trigger depression.

· I still have treats: dark chocolate, raspberries, an occasional IPA, Halo Top, my favourite burger). However some foods are not worth the calories: store bought baking, fast food French fries, chips, iced-tea, soda, etc.

· Broke a month long plateau in April 2020 (was actually gaining slightly while meeting calorie targets!) by eating at maintenance for a week. Am now incorporating a 2/5 approach while averaging 1550 calories a day.

· Motivation: this subreddit and the Progress pics subreddit; also my before pics, progress pics and keep going pics; taking measurements; looking at the Lose-it app graphs and that steady trend downwards. Any time my clothes get loose (especially slacks) I donate them and get clothes that fit; wearing loose clothes can easily fool me into thinking I have lost enough weight. Holding the weight lost (bags of cat food, flour) has also been very tangibly motivating, especially when I couldn’t really see or feel the initial weight loss until the first 30 pounds was lost. (It was very helpful to know about the paper towel effect!).

· 36 pounds lost is a good start but still a ways to go to reach 60 pounds lost by my 60th birthday in Feb 2021 and then another 20 or 30 pounds to go after that, and be really $%#$% careful about maintenance.

A progress pic https://www.reddit.com/r/progresspics/comments/gxuttu/f5957_229lbs_193lbs_36lbs_one_year_theres_hope/

Wishing everyone good luck and success on their weight loss journeys, at whatever age you are!

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