A month into my serious try at weight loss (and advice please!)

Hello all! I am F/27/170cm/115.5 kg

My starting weight a month ago was 118 and I've had good days and bad, but I've actually managed to lose some weight!

A year ago i actually weighed less at 109 but i wasn't trying to lose or maintain weight it just happened after a summer of hard work at a guesthouse to earn my keep. At that time i got one of those body anlysis tests (my school was offering it for free and it's originally in korean so please bear with me if it's a bit confusing) and it said to be within my proper fat range (fat control) i need to lose 27.1kg, so from that times weight it would make my goal 82kg. And it said my muscle range (muscle control) is 0 so i guess my muscle level is fine. The way I've been trying to lose weight is daily walking atleast 20 minutes, 2-3 times a week youtube low impact exercise for 20-30 minutes, and dance class 1-2 times a week 2-3 hours. I usually over eat my limit but with exercise i can bring it back into range though honestly atleast once a week a fall out of the range.

In the morning i eat an egg and drink this korean drink called misutgaru which i encourage you to look up! It's basically the korean traditional version of a protein shake, made of ground up beans and rice which i mix with water. For the last week I've settled on eating brown rice, mixed veggies and seasoned chicken. I mix the seasoning myself of garlic, onion, and chilli powder with a bit(15 mg or tablespoon) of sugar and salt and this coats 3-4 pieces of chicken. When i get tired of chicken I'll probably switch to tuna. And dinner i either eat another helping of lunch or misutgaru or this is the time i will fall of the train and eat what i want (take out, left over unhealthy food etc.etc) i also go out to eat with friend maybe twice a week(by this i don't mean a sitdown restaurant just like a meal i don't cook myself) and that's also where the calorie overload comes from. i do try to counteract by eating less during the day so i can do this, but as you see i haven't hit my monthly goal so I'm not doing a great job of it. But i won't give up!i have a very stable healthy goal i remember daily with "perk goals" on the side so i have no ibtention of giving up! And here are my questions

1. At first my calorie counter was at 1600s and now it's 1300s because i wanted to lose 1kg a week rather than .75kg is that healthy?

2. What is your opinion of the machine putting my normal at 82kg? When i look online usually it's smaller than that for my height but i am pretty broad and i carry the weight well so do you think that also means i can be heavier than all the online standards and that's normal?

3. how do i deal with hunger in a healthier way other than ignoring it? know some people say suffer through but I've been overweight/obese my whole life and it's something i can't ignore forever like an itch. if i get the pounds off i am afraid I'll eat my way back up the scale becuase I'll think i can "afford the calories"

Thanks for reading!

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A vent about seeing a bad photo, and thoughts about self love/lack of it

I'm halfway to my goal, but my progress has halted for the last couple of months because of other life factors and other things that I had to prioritize for a short time (med school applications that I'd put off by stressing myself constantly about weight loss). Anyway, I just had a med school interview today which I was very happy about, and I've been doing 1200 calories all week after starting to get back on track to losing again and decided to have today as a cheat day. It was a very draining day and I wanted to be able to relax and have wine with my family. I also wasn't able to even eat until late afternoon, so I didn't eat a lot anyway. My dad took a picture earlier in which I was in the background, and when I saw the picture, I was disgusted with how I looked. Just completely repulsed. I never took pictures of myself at my highest weight because I hated how I looked, and seeing how my face looks even now, 20 pounds down and halfway to my goal, just completely horrified me. There was so much fat under my chin and my face looked so round and just unrecognizable to me. It's probably just an unflattering photo too because I've had other photos of myself the last couple of days that look nothing like that, but I just wanted to cry. I was really skinny for my whole life up until about a year ago due to antidepressants. However, I just realized that, even at 95 pounds, I always found something wrong with my face and hated how I looked in photos. I still need to lose the next 20 pounds, but I'm realizing that losing them won't make any difference if I can't also learn to love myself. If I can't learn to do that, I'm still going to hate how I look, just for different reasons. Learning how to be kind to myself might be tougher than losing the weight, and it's a lot less straightforward. I truly don't know where to start.

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[Day 1] Beginning my day weight loss journey and taking the steps to break my alcoholism.

I am 5”8 and am beginning my weight loss journey at 185 pounds. I used to weigh in at 150.

Would love to go back to the 150 I was 5 years ago, maybe even shoot for 140.

My diet...is ok, but I am extremely social and have spent years binge drinking with my friends. I drink everyday and probably consume between 30-50 drinks a week.

I didn’t drink today and tried to make healthy choices even though we ate out.

Also walked 3.5 miles today. Small steps.

Any advice for a beginner? Looking at gym options this week. I eat a lot of processed foods and don’t like to cook. I guess that will have to change.

I’m not planning to completely quit drinking. But drastically cut back. Increase the number of days in between.

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Buy Yourself Those New Clothes!

I've been on a health gains journey for a long time, about 2 years (I'm choosing to not call it weight loss and I have a prior post about that, but that's largely irrelevant to this post) and I've lost about 65 pounds so far. But, I've largely stayed in the same clothes. In part, that's because most of my clothes were too small when I started this, but it's also because I was scared to move to smaller clothes too soon because I was afraid of disappointing myself.

