Is it even worth working on losing weight in December?

So just to be clear, I’ve been on a consistent workout schedule. My calories have been too high for me to lose weight, but I’ve put on good muscle, I can lift heavier and I’ve maintained my weight for 3 months. Even though I was hoping to be down at least 5 lbs in that time I’m still happy with my progress.

Now, I’m debating if to drop my calories and increase my cardio, but TBH I know from December 20th-January 4 I will take a break from dieting and exercise due to vacation. Yes I’ll be walking more, but I want to enjoy my travel, try new and exotic food, and just not stress about weight loss. It’s also the holidays so enjoying food and drinks with family is on the agenda.

So, TLDR: are you using the next 2 weeks before Christmas to continue weight loss goals, or are you just waiting till January?

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I 🫶 high carb

I literally get so hungry if I try restrict carbs and then I overeat. People always tell you in weight loss spaces that high protein and high fat are the way to go, but fat doesn't satisfy me that much as it's low volume, and in order to even hit like 100 g of protein in 1400 calories I have to be constantly eating foods I don't like, or artificial sweeteners. Carbs actually keep me fuller longer, is that weird and am I just ignoring other factors?

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tips to stay patient during this process?

I'm one month into my weight loss plan and have lost 15 pounds. I know based on math and science that it will take me another 5 to 6 months for my to reach my goal, and an additional month beyond that to surpass my goal and hit my dream weight.

I'm really struggling right now with the weight of time, that sinking feeling I get when I think about having so many months ahead of me. I'm not really struggling day to day. I feel satiated at 1500 calories per day and am averaging about 1.8 - 2 pounds of weight loss per week. So, what I am doing is working. But why does it have to happen so slowly!

Add to that my current plateau, and I'm starting to feel like things are moving even slower. I understand rationally that this plateau will lift, but this plateau plus the time I have remaining is starting to drive me crazy. And I know there will be other plateaus in the future, which makes me feel even more discouraged.

I can't help but wish my body would cut me a break and give me a shortcut this time around. Can I just drop the next five or ten quickly and skip a few weeks of playing the waiting game?

How do you all deal with being patient during the weight loss process? How do you deal with wanting things to move faster than they are? It's driving me nuts.

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Can't stop binge eating.

Hey.

So I've made many posts on these weight loss subreddits.

But, I've realized, all my problems came down to one thing: binge eating.

So, ever since I was young I have been a compulsive eater due to trauma response, and I've been in a calorie deficit for a while.

I'll be doing good on the weekdays, and then overeat on weekends.

I don't know what to anymore, I'm a little lost. Please, can someone teach me how to fix this? Can anyone that's been through the same help me? I'd appreciate it.

Thank you ❤️

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Letting out the shitstorm in my head to bf. (27 F 34 M)

The shitstorm: I hate myself. My weight is constantly yoyoing, now I am going up and up. No motivation to exercise. No motivation to eat right. Lot of stress, no capacity for taking better care of myself. Since childhood I have been told by my parents that I am fat, haven't gotten any support from them regarding weight loss, so my self esteem is very low and this is very painful to me.

The boyfriend: our relationship is good, have been together 6 months, best relationship I have ever had, but he never compliments me, so I feel 10 times worse, cause it feels like he doesn't like anything about me (rationally this is not true). To make things worse (better), he is a coach and sports is his life and keeps making comments about how I should work out more (for health)

So I went extremely down yesterday and he is bad at communication and comforting me so it was a very long and terrible conversation and we got nowhere.

I figured I need to do this by myself, at least the emotional part for sure, with working out he helps. But the emotional side of it is so heavy, part of me would be much happier if it was the other way around. Today I ate right, no junk and went to the gym. I don't know if I can keep this up or will put my head in the sand and start binging again.

Thank you for reading this, I needed to vent. Let me know if you have any advice for me please.

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Purchased an Elliptical for my home, weight limit question.

Hey everyone!

I'm just beginning a new weight loss journey and have made a big purchase for an elliptical and ordered a bunch of cooking equipment to start making healthy changes. I've realised the elliptical I've purchased has a 275lbs max weight limit and I'm currently 310lbs myself, upon doing some reading it seems the difference is likely to only lead to quicker wear on the machine but I'm really worried I'm thinking about this wrong.

This was a fairly big purchase for me at £700 and I don't want to take any risks with that type of money. Does anyone have any knowledge/experience doing similar? I'm thinking of giving them a call tomorrow to see if there's a way for them to increase weight limit or suggest a different model but the model i've ordered was on sale from £1.1k.

Any advice would be appreciated :)

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Coincidence?

Hi all! I started my weight loss journey 1.5 months ago. My 2 months will be the 9th of December

I started at 224 now down to 205

Recently, I noticed I’ll experience a slight weight loss plateau for 5-7 days then I’ll drop 2 pounds over night

I try to stay at a 1300-1400 calorie defecit but I often eat over budget lol

My TDEE is 2000-2100 sedentary

Anyway, this week I was fluctuating between 209-211

I wanted to see if I could do something to break the plateau so I went the gym and did a brisk walk on the treadmill at a 40% incline. I did almost 3 miles at 3MPH but would take a break in between for a breather- I’d lower the incline and lower the speed then pick back up

This day I ate about 1600-1700 cals and burnt about 350 cals during work out (correct me if this seems inaccurate)

Once I got home I knocked out and woke up 205 this morning!

Do you think this was just a coincidence or did my workout have something to do with the overnight weight loss here

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