Genuinely at a loss. Advice would be appreciated.

Hi everyone,

I am a 24 yr old, 5'3, 152lb woman and was previously eating at 1,300-400 and have decided to start eating at 1,125cals because I'm not losing weight. Somehow, in Feb/March I gained ~6 pounds. It's insane to me because I maintained and even lost all quarantine while baking and cooking the most decadent foods and then I gain weight when I’m not longer doing that...whatever.

I'm more concerned that in the past month of intense HIIT bootcamp work outs and logging my calories, I haven't been able to lose a single pound! I keep hovering between 151-153.

I weigh my food in grams. I barely eat out and if I do I overestimate. I divide calories burned in a workout by half, sometimes I will eat them back. If I binge eat, I'll even it out over the days... I really do feel like I'm doing most things right, as I've been losing/gaining weight what seems to be my whole life and I know how it works, but I'm at a loss here. Not even one pound doesn't make sense to me? Genuinely about to look into a nutritionist or weight loss counselor or something because I don't know what to do.

I will say, I don't look bad though. If anything, I look the most fit I ever have, but I'm really not comfortable at this weight. I'm trying to get to 135-140 but rn I'll just be happy to see the 140s again!

This is my first week at 1,215 calories so I'll see how it goes. I didn't put my TDEE at sedentary, because I'm really not. I don't really move outside of my workouts but 3 days HIIT and 3 days Couch 2 5k feels like I can say I am slightly active...should be losing 1.45 at that number a week...any advice would be greatly appreciated!!

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Tell me about your average day

Hello darling losers,

I’ve only been on my weight loss journey for about 3 weeks, and I’m struggling a little with meals at the moment, and I guess I could use some inspiration?

Those of you who eat between 1200 & 1400cals, what does your average day look like? As I’m also following 16:8 IF, I find that many days I simply don’t eat enough before my window closes again (12pm - 8pm) and I must admit, I’m feeling it. Before I started my journey I could do DAMAGE in that amount of time. Somehow I’ve flung myself to the opposite end and now I’m lost lol.

I need to figure out a better system so that my body actually gets all the nutrients it needs, since whilst MyFitnessPal says I am, my body is saying gurl, no.

So please, tell me your daily routines, strategies, favourite recipes even. I need the advice!

Much love to you all!

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Finally hit 170! I'm so excited and needed to share somewhere!

About 3 years ago I was at my heaviest and hit 198lbs. I'm a 28-year-old female and got diagnosed with Hashimoto's when I was 14. I'm only 5'6, so at 198 I was feeling terrible from all the junk food, the largest clothes I had ever worn, and just generally self-conscious about how I looked.

I ended up seeing a nutritionist for about 6 months and easily got down to 160lbs in 2019. I stopped there even though I really wanted to be at 140lbs because I felt great and figured I could maintain there for a while until I was ready to go back to more weight loss. Spoiler alert! That didn't happen.

I did maintain for about a year somewhere between 160-165lbs, but after the 2019 holidays I weighed in back at 175lbs at the end of February 2020. I was horrified, then COVID hit. I was going through a lot at that time, working from home, depressed, and caring for my dog who had bone cancer. Sadly I lost my dog, and then I somehow got back down to 162lbs, but in hindsight, it was because I stopped eating from the depression.

After adjusting and healing, the weight easily came right back on since I didn't lose it in a healthy way and continued to eat like garbage. I got on the scale in February 2021 and was blown away that I was already back at 185lbs after having worked so hard to lose all that weight in 2019.

Well - no more! I was inspired by an upcoming trip we booked after getting fully vaccinated and have been working hard to lose the weight again. This time around I am doing CICO, IF, walking for an hour just about every day, and strength training 2 to 4 times a week. I pretty much never eat my calories back except for a Saturday here and there (weekends are hard).

I wanted to get down to 175lbs before the trip so I could wear shorts and not feel completely terrible. This morning I was 170lbs! I can't believe I have lost 15lbs! (again, but still!)

I keep telling myself - only 10 more pounds and I will be back to my weight from quitting the diet before. Then only 10 more pounds after that and I will be smaller than I was after my sophomore year of college back when I was 19 and FAR more active. One of the biggest things for me this time around has been paying close attention to how much better I feel when I just stick to my plan. That brownie or cookie on a Saturday night might taste great, but the hangover-like state I find myself in the next morning is just not worth it. Smaller treats have been so much more satisfying if/when I decide to cheat at all.

