Tattoos and weight loss

Does anyone have any photos showing how their tattoos changed before and after weight loss?

All of mine are on my lower arms or legs, and shouldn't change significantly as I lose weight. But I am wanting to get a half sleeve, an upper thigh tattoo, and a sternum tattoo eventually! I dont want to keep putting them off until I'm 100% happy with my weight loss and fitness goals, but I dont want to spend so much money on beautiful tattoos only for them to be 'ruined' just because I didnt wait to get them.

For context I'm 5'3 and currently around 155lbs looking to get to around 115.

Thank you in advance! 🥰

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Does anyone else gaslight themselves into thinking they made no progress?

Over the past 8 months, I (21M, 6'1'') lost 50 pounds from monitoring my portions and reducing my snacking (240 to 190). I know this is incredible progress, and I'm proud of myself. I've been obese for as long as I can remember, and now I'm almost in the "normal" weight category! However, sometimes my brain tries to trick me into thinking that nothing has changed. It doesn't help that I feel like I look the same. I've been told that I'm the same shape but smaller, but that's hard for me to see in the mirror or in pictures.

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Examples of what I'm talking about:

I have shirts that used to be too small for me, and after I washed them, I would stretch them out horizontally while they dried so they would be wider. Now, I line dry them so they stretch vertically, and they're still too big on me. I know this means I got smaller, but then I think: "well, maybe the stretching didn't do much, and maybe I just think the shirts are too big now because I'm more confident in myself."

I used to wear size 40 pants, and now size 35 is too big. Even so, I tell myself: "maybe you just liked baggier clothes before and now you like tighter clothes."

People have told me that I look good, and then I tell them I've lost weight. Then, I think that maybe I just have better posture or more confidence or something, and they weren't talking about me looking smaller.

Sometimes, as ridiculous as it sounds, I tell myself that my weight loss could be all water weight or all muscle and that I really didn't lose any fat at all. It's honestly impressive how many leaps my brain will make to convince myself that I still have all my fat.

Does anyone else deal with the same thing? Is there a BMI where I'll start to actually see changes in myself (i.e. a shape change), or is it a matter of reworking my brain?

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[Fat Burning Advice] 52M, 220lb to 195lb with Keto, Seeking a Sustainable & Less Restrictive Diet

Hey everyone,

I wanted to share my weight loss journey and seek some advice on finding a more sustainable and less restrictive diet. I'm a 52-year-old male who started at 220lb, and my goal weight is 195lb. I've had great success with the Keto diet, which helped me lose a lot of body fat rapidly. However, as effective as Keto has been, I'm looking for an alternative that's easier to maintain long-term.

A little background on my activity levels: I am still very active, training 4-5 times a week and walking 6-10km a day. I believe that my active lifestyle has definitely contributed to my weight loss progress, but I'm also aware that diet plays a crucial role. I want to find a diet that allows me to continue enjoying my active lifestyle while still providing the same level of success as Keto.

I'm reaching out to the community for suggestions on diets or lifestyle changes that are effective yet sustainable for someone in my situation. I'd love to hear about your experiences, and if you've transitioned from a Keto diet to something else while maintaining or even improving your weight loss results.

Any advice on meal plans, types of exercises, or anything that has worked for you would be greatly appreciated. I'm excited to continue my weight loss journey and reach my goal of 195lb with a diet that's better suited for long-term success.

Thank you in advance for your input, and I look forward to reading your suggestions!

TL;DR: 52-year-old male, lost weight with Keto, seeking a sustainable and less restrictive diet that complements an active lifestyle (training 4-5 times a week, walking 6-10km a day). Goal weight is 195lb. Open to any advice and suggestions.

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Unable to lose weight for 2 weeks

As title says, I've been stuck at the same weight for 2 weeks now, no change in scale at all. I still have a lot of body fat, don't really exercise, I feel so tired all the time but that's probably from sadness, so it can't be muscle weight. My weight loss before was extremely slow, 1lb a week if that, and now it's just completely stopped.

I genuinely don't believe I'm eating more than 1300cals a day, but I might be in extreme denial since MFP predicts I would be losing 2lbs a week on that kind of defecit.

Yesterday I was so hungry all day, I'm hungry most days on 1300cals yet I'm literally seeing zero progress despite putting myself through near constant hunger, not ordering in food, not really eating sugary snacks etc...

Please can someone just give me some motivation to either decrease my intake more, some sort of wakeup call that CICO never lies and I must be overeating... anything!

I have around 20lbs left to go until my target weight so quitting isn't an option, I have to shed this excess body weight but right now I feel miserable from a complete and utter lack of progress.

