Where do I start

So I’m a 22f 5”4 160 lbs and my goal is to get down to 125-130lbs. I have had a bad eating disorder and then started binge eating once I moved in with my significant other. I’m currently in grad school but when I go home for breaks It’s easy to NOT eat(my mother and older sister suffer with an ED). I don’t have much time to work out, I have school full time and work in an office (sit a lot). Does anyone have suggestions how I can kickstart my weight loss journey? I want to do it in a healthy way, but I don’t have the time to go to the gym. Thank you :) * I have a bad BAD relationship with food. Has anyone ever discovered a way to actually love and appreciate food the right way… or ways to stop binge eating? It’s horrible 😭

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I feel like I’m cheating

About a month ago I became really ill. At the start of my weight loss journey I was at 315 in July. I am now at 270. I’ve lost 25 pounds since the beginning of October because I became very ill. I am currently experiencing unbelievable nerve pain and muscle spasms in my back and leg due to some herniated disks. For the first few weeks of this episode I basically slept constantly and was only drinking glasses of milk and a few sips of soup here and there because it’s all I can tolerate. The pain was so immense and the medications made me so tired I was just not existing for those two weeks. Waking up and crying in pain, taking meds and going back to sleep. Now my appetite is completely gone and it’s not the meds. The meds have the exact opposite effect. I had a slice of garlic bread for dinner last night and that’s it. It feels amazing to not constantly be aching from how full I am but I don’t feel like I got here on my own merit. Before my health incident, I was fasting 16-8 and curbed a ton of my over eating habits, no sodas, and was walking 10k steps a day. But it was so hard, I felt every single hour I was fasting. Now it’s like nothing to me. I keep dropping weight but it doesn’t feel like I earned it.

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Is 150lbs skinny for a 5’7 person?

My goal weight is 150lbs and I’m currently at 193. I started my weight loss journey 2 and a half years ago at 281lbs and got down to 161 as my lowest at the beginning of the year. However I had huge setbacks this entire year and radically changed my routine last Sunday where I was at 202lbs and currently at 193lbs as of today! Fixed this by focusing more on eating clean, weight lifting a lot more than just doing cardio, cutting out bad sugars and lowering sodium intake, and even stopped smoking cigarettes as of Friday!

When I tell people I know that I want to get down to 150lbs as my goal weight, some say that’s too skinny and I think to myself that I wouldn’t really look that skinny for someone who is 5’7, especially now that I’m weight lifting a lot more and toning my body. Though, I never been at that weight so I don’t know what I would look like but I’m sure I wouldn’t look skinny at all.

The people I talked to that tell me I looked skinny don’t really work out and living in America has skewed how our bodies are actually suppose to look due to the high amount of obesity so of course people would think 150lbs on a 5’7 person would be skinny.

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Losing too quickly?

At the beginning of September I weighed in at 253lb (M, 6'0, 34 years old). It was the heaviest I'd ever been and it was the final straw for me. I was sick of being out of breath going up the stairs, getting exhausted quickly playing hockey, shirts getting tight, and my face looking fat in photos. Scale calculated body fat at 53%.

So I set out on a fairly rigid plan. My TDEE calculated out at ~2500. I stopped eating all fast food, revised what I cooked at home to include way more vegetables and salads, started weighing foods and counting calories, stopped drinking anything other than black coffee and water, and am running on the treadmill 4x weekly (typically 30-40 mins using the iFit app). I've set my calorie limit at 1950 and rarely, if ever, exceed that.

For background, I used to be in good shape ~8-10 years ago. 4-5 days/week workout schedule plus hockey a few times per week. At 1900 calories I was a bit hungry here and there but I've adjusted and manage well.

Today, 12 weeks later, I'm sitting at 214.8lb and 44% BF. I'm happy with the weight loss however a bit concerned that I'm losing too quickly and the BF% difference is a bit low given the total weight loss.

Am I going too quickly? Is this unhealthy? What would you recommend changing if I needed to change something?

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I fear my weight will prevent me from finding a partner

I’ve always been fat. Except when I had health issues hyperthyroidism, abused my stimulant meds (to not eat (even then overweight) and then just depression where I just stopped eating (still overweight but just shy of normal weight). I fear that my weight will keep me from meeting a guy (I am gay fyi) and settling down. I am successful in most other aspects of my life except here where I am a total failure. Gay people have ridiculous standards that are just impossible to comform to. My longest relationship has been 6 months. I have told my therapist this (omitting the illegal shit obs) and he keeps telling me that my train will come in. I guess I’m needing some real talk here from people in the thick of it. I’m at my heaviest I’ve been in almost 4 years and I’m really triggering me to not eat -my doctor has not helped by telling me that weight loss studies suggest that diet restriction -1800 calories are the best at keeping weight off. Sorry just needing to vent and I’m sick of people telling me it will be fine because I’m not sure if it will be or if I need lose weight quickly before I age out. Sorry for the rant but it’s been building for months.

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calories burned?

I (F, 5’5ft, 123 lbs) want to know an ESTIMATE on how many cals i burn per mile. This isn’t exactly for weight loss as I don’t think it’d be healthy for me to lose much more. I’d like to keep it OFF however because I love sugary drinks and sweets and I’ve been going way overboard lately lol. Thanksgiving is gonna hurt too thanks to my Greek family haha. More information: I have a treadmill at home and I use that on 4mph. I usually walk an hour.

Again, I know no exact calculation is gonna be 100% accurate but i’d like your thoughts thanks! :)

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How important is daily step count if you’re doing high intensity workouts?

I've heard over and over how important it is to get 10,000 steps a day, especially for fat loss or weight loss.

Does this apply to those who are doing high intensity workouts like Pelaton? I work out 4-5 times a week with my workouts being anywhere from 45-60 minutes, a combination of both strength training and cardio on the bike.

However most days I just can't seem to get more than 6,000 steps. I take my dog for a long (1-1.5 miles) walk about 4-5 times a week. When not working out I try to stay active around the house cleaning, cooking, etc. I live in a neighborhood that isn't safe enough to walk at night so during this time of year I can't walk outside after 5pm.

Since my Pelaton ride doesn't register as "steps" on my Apple Watch, on the days I do a 45 minute HIIT and hills ride as my workout my steps may be as low as 4,000. I know the metrics on Apple Watch are not the most accurate, but I usually burn 420-460 calories during these rides. By the end of the day, I'll typically have a calorie burn of like 650-800 on the days I workout. I do take 2-3 rest days a week but still am only able to hit about 6,000 steps a day.

Is only getting 6,000 steps a day affecting my fat loss progress even if I'm doing high intensity/high calorie burn workouts most days?

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