25 down

It’s taken about 8 months but according to my home scale I’m down 25 pounds now! According to the hospital I’m only 4 pounds down so a bit discouraging but I did gain weight since my first recorded weight in may. I started getting serious about weight loss July 27. While I’m not in as hopeful of a state as I used to be it’s encouraging to see even if it might only be 10 actual pounds lost atleast I can assume I’m heading in the right direction. Also to mention I just got out of a 5 month stall at the beginning of February. According to the hospital I’m 346 according to my home scale the day that was recorded I was 337.

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Had 3000 cals today and feeling so bad.

Hiya, I'm feeling really down and in need of some advice. Today I went way over my calorie limit of 1500 and ended up consuming around 3000 calories. And no matter what anyone replies this is notokay. Because if I start thinking it’s okay, I’ll just continue doing this, ya know? I cant stay i this pattern.

So now it’s the end of the day, I'm feeling terrible about it and worried about the setback this will cause in my weight loss journey. To make things worse, yesterday I also ate too much, and I've just been eating what I want without any self-control.

I'm feeling so bad because part of me wants to keep eating loads, while another part of me wants to take control and continue losing weight. I think my overeating is partly due to boredom, and I want to make sure this doesn't become a cycle.

I'm wondering if keeping a log of what I eat during my binges and what triggers them could help me better understand my behavior and make changes. Does anyone have any tips on how to log this in a way that's helpful?

Also, I'm not sure what to do now. I’m feeling disgusting and overweight and horrid. And I’m scared this will make me gain so much weight. Should I try to burn off the extra calories by going on a really long walk tomorrow, or should I just continue with my normal routine? Any advice or words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

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Under 200!

38f. Long time lurker! Been working on weight loss for the last two years. I started at 290 and lost 80 pounds getting down to 210 and then went off the rails gaining 50 pounds back up to 260! Started journey again and am down to 198.6 today, my first time under 200 pounds since 2013! 🤗 My end goal is 154 which seemed to unobtainable when I first started but not anymore. My next benchmark is 180! Want to start tonin! Just excited and wanted to share!

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Freaking Out About This Setback..

So, I ate 2500 calories today. My maintenance is 1300 andd at my “optimal weight loss deficit” according to that tdee calculator app thing, I should be eating around 800. I eat 800-900 calories per day, but today I messed up and had around 2500. Ugh. So how bad of a weight loss setback is that? What should I do? Continue deficit as usual orrr cut it back a little to make up for the binge? (For anyone concerned about those calorie counts, 5’3 and pretty petite so my needs are small.)

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feeling a lot better about the task ahead after meeting the right Dr today.

I am a 33yr old guy and only a few weeks into my weight loss journey. I realistically need to lose around 30-40kg. I had to go to the Dr today which i always dread as they always bring up my weight even if it's not related to my visit and my previous interactions with medical staff have left me fearful about going for check-ups ect. But I've recently moved to a new town which meant a new medical centre and the Dr was awesome. I've never been so relaxed around a gp before and aside from the separate issue for which I was there we had a really good conversation about weight loss and in the end I felt totally fine letting her take all my measurements (weight, blood pressure ect ect) and she has given me a referral and convinced me to talk to someone about ongoing anxiety issues which are related to my weight issues. So if you are struggling and need any type of professional help, don't be afraid to look around until you find the right person to help.

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Exercise and calories?

M, 28, 5’-11”, 228lbs. ~ 4-8 hrs of exercise per week.

So I’ve recently started to work out again at the gym, doing weight lifting about 5-6x per week. After each session I usually do high resistance cardio. I’m either throwing the elliptical to max resistance and aim for 3.5mph average or do the stairmaster for a decent speed. I do this anywhere from 5-10min since it winds me extremely fast and gets super intense.

On my “off” days I usually try to play tennis for minimum 1 Hr. Usually it lasts longer because I enjoy playing. I’ll rarely have a true off day because I like to stay active, but I’m going to start actually including them more. If anything I’ll skip cardio and play some tennis to sub for cardio.

For my exercise for the day I will usually log it in total as 350ish calories(weight lifting and cardio combined). If I play tennis I’ll log more, because I know I burn a ton of calories playing tennis. My band tracks it usually at 750 calories average for 1.5 hour session, give or take. I’ll assume it overestimated and log it around 450 to 500.

My calorie intake I had going for the past 3 weeks (1600 calories + whatever burned from exercise) felt like way too little. It was so bad that I felt extremely tired and weak, my weight lifting was affected a lot, I couldn’t even imagine doing anything I was doing previously before counting my calories, my warm up reps were tiring me out and I couldn’t add too much more weight past that. I absolutely lost weight, but it felt too fast and I gave up tons of energy and lifting performance doing so.

With that said, this week I finally decided to up my calories. With my weight, height, age, and activity(4-8 hours of exercise weekly) I am supposed to be eating roughly 2,020 calories daily to loose about 2lbs per week. So i decided to up my calories to around 2020 and not log my exercises. Just eat 2020 no matter what. Off days, extra calories burned days etc. I def feel a bit better, but now I’m worried that I am now overeating.

I don’t want to eat so little that I greatly affect my weight lifting, but I also don’t want to eat too much that I slow down my weight loss dramatically. Just looking for some guidance.

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Torn on what to do: switch to maintenance despite not reaching my goals or power through?

I'll try to keep it short. I went from 155lbs to ~200lbs from late 2019 to 2021. Then for 1 year and 4 months now, I've been on a weight loss journey. It's been tough because I was fixing a million things in my life at the same time but through some ups and down I managed to get down to 165lbs now and packed on a fair bit of muscles. My routine generally consists of 15k steps/day, 1800 calories average (lower during weekdays so I can eat more on weekends), weight training 4-5 times/week.

After a pretty long journey, I'm very tired of being at a deficit especially that my routine consisted of 15k steps a day to supplement my loss and in very cold weather where I live it has been a challenge. My plan for winter 2023 was to aim to eat maintenance while continuing to work out so I can do a body recomposition. That changed when I did a dexa scan in early January when I was around 170lbs and it showed I'm at almost 28% body fat which meant I'd need to lose a lot more fat to get to where I want to be. I decided to power through and keep losing.

My goal based on what my body looks like now is 160lbs with 16-18% BF so I'll need to lose 10-15lbs of fat and put on more muscles.

Based on how much I slowed down the last 2-3 weeks. I believe to continue at a rate of 4lbs/month, I'd have to cut alcohol again and not eat out on weekends. Unfortunately, continuing that means I'm isolating myself quite a bit socially, much more importantly eating around 1600 cals and spending up to 3h a day walking + gym leaves almost no energy or time to devote to ramping up on my new job. So far I prioritized weight loss but with the pressure I started having anxiety issues again for the first time since 2021 and I think I might need to reconsider my approach.

At the same time, if I don't power through right now, I won't get to my goals before summer because I'll need at least 3 months of fat loss at 4lb/month to get to where I want to be.

Thank you for reading through all of this. Happy to hear any suggestions!

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