Thursday, October 21, 2021

A loose skin appreciation post

I reread the rules and I hope this is okay to post, but if not I apologize (and mods, please remove if that's the case - I wasn't sure if asking for photos was technically against the rules).

I lost 85+ lbs and while I'm f'ing THRILLED that I'm at a healthy weight and I don't regret it for anything, one thing still casts a shadow over the whole process: my loose skin.

I will tell everyone and everybody that loose skin isn't the end of the world, that most people really wouldn't know unless you're naked with them and that your health is WORTH IT, and I'm being 1000% honest. But I'll also fully admit that it's still a struggle to deal with, mainly because I know I did this to myself, and had I switched gears earlier I wouldn't be dealing with the skin sag on my belly that I have now.

But this post isn't to make us loose skin-having folks feel bad. In fact it's the opposite - I'm wondering if anyone else would join me in sharing a picture of their loose skin. Help me try to normalize loose skin, stretch marks, etc - our battle scars from weight loss, so to speak. We're stronger for it, and we shouldn't feel ashamed or embarrassed ❤

(To abide by the rules, please no self-promotion posts or links to personal content for the sake of views/traffic)

Editing to add: I definitely don't want this post to be all about me! This is an appreciation post for all of us. I just wanted to share my picture in the hopes that others would also feel comfortable sharing. If not, of course, please don't feel obligated to share ❤

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Need help. Struggling with my relationship with food and exercise. Same diet/healthy lifestyle techniques not working.

I'm not sure if it's an age thing, but I'm finding it REALLY difficult to do the same diet and workout routine that used to work for me in my 20s.

I'm in my early 30s, and I've used LoseIt to reach my goal weight in 2012, and in 2018. I built up an arsenal of meals, CICO budgets, and had my go-to workouts that I enjoyed.

Exercise

Due to the pandemic, I've become sedentary. I used to love walking during my commute to the office, going to the gym after work. Weight loss and maintenance was effortless because I was always active.

Now, I'm working from home, and as I care for someone who is clinically vulnerable, I avoid going out too much as I'm still worried about covid. Which means no gym for me.

I also don't enjoy any of the home workouts I do anymore. (I used to love Shaun T, Les Mills and dance workouts on YouTube, but I have done them so many times I don't feel motivated to do them).

Food

On top of this, I'm a massive foodie and I love cooking at home. If I'm feeling bored, I'll go make a huge feast for my family and myself to eat. I often find myself regularly craving and eating comfort food as well, which is high in calorie.

When I think of salads or healthy meals, I don't feel motivated to eat them. Meal prep does not excite me anymore because cooking a nice fresh warm meal everyday is the only part of my day where I feel like I'm having fun while at home.

Tl;dr:

As a result of all of the above, I've been hovering around 147-150lb, when my maintenance weight is usually around 135-140lb. I feel so stuck and have no idea what to do next.

Could anyone help me get clarity on why I'm feeling this way, what I could do next and how I could reframe my mindset around fitness and food?

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12 Fall Snack Recipes Under 200 Calories

Pumpkin spice, sweet caramel, crisp apples and maple syrup—all the flavors of fall you crave, for far fewer calories. We’ve rounded up our favorite autumn-themed snack recipes that will fit easily into your Nutrisystem program.

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Enjoy these 12 fall snack recipes under 200 calories:

1. Pumpkin Spice Bars >

pumpkin spice bars

Calories per serving: 52
On Nutrisystem, Count As: 2 Extras

Pumpkin puree plus a few sprinkles of spice transform a traditional crisped rice recipe into a diet-approved fall treat. These sticky bars are lower in calories, higher in fiber, super simple to make and even more delicious to eat. Click here for the recipe! >

2. Morning Coffee Cacao Power Smoothie >

snack recipes

Calories per serving: 199
On Nutrisystem, Count As: 1 SmartCarb, 1 PowerFuel, 1 Extra and 1/2 Vegetable

This is not your standard smoothie. There’s coffee, almond milk and banana, which you might expect in a morning drink. But there’s also cacao powder, frozen cauliflower and a little whey protein blended in for an extra boost of nutrition and flavor. Top this satisfying smoothie with cacao nibs and sip to start your day off right. Click here for the recipe! >

3. Pumpkin Icebox Cake >

snack recipes

Calories per serving: 127
On Nutrisystem, Count As: 1 SmartCarb and 1 Extra

No complicated baking skills—or even baking—needed here. This creamy icebox cake is made with layers of pumpkin and maple-flavored mousse, separated by crushed graham crackers and topped with chopped walnuts. Pop the pan in the freezer for a few hours (or overnight) and enjoy a cool slice as healthy, sweet snack. Click here for the recipe! >

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4. Chocolate Caramel Apples >

