Gotta get back on the wagon, but I already feel discouraged

I feel discouraged because at this point, I know exactly how things are going to unfold: I'm going to bust my butt tracking every single calorie, eating at a proper deficit (yes I've calculated my TDEE and BMR and all that), giving up various things and being hungry all the time, only to watch the scale not move at all, at best.

In the time I've been losing weight (about three years now), I've tried a few different diets, most of which didn't work like keto/low carb, vegetarianism and intermittent fasting. The one that did work was just plain CICO, which worked until it didn't. I know weight loss becomes harder as I get closer to my goal weight and that I need to adjust my calorie intake to match my new weight, but even that's not doing it because the deficit at which I've been eating is still below what I should be eating to lose weight. I use my goal weight as the basis of my calorie deficit instead of my current weight, so I should absolutely still be in a deficit. Apparently I'm just very fuel efficient?

Basically, all I've been doing the last few months is gaining and losing the same five pounds. I eat at least somewhat healthy - roasted vegetables, salads (I try to go easy on the dressings), rice, oatmeal, tofu, seafood, baking stuff instead of frying it, fruit for dessert if I can spare the calories, Truvia or Swerve instead of sugar, no soda, weighing stuff out in grams so I know exactly how much I'm consuming, tracking calories. I have occasional garbage food like hot dogs or canned baked beans, but I make room for it in my calorie budget.

What gets me is it doesn't matter if I count my calories obsessively or I eat like a pig because my weight doesn't budge! I just got done trying intermittent fasting for a few weeks without calorie counting and just ate whatever I wanted whenever I wanted because from what I understood, calorie counting wasn't entirely necessary with IF. I waffled around between 205 and 210 the whole time. Before that, I was actively keeping a food journal and eating around 1200 calories a day and I was still stuck between 205 and 210. Currently back to calorie tracking and after a week of eating mindfully, I'm up to 212. Off to a great start.

I'm starting to fall into fatlogic, thinking that my current weight is what I'm "supposed to" weigh and that's why I can't lose more, even though I know that's not true. It's just really discouraging to keep chugging away at a diet and seeing exactly no payoff. I know the issue is that I'm still somehow eating too much, so I guess I just have to keep on lowering my calorie intake until the scale moves. I'm not really looking for advice because I know the answer is to simply eat less, I'm just kind of unloading because I feel like I'm following all the rules, yet I'm still failing.

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1800 Calorie Diet and Weight Loss Stops?

Hey all,

Long time lurker, first time poster (on a throwaway alt).

I’m a 35yo Male who’s been on the weight loss merry go round for a few years.

I’ve been hovering around 127kg for a good while and on my latest attempt, I’d managed to lose a few kg and then COVID hit which threw me off and I found myself up at 135kg.

I’ve gotten back on the wagon and am using CICO with an 1800 cal daily limit.

I’ve gotten down to 130kg and am holding steady on the plan but progress seems to have stalled - it’s been 2/3 weeks and the scales aren’t moving.

I’ve read about plateaus - is that what’s happening?

I’m worried about whether I need to cut calorie intake further.

Has Anyone else been in a similar position?

Any suggestions would be very welcome.

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rant, thinking about giving up entirely

hey r/loseit, i just wanted to rant because i’m at the point of just giving up entirely. for context i’m a 19 year old male, i’m 6’4 and i weigh 299.4, since october of last year i’ve been losing and gaining weight back and forth in the 290’s, i don’t know what to do anymore, i’ve done so much research i know what i need to do lose weight, i’ve tried keto, IF, CICO etc nothing is working and i see people constantly post their achievements and i feel happy for them but i just bring myself down, to the point where at times i hurt myself i just don’t know what to do. do you guys have any tips for me? because this is the last time that i’m gonna attempt another weight loss journey, sorry if i sound like a whiny brat, thank you for your time and you read this.

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Dating after weight loss

When encountering new romantic partners, do you mention that you used to be a former chonkster?

My highest recorded weight is 232lbs, I’m sitting at 160lbs as of today. I don’t often admit it, but I carry a lot of shame about my old body. If you didn’t know me back then I usually won’t talk about it.

For example, i was seeing someone intimately in the summer and never once brought it up/showed them pictures from that time in my life. I think they could probably tell I was an ex fat as I do have some telltale signs; some loose skin (especially around the breast area) & residual stretch marks. I just find that I cant open up about that old part of me? Does anyone else feel the same way?

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Me finally losing weight thanks to quarantine and a couple of homies

What’s up r/loseit, throughout most of my life I‘ve been pretty damn fat lol, I’ve just gotten bigger as the years went on and I didn’t mind it much since I just liked to eat tasty food without any repercussion. One moment that a friend of mine remembers is when I went to a 7/11 after school and ate 4 donuts by myself, but hey they were for $1 back then and it slapped. I didn’t do anything to help lose my weight and I remember thinking back then that it wouldn’t matter since I’d grow taller as I got older, but I haven’t grown from 5’3 since 7th grade. Thanks to my insecurities, I did know that I didn’t like my appearance of being the short fat kid and would always wear sweaters to compensate for it, I went to a school with uniforms so thank god for that. When I got to college, I became even more self conscious and that actually did lead me to start doing cardio at my uni’s gym, but I went to hard since I barely started after 2 years and ended up getting shin splints a couple of weeks after which halted my running for the next 3 years. I’ve had short bursts of motivation here and there to go to the gym, but I would soon after lose interest as I didn’t feel like anything was keeping me there other than hopefully losing weight.

