Need to lose 51.8 kgs to achieve my target body weight

So I hired a personal trainer in May 2022 as I was going nowhere exercising and dieting based off of my own research, plus I had become really fat at 130.5 kgs. This is the heaviest I’ve ever been in my entire life. Since then I’ve lost ~ 7 kgs, weighing 123.3 kgs. The large amount of weight loss seems like a daunting target. I am somewhat disheartened at the slow rate of progress. How do you cope with a slow rate of weight loss?

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I have lost so much weight and no one noticed

Today I went to my doctors office to get a copy of my records and found I clocked in at 242 lbs in 2019 which brings my total weight loss to 64 lbs. I am quite short so I am still obese, but 64 lbs is insane. Last week I asked one of my closest friends if she had noticed I had lost a ton of weight and she was like “uhhhhh I guess”. I told her I lost 50 lbs and thought I was seeing changes in my body but wanted to know if it was all in my head and she said “well if you really lost 50lbs it’s definitely not all in your head” which was…. discouraging. I even told her I was excited to be able to see my collarbones peaking out and she said “I think that just depends on your posture” I know she wasn’t trying to be rude but this conversation is still replaying in my head. I know the “no one” in my title is an exaggeration, I’ve noticed, other people have probably noticed and not said anything. I know paper towel effect, it’ll get more obvious when i’m smaller. I know it doesn’t really matter if she’s noticed or not, but it took so much courage to ask that question and I am embarrassed that her answer wasn’t just “Yes! I’ve noticed!”

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SV and NSV: Long time lurker, first time poster. Maybe some pearls of wisdom herein?

Hi all. I've been lurking this sub since 2015.

About me. 38 M 6'3 ( 190 cm )

Starting weight: 378 lb ( 171.46 kg )

Current weight: 356 lb ( 161.48 kg )

Goal weight: My goal is to stay focused on today and feel better than before. See below.

My weight loss journey is kind of the story of my whole adult life, even before. As an adult working a physical job, I was around 250 and pretty active outside of work. Once I started my career which involves basically no moving and a lot of sitting I shot up 45lbs to 295 lbs. I got married, but it turned out pretty rough in not a lot of time, and my weight kept creeping up. Around January 2015 at 24 lbs, in the depths of a stressful job and marriage I threw myself once again at trying to get my weight and health under control. I was met with great success, and lost over 100 lbs. In the summer of 2016 I ran a quarter marathon, something I never dreamed I would be capable of. However, I had mental health issues that I didn't fully deal with, and my year and a half long health kick also enabled me to ignore the pain and stress of my marriage. Things eventually fell apart. I separated from my ex-wife in 2017. This was ( and has been, in some ways ) both liberating and very stressful and my weight continued to creep up. In March 2019, I was on another health kick, but by then back up to 325 lbs. COVID happened, of course. The lockdowns had a severe impact on my mental health. At one point I hadn't seen another human being in person in six weeks. In 2021 I was diagnosed with type two diabetes. I hit my all time high six weeks ago, of 378.

That brings us to today. I've learned quite a lot over the years. I've known how to eat properly and exercise since I was a teenager. So it's not really about all that.

1 ) I've learned everyone needs a healthy support network of family and friends. My younger self was apt to shut people out when I wasn't doing well. I feel like men especially turtle up when things aren't going the best. Stiff upper lip and all that.

2 ) Therapy is good. Embrace the process wholeheartedly. Prepare for change, and sometimes some pain while you get your mental health in order. Prepare to leave behind habits and behaviours that may have helped you survive in the past, but are hindering your ability to thrive now.

3 ) The magic is in the getting there. Goals are fine. But I can't count how many blowouts I've had due to "I'm not happy with my progress on goal X". If you're like me, the goalposts are always moving, if you're waiting to cross the finish line to pat yourself on the back, stop it. Right now. Every day you don't sit on the couch and eat an obscene amount of tendies is a huge win. Let yourself feel gratitude and accomplishment for everything you do, even if it seems it barely registers next to your gigantic goals. You eat an elephant one bite at a time, same as everything else. Be mindful of today, and keep your focus here as much as possible.

