[Century Club] September 3, 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: Health - Exercise - 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 topic: Fun!

Many of our topics are serious and focus on the long road we have to face, but life isn't all disciplined routine! Tell us about something fun that you were able to do because of the weight loss or something fun that you were able to do despite being on your journey.

The anecdote that I enjoy the most here because it really cemented my view of how I wanted to be able to live my life in maintenance was the Gelato Festival I attended in June 2019. At that point I was ~185 lbs, so I had lost about 90 lbs and was about 15 lbs from my goal. In about 3 months I would be ready to approach maintenance. However, I was already at a weight that I could live with if I never lost another pound.

My partner and I decided to go to this festival despite her celiac disease, we expected there would be at least some gluten-free flavors she could try. It was a nice warm late spring day, the weather was great and we started the day with a decent breakfast. (I logged 480 kcal). We took the train and walked over to the site of the festival. Surveyed the festival, decided it was worth the price of admission and proceeded to try out the gelato. Each stand had a signature flavor and there were about 16 different ones to try. Each serving was about a half-scoop, somewhere around 2 fluid ounces, but enough to get a real feel for that particular flavor. We ranked which ones we wanted to sample and headed in for the first 6 flavors. If one turned out to include some gluten, my partner avoided it.

After this first round we were beginning to get full, and decided to take a walk for a bit. we wandered around the site a bit checking out local stores, sights and restaurants we might want to come back to and when we had digested a bit.

Overall I managed to taste 10 flavors of gelato, called that my lunch when I just couldn't eat anymore and logged it as 10*2 oz = 2.5 cups of generic gelato for 575 kcal. I looked at many different entries and picked one sort of in the middle of the pack.

We stopped in at the Italian market that was sponsoring the festival on our way out and bought some nice charcuterie and fruit for a light warm weather dinner. I logged that as 90g of prosciutto and breasola and 1 cup of cantaloupe for 320 kcal.

I ended up walking 15K steps that day, to/from and around the festival.

I went in to the day fearful that it could derail me, but all in my food log says I ended the day with 1400 kcal in and 2900 kcal out. I probably had a glass of wine with dinner that I didn't log, and my estimates for the gelato servings may have been off a bit but hard to believe that would manage to offset my 1500 kcal deficit for the day.

We had a real blast, enjoyed some excellent new to us foods and I managed to prove to myself that fun around food was still possible, acceptable and even manageable for me in maintenance.

We hit a few more food festivals last summer, maybe one a month, wish we had been able to repeat this summer, but the virus had other plans.

What about you? Did you climb a mountain? Run a marathon? Ride a roller coaster? Eat something you never thought of as "diet compatible" food? Try a new sexual position? Centurions, what ways have you found of introducing more fun in your lives?

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Family Labor Day weekend tips

Hi! This is my first post to this sub and I thought it might be helpful to reach out for tips for the upcoming holiday weekend.

A little background on me: I’m a 22F, 5’9, SW: 240, CW 230.2. I have been up and down with my weight for the past like 4 years with my lowest being 170 and my highest being my starting weight this time around of 240. I have previously lost and gained with really unhealthy cycles of binge eating and unhealthy heavy restricting and I finally feel ready to work on this in a healthy manner. I started again about 2 weeks ago, have been trying to at least walk most days (plan to add increasing exercise soon, and more when gyms open) and have been eating between 1500-1800 cal/day.

My current dilemma is I am going to my family’s second home this weekend for Labor Day, and am nervous about handling the food situation. The rest of my family is more overweight than me, and our time at the vacation place tends to involve tons of eating out, ice cream, snack foods, etc. Situations like this where I don’t have total control over the food situation tend to be my downfall in the past, and get me off-track, particularly when I’m early in a weight loss journey like I am right now. Not being able to accurately track foods, the social pressure from my family, and the temptation of being “on vacation” and wanting a “cheat day” are all hard for me.

This time, I really want to stay on pace and at least maintain or gain minimal amounts over the weekend. I don’t want to binge, give up, be depressed, and start the whole cycle another 20 lbs heavier in November. Maybe just writing this all down is helpful, I don’t know. But If you have any tips or words of advice I would really appreciate it!

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I think I'm ready to start losing weight, keyword "think." How do I honest to god stick to it this time, and how do I go about it?

[M, 20, 5'11, 315lbs]

I have been overweight, and later obese, for all of my life. I wont go into the details, but Ive tried many times to finally "lose the weight." Now, I'd say 80% of those times it didn't last a day or two, but the other 20%, I was honestly on the track to success, but for some reason I just, stop. And Im not sure why.

