No one ever told me….

That gaining muscle and losing weight are two separate things.

All this time I’ve been trying to diet and do cardio, when I have little muscle and a low metabolism. I’ll have success for a bit then slowly gain it back. I lost 15 pounds this year but am back up 3 in the last month. (Damn Takis)

With this knowledge I feel reinvigorated to focus on my health. I plan to do strength training 3 times a week with my normal cardio (I walk with my dog approx 5 hrs a week.) I want to focus on eating really nourishing foods. Mostly planted based meals with lots of veggies, lentils and rice. But not calorie counting. At least not for more than a few days at a time to check myself.

I have just started, so we will see how it goes. Has anyone ever had luck with eventually losing weight when they switched their focus from weight loss to strength building? From starvation to (healthy) abundance?

With more muscle I should have more energy and burn more fat passively, so I figure in time, weight loss will be more achievable and hopefully I will enjoy the process and progress more than the way I’ve always tried.

Also if you have any tips you were shocked to learn, I’d love to hear them as well.

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Switched to LoseIt after MyFitnessPal began charging to use the barcode scanner…I’m down over 20 pounds!!

Though I was so unhappy that my fitness pal began charging for the barcode scanner, but now, I’m so happy they did!!

My fitness pal was the most popular app so when it really wasn’t working for me, I just assumed I was really great at using weight loss apps. And to be completely honest, this was somewhat true(okay very true 😂). But because my fitness pal is so popular, I never even thought to try another app. Using Lose It was a lot better of an experience in certain ways.

An example is being able to complete your days a lot easier than my fitness pal. I did not realize how important this was to me until I tried the new app.

If you want to complete your day on my fitness pal, you have to eat a minimum of 1000 cal. If you’re a person that likes to do a 12 hour fast from time to time like me, this means you can’t log that day is completed without adding calories you never not ate. However on Lose It no matter how much or how little you eat, you can complete the day at any time. I definitely did not realize how much watching that number go up would motivate me. But it does!! 😁 I’ve logged on my food 43 days in a row now and I’m really proud of myself. My weight loss can be attributed to A LOT of things, not just the app, but in the past logging my food into the app felt more annoying than useful in this small change really helped. There are a lot a lot of things that I don’t like about LoseIt though, like the fact that it puts too many calories under my exercise( it says I burned over 1000 cal in exercise when I was home sick all day😂) , and the food is inaccurate a lot of the times due to user error. But I love everything else about it like how they easily display the numbers and your progress. For me, it’s easier to look at and be proud of.
To me the change is really worth it and I don’t think I would go back… but you never know 😂 Anyways just wanted to share that🙂

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If you ever think of trying to condition yourself against overeating with spicy food...

Don't do it!

1: It is very unhealthy to teach yourself that food is bad and painful because you'll have trouble moderating how much you undereat

It's much much safer to congratulate yourself for healthy eating than it is to punish yourself for eating at all, and it will lead to better habits in the future.

Keep track of your nutrients, not just your calories! As much as drastically undereating can seem like the best way to go in regards to weight loss, remember that nutrients are not one dimensional. Take care of your bodies!

2: I tried it anyway, my spice tolerance has gone wayyy up and now if I ever get a boyfriend he's gonna think I'm trying to kill him :3

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Update- I made it yall! I had 40 days to lose 38 lbs to be able to take my wife on a zipline excursion in the redwoods with 4 of her friends. Well…

I lost 36lbs. Spent the final three days fasting….not proud of it, nor do I recommend it as a healthy weight loss method. I practiced counting calories, ate less than 1k calories per day, went to the gym 37 of those 40 days, spent every day doing at least one physical activity with the family. Then drank only water and coffee with half n half, no soda, no sugar, no fast food, just whole foods cooked at home, no breads or pasta either. Lean protein, whole cheeses, asparagus and broccoli the ENTIRE TIME. If it werent for the folks here and my impending update, I would NOT have made it. The time I grinded in the gym, doing cardio, was all thanks to you folks. I kept going because I wanted to be accountable to yall. And of course wanted to zipline with my wife. Btw….I DID! 14 ziplines, amazing time, I have never done anything like that. Thank you everyone in r/loseit you are all amazing. I will continue this trend and attempt to get to high school football weight…220lbs. Only ended up 2lbs over the limit, and they weighed me, and didnt say A WORD….so I enjoyed myself as much as possible.

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my unspoken truth about being thin

I just wanted to share my thoughts about weight loss and the cons that came with me being thin. I don't want to scare anyone or make it seem like losing weight is bad, but I'm struggling right now to lose weight due to my subconscious mind and I really needed to express myself.

I'm currently overweight, leading to obese territory, my doctor has said I need to lose weight as it's starting to affect my body and health.

