Finally under 140 pounds!!

hello, first time posting to this sub!

i've been dieting since december of last year and im almost 20 lbs down:) I am a recovering binge eater, and after so long, I've found some tips that worked for me.

Number one: take a walk after eating. It takes up to 20 minutes after ur last bite to realize you're full. Also, getting those steps in, training your heart, and just getting away from food for a moment has really helped. My binge urges have lowered signifigantly.

Number two: don't cut your calories too low. This may lead to fatigue, muscle loss, and binge urges.

Number 3: stay hydrated. It's good for all your organs and weight loss journey

Number 4: pick up a hobby or just keep yourself busy. weight loss is a marathon, not a sprint. stay patient and don't wait to start living once u lose the weight. start now.

Number 5: keep triggers out of the house

hoping to lose another 20 by the end of this year. chasing the aethetic as i used to be super fit, healthy and active. Running with less weight on me will be highly beneficial.

good luck here to everyone. we got this

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Your weird and/or helpful weight loss habits?

Hi! Just wondering if anyone else has developed any weird helpful habits while losing weight?

For example, evert time I cook a meal from scratch I take a (terrible) photo of it and file it in a little album just for myself...I don't even record the recipes, I just like scrolling through and being like "ooh that was a good one, check me out, cooking with vegetables!"

It feels like a helpful little habit, as every time I look through I feel proud of myself and it encourages me to make more. I also get the weird "progress pic" feeling of seeing my portions and meal compositions change over time!

Just wondered if anyone else has developed a weird and/or helpful habits they wanted to share? :D

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Outrunning a bad diet update: anything worth doing is worth half assing. NSFW

I posted almost a year ago about how I was finding value in getting fit, even tho I had not addressed my diet. People found it helpful and I found the positive reinforcement helpful so here’s an update.

I still haven’t lost any weight! Ok I’ve dropped maybe 10 lbs but I’m still technically like 100lbs overweight according to the bmi scales. I currently weigh about 260, which puts me at a bmi of 39.5 which is um, pretty crap and puts me in all kinds of high risk categories for things like having another baby. Such fun.

But you know what? I feel great. I feel so good. I’ve dropped a pants size and I feel a lot more mentally stable. There’s still plenty of fat on me but I feel like a block of muscle and I have identifiable muscles on my back, arms and legs which is basically the coolest feeling ever. I did manage to catch Covid which has given me some long term shortness of breath and mildly screwed with my heart, which isn’t great but man I’m glad I started this BEFORE I got sick. My lung function is gradually improving and my heart rate is coming down. I also discovered that I was pretty severely anemic so I’ve been taking iron supplements which are making me feel like a million bucks.

Here are the pictures. It’s subtle but I can finally start to see a difference

https://imgur.com/a/u7svfCz

As before, I have not substantially altered my diet. I still eat pretty much what I want, when I want and sometimes that includes an entire bag of Cheetos. Food is still a mental and emotional crutch for me, but it had become somewhat less of an issue just naturally as I’ve gotten fitter. Probably the consistent endorphin hit from working out has to do with that and I suspect my blood sugar is more stable. I’m having fewer wild cravings and it’s a little easier to coast between meals. I am not dieting, or calorie counting or limiting myself, I just find myself wanting junk less, sort of in spite of myself.

I’m up to 2.5k in the pool 5 or 6 days a week, sometimes more, and the only reason I stop is that I have to go home and get the kids ready for school. Or else I’d do more.

Accepting that I could go to the gym and get fit for the sake of fitness and pleasure rather than as a weight loss strategy seems to have been an important step for me. I always felt like it was kind of pointless without limiting intake because you can’t outrun a bad diet. And you can’t. I have not lost any weight. I am still going to be considered high risk, my husband still can’t pick me up, chairs still bend when I sit in them. But I’m happy dammit and I feel good.

Anything worth doing is worth doing badly. According to the conventional wisdom I’m doing this all wrong, but it’s better than doing nothing.

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Starting over again

Hi all, I'm 27nb, 5'8", 254 pounds, and back into weight loss again. I've always struggled with overeating and binging but it's gone too far. A few years ago I was struggling with my gender and went very restrictive with binge/ purge cycles. I went from 228 to 160 and lost 68 pounds. I was almost at a healthy weight for the first time in my life. Clothes looked good, I could see my ribs, my collarbone were so defined, I didn't have thigh chafing. But I looked so unhealthy. I lost hair, my face was gaunt, I had bluish fingernails, I was always dizzy, my body always hurt. I ended up binging like crazy and gained 100 pounds in less than a year. I want to get back to that 160 pounds but in a healthy way.

