How I did it.

Original post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/k2ehol/i_lost_so_much_weight_my_phone_didnt_recognize_me/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Hi, if you don’t want to read the original post, the basic premise is that I was nearly 600 lbs, and I lost over 350 of that and now my phone doesn’t recognize me as the same person.

First of all, I want to thank everyone for their kind words and love. I wasn’t really sure about posting on here, but it’s proven to be a great idea.

Some background (while retaining enough privacy), my name is Sam. I’m a 25 year old dude living in America. A few traumatic events and stressful times led me to self medicating with food at just 12 years old. I quickly climbed the obesity ranks, clocking in at a massive 300 lbs at just 15.

I was bullied, a lot. Left out of events with friends because my size would be a hinderance, I never did anything with anyone. I became very lonely and even worse with the binge eating.

Soon enough, at 22, I was 600 lbs. Depressed, alone, suicidal. I bought the iPhone X and setting up the face recognition on that phone was the wake up call I needed. All I could see was fat. Just a mound of fat. I have no idea how it even tracked my face if I’m honest.

Okay, now how I did it.

I started small. I started by cooking my own food. Was it healthy? Fuck no. It was all the cookies and pies and friend chicken you could imagine. But it got me off of fast food. No longer could I rely on someone else to make my food. If I wanted to make it, I had to get my ass off the couch and go make it. It led to me eating a lot less.

When I hit my first plateau it was around 500 lbs, which is when I started intermittent fasting. My window was from 12-8. It cut out nighttime snacks which was a big source of calories in my overall diet.

When I reached 425 I hit another plateau. I bought a punching bag, set it up, and beat the shit out of it for exercise. It was whatever I needed it to be. The shitty friends who bullied me and left me out. The food that caused me to get to that weight. Whatever I was pissed off at, I would imagine it in the place of the bag and destroy it. I highly recommend this, because it’s a workout but it also really improves your mental health.

Once I got down to 350 I started using a treadmill for cardio, and that’s when the pounds melted off. I went from 350 to 250 in just a matter of less than 8 months. And that’s how I got to where I am now!

Also, some advice and tips.

If you’re just starting, if you’ve fallen off the wagon, today is the day. The diet doesn’t start tomorrow. The diet doesn’t start on January first. It doesn’t start next week, or next month, or next hour. It starts now. There is no “last hurrah” because you’re already on the diet. If you delay the start once, it becomes easier to do a second time. And a third time. And suddenly a month has passed, you’re 5 pounds up from then, and you feel even worse.

One other thing I did to help me lose weight was watch some of these youtubers:

LukeNarwhal - Luke reads stories from this sub, from his own sub r/lose it narwhals and from his website. His voice is very relaxing and his content is very good for background noise while you do something else.

Will Tennyson - Will is full of great advice but packaging it into easily digestible entertaining content. He does food challenges, workout challenges, and many other things. I would steer clear if you’re not a fan of sex jokes though, because this dude is full of them.

Jordan Shrinks - She went from 303 lbs to about 170 so it’s safe to say that this girl knows what she’s doing. She has very good info on food, on diets, on workouts, on everything. She doesn’t upload very often, but when she does you can be sure it’ll be good.

Erik The Electric - He’s known for doing absolutely absurd food challenges in which he routinely eats 20K+ calories in one sitting. I like watching these because they remind me of how I used to be and why I don’t want to go back there.

FrumpyFit - She is a registered weight loss dietician (if that’s the right name?) and she basically breaks down all the bullshit in the diet industry. She shows all the fake things, all things that won’t work, that are scams, etc.

(Edited in) Dellen Garcia - not really someone I watch but his weight loss journey got me through some of the tough times. It’s very inspiring!

Alright, hope that was able to provide background/context and help to those who needed or wanted it :)

Good luck guys, you got this.

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7 Low-Impact Exercises You Can Do at Home

Yoga’s health benefits seem endless, making it a great low-impact exercise to keep you healthy and lean. Not only does practicing yoga help you drop pounds and build muscle, it can also reduce pain, boost mood, lower blood pressure and encourage sleep.

What makes yoga so effective and simple is the fact that it’s a low-impact exercise, manageable for people of all ages and body types—those with different ailments, aches and pains, as well as varying levels of stress or motivation.

Anyone can perform basic yoga poses, even if it requires making minor adjustments. If you are just starting out, don’t push yourself too hard to go deep into your stretches to start. You can work your way there. Yoga should be soothing and nurturing to your body. It definitely shouldn’t hurt.

On the Nutrisystem program, we recommend 30 minutes of physical activity each day. Consider adapting a yoga practice to shed some pounds, take care of your body and create some peace in your life. We know once you give it a try, you will become a believer just like us! There are so many options when it comes to yoga for beginners. It’s as simple as breaking out the yoga mat and running through these yoga videos on The Leaf. Every move has step-by-step instructions on how to execute the low-impact exercise.

