Just binged and now I have 50 calories left

Hi guys. I just wanted to get this out. Today started fine, I ate a filling and nutritious bowl of oatmeal for breakfast(300) and some berries for a snack(50). When lunchtime came for some reason I was really hungry. My dad went out to get Burger King and I ordered a hamburger(220). Part of my weight loss method is to eat everything I want but just less of it so this was fine to me.

I have a big family and it turned out my dad accidentally ordered two extra burgers, a Whopper Jr. and a cheeseburger. Because I am a growing teen he said if I was still hungry after my hamburger and veggies I could eat that. So I ate a bowl of veggies and my hamburger but I was still hungry for some reason. My family went out for a hike but because I had to do homework they left me at home with my older sister. I was alone with those two extra burgers and fries just staring me in the face. I tried to ignore the urge to eat it but I eventually couldn’t and decided to just have half of the fries. I ate half of the fries(200) and then went back to my room. Then my sister said I should just finish it because it would be a waste. I declined her offer but it lingered in my mind. I then calculated the calories in the rest of the fries and decided I could eat it even though I was already stuffed. So i finished the fries. And then it was like I couldn’t stop myself and I ate the other two burgers. I then drank a lot of water and started feeling really bad. When I calculated the calories it turned out to more than 1200 calories total including my breakfast and snack.

This left me with a little more than 50 calories left because my daily intake is 1300. My TDEE is around 1450 because I’m so short and my doctor recommended I eat no less than 1300 per day. My weight loss has been slow due to this but it has worked. Right now a few hours after my binge I’m feeling a little hungry and I know 50 calls won’t sustain me the rest of the day. I just feel horrible. I can’t just cheat today because thanksgiving is coming. I am so close to my goal and don’t want to ruin it more. Help please

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Is dieting different for Asians?

As a Vietnamese man living in a Slavic country (Czechia), I have often figured out pretty late in my life that I have to approach a lot of things differently (hair products, skin care etc.). Right now I am interested if that applies to weight loss as well.

I am 23 years old, 100 kg (220 lbs) and 173 cm (5'8"). I am commited to a low carb diet with a calorie intake around 1500-1700 kcal per day from my regular diet of basically high carb meals, junk food, ton of sodas/energy drinks and ~3000 kcal per day.

Lately I've been really busy so I have been involuntarily skipping meals. After some backtracking I found out that I've been living even for multiple days straight on 900-1000 kcal (most heatly meals) without feeling overly hungry.

That made me think if I should approach dieting differently. I gained the most weight since I started living with Czech people and Czech meals consist of starchy and fatty sauces with fatty protein (bread and meat for every meal).

Unfortunately by searching the internet I have found only vanity magazines basically saying just "LOOK AT ASIANS! THEY THIN! EAT LIKE THEM!"

I understand that nutrition is completely subjective but I am interested if there are any objective differences between Caucasian and Asian dietary needs. Is there any literature that I could use or do you have any tips for me please?

tl;dr: Are western weight loss regimes for me as an Asian less effective and are there any alternatives?

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Need advice on losing weight

First off, I want to start this off by saying I'm sorry if this isn't the right place to ask for this.

I don't know how to start this off as this is the first time I turn to someone for help and opening up about this, but here it goes:

I'm a 22 year old guy and I am about 350lbs. My days are mainly staying inside, playing video games, eating and sleeping. Though I don't eat excessive amounts of food, my main problem is drinking unhealthy amounts of soda every day. I extremely rarely drink alcohol and I smoke a pack of cigs a day. Basically, I currently have the most unhealthy lifestyle possible.

But I WANT to change that. Typing this and reading a lot of the posts here has made me realize how much I've let go of myself and that I want to start working on myself. Of course those are just words and I need to take action if I wanted to change something, but that's where I'm struggling.

I've looked at diets, weight loss plans, workouts, whatever you name, but I never understood where to start, until now. I do know the first thing I need to do is quit drinking soda and start drinking water, so there's my start, but how do I continue it? What diet should I follow? What exercises should I do?

