130 lbs down, fittest i’ve ever been in my life, now suddenly I can’t stop over eating/binging/obsessing over eating food

22F, 5’9”, SW:~290, CW:157, GW: 140?

Hi! I switched coasts in August of last year (NY to CA) and took the change in scenery as an opportunity to rewrite my eating habits and get my overeating under control.

Weight loss is not new to me, in 2017-2018 I spent a year out of school and unemployed and worked really hard on eating well (mostly avoiding carbs and sugars and calorie counting) while hiking regularly in the morning with my dog!! I lost around 60 lbs then and got a boyfriend for the first time!! I was happy but was eating poorly again, going out a LOT and eating big (1500kcal+) meals 3 times a day. I was back to old habits so of course I gained the weight back.

I got up to probably around 290 but I wasn’t weighing myself at that point. I felt so stupid and hopeless because I knew exactly what I needed to do but for whatever reason, just for the sake of eating delicious food with someone I liked, I knowingly overate. It’s almost like the entire time I was losing the weight, I wasn’t letting myself eat like I wanted to but now I had the excuse of a boyfriend, some switched was flipped and I went right back into “you can eat ANYYYTHING!! ALL THE TIME!!!” Mode.

My current weightloss, I started just calorie counting (1200-1500) with really no workouts for the first 6-7 months. I lost weight with just that and when the golf course I live on closed down because of Covid, I got to walk it every day as a pedestrian!! Walking led to hiking which led to mountain climbing which led to waking up at 5:00 am every morning to run 4 miles up a 1500” mountain, to meet the sunrise at the top! (And the other psychos who get up there even earlier then me) I was looking back on old workouts in 2018 when I was hiking then too, and I am able to do now twice as much work in half the time, holy shit!!! Cutting your body weight in half is the ultimate steroid. I literally feel light on my feet! That might be why I’m obsessed with climbing mountains. (Also uphill running doesn’t shake loose skin as bad as flat jogging)

My weights mostly plateaued for the last 3-4 months, since mid summer, but on god are my calves toned. Even though I am still trying to lose weight and get to the range I want to be. As I’ve gotten thinner and thinner and started working out more and more my appetite has come back with vengeance. And I’m terrified. I know I am capable of losing weight and gaining it all back, and I see where I am now on the slope, unfortunately, and I don’t like whats ahead. I know HOW to maintain, I know its all math and good habits. But I fear my life of yo-yo dieting has ruined my relationship with food. I think about my next meal constantly, and my compulsive over eating has gotten worse, im in my fridge and cupboard every hour and i’m binging sometimes more then I remember to put into a tracker (4000kcal-5000 easy)

It feels like my brain is too polarized with my eating habits, I either don’t have permission to eat as I want to, or I do. Days I wake up like “whatever, i’m just gonna eat whatever, I don’t have the energy to fight the urges” and I don’t know why!! Suddenly eating a normal amount takes a huge amount of emotional energy and willpower and I think I burn myself out after a few days and the binging starts again. Its stupid because I’m not under eating!! Even with the exercise!! I have no reason to be wanting to eat all the time. This is getting exhausting and I can’t help but feel like this will be my whole life, forever. Its inescapable, either I keep the weight off and obsess over how much i’m gonna eat, constantly “mouth hungry” for no reason, and living in prettifying fear of gaining the weight back every day. OR whatever whenever I want and eventually die in my 30’s or something. Why is this my life!! What’s happening to me?? I KNOW what I have to do! I’m smarter then this, my body is healthy and happy but my brain always wants to be eating!

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Anyone had success with a “crash diet” to get out of a plateau?

Hey, everyone! So I’m 28/F, 5’2” currently 135lbs.

I first started losing weight about 4 years ago, going from 195lbs to 125lbs. Over the last year or so, I got a little lazy and gained some weight back. I’d been stuck at 142lbs since July of this year, and no matter what I did I couldn’t seem to break out of the plateau. I’m confident that I was calculating my calories correctly, because I was using the same math that helped me lose 70lbs before, but it didn’t seem to matter how much exercise I added or anything; the scale just wouldn’t budge.

