i ate a whole pie in 2 days

this is my first slip up since starting my weight loss journey. i’m not beating myself up too bad about it and in a sense i’m glad i realized i have less self control than i thought (before accidentally going overboard during thanksgiving or my birthday trip).

i bought the dumb pie thinking i had the willpower to portion it out and have sweets available for a while. i’ve kept sweets in the house but never this much (make some gummy snacks, a candy bar or the little snack cakes) and i just kept going back for more slices. going forward i’ll know better and just not buy it but i know this is probably going to set me back a bit 😅. how do you guys recoup after mishaps?

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Don’t try too hard

So I’ve been on a weight loss journey for almost 2 years now. My weight has gone up and down more than the stock market it seems like. I’ll lose 5-6 lbs then gain it back. Then lose it and gain it back. I do know I am the issue because I’ll get bored of my diet, or fall off completely and not get back on track till way too late. Another reason is I set goals and then when I don’t hit that goal, I say to myself, what’s the point?” and then it’s back to eating out. So for the who knows how many times, I’m back on it and hopefully it sticks. Some things I leaned through this “journey” are:

1) Don’t stress a bad day. We will all have them. And it’s not a bad thing to have a cheat meal or a cheat day. What matters is how you respond the next day. If you eat healthy 6 of the 7 days and are in a calorie deficit overall, guess what? You lost weight! That’s success. If you wake up and tell yourself, “I can’t believe I ate half a pizza on day 2 this week? I give up”. Then it’ll be a bad week. Just start overall. Not about how you start, about how you finish.

2) Scale can be an enemy. I OBSESSED over the scale. I tried everything to weighing myself every day to once a week to every other week. If the scale didn’t meet what I “thought” I did, then I was a failure and gave up. Don’t worry about the scale. Worry about how YOU feel. How your clothes fit. The scale will eventually catch up.

3) Weight loss goals won’t always be achieved on time. As I mentioned, I didn’t hit my “lose 5 lbs by this day goal”, I failed. Don’t worry about the “lose this much by this day” goal. Your goal should be “lose weight”. Period. Yeah, it would nice to lose 2 lbs/week or 10 lbs/month. And if you achieve it, amazing! If not, as long as it went down, you met your goal. That’s my goal forward. Lose weight!

4) Don’t let someone else’s success be your success. This one sounds weird, so I’ll explain. I see tons a post of people having success. And first, CONGRATS! One thing I did was read, “I was able to lose 20 lbs last 2 months” and think, “I can do that”. If I didn’t, why? One thing to remember about anyone else on here is, we all live different lives, lifestyles, work life’s, etc. Someone’s job may be more active than others. So they burn an additional 400 calories per day at work than someone else. That’s 8000 calories per month on average, which is roughly 2.2 lbs! Others may have genetic things going on, such as an underperforming thyroid. Be your own success story! Let them inspire you to start and keep going. But their goals/success may not be yours.

5) Track. Track. Track calories! For a while, I tried to “guess” what I ate. I would know a small fry at work is 280 calories. But I may get more than that. Or use ketchup and not track that. So that 280 calories I’m guessing is really 380. 100 extra? Not a big deal. Over a month, that’s almost a pound! So if you do that 3 times a day, it adds up! Track everything! Even the ketchup. It adds up overtime.

I’m not saying I know everything with weight loss. Heck, I may know nothing. This is just a post so if there is anyone out there who is beginning their journey or stuck or starting over again, like me, maybe you won’t fall into one of my mistakes and have success! Good luck!

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Lost 5 lbs in one week and I don’t know what went wrong

Hi, my first time posting in this sub. :D

I (17F) started on WeightWatchers this summer so I could try and slim my figure a bit before Prom- I just ripped into overweight during the pandemic, and last week some blood work from an OBGYN appointment indicated I had high cholesterol. I started at 178.4 lost about fifteen pounds, started slacking and gained ~5 pounds over the course of the next two to three months.

