Should I incorporate my workout calories into my daily limit?

I'm a 32 yr old male, 5'6 and I weigh 168 lbs. My goal is 155 lbs.

I'm down from from 200 lbs but I've run into a bit of an issue. Lately I've been experiencing a lot of the issues associated with malnutrition; irritability, abnormal hair loss, poor sleep, constantly freezing my ass off. I started my journey out by restricting my daily calories to 1500, but eventually dropped it to 1373 to coincide with my weight loss, and incorporated running into my daily routine.

Now I'm burning around 400-600 calories during my runs, and have been doing my absolute best to not dip into the burned calories at all. Generally, I end each day having eaten around 1150 calories, but I'm concerned that, with the calories burned during my runs, I'm eating too few calories.

Should I start incorporating my burned calories? Should I bump my daily limit back up to 1500?

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Weight Loss Update #2 - Hit My Short-Term Goal and Lost 10lbs so far!

Hello again! Let's go ahead and get the stats out of the way:

SW: 205; CW: 194.8; Long-Term GW: 160; Short-Term GW: Under 190

Crunches - 50; Pushups - 5; Squats - 50

I took initial measurements on 7/22/20 (Waist -41", Left Arm - 13.5", Right Arm - 14", Left Thigh - 24", Right Thigh - 25", Bust - 43")

Measurements as of 8/02/20 - Waist 40"; Left A 13"; Right A 13"; Left T 24"; Right T 24"; Bust 40.5"

Victories: Hit my short-term goal of being under 200lbs! Lost 10lbs total!

Starting off with the bad, my diet still isn't very balanced and I haven't done any strength training in the past two weeks (RIP to the resistance bands I bought). I also gave up on doing the jump rope challenge.

The good news: I've been hiking at least 3 miles everyday for two weeks! The trail I take is about an 70-80 minutes long and pretty rugged in some spots, so I get a good workout (my calves hate it). Since I've started hiking I haven't been doing a lot of extra exercises, but I plan to pick back up this week. I also haven't binged at all since my last update! There have been times when I just really want to give in, but I've stayed strong so far. I'm still eating out more than I'd like, but I'm staying within my calorie limit. Part of my eating out/binge problem is definitely related to my eating schedule change. I used to eat all the time (before work, during work, after work, relaxing on the couch, ect), but now I eat one meal a day (not technically fasting, I take vitamins when I wake up). My brain has sort of rewired, and I normally won't eat until after I've finished my hike or my work shift, so I normally don't eat until about 7 or later. When I'm hiking or working I'm thinking about food (today's food craving was Olive Garden, I caved, but hiked an extra mile and counted calories tightly), and it used to be really hard to not stuff my face, but it's getting easier to stop myself until I'm more in control. I bought some protein powder, but haven't really used it since I'm not doing in any strength.

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TLDR; I'm more active than I've ever been, I'm more in control of my eating, and overall I'm a lot happier!

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Advice needed!

Looking for some advice on how to survive a weight loss journey with a husband and friends with vastly different goals and needs.

I am a fairly active person both physically and socially, meaning I am out on long day hikes , backpacking trips, and bike adventures, usually with my husband and his/my friends.

I am fortunate to have great friends to hang out with, have amazing dinners with, and share amazing adventures with. The downside to having such active friends is that they like to eat and drink, meaning it makes it pretty hard for me to stay on track when I am with them. During the work week when I am mostly working out and eating on my own, I have a fairly easy time staying on track. However, when I'm with my husband and/or his or my friends, there tends to be lots of tasty drinks and meals being served.

All this to say, what is your way to socially participate in these situations without being "that person" who refuses to eat or drink anything they haven't prepared themselves? What I'd love to know specifically is what phrases you use to maybe refrain from accepting every drink/snack offered to you, how you navigate staying on track and resisting temptations in social situations, etc. I am aware the easy answer might be just don't eat or drink what you are offered, but am looking for some more gracious ways to communicate that or prep myself to not give into temptation.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

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Any Demand for a Simple Calorie Counter?

