Does anyone else feel like they like to do it better alone?

For years my sister had begged me to go on walks with her and I would always refuse, and when I did I would be over it like 10-15 minutes in. Now I can do an hour long walk easy. Do you know what changed? I did it myself. I guess I’m just stubborn because the only time I’ve ever seen results in my weight loss was when I did it MYSELF. I didn’t listen to my family or friends to give me advice I decided I wanted this for me. I work out alone, I walk alone I eat alone. As much as I love the support of the people in my life who love me, some things I just need to do myself. Anyone else?

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What is your greatest strength and greatest weakness in your weight loss?

I’m curious about the different variations and if people generally have the same strengths and weaknesses when it comes to weight loss. I’ll be honest and say I don’t feel like I have a strength but I’ll dig and try to find what may be close to a strength.

Weakness: All or nothing mentally. Small changes are “useless” in my mind because they don’t result in instant visible changes. If I fall off the wagon, I dive head first into the abyss. I’m aware this is wrong btw, that’s why it’s a weakness.

Strength: Intermittent fasting comes fairly naturally to me. So it’s easier to condense my food and still not feel deprived the entire day.

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Could use some words of support... 😟

Over the past year and a half I've been trying to lose the same 15 pounds. I tend to get from 130lbs to 126lbs and immediately rebound back to 130-ish. I am almost at 126lbs again and already struggling to stay under my calorie goal... plus I just started a retail job (I was a homemaker until now and easily able to walk 5 miles a day) and now my available time for walks has diminished a lot. It's frustrating. And because I am so tired and with little time left for my hobbies, my body desperately wants to default to snacking to cope. I haven't been able to go lower than 126 in months. I literally put my snacks under lock and key, but because I'm petite, it takes SO little for me to gain.

I guess I'm just looking for some support/motivation, not sure if posts like these are allowed and I hope it's ok, I've never posted to a weight loss/fitness subreddit before because my goal seems like it should be easy compared to others, like I shouldn't be struggling. It's such a small goal and still such a struggle, even though I did it once before. I know I can do this. I guess I just would like to hear it from someone else.

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"Accidentally" lost almost 25 lbs after drastically cutting sugar

I've dealt with binge eating since I was a young child. Even if weight wasn't a factor, binge eating sucks and causes me a lot of distress. It's taken years to quit and it's been a long time since I could consume the mega-binges that I used to (like entire pizzas plus candy and chips and more in a single sitting). Even without huge binges, I knew I needed to tweak my habits more. I've been working on avoiding/practically eliminating hyper-processed foods.

While my sugar intake has been lower than the average person's for many years, I still worked to eat less added sugar. Doing so started to reduce my sweet tooth and change my tastebuds. Over the past few months I aimed to keep added sugar to 25 g or less per day (the amount recommended by the American Heart Association). Now I have about a teaspoon of honey most days and a few squares of dark chocolate. My weed edibles add a few grams of sugar, and I'm looking to find a lower-sugar product for my CBD/THC (suggestions welcome!). I consume other sweets rarely and usually only have a craving for something like ice cream in the few days before my period, but now I'm satisfied with a few spoonfuls, not a pint at a time like I used to.

I noticed my clothes were a little looser, so I stepped on the scale a few weeks ago to find I'd lost almost 25 lbs since I last weighed myself about 3 months prior. I've had a lot of reduction in joint pain, too, that can't just be attributed to the weight loss since I've dealt with pain at all weights since young childhood. I wouldn't have honestly thought that sugar made that big of a difference with joint pain, but it really seems like it's directly related for me.

I do not eat some perfect "clean" diet. In fact, one of the changes I needed to make was to eat less fibrous produce as my habit of "volume eating" veggies upset my stomach--now I eat a more reasonable amount of produce (about 5-7 servings of veggies/fruits each day). I eat 3 vegetarian meals a day--including whole grains and beans/legumes--with no snacks. This isn't because I'm aiming to be regimented, but rather this is what my digestive tract can handle and what makes me feel best.

I won't be setting a goal weight and I don't know how much weight I will lose. But regardless of future outcomes, less sugar has made an enormous difference and I don't miss it at all.

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Anyone feel like they ‘lost’ years of their life due to their weight?

Currently 25 and I’ve been through 3 major weight loss transformations, and counting the yoyo weight I’ve lost around 100kgs (220lbs).

I always let my weight dictate my mood and what I should wear and how I should feel. It made me much more closeted and feel unwanted, especially sexually. It made me too nervous to date and sexually explore and would hinder friendships cuz I felt different.

