Rough Days Don’t Need to be Cheat Days

Today I’ve been miserable. Bank was overdrawn over $100 smackers thanks to Microsoft renewing the fee for using “Word.” So I was up earlier than I’d like since I have covid (yes I’m vaccinated), then I put on some clothes that were washed in a new detergent. A rare disease I have causes my skin to be very sensitive so the moment I put on my clothes I was itchy all over and being autistic that’s intolerable. And PMS is rearing is ugly head and it makes me depressed every time. I was breaking down completely, then my tv decided to freeze up and glitch all day long when I just wanted to relax. I eventually started laughing at my bad luck. It was hard not to lol. It seemed like the kind of humor you’d see in a sitcom.

But I didn’t over eat! I just tried my best to be happy. Doesn’t work like that but that did help me push on. I ended up creating a set of outfits using images from stores to join together into a set. It’s fun dreaming of my future wardrobe.

I love music but I oddly find it makes me eat. I don’t know why. I think it’s similar to how tv can make people eat. My mind is faded out and suddenly my appetite has more power. So music was a no today.

Every time I wanted extra food I reminded myself “you’ll enjoy it but end up more depressed then you are now afterwards. You know you can’t bear that. You can hardly handle your emotions as is. So why do it to yourself?” Its a persuasive argument. How can I comfort myself if I knowingly make myself more depressed in the first place? If I weren’t me I’d have some curse words for myself.

I’m still not doing great. Tomorrow I’m working on my art. It’s on drawing humans. I can draw everything…. But hands and feet lol. They always turn my gorgeous art according to others into a “omg did your little brother ruin it!” So I have something to do tomorrow. I also have flash cards for piano notes to study. I’ll boost my mood not binge on food! P.s. my weight is down 96lbs! I’m just realizing I typed my weight loss wrong in another post somewhere… I put 94lbs. Oh well. Movin on lol.

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back to day one (sort of)

so. my highest weight was 287 lbs; then when i weighed myself in march i was down to 263.4 lbs. i got down to about 230 and was feeling great, kind of just maintaining and taking a break while my health got worse. (i'm chronically ill so it's fuuuuun.) i was pretty comfortable being paleo, working out every day, and generally just maintaining everything... and then i fell off the wagon a few weeks ago. i started eating carbs and sugar again, stopped working out, and now i am most definitely paying for it lol

so now i'm 245.2 lbs. i was expecting to gain more after i started eating crap again, but honestly i'll take it! i'm not sure which diet i want to do... i don't mind being paleo, but it's more restrictive than i like. i'm considering trying keto or cico, but i also have a history with disordered eating (atypical anorexia and binge eating disorder) so it's definitely something i'd have to be careful about.

either way, i'm going to get back into working out here tomorrow. i can't do weights right now (i messed up my wrist and shoulder at work today), and can't run or anything like that either (my body and joints physically can't handle it because i have a degenerative connective tissue disorder), but i'm going to start going on walks every single day for at least a half hour, if not more. autumn is my favorite season, so why not get out and enjoy it?

i'm excited to see how much progress i make this autumn and winter. i've been obese for almost 10 years now, and always used to dream of just magically getting a summer body somehow. but i've learned that instead, it takes hard work, blood, sweat and tears, and i'm ready to work my hardest this autumn and winter to become healthier, not for anybody else, but for me. so if anybody wants to work on themselves this winter, why not let this post be a sign? i'm always open to making weight loss buddies, even if we just message once a week to see how we're doing.

we all got this. it's an uphill battle that kicks your ass sometimes, but in the end, it's worth it.

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I think I am giving myself an eating disorder

Stats first-- I'm female, 41 and 200-and who the eff knows.

I walk-jog 2 miles 3x a week and keep my calories around 1200 per day (majority of it whole foods and I eat the Daily Harvest smoothies or flatbreads). I use Noom to track. My problem is that I like to weigh myself every day. Same time, first thing in the morning after going to the bathroom and usually nude. I'll think to myself, "oh yeah,, I had limited calories and I worked out so I will definitely be down" and then lo and behold the scale is all over the place.

So then my bigger problem becomes that I will eat even less the next day and then go through the same morning BS the following day but might be pleasantly surprised that I'm down. Well then of course I need to eat again so the cycle continues.

I have been lurking for a looooong time so I see you all losing 40, 65, even 100 pounds so I know it can happen but I can't even lose 10! I am so discouraged that I'll never get a big chunk off and so that's been my weight loss demise for the past 6 years!!

I use the Fit Track scale so I try not to fixate on the overall number and track the other parameters such as subcutaneous fat but those change based on the overall weight too.

How are you all losing huge chunks of weight??? I want to be you so bad but I don't want to starve.

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Unpopular opinion: If you're successful at losing weight, you still didn't find the answer to weight loss

What's funny to me about the weight loss world is that when you're overweight, everybody always has (mostly unsolicited) advice, but after you lose the weight, the same people will ask what your "secret" is.