Well, I've noticed recently that those size 14 (all US sizes) jeans that were tight on me once were falling down. I could take them on and off without even unbuttoning. I could easily grab entire fistfuls of fabric from around my thighs on jeans that were supposed to be "skinny jeans." So I decided it was time to move down to a cautious 12. Well, long story short, I ended up actually buying and fitting in a size 10.

I've felt such elation the last few days just putting on these cheap Target jeans and the size M shirt I grabbed on impulse. I think the big deal to me is that 10 is not a size you could find in a plus size store. It's "normal." When I grabbed the jeans, they were on the middle shelf. I'm so used to going to the bottom shelf or the bottom of the stack when grabbing clothes. It made me realize: I'm average. Yes I still can and should lose some more fat, but I've had the realization that I don't think someone looking at me for the first time would immediately think about my weight. Maybe they'd notice my great hair or fashion sense or the confidence with which I carry myself first.

Living as a plus size person in society is itself traumatic. From unsolicited comments in public to everything being built just a little too small to issues in building friendships and relationships. I knew that inherently, but this is the first time that I realized I might be done with that trauma. When I walk into a room, I might just be...a person, rather than a big person. I'm so happy.

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Question about dark areas

I’m a little bit embarrassed to post this but this is something I’ve struggled with my entire life. I’ve always been big unfortunately and up until recently I’ve decided to start bettering myself and have already lost about 35+ lbs, one thing I’ve been majorly insecure about are the dark areas on my body, my armpits, my inner thighs etc, and I’m pretty sure that cause of that is because I’m overweight.. my question is for anyone who’s lost a significant amount of weight, did you notice any of the dark areas on your body disappear or is this something I’ll have to struggle with my entire life? I’ve lost about 35+ lbs of weight already but haven’t really seen any lightning of the dark areas and it’s a little bit discouraging because these areas absolutely gross me out, one of the main reasons I started on this weight loss journey is to lose those dark areas as well as maybe stop being so insecure about my body.

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A testament to how I feel now - a public reminder if and when, I ever need it.

I have 'restarted' my weight loss journey and this time around, it feels really different.

I'm the heaviest I've ever been in my life: the angry, red stretch marks on my body have spread in places I've never seen before - I was getting winded from scooping and carrying cat litter - I just stopped looking at myself all together in the mirror, living in complete denial and shame. For a long, long time.

The first step towards change for me was to reach out for help in regards to my mental health - getting back on my anti-depressants that I abruptly stopped taking a year ago. I was able to sleep. I was able to get out of bed. I was able to will myself to take a shower instead of a week and a half going by, not knowing what day it was or even caring.

I started to get that faint feeling inside, that voice saying "I'm worth it - worth something" and deserving of self-care. And slowly, it has propelled me into wanting to make a change with my physical health.

I've lost 11 pounds so far and I'm cheesin' really hard as I type that.

I make my own meals now - inspired to make healthy tasty meals that will fuel me and my fiancé. I log my calories, happily but not obsessively like I used to. I haven't eaten fresh fruit in months and that seems crazy to me to say out loud: I've re-discovered my love for frozen grapes *chef kisses* and they are indeed worth all the rage. My fridge is filled with herbs, veggies and fruits and I don't hear those forceful thoughts of: you have to eat this- you have to go on a 'diet' and you will be miserable. I have healthy snacks in my pantry that, for once, I don't feel like binge eating, like I would have years ago.

My fiancé has always been my cheerleader, my best friend and lover - but I've noticed the extra-supportive hugs and words of encouragement day to day: saying you can do this! I'm proud of you!

And for once, I actually am hearing what he's saying and I believe it for myself too.

I'm excited to be a newcomer to this community and to learn from you all. To be inspired and encouraged from your own journeys. I'm excited for the present and for my future, and instead of shaming the past me- I'm thanking the "old me" for surviving and holding on till now.

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Anyone have success with premade meal plans?

Okay here's my deal. I'm 38F, full-time working mother of 3 young kids, battling depression and anxiety (yes, in therapy and on medication). I'm 5'3" and since Covid hit, I've gone from weighing ~155lb with a decent amount of muscle (I'd been strength training for over a year), to about 180lb with very little muscle since I haven't been going to the gym.

I'm exhausted and stressed and have very little time/desire for meal prep, weighing my foods, etc. I want someone to just hand me a box of prepared meals and snacks and be like "eat this stuff, and only this stuff, for the next few months to get started on weight loss." I understand that long-term weight loss is slow, doesn't work like that, etc. But right now I can't find the mental energy to do anything but the bare minimum. It doesn't help that I have to feed a family of 5, two of whom are extremely picky (we don't provide them alternate meals, but it does suck to spend a bunch of time cooking when you know it won't get eaten).

I'm not picky at all. I'll eat anything. I don't mind frozen food - Lean Cuisine-type stuff is totally fine with me. I really don't care, I just don't want to have to think. Oh, and this would just be for me - I'd still buy groceries and cook for my husband and kids, but I just wouldn't eat what I make for them for now (because trying to weigh out and log foods is hard when dinnertime is the most hectic/stressful time of the day)

Anyway, just curious if anyone has tried either a prepared meal delivery service, and what your experience was. I'm specifically looking at ones where the food is already cooked - not in kits. I don't care if it's fresh or frozen, it just has to be low effort. Ideally it would be breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks for 7 days a week, although I know I may have to make some concessions there because of cost.

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