Why do strangers feel it’s appropriate to comment on others bodies?

I have been on the struggle bus with my weight loss journey the past 6 months. Ups and downs. Got back on good track this week with calorie deficit. Some customers (whom are both larger than me) asked me today when I’m due. Spoiler alert: not pregnant. I responded that “I’m not pregnant, but clearly very fat.” Did they apologize? No. One of the two proceeded to repeat multiple times that “I could’ve swore it!” Yeah, that makes it worse bitch. I am filled with rage, embarrassment and sadness. Please, help me harness these feelings into motivation towards my goals and not a reason to “chuck it in the fuck it bucket” and give up.

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Age really does affect weight loss.

I used to always be a runner. Sometimes, I’d cut back on my mileage and increase more gym workouts, but it’s safe to say exercise has always been consistent with me. Eating well, and cooking is something I started once I moved out of my parent’s house at 18. For 14 years, I was relatively the same weight and wore the same size.

I moved to Texas and for some reason could not run like I used to. It trained safely in the heat to acclimate myself, but even during the winters, my fitness just wasn’t the same. I went the the gym but the results I used to achieve did not seem to show.

In 2022 I really noticed my body changing and that over the past 3 years, I’ve slowly been putting on weight (from 122 to 139 lbs). December, 2022 I joined OrangeTheory to switch things up. I felt like I was getting some amazing workouts in 4 days a week. I was mindful (as always) of my calories and macros. I’ve been using my fitness pal to track since 2014 with the exception of taking a few months off here and there. It’s a part of my lifestyle and helps to keep me accountable.

I haven’t lost one pound since joining OrangeTheory. I feel stronger and am hoping that the next InBody scan reveals muscle mass gain, but otherwise I haven’t seen significant changes like I’m used to.

I woefully flicked through pictures of me in 2017-2018 which revealed a slim, toned body that people used to compliment me on. I decided to check my My FitnessPal app to see if I was doing anything differently at the time. Nope - my macros and calories were relatively the same. My exercise routine wasn’t significantly different other than the fact that I did have more runs in as apposed to HIIT training, but was in the gym enough to have toned muscles. I’m sleeping much better these days, and am more consistent with my water consumption. I have a much healthier “adult” routine which I includes far less drinking.

I’m 34 now. Around the age of 32, I really started to notice a change in physic and difficulty in maintaining what I was used to. Genetically, my mom says this is around the time her body really changed, too. I think accepting that you can’t look 28 forever has been a hard pill to swallow. It’s not like I’m middle aged but I’m not very young anymore. I’m sure in ten years I’ll see pictures of the body I’m in now and wish I had appreciated it more. So, my goal now is to be grateful that o have my health and have worked hard my whole life to maintain it.

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I (40year old, 6’1” M) lost 65 lbs in less than a year. Went from 235lbs to 170lbs. Feel physically fantastic. Best health since high school. So why am I angry so much of the time?

The past couple months or so I haven’t felt depressed really.. just to quick to anger and I dwell on negative things far more than I used to. It only recently occurred to me that this could be due at least in part to the physical change of weight loss. FYI, I am now vegan and alcohol, caffeine and newly tobacco free as well, so a lot of change in the past year.

Is my temperament change a normal reaction to a physical change? Will I get used to it and level off back to my normal self eventually? I’m tired of having no patience and being angry so much of the time. Help!

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I would like a Fit Friend

I've fallen of the wagon this week. I've been sick these past few days and have also been really stressed, and I've rationalized to myself that I need to eat a lot in order to cure my cold and to deal with stress.

I think it might be worth trying to have a fit friend, who talks to me and checks in with me every now and then. I remember reading a weight loss study that said participants felt losing weight was easier when they had to report to someone. Currently, I just report to myself, my girlfriend and MyFitnessPal.

I would like to be friends on Discord. I also only want one friend just because I'm not good at developing a bunch of new relationships. Even if it's not fruitful, friends are still cool.

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Upped my intake - why am I feeling tired and weak?

After several months of fairly rapid weight loss (1.1 kg or 2.4 lbs a week) I've gone from obese to just inside the healthy BMI range, and decided to slow things way down. So I dialled in 0.25 kg/week to the LoseIt app, and set a slightly elevated protein intake of 1.33 g/kg. Ever since then (around 10 days) I've felt exhausted a lot of the time, and my limbs have felt weak and jelly-like much of the time as well, though they still manage resistance exercise at a similar level. My digestion also seems a little off - I feel bloated and gross a lot of the time, and it seems to take food a long time to transit. Also I've completely stopped losing weight - which is fine, I'm not in a hurry to lose the last two kg, it's just interesting.

My theories:

• My body has decided the famine is over and is trying to focus on accumulating as many of the now-abundant calories it can
• The extra protein is going straight to my muscles to rebuild some of the bulk they lost over the last few months, and that is sapping my energy and making the muscles feel weak
• I have coincidentally contracted a mild illness and everything will be fine in a week
• I lost weight too fast and broke my liver, or something similarly disastrous

My doctor could only suggest that sometimes bodies are weird when you change your diet and I'll probably feel better soon. We're waiting on some blood tests that he expects will come back completely normal.

42M 188cm SW:120kg CW:87kg GW:85kg

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Having side affects from weight loss medication

I started taking Qysmia (phentermine) about 3ish weeks ago and it was fine until just this past week. I’ve been breaking out really bad and feeling extremely anxious. I’m already pretty anxious and I feel like I’m just acting wrong and everyone can tell (probably being paranoid about that). Like I’m pent up and doing and saying the wrong things. The drug is really helping me with weight loss but I’m curious if anyone else had similar affects and got thru them or had alternative options?

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has anyone here managed to overcome sugar addiction and return to a normal relationship with it?

i'm reading a lot about eating and food addiction and nutrition right now because every weight loss attempt keeps inevitably failing and after weeks of hard work i always end up right at my original weight. so i figured i'd do all the research i could on whatever different methods of eating and dieting are out there and one thing i keep stumbling across is the concept of food addiction and quitting sugar forever.

practically every source that discusses this topic claims that unless you quit sugar for good and commit to never eating sweets again, you will continue to suffer from cravings that will ultimately end up in a binge spirale and reset your progress. (obviously there are people who have no trouble eating sweets in moderation; but i am specifically talking about people who find it impossible not to eat cookies by the batch and have no self control around food).

this conclusion very much mirrors my own experiences. every attempt at losing weight ultimately fails, i go into binge mode, eat back in a week what i lost over two months and end up miserably hating myself. it's true that attempting to "only have sweets once a week" thus far has not worked out for me. still, the thought of quitting sweets forever seems hard to bear. sure, that makes it all the more likely i have a serious addiction to it. i'm willing to abstain, even for several months if necessary. but i am wondering if i can ever get to a point where i can be one of those people who can have a cookie at a party and be satisfied, without obsessively thinking about how to obtain more without seeming greedy, or getting home and inhaling half a jar of nutella. i do read a lot of criticism on these drastic takes as well, and sugar- or food addiction is still not scientifically confirmed to even exist.

so i'm curious to hear your input. have any of you been sugar addicted and managed to develop a normal relationship with it again, or is permanent abstinence really the only way?

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