It's not only about you!!!

I (19F) have lost 50 lbs from 5'3" 160 to 110lbs (I have relatively small bone structure) by doing nothing really different.

I struggled with my weight a lot during my junior and senior years of high school and I gained about 25 pounds per year in those two years. I've always had a delicate relationship with my dad and we both had to be really careful around each other, which was pretty exhausting. My mom also had a pretty horrible relationship with her body, to the point where whenever we met someone the first thing my mom would say to me would be "she looks fat/thin/athletic/anorexic etc." It came to the point where I couldn't have a conversation without someone's looks being brought up, which applied to me as well. In addition, there was this unspoken rule in my house about wasting food, and I always felt so much pressure to eat three meals a day, even if I wasn't hungry, or else I felt judged and ungrateful.

After going across the country for college and just being a regular college student, I naturally lost 10 lbs the first month. I was really motivated and started tracking my weight afterwards, without really changing anything because just walking around and biking to classes and window shopping with my friends seemed to be working. Over the course of 5 months, I lost 50 lbs, and I've maintained it since January! However, I came home for the summer and just being surrounded by my parents and all the stress of being home again has made me gain 5 pounds in about 1 month, but I'm confident it'll go away once summer's over.

Anyway, the point of this post is just to say that if you think you've tried really hard, maybe there's other stuff in your environment to think about instead of just calories and exercise. I now know that a lot of my weight was just my body's reaction to stress. I know most people don't have the opportunity to move across the country and basically just start a new life at college, but I'm sure changing little things (or big ones) in your environment also makes a huge difference!

This forum's been a comfort zone for me, and good luck to all of you guys on your weight loss journeys!

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Starting again

I (18F, 5’2, SW 165, LW 135, CW 155) started dieting last year around this time and I was really successful, I got down to 135 and decided I was happy with my weight so I would eat at around my maintenance.

Then I’m February I had a really bad depressive episode, it was the first time I went into an episode while not living with my family and my roommates didn’t really care/notice me enough to help me. Long story short I cut everyone out of my life and avoided the kitchen like the plague, from February to late April I lived almost exclusively off of UberEats and in the process ruined both my weight loss progress and the little amount of savings I had.

During May and June I tried to get back on the right track but it’s difficult now, when I started the first time it was so easy for me, I was excited about it I easily lost the weight.

Does anyone have any tips on how to regain my motivation? Additionally does anyone have any tips for not letting my emotions affect my appetite?

Any advice would be appreciated, thanks!

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Teaching myself to get rid of the bad day mentality has had such a good impact

So I (22F) began my weight loss journey about two years ago when I was a little over 220 pounds. When I first started out, I tried setting a calorie deficit and sticking to it. This proved to be really challenging and almost counterproductive at times because the minute I went over my calories for the day, even if it was by something really small, I’d write the day off as ‘bad’ and let myself eat poorly. I ended up ditching the calorie counting all together for a while and stuck to eliminating snacks, cutting out all drinks except water or the occasional diet soda, and eating three balanced meals a day. I got down to about 192, where I started plateauing.

I gave calorie counting another serious go about two months ago and made it my mission to not throw in the towel the second I went over my calorie limit. It was challenging at first and the negative feelings were definitely there, but I was able to keep telling myself ‘Alright so I went over a bit, that’s not the end of the world’ and carried on. Now I think I’m genuinely believing it. I haven’t had a ‘fuck it I already went over’ binge day in nearly a month and have no plans on having one in the future.

I’m shocked at how much it’s paid off. I got on the scale for the first time since I started counting and am now at 184.4 pounds. The last time I was that weight was back in my first semester of college and I’m not gonna lie, it makes me a little emotional. I can’t believe how much I got into my own head about all of this before. The change in my mentality has made ALL THE DIFFERENCE and I honestly truly believe I’ll be able to keep it up this time.

I’m just super happy and felt like sharing! :D

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I can't believe I've allowed myself to reach the point at where my BMI is bordering on morbid obesity.

I am a 33 year old man. I am 6'3" and I weigh 315 pounds,this puts my BMI at 39.4,which is 0.6 points away from morbid obesity (40 and above).

