Need to get rid of some plus size dresses, would rather give away than sell!

Hello! I'm 23 F 5'6" SW: 256 CW:193.4 located in the US.

After losing 60+ lbs I recently tried on some of my gently used dresses I haven't had the chance to wear in a while bc we're in a panorama. I realized they no longer work for my figure at all, and while some have an okay resale value (Torrid's expensive lol), I'd rather give them away than sell them bc it's what my family does for each other and I'd like to help someone fill out their wardrobe after weight loss if they can't necessarily afford to splurge on clothes rn.

I figured I'd see if there was any interest here - I looked for a clothes swap subreddit but all are dead/dormant unfortunately and all apps seem to be for selling. Contact me/comment if you're interested at all or have a better place to post this!

I have one 16W, two 18W, one 20W, one L, two XL, one XXL, one 1X, one Torrid size 1, and one Torrid size 2.

TLDR; looking to give away clothes and am willing to ship anywhere in the US (or abroad if you help with shipping)

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Switching from 2000kcal to 1600, wish me luck :)

So I came from 80kg to 74kg somewhat surprisingly, eating at my calculated maintenance of 2000kcal but it dropped rapidly. I was wondering when was it going to stop and well, it did now :) So I downgraded my daily food package to 1600 (I use a full service with daily delivery of ready meals for the day) starting today and my goal is to reach 70kg, though I know I will feel terrific at 72 already. Although it is a bit of work, I would like to encourage everyone and testify that my weight loss has not been a torture, it is just fine especially after first three weeks of getting into it. I felt awfully full and well fed on the 2000kcal diet lately and I kind of long for the slight feeling of lightness and progress this switch to 1600 will bring. I am quite confident that I will not feel terribly hungry, it will be just fine. I think limiting food is largely a mental exercse and has to do with attitude. Hunger is a kind of a panic reaction and it can easily be an overreaction, because a calorie deficit of 400 or so a day is not actually harming you. Peope were hungry for a decade during and after the war, if I remember correctly the daily emergency ration was limited to 400kcal a day in post-war Berlin on the worst periods. Having a constant supply of 1600 or 2000kcal of quality food every day, this calls for gratitude and calm, not complaining, anxiety and panic. Feeling a bit hungry tonight is nothing if you remind yourself that you have actually eaten, your body is just fine and there will be a new meal tomorrow exactly as planned. This is my experience and if reading this helps even a single person, I consider it being worth typing out. I will report back when I reach my milestones of 72 and 70 accordingly.

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I lost 12 pounds!!! I can’t believe it!!

I’ve been a long time lurker on this community and have always hoped that one day I would have something to contribute. Today is the day! I know 12 pounds isn’t a lot, but it’s a start!

At the end of January I decided to take my health more seriously, and now I can finally see some results.

I am not a person who believes in dieting or cutting out any food group. I also don’t count calories. I just choose to focus on eating healthy as a lifestyle. For me, dieting is not sustainable.

My biggest problem is convenience. I’m married, work 5 days per week, go to school full time, have two dogs, a small side business, and a house. So, if the food is taking forever to prepare, I will eat something I shouldn’t. Since January, Ive been eating things that I like that are quick, convenient, and taste great!

For breakfast everyday I eat oatmeal with almond milk, fruit, sliced almonds, coconut flakes , and 1 tablespoon of almond butter, Nutella, or maple syrup. For lunch, I often eat lentil & vegetable soup. Around 4pm, I eat a snack of veggies and a yogurt or apple. Around 9pm, I eat dinner. This really varies but is usually vegetables and fish or chicken.

One thing I refuse to give up is coffee. I like my coffee a certain way and I’m not willing to change it. I drink an iced vanilla latte everyday just the way that the coffee shop makes it. I have an espresso machine at home and I make my own vanilla simple syrup too. So it’s espresso, milk, and 3 tablespoons of syrup.

I’m a 5’3 female and I let myself get up to 212 pounds. Because of the way that I’m built, I hide my weight extremely well. Now I’m at 200 pounds! I don’t have a goal weight in mind yet. I’m just going to keep doing what I’m doing and figure it out.

