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TL:DR I’ve been obese all my life and have tried almost everything. Trauma, bulimia, and binge eating disorder are factors but years of therapy and dieting have had no effect. I want to try CICO again bc of the advice I’ve read on Reddit. Can it really work? How has it worked for you?
Being massively overweight has been the defining factor of my life. I’ve always been morbidly obese for my age. I experienced trauma as a baby, as well as childhood through teen years, and I believe I coped with the only drug I had access to, junk food. My mom was mentally ill and her meds made her sleep most of the day. We were poor and I can remember just watching tv alone and eating strange foods I could find and make myself. I’d regularly eat saltines with ranch or ketchup on them, tortillas with butter and sugar, soda, baby food, chips/candy, and mayo and cheese sandwiches. I was taken away and placed into foster care aged 10 because of my weight. I think my ability to live long term in miserable situations as well as depression and binge eating disorder have contributed to me being complacent like this. But I’m turning 30 in 6 months, I don’t have a normal life, I am unhappy and I can’t do this anymore.
I have no thyroid issues or medical reasons for being obese. I’ve considered weight loss surgery but that isn’t an option right now. Diets and/or techniques I’ve tried throughout the years, starting in childhood: weight watchers, South Beach, Adkins, calorie restriction, 2 hour daily gym sessions, maple syrup diet, fasting, IF, Keto, Vegan, cabbage soup diet, vegetarian, whole food plant based, dietitian assisted, doctor assisted, years of talk therapy, walking, weight lifting, dancing, high carb, low carb, going days without food, and unfortunately, binging and purging. Most of these lasted anywhere from a week to a few years and I’m bigger then ever.
I had a terrible thought a couple years ago. That if I couldn’t get it under control by age 30, then what was the point in continuing my life? I promise I have no plans to off myself, but I had a point. I feel like I wasted my entire youth having the body of an old frail person. I spent my formative years isolated and unable to connect with my peers. I have no social or dating life to speak of. I’ve experienced countless embarrassing moments, bullying and rude comments, looks of pity, disgust, or mockery. I hide in my house because I can’t stand the mental exhaustion of constantly thinking about how people look at and treat me. I cannot continue on this way.
With the end of my young years coming, I have the motivation to change, I just need the technique. I’m starting an pretty active job soon, active enough that I’ll be in serious pain by the time I come home. It will be as much exercise as I can handle. I’ve stalked this thread long before making an account. I’ve seen so many of you say the CICO finally worked for you. I’ve tried it as well and always fell off the wagon with tracking and back to fast food and binging. Anyone been in a similar situation as myself? Can you describe how CICO has actually worked for you, or what techniques finally did? Thank you.
Hey there :)
I'm a student of applied physics with a (permanent) foot injury. Since I'm a coding, always sit-at home nerd and got quite lazy as a student I gained quite a lot of weight, in fact, going from 75 kg to 92 kg.
Now when I did eat less crap I got down to about 85 kg, before going up to 86.5 - 87 kg ish and staying there for a few months.
Since the start of the covid quarantine, about end of march, I have been walking more and more to lose weight. Where-as
normally I walked around 1 - 1.5 km a day,
In may I walked 3.1 km a day
In june 6.1 km a day
and so far in july 9 km a day.
Which lead to going from 86.5 to 81.5 now
(which, with 182 cm tall is technically a healthy weight, but I still feel fat to be honest)
First of all the question is, is walking a viable way to lose weight?
Second of all, if so, what would be better, walking 2 times 45 minutes, or 1.5 hours in 1 stretch?
Third question, I usually eat something in the evening since my parents eat very early (5pm, I sleep at 1 am), what is the latest I should eat?
Fourth: What is a realistic amount of weight loss per month?
Thanks for taking the time out of your day to read :)
-Gerben
Hello, I’ve recently been trying a new lifestyle that has me eating in a very large caloric deficit. According to myfitnesspal, meeting 1800 calories a day will cause me to (theoretically) lose 2 pounds a week. I’ve been meeting this goal, but have also been doing lots of exercise which brings me down even more (usually another 800 calories a day). I’ve been losing weight ridiculously fast, in the 8 or so days I’ve done this I’ve went from 261 to 255, and I’ve been keeping hydrated as much as I can the entire time. My question is how much of this is “water weight” and when can I expect my progress to slow down a bit? At what point should I be burning more body fat? Unless there’s some mistake I’ve made about how fat is burned, in which case tell me. Thank you.
I always bought double lunches in school. If I didn't take 3 helpings for dinner my mother would ask me if I was sick, or if I didn't like it, a question that bore the full weight of her depression. I was skinny child before about the first grade, but youthful energy fades and youthful eating habits don't and by the time I was in sixth grade I was barely the right weight for an age appropriate pee wee football team. By high school I was just the funny fat kid. I saw my pediatrician for the last time after my freshman year of college and he told me that at the rate I was going my weight would impact my lifespan. I was 300lb. It was a wake call.
Before I went back school he set me up to have a quick rundown with a nutritionist. When I got back to school I started walking, first up the street, then around the block, then around the neighborhood, then mixing in a little running. I started parking in a far lot on purpose. I switched to mostly salads and crashed out the first 50 lbs. I was scared. I started letting myself eat a little more normally after that but I couldn't eat as much, my stomach just wasn't as stretched out. I spent a few years after college working in warehouses which ticked off a bunch more pounds and brought me to where I am now. I tend now to stay between 174 and 184 depending on my stress levels (I'm a teacher and in grad school, so I'm on the higher right now).
Don't beat yourself if you slip we're all trying to be as healthy as we can. I don't think I'll ever be free of my little paunch, oh well. I've taken up middle distance running in the last few years but had some injuries due to under-stretching, which brings me to the reason for this post. For the first time in since probably 3rd grade I can touch my toes, I CAN TOUCH MY TOES!
18F SW:220 CW:190 GW: 150
Hi! As per the title, since i started my weight loss journey, the only exercise i have been doing is walking on the treadmill for about an hour a day. i’ve tried other workouts, but treamilling is the only one that i actually have some fun with, especially since i can watch TV or youtube while I’m doing it. I started in the beginning of February and have lost 30 pounds as of July, so it seems to be working so far. the thing is, i just don’t feel or look any different in my opinion. i’ve lost 30 pounds but when i look in the mirror, i can’t notice anything. it seems like my legs got smaller, but they were kinda small to begin with. i feel like i have more belly and back fat than the average person, and it looks like i haven’t lost any of that yet. My back fat bothers me the most, i have 4-6 huge folds of it, and i haven’t gone swimming in four years because all the bathing suits i’ve seen have open backs, and i don’t have enough confidence to go out like that.
so, is treamilling only targeting my legs? or if i keep going with it, will i begin to lose from my stomach and back also? thank you for any advice or help! :)
Edit: I also have huge flabby arms that i hate! should i start lifting now to try and tone them?
Hi! I am a 25 year old female who is looking for a weight loss buddy! I want someone where we can motivate each other to do workouts, eat healthy and help each other if we wanna binge or support for when we have an “off day”. I am not into crash dieting, I want to eat a healthy diet and incorporate more exercises into the regime.
I have about 60 lbs to lose, so ideally would like someone who also has a significant amount of weight to lose as well.
So!! If you are into helping eachother develope a healthy meal plan, exercise regime, and mental support please message me 😀 all ages welcome, and I would prefer another female.
CW: 220 GW: 160
Thanks!!
