It's not onederland... but it's two-derland!

Story! So, I had a Thanksgiving break. I only exercised once. I left for break stuck at 307-315 pounds, constantly being stuck at that fluctuation. I came back and measured at... 303?? I ate terribly and exercised only once. So, I'm fully vaccinated... i then got covid. Luckily it was very mild and only stuck around for a few days, but I obviously couldn't go to the gym. I ate terribly because I had to order food, etc.... and yet. When I stepped on the scale once I was feeling better.... 301.2 . And then if I took my clothes off... 299.6 pounds. Under 300. I shamelessly cried in the bathroom. I've not been under 300 pounds for over five years, my junior year of high school. I started this year at 367 pounds, and it's took me more time than it was supposed to, but.... I'm here. I have 70 more pounds to go. I'm hoping the pace picks back up, but for now this is just... crazy. Even more crazy is that I dropped an inch during that time. I'm hoping I didn't lose muscle and that's why I lost the inch?

Wow. Sorry for rambling, I'm just in shock. Everyone around me is so casual about it, too. I went from wearing size 12 to size 10 underwear, 2xl shirts to XL, and 3xl shorts to loose 2xl. So much progress and a body I haven't been used to in years, and I still have more to go. I just really hope I can get on a good pace again.

And thank you guys for all of the encouragement. If anyone wants to maybe have an accountability group or just like a discord chat, I'm down!! It would just be nice to have a smaller group of friends that are comfortable talking about anything weight loss :) anything female and weight lifting would be cool. I'm losing the weight to apply to the Navy so anyone here who knows about that would be cool to chat with :D

Thanks! Happy finals week ;)

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How should I be eating? Down 85lbs in 4.5 months, but not sure my diet is ideal.

Started at 480 around 4.5 months ago, currently a little over 393 and steadily dropping. Feels weird saying a weight in the 300’s, wow. Never wanna go back to the 400’s ever again, under any circumstances- I cannot yoyo. Anyways. This didn’t all come off just via diet— you’ll see soon how imperfect it is—, but via a ton of hard, painful, excruciating hours boxing and in the gym. It was finding boxing that ignited this great big change- it was the first activity (probably the most physically demanding one, no less) I ever found in my life which I actually could tolerate. First session was a world of pain and soreness and discomfort, and normally I’d have quit right after, but there was something about it that kept me engaged and left me obsessed. I adore it. From the start, my coach tried to incorporate some strength and conditioning, but eventually I started going to a gym for that stuff, as well as to just keep active on my days away from him. Currently I go six days a week, usually for between 1.5-2 hours, mixing a wide range of exercises, sometimes boxing and weights and bike/tread, sometimes no boxing. At the beginning I was extremely strict with the diet and the weight was just flying off. Now I’m still strict and still maintaining an 18:6-20:4 (usually 19:5) IF unless there’s some social event I’ve gotta break it for (and yea, I’ve got to... don’t wanna be that guy lol), but not as strict as before. I plateaued around 400 for almost a month because my weekly cheat was just too much. Then I just took out the weekly cheat for now and am back on track- totally fine with no cheat as lately I’m not so perfect anyways and might have things folks might consider a small “cheat” every few days regardless. I did a drastic calorie cut from what I’m assuming was around 4,000 cal a day before if not more to about 1,500-2,000 when starting this new lifestyle. Some days I barely broke 1,200 honestly- bad, and not sustainable, I know. Nowadays I’m around 2,500 most days but try to keep lower. Usually just two higher cal meals and maybe a snack (usually a fruit). Usually two eggs and a meat and some veg for breakfast and then second meal can be anything reasonably healthy, but I try to keep healthy as possible.

My question is if I should be eating more protein or fibre or anything specific, and avoiding anything altogether? Doing the weight stuff I’m assuming I should be having more protein but what about the extra calories and fat that brings? Just trying to dial it in more and figure out what I can do/change to benefit my progress more, not necessarily to expedite weight loss since it seems to be going well, but more so to make sure muscles are going well and such.

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I’m (20F) stuck on how to stop eating simple carbs/impulse eating

Hi all! I’ve recently decided to try to be healthier, since I’ve never actually focused on that. I’ve been skinny-fat my whole life (I’m 5’7”, throughout high school I was about 135lbs with most of my weight carried in my stomach, not muscles, and my legs were very small). I’m currently 146lbs, but I’m looking to clean up my diet and lose about 10lbs, also increase my muscle strength and metabolism. However, I’m a very picky eater, gravitate toward simple carbs, and impulsively snack/boredom snack due to ADHD. I don’t like salads, fish, Greek yogurt, or oatmeal, which are pretty common weight loss/healthier foods I’ve heard of. How do I mediate my desire for simple carbs that give me no energy, like chips, cereal, etc? Also, any advice on how to deal with boredom and impulse snacking??

