Weight loss coach

Does anyone know if any phone-based weight loss coaches (in the us) or programs? Ideally, I'd like to pay someone to call me a couple times a week to check in on what I've done well and what I've struggled with and help me come up with ways to succeed more the next week. I keep finding services where either it's a texting coach (tried it, I ended up ignoring them or didn't feel bad lying to them since it stopped feeling like a real person) or full service coaches who will plan your workouts and meals (I can plan workouts and meals, I just don't stick to them, mostly the meals. I also don't want to pay for full service if I just want to talk to someone for about 30 minutes a week max). Does anyone know anything like that?

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Long-Term Weight Loss

I was a healthy weight until I gained 80 pounds the year after i graduated high school (discovered eating out and stress). That was 10+ years ago. Since then, my weight goes up and down and up and down and WAY up, and kinda down (just like my mom and the women in my family).

I was in a healthy range and lost a lot of weight for my wedding a couple years back but a severe injury and depression led to another weight gain cycle of 70lbs over 6 months.

Now I’m the heaviest I’ve ever been and recovering from my injury, but can’t twist, lift heavy weights, or do high impact cardio or lean forward (so cycling/Pilates is out). Walking and strengthening muscle groups (not combination training) is really my only route and I’ve just recently been able to add swimming to what I can do, but only a time or two a week or I’m wiped out for now.

That’s not the point… the point is I want to lose weight for good. And it seems like my body is clinging to weight now that I’m approaching 30.

I want to lose so slowly that my body doesn’t know what my plan is so it can’t sabotage my results. So far, I’ve lost 10 lbs over 3 months working out, but was surprised to find cutting out sugars and getting 7,000 steps in didn’t shed weight like it used to. I know I need to up my caloric deficit, but I guess…

Tl;dr I’m wondering if & how anyone has been able to keep weight off long-term after returning to a maintenance diet.

Also, I’m 5’ 10” 29F 234lbs but my maintenance calories currently seem to be less than 1500 even when I’m putting in 30 minutes of weight training and a solid couple miles of walking a day. So it’s like my metabolism has slowed to a crawl after a year of barely being able to walk. I was hoping after 3 months of going to the gym 6 days a week and watching my calories, I would start to see improvement in my metabolism.

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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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