Weight loss doesn’t have to be miserable

Every now and then, you’ll see a really negative post on this sub, somebody who’s frustrated that their extreme measures aren’t paying off, or are too hard to stick to.

There are so many people here maintaining super restrictive diets, whether it’s a fad diet, or just a super low intake. They’re struggling to stick to it but they think there’s no other way.

I just wanted to chime in, and say that weight loss doesn’t have to suck.

I’ve been on a weight loss journey for the past year, and it’s been a pretty passive effort. All I did for the first few months is maintain a very slight deficit, putting me at 1900 calories a day, I lost a great deal of weight doing nothing but this. As time passed, I decided to take lifting up as a hobby and it became an activity that I enjoyed greatly, and allowed me to bump my intake to a maximum of 2500 depending on what else I did that day. (Running every session, physical labor outside of the gym.) while still losing weight.

At my peak I was around 300lbs. Today I weigh 150, which has been maintained as I drop in body fat and increase in lean mass, giving me an overall leaner appearance as time passes.

I’m not hungry, I’m eating all the foods I love, I’m eating socially, I’m not miserable, the activity is fun.

Weight loss doesn’t have to be miserable.

Please, if you’re reading this and you’re struggling. Do some research, talk to some professionals, figure out a system that you feel like you can maintain for life. This doesn’t have to be as hard as you’re making it for yourself. And please, please, please, eat more than 1000 calories a day.

My methods have lead to very slow progress, and that’s okay, because I still got to where I wanted to be. All it took was patience and dedication. As far as active effort is involved, I don’t feel like I ever really had a hard time with all this. It can be like that for you too, you don’t have to do extreme things to lose weight.

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Constrained Model for calories burn from exercise

So I have been working on sustaining my weight loss (331 Dec 2020 to 220 Sept 2021) and took up cycling, this winter I started structured training with trainer road (10-14 hours a week). All of this has resulted in a considerable projected calorie burn from exercise, on the order of 1100 calories a day as measured by a power meter. So I am still tracking my calories and had expected to be able to add my calories from the cycling to my bmr. My experience has been that this is not true. I am a big CICO fan, it is how I lost weight, but I started to increase my calories by 100 a week and once I hit about 2100-2200 I start to see my weight slowly go up. So I have adjusted to hold, but I guess the CO part of CICO seems not additive for me. So I started to do some internet research :) and came across the concept of constrained calorie burn. What do you think about this?

[This is a good summary article](https://www.vox.com/2016/4/28/11518804/weight-loss-exercise-myth-burn-calories)

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Roommate comments about weight loss (small rant)

I'm the type of person who gets uncomfortable when people make comments about things that I do/try to better myself even if they're positive. That being said, there are some things that I do that I keep private because I am trying to avoid those types of comments. Up until recently, the fact that I've been doing CICO and going to the gym a few times a week was something that I kept to myself, even to my roommate.

However, the other day, she saw me portioning out my leftovers into separate plastic containers and she made a comment about how she's never seen me meal prep before. This is something that I've been doing for months and so, for some reason, I decided to also tell her about how I've been trying to lose weight and about how I've been going to the gym. She said two things that I haven't been able to stop thinking about.

1. "You've never had any issues eating healthy"
2. "You're not going to turn into a gym rat are you?"

I don't know, maybe I'm just being dramatic, but it sort of hurt that she said those things rather than just being supportive. Honestly a simple, "Oh, nice" would have been more than enough for me. I almost wanted to argue to her about how difficult it's been to actively make lifestyle changes every day. How difficult it is to argue with yourself about whether or not you can make today another cheat day every day. Since May 2021, I gained 20lbs because I graduated college and actually had time to eat (I did school and work full time). I can definitely say, I was not eating healthy then and I can still do better now. Funny enough, I actually decided to go to the gym after this interaction to burn off some steam, so that's good I guess.

I know I'm not the only one who has faced comments like this so if anyone has any tips about how to not let it bother me, that'd be great! Currently trying to fight the slight discouragement lol

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Looking for support

I'm starting my weight loss journey. I'm a 5'8" tall female weighing in at 250lbs. Long term goal is 135lbs. I had a baby in 2019 and have had a really poor relationship with food since.