I’m now 68kgs (149lbs), the lightest I’ve been since I was probably 12. I’m in a fantastic relationship, and I can even fit into my partners pants comfortably who have been thin their entire lives but I can’t help but feel detached. Hearing their stories about when they were in their twenties (they’re 5 years older than me) I feel this sort of envy, like I wanted all that sexual exploration and adventure for myself but I didn’t let myself do it.

Looking in the mirror doesn’t fill me with great confidence and I’m probably at my worst with body dysmorphia. Still have fat in inconvenient locations with stretch marks to boot. Feels like I’m forever scared by my weight which saps any confidence I could have.

This is more a rant than anything but wondered if anyone else had similar experiences with this where even with great change it feels like you’re still the same, filled with regret about the past?

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First real setback, advice appreciated

I had my weight loss journey a few years ago where I lost close to 50kg over about a year, and it felt amazing. Everything was easier, both literally and figuratively.

It really helped that I had a fairly active day job, and was able to bike to and from work, so my maintenance period felt okay.

Fast forward to right now things feel very different. I eat more than before. I eat more often than before. I'm back to snacking, eating candy alone, and sneak eating candy even though I know I shouldn't. I really feel like I'm losing control several times per day, and just eat and eat.

I weighted myself today as well and I am now up to 94kg. 10-12kg more than I was a year ago, and it hurts.

A part of me want to excuse this on account of having two active kids which drain me of energy, a full time work as a teacher and also studying for my master's degree.

But those feel like empty excuses. I hate how much I'm eating. I hate how little I'm exercising. And most of all, I hate how I'm losing control.

Today I started writing my journal again which helped a lot during my last slight setback, but I am still afraid that my motivation will falter when I'm hungry, or when we're traveling to relatives for Easter and candy will be plentiful.

Something that really helped me last time was writing a log of what I'm eating in a day, and also knowing that I would be showing it to other people. I had a counselor which met with me every other week. I really miss having that. I have asked my sister and my wife to read my log so that I'm accountable, but they really weren't comfortable with reading it based on their own history of struggling with weight loss and food.

I find my thoughts always finding excuses to eat candy, and a whole lot of promises of "a little bit is okay" and "we're stopping after Easter" or "after winter" but there is always another reason to have snacks and candy. This has been going on since before Christmas when I realized how my suit was way to tight.

So all in all, I feel really bummed out. This morning has been good, in regards to food and snacking, but the hard part seems to continue doing good.

Thanks for reading my thoughts and worries :) Any advice is appreciated, and I already feel better having written this down somewhere people can read it.

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End Emotional Eating?

I've been on a constant fight against myself to lose fat from the start of middle school to present day highschool senior. I've come a long way from researching on how stuff works watching videos and looking at many tips. So I'm already quite knowledgeable on how to lose fat, but I haven't been able to and now I have completely stopped from my journey. I want to go back. I want to actually lose this fat that I hate with every fiber of my being.

I'm an 18yr old male, I am 6'1 and currently weigh 230. ( Lowest weight ever was 215/220)

I will be very honest, I love eating. If I stop eating I feel depressed. Although I'm full aware it's my fault that I'm unable to make sacrifices, it hurts. It mentally hurts maybe even physically, to the point where I breathe heavier and have an urge to tear through my face. Whenever someone offers me food I can't help but to not say no. It's driving me crazy. The days I accidentally eat too much I just cheat because I feel extremely defeated and say I will try the next day, and then say I will try the next week and then so on. I probably have some actual problem with myself because I do hurt myself ( mostly punching myself in the face or stomach or extreme thought of cutting off the fat) when I eat too much and usually happens when I binge after accidentally overeating. I also noticed that when I'm in my weight loss journey I become unable to socialize as I get more awkward and nervous but get more confident and charismatic when I'm not.

Intermittent fasting has helped the most (although eating at a calorie deficit would probably give me the best results, it usually overwhelms me and I binge). I don't feel any hunger until 1PM but I usually go until it's time to eat lunch which is usually 4PM. The biggest issue though is school. At school we eat at somewhere around at 11AM and my god I feel hungry. My friends eating around me the vending machine's chips are calling out to me I've only went 3 times successfully without eating at school. I eventually caved in and ate the chicken sandwich.

All I'm asking for is advice or just your experiences and how you overcame them. Don't care if the advice is harsh or straight up simple about something I already know. Perhaps people getting mad at me giving me lectures will help me. Idk I just want to be confident in my own skin and finally stop the number 1 problem (imo) in my life.

Note: I do workout at the gym mostly on weights, but I keep getting sick and injured (not from the gym). I try to do some cardio I even want to run outside but it's also another huge mental barrier even though i was consistent back then, I got extremely sick and stopped doing cardio.

Sorry for vent-ish?

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