Can someone explain the process of losing weight for me?

Hi all! Basically I gained 20 pounds during the quarantine. I just really wasn’t taking care of myself. I really want to get back to my original weight 100-105 pounds. I’m 5 feet tall. 24 years old.

For the past week, I have eaten the following: -one gallon of water throughout the day -1/3 cup oats mixed with a 1/4 cup blueberries -a medium sized apple -one cup chickpeas and 1/2 cup of couscous with some type of veggie mixed in -organ protein powder (one to two scoops) one tablespoon of peanut butter and a tablespoon of flax seeds -one slice of Ezekiel bread with 64grams of tempeh and a bit of sugar free ketchup -a Boca protein pattie with veggies and a 6 oz potato. -according to my fitness pal: 1300 calories / 80 grams protein / 198 grams carbs / 30 grams of fat.

For exercise, I’m doing a half hour of cardio 5 days a week, lifting 5 days a week. Resting twice a week. According to my watch, I burn between 500-700 calories during my workouts.

It’s been a week and I am exactly the same weight. In fact, the the mirror I look bigger. I know it’s only been a week and I shouldn’t expect much. But I’m so concerned and nervous I am doing something wrong. I hired a trainer and she said I should be losing 1.5 pounds a week and so far that’s not happening.

For reference, I ate really bad since the pandemic started and stopped working out. I barely drank water. I went to the bathroom regularly and I noticed now, I am having a bit trouble going (TMI, I’m sorry!).

I have not diverted from the diet once, I give it my all during every workout. I haven’t been on a weight loss journey before so can anyone give input one why my weight is the same and I appear bigger in front of the mirror. I’m new to all this, please, please be gentle on me 😬. Thank you in advance!!!!

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Stuck in a rut, going to adopt my mindframe from when I started losing weight 85lbs ago

Last year I lost 100lbs, then over the holidays and some "life issues" that I won't go into here, I gained 14 or so back. and BOY OH BOY has that been detrimental to my mental health. For the last 2 months I've been back into weight loss. Eating healthy. CICO. Exercise. But I seem to be losing and gaining back the same 5lbs and it is killing my motivation.

When I started off, BMI 41, depressed, unable to go outside without several layers of giant clothing, and shoving chips into my mouth, I didn't know where to begin. So I essentially gave myself a live-or-die month of doing everything "right" with no snacks, walking everywhere, just do it even if you don't want to. And it worked. And that month of hard work set me up with enough drive and determination to get to a healthy weight.

But.. here I am. Healthy weight, 35lbs to go, and no progress in the last 2 months. So I 'm going back to basics. I'm going to pretend I know nothing and restart. Pretend I don't know what I'm doing and get to my goal. I've never really gained weight before. I was always fat, then I lost 100lbs. But now that I have gained and can't seem to get back into losing... it is making me feel like a complete mess.

I am starting to see temptation/cravings (ie, eat a whole pizza and lay on the couch for 3 hours with my partner) as a challenge instead of an excuse to give up/give in. I'm using them as a push forward instead of a reason to sit still. I am really using the last of my motivation here to throw myself into this next month. Wish me luck. Have a great day everyone

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Appetite Control and Wellbutrin. I hope I’m not breaking any rules by asking this. 24/F/233.4

Hi everyone;

I’m relatively new here and was curious if anyone has experience with sustained weight loss on Wellbutrin. Wellbutrin is an anti-depressant, and I’ve noticed that it helps suppress my appetite (not hunger) so I can make healthy choices in eating. Combined with actually eating healthy and moderate movement, I’ve lost almost 40 pounds since the new year and I’m proud of that.

I do have a tiny worry that if I’m ever taken off Wellbutrin that the cravings will come back. Admittedly though, there has been no discussion between my PCP and me about a timeline for getting off the medication. Does anyone have any experience with managing appetite when you’re taken off this medicine?

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Update: Almost 10 pounds down!

Hey all!

I'm F18 5'3(160cm) SW:177(80kg) CW:169 lb(77kg) GW: 125 lb(57kg) and I am super excited to say this because in the past 2 months, I've dropped almost 10 pounds. I think that's really cool, and I'm super excited to keep going on this weight loss journey. I'm really, really glad to be out of the 170s because that was stressing me out big time, but I'm even more glad that I'm able to get into the 150s in a couple of months.

