Why does my mind give up after reaching a certain weight?!

I (18F) was 71kgs when I consciously started my weight loss journey. I had lost weight before but it wasn’t because I was eating properly (although I was eating better than before) but it was because I chose to start walking whenever I could. I later fell back into my inactive life style and after 3-4 months I decided I had to do something when my dad bought a scale and I saw I was 71 kgs. I am now 63 kgs. I went from 71 kgs to 62kgs within 7 months which is a slow progress for some. But I am still quite proud of myself because I had to motivate myself while living with my parents. My mom is the kind of person who will freak out if I don’t eat two meals although will be totally fine if I stuff myself with food in those two meals, as long as it’s homemade food. Because she sees homemade food as completely harmless and doesn’t care if I eat too much. On the opposite had, my dad also has eating issues which I can tell but he doesn’t care about it much because he looks fit. He can go without eating if he doesn’t like the food for a long time, but as soon as there’s some kind of junk food in the house he has to eat it. So as you can tell I had to make quite some adjustments to loose even that much.

But the issue is that, after I got to 61kgs it feels like mind gave up. I simply can’t be 60kgs. My mind makes me feel relaxed when I am 61 but as soon as I hit 62/63 kgs I start feeling extremely anxious. What should I do? Also, loosing all the weight I have lost before was way easier than loosing weight now. I had a very inactive lifestyle and binge eating issues. I could loose a lot of weight by changing my lifestyle very little. But right now it feels harder. I have to go harder on myself to even loose 1 kgs. Could someone explain why that is? And what should I do to fix all of these?

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Intermittent fasting IS NOT disordered eating!

So I was recently having dinner with some family and friends, and my girlfriends cousin mentions at dinner to me that she’s heard that I’ve been doing OMAD to lose weight. I didn’t think anything of it, in fact, I was taking it as a compliment that she’d noticed I’ve lost weight during the past month. I’m then immediately proven wrong as she states in a very judgmental tone “Intermittent fasting is disordered eating you know, it’s not healthy” to which I replied very curtly “Neither is being fat. The table went quiet upon my comment, so it seems I struck a nerve with my girlfriends family, cousin included. Long story short, a portion of her family thinks I’m a “fat phobic” asshole including the cousin. I could care less right now, but it really bothers me how people don’t bother to do their research when it comes to IF and weight loss

Edit: Grammar

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Celebrating the Small Victories?

I'm really early into my weight loss journey, like REALLY EARLY in, and I've been struggling lately. I live at home with my parents, and I'm not very self sufficient yet, despite being nineteen years old. I dealt with some setbacks when I was in highschool, and I'm finally attempting to pull my life back together again. So learning how to drive, getting my first job, my first phone bill, etc, etc - stuff that I would have done years ago, if those years hadn't been taken from me by somebody.

Weight loss is one of those things.

I've had issues with my weight my whole life, and the only substantial weight loss I've ever experienced was because I was in a bad place, and I wasn't eating regularly for about a year. I gained a lot during COVID, I'm approximately 245 pounds right now, and trying to get down to about 130. It feels really overwhelming, and lately I've been struggling to keep my calories low. I go over more than I care to admit, but despite that... I feel... Good?

Like, I've been practicing mindfulness, and exploring new foods, and learning how to cook at home, and I'm having a really good time actually! Say I accidentally drank too many of my calories in a day, ( a habit I'm working on fixing,) and I'm hungry around dinner time, right? Instead of depriving myself, I eat a very sensible portion of whatever my parents made. If they made a bunch of Italian that night, I eat the salad instead of the pasta. When I go over, I always try to get back on track the next day too! Trying to get rid of my all or nothing attitude to weight loss is hard, but this is all so new to me, that I think its ok to at least be proud of the little steps I make, right? Like switching out my sugary coffee for green tea this morning, and writing down new low calorie recipes and stuff!

I dunno - I'm trying to take it all slow, and focus on making daily changes rather than attempting to make everything I do perfect. Is this a good mindset to have?

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Day 1 of losing the last 4kg

So today is my first day of losing the last 4kg to 47-48kg (I'm a short person so this is within the healthy range for me). I lost roughly 8-10kg through the summer before college started which I regained last year due to stress and regained about 1.5kg after starting college again this year and emotionally eating and binging, so rather than doing what I did last year which was let it get worse and regain even more, I am losing this weight fully and going to maintain at my goal weight and then build more muscle after a few months of being there.

I overcame obesity and anorexia in the past, but then the emotional eating started to come back and while the anorexia and obesity are long gone, I want to tackle this emotional eating and keep my weight stable after losing this last bit of weight. I already beat the other two issues, so I can do this as well even if it feels hard.

