Struggling to get back into losing weight after ED (tw: severe restrictive eating)

Hi everyone, I've been subscribed here for a while, but this is my first post. I've always had a really unhealthy relationship with food, and I would frequently overeat to feel happy. This obviously caused me to have weight issues from the time I was really young. When I finally decided to do something about it, I lost about 150 lbs in about a year. The issue is that to achieve that weight loss, I severely restricted my calories. I'm talking 500 or under. A good day was when I would eat about 200 total. If I didn't, I'd get super anxious and would turn to not so great coping mechanisms. I also ended up really sick because of this. I maintained the weight loss for a while until 2020 when I had a series of really traumatic things happen, and I returned to binge eating to cope and gained it all back really fast.

I really want to get back into losing weight and being healthier, the only problem is that when I try and start restricting calories at a healthy amount, I really want to slide back into my old habits and its really hard to resist doing so, so I usually end up just avoiding calorie counting all together and end up overeating so I don't lose any weight.

Has anyone had a similar experience or any advice?

By the way, I did see a nutritionist for a while, but it wasn't super helpful. I've also gone to some therapy for this issue, but I am not currently in therapy because of long waiting lists in my area/lack of mental health care professionals.

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What should my exercise routine look like?

Hi guys! I am 21F, 103kg, 167cm and my goal weight is around 63kg.

I am currently doing CICO and slowly introducing more exercise.

The thing is, I want to lose a lot of weight before gaining muscle but from online videos I’ve seen women who are doing weight lifting at the early stages of their weight loss journey.

I do not want my fat to turn to muscle so I just want to know, what should my exercise schedule look like?

I am going swimming 3 times a week and currently doing no weight lifting. I have a bike/elliptical at home so I have been doing a bit of that to strengthen my legs slightly.

Any advise is welcome! :)

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Weight Loss & Dating

Curious if anyone has thoughts here. I’ve been waiting my whole adult life to lean into finding a partner — waiting to get out of debt, for my career to be well-established, for my work-life balance to be better, and on and on — and haven’t been lucky enough to run across someone in the wild.

Now my instinct is to wait until I’ve lost weight to date… it’s so hard to imagine someone looking at my pictures — or me in real life — and actually seeing ME, not just a big lady. It’s certainly all I see when I look at myself. But it could take a year to get to a weight I’m happy with (if I succeed at all… which I’m hopeful about, but deeply afraid of being certain — itself perhaps fodder for another post on another day).

There are so many other parts of my life I’m happy with — really everything EXCEPT my weight — and finding a partner is very important to me. So I want to override my instinct to wait. One thing has become abundantly clear in recent years: life is too damned short. But I’m still just… afraid.

I suppose I’m not exactly sure what I’m looking for with this post… if anyone has met their person while heavier, I’d really love to hear some success stories. Or even tactics for meeting people, or how (or whether?) to acknowledge weight on these apps… my nightmare would be getting to a point of meeting and being rejected on the spot, but I also don’t imagine leading with “Hi I know I’m large but here’s my calorie deficit plan, TDEE calculation, peloton FTP, and current deadlift max!” is a great idea.

If it’s relevant, I’m a 30-something straight female.

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I am struggling.

I’ve lost 103 pounds officially, but I’m struggling significantly with body dysmorphia. I am trying to figure outfits out for a trip and I look at my loose skin and I just can’t even imagine wearing shorts or tank tops, which in Florida weather, would be perfect, right?

I am working out consistently, I am eating right and I still just cannot look at myself and feel proud with how badly my skin and body looks. Despite the weight loss, I still feel like I look super obese. I don’t know how to challenge this body dysmorphia when it’s this bad right now.

Yes I’m in therapy. Yes I’m on meds. Yes, I’m working through it. But right now, idk. I just need to vent because no one else understands the struggle I’m going through right now and I’m just…really fucking sad.

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Reverse dieting, refrain from doing a lot of cardio, “95%” etc (Girl Fit Method Podcast)

I’ve been listening to the Girl Fit Method Podcast for a while and enjoyed it but some things came up that I find questionable. I’m not a fitness/weight loss expert, so I may be mistaken, but I’m interested to know what others think.

1. The host referenced the “95% of diets fail”. I just am not a fan of this stat because it’s not proven. She didn’t use this to argue against weight loss but the fact that she quoted it irked me.

