Can I eat fewer calories on certain days to be able to eat more on a single day?

As you all know, Christmas is around the corner.

I'm currently on a 2000 Calories a day diet. I was wondering if I only eat 1000 Calories on the 24th and 26th would I then be able to eat 4,000 Calories on Christmas Day?

I've been told it's all about calories in vs calories out and that seems to have been holding true as I've lost 14lbs since the start of December when I started my weight loss plan.

I'm 6'2 261 lbs (Started At 275) If That Matters.

Thanks In Advance

~Jay

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5'9"M, 230lbs - Looking to get down to a healthy weight.

I've shifted from regular soda to diet soda with no change to my diet (as I assumed I was at maintenance with drinking 750 calories of soda per day). I've had no weight loss but at the same time, I have been completely sedentary due to working 120 hours per week for the past year and I'm wondering if drinking diet soda instead of water (which is virtually non-existent in my diet) have been doing most of the work holding me back from losing weight.

Right now, I'm setting up my home gym. I've got a power rack, dumbbells, barbell, and a rower. I plan to row each day and doing weights 3 days per week. That said, I do need to cut calories. What will I need to do to lose 70-80 lbs and tone up? Is high protein and low carbs a good idea? Or should I go for just high protein?

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Walking for Weight Loss?

Has anyone lost weight by walking? I am wanting to lose about 35 lbs and I am starting off by reducing the amount of fast food I eat. I also started walking 3 miles every day and as I progress, I am planning to increase it to 4-5 miles per day. I gained 25 lbs during the pandemic, mostly because I ate alot of fast food. For my eating habits, I have been reducing the amount of fast food I eat, and drinking 64 oz of water a day.

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My hair is motivating me.

Disclaimer: I don't know why I'm posting this. Please don't feel compelled to read this. This is more like a teenager's journal entry even though I haven't been a teenager in 25 years.

I'm a dude who has always had a "trendy" haircut for the time, whether it was a a faux-hawk or an undercut with a 0 blade on the side, etc. As the pandemic went on in the beginning, I obviously wasn't getting haircut every few weeks anymore. At some point I decided to lean in to longer hair (like many, many other men did). Well now it's been two years since my last haircut. I legit have long hair.

I had this moment last year around Christmas, where I was deciding whether to cut it off or not. I decided that I had gone a whole year, I could at least get through the winter. And then when spring got here, I decided to keep it through the summer, just to see how long it would get since I'll never do this again in my life. And then when it started to be late fall, I did the same conversation again - might as well just keep it going until December and see what two full years of growth from almost completely shaved looks like.

I started my weight loss journey back in July. I started at 250lbs and am currently only at 207lbs.

My original hopes were to get back to 220lbs. I did keto and a fairly aggressive walking plan and got there pretty quick. Once I did I decided just to keep going until winter, when I wouldn't be going out for the long walks anymore. I think deep down I expected to regain weight over the winter with a plan to lose again once it got warm out.

But I didn't. At the beginning of November when the weather turned here, I started turning my conversation with myself about my hair into one about my hair and my weight. Except I didn't just make it about a few months. Looking at my hair I see how much longer it is from one year ago, much less two years ago, and how I didn't really even notice it was changing. The same thing is happening with weight loss I am sure.

Everyone says that they lose motivation or lose focus because they don't see the changes they want to see. I'm keeping my ridiculous hair and I'm going to continue my diet changes and my exercise changes until this time next year, so I can look back and see what another year looks like.

My hair has been motivating me. It grows slowly, but with enough time, noticeable change can be seen. I understand now that the same thing applies to my weight loss journey as well.

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Venting: Don’t Want To See Family Until I’m In A Better State With Weight Loss

I have a lot of resentment towards my family. They were all pretty emotionally abusive towards me when it came to my weight and body. Subtly saying things to me that they thought were subliminal messages, but they came in loud and clear. If I had been raised to respect myself more and have better boundaries, I likely would have stopped speaking to them/being around them a long, long time ago.

There’s an added layer of resentment now because I dealt with chronic illness (undiagnosed autoimmune that almost completely disabled me, but is thankfully now diagnosed and treated so I’m doing much better) and all of the people I had always supported couldn’t seem to manage even the slightest attempt at compassion or empathy during the most terrible time of my life. I barely speak to any of them. My cousins have mostly stopped speaking to me. They’re all a lot younger than me, but they pretty much blatantly ignore me now. I believe it’s because people said really bad things about me while I was sick, so they look down at me. Like I’m not “cool” anymore. It’s really immature but it hurts my feelings because I practically raised them. But whatever.

My grandma currently lives with them, and I haven’t seen her in a few months. I live two hours away and don’t feel like traveling so far to be mostly miserable and suffer mentally when I get home from being around them and not saying the shit I actually want to. Pretending like everything is fine like the sociopaths they are. I feel like a terrible person for not going to see my grandma, but I honestly can’t stomach to be around anyone. And I’m trying really hard to stay on my weight loss journey. I’m only a little over two weeks in. My goal is to lose all my excess weight in two years. I’m still in the threes, which kills me. I haven’t been able to break out of them for years. The moment I do I am coming on here to celebrate. But I feel like I don’t want to be around my family until I am further into my weight loss journey and am feeling more mentally well. maybe I just need to know I am doing well and can continue to do well. Being in the threes for a few years has completely derailed me.

All of this is to say, I feel bad, but it feels like the right thing for me. If you’re in the same boat, you’re not alone.

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As someone who grew up obese, I literally, and I cannot stress this enough, have never been as proud of anything in my life as I am of my weight loss and resulting body.

I'm so obsessed with looking in the mirror and seeing the body type that all throughout my years of being the "fat kid" I yearned for. Although said years of being the "fat kid" are something that I may never recover from mentally, I've at least moved passed them physically. I always just wanted to have a regular body. Be able to walk around with a t shirt and not have to think "oh man everyone can see my man boobs, I should've brought my jacket". I always just wanted to be able to look in the mirror and see my body composition instead of slabs of strechmarked fat. Now that stuff is the norm for me. I'm so proud of my body. Only 5 more pounds to go :D

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Planning Pregnancy and Weight Loss

Hi All, 30F here. I am overweight by 12-15 kgs.

Current weight: 75kgs/165lbs

Target Healthy weight: 60kgs/132lbs

We are planning to get pregnant and have a baby as early as possible. Starting my 30s, hence I am eager to have a baby soon. My questions to this community:-

1. If I start weight training now, and stop when I get pregnant, How will it affect my body?

2. If I conceive while on weight loss journey, should I continue what I am doing i.e., continue weight loss diet and exercise or stop it or modify it?

3. Does so much weight loss impact my chances to get pregnant negatively?

4. Lastly, Any suggestion or recommendations on how to go about the weight loss and plan pregnancy simultaneously?

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