I guess what I'm asking is, could you guys point me in the right direction?

My start and plan for now is quit soda, drink water, quit junk food, eat less & more healthier and go on walks, but I don't know what diet to follow, so I would really appreciate some help on that.

Sorry of the wall of text and sorry if there are any spelling mistakes, english is not my first language. Thank you to anyone who takes their time to read my post.

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I lost over 75lbs with the help of the loseit community, and I also happen to be a clinical social worker specializing therapy for weight loss. I wanted to share my list of tips for weight loss during the holiday season

This community has been very helpful to me since I started my own weight loss/now maintenance journey a few years ago, and I like to give back when I feel like I can be helpful. I wrote an article about how to approach the holidays in regards to weight loss and wanted to share with you all my tips for how to stay on track or start with your goals during a season that many find challenging to their relationship with food.

I also welcome discussion around your personal experiences with food during the holidays and sharing what you have found works (or maybe even what doesn't work) for you. Here are my tips, and here's a link to the article in case anyone wants to read more:

1) Start small - Commit to making one or two small changes at the beginning. Maybe this is reducing snacking or alcohol consumption, or increasing movement. Adding one small change over time can snowball into big progress later and keeps us from feeling too overwhelmed or deprived.

2) Slow weight loss is successful weight loss - I'm sure you've heard the saying "slow and steady wins the race", and this applies here too. Slower weight loss has other perks as well, like less likelihood of loose skin and fewer cravings to binge (which can happen from being in a large caloric deficit). You also won't be as likely to burn out and give up. Make your goals long term, as well as the strategies you will use to obtain them

3) Commit to making permanent changes you can sustain - Temporary diets are also temporary fixes. You probably don't want to live the rest of your life never eating pumpkin pie or the occasional treat again, whatever that looks like for you (I know pumpkin pie isn't for everyone), so your diet plan should incorporate these as well

4) Setbacks are normal, don't let them send you off track - The binge you had last night, or the 3 pieces of pie you ate at Thanksgiving will not significantly affect your weight in the long run (can you tell I'm looking forward to that pie?). One slip up will not make a difference, just make sure you're not making frequent exceptions to this and you'll be fine

5) Make room for occasional indulgences - The holidays bring up a lot of opportunities for indulgence. You don't always have to give in, but you don't always have to say "no" either

6) If weight loss feels impossible right now, aim for a period of maintenance instead - Let's not forget that we're all under a lot of stress right now on top of our normal stressful lives, especially going into the holidays. So sometimes simply not gaining extra weight can be our definition of "success". Be kind to yourselves.

Best of luck and happy holidays!

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32F starting my weight loss journey

I had my wake up call a week ago. I went to the emergency room for extreme chest pain. It wound up not being a heart attack, but it was still very scary. That night, my wife casually mentioned that I've been snoring consistently since April.

I've been blaming my weight gain on breastfeeding our toddler-- my hormones are out of whack and I'll get back to normal once they wean, right?--, self isolating in our 500 sqft apartment, and my chronic pain and fatigue. It's out of control, though. I now weigh more than I did at 42 weeks pregnant and I'm starting to worry about the health issues that are coming along with the weight.

The area we live in isn't super safe for walks, especially with an unruly two-year-old who wants to run in the street, so I bought Just Dance 2020 for our Switch and I've been doing 1+ hours of dancing each day since Tuesday. I'm not ready to change my eating, though. I grew up watching my mom yoyo diet for my entire life and it's left a bad taste in my mouth (I'm not even telling her about my weight loss journey because she gets really weird about my weight at every size.). Besides, I primarily eat vegetarian, whole foods. My biggest issue is my super sedentary lifestyle.

Anyways, here goes. I'm 5'7" at 215 lbs. My first goal is to get below my weight at my kid's delivery, 205. My end goal? Maybe 150 lbs?

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I got a new job and I’m so excited about it for so many reasons!!

