2.25 years of progress

I have been trying to burn as much fat as possible for the past 2.25 years. Their have been many ups and downs. The positives totally out way the negatives and I feel better about myself.

I wanted to make a post to give myself more motivation. I have lost 95 lbs, and would like to lose another 15 if possible.

The first pic is of me in a white button up shirt that barely fit when I started the weight loss journey. The second picture is me wearing a shirt from when I was a kid. I think I had the shirt when I was 17, 7 years ago, but can’t say that with certainty.

https://imgur.com/a/PWyf5Sh

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The analogy I've been using about weight loss

I'm a member of a facebook group related to weight loss (mostly cico but some people do other things). People often talk about "starting over"

After years of stressing about my weight (Gaining, losing, quick fix diets, lifestyle changes, and exercise programs) I have one thing to say:

Fuck. That.

You are not starting over. Starting over implies you failed in some kind of inexcusable way. Starting over is going back to start.

And you know what, even if you literally are losing and gaining the same (or more) weight time after time...it's still all the same journey. It's still not truly "starting over"

I was thinking today and I think that health and weight loss is like a highway. You're going down the highway...maybe you're in the fast lane or maybe the slow lane... either way is fine. Maybe you accidentally take the wrong exit. And maybe you stay on that side street longer than I tended. Maybe you literally backtrack or end up going north when you mean to go south.

It's all ok though. You don't have to start at the very beginning again. Just find the nearest on ramp and get back on. Maybe you'll be slower than you were before. Maybe you backtracked and now you're 2 exits back (or all the way back where you started or even further away). It's ok. Once you've driven the road, you learn more about it. Where the potholes are. The spreed traps. Etc.

Just keep driving. It's a journey. You'll get there when you get there. And sometimes there are good reasons to take detours. And sometimes what we think is a good reason for a detour ends up being a stupid roadside attraction and not worth it.

It's ok. Give yourself permission to stay on one journey. No need to start all over. No need to get a new car. Just fill up the tank and keep going.

I've stopped saying that I'm "starting over"...and it's been great for my mental health. Maybe you should try it too. Instead of starting over this week maybe just get back on the road and enjoy the journey.

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Starting back on my journey after a year off - progress pics included.

It was back in 2016 when I realized my life had gotten out of control. My best friend had started hooking up with someone who had previously turned me down, which hurt but was also understandable. I wasn't a terribly good catch psychologically or physically.

I adopted the mantra "eat like an adult". Would a healthy and well-adjusted adult pound back a large slurpie and a full bag of chips every night? Of course not! It was a great weight loss tool, but also extended to every facet of my life. Would a healthy and well-adjusted adult play video games every evening? Never go out and exercise? Socialize primarily on reddit? No, no, no. It was a great way to remind myself of what a good life looks and feels like. I started by going for walks in the evenings, which slowly progressed to runs. I went over to my friends places instead of playing online games, at first by bus and then by bike. Eventually I got the confidence to use my university gym. After the first year I had dropped from 281 lbs to 215lbs and ran a half marathon. I found myself enjoying life, laughing, and becoming closer with all of my friends. Not just from more time spent together, but also from the better outlook on life and positivity we could now share together.

By the second year I had passed my ultimate goal of 180 lbs, and hit my lowest weight of 175 lbs. I ran my first full marathon, and it was an absolute blast! I made friends along the run, and discovered the incredible feeling of knowing what my body is capable of. I had graduated from biceps curl to running my first powerlifting routine, 5/3/1, and the whole atmosphere was incredible. Pushing myself, seeing objective results, feeling the rush every time I stepped out on to a trail or into a gym.

Eventually the novelty of it sort of... wore off. I slowly gained back up to 190 lbs, and have maintained there for the last year and a half. I've told myself that I still look good, that I gained weight to help with powerlifting, but the truth is I know I can do better for myself. I've gained weight because I've fallen back in to old habits, I've gone adrift from where I started and lost some of the good habits I built. I promise myself I'll get things straight on Monday, then on Tuesday I'll down a large pizza. I still powerlift, I still participate in endurance sports, I absolutely love the new hobbies I've picked up over the years... But I also love to eat, and to overeat. It's a vice that I still struggle with to this day.

Here are the progress pictures of my journey: https://i.redd.it/ris32vlvjrl51.png

I know I look fine. I've been told that, I can see it in myself, my problem is not body dysmorphia. It's that I know I can do so much better. I've seen the positive habits I used to have, I know how happy they made me, and I've seen for the last year and a half how I've let them slip away. So today I've made a commitment to myself to start eating like an adult again. I'm not going to buy that 4L tub of ice cream. I'm not going to make myself cookie dough for a snack. I'm going to live the life I know will make me happy instead. I hope this resonates with someone <3

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Being Obese Lead to Me to Start Running

Hi everyone!

I've been losing weight for 2.5 years now and I'm still going strong! My weight loss is much slower now, but I'm still a loser!

