Sometimes you need to remind your body you're not actually starving

27F 5'4" SW 218 CW 172 GW: 170, then 160, then who knows.

I was at a 3-week plateau before Thanksgiving. I was so hungry and grumpy and frustrated-- at my height and weight, I was eating 1310 per day (I'm in grad school and it's finals season, so exercise isn't really happening). For Thanksgiving I thought aw, fuck it, I don't want to think too hard about it. I'll just eat what I want and worry about it next week.

The day after Thanksgiving I had an extra 4lbs. The day after that was my lowest weight to date, and I realized that I wasn't either hungry or grumpy, and that I hadn't been since the holiday. Looking back on it, I think my body needed the extra food to remember that it's not actually starving. Sustained deficits for a long period of time can really stress a body out and convince it that it needs to keep as much fat as possible.

This is the value of maintenance days. In my case, it's going to be a maintenance month-- I'm burned out on weight loss right now and stressed out with school. Dieting through finals, especially at such a low number, was making me unhappy and hurting other parts of my life. So, for right now, the plan is to maintain through the end of the year, and pick it back up in January.

I am so excited to be excited about weight loss again. To not be burnt out, but be energetic and driven. It is okay to take a break and maintain for a while. For me, right now, I think it's exactly what I need.

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361 to 302: Weight slowed down but still steady - 59.7% to 100 pound loss

During April, March, may, June, July, and august I steadily lost about 8 pounds a month. September went to 6 and October and November have been like 2-4 pounds. It’s demoralizing.

But there are a few high points: trendweight produces the graph of my weight loss trend. On a day to day basis it goes up and down. But over the multi month long term the graph goes down. Moreover I’ve tracked every calorie since April and I eat better food, more vegetables, and fewer calories by a significant number. I’ve also maintained a significant exercise habit.

This group has assisted me in innumerable ways. I come here to reassure myself — just keep putting one foot after another. Focus more on food than exercise all else being equal. My next challenge is doing some tucking (walking with a weighted backpack basically).

I hoped to lose 100 pounds in 12 months. I’ve lost ~55 pounds in 8 months. I need to lose another 45 pounds in four months—which would be about 11.25 pounds per month. Alternatively I may just extend the timeline a few months.

(And once I get to 260 then I’ll set a different goal, but probably more focused on body fat than weight — I’d love to get to like 185-195 with like 10-15 % body fat but that seems like a wild dream in this moment though (which is why I thought I’d start at the 100 pound loss).

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I need to vent

I’ve (24F) been on this weight loss journey since the first UK lockdown at the beginning of April, I started at 238lbs and I’m now at 177lbs with a goal of 154lbs. I’m 5’10”.

I’ve had ups and downs. Achievements and failures. Good days and bad days. I recovered from my alcohol addiction, stopped smoking, started working out, ran my first 5k, all the achievements to better my health. Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy that I’ve ended up here, nearly at my goal, and I see the difference in everywhere on my body except for the one place that matters to me.

My stomach and love handles.

I’m frustrated that my stomach is still 41in. I’m frustrated my love handles are still there. How much farther do I have to go? So many people my height look great at the weight I’m at now, and I don’t.

I just don’t know where to go from here.

I’m scared I’ll get to my goal weight and I’ll still have the stomach and love handles. I just want them to go. I hope they go. I’m doing everything I think is right.

Sorry. Needed to vent.

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Fell off the wagon for the last week, time to get serious again

For the last week (thanksgiving week in US) it’s been tough staying with all my newly formed habits. Gyms closed again in my area and it’s far too cold to do any workout outside, and it’s difficult to do workouts indoors for me as walking and resistance training are huge parts of what I do, and during a week where eating a lot os tradition, it’s been tough. But I’m back today, determined to find a way to make it work until gyms open again. They say diet is 90% of weight loss and I hope that’s true because I feel like that will be easier to continue doing than working out but I suppose we’ll see. Wish me luck!

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Weight Loss and Chronic Injury

Ok so..I'm new and desperate.

Introduction: 28F 5'7 SW:181 GW:148 no real job, anxiety, depression, potential food addiction, chronic injuries. Heaviest weight 183, lowest fit weight 155.

