Celebrating achieving the lowest weight Ive been in over 10 years reaching Onederland and getting closer to my goals

It’s been such a long road to get to this point, I feel like I could cry. Mostly happy tears though. On the top of the combined screenshot is my MFP progress graph from the start of my current weight loss journey, and on the bottom is the graph with all the data MFP had. It goes back to May 2013, but I used MFP before this, even back in high school, but that data is gone for whatever reason, but I digress.

You may wonder, “Why were you weighing yourself and logging it so frequently if your weight just kept going up?” The answer is because despite all the challenges I’ve faced in life, some part of me is still an eternal optimist and always believed that “Today is the day I take control of my weight, and get serious about weight loss”, so most of those were either “Day 1 of weight loss” measurements, or follow-on measurements of short-lived weight loss journeys that usually lasted about a week or so.

Honestly I don’t know the number of weight loss journeys I’ve been on at this point, it’s probably dozens. I’ve either been on one, or taking a break since senior year of high school, but I am happy to say that come hell or high water, this will be the last. When I do ultimately reach my goal of ~10% body fat, I’ll switch to maintenance, and plan to still track calories, weigh myself regularly but less often probably.

More details for the curious, but there were 2 “phases”. The first was last June when I attempted a version of One Meal A Day, and achieved about 10 lbs of weight loss. I wasn’t calorie counting though, fell off the wagon, and eventually gained back about 5 lbs.

The second phase is when I read about the Mediterranean Diet and the decades of research (since the 60’s!) showing how beneficial it is in various ways. Fun fact, it isn’t a weight loss diet (though most people do lose some weight) but a longevity and heart/overall health diet originally based off the traditional diet of Crete. Also it’s very flexible for different cuisines and palates, which is why I see myself sticking with it in the long term. Since the MD isn’t a weight loss diet, I had to count calories, no surprise there. My goal has been 2 lbs per week of weight loss. Food scales have been SO helpful with this btw.

For those who looked closely, the graph is very spiky because I weigh myself (nearly) everyday. That’s what works for me, but everyone’s got a different rhythm that works for them. Also there’s a couple of places where my weight drops quickly in the graph and then plateaus for a bit, and that is because I got sick a few times over the last year. Idk the mechanisms involved, but it all seemed to even out to about 2 lbs a week of weight loss in the end so.. 🤷

Stats and goals: - 6’5 (195 cm), 34 yr old man - SW: 265 lbs (120.2 kg) - CW: 198.4 lbs (90 kg), 19.4% bf per bathroom scale, 16.6% per calipers (I’ll get a more accurate estimate next week at a fitness assessment in my gym) - GW: ~10% body fat, not a specific weight.

https://imgur.com/a/IIWN0Zv

Long post, but thanks for reading if you did! Wish you all the best of luck with your goals whatever they are!

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In a good groove

Anyone else just feel like you've hit or are in a good groove with weight loss? Like many of you, I'm someone who's been losing and gaining weight my whole life but I finally feel a sense of peace and sustainability with it for the first time in my life. I'm at a weight and activity level where as long as I eat under 2000 calories per day, I'm losing weight and I've been finding it weirdly easy to stay at 1600-1700 calories daily. I've been counting for about a month and a half now and already lost 10 pounds! My goal is to lose 50 total in order to reach a healthy BMI so 40 more to go. It just feels so awesome reaching a point where you calculate your calories for a meal (I cook a lot so use MFP to put in all the ingredients in the recipe) and put it in and go "wow I get to eat all this amazing food and feel good and still lose weight?!". I've been having creamer in my coffee, takeout, still eating candy, etc but just feel like I've finally reached the point of balance in my life where I can just have a bite or a smaller portion of something and be happy and still have maintenance or slightly over days and feel good about that too and still be losing. I know weight loss can feel like a struggle a lot of the time but I'm just really enjoying how easy, effortless (besides constantly weighing things haha) and well this is going! Anyone else in the same boat? :) And for anyone who's not, it's possible to get there!!

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I don't know how I did it.

I honestly don't know,time went too quickly.

I don't realize how I managed to get here,I honestly didn't have it in me.

I have been working consistently on my weight loss for 237days and I'm actually towards the end.

I don't know how I actually stuck to it. What was that about that specific day that made me so determined.

How did time go so fast?How have I managed to come so far?

Just 2kg away from my goal weight,2kg away from never being attacked about my weight,where nobody can EVER make a comment about it again.

My advice to anyone wanting to change,don't wait,the sooner you start,the sooner you can look back and get mad for not doing it sooner

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I'm overweight!!!!

And it's a good thing! FINALLY, after literally years of struggling, cycling between hating myself and eating everything in sight because "life is short, I'd rather be fat and happy", I stepped on the scales today and am half a pound into the overweight BMI category.

I've been obese for a painfully long time (university and the pandemic were not kind to me), and last month I decided I'd really had enough this time. I leveraged a period of illness where I wasn't eating much, and stuck with that pattern. I'm sticking to recommended portion sizes, stopping eating when I'm full rather than forcing it down, and reaching for apples instead of chocolate bars.