All this to say - YOU CAN DO IT. If you fall off the horse, it is okay. You can get back on, find a plan that works for you, and be successful. You got this!!

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Feeling frustrated/defeated

I need to vent about my frustration with my weight loss journey because my boyfriend always says “you’re not fat” when I bring it up. He’s 6’2, so it seems like any bloating or minimal weight gain he has is unnoticeable. I feel like on my 5’4 frame, a fluctuation of five pounds is very obvious.

I’ve been on a bit of a roller coaster with my weight loss for years now. I managed to get to my lowest weight I can remember about two years ago, and since then, my weight has been slowly creeping back up on me. I’ve gained about 45 pounds back of the 55 that I had lost. I’m so frustrated with myself for letting this happen.

I’m about to embark on a thru-hike, and I KNOW I need to lose some weight to make sure my body can handle the intense exercise I know I’m going to be getting. I feel like I know exactly what to do to make the weight loss happen, but I’m somehow lacking the motivation again when it’s something that I know would be much better for me.

I walk 10,000 steps every day, but I can’t get the food in line with my goals. I think some of this also stems from becoming unemployed a couple months ago that now, despite sitting at home with work before, I know have way more time to sit at home and snack and eat unhealthy foods.

I didn’t even think about what I ate this past weekend for my birthday, and assumed all of my additional walking around the city (20-30k steps) would make up for junk food. NOPE. Came home last night, stepped on the scale this morning, and I’m back at 200. I’m horrified with myself. I wanted to cry as soon as I saw that number.

I don’t know if I’m looking for advice or support or what exactly, but I needed to get my feelings out.

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Beneficial to do a 5 minute workout every hour?

So, I'm trying to get back into consistently working out after going from an athlete to doing basically nothing in 5 years. Due to health problems I have to stick to low impact like walking, yoga, and bodyweight exercises. For my weight loss goals, this means I'm usually having to do them for a lot longer (my brisk walks are usually 30 to 60 minutes long).

I'm wondering if chopping this up could have similar effects for weight loss and overall body toning. Like, if I were to go up 20 flights of stairs at my apartment building each time the clock hits the hour mark. I personally do get winded from this, so my heart rate is decently raised. Does it need to be raised for a prolonged amount of time or is sporadic fine enough?

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Eating BMR calories and exercising for weight loss?

I've [F/45] started my weightless journey at 155cm (5'0") and 100kg (220lbs) and the tdee calculator says my BMR is 1,548 calories but I have started to ride my stationary bike with varying resistant every day of the week aiming for around 250-300 calories burnt. If I were to continue doing this while eating 1,500 calories and burning the same or more calories would this be a good strategy? I tried following the 1,200 calorie that everyone preaches on here but it wasn't for me. In fact what I'm doing now is actually making me less hungry and sometimes I don't even eat near 1500 calories. I don't trust the sedentary, lightly active, moderately active options on these calculators to give me an accurate count. Sedentary and light activity is 1,800 - 2,100 calories. I'm aiming to make exercise a lifestyle change and to get at least 45 - 60 minutes in each day while slowly reducing the amount I eat. I feel that is more sustainable but I also wanted to seek out opinions on here. I've read a few success post and they've all had results with different life style changes. Eating less, working out more, a combination of both etc.

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Hey I have a specific question about my weight loss journey

So, I am in a few weeks to my weight loss journey and everything is going great! I’m working with my doctor to get me back on track. I’m working out consistently. I do have one thing that I am worried about... But let me put a disclaimer up, even though I am worried about this issue, it does not make me lose any motivation and I will keep going no matter what...

Okay, so I am in my early 20’s... My goal is to lose 300lbs. I’ve always been overweight my whole life. Will I have really bad sagging skin when I reach my goal? My arms aren’t in too bad of a shape, they hang a little right now, but it’s not that noticeable or anything. My legs are fine. The biggest part on me is my stomach. I just want to know if I’m young enough that my skin will follow me as I go on my weight loss journey or will I need surgery/ other alternatives for hanging skin when I reach my goal.

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