The Pants Saga, Part II: GETTING THERE

(Background info: About six-ish weeks ago I accidentally bought size 32" waist pants when I should have ordered 40" waist pants. Rather than return the pants I took this as a sign from the universe to try and lose weight for the first time in my life.)

I THINK IT'S WORKING? I have lost 16 lbs now. All I'm doing is CICO and some light exercise like every other day and the weight loss is happening slowly but surely. I tried the pants on again tonight and while I can't button them yet, the gap is now a lot smaller and I can pull the two sides together! I couldn't do that back in January! I didn't think the 16 lbs made that much of a difference but I'm noticing for the first time that it actually does.

In another six weeks I might be able to actually button them! Not sure how long it will take for them to be actually wearable and not look too tight, but I think fitting into them by the end of 2021 is fully achievable.

IDK! It's just really motivating to see actual results. It's amazing to me that it's as simple as CICO!

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What I used to believe about weight

SW:320 CW:286 GW: 160

I am coming to a lot of realizations about my relationship with food and health in general, and wonder if anyone else grew up to think this way also?

I really thought that all skinny healthy people were just lucky and that none of it was related to behaviors of the person. And that still might be the case sometimes, but I thought that was the end all be all. I was not severely overweight as a kid but I was definitely taller and built more "sturdy" and I grew envious of the petite cute kids compared to me. And grew up having this kinda attitude like all the pretty skinny girls were "preppy' and that they were just lucky and spoiled, That they did not have to try. And as I went into adulthood I carried that, just assuming all the thin people were that way through pure luck and that I was destined to be bigger than them.

I really thought I had no control over my weight. I feel embarrassed to admit this but I fell into the thinking of "my weight fluctuates up and down and I can't control it, so if I just wait, itll come off again " when in reality, my weight has continuously crept upwards.

Paired with all that I even have kinda grown with the idea that taking care of yourself through diet and exercise is what people do out of vanity. Like if i were to fully embrace a diet and exercise routine that I would be admitting I don't liek myself or that I am horrible and that I need to change. I assumed that skinny, fit people were inherently...well...jerks.

At my highest weight I got to was 320 , and people will still say to your face "you dont need to lose weight, you are fine just the way you are" like I fully love the acceptance BUT people tend to talk obese people out of it, for this idea that in order to love yourself, you shouldn't change anything.

So I guess I am just realizing how I have held myself back, and also how other peoples'desire to be loving and kind, in the past has discouraged me from trying.

I notice that it makes people uncomfortable when I talk about my dieting and weight loss journey. I am really excited about it for the first time ever, but you can tell that it makes other people uneasy, like they can see you need to lose weight but they would probably rather tell me "no you dont need to lose weight! Sit down and heres some food ! I love you!" Lol.

I am really excited to finally be on the path of weight loss. But I can't even picture what I will look like and I think deep down is till don't believe it is even possible for me to be a small person. But I want to try.

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Hit onederland!!

TLDR; onederland and need tips on what I can do to continue my progress!

It took some patience and consistency, but I’ve finally hit onederland!

Dw: 211, CW:198.8 GW: 140

I’ve been trying to stay in my calorie deficit (struggled with the holidays in dec/jan but been back on track and lost the pounds I had gained), still going to the gym, and trying to stay positive.

Still struggling with people around me, with my family’s comments about weight. They’re all skinny and I’ve always been the “fat sister”, and my mom is also tryna lose weight and is like 170 to now like 159, and hearing my sisters tell her that’s not close to what she needs to be healthy, and how I’m not even close to that and what would they think if they knew my weight, literally gives me a small anxiety attack! (They think my weight is like around my moms cus she’s slightly taller but we have similar builds and how my body is proportioned and things I hold a lot of my weight in my thighs and upper arm/shoulder area but my mom is 5’4’’ and we fit into the same sizes of clothes and things. Only person who knows my weight is my middle sister and she’s super supportive and doesn’t shame me like other meme bees and has helped me stay consistent and has been encouraging so I really appreciate being able to share my progress with someone while others in my family still see me as fat as I’m doing my best).

I’ve started incorporating more strength training and am trying to learn how to lift and use the smith machine more at the gym. In the past month I was struggling to get from 201 to 198 and was really feeling frustrated, but then I realized during that time while the scale hadn’t moved, my measurements were still changing! I lost measurements on my hips, legs, etc and have noticed I fit into old knee high boots that I could zip up before or old pants that were too tight now fit.

