NSV i now enjoy food in a completely different way.

So before i went onto weight loss, the only enjoyment i got out of food was the amount and the taste. The more and tastier it was, the better the food was.

Now i realize that there is so much more to enjoy with food. I dont enjoy eating an entire 150g back of chips anymore, or taking big scoops of icecream. I enjoy eating food, knowing that the food im eating is helping me get healthy, there is another part to it now. A psychological part to it. When i eat and i realize this food is helping me the entire experience of that food becomes 100x better.

Today i bought a 40g bag of chips, around 210kcal. Thats not alot for a snack and wont push me over my daily calories. Just knowing that i ate that, and ill still lose weight made the entire experience of eating those chips better. Now its so that i might even enjoy eating less amount of food than i would if i had more, because i know its helping me. I think about this everytime i eat a snack or anything, and i realize that when i weigh myself at the end of the week all the food ive eaten and enjoyed is what has helped me lose weight that week.

This means i dont see eating snacks as cheating at all, i honestly dont like calling it cheating because i guess it kind of carries the connotation that what im doing is wrong. What i am doing is satiating a need i have for sweets or whatever while still losing weight. Im helping myself, not destroying for myself.

Now this is just how i see it ofcourse, feel free to share your own thoughts!

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I am finally done losing weight - One year cut - With PICS

Hello all,

First and foremost, I wanted to thank you all. You've been such a motivation, inspiration, and added to my confidence as I started this journey.

The amazing battles many of you have faced gave me courage to start this endeavor, and I could NOT have done it without the help and support of this sub.

After a year of cutting using CICO (June '19 to now) and lifting (Oct - April), I have finally hit my ultimate weight loss weight.

On June 15th of 2019, I weighed 340lb. I made a posted back then to mention how I would be attempting to change my life after going through an intensively debilitating tragedy with my family. How my life needed to change...

I started CICO. Used MFP and an online tdee calculator, and got to work. I didn't let up, and it became an obsession. I still allowed myself to have the occasional cheat day every once in a blue moon, but I still tracked it. There were pretty rare, because I knew at the end of the day, it would set me back.

My first progress pics were in Sept. I didn't see much change, but I was 40-50lb lighter. I could feel it. My clothes were starting to get looser, and I under 300lb for the first time in a long time.

I kept going, and in October, I started lifting, because I didn't want to lose muscle. I upped my protein, started lifting and did that religiously 3 days a week until the beginning of April.

I was hitting milestones. Down to 250lb. Down 100lb. Down to 212lb (my weight when I went to college gag 11 or so years ago). Then I finally broke 200lb for the first time in my adult life. I didn't think it possible.

But, after a long ass year from June 15th 2019 to July 1st 2020 (today), I have lost 151lb, down from a 42"+ pants size to a 31" waist, wearing a 2xl shirt (barely) to swearing a Small, and being able to run for the first time in my adult life without endangering my knees. I'm actually training for a 5k on July 18th. It sucks.

I couldn't have done this without all of you. Thank you so much, and I'm finally happy to say that I am no longer cutting or losing weight. It's now time for me to start my lean bulk. The goal is to gain about 25lb by the end of December, then I'll start my cutting cycle down to 10% bodyfat.

I certainly have loose skin, which shows up as "lean mass" during my DEXA scan. It's really interesting, because I look at my loose skin, and I feel fat. I see fat. I don't see muscle, because it's all covered. But my DEXA came in at 13.1%, and apparently that's because I have more loose skin than I thought... At least, that's what the guy said.

Anyway, I'm rambling. Thank you all so much, I look forward to seeing more here. And while I'm done cutting right now, I want to stay and encourage the best I can, because if I can do it, anyone can.

I love you all!

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I'm no longer morbidly obese!

Today I stepped on the scale at 262.4, which for my height means that my BMI is under 40 for the first time in over a decade. At the beginning of the pandemic, I weighed in at 318, and back in February, I remember tipping the scale at 333. For the past 10 years, I had been maintaining a weight in the 310-340 range, and the pandemic was the kick in the ass that I finally needed. Hearing about how obese people have worse outcomes, combined with the fact that everything locked down really motivated me to use the forced change in my lifestyle with the lockdown to my advantage. My main hobby before this was playing poker in public card rooms, and they closed all my card rooms! So now I had to find a new hobby, which I decided was going to be focusing on my health. Here are some things that have helped me.

