Friday, November 13, 2020

Recently started strength training and weight loss has slowed - should I be decreasing calories? Increasing training?

Hello!

5'4 and starting weight of 195.

About four weeks ago, I started (hopefully for the last time) on my new healthier lifestyle. Normally, what I do is just calorie counting/restriction and occasional exercise here and there, but this time I decided to join a gym and I've been working through a strength training program 4x a week with a trainer.

Normally when I decide to cut calories and track, I lose about 4-5 lbs in the first week (which I know is mainly water) and then about 2 lbs per week after that until I get bored and quit.

This time, though, I'm losing like .5 lbs per week. I'm currently at 193 after 4 weeks.

I don't know what I'm doing wrong - my trainer has told me to eat 1900 calories per day which is way higher than I normally eat when I'm trying to lose weight, so I've been keeping to 1400-1500 instead. I'm diligently weighing and tracking so I really don't think calories are the issue. I think one time I forgot to log a banana, but that's all.

But I must not be doing it right because my weight loss is SO MUCH SLOWER than normal and it's so discouraging. Should I try to cut down to 1200 calories? Or should I be introducing more cardio maybe or lifting more?

I hate strength training as it is, so doing it and not seeing results is making me want to stop :(

Any advice would be greatly appreciated <3

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Thursday, November 12, 2020

Unsupportive family and sister with eating disorder

I guess I've always been "the fat one" in my family, but lately I decided I'd like to be fit. I started running for about 5 minutes a day and have slowly built up to half an hour a day. I have also only been eating when hungry rather than helping myself to seconds. I started doing it in secret, I guess I felt self-conscious, having been known as the unfit, fatter one in the family. My mother and one of my sisters have also been bigger than others in the family and now I'm starting to see results they are making me feel awful. My sister is clearly bulimic, and my mother is in denial of it, so they are both sort of focusing in on me as the issue. They emotionally manipulate me to get me to eat multiple helpings and act like I'm starving myself if I don't. My sister constantly looks me up and down and tracks my activity. I can tell she emotionally spirals if I don't eat more than her or if I exercise. When I didn't want to have some food at an extended family gathering because I had eaten before, my Mum acted like I was lying in front of everyone. I even told my Mum about suspecting my sister is bulimic, but when she found vomit on the toilet she asked if it was me. They are acting like I am sick when I was so sensible and slow about my weight loss. I've been so proud at having achieved something I never thought I could, but now I have these complex feelings of having to undo all my work to please my mum and sister and it's making me feel depressed, think about food in an unhealthy way and alone because no one else is proud of me, there's just all this negativity. Does anyone have any advice?

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How do you battle Fear of Failure on your 5th/6th/7th weight loss/wellness journey?

Hi all, I (33f) am doing better than ever with loving myself and growing past "all or nothing" thinking, and Noom has been a big part of that healthier mindset for me. This is my at least 5th attempt of weight loss over like 10 years where I lose it but then gain it and while this time feels healthier and more kind to myself than ever, I keep feeling afraid I'll slip at any moment. I find I verge to the point of obsession at times. I gained 60, lost 60, gained 50, lost 30, gained 50, etc etc and am now around the midway point. I'm going slower and care about so much more than just pounds, while also literally only caring about the pounds (I want my body positive talk to be rewarded with a good scale- clearly I'm still in my head!) Just wondering what anyone else who struggles with consistency does in regards to battling their fear of losing it all. I love the quote "nothing in nature blooms all year long so why expect the same with yourself? Be patient". And yet I worry I'm one cheese platter away from saying fuck it and going back up. Any one else? Wishing you all a beautiful evening :) (5"6, 33f, 175 now, was 208 after a broken leg and dad died. Was 146 for maybe two minutes in 2014 and been zigzagging ever since).

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Just started getting serious about weight loss... Got some questions

I recently started eating less, and working out more. I've been at it for 2 days know and was used to eating a lot. I recently cut back and have eaten roughly 3,400 calories over the past two days. I've also stopped drinking soda completely, and have switched to drinking tons of water, one water a day, I put a packet of sweetener in, which is worth no more than 5 calories.

So here's my question: Why do I not feel hungrier if I am eating significantly less? Why am I not dying to drink a soda, I feel like I should have withdrawals or something from how much I was drinking a day? Is working out distracting me from the food, and soda?