I just wanted to say that I think being obese lead me to love exercise. I probably would've never gone to a gym or spent more time outside if I never was obese. As I kept losing weight and getting more confident, I started trying new exercises. One of the things I loved doing was running.

This past weekend I finished my first half-marathon in 2:15! I never would've done this if I never started running. No one in my family or circle of friends runs (or does any intense exercises), so I feel like I'm setting an example.

I wonder what other people in this sub enjoy doing now because of their weight. Do people love cooking more? Do people love exercise more? Anything else?

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Judge my diet?

Here's the situation. I'm female, 161cm tall last time I was at the doctor's. My starting weight was 176.6lbs and is currently 170.0. (It was 169.0 yesterday, like if you cry every time...)

I'm afraid I'm worse than sedentary. My current situation is that I'm not working (right now, hope that changes soon) and I'm not really in a position to be leaving my room to exercise because of a nasty home situation. I occasionally go out to get groceries. My room has about one metre wide and 2.5 metres long to do exercise in, and even then you have to be wary of hitting your shin or elbow on a desk or cupboard...it's not something I'm willing to do, and I'm afraid I can't consistently go out until I get a job or my home situation changes. I mostly spend time lying around or at my desk.

So for the 2 weeks or so I've been logging calories I haven't gone above 1100kcal, I've averaged at about 750 or 800. My plan was to up it to 1200-1400 once I got out of obesity, which I did fairly quickly. But I've also looked at my nutritional information and it looks like if I eat my staple foods every day, I seem to hit pretty much every nutritional requirement, except maybe amino acids, which I have no idea about. I was afraid of gallstones for some time but it looks like my weight loss has slowed down to a normal rate. And judging by my cron-o-meter stats, if I stick to this I'm not likely to have my hair fall out anytime soon.

So, I'm wondering if there's any compelling reason for me to increase my calorie intake until my life changes. I'll go to a dietitian before I make any actual serious plans, of course, but for now, casually, I'd like to throw it to the crowd and see what they think, just out of curiousity. My OP meal is mushrooms, broccoli, and a bit of kale sauteed in a teaspoon of avocado oil, 4 vegetarian sausages, 2 cups of 3.25% milk, a vitamin D supplement, and a dark chocolate piece, for a treat.

=========================================== Nutrition Summary for 29 November 2020 Report generated by CRON-o-Meter v0.9.9 =========================================== General (70%) =========================================== Energy | 886.5 kcal 74% Protein | 69.9 g 152% Carbs | 94.0 g 72% Fiber | 26.1 g 104% Starch | 0.0 g Sugars | 48.1 g Fat | 28.6 g 44% Alcohol | 0.0 g Caffeine | 0.0 mg Water | 846.3 g 31% Ash | 8.3 g Vitamins (95%) =========================================== Vitamin A | 20494.1 IU 878% Retinol | 0.0 µg Alpha-carotene | 0.0 µg Beta-carotene | 11697.7 µg Beta-cryptoxanthin | 0.0 µg Lycopene | 0.0 µg Lutein+Zeaxanthin | 22168.7 µg Folate | 569.1 µg 142% B1 (Thiamine) | 1.5 mg 133% B2 (Riboflavin) | 3.0 mg 273% B3 (Niacin) | 34.4 mg 246% B5 (Pantothenic Acid)| 15.6 mg 313% B6 (Pyridoxine) | 2.2 mg 171% B12 (Cyanocobalamin) | 12.6 µg 525% Vitamin C | 315.5 mg 421% Vitamin D | 1395.4 IU 698% Vitamin E | 6.6 mg 44% Beta Tocopherol | 0.0 mg Delta Tocopherol | 0.0 mg Gamma Tocopherol | 1.0 mg Vitamin K | 1360.8 µg 1512% Biotin | 0.0 µg 0% Choline | 249.8 mg 59% Minerals (97%) =========================================== Calcium | 945.9 mg 95% Chromium | 0.0 µg 0% Copper | 2.6 mg 291% Fluoride | 15.9 µg 1% Iron | 55.0 mg 305% Magnesium | 338.1 mg 109% Manganese | 1.7 mg 94% Phosphorus | 1078.0 mg 154% Potassium | 4340.2 mg 92% Selenium | 59.8 µg 109% Sodium | 1404.2 mg 94% Zinc | 17.9 mg 223% Lipids (37%) =========================================== Saturated | 11.2 g 56% Monounsaturated | 3.4 g Polyunsaturated | 2.3 g Omega-3 | 0.6 g 56% Omega-6 | 1.6 g 15% Trans-Fats | 0.4 g Cholesterol | 60.0 mg 20% Phytosterol | 0.0 mg 

I don't mean I would literally eat this exactly every single day--not only is that unrealistic, I also know diversity of food is important and nutritionists don't know everything. Otherwise I'd have stuck with a full-soylent diet, which is what I just came off of two years of. But this is my staple diet I'd have several times a week. It's very close to exactly 40 carb:30 protein:30 lipids, too.

