Do you guys take long-ish breaks?

This year, I went from a size XL to a size M. Am I happy? Absolutely, but I’m not at my goal weight yet.

I’m finding myself being more chill now. I still CICO and count every day. I still eat my veggies and do my cardio, and try to be active.

But the deficit I’m able to create everyday is like.. 100? 200 maybe? If that. Some days I’m at maintenance. Actually I feel like I’ve been having a whole lot of maintenance days lately.

I don’t think I’m done with my weight loss. Yes, I know its all just aesthetic goals at this point. But still. At the same time I just want to chill for a bit at maintenance or at a very low deficit for a while before trying to make a bigger deficit again.

Do you guys do this? Pause? Or slow down? And then pick back up and such? Does it help at all?

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Relationship weight

Hi everyone!!

I'm looking for some support, I lost 40 lbs earlier this year and have almost gained it all back after getting into a new relationship.

Since realizing I've been starting to gain the weight back I've been on and off on weight loss kicks. I've never really felt like I had an unhealthy relationship with food, but it's been a swift kick in the ass trying and failing to get back into a caloric deficit routine again and I feel like I've been developing some scary overindulgent habits as of late.

I know everyone's daily calorie intake is different, but I could really use some help from y'all coming up with some breakfast/lunch/dinner staples that are easy and within the 300-500 cal range. Also, I feel like this is something that can happen to anyone, some advice on getting back on the horse would be so greatly appreciated.

I feel like I should add: this relationship is the healthiest I've ever been in, I'm very happy and in love like a kid. My partner has super supportive about the baby steps I've been taking to work out and cook more, but at the same time, my weight creeping up on me and what feels like my inability to get back on track is just manifesting into some ugly feelings and negative self-talk in the back of my head.

Uuhhhhh tl;dr: looking for some 300-500 cal staple meals to get back on the horse.

Thanks everyone!! 💜

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Concave armpits, what the actual heck…

Sorry if TMI but in the “odd and unexpected consequences of weight loss” category, is anyone else experiencing this? It’s freaking me out. Just losing weight didn’t seem to trigger it at first, but now that I’m increasing my weightlifting and doing body recomp/shaping (especially in the chest/shoulders/upper back) seems to be exaggerating it a lot! So weird. I’m a woman if that matters. Oh and also shaving is now apparently incredibly difficult, did you all switch to waxing or get lasered or what?

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Going below goal weight for “cushion”

Stats: Female/41/CW:175/GW: 155

Idk if this is important, but I’ve gained 20 pounds in the last 5 months. I don’t really over eat, but I started drinking everyday, sometimes multiple cocktails. This week, I went to the doctor to address the rapid weight gain and was dx with severe depression which I’ll be treating with Wellbutrin. Now that all of that’s out of the way…

My goal weight is usually 155, but as I start yet another weight loss journey, I was wondering whether anyone aimed to hit a weight that’s below their goal weight, in order to provide a cushion for possible weight gain, or in order to create a new set point. Does this feel like a disordered way of thinking?

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I just realized that I'm not obese anymore!!!!!

I'm literally so excited right now. This morning I weighed in at 207. I've been losing since the summer, and I'm down around 30 lbs since I started losing weight. This is the first time in several years that I've had a BMI that isn't considered obese, and just overweight. I'm literally so happy about this. I've struggled with weight loss for such a long time, most of my childhood really, so the fact that it's finally working for me is awesome and amazing. Twink body here I come.

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For real though, this sub has been so helpful for me. The amount of tips, advice, and support I've gotten in here has been literally essential to me getting here. Thank y'all so much. Tracking calories works!!

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Progress is slowing, feeling frustrated/unsatisfied, need some tips to keep going

I feel kind of embarrassed to be even posting this because my last few posts were so optimistic + full of motivation.

I successfully gone from 192lbs/87kg to 144lbs/65kg.

But the progress is slowing down more, I expected this to happen but I didn’t realize how frustrating it would be for me. I’m short, a tad over 5’1 (155cm).

It took me almost 3 months to get from 155lbs -> 144 lbs. I’m averaging around 3 pounds a month, when in the past I was averaging 8-12lbs a month.

My TDEE is only about 1600 calories a day, and to pull off a 400 cal deficit I can only eat 1200 cal a day and it doesn’t feel like enough. I’m always hungry.

When I first started weight loss, I could eat 1600/Cals a day and fill full and successfully lose. Not the case anymore. I don’t feel satisfied on a 1200 cal budget like I did when I was eating 1600 cal.

I started going to the gym and doing more walking/jogging 3-4 times a week to help out but it’s only making me hungrier and grumpier. I will burn around 200-300 calories a gym session, but on the days I do that I can’t stick to 1200/cal and usually end up eating 1600/cal due to hunger which stalls my progress more.

I tried to up my protein but I still find myself so hungry. That extra ~400 calorie difference between 1200 & 1600 feels extremely important to me and I feel like I can’t sustain 1200/day for another 6 months to hit my goal weight.

Any tips from the shorties out there that have to stick to such a low calorie amount per day?

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Intentional 126 pound lost in approximately 10 months

I've been on a weight loss journey since late February of last year (started at 360 pounds), and my process is limiting myself to 2000 calories a day. I don't partake in exercise, however my job requires some physical labor, such as unloading trucks and walking for 7 1/2 hours a day (workdays are 9 hours). Is this normal? I'm currently a 30-year-old male, 5"8 in height. Any information would be appreciated.

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