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(Rant) Feel like I’m the laziest person alive..

A little warning, this is just a wall of my negative thoughts, but I just wanted to get them out there to someone who I feel may understand or may have been where I am at one point.

I’m a 23 year old woman, been well over my goal weight for at least 5 years and want nothing else but to find the willpower to actually be consistent and lose the weight. Instead, I waste away my days on tiktok, or YouTube or whatever it is. Because of the pandemic I’ve become unemployed and probably gained another 20 pounds or so. I’m averaging less than 2,000 steps per day.

I truly feel like I’m the laziest person alive. I literally have no job but it somehow seems as if I don’t have enough time in the day to do what I need to get done. House chores, cooking, actually going out and walking. Time keeps getting away from me.

I recently bought a half gallon water bottle to start drinking more, I’m wearing my Apple Watch again to start tracking my steps and started calorie counting again. However, I only once finished the bottle. I never get my butt out the door to go for a simple walk. I’m not consistently within my calorie intake. I lay on the couch and stare at my phone for hours. Or even more sad, I scour YouTube, Reddit and tiktok for weight loss stories, hearing the same advice over and over but never heeding it.

I know logically I’m far from the only one who feels like this. But to me, it seems I’m the only one who can’t take control of their life. And out of all my issues: not knowing when I’m going to start a family, not knowing what my career life will look like, family and friend drama etc etc, I feel like if I could just take control of this ONE THING, my health, I will feel like I’ve truly accomplished something.

But here I am, wasting away on Reddit, always choosing the path of least resistance.

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How do I know when I should honor my “hunger”?

I’m a 27f who is 5’9” and currently 148ish pounds. At my highest several years ago I was just over 200 lbs. since January I have lost about 10 pounds. Something about my eating habits - I have limited gastric accommodation meaning I can’t physically fit as much food in my stomach as a normal meal would require. This change was the reason for most of my weight loss from the 200 pounds, not better eating habits. I am addicted to sugar and love lots of high calorie foods and that’s why I still have weight I want to lose.

Over the summer I started counting calories and tracking everything I ate with a scale. It worked wonders at first. But about a month ago I started to hit a plateau and then also gained a pound or two back. My goal weight is 140 so I just have a few more to go. It’s been really hard to stay within my budget though lately, I am constantly going over my budget (basically daily) with foods i don’t “need”.

I started with about 1400 cals a day, increased it to 1550 which worked for a while, then now I’m averaging 1800-2000 a day. I know this is a normal amount to eat but I feel like I can’t reach my goals this way. I’m a first year teacher which has been really hard and I have a lot of stress now in my personal life and I think these two things have made it hard to cut out sweets more. My friends seem to think I should let myself eat more and I really believe it’s out of concern for me and not jealousy or anything about not wanting me to achieve my goals.

I’m not sure what my activity level counts as since I don’t work out regularly but my job leaves me wanting to eat a lot and I’m just wondering when I should let myself eat more or if not, how I should eat in order to stay under my budget.

For the record I’m not starving, or even all that hungry, but it’s more like satiation and emotional hunger that seems to be why I’m eating. And it’s almost always sweets.

I just really want to lose these last few pounds as I don’t carry them well. Pls help 🥴

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Any advice fighting cravings?

I’m a 6 foot male, SW: 285 CW: 242 GW: 180

I’m doing pretty well like 80% of the time on my weight loss. I work out daily, usually 60 minutes, and sometimes up to 90. Mostly cardio. Because of Covid, I’m not really able to go to the gym and lift weights. I’m able to maintain a calorie budget most of the time, but I do allow myself cheat days occasionally.

The issue that I’m having, is with controlling my cravings. Every day I’m able to eat responsibly, but late at night I struggle making good decisions with food. I’ll get the idea of “how about some McDonald’s?“ Or “how about a couple slices of pizza?“ in my head, and I feel like I only have like a 40% success rate when it comes to denying these cravings.

This is the biggest thing preventing me from reaching my goals right now. Everything else in my life is helping me lose weight but these cravings that I have late at night. I think even writing this is helping me because I have to consciously point out what’s wrong with caving in to these cravings.

If anyone has any advice on how to deny cravings I would really appreciate it.

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