What I will do is:

1. Restart weightlifting again as I can after surgery, and I am going to train with a personal trainer to work on this and my posture issues for 8-10 weeks and this will keep me accountable.
2. I am going to keep walking 20,000 steps + a day (I'm very active in general and can't sit still, so this is normal for me. I have a treadmill desk as well so can easily get in 30,000+ steps without really noticing it too much) AND fuel my body to maintain my muscle mass and get enough protein and calories to be in a healthy deficit, rather than cutting down too much and triggering a binge or emotional eating from stress.
3. While weight loss is part of it, the real goal is fat loss and therefore, I will start focusing on changes in my measurements and being consistent with my diet and exercise rather than stressing out over the number on the scale too much as this will help prevent binges or me giving up, and it helps to maintain an adequate calorie intake and love the process of getting stronger again.
4. I will address my triggers for binging and emotional eating with a therapist along with addressing stress and other mental health issues to prevent this from coming back. I've been listening to the podcast The Last 10 Pounds by Brenda Lomeli and I find a lot of her advice on the mental side of weight loss very helpful especially as she suffered from emotional eating and restriction in the past as well, even if I don't subscribe to all of her dietary advice.

This is day 1 of me tackling this rather than ignoring it and trying to do this in a healthier way to keep it off for good. I've already been maintaining a 20kg weight loss for the last 8 years so I can definitely do this as well!

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Not Seeing Results I'd Expect

I'm 5'5ish and 210lb, 30F. My starting weight was in the 280s in July 2021.

I was going to the gym 3-4 times a week but in July my work schedule changed and I just don't have the time, so I am doing just calorie-counting and whatever exercise I get at work (Vet Tech, Fitbit logs an avg of 2-4 hours of "fat burn" bpm per week). In late September, I joined Nutrisystem for meals.

I have two main questions. 1) I have lost about 15 pounds since July but my measurements (upper arm, bust, waist, hips, thigh) have not changed. I don't notice my clothes fitting differently but I basically live in elastic-band scrubs. Could this be all water weight or something and really no fat lost? Compared to pictures of when I was last 210lb (going up) vs now (going down) I'm objectively fatter despite being the same height.

2)I weigh myself typically 3 times a week at the same time in the morning to get an idea of how much I weigh. I will have a week of weight loss, followed by a week where I gain most of it back, then a week where I am back to the first week. So to actually confidentally say I've lost the 5lbs since 215, it's taken me nearly 3 weeks. I thought if you're in a calorie deficit, you should drop weight (or at least, not gain) weekly? I average about 1000 calories a day, and usually have 1-2 cheat days that are 1400-1800 calories. I don't drink any soda, just water, and I know I'm not miss-counting calories for my food because their nutrisystem prepackaged outside the cheat meals from restraunts. Calorie estimates from FitBit and from online calculators (selecting 'sedentary') say my weight loss intake should be higher than it is, so I should in theory be losing MORE weight right?

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Staying motivated after a significant weight loss?

Hi everyone! A little over a year ago, I (26f) began a weight loss journey using CICO. I began going to the gym in November for 3 days a week doing about 30 minutes of strength-training and 30 minutes of cardio every time I went. In May, I lost about 65 pounds total.

This summer, I switched to a full body strength training program, and I go to the gym at least 3 times a week. However, my eating hasn’t been very consistent since July, and I haven’t lost much weight since May. I’ve just been maintaining with 5 lbs.

I think the biggest reason why I haven’t lost weight as quickly or at all is because of my eating. As a 327lb person one year ago, I felt such a fire for counting my calories, trying new foods, staying on my deficit, etc. Now, I still have that fire but it’s definitely weakened. I want to get back on track and begin losing consistently. Has anyone else ever been in this situation before? Any tips on getting that “fire” back?

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weight loss for non-bariatric surgery

F/35/start 219 lbs / Current 215 lbs / Goal 179 to 200 lbs

I have severe GERD (reflux) to the point it is changing the lower esophagus cells (Barret's esophagus).

In the past, I tried Weight Watchers (1980s) and found that all I could think about was food. What could I have? When could I have it? How much could I have? I decided, even after successfully hitting my target, that that wasn't how I wanted to live my life, so I stopped doing it.

I was diagnosed with asthma and every time I had a severe flare, I was given prednisone for 10 days. Anyone who has ever been on this may have experienced the increase in appetite it often gives. I gained about 10 pound each time.

In order to have surgery to deal with this, I need my BMI to be less than 40, and ideally around 35. I saw a post mentioning the living shrinking diet and have looked it up in a web search. It seems like something I could do for 3 weeks (starting BMI > 40).

What thoughts and ideas do you have for me?

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