No More Binge Eating

My binge eating has been very bad my whole adult life. I would go most of the day determined to stay on track, then at night it was like nothing mattered anymore except eating. I spent so much money on processed junk, binging almost every night.

3 weeks ago, something changed. I wanted to lose weight, I was 170 lbs at 5'3. So I started as I always do, no buying binge foods. This decision helps, but the urge to binge is often so strong that I end up going to the store anyways at night. But this hasn't happened. When the diet started, I started listening to slowed/reverb/etc. versions of songs every night for hours. It pulls me into a trance, and I have no desire to eat unless I'm physically hungry. Even then, it's easy to ignore the urge. I haven't binged once during this period, probably the longest I have ever gone without doing so. Recently, I bought seasonal chocolate, and I've barely touched it. That's never happened before. I think that I was able to replace whatever void the food was filling, with music.

I've lost 10 lbs so far. I know a lot of that is water weight, but some of it is also body weight. For once, after years of failed weight loss attempts that ended after less than a week, I think I'll actually make it.

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Does calorie counting trigger others here?

For some reason, whenever I download the loseit app and start tracking, I automatically can’t stop thinking about food and feel deprived. It’s the strangest thing! When I track in my notes app on my phone, I don’t feel the same kind of focus. I’ve actually successfully lost all my weight that way - by loosely tracking on my phone and weighing my food. I’m on the last 10 pounds, though, and this strategy isn’t really working so well anymore. Does anyone else feel the same, and if so, what is your alternate approach to weight loss?

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Fell off the train, feeling down and need support/advice

Hey y'all,

Hope everyone is doing well and taking care!

I have posted a couple times in here. Recently, I've really dropped the ball and I am so disappointed in myself. It's been hard for me to stay on track because honestly food truly is a source of comfort for me and when I get stressed or feel lonely or feel like I just want someone to cook for me, I eat out more often and choose things that I shouldn't have. I also haven't been able to exercise at all. I have also recently quit my daily cigarette smoking, so obviously that didn't help either.

Recently I've been working full time, have two night classes and am doing an internship all of the other nights in the week. I have been extremely busy and it's been a little harder to food prep and what not. I definitely chose this life, I enjoy my classes and my internship a lot but fitting in food prep, exercise and staying on track has been extremely difficult.

I want to lose this weight once and for all. I am so sick of being in this body and being invisible. I know that I am the only one who can make the changes and to prioritize my weight loss and do all of the things necessary to make that happen, but I really just need support right now. If anyone wants to share any kind of advice on how to get back on track and how to stay disciplined and motivated, please feel free to share. If anyone has any success stories they want to share, too, please do. I want this chapter of my life to be over and right now I just truly need support from others and need advice and honestly to just been seen and hard.

Thank you all <3

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Is there a test to know what my true current tdee is?

So the title says it basically.

Ive managed to lose over 170lbs with CICO and exercise and I have about 25 more pounds to go before I hot my goal weight. My weight loss has slowed down as it should when we get near the finish line.

I am 225lb, 5'9" and a female. I have been walking around 6000-7500 on average a day. I workout 4 times a week with cardio and weights. Im eating 1600 calories. Id say I am lightly active according to myfitnesspals definition of activity levels.

My tdee calculated online says I should be eating roughly 2400 calories to maintain. So a 500 calorie deficit would put me at 1900 to lose 1lb a week or 4lbs a month. Rn Im barely losing 4lbs a month by eating 1600. So Im really confused.

Even by adjusting my fat percentage (im estimating around 40%) Id still be losing more than I am now.

Are they any medical tests or professional tests to tell me my true tdee?

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Eating for the love of food

I find myself struggling to relate to other people on a weight loss journey online. It seems that some of the main reasons people overeat is due to emotional eating, or genuinely feeling hungry. Honestly speaking, if I eat one big meal a day I won’t go hungry, so hunger isn’t the issue here, and when I feel down or emotional I completely lose my appetite. I over eat simply because I love food. I love the taste of my favourite foods, especially sweet things like chocolate, I guess I’m just a massive foodie. Does anyone have any advice for losing weight/ sticking to a calorie allowance when you absolutely love food for the taste alone?

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Feeling really alone and have so many questions about this whole process.

I’m a beginner in my weight loss journey and I have never really tried to lose weight in my life before. I was 125 before the pandemic and now i’m 150. I know it’s not the craziest weight gain but those 25 lbs are so daunting to me and my clothes not fitting right anymore just makes me feel awful and want to hide away. I figured it was time to lose weight and currently Im eating a caloric deficit, drinking more water, doing 15 minutes of intense cardio and an hour of weightlifting 5 days a week, and i’ve only been doing this for 2 weeks but i have so many questions already.

1.) How do you deal with impatience in losing? I keep trying to tell myself it’s only been 2 weeks and it’s normal not to see anything but a lb or 2 of weight loss but I feel like nothing is changing and it’s demoralizing

2.) I had hot pot birthday dinner today and felt so guilty. I keep trying to tell myself it’s ok that I had one big meal and it’s not the end of the world but how do you keep from feeling guilty for occasional things like that?

3.) Should I bother buying a scale or is this going to make me obsessive?

4.) How do you deal with low self esteem and confidence when you haven’t had any drastic results yet?

5.) Is there any advice you wish you knew as a beginner in weightloss?

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just turned 17 and I'm finally starting my weight loss battle! Any advice would be appreciated! (swear heavy incase anyone cares)

This November, I decided to finally cut the shit, the excuses and the complaints, stuck myself on a schedule with my full 100% into this.

earlier this year, I was diagnosed with schizophrenia, I completely gave up and let myself go, although I was never in particularly great shape, my best being 161 back in middle school, but I pretty much sat around 250 most of my life after that, and for the first time in probably years I stepped on a scale and it told me I was to fucked to read, tried a different one and it said I had reached 380, that put my brain in its place, because I finally realized that if something isn't done now, that I would ruin the rest of my life simply because I was too lazy to try, and with insomnia, color blindness, super bad ADHD and more recently the schizophrenia, I figure somebody in the fate department is fucking with me, however, fate is bullshit and I'm going to prove it with sheer effort and grit.

despite just starting halfway through last month, I already feel so much better, just being active is helping with my back problems, and I feel more comfortable in my own skin, knowing that I'm working at bettering myself each day, and the soreness I feel the day after the last, steels my resolve knowing that yesterdays efforts weren't in vain for my goals, and just that really does wonders for mental health.

TL;DR: fuck mental illness, fuck judgement, fuck weight as an excuse, and fuck the horse they all rode in on, because my dumbass-atosis is 112% more powerful than any cavalry of bullshit, I'm losing weight regardless.

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