It is said, roughly 80-95% of people who lose weight will gain it all back within the first five years after reaching their weight goals.
I’m curious what sets those of you, who keep the weight off, apart from the average person.
In this thread, please feel free to go into extra detail on anything you feel makes an impact on your health, weight loss and ability to maintain.
i think it was because i used to be on antipsychotics i did not need.
now i've been average my tdee and in the past couple (4) days i've been averaging 1500 calories a day.
now the feelings i mostly deal with being 210, 5'9 in this shallow society are ruminations, comparing myself to others, etc.
i'm not the most social person and i'm basically trapped in a small town.
i'd like to go to colorado this year.
but i'm wondering how did weight loss effect your life/personalities?
all i have is 38 pounds left to lose.
It's wild how effective a direct link between diet and severe foot pain is as a motivator. I've struggled to eat healthy my entire life (30yo) and I recently learned that, no, I don't just have shitty ankles from being fat, I'm literally eating more purines than my body can process. Little acidic crystal daggers in my blood.
I've had at least two untreated gout flare-ups in the past few years that I wrote off as twisted ankles at the time and it was finally bad enough this time to get me to a doctor. Way too much alcohol, way too much fat, way too much sugar.
I've broken multiple bones before, been stung by scorpions, and this most recent gout attack was still the worst pain i've ever felt in my life. It had me writhing in my bed, no possible orientation to rest my ankle where the swelling wasn't aggravated. This one was set off by going through about two liters of whiskey over the course of a week where I had fast food delivered every day.
A past episode was kicked off by a box of six apple fritters I bought and ate alone while on a similar fast food diet.
I knew my diet was killing me. I would go on runs and walk my dog miles a day and my weight wouldn't budge from around 325 because my diet was that bad. I'd go through spurts of healthy eating, but I'd always fall back into my old habits.
Just before this past attack I had a hellofresh box go bad in my fridge while I ordered ubereats every day. I just couldn't find the self-control.
Gout has, in some ways, been the best thing that ever happened to me. I just weighed in at 299 today. I have a lot of weight left to lose. I still occasionally order fast good. I'll definitely drink again at some point.
But I know if I fuck up and let that become my every day instead of my occasionally I'll be back in that bed writhing around at 3:00AM begging to die or for the pain to stop. Or the chronic gout will lead to kidney stones and I might enjoy a new kind of worst pain i've felt in my life.
I'm lucky that gout is treatable by eating the same food that's good for weight loss. Chicken, and greens, mainly. All I drink now is tart cherry juice and lots of water.
But pain is an incredible motivator. I got an early warning sign of where I was headed and i'm grateful for that.
Hi. This is my weight loss journal to hopefully help others and to keep myself accountable. I plan to post here every/most days about how well (or terrible) I ate and keep track of weight.
A little history about me, I'm a 35 year old male, happily married, and 2 kiddos. I've been somewhat bigger my entire life. I reached my peak weight in 2011-2013 times at a recorded 309lbs although I am more than certain I got up to 320-330 at one point but I rarely weighed due to trying to protect myself from seeing that. Fast forward to 2015, I was getting married that Oct. and didn't want to look huge in the pictures so 3 months before the wedding, I got a personal trainer and got to work. My goal was 30lbs in 3 months. My wedding day arrived and I had lost 25lbs. I was a little disappointed I didn't reach my goal but I was pretty proud of myself considering I wasn't perfect with my eating so that extra 5lbs wasn't too big of a deal. After the wedding, for the next 5 years, I wouldn't say I got addicted but I got into the habit of losing weight and the life style had taken over and I got down to 190lbs with approximately 21% body fat. I went from a 48-50 pant size to a 32-34.
Then covid hit and the gym shutdown and here we are. I got lazy and today I weighed in at 220lbs. Seeing that second "2" really hurt for some reason. I'm back into some of my old eating habits and I'm not a gym member anymore (along with working from home permanently which doesn't help).
Today starts a new day.
GOALS:
Calories per day: 1,800. (not counting macros at this point)
Weight loss per week: 1lb - 1.5lbs
Workout 2-3 times a week. (I have a few things to workout with at home)
Mini-Goal: 215lbs. by August 5th.
OVERALL Goal: 195lbs by end of October.
If you made it this far, sorry for boring you. lol. If you have any suggestions for home workouts or some good recipes, send'em my way!
I will also get some "before" pics too.