I truly don't think anyone has THE answer to weight loss. Because I don't think there's a singular issue.

I've been diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder recently and you'll never guess what is detrimental to those who have BED. Diets. Keto. IF. All of the saviors that most will hail as the be all end all solution to obesity.

Therapy was my solution. But should it be everyone's solution if it worked for me? Of course not, and I think diets and lifestyles need to be treated the same way.

In my opinion, we should be encouraging people to find what works for them, not try what works for us.

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How to deal with slowing weight loss?

F27 | 5'1" | SW: 81 kg | CW: 62.9 kg | GW: 55 kg

Hi everyone! I've been at this on and off since about a year, though I have only gotten "serious" in the last 6-7 months. I've just been logging my food, coupled with 60-90 minute walks at a leisurely pace 5-6 times a week. As expected, the weight loss is slowing a bit and I'm starting to struggle mentally with it. I have adjusted my intake to keep pace with the new weight, but it's taking me some time to adjust mentally. I also don't really see much of a difference in the mirror, even though my clothes all fit better/are way too big on me, and the few occasions I've met people (still working remotely) they've noticed it too. Any tips on how to cope with this and prevent self-sabotage?

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I need help!

I have no idea where to even begin anymore with weight loss. I’m 6’1”, 415 currently so clearly I have plenty of weight to lose. 5 Weeks ago I started Keto and working out. I lost 11lbs that first week (probably all water weight) but nothing since then. Literally no other weight loss. Now yes I understand I’m probably getting healthier but I’ve lived an entire life of being overweight and I’m tired of it.

Ive done many diets and exercise regimens, I lose weight and then I gain it all back plus more. I get to a point where I just say fuck it all and I don’t care anymore during the diet. I don’t know how to stop that mentality either. That’s where I’m at now. Fuck this diet and exercise bullshit. Clearly it doesn’t work for me.

Nothing keeps me motivated. I need help. How do you stay motivated? How do I stop food cravings, boost metabolism, make better choices, stick with a diet? Literally anyone willing to take me under there wing I’m all ears. I know I need to change my life I just need help bc I don’t know what I’m doing.

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Pharma Assistance to Loseit

So hey all. Long time reddit user, infrequent poster.

My new weightloss catalyst was we finally bought our land in Hawaii and I have huge goals that won't happen unless I'm healthy.

I'm not sure what the general view in this sub is on pharma assistance, but binge eating is a mental health issue. I was normal weight, even under weight until my late 20's. Stress and aging caused me to gain through my 30's and 40s. I hovered around 200 late 30s early 40s (5'9). I had mixed degrees of success with things over the years like Atkins, Keto, CICO, but cheat days and binging always crept back in. I sort of accepted that bouncing between 180-210 via yo yo dieting was just me. When the pandemic hit (I'm an RN and work in clinical research) My binging spiralled badly and I went to a PCP appt to talk about pharma help and found myself at 246 lbs. WTF. So.... I got put on Qsymia induction dose for two weeks and am now on phentermine 15 mg in the morning and topirimate BID.

I'm not going to claim that these medications are easy on me, especially the phentermine. However, my cravings for food are absolutely crushed. Its so easy to stick to a routine. I have zero binges. I skip breakfast. Power bowl for lunch (most of these are 200-300 cals). No snacks. Dinner is usually some combo of lower carb veggies, proteins, soups, wraps, things like that. If I have a snack in the evening its a cheese stick, a half cup of cottage cheese, or a piece of fruit (not often fruit bc I generally count carbs). I actually struggle to get over 1200 calories. I have lost 20lbs in less than 6 weeks. I have not had a single piece of candy. No desserts or snack foods. Nothing. And it's fine, it was effortless from a cravings standpoint. So. Much. Water. The phentermine makes me drink upwards of 100oz per day. I get regular BP monitoring and bloodwork.

As I hit my goals I will have to incorporate more exercise (I'm 46 and I still hurt right now at 226- joint pain). I have come to terms with the fact that I will likely have to keep taking Topirimate QD for the rest of my life to help me treat my binge eating. The pause from the intrusive binge thoughts is allowing me to form new habits of counting up all calories and choosing this over that. I have long term goals and was on a slippery slope toward losing them. I won't let that happen.

I guess I'm saying to you that if you start to slip, consider seeing a weight loss clinic. Physicians are increasingly beginning to treat this like the mental disorder that it is and there are many tools to help. There are lots of folks that would scoff at that and have a bootstrap mentality (I've seen it in this sub some and its unfortunate) but obviously that is not working for many, and raw willpower only takes you so far.

There are other weight loss formulas out there as well like Contrave (buproprion and naltrexone) and glp-1 agonists (we've done a ton of clinical trials on these agents with amazing results).

Would love to hear other stories and encouragement from the community on the issue.

Would love to hear long term stories about how you incorporated pharmaceutical help into your lifetime success.

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