Weight Loss Tips

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

So glad I bought a bike

starting in december I decided to take my life back. I started counting calories (1600 a day). I quit drinking the 3 liters of pop a day and switched to water which gave me 2 solid days of having a headache. At first I was eating what ever as long as it was within my calories but you learn real quick to find healthier low calories meals that are more filling. My son also has high cholesterol so I started reading the labels.

I started at about 405 lbs and after loosing 30lbs I started lifting weights which helped the weight loss. With the recent stimulus money I bought a trek marlin 8 mountain bike and have been riding it on all the nice days. I'm up to riding 5 miles in row now. I noticed since riding the bike my weight is dropping even faster. I'm down to 337 lbs now. Riding the bike is almost additive. I really miss riding it on the days I can't ride it.

It just really feels nice to get out and be active when for years my life consisted of going to work and sitting around eating. I really feel like I'm getting my life back. I'm going to try to get up to 10 miles in one ride by the end of summer. Been getting my son to go with me on rides too which is nice.

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Currently trying to lose some body fat

Hey I’m 190lbs 6’1 19 and estimate I’m around 20% body fat. I recently started experimenting with some weight loss stuff trying to find something to stick and found foods with good macros that work for me. I’m eating 2300 calories a day now high protein good carbs and fat too. I track on MFP and don’t re eat any exercise calories to make sure I’m staying on track. So basically before I wanted to lose weight I’m not really active at all. On the TDEE calc online it says I need to eat like 1800cals to be in a deficit when doing absolutely nothing but I feel like that’s too little. I recently started going to the gym four days a week and tried to ramp up walking a little bit more so I’m not sedentary.

Worried that I’m not eating little enough and wasting time or something? Any thoughts?

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I blundered yesterday. But that doesn't mean to let that failure justify giving up.

I(M 27) started last week on my journey to weight loss again. For most of my adult life I've always been around 280-300 lbs, it's just a weight range that I've been consistent around. Not more and not less.

I've tried losing weight before and I actually managed to get down to 260 lbs about a year and a half ago through calorie restriction. But I got off the rails and now I'm back at my 300 lb range.

What changed during this transition period is I was living with Aunt/Uncle and my aunt and uncle to kept me accountable. But then I eventually moved out and well I have learned that I am not skilled in keeping myself accountable. From my low of 260lbs I gained back everything. I realize the efforts I made initially were not because of my own self management. And this is a huge step for me. I used them as a crutch for my lack of self management.

So starting last week I made a commitment to log every single calorie and every single thing I ate without shame into a google spreadsheet. I am going to keep putting in everything manually and that will force myself to realize how much I was eating and what I was eating.

I thought surely, this will make it finally work for me, but I blundered yesterday, I gave in ate/drank over 4000 calories of taco bell. A huge setback mentally, a failure. But I realized over the average of starting I only had an average of 998 calories each day. And I realized I can't let the failure of a single day affect every effort made prior and all the effort I need to make going forward. I can stumble but I will not let myself fall this time.

Spreadsheet here for what I'm using to keep myself accountable https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mPRgzgMjAauUxRtv8eUjOzkTQY7PA1F_o3NV-dkjW2c/

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I’m still disappointed with how I look on photos

I’m now 75kg, down from 89kg. I’ve not actually lost anything since November last year, I feel disappointed with myself for that as I couldn’t do my main form of exercise (skating) because of Covid and winter weather, with my lack of exercise I should’ve gone back down to 1200 calories but I didn’t.

I feel like I’ve lost a lot, especially when I see pictures of myself that I took for progress pics, I’m kind of shocked I was that big.

But today there was a picture taken of me, and my heart just sank, I still looked like shit, I thought maybe I would finally look okay, not great but at least okay, but I still look the same. I feel like the only way I’ll ever look remotely good is to be a size 8, and right now I’m a 12.

I’m still on my weight loss journey, but I just thought I’d look a little better right now on candid pictures.

I just wanted to rant because now I want to avoid pictures so bad, and I feel embarrassed about how I look and worried what other people must think of me when they see me. It’s times like these where I just want liposuction on my legs because it’s exhausting, it’s the place I hold most of my weight and I get so sick of it.

Then I start wondering if I look like this now then holy shit I must have looked even worse before, and how embarrassing.

I know the mature solution is to just keep going, up my exercise and lower my calorie intake, but I just wanted to rant because I’m mad at myself more than anything. Lol.

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it's my first 4 days of intermittent fasting and I feel pretty great, until it's time to eat.

I can go 23+ hours without feeling hungry after i started fasting (kind of weird considering I used to feel hunger around 14 hours of not eating - before I started my weight loss journey), and when I force myself to eat, i feel lightheaded/headaches after i'm done eating.

Does anyone else experience this?

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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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