Progress 405lbs -> 340lbs, Coming to terms

Stats: 37M, 6'2", SW:405lbs, CW:340lbs, GW: 180lbs

Hello Everyone, been a follower of this sub for many months now and it's been a great source of motivation and information.

I started this journey back in March on the advise of my neurologist, as he said I could stand to lose a lot of weight and wanted me to try the Keto diet to see if it would help with my breakthrough partial seizures.

Happy to say he was right about giving Keto a try, I haven't had a breakthrough partial seizure since I got into ketosis and wow the weight loss has made me feel like a new person.

For those who are lurking and thinking about giving weight loss a try your at the right place and it's well worth the effort.

I had a realization of the weight I had lost yesterday that I wanted to share. When I look in the mirror even today I still see basically the same overweight individual even though my pants size has gone from a 54 to a 46 and my belt has gone from the last hole at the end to the last hole at the beginning.

I was moving stuff around in my basement to clean it out, something I had been putting off for years because I would start, get sweaty AF, get winded and then end up stopping. Well part of that was moving 50lbs bags of salt I had purchased a long time ago. As I was lifting them and walking them over to the new location my wife made a simple comment that hit me strongly when I was complaining how heavy they were. She said how can then be so heavy when you used to weigh that bag plus more a few months ago? For some reason that made me get into one of those trippy deep thought experiences.

For the first time I could visually see the equivalent weight I had lost and feel it. Was really eye opening and when I thought about the fact I still weighed almost 7 of these bags of salt which were hard to move I was stunned and a bit in awe on how the human body is able to carry so much weight. It became weirdly clear why chairs would break when I sat on them or why I couldn't fit in certain spaces. The visualization of the stack of salt bags was a clarity moment because when I thought about stacking so many bags on a plastic lawn chair I was like, yeah, no wonder the chairs would break.

I still have a long way to go of course, my weight loss was rapid at first but has been a steady 2-3lbs a week now for over a month so based on that I still got close to 1.5 years until I hit goal weight assuming a steady and even path but as long as that sounds, and it is a long time, it's progress in the right direction. It took me 37 years to get to this size so it would seem unreasonable to expect to hit goal weight without years of effort as well.

Thanks everyone and have a great day

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Progress! 31.6 lbs lost; 247 lbs > 215.4 lbs and several inches lost all over (including midsection) in 104 days so far!

I have PCOS and started sharing my weight loss journey a few weeks ago in the PCOS sub posted not too long ago after losing a little over 20 lbs. I've lurked on this sub for some time and wanted to share here, too, as I'm sure there are other women out there who are short like me (I'm 5'3) and cursed with PCOS!

Here is a new photo journal of continued weight loss so far

Changes in body measurements:

• waist: 41" > 34"; 7 inches lost
• arms: 17" > 14.5"; 2.5 inches lost
• thighs: 32" > 29.5"; 2.5 inches lost
• chest 47" > 43"; 4 inches lost
• hips: 52" > 46.5"; 5.5 inches lost
• wrists: 7.5" > 6.75"; .75 inches lost
• neck: 16" > 15" ; 1 inch lost
• calves: 18" > 17"; 1 inch lost

What works for me:

• not taking metformin (thankfully, I've been off that medication for 3 years now)
• drinking 100+ oz water a day (it's amazing how little I was drinking water for years before)
• focus on portion control and lean and green meals per Optavia plan
• intermittent fasting/not eating until I'm hungry, which many days isn't until 6-8 hours after waking.
• Eating high protein, low carb foods every 2-3 hours
• incorporating a LOT more vegetables into daily meals (for example: 1.4 cups cauliflower rice or 3 cups spinach per lean+green meal)
• cardio and strength training 3-4 times a week— free weights, peloton biking and kickboxing with a heavy bag doing 30 min HIIT workouts
• If I have to snack— stick to a handful of raw nuts or a portion of a protein bar (I try to avoid crackers, but sometimes I have the high fiber Wasa crackers with a wedge of low fat laughing cow cheese)
• if I want to have a cheat meal or snack, always drink 20-25 oz water beforehand to avoid overeating ( as we all know--salty tasty foods are by design meant to make you want to consume, consume and before you know it, you’ve eaten that whole plate of appetizer nachos or loaded French fries)

If you have questions, please feel free to ask; I’m still learning so will do by best to answer :)

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A change in scales showed me my true weight

Just started this weight loss thing again a month ago, have been diligently meal planning, logging calories and maintaining a consistent deficit. Have lost almost half a stone, it’s been hard but feeling like I have the motivation to keep it going.

Decided to upgrade my old analogue scales set and get a fancy new digital one. Stepped on it today and I’m HALF A STONE heavier than the analogue ones have been telling me!! Absolutely devastated. The numbers are back where I started a month ago! (In fact just a tiny bit heavier). I’ve been dipping between just over 15 stone and just under 15 stone for the past week or two so was really looking forward to that psychological lift of being under 15 stone for the first time in years.