4 ) "Slip ups" are fine. It's OK to occasionally sit on your ass and eat an obscene amount of tendies. Now I like to say to myself "Perfect is the enemy of good". It's OK to have slip ups, or off days, or cheat days. It's better if you do, no one can be 100% vigilant. It ends up sucking, and it inevitably ends in burn out. You can have cake at your sister's wedding, or drink a bunch of beers with the boys or whatever. The rest of the time you should be doing consistent good for your health ( but not necessarily perfect! ).

Anyways, I really think that now I have the "mental scaffolding" for more long term success in place.

I love the non-zero day ethos.

I really recommend the book "Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones" by James Clear. Fantastic book, I carry bits of it around in my memory. Among other things it's helped me get to where I am today.

Anyways y'all keep your chins up. Tomorrow is a new day.

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CALLING CHEERLEADERS: Returning to weight loss with a set goal in mind - cosmetic surgery

Hello world! 40/f/5'3"/176lbs/starting over

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Not seeking advice or anti-surgery comments. thank you.

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Seven years ago I was in this subreddit trying to keep motivated with weight loss and did very well. I made a few accountability buddies and succeeded through CICO and increasing movement. My spouse and I got an affordable trainer, joined a gym, and got to a comfortable place with strength and stamina for a few years. As someone with body dysmorphia, I was so close to feeling like myself as I went on this journey. Starting weight was recorded at 233lbs and the lowest weight was 147lbs. The last 10lbs were due to an intense race training schedule. I went from XXL to M clothing and it opened up fashion options. I became so much more confident because I knew what my body was capable of.

Spouse and I started getting invited to cool private events, officially shifted to polyamorous relationship dynamic, and had an active social life for about four years. I ran a couple of half marathons, joined a recreational soccer league, and life felt great. At that point I was considering saving up for cosmetic surgery because of the loose skin. A few of my friends have done the same and their quality of life and confidence went way up. I wanted that too - to have my outsides match my insides.

Then spouse was on disability due to extreme workplace stress and that's when we derailed. Depression meant no motivation. We broke routine entirely. No money meant no trainer so we thought "we'll just rely on the gym." Then we stopped going to the gym and preferred social engagements instead. We experienced ostracization, the pandemic brought on extreme mood disorder cycles, and one of my partners died of cancer. A real fucked up combination. My agoraphobic ass, understandably, ate all the feels. Laying around despondent was my main hobby. In total I gained half the loss back and hovered around 180-185lbs for a year. My spouse mirrored that result. Its been three years of nothing.

My spouse had a gallbladder attack in January due to poor eating choices so he HAD to reign it in. We agreed to do this together. He immediately started seeing results and I didn't. It was discouraging. Clearly just eating less junk food wasn't cutting it. My anchor partner (not spouse) offered to cover the cosmetic surgery when we first started dating. Generous offer but felt weird to accept such a costly gift. I refused for years... until now. Turning 40, experiencing the loss of loved ones during a pandemic, and getting mental health support really opened my eyes. The reality is that my metabolism is slowing down and genetics are not on my side. The kids grew up and moved out. I do not have social obligations in the way. So... if not now, when? Why the fuck not?

A month ago I had a consult with one of the highest rated (all-female) surgical teams in my area. During that visit I felt no shame! Even when I had to stand there in my underwear being photographed and examined, no shame. Not only was I eligible for a 360 lipo and tuck, but they were willing to let me gauge my readiness. I told the doctor that I want to build muscle and get to a goal weight before we scheduled anything. I did the math and if I can manage 1lb a week, then the start of next year is doable. She said it was a good idea and we set a progress appointment in November and are shooting for February/March 2023.

The last four weeks I've buckled down with CICO and increased movement. Results are happening. Its a slow process, but I've done this before. I know how to accomplish fitness and weight control goals. The first time I was incredibly cruel to myself and exhibited internalized fatphobia. This time around I'm practicing radical loving kindness and accept where I'm at.

TL;DR I'm back. I'm doing this. I need cheerleaders. The goal is tangible and there is a reward.

Thank you for reading the wall of text. Hopefully I can find some kindred spirits again.

*party hat emoji*

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M/29/5'8" [208 lbs > 168lbs = 40 lbs] (~11 months) Time lapse, took a picture a day during my weight loss journey

Time lapse pictures and graph viewer: https://jonathanmaiorana.com/prog-pics-viewer/index.html

Posted previously: Dieted over the course of about 11 months. No strict calorie counting. Just targeted about 1600 calories per day or so. Lots of cheat days along the way. No specific exercise performed, but was doing a lot of gardening/yardwork/turning compost in the warmer months.

