college weight gain

hi i’m really new to this whole reddit thing but I figured i’d give it a shot. i’m a 19 year old female who just entered college. in the first month i’ve already gained 5 pounds and i don’t know how to stop this. Im 5’2 and i currently weight 110 pounds. I’m mostly sedentary but I get about 5000 steps a day and I do a 30 min at home pilates workout daily. Before entering college, I was 105 and had a job where i was consistently on my feet for 6-8 hours 5x a week. I hate how i look now since most of the weight went to my face ;( I first tried to lose this weight by entering a calorie deficit of 1200 calories. I lost some weight but noticed side effects like- depression, extreme constipation, and extremely dry skin on the face. I also lost a lot of muscle because despite the weight loss, the fat is still there. I recently upped my calories to 1350 but I’m still extremely hungry. I want to continue losing weight without counting calories but if I go back to my maintenance immediately I am scared I will gain the weight back. i’ve never dealt with hating my body so much until now and i don’t know what to do.

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Is there a limit of actual “fat” loss one can lose per week/weeks/month even on a high deficit?

Without getting to technical about all the details,

basically what I’m asking is with adequate protein intake and decent enough calorie intake of 2,000-2,200 cals based on my weight of 107kg.

With a good supply of all macronutrients in a diet, with a very active lifestyle 5x strength training a week, 15-20k steps daily, is there a limit of actual fat loss that the body can lose per week?

This would be disregarding potential muscle loss and water weight fluctuations in that weekly weight loss rate?

To sum it up is there a threshold/limit of fat that the body can lose in a large deficit (with emphasis on muscle retention via weightlifting and protein intake) before it starts to take weight off via muscle and other factors?

Hope this questions makes sense, if it’s not very clear feel free to ask me for clarification and I can answer that.

Thanks guys.

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Should I be losing more?

I'm having trouble staying realistic about this process. I'm 5'10.5" M currently at 195lbs. I started at 198.8lbs about 2-3 weeks ago. My BMR is 1852 and Sedentary TDEE is 2223. I walk 2 miles M-F, bike 5miles Sun, and weight lift M-Sat. I don't eat back my calories. I'm eating at the BMR level, my dietician said it was safe and good, but the weight loss feels slow. I feel like I should be losing a bit more than I have been. I weigh myself daily to get a good average. The first week my average was 197.05, second week 195.88, and I'm currently at 195 (average will come later this week). What am I missing? Goal weight is 175lb for now as I think that will get me to my actual goal of being around 15% body fat, but not sure until I get there. I use myfitnesspal, food scale, and meal prep. If I do go over my calories I track it too (Snickers and cookies yesterday for Halloween and the weekend cheat meal).

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Best way to tone a B-shaped belly?

Hello,

Over the last 2 years I’ve worked really hard to get to my goal weight, which I reached earlier this year! I (24F) went from 206lbs to 120-122 lbs.

I’ve always had a B-shaped belly (kind of like someone cinched in my abdomen only where my belly button is, resulting in what looks like almost 2 protruding bellies on top of each other when you look at me sideways).

I knew I’d have some loose skin post weight loss, but I did try to give myself some time to tone my body, and despite working out, my abdomen is definitely the worst. Now it’s like 2 deflated bellies, so the ‘B shape’ is still there!

I don’t mind the loose skin at all, it’s just the shape of the loose skin that’s the problem. I want to find a way to try to minimize the upper belly (minimizing the lower belly as well would be a bonus!)

If anyone has any tips, please share, I would really appreciate it!

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thyroid weight loss

i am unmedicated but i am due to have my levels checked. years ago my doctor said my levels were fluctuating too much to determine if i was hypo or hyper.

i am pescatarian, and non dairy. i dont like sweets, i eat very very healthy. i do hiit yoga everyday as well.

my body is not toned at all, my whole life i had chunky legs and i accepted that was my body type. i have a bit of a stomach as well. i just cannot lose any weight no matter what i do, and i just feel like for my lifestyle i should be at least a little toned.

if thyroid issues are my culprit is there anything else i can do unmedicated?

i also started taking a multi vitamin with iron, which has had a massive improvement with my energy levels. i used to be exhausted all the time. i was hoping it would improve my metabolism.

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Long term small results with very small deficit (-100, -200) ?

My TDEE is 1400, I don’t want to lose a lot but I’d still like to lose a few kg eventually to be back at the weight range I know I was comfortable at a few years ago (although still trying/planning to come to terms with just staying at a higher weight if I ultimately can’t (mentally) healthily sustain it). I don’t want to trigger an eating disorder relapse though so I do not wish to go below 1200 nor purposefully "add more exercise just to have more room" (I just go on small walks some days when I feel like it), because I know I’ll be over focusing on that too.

Has anyone ever had results long term with that, doing almost-maintenance?

I know the loss will be extremely slow (I guess I will just check to make sure every few weeks/months), but I still wanted to know if some people did go through that. We all know how frustrating weight loss can be and how impatient we can be with it, so I’m assuming most people have never went for such a low deficit, or the ones who did surely did not do it voluntarily and/or monitor it closely, but still, maybe someone actually did it and can tell the story.

Thanks :)

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Day 1 Post (Looking for advice) about losing some weight

Hi, I'm a soon to be 19 year old male. I wanted to get some advice on weight loss/losing some weight. I weight about 185.8 lbs currently, and I'm 5'10", a little above 10 inches but that's my height, which puts me at a BMI of overweight. I plan to cut down to 170 lbs so I feel better about myself.

I have some fat at my stomach and I plan to lose those 15 lbs over about six months to a year. Is that a realistic goal? I plan to track calories, in general, and cut down on snacking/sugar, which I have a poor habit of having a lot of, to lose the weight. I also plan to portion control and eat a little less, still going to eat three meals a day, add vegetables and fruit, etc.

I also don't know what type of calorie defecit I would want, it was found with a calculator to be about 500-1,000 calories, or only eat 2,000 calories a day. If I plan to try to lose 15 lbs over 6 months, so do you have any recommendations about how many calories I should aim to limit myself to each day to lose that much weight over six months? Any other advice? Thanks! I can't do the gym, don't have the time due to my busy schedule, but I do have a bike, treadmill, and the outdoors (live in a suburb). I'm in college with a 4 hour commute every day, to and back, plus Marching Band and classes, so I don't have time for the gym. Would body weight exercises work?

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