When do you start worrying about a plateau?

I'm 5'7" 30 year old F SW 249 lbs CW 213 lbs and my weight did get down to 211 but then went back up to 213lbs and has been basically stuck there for fifteen days despite eating in a calorie deficit of 1300-1400 calories.

I did start exercising recently so I wonder if this could be some water weight from that new change due to weight lifting a few days a week.

Should I just trust the process and push through? My clothes feel loose and my coworkers and family are commenting on my noticeable weight loss so I feel good about that. This is just the first time I've encountered a plateau after such success for nearly 40 lbs prior.

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I need help from my neurodivergent/autistic peeps

Alright my friends. How do you not turn this into a hyperfixation? I’m 35, type 2 diabetic, autistic, I’m on ozempic and doing really well on it so for the first time I’m like actually able to eat less and not be completely miserable. SW 228 on May 18, CW 211. But. Today I realized I’m massively hyperfixating and it’s causing some major issues because I’m just like, well, math says that if I just don’t eat at all then I’ll lose such and such amount of weight which will have my prediction for hitting my goal weight spreadsheet super happy. But like. Having only eaten 90 cal by like 3 in the afternoon is not healthy for me.

How can I just be normal about weight loss so i don’t get into disordered eating habits?

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Sometimes a deadline is helpful

Highest weight that I know of was 220lbs(99.79kg). I’m a female, 29yo, 5’5”. I had lost 42lbs to 178lbs. Then I stalled, gained, and have been maintaining at 187. 186.8 was my lowest a couple days ago in the last few months. But at one point I almost hit 200lbs around Christmas. Yes, I’m glad I am mostly back on track. I’m frustrated that I’m making it harder on myself than weight loss has to be. I’m proud of myself for quitting all tobacco and significantly cutting down on alcohol. But I used that as a reason to eat more as a crutch. So I have a deadline that I’d like to lose 30lbs in 5 months. It’s not too crazy of a goal. Ultimately I am trying to become a healthier person and I’ve done great at cutting bad habits. But there just comes a point where I have to get it together already. I’m turning 30 in December and I want to feel a little more confident in myself. My secondary goal(but still pretty important to me) is to look my best in my 30’s and on. I’ve been pretty chubby most of my 20’s. I want to be super active and actually look it from now on. I’m changing my hair. I’m trying to take really good care of my skin. I had braces for a while for an improved smile. I’m getting my health in order. I really want to make myself feel as good as possible for when I turn 30 and then carry that with me throughout my lifetime. My deadline is December 29th. I want to weight 157lbs by then. I want to post every ten pounds lost for progress. Bleh. Here we go!

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To those of you who have maintained your weight loss for 5 years how did you do it and what is your relationship with food like now?

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.

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anyone else gotten over their binge eating disorders? plus more

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.

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I'm down 25 pounds since my gout diagnosis.

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.

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My weight loss journal.

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.

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