How often and in what ways can I reward myself?

I have a ton of weight to lose and at the same time I am also coming to understand and accept my transgendered self. Because of this, I want to set up a system of milestone rewards that provide benefit to both my weight loss journey and my transition. At the start of all of this, I wanted to lose weight first and then transition (socially, medically, etc.), but I recently had this idea that because transition is not the same for any two people, there's no reason I couldn't consider losing weight as part of my transition. It's all about working towards a body that best represents my identity, and being at a healthy weight is part of that identity goal. This way I can focus on my weight loss and not feel like I'm delaying or not working towards this idea of transitioning. Every day I lose weight or feel a bit better about myself is transition progress.

And so the point of this post is to come up with a system of rewards that keeps me motivated in my weight loss but also allows me the freedom to explore my gender.

• How often should I reward myself? Every 10 pounds? Every 20? Should I have consistent rewards or rewards that escalate at more "significant" milestones (e.g. dinner out for losing 10 pounds but a full spa day for losing 50).
• What are some good rewards to do? I think it'd be good if these escalated in line with my affirmed gender. For example, because I'm not out yet, I have no purpose to reward myself with a nice dress (other than maybe some lounge clothing). But as I work through transition, that type of reward may be more valuable down the line closer to my goal weight. However, something like a mani/pedi could be a useful early reward (clear coat or not) that could then escalate to doing colors and acrylics as I'm more socially transitioned.

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I officially lost 30lbs today!

I haven’t posted on here in a while. I started my weight loss journey back in September at 368lbs. I lost a little over 20 pounds until I started stagnating. I ended up falling off for a while. My weight fluctuated but it never left the 340s. I seriously got back into it a few weeks ago. The I started losing weight again. I was ecstatic when I passed the weight I couldn’t get passed, 342. Today when I weighed myself I was 338. I want to keep going. My short term goal is 300. Then 250 with the final goal at 200. I recently bought an exercise machine so I could work out but I havent found a place to put it yet

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I’ve lost 26.5kg in 29.5 weeks, I’m so proud

28F(transgender MtF on HRT with average T levels for a cis woman) At first it was difficult, counting every calorie weighing food, working out 5 days a week and really going hard. But gradually with time it became easier and easier and I achieved my weekly target week after week, a 1kg loss (1000 Calorie deficit daily). Now I will add at this point that I never once refused myself unhealthy foods, or going out for drinks with friends once a week but I always ensured to keep at it and make sure that if I had a bad day over that I balanced it out with a day of eating less and more healthily.

I’m sure many will say that I haven’t done things the best way up to this point having these days of poor eating and maybe not maintaining the healthiest eating habits but we can’t all be saints and I know that for me this has worked.

During the time that I was eating better and hitting the gym I started skateboarding more too which eventually overtook my gym routine and became my regular exercise and still is, I believe that it burns a significant level of calories with the hours that I will do in a day (4-6 rather than 1-2 in the gym).

In December I took a trip to Mexico for 6 weeks, at which point I stopped calorie counting and rather began relying on my own mental calculations as to what would constitute an appropriate amount to eat given my level of activity whilst I was over there since it’s hard to track what you’re eating when you eat out every meal. When I left for Mexico I was 94.6kg and upon returning I weigh 89.5kg.

I’m so proud of the lifestyle changes I’ve made and the change in my willpower, activity level and mindfulness it just feels amazing. I’ve attached the chart from MyFitnessPal and also a before/after pic with the most recent photo being back in December before a further loss.

I hope this shows that your life doesn’t have to forever be a calorie counting nightmare that goes on forever. My journey isn’t finished just yet and I’ve got around 10kg more to go but I should be there by summer, keep strong and YOU CAN DO THIS TOO!

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Weight loss chart

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Where do I start

Possible TW: mention of eating disorder

Hi everyone! I’m here for some help. I’m (22F) trying to start anew on my weight loss journey. I have lost significant weight before (110 lbs) but I’ve gained about 70 lbs of that back. I lost that original weight as a 17-18 year old by eating 800-1200 calories a day. I’m currently at 323 lbs at 5’7” and I’m trying to get better for myself, but I have no idea how to do that in a healthy manner. I have a sedentary lifestyle mostly due to the fact that I cannot afford a gym membership, and I have hEDS which, in my case, really limits the kind of exercise I can do because my joints will dislocate. I do have binge eating disorder, but I can also be heavily restrictive just in case that’s needed information. Any help or suggestions is appreciated! Thank you.

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Starting Now!

I’m sure a lot of people here who have been in the same position as me remember what it was like to get started with weight loss - and today I should be joining you. I don’t actually know my starting weight nor do I actually have scaled easily accessible to find out however I know I want to get healthy and fit because for my whole life I never really have been. So now I’m taking the first step and I want to ask any tips from experienced people, what kept you going? How did you start? What sacrifices did you have to make? Any tips, please let me know. Tysm!!

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This isn’t an ED anonymous or support sub.

I’ve lost count of the amount of posts I’ve seen in this sub the past few weeks of people openly asking for weight loss tips with stats that are already at the lowest point of a healthy bmi or even underweight. Is there some way to vet these kinds of posts and keep them off of here? I don’t even know if these people are trolling or not but I’m so fed up of clicking into posts that are innocently titled ‘stuck at a plateau’ or ‘advice for how many calories I need to lose weight’ and the person posting will tell you they’re 5’6 and 109 pounds or something equally concerning.

Also side note: this might not be fair because there is no specific age restrictions on this sub, but I’m so bored of the constant posts from teenagers asking us if it’s okay for them to eat one apple a day and run up 15 flights of stairs to lose weight. Honestly I’m sick of the teen posts in general, it makes me uncomfortable to see 14 and 15 year olds on here point blank.

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I'm really afraid of loose skin. Can anyone reassure me?

I (24f) want to lose about 115lbs total (from 252 to 135ish, currently at 246). I've been overweight my entire life, but recently gained about 30lbs due to some pretty bad health issues.

My weight distribution is pretty proportionate, I gain evenly everywhere. I know this is probably a good thing, but it makes me so worried that if I do have a lot of extra skin, I'll need surgery everywhere, rather than just on my stomach.

Right now I'm losing about 1.5lbs per week, which is right where I want to be. I do strength training primarily, with cardio and yoga mixed in. I eat healthy and get lots of fruits and veggies. I also avoid the sun or wear sunscreen when I'm out for more than 15 minutes, and I moisturize and drink lots of water.

I'm just so afraid I'll get to my end goal weight and then require tons of surgery. I'm terrified of having to undergo those procedures and I couldn't afford to anyway. I don't want to lose all this weight and put years of effort in to end up feeling self-conscious being naked. I know that a little bit is probably unavoidable, and that doesn't scare me (I know it'll tighten a bit over time), but I'm afraid of having huge amounts of noticeable skin that require really scary surgeries to fix.

Has anyone else lost a similar amount of weight loss and not had a lot of extra skin? Is there anything more I can do to minimize it? I'm really letting my anxiety get the best of me here and could really use some reassurance. Thank you.

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