UPDATE: I’m back, wasn’t able to maintain - 1 year later

Hello! Some may recognize the title from this https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/wnpr4c/im_back_wasnt_able_to_maintain/ post from a year ago. I’m back after a long year and am pleased to say that since my last post I have lost almost 30 kilograms! I must say that this time around the journey felt like it took forever, but I am getting close to my goal weight, so that is definitely something to celebrate. Here is the face progress: https://imgur.com/a/BoXeiIq It is definitely a mental struggle. Going in this loop of losing and gaining. Every time I got back up, the road ahead seemed more difficult to traverse. But we can never give up on our dream of being at a healthy weight. Today, I am closer to my dream than when I made my original post one year ago. This weight loss journey will be my last, and I will make sure of that.

This time around, I learned from my past mistakes and changed some things. But no tips or advice will get you to your goal if your mental health isn't where it needs to be. You have to be able to push through the hard parts of the weight loss journey, and even in failure, you have to keep trying. Weight loss is mostly a mental game. Your brain is actively trying to sabotage your progress at any given time, and you have to realize this. Only when your mental health is where it needs to be will the odds be in your favor. So please seek therapy if you need it. Besides the mental aspect, here are a couple of things that helped me this time around. - I started weighing myself every day. I found this helpful because it desensitized me to the negative feelings my brain associated with the weight on the scale. Weighing yourself every day will provide vastly different results based on a lot of different factors; day-to-day weighing is not reliable. Only through weekly averages will you see your true progress. So keep that in mind. - I ate less sugar. Big surprise, eating sugar is not only bad for you, but it suppresses the feeling of fullness, among other things. Decreasing sugar helped me feel less hungry. - I stopped stressing about being "perfect". As a consequence, I have periods of weeks when I don't lose much, but because I am okay with that, I don't fall of the wagon because of it. - Take loads of pictures of yourself. Even though it might feel like we have a start and an end to weight loss, when you are at 50% of your goal, you will also see that in your progress. Think of it as being 50% healthier or looking 50% better. You can be proud of your progress and enjoy your achievements at any point in your journey!

For the curious, I lost weight by just plain old calorie counting. Nothing fancy :)

And thank you loads for all the kind comments in my first post! I will make one final update when I am done and have maintained it for a while. Till then!

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I am so mad right now!!

I am so angry with myself right now, lol. My story will be short, I promise.

So I weighed myself on Mother's Day of this year, I am 46 yrs old, 5'9". The scale said 241.2.

I looked at it and said 'nope.' So I started my weight loss journey with two initial goals.

1. Get down to 220 by fourth of July weekend.
2. Get down to 200 by Labor Day weekend.

My plan was pretty simple. Watch what I eat, eat clean, exercise (I started walking about 3 miles/day. Now I bike about 7 miles/day). Cut added sugar down to 10 grams/day. Which was hard, but now it's almost a second nature to check for sugar. And that was it.

I typically hover in the 220 range, +/- a few pounds, but this last winter I blew up. A lot of bad food, a lot of booze, and not much exercise.

I downloaded and, yes, pay $80/yr for the My Fitness Pal app. I like the mechanics of it, so I'm fine with the cost. Anyway, I reached my fourth of July goal. I weighed in at 219.6.

I was ecstatic! But now it's July 18th and I weigh 221.3. For a week now I've been reading articles about getting past the dreaded plateau. I checked all the boxes, or so I thought. Increase exercise- check, drink plenty of water - check, eat at a calorie deficit- check, ect...

Then, the other day I found this subreddit. Started reading some posts about the plateau and how to overcome it. On one of them, someone (sorry I don't remember who or I would thank you) posted a link to a TDEE calculator. I went to it, put in my NEW goal stats of 200 lbs.

And guess what? I never updated my fitness apps goal! So I've been eating at or 1-200 calories above/below my maintenance calorie level! Ugh.

And now I begin again with a new calorie intake amount based on my next goal.

So...for everyone in a weight loss plateau, make sure you are not eating yourself into it, like me. Lol

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Does anyone else only burn 15-20 cals a mile?

