losing/lost 200+lbs?

Hi everybody! So I'm interested to hear of anybody's experience/journey/tips/tricks to approaching a significant weight loss goal wether it's 100 lbs or 200 lbs. Right now I started losing weight at 370lbs and my ultimate goal weight is around 150 which I just realized is over 200lbs to lose. I'm already almost 50lbs down and super committed to doing it, but I just wondered if anyone else who has lost a considerable amount of weight like that had anything they could say about a long journey like that that might be helpful to me as I keep going?

Thanks so much!

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Depression setting in, I feel I have no other options?

I feel like at 285 and 5’9, I’m forced to have WLS. I don’t know what else to do. I was gonna sign up for a weight loss center with shakes and bars on a special diet to lose weight, they provide shots and what not, however they don’t service my area. So I’m thinking that’s a sign. But at the same time I feel discouraged. I tried keto, got tired of eating just berries in place of sweets and no other fruit allowed and just meat and cheese. I have protein shake mix but was told it was bad so I just feel stuck…

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how to get motivated to start over?

i lost 35 pounds during quarantine...now i’m 50+ pounds heavier. how do i start over?

i hope this doesn’t break any rules but i wanted to share my story and why i’m starting over in a healthier way which includes CICO. for some context: i’m a woman, 5’9”, started at 205 pounds and dropped to 170 and now i’m 230.

buckle up y’all this might be a long post...so when quarantine started march of 2020 i thought that would be the perfect time to start losing weight. i wanted to be skinny by the time my best friends wedding came around in june. i buckled down and jumped right into eating 1200 cals a day (sometimes less) and worked out daily for at least 30-45 min. i started seeing results quickly so i kept going. i lost 35 pounds in 3 months. but i felt terrible. i was still insecure af, didn’t think i was skinny enough, and barely had any energy to do anything. i got sucked into the 1200 is plenty trap and once i came back from the wedding i couldn’t sustain it anymore. i was honestly starving. i slowly started giving in to my cravings and eating “bad” foods again. i rarely worked out anymore and slowly regained the weight plus more...i feel so guilty. i’m just scared to fall back into that obsessive mindset again.

which brings me to now. i can barely walk up stairs without getting winded, my knees hurt all the time, and i lost all my muscle gains. i used to be able to run and lift with ease. Seeing how i used to look and how i could easily exercise is disheartening. everytime i try to workout i can barely get through my old basic exercise videos that used to be easy for me. i can’t do squats because they hurt my knees now. but i do have a healthier mindset when it comes to eating: i don’t follow those low cal subreddits anymore cuz they’re just too much. i know CICO is the foundation of weight loss but starving yourself obviously isn’t necessary neither is working out all day. how can i incorporate CICO without falling back into the unhealthy mindset that constant calorie counting, weighing every single thing, and limiting foods can bring? i want to lose weight and get fit but in a healthy way this time. any tips are appreciated. i know this was kind of all over the place.

TLDR: how can i use CICO to lose weight after already losing weight on a low calorie diet once and gaining it all back because i felt restricted and had an unhealthy obsessive mindset about losing weight? and how can i get back into fitness after already being fit and now even the basic exercises are hard which is a major demotivator?

edit: i’m 23 years old

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Posture and weight loss

So I can't find the link to the study but I thought I'd share about it here anyway in case anyone found it useful. Apparently studies have indicated that our hormonal balance is linked to (among other things ofc) our posture. One way to support weight loss, according to these studies, is to do postural exercises (thing like Tai chi, or simple posture-focused stretches) and attempt to maintain better posture throughout the day. This has a positive effect on your hormonal expression and can actually cut back on the body's production of some of the hormones associated with weight gain and fat retention.

If anyone finds these studies please feel free to comment them and I can add them in an edit.

Edit:

This one focuses on mood but is still a relevant read:. https://www.spirohealth.co.uk/how-does-posture-affect-your-hormones/

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Daily cardio for a sustainable lifestyle ?

I know long term exercise is a major component for weight loss, but I’m kind of confused on this one.

I love trying new foods, but at the same time I want to be able to remain pretty lean. The thing with weightlifting is that it doesn’t burn enough calories for me to justify sticking to it long term. I’m gravitating towards year round cardio to be able to maintain an acceptable body fat percentage while still enjoying the novelties of life without accumulating an excessive amount of body fat. I know people say that muscle burns calories at rest, but I’m pretty sure it’s not enough to be able to justify like say a random off plan meal. Are there any runners/bodybuilders here who can attest to this dilemma? Like, I wanna be able to eat my childhood foods like peanut butter and regular toast and the occasional junk food meal without completely derailing my goals… so is running the answer here? I love bodybuilding but not enough for me to justify eating Greek yogurt and egg whites and stuff like that all the time. I love bagels and carbs. Runners, let me know if you’ve made the switch, and how it has changed your day to day life!

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"You'll definitely need a slim fit." was something I never thought I would hear.

I am a 30 year old male whose starting weight was 357lbs (162kg) and I am currently at 157lbs (71kg). The photos below were taken at my heaviest weight through current day.

https://imgur.com/4K1tfmW

I've struggled with my weight since I was about six years old. I've always been an over-eater, never took my physical health seriously, and found sugar to be extremely addictive. Major respect to all of you who were able to lose this kind of weight on your own through sheer perseverance; you're amazing. In December 2020, I had a gastric sleeve, wherein they remove about 75% of your stomach (This is also where the 1 month 3 year figure comes from; the January picture was the best I could as I didn't really like taking pictures at that weight.). This isn't as extreme as the gastric bypass surgery, but it is still a major anatomical change. The smaller stomach forces me eat less and it also has the side effect of making me quite sick if I try eating anything with a lot of sugar.

While I do struggle in considering it, in some ways, the “easy way”, it hasn't been without its challenges. It has been psychologically difficult giving up all the comfort foods I used to eat, turning down food now requires an explanation, body image issues don't disappear just because you lose weight, and I've had two kidney stones as a result from the surgery.

Overall though, best decision I've ever made. If you are considering surgery like this, make sure you understand the risks and that it isn't a magic fix that you don't have to work at. It is critical to understand that massive weight loss requires mental care as well as physical. It is psychologically taxing sometimes not recognizing yourself. Over a year later, I still don't quite have the right image of the "new me" in my head.

I would also advise you find an extremely thorough surgeon. This may sound obvious, but I wouldn't have recovered as well or lost the weight I did without a surgeon who really knew her stuff. I've had other family who have had the same or more extreme versions of bariatric surgery and their physicians were extremely lax and many of them failed. This has to be thought of as a tool for a lifelong change, not a temporary diet and then you stay a healthy weight forever. If you have any questions about the gastric sleeve process, I'd be happy to answer them as best I can (though I'm not a medical doctor, as my username suggests).

I wish all of you the best of luck in your weight loss journey!

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Weight loss and bra size

Hi so at the beginning of the pandemic I weighed around 155 (for reference Im 5’5 and 21f) but since then I’ve gone down to around 125-130, depending on the day.

My question is, who else has lost significant weight in their breasts? When I weighed more (even since eight grade when I weighed around 110) I had 32DD/F sized boobs. But now I’ve gone down to a 28D/30C (just go to r/abrathatfits to see how big a change that is). This isn’t even my first time losing more than 10 pounds but I never lost my boobs those times. What gives?

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