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3 weeks and no progress

I can't stop crying. Since developing a binge eating disorder due to depression and anxiety, I've been trying to lose weight for years. 3 weeks ago, I decided once again to start my weight loss journey. On 20 March 2023, I weighed in at 73.8kg. On 24 March, I weighed in at 73kg. Today (9 April), after 20 days of calorie deficit and cardio, I weighed myself and I'm 74.3kg. There's been no progress—in fact, my weight increased when I should have been down 1.5kg by now.

At first, I weighed myself daily, but it was extremely triggering, and I couldn't get my brain to accept that these were just normal weight fluctuations, so I began weighing myself weekly so I could focus on getting healthier rather than just on numbers. But I don't understand what I'm doing wrong.

My statistics: 20F, 157cm (5"1), about 163 pounds (74kg). I want to lose at least 44 pounds (about 20 kg). My TDEE (sedentary) is about 1,750 calories.

What I've been doing thus far:

1. Running for 1 hour a day, about 2-4 times a week. According to my fitness app, this burns 250 calories each time. I have been mostly inactive and running has been a totally new addition to my life. Is this not enough? Is it absolutely necessary for me to incorporate weight lifting? Is the "weight" just water weight, since this is a new routine?
2. I've been in a calorie deficit (I think...), but the problem is that I'm unable to track my calories. I live with my parents and food is usually cooked at home, so I don't know how many calories are in each meal. However, I have reduced my portion size and cut out fast food, alcohol, junk food, etc. Maybe that's not enough?
3. I use a pretty old digital scale that hasn't had its batteries replaced, so could that be a problem?
4. I tend to gain weight before my period - could this explain things?

If anyone could give me advice, that would be great. I really don't want to give up again and go back to the same unhealthy cycle of bingeing and weight gain. I'm so tired but I feel determined to be consistent. It's just days like this that are extremely unmotivating.

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First post. Started intermittent fasting. Not sure if I'm doing this right. Is it ok for daily calorie intake to vary?

Hi all, it's my first time posting here. I've been doing intermittent fasting for a little over a month now on a 20:4 schedule. Intermittent fasting appealed to me as an easier, more sustainable way to lose weight since I find it much easier to restrict when I eat rather than what.

The most I've ever lost was about 50lb, but I gained it all back in the last couple years because I stopped tracking my calories, went to a few too many lunches with coworkers, etc. Trying to figure out what I can eat for 2-3 meals a day and stay under 1200 cal when other people want to go out was really hard to keep up with longterm.

I think a big part of my problem is going out to eat where/whenever other people want to. Once I'm there I figure I might as well order whatever looks best to me. I usually get too full because then I feel bad not finishing my food.

So far I've lost about 17-18lb in the last month or so and I'm really happy with that progress. I'm easily in the lead for my office weight loss competition and I don't even feel like I'm trying that hard. I still go out to lunch with coworkers, but just order an iced tea, so I don't have to miss out on social stuff.

I'm wondering about the calories though. One of my coworkers said I was losing weight too fast, though I'm not sure if that's just because he's in the competition with me. I still go out for dinner occasionally, but I've been eating at home more. I also started fixing some food just for me since my husband and I have different taste and caloric needs.

I know some days I'm probably below what I think my daily calories should be. I picked up some good bread from a bakery recently and have been really enjoying eating a sandwich with that bread, 2 sliced mini cucumbers, and some mayo for dinner. I top it off with a slice of their challah bread with a little butter and a drizzle of honey and a bubbl'r to drink.

Afterwards I feel satisfied and less exhausted than I normally do after eating. Without the pressure of feeling obligated to eat so often, I've found that I don't even actually feel hungry.

While I love how I feel and the results I'm getting, I want to make sure I'm not doing something wrong. I know I'm probably around or a little over my bmr if I go out for my meal on a weekend, but my normal weekdays are in the 700-900 range a lot.

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My fiancé's grandma grabbed my stomach

I (f25) just got engaged a couple of months ago. My fiancé and I are planning to have our engagement party at his aunts/grandmas house so I went over to talk to them about details.

Info: I started my weight loss journey (again) in February. I've lost 17lbs so far and was feeling pretty great about myself since a couple years ago I had lost 60lbs and gained most of it back during the pandemic. I feel like I even notice a small change in how I look.

Nevertheless I went to go hug his grandma to say goodbye and she grabbed my stomach and held on to it and said "watch what you eat". I felt like it went on for minutes. I was so EMBARRASSED and ashamed.

It both felt like motivation to keep on track and keep losing weight and also like a slap to the face that I'm a long way from where I should or want to be.

Anyway idk I feel like I'm trying really hard and wish I could make my weight loss move faster.

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