6 Month Update: I’ve lost just under 50kg (110lbs); ran a 5k without stopping, walked a 25k walk; dropped 13 points from my BMI; walked nearly 2M steps; and had a beautiful baby boy!

Buckle up, it’s a long-ish post, sorry!

Obligatory before and after face gains picture.

M / 29 / SW: 153.2kg / CW: 103.6kg / GW1: 100kg / GW2: 90kg

Hello! Yes, as per the title, I feel like accomplished so much in the space of 6 months and can’t wait to see what the next 6 months has in store.

Overview

I’ve been tracking everything I’ve eaten and drank, my daily steps and my exercises in a spreadsheet to see the trends and for me to play with the data. I made a post about this at the very start of the year, but here's an update to my progress.

When I realised weight loss was pretty much science, that’s when it clicked for me and I found it easier to follow. I worked out my TDEE, chose my deficit and away I went. I didn’t eat back any exercise calories as I knew these weren’t 100% accurate.

I introduced intermittent fasting a couple of weeks into my weight loss journey after stumbling across it on Reddit. It is an amazing tool to help keep myself focused, disciplined and constrict the amount of daily calories I have. I do 16:8 but more recently have been doing 18:6 with the way our routine has worked out going back and fourth from the hospital.

Food

To be honest, the food I’m eating hasn’t really changed, it’s mainly portion sizes that I’ve changed. Before, one of our favourite meals, cajun rice, would have been eaten up in two portions, but now, it does serve four. I’m still treating myself to the odd take out, having treats and candy but just not eating as much.

We shop for groceries online for click and collect and plan our meals out for the week. This is something we’ve done for a while and really helps in both keeping costs down and also not spontaneously buying treats as you walk round the supermarket.

Drink

I haven’t drank alcohol this year. I’ve never really been a big drinker anyway, I just enjoy the odd drink now and then, and especially cocktails!

I used to guzzle squash (cordial drink that you mix with water, for my American friends), like there’s no tomorrow, and I used to drink it very strong. I never liked water, really didn’t like the taste, but that’s now changed completely. I’m now drinking lots of water everyday, and I might have the odd can of Pepsi Max with dinner.

Exercise

I use my Apple Watch everyday and close my rings every day. I have closed all three rings every day since January 9th. I walk the dog everyday at a brisk pace and would take longer walks at the weekend, like 10-20km walks. As my wife was pregnant at the time, I did this alone and just stuck on a podcast or music to listen to.

I try and play Ring Fit Adventure everyday, for like 30-45 minutes. It definitely gets me sweaty and I have fun playing it. It’s not like a gym workout by no means, but it sure does help in my opinion. I’ve got some muscles growing in (is that how you’d say it?)/getting bigger and noticing much more definition than before. Gyms are still closed here but I’m definitely considering joining one when I can to work on the strength training side of things.

Life

Well, this is where it’s all over the place isn’t it? With coronavirus sweeping the world, things are so different! We have had our baby boy! He’s in NICU at the moment, but will be coming home with us in August. He's the biggest motivator for me, for sure. We haven’t been able to see family properly and they haven’t been able to see their new grandchild just yet, but hopefully not for too much longer.

Sleeping is so much different now! I feel like my knees are knobbly and all boney haha! I’m much more happier in myself, I have clothes that fit me better, I’m able to buy clothes in normal high street shops. My back doesn’t hurt nowhere near as much as it did before. I feel more confident, taller (is that possible?)

Sign off

Hopefully that sums up my last 6 months and hopefully there’s just one bit of info that helps you on your journey. I’m happy to answer any questions you have and hope you have a fantastic day!

P.S., I’m over on MyFitnessPal under the same name if you want to add me. Have a great day!

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Losing weight causing family problems

Hello, It's my first post here and I don't know if I can explain my situation the right way, especially since English is not my first language, but let's give it a try. It's 3am here so I'm sorry for any spelling mistakes I've made but I'm too tired to correct them rn.