I am at my peak weight, but have hovered around this figure for the past 5 years. In my best attempts, Ive gotten to around 285, but that's about it. I know how to go about it, and I know what it takes for Me to lose weight routine wise, but I don't know how to keep at it.

I decided to give weight loss another go the other day, due to my brother-in-law, whom I was very close with, dying to covid-19. The doctors said covid did a lot of damage, but his unhealthy lifestyle and obesedy is what drove the nail in the coffin. He had sleep apnea due to it (as do I, which makes it scarier), and that, coupled with a weakened immune system and pnuemonia brought on by covid, is what killed him. While he was about 15 years older than me, I don't want to go out like that. I don't want to catch some low deathrate illness, only for it to become extremely deadly due to my weight.

I also want to feel good. I want to be able to buy and wear fashinable clothes. Im tired of having to settle for uni-color Ts and an overshirt. Im tired of losing my breath trying to keep a moderate walking pace, and breaking a sweat from nothing.

My goal weight (which might be changed in the event that I do reach it), is 200lbs. I am currently about 315lbs. It might sound unrealistic, but I want to reach (at least within 10 lbs of) 200 by next July. About 10lbs a month give or take.

In my previous "successful" experiences, 10lbs a month is dead easy at the begining. In fact, with some effort I could probably do 15 or even 20. But, anyone who's been very large knows that those first pounds drop like nothing, it's the pounds past (personally for me) 290, that get a bit more difficult to drop. In my previous attempts, Ive always platued at 285 without fail, and that was me at, what I thought, was peak trying. Hitting the gym everyday, cardio out the ass, 1000 calories a day, great sleep schedule, the whole 9 yards. And it's that platue that always makes me give up. Too hard to maintain, and even harder to surpass.

Im not asking for the barebones "diet and exercise" advise, Im asking how to persevere through that platue, and future ones as well. I know the tricks, I know what it takes and how to go about it, I just want to know how to keep myself going when nothing seems to work, and maybe some advanced advice on how to break a platue fast to maintain my goal of 100lbs in 10 months. Thanks

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1/3 of the way to my GW and am not feeling it anymore...

Back in May I decided to take the plunge and start actively losing weight. I've thought about it for the last year and realised I'm now ready. SW was 117kg (260lb ish), GW is 70kilos (165lb ish). I'm 21f, 5'6" and CW is 101.9 kilos (225lb ish).

I lost the weight through CICO but have integrated a daily walk in. Over the past few months I've been extremely apathetic to the weight loss. I've gone down a size in clothes which is good in some ways.

Before I lost weight I loved my boobs, but now they're quite a bit smaller and I'm still unhappy with the rest of my body, so I look in the mirror and don't see the progress I've made just what I've lost. My relationship with food is better but I no longer enjoy it the way I used to, I'm too focused on getting my calorie limit rather than eating how I want. I haven't had my favourite sweet treat in months because it's so high calorie, and now I'm afraid that's all I'll see it as. Extra calories, not an enjoyable snack.

I wanted to lose the weight to be able to buy the clothes I like and take the strain off my knees as my chronic pain and hypermobility will only worsen with age but as it stands I don't feel like myself anymore.

And as an extra bit of info, I've tried making meals and having regular snacks as part of my day. Through trial and error I found that setting aside 300ish calories a day for snacks helps me so I make sure I can still have that packet of crisps or ice cream, or that cider or glass of juice.

I suppose I'm writing this out to see if it's common and if I should keep persevering, change my goal weight to something closer to my current weight (95kg instead of 70kg) or just stop all together. I lost the one thing that gave me a little bit of confidence, and in all other aspects of my health I haven't changed. I don't feel like progress is being made, it's just a grind that's taking enjoyment out of my life now. Is this normal?

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Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Thursday, 03 September 2020? Start here!

Today is your Day 1?

Welcome to r/Loseit!

So you aren’t sure of how to start? Don’t worry! “How do I get started?” is our most asked question. r/Loseit has helped our users lose over 1,000,000 recorded pounds and these are the steps that we’ve found most useful for getting started.

Why you’re overweight

Our bodies are amazing (yes, yours too!). In order to survive before supermarkets, we had to be able to store energy to get us through lean times, we store this energy as adipose fat tissue. If you put more energy into your body than it needs, it stores it, for (potential) later use. When you put in less than it needs, it uses the stored energy. The more energy you have stored, the more overweight you are. The trick is to get your body to use the stored energy, which can only be done if you give it less energy than it needs, consistently.