1. An incredibly supportive wife. She has been on her own weight loss journey starting a year before I did and already lost 60 lbs when I started, and is now on the home stretch of her journey. She waited until I was ready, and has been incredibly supportive the whole time. If you don't have a SO, find a friend or a close family member or this subreddit to motivate and support you. I could not do this alone.
2. Greek Yogurt, Greek Yogurt bars and air-popped popcorn are my jam. Greek yogurt is my typical breakfast, and those 120 calories fill me up until my lunch, and the 100 calorie Greek Yogurt ice cream bars are tasty and filling. High protein is definitely the way to go. My "indulgence" is air popped popcorn. I invested in a countertop air popper back in May, but if you don't have one, you can use your microwave as an air popper, cover a glass bowl with a plate for about 4 minutes and youll have nice air popped popcorn. I know it's not the most nutritious thing in the world, but it allows me to have handfulls of food to snack on for only 110 calories. My wife jokes that I'm keeping "big popcorn" in business.
3. Exercising 5 days/week and slowly making those workouts longer and more intense. I started with just 2 mile walks when I was at my heaviest at the start of the pandemic, going all the way up to my new record of 8.64 miles, and running about 25% of the time during those walks. My "normal" days are now doing 4 miles and running about 40% of the time. The progress that I have been able to make here has been tremendous and just unbelievable to think that at over 300 lbs, I was able to run for short distances, and now that I'm well under, I can do so much more.
4. CICO using MFP, and a Fitbit to track HR and TDEE. My resting HR has gone from 65 to 53, and my exercise routine is a big part of that reason. MFP started me at 1950 cal/day and now I'm down to about 1720. As those numbers have declined I have been cutting down portion sizes during meals and usually hit between 1500-2200 cal/day (usually the 2200 on the weekends, and not every weekend). With my activity level and current weight and age, my TDEE averages around 3,800 cal giving me a good deficit. There's no magic bullet, do what works for you whether you're following a specific diet or just want to do CICO, measuring all your food is a must.

Of note: I can now comfortably wear a 2xl for the first time in over a decade. None of the pants I wore to work when I was still going to the office fit me! I'm long overdue for a wardrobe update anyway, and plan to go shopping in August before we go back to the office in September. I still have a long way to go, and I'm super motivated by the progress that others have made. I hope I can provide the same to others on this sub. I'll report back again once I leave the Obese category, which is about another 35 pounds. Only 63 pounds away from my goal!

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Quarantine gain of ...20lb. Yikes!

I really thought I’d never be someone who would have an upswing on their weight loss journey. I was all like ‘it’s too easy to eat well now!’ ‘I’m never going back to eating like shit!’ ‘I feel so good, why would I fuck this up!’. Past me, you absolute fool!

I moved back in with my Mum 14 weeks ago because covid, quarantine, you get it. We’ve been keeping each other company through this whole thing, and yeah, it’s generally been nice to be around my family all the time again, but goddamn. The food here. THE FOOD HERE.

I’ve written on here previously about how it is basically impossible to eat my regular diet while living with my mum. Mostly that ‘one portion’ (more like 3!!) of her dinners is always like 1000 calories. Combine that with me having a lot of time to hone in my baking skills and sitting at my regular 1200 is ROUGH.

I can OMAD, whatever. The issue is more that she makes shit that is the least satisfying and satiating way to eat 1000 calories. Like, vegetables soaked in butter. Come on!! It makes them taste worse, and there’s an extra 200 calories for no. fucking. reason. Also, I am never eating another bowl of pasta again after I go back to my own house. I never thought I’d actually miss eating a bowl of steamed vegetables for dinner.

I digress. I got so tired of starving myself to fit these ridiculous meals in my schedule, so tired of worrying about calories, so tired of not being able to drink, so tired of this whole situation that I just gave up for a month. And then another month. And then another.

I’ve gained like, 18lb back. My self esteem is probably the worst it has ever been, and that is really saying something. I feel ashamed, I can’t look at myself in the mirror. I feel like I’m killing myself with every bite but for some goddamn reason I can’t get myself to stop.

I know that the second I go back to living alone and having control of my diet, I’ll be fine, I’ll lose it all again. But that won’t be anytime soon. My town is now locked up for another month and I’ll be working from home for 8+ more weeks at a minimum. I’m trapped here.

My motivation is gone. My good habits are gone. It’s my own fault. I’m annoyed as hell about it. I want to go back to losing but there has never been a more monumental task.

My one year anniversary is this week. And I’m right back where I started.

Sorry for the rant. I think if someone who isn’t my stupid no-self-control brain tells me off, it might help. Please slap some sense into me.

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NSV: Cheated on my diet without binging for the first time in 3 years!

Yesterday, my parents bought home a 4kg box of brownies. I have a really toxic relationship with food and have had binge eating disorder for ages. For some reference on how bad it is, I've gained 22kg (48lbs) In the last 6 months. I've experienced many fluctuations in my weight - large amounts of weight loss and gain but recently my BED has gotten so bad to the point that I lie about binging to my dietician because I'm embarrassed about how much I eat. I have literally eaten 12 Krispy Kreme doughnuts, 1 footlong sub and drank 0.5 litres of pepsi in my last really bad binge session. I've eaten upwards of 13k calories in a day. Ive been on/off dieting for the last few years (diet, binge, diet) and it's made me gain a LOT of weight. (Need to lose about 50lbs to normalize my BMI) Anyway, I saw the brownies and was like "fuck it, I'm gonna end up binging anyway". You know what I did though? I had 4 small pieces and then left it. Usually I would've had 15 small bits with a quart of milk and a grilled cheese and 50 other foods and then cried myself to sleep. I went 400 calories over my limit, and I managed to stop. Not sure why - I wasn't having a good day anyway, and I'd usually binge. Very happy with myself and looking forward to losing the weight now that I'm beginning to learn self control :)

Also sorry if the paragraph is structured weirdly, im on mobile and still really happy from the win I got yesterday

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Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Wednesday, 01 July 2020? Start here!

