What else can I do to lose more weight?

Hi guys! So I was wondering if anyone has any advice for me regarding my own weight loss journey. I started at 155 pounds last March and have steadily decreased my weight down to 135 (whooo!) I’m much happier with the way I look. It was a slow decrease because I only did a calorie deficit and increased my steps. The calorie deficit did wonders for me and I was losing weight every week. Now i’ve been stuck at 135 for 2 months now and my weight isn’t going down anymore. The initial amount of calories I was consuming daily was 1,300 cals and I increased it to around 1,600-1,700 calories daily roughly about 4 months ago because I read that your body gets used to the deficit and can make you hit a plateau. Even after increasing my calorie intake it seems that my weight won’t go below 135. I don’t want to bring my deficit down lower because that just seems unhealthy but is that what I need to do to get out of my plateau? My goal is to be 115 pounds. How can I lose more weight?

Btw i’m 22 years old and am 5’2 in height for context

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Dance Dance Revolution finally has me losing some weight!

I don't have much to say or contribute I guess, I'm just excited in the bit of progress I made, and I think finally subbing here and starting to participate will help me keep it up.

Like 10 years ago I finally decided to lose some weight - and I did! counted calories in, calories out, exercised a lot and lost most of the 40-50 pounds weight I wanted to lose. Unfortunately I didn't keep with it and over the next 6 years I gained all of it back and then some. The munchies from marijuana and living with a fast-food/soda junkie have not helped.

The last 3-4 years I've wanted to lose weight and have occasionally tried to eat healthier and start jogging or biking, but never stuck with it. I hate jogging, and living on a dirt road in MN makes biking a pain even when it's warm enough out. I did CICO in the past, I know it works, I know how it works, I just couldn't maintain the changes in lifestyle.

Last august I reinstalled myfitnesspal for the umteenth time and really started counting. I wasn't seeing a ton of progress until September. My wife's school discarded a couple of nice old DDR pads (like metal frames, not folding cloth pads). One night tipsy with some friends in September we pulled it out just as something fun to try to do while drinking. well it's been two months and I haven't put it away yet! It's too much fun.

I've been really pushing myself and getting a LOT better at the game, which as been making it fun to exercise and see progress in my playing, even if progress in my weight loss isn't always obvious. At times I feel a bit silly being in my 30's and getting into DDR, but it's exercise and it's working!

I'm down 10-15lbs since I started, definitely noticing a change in the mirror, but my calorie tracking has slacked a bit recently so I need to get back on top of that.

That's all I guess! Thanks for reading.

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Have you identified the moments when you tend to do self-sabotage? What do you do then?

I'm tired of my lizard brains :D

But for real, I've been doing okay with my weight loss recently and my biggest obstacles are the days when I've been getting a lot of work and school done. I am at the end of my Master's degree, and after being a full-time student, I work part-time in a tech company. So very sedentary lifestyle, but it is exhausting nevertheless.

I fall so easily to the "Well, I've done so much school/work today, I deserve this" or worse, I'm trying to convince myself that I actually NEED the extra calories because I'm "going to work so much today and I need energy". Yeah, I do need energy, but not from the shit I'm craving. And to be real, I am way more energetic when I'm slightly hungry while working, heavy eating is what makes me tired and I start to procrastinate. So there isn't even real logic here :D

How have you been able to fight these patterns that you've had for years? It's like my brain doesn't know anything else. When you see yourself falling on these "traps", how do you overcome them? My biggest problem isn't even actual craving anymore, but these habits I'm used to.

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How do you not get discouraged by daily fluctuations?

