I'm in the midst of a mild weight loss plateau after consistently losing weight for the past 4+ months. How do you keep yourself out of your own head when you run into stumbling blocks?

39M 6'4" SW:342 CW:278 GW:210 Desk Job but building in some fitness routine

Lurking in this sub for awhile now and feel like I could use some advice/motivation.

I was in the midst of a weight loss process (40+lbs lost) two years or so ago before I ran into a life hurdle. I developed a series of medical issues that culminated in a Crohn's diagnosis. This threw me for a loop, my weight loss stagnated and I gave up. I ended up putting on every last one of those lbs back on over the following year as we struggled to get the Crohn's under control.

I finally decided at the start of this year that I needed to get my life in order and set a goal to get healthier before I hit 40 in December. I specifically didn't set any specific goal weight, just wanted to build a healthier life for myself.

Weight loss has been progressing steadily with a combination of calorie counting, exercise, and Wegovy. But now, over the past few weeks, my weight loss has screeched to a halt and is even starting to creep back up, despite no changes in how I'm managing calorie intake, fitness, etc. I find myself catastrophizing and worrying that this is the setback that will cascade into a bounce back to bad habits and weight gain.

How do you all keep consistent in the face of minor/major setbacks?

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Does obesity cause constipation?

Hi everyone,

I’m 21yo (assigned female at birth), 4 11, and around 111kg (246lb) - I gained around 39kg (87lb) of the weight during the past year and a half, though I was only 54kg when I graduated high school 4 years ago. I take full responsibility for my weight gain and unhealthy relationship with food; I’m a binge eater, and a lot of the weight that I gained was because of the birth control implant Nexplanon. It made me hungrier and caused me to lose control over my pre-existing addiction to sweets and fried food. But I’m getting better by doing jumpropes every day and always walking places instead of taking the train or bus

As I track my weight loss, I’ve been kind of confused as to if the reason I have not been seeing any progress over the past 4 weeks (started weight loss journey on 4/20/2023) is because I have been experiencing extreme constipation that makes it look like I haven’t lost weight but I have. The number has stayed the exact same throughout the past 4 weeks, and I have been diligently exercising and following a Mediterranean diet (I also don’t eat red meat). Does anyone know anything about this or experienced anything similar? Thanks so much xxxx

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Plateau after 5 pounds?

A month ago I started tracking my calories and exercising more consistently. I decided that my calorie intake will be ~1500 calories. I am 28F, 5’6 and started at 183 and currently weigh 177.6. Last week I reached 177 and was so excited, I was hoping to see 176 soon and so on. The opposite happened, I am now at 177.6 and I even lowered my calories to 1400 and the scale is only moving up. Could I have hit a plateau so early on? It’s very discouraging, I am tracking meticulously, weighting my food, etc. has this happened to anyone? Did the scale go down and reflect the appropriate weight loss at some point?

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Social eating has started to scare me

Hey everybody - I’m ( M29) a second time user of lose it. I lost about 70+ pounds the first time and reached my goal . I went from 225- to 155 during 2020.

I stopped tracking and ballooned over two years back to 207lbs. I am super thrilled that since the new year I have reached a weight in the 170’s and have made great progress. I am super aware of my eating issues and I know that I will need to continue logging indefinitely due to my habit of binging things without a thought.

My moms birthday weekend was on Mother’s Day and it turned into two days of Italian restaurants and going out for seafood and snacks etc. I am freaking out because I cannot control myself in a family setting with food. I have a pretty tight deficit that lose it calculated and I’m upset about having to go over . When I prepare my own meals I can budget for things like snacks or sweets , but not at a family style Italian place or with cake and ice cream.

I know that my weight loss is now going to stall for a few days or so and I may even have plateaued which is giving me anxiety.

I wish that splurges like this wouldn’t give me anxiety. I totally get the need to kick back , but I’m so nervous to gain back again that I didn’t even enjoy the food and spent so much time worrying about how much over I went in my calorie limit.

I’m really looking for support because I feel intensely guilty and sad about what I’ve eaten and resent that I couldn’t even enjoy it.

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Surgery Today

So today was my surgery to get the excess skin left over from my weight loss removed. It went pretty well in my opinion. My stomach is actually smooth looking now, though I'm going to swell for a bit. I am looking like somebody decided to gut me for giggles... lol. The whole having new a belly button is fascinating.

It was a very emotional day too. I have struggled with my weight since childhood, and though I made peace with it, it still lingered in the back of my head. I am 44m, and it took me this long to realize that while the world presents a ton of obstacles to losing weight (pastries are a particular temptation for me), the biggest obstacle was me. I'm too stressed, the day was hard, I'm too tired to cook, and my favorite, I'll look sickly if I lose that much weight. I mention this because that was my favorite escape hatch for making changes in my lifestyle.

I have my wife to thank for getting me motivated. She stood beside me as I quit smoking, slapping my hands when I commented on a passing cigar smell. Negative reinforcement she calls it. She was there through every stressful day. She has been my guiding light and drill instructor.

To everyone who is struggling.... You got this!!! To all of their supporters... Thank you!!!

Thank you, my love! You'll always be my shining star. I love you, Mongoose.

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Picking the right weight loss system

Any tips on how to pick the right weight loss system? I feel like I've tried so many things including Slimming World, WW, Low Carb, IF (5:2 and 16:8), Cambridge and CICO to name a few. I struggle to stock with a particular programme/lifestyle though.

I have memory and concentration issues due to a brain injury, so I really struggle to remember to note down what I'm eating in things like MFP. It also means something like Intuitive Eating isn't an option because my brain doesn't recognise hunger/fullness cues. The issues get worse when I'm stressed, so sometimes I'll have a great few days of tracking things, then I'll have a busy day, start to feel stressed, and before I know it 10 days have passed and I haven't tracked anything, even though I've had multiple alarm reminders set.

I thought IF might be easier than trying to track calories/points/syns but 5:2 made me really headachy and 16:8 was difficult to keep up with because my shifts change each week.

How do you figure out a system that works for you? I feel like I've failed everything I've tried and I'm so frustrated

Edit to add: I should specify its just food advice I'm looking for - I'm working with a PT on weight training and fitness so I'm happy with the exercise side of things and building muscle should help with fat burning, but I want to focus on the volume of food I'm eating

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Advice on healthy weight loss for obese female

Age: 24, Sex:F, Height: 5’7”, Starting: 335, Current: 312, Goal: 200

So I have been actively working on losing weight since back in February. Since then I have managed to get down ~20lbs.

I was going on daily walks (big for me), and was calorie cutting, but a bit too much. I became extremely low energy, always tired and felt shaky/dehydrated pretty consistently. This made the want to exercise diminish almost completely and I have become fairly stagnant in my exercise routine. I have been coasting at my current weight for a couple weeks now.

I’m not really sure where to go or who to trust with information,tips, education, but I was hoping that some of you may have suggestions for where I should start.

Things like how to figure out how many calories I should consume daily, meal importance, macro and micro, or even just little tips and tricks to fight off cravings..etc

Thanks so much for any recommendations, I deeply appreciate it!

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