I'm new to this subreddit.

Just to give a bit of background, I'm 22, I'm approximately 213 lbs. Thats a big deal for me because I'm only 5' tall and according to every calculator in existence, my BMI is a whopping 44, which qualifies as morbidly obese.

I grew up with a mom that was overly conscious of what we kids were eating, sometimes even commenting on our weight and that we needed to be "eating better." I know she meant well, but I am convinced it was damaging to me, as I saw eating junk food as a way to "rebel" against her. As I gained more freedom in what I ate, I also gained weight. I also went through a crap ton of emotional turmoil, with numerous deaths of friends and family, friends walking out on me, struggles with my ADHD and autism (as far as social situations go, whenever I felt lonely or overwhelmed, I found solace in the snack table, cringe I know, someone I used to call a friend commented negatively on this habit).

I have tried and failed so many different diets, including, but not limited to, carb cycling, weight watchers, calorie counting, calorie counting again, (complex recipes are so hard to calculate), intermittent fasting, restricting and binging, the "see-how-long-I-can-go-without-eating," and so on. So far, I have found nothing that works long term.

I just started a new job that makes me move around a lot, and for a while I was losing weight. (Though only a few pounds). I had a week off, and despite my efforts to eat intuitively, I gained those pounds back.

I'm just feeling really discouraged right now. People in other subs tell me to "just lose weight" but they don't realize how hard I have fought, because I have nothing to show for it. Also, both of my parents have lost weight and weigh less than me now. You heard right, I even weigh more than my own father. I am also not very attractive, so I feel like weight loss is the only thing that will make anyone give me the time of day. At this point I've kinda submitted to the reality of me being the "fat funny friend" because I swear I can't envision myself being anything else.

Thanks for listening to my rant, advice is welcome, but please be kind.

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Clothing storage?

Hey y'all,

Just started my weight loss journey (278 in May to 256 now!!!) and due to mental health, my bedroom was a disaster. Now, I'm reorganizing everything, particularly my closet, and I was wondering: what do I do with the clothes that don't fit yet?

I don't really want them all mixed up with the clothes that I know fit and wear on a regular basis, but I also don't want to just start over by getting rid of all of the smaller stuff. I spent a lot of time on making sure I had pieces that I liked before I gained the weight, and I would like to wear them again when they actually fit.

I live in an apartment with a roommate, so I thought about either putting them in a separate section of my closet or underbed bins, but idk. I also kinda don't want them "out of sight, out of mind," but I feel like there could be some benefits to that, like I'd basically be rediscovering my closet.Thoughts?

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What happened?

I am 26 F 5’2. I started my first serious weight loss journey back in May weighing 195. I’ve been doing a calorie deficit of about 500 calories. I lost about 5 pounds of what I assume was water weight initially and I have been steadily losing about a pound or so a week since then. I weigh myself most days. I was hovering at about 175 most of the week. I had a big meal out last night and to my surprise this morning I weighed in at 171. Is this a water weight situation or did I just magically lose those pounds? I am new to all of this so I really appreciate any insight. Thanks in advance :)

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Hair Loss Every Time I Lose Weight

tl;dr - Lost weight twice: Once as a man. Once as a trans person. Experienced hair loss both times, but becoming depressed about it the second time around because of the pressure to be beautiful as a woman.

So I’ve lost weight twice in my life.

The first time was when I was in college. I went from 265 lbs to 205 lbs over the course of 8 months, give or take.

At the time, I was pescatarian, which, in retrospect, was really bad for my body. I wasn’t getting all of the nutrients I needed to get, so I started losing hair all over my head and body:

My eyebrows were thinning. My chest hair was thinning. My leg hair was thinning. I was losing hair everywhere!!

At the time, I was in denial about how bad my diet was for my body, partly because I didn’t want to eat meat again and regain the weight.

I convinced myself that my telogen effluvium (hair loss) was temporary, but after about a year of being pescatarian, and only seeing the quality of my hair and nails worsen, I knew my telogen effluvium had become chronic, and I needed to change my diet, if I wanted to regain my hair’s fullness.

So I started eating meat again, and after a few weeks, the quality of my hair improved. Still, it took another few years before my hair partly recovered—and that was with the help of The Ordinary Hair Serum. My hair never regained its former fullness.

Fast forward to a few years later, and I regained a lot of the weight from transitioning genders, and I shot back up to 255 lbs (loss of testosterone slows down your metabolism, and estrogen makes you gain and retain weight).

Last year, I lost 15 lbs through diet alone, but I wasn’t happy with how slow my weight loss was happening, so I started working out this year—intensely.

Since January, I’ve lost an additional 10 lbs (I think), possibly more body fat, since I did put on a fair bit of muscle from running and strength training.

Up until now, everything was fine. I was feeling motivated to become more fit and finish losing the weight, and then this month, I noticed my hair start to shed again…

The first time I started shedding hair, it wasn’t a big deal to me, because I “knew” it’d come back. Also, I looked like a guy at the time, so I wasn’t too concerned with my hair.

But this time, things are different. It took me three years to grow out my hair to my underbust, and now the thought of losing it hurts so fucking much, especially since my hair is already thin to begin with from the first time I experienced hair loss.

Also, men won’t really resonate with this point, but women are treated sooooooo much better when they look good. Sometimes it feels like our society only respects pretty women, and the thought of losing my hair with no knowledge of when it’ll grow back—if it grows back—has me feeling a little depressed.

