Embarking on my weight loss journey for health and relationship reasons!!

Started my weight loss journey 2 days ago and found this sub and got a MyFitnessPal subscription due to the recommendations I have read here. Started off with a 1 hour ride on my new stationery bike and alternated today with body weight exercises.

I am 77 kg and 170cm and I aiming to lose at least 7kg. I am 31 and already have a multitude of health problems including high blood pressure and kidney stones.

Also did some serial dating last year via the dating apps and while I had a few casual encounters, some girls that I liked ditched me and a few of them revealed my weight was an issue.

I got burnout and became really depressed, and now after some reflection I aim to lose enough weight to emerge and stronger and better looking…

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My number 1 tip for losing weight

I often find that when people embark on a weight loss journey, they will start a diet whereby they simply cut out all of the foods they love and replace them with healthy alternatives. THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO DO IT.

When you start this journey, you want to be building habits which you can keep up for a lifetime. Habits such as, tracking calories, understanding portion sizes, knowing the lower calorie alternatives, going out for walks, hitting the gym, and so on. Because the 'diet' shouldn't be temporary. If you think like this, I can assure you that you will either fail, or succeed temporarily until you start eating all the foods you love again, then you will revert back to your old self.

Continue to eat the foods you love, just aim to have lower calorie alternatives, eat appropriate portion sizes, keep to your daily calorie targets, and stay active

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Losing weight at a normal weight.

Well, dear Reddit fellows, is it harder to lose weight, when you are already at a healthy weight than losing weight when you are overweight? Or do you just need to wait long enough, trust the process, and don't try to find excuses (in both cases)?

My question is motivated by my own experience. I've had my ups and downs with eating in general. Long story short, I am at a healthy weight now (5'4/165cm, 28F, CW: 149lbs/68kg), with 5+ experience in lifting, decent strength, running, biking, and active person in general. I have eating habits, experience in tracking macros, reading labels, etc. I find it hard to drop some weight, I know that I am still impatient. I want to convince myself that I am in the right direction even if I go slow. I feel discouraged sometimes and my brain is making all those theories up (slow weight loss at a healthy weight).

What do you think? What is your experience? I know that the best practice is just patience....

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Lost after 2 years

So I have been on a weight loss journey since the pandemic started. I followed CICO. I started keto then progressed to high volume high protein. Had great results. However at the end of 2021 I injured my back and had to have surgery. I am recovering but the injury and recovery has me on light duty. I’m having a hard time staying satiated. Breakfast to lunch is usually the hardest. Any tips and tricks to get back on track?

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Losing weight after binge eating

Have been noticing something abnormal, not sure if anyone has any idea or similar experience?

Recently as my weight loss stagnated (only lost 1kg the past month), I decided to let myself enjoy an unhealthy meal (McDonalds and potato chips) for once and binged a little for a day. Was expecting the consequences to show up on the weighing scale. But what I notice however, was that sort of kicked started my metabolism and my weight loss trend seemed to be on a steady descent without increasing the amount of exercise I am doing.

Wanna ask if this is a common thing to experience during weight loss?

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Ending month 6 of my weight loss journey. Down 29.8 lbs.

As February draws to an end, I came to the realization that I just finished my sixth month of my weight loss journey. Just putting this here because I spend a lot of time in this sub and things like this help me keep myself accountable.

28F 5'4.5" HW: 195 lbs. SW: 193.8 lbs. CW: 164 lbs. GW: 140 lbs.

September (Month 1): - 10.6 :. Lowest weigh-in: 183.2 lbs.
October (Month 2): - 11.6 lbs. Lowest weigh-in: 171.6 lbs.
November (Month 3): + 2.2 lbs. Lowest weigh-in: 173.8 lbs.
December (Month 4): - 2.6 lbs. Lowest weigh-in: 171.2 lbs.
January (Month 5): - 3.6 lbs. Lowest weigh-in: 167.6 lbs.
February (Month 6): - 3.6 lbs. Lowest weigh-in: 164 lbs.

My Routine:
I use MyFitnessPal (Premium), Happy Scale, and Apple Watch to help set and keep track of my goals. I currently do 1200 calories/day Monday thru Friday and 1500 calories/day on weekends. I eat at maintenance (About 1650 calories/day) during that special time of the month. I'd be a liar if I said that I stuck to this plan perfectly at all times, because I don't. I go over my maintenance calories several times a month (life happens). Macros are not a huge concern to me, but I do try to meet the protein goal set by MFP.

In terms of exercise, I do a mix of cardio and strength training. I go the gym 2-4x a week and try to walk or run 4+ times a week. I am currently resting from an injury, but anticipate getting back into running within the next day or so.

NSVs:
- Upon starting my weight loss journey, my average mile time was about 12 minutes. My fastest mile time to date is 7:41, and my average mile time is about 9 minutes.

- My resting heart rate used run between 70-75 bpm. It now runs between 55-60 bpm.

- There was a pair of jeans I purchased at the start of my journey. They fit now, and are starting to become loose. I anticipate needing a new pair of goal jeans in the near future.

- I was able to size down in workout leggings, from a Large to a Medium this month!

Goals for March:
- Get down to 161 lbs. I've found that setting smaller goals to hit each month has been really helpful, especially since my rate of loss has decreased over time.

- Run a total of 50 miles.

- Don't give up.

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When should I value weight lifting over weight loss?

Started off in mid-August as a slob with a highly motivated athletes mindset. I’ve been active my whole life but the only think keeping me in shape was sports. Eventually my eating habits became fast food twice a day and no exercise. COVID accelerated my weight gain all the way to 275 LBs at 6’0. I also took pictures of myself and realized I was a slob at the time, with no goals. Went on a pretty extreme diet while playing high school football and taking a strength training class. Like 1500 calories a day. Kept that diet for months and struggled through sports. Right now it’s late February, I’m at 233 weighing myself in the morning, and about 238 at night. I just changed my calorie intake to 2300. However I feel super pathetic in the weight room. None of my lifts will progress despite being consistent with PPL. At this point, should I just aim to maintain my weight, and at least get to good base numbers? (135 Bench, 155 Squat, 175 Deadlift)

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