Can Probiotics Aid in Weight Loss?

I've been doing some research about probiotics and their potential for aiding in weight loss, and I was wondering if anyone has any specific brand or product that consists of probiotics that have been proven to help people lose weight. I know a lot of people have said that certain Lactobacillus bacteria have helped tremendously, but I can't seem to find a product that's promising. Does anyone have any recommendations?

P.S. I know that there's a lot more to weight loss than just probiotics, I'm not looking for a magic pill or anything, I'm no beginner when it comes to losing weight either, I've gone from skinny to fat back to skinny 3 times and I'm currently down 25 pounds. I'm just interested in the idea of probiotics and their potential efficacy.

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What is your experience with zero sugar soda and weight loss?

I'm trying to lose the weight I put on over the last 4 years and get back down to 170. I've picked up zero sugar sodas over the insane amount of Monster energy I used to drink as well as reducing my caffeine intake overall. What is your experience with zero sugar soft drinks? I can't personally tell if these are working against me or for me in that they have no calories but they do have a lot of sodium.

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How I Reversed Acanthosis Nigricans

Hello everyone, I’m writing this in hopes that this can help at least one person. I’ve dealt with this condition for as long as I could remember. It had ruined my self esteem. I tried so many different methods such as scrubbing my skin raw but nothing fixed the dark patch around my neck. In April, I became familiar with insulin resistance after reading an article abt it. I was already overweight and knew that I had symptoms of pre-diabetes (skin tags, AR). Weight loss was the first step to reduce AR. Since April, i’ve been on a calorie deficit diet and have lost 10 pounds. I mostly cut down my sugar and carb intake. It’s not a lot but i’ve seen that I lost some weight around my neck area. While on a calorie deficit, I also started taking a supplement called inositol and began using this lotion called Amlactin 12% Lactic Acid. I believe these three factors have significantly reduced the dark ring around my neck which was so noticeable before. I still have a lot more to go in my weight loss journey, but I know now that this condition isn’t permanent and that there’s ways to treat it.

Trust me, I know how it feels to live with this condition. Just know that you can reverse it and help treat it. I hope this helps anyone reading it. Also, remember you are beautiful/handsome no matter what!

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Reached a point where iam barely losing weight

Hi, so i started working out in February 4 times a week with 2000 calories daily, the weight loss was going way to slow so i decided to go for 1500 calories and instead workout 5 times a week. I went from 85kg to 77kg , body fat 25% to 19% The issue for me is that right now iam barely being able to lose weight and i feel like 1500 calories is the bare minimum for a man that is working out now 5 times a week and playing football once a week . I also started to do incline treadmill for 10mins after every workout My goal is 70kg and iam losing about 0.3kg a week which will make this take forever

What should i do?

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Weird triggers anyone?

Ok, I have restarted my weight loss journey almost a month ago and today I realized two things: 1) I can't watch a Abbey (Abby?) Sharp video without slipping. I have nothing against her, she's a pro but I understand everything she says like:"eat whatever you want" and...it doesn't work for me. I know she's promoting balance but I don't think it works for me. I'm more a strict clean eater and YES I label certain foods as bad because...well...they make me feel like crap and it not just a matter of weight/aesthetic I literally feel sick if I eat a bar of Snickers for example. It tastes good but it's a bad food for me, so I just ban it. 2) A lot of time we don't have cravings but emotions we don't know how to express. Today after work, I wanted to eat a whole pizza . after having two slices of the healthiest pizza I could find (because we care about our greens in this house) I realized that I personally don't find pizza that great but I had a bad day, my project is going slowly because of a messy workplace...I was frustrated but I'm a "nice" girl I pretend it's ok. Anyone else can relate to these strange things? (Again not trying to judge people who can effectively balance everything or Mrs Sharp)

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Feeling grateful

I've read so many posts about partners and parents and friends trying to sabotage people on their weight loss journey. I just feel so lucky to have such a supportive partner. When we first started dating I was running c25k and he was my best cheerleader. I almost broke my ankle a few months into the relationship and couldn't run for over a year because of the damage. I gained a lot of weight because I unfortunately kept eating like I was running (the weed also didn't help with that lol).

But here I am again 40 pounds down on my latest journey and he instead of trying to sabotage he says that he'll just need to get in gear and keep up with me.🥰

We've been together over 8 years now and he's always been my biggest supporter when it comes to anything in my messed up life.

If you've got a support team in your life do something special for them to let them know how much you appreciate having them in your corner!

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Need Better Walking Shoes Plus The Highs And Lows Of Extreme Weight Loss

I’ve been writing in here a lot. So, hi, or, sorry. Whatever applies, haha.

I’ve been doing really great. I mean, great! Something shifted in me a few weeks ago. My mindset completely shifted. I’ve been staying on track. Adding fitness. Excited about getting to my goals. Excited to add new aspects to my journey, like today, I went walking for the first time in a long time and even took some high impact climb areas.

I used to hate sweating. I want to learn to like it. I think I do a bit! I’ve worked out almost everyday this week. Tomorrow will be my rest day, which is making me a bit anxious, but I need to learn balance. I have never known balance in my life. 33 years of mostly imbalance.

I have 166 lbs left to lose. It doesn’t look that big to me anymore. It’s a lot of weight, but I feel ready and able to tackle it. I look in the mirror and I do not like the way I look. I never have. I’ve never loved my body, or had a nice body, but I tell myself that getting to my goal weight, even with extra skin HAS to be better than this. It has to be. And when I’m sad that I see I’m far from it, I look myself in the mirror and say in my head to myself, “the only way to not be this way is to keep going. You can’t stop. That’s the only way.” And I listen to myself. Idk. I think I’ve become friends with myself???? There’s this quote that used to really make me tear up: “and I said to my body. softly. ‘I want to be your friend.’ it took a long breath and replied, ‘I have been waiting my whole life for this.” I just feel it now for some reason. After years of chronic illness hell, I guess we became closer. I’ve always felt so detached from my own body. Like, disassociating completely. I was taught to hate my body and myself. But I don’t want that. All of the people who made me feel that way turned out, oddly enough, not to be such great people. I don’t want to be anything like them.

And I’ve been feeling good and strong and proud of myself. But then today, it’s hot as heck by me. Heat wave out of no where. And I am still in this very overweight body (311). No clothing looks too great on me, and I am especially insecure to wear anything that is appropriate for such hot weather. So I was angry and mad at myself and saying really mean things, which I didn’t even want to be doing. But I can’t help it. And I think I just have to accept that about myself and where I am right now. Right? Like, it is frustrating to finally implement things that make you healthy while you are still not that healthy.

Extreme highs and lows from it. Head not matching body. Body not matching head.

So on my walk I was listening to rap. Such good workout music. And I was suffering a bit. And I was like, I know you’re suffering and that’s why we are doing this. This is hard mode. You have been living in hard mode and the continuation of this brings easy mode.

So, whatever, just some venting thoughts.

If you’ve come this far, please drop great walking shoe recs. I have these Ryka sneakers I bought a year ago and they’re awful!! Rub against the back of my ankle. Too loose in the toes. Ugh. I was so angry. Hurt my arch.

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