90lbs+ down but I still weigh the same.

Hear me out.

Throughout Jan I've lost 7lbs (3.2kg). But it's the same 7lbs I've been gaining and losing for years.

Ive been through these 4 weeks so. many. times.

So while I was ecstatic to see the number on the scale, I was also filled with dread and the knowledge that this is usually my turning point.

"It's been 4 weeks! Time for a cheat day" "Ive been counting calories for ages, I can guess the weight of this bread" "I'm closer to my goal. I'll take a break for a week"

In Jan 2020 I hit my highest weight (25F - 5ft8 -185lbs (84kg)) - about 2 stone into the overweight BMI category, and 7lbs above my normal weight. I lost those extra 7lbs just by cutting out the takeaways.

Then lockdown came and I planned to lose more weight. And I did! I lost that second 7lbs I've been losing for years.

Then I gained it back. Then I lost it again. Then I gained it back.

So in 2020 I lost 21lbs! ...But I was only 7lbs lighter.

When I stepped on the scale today, I thought about my failed weight loss last year and I realized I've done the exact same thing 2 or 3 times a year since I was 17/18. (I'm now 25F).

At a conservative estimate - that is 7 years X 14lbs = 98lbs (44.5kg).

Ive been through allllllll of those weeks, all of that frustration. To be in the exact same position.

Fortunately, I think this time things will be different. I have a weightloss/fitness support chat with some family members. With friends I used to meet at the pub, we now go for hikes. I'm also more flexible with my CICO and plan for maintenance days rather than all out cheat days. I've also learnt to like my body, so I'm not losing weight because I hate my rolls. I'm losing weight so I feel better, can exercise more, and so I have the confidence to date the kind of guys I fancy.

So fingers crossed this is it. The last time I'll lose those 7lbs. And the first time I go on to lose the next 7lbs. And again until I reach my goal. (Although that goal is a bit fuzzy as I know my weight might change as I build muscle - all part of the journey, eh!)

Anyway. I know my immediate family and friends have all experienced cycling though the same few pounds. So I thought my realisation might resonate with some other people. Has anyone else broken through their weightloss yo-yo? What was different the time you finally made it stick?

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Don’t let fuck ups get you down. Aim for progress not perfection!

First of all let me say that losing weight is individualised and advice that seems like a truism to some might be complete BS to someone else.

Yesterday I came home from uni and my parents wanted takeaway. I won’t make excuses - I should have declined. However I did not, and then I fell into my usual trap of binge eating chocolate and sweets afterwards. This is behaviour I am working on.

The issue is, today is my fathers birthday, and we will probably get takeaway again today this evening. I’m sat here shortly after waking up feeling bad from last night. Well, if today is already ruined, why not binge all today too before pizza tonight? Since it’s already ruined?

That’s such nonsense. I can choose to eat healthily and sensibly, track EVERYTHING, track what I ate last night too, and then have some unavoidable pizza tonight, but not let it ruin my calories.

Who says I have to eat a whole half of a large pizza or more? I can have a couple slices then put them away for tomorrow or something.

Recognising you are more in control than you think and choosing to make small positive changes and not let a small blip become a multiple day binge will be what helps get me to a place where I can lose, and keep off the weight.

I wish everyone the best with their weight loss journey. It’s very difficult in this obesogenic environment many of us seem to live in. You can do it!

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15 years old 110kg (140 pounds) at 6’1” can’t figure out a balance between 100% and 0% with diet and exercise.

Gday. I’m 15 and have always been overweight and corona has not helped. I have always been sporty playing basketball and Aussie rules football for years now, but I feel lost when it comes to weight loss.

Whenever I have tried to lose weight I’ve always gone 100% I did keto for about a month and a half and exercised 5 days a week tracked very calorie and lost about 15kg.

Then I just fell off the bandwagon once and couldn’t get back on, the fact that my mum loves cooking and makes awesome home cooked meals and I go to my grandmothers house every Sunday for lunch I just couldn’t figure out how to lose weight and have a balance of living life.

I just feel like I don’t know how to lose weight and have it not be all consuming in my life. I am more than happy to do meal prep for my breakfasts and lunch on school days but is there a way I could still have (relatively healthy but not like chicken and broccoli healthy) dinners and stuff.

I would love and really appreciate any help you could give me.

Sorry for the rambley post.

Cheers

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NSV. I purchased a pair of "goal pants" today and tried them on when I got home to see how far away I am from fitting into them. I was shocked when I could button them up.