Here's what I did: (to fill the word count)

I eat 1350 calories a day and don't cut any foods out of my meals. I eat plenty of sweets and carbs, but I probably should raise my protein because that's low. I don't really exercise except for a walk once a week, but I'm planning on exercising more when my weight is lower so that I don't look skinny-fat and tone up. I'm also planning on cutting down to 1200 calories when I hit 155 pounds by cutting out my 150 calorie breakfast and eating everything else the same way.

I always feel like I'm not going to lose weight when I'm full, but I'm happy to note that even on my calorie budget, I get plenty full, and I'm still losing weight.

Best of luck to everyone!

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M22 - I've lost weight but I still have gynecomastia/man-boobs. Help?

Hi everyone. About since I hit early puberty, I've been overweight and had gynecomastia/man-boobs. I had gained a lot more weight up around the pandemic, but eventually started to go on a diet and lose it around August. I'm about 6'4-6'5 tall, and I used to weight 270 pounds, but now I'm down to 216, which is still overweight but still pretty good. I'd still like to lose a little more weight, but I feel much happier with myself and my body. Still, despite losing weight on a lot of areas on my body, I still have man-boobs. When I look up how to get rid of them, most websites just say "lose weight". I haven't really been working out as a part of my weight loss, just eating way better and losing weight because of that. Would getting onto a workout regiment that focuses on burning chest fat in addition to continuing to lose weight fix my problem, or do you think it might be best to see a doctor and see if I just need to get surgery?

tl;dr, I've lost 50 pounds since August and feel much better about my body image, but still have man-boobs which are really crushing my spirits. What can/should I do about it?

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Big plateau, still following CICO

Hey everyone! I’ve been following this subreddit for awhile but I’ve never made a post. I’m really struggling with a weight loss plateau and I need help.

Background:

I’ve been on a weight loss journey since about august when I was at my heaviest of 211lbs. I’ve since gotten down to 195lbs but I haven’t been able to drop past that. I’ve been doing CICO Since august and I have been tracking all my calories and I work out 7 days a week (combo of HIIT and strength training) but my weight stopped dropping in February and hasn’t moved much since.

At first I was eating 1300-1400 and then I bumped it up to 1600-1700 to match up with my training intensity and so I don’t feel drained while working out. Should I drop my calories back down?

I’m a 21 year old female and my height is 5’9

I’ve seen visual changes and I’ve continued to drop inches but I’m stressed as to why the scale isn’t moving like it was in the beginning, my goal weight is 155-165.

I’d appreciate any advice on weightloss plateaus and what to do to break them

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Think there is something wrong with my body.

Hi everyone, I’ve been working out for 8 weeks now, 7 days a week. My workouts are usually 30 mins of strength training and 30 minutes of HIIT training on my peloton. In the last 54 days I have had around 6 rest days, some of which were active recovery (going for a long work or a leisure cycle or some yoga). I was sick with sinusitis and still worked out.

In this time I’ve eaten between 1700-2000 calories, the past 3 weeks have been closer to 2000 calories because I’m getting kind of annoyed with everything and I’m adopting a little bit of a fuck it mentality because I’m frustrated.

In this time I have definitely gotten stronger, I am beating personal bests, I’ve developed mad determination but I haven’t achieved ANY fat loss. I have some silly body fat scale (we know how inaccurate those things can be), I have apparently lost 3% body fat, gained 3kg of muscle and my visceral fat has gone down from 10 to 7. The scale has shifted from 82 to 80.5 in 8 weeks. Not even 4lbs? All these stats sound great but my waist measurement has not changed by one inch and I still look exactly the same, I feel stronger and I am breaking personal records but my body has not changed.

I’m only trying to lose the last 10kg and with intense daily exercise my maintenance cals should be around 2500, even in my “bad” 2k cal day should still result in a deficit. Im very endowed in the boob area which does feel a little lighter but apart from that nothing has changed even with all my hard work and I’m now getting to a really dark place. I didn’t even have the initial fast weight loss people get, what is wrong with my body?

I’m on the brink of pulling my hair out and I know there are some really knowledgable people in this community. My stats are 22F, 80.5kg, 174cm (5’8.5). BFP: 26.6%. BMI is 26. Bone mass is Waist is 33 inches. Trying to lose 10kg of fat the right way which is why I’m making sure I’m doing strength to maintain/gain muscle while I lose fat. Sick and tired

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