I know this differs a lot from person to person, but what’s your best advice for not giving up on yourself?

I’ve been overweight all my life and I feel like I’ve had so many moments that should have been THE moment to kick me into gear but I always give up and stay overweight. The only time in my life that I was consistently losing weight was when I was starving myself to try and get someone’s attention. I do have pretty bad depression and anxiety so I know that probably factors into it a lot too, but I was wondering if anyone had any tricks or tips on how to keep motivation up. I don’t want to keep going through cycles of me trying, doing well for a short time, giving up, getting depressed, and starting all over again. I want to find a way to be passionate about my weight loss and not give up until I see significant change but I’m unsure how.

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Weight loss timescale calculator (that was extremely accurate for me)

I was browsing Reddit when I came across an old post with a link to a calculator - you input your details and the number of calories you're planning to eat daily and it comes up with a timeline for when you should hit certain weights.

https://www.losertown.org/eats/cal.php

I thought I'd share as I found it super accurate. I put in my starting weight and it calculated it would take me 12 weeks to get to the weight I am now (give or take 1lb) and I did indeed begin calorie restriction 12 weeks ago so it's worth a try if you're wondering how long your weight loss journey is likely to take! It also shows how your calorie deficit reduces as you lose weight which I also found really useful.

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Looking for advice on understanding what a healthy pace for losing weight is.

Hi all.

So to preface this, my weight loss “journey” isn’t exactly as extreme or as exciting as many I’ve read in this subreddit. I’m an athletic looking guy who recently discovered that he’s a big heavier than he’d like to be, so I set out on trying to really actively lose weight.

As for the specifics, on July 30th I weighed 192.6 lbs as a 5’11, 22 year old male. As of yesterday, I weigh 186.7 pounds, marking pretty much a 3lb/week weight loss.

So, I’m feeling great and healthy and am admittedly very happy with my weight loss, but am looking for some advice on what a healthy amount of weight lost per week is. Is 3lb/week too extreme for someone who’s only trying to lose like 15 pounds, or is that in a safe zone for me?

Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated, and I greatly look forward to reading more of this sub and supporting y’all are your journeys as well.

Thanks!

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What do people do thin people think about all day?

Because I think about food...I have a terrible relationship with food that I'm trying to work on. I think I may have a bit of a food addiction. I think about food so much. Sometimes even while I eat I think about what I could eat next. Its embarrassing. It was humiliating even typing that. I hate myself for my eating problems. I hate the way I look at and think about myself. I'm grossed out by my body. I have no motivation to lose. I want tl be thin but not for the right reason.. I just want to look good. I have always lost weight in the past for the sake of others being phsically attracted to me. Now, the past 5 years I have been in a solid happy relationship, we have kids, and my partner is definitely attracted to me, so now there is no "competition " to be attractive, there is no motivation because I have "won the game"..I know this is a stupid way to look at this..but its my brain. I just try not to gain anymore to not lose my partner..not that that is a worry, again it's just my thought process. I just don't care for myself. I have never cared about myself, I borderline hate the way I look. I have no discipline. Now my brain is losing focus.. anyways. I just wish I could magically lose weight and be happy with my body. I don't want to put in the effort. I know I need to for the sake of my children. I'm just struggling with staying positive about giving up food. I know I need to change some of the ways I think before I can accomplish weight loss. Shits hard, man.

Thanks for reading. I'm not proof reading because I will start to nitpick my writing and I won't even end up posting it and right now I feel like I need to post it. Thanks.

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I finally started to lose weight consistently!

About 6 months ago I decided to get really serious about losing the weight. I started at about 170 pounds at 5'6" and I'm down to 160 in 4 weeks! When I first started seriously trying I quickly realized how much I underestimated the struggle. It's really, genuinely hard to count your calories, and exercise regularly when all of your normal hobbies are sedentary, and actually be able to stick to it. I quickly learned that being strict about it wasn't for me. I was putting too much pressure on myself which really affected my depression, which really affected my binge-eating, which really affected my weight loss!

I quickly lost motivation, and I gave up for a few months, and then I got to go back to my old job, but this time I was taking on the assistant manager role. I didn't realize how much my mental health was affecting my weight loss and vice versa. I wasn't putting pressure on myself to lose weight, until I decided to check the scale at the end of my second week back and I had lost 6 pounds! I realized that I wasn't able to eat out of boredom because I wasn't home as often, and my job is extremely active so I was getting my exercise back! On my payday I decided to get some pre-workout so I could try and keep up with the sudden lifestyle change, and it helped put everything back into place.

I've already noticed that the pants I bought 2 months ago are getting loose, my love handles are leaving, my thighs aren't as jiggly, and my ankles seem oddly slimmer. I have a newfound motivation, and the reassurance that it's possible is slowly driving out the urge to binge. I've been having smoothies with protein powder for breakfast, and I've gone back to just snacking on healthy alternatives throughout the day until I can have dinner, which was my diet when I was at my healthiest weight. Hopefully, as I lose more weight and get more discipline I can focus on toning and reinforcing healthy eating habits, but for now I'm taking it one day at a time!

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Preventing gaining it all back!!!

So - the data says that most people who lose weight gain it all back - and some more - in several years.

Here’s my data and plan:

I went from 216 to 180 in 2000-2003, but was back at 200ish or so soon, went down again to 196 in 2008 when I ran 3x/week and biked a lot - but two kids later (and I’m a dad) and some injuries later - I’m sitting at 230 today. (Lost 5 lbs since the beginning of the month).

(Also at 230lbs since I started powerlifting - and those guys are all about gainzz - drank a lot of whole milk - I didn’t get the memo that the program was for 17yr olds who needed to go from 140lbs to 200lbs for football). :-(

In any case - since the data says most people regain - I figured I should do something about that first rather than forcing myself to lose a lot of weight.

Since I’m sort of on the CICO camp - here’s my plan:

Look at maintenance calories at my goal weight. Those are about 2200 or so.

My current maintenance calories are 2700.

So then I figured I should have a glide path where I’m close to 2200 or more calories always.

This puts me at 2.5-3 years to go from 230 to 160ish. I’m hoping that three years of 2200 calories will give the body time to adjust. In fact - I’m starting with a 500cal a day deficit, but will taper it down to just a 100calorie a day deficit in year three. Talk about slow weight loss then!

Thoughts? Comments? The key here is that I built the plan with the person I was going to be in mind, to help that person maintain weight - since that is even more challenging - and if not taken care of - makes the weight loss journey moot.

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My weight and it's fluctuations.

So basically I'm curious as to why my weight fluctuates wildly. I started my diet about 13 months ago and lost 24st and I'm not 11st, so a sizeable weight loss. I eat healthily, and never eat anything fried, my foods are plant based and low in fat and sat fats, yet my weight can fluctuate as much as 5lbs

Angood example is last week i was 10st 10lbs, then at the start of this week i was 11st 4 lbs, now I'm 11st 0lbs and I'm finding it very confusing because I'm always eating at a calorie deficit, except for my one cheat meal a week usually on a Monday never on a rest day, and even that meal isn't a massive increase on the calories that i would normally have.

Would anyone be able to help shed some light on this for me please, I've been finding it really hard to keep my motivation up with it, i haven't cracked yet, but I'm close :(

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