I just got diagnosed with PCOS yesterday, so if I want children, its time to buckle up for the ride, because today is day one, and I'm going to lose the weight!!! (Also looking for MFP friends to motivate me)

I don't expect this to get any attention, but I wanted to post this because it validates me as actually taking this seriously.

I am a 21F college student that weighs 260lbs and who works at fast food part time. Since I was young, I was always chubbier. At the age of 13 my weight spiraled out of control. I've always wanted to lose the weight but I never felt like I could. I have been prediabetic since I was 13 and its getting closer to diabetes. If I want to prevent that, and if I intend to help my PCOS so that I can have kids, I need to start NOW!

I downloaded MFP again (Lowkey I would like more friends on MFP so if you are interested, lemme know!!!) and im trying to stick to a 1400 calorie diet. I'm really scared about failing again but I want to do this! I feel a lot of motivation right now to do this and I don't want to quit! My ultimate goal is to be under 145 lbs and I know it's a lot but I can do this. Since I'm a college student the gym is free up there. So depending on how it is with current events, my goal is to head there and workout a bit.

Anyways, this post is the post thats gonna hold me accountable for my weight loss journey. It starts today and things are only going to get better from here. If anybody has advice they are willing to share, please share it!

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Need advice - My family keeps encouraging me to eat more

Background: I originally started my weight loss goal a few years ago. I am a 5'5" woman, 31 years old. I was originally at 220 lbs, now at 175 lbs. My goal weight is to be 140 lbs, so that I will be in a healthy range BMI. I have a sedentary job, and I exercise, but not as regularly as I would like (~1x / week). A big part of my weight loss journey has been learning to stop eating when I am full, not snacking mindlessly, and not binge eating.

I recently got engaged, and I live with my fiance and his family (mother and 2 brothers). They are Italian. My future MIL is incredibly sweet and a wonderfully welcoming person, but always encourages me to eat more than I actually want to. "Mangia! Mangia!" My fiance is very thin, exercises a lot, and has an insanely high metabolism. (Side rant: I'm always shocked that someone so small can be eating all the flipping time.) My future MIL seems to take it that I either don't like the food or I'm not feeling at home if I don't eat enough for her liking. Once when I was refusing more food, she gasped "You're not trying to lose weight, are you? <In Italian> Men like meat, bones are better for the dogs."

I don't know how to explain that I mainly want to lose weight for my health, and that it's not an insult to her hospitality or cooking.

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Gritting my teeth & sticking to it - it's so hard!

I've been on this journey for 40 days and I've lost 8 pounds. I have 74 pounds total to lose to be at the top of my "healthy weight." This is the first time I've used CICO in any meaningful way. I have Hashimoto's Thyroidosis, multiple food allergies & Endometriosis. Basically fighting my immune system and hormones every step of the way.

When I got my period last time, I gained 5 pounds and it took 2 weeks to lose it again and move on to further weight loss. It was extremely disheartening, to say the least.

I stuck to it. It was really hard. I wanted to give up so many times. I did the calculation and that's still 1.4 pounds per week on average, which is good.

I'm very tired most of the time, so I haven't brought exercise into my daily plan yet.

Every single day I want to give up. I want to say screw it, and at least eat and drink what I want, satisfy any whim I experience. I also want to be healthy. I went through a lot of stress, a bad relationship where my finances and my happiness were ruined, and my body went to hell along with it in the last few years. I really, truly want to shed all reminders of that crappy time and my extra chub is a big one.

Slow loss is difficult to stick to, but from what I understand, that's the best way to maintain weight loss. It's a constant internal struggle to keep moving forward without BIG results, but I'm still fighting.

Based on 1.4 pounds lost per week, I will be at my goal weight in 48 weeks. That puts me at the end of July, 2021, which means a one year commitment to my health, total. Then I can maintain. It seems daunting, but also doable. I simply have to keep in mind that my period may stall me for a few weeks so that I don't give up in despair.

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Is anyone looking forward to being "visible" to men or women after weight loss?

Thats over half the reason why I am trying to lose weight. Sure, as a women I have had success on dating sites. But while on them I was always anxious that despite me not catfishing, I would still be rejected for my weight. And in my life there is a correlation of me entering abusive dating dynamics and general bad times when I am overweight/obese. The best of times in my life have been when I was 40 lbs less than what I am now (5'2" 191). So, I am trying to lose weight to get those good times in my life back again.

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I am also excited to be visible to men. Ive never truly been visible. Thats to say, no men have ever looked at me or hit on me in person. Id like to know what it feels like to be a pretty woman to society, I suppose. But i am working hard trying to lose 90 or so lbs ill get to my goal!

