Holding myself accountable. This is my weight-loss journey. Day 14

TW// slight mentioning of ED Hi reddit!

I've been failing again and again with weight loss due to struggling with PCOS and it has been quite a journey. Right now these are my stats: Age: 21 SW: 189.8lbs CW: 186.2lbs height: 159cm 5'2 GW 1: 160lbs Final GW: 135lbs

I was around 120lbs when I was 15. Then by the end of school I was around 160. I got a liposuction in some areas of my body hoping that would help me since I was extremely depressed due to my weight.

I was on the MOON for some months after that. Even though my weight was around 150lbs (due to water retention).

I moved away for college and was diagnosed with PCOS. It was horrible. I went from 150 to 165 in the first year. And then the second year from 165lbs to 189lbs. The heaviest I had been. I felt bad for the money that was wasted. I was 189ish for the whole 2021-2022 and did not get treated for pcos.

I tried every diet and then constantly BINGED for those two years. I was sick.

On January 1st 2023 my brain clicked. I didn't want to be this way anymore. I still am not able to go to the doctor for pcos until around march/april due to personal reasons, but I started taking inositol and helped me get back my period!

I calculated my maintenance calories at around 1,900 and have been eating 1,450-1,500 calories a day.

I think this is the longest I've encouraged myself and I'm forcing myself to do this for 100 days before I can decide to quit.

I have also been consistently drinking two liters of water (a little more with water in food included)

My weight is currently 186.2lbs after two weeks. I'm in my period so im not too discouraged.

Please support me in my journey back to health❤️

I didn't write everything so if you have any questions please comment.

tldr; Title

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looking for Accountability

I'm 5'8 283lbs and seeking an accountability partner in a similar mindset? I do good with the gym when I feel I have someone as a reason to go (not at the point of having that person be myself just yet due to anxiety). Would love to text/chat with regarding weight loss and just check in during the week when I hit my goals. Anyone have any recommendations of groups to find for this that aren't diet bets?

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Calorie Deficit Questionable Results, Help?

Hey Folks, I was hoping to get some insight on my weight loss progress. I am currently 247 lbs and I have been maintaining an approximately 500-700/day calorie deficit for 3 weeks here. My daily calorie expenditure is usually right around 3000 calories.

In that time I have managed to lose about 1 pound. While maintaining a consistent 4-5 day work out schedule. I have a pretty decent muscle mass on my body already, but over the past two years my activity level kinda went to crap due to school and work which resulted in me gaining about 30lbs.

As I've been starting to workout consistently again, I have definitely noticed a loss in belly fat as well as an increase in endurance and strength. I have done a bit of research into why I'm not losing weight faster and the only thing that seems logical is that I have been putting on muscle weight as quickly as I've been losing fat weight. However, that seems highly improbable that I've already put on 3-5 lbs of muscle.

My diet has been pretty very strict and consistent. I mitigate the use of sauces and other things that harbor hidden calories, so I can confidently say that my calorie intake is about what it should be to maintain consistent weight loss, but for some reason it's just not happening.

Does anyone have some insight into what is going on here? It's really disheartening when ya work pretty hard to workout and eat right but to not see hardly any results. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! :)

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Lost 7 lbs in my first week?

Hi there.

I went from 239.9–>232.9 in one week while exercising and intermittent fasting (for reference I’m 5’11, 19m).

Is this healthy? I didn’t think I was starving myself or anything—honestly I wasn’t very hungry—but I weighed myself today and I lost 7 pounds.

I haven’t been tracking my calories, so I’m not sure how much I’m eating; but I’ve been doing 16:8 intermittent fastening. During the 8 hours, I eat two meals (breakfast and dinner). I couldn’t really eat lunch even if I wanted to because I have class from 9-5 and 11-5 every day of the week. I’ve been trying to eat solely healthy foods too; it’s been turkey sausage, eggs, and fruit for breakfast and a variety of things for dinner (usually between salmon, chicken, quinoa/brown rice, broccoli, green beans, other vegetables, and fruit).

I also worked out 3x this week and averaged around 7k/8k steps a day.

Is this weight loss healthy? Should I change something? I feel like I’m doing everything right so I’m concerned about the speed.

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Am I doing something wrong or should I give it more time?

So, for context: I restarted my weight loss journey on January 1st. I’m really hopeful that this will be the time that sticks since I’m in the process of changing my mindset and relationship with food. Anyway, the first week went great; I lost 9 pounds. I know most of it was probably water weight, but I was still excited to be making progress. This past week, I’ve noticed the scale slowly creeping back up to around the weight I started at, and I can’t help but feel a little discouraged. I have no plans on giving up, but I would like to know if there are adjustments that need to be made or if I need to give it more time?

My BMR is 2,354 and I’ve been eating 1,700 calories a day. I log and weigh all my food; my sodium intake is below 2,300mg daily. I drink 80 or more ounces of water a day. I have an IUD and don’t have periods, so I’m not really sure how big of a role my cycle plays in these fluctuations.

