Weight loss and horomonal birth control

Hello all!

I've been 'losing it' since mid April now with CICO and IF and am down 21 pounds as of today (35f, 5'7", SW: 217, CW: 196, GW: 156). I'm really proud of myself and I feel great, am not hungry and am getting in better shape every day (started jogging and did a full 2.6 miles today without a break).

I don't have any kids yet, so I did a cycle of egg cell freezing last year and need another one (didn't get enough to 'comfortably' relying on them in case I ever want to use them). My clinic/doctor is in a different country and I will only be able to travel there in September.

Long 'pre-story', sorry... Since I need to be traveling and my cycle needs to be at a certain point when the hormone treatment is started I need to start now to adjust my cycle with birth control (pill) so it falls in the correct dates in September.

After having such a great start with my weight loss, I'm soooo afraid to start the pill now and hormones interfering with my goals... Does anyone have any experience with this? Should I be concerned? Does it matter or will I be fine as long as I keep going the way I did for the last couple weeks?

Thanks so much in advance!

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Almost at my goal, but I keep freaking bingeing!

Hello everyone,

I’ve been in a weight loss journey for about a year, and I’ve lost a lot of weight since I started (18F, 4’11, SW: 196, CW: 155, GW:125-130), but now that I’m only about 25-30 pounds away from my goal, I’ve found myself bingeing more and more. Truthfully, I lose weight more successfully when I’m not home. I went from 196 to 168 during my senior year of high school, went back up to 180 during COVID, then sunk to 154 during freshman year of college.

My family has been in a constant state of “dieting” since I was about 9, but we never stuck to a routine, and overall adopted sucky food habits and behaviors regarding food. My original idea of “eating well” was eating 700 calories a day, high is how I lost my first 10 pounds. I’m trying to fix these habits, but I keep finding myself falling back into them.

I’m also extremely obsessive over my weight- I weigh myself several times a day, and sometimes even find myself deliberately or drinking water so as to not see a larger number on the scale. I know better than to do all these things, but I can’t help it.

I’m proud of how far I’ve come in my journey, but I’m terrified that I’m going to gain all of the weight I worked hard to lose on campus back now that I’m home for the summer. I would really appreciate some advice.

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New to weight lifting, any advice?

Hi all, I've never really done any weight lifting before but I have heard from a few people that weight lifting is a good addition to dieting for weight loss, so I've acquired some weights equipment and just looking for a little guidance?

I've got a long bar and 2 dumbell handles, and some plates. I have two 5kg plates, four 2.5kg plates, and four 1.25kg plates. I don't have any other stuff like the bench things or any holders so it'll all be stood up or sat on a chair/stool, I guess I could do stuff lay flat on the floor but unsure if that is even a thing that would be possible/advisable.

Is there anything you'd advise doing to start off with? Or point to somewhere you think is good jumping off point? I've looked at some youtube stuff but there's literally millions of videos and some have conflicting advice and I have 0 experience so can't really even guess at what is good or bad.

Sorry if this sort of thing isn't allowed, I had a look at the side bar but I couldn't see anything.

Thanks everyone.

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I began my journey towards 100 lb Weight loss this week.

I posted before with my excuses for not exercising.

1) Fear of others, old trauma about interactions with cat callers and men making sexual comments to me when I was out exercising.

2) Feeling too out of breath when exercising and worried about my ability to exercise and sustain a routine.

Well, I just found a park nearby with a trail I can walk and it's perfect because they just extended the trail to be a loop, and the loop is a mile if I walk it four times and I am super excited about having that because I envision getting from running to walking eventually.

I feel safe there.

I also can walk without feeling out of breath.

I started walking every day now.

I also bought a stationary bike.

I also joined a virtual aerobics group online.

Now I just need to meal prep.

I feel like I will do this.

I am doing this.

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Believing that it's possible when I've never been there before

I've identified the following problem for myself over my most recent attempt at long term weight loss:

I have always been overweight, my earliest memories as a kid involve me being slightly above average weight and I have remained as such all my life (now in my early twenties). I have a serious problem with actually believing in my heart of hearts that it is possible for me to reach normal weight. I thoroughly understand the science behind it, I know it is possible, I like to say that I always keep a vision of how it would be, I just never 100% internalized that it can apply to me as well.

My goal is to turn this vision of how it would be into a vision of how it will be, hence I'd like to know if some people in the same spot have some ideas for me here. Or perhaps to those who have accomplished what I'm describing, what led to you realizing for the first time that you specifically can and will or has lost the weight. I'd be happy about some suggestions

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I’ve lost almost 60 pounds but have some questions and observations

After losing 20 pounds without really much discipline from March 2020 to October 2020 I started my “all in” weight loss journey on October 22, 2020 at 247. My “all time high” was 267 pounds in July 2019.

I am now 209 pounds.

How is it that my waist size fluctuates so much? One day I’m not able to walk up the stairs without my shorts literally falling off of me and the next they are tight.

I find “dents” around my body (like in my arms and armpit) where I’ve lost weight. I don’t even need to weigh myself to know I’m retaining water since these dents fill in/pop out. It’s kind of crazy

For those of you that went from a 2XL pants size to XL, how many pounds did it take? I am just under 5’6 and went from 267 to 209 and I still fit into most of my elastic waist 2XL shorts that I have been wearing for three years. I’m wearing XL on the days the 2XL are falling off of me.

I was wearing a 34 when I was 193 seven years ago so I assumed every 14 pounds or so I’d need to buy a new size but I’ve only had to buy new clothes or take out old ones twice in the seven months since I started.

Observation: Water weight is 1,000% more noticeable then it was 30 pounds or 50 pounds ago. I really couldn’t ever tell then but I’m now very, very aware in terms of how I feel when I have excess water weight

Also - has anyone had their body rebel when you try into speed up the pace you’re losing? My body likes to lose exactly 1.2 to 1.3 pounds a week and anytime I try to lose 2 pounds a week my body throws a fit,

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Road to 70 kg - A weight loss journey.

I am overweight , have been for most of my teenage/adult life really, but during the last few years i managed to maintain (kind of) the same weight.I set goals to myself and started working on them , i even began to see results sometimes but then i fall off track and go back to where i began.it was okay for me as i still managed to get good daily activity and a few workouts in. The last few months however have been a bit hard, especially with covid, i used to walk a lot , go to uni and meet with friends , but it's not the case anymore, as a result i have gained 10 kg on top of my initial weight (that was already higher than my healthy bmi range). I now stand at 105 kg, and i have had enough of it . I want to enjoy my twenties and move freely , wear the clothes i want , experiment with style and try new activities without feeling the overwhelming uncomfort that comes with the extra pounds. That's why i have decided to SERIOUSLY commit to the weight loss this time around , i want to keep myself accountable and reach my goals.

I'm 22 F 173 cm CW:105 kg GW: 70 kg Weight to lose 35 kg I expect to reach my target wight around December/January , i aim to lose it slowly but consistently and most importantly in a healthy manner as i strive to build healthy habits to keep the weight off

I will write out my goals and progress every week , with as many daily check-ins( under that comment)as i can.

Feel free to join!

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