My success with quarantine and weight loss

I’ve been mildly overweight for most of my childhood and it carried on to my teens. Right now at 18 I’m getting close to getting the body I’ve wanted and in all honesty its thanks to the quarantine. By not going out I realized I ate out often and ate more than I needed. At home I started eating 2 meals a day skipping lunch. I started with a filling breakfast 2-3 eggs and ate whatever I wanted at dinnet without going overbroad. After the first week not having lunch didnt cause cravings or hunger. On instances where I got the cravings I drank water and waited a few minutes then it dissappears. I’ve lost around 10 kilograms/22 pounds over 3 months. Went from 79 to 69 kgs. So proud and happy. My body feels much more capable of doing things and I’m more energized during the day.

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People noticing

I started trying to exercise more and improve my diet a few months ago, and since early April I've lost about 22 lbs. I live in Canada and they've declared it safe to gather in small groups, so some out of town friends and I got together this weekend for the first time since before the quarantine started. The first thing my one friend said when I walked in the door was "Holy crap, where's the rest of you?" Some other friends showed up later and commented on how good I looked since they saw me last.

I still want to lose another 20 lbs. or so, but with no one but myself for company the last few months it was hard to gauge how my weight loss was actually looking. Having people who hadn't been there for the slow transition, but just to see the results, I got some good outside perspective.

I guess all this is to say that I found these interactions encouraging and they make me want to keep going to lose the rest of my excess weight. Sometimes when you see yourself every day and only see the weight loss really gradually it can be hard to see the progress. Other people can be more likely to notice a difference, and their perspective can help you see how far you've come.

Hope everyone else is here is having positive experiences too. Losing weight is hard work, so much respect to all of you for the progress you're making.

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NSV: I’m excited for life

After turning 22 on May 1st of this year, I decided that I wanted to live the life I’ve always dreamed of. That’s when I decided to start my journey “officially”. I’ve been on and off calorie restrictions, lifestyle changes, etc. my whole life.

I was diagnosed with pcos at age 11 and unfortunately pcos just makes putting on weight easy and losing it hard. Not to mention all the medications and hormones I had to be on at the age of 11, as a child.

I was a normal weight my whole life. Then after I was diagnosed I was put on birth control and tons of hormones to try and “fix” my symptoms all they did was mask my symptoms and make my weight spiral. Hormones & birth control already hugely negatively affect female bodies, but to be put on all those hormones as a child in the middle of puberty! It really screwed up my body, as well as the horrible mental side affects.

Pcos unfortunately comes with side affects of depression and anxiety, I already had both of these prior to being diagnosed. Then add in hormones and birth control that also increase depression and anxiety. Plus being a middle school girl with a beard, acne, oily skin, and being over weight, just made all of these things worse. My social anxiety doubled, and so did my depression. All these issues lead to a world wind of mental health and self esteem issues.

My social anxiety became crippling and has been that way since. Pcos doesn’t just affect my body in negative ways, it affects every single aspect of my life. I thought I could only dream of having a good life, where I had friends and got to do normal things a 22 year old does.

But then I decided to try and tackle some of my issues. So I got laser hair removal, found an endocrinologist who takes me seriously, and now my life has improved so much.

I’ve been put on a medication to improve my hair growth (I also have androgenic alopecia, as if all the other horrible symptoms weren’t enough), and my skin has cleared immensely. So now all that’s left to do is to manage my symptoms without hormones and to lose weight. Which I what i decided to finally tackle on May 5th 2020.

My starting weight was 200lbs my current weight is 173lbs I’m 5’3. I can’t even see a difference and I know I didn’t lose that much weight yet, but my life has improved so much. I think my life has improved because my social anxiety and depression is so much better now. Which I thought was never a possibility.

I’m actually okay with going out into public now, and I’m looking forward to my future. I finally feel like I can accomplish all the things I want to now.

Of course I still have bad days, unfortunately that’s something I will have to live with forever. But now the good days outweigh the bad, whereas before I couldn’t even remember having a good day.

Honestly I have such a long road ahead of me and a lifelong fight with this disease, but now I know there’s hope. That’s what’s motivating me to keep going.