It wasn’t until this June where I was hanging out with a couple of friends that I’ve known for around 10 years and I brought up the topic about weight loss. In this time I still didn’t like my appearance but I knew that I was pretty much just whining about it without doing anything to change my situation. I wanted to make myself better, as I believed that my ideal appearance was to be a bit muscular, kind of having my shit together if you know what I mean. Being fat isn’t good and it does suck since in my opinion, appearances do matter in society and people will be quick to have a certain attitude around you. It has honestly affected me mentally throughout these years, I’ve even become mostly introverted, having a quiet tone when I speak, and I kept more to myself. I felt that people didn’t notice me and that I was easily passed off due to how shallow society was since like I said, others judge you right off the bat. I kind of felt like I didn’t exist, even in my friend group with my other friends that I’ve known including the ones I’ve mentioned. I felt better when I talked about it at that time because it felt genuine to talk to my two homies like that as another time I’ve talked about how i felt in our bigger group chat, but I personally felt that I just got the standard responses such as “Don’t give up man” and “We’re here for you”. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate it, but it just felt robotic. The response from the homies was more to heart, as before we’ve talked about things going on with our lives, like we’ve opened up to each other about our worries.

Hearing their words of encouragement and me understanding that I needed to make the better choice to be healthier, not just for others, but for me. That’s when I really understood the term about loving yourself coming first and not to let the opinions of others stray you away from the path you want to take.

I started out with portion control right off the bat as I lived with my family and ate whatever I got and in July I went to the gym with one of the homies (It was only open for one week sadly). I also wanted to get back into running but the shin splints I’ve mentioned were still impeding my progress, but every here and there I’d take a walk. I also did a home workout here and there after the gym situation, but for the most part I wasn’t very consistent with my exercise, however whenever I did I still put effort to not half ass it.

The CICO I’ve been doing is a major success, I’ve started around 206 lbs back in July and right now I’m 180 lbs! I’ve noticed some appearance changes here and there and some family members have even commented on how I’ve lost weight back in September. A recent achievement I’ve accomplished is being able to run again! Yesterday I had decided to take a walk as I had fallen a few days ago, scraping my knee, so I didn’t want to mess up the scab, but I still took my running shoes. I had walked for 2 miles and I just felt like jogging, so I started, and I didn’t have to stop to rest from my shins or to catch my breath at all for 1.5 miles!

I was pretty content once I finished and honestly, I’ve been having a more positive outlook with my life since I know that it can only get better from here on out. I’m planning on starting to make these runs more of a thing like going on one tomorrow, and getting in home workouts, like I’m gonna do after this post. My goal is to continue on slimming down and hopefully the gym opens up as soon as possible so that I can start up on more weight lifting as i only have a set of 10 lb dumbbells here at home. I admit that right now I’m not being super enthusiastic about how I am now, but I appreciate what I’ve done so far and want to keep on going to my goal and to be able to one day look back and see how much farther I’ve pushed myself.

One thing I’ve told my two friends back then that sticks onto me was how the end of the journey looks amazing, but the best part is going through it myself.

If you’ve gotten this far, thanks for reading, it felt nice to be able to talk about my story and for others to read knowing that they’re not alone in this journey.

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PCOS - Struggling to lose weight

I began my weight loss journey in July 2020 and I have lost around 15lbs overall. I started at 217lbs and I hover just above 202lbs.

When I first started losing weight I was over the moon. It was coming off relatively easily by limiting my calories and no rigorous exercise. I’ve been at a plateau for over 2 months now. I haven’t lost any weight since September 2020 despite sticking to around 1400-1500 calories everyday. I’m not sure what’s going wrong. I know it is harder for women with PCOS to lose weight but I’m not sure what else I can do.

Has anyone else with PCOS struggled to lose weight? Do you have any tips?

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Binges are different after weight loss

Last week, I felt so lonely because I was self isolating so at some point I binged out of boredom and loneliness.

I've been on a weight loss journey since December and I changed my diet quite a lot. It happened little by little but my diet is healthier than ever even if there's space for the occasional indulgence.

After this episode, out of curiosity, I had a look at MFP and I realised that the binges, even if they still happen, end up in eating less and better.

What would have been a big pack of crips, breakfast cereals topped with Nutella and a pizza became a bunch of cottage cheese, some crackers and dips, and some cobs of corn.

It's still a binge, aka eating bigger quantities while not being able to stop until feeling sick but instead of binging 2000 cal it was just around 800.

I also noticed they happen less often and that my relationship with food is getting better.

It feels like eating right really makes everything a bit better.

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