These past few weeks, I started it back up, along with intermittent fasting, since my main problem was spending a bunch of points at the start of the day and giving up by dinner time. Skipping breakfast and sometimes lunch helped, especially since my food doesn’t offer many healthy options and I don’t have time to meal prep. These past weeks I started back up have been pretty consistent with weight loss, 1-3lbs a week, but this week I suddenly lost 5lbs, which to my knowledge isn’t healthy. I don’t think it’s water weight, since I’ve been losing weight consistently otherwise and I ate before weighing in, unlike how I normally do (I usually weigh in right after I wake up).

I really just don’t want to hit that metabolism rut everyone talks about. To be fair, it could be a combination of things- my medication inhibits appetite, I was more active than usual this week, plus I was sick for a few days, but I was eating like usual, if a bit unhealthier since I ate out a lot. I just really don’t know where I’m going wrong.

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Can I eat whatever I want if tracking macros?

TW: binge and weight - Hello all, I am 5’3 (f) 130 pounds. I am currently trying to loose 15 pounds while also battling my binge eating disorder, I need to loose weight for health, I feel better when I am lighter. Am I able to eat whatever I want as long as I am hitting my macros? I am trying to make sure I can still fit in an ice cream cone and eat within my macros and still loose weight. Does it truly come down to macros and calories for weight loss or do certain food matter too?

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The gym was great!

I just signed up for a YMCA membership today since my weight loss specialist told me to start exercising instead of just controlling diet (low carb higher protein). I started seeing this specialist August 31st starting weight 266 lb. Current weight 235 lb.

Ended up doing about 30 minutes of weight lifting between 30-50 pounds and then did about 30 minutes of light cardio. I feel sore from my workout but Im a bit rusty (haven't been in a gym since 2016).

I am going to visit the personal trainer tomorrow that comes with the y membership (total of 2 visits included in membership price)

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Learning to Eat Food - Becoming Less Picky

 TW: Mentions of Vomiting My whole life i've struggled with being a ridiculously picky eater. Not the kind of picky where there are a few things that I didnt like, but the kind of picky where I would only eat a small selection of "safe" foods and would physically retch if I consumed something that I didn't like. Being this picky kind of ruined social gatherings with food, as I wouldnt really be able to eat much and it was bothersome to those around me. Turkey during Thanksgiving? Forget that I'm going to eat a slice of pizza(I forgot to mention but my "safe" foods were all unhealthy which is why I'm on this sub). Due to these unhealthy eating habits, I of course became obese. I knew I wanted to lose weight and change, but I didn't know where to start. Salads weren't an option at this point in time, and every time I tried to eat one I threw it back up(it sounds stupid in hindsight but it wasnt a joke back then). Anyway, I learned about CICO and kept my unhealthy eating habits at the start while staying at a caloric deficit. Even though I began losing weight, I was still troubled. I should be getting healthier right? So I slowly started broadening my food horizons, trying new foods. I got into making Japanese food and started to actually enjoy vegetables. Now I can proudly say that I ate two whole cups of brocolli tonight without any sauce and I actually enjoyed it. I also lost 80 pounds but that doesnt really matter to me as much. I feel healthier and more energetic. I exercise for fun, which is crazy to me. For any of my other picky eaters out there I just want you to know that you've got this. Make the changes slowly, be consistent, and you will get results guaranteed(no money back though lol). 

Tldr; I was an extremely picky eater but learned to broaden my food horizons along my weight loss journey.

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Rewards for weight loss successes?

So I used to reward myself with food. This was a problem. To incentivize weight loss for myself I decided for every 10lbs I lost I would reward myself with a new t-shirt. This was a fun reward for me but now I've got way more shirts than I need, at least until I wear a new size. So I'm trying to think of something else I can use as a reward. I collect hats so was thinking maybe hats. But I'm interested in ideas. Do you reward your weight loss successes? If so, what do you reward yourself with? Do you think rewarding yourself is a good idea?

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