Frustrated but not at reality, just my brain's inability to grok it

Two and a half years ago I weighed 123. With loss and pandemic and other great excuses I'm now at 150, my; highest. I've managed to bounce to 140 a few times but there's just been some chaos. The chaos is finally ebbed and from all looks my life should be calm enough now that I can begin working out regularly again and eating well again. Goal is that 123 again but more fit, so I would be happy with more weight but better actual fitness (I was just skinny, not toned). I'm 48, perimenopausal, recently put on estrogen, the middle aged spread is real.

So, I started working out regularly about 9 days ago. A routine I've used in the past that has worked well. Tracking my food and staying around 1,200-1,400 (5'5" woman). I weighed in when I started with my fancy scale and today was my first weigh in since starting. I KNOW, I fucking KNOW what happens the first few weeks. But to prep myself I also read some articles last night and confirmed that you really can't expect weight loss in the first 2-4 weeks of working out. In fact a slight gain is common. But when I got on the scale and saw I had gained a pound (149-150), I cried. My muscle mass went up a tiny bit as did my lean body mass but so did my body fat and my water went down.

I'm working really hard to not let this set me back and feel discouraged enough to stop eating well or working out. I really want to be near my goal weight by July which shouldn't be impossible even though losing weight as we age is definitely tougher. I just don't want to feel depressed and like this isn't working. I know if I keep at it the trend will reverse but seeing that high weight and yet feeling my sore muscles just hurts. I was hoping to at least have stayed the same, now part of my brain is "well if we are gaining this way, might as well stop trying". Shut up, brain.

Also estrogen tends to help you lose weight but the first month or two you will retain a lot of water so the scale will reflect that, too.

I just need to stay motivated and positive about this. I am not happy at this body shape and size. I know I can do this and I know today's weigh in isn't a reflection of the work I'm doing. I just don't believe it yet.

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I need honesty.

I'm 22 and weigh 336lbd.

Is it truly possible to lose over 200lbs without surgery or medication?

My mother came to me a few months ago, and brought up weight loss surgery. She said her insurance will pay for it and that she would pay the deductible if I would agree and get it.

I thought about it for awhile and agreed to go to a doctor, but I wasn't quite prepared for the things that followed.

I don't want to commit to taking so many pills for the rest of my life, or not being able to do some of the things I like ever again.

Now I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place. I have till spring to lose at least 50lbs or I have to get surgery. I don't want the surgery. I want to prove to myself that I can do this on my own, but it feels impossible.

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Lost 85 lbs, struggling to lose the last 20 and seeking guidance

Hi everyone

This year I’ve lost 85 lbs (230-143) after having the gastric sleeve in February. I’m 5’0 so I’m aiming to get to 125 because I still feel like I am fat. But I’ve been bouncing between 142-148 since October.

What I currently do: I play tennis 3x a week since August, recently added in F45 and been doing that 5x a week and tennis 2x. One rest day a week.

I eat(what I consider) little so it’s not as easy as just eating less. One protein shake, one egg and one bacon, 2 servings of fruit, dinner I usually have chicken and a carb and veggie at about 500 cals. This puts me even being generous at 1,000 cals most days, maybe one day a weekend where I have sweets so I’m at 1,300.

What else can I do to kick start my weight loss again? Should I start tracking macros? More calories? Less carbs? Do I bite the bullet and get a trainer/professional help? I’m so close to my goal weight I’d love to be there by my 1 year surgery anniversary in March.

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Magic formula

Hi everyone, I just to want to share my personal experience.

Im on a lose weight journey since almost a year.

While I was trying to lose weight I continued to hang out with friends at bars almost every night, trying to limit alcohol cocktails and avoid binge drinking (that I was used to do before my decision to lose weight).

38M SW271 - CW220 - GW190

My weight loss was not constant during the journey and at the beginning I tried only to keep my calories tracked on my phone, I tried some fasting, I started to cycle few days a week with a friend during this summer.

Then I subscribed to this reddit, reading posts in my spare time..

I slowly felt that was on the right way to lose weight but everytime my balance was going down after few days everything was going up again.

I felt I was stuck and couldnt do anything about.

Then something changed.

I started to hang out with this beatiful girl, that after a while rejected me, then I felt miserabile and alone again, in the bar drinking for no reason.

Then I quit everything was a bad habit for me (also negative people) and started to focus on myself and nothing/nobody else.

I started going to the gym and quit alcohol, going to bed everynight at 11pm and waking up at 7am. Then I started to noticed few changes (few lbs off, my upper body in the mirror looked a bit differenti). I was still afraid that the journey ahead was too long and difficult due quantity of fat I had to lose. My motivation was still low.

Then I felt very bad as my habits were still very poor due the sedentary work that I do (office job).

Then one month ago I dropped everything for a bikepacking trip for 20 days. I cycled 900km through France and Spain, 15 effective biking days, 40 to 80 km a day, 3 to 5h of biking everyday.

That was a game changer. I lost my last 11lbs but the funny thing was that biggest change was not on the balance but in the mirror. I realized that those days actually did a lot. (Most of the routes were offroad or steel roads) so very intensive sessions and I was mostly rating only a Little breakfast and a normale dinner..

Now Im not afraid anymore about my journey cause I know where Im heading to.

The magic formula is get out of your current lifestyle and all its bads habits. No excuses. Focus, discover and respect yourself and workout hard to stay happy and strong! The goal is right there between your hands!

Thank you everyone.

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I’m not overweight, but my dad is struggling with weight loss and I’m worried

My dad is 6’0, 48-years-old, and weighs around 270 lbs.

He carries most of his weight in his stomach in the form of hard fat, which is very unhealthy.

He has a lot of medical conditions that affects his heart, and I’m really worried that being overweight isn’t helping.

He’s been trying to lose weight for years now but can’t seem to keep the weight off, he also thinks he’s retaining a lot of water weight.

He loves cooking and eating unhealthy foods (ribs, pork, etc), is there any good methods for him to lose weight that don’t involve fasting?

He’s tried fasting and skipping meals, but it just leaves him hungrier and then he eats a bunch of food.

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Finding weight loss impossible since August, help please

160cm, 63kg (down 4kg since May) - first goal weight is 59kg. Asian so aiming BMI 23.

I've plateaued for 4 months since Aug, I'm just so upset. I calculated my calories (based on logs) and my current maintenance would be 1400!!!! Despite lifting + light cardio 2x/week. No non-scale changes since either. So upsetting! I do suspect I have PCOS which would affect CO. (edit: basically, I've been eating on average about 1400kcal/day since Aug and have also maintained 63kg despite working out)

I'm struggling to stick to 1200 kcal, mainly on work heavy days - I just get so burnt out then I want chocolate, the sweet dopamine hit and end up eating 2000kcal/day. I do wonder if this counts as binging behaviour at times? I eat protein heavy (>100g basically every day) and try to incorporate at least 15g fibre.

I wanna cry 😭

Any suggestions??

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Maintaining is... Good??

I started my weight loss journey at the beginning of this year at 290~ and have had a rough mental year. I was doing great and eating well and hitting the gym when my depression snuck back up on me.

I am unfortunately an emotional eater with OCD so sometimes the thoughts I have just make me want to BINGE. I've done well managing NOT binging, but I haven't been eating the best.

This is just the first time in my life that I'm not gaining, and I wanted to share this. Anyone have any tips for getting back on track? The idea of re-entering the gym is daunting and meal prepping again.

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