Two weeks in!

F/31/starting at 347. I finally made the commitment to myself to lose weight! I started on 11/2/2020 with 18:6 IF. I’ve chosen not to count calories as in the past calorie counting became overwhelming/obsessive for me (and then I give up out of frustration) - Im currently focusing on IF and eating whole foods/cutting out the junk. I love it and I’ve been able to stick with it! It feels right.

Since 11/2/20 I’ve been able to lose about 13 pounds! Currently at 333.8

My first major weight loss goal is to be at 270 by July 1st 2021. When I hit that goal I’m going to reward myself with a new paddle board I’ve been wanting!

I hope that is a realistic goal to set for myself anyway...64 pounds in 228 days. I’ve got this!

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Anyone managed to tear themselves away from bad habits and eating and make a difference? I've been feeling really lost this week.

To be honest, I don't even know what I want from this post, but the last week or so has been so frustrating and I'm not sure what I'm going to do.

To start with, I'm a 35 year old man, 310lbs, 5'9". Yes, I am aware I am overweight, I'd be thrilled to be at 250 again. I've tried on and off for a few years with various results. For awhile I was trying keto, but I heard that's not great for you and I felt like I always wanted carbs. I tried the Pesce diet, but stopped after a week.

I'm just tired of feeling like my body is rebelling against me. A couple of years ago I had a bad outbreak of gout, I got steroid treatment for it, but I was told weight loss was the best course of action. They suggested my drinking was part of the problem. Which I hated hearing because I drink, a lot.

Eventually I managed to figure out it was my sodium intake. For awhile I was living exclusively off off boxed meals and frozen foods. Once I cut those out, my gout pretty much went away on it's own. I keep an eye out on sodium on packages now and I am absolutely flabbergasted how much of this shit is in everything. A bag of frozen peas? 25% sodium! Jesus!

Of course I've had back, knees, feet, joint problems.

My visit to the oral surgeon stated my blood pressure was above average, but it wasn't a major concern, yet. It's embarrassing when your dentist is telling you to lose weight.

Last Sunday I had a really painful external hemroid, last Friday night I had to sleep in a recliner and when I woke up, the hemroid popped and my pants were full of blood. That really scared me, but the hemroid has stopped constantly bleeding and it went from like a golf ball size down to almost nothing, the pain is dramatically less. I'm beyond thrilled. I'm not looking forward to work tomorrow because it involves sitting on a hard rubber chair for 10 hours, but I bought pads to line my pants so I don't bleed through and plan on bringing a pillow with me or something.

Anyways, this feels like the final straw. I sick and tired of it. According to some articles I've read, obesity absolutely does play a role in hemroids.

I haven't eaten much, when you are in constant nagging pain, food doesn't have the same appeal. I've been eating because I know I have to, but I've lost 10 pounds since all this hemroid business.

Since the Sunday I discovered the hemroid I haven't had any alcohol, I was advised away from that and now I'm thinking of just seeing how long I can stay dry. I'm positive a lot of my weight is related to my drinking habits. I was fit in high school and didn't start drinking until my late twenties. There's days I could hammer out a 30 pack in less than a night.

Although admittedly, I've been using cannabis to help ease the pain.

So that's where I'm at. I'm sick of my body being sick because of my lack of inaction. And while I'm aware losing weight requires a proper diet and exercise, I still feel lost.

Firstly because I'm not planning on doing anything remotely intense until this hemroid heals, even walking I feel like a old man.

All of our local gyms are closed. Our company offers free access to the YMCA, but since they shut down that's not an option. I have a few dumbbells I'll lift when I watch TV or whatever.

As far as my free time, during the week I work until 2AM, go home, sleep for two hours, get up, take my Mom to work, go home, try to go back to sleep, wake up at noon, get her, take her home and then go to work. I'm already running on 4 or 5 hours a sleep a day Monday through Friday, a lot of times on the weekend I just wanna sleep in.

Although not exactly relevant, people reading this are gonna pick up I live at home. Yes I do, my Mom is in her sixties and lost her drivers license last year, so I moved in to help out and drive her around. Although admittedly, she also poses a minor problem, she loves cooking a lot of awesome food, that's incredibly unhealthy and anytime I don't polish off anything that's left over, she gets pissy about it. This isn't exactly a problem, we have a very blunt relationship and if I tell her I'm not eating her food anymore, she'll accept it, she has no other choice, but I know it's really going to hurt her feelings.

Even the things I used to find enjoyment in I've been ignoring. It's like work in, work out, sleep, do it all over again.

I don't know if there's anyone out there that's been in a spot like this? Did you manage to crawl out? Do you have any tips? I know it sounds like I'm making a lot of excuses, I just feel really lost.

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Weight Loss 2021, I REALLY need a community...

Hey, I found this reddit so I could start a thread to have a community for people who have the same stats as me?

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Here is my story, I will try keep it short.(ha no)

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I weighed a lot most of my life from before I was even a teen. I just always liked food. Being chubby actually did not bother me most of my life because I am oblivious clearly. It was only around 15 years old that I realised everyone was obsessing over it. I got called a name on the street. I years later watched the biggest loser and panicked that I could be this big someday. It all kind of snowballed.... because I was getting bigger.