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Are you looking forward to be visible to the opposite or same sex?

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Turning 25, there are some things I owe myself.

Having tortured my body for years, I decided that at the age of 25 I no longer have an excuse to starve my body or push it to its limits in terms of binge eating. I have always had troubles with my eating habits, but did not develop an eating disorder until I was 17. Ever since then, I have spent every single day consumed with thoughts of food, weight gain, weight loss, exercise and body image. Every morsel I put into my mouth sets a thousand thoughts into motion.

In two days, I will be 25 years old. Back when I was 17, I truly believed by now I would be free of my demons, with a structured life and a healthy mind. The reality is so much different: neither is my life structured, nor is my mind healthy.

That is why I have decided to work on myself for myself for more than a week at a time. I plan on finally cutting out sugar, or bringing it to a minimum. That is the first step. I will also practice mindfulness regarding the food I eat. Mindless eating, which very often turns into binging, is currently my biggest enemy. But I am stronger. I know I can do this, and finally get back to my ideal weight of 55 kg.

No more fooling around. The only person I was lying to was myself.

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Just wondering how everyone else was doing it

Hi everybody trying to lose weight! I started my "journey" in January or February and went from 220 to 175. 33f. I have a question for every one concerning calories burned and whether or not you can still lose weight if you eat those calories back. For example I know I walk 9 miles yesterday which left me starving, is it okay to eat the calories you burned? I was on a different weight loss sub and mention that I eat the calories I burn (of course using a proven algorithm to determine how many calories are at hand). anyway, I got a ton of negative comments telling me that you're never supposed to eat the calories you burn and that I was going to gain weight. I know I could try googling it but I would rather just ask this subreddit. I originally tried not eating back the calories I burn but in a few days I just got so hungry I binged. I literally woke up at 3 in the morning and hit the fridge, 800 cal gone.I don't know I really hope someone has an answer for me because I signed up to eat 1200 calories a day not 400 after I exercise.

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[Century Club] August 20, 2020 - Have you lost or need to lose 100 lbs or more? Here’s a thread just for you!

I have often welcomed those who have lost 100+ lbs (~ 50 kg , ~7 stone) to “the club” and joked that club meetings were on Thursdays. I recently suggested that we try out having a regular weekly thread to talk about issues that are particular to those who have lost 100+ lbs, those who are well on their way and those who are just at the beginning of a journey this big.

Welcome back to the Century Club! Each week I will provide a topic of the day that has been on my mind or inspired by previous posts. However you are free to talk about any topics you think might be relevant to current and prospective club members.

Previous topics: - Denial - Headwinds - Streaks - Other People - Toolkit - Breaks - Support - Clothing - The Unexpected - Self-image - How do you end your journey? - What made it click? - Loose Skin

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Today's prompt: Role of Exercise/Activity

We all know that to lose weight we generally need to "eat less and move more" what does that look like for you Centurion?

For me, I would say that 80% of my success losing weight was driven strictly by reducing the food I eat by 500 kcal under my sedentary TDEE tapering to 300 kcal for the last stretch of my journey. So I planned for weight loss ~ 1 lb/week. What I actually achieved was 1.2 lbs/week so I credit the extra 0.2 lbs/week to the "move more" category.

I started off just regularly walking/hiking. Prompted by my FitBit, I aimed for 10K steps a day at least 5 days a week. About 6 months into my journey I wanted to see if I could compress the time it took to get my steps and calorie burn in so I started C25K. Since Sept 2018 I have become a runner. I try to run anywhere from 15K (3 5K runs) to 40K (4 10K runs) per week. Always with a lower impact, no run day between runs. On those days I'll either take a walk or hike or try to do some calisthenics at home if the weather isn't conducive to going outside.

I do those activities regularly because I genuinely enjoy them. Walking/hiking/running outdoors for 30 min to 4 hours brings me mental peace in a way that running indoor on a treadmill or elliptical or strength work does not.

I never expected to enjoy running. Cross country days as a kid in grade school were among the worst of days. Now I do that for fun several times a week.

I ate back less than half of the extra calories my FitBit told MFP I could eat while losing weight, and all-in on average it suggests that all my hard work and hours spent moving really only added 100 kcal on average to my deficit. Most of my success for weight management thus ends up credited to controlling my intake. These days, in maintenance, I eat back 50% of the calories as a baseline and sometimes if I'm super hungry I will even eat back 100% of what it suggests. Ultimately the scale tells me if I'm eating to much or too little.

What about you Centurion? What did/do you do for exercise and what role did/does it play in your journey?

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