Almost there! Have questions about maintenance.

Title says it all, I'm almost at my final goal weight! Only 4 pounds away so I should be there in a month or so if I keep it up.

I'm pretty excited, but I'm curious about a couple of things and I want to be prepared for when the time comes.

When it comes to starting back up on maintenance calories, how should I go about it? I no longer experience the urges or appetite to overeat that caused me to become overweight in the first place, so that's not a problem. I'm just wondering... how to begin maintenance, for the first time. It's a bit of a foreign concept to me. So far all I've known throughout my life is either overeating or eating at a deficit. According to a few TDEE calculators I used, my maintenance calories at my goal weight should roughly be around 1950-2000 calories/day. Knowing this, would it be a better idea to just start eating like that immediately after hitting my goal, or building up to it slowly? Any pros/cons to going about either way? I'm a little cautious about gaining any weight back.

Also have one more question. Not sure how many of you have experienced hair loss (telogen effluvium) during your weight loss journeys. I personally have lost probably about 40% of my hair. It used to be quite thick, it still looks somewhat okay but it's noticeably thinner and there's much less on the top/sides. With the right amount of protein, vitamins and maintenance calories, how long should it take to grow back?

Thank you for dealing with me and my noob maintenance questions. You're all crushing it! :)

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I officially hit my first short-term goal!

At the very beginning of 2020, I was the heaviest I’ve ever been, weighing in at 225lb (102.06 kg), with a height of 5’5”. I dropped down to 210lb (95.3 kg) but hovered around there until late October/early November when I was diagnosed with prediabetes. Since then, I have made a concerted effort to cut back on carbs and sugar and try to get more active. With my BMI, I need to be 180lb (81.6 kg) in order to be considered “overweight” instead of “obese”. So for years, 180lb has been my short term target weight.

I’m still working on building a consistent workout regime, but with just changing my diet, drinking more water, and walking a few times a week, I’ve made progress, and I’m so pleased to say, as of today, I’m officially at 179.8lb (81.6 kg)!

Woo! I honestly didn’t think I’d make it this far. The last time I updated here, I expressed I didn’t see or feel much change, but now, I’m actually seeing it, y’all. My old clothes are fitting again, maybe even a little looser. I see the beginnings of an actual waist line. And I just, feel more at ease with myself.

So what’s next?

As I said, there are things I definitely still need to work on, like exercising more, and drinking even more water than what I do lol. In terms of the next and final weight goal, I need to be 150lb (68.03 kg), in order to be considered in the healthy range. There are also certain muscles I want to target, so I can start toning and shaping my body the way I’d like it to ideally look. I’m looking to do some at home bodyweight training. I still have so much tummy chub, and I know that’s the last to go, but hopefully strength training and cardio will help!

Lastly, I’m gonna work on my mental and emotional health. During this process, I’ve expected a moment of sudden clarity and happiness to come that just hasn’t happened yet. I suffer from depression and low-energy, so that could be part of it, but I think, realistically, losing weight and becoming healthy isn’t an overnight fix it, and it’s the same with my mental and emotional state.

I’m extremely afraid of slipping into the diabetic range, and whenever I splurge and eat too many breads or smoothies (which, again, has happened), I feel compelled to feel so much guilt and anger with myself. And often, it feels like there’s a cloud hovering above my head. Like this perpetual threat. As if my body’s a ticking time bomb that gets tripped if I eat one too many mozzarella sticks. But my body, just like my mental health isn’t going to change for the worst overnight either. More and more, I feel like I’m on a path towards better lifestyle choices that gets clearer and sturdier the longer I walk along it. It’s a foundation in progress, but a foundation no less. And as long as that’s my base, instead of what I was doing before with zero regard for my health, I think and hope I’m on the right track.

So above all else, my goals will entail exercising more patience with myself. Not just with the weight loss, but with my wants, my mistakes, and my attitude for what’s to come. I’ve made it this far. Surely I can keep going.

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Holy cow

Holy crap I just came to a realization and it helped me so much.

I've been steadily gaining weight from my former heighest weight from the whole lockdown thing and dealing with existential dread. But I never bought new jean sizes... I was trying to fit into a 12 or 14 and it was just NOT going well. To the point where I finally couldn't even button them. I had a moment of dread, sobbing, and finally acceptance.

I broke down and went to the store and just got some size 18W jeans. This was huge for me. But when I tried them on and they actually FIT me I felt so *good*.

Like, I've been trying to squeeze into these 14/16 jeans out of pure denial, but in doing so being constantly reminded of A) how much I've gained and B) how SLOWLY weight loss is gonna go. Like, yeah after a few weeks I'd still be in the too small jeans and feeling no different - the same shame, etc.

But now I feel like I won't be constantly reminded of my slow progress when I get dressed each morning. I won't be starting the day feeling like a horrible hopeless mess.

To anyone waiting and not wanting to up the jean size: just do it! I promise you'll feel more comfortable and have more motivation to stick with it!!