I am asking this question coming from the perspective that I have done umpteen diets throughout my life, and I can pretty much tell that in my body, anyway, I can see the signs that something is "already" not going to work well. Last year, I was following a calorie counting diet, 1300 calories per day. Last year I eventually lost 20 pounds between May and the beginning of December. Then I was "convinced" by my mother that I could take a break around the holidays and pick up after January started. Easier said than done, because over the holidays, I got some kind of affliction that made me intolerant to FODMAPS and I had to follow that diet for a while, which is totally not a weight loss diet (I gained the 20 pounds back and some). You are stuck with a slim selection of foods, and specific breads and starches, and if you want to eat anything you have to be an excellent cook - I don't cook and I don't want to. I ended up living on GF spaghetti and Low FODMAP sauce, made in the microwave. Counting calories I could get no lower than 1500, and that is 200 calories more than my body wants. When it seemed like the FODMAP problem had resolved, I chose WW Green Plan on Itrackbites/Healthi app to pick up the dieting (I am 5ft1, female and when I started in May again I was 199 lbs). I did well the first month. Then suddenly nothing. I have hit a slow dive to nothing. I tracked. I exercised. This is the point in my dieting where I start to sense "something" is wrong with the plan that I picked, and this is not going to get me even as far as I got last year.
I understand that the start of a diet is usually rather good and eventually things slow down. But I have a really slow metabolism due to Thyroid (which I have always been on meds for, they seem to make little difference) and going thru Menopause this year doesn't help that either. I have done a lot of diets, and I expect the weight loss to slow, but I sense when it starts to crash already and I haven't even lost 10 pounds yet (I have lost 8, but I know some of that was probably water), and now not only have I not lost in the last two weeks, this week my weight went up one pound. Still tracking meticulously, still exercising. Granted, last year wasn't a speedy loss either, technically on CICO I should have lost more than 20 pounds in the time period given (again, I track like a pro, and when I am in the diet mindset I am no cheater). But I was eating a lot of junk because when I do CICO, I tend to get the mindset that I don't want to waste my calories on veggies and fruit. Unfortunately, with the WW plans, they give free veggies and (depending on the plan) fruit (the plan I chose does have free fruit), so I have a tendency to eat a lot of fruit whenever I get hungry. But Itrackbites/Healthi can track both calories and Smart Points, and I haven't been overeating the fruit.
TLDR: For those of you out there who have switched which diet you are on after doing one that didn't seem to be working, how long did you hang on to the diet that was not-working before you tried something else? What are the signs you've seen that tell you "nahh, this isn't going to do it"? What rate of weight loss is too slow? Is less than two months on a diet before it starts to stall a sign? Is losing 20 pounds in half a year too slow? Any input is appreciated.
It all started in February when I went to my GP, I'm 29M, my BMI was 39, my blood pressure was becoming dangerously high and my weight was starting to put pressure on and damage my heart. She recommended a VLCD and said it should hopefully help these issues.
Started on an official medically supervised VLCD in April. So I've been having 3 shakes and a soup per day. 800kcal altogether. The products make sure you get all the vitamins and nutrients your body needs.
The first week was the hardest, I felt so weak, had headaches, insomnia, all I could think about was food. After the first week you get used to it FAST. And the weight loss has been incredible. I was 18 stone exactly when I started. I'm now 14 stone 7 pounds so that's a total weight loss of 49 pounds in 3 months!
I'm thrilled but at the same time I wish I hadn't let my health get so bad before I decided to lose weight. However my blood pressure is coming down steadily now and is nearly in normal range. I don't sweat anymore when walking, I don't get out of breath when walking. I feel so much healthier and have more energy.
3 more months to go on the programme and hoping to achieve a normal healthy weight! Wish me luck. Feel free to ask me anything 🙂
Hi all. Just wanna share some nice things.
I'm doing strict OMAD, 1200cal a day. (I've got medical oversight so nobody panic.) In three weeks, I've had one cheat day. I'm also hitting the treadmill a few times a week, 11-12% incline and 3-3.5mph speed.
I had to punch new holes in my belt. It's a good thing I had three holes punched at once - I'm already at the second new hole.
My button up shirts are all sagging. I had a couple that were starting to get too tight to wear, and now they're both comfortable and have a bit of extra room.
I had to break my OMAD for a social and, for maybe the first time in my life, I felt nauseated because of how much I ate (I had a chicken sandwich and fries, and couldn't finish the fries).
I've logged my calories every single day for three weeks. Also a probable first-ever for me.
I'm seeing my GF for the first time since starting my weight loss regime, and I'm hoping to surprise her with how much I've shrunk. Wish me luck!
