Friday, October 21, 2022

Celebrate with me!!

The other day, I was going through my closet and the horrific multi-size multi-season mess that it is and began going through jeans and old exercise clothes. Last year I was a size 18, and have been anxious to buy new clothes because the rapid weight loss.

Luckily, I found plenty of old size 10-12s I had stashed away and amazingly, most of them fit. The ones that didn’t, just inspired me to keep going so I can fit into them by winter.

Now, here’s the even more fun part. When I started exercising in October I bought workout clothes. Somehow they’d gotten crammed into the back of my closet. When I pulled out what I regarded as my favorite workout shirt, happy to have found it, I quickly tried it on. To my surprise, it no longer fit. It came down to my mid-thigh and this shirt practically ate my body.

I danced around the apartment for a solid 30 minutes and decided to wear the shirt to bed.

It’s really the little things.

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weight loss day by day?

I just mainly want to know what will happen day by day or week by week. Will i hold more water or weight the first week and then weight drop out of no where? Will i instantly lose weight? Will i lose weight and then stay there for a while and lose weight? where would i lose weight first or what day would i lose weight first when starting a calorie deficit? I just have so many questions cause I have bad memory and can’t remember what i used to do or how it was for me.

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Thursday, October 20, 2022

Weight loss Goals not being number oriented?

This was and is such a hard thing for me to remember sometimes, but it really helped me get out of my plateau. I was getting so obsessed with seeing a number on a scale change every workout or forcing myself to push higher and higher weights every time and I kept burning myself out.

I just recently began to reframe my weight loss from being only about numbers to arbitrary goals in the long term. I don’t want to be afraid of not fitting on roller coasters anymore. I want to be able to complete a segment hike of the Appalachian trail.

It’s been so stressful, but it helped me get out of a funk for a month of no change. Does anyone else try to view their weight loss like this?

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Starting a sport completely changed the game for me!

I started training in an MMA gym 7 months ago and it has been the single best decision that I have made toward my weight loss goals. I haven't lost much weight since starting but I'm not too upset about it because I have gotten so much out of this that I didn't know I was missing! I've only lost about 8 pounds in the last 7 months but my body has transformed, I'm more muscular and toned and my cardiovascular endurance is amazing. Beyond the physical and health benefits I have found what I've been looking for and coping with the lack of using food, and that is community!! I have made so many friends and potential best friends since I started. My new friends all have fitness goals like me and we motivate each other to push harder and work on all aspects of our lives. For the first time in my life, I feel like I found my tribe, and it's in a gym where we beat each other up (with love of course). I have been so happy lately, even when things are hard I feel loved, wanted, and appreciated so it is so much easier to handle hard times! I lacked these things when I was growing up. I still sometimes get the urge to binge but now I abstain because I cherish my relationships and I want to be fit so that I can be a good training partner and make my teammates proud when I win my first fight. Binge eating takes me away from my goals, it just doesn't make sense anymore. I guess I was underestimating the importance of having people in your life who influence you in a positive way, it feels amazing - I wish everyone had a community that values and cherishes them! Does this mean I'll never binge again, no, but now I have good reasons why I don't want to.

Just wanted to share my joy, thank you for reading!

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Talk me out of fasting 100 pounds.

Title says it all. I'm 330, 6'2" male, 32. I live with anxiety, depression and work nights (I actually sleep well, on cpap - just get boned on day appointments sometimes that contribute to lack of energy).

My recent labs show only need for more HDL. LDL ok, a1c ok, all within normal range. No significant medical history except for mild exercise induce Asthma. I NEVER need my inhaler.

Most recent success of weight loss was 40 pounds, 280 to 240, in 2018, strict keto, lots of walking at work and mild strength training at gym.

Since repeated keto, fail. In ketosis with loss no where NEAR 2018, practically futile. Had several meetings with dietician, we both came to a standstill with attempting different routines/exercise/diet with BARELY any loss within month. Meet dietician again, repeat.

So basically- I'm just kind of sick of trying. No matter what, something is going to suck. I'd rather have things on auto pilot.

I'm not asking for advice other than extreme fasting. If I was willing to try something conventional/focused I would ask for info about that.

Basically I'm saying, please don't say "hey fasting is dangerous, have you considered Carnivore?" Etc.

Here's what I'm considering. BARE minimum macros. I mean, miniscule. Total survival mode, almost complete fat to fuel combustion. I'm taking like, a tablespoon of pumpkin seeds. Nothing else. Maybe not even the seeds. Water or Gatorade zero only.

I would be supplementing all necessary micros, and probably fiber supp.

Talk me out of it... I'm desperate to try, but I've found recently in life I get better insight if I ask why NOT to do something, as opposed to why TO do something.

Any insight appreciated... thank you.

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Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Does weight loss truly slow as you get closer to GW?

SW: 207 CW:181 GW:150-160

21F 5’8”

Hi everyone!!! I have been on a weight loss journey for 7-8 months and have lost 25.8 pounds. I feel like I’m not doing it fast enough and that my weight loss has slowed down quite a bit. I’m eating around 1610 but sometimes have days where I slip up and have stopped going to the gym. I walk a lot more though. I didn’t think myself not going to the gym would affect anything but maybe it is? Right now I’m having a lot of weeks where i don’t lose and just stay the same. Not gaining though which is nice.

Should I cut down on calories again? Is my weight loss going too slow? Should I suck it up and find time to go to the gym? Any and ALL advice is welcome.

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My Weight Loss Progress!

Thought I should post it somewhere so that maybe I’ll stay accountable, but in the span of a year I’ve gone from 203 lb to 163 lb! As of late I’ve gone up to 165 but am motivated to not go above 165 again. It’s been a heck of a journey and my quality of life has improved exponentially, and I want to share some things I figured out along the way.

If you think weight loss is impossible, so did I, but it’s all about little changes. I really do recommend walking if you are at ground zero, just start walking and eventually that time will build up and up and before you know it you might just be biking instead!

Another super helpful tool I recommend is MyFitnessPal. It really opens your eyes to all the empty calories we give ourselves and helps keep you accountable, total game changer!

Probably the biggest change to implement is going with things like apples, rice cakes, and natural things when you want to snack. Due to their inherent qualities they will keep you feeling fuller longer than any of the stuff you’ll find in the middle of the grocery store, I.E. processed things.

Hope we can all succeed together, Goodluck y’all!

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