Obese, thyroid, knee problems. how to lose weight

A family member of mine is obese and has problems with one knee and the other foot. She needs to lose weight but can't walk. Even a 15-minute walk is challenging. Then she has pain all day. She is on a diet but still cannot lose weight because there is a problem with her thyroid. We are thinking of doing upper body training with dumbbells or resistance bands. Does this work for weight loss? What moves should you make? Is there any other advice you can give for someone in this situation?

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You think your holidays were rough? I’m up 43 pounds over the past two months. Time to get back on track.

Yeah, you read that right. Over the past two months, I am now up 43 pounds on the scale. Some of it is water weight from the past weekend that will come off quick but I have also probably gained a significant amount of fat.

After losing ~270 pounds and mostly living between 170 and 180, I’m now back up to my highest weight in years. I hope this serves as a good reminder that your journey doesn’t end when you hit your goal weight and that you have to remain vigilant and committed.

I’m hoping to find a specialist to try to tackle my issues with binge eating on vacations and during the holidays but until then I’m ready to get back into my normal routine so that I can be back around 170 by June 1, the 5 year anniversary of the start of my weight loss journey.

I guess I just wanted to make sure to show everyone the struggles and not just the successes so people don’t think that getting to and maintaining a healthy weight is easy for some people. It’s a struggle for all of us.

Weight gain

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Therapy homework

Hi all

I have 15-20 lbs left in my weight loss journey. I know I have family issues. I know they’re all bonkers and the one comment that keeps replaying in my head is my aunt who gets meaner every year at thanksgiving saying how I look great but I’m gonna gain it all back and then some. I know how I gained the weight-knee injury and a shoulder surgery on a previously athletic personality and a very short frame! I’ve loved my body every step of the way because I can walk and hold things that I couldn’t do before and the less stress on my injuries the happier I feel.

But I haven’t been ok since thanksgiving. I feel this compulsive need to prove that I can do it to spite her and it’s actually turning into the opposite, where I’m being way more relaxed with my diet than ever in this journey.

Any negative family interaction since then and I feel driven to eat like never before.

So I’m going back through my therapy journals and trying to return to that state of gratitude I was thriving in.. and having done so I came across this text:

***Individuals who were raised in a family where their parents invalidated their views or feelings are more likely to binge and purge or have other disordered eating behaviors. If your family put a lot of emphasis on achievement and success and the need to control one’s emotions, you may have used compulsive exercise as a way of regulating your emotions

I feel like this statement captures my whole food journey and puts this new development into perspective. I’m not ok but I will be and it’s nice to feel validated.

I hope someone else will feel this paragraph as hard as I did today ❤️

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Is it possible to eat whatever I want and lose weight?

Firstly, I'd like to say that my situation is probably not the same as most people in here but I'm going to try my luck in hopes that somebody answers and I'll try and go by that since there's a lot of news articles on the internet where one says no and 3 says yes.

Some stats about me before I begin: I am currently 188 cm tall (that's like 6 foot 2 in freedom units) and weigh about 105 kg (about 230 pounds). I am starting to build up a bit of excessive fat even though I go to the gym every day and have a fair share of muscle on my frame. My cutting calorie intake is at about 2200 calories per day - I go to the gym almost everyday and I do about 10K steps+ each day.

So, basically as the title states can I eat whatever I want and still lose weight. I am under the believe that when it comes to fat loss / weight loss it's calories in and calories out so I don't follow a specific diet (like keto, vegan etc etc). I follow a wide variety of food choices like lean meats, beef, veggies, rice and so on and so forth but there's always going to be days where I am just not in the mood to cook my own food and here's my question: Is it okay to eat as an example McDonalds so long I track everything and don't go too overboard with calories - let's say I eat 800 calories or 1000 calories worth of McDonalds - is that going to have a significant impact on losing fat?

Much appreciation to anybody taking time out of their day to reply to this.

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This is for my kids!

Hi, everyone. 38M, father of 2 here. I'm tall, 6'8", so I wear my weight well, some say, but I'm close to 300 pounds and it's got to go. Most of my clothes don't fit, but the real kicker is that it's hard to get up off the floor or stand up when holding my kids. I'm too young to feel this heavy and weak. I want to be strong, quick, and full of energy for my kids, and for myself.

So I started tracking with myfitnesspal about a week ago. No weight loss yet, but I immediately am cognizant of my portions and I feel more energy throughout the day because I'm not weighed down by excess comfort calories. This is my year. I aim to lose a pound a week this year for a total of 50 and a goal weight of 240. Progress photos will be posted. Just wanted to say hello, and good luck!

This is for my kids!

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I am finally in the middle of Beginning my weight loss journey!

As nonsensical as the title sounds, I mean exactly what it conveys.

I am a 22( F ) who began a PhD program this fall. As a life sciences student I have always known the importance of health but these last 5 months was a test of time with new beginnings in a new country, first time away from home, and me being a vegetarian- struggling and learning to cook and eat regularly. Snacking was so much easier and I had got into an unhealthy eating pattern for sure. Looking back, I know now that it would inevitably lead anyone to my current situation.

Last month my period skipped. This was the opposite of what I expected since the month before, I had had severe pain on the first day so much so that I had to reschedule a midterm. When I came back home, I went to the doc to get it checked, and my three month hba1c revealed I am borderline pre-diabetic and scans revealed that I had a small number of cysts kinda like early stage pcos. (The docs also mentioned that it was stress induced and I neednt worry and just have to reduce my weight).

My mum has always been encouraging me to follow healthy diet habits and my dad even got out of the pre-diabetic stage with the help of diet and exercise too.

And now I finally got the push I needed to start taking care of myself. The first semester was hard, and I was missing home a lot, the loneliness was killing me inside and the new environment was nice but I didn’t know hoe to manage it all.

Bit joining this subreddit and 2 others gave me an idea of how things work and I am going to do my best to cultivate better habits this upcoming semester, count calories, set exercise goals that I actually complete and make sure I cook and eat better. I hope to stay accountable and hence typed it all in this post.

TL;DR: New grad student ready to begin losing weight in a healthy and conscious manner.

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I am shocked but I needed to be

I went through a major weight loss journey 4 years ago and was working to maintain when I stopped weighing myself in April 2020 during the first lockdown. I realised all the media around home work outs and glow ups, alongside having nothing else to focus on, were severely affecting my mental health. I was down to allowing myself only 800 calories and day along with 2 daily workouts. So I quit weighing myself and tried to relax. I got into a relationship later that year and we now blissfully live together. I’ve never been happier but i was aware I had put on weight and when we went back to the office none of my work clothes really fit but I just shrugged it off. Everyone just called it happiness weight, lockdown pounds, everyone gains weight when they’re in love. Now I don’t want to buy myself a whole new wardrobe so I wanted to get on the ‘New Year, New Me’ bandwagon and keep myself accountable.

I weighed myself today and I am shocked. This is the heaviest I have ever weighed, even before I started my last weight loss journey. I’m horrified, disappointed in myself, and scared I might end up falling into restrictive habits again.

But I want to be accountable so as a long time lurker I want to do this right. F27, H: 164cm CW: 89.7kg GW: 60kg

Wish me luck, any help/ advice appreciated

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