Effectiveness of cocoa butter/lotions during weight loss for skin elasticity?

Hi all, I'm in my fifth week in to my weight loss journey, 8.4kg (18.6lbs) down currently, and I'm beginning to feel... I dunno, more "pinchy" in separate areas of my body. I dunno, it feels like it could all just be in my head at the moment, but my girlfriend has been hammering in that I need to start using things like cocoa butter, vitamin e, other lotions to help with loose skin down the road.

Now, I know the reality, I'm planning on losing over forty kilo's (88lbs) to start with and continue even more once I hit my current goal weight, I'm going to have some, if not a LOT of loose skin, and frankly, I'm okay with that. I'd rather look like Zoidberg with my shirt off than what I am currently, and I can look into surgeries from that point if it does affect me horribly, but I was wondering if at my age and current weight, that sort of skin treatment would have any noticeable effect along the way.

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Regarding "cheat days"

Hey all, so I'm F23 (173m/5'8'', SW 100kg/220lbs - CW 68kg/150lbs - GW 60kg/132lbs). As you can see I've lost quite a huge amount (yay!) since October last year thanks to CICO (strictly no sugar, low carb), IF, walking and 2l of water every day.

I've had only 4 cheat days in the entirety of my "journey" so far, on occasions I couldn't avoid eating like NYE, my birthday etc. Cheat days for me were never a regular thing, because I found them distracting and I honestly couldn't trust my self-control since I'm a huge foodie. However since I've reached my first goal weight (70kg/154lbs), I've been considering having a cheat day/meal once in a while to satisfy my cravings. You see I've gotten so far, and now I'm a little bit tired :p

My life's situation is a little bit physically/mentally draining for me at the moment, and knowing my tendency to emotional eat I want to add some moderate cheat days so my cravings don't pile up and explode one day haha. I have a few questions:

• How often do you have a cheat day? Is it an entire day or just one meal?
• People who do IF, do you break your fast on your cheat days?
  
• Do you have a caloric limit for your cheat meal/day? Do you go past your maintenance?
• To fellow binge eaters: How do you control yourself so you don't binge on cheat days?
• How has having a cheat meal/day been affecting your weight loss journey so far? Is there any noticeable mental/physical effect?

Thank you in advance!

(I honestly don't like using the word "cheat" because it makes it sound like I'm sinning and should feel guilty over it, but for now let's just let that slide :p)

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Finally sub 170

I’m a 5 foot 11 male and I just weighed myself for the first time in 2 weeks and I’m 168.4. Crazy to me how I’ve made this much progress, I only started my weight loss journey in late January at the weight of 189 pounds. I have been on and off dieting and failing for the past 4 years of my life and I’m so happy that I finally got the willpower to really change myself. I wouldn’t call myself at my goal weight exactly (I want to get lean and shredded) but I definitely would consider myself normal looking now. For those of you who are constantly frustrated and failing just remember you won’t be like this forever, just watch your macros closely would be my #1 tip.

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I feel so lost and confused

I’m back up to my starting weight, the weight I was after I had a baby... 5 years ago. This weight loss journey has been a roller coaster. Up and down over and over and over.

Two years ago I paid a lot of money to join a weight loss program and I lost all the weight. I was freaking at my goal! Then life happened. Things were really hard in my life, marriage, religion... everything and I’ve gained it all back. I’m almost up to 180. My goal weight is 145. I’m so so mad at myself for letting life get in the way and gaining it all back.

I don’t have the money to do a weight loss program again. I do have the time to exercise at home and around my neighborhood and I do have the money to just eat healthy but it’s so hard to stick with it with young kids and just life in general.

I need an exercise program I can stick to. I need a food plan i can do on my own and my family will enjoy it too.

But I’m not sure exactly what I need to do. Where do I begin?

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Should I avoid talking to her about my weight loss?

Hey guys. Recently, after falling off the weight loss wagon, I curiously took a look at my weight on the scale and was surprised to see that the changes I made in activity (walking 45-50 minutes to work and back home everyday and in the past week biking the distance,) helped me lose weight! I remember being 190 pounds at one point, and the other day it was 176. I didn't even notice the difference, maybe it was due to me drinking less soda too? But I talked more seriously about getting a planet fitness membership and "drinking just water" with my significant other (not totally dieting) and she responded to me with this.

((I guess ive not been clear enough but I hate talking about it. Weight is a huge negative trigger for me :,) seeing someone your size (literally my dream body) say "omg im so obese lol i need to lose soooo much weight" when im literally stuck at 260+ pounds because of my depression makes me lowkey want to die 😎))

She hasn't told me to NOT lose weight and doesn't discourage me from it, but she has discouraged me from relying on the BMI scale to define whether I'm obese (it was 31 or 32 when I was 190.) And that I don't need to lose weight I look fine. But I want to become healthier and an average weight for my height. (21F 5 feet 5 inches) I want to do whatever kind of activity I want and not get tired so quickly.