Till my teens I was really, really skinny person, but developing bad eating habits and no physical activity led to huge weight gain - at the age of 14(M) I was ~ 5'6ft 170cm and my weight was 209lbs 95kg. I was kind of fitting into my family tradition, because everyone around me was overweight or obese, and no one knew anything about good eating habits. Having no support I became "that obese kid" in a school and I was slowly loosing all my friends. I became really shy person and developed many strictly introvert behaviors that stick to me till today.

When my social life and health were completely ruined and I was about to go to high school my sister persuaded my mom to start a weight loss diet. As she says it was hard, because my mom kept saying that "yeah don't ya worry he will be fine he still has plenty of time to grow higher, it's obvious that he won't be overweight in few years". Well, no. I'd probably become damn walking ball (or not even able to walk, I'll mention it later).

First few months of the diet were hard - the only vegetables I ate were tomato and cucumber, so I was really struggling to stick to it, but I had no choice - I was surrounded by healthy food and support, mostly coming from my sister. I was really sceptical about the idea, but days have passed, first pounds have been lost and I started well, can't say I enjoyed the idea but following the diet became easier. After few weeks my sister moved to another country to study, so the hardest period of time has come - me and my mom, both fat and with no motivation and knowledge to follow strict rules from day to day became on our own.

We've managed to follow the diet for 6 months, so to holiday. Then something happend (can't quite remember what) and my mom stopped the diet despite the amazing weight loss success. I had to make a choice if I wanted to keep on track or go back to my shitty life. Because I had no friends and absolutely nothing to do during summer I decided to give it a try and start a diet on my own. During these two months I was cooking alone motivated by the weight loss which started to become visible and more importantly by conviction that I won't get any friends in new school. When school started I somehow managed to make few friends (only 3 but hey, that was a real success for me), and strated (at the age of 15) cooking for me, my mother (she's workaholic, works since 8am to 9pm) and my aunt (obese, whole day every day taking care of my 100yo grandma who's the only not overweight person in my family).

During that period of time I've been diagnosed with hernia in my spine that popped out (the disease is more complex) and overnight I became stuck to bed for few months. Every move I made caused huge amount of pain but rehabilitation helped and I could function normally. At this moment loosing weight was crucial in order not feeling pain whenever I sit or bend over. After a year everyday pain has gone away, but still after a moderate physical activity it was coming back. The next months of diet were passing, and now we are in 2020.

My mom and aunt had a break in the diet for 3 months, mainly because I wanted to give keto a try, but they went back on track after that. During 3 years I have become aware of what is healthy and what is trash food, started exercising and lost over 66lbs 30kg (5'10ft 177cm).

Now my mom and aunt are still overweight because of the habits they were developing their whole lives, but I have achieved success. Loosing weight helped me get rid of pain caused by hernia, made me more sociable and I've made more wonderful friendships but many behaviours I've developed being fat are still sticking to me.

Sorry for really long introduction to the whole situation but I wanted to give you a good picture of my motivations.

Rn I'm looking not so terribly bad, I've been exercising daily for few months but still following a weight loss diet but my (still overweight) family have turned against me. My aunt and mother are the biggest opponents - they say that I look extremely skinny and they can see my bones (they can't, collarbones does not count) and try to prevent my diet at all costs. It's even more weird, because I still cook for them and try to HELP them loose that damn weight.

I've had a long talk with my mom few weeks ago and it helped till now when again she wants to do everything to stop me from loosing weight (now I'm kind of skinny-fat so the more fat I loose the easier it will be to do the cut after bulking) (I just want to get down to the 132lbs 60kgs so only 10/5 lbs/kgs left). I know that she cares about me so I shouldn't be upset but I thought she understood everything when I explained my motivations few weeks ago (it was really honest and hard talk). I don't know how to calm them down and explain that I am definitely not going to become anorectic or anything like that.

I'm doing my best to change my and their lives but it has become extremely hard since everyday I hear that we should visit a doctor, they can see my bones or statements that I don't know when to say stop.

Everyone who is still there, please give me an advice on how I should explain to my family that I'm okay and that the healthy habits are really important to me as they changed my life and greatly improved my mental health. Thanks in advance.

