In order to succeed, losing weight should not be your goal but merely the consequence of slowly building healthy life-time habits

I've done it all: crazy and intense workout to compensate my binges, crazy food restrictions that would backfire after days or week, take advantage of summer manual jobs to lose weight effortlessly only to gain the weight back when i would switch back to office jobs/studying. I was so sure that weight loss was simply not to me, that it would require focus, sacrifice, some intense innate willpower. None of that is strictly true or necessary, none. And so here I was, just two months ago, at my heaviest yet; binging, neglecting exercise, I just wanted to maximize my comfort, but it was a goal set to fail, as I was seeing me letting myself go, day after day, the clothes fitting tighter, my face getting rounder and my gut bigger. After a very unnecessary binge (a lot of pizza roll after eating dinner) I began to question what was I really doing and how it was impacting me but I decided to focus not on losing weight but on my relationship with food and I how I could gain a greater enjoyment by eating less and eating things I liked without sacrificing much (thanks to CICO and Intermittent Fasting 8:16 as I don't like breakfast) and I planned a routine workout I could actually succeed and I focused on the mental benefits that derived from it. 2 months later I lost 20 lbs, I feel happier and more energized, I'm glad of being free of that sense of guilt and not once I thought that I was sacrificing myself or forced myself with workout and food I don't enjoy. Life is already hard as it is, lifetime habits should be as effortless as possible.

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Does anyone here eat basically the same thing everyday?

34F, 5’4”, SW: 168, CW: 159, GW: 135-140

I started tracking and CICO a little more than a month ago. I’m down about 10 lbs, which is really encouraging, but I haven’t lost anything at all in close to two weeks.

I’m finding it much, much easier to just eat the same thing everyday, or almost the same thing, rather than eating a wide variety of meals. As soon as I try incorporate something different, not only do I usually end up adding calories, it also kind of makes me forget that I’m trying to maintain a calorie goal, and I end up less likely to stay within my limit.

Everything I’ve read states that variety is the key to successful weight loss, because you’re less likely to feel deprived, but I think I must be the exception to that rule.

Are others out there like me? I’d love to hear from someone who might have been doing this for longer than I have.

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I can't believe how out of shape I am

43f 5'5" 226lbs. I just returned home from vacation and am utterly disappointed in myself. I went on a moderate level 3.5 mile hike and a separate 25 min steep 1/2 mile hike to reach some zip lines during my vacation. I was so out of breath on both of them. I had to stop and take so many breaks. Summer 2020 I was hiking everywhere without issue. Even? though I have been obese for some time , I've always been able to be active and keep up with my kids and others. This was so embarrassing for me. I'm contemplating weight loss surgery now. Ugh. I just really need to get this weight off.

What was your catalyst for change?

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A weird but welcome NSV

https://imgur.com/gallery/91mUqJQ So my weight loss journey has been going on for just over a year now. It's going pretty well. Got some good habits going strong, including vigorous exercise. I have started jogging now and I'm enjoying it. According to my Fitbit, my cardio fitness has gone from poor to average and I'm pretty happy about it. But today I was procrastinating and scrolling through Reddit for a while. I also have a refrigerator that makes spooky rhythmic "haunted" sounds. So while I was sitting still for an unusually long period of time, my Fitbit detected my heart rate at below resting heart rate and decided I was asleep. I was confused when looking at the dashboard because I didn't nap and I especially didn't snore, but my Fitbit stats said "snore report" for the time I was sitting still. So that was weird but I'm very happy with the improvement in my cardio fitness.

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How likely is it that my TDEE is wrong?

I've heard that your sedentary TDEE is supposed to be fairly accurate but after a year of weight loss I just don't think mine is.

At 5'7 and 176 lbs, my sedentary TDEE is now supposed to be 1909 cals, but I am active (probably lightly active) so it should be more than that. So I should lose 1+ lb a week eating 1400 cals, but I never have. I have the happy scale app and there hasn't been even one week that I've gone down a whole pound, it's more like 0.6-0.7 lbs a week according to my app.

I've been counting my cals every day for quite a while with a food scale and I feel pretty confident that I'm doing it accurately. Is my TDEE being inaccurate a possibility?

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A few simple changes in my diet that I think might have helped with my weight loss

Everyone's different of course. Below is what seems to have worked for me though:

• Started drinking only water. When I realized how many calories a glass of milk has, I dropped milk immediately. Dropped coffee and juice as well. I used to legit drink 3 glasses of milk and coffee a day just out of anxiety. Now if I'm tired in the morning I just shower first and then eat some fruits and eggs, whereas before I used to go straight for milk and coffee.

• 2 fried or boiled eggs for breakfast everyday, as I always have. This part hasn't changed.

• no sugary foods. If my tongue desires tasting something sweet, I'll eat a banana, a mango, strawberries, or dark chocolate thats above 90% cocoa (that's about 5g of sugar or less). For whatever reason, stevia sweetened chocolate (like Lily's brand or whatever it's called) has a fuck ton of calories, so I avoid those.

• No fried chicken or sauced chicken (like Korean BBQ or Teriyaki or something like that), only plain ass white ass slightly seasoned grilled chicken. (I buy Mesquite chicken from Sam's Club). I was told those sauces have way too much sugar and other stuff that it has too much of. I eat 1 chicken breast a day on most days, with different vegetables each night (green beans, carrots, tomatoes, etc). I prefer frying vegetables with a light amount of vegetable spray oil.

• no pasta

• no dairy

• I eat a handful of saltless almonds or peanuts every few days

• I eat some fish once a week, usually swai, tuna, tilapia, or salmon. I fry my fish, I know some people prefer boiling them though. Occasionally eat shrimp, which I prefer boiled (is that weird? Lol)

• I eat potatoes every 3 or 4 days with the skin

• occasionally eat lentils, like maybe once a month.

• I eat about 1 apple a day, 2 bananas a day, with strawberries and mangos being about once a week.

• no rice

• I eat 1 steak maybe every 3 or 4 days. I prefer thin Cuban style steaks. I eat them with fried garlic and onions.

For exercise I'm running about 1 mile a day and doing 30 minutes of high-rep/low-weight weightlifting every day.

In about 1 month of doing this I've lost about 30 pounds. I don't feel hungry all the time, though I do get super hungry after weightlifting, which is why I eat dinner right after that. But I never feel hungry in the morning or before working out.

Anyways, tell me what you think.

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I hate it when my family comments on my weight loss journey.

Growing up my family has always spewed fat phobic things to me, and recently since i’ve been making a change , while they have been supportive , i kind of HATE it ? I haven’t forgotten the time my brother called me fat when i was only 7 years old, i haven’t forgotten them forcing me to a nutritionist at 9 when i was quite the average weight at that time. Each time they’ve mentioned i should go to the gym with them or eat less - While i know it may be a bit of a problem, it hurts and it’s always hurt. As i’ve grown older they disguise it as a family thing where “oh we should all workout together and do this diet” I know it’s been targeted at me. When my sister mentions that and says i should lose weight and i reply back with i’m happy with how my body looks and feel now and she says “it’s a bit too much though” it hurts. I started a little less than a month ago and i’ve lost 6 pounds, and i have hardly even brought it up to them because i HATE when they cheer it on. Sure it’s the healthy thing to do, but i will never forget how they have treated me differently due to my weight and appearance and have always brought down my weight. I don’t want their support , and just never want them to mention my body or weight ever. I feel happy and proud of myself , and i love when my friends support me - because i know that they also supported me at my heaviest . Is it strange to feel this way?

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