I posted on here about being discouraged a couple weeks ago and everyone who commented had really helpful, practical, and kind things to say.

previous post

Thank you to everyone who read/commented.

Somebody suggested that maybe I should buy "goal clothes" and I saw some pants in the juniors section on clearance at walmart when I was picking up shampoo. So I grabbed a pair of the largest size and a size smaller than that.

I expected to maybe be able to wear the largest size (for the first time in years) but wasn't 100% sure and thought it'd probably be another couple months before the next size smaller could fit me.

When I got home I tried on the largest size and they were very comfortable, and I had a bit more room than I expected. I decided to try on the smaller pair to see how close they were to fitting and they're definitely more form-fitting. I was shocked that I could actually fit into the smaller size and button them up.

Afterwards I dug out the body-hugging pair of stretchy jeans I wore when I started my weight loss journey in August and found a picture of me wearing them over my bathing suit before going out to swim in July. I was surprised by how much of a difference there is between the 2 pairs of pants, and finally starting to notice some progress.

I'm really glad I didn't give up on myself again and decided to keep going. I'm down another 5lbs and another dress size.

This group has been really helpful.

post I added to r/cico with pictures of the size difference in my before/after pants and my overall progress (marked nsfw for the bathingsuit, everything's covered though)

*edit typo and added link

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Weight loss as a team - looking for apps

Hello. It's a short question but due to the filter here I'd have to expand on it to not have it removed for too little content. Me and my best friend want to start losing weight together and would like to track our progress together in one app. Ideally we'd like the option to see charts and progress in different diagrams and with both our curves visible at the same time. Same for circumference measurements etc. Most apps I know and have tried in the past only allow one person or allow me to switch between users, not see and track both at the same time. Is there anything you can recommend for two or more people? Thank you in advance!

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Am I healthy or on my way to an eating disorder?

Throwaway account for reasons. I have one question that has been nagging me as of late.
tl;dr I just kinda gamified my diet and I am worried it may lead to an eating disorder.

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So, I was finally able to kick my sugar addiction last year and I have lost 20 kgs so far (about 45 pounds). I am well on my way to a trimmer figure. I am guesstimating I am two thirds of the way there? Dunno, I have always been obese, so I don't know what to expect when I reach a healthy weight. Anyway, besides sugar, I also got rid of other foodstuffs that irritated my bowel such as lactose and gluten. I was never one to drink a lot of alochol and, since I would only drink it in super sugary cocktails, that went out too. I am now trying to see what happens if I avoid starches. After three days of no starchy veggies, I have been loosing weight even more reliably...

Except...

It has become a bit of a numbers game now. If I eat a light breakfast, only eat my prepared meal at work, I will come back with LESS weight from work instead of more. And then, if I skip dinner or eat a piece of fruit or a few slices of ham, by morning I will have lost even MORE weight, instead of bouncing up and down (but steadily down). I am aware that a lot of the weight loss I've been seeing this week is basically my bowels becoming empty since I ate some comparatively heavy breakfast, supper and dinner in the preceding days.

But, I am just so close to my goal weight, even though the belly still hangs in there. It is kinda frustrating to have skinny face, hands, feet, legs, but there's a definite donut of fat still stuck around my lower abs.

To further put numbers into play, I am dropping clothing size numbers too. I keep track of these month by month. It is nice to be able to fit into sizes that look like doll clothes in your hands. Guess I still perceive my own volume as obese.

So, yesterday was when I became concerned I may be developping an eating disorder. All that number tracking, checking several times a day, betting with myself about number outcomes...

I mean, I have no voices in my head bullying me, like it is commonly described. As a gay man, I have enough pressure from our beauty standards and their sexual implications as it is. I personally do it because I want to be able to dress nice and not get winded when going up the stairs. Yeah, I am doing it for the aesthetics mostly, although I tell everyone who'll listen how my blood pressure has stabilized down now. Nobody gives a damn, though. Like, only one person has commented that I look thinner now... in passing. I get no pressure, nor validation from my peers. My dad just begs me to be careful not to become anorexic.

When it comes to tasting "forbidden" food, I do it in small quantities and either by mistake or knowing that it is a single montly occurrence at worst; when it used to be daily beforehand. I never throw up or taste and spit out. I find that behaviour revolting.

When I see interviews and documentaries on eating disorders, people seem really disturbed and anxious about it. They do seem in very real pain. But I am not there myself, I think. I am just worried that my accidental gamification of this weight loss process may eventualy lead to an eating disorder.

