F24/155cm - 70kgs > 49.8kgs (May 2019 - February 2021) - Progress and thoughts throughout my journey!

WL Progress May 2019 - Feb 2021

Started out at 70kgs and I'm currently sitting at 49.8kgs. In the top half of the pictures, I felt tired, sluggish and slow - both mentally and physically. There were good days but most were bad days, clothes didn't seem to fit right (I kept tugging at my tummy area to hide my stomach) and I decided it was time to change. I've always been on the heavier side since I was a kid, owing to genetics (my bodytype leans towards endo-mesomorph; gain fat and muscle easily essentially) and bad diet. I started off my weight loss journey with CICO and keto and dropped quite a lot of weight in the first few months; this was paired with HIIT and just more movement and activity in general.

By June/July 2019, I was in the low 60s and I'd moved to Switzerland for work. I did not keep up with keto and just switched back to carbs (albeit in moderation) and I did not really actively hit the gym either - I ate a balanced diet, I most definitely had my indulgent days (Swiss chocolate, cheese, meats) and drinking nights out with colleagues but by the end of 2019, I managed to keep the weight off and dropped to around 57kgs. I had a great time there and I owe the added weight loss to lots and lots of LISS (walking) as I lived in a small city with great views, I walked alot. At this point, I was not counting calories either!

In 2020, I started weight training and dropped to about 54kgs and remained there for quite a bit - I was perfectly fine with this, but I now have a defined goal of wanting to drop body fat and build muscle mass. From hereon, I did start calorie counting again as I had macros I wanted to achieve within a day (protein being the highest) in a deficit (around 1200-1300) - I am still in my cutting phase and will reassess in a month or so on where I'm at - from there, I plan to move to maintenance or a slight surplus so I can start building more muscle! My weight training focuses alot on legs, deadlifts, squats, hip thrusts, split squats and also arm work, as I have flabbier arms (prone to storing fat there) and I would like firmer and stronger arms.

All in all, I would say I never thought I'd get to the point I am now with my body but here I am, so it is possible. And it does not have to be boring either - my weight loss journey has incorporated a variety of diets and lifestyle changes (but CICO is most important) and they all worked to keep the weight off - I have a healthy relationship with exercise now (I enjoy it and don't see it as a punishment anymore) and mentally, I have a changed relationship with food. Healthy food can taste good, seasoned well etc. but eating "unhealthy" food sometimes is also ok - everything in moderation! Good luck to anyone else in the same place as I was - you can do it! :)

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I think I need to join the 100 LB weight loss club.

I've lost 84.2 lbs between February 2020, starting at 227.9 and currently weighing in at 143.7

29 Y.O. Female, ~ 5'4"

I've been trying to do this since 2011, my first attempt where I got down to 149 (from 195 ish?) with a goal of 145....then bounced up and down between 170 and 215 until I hit my high weight of 227.9 in February of 2020. I always thought 145 would be a weight where my body would look exactly as I want. I have HUGE breasts, currently around a 30JJ UK. They make my body look so bulky.

I think I have to lose another 15-20 lbs to get where I would like my body to be. I don't know why I'm so surprised by this. I was a very small child and had a huge growth spurt between 12 and 14 where I gained about 14 inches and 50 lbs taking me from 70 ->120 lbs. I have never been happy with my weight since it continued to grow after 120 lbs. I guess I thought with my breasts now, and being older as long as my BMI was healthy I would be happy with my body but I am not.

I do not actively count calories, because my partner and I rotate between 6-7 meals that are around ~3000 calories that we both really enjoy. I generally eat OMAD, and eat around 1500 of the calories of the meal, sometimes i'll have a longer eating window and make decaf coffee a few hours before dinner with 50-100 calories worth of heavy cream.

I do vinyasa yoga on Down Dog, currently 4ish times per week for 20-30 minutes, along with indoor biking 4-5x per week for 40-75 minutes. I haven't been outside in the past two weeks because of snow, but generally I also do walks around the neighborhood to boost my steps and daily activity.

I know I can continue losing weight. I just have to keep on doing what I'm doing.

I've lost 84.2, I can lose another 15.8 right?

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The weekend was tough

I'm 5-6 pounds into my weight loss progress. Pizza with friends on Friday turned into pizza and 7-8 beers. I wanted to get back on track on Saturday but that turned into a cheat day with gas station snacks (my favorite) and Cookout for dinner. I love Cookout. I f*cking love eating in general. Sunday ended up being the same as Saturday. But I'm back on the grind today. Ate well and logged everything. The me-of-old would let 3 bad days derail me, but not anymore. I've committed to losing and 3 bad days won't mean anything in a month or two from now. Consistent CICO with a food scale is an actual super power. Stay strong y'all, the short-term suffering now will be worth the future payoff!! Love y'all.

