After losing 10lbs last year, having gained it back over the past few months, tomorrow I start anew! Reddit, I need some accountability.

So last year, during the first lockdown I was so motivated. I ate well, followed an at-home routine and went from 154lbs to 144lbs. I was delighted. It was the last leg of a 5 year long weight loss journey that started at 185lbs. (F25 5'4' btw).

Then I went back to work and college, had no time for exercise. Got stressed. Are crap. Christmas. Starting hormonal birth control. More stress. 13 hour work days. An ADHD diagnosis and I'm back where I started last year at 154lbs. I feel terrible. My lovely muscle mass is gone and my tummy looks softer and bloatier. My digestion sucks, I'm tired all the time and not happy.

Tomorrow I take back out the calorie counter, and try really hard. I have been trying but the compulsive overeating has just destroyed any attempt to stick to my 1500 to 1700kcals.

I return to my team sport on Monday and I'm so embarrassed at how out of shape I am. But tomorrow I'm starting to build a habit of a 7 minute workout. Then, once I'm back in the swing of things, 1 day of hiit, then 2, eventually 3.

I've been trying to do this all year and it's been so hard. I'm not medicated for my ADHD yet which is due to some admin issues in my doctor's. I don't know when I'll be getting them. I feel like Sisyphus rolling the boulder up the hill, but I want this more than anything. So tomorrow I try again, r/loseit, and I need someone to keep me accountable.

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How to kick a soda addiction, from a pre-addict.

I want to preface this by saying I’ve been an avid soda drinker since I was a kid. I LOVE Coca Cola, so much so it should be a sin. No amount of calorie crunching or label reading could inhibit something I felt I owed to myself. Even in my 2018 weight loss journey I involved soda! Before my March decision to cut soda, I was drinking maybe 2 cans a day. 3 on weekends.

After regaining the weight and adding on a lot more due to a mix of stress eating and extenuating factor, back in March I decided to work on a foundational overhaul. Soda was definitely an aspect I needed to change. I personally decided to go cold turkey, out of sight out of mind. Can’t recommend this enough! I actually felt pretty grumpy when making this change, but the pounds honestly began dropping within the first week. When I’d get cravings, I purchased soda water. It offers the bubbly sensation+ flavor combination if you drop in a lemon wedge (not to mention good for flushing out your system in the morning!)

Today, I’ve lost 23 pounds in 2 months and I feel highly inclined to keep going. The soda water definitely facilitated this process and basically discounted the 150-300 daily liquid calories I had come to accept. I had a coke the other day after a grueling exam.. and I hated it. I didn’t get it, the sugar was a bit too much for me. Every now and again I’ll get the craving and remember the reality is pretty meh! I just purchased my first soda machine as I was basically spending 15/week on it. It works like a charm and definitely gives you a quick fill while minimizing bottle usage and spending!

I hope this gives everyone a little boost! You guys offer me so much that a little potential tip is the least I could do.

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Favorite tech that has helped your weight loss?

I'm a huge fan of tech and gadgets! What are some devices that have helped your journey? Here are some of my favs:

• Fitbit in combo with MyFitnessPal (duh)

• The kitchen scale has really been the MVP for learning how to eat small portions of really tasty things (and big portions of healthy things)

• Body scale - I like seeing how my weight fluctuates from day to day. I used to use its Bluetooth body composition measurements until I realize how inaccurate they probably were (it was a cheap random one on Amazon)

• Under-desk elliptical - this has been a really good purchase! I noticed I was always jiggling my leg when working at my desk. So I figured why not turn that energy into trackable calories. I probably do it for 200-500 minutes a week, which does add up to maybe about 400-1000 calories burned a week.

• Keurig k-cup machine - now when I want a desserty snack, I just have a decaf tasty flavored coffee with a splash of 2% milk. I also drink a coffee each morning and it keeps me full until lunch.

• Oculus Quest - I love rhythm games, and so when I've had a too caloric meal, I'll play beat saber for 1-2 hours and burn 200-400 calories. Doesn't feel like it's eating into my relaxation time (vs going to the gym), because it's fun!

• Ring Fit Adventure on the Nintendo switch - when I want a more serious workout (get my muscles tired, but not as concentrated calorie burn), then I'll do this.

I think one lesson I learned is to notice where there are mental snags, and see how you can set up your routine / devices / environment to help. Like in the past, I would get tired of the work of logging everything when cooking a meal. But now that I can weigh everything, it takes off some of that mental load of having to guesstimate things. Or I had trouble getting motivated to do the prep work of exercise (getting changed, commuting to a gym, coming back gross, all the time spent). But now that I can quickly pop into a game at home, those mental barriers are lower.

Some of these things I already had, but others were purchases every few months during the pandemic to try and make this fully at-home life a little more engaging. Curious to hear what gadgets you all have discovered!

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Struggling to shift the weight with health problems - advice wanted

Hi all - Long-time yoyo weight loser/gainer looking for advice at a pretty low moment to be honest.

