Healthy Snack Ideas

Hey first time posting. 37 year old male 5’6

Been on a weight loss journey since December due to my doctor putting me on a statin because of my off the charts cholesterol. My biggest issue was junk food which I would stress eat. I also didn’t exercise at all. Dropped from 195 to 166 currently. Mainly just indoor cycling as my main exercise every other day for 30-40 minutes and then pushups.

Biggest thing for me has been changing what I eat, besides the consistent exercise. I don’t eat chocolate or chips or processed shit anymore.

Wondering if anyone has healthy snack ideas for me to change up what I’ve been having.

Currently I like pears, mixed unsalted nuts, baby carrots, homemade hummus, homemade popcorn with just salt and that’s it.

Thanks!

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Losing the last 15 lbs and staying patient (venting)

I've lost 15 lbs since December and I want to lose about 15 more. I see how much the weight loss is slowing down - I lost 1.2 lbs this past month. I'm decreasing my calories (based on what Loseit tells me) and now I eat about 1350 a day and am active. I'm getting more hungry and tired, and frustrated with how slow this is going (and will continue to be). It's making me wonder if my body can even get to 125 without me eating 1200 calories for the next year - the thought of that is pretty unbearable.

I was hoping I'd feel so good by the summertime, which is 2 months away, and I've been trying on my summer clothes. I'm happy to see a lot of it fits better or is even too big, but I don't feel or look amazing like I thought I would. I know this is turning into a venting session but just needed to get this off my chest since I'm sure others can relate. Weight loss is rewarding but also so draining :(

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I started with too few calories, now I don't know how to fix it! Help!

Hey everyone! I posted this in the Q&A thread but it seems like it might be a bit too complex for that thread. Essentially, everyone on here and my boyfriend motivated me to lose weight. I've always been heavy. In undergrad an abusive relationship had me drop down to 180, and I was happy with myself, even though still a bit overweight.
During the pandemic I gained a bunch of weight all the way up to 250. This past month and a half (starting at 245) I've gotten down to 231 and I want to be able to like who I see in the mirror. I'm VERY excited about my progress and feel a lot of motivation to continue. I have been very disciplined and have been sticking strictly to 1600 calories a day.
Well that's where the problem starts. I went to calculate my TDEE today since now that I've lost more than 10 pounds I figured I might have to change. Well you can guess how shocked I was to see my maintenance even at THIS weight is meant to be around 2400 and for safe weight loss it recommends 1900 calories. Now I'm so panicked. I think I messed up. I don't have anywhere to go if I need to drop lower, but I'm scared to bring my calories up. If I bring them up, I might regain all the weight I've lost since my body surely has adjusted to where I'm at now.
Does anyone have any suggestions? What should I do? I don't want to yo-yo diet, I want to lose weight safely and I don't want to cut calories so much that I'm rapidly dropping weight. I must've done something wrong with the first TDEE calculator, which is why I dropped so low. I could've sworn it said 1600 for me

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Plateau advice?

27 y.o. male

SW: 378 lbs

CW: 324 lbs

Hey everybody!

Since January I’ve lost almost 60 pounds by completely cutting out alcohol and fast food (still fast food OCCASIONALLY only on weekends just because I’m not trying to deprive myself) and significantly reducing my calories throughout the week.

Monday - Friday

I eat a rice cake w/peanut butter and maybe a banana/mandarin orange for breakfast.

I eat a protein bar and a handful of raw almonds for lunch.

I eat meal-prepped chicken/brussels sprouts/broccoli for dinner

I eat around 2 cups of frozen fruit every night.

Weekends I’m much more lax and will eat kind of whatever I feel like, still no alcohol though.

As far as physical activity goes, I take around 30-45 minute walks 3-4 times a week and play long days of disc golf on weekends whenever I can, plus I do arm exercises with a 25 lb kettle bell every night before bed.

I feel really good physically/mentally, better than I have in several years, and have had little to no issue maintaining this lifestyle. I have almost completely re-evaluated my relationship with food and alcohol and myself in general.

For a little less than a month I’ve fluctuated between 320 and 329 lbs. can’t seem to get much lower than 322.

Can anybody recommend any changes I could make to possible kickstart weight loss back up? Obviously an increase in physical activity would help but should I cut more calories? Co-workers are already telling me I don’t eat enough.

Any advice is appreciated. Thanks!

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Shared weight loss, with friends. Isn't happy.

Okay okay.

So I am officially down 10 pounds as of today! Really happy and just stoked. Now I don't talk about weight loss at all with friends, and hell even working out, I don't share often cause my friend already knows I do. Now this particular friend, of whom im really close with. Does have an ED? Body dysmorphia, but would at times tell me about her workouts, and her weight loss. I would just say the usual awesome job! Now today, is the first time I have ever spoken about my weight loss to her. To which I said pretty much the first sentence. Now and she responded with a "Do you know, who your telling this to..." to which really caught me off guard. Though I just really wanted to share it with her. Idk, I just feel bad. But at the same time, I can't share just this once? Idk. The same friend I have posted about in my last posts. But can I get your guys thoughts?

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Starting today at 353lbs

I’m a 35F and 5‘8”. I’ve always been overweight but between 8 years of grad school, (I’m finally done!), anxiety, 2 kids* and the pandemic I’ve gotten up to 353. :( I was 246lb senior year of college. I believe this is my highest outside of pregnancy. I have this issue where if I don’t carefully control and document my calories, I gain weight. I slipped for 3 months and went from 340 to 353! I’m back on track but notice I’m still hungry frequently at 3000 calories a day (I burn around 3500 a day). If I don’t stop myself at all I can eat 4000+ a day. I think my antidepressant and birth control maybe playing a role, but I can’t go off them. (They are ones that MAY cause weight gain long term, science is divided). I have ADHD and anxiety/OCD. Depression currently in remission. I have an appt with the weight loss medicine people in July. I’ve done all the diets, seen 3 nutritionists, have psych people, exercise a lot, I just want something to work without me being hungry and obsessed with food/exercise/dieting all the time.

So here I am at 353 and I’m hoping to get below 300lbs. I was last there at the end of 2019 (the Christmas miracle). Hoping for some encouragement/suggestions/stories. I feel like everything else in my life is going great, just the weight.

*I feel extremely lucky to have borne 2 healthy kids naturally. I’m sure I would be laughed out of any Fertility clinic.

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Losing 1 lb/month at 1200 kcals

Hi all! Like most people here, I've been trying to lose weight. I (23F, 5'3) started at 140 pounds in early October, aiming for 1200 calories a day, as was suggested by some calculator.

While not every day has been perfect (the holidays were rough lol) I've largely stuck to 1200 the past 7 months, counting calories daily and weighing multiple times a week. I've also been running and strength training, 2-4 times a week, along with walking. I focus on protein, fiber, and volume.

Today I looked at my little weight tracker Excel and it showed that on average, per month, I only lose a pound. I'm down 8 pounds from when I started. While progress is progress, and scales don't account for muscle gain, I'm still disheartened by this. It just doesn't seem right that at such a low intake, it takes me 4 weeks to lose what people lose in a week.

I've been considering trying to increase to 1500 and seeing if that changes anything. Frankly, I'm losing motivation with these results.

Is this a normal weight loss pace for someone my size, or am I doing something wrong? Is it even healthy to be at 1200 calories for an extended period of time? Should I just be patient and stick to the course?

Thank you for any insight, communities like this have been really useful over the past few months and I've learned so much about nutrition and self improvement!

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