Been obese all my life. I cant describe the amount of joy I have today. Lost 88 pounds and gained some muscle. (nsfw cuz shirtless link.)

Hey guys, wanted so share my journey and maybe motivate some people here :)

I am from Israel, and about 6 months before my release from the army I decided I want to get released a different person, a happy person.

My weight has been a major struggle in my life, as to for a lot of people, and I learned about the keto diet and I figured why not? I couldn't really stick to the high fat the was required but it was pretty east for me to restrict my carbs and from then it has begun.

I lost 88 pounds over about 7 months. Week by week weight loss here: https://docdro.id/TzeOYgw

before pics (308lbs): https://imgur.com/JjkV6Jz , https://imgur.com/Z5drH0J

after pics (231 lbs): https://imgur.com/6FwHEdF https://imgur.com/yrNmqOM

After that I was just stuck for about 4 months, I mean I didnt REALLY try to lose more weight like I did before because I was pretty happy with how I looked. I bought about 1500$ of new clothes because everything was huge on me, so that was pretty fun :D.

Recently I started working out so here is my progress on that:

before (231 lbs): https://imgur.com/yrNmqOM

after (220 lbs): https://imgur.com/MbSQ1dX

My English isn't perfect, sorry

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Lack of results demotivating me

I've been a lurker on here for a while now, and you guys have really given me hope and inspiration. I'm at the end of my wit here, and I just want things to work out for me.

I've been a chubby kid since I was little, not obese but always overweight, especially since I'm short height-wise. I played sports when I was in school, but I've always been fond of food, so I never lost weight.

When the quarantine started, I took it upon myself to try and lose weight. I'm 19F, 5'1" and 152 lbs (69 kgs). My goal weight has been 120 lbs (55 kgs) since a while now. I've been cutting down my calorie intake, keep track of my BMI, BMR, TDEE, everything, and ordering food from outside too has been a no-go. But even with 1.5 months of working out with very few off days and eating clean, I haven't had any results. I've lost maybe a pound or two, but that too depends on what time of day I get on the weighing scale. Nevertheless, it's not enough to make me feel good about my work or progress.

Now since a week, I've lost all motivation that weight loss will work out for me. I feel like every time I get up to work out, it's a battle to push my body to do it. Is it normal for results to not show up? Where do I go from here?

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Why I gave up previously

Having starting my weight loss journey again recently, I’ve been reflecting on what went wrong the previous times I had tried.

Looking back I was always able to lose weight pretty quickly and see results fast and was super motivated for a while.

I feel like what made me give up or lose my way was a complete lack of diversity in my diet. I wasn’t very experimental in the foods that I ate and I was doing my masters degree so time was precious. Finding a couple of quick and easy but healthy meals seemed like a win back then. I’m convinced that it was this repetitiveness in my diet that made me lose my way! Eating the same thing multiple times a week becomes very boring and makes it hard to stick to it.

This time, I’m making sure my diet is diverse so that I don’t get bored of the same few healthy things and go back to fast food and bad habits.

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My story: slow and steady weightloss

26 CW:205 SW: 300 6'1" M

I've been a member of this group for years, and in that time I've seen lots of different methods and suggestions on how to get my eating habits in order. My own journey involved mainly food changes, and that's the story I'll be talking about here.

In 2014, I decided that my weight needed to get under control for me to live my life to the fullest.

I started at 300 lbs 6'1" Male. While in college, I was moving more and naturally eating less than HS and got down to 280 without much hassle.

When I graduated, I decided it was finally time to learn more about weight loss. That's when I first found Keto. Keto helped me immensely in 2 major ways. I basically "detoxed" from sugar and actually felt real hunger again, and I learned about how to cook for myself. Was only able to stick with keto for 2 months at a time, was getting horrible keto rash, but that time away from carbs opened me up to a much more balanced style of eating. After 6 months on and off keto, I made it down to 250 and stayed there for over a year.

At that point I was naturally eating low carb, and was cooking alot more veggies and lean meat. Definitely still eating a fair amount of fast food as a broke postgrad, but happier than I'd been with my body in years.

TRIGGER WARNING;depression and anxiety I actually started to fall into a deep depression in 2016, and while it was CERTAINLY not healthy and I would never advise it, I knocked off another 20 lbs to 230 in a year or two of fighting my depressive demons. That period was rough for alot of reasons, and even though I was "lighter" I felt like shit and super weak and had no motivation. Didn't help that people were starting to notice my weight loss and congratulated me on basically not eating. Please don't use my story as a basis for how to handle your weight loss or depression, I'm just giving the story of my failures and successes.

As I started to get a handle on my mental health, I decided to go get a grad degree, which took me out of the destructive mode I was in and I began healing emotionally and mentally. I traveled across the country for school, and ended up in a city where walking and trains were a must, and honestly was the best turn in my health I can remember. I felt my body waking back up, and my appetite returned with a fury. I actually GAINED about 10 lbs when I first moved through basically building basic muscle and eating properly and I felt GREAT.