I'm working on tracking calories in and out. I'd love to see any advice (especially from fellow mothers juggling toddlers while trying to lose weight). My biggest weakness is portion control. If it is something I really like (i.e. mashed potatoes or bread or rice) I tend to eat huge portions. And this tends to happen at night. Does anyone do late night exercise? How does it work for you? Is exercising in the morning better? I guess I'm trying to find ways to distract myself from eating at night. Also if anyone has links to meal planning templates, that would be very welcome.

I currently use the Lose It! app and have a couple beginner exercise apps installed as well. I've always been pretty sedentary so exercise is a whole new world for me.

Thanks in advance!

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TMI but losing weight makes me even more nervous about sex

I (24F) haven’t had sex in about a year and haven’t had good sex in about 2-3 years. I’ve been too nervous to take my clothes off because I was 5’ 2” and ~260 lbs. I just started my weight loss journey, am 230 lbs currently and I am starting to feel my libido come back. I hate it.

It just sucks because I used to love sex and being physical and loved my body, even until I was around 200 lbs. Now I have flubby arms and super saggy boobs with stretch marks everywhere including my stomach. I plan on getting a breast reduction but I know I am going to have a lot of lose skin on my arms that will need surgery and will always have these stretch marks everywhere.

I miss sex and being physical with someone and being confident. I recently got rejected for being too fat, which is okay everyone has their preferences but it definitely still stung. Now I know even if I lose the weight, which’ll take like 2 years, I will still need the tens of thousands to fix the rest…

Sorry for the rambling, I am feeling defeated right now. Does anyone have any advice?

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WEIGHT LOSS TIPS/FEELING DISCOURAGED

Hello. I am 5’2 180lb female. I gained 30lbs since March 2020 due to starting nursing school and having no time and energy to go to the gym. I graduated in December 2021 (yay) and since December 20, 2021 I have been going to the gym 4x a week, lifting HEAVY, compound lifts, progressive overload, and doing HIIT 1-2x a week. I have stopped eating out (mostly) and for the last 2 weeks I’ve been cooking my meals. I’ve been eating high protein foods. I started using MyFitnessPal last week so that I could track more strictly. I definitely have gotten stronger, but the scale has NOT budged. At all.

This isn’t my first rodeo with getting fit. A few years ago, I strictly lifted weights while continuing to eat fast food and junk, and still lost weight and looked great. I’m not understanding why it’s been a month and the scale hasn’t moved at all. I wish I had’ve taken my measurements in the beginning but I didn’t. I did measure myself a few days ago and I will start using that as well moving forward. I understand that you must be in a caloric deficit to lose weight, but I’ve been maintaining my weight for the last several months (I know this because I kept weighing myself) even though I wasn’t working out. That means that I was burning the same amount that I was eating. So considering that I am 10x more active now, I would have expected SOME scale changes.

Please help, feeling discouraged

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Am I doing something wrong or is this just the process

Hi everyone!!

30/F SW: 218 CW: 212

I started on Jan 1st. I'm eating clean, no processed foods, no alcohol. Trying to be low carb but not keto (generally stay under 40 carbs per day but not stressing that too much). I track and weigh every bite I put in my mouth and I range from 1300-1600 calories a day. I also stop eating after dinner (which i feel is a huge change for me) I do the Peloton around 5 days a week? I have done 13 classes so far this year (today is the 18th)

On jan 7th I weighed myself and I lost 6 pounds (water weight I know!). but I haven't lost a pound since. I am very proud that I have stayed on track and I'm not letting it get me down. i just have to keep focused! I haven't been sleeping well due to a personal issue and I have my period which i know both could be factors in why i haven't lost.

in my heart, i feel like i have to just keep on keeping on and the weight loss will come with being healthy. But i don't want to not lose due to some stupid mistake. Do i need to re-evaluate or should i just stay the course and the numbers will come?

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