I guess my point is, do you guys think I should stop talking with her about it if it'll make her uncomfortable? I mean I'll have to say no thanks to food sometimes and I have a gallon water bottle I'm solely going to be drinking water from in an effort to increase water intake and keep myself full longer. I'm also very interested in going and beginning strength training/HIIT at planet fitness so I'll have to tell her like this is where I'm going I'll be back by etc. But aside from these things, do you think I should avoid celebrating my victories with her? Should I avoid sharing healthier meals with her? To not hurt her feelings and trigger her?

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I need to lose 70 lbs ASAP.

26F, CW: 273, GW: 160-150.

I plan to start my acting career in 2021. So I need to step up my weight loss journey by a LOT. I’ve been doing everything that I can. Granted, My eating habits still aren’t the best. I’m working on it. I need to stick to 1,500 calories, Anything less I felt too faint for my weight or anything above that will make me gain more as I’m training. So it’s a good start for me. Eventually as I lose more I’d like to lower it to 1,200 when I get closer to 210 lbs. Now I almost gave up my acting career over the weekend before I even started it. I’ve been in one play recently with a lead role and I loved it. I still want to go for it since it’s something I really want to do!!

Anyway back to my weight. Like I said I haven’t been eating the best, I had a cheat weekend which I haven’t done in a long time, I just gave into a few small cravings and didn’t over indulge like I used to do. I was careful and actually lost 3 lbs this weekend! I was shocked. I have been trying to drink more water, Haven’t really been counting but it’s at least 100+ Oz. The serving is 42 when I fill up my water filter half way, And I drink at least 3 a day. I won’t be having another cheat day for a while, Because it made me feel like crap. It literally made me sick and I still don’t feel well from yesterday.

I need to lose exactly 12 lbs a month to lose 70 lbs before this year has ended. I will have an extra month in December, I hope I won’t get too off track by then. I’ve hit a pause for the last two weeks. But once I get back into meal prepping I should be fine right? I usually lose about 3 lbs a week when I do this, Which is too fast for most but it’s what I need! I was never in such a rush before, But I want to look my best so I can start sending out those acting auditions. I don’t think I’m in an obsessive state yet, And I am being careful. I don’t workout for long hours, In fact I mostly only have 30 minutes at the gym since my ride is always late but I am going to start getting there early and workout for a full hour again! My arms are already tightening/getting smaller, That’s always the hardest part but it was small when I was training before so maybe that’s why it only took 3 weeks this time around. My chest is still huge but not as bad as it was- I can tell by my size, it doesn’t fit anymore. I’ve noticed that I lost most of the fat in my back, Which was quite hard to get rid of as well. So it’s mostly upper body that I need to work on, My lower body is pretty good right now but I will be keeping up with both. I think HIIT will help with that.

Anyway, Is this possible to lose 70 lbs before the year is over? Have you done it or lost even more in 9 months?

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I need to change

Hi everyone,

Been a member of this sub for a while, I love reading stories of how far people have come on their weight loss journeys, every time I read them I think I really need to try, but after a few days I lose the motivation.

I’m 26 about 5”9 weighing in at 330lbs. I know, it’s really not good. I’ve struggled with my weight my entire life, in school I topped 16st but managed to lose it by basically hardly ever eating and exercising a lot, my motivation at the time was I was fed up of being bullied.

This is the biggest I have ever been, and I know it’s only a small amount of time now before I end up with a serious health condition (diabetes) because of it. A few years ago I tried keto, and was doing really well and then got pregnant, I had heard that losing weight during pregnancy wasn’t good so I went back on carbs. I still ended up losing weight during pregnancy, bad morning sickness. Once I had my little girl in May 2019 I’ve just piled on the lbs, then all these lockdowns too I’ve been working from home and hardly exercising at all.

I cannot stand the way I look now, and I know that even once I’ve lost all the weight I will have so much excess skin. I’m scared of how big I am, and scared of how gross I’ll still look when all the weight is gone.

I need to do this, I kept promising I would when I had my baby, and I just never properly tried. I don’t want her to ever end up like me, or even motherless when I eat myself into an early grave. My size has been impacting my relationship for years, my partner is loyal and loving he would never intentionally upset me, but I know he is so worried for me. To try and motivate me to lose weight he said I need to get down to 17st before we can start trying again, I was annoyed at first, but I get why, he knows how much I want a big family and that it should motivate me to lose weight. It did at first, but then again I just stopped. I have no excuses really, I’m ashamed of myself, when I really think about it I often cry so I guess I try to just push it out of my mind.

Any advice you can give me to stick with it is hugely appreciated. Thank you for reading.

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