CICO weight loss commitment starts TODAY

I am committing my weight loss journey to this group today. My weight loss system will be CICO. I’ve tried IF and strict diets (KETO, Brightline/Food Addicts Anonymous). The IF / Strict Diets trigger years of disordered behavior. I’m considering WW if I can treat it like a lifestyle change, not a diet. WW’s lack of black and white thinking works for me as does the weekly mtg/weigh in.

I’m “burning my boats” by committing here. I’m committing to CICO. I’m committing to 30 days no alcohol to keep me on track.

I’m committing to sitting through the discomfort to understand my eating triggers/old stories that no longer serve me/unconscious patterns that “sleep walk” me to the fridge.

Letting go of too many years of trauma to claim my victory story now. I’m currently 190 lbs. 5 foot 2 inches. 49 years old and ready for the best next 30 years of my life. Goal weight: 130 lbs. Thank you for reading. I’ll need any support you might give me.

Before I hide from my family to stuff my face in secret, I commit to posting here first.

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I lost COVID weight gain and my back pain has reduced so much!!

My job is very sedentary and I am not super into weightlifting + pandemic weight gain => back pain

After shredding the 10 lbs, my BMI dropped to 20-21 range, and MY LOWER BACK PAIN IS ALMOST GONE!! For a while I thought the pain was caused by some other external factors, turned out that I don't even need the CT Scan and the expensive massage therapies - just lose the weight and the magic happens! I still don't know the scientific reason behind ( please inform me in the comment section if you do know why)

10 pounds seems like a really small number to lose especially in this community, but I just want to make this post to share my health improvement thanks to such a small amount of weight loss - sometimes small things do wonders! Please note that I am not promoting that the healthiest BMI is 20-21, the ideal weight really depends on individual builds - but thanks to this experience, I realized that when you are approaching your best weight, YOU WILL KNOW IT!

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515lbs - > 467lbs 6'2. .. Knee injury and an interesting turn of events. .. .

Hi all. like this group so much. I have lurked for years. Food has always been a coping mechanism for me and upon losing a job and partner and sustaining a knee injury I hit my highest weight ever last year (515). I began trying to make some changes in November but it was slow and had setbacks. I got down to 505 in December. The weekend before Christmas I started having some very painful GI issues do to too many NSAIDS(Advil) that caused me to lose my appetite completely and I was barely able to eat till just after New Years with some help from my physician to treat the issue. Apparently, not physically being able to eat led to the unexpected weight loss down to 487 and broke me of my strong desire for carbs and diet coke. Excited by the loss, I decided to double down with maintaining a low intake of food since I had apparently shrunk my appetite. Lots of water, proteins and dairy (yogurt for the stomach) as well as light carbs and veggies has allowed me to continue the and reach 467 as of today. And my knee pain that led to the NSAIDS issues is gone without meds to alleviate it. So, I guess I owe Advil some thanks. The forced two week portion control‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‏‏‎­was long effective long enough to break me of addiction to sugars and carbs, as well as kick start this journey that has been put off too long.

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NSV - Someone called me “fit” today

I was on a really intense walk/hike uphill today and felt like I was dying. Some of the most fit-looking people on the trail also looked they were dying - the trail makes your legs feel like jelly about halfway through.

But I kept pushing and was able to make it to the top. I even felt good enough to go back up the hill, using a much easier alternative route, and these girls who looked very similar to me stopped me. They said, “You’re so fit!”

I thought it was a joke at first, and told them they might have mistaken me for someone else. They said no, we saw you walk up the hill and you passed us so many times.

I said thank you, and that was basically the end of the conversation, but I don’t think they know how much that comment means to me. Or maybe they did, and knew it would brighten my day. Either way, I’ll take the compliment.

I haven’t exercised in a long time (WFH problems, amiright?) but a friend invited me on this walk and I am so glad I went. I don’t know if anyone, ever, in my whole life has called me fit. I certainly don’t look it, but do consider myself to have good stamina/endurance for someone who almost never works out and is of my size. For reference, I’m a 5’1 female and a size ~14 US in jeans. My GW is around a size 8.

I just want those girls, and others, to know how encouraging it is to call someone fit even when they might not look like it. The positive encouragement is motivating me to maybe go on another walk this week.

