Day 0: Starting at 5:00am EST

I just took the first step and signed up for 5:00am weekday classes starting tomorrow at Burn Bootcamp and I got my mom to join me to keep me going/make me feel obligated to go (though she’s starting Tuesday as she’s been working all week and watching my toddler all weekend and needs a veg/lazy day). If I don’t have a steady gym partner then I slack off and end up ditching entirely.

I’m 24f, 5’5” and 258lbs, size 20-22. I don’t 100% care about weight loss as I understand I can and likely will add muscle mass but I’d like to at least get back to a 14 or 16 and have more energy to raise and play with my toddler.

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Confidence

M20, 5’7”, SW: 92kg, CW: 70kg/154lbs

So today was the first time I took full body pictures after my 20kg weight loss. It was the first time I actually felt so so so confident taking full body pictures. It’s crazy because I feel and look like a completely brand new person, even my siblings didn’t recognise the new me and were surprised. At times it’s a bit weird because I genuinely don’t recognise my new self and I get like a really strange sensation not sure how to explain it😅.

But anyways I thought back to my former bigger self and I really do pity him, he went through so much to get to where I am today and I know this sounds a bit weird but I do wish he had the same confidence back then that the new me has today, life would have been so much easier. But hey it’s in the past now and I’ve kinda learned to make peace with it so I can finally move on.

However, after a lot of thinking I’ve come to the realisation that I use to use me being fat as a “scapegoat” I’d say for a lot of my problems. For example not wearing certain clothes because I would think that it wouldn’t look nice on me or not talking to certain girls because I thought that they’d reject me because of my weight. But that was never the case, it was all in my head because I was such in a negative mindset at the time. Now that the weight has come off I’ve had to address those problems because it wasn’t actually about my weight, it was about me!

Which is why it’s essential to love yourself and be comfortable in your body no matter what before the weight loss journey. Or learn to love yourself day by day whilst you’re on it, even if you’re not on one! It may be hard but I promise you, you’ll never regret it.

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Measurements to sizing

I am so confused and feel really dumb right now. I have lost 60 lbs l, still need to lose plenty more, but right now I need to buy some better fitting clothes. Where I am, dressing rooms are all closed, so I cant try anything on. I have measured myself, I probably should have measured at the beginning before losing weight also. But when I do my chest/waist/hip measurements, and compare it to a chart, it says i should be wearing like a 3x. But my clothes all fall off of me now. Like a size 18 womens Jeans, they fall off me while I'm cooking. So, maybe I am measuring wrong, but I keep doing the measurements and the numbers I am getting are not translating into clothing well for me. I suppose I was probably wearing the wrong size all along. But I have not a Damn clue what size to even attempt and I cant try them on. I feel embarrassed by the measurements.... heres what I got today - 46 inch waist, 48 in hip. But my size 44 mens, and size 18 womens, pants fall off of me. Starting weight was 320, and I am now at 260.

Any tips, I am honestly scared to go clothes shopping because it has always been such a deflating experience. I feel good about my weight loss til Iook at these numbers.

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How to transition off Keto

I was going to post this on r/Keto, but the people over there honestly don’t seem to like when stop doing Keto or talk even remotely negatively about it

So for the past month (35 days to be more accurate) I’ve been doing the Keto diet to help with my weight loss, as I had hit a plateau and was stuck hovering around 220lbs for months. 35 days later and I now weight 196.2 (the lowest I’ve weighed in five years!!!). The diet definitely worked for me, but it’s been miserable. I don’t really enjoy eating food anymore and I’ve been so tired and energy deprived that it takes me a week to recover from doing a basic workout. Now that I’ve broken through my Plateau quite substantially I’d like to transition back to a more normal weight loss diet.

But honestly, stopping Keto seems really intimidating. I know that it’s a gradual process, so I’m planning on adding back in 20g of carbs a week until I hit 120, which is a good amount for standard weight loss. have no idea what my Macros should be or what percentage of my calorie should be protein or fat, and I’m terrified of messing up my transition back to eating normally and gaining the weight back.

If it matters at all, my current macros are 20g carbs, 94g protein, and 117g fat.

Has anyone else ever transitioned off Keto before, and if so would I be able to get some advice? I’m finding so much conflicting info online that idk what I’m supposed to do.

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Just a rant about bloating

So I'm kind of sad right now and I don't think anyone else would really understand me right now.

