Possible NSV? People started commenting on my physique

This actually started friday last week. I posted progress pictures in r/fitness weekly Physique Phriday.

Generally this post is filled with people showing their muscular physique and gains, but hey, I decided fuck it, I'll post my progress there too. I had hit 293 and was hype because I hadn't been this light since before I started dating my ex 3 years ago where I was 297.

The upvotes and the reception from complete stangers on the internet astonished me. People made awesome comment, said I was looking a lot thinner and to keep up the progress. Getting that kind of comments from lifters, people that most likely have really decent/good aesthetic was awesome, but they are strangers, not people I see day to day.

Now enters the people I actually see often.

I was talking about life stuff with a girl I work with, relationship stuff etc. Then came in the subject of weight loss and me being fat. See I always refered to me as being fat semi jokingly because it's true. Being 6'4 when I have clothes on I didn't look that big, but I was a big guy. Nowdays I fit a LOT better in the same clothes I used to wear, I've removed many shirts from my wardrobe because they were too big and kept the one I was tighter in which now fits loosely. Anyways, that being said, as we were talking I semi jokingly said I was fat, and she replied you're far from fat. That's not what I consider fat. That really made me feel good. Obviously, without clothes on, I still have fat mostly on my sides (side of my chest and sides of my belly) but I am a lot thinner for sure and I notice it, but having someone else tell you about it hits different. I told her that the day I'd be getting closer to my goal - next milestone being 240, she'd see how thin could be and that I'd show her the progress pictures without a shirt then so she'd understand why I still considered myself fat. So in about 6 months, I shall pull out those pictures and show her.

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Then came my friends. We generally talk online on discord, we discuss, we play game, we fuck around. Recently one if my buddy got her new GF to join us in our online shenanigans, and she's very sweet. After weeks/months of talking online we all added her to our facebook. When I go to the gym (Which is everyday) I always take a picture post workout and post it on my stories. It's now a routine and it's mainly to hold myself accountable and remind myself that I did something today. Now we were talking one night on discord and I think we got on the subject of food and what we'd like to have for our christmas party because we're going to gather all our discord crew for a dinner. She mentionned something really freakin' good and I made the comment "If I wasn't fat I'd probably eat the shit out of that" again, as a joke with some truth in it. She replied dude, I see most of your gym stories, you are far from fat. Then one of my friend replied : Yeah, in comparison to the picture in the kayak, it's pretty much night and day. I had posted a picture of me about 2 years ago when I tried kayak for the first time with my ex, sitting in the kayak I looked HUGE.

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Anyways, so I guess this could be considered a NSV? I haven't had much comment about my physique besides that, I don't know if that's because people are scared to do so or if they haven't noticed but I know it will come. So far so good this week it's looking like I'll probably be sitting at 290 tomorrow for my weight in which is great... 3lbs this week, I'm about to hit the sub 290 and that's incredible... I don't remember the last time I was there.

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Keep on grinding, we got this!

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How to talk to someone about their weight loss

Where I work there are a number of women that struggle with weight loss (me included).

I have not worked a lot in the last year, and went most of the year without seeing some of our coworkers.

One woman who none of us are close with (she came from another shift, and rarely works with us) lost quite a bit of weight, many are curious on how she did it, but everyone is afraid to ask because they are worried that maybe she was sick.

I lost 30lbs and people noticed, but no one asked me how I did it, and very few actually said anything.

Do you main people asking you how you lost weight, how do you want people to approach you?

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Losing weight 1% body weight per week tips

Over the past few months I have very loosely followed a -500 calorie deficit, eating somewhere in the vicinity of 2000-2100 calories a day, eating at least 170protein per day, with heavy weights x 4 days pw and daily exercise (usually a 5km run twice per week and the rest as 20-30min incline walks). My weight loss in general has been decent (linearly losing .5kg per week), but lately I have run into recovery issues, purely due to the volume of training, and want to focus solely on getting my weight down as quickly as possible.

I currently weigh 81kg and would like to get down to 75-76kg. Has anybody got any tips for running an 850 calorie deficit? Or what issues I might run into going into this big a deficit?

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I was 95 kgs a year ago, I am 78 kgs at present.

I was 95 kgs a year ago, I am 78 kgs at present.