Hi All,

Like most of you, I've been on a weight loss journey for a number of years, and something I see over and over again is that people get fatigued calorie counting. Most calorie counters nowdays try to do too much -- food databases, meal plans, fitness routines, upselling the premium version etc. While I know tracking macros are important, I think 90% of people just want to count their calories and ignore everything else.

For me personally, I would jump at the idea of either an app that only shows a couple buttons (i.e., 50 cal, 100 cal, 250 cal), I hit them and it automatically logs the data to a database. OR, the bigger idea would be the development of a physical device where there are physical buttons representing customizable calorie amounts that the user could simple tap and it automatically logs it to a database. If all I had to do was reach in my pocket and tap a button to log my calories, I'd do it for every meal, but that's me speaking from personal experience. I'm curious what are everyone's thoughts in regards to the struggles of calorie counting, and do you believe reducing the friction between the user and the logging of calories is something that people would want? I appreciate all thoughts.

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I want a completely neutral relationship with food and to eat a boring diet.

I have a history of disordered eating (all varieties, restrictive and binging. Current is binging and I’m obese at the moment. I’m literally addicted to food.) I feel like I have control over my disordered thoughts. I’m not obsessing. The mental aspect of weight loss is going very well due to years of therapy, so that part is not the concern. My concern is....

A lot of people encourage others to eat a variety of foods and cook and yada yada yada. Honestly....I’d rather just stick to a diet that requires minimum effort. Like I’m happy doing a protein shake for breakfast, a lunch with like a cucumber, an apple (sometimes banana), a string cheese, and a simple sandwich, and then a lean cuisine dinner type of thing. Is it okay to do this? Do I need to LOVE cooking healthily and eat a more varied diet in order to have long term success? I feel like if I incorporate other things, I’ll slippery slope into eating like shit again. I feel in control and full eating a simple and low effort diet. If I were an alcoholic, I wouldn’t have just a glass, ya know? Part of my internal wish is just not think about food, obsessively or desirably. I don’t want to be hyper-aware when a cake is brought into the break room. I don’t want to think about what my next meal will be. I don’t want to associate food with celebration.I just don’t want food to control my life or to think about it much at all. I just want to eat to nourish and thats it. And for me, a diet that takes hardly any effort and is the same most days feels best to achieve that.

Is this maintainable long term?

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I feel like I can’t control myself

I’ve been back on the weight loss train again for almost 2 months, and doing great as far as tracking, consistency and accountability goes. I am struggling in one area, which is snacking. I’ve tried IF, OMAD, anything to curb my snack appetite after dinner when I’m relaxing and watching TV or reading. All the low calorie snacks in the world can’t help me if I eat a huge portion. I’m just so sick of myself and sabotaging my own success. Any tips? My wife and I are watching a show right now and really enjoy spending that time together so I don’t want to give that up. I just need something to satisfy the urge to snack 😫💔

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I’m celebrating today and I want to share!

I just joined this subreddit and maybe should read more before I post, but it’s late here and sleep deprivation does not help with weight loss!

I’m a woman and am turning 30 later this year. I had a baby early last year.

In the last 8 weeks I went from 79.2kg (174lb) to 71.8kg (158lb). For me this is the difference between overweight BMI and normal range BMI. I took progress photos today and I’m blown away by what a difference 7kgs can make!!

I have visible back muscles. My back fat folds are gone. My chin and cheeks are definitely slimmer. My tummy almost looks flat. How did the weight loss make it look like my stretch marks went away? My hips look more curvy because my waist is smaller. I have a figure instead of looking like a barrel. My arms don’t have bingo wings. Even my boobs look perkier.

I feel on top of the world. I’m more confident at work. I’m happier. So today I celebrate!

I really want to remember to be happy with my body and not just always hate it. I have weighed 62kgs before in 2016. Part of that weight loss was because I was very sick. I don’t remember really enjoying it. I remember aiming for even more weight loss. This time I’m going to enjoy the milestones and be happy!

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