Friday, October 1, 2021

My weight loss experience so far

6'3”|CW:318.4|GW:185-200|SW:361-381

On July 2nd, I had a blood sugar incident. I was thirsty without end and my vision ended up blurring. Checking on a glucose meter, my blood sugar was too high to register. My weight was out of control, and while I don’t know how high it got, I believe I was around 381 pounds at my highest. I know it was somewhere north of 361 for sure. The doctor confirmed diabetes and said my A1C was 10.6, which is stupid high.

Since July 2nd, I have been working hard dieting and exercising. I started with keto and walking/hiking, and I am transitioning to calorie counting watching macros and hiking with a weightlifting program. I weighed in today at 318.4 which is down 42.6 – 62.6 pounds (depending on how I count my max weight) since July. My A1C is down to 6.4, my blood sugar is under control without medications, and my cholesterol numbers are pulling into line.

I have a long way to go to get in shape and be able to do the things I want to be able to do. But every day I am pushing to be a little bit better.

Face gains

submitted by /u/jdroepel
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/3B3u7gp

Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Saturday, 02 October 2021? Start here!

Today is your Day 1?

Welcome to r/Loseit!

So you aren’t sure of how to start? Don’t worry! “How do I get started?” is our most asked question. r/Loseit has helped our users lose over 1,000,000 recorded pounds and these are the steps that we’ve found most useful for getting started.

Why you’re overweight

Our bodies are amazing (yes, yours too!). In order to survive before supermarkets, we had to be able to store energy to get us through lean times, we store this energy as adipose fat tissue. If you put more energy into your body than it needs, it stores it, for (potential) later use. When you put in less than it needs, it uses the stored energy. The more energy you have stored, the more overweight you are. The trick is to get your body to use the stored energy, which can only be done if you give it less energy than it needs, consistently.

Before You Start

The very first step is calculating your calorie needs. You can do that HERE. This will give you an approximation of your calorie needs for the day. The next step is to figure how quickly you want to lose the fat. One pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories. So to lose 1 pound of fat per week you will need to consume 500 calories less than your TDEE (daily calorie needs from the link above). 750 calories less will result in 1.5 pounds and 1000 calories is an aggressive 2 pounds per week.

Tracking

Here is where it begins to resemble work. The most efficient way to lose the weight you desire is to track your calorie intake. This has gotten much simpler over the years and today it can be done right from your smartphone or computer. r/loseit recommends an app like MyFitnessPal, Loseit! (unaffiliated), or Cronometer. Create an account and be honest with it about your current stats, activities, and goals. This is your tracker and no one else needs to see it so don’t cheat the numbers. You’ll find large user created databases that make logging and tracking your food and drinks easy with just the tap of the screen or the push of a button. We also highly recommend the use of a digital kitchen scale for accuracy. Knowing how much of what you're eating is more important than what you're eating. Why? This may explain it.

Creating Your Deficit

How do you create a deficit? This is up to you. r/loseit has a few recommendations but ultimately that decision is yours. There is no perfect diet for everyone. There is a perfect diet for you and you can create it. You can eat less of exactly what you eat now. If you like pizza you can have pizza. Have 2 slices instead of 4. You can try lower calorie replacements for calorie dense foods. Some of the communities favorites are cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash in place of their more calorie rich cousins. If it appeals to you an entire dietary change like Keto, Paleo, Vegetarian.

The most important thing to remember is that this selection of foods works for you. Sustainability is the key to long term weight management success. If you hate what you’re eating you won’t stick to it.

Exercise

Is NOT mandatory. You can lose fat and create a deficit through diet alone. There is no requirement of exercise to lose weight.

It has it’s own benefits though. You will burn extra calories. Exercise is shown to be beneficial to mental health and creates an endorphin rush as well. It makes people feel *awesome* and has been linked to higher rates of long term success when physical activity is included in lifestyle changes.

Crawl, Walk, Run

It can seem like one needs to make a 180 degree course correction to find success. That isn’t necessarily true. Many of our users find that creating small initial changes that build a foundation allows them to progress forward in even, sustained, increments.

Acceptance

You will struggle. We have all struggled. This is natural. There is no tip or trick to get through this though. We encourage you to recognize why you are struggling and forgive yourself for whatever reason that may be. If you overindulged at your last meal that is ok. You can resolve to make the next meal better.

Do not let the pursuit of perfect get in the way of progress. We don’t need perfect. We just want better.

Additional resources

Now you’re ready to do this. Here are more details, that may help you refine your plan.

* Lose It Compendium - Frame it out!

* FAQ - Answers to our most Frequently Asked Questions!

submitted by /u/AutoModerator
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/3a0ppnQ

My day 1

I’ve been lurking on this sub for a couple of years now. This is my first ever post here, but I have always been meaning to get started on my own weight loss journey. I have had a couple of weeks where I did start trying to be healthier, but it always dwindled off. Especially when covid hit. I definitely have put on a lot of weight since the beginning of 2020. I didn’t realise how much until I stepped on the scales a couple months ago out of curiosity and I was shocked to see that I was almost 100kg (just over 200lbs). It is important to note that I’m 5’1. Back in 2019, I was about 83-85kg (still extremely overweight, obviously).