Everyone on here is talking about burning 70-100+ cals a mile while I only burn 10-20? Am I missing something or getting something miscalculated? I don’t speed walk but I also don’t stroll so I am getting my heart rate up a little.

I walk for enjoyment but it’ll never be something that can help with weight loss which is disappointing. For context 10k steps is only burning 70-100 calories while it takes me a little over an hour to reach. I’ve been trying to reach 15k-20k to make sure I can burn 100 calories and a little more but it’s becoming too much. It also makes me swell so I look bigger for a few days after walking so it’s becoming really just not worth it for me.

I’m a 5’5 and 150 pound woman. Is this on par for my size or is something getting miscalculated?

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Stuck in a hole after losing a lot of weight

I am a 21M, growing up I was diagnosed with leukemia (really not a big deal, or necessary detail), but because of the steroids and medicines I was constantly on for years i became a fairly obese child. This continued far after I was finished with treatment, and with the inclusion of growing up in a decent home with lots of food, and continued to stay fairly overweight.

When I turned 19 I weighed around 165-170lbs and decided I finally needed to make a significant change. At that point I began heavily calorie counting and held myself to around 1000-1200 calories a day for months. By December I was probably around 115-120, and just a few months later around my 20th birthday I was probably hovering just under 110. The rapid weight loss and calorie counting created an intense fear of gaining weight again, and I became obsessed with staying skinny no matter what.

Eventually I convinced myself to delete all dieting apps, and try and enjoy life again. However, i recently turned 21 years old, and I am around 105lbs at 5'6. Even though i don't use any counting apps I still constantly think about my calories intake and try and do whatever it takes to stay skinny. Even though I know it's destroying me mentally and physically.

I continously skip meals to save up my "calorie budget" and look for ways to limit myself even If I am hungry throughout the day. I have also become aware that this is harming my actual relationships as I often avoid hanging out with people like my girlfriend who encourage me to eat more, and actually help me enjoy eating, because I am terrified of gaining weight and becoming overweight again.

I have never been able to properly explain to anyone what's been going on for the last couple years, and now I really don't know where to go from here.

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NSV - Finally feeling confident enough to wear shorts again

As the post title says, I (20F, SW: 69kg, CW: 66kg, 165cm) finally got to wear shorts today again ! (I saw a woman around the same size as me wearing shorts so I thought why not !)

It felt great ! I am trying to continue losing even during summer heat (ps: it's hard), and feeling confident enough to wear clothes that I would never thought of wearing in the past is great, I feel like the way I view my body is much more positive. (next step is wearing a swimsuit at the beach but that will be for later !)

So remember: body image is all in the head, when you have the confidence to do so, you can be yourself and enjoy who you are and be proud of how much you have achieved up until now !

Weight loss is a long journey, and I think the most important in it is seeing how much you can grow as a person and be kind to yourself through weight losing or exercise or healthy habits.

Don't give up, you will do it, just keep up ! :)

(If the post does not respect the sub's rules, I'm sorry ,,)

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Did your period change with weight loss?

I know this is a strange question, and I’d like to preface this by mentioning I have seen my PCP, did blood work which is better than ever, and will be seeing my OBGYN to ask about this during my appointment in September, so I’m not asking for medical advice, I’m just curious!

When I weighed 215 lbs, my period was always irregular and only lasted maybe 3-4 days. Now I weigh 190 lbs plus exercise daily, and I noticed my period has been almost on schedule (off by a few days) the past 2 months and lasts nearly a full 6-7 days. I hate that it lasts longer, but I hope it continues to be regular with continued weight loss. My PCP mentioned the most common way they control periods is through birth control, which I’d hate to be on, so I’d love to know if weight loss helped anyone else’s period become more regular?

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How long do your plateaus last?

I have been stuck at the same weight that fluctuates .5 everyday for 10 days. I know it’s not a long time but with the amount of activity I have been doing and the deficit that I’m in I should be 2 kgs lighter. I just see people on YouTube easily have weight loss everyday even if it’s by 0.2. I know I just finished my period but it seems like I’m waiting for a whoosh down since forever. How do you keep yourself strong during plateaus? Do you eat even less? Exercise more? I don’t think I have the room to do more of that. But it’s really tempting even though if will leave me with 0 energy.

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