I’ve lost about 45 pounds in the last 2.5 months with portion control and calorie counting on LoseIt! And have been thinking about incorporating some more cardio and starting to weight train. My concern is that by adding weights training, my weight loss will slow down/stop while I still have about 30 pounds that I want to lose. Is this a rational concern or am I subconsciously looking for excuses?
I am a 20F and in my 3rd year of college and have a weekend job. I am busy but I still have some free time. It is so hard to lose weight in college and half of my problem is motivation. I used to do track in HS but I hated running. I need high fat and calorie burning workouts but the only exercise I really know is running. Thinking of going for a run lessen my motivation even more. I am 5,7 190-185 lbs. I don’t think that I look really heavy, I like my butt and hips but I have fat in my lower tummy. I am really wanting to lower weight in my tummy and just slim my figure. My GW would be 170-160. I don’t want to be super skinny, but I definitely want a lower weight. I love food and used a calorie tracker at a certain point but stopped. Now I just try to be more cautious of my calories but Its not doing much. I try to start eating around 12pm and stop around 9pm, I heard that is a good thing to do. I try to eat in that time range when my schedule allows me too. Any advice is appreciated. How did you start your weight loss journey? How did you keep your weight off? Any workout suggestions that you swear by? Any food recommendations or calorie goals?
My current goal is 1220 calories a day—first off, is that unrealistic and unsustainable? I am 21 F 5’5 ft and 140 lbs. I walk nearly 10,000 steps a day and ride horses twice a week currently. I’m new to tracking calories but I know that what you eat + how much you eat is the main cause of weight loss/gain. I will often find myself staying in the range of 1220 ( + more potentially if I’ve burned some calories) for a few days in a row then falling into days where I’m doubling my calorie intake (I guess binging?). I haven’t lost any of my fat and I guess it’s due to this binging, how can I make my goals more achievable while still being able to eat meals I love. I’ve realized that some of my favorite/go-to meals such as a pizza, pasta, or even chipotle are up to 900+ calories alone. How am I ever supposed to be able to enjoy these meals when that meal alone is practically a whole days worth of calories for me? Is this going to be a losing battle for me? -I would also like to add that I quit drinking alcohol all together a month ago, and quit vaping 3 weeks ago. For me to have quit drinking has caused a bit of a difference, since I’m no longer binging drinks and then eating a ton of carbs at 1AM then binging on carbs the following day as a hangover cure. But I will say that I thought cutting out drinking would cause more of a difference in my figure, if anything it has only debloated me I think. I’m not longer puffy, but I will say I was expecting to see a bigger difference, especially based off other people’s stories of massive weight loss after they quit.
So I don't dedicate that much to weight loss, but over the past month ive lost almost 10lbs!
I started at 140lbs and when i heard my weight at the doctors i was upset and decided to do something about it. Since mid-late december I've been able to go to the gym and i began IF and calorie deficit and over the past 1.5-2 months ive lost 9lbs! Im down to 131 and im excited for losing a bit more. (I wont lose much more because i want to be healthy and happy for my height and stuff)
Also i am being as healthy as i can about it and will try to speak with an adult about my diet soon. I've been able to sustain my diet too and i make sure i eat enough+healthier. Im just so happy and proud of myself for showing effort everyday :)
By one of the most respected weight loss specialists in NYC. I’m M 5”6 33 and 160 lbs. BMI says I am 20 lbs overweight and I have a host of elevated labs - sugar, cholesterol, etc.
I am down from 185 but still. I want to be able to get in the 140s for my health. I seem to do everything right. Severely restricted calories 1200-1500 a day, exercise about 4x a week, I’m even taking metformin!
Yet a) this diet sucks and b) i go down a pound or two, but have one day where i eat like a human and I’m back to 160.
I looked at the overall trends of the last couple weeks (3+) and it just goes back and forth between a range of 156-160.
Yes, I’ve read this sub and yes I’ve posted before, but I just need some help and reinforcement of ideas that go over my head a bit.
Thanks in advance
I’m 5’2, 29F, currently 58kg and I can’t seem to lose any more weight. I run or do yoga 2-3 times a week and my TDEE for weight loss is around 1200 calories. I generally eat quite well although I sometimes struggle to eat/exercise to meet so few calories as I get really hungry. Occasionally I might dip to 56kg, but it comes back on after a couple of weeks!
What should I do? I don’t feel that confident with weight training but would that help me lose the final 5kg? If so, could anyone recommend a free weight training program? Or, do I need to be more strict with calories in my diet? I generally eat around 80-90g of protein a day, sleep 8.5 hours usually and drink plenty of water.
I (45F) have friend from university (also 45F) and we have pretty similar boring suburban married lives with corporate careers and whatnot. Let's call my friend Mary.
Mary used to be the hot sorority girl in university. I was the fat friend. Despite being the hot sorority girl, Mary has always been a great person and we kept in touch over the years, as much as possible, given family / work. She moved to the US so we don't see each other in person that often anymore, but still chat online frequently.
Mary followed my weight loss journey a few years after I got married and is very aware of everything I did, how I did, and that I have kept it off over the years, with minor fluctuations here and there. It's been a long time.
I saw Mary recently at a work thing in the US last week. I was really surprised since we haven't seen each other in a few years and she doesn't share pictures of herself online. She's extremely obese - extremely. I didn't say anything but I didn't even recognize her at the event, with all the other people around. I excused myself by saying it was her hair that changed, but she laughed and said she knows she's morbidly obese.
Mary then proceeded to say (unprompted) that her current BMI is "the same as her age" (so, like, 45), and that her doctor has been talking about gastric bypass. I said that I know people who did it and while successful, it's a rough recovery. Then I said that something I did was to add a lot of exercise to my lifestyle, and portion control. I run, cycle and lift (like a lot of people on this sub)
Mary got really upset when I said that. She said right to my face that "dieting does not lead to long term weight loss and everyone gains their weight back, I can send you lots of links about that!" and that "restricting what you eat with portion control is unsustainable, makes you depressed". Finally, she said "I am very healthy, I go on walks and eat healthy but there's something with my metabolism that makes me gain weight - I'm looking for a doctor that will understand my new body and will not fat shame me".
I mean, to each their own but I was taken aback by these comments since she was telling ME - someone she has witnessed first-hand losing weight AND keeping it off for almost TWO DECADES - that losing weight is IMPOSSIBLE. What the hell is going on here? Is this a social media thing?
I didn't engage further. It was a work function, keep it professional. But it was very weird. She can be fat if she feels ok with that. I just felt it was very inappropriate to tell ME that what I have been doing for two damn decades is going to eventually fall apart because some social media influencer said so. It's almost like she *hopes* it will fail, so she can justify to herself not doing what her doctor told so.
Very upsetting, and I needed to talk to someone about it. It was kind of sad, too - she is (or wasn't) the kind of person I expected to say these things. It caught me by surprise.
I don't have any questions, I am just feeling disappointed and sad.
