Why do I keep plateauing at the same exact weight?

Been having a rough time losing weight the last few months, but I've noticed that it doesn't seem to matter what I do or how little I eat, I always wind up right back at 205 pounds.

A couple weeks ago, I cut my calorie intake down to 1000 calories a day because 1200 a day was apparently still too much and I lost seven pounds in five days, taking me from 212 to 205. Then the weight loss just came to a screeching halt yet again in spite of sticking to that same calorie deficit. I don't know why my body seems to like 205 pounds so much, but that's always where my body seems to hit the brakes. At the rate I was going, I should have hit 200 pounds this week.

It's not the first time this has happened either. I'd have a bad couple weeks here and there where I fall off the wagon, gain back 5-10 pounds, then I'd pick up my diet again and drop all the weight I gained, only for it to end at 205 once more.

Is this normal for weight loss to stall continuously in the same place in spite of so much calorie cutting? I can't make any sense of it. I can't imagine that 1000 calories a day is maintenance, but I can't think of any other reason why this would happen.

I know people will likely ask about this, so I'll answer now: Yes, I am logging my calories accurately and honestly (sort of - I often round calories up, so I'm usually a little eating below 1000 a day). Yes, I am weighing out all foods in grams on a fully functioning kitchen scale to ensure I'm getting exactly as many calories as I think. Yes, I have re-calculated my TDEE (for my goal weight) and I am eating below it by more than 100 calories. I currently am doing a combination of intermittent fasting, volume eating and calorie restriction.

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PSA: If it works for you, it's good enough and you're doing something right.

I had someone stalk my profile and post about it in a discussion completely unrelated to weight loss, and they mentioned that they believed that I was calculating my TDEE incorrectly, was delusional to estimate it the way I did, and needed to lower it due to a medical condition I suffer from. From the research I have done and from what I have seen on the scale so far, they were wrong.

I don't know how common things like this are, but if the person who said this was right I wouldn't be at the lowest weight I've seen in a year. If whatever you're eating/however you're calculating things/so on and so forth is working for you and you are seeing results, the opinions of others are irrelevant. You don't need to reevaluate unless your methods are unhealthy, make you feel worse, stop working, or start causing problems.

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THANKSGIVING ANXIETY .

yeah the title says it all. im honestly just so anxious . like of course I need to participate because it’s not something I wanna be scared of my whole life .. how do I enjoy and eat while still maintaing my weight loss journey . like I’m so scared. really i know the main reason I am so scared is because there r NO calories to count off of and put in to my tracker so I’m just super scared .. same person from my moms birthday by the way. like I know I can control my self but just a lot of scary things go into thanksgiving nd i honestly don’t kno what to do with myself. even if i do good I’m gonna worry you know? really I think I jus need some reassurance of some sort or reassuring advice .

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Once you reach your goal weight, how do you know how much weight there is left to lose?

I’m 26F 5’6” and just reached my first goal of 153lbs (starting weight of 220) yet I still have a gigantic stomach (40 inch waist measurement; I look about 7/8 months pregnant with my gut hanging down of course) and a large double chin which hasn’t been reduced at all since the weight loss started.

I went to the hospital 2 days ago for a routine procedure and after the nurse had noticed I had lost 20 lbs in the past 2 months she told me to please stop losing weight and to stay at the weight that I am, yet I’m still very visibly overweight and I don’t know what my natural weight should be.

How do you know when to stop?

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What does r/loseit think of FDA approved Weight loss pills.

I want to preface this by saying I didn't gain my weight from a life of poor eating decisions. I've actually always been a moderate eater and a pretty active guy, and while at the top of my normal weight range,I had decent muscle mass. Anyways near the start of covid I got really depressed, and got on some meds which made me gain a lot of weight, along with making really bad food choices which was pretty out of character for me. I'm off the meds now and doing a lot better mentally, and started on a diet which has been really easy for me so far. Only problem is, I still have another 40 lbs to lose and I wanna lose it a bit quicker than this diet will entail. Would weight loss pills be a good fit for me?

TLDR: I don't have bad eating habits, rather I gained weight due to medication and depression, doing much better and having an easy time dieting but wondering if weight loss pills would be a good fit for me (to speed things up(

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My weight loss journey during lockdown (M, 14, 6’1) 200 > 140

My weight loss journey during lockdown (M, 14, 6’1) 200 > 140

DISCLAIMER: i’m on mobile + this is my first every reddit post so sorry if the layout is weird.

March 23rd, the first day of quarantine in the uk (where I’m from) i had decided to take the plunge and do what i have always wanted to do, start my weight loss journey. i have always been a larger kid ever since a young child and wanted to shift the weight but i’d always make excuses “oh i don’t have the time right now / i have that thing coming up, i’ll start after that” and had never. when the lockdown was announced, i couldn’t put it off any more. i could do all of my school work at home and wasn’t required to do it around a schedule when i would usually have my lessons. i sucked it up and weighed myself.

i weighed 200 pounds. 90KG. this may not sound like a lot to many people but to me it was. i was fourteen years old and this is how much i weighed. i was already tracking my calories on my fitness pal but very loosely. that day it would change. i weighed everything i ate for a week without changing my diet and was eating more than 2,500 calories and was barely moving other than to go from my bed to the kitchen to stuff my face with unhealthy crap.