Before You Start

The very first step is calculating your calorie needs. You can do that HERE. This will give you an approximation of your calorie needs for the day. The next step is to figure how quickly you want to lose the fat. One pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories. So to lose 1 pound of fat per week you will need to consume 500 calories less than your TDEE (daily calorie needs from the link above). 750 calories less will result in 1.5 pounds and 1000 calories is an aggressive 2 pounds per week.

Tracking

Here is where it begins to resemble work. The most efficient way to lose the weight you desire is to track your calorie intake. This has gotten much simpler over the years and today it can be done right from your smartphone or computer. r/loseit recommends an app like MyFitnessPal, Loseit! (unaffiliated), or Cronometer. Create an account and be honest with it about your current stats, activities, and goals. This is your tracker and no one else needs to see it so don’t cheat the numbers. You’ll find large user created databases that make logging and tracking your food and drinks easy with just the tap of the screen or the push of a button. We also highly recommend the use of a digital kitchen scale for accuracy. Knowing how much of what you're eating is more important than what you're eating. Why? This may explain it.

Creating Your Deficit

How do you create a deficit? This is up to you. r/loseit has a few recommendations but ultimately that decision is yours. There is no perfect diet for everyone. There is a perfect diet for you and you can create it. You can eat less of exactly what you eat now. If you like pizza you can have pizza. Have 2 slices instead of 4. You can try lower calorie replacements for calorie dense foods. Some of the communities favorites are cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash in place of their more calorie rich cousins. If it appeals to you an entire dietary change like Keto, Paleo, Vegetarian.

The most important thing to remember is that this selection of foods works for you. Sustainability is the key to long term weight management success. If you hate what you’re eating you won’t stick to it.

Exercise

Is NOT mandatory. You can lose fat and create a deficit through diet alone. There is no requirement of exercise to lose weight.

It has it’s own benefits though. You will burn extra calories. Exercise is shown to be beneficial to mental health and creates an endorphin rush as well. It makes people feel awesome and has been linked to higher rates of long term success when physical activity is included in lifestyle changes.

Crawl, Walk, Run

It can seem like one needs to make a 180 degree course correction to find success. That isn’t necessarily true. Many of our users find that creating small initial changes that build a foundation allows them to progress forward in even, sustained, increments.

Acceptance

You will struggle. We have all struggled. This is natural. There is no tip or trick to get through this though. We encourage you to recognize why you are struggling and forgive yourself for whatever reason that may be. If you overindulged at your last meal that is ok. You can resolve to make the next meal better.

Do not let the pursuit of perfect get in the way of progress. We don’t need perfect. We just want better.

Additional resources

Now you’re ready to do this. Here are more details, that may help you refine your plan.

• Quick Start Guide - Build your foundation!
• Loseit Compendium - Frame it out!
• FAQ - Answers to our most Frequently Asked Questions!

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Does anyone have the Libby App on their mobile device? You have unlimited access to free cookbooks and recipes.

I never know where to post advice because communities have broad rules and I’m afraid to break them. I hope this is allowed!

For those looking for cookbook recipes (instead of google and Pinterest), there is a FREE library app called “Libby.” It identifies your location, connects to your local library, and gives you the opportunity to check out books that your library has. You can put books on hold and you have 14 days to return any book you check out.

The only stipulation is that you must have a library card from your local library which is also FREE to sign up for. You just have to make a small trip there.

When I run out of ideas, I do a few keyword searches on the app, find an available book, browse through, and screenshot recipes I want to make. And, you can do it without ever leaving your house or making a purchase!

It definitely helps me add variety to my meals at home when I don’t know what to google.

There are also advice books on fasting, keto, vegan, low calorie, exercise, weight loss, amongst other things that can help explain things that the community may not know! I don’t have a thyroid due to cancer and I even found books at my local library about cancer diets and hypothyroidism that gave helpful tips on what I should stay away from.

Just thought I’d share!

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Breaking my silence and my stillness

HW: 99.8kg (220lb) CW: 87.7kg (193lb) GW: 72kg (158lb)

So I’ve been watching this reddit for a while now, I found it originally through Luke Narwhal’s YouTube. It inspired me and kept me going through my 20 or so kg weight loss. But since covid and lockdown hit and then later lifted (side note: I’m in Western Australia where our state government are doing a fantastic effort in keeping our borders locked and things are back to almost normal). But since then, I’ve gained close to 10kg back, takeaway has been too easy to buy, the gym is so far when I’m staying with my partner (which is most of the time) and I can feel myself slipping, and clutching at my health in relation to food and fitness. I’m struggling. But I’ve had enough, from today, right now, at 3:53pm on September 3, 2020, I am getting myself back on track to my goal weight. I’m telling you for accountability, as I will be updating you on my progress, but also asking for little tips and tricks you may have ❤️

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