I don’t feel like washing my hair. I don’t feel like combing it. I don’t feel exercising anymore. I don’t want to do anything that’s going to speed up the shedding—not even run my fingers through it or put it in a ponytail.

I’m not ugly, but fuck, do I feel so ugly right now. I feel like it’s only a matter of time before I look like Dobby from The Hobit—and who knows how long I’ll look like that.

Even when I’m not thinking about my hair, I have this sick feeling in my stomach, like I want to throw up from how upset I am with this entire thing. I’m already considering buying a high-quality wig, so I can have a head full of hair while my hair recovers—assuming it recovers—and even then, it’s going to take years for all the hairs that fell out to grow back to their former length.

Currently, I’m taking biotin supplements, using Nioxin shampoo and conditioner, and applying The Ordinary Hair Serum, hoping it helps prevents shedding, but those are all things that I’ve been doing before the shedding started, so I don’t even think it’s working.

Fuck, I’m just so sad right now.

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Is it worth upping the intensity to increase weight loss? How to have the energy with a 9-5? H 168cm / SW 80KG / GW 60KG

I had to take medication for a few years that caused major weight gain (pandemic did not help either), and I went from 65 or so kg to 80 (5kg a year). I was already thinking about losing weight at 65 so this set me back a few years.

I've been trying to shift the weight since late last year, and I'm currently at 74kg so I guess its working, but it's sooooo slow. I calculated and Im losing about .25kg (or a pound) a week. But I heard that it's actually possible to healthily lose up to 2lb a week, and I want to target that speed.

My big problem is I am so tired all the time. I work a 9-5 that actually requires me to be working all those hours (+overtime) which wipes most of my day. I've already ditched or come late to so many social plans so I can exercise in the evening, which sucks so bad bc I miss my loved ones, but it helps bc at least I'm exercising instead of eating out. But I still only exercise about 1h a day, 5x week, either heavy weights or cardio. Ideally I'd like to do both every day to stay fit, but I have no idea where to find the time and energy, I already struggle with fainting at the gym.

I also want to start incorporating stretching bc I'm pitifully inflexible but again struggle as I have to sit at a desk for 8+ hours a day.

I guess the big thing I need to change is diet. I do 18/6 and I've been thinking of doing alternate day fasting, would love any advice from people with experience doing that. I sometimes do OMAD since work usually doesn't give me a break to have lunch. A huge issue I have is that my friends loooove to eat out, which means about 3 meals a week is spent eating out, and nothing fits my macros. On those days, I'm thinking of just fasting until that meal, that way I can fit it in calorie wise and I won't have to order a side and get weird comments from friends. Has anyone tried this?

It's really hard to find a balance between having enough fuel to exercise enough whilst also being in a meaningful caloric deficit. I don't know how people do it!! I'm targeting 500-1000 calorie deficit. I can't drink caffeine either which sucks even more. I don't drink alcohol or anything either, it just sucks to eat 1000 calories a day. I don't know how y'all do it without feeling miserable!

Tldr: struggling to exercise enough at a calorie deficit, not losing weight at an ideal rate, not sure how to keep this sustainable without burning out. 9-5 office job makes things even harder. Need advice on how to improve. Weight loss sucks.

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MacroFactor

I've been watching Jeff Nippard's videos over the years and recently he mentioned MacroFactor. It's a weight loss app similar to MyFitnessPal where you track your weight, log the food you've eaten, and upload progress pictures.

However, where MacroFactor differs is it's "check in" mechanic. Unlike MyFitnessPal, which gives you a very rigid set of macro and calorie restrictions, MacroFactor "learns" from what you eat and how much weight/body fat you lose in order to calculate expenditure.

Jeff is an Investor in MacroFactor and says that it uses a combination of algorithm and AI-based decisions in order to identify what your true caloric expenditure is. This number is completely dynamic, and it moves up and down every day, stabilising after roughly 3 weeks of constant logging.

It also provides weekly check in sessions where the app reviews your progress and readjusts your macros to better fit your circumstances. The app is paid, but since I started using it a month ago, I've lost 9lbs (I started 16% bodyfat, 180lbs. Now down to 171lbs, 14.8% body fat). I'm using it to get down to roughly 12.5% body fat.

I think the fact i'm paying for it makes me more inclined to record everything. But if you're struggling with focus, give MacroFactor a try. The UI is a little funny but you get used to it. Took me about a week to get into the groove.

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Weight loss takes so long

Currently 317lbs at 5ft. A lot of medical issues as well as mental health and undiagnosed adhd caused me to be reckless about my health. I'm currently on the journey to losing weight and have lost 23lbs since January.

Sometimes I feel hopeless. I've weighed too much since I was 5 years old. I hate my body and I hate seeing photos of me. I hate how I have to face people looking like this and wish I could just isolate myself.

I wish I could lose this body quicker. Weight loss takes so long and I feel like I'm trapped in this horrible body for ages. I just want to be thinner. I'm so tired of being unhealthy and obese.

I know that these negative feelings are bad for me and they don't help weight loss at all but I can't stop myself thinking about myself this way. It's all I have felt since I was a child. When I was a teenager, I ended up losing 70lbs but then put it back on again over my 20s. Back then it seemed so easy to eat healthily, I don't know why it's so hard for me now.

I could use some encouraging words today from you guys because I just feel super down.

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