Maintenance Monday: August 30, 2021

If you've reached your goal weight and you're looking for a space to discuss with fellow maintainers, this is the thread for you! Whether you're brand new to maintenance or you've been doing it for years, you're welcome to use this space to chat about anything and everything related to the experience of maintaining your weight loss.

Hey everyone, here's your weekly discussion thread! Tell us how maintenance and life in general is going for you this week! And if you missed last week's (or simply want to reread), here's a link.

If there's a specific topic you'd like to see covered in a future thread, please drop a comment or message!

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Stuck between a fat and a hard place...

Reference pics: https://imgur.com/a/mj39op8 (NSFW due to shirtless man)

Hey everyone, I could use some advice if possible. I've made some incredible weight loss progress in the past two years, I went from 230lb in May 2019 to 150lb now (I'm a 27 year old guy btw.) I did it all by restricting to diet of 1500 calories and at least 130g of protein per day and regular exercise, I was doing a dumbbell workout at home when covid hit but since March 2021 I've been going to the gym 3-4 days per week (mostly PHUL) and doing LISS walking on the other 2.

However I'm not sure what my next step should be, I still have notice body fat (from what I can estimate with calipers around 16%) but I'm also starting to look pretty bony. I have what I think is a pretty solid foundation of muscle so at this point I don't know if I should be bulking, cutting, maintenance, or anything else. I've read that bulking with noticeable body fat will just make you look lumpier but I also feel like the more I cut the more emaciated I look sometimes. I was also told that eating at maintenance and lifting heavy is just spinning my wheels and the cutting/bulking cycle is more effective. I appreciate the help, thanks!

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What keeps you motivated when you need a push?

Motivation can be one of the hardest things to find, and I'm curious what you all do for motivation.

Stress has always been tough for me to deal with. I used to have a very physically active job, so I never really worried about what or when I was eating. If I was stressed at work, it was because I was working really hard, and in a weird way it felt good. Chances were I was going to need those calories, and they would get burned off eventually.

2 years ago I started a new job. It's so much better in every way, but I am not nearly as active every day as I used to be. I compensate this with exercise. I like riding my bicycle, I go for walks after work, hiking, tennis, lots of activities keep me active and my heart healthy.

My achilles' heel is stress. I eat when I'm stressed. I try to fight it off, but stress often gets the best of me. Eating has been one of my ways of self medicating.

Today I got home after a really good day. I felt good about what I ate, I feel good about what I accomplished at work, and I feel like if I keep up some good momentum I can reach my weight loss goal.

I know that sooner or later I will have a hard day, and fall into eating my stress. It's going to be hard for me to stay motivated after a tough or long day. There aren't many things that comfort me like food does, which makes it hard to find motivation.

I'm curious how you all stay motivated. After a tough day, what do you think of to give yourself that push?

Thanks for reading! Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

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Waiting for my body to catch up with my lifestyle (+50 pound milestone progress pictures)

This is my first time posting progress pics 🥺 45 pounds difference between these pictures, I'm 51 pounds down now. 35ish to go?

Anyway, for me, that's basically what weight loss is at this point.

Over the course of 7 and a half months, I've turned around my eating habits to the point that I cringe when I think about my old diet. I have a fridge filled with fruits and veggies, and I've had tomato salads probably 5 days in the past week just because I love them so much (seriously, tomatoes + balsamic vinegar + any tangy cheese + greens). I'm no longer forcing myself to eat things for h e l t h. Counting calories taught me how to get the most bang for my buck, and that bang is fresh produce.

I love to go on looong walks and play Pokémon Go, and I just got a bike for groceries and my commute, and simply for fun! My job is running around a college campus every day as IT, so I'm carrying 20 or 30 pound computers and monitors a long distance pretty often. I'm active and I love it!

I lived on my own for a few months and that really cemented in my habits. I don't even think about it anymore, these are just the foods and activities I love. I can still scarf down half a pizza, but I don't feel the need to do so 4 times a week anymore.

However... you'd look at me and you probably wouldn't think I live like this 😅 I'm not as big as I was, but I'm still obviously overweight. My body just hasn't caught up to my lifestyle yet! I can't wait to get to the point where I LOOK healthy, so I've just been coasting until I do. I'll get there!

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Trying again

This is my first reddit post. I been struggling with 2 different EDs on and off for about 6 years. I had a huge success over quarantine where I lost 80lbs from 270lbs to 190lbs (my lowest bw)in a relatively healthy fashion. I got really into fitness and self improvement and really thought I was going to change my lifestyle for good. I began focusing more on my body composition rather than the number on the scale. I decided to stop tracking my calories so closely as it is time consuming and also exhausting. I became a little more lax on my diet and slowly but surely I fell into old habits again, specifically binging. I know I could physically do the work because I proved it to myself this past year, but I have so much trouble overcoming the mental aspect of weight loss, which people never realize how much more difficult that part is. I enjoy the gym, but it’s really hard when I battle this urge at night. I’m back to 215lbs and my body composition has deteriorated quite a bit. I don’t like looking at myself in the mirror anymore. I been fighting myself, by myself, for quite a long time. I ws hoping someone could recommend a male support group of men possibly going through the same shit I am, or just on their weight loss journey. It’s hard to find men who are willing and open to talk about issues like this. I think it’d work wonders for me in order to get back on track, to have a group that can share some similar stories. If no one knows about a group like this, I’d love to start one if there are other people out there struggling right now.

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Discouraging when the scale just keeps going up

A few years ago I did a weight loss journey that lasted about a year and I dropped 15kg (33lbs). I maintained that for about 2 years but as is the case with so many others, the pandemic killed my streak. I’m now up 7kg (15lbs) and strapped in to my MyFitnessPal-mode, aiming for the sustainable but slow progress. I’m hitting anywhere around 1350-1500 kcal a day with some mild exercise at the gym, not so much that I’ll tire myself out while getting used to the caloric deficiency but enough to keep me sane and all that. I’ve only been going on for 4 weeks but I’m so extremely discouraged by that stupid scale. I weight myself every morning to get some kind of median over the week so far it hasn’t moved much in any way, but today my weight was 2kg OVER my starting weight and I’m so, so tired. Fatigued, actually. I’m so fed up at being deficit, at restraining myself, at not getting to eat nice things or feeling satisfied. All I can feel now is that I just want to give up, be fat, not care anymore. I know that I need to be in this for the long haul, keep at it when it’s hard, take one day and one hour at the time but I’m just. So. Tired. I just want a big plate of comfort food and stuff my face with candy.

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Disgusted with myself: needing help

Hello all, I (F25) have been on a weight loss journey for over a year now. I went from being 5’3”ish and 185-195lbs down to 120lbs. I’ve since shot up to 140 with school starting back. I’m working three jobs and not eating like I should. I see myself fat in the mirror again and I’m miserable. I don’t want my boyfriend to touch or even look at me. I’ve got to get the weight off. But I’m not sure how to start again. I work 7 days a week from 7am to 8-9pm between classes and my job. I have two dogs and a new kitten, and I just don’t know what to do. My boyfriend is many things, a loving supporting partner, a good man, intelligent, funny, etc. but a cook this man is not. He can’t cook. And I don’t have time. Are there options for me that I’m not seeing?

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