People’s opinions about weight loss

• SW: 185 lbs
• CW: 123 lbs
• GW: 115 lbs

I’ve been on a weight loss journey since March of this year, and I’m currently 62 lbs down. I’m 8 pounds away from my goal weight. My doctor agreed that 115 is a perfectly healthy and fine goal weight for my frame and height.

However, I’ve been getting a lot of comments about my weight from my family recently. Some of these comments include saying that I look like I have an eating disorder, my legs are too thin, “I’ve gone too far”, etc. I’m genuinely not sure where these comments are coming from because I think I look like I am a perfectly healthy weight. I have a chubby face and stomach, a large chest, and my arms and legs are normal sized. I feel better than I ever have, I look better than I ever have (in my opinion), and I’m trying to feel happy and keep my momentum to lose these last 8 pounds. But, a part of me wonders if there’s any merit to these comments and maybe I am too thin. Has anyone else experienced this? Should I gain weight to appease people around me and be miserable? Or get to my goal weight and just deal with the remarks? It’s just very discouraging to be told I don’t look good when I feel good and feel like I look good.

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Trouble losing weight during/after covid

I've been sick with covid for almost a week now and my calorie deficit is a lot larger than normal. Definitely haven't been eating enough. Yet I seem to be at a plateau....I weigh and look exactly the same as I did a week ago.

With my low intake and immune system increasing my calorie needs, I'm so confused why I haven't lost any weight. My best guess is that I'm retaining water due to being sick. It's just weird because everyone else seems to lose rapidly when they're sick with covid.

I'm wondering if anyone else experienced this, or had any trouble losing weight AFTER recovering from covid? I'm slightly worried that covid could cause metabolic changes that will make weight loss harder going forward. It's a weird and unpredictable virus so it seems plausible that it might happen to some people.

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What is the best and most accurate fitness watch?

I am starting my weight loss journey and want the most accurate fitness bracelet I can find to track my physical activity as well as other health stats.

I have been looking at Fitbit Charge 5 (but lots of reviews say that it breaks easily) and Versa 2 (also some mixed reviews + it is an older model so how accurate is it really?) as well some others but the reviews are very mixed, to say the least.

Would appreciate any and all advice and would love to hear what fitness tracker bracelets have worked best for you.

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NSV the why

49 pounds down and super happy,. But often I put a bit more emphasis on the numbers and forget what my why was.

Been larger my whole life and for the most part it didn't hold me back until covid. The extra few kg's added more strain, clothes a bit tighter and I started feeling crap.

Small changes have got me in a much better space. The biggest being moving more and exercise/community sport. The nutrition is key for the weight loss but the real victory is things like what happened yesterday.

At a grand final picnic (think Superbowl o/s people) we decided to play some football with the kids, including an incredibly active 7 year old boy. I think we played for a good 30 minutes, running, kicking, bit of play fighting. I was puffing, sweating, but didn't stop once. The rest of the adults had tapped out and when I saw Mr 7 red faced laying on the floor puffing... I felt bloody amazing.

Part of why I needed to lose it was to live a lifestyle I was proud of. And a part of that is moments like yesterday. To just enjoy being active and have fun without struggling.

Me a year ago wouldn't have even tried... too self conscious and embarrassed to move and injure myself or look silly.

I've gained a little more life back and that means more than any scale number!

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What are some things about weight loss you’ve noticed that are Awesome and Not So Awesome?

Personally, mine are mostly about food. (Apologies for the formatting, I’m on mobile).

What’s Awesome—

-I can eat foods like potatoes/cabbage and eat a crap ton of it and still not pass my calorie intake. I love it so much.

That said, heard marshmallows are good little treats for sweet tooth days and I’m considering getting a bag for when those moments appear and enjoy their “filling” affect without worrying about my calories to much.

-I like how you can technically eat all of the foods you want, you just have to monitor the intake amount so you don’t overdo anything. There’s a person here I believe who lost weight only eating fast food— I’m not saying that’s everyone’s taste/goal and it’s not mine either— but the fact he was capable of doing that is pretty awesome in my opinion.

On the flip side of Not So Awesome— a small fast food meal, a milkshake, or other “non-filling” foods have such a high calorie amount BUT DON’T FILL YOU UP 😭

-I hate it so much. It feels frustrating at times knowing you can eat a slice a cake with say 500 calories yet’s not going to fill you up in the same way 500 calories worth of potatoes would.

One can’t just “minimize” portions and hope to lose weight because the way CICO works and certain foods being more calorie dense than others.

I’m sure there are many many more, even bit food related. So what are some things you guys have noticed in the process of either losing weight or just aiming for a healthier lifestyle that’s awesome or not so awesome?

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hard to lose weight in season

Hi guys! I have posted here before but it’s kind of a different situation now and i need some advice. I started my weight loss journey in the summer and managed to lose about 10-12 lbs, definitely starting to see a difference. After coming to college about 5 weeks ago I can feel I have definitely gained at least some of the weight back from binge eating. The issue is at home I would do about 1400 calories and something small to exercise like a 3 mile walk or run. It wasn’t too hard to do and I felt it was working because I had a good routine going. Now that I am back at school, and in season for volleyball (play at a d3 school), i find it super hard to know how much i should be eating and at what times. especially because sometimes our practices are not super difficult. for reference, i am 19f, 5’9-5’10, and 180-185 lbs. When I left for school I had just gotten below 180 so not sure what I am at now. I find that I don’t have trouble having a small breakfast and lunch, but when it comes to dinner I have no idea how many calories I am eating and end up binging at night. I am super unhappy with the way I look and get very insecure when i end up going out on the weekends. Any advice?

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How to be happy about weight loss progress with body dysmorphia?

I always teeter back and forth between weight loss and weight gain. Once covid hit I ballooned to the biggest I have ever been. Fast forward to a few months ago: I decided to start exercising and dieting. I have lost 26 lbs/12kg so far and thought: YES! This is the answer! But I noticed that I still don't feel happy in my body, even after making great progress.

My body is disproportionate, I have huge knockers and a small toosh. I am really self conscious about this and losing the weight has made this difference much more obvious. It doesn't help that my partner is a self-proclaimed "ass man" and I sometimes catch him checking out other girls' ginormous behinds. I can see his eyes shift downward, then look away, ohhh and then look back for a double take. In that moment I feel so dejected and think "damn, when I had more weight on me at least I had more of an ass."

I feel like I know what I need to do. Things like give myself positive affirmation, remind myself that I am losing weight for myself/my long term health, get therapy... It's just so hard. I feel like every morning I wake up with 2 fighting dogs, one is named Anxiety and the other Serenity. I feel like lately I have been feeding Anxiety more and that dog is winning the fight every day.

Therapy is probably the best route but the ones that accept my insurance only have telehealth visits. I've tried to do telehealth visits in the past with 3 different therapists and I just couldn't. I don't have a dedicated space where I can be alone and it reminds me too much of work meetings. Anyways... excuse my rambling. Does the loseit community have any tips for me?

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