i started to pay more attention to the nutritional information of what i was eating and what i was actually eating. i replaced all the processed foods like ready meals, processed meats that i was eating with meals that i knew exactly what was in them (within reason if my parents were cooking), and replaced my unhealthy snacks to fruit and vegetables and having crisps as a little treat, not a regular thing i would be eating. i cut my calories by about 1,000 from what i was previously eating making me eat about roughly 1,500 calories per day.

while doing this, i tried going on a walk 4 times a week but i ended up going on a 2 mile walk everyday after eating my final meal of the day. you may have read this prior but walking is a great exercise for losing weight and just in general good exercise. i also went on a 5km bike ride whenever the weather was nice (surprisingly the weather was very nice most of the time).

within 2 months, i had lost 14 pounds / 6.3KG. i was very proud of myself but knew i had some way to go. i had dug out my wii from my wardrobe and played wii fit everyday in addition to my walking and my bike rides. i also started to do a ‘chloe ting’ program, one of her 28 day ones i cant recall the name exactly.

fast forward to July/August to when i saw my friends for the first time in a few months and they were shocked. they didn’t say anything to me until my very straight up friend said to me “you’ve lost weight, well done!” and i felt like all of my hard work hadn’t gone to waste. don’t get me wrong, i didn’t lose weight for compliments, i did it for my own health and athletic ability and so when i went into adulthood i was overweight. when seeing my friends, i saw a mutual friend of mine and we were aware of each other and we had spoken previously and he didn’t recognise me. i was gobsmacked.

then it was the day i was dreading, the first day back in school. i was scared of what people were going to say about me. a few people congratulated me and asked how i did it and i gave basic answers. but the thing i was dreading happened. people accused me of starving myself and when i had denied it they were adamant that i had.

September 27th, i got down to my goal weight of 140 pounds / 63.5kg. i was over the moon. i’m so proud of how far i’ve come in such a short amount of time and i owe it to the motivational posts on this subreddit making me want to continue on my weight loss journey. and since then i have maintained that weight for two months and hopefully for he rest of my life (or until i bulk up with muscle instead of fat)

than you for taking time out of your day for reading my journey <3

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(F/17/132.5) I'm eating sustainably for the first time in years

Long time lurker here, never been consistently active on this subreddit. But I am wanting to get active in this super welcoming, lovely community. Anyway, I wanted to share a bit about what's been working for me so far.

A bit of background: I've struggled with disordered eating since I was ~13. From browsing those pro-anorexia corners of the Internet in middle school to straight-up bulimia up until fairly recently. Being a teenager is always a ride (lol). I binge ate after coming home from school, ravenously hungry. I didn't know this was binge-eating at the time, and my parents never intervened. This was comorbid with a serious snacking habit, and general unawareness of how much I was really eating. I would eat late at night, continuing to snack after dinner. I've been vegan since I was 12, so I mistakenly thought that vegan food = lower calorie/healthy. Boy, was I wrong. While nobody ever told me I was fat, I didn't like where my body was. Things came to a peak when I went on a trip abroad and came back at my highest ever weight, 147lb. I am 5'7, and I carried the extra weight especially in my face, thighs, and stomach. I still don't like looking at pictures from my heaviest, which is a shame because they're sentimental trip photos.

Fast forward up until a couple of weeks ago, I was doing 1200cal p/day by the skin of my teeth. Every day felt like an upward battle. It wasn't until I gave myself permission to up my calories to 1500cal p/day that things began to fall into place! Here's what's been changing:

1. Plenty of dog walks. I like calmer, less intense exercise. I totally admire people that go hard in CrossFit boot camps and can deadlift several kindergarteners, but that's not me haha. I love plugging in my headphones and setting a timer on my phone for 35-40 minutes. I live in a town with a couple of really good hiking spots, so occasionally I'll treat my Sheltie on a nature walk.
2. Natural IF. I find that a lenient 10-6 intermittent fasting period has helped me curve my snacking habit. Instead of waking up and eating breakfast first thing, I'll take a shower/go on a walk/do my makeup/do some light homework/read. Sometimes I'll wake up in the middle of the night and really want a snack. But instead of engulfing a family-sized bag of spicy tortilla chips, I'll have a persimmon and go back to bed. When I previously attempted IF, I would be watching the clock like a hawk waiting for the time to eat and feel actual melancholy when it was over. It's not a big deal eating breakfast a bit earlier around 9:30. The important part is not starting or ending my day immediately with food.
3. Fidget more. I heard you can burn up to 300cals just fidgeting at your desk. Might not be true, but it's something and it's fun.
4. Cooking homemade meals a lot more. Quarantine has turned me into a chef. I love to cook, and it puts you in control of what goes into your food. I used to eat restaurant food almost every day. I'm limiting it to 2-3 times per week now. I didn't realize how sensitive I was to sodium bloating until I experimented with reducing my salt intake.
5. Belief I can do it. I used to feel hopeless about weight loss. I'd tried and failed so many times. But I'm only now realizing it was because they weren't sustainable. I'm going to do this slowly and the right way this time. I'm going to be going into college Fall 2021. I want to use this season of my life to work on myself so I can enter as a more stable, confident person.

Thank you for reading, if you made it this far! We're all in this together <3

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