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Made it three weeks without soda!

No small victories. 5 years ago I was at my lowest weight since high school. My face was thin, I was wearing XL clothes again, and I felt good. I was getting attention, and I was no longer the "other" in the room.

5 years later I'm at the heaviest I've ever been in my life. Off the charts in so many ways. Miserable daily.

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Depression brought me down. The daily humiliations kept me down.

But quarantine gave me a chance to start to lift myself back up. Without the pressure of being in public, I was granted the head space to focus on a simple goal.

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Today I'm three weeks soda-free. Weight loss has been minimal, but so has my exercise routine. Going to start some walking now, and will check in in another month or so.

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No matter how slow you're moving, you're always lapping somebody on the couch.

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NSV

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I want to lose 100lbs.

Hi guys,

I’ve posted two separate times in the past. From Jan to July of 2019 I was on my first ever consistent and successful weight loss journey. I was eating right, doing CICO, gym 5-7 times a week and I was seeing results. I lost around 30/35lbs in those months and I felt on top of the world. It was the only time I’ve ever seen active results from my own actions and I felt in control and confident.

In mid June I switched jobs from an office 9-5 to a very busy front desk position at a resort. Although I loved my new job the schedule was all over and my regular set gym time started becoming inconsistent. Add a cafeteria for employees that always had a dessert bar and something greasy for lunch and I was on my way to gaining. Then at the end of July the worst thing that’s ever happened to me happened. My dad died from unexpected heart failure and shattered my heart and all of my will to do anything but exist.

Cut to January of 2020. I’m healing. I got a supervisor job at a Hilton hotel closer to home. But I’ve now gained approx 60lbs since July. The entire weight I worked so hard to lose and now an additional 30+lbs making me the heaviest I have ever been. I weighed in at 245. My previous heaviest was 205. I was ashamed and miserable with myself. I also got incredibly deep and large stretch marks on my stomach and pelvic area which I’ve never dealt with. So that was even more upsetting. I sobbed in the bathroom when I saw them, I didn’t even want my husband to look at me naked. I did that to myself in the matter of months.

I got temp laid off from March to May because of COVID. So in April I joined WW. I always heard good things and thought why not? I lost 12lbs in two months and I really like it so far. It forces me to eat based off the nutritional contents and not just calories. Although I am thinking of potentially going back to CICO. I feel out of control without seeing that I’m in my calorie limits.

Also I’m looking for ways to workout and be active without being at the gym. My husband has severe asthma and I can’t risk bringing the virus home. any tips helps! Right now I’ve been alternating every other day between a low impact video on YouTube and a 30 minute hike/walk.

All of this to say I’m coming from the lowest point of my life so far. I’m 21, I’m 5’4 and I currently weight 230lbs. My GW is between 130-140lbs. I am intimidated but I know I’m capable. Any advice at all is so appreciated. I’ll need it. I don’t want to always be big. I was doing great before and I’ll do even better now.

TLDR: was losing weight in 2019, dad died, gained 60lbs and reached my highest ever weight. Now I want to lose 100lbs to get to my goal of 130.

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How I use my bullet journal for my weight loss

Album is here

I’ve been using a bullet journal since the start of the year. I had one to organize parts of my life but when the weight loss parts were getting too many pages, I decided to split it into its own journal.

I’m not going to show the “initial” setup since it’s a little dated and honestly, I had no idea what I’m doing.

The notable pages are the graph, the milestones/rewards page and the progress pics page where I take a pic at the start of the month to stick on there.

I took pictures of spreads that has helped me from March to now. Like everything, it’s an evolving process but this is what worked for me.

The album shows the pictures out of order but I’ll explain. I split up my monthly pages to two sections: one for food and one for working out. I have thought about making one big calendar with both information but found that I preferred separating it. I wanted to see what I ate and I wanted to see what my workout was scheduled for.

Anyway, here are the spreads I’ve used:

1. Affirmation, Month Title with the weight of each week

I like affirmations. I also find a weight loss related quote to use that. It’s mainly to fill space. I log weight once a week, even though I check everyday.