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Hi. I am a five foot 2 hobbit, I weigh 170lbs right now. I started out at 180lbs when I first realised I was getting bigger and bigger(seeing photos of myself also didn't help). I cut down on fast food, omitted some processed carbs(bye bye pasta for some reason) and cut down on the others or subbed them for quinoa or veg noodles. I stopped all soda. I walked a lot more then, managed to get down to 160lbs, fast forward a few yrs and I am starting college, I decided to get a personal trainer, I worked out twice a week and went MEGA STRICT mode on my diet. God it was awful, I went into this mindset where I counted everything, weighed everything, had no treats to maybe 1 small thing a week. I lost weight alright. I went to a whopping 140lbs with 6 months training and 4 months of no training but I started running and staying healthy and active on my own(ha that didnt last...) anyway I was thin(ish, my goal was 120lbs) for a few months then I finished college and started a sit down job and it made me gain 15lbs.

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So back to 155lbs, thinking about starting a new life. I quit my job and move in with my dad and step mom... I was a lot more active. Danced, biked, walked, ate less but my weight kinda didnt budge. Turns out I was MEGA stressed. I hated my step moms rules on me even though I was in my 20s she treated me like a child. I couldnt find a job and then in the summer I was hit with extreme chronic pain. Like out of NOWHERE seemingly (turns out it was the stress causing this issue im about to tell you about) which caused my UNKNOWN endometriosis to FLARE up like a bad boi and give me a massive 8cm cyst on my ovary. I been in and out of hospitals since trying to get an operation with more issues and waiting times being added. With all the chronic pain and stress and hating where I lived and yada yada I went into FULL depression mode. I moved back home with my mom, I ate. I stayed in my bed. I did nothing day after day. I gained.. im back to 170lbs and I just felt so bad about it all (Still no job...). I am slowly trying to get back to being motivated. I am not as depressed now. I kinda settled down, chronic pain has went away and now I only get pain where my cyst is.... but somehow I still lack the motivation.(weather here has been terrible).

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Speaking of that. Now I cant exercise very highly or I get serious pain in my side and a possibility the cyst could rupture causing major pain and issues(its full of old blood so ew no) so I am sedentary. I tried shadow boxing and yoga but i get sOoOo BORED doing this over and over on my own. I need a community to help me with my food issues. I am so bored and eating out of boredom bc I dont get out. I am A HUGE unsocial nerd btw. I feel like a lot is against me.

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SW: 180lbs

CW: 170lbs

GW: 120lbs

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Female/26/Irish/5 foot 2 inches(159cm)

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Please help me. I feel like ive tried every kind of lifestyle but always end up failing. CICO, IF, FAST800, intuitive eating... etc etc.

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I also am not a fan of exercise to begin with, I did like weight lifting and I do enjoy swimming but our gyms are closed almost all year due to pandemic plus I cant drive. Can't work out too heavy in my room since its made of CARDBOARD(everything shakes) plus cyst/medical issues.

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My food for my height and stuff seems to be around 1250 calories and my god its SO difficult to stay this low and enjoy my food/stay full..

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What I’ve noticed as I am trying to lose weight

So I’ve been trying to lose weight my whole life with little success. I was that overweight child, who went to university overweight and somehow only gained the freshman 15 in my second degree and avoided it in my first. I am out of school working a big girl job and the weight has just been falling off. Here’s my collection of things that I’ve noticed:

• when I changed my name (going by middle name now) I completed a set of descriptors I want people to associate me with. Some of them included things like always happy, go getter, but also sporty, athletic, fun and others similar to that. This had a huge change in how I acted even though I didn’t really change much.

• there are two types of stress:

1. Depression stress is what I had during university when I was fighting with my ex all the time, working full time, school full time and trying to hack it in the fine arts world. I was diagnosed with depression but that doesn’t mean I’ve done anything about

2. Stress from life. This is what I have currently. But it fuels me to do my work and get my to do list mostly done every day

• the people around me affected my eating. My family always had sweets in the house, breads and spreads for breakfast, and large hearty meals for all meals. For a while I would skip breakfast while living with them. Now I skip breakfast and have my coffee but my meals are more balanced. I always bring in my lunch bag some hummus and veggies and a small portion of left overs with a fruit. Then my dinner is usually something with more veggies and protein.

• I really love vegetables! Just not the way my family cooks them! Like seriously I made this killer mushroom risotto, or a mushroom chicken pan sauce thing with roasted veggies and man oh man! Roasted broccoli with a bit of olive oil and some ground garlic is like crack to me! Or even just sautéed Brussels sprouts. And then playing with spices! I’ve been all over the world with what I eat and have so many fan favourites by mixing my spices! Why can’t my family cook this way instead of boiling everything with no spices or flavour. Or it’s meat and potatoes.

• moving into an area where being active is easy makes a huge difference! I lived in a wonderful city full of things to do and had plenty of friends to hang out with. But in order for us to go on hikes or go have a lake day we had to drive a minimum of an hour. Plus the winter weather started in October and lasted till May some years. Now I’m living in a place where I am a 10 minute drive from multiple lakes and state parks.