I think seeing the 95kg on the scales was a really big wake up call. Being short, I think it’s a little easier to forget how heavy you actually are. I have decided that things need to change now; I don’t want to see my weight go up into the 100’s. I’m making this post to hold myself accountable, and I bought my own digital scales today so that I can more accurately track my progress. I know it’s not going to be an easy journey and that there will be plenty of high and low weeks, but in the long run, it will all be worth it. I’m sick of feeling ashamed when I am out in public, I want to be able to go shopping with my friends and not worry about whether or not there will be clothes in my size.

Hopefully in a year or so, I will be able to read back on this post and be proud to say that I am well on my way towards my goals 😀

If anyone has any advice, especially on how to lose weight in a healthy way while also being short, I would love to hear it. Thanks for listening to my tangent 😊

submitted by /u/soulfulpurple
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/3D4qPdd

Comments were locked in the “I told my nurse” thread by the time I composed a response, so here’s an RN’s perspective

RN here. I am not a particularly reactive/harsh member of this (or any) sub. But I can say with certainty that this episode did not play out as OP depicts. I have never worked with ANY nurse (or medical assistant/MA, for that matter) who would sacrifice the time or trouble to grab a separate scale for comparison’s sake AND THEN proceed to stand on the scale him/herself.

I’m sorry, but this episode simply did not happen quite as OP depicted. (Isn’t there a whole sub for things that didn’t happen? OP’s post belongs there).

I work in a busy surgery clinic where we generally record patients’ weight first thing with a full set of vital signs to follow. Any sort of counseling around weight awareness/loss (which totally falls within the RN’s scope of practice) would not happen while on the scale, let alone before the patient steps upon the scale.

Should a patient decline to be weighed, no worries. We document this and move on. Should a patient prefer to self-report their weight without stepping on the scale, no worries. We document the stated weight (and the fact that it’s self-reported) and move on.

In real life, nurses and MAs do NOT have time to quibble about patients’ weights to the point where we would personally step on the scale ourselves during a patient’s precious appointment block. Clinics are pretty faced-paced and the vast majority of us prioritize seeing and caring for our patients in a timely manner. We would not waste the time of our patients (or doctors for that matter) by engaging in silly games that do not ultimately promote the well-being of our patients.

Moreover, I personally would not want to explain to my manager or the surgeons that a patient’s rooming time was delayed because I decided to grab an extra scale and note my personal weight for comparison purposes. This simply would not fly in a real/actual clinic situation. At the very least, it would call into question my time management skills. At most, my clinical judgment would be suspect.

And also…a smug smirk that could be seen behind the masks we are all required to wear at all times simply did not happen. Nurses are smiling and talking and struggling with mask-ne like everyone else right now. We really care and advocate for our patients, and would happily celebrate healthy weight loss if we were aware.

As a 5’4” 42F, I have lost from 208-137 (with 10-15 pounds more to go) recently so I understand the complexity of the weight loss journey. Yet it would be entirely unprofessional for me to superimpose my journey upon my clinic patients. When I’m in the clinic, it’s a patient-centered therapeutic relationship focused on their needs. This sentiment holds true for the vast majority of nurses. We truly root for our patients’ success.

Hopefully OP finds what s/he is looking for.

submitted by /u/jena5111
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/3l1Esny

Is it possible to gain 10 pounds in 1 week?

The scale tonight said I've somehow undone the last 1.5 months of progress In less than a week. How is this possible?

I've been doing pretty good at losing weight. It's taken about a month and a half for me to lose 10 pounds and somehow I've undone all of it in less than a week. I had a procedure early this week that required me to be knocked out with propofol, before the procedure I stepped on the scale and I was about where I had been for a few weeks. Now not even a week later and I'm at my original weight before I started dieting and doing cardio.

So my question is, is weight loss this fragile that I can undo it in less than a week? I've never had big fluctuations with my weight before, despite some people claiming you can gain like several pounds of water weight. Does propofol cause water retention somehow? I literally don't know how I'm going to keep weight off if it's this easy to gain weight back.

submitted by /u/NewTech3
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/2WBInhs

Looking for opinions on goal weight

36M 5’9” SW:207 CW:186 GW:175???

So my whole life, I’ve been what I thought was only a little overweight up to obese. At my highest ever, I was 225. Back in 2013, I got down to 175 and I felt pretty good about myself. Looking back on it though, I still had a decent size amount of belly fat but it was nowhere near what it was at 225 or what it was when I started on the weight loss path this time. So that’s where my opinion question lies. My goal weight is currently 175. But should I go lower? I’m wondering if I only did this goal because I’ve been there before. The BMI index still lists me as overweight at 175. Some people tell me the BMI index is flawed, some people try to go by it. I guess I don’t know where to stop. What are your opinions?

submitted by /u/RaisinSmooth
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/3A3Feoj

Home workout vs gym workout

So my work situation has changed and that has made me cut back on my expenses and one of the things that had to go was the gym. Which I'm really sad about ,after counting my pennies the gym fee was taking a huge chunk from my monthly wage. Luckily I have weights that I invested in during the lockdown however I've been finding it so hard to work out at home. My money crisis is pretty new, my gym membership ended on the 20th of September and I decided not to renew it and workout from home. I don't know why I found it easier to get up and get to the gym (I went about 6days a week) than get up from my couch get my gym equipment and exercise. I've exercised just once this week which doesn't really help me maintain all my weight loss efforts. I just don't know how to change my mindset .

submitted by /u/Rare_Barracuda847
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/3mf2gDL