1 year of weight loss, almost 55 lbs down!

A year ago I finally got serious about losing weight and joined Reddit for the support and inspiration. So happy I made that decision and stuck with it through the ups and downs. I thought it would be fun to do a before and after comparison of my daily routine to appreciate how far I’ve come!

Before- wake up feeling groggy, have a soda to perk me up. Eat an unhealthy breakfast like sugary cereal or pancakes drowned in butter and syrup. Take the bus to work and change into my XL scrubs using the elevators to move around the hospital. Usually packed a fairly healthy lunch because I was embarrassed eating around my co-workers. In the evening eating whatever and as much as I wanted for dinner. Usually something quick and easy because I was so tired and had horrible back pain. Finish off the evening with lots candy or other sweets.

No exercise, no care about calories or sugar. No wonder I was so big!

Now- usually wake up feeling energized and do a 30 minute workout a few days a week. Eat a small breakfast with at least 20 grams of protein, if it’s a rest day I fast until lunch. Walk to work, put on my medium scrubs and take the stairs. Pack a healthy lunch because I want to and have a smaller dinner tracking all my calories. I can put more effort into cooking now that my back pain is gone and I have more energy. Still have something sweet if it fits my calories but I limit myself.

So proud of all the changes I made and can’t wait to see where I am next year!

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Don't let others invalidate your hard work

Since the end of May, I've now reached a total of 20lbs lost. I'm very excited and very proud of myself for this achievement; I've been much more active with going out for walks every day and I've changed my diet to one where I'm eating balanced portions while still indulging myself in the things I enjoy in moderation. I thought my family would be happy for me too, especially since they are the ones who commented on how big I was in the past. However, they've made statements and lectures towards me thinking I'm "taken things too far" because I no longer eat the same meals as them and my weight loss has been physically noticeable.

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(Spoiler alert: They asked me on two consecutive days if I wanted tinned hot dogs. I declined both times not because I'm not hungry, I just don't want those shitty tinned hotdogs. Blegh)

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My point of this post is, be proud of yourself for your accomplishments. If you look and feel good about yourself because of your hard work, that's what truly matters. Living with others who can see that you're trying to better yourself can be difficult in the sense that meal schedules/expectations can clash, and some people are just pretty darn rotten that seeing you do so well for yourself can make them realise they're not exactly in the best situation themselves. And somehow, that's your fault.

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We shouldn't have people bringing us down, even unintentionally. So remember, you're doing hard work to better yourself and you know your own accomplishments better than anyone else. Be proud, be safe, and keep up the good work!

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The fallacy of “tall-people envy” from short people trying to lose weight.

On this sub and other weight loss communities, I keep on seeing time and time again of short women with low TDEEs complaining that they cannot lose as quickly as tall people, nor are they allowed to eat as much as tall people. Today, I will explain, as a short woman myself, why this discrepancy is actually not unfair.

Firstly, there is little use comparing your weight loss numerically by the pounds lost. Since shorter people are, well, short, 1 pound has little place to go and takes up more width than 1 pound on a taller person. Likewise, the opposite is true. When a short person loses 1 pound, it looks like a bigger loss than a 1 pound loss on a taller person. This is why short people should have smaller deficits, and why shorter people become obese at smaller weights. It’s because every pound matters more.

Just look at r/progresspics. A 20 pound weight loss on a shorter woman would be visually equivalent to a 40 pound weight loss on a taller woman (who started out similarly visually). Similarly, the same numeric weight loss is more visible on thinner people than fatter people.

Likewise, it is not unfair that shorter people have lower TDEEs than taller people and therefore should eat less. It is important to remove any preconceived notions of food, such as it being a treat, and treat food as it actually is: fuel. Food is technically supposed to just be fuel for your body to survive and function. A shorter person needs less fuel to survive as a taller person at the same BMI because they technically have less overall mass. This also means shorter people are also supposed to feel fuller on less food because your body should signal that it’s all the fuel it needs. Likely, if you are on this sub, there’s a high chance that you are overweight and messed up this hunger signal. Therefore, it may be hard at first to adjust to the amount of calories you actually need.

In conclusion, the same amount of pounds looks different on a shorter person vs a larger person, and shorter people need less fuel (food) to survive compared to a taller person.

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My weight loss journey as a teenager and young adult!

I've been a long time lurker on this subreddit and have been so inspired by some of your stories that I felt now was the perfect time for me to post this!

From a young age I had always been overweight, and unfortunately due to this I was bullied, and the love/hate relationship with my body began! When I was 15yo I was sitting @ 6"1 - 230lbs and I have a few photos of myself around this time and weight, at this point the bullying really ramped up and my desire to be in photos or take any of myself reduced to zero, I have no photos of me past this point until now!

