Weight loss losing momentum

Height 5’10-11” HW: 476 (in 2016) SW: 446 CW: 280 GW: 175

Hi Everyone,

Kind of a long post but I’m going to do the whole timeline. I don’t even know if I have a question and maybe just want to vent.

I started my weight loss around April 2019. I was definitely the highest I’ve ever weighed. I would put money on over 500, but I never weighed myself. I didn’t weigh myself until September 2019 (446).

At first I was eating extremely low budget. Like a box or 2 of rice a Roni a day. Not heathy but not a lot of calories either. I started taking it seriously in September and started eating chicken and stir fried vegetables almost every day. I also got a significant raise at work and paid off a debt at this time, so I could afford more nutritious food.

From September until April I lost 20 pounds a month on average. It didn’t decrease with time at all, and January I lost the most with 30 (not for good reasons, I hit the gym and didn’t eat in response to some stress in my life).

In February, March, and April I put some effort into getting my head on straight. I feel like I made a lot of progress but it’s still definitely something I’m working on.

At the end of April I decided to “treat” myself a little (more as a mental health break, I didn’t want to over stress about food). I kept weighing myself.

On May 1, I weighed 295 pounds. Today I weigh 280. I was 272 a couple days ago but I think I’ve put on some water weight. Meaning I’ve only been losing about 5 pounds a month lately.

I know that’s not even a bad rate to lose weight, but I just feel hollow I guess. Before when I was losing a lot I was kind of suffering but I felt like there was a real tangible payoff to the effort. Now I just can’t bring myself to be so restrictive. I can’t force myself to only eat stir fried vegetables and chicken every day anymore. I’m trying to eat healthy (salads, fruit, nuts, minimal processed food) but I needed variety. Also, when you lose weight rapidly you can feel the difference more significantly. I can’t feel it so much anymore.

It really feels demotivating looking at another 20 months to get to my goal weight. I just want to feel like I have a body I can actually live in already. I used to be so worried about loose skin and I already have it but I don’t even care about it anymore. I just want to see who I can be. I’m starting to feel so depressed.

I feel like I’m stuck in mud lately and I’m barely able to move forward.

Does anyone have any tips on remotivating myself?

Does anyone have any simple recipes I could try? I kind of liked Keto/low carb style because I got less water weight fluctuations and felt full longer, but I’m not married to a diet. Just watching my calories. I’m not very picky, but do kind of have a small kitchen so elaborate food is difficult to make.

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Losing weight without severe restricting?

Hi! I had a massive amount of food yesterday and stepped on the scale this morning to find myself at my highest weight ever. Lowering my body fat % is a huge goal of mine, but I need a little help finding a method that will help me achieve this without overly restricting, or maybe not counting calories at all. I am stuck in the binge-restrict cycle and am not exactly sure what to do next. Before, I would cut out sugary foods and since I am an all-or-nothing person, found that it has helped me, but once I have a bite of sweets, am uncontrollable. I’m also trying to stay at 1000 calories a day (I’m fairly short so I don’t have much wiggle room, but I try to eat 50g at least of protein). Though it works, it is just so restrictive and time consuming constantly thinking about food, planning my meals, constantly keeping my guard up around unhealthy foods, feeling deprived. So now I am stuck thinking about whether I should continue going sugar-free and counting calories (which is still restrictive, but works at times), or if I should include ALL foods and stop counting, but would hinder my weight loss progress (but does not restrict and can help me work on my stopping my binge cycles). Id appreciate any helpful advice!

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I'm back after three years for a bit of an update

I last posted here after I reached my weight loss goals back in March of 2017. I'm more of a lurker but I decided I should come back for an update on how maintenance is going.

After reaching my goal of reaching 180 pounds I wanted to hit the gym and bulk up some. I went with a pretty standard PPL routine a personal trainer set me up with. Switching my mindset between cutting calories to eating excess calories was a real struggle. I hated the idea of eating more calories than I burned in a day. But I trusted what the personal trainer said with regards to building muscle, and using myfitnesspal to keep track.

After a little over three years I feel like I'm at a good place physically and mentally. I got a lot of love last time for my Bob Ross shirt so I dug that out for this comparison shot, but it has definitely seen better days lol.

http://imgur.com/gallery/pJRU9Aa

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I was all pumped up for the doctor to comment on my weight loss, and... nothing.

Had my first in person appointment at a dr who weighs me since October. I was all excited for them to notice that I am 15% down, was super super pleased to see that despite it being lunch time the number was pretty close to my morning number.

And... nothing

I had it all planned out! So I have to have the talk here instead...