I’m not sure how many people are going to take the time to read this, or even care. But I just want all you to know, weight loss is about more then just aesthetics. It’s about your quality of life and health, please don’t give up. I know you can do it!

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I look like someone else in the mirror 28F SW: 301 lbs CW: 269 lbs

Today after a long day out and about came home and passed by my bathroom mirror. I did a double-take. I looked like a different person in the mirror. I could see my natural face shape a bit more. I could see my features as they naturally are, not as my added face fat has warped them to be. I've only lost around 30 pounds so far, but I have seen a huge difference in my face and it all culminated in this profound moment for me - my wieght loss is working and the proof is right in front of me. And I'm still very heavy, so I can't wait to see what I look like further down the road.

This has been a huge new source of motivation. I've hardly ever stuck to a weight loss stretch long enough to see results and it is incredible. It's a hard feeling to describe.

I have been using CICO and doing walking and aerobic exercise. Hoping to start C25K very soon.

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Weight Loss Win!

I have always been a yo-yo dieter, and over-restricted myself unsustainably. Almost exactly a year ago, at my wedding no less, I (25F, 5'4") weighed 200lbs on the nose. I had to have my dress let out, which was disappointing, but I felt no less beautiful on the day. Fast forward a bit, in March my state closed down and I began working from home, which gave me the mental space I needed to revive my past efforts.

I had the most success in the past with CICO, and had recently learned about IF (16:8). These two tools have given me the ability to lose weight sustainably without feeling like I am missing out on anything. I still get to eat the things I want, within reason, and it doesn't require me to add any crazy work-outs. (Although, obviously the more calories you burn in a day means the more calories you get to eat in a day, so I try to get my steps in.) My goal was to eat between 1200-1500 calories a day, but mostly to maintain a minimum of a 500 kcal deficit. (According to my fitbit app, that is the deficit for a projected loss of 1lb/week).

My starting weight at the beginning of March was 192.6lbs. I stagnated in June and hovered around 181lbs. It's been hard for me to stick with it because I don't feel all that different. (Although I recently came across a picture from a year ago, and holy s**t, FACE GAINS). I decided to redouble my efforts at the beginning of July, and today I weighed in at 175.2!

This wouldn't be an overwhelming victory if I didn't mention this detail, I've been overweight, technically obese, the entire time that I've known/dated my husband (26M, 6'1"), so for 6-8 years. Today, I weigh exactly 1.5lbs less than him! I hope by this time next year to have reached my goal weight, and this is one small step on the way to achieving that. Best of luck to the rest of you on this journey!

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How I lost 60+ pounds in 6 months (227 -> 164) | M 24 5'9

This year I decided to make a lifestyle change that resulted in losing 63 pounds in the first six months. I had tried to lose weight in the past and while I would lose about 10 lbs each time but I had a tendency to abandon the journey and gain it all back. I knew I had to do something different if I wanted to actually make a difference in my health.

Motivation

I realized I lacked a 'why' every other time I attempted to lose weight. I knew if I wanted to get serious about losing weight I needed a new mindset, a 'why' to drive me. I was surprised at how my reason for losing weight evolved as I started seeing the pounds come off. My initial motivation was quite superficial, I wanted to lose as much as I could before a cruise that we had planned in late March. I pinned a photo of the ship on my bedroom door so I would see it each morning. This helped me get started and I believe having the constant reminder in the form of the photo on my door was key in getting my ass to the gym and keeping my diet straight at first.

After COVID hit our cruise was canceled and while it was a bummer, I knew I needed to keep my weight loss efforts up. I no longer had the motivation of the cruise, but I was able to find motivation elsewhere. I started noticing improvements in my health, I had way more energy, less back, knee and hip pain, and I was no longer waking up feeling like shit due to what I had eaten the night before. Continuing to improve my health became my prime motivator. I also have a Fitbit to track my progress, seeing that progress was also very motivating.