I suffered 2 herniated disks in a car accident about 6 years ago (one low lumber and one low cervical). -I have been in 10 car accidents (only 1 my fault and only by law as it was rear end in NY, they slammed the brakes). I have had multiple cervical sprains, back soreness and the messed up disks. I am almost constantly hurt (current is an MCL sprain). -It seems no matter how I try to get back into being active I get hurt again. I enjoy yoga, sports, jogging, and sometimes HIIT. I always stretch. Previous injuries include multiple broken bones, sprained wrists and ankles, knees that just pop out, cervical sprains. I know I need to strengthen my hips. I LOVE eating. -I will eat and eat. I'm active but I still eat too much of the wrong things and I know it. I love sugar and sweets. I have a texture sensitivity so certain foods are ALWAYS out (ie fish, I just cannot stand the texture) I'd say I can eat right up to 5 days in a week but I will binge probably 2 times a month (think 1000 extra calories)

So I'm here because I need some help. I do things for my anxiety and depression and I know how exercise can help. I've tried a dietitian and nutritionist and they were no help to me. I'd rather be more active than change what I eat, but I'm constantly getting injured.

I want to "start from zero". I'm thinking stretching and yoga daily with some an work. (I am currently limited by my MCL sprain and only allowed to work in the sagittal plane. This mostly knocks out yoga. I am in PT.) My problem is that I don't know how to take it slow. I have a heavy bag calling my name and I know I need to wait.

What comes after stretching and yoga and light walking? How can I rehab my entire body and move up the ladder to strengthening and jogging?

With not working and being "at-risk" in a pandemic I cannot go to the gym or pay a personal trainer. I, unfortunately, also cannot continue down this road. My Heaviest ever was 183 and I swore I would never go there again. I've always wanted to be around 150 (GW 148.5) but never gotten there. I'm begging anyone out there who can help me to help me figure this out. My problem isn't with moving itself, but avoiding constant sideline injuries.

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Absolutely terrified of gaining back the weight a second time

Some background: 5’8-5’9 male, around 3 years ago I started losing weight from 95kg at a pretty low point in my life, and managed to get all the way down to below 70kg. I thought I’d “take a break” the week leading up to my birthday.... and that break lasted forever.

Few months ago my life was the most miserable it’s ever been because of several factors, some due to COVID, some not, but most were my fault. I figured if I could do one thing right it was getting back to a healthy weight. Through CICO, exercise, and intermittent fasting, I’ve been losing a kilo a week, and so far I’ve gotten down from 100kg (my all time max) to 86 or so now. It’s going great honestly, consistent with minimal plateaus, but I don’t wanna yo-yo this time, and am still not completely sure why I did so last time. Why I wanted to take that break.

One possible reason is that even though intermittent fasting suits me, I may have gone too far and started OMAD when I wasn’t ready for it. Another might be that I was trying to gain muscle at the same time, and pushing myself at the gym beyond what I’d be comfortable doing regularly and sustainably. This time I won’t worry about muscle or looking toned until I lose the fat, and will stick to a relatively large and flexible eating window like 16:8. But I’m also worried that, the only two times in my life I’ve been motivated to start losing weight was because my life was down in the gutter, and the first time I just gave up when life got good again. I don’t want that to happen again. I want to stay healthy for the rest of my life, through highs and lows. The weight loss is going fine for now, but it’s just a matter of seeing whether or not I can maintain once I reach my goal.

I wanna hear about what some of you guys’ experiences are with yo-yoing and weight maintenance. When you finally stopped gaining the weight back, what was it that you did different? I’ll take all the wisdom I can get.

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Maintenance Monday: November 30, 2020

If you've reached your goal weight and you're looking for a space to discuss with fellow maintainers, this is the thread for you! Whether you're brand new to maintenance or you've been doing it for years, you're welcome to use this space to chat about anything and everything related to the experience of maintaining your weight loss.

Hey gang, here's your weekly discussion thread! Tell us how maintenance and life in general is going for you this week! And if you missed last week's (or simply want to reread), here's a link.

If there's a specific topic you'd like to see covered in a future thread, please drop a comment or message!

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