Hi there! A little bit of context. 5’7” 26F. SW: 141.5 CW: 136.9. GW: 120. I started my weight loss journey in April 2020 at 139. I quickly got down to 120 by July 2020 but unfortunately, due to unsustainable weight loss and a lot of crazy life circumstances in 2021, have gained it all back. I’m on this journey for the second time around and have learned that weighing in daily is best for me. My problem is I still get so defeated if I see the scale go up one day even though I know daily fluctuations are perfectly normal! Last night, I hosted a party and I definitely did a little more picking/snacking than I’m proud of. I logged as best I could and it looks like I should be at maintenance calories at MOST for the day (maybe even still a small deficit) but just given the fact that I ate later at night, different kinds of foods than usual, etc., seeing that higher number this AM is so defeating. How do any other daily weighers handle this?! It impacts my mood more than I’m proud of :(

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22 years old and turning into the fat bald guy

I'm 22 years old about to be 23 and have had long hair since I was in highschool. Recently I looked in the mirror thinking I was just being anxious and took a picture of the crown of my head which I never get to see. There is a ton of thinning, a noticable circle and it's devestating. Feeling so embarassed i'm trying to figure out how long this has been going on for.

I've had nightmares about looking in the mirror and having bald spots it feels very sureal.

So now I'm on the road to being the overweight balding guy and it's freaking me out. The long hair has to go and I always felt like that was the one thing that made me feel good about myself.

I feel like i'm forced to make a new plan on life so I don't lose all my confidence because this feels like a big deal. I have been slacking on my weight loss and general health so this might just be the wake up call I needed but I am still disheartened. I wrote out a plan on how I can help myself with my weight and my health. I'm going to track calories and journal every day to remember what my health goals are for the day.

Any advice to help see this through? This isn't my first time losing weight like many others I fall off the wagon at some point. When I make mistakes I get discouraged and make more mistakes. I'm going to try and be more mentally tough, I know I can do it I have a lot of food addiction and bad habits to work through but it will be worth it.

Thank you

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Not really expected, but hoped for side effect! A SV, but not mine!

I've been very slowly losing weight. I don't calorie count, but I do weigh in every morning, and document what I eat every day, although the latter is as much for watching out for headache, allergy, or other health triggers, as it is for the weight loss.

I don't like talking about my actual weight loss, as I tend to sabotage myself when I do, so I'll just note here some minimal stats:

• I was just over 180 lbs in August 2020
• my goal is 120 lbs, (no date, just hoping for a gradual, sustainable loss)
• In September I became overweight instead of obese, and although I danced at that line for a while, I'm unlikely to jump back over it unless I have a bad week, (instead of the occasional bad day)

And now, on to the unexpected but hoped for side effect!

My husband is significantly obese, diabetic, and has first stage kidney disease. However, other than watching the grams of sugar and percentage of salt in what he eats, he's not trying to lose weight.

But just from the result of my controlling what choices I make to eat, which affects what he then chooses to eat, HE has weighed in at his doctor with a ten pound loss from his last visit!

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I’m. Always. So. Hungry.

And this is new to me. I’ve always struggled with my weight and have a long history with overeating and compulsive bingeing. I’ve never relied on my body’s hunger cues before because I’ve always blanketed everything with more food than I need. However, recently I’ve been working on building a healthy relationship with myself and food, and a “side effect” of that has been weight loss (about 1 pound a week) for the past 8 weeks. In the beginning, it was super easy to stay on track and eat mindfully, but now I’m CONSTANTLY feeling hungry. The past two weeks, my stomach is always growling and I feel ravenous. With that being said, I’m not restricting what I eat. My goal is not to be at a calorie deficit always, and there are many days I definitely over eat. And I’m okay with that. I balance it out, but not drastically. I’ve been noticing I’m slowly eating more because I feel so hungry, and I’m afraid it’ll derail my progress. How can I also build a new, healthy relationship with my hunger cues, and is it normal to feel hungry all the time? I promise, I most definitely eating enough.

Example of what I eat on an average day:

Coffee with ~90 cals creamer

Whole wheat sandwich with smoked Gouda, ham, and spinach (~300 cals. I use 60 cal-per-slice bread)

Half an apple. Two cups green tea

Whatever I want for dinner (I don’t really keep track of calories here). Last night was a big bowl of rice and homemade teriyaki chicken with veg. And then 10 pieces of sour stick candy at 150 cals.

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