SV: I’m starting to see veins in my arms.

Hey everyone.

I started my weight loss journey at around 278lb in August. My heaviest weight was 290. September I went to Bariatrics after losing about 15lbs. by myself after slowly getting diagnosed with medical conditions related to obesity.

With the medical weight loss I was able to go from a 1700-2000 calorie diet to a 1200-1500 calorie diet and able to maintain even with going off the medication once my weight had gone down past 250lbs. I also incorporated cardio exercise 3-4 times a week and made sure I got my heart rate up to 150-170bpm. Strength training was also added twice a week, doing 3x8 of upper body exercises on one day and 3x8 of lower body exercises the next.

I am currently 216 right now, my goal weight is 180, and my be lower depending on how much muscle I lose and how I look in the end, but I was looking at my arm and noticed my veins going up and down my arm. I know this is insignificant, but at one point it was impossible for doctors to draw blood from my arms due to never being able to find a vein. I had always thought it was because I never drank water but now I’m thinking maybe my obesity was affecting that as well.

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Contrave / mysimba - First week experience

Hi All, thought i'd share my first week experiences with the prescription weight loss combination naltrexone /bupropion, as there aren't a lot of recent talk about in across reddit. The drugs are used in isolation to stop craving in opioid/alcohol addiction, and to stop smoking, respectively. Bupropion is also used as an antidepressant.

I have always struggled with weight but recently have gained a lot more and finding it harder than ever to keep on track, a lot of over-eating. I have been prescribed mysimba (called contrave in the US) and I hope to post updates good or bad.

The first week has been very eye-opening. I have experienced no craving for junk food whatsoever, it has been a bit surreal honestly, I can see for the first time what it must feel like for someone with a healthy relationship with food. It has just been effortless.

I am finding myself stopping eating when I am full, and not eating until I feel actually hungry. In fact, what has felt the strangest has been how often my stomach feels 'empty'. I had forgotten what that feels like for the longest time. I must have been living my life going around with a full stomach practically the entire time.

I was expecting some pretty full on side-effects, as a lot of people complain about headaches and nausea, but aside from some very minor head tension and tiredness the first few days, nothing so far. I up my dose this coming week however.

'Lost' weight this week but chalking most of it up to being less full of food.

Starting weight: 110 kg [height 5'10)

Week 1 / 11 Dec weight: 107.6 kg

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I want to lose weight, but I am.a little confused with a couple of things. (Explanation in text)

Alright, so I'm a 19 year old male, with a weight that is so heavy that I am kind of embarrassed typing it here. The whole weight loss motivation kind of hit me with a wave of me hating the fact that i am living this lifestyle of mine. I want to change.

I'm all good with understanding the whole calorie deficit thing and have already downloaded my fitness pal, calculated my TDEE and started hitting the gym a lot more often throughout the week.

The problem comes from what family members have told me. I imagined losing weight as just requiring cardio, but family have told me otherwise. They said that if I lose weight without toning a bit, my skin would ultimately become loose and sag everywhere. Now I don't mind weight training, but the questions are, how often do i weight train, how hard do I go and is the statement above actually true? I have never done weight training in my life, and I am considering hiring a personal trainer to get me kick started with the know hows and a routine for a couple of months - is this a good move, or is weight training something i can pick up by myself?

Thanks.

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Getting full at 1000 calories: Listen to body or try to eat "minimum" amount?

So I've recently started my weight loss journey. I'm 28M and weigh 267lb. I've lost about 10lb in the past two weeks, but I'm guessing its just water weight because I use to be a heavy drinker and I've cut that out completely.

My routine has been tea for breakfast, protein shake for lunch, and then some chicken and rice (or something similar) for dinner. Ultimately trying to stay as close to under 1500 calories a day. I also try to work out in the mornings and walk my dog daily for at least a mile. I'm about to add some strength training into the mix.

The issue is I've noticed that couple days I've been coming in at 1000 calories or less. Today for instance I'm at 1000 calories. The problem is I don't feel hungry, but I know that for my weight, age and activity level that's a really low amount. I take a multivitamin and other supplements (fiber, fish oil, and sexual health stuff).

Should I just go ahead and eat something anyway to make sure I get at least 1200 or 1500 calories, or is what I'm doing fine.

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Overcoming stress eating with basically 0% self awareness and 100% anger.

So, I used to be bigger. Then I wasn't. Being a parent kind of snowballed into constant stress eating. Now I am again. It wasn't bothering me, but it's affecting my health and I want to try.

My biggest problem is that I am a stress eater who has ADHD and dissociative episodes. So basically any time I am even moderately overwhelmed, I will end up in full blown rage and isolating myself, or binging. It's like there is no crutch that works except a huge amount of carbs and I hate myself for it.

I know I have a low calorific need. I know I need a protein biased diet to help my meds work. I know I have to focus on diet for weight loss cause my mobility is so fucked on a daily basis.

But when it comes to the actual act of controlling my diet? I basically do fine for a few days, then someone starts making constant noises that make me want to slam my head into a wall, or I get like 3h of sleep a night for a few in a row, or I have to handle something imploding at home or work or uni, and I go into autopilot and either end up hiding from everyone and acting hostile or eating a whole loaf of bread. When I am angry, the only thing that actually stops it is carbs.

I feel like I have no real capacity to control my life. Last time I lost weight I didn't have to share my fridge with anyone, I could hide from people and be angry for days at a time, and I was much more physically capable. I keep trying to do exactly what I did last time, but it doesn't work cause none of that is the same.

Where do I even begin to learn to control my diet when I can't realistically just go on some kinda "starve and rage" retreat?

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Started gaining weight again?

G'day, sorry if this is a stupid question I'm fairly new to the gym and weight loss.

I've been going with my mate for 2 and a half weeks (6 days a week) and eating at a calorie deficit. Started at 117kg and after 2 weeks was at 113 but in this past half week I've gained 1kg. I haven't changed anything so I'm not sure why or how I can go back to losing. Is there any reason why I've started gaining so soon? For info needed I do ppl with a cardio day every 3 days. Usually eat 2 high protein meals and a protein shake in a day.

Thanks for any help means the world

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Stretch marks after losing weight?

Hey all,

Trying to figure out if this is normal or if a visit to a GP is in order. I’ve (27F, 5’4”) been on a weight loss journey for a couple months - my highest was about 195lb and I just weighed at 181 lb this morning. A loss of 14 pounds in a couple months - yay!

However I was taking a shower a couple hours ago and noticed new red stretch marks on my pelvic area (I didn’t have any before this). I’m a lot freaked out right now that I may have something like Cushing’s syndrome (Dr Google) but my mom said that’s normal when losing weight to get stretch marks, which seems counterintuitive.

Am I going crazy or is this normal?

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