Do you notice changes or experience any signals from your body that indicate you are going to lose weight?

Hi Everyone,

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Obviously, weighing yourself regularly under similar circumstances confirms weight loss. I was wondering if anyone else can predict when they are going to have a good weigh in based on some signals from their body. I've had weeks where I eat in a 500 a day calorie deficit, exercise and see the scale stay the same. Then I'll have weeks where I do the same eating and exercising habits and I know that I am going to see a loss in the next few days. Here's a few signs/signals I've picked up on:

1. I tends to see a slight change in my face. I know it doesn't sound possible, but I can frequently see a very tiny change.
2. I have experienced the "whoosh" effect. It's been discussed here and frankly it helped me to know something wasn't wrong. For me, I will have a day where it seems like my body can't get rid of enough water and I am constantly peeing. Then the next day you see a 2-3 pound loss.
3. Once in a while, I will have a night of insomnia that feels different from a typical night of insomnia. I feel tired and I'm able to relax......but I can't sleep. It's not like other types of insomnia where I've felt restless, with tossing and turning....or where you fall asleep but can't stay asleep. This is harder to describe. I'm laying in bed, relaxed....I feel warmer than usual...and I just don't sleep. Then when I weigh myself in the morning....I've had a 1-3 pound weight loss.

What about you all? Do you have things that you pick up that indicate you are losing weight? Anyone experience something similar?

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How to STOP a Bad Habit Hack – 126

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Hit a big psychological milestone today, first time weighing under 215 in close to 15 years.

I’ve always worked out and would never be what you would describe as fat but definitely not “cut” or in great shape. My weight has fluctuated around 230 lbs for the entirety of my 20s (31 now). I have broad shoulders so it’s always been easy to hide my spare tire since it has to be huge to poke out when wearing normal clothes. I also used the excuse that because I was strong and could still run I was “in shape”.

At the end of 2019 I had ballooned up to 250 lbs and saw some pictures of myself at a work holiday party and was disgusted with how I looked. Decided to get more serious with weight loss In 2020 and have taken full advantage of the quarantine to shed the lbs.

No calorie counting, but I have cooked almost every meal at home during the quarantine, removed junk food from the house, stopped drinking alcohol (about to hit 100 days no booze), and stuck to a pretty consistent exercise regimen. For April I did an everyday yoga challenge which helped build the pattern of working out not at the gym, I run about 15 miles a week, and do body weight exercises in the yard (pull-ups, dips, and lunges).

From Jan to now my measurements are: Weight -> 250lbs to 214 lbs Hips -> 40 inches to 35 inches Waist (measured at smallest part) -> 38 inches to 31 inches Chest -> 46 inches to 44 inches

For reference I’m about 6 foot 4

I’m missing weight lifting for sure but still loving the results I’ve gotten from the past few months.

My focus is less on the scale and more on the mirror, but I think I will reach my goal body fat at around 200-205 lbs.

214 was a big milestone in my head and I can’t wait to keep up the discipline and get even lower. This community inspires me and I wanted to share my story with others.

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Trusting the Process & Small Victories

Wow, it's been a while since I've posted here.

A little more than a year ago, I started my weight loss journey. I did great for a few months, but then life happened and I fell off the wagon. At that time, I had lost about 16 lbs (7.25 kg), but then from December last year till April this year, I had gained those 16 lbs back, plus a couple more. After that weight crept on, I stepped back on the scale and felt an urgent need for change when 197 lbs (89.35 kg) in glowing blue numbers were shining up at me. I was ready to dive back in and I made a plan for myself.

Since starting up again, I'm down 11 lbs (4.98 kg). My clothes are starting to fit a little better, I feel better, my palate is changing for the better.

Yet, despite all of those positive changes, all it took was one minor uptick in the number on the scale to bring up all these negative thoughts and uncover a boatload of impatience. Even though I knew I didn't eat enough calories to gain two pounds of fat and logically, it was probably water weight, I couldn't help but feel angry and disappointed in myself. Lo and behold, the next day I stepped on the scale, it dropped below my previous weight.

This reminded me of the importance of trusting the process. As long as I keep within my calorie goal, I will keep losing. And if I do go over, it's not the end of the world. Don't let one "bad" day throw you off course. And, there are SO many things that can influence your weight beyond fat gain.

I wanted to take a moment to share and celebrate some small victories I've noticed over the past week. I think it's important to the process to validate yourself and celebrate your successes, no matter how small as they all add up to building the healthier person you're aiming to become, mind and body.

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My Small Victories:

• I've been able to say "no" to myself without remorse when passing fast-food restaurants.

• Fruit no longer tastes like the whisper of a flavor, truly sweet things are too sweet. (Brownies, etc).

• At my doctors' visit yesterday, I had fantastic blood pressure. Ideal, to be exact. I've been close to hypertensive in previous visits, so this was incredible to see. My healthier diet is really paying off.