Exactly a month later, and I'm down 16lbs. I feel like my relationship with food is much better, and I've had absolutely no urge to binge eat, which is unheard of for me. I'm a little cross that I could've been doing this the entire time, but I get such a feeling of satisfaction every time I step on the scale and see the number's gone down. I even pulled on my jeans today and couldn't figure out why they felt different, until I clocked that I didn't have to pull them hard to button them up, they just went on.

I don't notice a visual difference yet, looking in the mirror, but I'm guessing that'll come with time. I just feel like my whole attitude and mindset has changed.

This is the first weight loss journey I've been on where I've not counted calories at all. Sure, I'm more mindful of them and will choose a lower calorie option over a higher one, but I'm not keeping track. Every time I have, I've become obsessed with weighing every single thing I eat, and spending ages obsessing over finding the 'right' calorie count for homemade meals. I figured that wasn't working for me, so while it might be controversial, I've ditched logging altogether - and it's working for me. I feel so much less guilt about eating 'bad' foods, and as a result feel no need to binge them.

Idk you guys, it just feels like a switch has flipped.

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Please help me understand TDEE numbers

Hi,

Why does a TDEE give me different calories for weight loss depending on my different weight?

Just to preface: I understand that eating more = gaining weight. That's not what I don't understand. What I don't understand is why the number for weight loss is different for two different body weights?

So here's my stats:

27 F 172 cm 139 kg

Into a TDEE calculator it says: Mild weight loss: 2,253 Weight loss: 2,103 Extreme weight loss: 1,603

Now, when I keep it all the same but I change my weight from 139kg to 116kg I get:

Mild weight loss: 2,077 Weight loss: 1,827 Extreme weight loss: 1,327

Now, I currently eat at 1,827 calories a day (I'm still at 139kg body weight). When I eat at 2,103 then it maintains my weight but I don't lose weight even though according to the TDEE calculator's and app's that's how much I should be eating to lose weight at my current, heavier body weight.

Please note I chose "sedentary: little or no exercise" for both options.

Apologies if my question seems obvious or stupid. I've been eating at 2,103 calories for the last 5 months and I've only maintained, not lost anything scale-wise. I have gained muscle and lost some centimetres (23 -is) but the scale number hasn't dropped.

However before COVID I was loosing weight and I was 116kg back then. When I ate at around 1800 the weight made a decent move of about 1 - 2kg a month and I got down to 105kg.

Thanks for any help in advance 😸

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Is it normal for weight loss to start slowing down after a few months?

Hello everybody, I have been trying to lose weight for around 7 months now. While my progress was somewhat slow in the first month, it drastically sped up after the second one. For context, here are my averages per month.

December: 81.6 kg.
January: 81kg (0.6 kg change).
February: 80.4 kg (0.6kg change).
March: 79 kg (1.4 kg change).
April: 76.6 kg (2.4 kg change).
May: 75.1 kg (1.5 kg change).
June: 74.2 kg (0.9 kg change).

As you can see, my weight loss was the greatest around April, but it then slowed down. My main concern is that I will be back to losing almost no weight at all. I’m not sure if this is supposed to be ‘expected’ or if I should change my habits.

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Stuck despite working out and following CICO: desperately seeking advice.

Hey everyone!

I just wanted to see if anybody had any words of wisdom for someone who’s at their wits end. I’m 27(F), and I’ve been on the cycle of losing and gaining weight for the majority of my life. My highest was 238lbs at 5’4”, and I lost around ~60lbs and gained it back over the years unfortunately.

I started my journey again around 3 months ago when I weighed myself to see I was at the 214lbs ish mark, after a terrible start to the year had me in a funk for months. But I’m having major problems now.

To give some context, I’m following CICO, and I’m doing strength training (45mins) alongside ending with cardio (around 15 to 20 mins) at the gym around 3 times a week minimum. This is on top of walking my dog for half an hour a day, averaging around 7000 steps. I’ve also massively upped my water intake.

I’m down to 198lbs, but the struggle has been insane.

I’m plateauing regularly, unrelated to my cycle (I’ve seen people mention here before! I’ve scoured this sub for advice), and originally I set my calorie intake to 1500, eating more protein. I was stuck at the same weight for almost three weeks before I dropped a pound, and my mental was and still is truly beginning to fail.

I dropped my calories to 1300, still managing to eat protein and it seemed to budge, but then halt again. The only thing I can think of is dropping again, but it seems impossible!

At 1300 I’m exhausted. Going to the gym has become harder since I dropped to it, I’m tired, my skin is breaking out and drying, and I don’t think it’s healthy. But when I went back up to 1500 this week, I gained? I weigh my foods, track every single thing on my fitness pal, and I’m at a loss.

And I’m fairly sure I’m not breaking the laws of thermodynamics or weight loss here. Can anyone spot any faults in what I’m doing because I’m baffled? I’m almost on the verge of seeing my GP for it.

Thanks!

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