Sometimes I feel like I get unnecessarily frustrated with other people who say they want to lose weight.

I started my weight loss journey essentially Thanksgiving of last year. Im 29 and started at 240 and am now currently 185. I began it after feeling like my body was shutting on me and it scared me into action. I’ve learned a lot and found out things that work for me and things that don’t. It’s been the best and most rewarding thing I’ve ever done.

However, as my weight loss has become apparent to others I’ve been getting a lot of people asking for advice. I usually tell them that the biggest thing for me is just having the commitment to learn and find the right things for the individual. My problem is that often times people seem to almost handwave that away and then talk about that they’re just going to start working out a couple of times a week or do some hardcore program to lose it fast.

And I don’t want to take away anybody’s experience with starting out because I know it’s different for everyone but I just feel like so many people want a quick easy solution rather than the dedication serious weight loss requires. If it was possible for me to get to my goal weight in a month or 2 I’d do it in a heartbeat but it’s a process and a long one at that. Just because my weight loss is noticeable doesn’t mean it just magically happened. I’d love to help anybody that is serious about their goals but I also don’t want what I’ve done to be belittled because I’m proud of it and have worked my ass off for it.

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How did you pick your goal weights? What do your numbers mean to you?

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The last time I went to the doctor I weighed in at 266. I’m only 5’7”, so that’s high. BMI over 40, stage III obesity. I Also am now pre diabetic. It’s possible to have a BMI of over 40 and be healthy, but I’m not. I was taken off a psych drug that had metabolic effects. I am suddenly not hungry. I’m trying to be conscious of what I am eating but don’t feel like I am making sacrifices. I’ve lost over 20 pounds. I kind of don’t believe my home scale.

I found myself at urgent care today. The had a scale so I weighed myself. I was exactly 250 with the small slider all the way to zero. I was wearing clothes so it’s probably closer to 247 all hydrated. It felt so good to be off that 250 mark.

I feel silly having a goal weight, because I don’t want to jinx my progress. I just want to focus on the practice and not the destination. That said my first goal weight is 230. That’s the weight I was when I started to loss weight the last time as well as 20 years ago when I was a fat teenager. That’s what used to be too fat for me.

My next goal is 199. That was the weight I got down to last weight loss journey. I would be completely happy to reach that weight and stay that weight. It’s still a BMI that is considered obese but it’s way way healthier than where I am now.

My next goal would be 172, that’s what I weighted when I was young and I shape. That’s the weight I was when I met my wife. It’s still technically overweight. I would not mind reaching below 25 BMI for the first time in my adult life at 159 pounds.

Since they took me off the meds my appetite is gone. It’s very easy to eat 1500 calories every day. I will only go below 172 if I still don’t feel like eating. I just suspect that once my body adjusts I will return to a slightly larger appetite.

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Best kitchen appliances for weight loss

I've been thinking about getting a ninja creami to be able to make high protein ice creams, fruit-only sorbets, etc., because eating something cold & creamy really helps with my migraines. I'm not the biggest fan of single-use appliances, but an air fryer was such a game changer for us, especially living in a small apartment. Heating the oven made our apartment so hot, whereas an air fryer does not cause that issue. So, I was trying to think through other appliances that may be really beneficial to get as my partner and I continue on our weight loss journey. I have a lot of stuff to cook & meal prep, this is for more niche things that have helped in peoples weight loss journeys.

Are there any other good kitchen appliances to get when working to lose weight?

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Social Anxiety Improving After Weight Loss–Is that healthy?

Hi friends. I started therapy a while ago because of social anxiety and unrelated stress in my life. I am morbidly obese and have been overweight my whole life, but I hit my highest weight in 2022.

During that period, I experienced the stereotypical anxieties and fears about being overweight. I would avoid social occasions out of fear of being judged for my weight or because finding a nice outfit in my size would be difficult. I would have intense paranoia that everyone in public is looking at me and judging me because of my weight.

Since the beginning of this year, I’ve lost about 30 pounds through just portion control and only recently began to actually improve my diet and exercise. I find that I’m slightly less anxious and more willing to socialize since losing the weight, but I am still largely overweight and far from being considered normal for my height. I’ve done a lot of work to repair my negative thoughts about my body and a detrimental relationship with food, which has given me this protectiveness about my body image.