In addition to starting to count calories (never done that before in my life until the last few weeks) and doing some exercise here and there, I feel like I can reach my weight loss goals.

Today felt like a NSV and I just wanted to share!

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Is a calorie deficit really all it takes to lose weight?

 Hello all! I’m 22 YO, 6 feet tall, and currently weigh 249.0 pounds. I’ve started going to the gym every other day, walking a lot, and I’m working towards my weight loss goal of getting to 200.0 pounds! Today, I ate at a restaurant (Raising Canes), and the calorie count of the three finger combo, according to the restaurant, is around 1020 without a drink (probably around 1400 total for me as I wanted a large Coke 😂). I feel full and content on this one meal, likely because of the large protein intake and so forth, which also puts me at a good caloric deficit. However, it seems too unrealistic to think that I can actually lose weight—and quite a bit of it—by only counting the calories in this meal for today, for example. I know that such factors as sodium, sugar, carbs, and so forth must play a vital role somewhere in the consideration. So, my question for curiosity’s sake it, if I ate one satisfying meal a day such as the one I have described here…is it really as single as weighing the calories in and calories out? Or, is it more nuanced? 

Thanks!

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Carb and Salt sensitivity after losing weight? Details in post

Hey all, I’ve been lurking in the sub Reddit for a little bit now and lost 56lbs in 2.5months. I haven’t been following anything specific and kinda did my own thing.

During the week (6 days) I cut out all carbs and then reintroduce it on Sunday. It took a couple days to lose the water weight. Since hitting my first goal weight loss I did have two days worth of “carbs” and it registered as 8lbs of gained weight, I understand it’s water weight but I’ve never seen it go this high and took for ever to balance out.

Is it possible to be sensitive to carbs and salt after weight loss if you cut carbs out? Any way to level this out so I can enjoy eating without the guilt ?

Thank you

Edit: SW 256 CW: 199

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I am morbidly obese

I am morbidly obese, I have no shame in that, I'm not hiding it. I am 87 kg and 1.70, that's down from 104 kg in May. I know it's not nearly as much as some people, and I can't talk for them and their struggle, but I still talk for myself

I love myself, I am proud of myself, I don't think I'm ugly, I love my body, I enjoy every moment with it. every scar I got I cherish as a reminder of what I went through and my body helped me with

I don't stare down the scale every night with tears

the fact that I love myself and my body, doesn't mean I don't want to better myself. I want to take care of myself and give the body that went through so much for me, the treatment it deserves

I don't like waking up every morning, struggling to get out of the bed because I lack energy. I don't like struggling climbing 3 floors to get to work every morning. and I definitely don't like the idea of being afraid of heart attacks every day when I reach 40

that's why I decided to start working out, and changed my eating habits for good. not because I hate myself, but because I want to keep what I was fortunate enough to be given

in my weight loss journey, I learned to love food, and not only rich dense food that fill my mouth with sensation. but also the little things, to enjoy discovering the tingle of sweetness in a ripe spinach, the simple tenderness of an olive oil fried chicken breast. the little nuance. I learned not every food has to be a sensory celebration to have fun with it

I also learned to enjoy the struggle of a sore muscle, to push myself to the very end where it hurt. to collapse to the floor after a set, knowing full well I didn't give up, and gave EVERYTHING I had.

I love myself, and I want to enjoy loving myself while being healthy. there is nothing stopping me from having both, but my own will

if you're struggling with weight, there's nothing wrong with you. not everyone has the ability to make sudden and drastic changes to their lifestyle

each and every one of you has their own preferences, priorities, struggles and coping mechanisms. I'm not in your shoes, I don't know what you've been through, and I can't judge you

I respect you, and proud of you, no matter how much you weigh, or whatever else you have hard time with in life

the sum of a person doesn't end by the number on his scale. there is so much more to a person than how fat he is. and there are plenty more reasons to be proud of yourself, and patting yourself on the back saying "you're a good person"

if you want to give a chance to better yourself physically, by all mean, I support you and encourage you. the path of self discovery is long and branching. you can never learn about yourself if you don't give a chance

but that doesn't take away from you, doesn't make you less of a person. nobody should be ashamed of who they are

that was a little off-my-chest, thank you for reading!

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