Dr- hmm, I see you've lost a significant amount of weight, was that intentional?

Me- yes, very intentional, it was a lot of work and took forever!

Dr- well, well done, not many of my patients manage that, it should make a lot of difference to your symptoms. Now, I see your liver enzymes are up a little.

(At least the phlebotomist liked my veins, it is amazing how much difference a few pounds has made to getting blood drawn)

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You can be "Healthy at any weight", but it's not what you think.

Many of us in our weight loss journeys have likely heard someone say it. Maybe it was a family member trying to help us feel better about being fat, maybe it was someone online or in a Fat Acceptance organization where it is asserted as a fact, given the fact that obese people without other underlying health conditions exist, which I think is probably the most common way of hearing this phrase. Here's the thing, I've been thinking about this phrase as it's pertained to my weight loss journey so far, and the psychology of weight loss, and here's my take as a non medical professional with a mathematics background.

Before I was serious about losing weight, I was maintaining a weight at 310-340 lbs with my old habits. Roughly 4,500-6,000 calories/day, not exactly sedentary but also not exercising enough, binge eating weekly, drinking too many craft beers, I think a lot of us can relate. I had no underlying health conditions, but I was NOT being healthy at this weight. This weight, if sustained and no course correction is made, will take off years, if not decades from my projected lifespan.

Being healthy at a weight that is too high and substantially increases your risk for other health conditions introduces a math concept from calculus: understanding your rate of change at any given time. Being healthy at a particular weight that is a too high BMI, means that when taking a snapshot when you are at this weight, your weight is declining, meaning that your rate of change is negative, or if you're a math nerd like me, you must have a negative first derivative of the function of best fit at the weight you're at now ;).

As soon as I went from 4,500+ calories/day to a 1,750 average (range 1200-2500) and increased my exercise, I started being healthy at these high weights. But as a condition of being healthy at these weights, the pounds started falling off, because my rate of change in weight, the snapshot at any given time of where my weight is heading, was a downward trajectory closer to a normal BMI. I came to this realization when I thought, "man, being at 270,260,250... on the way DOWN, feels WAY BETTER than being at these weights on the way UP, and it's true. I feel WAY BETTER than I did while gaining at these weights." That's when I realized, this is what being "healthy at any weight" means. Those of us who previously had poor eating habits can still change and begin to change them. It's not easy, it's F*****g hard sometimes, but we can still be healthy. Changing your eating habits won't work immediately, it's a long process towards a lifestyle change, but once your work starts paying dividends, you realize what a difference it is between being at a weight you were before, but still losing and still going strong, and you feel way better, because you are LIVING HEALTHIER. Being healthy at a high BMI has as a necessary condition, that you will not be at this weight for long, you are on a downward trajectory, and will keep losing as your body adjusts to your new healthy lifestyle.

I still have work to do, but keeping in touch with the psychology surrounding weight loss has helped keep me motivated, and I thought I'd share my thoughts on a different take of this phrase that many of us with lots of weight to lose at high BMI's have likely heard, and may have formed poor eating habits off of as a result. Good luck to you all, come with me and CRUSH THOSE GOALS.

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How the actual hell am I supposed to maintain my weight post-loss??

Hey, everyone!

So for reference, I am 28F/5’2”. I started my weight loss journey in 2016 at 194lbs, and in 2018 reached my goal weight of 125lbs.

But since 2018, I’ve been bouncing around between 125 and 140 and I just canNOT figure out how to break that cycle. Every few months, I’m back trying to lose another 15 pounds to get back down to where I feel comfortable.

I know that in theory I just need to eat the right number of calories and exercise the right amount, but for some reason I can’t stick to this in practice. I don’t know if I’m just running out of willpower and motivation, or what. I’m looking for any advice anyone can give me; I’m just so tired of constantly feeling like I’m getting fat again.

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Binging when stressed

I have done a fantastic job with my weight loss programme and have lost about 20 pounds in 9 weeks. All it takes is me to eat under 2,000 calories.

However, I have noticed if I eat salty foods I do not lose weight as efficiently.

One problem I have is binging, and that is why I gained most of my weight. When I am extremely anxious or stressed out, my binging becomes out of control, I constantly run to the cupboards eating sweets and crisps. I can't stop, and it's not out of addiction or enjoying the food, it just soothes me and makes me stop thinking about the thing that is annoying me.

Immediately afterwards I regret it. I'm not sure what I could do to stop this.

I am also struggling with the low calories that I eat on a daily basis. I have to reduce my lunch and dinner down to 500 calories or less in order to have room for snacks, that is extremely difficult. My potions sizes are quite small.

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