I’m in the 100s for the first time in a year and I’m laying on the couch crying

I haven’t been actually counting calories, just focused on not overeating and making better overall choices along with strength training 3-4 times a week. I weighed myself this morning and was really confused to see a 1 instead of a 2, so much so that I moved the scale around like 5 times to see if there was a problem with it.

I made a halfhearted Tumblr post about it (yes, I’m still there, I’ve been there since 2012 and at this point it’s like my public diary), and intentionally chose the vague “weight goal” phrase instead of “weight loss goal” since I have several mutuals who are in the feeder community (don’t ask, it’s a long story, I’m not into it and just ignore their posts related to it) and I know that weight loss is a sensitive subject for a lot of people. I’ve been posting my strength training progress there for the past several months, and several of my followers and mutuals have been really encouraging there!

Until today. I got an anonymous message saying that my post was extremely triggering despite me keeping it vague on purpose, and several people have unfollowed me since just this morning. I know a huge reason why a lot of this feels horrible is because I have an unhealthy need for validation from others, but still, it hurts.

I don’t know why I posted this, but for now, I think I’ll keep my goal posts to this sub and similar subs, and just not say anything anywhere else.

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Face weight loss & aging

Hi all, wondering if anyone has been through the same and can help me with how to cope with this. I 28(F) recently lost 6kg within a couple of months and this has mostly shown in my face.

I feel like my face has aged 3-5 years in the last 2 months, and I'm starting to feel anxiety, dysmorphia and identity issues as a result. Some days I barely recognise my own face.

Has anyone else dealt with this, and how did you get over it?

I'm not sure how many words I need to meet the minimum so just know that I'm proud of you all making progress on your own journeys to improved health! Keep striving for greatness.

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Phentermine advice

Starting phentermine for weight loss. I have a BMI of 35 and my goal is to lose 60 lbs (yes diet and exercise, just using this as a helpful aid) Anyone who has tried this med what was your experience? Especially when starting. I’ve read that it will cause jitters, I work as a cake decorator and need steady hands- should I hold off on starting til a weekend? How quickly and how much weight did you lose? Did it cause bowel problems? Did it decrease or increase heartburn? Did you have to drink excessive water? Thanks in advance!

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How do I tell my wife I want to start losing weight when I don't think she'll be supportive?

I'm going to try to keep this brief. My wife has some odd beliefs about weight, including that it's not possible to lose weight and keep it off and that being obese is not bad for your health. It's something we've agreed to disagree on. Weight in general is a sensitive topic for her as she is in long term recovery from an eating disorder, so we don't talk about it. I have tried to mention wanting to make some lifestyle changes for myself at different times and she has told me she doesn't think I need to lose weight. She doesn't even believe I've gained weight, even though I'm about 50 pounds heavier than when we met 10 years ago. (I was already about 20 pounds overweight back then, so I have about 70 pounds I'd ideally like to lose).

But regardless of what my wife thinks, I want to start making some changes to improve my health and I've set up a doctor's appointment to get started. What I don't know how to do is tell my wife about it. I honestly don't need her to be supportive. I feel confident doing it independently from her, but I can't secretly make a bunch of lifestyle changes. Even if I could, I wouldn't feel right keeping a secret from her. She's my wife and my best friend, so I do feel the need to at least make her aware, if not have a long conversation about it. Has anyone been in a similar situation? How can I bring this up while being sensitive to her feelings on weight loss?

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I plan to meet a friend in about a week or so, and she wants to get dessert and a meal… Should I be worried this will cause weight gain?

I’ve been at a pretty low calorie deficit for almost two months now (eating 1,100 - 1,300 kcal/day) and I’ve been very strict about eating only healthy foods.

In the past I’ve always avoided people when I’m trying to loose weight but I didn’t want to fall into that habit again this time around. When my friend messaged me about wanting to go to a cute dessert cafe and restaurant, I agreed even though the thought of eating out (and dessert on top of that) really freaked me out.

To make matters a little more worrisome, It’s my Sister’s birthday not even two days after I see my friend and I promised to treat her to dinner outside.

I’m really worried that two days of eating out will interrupt my weight loss… or even cause me to gain weight. I realize that my fear might be slightly irrational but I can’t help but dread these days that are supposed to be fun because of it.

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Feeling really down/angry at partner during weight loss

Hey y’all, I don’t post often on Reddit so I apologize if this post is a bit off and y’all can point me to a more appropriate subreddit. Anyways, I’m really upset with my boyfriend regarding my weight loss journey. I’m 28, 5’2 and 170 pounds, I know I’m chunky but I personally don’t feel like I’m obese like the BMI chart says I am. To me I look cute, before I met my boyfriend my highest adult weight was 180 pounds, I still felt cute but I knew that was dangerously close to 200 pounds and I needed to get it together. I lost 20 pounds, gained 10 back and have regulated my weight of 170 for 3 years. My boyfriend met me 2 years ago at 170 and I have stayed that weight for since day one, my license and medical records have stated that weight since we got together. The reason I give this back story is bc 8 months ago my bf and I had this really bad argument and he stated that he felt like my gut hangs out when I wear certain tops. That comment was crushing so I thought I would lose some weight bc even though I thought I was cute and I thought he thought I cute it turns out I was wrong so I decided to make a change, I eat differently now and exercise 3-5 times a week, my weight hasn’t budged at all but I feel like I look smaller (if anything I feel like I look worse honestly like I lost extra weight from everywhere but my stomach and now I feel like my stomach sticks out way more and it makes me feel so ugly) but we keep arguing about my weight and exercising. He’s an active guy but I hate exercising and it’s chore to me so I only do it during the week after work so I have my weekends free. He wants to go to the gym together on the weekends and this just annoys the shit out of me, I already do this crap after work I don’t want to do it on the days I have off. He also doesn’t say anything positive ever, like I can’t tell if he thinks I’m more or less attractive now. I just don’t know what to do anymore bc it feels like he wants me to be 120 pounds but like I don’t even care about being that small, I actually like the way I look and really don’t feel like I need to lose weight bc I feel healthy and strong. Has anyone ever had this issue?

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Losing weight being almost pre diabetic

To start, I'm female, 34 and at 237 lbs. I recently got back into working out, fasted cardio and then weight lifting.

I started ozempic for weight loss mid-May. And now I'm stopping it due to the side effects and it simply not working for me. I'm finished on the last dose of 0.5mg and was supposed to start the 1mg dose.

My Dr asked for blood work because she thinks I should have lost weight by now and the results came back and everything was fine except I'm borderline pre-diebetic. My number is at 5.7.

I'm wondering if I start tracking calories more, remove refined sugars and carbs and workout more if that number would go down...

This is kind of a kick in the ass knowing that I'm on the edge of diabetes and it's worry some.

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