Diet

I am not a fan of fad diets or diets that require a lot of effort like keto, so the focus on my diet was to eat less and to incorporate more vegetables into my daily consumption. Overeating was obviously the reason I was fat, I had associated food with feeling good so I would eat until I was overstuffed and ended up feeling like shit. I was stuck in a negative feedback loop of eating to feel good, then feeling like shit.

Since my main focus was to eat less, I didn't shy away from things that I normally would overconsume like pizza and ice cream. As long as I was in a deficit I told myself that I could eat whatever I wanted. I think this was a key factor in why I was able to stick to the diet. In the past I would restrict certain foods like pizza and try to eat super healthy which would ultimately set myself up for failure. When my diet failed, I failed, and I quit the journey. To hold myself accountable, I counted every single calorie that I consumed every day for the entire 6 months. I would occasionally estimate the amount I was consuming when I didn't have a scale but I always tried to overestimate. I couldn't recommend getting a food scale enough, it was much easier to accurately track what I was eating when I was able to weigh it.

Exercise

I was once told that losing weight is 80% diet and 20% exercise so I put more effort into making sure I was on top of my diet, but still wanted to improve my fitness with regular exercise. I decided to get a gym membership at Planet Fitness right from the start. I always hated the gym but felt much more comfortable with the atmosphere at Planet Fitness so it was easier to push myself to go. I was able to force myself to go consistently enough that I built a habit of going to the gym. As my energy levels increased I felt a need to move my body and actually had 'cravings' to go to gym when I hadn't been in a few days. Going to the gym at this point became subconscious, rather than having to force myself to go. At the gym I would focus more on cardio for calorie burning, but if I had time I would do strength training as well.

During this time I also started hiking long distances. I quickly fell in love with hiking and I was doing 10-15 mile hikes once, sometimes twice a week on the weekends during the colder months. When the gyms closed due to COVID and the temperature started to heat up, I picked up cycling for exercise. I developed a similar passion for cycling and I try to get on the bike 3 times a week. It is much easier to ride bike for an hour in the Texas heat than it is to hike 10+ miles.

Conclusion

I feel like this weight loss journey has made me more mentally mature and I've realized I am able to do anything within my means as long as I put my mind to it. Not only has my physical health improved but I feel like my mental health is stronger than ever. I have more self confidence and am less worried about my appearance.

I plan to continue my journey but I want to shift more focus to strength training. I plan to stop counting calories now that I know how much I need to be eating in an attempt to maintain/continue losing. My goal was to change my lifestyle and it worked. I surprised myself how easy it was to lose weight once I got the hang of it and it became my new normal. Waking up and deciding that something needed to change was the best thing that has happened to me.

Thanks for attending my TED talk.

Progress pic*

*I decided to recreate this picture from my 22nd birthday in 2018 for my 24th on June 28th.

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Getting it done!

So I started my weight loss endeavor at the end of April, this year. I'd say I've been doing CICO for about 11 weeks now.

Previous attempts have always failed for one reason or another, mostly because I'd let other things get in the way and I'd make excuses for why I shouldn't feel bad about slipping off of the diet. Granted, it was usually a big ticket thing that would get in my way, but I've failed more than I succeeded.

No more. I'm not letting job stress, family drama or anything else get in my way. I know I haven't been doing this long (this time) but I've been sticking with it, and my motivation is finally in a good place. I'm doing this as a LIFESTYLE change, not a DIET. That's the difference. I'm making a permanent change in the way I eat and view food.

As of this morning, I'm down 22 lbs. I put on a shirt from my closet that wouldn't fit before, and fits great now. And tonight I'm going to go out with the hubby and kids and bury myself in some greasy pizza. I know that I shouldn't and won't deprive myself of these small indulgences. If I want pizza, I'm going to have it, dammit, because I know that I'm going to get up in the morning, go for my long walk, eat a healthy breakfast, drink plenty of water, and get right back on track!

What's the point of making this change if I treat myself like I can't stray or make a mistake? It's going to happen, sometimes on accident, sometimes on purpose. Long as I get back on my horse and move forward it's OK! This may not work for everyone, but it works for me and that's what matters.

Good luck to all of you out there still pushing forward!

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