Stuck at a weight loss plateau

Hello everyone. My girlfriend(23) is trying to lose weight for the past few weeks. She cut sugar completely from her diet. Initially she started with 1000cal diet and started losing some weight. Now she is stuck at 147lbs and its been the same for the past two weeks even though she reduced the calorie intake to 700 and added 30min cardio. I know its unhealthy to reduce it to such a drastic amount but we don’t know how to proceed further or break this plateau. Now we are afraid to cut calories further. Any advice is appreciated. Some background on her lifestyle. She used to eat a lot of sweets and used to be 171lbs or overweight her entire life. Only now she started losing weight. She has very low physical strength and never been to gym. Her current diet usually contains eggs, fruits like orange pomeg with some carbs like bread n rice

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Went off the rails and gained 24"

(35/f/5'2"/224 lbs)

It's truly amazing to me how such a drastic change can take place without me being fully conscious of it.

Some backstory- I have always been overweight, but in 2018 I started exercising regularly and eating well. I lost 30 pounds and felt amazing.

I just found my measurements from February 2020, just before everything everywhere went crazy. I am 8" bigger in my bust, waist and hips for 24" gained overall. Two new feet of me. Hot damn.

The positive changes I'd made became a COVID casualty. At the same time the pandemic hit, my then-fiance got stuck in the States while visiting. I was a teacher and taught through the pandemic hell. Got married. Entered the immigration nightmare. Then a career switch. I just generally found myself focusing on everything other than taking care of myself. This year I ran into

I knew I had gained 40 lbs, but that didn't quite hit like realizing how many inches I had added.

The last few weeks I have been trying to make changes- more movement, strength training three times a week, getting up to move more during my workday. When it comes to food I have a complete mental block - our diets are fairly decent and the changes I need to make aren't crazy - I just find myself unable to focus and remember to track calories and such.

Guess I'm just generally struggling with focus. Maybe this inches revelation will help. What do you guys do when you're weight loss/health building "bleh"?

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There's always something else: feeling frustrated. Feel like a freak

I've been on keto for a few years now. I got to point where I was making it work for me, eating fast food but substituting bread and tortillas for the low carb versions. I was able to lose enough that I'm the lowest weight I've been in my adult life.

Thing is, I have a B-belly. I was looking up info about that specifically and find out it's also called a hormonal belly and is affected by hormonal imbalances in the body. Suddenly, I have to also consider so many new things and, though I've been losing weight, I've still been doing everything wrong.

Ok, I know I haven't been doing everything "wrong". But it's frustrating that weight loss is still this medical mystery that's still being researched. New information is going to continue to come to light that'll result in what I'm doing now not being enough. And even then, these new revelations result in new guidelines that result in my being limited even more.

I already hate so much that I can't eat how my peers do. I hate turning down food. I already felt like a freak, and now this.

Ever since finding out all this new info I've been trying to figure out how to make that work too. In the meantime I'm eating like I used to. I feel my pants getting tighter. I'm so disheartened right now.

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Weight loss changed my life but my mother is discouraging it

Hello everyone. I (15F) have been overweight for a long time - I think since I was maybe eleven. I’ve always been “big boned” - sorry I don’t know how to say it in English, but my ribs and bone structure are generally bigger. I am 5’4 and for most of my life have fluctuated from 142 - 152 pounds. But around a year ago I decided to change that and started reading tips and working to lose weight. It worked and I have done amazing, I am now around 98 pounds and my goal is to continue to lose until 85 - 90 then maintain (i guess i’m lucky i don’t have loose skin, maybe it’s the time). But my mother has caught on and is very upset. She noticed that I skip most of my meals (I do intermediate fasting and eat around 800 cal a day for six hours in the morning) and work out a lot (i try to take a 10K steps a day on our treadmill but it’s easy for me). she also said i never eat sweets anymore but i just feel uncomfortable when i eat sweets now. it’s very frustrating because my dad is supportive of me as he also lost lots of weight but my mother is frustrated with me. what to do to help her understand and not worry?

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A month ago I posted about my biggest jeans being too tight. Today they fit comfortably!

No dramatic weight loss or anything as of right now. I’m not using scales, just counting calories. There is no visible difference yet. BUT..

The weather’s getting colder where I am, and I’ve been wearing leggings and more stretchy pants the past few days to avoid having to face the jeans. Today, I just decided- fuck it, I’m going to try them on because it’s been a little over a month of making healthier choices. Last time I did this in the middle of august, I was huffing and puffing trying to button them, squeezing my stomach in.

They fit! And it was so weird because it wasn’t like the strain-muscles trying to button them…they buttoned like regular pants. When I was walking to class, I wasn’t even aware of them. I just walked. Like a normal human being.

I definitely won’t be changing my wardrobe to smaller sizes any time soon but it’s nice to feel normal :)

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Altering my diet for further weight loss

I’m a 5’8, 154 lb female. I’ve been on a rather strict low carb diet for a month. I eat 1600-1700 calories a day and weigh my food using kitchen scales. I was able to lose 3,3 lbs this way but I want to speed up my weight loss a little bit. Exercise-wise, I try to go jogging every day for 30-45 minutes.

On average, I eat 110g carbs, 85g fat and 90-95g protein a day. I’ve been thinking of replacing my dinner with a protein shake, would that work? Or should I do something else? I feel like I need to lower my carb intake and focus on protein instead.

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I'm 18 and weigh 285 lbs.

I recently started running around a highschool near where I live. Each lap is around 8 minutes with minor running. Recently I've been struggling with trying to keep consistent running. Tips on running will be greatly appreciated. Aswell I recently got a new gym membership as the old one was canceled. So tips on exercises would be greatly appreciated. Last of all I eat to put on some muscle, just enough to be noticeable.

Ps Subreddits for dieting, recipes for weight loss, tips on weight loss, building muscle will be greatly appreciated.

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