Does anyone have suggestions on what I can do moving forward. My gym routine is still split between cardio for like 15-30 mins paired with strength training for about the same time or more. Should I continue doing both? How can I start to increase my regimen to start losing some weight faster? Should I start focusing more on cardio, only so strength training, etc? Does anyone have tips for exercises to do on the smith machine or other PF weight machines?

My cholesterol is something I am also trying to decrease with weight loss, so I got some omega 3 that I also am gonna try to implement in my diet as I don’t do other vitamins other than a regular multivitamin.

I am proud of my progress so far, but I also want to reach my goal quicker since I feel like I’ve slowed down a little in terms of knocking numbers off the scale (started in October 2020 btw) and wanna make up for some holiday fallback. And it wouldn’t hurt to start feeling mentally better so I don’t feel as anxious when people talk about their weight around me and the shaming that happens when a girl is over 120 ugh.

Thanks for y’all’s support per usual!

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Coworkers sabotaging weight loss.

These are really skinny girls. Literally shoving candy into my chest/hands whatever. You don’t need to lose weight”. Yes I do. I need to lose 20 lbs to be healthy & happy. I talk about it ALL of the time.

I recognize I still eat the candy, I’ve got little self control when it comes to sweets, why I don’t buy them. So instead of saying, “NO” & being ignored, I’m going to tell them I will immediately throw it away. & I will. That’s the only way I can get away from this. The less time it spends in my hands the better.

Letcha know how that plays out. About to start a shift. The candy rolls in every single day.

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Can I say thanks.

Not a long one, got that planned for once I hit my GW but I do want to thank you to each and every one of you in here for the daily encouragement I get from this sub.

You are all part of it, posters and lurkers. Whether you comment or just upvote (or rarely, downvote), you've all opened my eyes and helped me understand how weight loss is actually doable, and maybe even fun!

There is obviously a long and detailed story behind my weight and how I've started to overcome it but again that's for another post, some stats if people are interested though.

Disclaimer: I totally appreciate that my goals pale into insignificance compared to others on here, and I am forever in awe of you all, but this is my journey and as small as it appears to be in text, it's making a huge difference physically.

M/33/5"11'

SW:240 (October 2020) CW: 215 GW: 196

Never stop supporting each other, I'm forever a member that's for sure.

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20lbs down in 6ish months

Back in September, I put on my real pants and noticed they were almost unbearably tight. It freaked me out. My weight has mostly been 10*age but I realized I'm at the top of the available sizes at lane bryant and getting new nice looking pants would be rough. So I started trying to do a lot better each day. The first month I cut out soda - I had been drinking at least 20oz a day - and started to limit my snacking. I can't tell you how many times I'd walk into the kitchen be reaching for a snack and remind myself I just had one and wasn't hungry.

I started going for regular walks in November and December with my spouse. We were both surprised at first with how difficult it was. Neither of us had done much since the pandemic started. In January I got an activity tracker and started working out a couple times a week rotating between playing RingFit and various youtube routines. in February I started tracking how much I was eating (cico).

There have been setbacks but I'm taking things one day at a time and trying to be just a bit better. Weight loss isn't my ultimate goal but it's helping me get to where I want to be.

Graph of my change: https://i.redd.it/d5t0t5knr1i61.png

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Should I lower my calories?

20f 5’5 sw: 225 cw: 194 gw: 130

hello! so i have lost 30lbs since August by eating 1420 calories a day. my tdee for losing 1lb/week was more in the 1600s at the time but my mfp was already set to 1420 from previous weight loss attempts and I figured it couldn’t hurt to lose at a faster weight.

it ended up being barely more than a lb/week but that’s alright. recently I feel like it’s started to slow down a bit (can’t be positive though bc my brain plays tricks on me bc disordered eating past, even though I look at all my data from the past 6 months) I realized this could be because now, to lose a lb/week I need to eat around 1480s. I was going to wait until it got to the 1420s to change it but now I think maybe I should just change it to 1200 now? It’s not like I am losing very quickly anyway.

My concerns are: 1) Since I am only a third of the way to my goal weight, could moving to 1200 now make it harder to lose in the future? I feel like it will liken the chances of plateaus. 2) Should I just enjoy my extra 100-200 calories while I can before inevitably moving down? My thought process is that since I am at school right now and it’s easier to make healthy choices/count calories without my family around, i should capitalize on this opportunity while I have it. (Then I can eat at maintenance with my family, if need be?)

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