Water weight vs. fat gain

Help, all you good people of r/loseit.

27F. I started my weight loss journey over a year ago in Feb. 2020. I feel like I was pretty successful, losing 20 lbs in 4 months and overall 25 lbs as time let on.

My weight is currently up from 140-142 to 145-146. I recently started taking a new birth control and I missed my period; I was supposed to start last week. I always retain water about a week or two prior to my period, and then will experience a whoosh after my period begins. The water weight (or what I’m assuming is water weight) has not gone away.

I want to know: how can you tell if you are actually gaining weight, or if it is just water weight?

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Shout it from the rooftops- weight loss isn’t always linear and it shouldn’t be fast

A reminder if you need it.

1. Rapid dramatic weight loss might feel really good in the short term, but it generally comes from drastic lifestyle change, is that lifestyle change sustainable? Are you super restricted and planning on moving to more calories once you reach your goal? If you don’t think you can maintain the changes you’ve made for the rest of your life, the weight will come back on.

2. Human bodies fluctuate, we are driven by hormones and our environments and circumstances can have real impact on our endocrine systems, increased cortisol levels because you had a shit day at work? That will have an impact, woke up in the night? That will have an impact. Give yourself a 6lb bracket around your “ideal” weight for those natural fluctuations, don’t sweat the small spikes, your body is amazing and is running on a system built to be responsive. If you are a person who has periods - TRACK YOUR CYCLE and really get to know your body. Information is everything, you can be banging your head against a wall not understanding why you are not loosing weight in any way that makes sense, spoiler alert - it’s probably your period (worth a watch)

3. Yes CICO works and there are (patronising) CICO purists who just say “just count it - nothing else matters” but it’s so reductive, you are a beautiful, complex, flawed, ace person and not just an energy exchange with legs - don’t sweat it, if you go over your kcals for the day, use all that you’ve learned to inform the next day, you’ve got to know your self better. It’s really important to maintain a deficit, but if you don’t manage it for a day or 2, don’t see it as failure and a free pass to think fuck it, I’ve already failed, might as well binge and go waaaay over, equally, don’t then restrict to a dangerous degree to earn those kcals back. I remember in the beginning not eating an apple because it put me 30kcals over my goal on MFP… eat the fucking apple.

4. Progress paused is not progress lost. When I first started intentionally loosing weight, it was all quite rapid, it was maybe only 8 weeks in and I dropped 30lbs and felt preeeetty smug, then the wheels came off a little bit, the next 20lbs have taken me a year to lose, and I’m totally ok if takes me another year or 18months to lose my last 20lbs. I shifted my expectations, I no longer saw it as a failure if I didn’t lose 2/3+ lbs a week. I have had 6month periods where I’ve not lost anything, but my body has changed, my relationship to my body has changed, I’ve not dropped a dress size but I have run 10 miles, I took some selfies that made me feel good, I ate some food that nourished me. When I wasn’t losing weight as fast as I wanted previously, I was a little angry woman whose anxiety was through the roof and lacked any perspective. Focus on the progress you’ve made overall and celebrate the slightly more esoteric victories. I’m well on my way to lifelong, sustainable weight loss, if it’s going to be forever, isn’t it ok that it takes a while to get there?

There isn’t a single situation in life that is all or nothing, why does the journey to being healthier have to be? Your sense of achievement doesn’t have to be defined but pre-set notions of success. Your journey will look different to mine and your timescale will be different but I’m proud of how far we’ve come, even if you’re reading this and it’s the first day you’ve ever tried to get in shape: you’re mint and you’ve got this.

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Already feeling discouraged

I don't even know where to begin. A long story about how how i lost and regained weight back and now I'm back on diet since June. Now my mom is notorious for shaming me for my weight and putting me on diets. Last year, she made me go into keto diet, if i wasnt on a diet she would constantly neg about my weight or how i should go on a strict diet. The difference is last year, i wasnt that overweight but yet she forced me, so i did keto for 7 months till last november as i got sick of being controlled. After leaving keto, i binge ate uncontrollably for 6 months till i reached 200 pounds. Now her comments got even more vicious, all she was concerned about is what others would say because of my weight or how no man would like me because of my weight which is she was right about that i wont deny, this is the only reason she wanted me to lose weight. She once, out of nowhere brought up how i was bullied in school because of my weight. Even now after starting keto from june, her comments still didnt stop. im dieting for more than one month, but ive only lost 6 pounds. I was expecting it too be much faster since everyone raves about this diet or how they have lost weight fast, especially at the weight i am right now. After going through every craving, getting rid of all of the binging eating habits that ive formed over six months just to be told im not "strict enough" by mother when keto diet is already strict on its own. These comments makes me feel even more discouraged and impatient with weight loss. Im sorry if this isnt the appropriate place to vent this out as i dont know where else to vent my frustration out about weight related stuff, if i were to vent it out to my mother, she gets mad and tells me im already giving up without me even implying that, then will go on another angry rant about my weight.