I was carrying those extra 25 kgs from last 10 years since college, I never thought I will get slim. I continued eating what I used to eat, that oily and fried food made at our home. But then a year before I felt there is a need to lose some weight as I was experiencing a lot of people in their 40s having artery blockages and diabetes. Medical science is making us live longer but not our natural bodies. We are living on medicines and drugs. So there was the spark I needed and I started few dietary changes.

You must use once, this weight loss idea, you will lose 100% weight

• I avoided adding oils, sugar n refined flours like maida in my food.
• I ate whole grains, legumes, vegetables, fruits, nuts and low fat dairy.
• I almost quit packaged foods like noodles and biscuits.
• I walked an hour a day.
• I tracked my calories daily in a calorie tracking app.

And now a year back after losing 17 kgs I feel good, lighter, confident, healthy and active. I kind of take care of my body. U are what u eat. So eat what u wanna become. Eat lots of vegetables like spinach, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, onions and whole grains like wheat and oats.

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From July 1, 2021 to Dec 1, 2021. 5 months, 55lb down! Thought I'd share some progress.

https://imgur.com/1468UNv

Above is a link to my progress photo (face not shown for privacy haha), the first photo was taken of me in late June of this year and the second photo is from today! I cannot believe the phenomenal progress I have gone through over the past five months. It is truly incredible how different I look and feel from when I started my weight-loss journey on July 1 this year. I remember being so nervous to weigh myself on that first day, and was so disappointed knowing that I clocked in at 220 pounds at 5'6. I was miserable, my feet would hurt if I stood too long, and my clothes wouldn't fit. When my friend took that photo of me before I started my weight loss, it really clicked in my brain that I wasn't just a little overweight, it wasn't just bad angles or bad lighting, I truly was fat. And it was awful.

I decided it was imperative for me to lose weight. I had a goal of losing 100 pounds as fast as I possibly could, and felt that I could never enjoy my life otherwise. I still have that goal, and plan on losing more weight at a slower rate until I reach that end weight. Through a ton of exercise before and after work and strict intermittent fasting hours, I was able to get to a much lower weight and be able to look like this today. I am still about 10lb overweight, the "normal" BMI range for my height starts at around 155, so I still have a ways to go, but I am still in shock at how much I have progressed both physically and mentally during this journey.

Another achievement I want to share, on Thanksgiving morning I ran my first race in over like four years! I used to run a lot in high school but obviously I gained a ton in college and got super out of shape. The race was an odd distance, it was like 4.8 miles (so a bit longer than a 5k) and I wasn't expecting to do well but I was able to run the distance in about 41 minutes, which qualifies me to start the race next year closer to the front of the crowd! I cannot believe that someone who was obese just five months ago was able to run a distance like that without stopping and actually get a qualifying time! On top of that, the race was a super fun thing to do and I might try and wear a silly costume for it next year like some people do, haha.

I really hope that this post motivates you if you're just starting out or at a tough spot in your weight loss journey. There are obviously highs and lows, but I promise you'll really see a difference if you keep working at it and trust the process. I am nowhere near the end of my weight loss and I want to continue my progress, but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate how for I've come so far!!

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How do you respond...

A coworker just heard about my weight loss and was surprised to find out that I previously weighed nearly 230lbs. He told me I look "great," which is fine. That doesn't bother me. But then he said, "and you kept your wagon." What. The. Fuck. I acted like I had no idea what he was saying. I was stunned. I don't think I've ever had someone who I don't know make a comment about my body like that. What do you say? How do you draw a very clear boundary on that kind of comment? I'm new here and I don't want to make enemies but I'm pretty skeeved out.

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My Story (Fat to Fit!)

This is a LONG essay of my current weight loss journey! Be prepared to hear my story. It wasn't easy, but it was sure as hell satisfying in the long run!

If you want to just see my results, I recommend skimming through, and reading the results at the end.

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Some background:

About 3 months ago, I weighed 230 pounds. I'm 16 years old, and I am 6ft. I had never exercised on my own, (only when I was forced to) and I used to hate exercising.

If I'm going to be honest, I hated my body. The stigma of having man boobs, my cousin calling me fat, and I also hated being tired, and my outwards gut.