In the simplest way to describe it,I feel like the most disgusting and lazy person to ever walk the planet because of this:I've been eating and eating and eating for the past 10-15 years so much and been so unhealthy that I've reached the point of bordering on morbid obesity. I can only shower every three or four days,the only physical activity I can do without any extreme exhaustion is walking to the supermarket near my house to buy even more food (i.e. food that just makes my situation even worse),I can barely do anything for myself. I eat 5000 calories a day,basically a pig. I wanna go to any doctor I can find and see if I can get a diet plan and get approved for weight loss surgery at some point or another,but I'm scared that my extreme level of obesity is too severe for even the most experienced doctor to want to take care of or waste their time with. I feel stuck and don't know what I'm supposed to do. Is there ANY chance any doctor or any kind of diet and weight loss plans would be able to help fix my problem,or am I a lost cause at this point? I feel confused,I genuinely want to slim down atleast to the point where I can be a functioning member of society (I hope to get below 280 at LEAST) but I'm unsure if that's even realistically possible.

I'm miserable in every way imaginable,I honestly don't even think there's any person who has reached a point worse than me in terms of physical health. I spend most of my days lounging around on the couch and barely doing anything,I can't have a normal job because my weight basically makes me semi-disabled at this point,I have 35% body fat,I only get off the couch to grab more food from the fridge or when I have to go to the bathroom,I've reached the lowest point in my entire life. I just want to know if there's any hope for me. At all.

Any advice? Please anything would be helpful thank you.

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I put on a lot of weight since becoming vegetarian a few years ago considering going back to meat for protein but very sad about it :(

I (26F 5'2) used to be about a UK size 8 to 10, went veggie about 6 years ago and went up to a size 20/22 in about a year. There were other factors involved obviously, but the issue now is that I have great difficulty with getting any substantial protein making me hungrier quicker and reducing my energy levels.

I did make it down to about a size 12 prepandemic by basically starving myself, but gained it all back in 2020. I lost about 10 kg since September 2021 (where I was my heaviest at 106kg), but it's ticking back up again.

Meat substitutes aren't as good in my country and are way more expensive, also I don't really cook as it isn't feasible for me right now. I buy preprepared but the options for veggies aren't numerous and generally aren't geared towards good macros etc. There's loads of options for preprepared, protein high calorie low meals but they're all for meat eaters. I'm also not getting enough vitamin-wise at the moment so overall it looks like I'll need to switch back to at least chicken if I want to make things easier in terms of weight loss.

I'm just really sad about it cause I went veggie purely for ethical reasons but health wise I think the wisest option is to switch back :(

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Somehow fumbled 7 months of potential weight loss

Hello.

I'm a 16 year old coming in at 210 lbs/96 kg. 181 cm/5'11. with approximately 55 pounds/25 kgs of my bodyweight in fat.

This year I wanted to lose some weight to look better before high school, but I somehow managed to not lose anything over the last 7 months, I feel really shitty about it. Since I've had LOADS of time to do so but nah, nothing.

It's just fucking ridiculous how 7 months of potential progress just flew by whilst I'd be sitting in my room jerking off and playing games all day, hoe the hell does one even manage to do that?

I've got about 1.5 months left untill high school begins, so I'm thinking I'll really try now and at least try to lose what I can, going for jogs and cycling more whilst juggling my diet the best I can.

Anyone else in similar shoes as mine? Got any tips for what I could do?

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Personal Weight Loss Journey

I just wanted to add some pictures to inspire others. I lost 50 pounds in 5 months through fasting and portion control. No exercise, no magic potions, sheer unwavering willpower is what I used.

I think one of the best things I did to keep the weight off was taking an extended vacation to Vietnam (2 months) which altered my relationship with food. Vietnam has the lowest BMI of any country. In Vietnam they eat a lot of soups, tons of herbs and veggies, and their portion sizes are extremely small. After eating like this for a few months, I had no desire to eat greasy, oily, or large portions of any food.

I believe if I did this, anyone can. You would be surprised what you can accomplish if you really put your everything into it. If you have any questions on specifics, let me know! Also any advice I can offer, I'm more than happy.

Before

After

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