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Don't notice the weight loss?

Hey! So over the past year ish I've lost 7 kilos (15 pounds) which might not seem like a lot but then again im 161cm (5'3"). Anyway it's this weird thing where I see the difference in the measurements but I don't feel that I've made such a big difference and it's so strange. I don't really know how to explain but I wanted to post to see if someone related lol.

Basically I see how I'm thinner but it's like just a smaller version of my before body? I have been doing some resistance training but it feels like now I look more "skinny fat" when before I was chubby. Its so weird! So now in a way im happy because im thinner but at the same time im like oh great, a new problem.

It's probably just a me thing because now that I've shed some general weight I can see the more "problem areas" that other people dont really notice under the clothing (lower back slight fat, a bit of stomach, not defined enough triceps).

Anyway, just wanted to know if you've experienced something similar and if strength training/getting fitter helped you feel better :)

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Worried about working out as I’m still losing 10-13LBS per month.

Hey Team!

So my SW was 329. My CW is 275. I’m 32, Male, 6’4”, and lead a pretty sedentary lifestyle other than playing 2-3 rounds of golf a week.

I would say 90% of my weight loss was due to cutting my calorie intake.

Current day, I’m aiming to eat around 1700 calories per day. Some day I go over, maybe two days I go under to around 1300. But on avg I get around 1700.

From what I’ve understood, is anything over 12LBS a month is dangerous once you get through the first month. Am I right in this thinking?

I know I eventually need to start incorporating weight training, but at what point do I do that? Is this something i can do now? Should I start once I hit 250? 220?

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The first day!

Hi anyone who sees this (not sure if anyone cares or would see on here lol) but today is the first day of my weight loss journey. Since my grandpa passed I’ve become overweight and I’ve been overweight the last 8 years of my life but today I realised that something needs to changed. My employer posted a photo of me with an award I had won on their site and I was so embarrassed at my size and how others would view me. I’m a 5”9 man who weighs roughly 200lbs give or take. So yeah pretty heavy right. I’ve really struggled with my weight particularly since the start of covid but since everything here is starting to reopen I’m taking my ass to the gym and going to post here every week on my progress. I’m really nervous posting this and I’m worried about the reaction I may get. My main motivation is that my folks are starting to get older now and I want to change my life for the better for them and for them to be proud of me. I’ve just finished sixth form I guess that high school if you’re American (I’m 18). And I’m taking a gap year off education to get in the right zone to kick on for the rest of my life. Wish me luck guys I’ll be back posting my update next week 😄

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NSV: At the gym, my boyfriend didn't recognize me I his peripheral vision!

27F, 5'5", SW: 170, HW: 187, CW: 144, GW: 130?(Whatever weight I am when my stomach is flat)

I've been stuck between 148 and 143 for about 8 months now. However, I've dropped 1.5 pants sizes in that time (I've finally been able to add real exercise after 1.5 years of not being able to do any cardio because of stress fractures in my feet). Since May, I've been able to run for the first time in 2 years and it feels great! I don't worry about the scale much anymore. I just worry about clothes fitting better and to one day have a flat stomach.

When my boyfriend and I go to the gym, we usually don't do any exercises together (by choice, we like to do different things). I came to the gym a little later than him today and got on a treadmill that placed me in his peripheral vision (I just chose one in front of a TV I wanted to watch). After I got home, he said, "I didn't recognize you on the treadmill today when I just saw you in my peripherals." I responded saying that was one of the best compliments he's ever given me! He's been a huge influence in my weight loss and has always been brutally honest. We've been dating for a little over 1.5 years so far and these types of compliments are so nice!

Keep working everyone! Not having to worry about what you look like in clothes or pictures is truly liberating!

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