Absolutely crushed. Trying to tell myself that nothing’s really changed, I just had different numbers, half a stone of weight has really gone anyway and if I got down to 15st once I can do it again. Just feeling the first pangs of disappointment after it had all been going so well, and wanted to vent with an understanding community!

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Need Advice For Second Weight Loss Journey

Hey everyone,

A little backstory about me: I was always overweight growing up. I peaked probably somewhere in the range of 280-300 lbs (I stopped weighing myself once I reached 280). I lived a fairly sedentary lifestyle, had a poor diet & a ton of problems at home.

I started working a physically demanding job & going to the gym, and I ended up dropping down to 160 lbs (this probably was over the range of 1-2 years). I was probably around 25 years old at the time. A year later in college, a friend and I were trying to bulk up. We started doing fairly intense strength training and I ended up around 200 lbs. Some of this definitely came back as body fat.

I struggled to try and cut back down. I would up my cardio, go into a deficit or try a diet/fasting, but nothing seemed to work (I also wasn’t entirely bothered by my weight so I approached these things fairly passively). I sat at that weight for probably 4-5 years.

Then I started gaining weight. After hitting 210 lbs, I decided to take things more seriously. I upped my exercise regimen—I do a 45 minute walk every morning (about 2.5 miles), 1 hour strength training 5-6 days a week (though gyms are still closed in Ontario, but I have a decent setup in my garage with bench/rack/dumbbells/barbells), and 30 minutes on the Peloton 5-6 days as well. I started making healthier eating choices and started intermittent fasting again. After weighing in this morning, I was horrified to see I was now over 220 lbs.

I’ve fortunately gone through most of my fitness journey fairly passively. I used to track calories/macros for years (I currently don’t anymore, I have a good idea of nutrients because I used to do it so obsessively but I’m sure you’ll recommend to start again/get a food scale—I should). Going to the gym and eating relatively well carried me through, but it’s obviously no longer working. I need help to take control because what I’m doing (and what worked before) is no longer working for me.

33/M 5’9” 220.5 lbs

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Advice?

I have been trying to get healthy for about two weeks now. I know that isn’t a long time and I didn’t respect any HUGE results but today I stepped on the scale and seemed to have gained 2 pounds according to the scale. I have worked out every day except one day this week and have been cutting back on calories. I try to weigh in once a week just to keep track but today I feel a bit discouraged.

While I’m not going to give up on this journey, any advice would be awesome. I really need food recommendations. I have been vegan in the past and it did wonders for my weight loss (lost 50 pounds without even working out) BUT I don’t really want to give up meat so healthy breakfast and dinner ideas would be awesome. I typically like to do a meal replacement for lunch.

Today was my first day of doing weight training in the gym and it def felt like more of a workout than just doing cardio and I also did about 50 minutes of cardio after as well. I also took my first picture for progress because I know sometimes the scale may not show what’s happening as much as a picture can.

I know that most of it is eating healthy though so recipes or advice would really be helpful. Thanks y’all :)

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Comments on weight loss

Even though my weight loss is 100% intentional I still feel weird when people compliment me on it. I do tend to overthink things which leads me to twisting a positive comment into ‘was I not good enough or worthy before?’ or something along those lines.

The other thing that started to bother me is how aware people are of each other’s appearance, some people in my immediate circle even seem to notice the slightest fluctuations. I say that it is strange because even though, rationally, I understand that I’m down X kg, I still perceive myself the exact way I did my whole life + most of my clothes fit perfectly which, at this point, leads me to questioning the accuracy of my scale 🥲

I wanted to say that these observations are making me uncomfortable, but didn’t want to be rude or appear ungrateful. Is rejecting a compliment setting a boundary in this case or I should just work on my self perception?

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Wondering if anyone could help me form a good diet for weight loss, and to retain as much muscle mass as possible? (Even putting on muscle, if possible)

I’m 17M, I use to work out a lot, but during covid and after a pretty shitty controlling relationship and awful break up from it, I’ve really let myself go lmao.

I want to get back into good shape. I still have good muscle mass, I’ve measured my body fat% with skin callipers (I know they’re not super accurate but they’re generally only maybe ~4% off in my experience) and I’m gonna give all that information soon

Anyway, basically the problem isn’t working out. I’ve been doing my boxing routines again, and some ab work, I’ve also been throwing in some weight training and I plan to get more serious with that as I form a better diet. I also do the WHM and cold exposure but that’s to cope with my depression, so as to not lose motivation. (Also, makes me feel godly lmao)

My measurements are as follows: I’m 5’8, 32.14% body fat (give or take) with a lean body weight of 134.36 lbs, and 63.63 lbs of body fat. In total then, I weigh 198 lbs. (not bad, I’m definitely just sorta chubby more than anything, but it’s not ideal.

I’d like to lose around 40-50 lbs, see where I’m at there, before dedicating to lean bulking.

With this information, would anyone with a good idea of nutrition be able to help me form a weekly diet that can help me lose weight, and is actually not a chore to stick to? Thank you in advance.

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