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Looking for a LoseIt buddy that has similar stats/end goals :)

Hello, Im a 26 year old male from London, UK. SW:255, CW:240, GW:160-170. Since around 11 years old i have always been chubby. Around 2015 i was at a decent weight at 190 pounds (i was weight lifting a lot too back then). Unfortunately life happened, and 6 years later i'm a disgusting slob that hates what he sees in the mirror. I started my weight loss journey 5 weeks ago. I have lost 15 pounds/over 1 stone since then (although that was at my last weigh in, im due my next on Monday as i weigh myself every Monday). I'm looking for someone who may have similar goals to me in regards to weight loss. Someone who is around the 230-270 mark and wants to lose weight with me, someone i can share the journey with and that 1 day, we can look back at everything and see how much has changed. I don't need the motivation, but seeing someone progress with me can give me that extra kick up the backside to remain on a straight line, and hopefully i can be the same for you. I am looking to get to my target weight by the end of December.

My current weight loss plan which i have been doing since i started my journey has been IF/OMAD. I eat once a day, between 6-8pm and fast for 22-24 hours per day. I eat between 1300-1500 calories, however when i eat 1500 calories, i go for walks at night (around 35-40 mins, 2 miles) to burn the extra 200 off. This usually happens 2 times a week, sometimes only once per week. I also have a strict no sugar policy for myself unless it is natural sugars in fruit, sugars in condiment marinades like bbq sauce or sugars in precooked food such as bread, pasta sauces etc. For every 14 days i diet, the 15th day is spend eating whatever i like. From Monday, i will be doing basic at home exercises.

I am down to use discord/whatsapp, so feel free to PM me or comment if you are interested. Also looking to trade progress photos each month, but not a requirement whatsoever.

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Being asked to be a bridesmaid is giving me more motivation than I've ever had

And I'm grateful for the motivation, but it's also kind of a bummer. Why is the fear of being the chubbiest bridesmaid at an event and in the countless photos that are going to be taken the thing that did it?

I was asked to be a bridesmaid for the first time, for a wedding planned for late August, and somehow I've finally been able to lose weight steadily AND keep it off. For my height (5'1") I really have to watch it and don't have much wiggle room in terms of BMI. This is mostly about how I've never liked how I look in photos since high school. And I know my friend and the rest of her bridesmaids are all pretty skinny. I just want to be able to look at these photos and remember this happy memory instead of avoiding looking at them because I'm unhappy with how I look.

I hope that these months of weight loss make these better eating & exercising habits easier for after the wedding, when I don't have one very superficial goal/reason to keep it off!

Good news though, my superficiality is working out for me lol - I'm already down 8 lbs! I guess whatever works...

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Can't seem to lose weight, no matter what I do.

Hey all. I'm a 27 year old man, 5'3, and I've had this problem where my weight seems to float around 190-193. I'm not sure why.

Some context, I came in at 200 last May, managed to drop to 185 around November, then I caught covid and gained weight back to 193. I've tried weight loss many times, and I ALWAYS get stuck here.

I have lose it, I've been calorie counting, avoiding sugar, drinkin more water than I ever have in my life, and lifting weights, and I just can not break that line.

I can't really exercise either, my right leg is all screwed up, can't bend it, or put weight on it, and it's all just very frustrating. I don't know what to do besides really starve myself of food, and put strict limits on calorie intake.

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How to Spring Clean Your Way to Weight Loss

You may not have crossed the line between “creeping clutter” and “hoarding,” but organization expert Peter Walsh, in his recent book, Lose the Clutter, Lose the Weight, cites a 2008 study at Ohio State University that found that hoarders were three times as likely to be overweight as were their family members.

Hoarding is clutter to the nth degree. What the two have in common: Stress. Studies have found that clutter can lead to stress and stress to weight gain. The premise of Walsh’s book is, of course, that removing stressful clutter may be just the motivation you need to also drop some pounds. At the very least, you might be better able to lay your hands on your workout gear.

You can gauge how serious your clutter problem is by going to the website of the Institute for Challenging Disorganization and answering 21 questions on its “Are You Chronically Disorganized” fact sheet.

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Meanwhile, here are six spring cleaning strategies that may help you:

1. Make a deal with yourself: One bag a week. That’s all. Fill a trash bag with items from your home you can donate or leave at the curb for the sanitation crew. It’s a small step, but it will add up to 52 bags a year.

2. Check your closet for forgotten clothes: That blouse you keep passing over, the pants that are too small or too big, the sweater the moths like better than you do. Keep only the clothes you like, that fit, and that you wear.

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3. Forget the yard sale. Be honest. If you know you’ll never get it organized, you’re just delaying the inevitable—and storing all those saleable items in your house instead of getting them out.

4. Rid yourself of temptations. Do you have an ice cream maker, deep fryer, or bread machine stashed somewhere? Somewhere, someone who isn’t trying to lose weight and get healthy could use it. You don’t need it anymore. Especially with such amazing, healthy alternatives like Nutrisystem’s Chocolate Brownie Sundae or The Leaf’s recipe for Air Fryer Mozzarella Sticks.

5. Give everything a “toss by” date. If you have a hard time giving anything up, pack it in a box and mark a date three months, six months, or a year away. When it comes due, if you haven’t opened the box to take something out, dispose of it.

6. Drowning in paper? Buy a cork board or a roll of cork that you can cut to fit. Stick all the papers that are piling up on counters and other flat surfaces to the board. Once a week, clean off anything that’s out of date.

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