Can’t seem to lose weight, giving up hope that it’ll ever happen

I’m a 5’9, 31 year old male. Several years ago I gained a ton of weight (70 pounds) from Prozac, going from 160 to 232 pounds. I got off prozac and have gone down to as low as 179 but it’s been years now and I cannot get rid of those last ~20 pounds.

I’ve tried exercise- I love to work out and typically will lift or run 2-3x a week. I can’t seem to stay consistent though no matter what and I’ve been trying for a while. I have been very busy with applying to medical school but I think I’m just being weak and undisciplined; ie not going to bed on time so I end up too tired to wake up early and lift. There’s a discipline problem there and I don’t know how to fix it.

I’ve tried altering my diet - but even when I have good weeks I tend to ruin it by something ignorant like eating a large quesadilla and chips and guac at my favorite local Mexican spot after a long day/week of work. Even when I’ve been at my most consistent with the diet, I still have more than 20 pounds to lose to get to my pre-Prozac weight. Lowest I’ve gotten to is about 179. I’m currently around 187 again.

I’m starting to feel like I am just incapable of achieving my goal and that I should accept that I will never again be at a healthy weight. But there is something within me that resists this. I still believe that I can achieve my goal if I set my mind to it. But I also want to achieve permanent weight loss; I want to build a more healthy relationship with food and keep the weight off for good.

However, what the hell else can I do to achieve my goal? I live alone in an area where I don’t have a lot of friends so I can’t rely on a gym buddy. A lot of it is discipline/motivational; how can I ensure I follow through on my workout and diet routine even when it feels like it would be soooo nice to sleep in or eat Mexican food?

Please share your success stories of how you overcame this lack of discipline, or perhaps it’s another issue?

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Hair thinning with weight loss? (26F)

Question for you all - I've lost a not-insignificant amount of weight over the past six or so months (175 -> 130ish, not sure my exact weight since I don't have a scale and just periodically check in when I'm at a family members house. The # doesn't mean a ton to me). I'm 5' 4'', so very much now in the 'normal' weight category for my height.

And I've found that more and more of my hair is falling out, and my hair is thinner than when I weighed more. (Not thinning, per say, I don't have any concerning bald spots or it's not pattern-based, but more so just less hair overall, all over the head.) It's not like this is out of my pattern, I've found that when I've weighed more, my hair has been thicker, historically, but is there a rhyme or reason to why this may be happening, or is there anything you know of to prevent this from happening?

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I want to give up. I feel like I'm destined to be fat. I need encouragement.

Since last year January 2022, I've made a personal effort to lose weight. I did stair climbers every day and watched my calories, becoming increasingly stricter over time. Despite doing cardio, my weight loss stalled. I scoured the internet for answers and discovered "metabolic adaptation" so I switched to weight lifting, lost more weight, and stalled again. By August 2022, I'd lost about 30 lbs, and by January by the skins of my teeth I dropped another 10, but was still pudgy in my middriff area, and still too fat to switch to bulking and putting on VISIBLE muscle. I watched everything I ate, I sprinted every day until I wanted to throw up eating only 1300 calories. The scale would not budge. Even my Boyfriend was confused. I had a brief "giving up" period where I started a intense job, and had less time to meal prep and be at the gym. I literally gave up for like 2 months, and gained almost all the weight back I lost in 2 years. Try to be proactive, started a program, car breaks down, fridge breaks and my meal prep food spoils, I was down 5 lbs last week, but gained back 6 this Saturday. I feel like I'm losing my mind atp. I feel like all of this weight loss advice is bullshit lies. Was I just destined to be fat? Is there a threshold of happiness or bodily satisfaction I'm allowed to? Am I being punished for trying? None of this is making ANY sense. All of this hard work I've put into my body, and fitness while I watch people who aren't even as strong as me in the gym be naturally skinny. Why should I even try atp?

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Has anyone else felt a lot worse about themselves as they've lost weight?

I have lost 42lbs in 3 months. It has been unintentional weight loss, really, I stopped smoking and treating my addiction to smoking also unexpectedly helped with my addiction to food.

I am still very much overweight, because my start weight was 265lbs, but I feel like I look worse now than when I started??! The lines and signs of aging in my face are more pronounced because there's less fat plumping it up I presume, and I have new stretch marks in places I never had them before like even near my ankles!

I didn't have a problem with how I looked before, but I can feel the positive health benefits (my asthma is considerably easier to manage and I am able to walk and exercise for longer than before), however the new body image issues are really bringing me down.

