Starting my weight loss journey

Hi Reddit not sure if this post belongs here but here goes nothing. I am F 16 5’7 and currently 237lbs. I am very unfit I stay in my home all day, online school and I’m not allowed out much because my neighborhood isn’t the best regarding safety. I have always been obese as long as I can remember, the lightest I remember being was 140lbs at 11 years old. My family is mostly overweight and have just accepted it. My confidence is very low seeing other girls my age wearing what I want to wear and being able to run and do sport freely. I don’t know where to start , my family is off no help, they buy groceries and make food I have no money I can use to buy healthy stuff I always eat a lot I am always hungry i don’t know why. Please help me how I can I lose weight to start I want to be 130lbs and be able to run without breathless and wear cute clothes like my friends

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55lbs down- CICO is the way, *pics linked

Link to progress pics:

https://imgur.com/a/oTUHJ9x

I didn’t take the best before photo- “after” photos were taken today. For the first time in almost 10 years, I bought a bikini 🫣

I’m a mom of 3 who believed my body was just destined to look how it did after 3 kids. Yes, I still have a funny mom belly button- but I’ll take it. I was 135 pre-kids, and my initial goal was to get back to my pre-mom weight.

I used to eat out of stress, I replaced that habit with crafts- paint by number, gem art, etc. I do Body Pump group fitness at the gym, recently started running and began a marathon training plan to have a schedule. Ran my first 13 miles last Sunday. Absolutely bananas.

The first 30 days were the hardest. I started in June 2022, and used to believe counting calories was for EDs. Now I know it’s not- and I was eating the same amount of food my 180lb husband was eating. No surprise I became 180lbs and sustained it for as long as I did. I started counting calories in July 2022, and started using a food scale in August 2022. Stuck with my deficit through the holidays. Celebrated/looked forward to the holiday day vs gorging for months. Made the meals that much more enjoyable.

Big turning point for me was realizing a lot of highly-palatable processed foods are purposefully designed to be profitable & addictive.

Anyway- I feel incredible. I was initially frustrated weight loss took/would take so long, but now I’m glad it does. It gave me enough time to learn so much & I’m still learning; about me, about the process.

I will never, ever, ever regret the every day choices I’ve made to get to this point. My kids think my “muscles” are cool, and they think how far I can run is super rad. My middle boy runs a mile with me weekly- he’s a big reason I started running, he enjoys it & I couldn’t run far before.

Don’t give up, you won’t regret it. You’re stronger than your cravings and the instant gratification- you won’t remember all of that. You can see it through- it’s worth it.

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42 pounds before & after!

I was talking to a new online friend today about both of our weight loss journeys. She asked me for progress pics and I decided to take a new shirtless photo. I haven't taken a shirtless pic since last year.

I was not prepared for there to be such a noticeable change. I had this dumb smile on my face for a solid 15-20 minutes!! I was just so happy. It makes me want to work even harder and do more at the gym!!!

Here you go!!!

Also here's a short video I've made about what it's like to lose 40+ pounds and things that've become easier for me since losing this weight! (Note: I have lost 70+ pounds, it's just that the progress pics from this specific angle are a 40-pound difference).

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Joining the gym and weight lifting

Hello, long time lurker here. I’ve finally reached the point in my fitness journey where it’s time to join a gym. I’m nervous, but mostly excited to take this next step. I want to start weight lifting as I’ve heard all the benefits it has for weight loss, but I have absolutely no idea what to do. I’ve never had a gym membership before nor have I ever weight lifted. I don’t know what to do, how to work the machines, or how many of what I should be doing when!

I’ve been looking online at apps or workout plans to follow but it’s very overwhelming and also very expensive a lot of the time. Does anyone have any suggestions on good apps/plans to follow for absolute beginners to weight lifting? Bonus points if they’re not too expensive!

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Making a master list of weight loss related subreddits

Hello everyone! I was searching for a master list of weight loss subreddits today, but I couldn’t really find any, so I’m gonna make one myself, to share with the community!

If you want to help, please comment any (large or small) sub that is related to weight loss.

Subs related to specific diets are also okay (like keto, IF, vegan etc.), as I’m gonna split the master list into categories.

Thank you in advance!

(Also, please refrain from suggesting eating disorder related subreddits, as I don’t intend to put those on my list for reasons that I’m sure you all understand)

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I feel so much better already!

Hello guys !!! I’ve recently gone back on my weight loss journey after yo-yoing back and forth for a while. I’m 16 days in I’m eating healthier, calorie counting and walking at least 2 or 3 miles 5 days a week.

I feel so much better already. The first thing I noticed happened yesterday! When I first started going on walks my breathing would be a struggle, I couldn’t keep my pace and I would notice a tingling feeling in my hands, yesterday while walking I noticed none of that!! And it was such a pretty day I accidentally walked 5 miles!

The last I checked I was 289 and that was a month ago. I’m too afraid to face the scale so I don’t know if I’ve lost anything yet, but I do feel a million times better not to mention the best part NO HEART BURN OR CHEST PAIN WHILE I TRY TO SLEEP so my rest has been excellent !!!

I truly have to thank this community for keeping me on the wagon!! I’ve never seen so many encouraging people so thank you so much!! Good luck to all of us!

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Weight loss and pregnancy

I would love to know if there is anyone here that has had pregnancy while overweight/obese and then another one closer to goal weight.

I am trying to loose weight before getting pregnant again. I had my son 2021 and I am nearly at pre pregnancy weight (still obese) so I am planning to loose more weight but I wanted positive stories on pregnancy when you weigh less. My first pregnancy was killer.

I also don't know if I should wait longer to try and get pregnant so I can get to a healthy bmi. This would mean i would need to loose another 4 stone (i have lost 1 so far).

Thanks

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