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I've lost 100 pounds!

Just really wanted to share that I weighed myself this morning and I've officially lost 101.5 pounds! I still have 47.5 left to go but I'm so proud to finally be in the triple digits of weight loss and I know I can reach my end goal. I've been on and off trying to lose weight since I was in high school and I honestly never really thought I would get here. It's taken a lot of tried and failed attempts but I think what really stuck this time was that I wanted to lose weight for my health, not just looks. I was tired of feeling like crap all the time and I wanted to be able to do things normal people can do. I feel so much better physically. I'm not the strongest and certainly not the most fit, but I'm strides better than I was. This community has really been a helpful tool when I'm feeling down or unmotivated. I love seeing everyone's success stories and reading everyone's advice and encouragement. You all are truly awesome!

26 F 5'6" SW: 349 CW: 247.5 GW: 200

In case anyone is interested, I have been going through the Optifast program. My mom did it about 3 years ago and lost 100 pounds and has kept it off so she encouraged me to give it a try. I've been in the program since September and it's one of the best things I've done. The health instructor I have weekly meetings with has helped me learn so much about food, counting calories, fitness and my own mental struggles with food. I feel like my relationship with food is so much better than it was.

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Losing faith and feeling suicidal

Around two years ago i managed to lose 20 kg of weight by cutting most sugar(and junk food in general) out of my diet completely for a long time. I have been struggling with my weight for over 10 years now, and certainly my entire adult life(i am 24 now).

Around late 2019 i started to reintroduce junk food to my diet, because i was trying to expose myself to different things as i was dealing with OCD related fear of certain foods. I started to gain weight but it wasn't too bad until 2020 began.

After the lock downs my life was completely turned upside down and i wasn't able to do fuck all for the most of the year, and i still can't. I spend most of my time home, and i eat as much as i used to before my weight loss. Obscene amount of food.

I have now not only ballooned back to my old weight, which was around 130 kg, i have more weight and i am at 137 kg now, 139 kg on the evening. I am only 13 kg away from the 150 kg, the fattest i have ever been.

So im definitely losing my faith with my weight loss. I have pissed away all my progress, and what makes it even worse that it's been extremely difficult to lose weight at all since i can't stop overeating/emotional eating.

I am very close to just giving up with myself and am starting to think that i shouldn't even bother anymore, i should just die instead. It really looks like the only occasion where i can burn off the excess fat is when my corpse is cremated.

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I done fucked up...but I'm back!

Hello again r/loseit.

About 18 months ago, I got near to my goal weight and then shat the bed. I made the classic mistake of thinking I'd broken the habits of a lifetime just because I'd lost weight. Turns out it ain't that easy, particularly when spending roughly 9 months of that under COVID restrictions.

I've put it nearly all back on other than 8kg, (but hey, that's still 8kg less than I weighed a few years ago!), Today's the first day back on the wagon and I'm sticking this post here to try and make it real so I don't backslide.

I'm a weird mixture of optimistic and down about it. I need to sort myself out but I know I'm signing up to a lot of effort, possibly for the rest of my life. I think I may be one of those people who will always put on weight unless I'm explicitly conscious of what I eat and, in all honesty, I find that a depressing way to live. But then, I suppose it's prefersble to fantasating about taking a kitchen knife to my fat rolls while all my clothes pinch and look crap!

Thanks for being here guys. Best of luck to you all on your weight loss quests!

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Is eating 1100 calories ok for a sedentary female?

At the start of the year I had a new years resolution to lose the weight I gained during quarantine. My BMR was low because I didn’t weight that much to begin with. I started eating 1200 calories and going on an hour walk every day. I started to lose the weight at a healthy rate (~1 pound a week). It wasn’t as much as my calculations but it wasn’t that far off. I assumed I was just eating more calories than I was recording. However, recently I told my friend about my weight loss and she told me that the reason I wasn’t losing as much weight as I initially thought I was going to was because my metabolism was getting slower because I was eating too little calories. On top of that, I have started walking less so I decided to start eating only 1,100 calories every day to make up for it. Personally, I’m having no problems with my diet now but I’m really scared that when I get to my goal weight my metabolism will become really bad. I have done lots of research on this online and everyone seems to be divided. I know the amount I am eating now (1,100 calories) isn’t the best but it’s only temporary and I’m feeling fine physically. Is the reason I’m not losing as much weight as I though I would be because of my metabolism slowing down? Is 1,100 calories enough for me if I’m feeling fine and seeing no side effects? I don’t want to raise the amount of calories I’m eating because at that rate it would take me ages to lose the weight.

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