Difference

different

I just tried to post this, but it said I had too little content.

Basically I took one picture a year ago, but was basically the same weight in October 2020. The other picture is me now. I've dropped 24lb between the two, and people have been telling me that they can see a difference, but i just can't seem to see it. My weight loss pattern seems to be, stay the same for three weeks, then drop 2-4lb overnight. This makes it difficult to stay motivated, especially as I'm not seeing results in the mirror either.

Basically I'm asking for honest opinions on if I look any different?

I hope this post is long enough now!!

submitted by /u/lymony
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/37wDp7U

Should I enter light or moderate activity in MFP? If moderate, what do I do with the calories logged from exercising? Just don't touch them, or?

So, my stats really quick.

Current weight: 133.3lbs, goal: 110 - 115; female; 31; TDEE appears to range from 1250 (sedentary) to 1350 (light activity); height is 5" 1'; started early-ish/mid-ish Jan, didn't keep track, unfortunately. Also didn't keep track of how many calories I was eating before starting, but it was definitely at least 2000, maybe as high as 3000 some days.

Started restricting at 1500 calories, went to 1200 after downloading MFP, and now not only is my weight loss slowing down, I'm frickin' ravenous and slipping back into disordered eating habits because I'm losing faith in the science.

I put my activity as light in MFP, which is a little more than 1200 calories. Here's my physical activity stuff:

4 - 6 times a week, I lift a 15lb dumbbell 10 - 20 minutes (50% each side). I want toned arms, so this will probably eventually go up to around 20lbs.

6 - 7 times a week, I ride a stationary bike 20 - 40 minutes at a low resistance of 2. I go 7 - 16 miles according to the read out. If I notice I'm not panting and sweating like hell within five minutes, I pedal harder. Gotta get them toned legs!

2 - 3 times a week, I jog in place and do some wind sprints for 15 - 30 minutes. (Might cut this out, tbh, seems redundant.)

And of course, I've had to shovel a big driveway + walkway + my part of the sidewalk a couple times this week and last. I also try to do things like park further away from store entrances, carry my purchases instead of using a cart if possible, etc.

Most days, I walk my dog for 15 - 60 minutes. Time and pace vary wildly depending on weather, how my dog is feeling, how I'm feeling, etc.

I have no frame of reference here--everyone I know is either training for a marathon or melding with their couch. Is this moderate activity?

If I put moderate activity in MFP, it's 1500 calories as a base. Should I avoid eating back the calories logged from exercise? The wiki says to eat 50% of them back, but I've stalled at 133....

Thanks for reading. Sorry if a lot of this seems basic. :( This is the first time in my life being in this situation. 2020 was super out of control

submitted by /u/Sure-Fold
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/37uckCa

Question about BMR/Slow Weight Loss

Greetings,

I've used multiple calculators to calculate my BMR and most have said my BMR is somewhere around 1850 calories. I've been eating roughly 1630 calories over the last 40 days while logging literally everything I've eaten. When I mean literally everything I mean every sauce packet, weighing everything that doesn't come with a calorie count. Since I started January 10th I've only lost about 1 pound when I should be down close to 3 pounds.

Is it possible that my BMR is just fucked and I need to be eating even less than the typical counts or could it be I'm doing something wrong? My diet is heavier on the fish side (salmon mostly), home made chicken burgers, and I indulge in a take out sandwich two times per week or so. As for alcohol consumption. I typically drink 1 beer (24 oz) per week.

Any insight would be appreciated.

submitted by /u/TTVRaptor
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/3sa9quf

New tracker.

Hey gang, still struggling with my weight loss but still down thirty pounds with fifty more to go. Back in mid January I decided to no longer pay much attention to my daily weight, but focus on my average weight.

Definitely a humbling experience to track how much effort and time goes into dropping one tenth of a pound (average).

The major perk is that as long as I see my average dropping over-time, I'm encouraged. Before trying this method I was obsessed with my daily weight which fluctuated up to ten pounds believe it or not (though only five normally).

Anyway, I find that this is working for me and while I'm only down four pounds, I'm confident that it's four pounds of fat and not just water.

Hope you all are doing as well as you can during these difficult times.

Best.

submitted by /u/writetaildeer
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/3aAMFto

I’ve lost 30 pounds in 30 months.

This is a big post for comparatively unimpressive numbers, but I wanted to share my experiences so far because I weighed myself this morning and I am the least I’ve weighed since really.. ever as an adult? I think I’ve cracked the code of what works for me and I’ve been so inspired by similar posts.

It has taken me over 2 years, but I am getting close to 30 pounds down. I continue to lose weight incredibly slowly. Occasionally I lose a few pounds a month, occasionally I don’t lose any weight for a few months at a time, and sometimes I will gain a little but never more than a few pounds a time, which has always come off.

I wish I could get myself to 145 in 3 months, but it won’t work for me. I am confident that this is the only way that works for me and I am feeling so proud of my ability to live a balanced life. I'm not dieting or in a fad. This is just who I am now.

I come from a family whose love language is food and meals have been (and continues to be!) the highlight of the day and any festivity. I strongly believe that Americans have such a broken relationship with food in general. I had to rethink a lot of what I consume and a crash diet or steep deficit wasn’t the way for me to do that. I will always be very delighted by food, and I can love food in a way where food loves me back.

