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I am so beyond proud of myself. If you had told me earlier this year, that by September I'd see a weight on the scale I haven't seen in over 3 years, I'd think you were crazy or way too optimistic for my taste.
But I did it! https://imgur.com/a/W4kOGnv At the end of May, I jumped back into my weight loss journey, and since then, I've lost a total of 28 lbs. I still have a ways to go, and It's going to take me a while yet to get to where I ultimately want to be, but I will get there. I absolutely believe that now.
I know that some days, weight loss feels like its seriously dragging its feet. Just keep faith in the process. You'll get there! I'm only 10 lbs away from moving into the "overweight" category on the BMI scale from "obese", and that goal used to seem unattainable. Now it's within arms reach.
I just wanted to share this awesome victory with you guys! Thanks for reading and celebrating with me!
A lot of people in my life are having a hard time with weight during quarantine, so I think they'd be happy for me, but maybe not feel so great themselves. So instead I'd like to post a mini celebration here!
Ages ago I dropped from 200 to the 150-158 range, where I've sat for years. It wasn't my goal weight, but I was okay-ish about it. I always tried to maintain my diet, but could never work any further down from there.
But man, if there's any good thing to come from quarantine (outside the very obvious) it's been the chance to set up and keep a routine. I've managed to land on a consistent running schedule and started cooking my own meals. I'm running further than ever; 6.5 miles three times a week. BANANAS compared to what I thought I could ever do!
I never, ever thought I'd lose that last bit, but here I am! And I'm so beyond freaking stoked!! It's amazing. I feel so different in my own body. I can see between my thighs when I sit down. I literally never thought that would happen!
So yeah! Thank you for letting me celebrate with you, Reddit. I hope your weight loss efforts are going well. I hope you're feeling amazing. I appreciate that this is a place to celebrate while still protecting my friends and their feelings. That means a lot <3!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Now you’re ready to do this. Here are more details, that may help you refine your plan.
If you’re trying to lose weight, you may have heard that you need to increase your metabolism. But what does metabolism mean and what does it have to do with weight loss? Your personal metabolism determines how many calories your body needs and uses—how many calories you’ll burn just by being awake, but also the extra ones you burn from walking, running, hauling groceries, mowing the lawn—even when you’re sleeping.
Because it determines how much you burn, your metabolism also determines how much you can eat if you want to lose weight. That’s why the All-New Nutrisystem plan takes your personal metabolism—and factors that affect it, like your age, height, gender, weight, activity levels and more—into account when designing your personalized weight loss system.
Don’t worry about whether you have a “slow” or “fast” metabolism: About 96 percent of us have a metabolism that falls into a “normal” range, says Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care. But your daily habits can influence it, increasing your calorie burn and accelerating your weight loss results. We’ve put together this list of some simple habits that can give your metabolism a burning boost.
Metabolism and Weight Loss: What You Need to Know
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Starting your day with a big, cold glass of water could help you burn calories all day. According to the University of Utah, “eight 8-oz. glasses of water a day, or “8 x 8,” as commonly expressed, not only helps maintain the body’s hydration status, but may bolster its metabolic rate as well, resulting in more efficient burning of calories.” They also explain that when you dehydrate three percent of your body weight, you burn two percent fewer calories throughout the day. The difference, the scientists say, is having the classic recommendation of eight glasses of water—64 ounces. When study participants had that much, they felt better and burned more calories.
Want your water to give you even more help with weight loss? Have it right before you eat. According to Virginia Tech Daily, when scientists had dieters drink two eight-ounce glasses of water before meals for 12 weeks, they lost more weight than those who didn’t drink before meals.
You may have heard that eating hot peppers can increase your metabolism—and that’s partially true. The peppers can increase your metabolic rate, but the spiciness warming your body isn’t actually what stokes the fire of your calorie burning. It’s the capsaicin that does this: According to Science Daily, scientists at UCLA Center for Human Nutrition tested the non-burning version of capsaicin, called dihydrocapsiate (or DCT), which is found in milder peppers. When study participants ate this non-spicy capsaicin, they still got a metabolism boost, nearly doubling their energy expenditure compared to a group that ate something without the DCT.
So, make one or more of your daily non-starchy vegetable servings a pepper—it could be a green bell pepper or some of those tiny “snacking” peppers that have been popping up in grocery stores. Even without the burning sensation and sweaty brow, you’ll heat up your metabolism and burn more.
Moving your muscles helps your metabolism in two ways: First, it builds lean muscle, which burns more calories even when you’re not using them. According to Mayo Clinic, “since muscle tissue burns more calories than fat tissue does, muscle mass is a key factor in weight loss.”
But strength training also helps increase your metabolism right away through something called Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption (EPOC). This means that when you stress your body through strength training, your body keeps burning extra calories long after the workout ends. In one study, published in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, women who lifted weights still had an elevated metabolic rate the next morning after training—an increase of more than four percent in their metabolism.