I have accepted I'm addicted to sugar and have successfully stayed off added sugar (minus the 2g in my multigrain bread) for 2.5 months. I lost some weight (265 was my absolute highest) but I keep overeating the sugar free foods. Not as much but I still feel stuck in the cycle. My husband 24m is very supportive and also wants to lose weight with me. He's gone sugar free with me too.

I want to eat better and feel better. My last straw was a very painful, thick, raised rash on my inner thighs from chafing at work. It's very hot and I'm running around all day. It hurts to walk, to have my thighs touch. I had to buy diaper rash cream and I remembered I didn't have this issue when I lost weight. I don't have to deal with this.

I want to lose weight in a healthy, sustainable way. I also started seeing a therapist for food, gender, and life issues. This is just my introduction. I've lurked off and on but never had the guts to stay. I'm trying to find a vegetarian meal plan that isn't too restrictive and make sustainable goals.

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Weighed myself after a break from the scale and started to cry. Ugh.

I’ve gained 20 pounds over the past two years, which I know is manageable (I believe any weight loss can be), but this is after struggling with my weight for a decade and finally meeting my goals only to have lockdown piss on it. I am so disappointed in myself. I knew I was eating like shit and making no effort to move. I knew.

Lockdown was hard for everyone and so many have had to restart their health journey, so I know I’m not alone. I also know I’m accountable for myself after sticking my head in the sand, and I’ll get through it fine once I get back on the wagon, but I’m so frustrated and shocked right now all I can do is angry cry and clean. Before coffee even. Before coffee!

It’s sort of the straw that broke the camel’s back, too. It’s adding insult to injury after a very hard two years, and I’m so mad I don’t know where else to turn without people minimizing my grief. Apologies if this isn’t the right place to post this, but I needed to vent somewhere where people would understand the struggle before I sucked it up and got back to tracking calories and workouts. God, I’m being such a baby, but I’m so mad! What a brutal start to the day!

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NSV: I rode roller coasters today. I rode *all* the roller coasters today

Evenin’ folks! First time posting here so forgive me if I miss any rules… but I just had to share a pretty huge NSV for me today.

Throughout my youth I absolutely looooved roller coasters. Ever since my grandfather took me to Kings Dominion in VA for the first time I was hooked! The rush, the sounds, the screams, the laughs you share with your fellow riders at the end. It’s all just amazing and fills me with a joy for life. There’s just nothing like the energy and magic of a great amusement park.

However, over the past decade or so.. I would say I have sized out of being able to enjoy this lifelong passion. The harnesses would get juuuust a little too tight, before starting to not lock in at all. And I’m sure there are a few people here that have shared that embarrassment and shame of getting to the front of the line and then being told you cannot ride. It sucks.

Ever since I have pretty much avoided going to amusement parks altogether. Why would I spend that money and that time to just be reminded of what I used to love? And the few times I have gone to them have not been positive experiences for me and my family.

Fast forward to August of last year, at my peak weight of around 330, I started working a new job as a handler at a doggy daycare… and it kicked my butt! I had no clue the job would be as physically demanding as it is, as there is a ton of lifting and bending and stretching and moving 100 lb dogs around. My first week my boss noticed my profuse sweating and sheer exhaustion and gave me the simple advice of “Don’t worry, you’ll develop the stamina”

And develop it did! As the days and weeks passed I stuck with the sweat and it got easier! I wasn’t dead every night when I got home! And now eight months later maybe I have dropped enough weight to ride roller coasters!

Today I took a chance and bought a ticket to Six Flags with a voice in my head saying “Hope for the best but don’t overhype yourself.” My clothes are fitting looser and maybe that’s a good sign! So with my fanny pack strapped to my waist I headed into the park….

And to make a long story….. still pretty long…. I was able to fit onto every. single. ride today. None of the harnesses were too tight. Not even in that ‘the attendant had to push and buckle it for me’ kinda way. It felt just like it always had and I cannot overstate the joy and pride that I have tonight sitting on the couch and reflecting on the day. A day I thought would never happen.

My advice for anyone out there wondering what change could help in their weight loss journey… it would be to look into active jobs (should you have the opportunity and ability of course). I haaaate working out, but somehow don’t mind being paid to be active. And if you love dogs, and can put up with cleaning up after a bunch of them, dog handling can be great for weight loss.

Go out and ride your roller coasters again folks. I believe in you!! Thanks for making it this far :D

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where to begin

Hello! I am needing advice on where to begin. some background- I am a 5’ 6” female weighing right around 250 right now. im looking to be a healthy weight or somewhere around 150.

I feel like i’ve let myself go. i’ve gained over 45 pounds in 6 months, gained stretch marks everywhere, and frankly just starting to feel it catch up to me.

I don’t know where to begin on my weight loss. I know a gym is a good start, but im worried that it’s too late. I try to eat healthy but i frankly just don’t know how. any advice will help. TIA

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