I have to get serious about weight loss. Like now. Advice?

I went to the doctor today to review my blood work. I have known I have diabetes T2 for over a year, but I've never gotten serious about it. Still eating bread, soda, cookies, candy and cakes. I am also morbidly obese. I got a scary wake up call today. My legs are starting to numb and my A1C was 8.1. I don't take my sugar often, but when I do it's up in the 200's. She said I need to check it first thing in the morning and an hour after lunch. It is always high in the morning for some reason. I need some help and advice with a workout and diet to get my sugar and blood pressure down and to lose weight. She put me on Trulicity once a week, Glipizide everyday, and I am still on my Metformin twice a day. I am going to start going to the free gym tomorrow. I have a bad problem with fast food and have been addicted to food since my teens. Sometimes I even binge and purge. I will post some info about me below and I will welcome any advice. Thank you so much.

I am also needing advice on what to do when I go to the gym. I am simply tired of living like this and being addicted to food.

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Male

White

6'5 467lbs.

Hypertension,Depression,T2 Diabetes.

Amlodopine,Metformin,Glipizide,Pantaprazole,Lisinopril,Citalopram,HCTZ. (All daily.)

Trulicity Shot (Once a week.)

35 Years old.

WFH Sedentary job.

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Is abdominoplasty worth it?

Hey all, i really dont know if this is the right place to post a question like this but i am a M/20 and i went from 116kg/256lbs to 64kg/140lbs, unsurprisingly this has led me to having some loose skin (not alot thankfully) on my abdominal area and some around my thigh areas, i have been going to the gym and they have been getting better, and my mentality about them has gotten better (went from beating myself over them to seeing them as a showcase of what i accomplished), but i am still very self conscious about them, so my question to you guys is if anyone of you has gotten abdominoplasty, how was it? How long did it take to recover and go back into the gym? Was the pain tolerable? How are the scars? And are you just overrall happy with the results?

I also plan on getting lasers to tighten my arms (not loose skin, but i do become reed richards when i pull them)

And idk if this sounds stupid, but i am also afraid of people seeing my surgery scars and then thinking that i didnt work hard for my weight loss and all i did was get surgery, its stupid and probably just me overthinking stuff, but did that thought ever cross your minds?

Thanks in advance!

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I finally downloaded MFP

I've been putting it off for so so long because I simply did not want to see how many calories I was eating. I finally did it today and on what I would consider a relatively low eating day, I was shocked to find that I logged in 2500 calories.

No wonder I've been packing on the pounds.

I am the heaviest I've ever been and I feel ugly, fat and heavy... and I wanted to meet up with a person I've been in an LDR with in a month and can't fathom him even seeing me like this.

I have a 100 pounds to lose, I weigh a whopping 244 lbs. I know how it happened but I am still in shock.

I need to keep telling myself that this is not irreversible. That I might have loose skin but that I can lose this weight. It is not impossible.

One step today, I really hope I have the strength to accept that it is on me to make this weight loss happen.

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When you go to a restaurant, do you have a blowout or try to stay on track? What foods do you choose to stay on track?

I've been doing really well with my weight loss, but it's taking forever because I'm so short and don't have much time to exercise.

My friend and I are going to a Korean restaurant this week, and I know they don't have calories printed on the menu. It's the first time I've been to a restaurant since I started, and I'm not sure what to do. I have a feeling that if I have a blowout and just order what I want, not only will I gain weight that day, but I will have insane cravings for the next few days. And I will be bloated as hell and probably feel like crap. Restaurant food (especially delicious Korean food) is part of what got me obese in the first place.

But I have no idea what to order to stay on track? Everything seems to be fried in oil or come with loads of carbs. Honestly it's panicking me, which makes me sad because I want to enjoy myself.

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Accountability buddy request: 33F, 5’9”, starting weight 223lb, aiming for 165lb. :)

Hi all. I am looking to start being serious with my weight loss. Have been up and down about 20lb the past year or two, and I know it’s time to really make a change.

I am looking for someone with whom I can check in around daily or weekly weigh-ins, daily calories (I’ll be looking to eat around 1700 per day — a 400 - 500 cal deficit), and confirming daily exercise (realistically aiming for 8000 - 10,000 steps).

I live in Australia, but do not mind where you live. It also doesn’t worry me too much if your stats/goals are different to mine, though I guess there is benefit to similar (at least in terms of calories, maybe). But in all honesty, I’ll be happy to have any buddy to just quickly check in with per day.

I am friendly, but also a bit of a busy introvert, so I’m looking for someone who is cool with a general quicker check in (like, we acknowledge each other’s progress, and offer support/encouragement), but probably am not suited for someone who is definitely hoping to develop more of a friendship or detailed check-in buddy. However I would love to find an enthusiastic and encouraging person who is wanting the same, who can put in a couple of minutes per day to help ourselves stick to this journey. :)

Feel free to PM, and I’m open to considering other platforms to host the check ins, too. :)

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Weight loss as a parent

I don't see much here mentioning kids...like ever. Not saying I read 100% of stuff, but this sub seems to have a whole lot of people in the single or just living with a partner stage of life. Which is totally fine.

But I'm curious if there are others, like me, who are in the throes of young parenthood and trying to lose weight? It has it's own set of challenges, that's for sure. My current challenge is trying not to revert back to my chocolate/sweets habit as it's a tough period as a stay-at-home-mom. (Both my 4-year-old and my 2.5-year-old have colds, yet again, and the 1 year old is very irritable with teething. It's been 3+ weeks since I've actually been able to sleep though the night, most nights are 5-6.5 hours of sleep in 3 chunks. The urge for comfort food and treats is STRONG.)

Anyone else struggle with sticking with your deficit when kids are throwing you curveballs in schedule, the amount of rest you get, etc.?

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Had a weight loss pact with my crush 8 months ago. We both hit our goals, with bittersweet results

We're both in our 30s. We grew up together and she eventually moved across the world. We caught up during the pandemic and talked almost daily on zoom/messaging for over a year. Things got flirty but we took things slow because I wasn't going to be able to travel until November, and neither of us wanted a long distance relationship.

She said she had a few pounds she wanted to lose, and I had 40 (225 -> 185). We made plans for me to visit her, and then a few months before I did, an ex boyfriend of hers from college came out of nowhere after a divorce, and she moved back to America to be with him. Because he's in the military, he convinced her to marry him so she could go overseas with him. She didn't mention any of these decisions to me until after they happened.

Rough stretch for me but I kept going with my weight loss. Learned from a mutual friend that she's unhappy and this guy told her he wants her on a workout schedule because he isn't happy with her body (she already lost the weight she wanted to, and is stick thin, while he's 50 lbs overweight).

The other day she commented that I look good on a picture I posted. She messaged me and it was nice at first, but she eventually started venting about her husband. I'm sad for her, but I told her that she knows how I feel about her, and if she's unhappy, she either needs to leave him or find someone else to vent to about this.

She said she needs to give it a chance with him.

Today, just a few days after that conversation, I hit my 40 lb weight loss goal. I did a lot of things to improve myself during the time I spent talking to her: physically, mentally, and financially. She was always very supportive, so I don't regret reconnecting. I'm still crushed at the way things went, and sorry she's in that situation, but I'm in such a better spot to move on.

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