2. Talk of “reverse-dieting” … maybe I just don’t understand it, but I feel sceptical about it. Does anyone have experience of trying this/can verify it actually works?

3. In an episode she encouraged listeners to only use cardio to help weight loss in the later stages of weight loss. She said that it should only be used sparingly and in small amounts and that the majority should be resistance / weight training. I might be biased but in my experience cardio such as running and walking has been a staple in my weight loss and has helped me to lose and keep off more than 15kg. I agree strength training is important but I doubt it is the most effective way to burn calories.

I am anticipating that I may be wrong about some things but I’m really open to talk with anyone that is well versed in these topics. For the most part I do enjoy the podcast but more things begin to surface that seem iffy to me.

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It feels like everything this past week has been super high calorie

Before Christmas, I was crushing my food goals, and was super consistent. Since then though, every day I’m over my caloric goals. Granted, I’m not incredibly serious about calorie counting. I’ve put on like 5 pounds since Christmas time, and it seems like there isn’t a meal I eat where I’m not disappointed. I have had a lot of events happen, like new years, my sisters engagement, and my birthday today. Like, I had a bowl of chili at chilis, and I come to find out it had 600 calories in it? Wth? I’ve only eaten one meal and I’ve eaten 1300 calories, which is like 80% of my daily goal. Time to go for a walk, I guess. Hopefully this seems to end soon, as it’s not sustainable for weight loss. Have a good day

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Tips/Tricks I've learned for Weight Loss

Hey all!

Just wanna put this out there, and hopefully start a thread to encourage people who are also on this journey. Disclaimer: I'm not a health professional, I'm just someone who's losing weight (for the second time) and found things that work for me personally through trial and error, so all this should be taken with a grain of salt.

Please feel free to put down any other tips/tricks that any of you found, or put down why any of these do/don't work for you. Which goes into my first tip:

1 - There is no one size fits all. What works for gander won't necessarily work for goose, and any weight loss advice - including this post - should not be taken too seriously. For more concrete advice, it's better to work with a medical professional.

2 - As someone with a major sweet tooth, Fruit is my bestie. I LOVE making compotes, and I LOVE making smoothies. I do my best to watch my overall added sugar intake and keep it to ~25g or less at least on weekdays, and be mindful on weekends even with allowing myself more indulgent treats. But I don't limit fruit, especially when it helps so much on a heavy craving day.

3 - Hunger levels will vary. Some days will just naturally lead to more hunger than others, especially if you're also someone with a uterus. So on days where my stomach is a black hole, and I'm not satiated even after balanced meals, volume eating is my tactic to work with it. I might still eat a bit over my calorie budget, but by using volume eating I'm at least more likely to be getting a good amount of nutrients out of it. I'll volume eat until I'm no longer overly-hungry. (For those that don't know, volume eating means eating a lot of very low calorie foods. Think heaping amounts of veggies, popcorn, things of that sort.)

4 - A journey isn't something that happens overnight. While losing a lot of weight very quickly may be motivating and work for some, I need a slow easy process because I already have a lot going on in life. So I count calories, I'm not in more than a 100-200 daily calorie deficit, and I'm focusing more on just trying to keep healthy habits over obsessing on a specific number. (IE focusing on getting more nutrient dense foods, balanced meals, and not eating too much junk food.) I also use a Fitbit, and I journal down everything I eat via the number of calories within the app. For me, this is a KISS method.

5 - Some activity is better than no activity. It's better to do activity you enjoy. Weight Loss will happen mostly through diet, but the mental health benefits of exercise cannot be understated. So I play paintball, I do sword fighting, and I walk/jog. Sometimes I swim at my local pool. I don't go to the gym anymore, but I'm trying to get into the habit of bodyweight strength training at home, a little at a time. It is 1000% true that you can't outrun a bad diet, but it's way easier to stay on track when you're giving yourself time to move and get away from the screen. I consider it an adult version of playtime or recess.

This post was a little lengthy but for a TLDR; my weight loss tips are Find what works for you (not just what's being touted as good), Fruit is awesome for a sweet tooth, Volume eat for extra hungry days, Slow progress is easier to maintain, and Exercise in a way you enjoy.

Bonus: no one's perfect, consistency is what matters :)

Happy 2023 everyone!

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