Even though I hated exercising, a burning passion was created out of hateridge. I was sick and tired of being called fat. I decided to take action for my own life.

Sleep Management:

I started by fixing my sleep schedule. My school starts at 7 am, and I live 40 minutes from my school, so I naturally had to wake up at 5:30 am every day. Sounds completely healthy, until you consider I had been staying up until 3 am playing video games.

I had been getting 2 hours and 30 minutes of sleep every day, for the past few months.

This is completely unacceptable. How am I going to build muscle, if my body doesn't even have enough time to sort memories? Thankfully, with my new exercising routine, I became able to fall asleep at 10:30 pm every night! So that was that.

Cardio Exercises:

I started running. I live in a neighborhood with a looped road. Around 5 laps around this driveway loop was about 3 kilometers, or 1.89 miles. Every step was fueled by every time I was made fun of, every name I was called, and how much I hated how I was.

3 kilometers a day. That will be my goal.

The first few days were complete hell. When you've been sitting on your ass playing video games all day, your muscles tend to be a little (how do I phrase this), complete jello.

It was like every time I walked, my body said STOP. The runs had me gasping for air. I'm sure there was no doubt some of my neighbors were looking at me saying, what the hell is he doing?

Oh, the pain I felt. I'm sure you all know it. A side effect of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness. These jabbing pains every time I moved my muscles. My friends were asking what was wrong with me, and if I was ok. I could barely move, and I decided my break days would be Wednesday, and Saturday.

The muscle soreness was nowhere near the mental pain I had been through. Cringe, I know. But I'm not kidding.

Strength Training:

On top of running, I knew Cardio wouldn't be enough. Running would help me lose weight, but to maintain muscle efficiency, and prevent injury, I would need to tone my muscles at least a fair bit.

After my runs, when my heartbeat was fast, I would do crunches. About 50 per session. I would then switch to pushups. At the time, I was too fat to do a proper pushup. I resorted to keeping my knees on the ground, pushing up and down. I did about 20 of these, then switched to wall pushups. I do about 20 of those as well.

After my crunches and pushups, I performed squat presses.

The thing is, I didn't have any weights, so I filled a suitcase with heavy items to compensate. I would hold the suitcase above my head, and do about 12 squats.

After all of these strength exercises, I do about 40 jumping jacks to get my heart rate up again, and take a 5 minute break, and perform these exercises 4 more times in a row.

Diet:

To be honest, I wasn't the healthiest eater. I would just eat whatever was on my plate, on top of some junky foods and fizzy drinks. I knew these eating habits needed to change.

I asked my Mom to buy smaller plates, tricking my brain into eating less, and feeling more satisfied. I started eating greens and fruits, boosting protein intake, and lowering carbs.

I had a hard time with fizzy drinks. At first, I didn't want to quit, so I started moving to diet soda. I knew this also wasn't good for my health, so gradually, I started moving from diet soda to protein powders and water.

Overtime, my habits changed. I ate less junk, exercised more, increased protein intake, and I'd say I'm a pretty healthy eater now! Aside from some cheat days of course :).

Results:

I couldn't believe it. After 3 months of hard work,

I was at an astonishing 200 pounds! (230 -> 200)

My man boobs? GONE! My muscles? Toned! I have a belly, but about 50 percent smaller than before! Running has become a million times easier, even fun now! I can do proper pushups, sit-ups, and I bought some weights to properly exercise.

I have confidence. My grades have improved. It's easier to talk to people. My cousin, who once called me fat, was astonished when I saw him for my Thanksgiving Break. "How did you do it?" - Everyone asked. Just hard work, and a motivation for change.

I can't believe I even made it this far. For years I had been trying to lose weight, but never have I actually been able to.

For once, I have energy throughout the day. I can do things that everyone else can do now. I can go to the beach, the pool, try on clothes I've never been able to. It's amazing.

Thanks:

I'd like to thank everyone on this subreddit. I browse it for tips every once in a while.

Funny enough, that one show "Fit to Fat to Fit" actually motivated me the most. Seeing the trainers become fat, and helping their clients just inspired me the most. If they can do it, I can too!

If any of you guys are struggling with motivation, or depression, that's ok. You can take time to come up with a plan to better yourself. It doesn't need to be all at once.

Thank you all!

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