Last summer, I rode my bicycle 360 miles in 6 days on a trip with my mom, aunt, and cousin. Once the weather is nice where I live, I’ll get back into bike riding and I’m sure that will help with my weight loss.

Anyways, thanks so much for listening. It was nice to get to write it out. Thanks for being such a great community!

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"Compliments" from family

I've lost 108lb in the last two years. I spent the day with my Mum yesterday and she's thrilled I've lost so much weight. She gleefully said the same thing to me four times throughout the day.

"You almost look normal now!"

Almost normal. I almost look normal now. I can't get it out of my head.

People really reveal their true thoughts sometimes, don't they? Now I know my own mother has been judging me all this time. She thought her own daughter was an abnormal freak because she was carrying some extra weight.

I'm sure she thought she was saying something nice but I feel terrible.

I saw my Grandma today and she too had something to say.

"It's going to start really showing soon."

I've lost a third of my body weight. Dropped 7 dress sizes. Old friends don't recognise me in the street. But to Nanna it barely shows.

How is it so easy for family to drag us down? Today has been the hardest of my entire weight loss journey. It took all my strength not to go crazy at the supermarket and buy everything in sight. Now I'm spending a miserable evening at home buried in work. I'm sure I'll feel better tomorrow but I just needed to vent tonight.

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Fasting 1 day a week to speed up weight loss (3kg away from my goal)? Are there any other benefits to fasting?

So I’m down to my last 3kg I need to lose before hitting my GW of 60kg (31F, 173cm, SW 66kg). Since January I lost 3kg nice and slow by setting my calorie deficit at -250 and keep exercising. So it’s a 1kg loss per month.

Now I’d like to speed things up and be ‘done’ in about 1.5 months, so losing a couple of kg a month instead of one. If I adjust the deficit on MyFitnessPal I get a caloric allowance so ridiculously low I’m not really willing to go down that route and be miserable for a month and a half.

So I thought fasting one day a week could be a solution to be in deficit of those 1500 (my TDEE) which would have me lose 0.5kg a week. The other days I would eat and exercise as I normally do and be at around a -250 deficit. I normally eat 2000-2200 cal a day and exercise daily.

I’ve never fasted before but recently I had to undergo surgery and had to fast for 8h previously which ended up being 24h as I wasn’t really well to have dinner in the hospital. I know it would be different if I do it on a normal day, but it wasn’t so terrible as I expected. I was hungry at lunchtime and then it kind of went away on its own.

I would only have to do this for maximum a couple of months but then if I like it it might be a good tool to keep myself in check when I’m maintaining, like having those extra 1500 cal as a cushion.

What do you think? Besides caloric deficit are there any other benefits to fasting? Is this an insane idea? 😅

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how to read a nutritional label?

I should point out before anyone decides to give me shit saying "you should have learned this in fourth grade" yes I did learn it in 4th grade but I have a disability known as 22q deletion disorder and I forgot everything about it.

I wanna refresh myself on how to read a nutritional label and learn the "words you can't pronounce" in the ingredients so I know what to avoid in foods. Because I remember the old saying "If you can't pronounce the ingredient you probably shouldn't be putting it in your body"

Any advice as to where I can refresh myself and learn these additional words too? I really wanna get into body power lifting this year but still working on my weight loss journey.

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Trying to Lose Weight While Weightlifting, Can Muscle Mass Counter Weight Loss?

So I just got into weightlifting about 2 months ago and I'm pretty much in love with it, to the point that I look forward to walking a mile to the gym, working out, then walking a mile back. I go 5/6 days a week. I don't think it is something that I would ever want to give up. I am, however, currently 20 lbs overweight (after dropping about 80 lbs a few years ago and staying at the same weight since), and am eating ~1500 kcal a day to drop weight. So far the scale has only budged about 1 lbs after 3 weeks of consistent counting.

My theory is that this is due to replacing fat with muscle, but I'm unsure if this is wishful thinking or not. I've definitely gained muscle mass, but would it be enough to counter balance my weightloss? I'm pretty sick of being just above my goal weight when getting to that goal weight has been something I've been thinking about everyday for the past 4 years.

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