Here are seven yoga moves you should try for your low-impact exercise routine:

1. Butterfly Pose >

For the ultimate hip stretch in a soothing and peaceful move, look no further than the Butterfly Pose. This is a great pose for deep stretching in the hips, thighs, groin and knees. Sink into this simple stretch with feet pressed together and knees pointing out to the sides, creating butterfly wings with your legs. Make it a go-to pose for hitting those areas of your hips that are often overlooked, nurturing fatigued muscles, relieving stress and even potentially reducing pain associated with PMS and menopause! Try it here >

2. Cobra Pose >

Snake into this low-impact exercise to strengthen the shoulders, abdominals and glutes. It can even open and stretch the chest and back. Cobra Pose may help sufferers of asthma and sciatica, provide comfort for overworked and stressed muscles and improve flexibility. Breathe through the elongating and soothing stretch, with care not to overextend your back, which can lead to injury. Try it here >

3. Downward Facing Dog >

This is a classic pose that even non-yogis know and love. It’s a great standby to slip into for a quick midday stretch at the office, an unwinding routine after a long day or post-workout relief. Targeting the back, shoulders, arms, hamstrings and calves, this simple and blissful pose is a finger to toe stretch that has the power to help relax your entire body, calm anxiety, increase energy, soothe digestions, improve your mood and more! Try it here >

4. Cat and Cow Poses >

The cat and cow pose combination is a fabulous stretch to soothe and strengthen the chest, back and neck, while helping to reduce stress and aid in the flow of the digestive system. Performing these poses together is also associated with improved posture over time and lengthening of the spine. Once you get your groove of smoothly transitioning from one pose to the next, you’ll slip into back, neck and chest soothing heaven. Try it here >

5. Chair Pose >

Spending all day in the car… or at a desk? You need a low-impact exercise that will undo this burden on your body. Add Chair Pose to the routine. This yoga for beginners move will reactivate those leg muscles without any rapid movements or heavy weights. Just squat and rise to your toes. You’ll better your balance over time, so don’t feel silly if it takes awhile to ace the pose. Try it here >

6. Warrior II >

Welcome a low-impact exercise that actually has an impact, because this pose might have you feeling a bit like a warrior. Warrior II is a fantastic way to ignite and stretch all of the muscles in your body. Legs to arms, you’ll definitely feel it. Extend one leg back and bend the other forward, as if performing a lunge. Just remember to keep your knee at a right angle to the floor to avoid straining your joints. Stretch out your arms, and keep your gaze forward. Try it here >

7. Modified Side Plank >

Want to tone your tummy? Modified Side Plank it is! Yoga for beginners is turned on its side with a low-impact exercise that targets your belly regions. As the name implies, Modified Side Plank is a pose that requires raising off of the floor and balancing on one side. Our quick video demonstrates it all in less than a minute, but you’ll feel yourself hitting muscles you’ve forgotten you even have. Even if you do crunches all day (a massive strain on your neck by the way), you’re not getting that laser focus on your sides. If you’re targeting a whole muffin top region, you’ll want to get it all! Try it here >

*Always consult a doctor before beginning any exercise routine.

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Help Me Stay on the Bandwagon F20 SW200 CW 173 GW120

Hey all. I’ve tried a variety of things to lose weight since August 1. Since then I’ve lost 20-30 pounds depending where I assume my start weight to be. I’m now at the cusp of overweight/obese. I’ve tried a variety of things and...I’m scared that my lack of consistency in approach may leave me vulnerable to falling off the wagon, especially as weight loss increases in difficulty when there is less to lose. If anyone could give suggestions, that would be nice. I’d like to streamline my game-plan on my journey from overweight to normal weight.

I’d prefer something restrictive and quick. I’ve built up a decent amount of self control and feel I can do something pretty strict.

If I were to single out the thing that made the most difference, it would probably be 1) weight training and 2) Volume eating.

Does anyone have success not on a diet per se (Keto, CICO, etc.) but just losing weight by sticking to a certain set of rules? Am I shooting myself in the foot by not doing something universally tried and true? I’m just aware of myself not being likely to stick to something that’s tedious or restrictive of certain food groups (I don’t live alone), and then falling off the wagon and getting discouraged.

August (-9)

Intuitive eating. No exercise. Lived with my vegan stepfather and ate very little. Lived in a big city so was more active. Also was consistent with ADF.

September (-2)

Moved back in with my grandparents. Small town in the country so less movement. Intuitive eating and transitioned into occasional calorie counting. Running 2-3 times per week. Occasional 15 minute HIIT. Ate more than I should have and nearly gained half the weight back at points.

October (-4)

Consistent weight training. Intuitive eating w/ some macro/calorie counting. Began weight training 3x week.

November (-6 so far)

3-6 mile walks daily. Strength training 3x week. Week of ADF + Intuitive eating + volume eating with the following rules:

• 3 meals a day
• salad or fruit after every meal
• no nighttime eating
• no meal over 400-600 estimated calories
• unless it’s a 8/10 or more on a strict desire scale

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Newbie looking for weight loss inspiration/direction.