I want to feel happy and confident regardless of my physical appearance, and I want to lose weight to be healthy. But I can’t help but feel like my recent weight loss is the sole reason that I feel less anxious in social situations. Do you guys think this is an unhealthy shift/perspective? My fear is that I’m tying too much of my self worth on my size and other’s opinions. I talked a bit about it in therapy, and my therapist says that I should allow myself to feel good without worrying about where my good feelings are derived from. What do you guys think? How has losing weight impacted your self esteem and body image?

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ADHD and the battle with weight loss. Tricks and tips?

Hi all, been following this sub for a quite a long while, but (I think) this is my first time posting in it.

Something I always struggled with personally was weight loss - keeping up with exercise and eating healthy and all that jazz. Recently I've been looking down the barrel of an ADHD diagnosis after a lot of discussion with my psychologist (and potentially a low level ASD one) and it sort makes sense as to some of the struggles (meanwhile thinking I've just been lazy).

So people who are diagnosed ADHD and/or ASD. What do you use for tricks to get around your executive dysfunction? What are ways of getting the healthy foods into you that your brain feels like pterodactyl screeching at you because of texture aversions?

I know I personally had less trouble with going to gym when I was taking my (now 7) son to childcare which was a 2 minute drive from the gym, because I was already out and about, I just had to be in the gym gear ready to go. I'd spend anywhere from an hour to an hour and half doing a mix of cardio and weight training, and for the most part, I'd always enjoy it. I've got sound knowledge on how to do the exercises with all the machines and how they affect the muscles, etc. I even bought myself some simple hand weights for here at home but the brain goes fully into object permeance (or a lack thereof) and even though the weight box literally sits next to my PC (which I work at) I forget they're even there.

Couple this with a tendency to want to snack on the unhealthy foods that I'm craving throughout the day, and it's a recipe for disaster. I managed to make the switch from full sugar soft drink to zero sugar ones, and at the bare minimum it helped me not gain any more weight, but I know for a fact that I needed to be doing the exercise to lose the weight.

Any tips and tricks that have helped you, no matter how silly or small, please let me know. I'm gonna need all the help I can get.

Minor disclaimer: I'm not exercising at the moment because I'm 28 weeks pregnant with twins, but I want to get back into it after recovering from birth, so I'm gathering tricks and tips for my newfound knowledge that after 35 years my brain is just a douche and doesn't want to give me dopamine.

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counting calories is putting me in a very unwell headspace

so i used to have an eating disorder in my teens, and have been recovered for at least 6 years now. i maintained a healthy average weight for those years but over the past year i've packed on enough pounds to the point where i'm considered mildly overweight for my height. i'm going to be in my sister's wedding in september and i want to lose at least 10 pounds in a healthy manner so i look good in my dress. this obviously means i need to do basic dieting things like counting calories, which i am, but i feel myself slipping into very dangerous waters doing so. all i think about is calories all day everyday, and when i log food into my weight loss app i feel like throwing up just seeing how many calories the food im eating has. i was taught NOT to look at calories during my recovery, but that was when i was trying to gain weight and fix my relationship with food, and now i have to log them in order to lose weight consistently. is there ANY advice someone can give me? is there a method to losing weight without counting calories?

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Last 10lb to go

I'm 26m, 5'9". 190.

I'm so close. but it's been a struggle all the way down.

What I've learned about myself -

• alcohol is the root cause of most of my overeating.

If I drink, I stay at a high weight, period.

• Intermittent fasting works.

When I actually bear up and do it, I have effective periods of sustainable weight loss. There is no way around this.

• Going too hard - anything less than 2000 calories in my case, and sometimes even that -- is counterproductive.

I can be done with this in 1-2 months. Will it suck? sure.

How do I keep the weight off? I'm limiting myself to one night of drinking per 2 weeks. I just feel like absolute shit when I do it.

I'm 26. never had a girlfriend.

Had sex once.

Not thrilled with my self image. Used to be a smoking hot dude, but no more.

It's time to stop f**king around.

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