I started my weight loss in july 2019. I have lost half the weight so far (-25kgs) I am 72 kgs but I'm quite short (157cm) so I still look quite chubby. The thing is that I have trouble with pcos and thyroid. They are not that bad since I don't need medication yet but they are messing with my metabolism and my doctor has warned me about it. I can't lose weight unless I eat less than 1000 cals per day. That made me get on a diet for a while then spent some time in maintenance. I'm kind of tired because the last couple of months since January I can't seem to lose weight. Every time I start my diet I end up binging. I know it's because I overly restrict. So in February I tried eating 1200 cals a day. I was not hungry but I did it for three months and I only lost one kg . I was so disappointed I gained it all back in a binge. This week I started my diet and it's going fairly well. I don't feel hungry . Maybe because it's summer and I'm more hungry in winter. I don't work out because I don't have the time really. I've lost one kg so far in a little over a week but ....

The last 3 days I've been so bloated I look 7 months pregnant and I feel so constipated.I'm expecting my period (it is a few days late) so it's natural but this hasn't happened before usually it would happen the day before my period and it would leave on my first day of period. Now at 72 kgs I still look chubby but I'm kind of small in my tummy and waist. I looked lean a few days ago but now I look like I carry a basketball. And a big one at that.

I was already feeling kind of bad but I was keeping it cool until today...

A friend of mine called me and asked me if I wanted to go on a trip with her and some friends of hers on Friday (in 5 days). They will go to an island nearby. Now I'm so sad. What if I look so big by then. I said yes when she asked me because it's one the second outing after lockdown rules were armed in my country. I also want to meet new people and socialize . But when all of my clothes look so tight on me and there is fat rolls over my jeans that looked loose a couple days ago I get this urge to decline. I was always like that. Even when I was a teenager and at 50 kgs I declined even to the thought that I might look fat on the day of an outing.

I want to go but I also want to feel good in my body. This hasn't happened to me for the past 7 months I was in lockdown. Why does it have to happen now? I feel like I want to cry. The only reason i don't is because as a person I can't cry except in really bad situations like death or smth.

I'm also scared that if I go and feel uncomfortable I will be quiet all day and feel like everyone judges me even though that's not true.

I'm desperate. I need this bloating to go. I need my period to come before Friday. I don't know what to do. I just. I just want to live life and not care about how I look. But at the same time my problem right now is not my weight or how big I am but the bloating.

Oof... I really am lost and sad and feel desperate and like things are out of control. Why is my body doing be so dirty? Why didn't I lose weight all of those months ? If I had lost more weight would that bloating bother me now.? Probably yes but still I can't help but think that way.

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30 Day Accountability Challenge - June Sign Ups

Hello lovely losers,

It's almost June!

For the newbies to the sub reddit, please start here, so much good info!

https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/wiki/quick_start_guide

https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/wiki/faq

And hey, maybe it’s not a bad idea to review them anyway to you returning conquerors. I do occasionally to remind myself of the basics.

Here’s what we do in the DAC my friends!

This is the sign up post (and day 1) to outline your goals, weight loss, self care, creative, whatever keeps your motor going.

There will be a daily update post for you to chime in about how day whatever is going!

At the end of the month, there is a wrap up post to reflect on the progress you made or didn’t make & what you learned. Learning is progress my friends!

We try to foster a supportive, caring place to discuss the actual day to day of deficits & counting & caring so much about how we fuel our bodies & lives. So be kind, interact if you like & hopefully you feel supported by the internet version of a push up bra! Leading by example, here I go!

Weigh in daily, enter in Libra & remove moral judgement/stigma/shame directed at yourself about it: I am more than just this number.

1800 calories (tracking in 5 day cycles, weekends at maintenance):

Exercise 5 days a week: Loving it. X/X days.

Alone time to word vomit into journal: I need to be making more time for this. Got some lists to make, goals to conquer!

Gratitude list: Today I'm grateful for - Very important to my mental health & feeling grounded.

Your turn kids! Hit me with your best goals!

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Going on a whole foods diet reset and I'm excited!

I'm very excited because I've finally decided to really give weight loss my all. I've decided that this week, I'm eating only whole foods as close as I can to their natural state, and exercising 30 minutes per day. It doesn't matter if I'm sad, upset, really craving something else, I don't care. I need to show myself that I can do it so I can jump start my weight loss and hopefully kick a bit of sugar dependency. My meals are looking like this, feel free to suggest any tweaks:

Breakfast: 2 eggs, 1 slice of whole wheat toast, cottage cheese, coffee

Lunch: Snack plate consisting of turkey, cheese, sliced bell peppers, cucumbers, baby carrots, and a fruit (either strawberries, an orange, or an apple)

Dinner: Chicken breast or fish filet, steamed broccoli or brussel sprouts, rice or roasted potatoes, and salad

Snacks (if needed): Fruit, yogurt, nuts, boiled eggs, sliced veggies, apple with peanut butter, milk

I can't do IF or keto or anything super restrictive like that because I have a history of disordered eating, but I'm going to limit myself to eating only before 8pm. I have also downloaded Lose It! and have the ability to track my macros and calorie needs that way. Thanks for looking!

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