You don’t even have to get out of your chair to get all these benefits: Try these six strength moves you can do while sitting on your tush! >
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Getting a good night’s rest is one of the keys to successful weight loss. When you don’t get enough sleep, your blood sugar levels can be thrown off, your ability to make good food choices fails and your body burns less fat (Read more about sleep deprivation here! >). It also messes with your overall metabolism: Just three nights of bad sleep can start to slow your calorie-burning engine down, says the the University of Chicago Medicine.
Check off these seven smart tips to get better sleep and keep your metabolic fire burning! >
According to Science Daily, researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research studied people who were feeling cold. They found that shivering for 10 to 15 minutes per day caused participants’ bodies to release a hormone that turns “white fat” into “brown fat,” a type that’s more associated with keeping the body warm. That’s significant because brown fat also burns calories—up to 300 per day!
In the study, the amount of this fat-changing hormone, irisin, that was released during a 15-minute cold shower matched the amount released by the body during a full hour of moderate exercise. So give yourself an occasional cold shower and turn your fat-burning to hot!
You’ll probably want it after that cold shower, and it actually does double-duty for weight loss and your metabolism: Green tea has two compounds, caffeine and catechins, that may help with both. In an analysis of 44 different studies, published in Physiology & Behavior, scientists found that these two compounds together helped dieters lose 2.8 more pounds when dieting compared to those who didn’t have them. And the catechins, specifically, have been linked to metabolism, with scientists finding that the compounds increase overall energy expenditure.
It doesn’t just have to be hot green tea, either. For a cool, fruity treat that works with your program, try this Blueberry Green Tea Smoothie! >
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I started my weight loss in May 2019. I was 230lbs at 5’7 (F) and one day I woke up and suddenly decided I was going to lose weight. And I did! By September I’d lost 42lbs (CICO and weight lifting), before quarantine I’d lost 57lbs and now I’ve been sitting at around 171lbs for months.
I didn’t lose much weight during quarantine but I did develop some super healthy habits. I started doing HIIT workouts at home since the gyms were closed, I was going for long long walks in nature every day, I was home cooking all my meals, I was happy!!! I felt so healthy, relaxed and content! But then quarantine ended and we all returned to work and I have been struggling so so much to adjust back to my “normal” life after 4 months of being at home.
I feel miserable that my long, free days at home are now filled with 2 hours of commuting and 8 hours at a desk. Having to actually DO things again left me feeling exhausted. The gyms reopened and I’ve been going maybe twice a week (I prefer to do 4-5 days a week) but my eating habits are...out of control. I have a very bad binge eating habit which has come back in full force. I can eat perfectly healthy all day long easily, I feel like after all this time that habit in deeply engrained which I’m very thankful for. But oh my god the evening bingeing. On the way home from work I’ll go to the shop, almost in a trancelike state (fellow bingers I know you know what I’m talking about) and pick up sweets and chocolate. I know I shouldn’t, but I do. Then I come home, eat my dinner and then I start my binge. Every single night. I’ve stopped tracking but I must be eating less than 1000kcals of “normal” food each day and maybe 1500-2000kcals of sweets and chocolate every day which is insanely unhealthy and I feel awful that I’m doing it. My weight is stable for now but I know it won’t be for much longer, and I’m sure it’ll be doing harm inside my body which I can’t see and that scares me. So today it ends. I need to stop this before I lose control completely and end up back at 230lbs or with diabetes or SOMETHING. So here I am at day 1 round 2, armed with my little calorie journal.
First time round I used other people’s posts on this sub as motivation but I never really posted or engaged myself. However this time feels much harder and I NEED community and support. No one else in my life has these issues or would understand and it’s so difficult when you feel so alone with it all. So my lovely new friends, please help me! Throw all your support/advice/experiences at me! I really do need it. And if anyone else is in a similar position to me (trying to lose the last ~20lbs, trying to quit bingeing) - I’m here for you too!
Sorry for super long post lmao TLDR: life is hard after quarantine but I can’t let that sink me back into my terrible binge habits and weight gain EDIT- SORRY FOR FORMAT IM ON MOBILE🙄
I’ve been under extreme stress lately from all angles- school, work, my relationship, helping to manage a rental property, all while being on my weight loss journey.
I wanted a pizza so badly yesterday, I was thinking about where I’d order it from and all, but I didn’t cave. Today I received an unwarranted low grade and wanted nothing more than to eat a ton of Italian ice, but I didn’t. These last few days I’ve realized more than ever that my relationship with food needs to change. My view of food is completely warped and I feel like I don’t even know what’s right or wrong in that regard. I’m just glad I didn’t give into the temptations, though.
I’m 22, 5’8”, and 226 lbs. My highest was around 255-260 (not sure if I hit 260 but I know 255 for sure). I need to weigh 160 in order to be the highest “healthy” weight as per a BMI chart. Sometimes it feels like I will never get there, and even if I do, I am fearful of hating the way I look with loose skin.
Just a lot going through my mind tonight and I feel like I have no one in my life that I can discuss all of this with and have them understand... thank you for reading.