• rediscovering my body is both fun and weird! The other day I was rubbing my shoulders and realized how bony they are. They don’t look it yet but I haven’t felt the bones so prominently in a while. Also the hips dips from fat are done and now I have a true pear figure despite being overweight. Finally while driving o noticed my normally slim forearms are even slimmer and I have a dealing once I lose all the weight I want I’m going to be a bit gangly.

• my period really affects how my weight loss happens. It seems to be a cycle where I will lose weight for a month and then the next month stall and this all lined up with my period. I’m trying to work around that but it’s still a thing I’ve noticed.

• My ex partner played a factor into my weight lose. When I was in uni we were long distance and we fought so much. Then with depression and everything else I dealt with I gained weight. My ex loved my personality but they were very vain and wanted my looks to match. The constant criticism of my body (they would pinch my back fat!) or what I ate (slapping my hand when I had a cookie) really got to me. They also weren’t into being outside and doing things so a lot of our dates revolves around food or movies.

• turns out I am really sporty but I just hid it or something. My current person I’m seeing is super sporty and they encourage me to join. I’m really competitive so it usually means we have fun and I get a decent workout in too. I really enjoy playing soccer, hiking, skiing, skating, and swimming!

So overall I really am starting to believe when people say it’s a lifestyle change because my lifestyle has changed! Every weekend I do a 5-10k hike, I’m walking around so much for work, and I’m eating more variety in my food but actually enjoying it. I’m being active because I want to be not because I feel the need to. Somehow my life has shifted into what I think is my lifestyle I want. The weight is slowly coming off and I know if I went to the gym and actually counted calories it would come off faster but Covid is a thing so for now I’m going to see how much I can lose before I really plateau!

Tl;dr: i moved to a new city and noticed that the lifestyl of this city makes me want to be more active and because of this I have naturally adopted the lifestyle of someone who is active. I’ve also lose weight in the process.

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How weight loss saved my motivation for life

I’ve lost around 70 pounds and it’s taught me so much about discipline. Throughout the latter parts of high school, I stopped doing my homework or studying. I just couldn’t feel motivated to stay on top of my life and my grades slipped badly, to the point where I didn’t feel confident that I would get into colleges. I am now a freshman in college after weight loss and I feel like I have developed so much more self-discipline because of it. Weight loss was difficult, but I still did it, and I proved to myself that I am capable of making myself do a lot more than I thought. My room used to be an enormous mess of clothes and trash, but now I am on top of chores and my environment is clean and not distracting. My grades are now great and my body image is improving so I’m just proud of myself :) If you are struggling, just know that you are capable of so much and you can take control. Good luck on your journeys!

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I don’t know where to start

Guys,

I need help. I am a 41 year old woman who’s currently 5’4” and around 255 pounds. I would like to lose 85-100 pounds.

Now, here’s the kicker: I’ve done most modern diet plans (WW, Jenny Craig, etc) up to actual weight loss surgery (lap band, but had it removed). So, I know HOW to lose weight, I’ve done it before, it just seems so overwhelming this time.

Part of my problem is I eat for comfort from my anxiety and depression. I see a therapist and am on meds, but part of me thinks I don’t want to give up my coping mechanism. I thought if I could do this weight loss slowly, not go “balls to the wall” and cut out everything at once, I might feel like I working with myself, instead of trying to overpower myself (which is how diet plans usually feel for me).

I am not a soda drinker (thank God), but I am all about the sugar, pastries, cookies, ice cream, sugar and cream in my coffee. Very little vegetables. I hate to cook, so I fall into ordering out a lot - and with delivery services like DoorDash, it’s only gotten easier to eat out.

So, where do I start?

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I’ve had an off 2 weeks...

I’ve been on a weight loss journey since March, losing 48lbs so far. Right before Halloween we got invited to a small costume party, I made sure I was on track with my diet so I could look my best in my costume and looking back at photos I really did look good.

At the party there was pizza, cookies, chips and dip, candy, etc. Things I haven’t eaten in a very long time. So I indulged, and I drank. Then the next morning feeling sluggish I just wanted some good food. So I had Mexican and drank a Bloody Mary. The following weeks I’ve still been counting calories, but I’ve been veryyyy lax. Now stepping on the scale I’m heavier than I was 2 weeks ago.

But that’s okay. I’m only human. It was also our wedding anniversary, so that meant (for us) fancy dinner and brunch since we don’t exchange gifts. I seem to get to a point where things just start snowballing and it’s hard to get back on track. Especially with thanksgiving and Christmas right around the corner.

How does everyone take the control back and stop the snowball effect? I’m telling myself tomorrow is the day that I’m back to sticking to my diet and my exercise. Because I really do feel better when I’m consistent with both. I like seeing the numbers go down on the scale and I like the way my clothes fit better when I’m not so bloated. Just posting here to basically vent/rant to someone who might be in the same position as me.

SW: 240 CW: 192 F28 5’5

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