How to approach a mild 5lbs/month?

18F; 5’3 & 128lbs, and I’d like to hover around 110. Currently totally sedentary and (estimated avg) daily intake of 1900 cals.

Because I have a history of disordered eating, I definitely don’t want anything to do with daily calorie/macro counting, weighing food, or anything that could turn obsessive. Apart from the disorder, I just really hate the food obsession that comes with restrictive and rigorous weight loss. All I want is to feel a little healthier/more active. I’m not in a big rush or anything either, so I’d like to aim for a loss of 4-5 pounds a month.

Is a 500 calorie deficit easy to achieve with just some lifestyle changes? I’d aim for 6-7k steps a day & 3 square meals w/o snacking, and prioritizing fruits and veg.

I’ve never tried losing in a healthy or mild manner; is this a good start?

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Weight Loss Day 1

Hi Reddit! This is my first post on here and I’m honestly terrified so please be nice lol. I’m 18 f and 5ish months ago i got back to my normal self after going on lexapro for ocd and didn’t realize how much I ate. I try not to focus on my weight and how much I eat too much since I grew up battling anorexia. To get to the point, I realized a couple months ago that my jeans don’t fit and for the first time in my life I had enough stomach fat to grab with my hands. I weighed myself about an hour ago and I’m 149 pounds, so I’ve gained 30 pounds in 8 months (last time I weighed myself). I need to loose weight but don’t know where to start. Meal prepping? Gym membership or Pilates/group classes for beginners? Staying motivated? And most importantly, how do I loose weight without re-developing an eating disorder? Thank you so much for any and all help

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Coke Zero addiction

(TW: I’m not encouraging at all rapid weight loss, I just need help) Yo guys, For some context, I’m 17M and 6’1. This summer I successfully lost 35 pounds and went from 205 to 170 ibs. I already have had several successful 20 pound or so weight losses when I was feeling like I was getting obese but was regaining it every time in the next few months. But this year, I managed to maintain my weight under 180 ibs till the end of fall which makes me really proud. As for now, I can even say it finally ended my lifelong era of being the «chubby kid». The problem with all that is that I was facing bullying which always ended up in me losing important amounts of weight very rapidly. By that, I mean that I was literally consuming under 1000kcal a day (with my TDEE being over 2300) and doing hours of cardio such as cycling every day. So yeah this time, it didn’t change and i did all that only in order to prove that i’m better than everyone at doing it and that I’m not lazy like most claimed. The bad part is that I developed a Coke Zero addiction as soon as I discover that it had 0 calories (2 years ago and so) and that it was an effective (not so long term) appetite suppressant, and it is the same with nicotine. It made that I was binge drinking litres of that shi on a daily basis in order to resist hunger, but what is sad is that it even didn’t help a lot instead of just making me dependent on it. Currently, I am not even sure I can quit it for longer than a week or so because the absence of it always pushes me to return to my old habits and eat high calorie foods (but obviously also because I’m just a miserable addict). Fortunately (or as I initially thought), I recently discovered Coke Zero Zero (which here in France refers to zero caffeine, zero calories coke) and it perfectly fixed my sleep schedule! But I think it only made the addiction worse because the cravings for food would still hit during my weight loss so i started drinking even more of it or returning to traditional Coke Zero as I started suspecting it was the caffeine which was responsible for the appetite suppression. Share your experience, thoughts and advices.

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Never felt this ashamed and horrible before

I've been going to the gym regularly for about a year and a half now and so far I'm happy with my progress, I've lost around 32 pounds and also build some muscle. I'm a 23yo female. Today there was a yoga session and a Zumba class at my gym, so I decided to try it out with a fellow gym girl. And I hate her. She literally kept "mansplaining" me about weight loss to the yoga instructor in front of the entire class and for some reason IDK why the yoga instructor asked me about my weight in front of everybody. And I weigh 190lbs which is still a lot for me.. But anyway I was so embarrassed and felt ashamed of myself. And the entire time I felt like everybody's making fun of me. Just when i was starting to like my body, this had to happen. I'm never talking to that girl ever again! She's rude and arrogant and I'm gonna have to protect my energy. I still want to keep going to the yoga classes but I don't feel like it anymore.. Esp bc she's already been telling the instructor that I wouldn't show up in future classes. That's so rude of her. She keeps twisting my words and continues to mansplain me. I have to avoid her. Maybe I'll not continue yoga or zumba.

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What a difference 2 weeks make

I ate a HUGE* portion of fried rice 2 weeks ago in one sitting and found myself on the floor gasping for air. It took me a good hour to feel semi-okay.

Fast forward to yesterday, I made the same portion for my family. We ate to satisfaction then and we had the leftovers for today’s dinner.

Because of that nasty business with rice, I’m back on my weight loss journey and I am settling quite easily into my calorie deficit and enjoying a more active lifestyle.

Not sure why I’m making this post but if you feel some discomfort while eating, it might be a good idea to reflect on it.

*I used to be able to easily eat this AND more when I was bigger but I lost some weight (48 lbs) during the pandemic and gained about half of it back due to tragic circumstances.

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Really struggling. Need help.

I got a trainer back in July 2023, and am still struggling with my weight loss.

I’m 4’11, SW: 137, CW: 142. GW: 125-130 She has me eating about 1800 calories in a deficit with 135gm of protein, 176gm carbs, and 61gm of fat. I exercise 4x a week lifting heavy with HIIT cardio at the end for about 10min. I usually work out for about 1.5 hours and I walk a lot for work. My diet is high protein, low carbs, and I’m really not noticing any changes in my weight or body.

Kind of at a loss of what to do. She told me to trust the process but it’s been a couple months and I thought I would lose some weight rather than gain. The only thing is I’m noticing that I lift heavier. Did I just put my body into too high of a low metabolism when I’ve eaten 1300-1500 for half my life? 1800 felt like a lot to me and she said my maintenance is 2300 which shocked me.

It feels like I’m doing everything right, but still can’t drop weight.

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How I convinced myself to exercise, and you can too

Not sure if this will make sense to anyone who isn't as crazy as me, but this is how I convinced myself to start exercising.

I have dieted many times over the years with varying levels of success. I'm kind of a hands-on person, so I like to be actively doing things with whatever project I'm taking on — even if I'm not actually doing the thing.

For example, when learning the guitar, I would read about music theory during times where I couldn't, or didn't want to, play the guitar.

So, when dieting, I would log my food, create weight spreadsheets, plan recipes and meal prep. All with the goal of helping my project at the time, which was losing weight. I was actively doing things to help me achieve my goal.

One day, I was sitting on the couch thinking that I wish I could do something more to help me with weight loss. In my head, I was equating it to money.. earning (income) and spending.

I knew how to get a calorie income. Just eat stuff. But what if there was a way to spend calories....

And then it hit me of course. Exercise.

I don't know why I'd never looked at it like that. I guess because I've always hated exercise and have always failed at it.

But, it just made so much logical sense in my head at that moment that I couldn't resist. I immediately went for a bike ride. That was about 4 months ago and I've been cycling and running ever since and can't get enough of it.

Tl;dr: I invented exercise

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