Day 5 of my journey and didn’t get hungry!

It’s a small milestone but today was the first day I kept to my calorie goal and didn’t feel hungry.

I knew it was time to make a change when I was completely out of breath after walking a route I previously used everyday with no problems. I realised that I’ve gained 17kg since lockdown, and 6kg of this has been in the last 3 months alone.

The first day I tried limiting my calories was honestly such a shock. It was crazy reflecting on how much excess I’ve been eating lately, but after only five days I’m already starting to get used to it. I know that weight loss is a long-term commitment and I my motivation will probably suffer at some point, but today has really got me excited about it!

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Venting about unnecessary comments from family

This is pretty much just a vent post.

I’m someone who really likes my weight loss journey to be private. When I restarted trying to lose weight this year, I was in college. I was doing everything by myself and no one commented on anything. My parents occasionally made comments about how I’d lost weight, but I probably only saw them twice or thrice in that period and though it kind of bothered me, I didn’t care that much because it was only a few times. It was a very personal thing and no one said anything other than those few times, and I liked it that way.

Now I’m back at my parent’s place for the summer. It’s only been 2 weeks, but they’ve been making so many unnecessary comments and asking so many annoying questions MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY. For example, my mom kept hounding one why there were measuring cups in the sink after I measured my food, or when I eat something in a smaller portion and eat something else later it’s commented on. Or if I try to have a lower calorie version of something I’m told “why eat xyz at all, either eat the real thing or don’t eat the food.” It is SO ANNOYING and I don’t know if I can take it anymore. I’ve told them I don’t like it yet they won’t stop, even had a few rude outbursts because I hate it so much. I’m not usually one to lose my temper that way. I don’t even know what I can do at this point. I just want to be back at my apartment and have everything be private and not commented on again lol. Like I don’t need to be told that I’m eating unhealthy snacks. I already know that and have been working on it. But as of right now, my #1 priority is to be eating within my calorie budget. I’ll slowly work on mostly eating nutritious foods.

Another thing is that both of my parents are overweight/obese. They’ve been commenting on my weight and have been fat shaming me forever so I’m used to comments on my body. They also used to make a few comments about junk food when I would have it, but they’d let me have it anyway. But what so absolutely hate is the NEW kinds of comments they’ve been making about the changes I’ve implemented to my diet. What I’ve been doing HAS been working, I just wish everything I did was not commented on. I’ve been near tears so many times because it’s so frustrating. I didn’t even tell them I was actively trying to lose weight again, that’s a conclusion they figured out on their own. I just hate that it can’t be a private thing. I don’t need them to tell me things that I am already aware of, or things that they say that are blatantly false. I just wish I could be back at my apartment again where they would not know a thing about how I changed my diet.

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Goodbye cheat weekends, it was nice knowing you

I've been on a plateau for about a month now. I eat a high protein diet while still being in a calorie deficit on the weekdays. However, I've been doing well enough with my workouts and daily steps that I was able to afford a cheat weekend. Normally eating say, a whole small pizza Friday night, a hamburger with fries Saturday and Sunday, as well as a pint of ice cream on Sunday evenings.

But now my motivation and frustration is exceeding my love for bad food that I am cutting down to a single cheat meal a week -- the small pizza Friday evening after my leg workout.

Honestly, this is the first time I am looking at how bad my weekends were in terms of doing cheat meals. Holy shit. This is also the first time out of all of my weight loss journeys (this being the third) where I am making an effort to eat clean on the weekends.

I'm equally excited and nervous. Does anyone have a similar experience to share?

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50 lbs lost

I finally succeeded in losing 50 lbs. I'm at my long time forever wanting goal weight of 130lbs. I'm 52 and empty nest, single. I work and am getting ready to sell my home and travel debt free.

I feel pretty happy about where I'm at but here I am, rocking it, and no one notices me. All my coworkers, my sons, friends.... no one has said anything to me about the weight loss and I'm disappointed to the point of tears.

It's not that I want their approval, but just a little, congrats would be nice. I worked pretty hard to do this for me, and I just thought someone would notice.

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Little win!!

I started about three months ago taking weight loss seriously because my wedding is coming up (October!!) and I just want to feel very confident on my wedding day.

I have been insanely strict for the last three months on my calorie deficit. I have been very strict on walking every single day.

Today, I saw that Crumbl cookie had my favorite Crumbl cookies flavor (Wedding cake). And it finally clicked to me that this is a lifestyle and not a diet, and in my lifestyle, it is OK to go treat myself with a cookie that I really want.

So after work today, I went to Crumbl, and I got my wedding cake flavored cookie! Am I still under my calorie goal for the day? Yes. Will I be after I eat a fulfilling dinner? No. And that is OKAY. I do not need to starve myself and not eat dinner because I treated myself. I do not need to feel guilty for indulging in a guilty pleasure.

It may not seem like much to most, but this is a huge accomplishment for me!!

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Help estimating activity level (TDEE)

Hello

I will try calorie counting, since I have a very uneven food intake and weight. This is since my appetite variation is so big. Some days I can be satisfied with eating very few but then later that week my body will panic from the low intake and I will eat a lot.

So I tried Lose it app and got a daily calorie burn of 2300. That means at weekly weight loss rate of 1 pound, I should be at 1800 calories. And when I try this I feel like I am really starving myself.

My Apple watch say a total calorie burn of 2850 each day. I understand thats too high.

Can you help me to estimate my TDEE better?

I am a male 40y, 5’10 and 160 pounds.

I am an office worker.

I bike to the office 5 days a week (going and returning total of 13 miles (takes me a total of 50-60 min each day).

I lift weights at the gym 2-3 x 35min a week.

Play football 1 x 75min a week.

Tennis 1 x 60 min.

I run 1 x 30 min

The days I don’t do a workout I instead take 1h long walk = 1-2 x a week.

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Fighting and Weight Loss

Hi all -

I am a professional fighter, a woman 5'6" and fluctuate between 145 and 150. I know the scale isn't end all be all but for fighters, we need to make weight.

I would like to fight in the 135 weight class, which means I'd like to get to 140 or a little below. I've tried cutting for months. I track and weigh everything. I've gotten to 145, I'll stay there a day or two, then the next day I go up to 147 and just ... stay there. This has been going on since December, more or less.

These past few weeks I was steadily trending downwards and I was at 144. The next day, no deviation from the diet and eating about the same things as I had been eating for weeks, I went up to 147.5. It stayed there for 2 days, no deviation from the diet, and then yesterday went up to 149. Today back to 148.

I'm not on my period, hydrate and I train twice a day - pads and S and C in the morning, technique/pad/bag work and sparring at night. I run 3-4x/week on top of it. I use Carbon to track and I was eating about 1750 calories daily.

I don't understand what's happening. I don't get how the weight could just go up like that and stay up for days. Carbon is telling me to go to 1550 but I feel like that's too low for my activity level. Any advice or help would be so appreciated, I feel very frustrated.

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