Took nearly a picture a day and built an interactive viewer with a graph to show off the progression. I think it's pretty cool to see the fat steadily melt off.

I've since built an app to allow anyone to make a similar visualization. It's still a work in progress but the basic functionality is there. Wanted to gauge interest before committing too much more time to it.

https://jonathanmaiorana.com/weightloss-prog-pics-timelapse-builder/index.html

Check it out and let me know if it's something you would use.

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starting my weight loss journey today

Hi so today is my official first day on my weight loss journey. I’ll give some detail and some back story. I’m posting here to try and hold myself accountable and I’m going to compile a list of what i eat every day and my workout time and at the end of it all I’ll post on here what I did to lose weight. I’m not setting a specific weight goal I just want to feel good about myself. Ideal weight I guess would be 140-155.

So I’m a 21 year old female and I’m 5’5 200 pounds.

Some back story I guess about my self:

So I’ve always been fairly tiny my whole life, always had a round face but never too bad. I started birth control when I was 17 5’3 and gained about 10-15 pounds from 2017-2020 not too bad. I was 150 when I was started feeling terrible from my birth control; sick, period symptoms that lasted 2 weeks, was retaining water. I was 160 and 20 when I decided to see my obgyn and talked to her about it. She said I was retaining water that’s why I was gaining weight and she’s swap me to a new birth control pill to help with the weight and pain. So I get on a new pill and continue gaining weight and I’m dizzy falling over from it. Go back to her two months later I’m 175. Get put on a different pill go back two months later 190. Get out on another one to back 2 months later I’m 210. My diet hasn’t changed too severely I’m gaining weight rapidly they just want to put me on new pills, don’t want to test me for anything. Eventually I go see my doctor tell them to check my thyroid and got a bunch of blood work i had nothing wrong. They just said it takes time to get used to birth control but at that point I was 215+ and not slowing down. I decided I didn’t want to be 300 pounds from birth control. So I stopped taking any medicine I was given.

I decided to weight myself in May I had stopped taking medicine for one month and I felt better mentally and physically. I weight 190 and I hadn’t done any exercise or anything. Well I got to comfortable and figured I’d just be dropping weight like crazy after birth control and I gained 10 pounds between May to today (July 23) so I realized I had to do something if I wanted to feel my best. So I exercised for 35 minutes yesterday had my last shit meal and I slept amazing last night and actually felt good after working out I wasn’t too exhausted. So today I’m officially starting my journey. Im eating 1200 calories a day, not drinking soda, exercising weekdays for 30 mins to an 1 hour taking breaks on weekends.

Birth control ruined my life because it ruined my self esteem and put me into a depression because I was gaining weight so rapidly. I felt like my doctors didn’t care about me or my problem. I’ll never be on birth control again and when I’m old enough I’ll have my tubes tied. It’s not normal to gain as much weight as I did in less than a year when I was eating what I always ate. But wish me luck on my journey and any advice is welcomed. I’d like to be 140 for the numbers but I just want to feel good about myself.

Also I have pictures of myself right now but I’ll post the before and after once I starting losing weight.

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Had an epiphany today...and my mindset has FINALLY changed!

This may seem obvious to many, but as someone who kept putting off losing weight over and over because I knew it would take a while to see changes in my body and even longer to reach my goals, this epiphany really shook me awake.

So many times I have wanted to start losing weight (I have about 35-40lbs to lose and I have done it before so I know what it takes). I never actually allowed myself to start (mentally or physically) because I was so discouraged by the fact that it was going to take months and months of work to see any results. I don't mind doing the work, I just want immediate results (impossible, I know lol).

But as I was thinking about it the other day, I realized that those months are going to pass me by regardless if I start, so what the hell am I waiting for? Today is day three of consistent 5 AM workouts, 1600 calories or less, and in a caloric deficit. Drinking tons of water and noticing my body seems less bloated, and happier, plus I am more energized at work in the morning after a workout! I am so proud of myself for starting, but more importantly, I am proud of myself for changing my mindset and my perspective. Something tells me this new mindset is going to be key to my success!

TL;DR - Yeah weight loss takes months, sometimes even years depending on your goals. But those months and years are going to pass you by regardless if you start your weight loss journey or not. What are you waiting for?!

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