I’m also 5’8” and have a fairly significant amount of weight I would like to lose, so I thought 1,700 calories would be a good place to start. Should I be going lower?

Any advice is appreciated. Thank you in advance! ❤️

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I've successfully lost 57lbs, and now have to lower my daily calorie intake significantly to continue losing. My new deficit makes me RAVENOUSLY hungry, literally can't sleep because of hunger pain hungry.

Height: 5'4"

SW: 240

CW: 183

GW: 170

I started my weight loss journey in August 2021. Up until this month, I was eating 1500-1600 calories a day and working out 5-6 days a week. According to my fitness tracker, my workouts averaged between 450-600 calories burned on average (moderate to high intensity cardio for 60-90 mins). I've typically lost about 1-1.5lbs a week with a few 2lb/wk outliers, and some 0lb/wks (holiday dinners, bdays, etc.)

I noticed around the beginning of last month that I had really slowed down progress-wise--even disregarding holiday stuff, which I was tracking anyway. I was still losing weight, but at a very slow rate--like 1lb over the course of 3 weeks. I decided it was time to reassess my TDEE at my new weight. According to most calculators, my BMR is now 1540--so my old daily target of 1500/1600 a day is definitely not gonna cut it anymore, even with the exercise.

I decided to try and bump my daily intake down to 1200/1300 at the beginning of January, and I have really, really struggled. I feel like I am absolutely starving--like my hands are shaking, I can't focus, I have no energy, and sometimes feel physical pain due to the hunger. The hunger pain has woken me up at night and I couldn't go back to sleep until I ate something. Even on my non-exercise days, 1200 doesn't feel like enough, and it's basically impossible on my exercise days. I did feel hungry sometimes on my old deficit when I was bigger, but not to the extent I'm currently feeling it. Before it was something I was conscious of, but could ignore. Now it's something that directly interferes with my ability to get through my day to day life. I also haven't lost any weight on this new deficit yet, which it has only been two weeks so it could just be that, but that's just another smack in the face.

If I eat smaller meals more frequently throughout the day, I just get hungry quicker and never feel fully satisfied--constantly thinking about the next time I get to eat. If I do more of an IF approach and eat the majority of my calories for the day all at once, I feel like I'm able to stave off hunger for about 9 to 10 hours, and then at the end of the night I'm ravenous. I already drink a buttload of water and it doesn't make the hunger go away. I would say my diet is fairly average--I eat a lot of salads with chicken or bacon, Japanese style chicken curry w/ a vegetable base instead of rice, home-made burgers, that kind of stuff, with the occasional sweet treat. I weigh and pre-portion my food as well (mealprepping) so there shouldn't be many calories unaccounted for. I was doing a low-carb diet for a while in September - October, but it ended up not being realistic for my lifestyle (I would get violently sick any time I had any carbs at all, and I do enjoy going out with my friends, going to company parties, etc. in which I might have a single white claw or something, and I'd always be extremely sick to my stomach for a few days after the fact.)

I feel really frustrated, because it's not really THAT big of a decrease even though it feels like it, and even with this decrease, according to the numbers the calculators give me, I'll still only lose 1lb a week on a 1200/1300 deficit (I'm not counting my exercise calories because I can't track them as accurately as my food, and am viewing them as an additional boost rather than an allowance to eat more). If I can't hit this deficit reliably, then I have no idea how I'm going to hit my goal weight. It feels frustrating to be struggling like this when I am so close to the finish line. I do have PCOS, and I know that it can cause issues with weight loss and hunger and stuff, but I've been to the doctor recently and nothing was freakishly out of wack in my bloodwork. Maybe I just need to be more patient and let my body adjust to the new deficit more, but it's a very shocking feeling to feel this way after over a year of it being relatively easy to do. It makes it feel like I'm not gonna be able to reach the finish line because my body just can't take this deficit.

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I was on a roll and then COVID happened. Totally got off the wagon.

Hi! I started my weight loss journey with a nutritionist last month. December 4. It was so great and I lost 10-13 lbs! From 164 to 153-151 range! After struggling to lose my pandemic weight! My goal is to get to 145. Anyway, I did this by tracking my calories and working out. Cardio, walking and strength training, etc. right when I hit my 151 lb milestone, a few days later, I find out I have COVID and had to stop my routine. I completely lost my appetite for a few days. And of course just in bed the entire week. But the past week, my husband and I (who also got COVID) have just been ordering out and eating out and just whatever all week! I didn’t eat out for the whole month of my journey and now I am just eating whatever. Untracked. Binge eating now that my appetite is back.

Will this mess me up and will I gain weight?? I figured I would just take it easy this week and just relax a bit. But I am pretty sure I overate a lot! Chinese food, sweets, you name it. Ahh, any tips on what I can do to get back??

Will I gain weight and will I be able to get back on track and go back to my lowest weight or is it a set back? So scared to ruin my progress and gain it all back!

Thanks!

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