I am female/ mid 30's and currently around 180lbs. This time last year I was about 150lbs, which is over my preferred weight of amount 140lbs, not where I wanted to be but in a range that was cope-able with (just about). This last year has been hard and so 30 more lbs piled on and I’m now at my heaviest weight ever and feeling very uncomfortable in my body now (I'm pretty short so the weight carries). My clothes don’t fit me, everything hurts more I have even less energy than normal and I’m sure the extra weight is (at least partly) the cause.

Last year I started on a new medication. I'm pretty sure that was the cause of at least some of this pretty dramatic gain. I’m no longer on that medicine but the weight gain has persisted. I have managed to put a stop to the gaining, which is something. But I’ve tried to kick start my weight loss several times over the last few months and nothing is happening.

I am a pretty unwell person. I can’t do much in the way of exercise (although, hands up - in the last year I have stopped doing what little I was doing before and now seized up even worse/ in more pain so not helping myself greatly).

I am also on a lot of medication including painkillers and a daily steroid, which I don't think helps anything. Finally, one of my health issues causes me to struggle with what I can/ can’t eat. And one of the things I can’t eat much of is fibre! I know a lot of the advice is to fill up your plate with good things like veggies and whole grains but I really cant do that much without causing myself real issues.

I don’t over eat hugely. I know I do a bit so this isn’t an excuse. But I think one of the problems is that my base rate is just really low so I really do struggle with creating a big enough deficit during the day. I also do snack more when I’m tired and in pain - which I think at the moment is a bit of a vicious cycle too, because I’m sure that the extra weight is causing more tiredness and pain.

So yes, basically I’m looking for any advice in general really but also more specifically from anyone who has dealt with similar things regarding struggles with health issues and losing weight.

Thanks for sticking with me!

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Fluffy McPherson

Hello community!

So I’m looking for a bit (a lot) of guidance please! I would just like pointing in the right direction: “follow this workout plan for x weeks, eat xyz for breakfast/lunch/dinner this week, then abc the next week.” Ultimately I want to achieve fat loss and get tighter (especially in the gut!)

I used to weigh 91.1kg at my heaviest in 2018, 64kg at my lowest in 2020 and I’m now maintaining around 70kg. I’m 165cm. Whilst I lost a fair bit of weight quite quickly, I’ve plateaued and feel I’ve become “skinny fat” and want to lose the “fluff” and tone right up! Even at my lowest I was still quite fluffy imo

Numbers from one of those body scan things: - Body fat mass 22kg - Free fat mass 49kg - Skeletal muscle mass: 27kg - Percentage body fat 31%

Over the years I’ve managed to go from couch to running 12km, I try to run at least 1-2x per week. I recently joined the gym 2 weeks ago for the first time ever but I’m just doing random workouts whenever I go, which has been at least 2x per week

Background: I have poly cystic ovaries and IBS. Meds-wise, I take metformin, iron supplements, vitamin D, H&B acidobacillus

An example of a “diet” I did years ago was 50g porridge at 8, 1 banana at 11, 80g brown rice with 90kg white protein at 13, 1 banana at 15, salad at 17, another salad at 19... Of course that was a stupidly restrictive diet which wasn’t sustainable. I also understand that weight loss should be about lifestyle changes and understanding of well-being, however I need that sort of simplicity and rigidity because 1. That genuinely works for me and 2. I like to just do as I’m told lol

I feel really aimless and awry, so I’d be really grateful for guides/plans/programs/pointers!

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The only downside to losing weight : smoking addiction has worsened...

I've been on a steady weight loss journey for 3 months now, keeping active with daily steps and biking to work. Have lost 12 lbs since mid-February, so it's going well.

But the thing is, I have also been a cigarette smoker for some time now, on a low-moderate level (5-6 cigs per day). However, now that I'm farther into my weight loss journey, I've been craving smoking more (I'm at 10 per day, so half a pack). At 6'3 my appetite has always been pretty big, but I'm realizing that fighting it with nicotine is not the healthiest way to do so.

I'm afraid that I'll eat more again if I try to quit smoking, as a replacement, so how do you combine trying to quit smoking and eating at a deficit?

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I started drinking my calories, and now I don't know how to stop.

Ugh. I used to be really vigilant about drinking- for my weight loss goals, I had stopped drinking alcohol and beverages outside of seltzer and milk for my cereal. Never liked soda, really tried to avoid things with added sugar. Then when I was moving, a friend gave me a coconut water and I was really pleased, so I bought more.

A few in the fridge turned into a case at a time, especially during quarantine. I would find that it made it so much easier to stay hydrated and was bolstered by cursory research that suggested that it was not only good, it was *good for me*.

I am probably 200-600 calories a day over my caloric threshold as a result. I stopped counting calories per my doctor's recommendation (past ED) but am so embarrassed every time I have a coconut water. I've never really had trigger foods or drinks before that have made me feel like this, but I feel embarrassed and frustrated with myself.

How do I stop?

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