On the outside, it seems healthy to avoid foods that irritate your bowels and make you gain excess ammounts of body fat. But, on the inside, it feels like I am on a research mission to find cause and consequence, measured by numbers I keep checking several times a day, like numbers and percentages on a game...

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So, let me know your thoughts on the matter. I could really use advice from someone who has experinced an eating disorder themselves.

Extra food for thought: my personal tragedy is that I am still in love with cake, but my palate has become so damn sensitive to sugar, even just an apple can taste unbearably sweet now. I ate chocolate for new year's (I was a good boy for months) and it tasted nauseatingly sweet. Oh, and in December, I drank a shot and got drunk really fast and had a day-long hang-over with COVID-like symptoms (results were negative, luckily). I do eventually want to eat some sugary confection every few dozen days or so. I even have some champagne stored to celebrate... but I am unsure as to how the hell I will be able to reintroduce these foods back into my diet... any experiences on that front?

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Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Saturday, 30 January 2021? Start here!

Today is your Day 1?

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Welcome to r/Loseit!

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So you aren’t sure of how to start? Don’t worry! “How do I get started?” is our most asked question. r/Loseit has helped our users lose over 1,000,000 recorded pounds and these are the steps that we’ve found most useful for getting started.

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Why you’re overweight

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Our bodies are amazing (yes, yours too!). In order to survive before supermarkets, we had to be able to store energy to get us through lean times, we store this energy as adipose fat tissue. If you put more energy into your body than it needs, it stores it, for (potential) later use. When you put in less than it needs, it uses the stored energy. The more energy you have stored, the more overweight you are. The trick is to get your body to use the stored energy, which can only be done if you give it less energy than it needs, consistently.

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Before You Start

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The very first step is calculating your calorie needs. You can do that HERE. This will give you an approximation of your calorie needs for the day. The next step is to figure how quickly you want to lose the fat. One pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories. So to lose 1 pound of fat per week you will need to consume 500 calories less than your TDEE (daily calorie needs from the link above). 750 calories less will result in 1.5 pounds and 1000 calories is an aggressive 2 pounds per week.

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Tracking

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Here is where it begins to resemble work. The most efficient way to lose the weight you desire is to track your calorie intake. This has gotten much simpler over the years and today it can be done right from your smartphone or computer. r/loseit recommends an app like MyFitnessPal, Loseit! (unaffiliated), or Cronometer. Create an account and be honest with it about your current stats, activities, and goals. This is your tracker and no one else needs to see it so don’t cheat the numbers. You’ll find large user created databases that make logging and tracking your food and drinks easy with just the tap of the screen or the push of a button. We also highly recommend the use of a digital kitchen scale for accuracy. Knowing how much of what you're eating is more important than what you're eating. Why? This may explain it.

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Creating Your Deficit

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How do you create a deficit? This is up to you. r/loseit has a few recommendations but ultimately that decision is yours. There is no perfect diet for everyone. There is a perfect diet for you and you can create it. You can eat less of exactly what you eat now. If you like pizza you can have pizza. Have 2 slices instead of 4. You can try lower calorie replacements for calorie dense foods. Some of the communities favorites are cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash in place of their more calorie rich cousins. If it appeals to you an entire dietary change like Keto, Paleo, Vegetarian.

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The most important thing to remember is that this selection of foods works for you. Sustainability is the key to long term weight management success. If you hate what you’re eating you won’t stick to it.

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Exercise

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Is NOT mandatory. You can lose fat and create a deficit through diet alone. There is no requirement of exercise to lose weight.

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It has it’s own benefits though. You will burn extra calories. Exercise is shown to be beneficial to mental health and creates an endorphin rush as well. It makes people feel *awesome* and has been linked to higher rates of long term success when physical activity is included in lifestyle changes.

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Crawl, Walk, Run

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It can seem like one needs to make a 180 degree course correction to find success. That isn’t necessarily true. Many of our users find that creating small initial changes that build a foundation allows them to progress forward in even, sustained, increments.

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Acceptance

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You will struggle. We have all struggled. This is natural. There is no tip or trick to get through this though. We encourage you to recognize why you are struggling and forgive yourself for whatever reason that may be. If you overindulged at your last meal that is ok. You can resolve to make the next meal better.

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Do not let the pursuit of perfect get in the way of progress. We don’t need perfect. We just want better.

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Additional resources

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Now you’re ready to do this. Here are more details, that may help you refine your plan.

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• Quick Start Guide - Build your foundation!

* Lose It Compendium - Frame it out!

* FAQ - Answers to our most Frequently Asked Questions!

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