Doing it the right way this time..

I’m continuing my weight loss/fitness/wellness journey now that I have recovered from anorexia. I have regained nearly all of the weight I have lost, but my body has gained muscle and so has distributed the weight differently. I’m going to do this the healthy way. I’m not going to count calories (because that’s miserable, and it’s great for those it works for, but it’s a huge trigger for me since I’ve battled anorexia.) I find that when I only consider the caloric content of food, I forget the nutrient content. I want to be balanced. If this means my body is a little bigger, who cares! My main goal is to build muscle and be powerful. I can do this! I find when I eat normally (by following my intuition) I only eat around 1500 cals a day, and if I eat snacks, it goes to 1800-2000 cals a day. So, I know I can trust myself regarding this. I just want to build healthy habits and feel good about where I’m at, not guilty or shameful. It’s time to be well!

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I forget that I am fat

Hi I’m a (24F) pw: 178lbs cw:168lbs 5ft4 who used to have a banging body 2 years ago. I was at 115lbs with 17% body fat. I was the kind of girl who went to the gym everyday, drank protein shakes religiously, who lived on egg whites and chicken breasts. I even had a 4 pack at some point. I know you are getting annoyed reading this because that girl is usually annoying. Heck, maybe I was annoying, but I felt damn good when I looked in the mirror. I had eating dissorders then but they were kept under control. Then, my mother: my bestfriend, was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer and a switch went off in my brain. One day to the next my binge eating went out of wack. In one year I gained 30 lbs, then the second year, another 30lbs. I don’t know how Its even gotten this bad. I have avoided looking at myself in the mirror for these past 2 years, or taking pictures. I actually catch glances sometimes and genuinely feel like Im looking at someone else, not me. My husband took a video of me the other day in secret while we were joking around and showed it to me after. When I saw myself I was speechless, I couldn’t believe how big I actually was. I still haven’t quite grasped the extent of my weight gain. I know to some maybe 168 is great but, to someone who’s life revolved around fitness, outdoor activities and health, it’s devastating and it feels like Ive lost myself, literally in all these roll. This sounds like a pitty party ,but I need for my brain to register the fact that I am fat, a fatso, a fatty or whatever you wanna call it. If I don’t realize it soon, i’ll never be myself again. What was your turning point to weight loss and realizing you couldn’t keep living that way??

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Accountability Partners

I’m a F/5’11/322lbs and looking for partners (Any gender) with similar starting points. Doesn’t matter what kind of meal plan you use, just someone to communicate daily, weekly or monthly with to monitor our weight loss!

I’ve been obese pretty much my entire life and this time I’m really determined to drop the weight and change my life. It’s hard to do without a real support system and all I want is someone to share progress with and vice versa. It’s really inspiring and I really respect those who have taken the step forward to change. Any advice is appreciated but I’m still experimenting with calorie deficit for now. :)

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I lost 15kg in the space of 4 months in BODYWEIGHT while building muscle (19y/o male)

Hi guys, new to the group but wanted to share my expereince.

To give you the TLDR version: I had struggled with weight loss on and off again from ages 14-19 primarily due to a mentality and willpower problem above all else. After having a rough start to 2021 I decided I was going to actually pursue my dream body while I'm young rather than "wait until I have the time".

The result is that from between late May-September 2021 I managed to lose 15kg of body weight. This was mostly done through a mindset change and the counting/tracking of calories.

I decided to make a video to provide insight on my journey which I will link here:

https://youtu.be/V01gPkWZcn4

I'm far from finished but thought I would share incase anyone wants some motivation or a new perspective to look at things from to help you get it together!

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Wishing anyone who sees this a blessed day and sending some good vibes your way to help you through your journey.

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Cheers :)

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Struggling with healthy weight loss and a history of eating disorders

Hi everyone!

For most of my teenage years I struggled a lot with an eating disorder, I was thin but only eating about 700 calories a day most of the time and exercising constantly. I got a little better by the time I left school and was a healthy weight! But then I went off to university and couldn't really afford to eat, I was hungry all the time and I worked a physically demanding job outside all day so safe to say I lost quite a lot of weight quickly.

That was two years ago, during the last two covid filled years I have gone from 135lb of lean muscle to 195lb of sedentary lump.

I've tried unsuccessfully to lose weight multiple times over the last two years but I find my history of eating disorders comes back to haunt me. I'm filled with self loathing, I panic, overly restrict and then break down.

I can't seem to find a healthy balance and learn to genuinely lose weight in healthy way. I was wondering if anyone else has dealt with this sort of thing before?

Thanks x

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Question about my TDEE and my calorie deficit

Hi yall! So i’m a 24 year old male, 6’5 and 245.6 pounds. I’m trying to lose about 40 pounds and just started to count my calories using the LoseIt app about 5 days ago. I want to make sure that I’m in a good spot, so I have a couple of questions. First off, the calories allotted to me per day through LoseIt is 2224. Does that seem accurate in terms of a deficit? I go to the gym 5 days a week and I’m generally fairly active regardless of the gym or not. I want to make sure i’m not consuming too many calories and stunting my potential weight loss progress.

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My (21F) mother doesnt think I can lose weight.

and shes right. Ive been trying for 2 years, because id convinced myself that I need to eat tiny amounts to get anywhere with weight loss, which just wound me up in a cycle of restrict-overeat. All i want is some stories from other women about how they lost a lot of weight with just a desk job but on a healthy amount of food, to encourage me, but nobody EVER gives any examples. So I just end up thinking it will take me 3 years and no one is bothered enough to persuade me it wont take that amount of time.

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