Around 17yo my weight gain increased significantly, I was uneducated on calories and what I was putting into my body, and ended up at my heaviest around 290lbs, since then I've been in a very strange mindset around my body and especially taking my shirt off or other people seeing my body, when I was 18/19 I started underfeeding, unfortunately no pictures of this either, I lost +100lbs in the space of just over 7 months and my body was not thanking me for it, I lost a lot of the weight so rapidly that my skin would hang off of me! I lost weight in an attempt to make myself feel good about my body and myself, and ended up looking in the mirror and still not liking what was looking back at me!

Since then I have completely self educated myself on food and have been counting calories on and off for 2/3 years, I've put weight back on and reduced some of that shame around loose skin, my mental attitude around my body has been very up and down over the years, but now I genuinely feel on track to hitting my target weight and being happy and healthy the way I am! I am now 22yo @ 6"4 - 205lbs and am really happy sitting at this weight +/-5lbs!

I am beginning to the love the body that I am in, and taking care of it properly, one lesson that I learned over this journey is that you should always look after your body, you have 1 life to live and 1 body to do that in! Love your body, no matter your shape or size! And remember anything is possible, our bodies are incredible and can do so much more than you'll ever believe!

I'm still too nervous to show these pictures to people that I know, but I thought I could share them and my Journey with some strangers on the internet :) https://imgur.com/a/ic0ts1g (NSFW Warning - Topless Male) Thank you all so much for even reading this story and I hope that it motivates or keeps you guys on track, I believe in all of you!

P.S please excuse my messy bathroom hahah

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Time to be truly honest with myself... I haven't been losing weight since 2019.

This is what my weight loss journey has been looking like for the past couple years. As you can see, I was able to be very consistent and lost a good chunk of weight in 2018, but I've been slowly gaining it all back... I've been alternating periods of time where I lose weight, then gain it back plus more. I'd follow my CICO plan for a week, then ruin it all by eating way above my maintenance. I'm so ashamed I've let myself go that way. I've been telling myself : "You'll lose it all and you'll look good and feel good about yourself!", but truth is, I haven't been committed enough since.

Today is the day I change this mindset and learn how to be disciplined again, after having done it once already two years ago. I will not give up and find excuses this time.

Starting weight is 161 lbs (73 kg), height is 5 ft 3 (159 cm)

If you guys have any advices, please let me know <3

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Oh my god!! I'm in the "overweight" BMI category!!!

I'm freaking out right now.

For all of last month I've been eating well, but my heart wasn't into it. I was pretty depressed and had some shenanigans going on that prevented me from exercising a lot. But July feels like a slap in the face (but in a good way?) and with my period ending, the depression lifting, I've been back to exercising daily and I feel great.

I've been waking up to the scale going doing every day of July, and today I unexpectedly hit 178.8!! I'm in the 170's!!

I've also been drinking a shit ton of water each day for the last few weeks, along with yoga and trying to practice mindfullness. The biggest thing I've realized on this weight loss journey is that my mental health is tied to my physical health, if I want to take care of one I have to take care of the other. Otherwise nothing will get done.

Anyways!! I hope everyone has an awesome day, I sure will!

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None of this is making any sense to me.

I am a 5'11 male that started my diet at 200lbs, and so far it's been 4 weeks and the outcome doesn't make any sense to me. For the past 4 weeks I've been counting calories to restrict myself to 1200 calories a day, some days lower, so I can achieve around 4-6 lbs a month of weight loss. I have consistently weight myself and it's always fluctuated between 200-198. I simply do not understand how this is possible. I've been at home the whole time, but I try to walk for 30-60 mins a day and make sure I don't go over my daily calories. Why am I only 1-2 pounds down? According to the calculations I should be significantly more, like 5-10, due to initial water weight losses that people experience in the first two weeks of dieting. I never experienced any water weight related drop in weight. In the first two weeks I went up (how?) From 198 to 200, indicating gain, or at least no weight loss. There is no visible change in the mirror. I'm just wondering how is this thermodynamically possible? How is a 200lb man who is lightly active maintaining weight on 1200 calories? Even accounting for metabolic adaptation, I have never heard of any adaptation this extreme. For context I don't feel any different. No significant loss of energy/lethergy, no spike in hunger (I am actually not even getting that hungry despite the low calories) and no change in cravings, as I still crave the same food I have before the diet. Can someone please make sense of this for me? I struggle to understand the reasoning behind this.

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