Today is your Day 1?

Welcome to r/Loseit!

So you aren’t sure of how to start? Don’t worry! “How do I get started?” is our most asked question. r/Loseit has helped our users lose over 1,000,000 recorded pounds and these are the steps that we’ve found most useful for getting started.

Why you’re overweight

Our bodies are amazing (yes, yours too!). In order to survive before supermarkets, we had to be able to store energy to get us through lean times, we store this energy as adipose fat tissue. If you put more energy into your body than it needs, it stores it, for (potential) later use. When you put in less than it needs, it uses the stored energy. The more energy you have stored, the more overweight you are. The trick is to get your body to use the stored energy, which can only be done if you give it less energy than it needs, consistently.

Before You Start

The very first step is calculating your calorie needs. You can do that HERE. This will give you an approximation of your calorie needs for the day. The next step is to figure how quickly you want to lose the fat. One pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories. So to lose 1 pound of fat per week you will need to consume 500 calories less than your TDEE (daily calorie needs from the link above). 750 calories less will result in 1.5 pounds and 1000 calories is an aggressive 2 pounds per week.

Tracking

Here is where it begins to resemble work. The most efficient way to lose the weight you desire is to track your calorie intake. This has gotten much simpler over the years and today it can be done right from your smartphone or computer. r/loseit recommends an app like MyFitnessPal, Loseit! (unaffiliated), or Cronometer. Create an account and be honest with it about your current stats, activities, and goals. This is your tracker and no one else needs to see it so don’t cheat the numbers. You’ll find large user created databases that make logging and tracking your food and drinks easy with just the tap of the screen or the push of a button. We also highly recommend the use of a digital kitchen scale for accuracy. Knowing how much of what you're eating is more important than what you're eating. Why? This may explain it.

Creating Your Deficit

How do you create a deficit? This is up to you. r/loseit has a few recommendations but ultimately that decision is yours. There is no perfect diet for everyone. There is a perfect diet for you and you can create it. You can eat less of exactly what you eat now. If you like pizza you can have pizza. Have 2 slices instead of 4. You can try lower calorie replacements for calorie dense foods. Some of the communities favorites are cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash in place of their more calorie rich cousins. If it appeals to you an entire dietary change like Keto, Paleo, Vegetarian.

The most important thing to remember is that this selection of foods works for you. Sustainability is the key to long term weight management success. If you hate what you’re eating you won’t stick to it.

Exercise

Is NOT mandatory. You can lose fat and create a deficit through diet alone. There is no requirement of exercise to lose weight.

It has it’s own benefits though. You will burn extra calories. Exercise is shown to be beneficial to mental health and creates an endorphin rush as well. It makes people feel awesome and has been linked to higher rates of long term success when physical activity is included in lifestyle changes.

Crawl, Walk, Run

It can seem like one needs to make a 180 degree course correction to find success. That isn’t necessarily true. Many of our users find that creating small initial changes that build a foundation allows them to progress forward in even, sustained, increments.

Acceptance

You will struggle. We have all struggled. This is natural. There is no tip or trick to get through this though. We encourage you to recognize why you are struggling and forgive yourself for whatever reason that may be. If you overindulged at your last meal that is ok. You can resolve to make the next meal better.

Do not let the pursuit of perfect get in the way of progress. We don’t need perfect. We just want better.

Additional resources

Now you’re ready to do this. Here are more details, that may help you refine your plan.

• Quick Start Guide - Build your foundation!
• Loseit Compendium - Frame it out!
• FAQ - Answers to our most Frequently Asked Questions!

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I'm writing this for accountability and to get back into the weight loss mindset!

Good morning everyone,

You don't have to read this as it's more of a vent for myself, but today is the day! Over the past few months, I've been trying to get back onto the health cycle and get back down to my happiest weight (24F, 160cm, SW: 132lbs GW: 122lbs). I just cannot get into the mindset I had before! I was so focussed and enjoyed eating better and eating less, but it's just not happening at the moment. Not sure whether it's down to lockdown at least partially, but I'm sick of it!

I got an Apple watch yesterday and so am holding myself more accountable for my exercise and steps. I'm going to start using My Fitness Pal again, but properly this time: everything logged, no cheating. I'm going to stop picking at little bits of food when I'm prepping dinner and between meals. I can't run at the moment as I had a bad sprain 3 weeks ago which is really getting me down, but I'm going to up my cycling instead and go as many mornings as possible. I am not going to eat when I am bored.

This is a post to mark the fact that I am serious about this weight loss now. I'm bored of faffing around! This is it! It's out there, in public, for all of you to see. I am holding myself responsible for my health and my weight. Good luck everyone and keep up the amazing work.

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