What's Something You Wish You Knew When You Started?

I'm a female in my mid-thirties and am about to start on a weight loss journey for the first time. After having a child, going through a pandemic, changes in my physical activity and eating habits, and starting on an SSRI, I have gained almost 30 pounds. It sucks!

I am feeling ready to commit to losing this weight with CICO, bike riding, and weight lifting.

Even though I have the tools, I know there's still so much mental stuff that goes into sticking with it.

What's Something You Wish You Knew When You Started? :)

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Starting off again and Im completely clueless

(18F) I went to the gym from October last year and stopped in March so that I could dedicate my time to studying for exams. Well, I’ve just finished, and I’m looking to properly start my weight loss journey but I feel kinda hopeless. I’m currently at about 80kg, and want to bring myself down to 55kg. I’m never able to sustain any hobbies for long, and the same happened with when I began calorie counting and working out last year. Does anyone have any experience with this? I know it’s just lack of discipline, and I have my goals, but I don’t know how I can keep myself going to actually reach those goals.

and, how many kilos can I realistically cut down by the end of September? Is my goal weight too unrealistic?

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Not losing weight despite exercice and caloric deficit?

I'm a 30 year old woman. I will use both the metric and imperial system in this post.

Back in October I weighed 121 kg (266 pounds), now, I'm 97.4 kg (214 pounds). For reference I'm 167 cm (approximately 5 6 according to dear old Google)

I used to walk for the first few months for at least 7 km (4.35 miles). That got boring and the weather got hotter so, I opted for a stationary bike at home. I started with half an hour at maximum tension and now I for 50 minutes daily. According to the bike's system, I should be burning at least 500 calories. They are calculating that based on an 80 kg 5 6 person, so I assume that I should be burning more. I consume 1800 calories a day and try to favour protein and veggies in my diet.

Having said all that, sometimes it takes me 2 weeks to see a 300g (0.6 pounds) weight loss.

My friend tried to reassure me that I must be building muscles and the scale can't reflect that but I'm very skeptical because I assume that people who bike build muscles thanks to other exercice and using weights on top of biking, none of which I do. I just use the stationary bike.

Sorry for the lengthy post but I wanted to ask if anyone can suggest something to improve my current situation. Right now, it feels like I'm doing more but losing less and it's not very encouraging when I want to lose at least 20 more kg (44 pounds).

Thank you everyone.

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Not losing weight

For the past year (actually a little longer) I've eaten exactly the same as my husband everyday, apart from about 3 special occasions we haven't attended together. His weight doesn't change, he's firmly within his healthy range for his height with room for movement. He doesn't excersize. We both have desk jobs. When I first began eating the same foods and portion sizes as him around 14 months ago, I lost a fluctuating amount between 10-14 pounds. I was 19 stone, im currently hovering around 18s 9p.

I understand people have different metabolisms, but im trying to understand what else might be at play here. I've been to the doctors about hormone imbalances, but nothing came of it. If I eat less than my husband to try and speed up weight loss, im into quite a large calorie deficit and I notice a decline in my mood, I get headaches, I'm exhausted quicker. It doesnt feel healthy or sustainable. I try my best to excersize or at least move my body, however I do have an ongoing hip issue that holds me back at times.

If anyone could shed some light on the science behind why I can't seem to alter my weight, or share similar experiences, I would be very grateful 😌

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How to focus on weight loss instead of seeking a relationship?

A little bit of context. I am a M24 who is currently about 260 pounds at 5 foot, 9 inches. I have been chubby most of my life, lost some weight a couple years ago but have put on about 70 pounds in the last 2 years. I have also been diagnosed with depression and binge-eating disorder, a lot of which stems from my anxiety surrounding my relationship experience. I have never been in a romantic relationship or experienced any romantic intimacy, including kissing or holding hands. This is mostly due to my shyness, rock bottom self-esteem, and horrible body image. My weight also certainly isn't attracting many women. Online dating is pretty much a wasteland for overweight men, and over many months of the apps I received less than ten matches, all of which went nowhere.

So I'm an overweight depressed virgin with an eating disorder and I know I need to change if I ever want to find someone. I just haven't been able to accept how slow the process is going to be, causing me to continually lose focus. Realistically, it will take a year for me to reach my goals. I keep fixating on the fact that I have to spend a whole year of my life focused on this before I can even think about having a relationship. At that point, I will be 25 with still no experience.

I just can't get the relationship anxiety out of my head. It's literally all I think about 24/7. Whenever I have a thought about it, it causes me to get emotional, my depression seeps back in, and it causes me to binge eat, erasing any progress I made throughout the day. Day after day after day. It's just a cycle.

All I want to do it focus on losing the weight. I need to get all of these thoughts out of my head but I don't know how. Any advice you have on how to buckle down and focus on the task at hand is greatly appreciated.

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Yeah I cant do it. . .

Well, maybe an exaggeration but holy shit it's hard. And I don't have a lot to lose, maybe 25-30 pounds, but I've had this goal for YEARS.

A few things I have not been doing:

• tracking calories precisely
• food journal
• tracking progress

I have been eating less and have been more active.

Maybe I'm plateauing or maybe my journey is super slow, or maybe I'm actually eating more than I think. I am genuinely not sure if those things I mentioned I'm not doing would help or not. Eating less = weight loss, not sure why I need the extra things. Is it just a motivation thing?

I don't have much more to lose, so some tips or just general motivation would be super helpful here.

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My weight loss process :) first post :)

hello everyone, my name is Melissa, I'm Brazilian, I'm 23 years old (my birthday was on the 16th \o/) and I made this profile on reddit just to share and read others experiences about weight loss. I started my journey on January 14th of this year, after looking at some photos taken in college and not recognizing myself because of my excess weight. I weighed 220 lbs and I had never been this heavy. Suddenly I could see that I needed to change my habits. I just didn't eat anything healthy, fruits, salads and low fat foods. My diet was basically composed of a lot of sweets (a lot, I ate a cake and a whole pot of ice cream in just one day) and fried foods. Since starting this journey, I've lost 23 pounds, a little less than 5 pounds a month. My clothing size has dropped by about 3 sizes. My biggest enemy in this challenge and in everyone I propose to take is depression and especially anxiety, since I often don't have the patience to see the changes happen. My biggest weakness is exercising regularly, I try to do 5 hours a week, but it's always a challenge because I don't like to move and I would like to be able to lie down playing games all the time. Another big challenge for me is sugar, I love chocolate, desserts, everything very sweet. I always let myself eat something sweet at the weekend, but I often end up eating a lot more than I should. Today, I know it's not correct, but I adopt the strategy of having a bigger caloric deficit during the week to be able to exaggerate more on the weekends, I know it's not the healthiest, but it's what's working physically and mentally right now. I want and I know that I will finally be able to acquire a really balanced diet, every day of the week, every week. Oh, if I could choose one wish, I would wish to slim my waist. I already lost 23 pounds but my waist still in 35 inches. I know this is part of my body type but I would like to have a smaller waist. I know that I will have it, I just need to stay consistent.

Anyway, that's a little bit of my story and I'll be happy to talk to anyone who is also in the process of losing weight.

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