I didn't used to be overweight, in fact I was thin, fit and considered pretty good looking. With that came certain cons.

Firstly, no one took me seriously, I was always the "pretty face" with no brains. I'm not a rocket scientist but I am educated and I do apply myself the best way I can, especially with the work I do.

Secondly, the harassment. This is a big issue in which I don't want to lose my weight. The unwanted attention I would get from men were just horrid. I would get hit on not to mention the sexual comments in front of my daughters and have men staring at me in front of my husband (he is jealous enough already, adding men looking was a constant relationship stressor).

Thirdly, the expectations to see me fail. I suppose this ties in with my first point, but the amount of times I have tried to get ahead and have had people think I was sleeping my way up.

Fourthly, people judging my decisions and trying to purposely find faults in me, and their not shy to let me know either. I'm not a very self confident person so this really hurt me. Hearing my faults out of spite and hate is a horrible feeling.

Being overweight has made me "fit in" but it's affecting my well being, my body is deteriorating and I'm worried about these cons over the pros. I want to lose weight but I'm so worried about the things that come with it. I've been there and I don't know if I want to go back.

I would love some feedback and suggestions on this. I don't know what to do in this situation and would feel better to hear from you and whether or not I can, and how, I can shake this off.

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Does anyone here have any experience with AbsolutelyThin & their program?

I've used a low dose of phentermine from my PCP and it helped. I used it for a couple months and did really well but the commute back and forth to my PCP is both expensive & time consuming using Uber. So, my dr & I are thinking it'd be easier for me to use a clinic. There aren't any regular weight loss clinics near me. I've been looking into AbsolutelyThin and it would save me tons of travel time and expense each month.

I'm interested in hearing how the process went for anyone who has used them.

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I reached my GW and it was easy the whole time (~205->165, 6'1", M)

The past couple of days I have been weighing in at or below my GW, so I thought I'd make the post I wish I could have seen before I started. I found this sub to be pretty discouraging due to people always talking about how extremely difficult it has been for them to lose weight. But over the past 120 days or so, I discovered that it does not have to be difficult at all! So, if you're overweight and haven't started trying to lose weight yet, just go for it! With the right mindset, you might be surprised at how easy (and even fun) it can be.

Here is the strategy I employed for maximum ease in weight loss:

Strategy

1. Decide how aggressively to lose weight. I saw recommended that for healthy, sustainable weight loss you should lose 0.7%-1.0% of your bodyweight per week. I'm a little impatient, so I chose to shoot for 1.0% per week, but this is something you have to decide for yourself!
2. Weigh yourself. Plot your weight and your "goal curve" in whatever app you'd like. I just used a simple R script. Your goal curve should start at your starting weight and decrease exponentially by x% per week (whatever you chose in step 1). This is what my final graph looked like. The goal curve goes flat at the end because I've reached my goal weight! =)
3. Weigh yourself and record your weight EVERY MORNING. Do this right after you wake up, after urinating/defecating(if able) and before eating or drinking anything (including water). When rendering my plot, I found it very psychologically helpful to only look at how far I have come, not how far I have left to go.

And that's it! I just ate a little less if my weight was above the goal curve, ate a little more if my weight was below the goal curve, and voila! Weight loss!

Some things I did not do:

• Count calories. I knew that the effort required to count and record calories would make it more likely for me to give up. I sought to make my strategy require the absolute minimum possible amount of effort. I just weighted myself every day, recorded my weight, and looked at my plot. Anything more than that would make me more likely to fail.
• Overhaul my diet/exercise. I knew that trying to suddenly turn myself into a paragon of health would be impossible. I focused only on losing the weight. Now that I have lost the weight, it's time for me to improve my diet. Once I am consistent with a good diet (and maintained the weight loss), I will introduce a consistent workout plan. Take things one at a time. If you try to improve every aspect of your life at once, you will probably fail.

Mindset

With this strategy, I think it was psychologically easier for me to lose weight than is has been for other people because I was always succeeding. If my weight was near the goal curve, I'd achieved my goal for that moment! Losing weight any faster would be unhealthy/unsustainable, so it wouldn't make sense to focus on how much farther I had left to go or how much effort weight loss takes overall. I was on track. And being on track is the most you can ask for!

And if I fell slightly behind, the goal of losing 1 or 2 pounds to get back on track was totally manageable!

Weighing myself and getting to look at how far I'd come became the best part of my morning routine.

Now that I've reached my GW, I know that I still have a long way to go to establish healthy habits in terms of diet and exercise. But it feels great to have accomplished what I have so far! I look like a normal, healthy guy now, and I few months ago I was worried that I'd be overweight for the rest of my life.

Whether you use this strategy or not, I hope you find ease in your weight loss. Anyone have other tips to make weight loss effortless?

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