I am 26, 5’4 and 166 pounds, I was over 195ish when I went to Hawaii in September 2018. I hated how I felt, I was incredibly tired the entire trip and unhappy with how I looked in photos. I made a decision that trip that I needed to lose weight and I started CICO after. I also started following this sub and other fitness/weight loss subs.

Here’s whats changed for me:

• Food: I occasionally make a few extra efforts with exercise or cut out booze for a bit, but the singular thing that keeps me most on track is just keeping an eye on my calories. I have limited my calories before, but I now only track to check in with them and I am more successful at losing weight this way. If I try to hard to keep it under a certain number, I set myself up for failure. I feel defeated easily and end up not tracking a few weeks at a time. Somedays, I really need 2000 calories to feel okay! Somedays, 1300 comes easy. I use a food scale and I am as accurate as possible. I try to stay in a deficit most days and its pretty achievable. I just keep track without judgement and that sets me up for better choices.
• Fitness: I’ve become quite consistent with exercise, but Im not over zealous or as committed as many online seem. I find having an apple watch to track my fitness to be incredibly motivating. I walk at least one mile a day and alternate weight lifting and cardio days 6 days a week. All my workouts are short (under 30 minutes) and I usually do them during lunch working from home. They range from super intense to not intense at all but they always happen. I think the only break I took from exercise in a year and a half was two weeks off because I had covid in December. I was good at going to the gym, but avoiding it now because of covid. I’ve been using the Peloton app a lot and its wonderful. If you don’t exercise at all, I would suggest starting at 2-3 workouts a week and slowly adding more. Thats what worked for me.

A few other things that I had to realize that are probably obvious to most:

• Vegetables are good for weight loss because they make you feel full. I used to avoid them because they aren’t my fave and why add the few extra calories, but adding some spinach to a sandwich makes me feel full for hours longer (at the cost of like 15 calories!) Definitely seems so obvious now, but it took me about 26 years to figure this out.
• Home cooked is always best. At the beginning of quarantine, I was drinking a lot of wine and cooking comfort foods pretty much everyday, but we avoided eating out completely. About a month of doing that I was expecting a gain from eating pasta 3-4 times a week and snacking, but I had actually lost weight.
• We all feel hungry at different times and its good to know what part of the day you are suitable to weakness. I’ve never struggled with late night eating, but I am ravenous between 1 pm and 5 pm. Not just peckish, but blinded with hanger if I don't handle myself right, even if I had breakfast and lunch. I’ve learned how to deal with this with timing my meals right (11 a.m. snack, 1:30 p.m. meal, 4 pm snack most days) and eating filling foods.
• What works for me may not work for you. I’ve struggled with losing weight off and on again since I was 17, and I feel like I’ve finally cracked the code of how I am going to live a healthy life for the rest of my life.

I don’t see myself gaining weight back because I do not feel like I am dieting or in a new fitness routine at all. I am just living my life with some restructured boundaries and priorities - moving my body, counting my calories and being overall aware of how my body works and how certain foods make me feel. I am an absolute heathen when it comes to food and drinks on vacation and I easily snap back into good habits when I return home.

I am hoping that by our wedding in August, I will be another 10 pounds or so down - but even if I am not, I feel really great and energetic. I can remember the heavy cloud of fatigue that comes with being unhealthy and uncomfortable in my body and I don't remember the last time I felt that. I hope someone finds this helpful and encouraging - it is absolutely amazing to see people so dedicated to losing weight quickly on here, but thats never worked for me.

If you have stuck around this long - thank you for reading! Here is a progress pic in case you are curious.

submitted by /u/43followsme
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/3blOkT0

Week of overeating help

I am a college student right now. I started eating healthy and exercising last summer and have since lost around 15 pounds since. I gained around 4-5 over last semester and winter break so I've been going to the gym 5 days a week and eating around 1200 cal a day to get back to 110 lb. I was at around 112-113 last weekend but since the winter storm I haven't been able to go to the gym in a week and have been binge stress eating everyday this week. I will start going to the gym everyday until friday once it opens tomorrow to help lose the weight. I know I probably gained at most 2 pounds but I still feel so guilty about this. Does anyone have any advice on how to recover from this? Will this week cause that much damage to my weight loss plan? I am also 5'3 and 19 year old girl if that matters. I really want to get to my body goals but I'm afraid I will keep messing up now.

submitted by /u/rrchl613
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/37sZd4o

Where should those on a budget go to learn how to lose weight?

Fitness seems to me to be very expensive. I'm not rich. I watched this Youtuber who's losing the last of her baby weight and made a video about it. Talk about unrelatable! She's got me so ticked off! Not only is she genetically blessed she also has:

fancy workout equipment at her BEAUTIFUL home

a fitness enthusiast husband who trains her on said equipment

hubby meal prepping for her and a subscription to Hello Fresh (which sponsors her)

money for organic food and protein powder

So OF COURSE with all of that she has major advantages over someone like me who doesn't have much. I'm not trying to lose "baby weight", I don't have kids I just have fat. Is there sites, a subreddit, or Facebook group for weight loss for poor people?

Naturally, if you have any tips for the less than wealthy, please share!

submitted by /u/moneyandmagic
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/2M9aK1e