You often hear that we notice our own weight loss before others do…but I’ve had the opposite experience. Anyone else?

I started getting comments at around 20 pounds lost. Family members & friends were telling me that I looked like I lost weight. I couldn’t see it though. I felt as if I looked the exact same as I did at my heaviest.

At first I even thought people were saying that just to be nice. But then I realized, 60% of the people complementing me, don’t even know that I’m on a weight loss journey. I didn’t understand why I couldn’t see it myself.

It wasn’t until I hit about 30 pounds that my eyes caught up. I looked in the mirror one day and thought, “Damn, I do look thinner!”

I often hear people say that we see our progress before others do. I find it funny that my experience has been the opposite. Was it like this for anybody else?

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I think I broke my metabolism... how do I fix it?

Hi everyone! I started 2022 on a weight loss journey. I am 43M and 5'9". I started at about 280 lbs. In March I learned I needed to have surgery on my back and decided to lose weight in preparation. I started on WW and lost about 40lbs before my surgery in May. After the surgery I decided to switch to a plant based diet and weight started to drop even more. In July I ended up messing up my digestion with the abundance of plant foods and ended up eating very little for a few weeks while I recovered. I was taking in less than 1000 calories for a couple weeks. Slowly getting back to my average of 1500 calories which is what I was at before the stomach bloating issues. After July I started to have problems with dry skin, coldness, fatigue, etc. My RHR went from 64 to 54 and my BP dropped to 115/78. I attribute these drastic changes to my huge dietary change from health concious WW to plant based no meat no dairy no oil no sugar ( macros like 80 carb 10 fat 10 protein).

I believe this is due to my prolonged caloric deficit and huge dietary change. How can I help recover my metabolism? I assume I just slowly increase the calories?

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Looking for experiences with the sleeve

I (27F) have been thinking of getting the gastric sleeve surgery to help me with my weight loss journey. I’ve struggled my whole life with my weight and think that normal dieting and exercise isn’t a realistic answer for me because every time I’ve tried, I’ve failed after a few months.

While my weight has fluctuated, I’ve consistently had a BMI of 40 or above. I’m on the shorter side (4’10) and am now at my heaviest (220). It feels impossible to even get to where I want to be without a more permanent change.

I feel like sometimes I physically need to be stopped or it will never happen.

Would love to know is anyone on this sub has tried it and what their experience was.

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I much prefer the term "cutting weight" to "dieting".

This is just my personal thoughts about these words and their connotations (nothing here should be taken seriously). I do think the words we choose are important.

I have always hated the word "dieting". The word has negative connotations to me.

Every time someone tells me they are on a "diet" it seems to be some absurd new fad diet that is painfully restrictive on what a person can eat (as opposed to plain ole calorie counting). It makes you think of the negative parts of weight loss. Restriction. Craving. Consumerism.

To me, the archetypal "dieter" is someone who only eats only potatoes for a month because of something they saw on facebook or daytime television. A diet is something that you try for about a week and then give up because it sucks and makes you miserable. Or the "subway diet" where you order a meatball sandwich everyday for lunch (because hey it worked for Jared, right?).

On the other hand, "cutting weight" is something that an athlete does. The connotations are positive. Every pound lost is an accomplishment when you are cutting weight. It makes you think about your goal. The term also focuses on overall energy balance as opposed to just the intake of calories. This invokes a more accurate idea of the calorie in, calorie out principle

When I tell myself I am "cutting weight" I feel a sense of pride. Hell yeah, I am a badass and I am going to get lean.

When I tell myself I am on a "diet", I think "I really want a fucking cookie right now".

That is all.

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When should I start trying to build muscle and when should I switch my diet?

Hey everyone, I’m pretty far along in my weight loss journey, I started at 290lbs in 2019 and got down to about 208lbs which is where I’m at now. I’ve been calorie counting and experimenting with intermittent fasting, and it’s seemed to work. The question I have is, at what weight or point do I start making the switch from cutting to bulking? I want to have a muscular build so I know I need to eat more protein and increase my caloric intake, but I don’t want to do so and have it increase my fat percentage. Going along with that, another question I have would be how do I start the transition from dieting for weight loss to dieting for muscle gain? For context, I’m a 22 y.o. 6ft male. Thanks!

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Comments on losing too much weight

Hello everyone! I've recently discovered this subreddit and am grateful for it. I started my (most recent) weight loss journey in 2020. I reached my highest weight in 2018 after the unexpected death of mother and then dropped about ten lbs once I stopped eating and drinking all my grief but still was quite heavy. In 2020 I finally got it together and lost about 50ish lbs. Last year I spent most of the year in physical therapy and regained 10lbs. It's taken me until the summer to lose those ten lbs and now I'm finally back on track to getting to my goal weight (generally speaking... I won't know for sure until I get there and know things will fluctuate as I put on muscle) now I'm down about 60lbs in total and training for my first half marathon :)

Anyway now I'm getting some comments about not losing too much weight. A coworker today insisted on it that I was at a good spot and not to lose more. I don't understand why people do this or even feel comfortable doing it. I can't imagine telling someone that. I'm just okay thanks for your input. It's not changing my goals and it doesn't really bother me but it's still just weird to me.

Just had to share that and share a little bit of my story as I've been mostly just reading others' posts and commenting here and there.

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no one talks about the negatives of post weight-loss

I’ve (M15) lost about 70 LBS (221-143) within a year or so and i’m still unhappy. See I wanted to lose weight since I was like 11 years old, I wasn’t “fat” I was just unhappy with my body. It wasn’t until 6th grade when I started gaining all of this weight and becoming “fat”. Maintained my weight until 8th grade when Quarantine hit and The Pandemic started. The way I used to eat was insane lmao and it was very rough to keep with any goal weights. I kept doing diets and youtube workouts eventually lost 20 LBS. I lacked motivation and discipline tho, so I gained it all back and more. At that point I just stopped caring about losing weight and gained hella confidence for some reason. It’s like I accepted my body for what it was and we were quarantined so my thought process was “well no one’s gonna see me”. When Quarantine started to end and we were allowed to be within society again, people started pointing out my weight gain.. I was like 14.

Fast Forward, Freshman year.. Still “fat” but my height evened it out so I wasn’t that big. I wasn’t in love with myself like before and actually hated everything about my self. I felt inferior to everyone in my grade (I barely knew anyone), Yep my self esteem was that low. Constantly comparing myself to other people. Then, November hit. Started to diet extremely and lay in bed all day. Noticed the scale going down within a month. Probably lost about 17 lbs in that first month. I got the hang of the weight loss thing at month 3. Fairly happy with my progress (month 3) and decided to stop losing weight (lost a lot of weight by then Maintained my weight for as long as I could. Eventually I gave in and started losing weight again. Everyone noticed, my parents calling me “too skinny” and telling me to eat. I wasn’t even that thin, parents are so dramatic. Losing weight didn’t do anything major for me but make me unhappier with everything overall.

Losing weight did nothing but improve my “health” I guess. It caused me to be extremely anxious in public all the time. For those of you who think losing weight would get rid of all your problems trust me, It really doesn’t. (I know everyone says this but it’s true, Some people might feel happier but losing weight really doesn’t guarantee happiness or confidence). I don’t think my self esteem has ever been this low or my depression being this bad. This does not apply to everyone though, it’s my personal issues.

PS: this isn’t to make anyone feel discouraged to lose weight just wanted to share my story. Thank you

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