Interested to hear your thoughts. I'm pretty proud that I've gone from eating absolute garbage to sticking to this for a bit. This community is the friendliest and most supportive I've ever seen on reddit and has been so valuable for me. Please don't roast me too hard, haha...

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Progress: i feel proud despite being slow

Link: https://m.imgur.com/a/6i5WQab

Its been 111 days since i have started working out while going on a diet. My first big goal was to be under the 200lb/90kg figure, and to be honest i wanted it to happen much faster. I had some hiccups along the way, whether they be cravings, temptations of eating with the family, or just going through my period.

Yet i didnt give up like i usually expect myself to. I tried to restrict my calorie intake while eating lots of veggies and meat, and avoiding fried stuff and sweets/chocolate (two of my favorite things) as much as possible. I also completed 3 (almost) chloe ting challenges during the 111 day period, and im also proud that i didnt completely stop working out even though i had to have long breaks throughout some weeks.

Its been 4 months where each month my period has graced me with her presence on the date its supposed to do so. Prior to that it used to play hide and seek with me, sometimes hiding for a month or two. This alone has made things much better.

I started with 217.7lbs / 98.7kg of weight, and now i weigh 198.4lbs / 89.99kg. So my weight loss so far equals more than 19lbs/8.7kg.

Im writing this post while taking another break from sports and diet because of certain circumstances, but it doesnt mean that i have given myself the pass to eat ALOT. Im hoping that ill get back to working on a new goal in a few days.

The last photo was taken today. And while i feel like another angle couldve captured my current tummy state better, im gonna say it once again. I feel so so so proud, and i hope i dont stop what im doing. Yes, i didnt achieve this within the period i had in mind, but i did it anyways while eating chocolate and fried chicken and fries on some days.

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Emotional Eating in 2020

29F | 5’7” | HW: 230.6 | LW: 159 | CW: 185 | GW1: 155 | GW2: 140

The Road So Far:

In 2018, I lost 70 pounds. The bulk of the weight loss occurred from May to October: 55 pounds in 5 months. I lost weight by walking and finding ways to move more. I drank a lot of water and worked to eliminate unhealthy food habits. My biggest change was challenging myself to give up fast food for a year. I went from eating out several times a week to only eating higher quality food at restaurants every few months. I haven’t had soda since May 13th, 2018. Culvers and McDonald's are also still on the Can’t Eat Responsibly list.

In 2019, I struggled to lose weight by doing what had worked at a higher weight, so I maintained at 160. I had started a new job that was far more sedentary and more stressful. Learning a new job is always tough, but I also lost a lot of my support system in the transition.

And then 2020 happened. Depression, anxiety, pain, and boredom galore. I have stories, but we all have them. This year has piled crazy on top of our regular old problems. It’s twenty pounds of problems in a ten pound bag. So, I’ve been eating my feelings. I’ve been eating for sport and recreation. I’ve been eating just to feel something even if it’s a tummy ache. Eating has become my hobby and my security blanket. I’ve always been an emotional eater. I was successful with weight loss in 2018 because I took away the major calorie bomb (fast food) and added walking. But now, I’ve found new bad habits. Bread in all its forms has become a vice. I ate two bags of bagels last week, you guys. It’s a problem.

In 2020, I’ve gained 25 pounds.

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Now:

I want to lose the weight. The emotional eating has left me feeling powerless, so I'm posting this to try to give myself from perspective and also to reach out to you guys. LoseIt was a powerful tool for me when I was losing weight.

I’ve managed to stop gaining for the last month or so, which I’m going to take as a victory. I’ve gained some perspective over the last nine months (pun not intended). I’ve learned that I was actually pretty comfortable in my body at 160. I’m also realizing that I don’t know what I enjoy doing anymore. This could be the depression talking, but I think I need to reconnect with myself. Boredom is a powerful thing.

Here’s the advice that I’ve found that I find helpful for me and I’m going to try:

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• Wait ten minutes. Or five minutes. Or even one minute. Take a beat and access what you are feeling. Don’t deny yourself the craving, because temptation is powerful.
• Try to feed your feelings/boredom with something besides food. Go for a walk, watch a comedy, read. I’ve been making myself a cup of tea as a distraction lately (just tea, no sugar). It’s also worked for me as an after dinner treat instead of eating dessert. I usually go for a mint, caffeine free tea
• Build a daily exercise habit. Winter is definitely coming in my neck of the woods, so I need to find ways to move while I’m in my apartment.
• Get enough sleep. Holy cow, you guys, this is important. I feel like a bottomless pit on days I haven’t slept enough.

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So, what have you done this year to combat emotional eating? Are you in the same boat as me? Please tell me your stories and/or solutions!

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