1. Food log with meal plan

The top is my food log with calories while the bottom is the meal plan of the week. I do OMAD so I don’t really need MFP to log my meals anymore. I add what I use and jot it down. I like meal planning because it helps me organize grocery shopping

1. Mood Tracker with weekly reflections

Color coordinated on the days I’ve done what. Reflections to further process how I’m feeling.

1. Brain Dump

If I have a meal I want to do but don’t know where to put it or look up YouTubers to follow along with my workouts. Super helpful when I’m planning my meals when I don’t know what I want

1. Workout Schedule with habit tracker

I did the Chloe Ting 2 week shred and PIIT 28. I hated figuring out which day I did what workout so this was an easier way for me to fit it. The habit trackers to keep me on track

1. Workout reflections

Where I put my measurements and general thoughts and accomplishments. I’m trying out a new program this time around and wanted to add which video I did and whether the trainer was someone I would want to continue.

I usually have two or four pages left over so I used that for other ideas. Some I used for quick references, other are for book thoughts

So yea, this is my weight loss bullet journal. I could have done all of this online, especially with Happy Scale, MFP, Google Drive but I wanted everything in one place and also, this was another hobby I could do with my hands. Usually I’m focused on this so I don’t snack and any new hobby I pick up that uses my hands, I’m all for it.

I hope this helps some people

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Any tips on making the process fun?

I've just started my weight loss journey, and I have a few things down pat. I've found exercise that I enjoy and that I'm willing to do every day or almost every day. I usually go for a long, brisk walk and do yoga every single day, and I've loved connecting with my body like that. That took ages for me to do because I hate the environment of a gym. If you thrive there, heck yes, it's just not for me. The food's been pretty easy to manage as well - one simple carb a day and not a lot of it, lots of fruit and veggies, lean proteins. It's amazing how easy it's been to slip into this new routine. I've already lost a pound (not a big deal, but I've been struggling forever).

But y'all - I'm miserable. I'm really trying hard not to be a brat, thinking of future scale and non-scale victories, trying to jazz up my options, throw myself into other things in life. Nothing is working. It's just a huge bummer. I know that this is going to take a while. I've accepted that part. Any tips on making it enjoyable in the moment? I don't want to just slug through this and put my happiness on hold. The delayed gratification ain't cuttin' it. I need some part of this to be fun. Is that impossible?

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Happy Cake (Mango Pudding Pie) Day!!

Hey guys! Since it’s my cake day, I (17, F, 5’4) thought I’d share some progress as I came to reddit to find help with my weight loss journey, but I’ve managed to find beautiful and funny communities in other places as well that really brighten up my gloomy days.

I started out my weight loss journey at 228.0 lbs. and am currently getting back to my 140s. I was struggling with my eating habits and have finally gotten a control over it in the last month. What finally worked for me is realizing that I didn’t have to be strict all the time. I started out with eating 1200-1400 calories every day. And although that worked for me weight loss wise, I did feel a sense of restriction that led to binges as well as multiple plateaus. I recently started doing “cycles” in my calories, where some days I’d have 1200, but others I could have up to 1900. Combined with my workouts, it would average out to 1500 calories every day.

This has allowed me to lose about 1-2 pounds a week (I’m hoping to hit 128). This was a big realization for me as I always believed that I wouldn’t lose weight unless I stayed at 1200. Allowing myself to have days where I didn’t necessarily cheat, but had bigger calorie allowances made me feel refreshed and ready to take on the challenge again. If I was starting to break and was feeling a binge coming on, then I would bring my calories up to maintenance for as long as I felt I needed to. I would remind myself that there was no rush and that I could take a big breath.

... And that big breath today is in the form of mango pudding pie which I will pretend to be having in celebration of my Reddit Cake Day!

So to end this note, please be kind to yourselves and remember: Just pretend that you’re a superhero that needs to save your people. Superheroes need those strong muscles (well, except for Thor that one time. Ignore that...).

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