Chocolate Caramel Apples

Calories per serving: 94
On Nutrisystem, Count As: 1/2 SmartCarb and 2 Extras

Yes, you’re reading that right; you can have both chocolate and caramel drizzle with your favorite fall fruit. But that’s not all! Before the gooey sweetness hardens, top the apple with crushed peanuts for a crunchy pop of protein—all under 100 calories! Click here for the recipe! >

5. Mini Pumpkin Cheesecake Bites >

pumpkin cheesecake

Calories per serving: 64
On Nutrisystem, Count As: 2 Extras

Have your cheesecake and eat it too, with one of our favorite Nutrisystem-approved snack recipes. And it doesn’t take much to make: crushed gingersnap cookies provide the yummy base, while a blend of cream cheese, Greek yogurt, pumpkin puree, vanilla extract, sea salt, stevia and spices create the creamy topper in each decadent bite. The toughest part? Waiting for the bites to bake and cool before indulging. Click here for the recipe! >

6. Cake Batter Rice Krispies >

snack recipes

Calories per serving: 68
On Nutrisystem, Count As: 2 Extras

You can’t help but sneak in a lick of the spoon or spatula when you’re making a cake. But then you feel bad about the extra sugar and fat. And what if those raw ingredients really do make you sick? This recipe gives you that same cake batter flavor you love in a crispy treat. A mixture of brown rice syrup, cashew butter and vanilla whey protein powder brings the sweetness, while rice cereal provides the crisp. Enjoy cake batter without the guilt. Click here for the recipe! >

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7. Pumpkin Pie Applesauce >

snack recipes

Calories per serving: 99
On Nutrisystem, Count As: 1 SmartCarb

We give this snack-time standard an autumn twist. Cook slices of apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and vanilla with pumpkin pie filling on the stovetop or in a crockpot. Let the heat work its magic and you’ll get a chunky, hearty, applesauce with the flavors of fall. Enjoy it on its own or as a flavorful side to your family meal. Click here for the recipe! >

8. Monster Protein Cookie Dough >

cookie dough

Calories per serving: 196
On Nutrisystem, Count As: 1 PowerFuel, 1 SmartCarb and 1 Extra

It looks like cookie dough. It smells like cookie dough. It even tastes like cookie dough. It’s got chocolate chips in it, like a good cookie dough should. However, this healthy snack replaces sugar and fat and with fiber-rich chickpeas, protein-packed nut butter, applesauce and our delicious vanilla Nutrisystem shake for a much healthier version of edible “dough.” Click here for the recipe! >

9. Pumpkin Spice Smoothie >

snack recipes

Calories per serving: 195
On Nutrisystem, Count As: 1 PowerFuel and 1 SmartCarb

A blender. That’s all you need to whip up this slurp-worthy smoothie. It’s packed with the pumpkin flavor you love, without all the added sugar from store-bought concoctions. Just toss in banana, a little milk and Greek yogurt, some maple syrup, vanilla extract and pumpkin puree and spice. Hit blend and you’ve got a creamy drink that offers a sweet boost any time of day. Click here for the recipe! >

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10. Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bombs >

snack recipes

Calories per serving: 131
On Nutrisystem, Count As: 1 PowerFuel and 1 Extra

Any treat that has “chocolate”, “peanut butter” and “bomb” in the name deserves a spot on your dessert menu. Heck, stick it in your rotation of snacks, too! Easy snack recipes that only require three ingredients are essential for your weight loss program. Just mix the ingredients until smooth, roll into balls and pop two in your mouth per serving. Click here for the recipe! >

11. Pumpkin Spice Mug Cake >

snack recipes

Calories per serving: 130
On Nutrisystem, Count As: 1 SmartCarb and 1 Extra

Easily make a homemade cake in your favorite mug with this Pumpkin Spice Mug Cake recipe. After a little over a minute in the microwave, you’ll be grabbing a spoon and cozying up to your personal pumpkin-flavored treat. Best of all, it fits into your Nutrisystem meal plan so that you can enjoy it free of guilt. Click here for the recipe! >

12. Pumpkin Spice Cookies >

pumpkin spice cookies

Calories per serving: 76
On Nutrisystem, Count As: 2 Extras

These cookies will taste like you’re cheating, with pumpkin spice, hints of maple syrup, sweet vanilla and a cinnamon sugar coating. But at only 76 calories per cookie, you’re so not. Make a batch to share with your family or bring to your next get-together. Click here for the recipe! >

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Weight making me look old

Ok so I'm 25f and I've been overweight for most of my life bordering on obese. This year i finally decided to lose some weight so i basically starved and lost about 66 lbs within 3 months. What made me start in the first place was I kept getting mistaken for being much older than I am. I still have a long way to go as the last time i weighed myself I was 176 lbs. What's upsetting is that people still seem to think I look older and it's really discouraging and makes me not want to try anymore. I gotta ask has anyone else experienced this and does it eventually get better? I've heard stories of people looking younger after weight loss but is that always the case? I'm also wondering if maybe it's not about the weight at all or if there's other factors involved.