Hi all, I'm mainly a lurker but have plucked up the courage for trying this out...

I'm 25F 5'3" at 265 pounds, from Australia so did a bit of conversion aha (164cm, 120 kgs).

I've been digging through the archives but I wanted to ask in general for posts that people have found helpful, inspiring, and the like for someone in a similar range.

Working on diet is the big thing I want to get a handle on. I do physio exercises for my sciatica, and I'm able to do day to day things for chores and work from home.

I uh... diet is a problem... and strange... I grew up lacto-vegetarian because of the religious my grandmother and mother followed. The rest about that is for the raisedbynarcassists subreddit.

I really can't stomach eggs or meat or fish, so I'm vegetarian and love my dairy. I was thinking of maybe going a more Mediterranean diet? I'm not sure if Keto would be a good fit either.

I'm not looking to lose weight fast, I just want to make it sustainable, and well delicious.

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New here! F/29. [SW: 230 CW: 205 GW: 185] stuck at 205 😕

I'm new to this sub and like what I've seen of the community so far so I wanted to say hi and share where I'm at.

I hit my highest weight after my pregnancy. I was always chubby but was never not confident like I was with my post-baby body (my pre pregnancy weight was 190 or so). My daughter was born September 2019, and I started actively trying to lose weight in February 2020. I fell off the wagon for awhile but just hopped back on it a month or so ago. Thankfully I hadn't gained weight from where I left off, but didn't really lose any either (left off at 212, picked up at 208.6 with about a 4 month hiatus). I think I was just so happy that my jeans fit again that I stopped caring for a bit. I've been using MFP since I started, and wear a fitbit. I pay the most attention to never going over on carbs or sugar, and do my best to hit my protein goal.

I'm having a really hard time getting past my current weight of 205, but I'm trying really hard to remember I will get there as long as I keep up with healthier habits. Being stuck in the low 200's is really frustrating me, I can't seem to break into the 'one-derland'. I typically burn between 2400-3000 calories a day, and consume 1850. The past couple weeks I've been trying to stay closer to 1600 a few days a week. When I had been at it earlier in the year, I felt like I had a period of slow weight loss, then hit a point where I was consistently seeing the scale go down after maybe 2 months.

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The "wrong" motivation?

Hello friends, I'm looking for some advice.

I've been sort of chubby my entire life, and have never really had a dating life. But around the age of 20, I lost a LOT of weight because I had a very active job (I was maybe 140 lbs, the lowest in my adult body, but I was so confident in my body that I had never even weighed myself!), I started dating a 32y man and started having sex. I had some bodily insecurities but they weren't too bad. But our relationship was terrible and he treated me like shit, and I started eating in secret & gaining weight. He would making comments about my body too, if he had occasional ED he would blame it on my weight (though he would drink and smoke pot like crazy).
Anyway I left him, which was good for my self esteem, but I kept gaining weight. I'm currently at 185+ (and at 5"4, this is a lot on my frame). I'm 24 and it's been two years since we broke up, and I want to start dating again. But I don't feel comfortable dating, or making a move on anybody (choice is super limited with covid too!) with my body as it is. My stomach feels enormous and my face is huge and puffy.
I've been starting weight loss journeys for 2 years but haven't gone anywhere. In fact I've gained weight. I've been telling myself this entire time that I need to lose weight for my health, and to feel my best. That anybody I'd like to date, should be attracted to me in the body that I have now. I would feel more trusting of them, because of the guy I dated who was attracted to me while I was skinny but gave me a hard time when I fot fat.
But in all honesty, I think I do want to lose weight so that I can date. So that I can attract a potential romantic interest, or go on Tinder, or at least approach someone. Yes, I still want to lose it sustainably. But I want a body that I will feel super sexy in! I want to pull up my shirt in the mirror and feel good about what I see, not feel pregnant. And I want men to find me attractive. And I feel unfeminist for feeling this. And that if this is my motivation, it will not hold me sustainably throughout the journey. Sorry for the giant essay, but does anybody have any advice? Have you used wanting to look good/wanting to date as motivation? How does it sustain you?
I feel fat and ugly all the time, and after having been quite slim for around 2 years, I know how I could feel.

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How I Lost Ten Pounds of Quarantine Weight Recently

Using my new fitbit, getting sober, logging my food and steady workouts I have had success. I think that knowing my calories I burn from the fitbit estimate mixed with me knowing the total calories I put into my body, just that awareness, are 70% of the reasons for weight loss. 343 to 333 in two months, half of which was in the past two weeks from the addition of logging my calories. I wasn't trying a new diet but generally eating healthier, being sober and it all made me aware of how much I was eating. I stopped craving food as much as I used to. Truly this is an amazing feat for me to finally find out the equation for my own personal Weight loss.

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