Now that I was back in decent health, I took another plunge into weight loss, this time focusing on what I was eating and not how much. More whole and plant based foods. No prepackaged meals or frozen pizzas. I dropped from 235 to 215 doing no additional exercise besides commuting.

Since March and Rona, I spent HOURS learning about insulin resistance and how my body processes food, and decided to try 16:8 IF with amazing results. Down to 205 since the beginning of June, eating whole foods in a smaller time window.

This entire journey of 5+ years has been me learning about myself as much as I'm learning about food science. I lost my weight in such small increments, I'm almost 100lbs down with little to no excess skin, and I credit the slow speed and quality of food for the lack of skin. I dont count calories, rarely if ever have. I changed what I was eating and learned to love it.

Would be happy to chat about what I'm eating now or answer any questions you may have.

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Question about loose skin and fast to slow weight loss

So it seems the best way to avoid loose skin is to lose weight slowly, but I’m morbidly obese and so far I’m in good health and I want to keep it that way. I have about 40 more pounds to go until I’m considered overweight. I really want to avoid loose skin but since overall I need to lose 150 pounds to be considered healthy I know there’s a very good chance I’ll have loose skin. What I want to do is get down to overweight once the pandemic is finally over, and at that point I’m thinking of trying to lose weight slowly to see if I can avoid loose skin. I want to stay in good health which is why I want to get down to overweight fast, so I’m wondering at what point you all saw loose skin? And once you realized it was loose skin did stopping for a little bit then losing weight slowly help with the reduction of loose skin?

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Lost 35 lbs and close to target but wanting to get toned and avoid skinny fat.

Hi, like the title suggests, since March and the onset of COVID-19, I decided it would be an opportune time to finally lose weight as I’ve been overweight my entire life and since the lack of social pressure to go out and eat unhealthy restaurant food (damn you cheesecake) due to restaurants and other businesses closing down, I figured it was best to focus on dieting and weight loss.

After speaking to my clinical dietician (I’m type 1 diabetic) and figuring out what a healthy caloric deficit based off my TDEE (5’8 male 200 lbs) would be, we settled between 1200-1400 calories per day. She told me this would be a very accelerated weight loss regiment, as a 1000 calorie deficit is around 2 lbs/week of weight loss, I estimated that reaching my goal weight of 160 pounds would take around 20 weeks.

As of July 10th, I weigh 165 pounds and am quickly approaching my target weight of 160. I feel and look much healthier and have proportionately lost weight across my body. However during the dieting, without access to any gym due to the shutdown and the lack of home equipment, I got absolutely 0 exercise. For my diet I ate practically anything I wanted so long as it fit within my 1200 calorie budget, I avoided “unhealthy” foods yet stuck to carbs for a lot of my meals.

As of last Monday, (July 6th) my local gym reopened and I have currently been going daily. I read copious accounts of people avoiding cardio when on a caloric deficit to avoid subsequently becoming skinny-fat so here is my current breakdown of what I’m doing and I just want to know what I should switch up if anything to ensure I get abs and a toned frame, and avoid the dreaded skinny fat.

Breakfast: 3 Scrambled eggs - 210 cal 1/2 cup oatmeal - 150 cal Half and half cream - 40 cal 2 cups coffee - 0 cal

Lunch: 10 oz chicken thighs - 380 cal Low calorie bbq sauce - 20 cal Coke Zero / water - 0 cal

Dinner: 10 oz chicken thighs - 380 cal Low calorie bbq sauce - 20 cal Coke Zero / Water - 0 cal

Total Daily ~ 1200 (+-50)

Exercise: Stretch Plank Hold - 60 seconds x 2 Front Cable Hold 3 sets 10 reps Leg Press 3 sets 10 reps AB crunch - 3 sets 10 reps Row - 3 sets 10 reps Lay pull down - 3 sets 10 reps Cable Pulley - 3 sets 10 reps Weighted Squats - 3 sets 10 reps (Full body workout every single day)

Stats: M 19 165 5’8

So far so good, I’m not hungry on this diet due to how much protein I’m consuming, and the exercises push me and leave me pretty sore, so am I doing everything correctly, or is there any errors in my routine?

(Quick note, I don’t intend to bulk and become “huge” or get big gains, I want to get a toned physique, preferably visible abs and toned arms/legs)

Thanks for reading!

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Counting calories and exercising but still not losing any weight

Hi everyone, so I’ve been dieting for approximately 6 months now and I’ve lost 40 lbs so far. I still have 20 to go and my weight loss has been really smooth so far, I’ve weighed , logged and counted calories in MyFitnessPal, and always lost the amount that I’ve set myself for in the app.

So, last time I weighed myself (about 2 weeks ago) I was 86.9 kg, today I weighed myself and only lost 400 grams (current weight 86.5 kg). I did everything the same as I’ve done it before, so why did I suddenly lost such a miserable amount?

My measurements also stayed the same, so it’s not like I built muscle or something. Has anyone had this happen before?

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