I think building muscle has made me more confident after weight loss

I didn’t take care of my skin on my body properly when I was overweight. I had a bunch of stretch marks and my skin wasn’t the best due to being overweight. I had a lot of acne and dark spots. Losing weight made me really insecure about it because it was obvious. I just hated all of the stretch marks and acne scars and ingrown hairs.

I built a lot of muscle and my skin has tightened nicely. I was very insecure about my skin before. I didn’t want to look at my skin. But after becoming more muscular and having a nice physique I think it outweighs everything that I am insecure about my skin. I feel more confident without my shirt. I think it’s because being muscular makes me look more attractive and it’s a focal point of my body.

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Weight loss tips

I am 25yr old female 5’5 and weigh about 191 lbs. In the last year, I have gained about 33 lbs. I work mostly from home and try to get some steps in. I am trying to build a healthier lifestyle and loose weight in a sustainable way.

I have recently joined f45 and it seems to put me in a better mood(endorphins 😊) but I feel like I am not loosing weight at all.

Any help/tips would be greatly appreciated.

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Do I need the scale?

I'm 21, 5'3", and last I checked (so this is around three months ago) I was around 180 pounds. I've struggled all my life to lose weight, but have also struggled with obsessive and borderline disordered habits with counting calories and weighing myself, which have been exacerbated by anxiety and body dysmorphia. (Three years ago I was 150 pounds, obsessed with my diet and just all around dysfunctional.) About three months ago I threw out my scale as I just couldn't ever seem to use it without triggering some overwhelmingly negative emotions.

I want to try losing weight again, I walk around 7K steps every day, I go to the gym at least once per week (it's not much, but it's a start), and have recently begun keeping a food diary, but I feel like I should be doing more to keep track of things. From what I can tell, measurements are a huge part of the process, but I'm really afraid of relapsing into some bad habits if I start paying attention to the numbers. That is to say, how essential are scales in weight loss?

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If you've pleateaued, consider increasing your calorie count to maintenance

Here me out. I thought it was crazy when I first heard it because it's counterintuitive and seems to defy math and science.

A few years ago I lost 40 lbs in a year and plateaued about 5 lbs from my goal weight. I was really frustrated. A personal trainer I was working with told me to increase my calorie count by 200 cals/day for a week or so and then drop back down. I thought he was nuts and of course I didn't try it. But after that I heard or read this from some other people and reputable -- stop trying to lose, maintain for a bit, then resume your prior calorie deficit. Some said your body goes into starvation mode which slows down your metabolism, others said your body gets used to the lower calorie intake and adapts.

Fast forward 7 years. I regained all the weight and then some. In part due to injury, illness, depression, 4 pregnancies, only 2 to term. I was at my highest weight ever.

I've lost 35 lbs since the beginning of the year and stalled out at 170. I was eating 1200 calories/day, exercising and on those days eating back less than half my calories burned, and still I could not get below 170. I hit 170.1 a few times and still never got below 170. I had a health scare (everything's ok now!) and spent 2 months maintaining. This week I resumed my weight loss journey just with calorie counting and no exercise and it feels like the weight is falling off me again. I've lost almost 3 lbs this week and finally came under 170.

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Why don't I lose any weight when I exercise and diet?

Male, 5'10, 210lbs, 28%bf, 19yrs old

So basically I took up a new hobby (boxing) and the workouts are usually pretty intense. They're about an hour long, and I go 4-6 times a week. I'm guessing I lose about 600-800 calories per workout session, and I am in a calorie deficit.

I have been going for about 3 weeks now, and I lost the usual 6lbs of water weight in the first two days. But ever since that initial 6lbs of water weight loss, I haven't lost any more weight. I got to 208.8lbs like a week and a half ago, and right now I am at like 209-211 but only on mornings. Does anyone know why this is?

I diet along with boxing as well, and if I were to only diet without any form of exercise, I probably would be at like 204lbs right now. Seeing my weight stay the same for this long is really discouraging, but so far I am still going, but I really want to know what's going on.

By the way, I do have a lot of experience with weight loss, I have constantly been losing 30-40 pounds since the 9th grade (I'm 19 now). And last year I was 248, and dropped to my current weight.

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How do I get out of this cycle?- Any advice appreciated!

Any advice is appreciated! Sorry its long.

A little background on me: I'm a 20 year old female, 5'6, HW: 220 LW: 167, CW: 173

I've struggled with my weight. my entire life; there is not one point in my life that I can think that I was completely happy with my weight. I've basically yo yo dieted my whole life. Usually I can stay consistent for about a month or two, eat one bad meal that then turns into another month or two binge. Repeat this cycle.

This past summer I became really strict on my fitness. I felt amazing; I was working out consistently, eating in my calories, losing weight, and had the willpower to say no to any meal. This soon became a slippery slope. It started with my eating in my calories, but eating junk food. Then it became trying to get my calories down dangerously low. Then I would be so hungry that once it turned midnight, I would eat my calories for the next day and by 3am all my calories would be gone. Then I began binging again, followed by guilt. Then, I would try to counter this by doing like an hour and half of HIIT.

I lost about 10-15 pounds this summer. Then, I came back to college and it's been a mess. I tried to stop calorie counting and intuitively eat, but once I ate something bad, I would binge the rest of the week. Now, I've been binging basically everyday. I feel like complete shit. But my friends want to fo out for dinner tomorrow, and this weekend we are going to the city and just eating food basically, AND then I go home and it's thanksgiving. I just don't know what to do. I think I'm also struggling because I have no workout schedule like I did at home. Here, I'm scared to go to the gym with people my age because I feel like I lost all my fitness.

I just don't know how to accept that food is a part of life. I know I need to learn how to handle myself around it because it is always around and never going away, but I literally just have been binging so bad. And it's super hard because I really want to lose weight. So I feel like I have to restrict and calorie count because I want to lose about 20 more pounds. It's like I'm depressed and binging when I'm gaining weight, but I'm also depressed and binging when I'm losing weight. I also have this fear that I'm wasting my youth not being completely happy with my body. I know that if I would've just stuck to a weight loss plan YEARS or even MONTHS ago, I could've lost the weight.

What has really been bothering me is the way food has ruined experiences in my life. My friends and I are vacationing next month and I'm literally dreading it because I have to decide what to eat. This summer I cancelled so many plans and stressed about what I was going to eat so much. I didn't go on a family vacation because I was worried about my deficit. This summer, I cried on the Ferris wheel after a week long vacation because I ate a slice of pizza. Last Christmas break, I felt miserable and wanted to leave the whole time when we visited family because I was eating like shit. I know its self inflicted because I'm always like I either it good or bad, no in between.

So, any advice on changing my relationship with food, but also losing weight? Thank you!!

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How did you, or how are you, losing weight?

I love how this sub is a mixture of all different types of people, living different lives and adapting different life styles.

I am aware that weight loss ultimately comes down to a caloric deficit, but I’m curious what worked for you?

Fasting, keto, small meals throughtout the day, one large meal a day, CICO through excercise?

Any foods in particular that REALLY helped you? Any tips or tricks?

For me potatoes really help. So much tasy food for very little calories

Please share your story and what worked for you :)

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