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Losing hope

I’m a senior in Highschool now, but I’ve been trying to lose weight sense 7th grade, I never made any friends because I was insecure, and not confident. I looked in the mirror and hated what I saw. And sometimes I starved myself, but now I understand starving only hurts you in the long run. The first time somebody called me fat was in 8th grade, and that hurt. But I was trying to lose weight but lost all motivation. And no matter what I tried nothing has worked. I currently just screwed up two perfect weeks of eating clean and walking my dog in the morning and good exsersize, but this time a thought ran in my head and said “your really gonna be doing this same thing for another 3 months. And that thought killed all my hard work and I binged for 4 days straight. I hate it but I think everything started to add up when I would look in the mirror I wouldn’t notice progress, I felt the same and that angered me. Then I felt lonely because it got so bad for me, I choose to stay home because of how unconfident I felt outside my house. I never felt like I deserved to be out there. During all of this I forgot how to talk to people. I have no one pushing me, my family usually brings a box of cheesy pizza with all the sides. And ask if I want anyone. It’s just so hard. And it crushes me now knowing I could’ve been 3 weeks in with healthy eating and weight loss.

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Scale weight staying the same even after tracking calories

Hey all,

I started my weight loss journey about a month back at 206 lbs.

I constantly track calories and weigh, measure every meal and snack that I consume throughout the day.

In my first two weeks I lost about 6 lbs which was due to the loss in water weight and depleted glycogen stores as I am now eating fewer carbs.

After that I lost about 4 pounds and got noticeably leaner.

But for the last two weeks, even after constant tracking and logging I’ve stayed at the same weight of 196 lbs (with some fluctuation).

Anyone have any reasons as to why this could be?

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For those who've had skin removal surgery - I have questions!

Hello all!

I am now two years into a weight loss journey. Down 187 pounds so far. I probably have another 30 to lose before I'm at a weight I am satisfied with, but I wanted to get the ball rolling with planning/scheduling skin removal surgery. Pretty sure I have another 10-15 pounds of SKIN ALONE that needs to go. -_- lol.

I've never had any kind of surgery in my life. Never even been admitted to a hospital before. So naturally, I am anxious!

The loose skin is horrible in a few key areas- lower belly, under arms, and the inner thighs. From the research I've done, it seems like a full tummy tuck, arm lift, and lipo on the thighs is what is needed. I do not expect any of this to be paid for by insurance.

I'd love to hear other people's experiences with these kind of surgeries post-major weight loss. Were you able to have multiple procedures done at the same time? How much did it cost? What was the recovery like? Scars, are they bad? Did you lose or gain weight post-op and what was your experience with that? Ideally I'd like to get the procedures done and then very very very slowly (over the course of a few years) lose a little more weight, probably just like 20 more pounds. What should I look for (other than board certified of course!) when choosing a surgeon? How long is the entire process, from consultation to surgery?

I live in a very rural area. The nearest "big city" to me is Syracuse, NY. If anyone has any recommendations for surgeons in the central NY area (Not NYC, it's too far away!) that would be amazing.

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Unexpected things I’ve noticed after losing 50lbs

HW:295 CW:240 GW:185 (26f 5’9)

Okay so some things I’ve noticed. My shoe size is 1/2 a size smaller! I know this usually happens with more extreme weight loss but I used to be a size 9 1/2 and buying new shoes I have to get a size down.

Also my hips are boney now. When I lay on my side my hip bone feels hard against my arm and is no longer squishy. I’ve never experienced this. I also can feel the bones in my butt when I sit on a hard surface.

I actually sweat more now. I used to never sweat, now when walking briskly I can feel myself starting to sweat and feel hot.

My pants fit longer in the legs than they used to, not just the waist.

I lost weight in my face back to front not the sides, my cheeks used to press against my nose, I also had jowls around my mouth that stuck out and they are flat against my face now.

I have lost weight in places I didn’t expect but not in places I wanted first. I’ve lost a ton in my upper stomach, upper back and shoulders. Yet to see any loss on my lower belly or chin. (Or very little)

I don’t look like I did when I was the weight before I gained and lost. My face is a little more plump, my tummy hangs down more, but I’m much smaller through my waist and a pant size lower than when I was 240 5 years ago.

Share your strange changes!

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