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Down 160 pounds, now I'm still doing everything "right" but I'm GAINING weight. What is going on?

I had awesome momentum, only 20 pounds left until I hit my goal weight, and I'm getting so eager to just get there already... now, the scale stalls out. My lowest weight was 173, and I've been stuck around 175-176 for a few weeks. Getting frustrated by that stagnation, I decided to get a lot more disciplined about monitoring my calories, and now I'm up to 178. I do not understand what's going on.

I eat 1300 calories per day. I run 5K 3 times weekly and do lighter exercise on every off-day. I get good sleep, always drink lots of water... I'm doing all the same stuff that led to 160 pounds of weight loss, and now I'm just stuck/on the increase. Any tips, friends?

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Part 1 of my Weight Loss Journey and what I've learned

This is honestly mainly for those who are trying to get their own weight loss journey started or having a bit of a bumpy road at the moment. I won't get into details about my personal life and woes and such, but in general I was hovering around 270 pounds at the start of the year and it wasn't until mid-may that i got my butt in gear to lose weight, and since then I've gotten down to less than 200.

The overall process can be summed up in one word: DOCUMENTATION. It wasn't even about eating healthier (though that helps immensely) but rather making sure I wasn't going over the calorie count I established. With a program I enrolled in, I settled on 1550 calories a day, no more no less, and I needed to make sure I ended every day with 0 calories remaining. As long as I stuck with that, I was on the track to losing weight even with a very sedentary lifestyle. Working out helped a bit but I could only ever find the time to do walks around the office during some down time, usually 2000 steps a day for 5 days, and as of late I've been amping it up to 3500. As for what I ate? It was pretty much whatever as long as I spread it out enough to where I wasn't starving throughout the day. If I noticed I wasn't losing weight that week I looked back at what I was eating and I usually found that having a lot of sodium, like 3000+mg, is usually what did it in after several days, and after I stopped eating that much salt-filled food, I lost the weight I was expecting. I set milestone rewards to help keep myself motivated, every 20 pounds lost I treated myself to a cheat day where I said 'screw it' to the documentation but still made sure to at least not go SUPER overboard, i.e. I'd buy a pizza and get a soda bottle and that would be my lunch and dinner, even if I went like 2000+ calories but I wouldn't have like a pizza, bag of chips, ice cream, a soda, and so on as part of a single meal. After some time the idea of losing all that weight and being closer to 200 helped keep me excited and motivated so I ended up not having a cheat day after getting to 220 (I also made sure I kept that weight off for a week before treating myself as an extra layer of insurance).

As far as documenting stuff goes, I used a calorie tracking app as they were generally a lot more accurate due to the labels being outdated or such, and lately I've started using a digital food scale for everything as it seems like measuring cups and spoons aren't super accurate either. I also made sure to weigh myself in the same conditions each time: naked, after having used the restroom and did my best to completely empty myself (this is important), and making sure I hadn't eaten anything yet (this can be killer for some because depending on your bowel movements you may not be able to use the restroom for some time so I'm only speaking on my behalf of what I was able to do). All in all, making sure that everything I ate and keeping myself to my calorie limit pretty much did 90% of the work.

As for suggestions I have for anyone who's in the process and struggling? Stop beating yourself up, and think of the whole process like a science experiment. If you're sticking to a diet plan and it isn't working, then clearly something hasn't been accounted for, so look back and try something else. If you aren't sticking to it, well find out what specifically happened and do your best to not repeat those mistakes. Beyond that, any problems you have with will power is something I can't help with and you might want to talk with a professional about. I can't guarantee that you'll have the same kind of progress I've made but try thinking about the issue in a different way and that should help with the process.

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Low Intake for Years Causing Weight Gain?

Over the last 10 years, I moved to a different country to live with my bf and I went from roughly 70kg and decently active with an average diet, to a very low income and eating maybe 1200c a day if I was lucky. I've done that for nearly 10 years and despite everything saying that it should be causing 'extreme weight loss' for my 174cm body, I've gotten the heaviest I've ever been. I ate twice a day and would sleep when I was hungry or drink a lot of water. My exercise has gotten to basically nothing - especially now in lockdown - but also I developed a nerve issue 4 years ago that has made daily life nearly intolerable, I can't make dinner without finishing something as quick as pasta without agony.

I'm now 36, and weigh roughly 120kg which is horrible. I'm sure it's adding to my issues pressing nerves where they shouldn't be, but I'm finally able to eat a little better. I've been looking back at my intake and wondering, shouldn't I have lost more weight or did my body enter starvation mode for years? And how the hell do I get it OUT of starvation mode so I can actually lose weight again?

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