Is this common with weight loss? Does it subside? I'm seriously considering cosmetic work once my weight loss stagnates, because of how I feel about myself :(

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6 month progress, down 30kg (66lbs)

https://imgur.com/a/WfW0O49

(April 2023 - November 2023)

M21

Height: 177cm (5'9)

SW: 98kg (216lbs)

CW: 66kg (145lbs)

Very proud of myself. First time ever having visible abs.

Context: Had been lazy for the past year, constantly ordering food online as I had been living at university. After coming back home I decided to make a change. As a teenager, I had lifted on and off without a real programme and caring about my nutrition, and this time I was determined to track calories and macros. I am astonished at how straightforward the process was, though I have to admit I was very close to quitting due to how long it took for the results to show. I plateaued several times, and I remember being so frustrated. But I simply kept at it.

If I had to do it again, something I would change is to make sustainable changes rather than going from 0 to 100. For example, I was barely eating at 1300 calories a day while doing a LOT of physical exercise during the first few weeks (fuck HIIT). I was dreading every single day, constantly had some sort of physical pain and quickly realised that this was unsustainable.

So to summarise, I:

- Ate in a high protein calorie deficit

- Strength trained to maintain muscle

- Did exercise I enjoyed (and therefore continued to do)

- Built sustainable habits

- And most importantly, did not give up.

Best of luck to everyone on their weight loss journey.

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How many kcal should I eat?

25m, 5'8, 200lbs

I don't do any exercise except for bicycle commuting to work. It's 20 miles total per day with an average speed of 15mph.

I've read that healthy weight loss is about 2lbs per week. How many kcal should I eat daily to accomplish a sufficient deficit for this?

Do you have any additional advice on how to successfully stick to a caloric deficit for enough months to see progress? How do you resist the temptation of over-indulging and binge eating?

Do you have any other tips on what to eat during weight loss? I've quit all forms of liquid calories such as alcohol and soda. I've also started eating oatmeal for breakfast every morning for the extra fiber. I weigh my ingredients and meal prep for the week. I cook all my food myself.

My biggest issue is lack of motivation after a few days and giving in to temptation and breaking the diet. After quitting alcohol and nicotine I have a lot of cravings for sweet and fatty foods.

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Well ladies and gentlemen, at 200 lbs, I’m officially “healthy weight” according to the BMI chart.

I did not achieve this in the healthiest of manners, but I did it anyway I’m proud of myself. Very impressed with my discipline and willpower.

I’m a male, 6’4 feet tall, and 25 years old. 26 very soon.

At the last week so of August I was 224 lbs. Got out of a relationship at the time. I’m guilty of pigging out when I go on dates, relationships especially. Always for for the appetizers and the big plates when I go to lunch or dinner with somebody. And my ex had decent food taste so we were always eating out.

But we broke and took advantage of the fact that I was single. (Admittedly, I was even more motivated to lose weight when I was getting many matches on Tinder as I used to a couple years ago).

Well, 2 months later, I’m down to 200 Lbs. Averaging 1800 calories a day since I started. Most of the time I wasnt exercising. Just ate less. (But now I do, not to help with the diet but just to get the heat pumping and keep the body healthy. Nothing major, 20 minutes on the elliptical machine 5x a week). Again, didn’t do it in the healthiest of manners.

For one 24 lbs in 2 months apparently is extreme weight loss. Apparently 16 would’ve been considered safe. But I don’t really feel low energy or tired so I was able to push through.

Second, I still ate lots of fast food. Every day actually. Just lower calorie stuff. My lunches were always in the 1000 calories. Like

• 10 bone in wings with fries from BWW

• Two triple cheese burgers from McD’s

• 20 nuggets and fries from CFA

• Two bean and cheese tacos with sirloin (corn tortillas)

• 2 chicken thighs 1 leg with frijoles charros

• huevos rancheros plate with potato and refried beans

• double teriyaki chicken with chow mein (only ate half the mein) from panda express

Then my dinner would be in the 500-800 range and there I would often eat at home. Like

• Tilapia filets with rice

• chicken thighs with rice

• scrambled eggs with any combo (bacon, wieners, chorizo)

• homemade burgers, lean ground beef

• chicken or turkey meatballs.

Never had any vegetables or fruits in my diet.

My goal now is to continue losing more weight. Only eating healthier stuff and expand the dishes I cook. Not just health wise but in general because really those things I listed is all I cook haha.

What would be ideal weight to push toward to?

Another cool thing, I was 199 this past weekend. But had a pretty major cheat day on Tuesday. No biggie, happens. Did good yesterday and today so far. Just wanted to say I’m sure I havent been under 200 lbs since high school.

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