I’ve been plagued with hormonal acne ever since I started my weight loss journey.

Has anyone else experienced this? I’m 25F and I’ve gone from 235 lbs to 175 and since the beginning of my journey I’ve started suffering from acne across my jaw and chin. I had clear skin before when I was overweight and constantly eating junk?!!? I’ve heard that losing weight can fluctuate your hormones so this isn’t exactly rare, however when can I expect this to improve?? It’s been like this for 18 months 😢 I have been to a doctor who has prescribed me Lymcelline and Benzoyl peroxide but I’m not seeing much improvement.

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advice on how to approach weight loss differently?

I’ve struggled with my weight my entire life. It has taken my 3 years to go from 220 to 175 pounds and I still want to lose about 25 more pounds. For some reason, these last pounds have been so hard to lose and I haven’t lost (actually gained 5 pounds) since August. I think because the last time I lost weight, I was pretty restrictive and has led me to another 6 month binge-restrict cycle.

I feel that I need to completely change what I am doing and approach weight loss a different way. I’m so tired of consistently either being in weight loss/intense mode or binging and feeling like crap. I’ve considered no longer calorie counting bc I feel like I can develop an all or nothing mindset from it. But I know that CICO is how to lose weight and I want to ensure I’m in a deficit. I’ve also considered taking a break from the scale to focus on how I actually feel, but I’m scared that I won’t notice myself gaining weight (which is completely opposite of my goal)

Any advice on how to approach weight loss different but also still be successful? Maybe I do either one, stop calorie counting but weigh daily or calorie count but don’t weigh? I don’t know I just want to lose weight, feel good, but also finally have a healthy relationship with food.

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Weight Loss Help

Hello, I am a male age 25, height 5'9 and i weight 239.

My TDEE is 2,471 and my BMR is 2,059. I want to lose one to two pounds a week but i'm confused on losing weight. I've tried to do multiple ways for weight loss but have never been successful any advice is appreciated.

If i eat 1400-1500 calories a day and burn 500-600 calories will i lose weight? can someone explain what calories in and calories out means for a calorie deficit i can't wrap my head around it. Or what would be an effect way for me to lose weight i really want to loose like 20 pounds before june.

Please help it is appreciated

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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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