• Instead of running to the store to replace my finished container of halo top knock of ice cream, I told myself I can wait until the next weekly shopping trip as it's an "extra"/not necessary to my diet.

• I haven't been struggling to stay within my calorie budget.

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I truly believe a large part of my downfall last time around was I was consistently trying to fit unhealthy foods into my calorie budget, which is very hard to do when you're trying not to go above 1300 calories max.

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Here's what's working for me this time around:

• Eating high-volume, low-calorie meals. I've found an abundance that are delicious and filling.

• Eating much less processed foods than I was previously.

• Planning out my meals for the week and only buying what I need.

• Setting aside enough calories at the end of the day to enjoy halo-top ice cream knock offs.

• Allowing myself to enjoy something indulgent if I'm craving something and can fit it into my calorie budget. (I've enjoyed Firehouse Subs and a Gyro without going over my budget so far).

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** If there is any interest, I'd be happy to post and share some recipes that are working for me. :) Thank you for reading this far!

Edit: typo

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Losing weight that you already lost sucks!

Hi everyone! This is my first time posting here, but I really need advice.

Weight loss is hard and confusing. Last week, I was trying hard to stay within my daily caloric intake and was pretty successful, until Sunday. That night, we had lobster, and since I was doing well, I thought it couldn't hurt to have one cheat meal. By cheat meal, I mean a meal that isn't going overboard in calories but still above a caloric deficit. Anyway, I ate until I felt full, but didn't gorge myself. I had weighed myself the day before and was at my new lowest at 128 pounds. And I know you shouldn't weigh yourself too often, but I couldn't help myself. I weighed in at 131 pounds the day after. I panicked, but my mum reassured me that lobster contained a lot of salt, and I had probably gained a lot of that weight in salt or something. I felt reassured, but the next day after eating at my usual deficit, I was at 130. I know that it takes a while for the salt to leave the body, but today it has been almost a week since that salty lobster dinner and I am now at 128, the same weight I was a day before that meal. Did I just spend this entire week losing weight I had already lost just because of one dinner from a week ago! I'm so frustrated because I feel like last week's efforts went down the drain after eating that dinner. I spent this entire week losing the weight I had gained after that day, and its really disheartening that one meal messed up all my efforts from a week ago. Was all this weight just salt still in my body and can I expect to see lower numbers in a few days from my actual weight or did I actually just spend this whole week losing weight that I had already lost. Please help a girl out!

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Hitting the gym for the first time please help

I am really getting the urge to get my life on track and take my weight loss (and hopefully eventual muscle gain) seriously. I signed up for the gym recently so I can have better discipline and a better environment than just working out at home 'cause doing it at home will just never work for me. But I'm wondering, as someone who is 50+ pounds overweight, shy, and asthmatic, what are your tips/tricks/recommendations/ANYTHING for my first workouts? Tldr is that I'm hitting the gym for the first time cause I'm shy and fat and can't breathe please let me know some good and simple starting exercises.

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I want to build a healthy relationship with food. How does that look like for you?

I recently hit my weight loss goal, and now that I am starting into maintenance, my next overall goal is to focus on building a healthy relationship with food, and to improve my eating habits more towards eating healthy, whole foods that are good for me. I lost the weight purely on CICO, and while I'm definitely eating way healthier than before, I know there is some room for improvement.

Over the course of the journey of losing weight I have started to finally love my body, something I could never do before (many of you can surely relate here). I want to treat my body right and I want to fuel it adequately for my workouts and every day life.

I lost the weight on 1200 cal and daily exercise that I usually did not take into consideration, and right now I am trying to eat 1300 cal daily (+- 100). I sometimes struggle with that because my mind has kind of a hard time to get out of the mentality that the bigger the deficit, the better - it has yet to understand that actually, I don't really need a deficit at all anymore.

I'm also constatnly thinking about food, when to eat my next meal, what my next meal will be, how I can plan my food intake around my daily activities, etc. I love food, and cooking and all that comes with it, so I don't mind thinking about it, and planning my meals and all, but right now it's a little bit too obsessive for my taste and I'm looking to tone it down a notch.

Now, I've selected on of my (many) empty notebooks, and that will now be my journal related to all things food. I plan on journaling what I eat, how it makes me feel, where I can see room for improvement, what went good, etc. I also wanna put some basic information in there about nutrition as well as a selection of easy and healthy recipes. Basically a place where I can dump all my thoughts regarding the topic and where I hopefully can document the journey to a healthier me.

I also want to write down some action steps for me to take, I want to outline some healthy habits, and how a healthy relationship with food actually looks like. And this is why I am making this post. I read a lot of inspiring stories on this subreddit of people who have achieved exactly what I want, and I want to learn from you.

What does a healthy relationship with food look like for you? What are things you changed that bettered your outlook on food, and how did you achieve that? What are some things that other people may raise their eyebrow at but that work amazing for you?

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