I recently landed a new job. I have so many reasons to be excited, but several are tied to my journey.

I’ve worked in the food service industry as customer service/delivery driver for about four years now. I work mostly evening and night shift. This creates quite the chaotic eating schedule, and it’s been this way for four freaking years.

I struggled for so long to find a routine. And I struggle now. Especially when it’s late and I’m tired and I need food NOW. On top of that, I’m surrounded by fatty delicious carb heaven, all the time.

I sleep most of my day so I don’t eat until after noon generally and eat most of my food around evening time. I know, it’s a miracle I’ve lost the weight.

Now I’m moving to more normal hours! I can finally start eating at normal times. On top of that, my job is work from home until April or until things calm down in my state with covid. I’ll be home all day, this allows a lot more planning for meals at home, and less opportunity to buy a fast food meal or something at the gas station.

I can’t say I’m not a little worried about getting enough exercise, as my job currently is fairly active as is, but again, I’ll have a more rigid schedule and be able to workout at normal times too.

And last but not least, this job has been a huge source of my depression. I have chronic depression, so it’s sort of just a thing, but this job exacerbated it, immensely. No longer will I have to deal with crazy traffic. I have a company that now treats me as a human and not just a number. I have better pay, benefits, tuition reimbursement, and more opportunity. My depression is one of the biggest reasons as to why I fail somedays, weeks, or even months. Food is my comfort. My safe space. Maybe I can get my mental health on track now, too. We all know weight loss and a healthy mind work hand in hand.

Gosh, finally, normalcy is right around the corner and maybe now I won’t feel like such a fraud or a failure for living this chaotic journey. Take care of yourself, in every way possible.

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Started my diet one month ago, and beginning to hit my first hurdle

I started my weight loss journey at 424 pounds. I've always had struggles with my weight ever since I was a kid, always been the chubby kid growing up. When I was in high school my junior year, I was 370 pounds and went on a diet for 2 years and got all the way down to 220. After graduating college and being unable to find a job, I started to get depressed and discouraged and managed to gain most of the weight back. Over time I've slowly gained more and more weight over the years, dealing with my mental health and other issues. I stopped working, my mother passed away, my grandpa got dementia and I stayed at home to take care of him. I was put on anti-depressants (zoloft) and although I would try half-hearted diets before, I felt like the medicine was preventing me from losing weight so I quit it cold turkey 3 months ago.

Fast forward to one month ago, and I started my diet, and this time I wanted to take it seriously. The first three weeks were great, I got down to 407 pounds and was completely changing what I was eating. More fruit, more vegetables, protein shakes, nuts, and various other healthy meals. I began walking as much as I could every day and slowly it got easier. My anxiety/depression were at a peak during this time, and my doctor suggested I take wellbutrin which I have been on for three days. My mood has been great the past 4 days that I've been on it, and I'm really feeling confident about myself.

The only problem is, the past 5 days I have not lost any weight. One week ago I weighed in at 408.2 and today it's only 407.8. I don't know what has caused this, since the last three weeks I lost nearly 5 pounds a week. I'm still eating in a big calorie deficit (1300-1400 calories per day), but the only difference I made was adding 600 calories worth of food that I would enjoy (for two days it was a subway sandwhich, and the other days it was half a frozen pizza per day). I was still eating my 1400 calories, but 600 of it was more unhealthy (higher sodium/fat) than usual. The other change would be my medication, which is supposed to cause weight loss in most people (why my doctor recommended it to me).

I'm feeling a little discouraged. I want my diet to work and I want to get down to 220 like I was in college, but it seems like losing weight when I'm 30 and not 18 is a much more difficult challenge. At 18, I could eat whatever I wanted as long as I only had 1500 calories and the weight would fly off. But at 30, I have half a pizza and cut my calories by a ton and the scale doesn't move.

What advise would you give someone like me? Should I keep doing what I'm doing and hope the weight loss will continue? Or is there changes I need to accept and more sacrifices I need to make to become a healthier person.

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