This past week, I decided to do an extremely low calorie diet to see if the scale moved at all- if it didn’t, I was going to make an appointment to get my thyroid checked. I only ate 800 calories daily for the past six days, and FINALLY the scale dropped from 142lbs down to 135lbs. I’m now adding calories back so I'm eating at a more normal deficit, I still want to lose another 5lbs or so.

My hope is that the week of crash dieting jumpstarted my weight loss again, and I’ll start seeing normal predictable results. Just curious if anyone else has tried that, and what the results were?

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Maintenance Monday: October 5, 2020

If you've reached your goal weight and you're looking for a space to discuss with fellow maintainers, this is the thread for you! Whether you're brand new to maintenance or you've been doing it for years, you're welcome to use this space to chat about anything and everything related to the experience of maintaining your weight loss.

Hey gang, here's your weekly discussion thread! Tell us how maintenance and life in general is going for you this week! And if you missed last week's (or simply want to reread), here's a link.

If there's a specific topic you'd like to see covered in a future thread, please drop a comment or message!

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Recalculating TDEE and daily calories - is this right?

Thank you in advance for your opinions! I’m 5’4”, 186lbs, 37/f. I started calorie counting a few months ago and because I was sedentary, reduced my intake to around 1200-1300 a day. Lost about 10 pounds over the course of two months, which was good! I was happy with it because I was cutting mostly in the week and eating maintenance on the weekends.

I slowly added in exercise and now would say I’m at a moderate level each week (I think??). I swim twice a week 70laps/hour, one day of HIIT kettlebell work that’s about 30 minutes, and then at least one dumbbell weight training/cardio sessions that last an hour.

This whole time I haven’t felt hungry or overly weakened even though I’m still eating around 1,300 calories a day along with working out. But my weight loss has stalled and I kinda keep springing back and forth between the weekends and weeks. (I do my best to track on the weekends, but I have a feeling this is largely where I’m letting myself down.)

Recalculating my TDEE with my increased exercise, it says my daily maintenance is 2,550, which seems so. high. Even if I cut the daily 500 out and eat only 2,000 it still seems high. Even the idea of adding another 400-500 calories on top of what I’ve been doing feels counterintuitive. But I’m a believer in CICO and willing to try increasing, but I wanted to double and triple check here first.

So increase protein intake along with calories to around 1700-1800, maintain exercise levels, and lock down my weekend intakes. Is that a solid plan?

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Accountability post

I have such a mental block about weight loss. I eat my feelings, and then get into this like, belligerent “eff it all” state of mind and just binge. It’s like doing CICO makes this lizard part of my brain go into fight or flight mode about deprivation and I just eat everything in sight. I was doing quite well up until about 6 months ago, when lots of life changes happened. CICO got too overwhelming so I decided to give intuitive eating a try.. which resulted in me gaining back a good 6-8 pounds. Which reignited my eff it all attitude and I’m procrastinating weighing myself to see the damage. But the damage is visible when I look in the mirror.

So. I’m starting again. It’s going to be a rough week. But I need to remind myself that it is okay to feel hungry. I’m going to focus on snacks that are healthier options. I’m going to stop eating an entire bag of chips after my kids go to bed. But even writing that out I feel the anxiety rising and want to just eat whatever I want whenever I want. Because LiFeS tOo ShOrT. But life is also too short to be unhappy and unhealthy.

Any tips on how to overcome this mental block? Any sinfully delicious snack ideas that aren’t sinfully calorific? Haha

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What should a SAHM do to lose weight?

Hello, I’m looking for some weight loss tips. I am 5 foot, 165lbs. Although, I have a big butt and big boobs I am overweight but not ‘fat’ because it’s distributed mostly in these areas. I am having a hard time losing any of this. Maybe it’s the work outs I’m doing or something? I can only imagine doing squats is just going to make my butt bigger idk. I want to look slim though and lose weight off my chest if that’s even possible. I try intermittent fasting, but have a hard time keeping that up because I get shaky and dizzy if I don’t eat. I enjoy the gym but it’s about a half hour away and can’t make it all the time as I want to. I also have 2 kids so usually I’m pretty busy and have trouble fitting in time for myself. If you know of anything I can try at home or anything please share! Also, what are some good weight loss foods? I’m going grocery shopping later and want to add some new items that will help me out, thanks!!

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Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Monday, 05 October 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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