I know BMI get a bad rap but...

But what should I use for a gauge? I've got just a little bit of fat left to lose and I will have reached my goal, but if I get below 150lbs I will be considered underweight according to the BMI chart.

The fat in question is two maybe fist sized deposits in my lower back on either side above my hips.

I just weighed myself and I'm at 165, but probably closer to 167 actually. I'm slightly dehydrated and coming off of a fast. Not sure what the average number is but I think I carry around at least a couple pounds of food in my intestines in various stages of digestion, so that will come back over the next few days.

Anyway, is the 150lbs number okay to use as a lower limit? Can I get lighter than that?

Ive never really been able to talk to anyone in person about weight loss. Due to my body frame and having a good eye for clothes I didnt look overweight when I was at my heaviest (218 lbs) so any time I bring up weight loss goals people say stuff like "you look fine". Same thing they say when I'm over 50 lbs lighter. But that's just like...

Their opinions, man.

I want to get rid of these love handles , is the only way by reducing body fat%? Would it be more efficient at this point to eat closer to maintenance calories with just a light cut and try to build muscle mass to decrease bf% or keep cutting.

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42 lbs down in 90 days

So roughly 90 days ago I went to weight loss clinic and had myself weighed and found I was 400 pounds. This was a wake call for me and realized I had to make some changes asap. Cut out fast food and sweets and i started intermittent fasting 16/8. I also started lifting 3x weekly, walk 10000 steps and track my calories religiously. I don’t think the lifting really helped that much mostly think the weight loss came from cico. I weighed myself the other day and I was 358. I still have lot to loss but I have been so happy. I had to tell someone, so here a I am. I read a lot of the tips on here and joined cico reddit it has been lots of help. So, I just wanted to say thanks for some the advice you guys have given me. And I am just going to stick to what i have been doing.

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Unbelievable weight loss for me

For a long time I thought it was impossible for me to lose weight since I've been big all my life. I tried to lose before, but had a lot of food noise and obsessive thoughts about food. Well back in April I had to get dental surgery which limited the foods I could eat. For the first week I ate only soups and the food noise and obsessive thoughts was making me crazy since I couldn't eat what I wanted. However by week 2 the food obsession just disappeared and for the first time in my life I felt hungry. However when I finally started to eat I realized that I could use this opportunity to try and lose the weight this time since I'm not obsessing over food like I used to. Since I live at home and have no income I eat what my family eats. My family is a big family so it was easy for me to become 393lbs. I decided the best way for me to lose the weight was the stop snacking and to half all my portions. I still ate pizza or hotdogs, but I halfed my portions. I noticed over the next few weeks my body began to feel a bit lighter, I feel different. I thought it was just me being delusional and in my head. However I just came back from the doctor today and I was shocked. My current weight now is 379lbs. I lost 14lbs in two months. The nurse was shocked as was I and asked me what I was doing to lose that much weight.

Even as I'm sitting here I am floored that I actually lost that much weight so quickly. I think I can actually do this and lose all this weight. I am super happy right now and I'm super excited to continue pushing myself and keeping track of my portions and losing the weight. If you currently are really big like me and think it's impossible to lose the weight, it's not. I'm gonna update when I go to the doctor next month to see how much I lose next time. I'm so happy I wanted to cry when I walked out of the doctors today.

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Five Months into it and unsure where to end

Hey All, I'm a 36 year old male, who started at 210ish pounds at the beginning of the year to get to 167 just this week. I've been cutting calories using the Lose It! app, and trying to get 10,000 steps per day, drinking 3 bottles of water per day (after hardly ever getting any water ever), and that's basically all I've done. I've hit the gym a total of three times, but that's basically it as far as fitness goes.

At the beginning, my goal weight was 160, which I think I'll hit by the end of June or beginning of July. A total of 50 pounds seemed like a good goal. Now that I'm looking at BMI, I'm seeing the middle of the "normal" BMI would be around 22, which would be about 150 pounds. I'm okay with continuing (though I'm getting a bit burned out as of writing this and can't wait to not feel guilty about eating those "unhealthy" foods), but I don't know when to go to maintenance.

Also, as stated above, I haven't made going to the gym a priority, mainly because my goal is to lose weight, not gain muscle. And my workouts have been from walking/jogging. Also on that note, I started to do more running than walking, but I think I saw some slow down in my weight loss so I've been slowing down on running. I'd like to run and go to the gym, but that's not much in my personality like others, so I'd be doing the more "sweaty workouts" dragging my feet and kinda hating it at the same time.

Any advice one could give me? Specifically about goal adjustment and work outs? Thanks!

Edit: Also, does anyone have any issues with lightheadedness when they get up from a laying down? I'm also cold most of the time. Just seeing if I'm not the only one and if there are any remedies.

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I feel guilty

So I started my weight loss journey around 2 months ago, and yes I’ve lost 5kg’s. But I had a cheat day like a week ago and I couldn’t control myself since, when I see anything I kept saying “this is my last” “this definitely won’t affect it’s just one time” “what even are calories? It’s definitely some made up stuff by humans” And now I’ve travelled so I ate a lot. Like A LOT. At the restaurants, street food, snacks, everything (especially pizzas, which are so high in calories) . And I’ve gained it all back in one week and a half. It took me 2 months to burn, and I gained it all back. I feel so guilty. I don’t even know what to do anymore. Did this ever happen to anyone? Like I literally feel the regret squeezing my heart I can’t even explain it.

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Obese family members accuse me of eating disorder after reaching my goal weight

Not sure if needs a trigger warning because of ED mention...Lost 50 pounds..healthy bmi now of 22.5 and my obese family members (I don't mean to sound offensive to anybody by the way) accuse me of having an eating disorder. They know I eat often and healthy mostly (ocassional fast food). I eat anywhere from 1900-2500 depending on activity every day. My mother tries to put extra food on my plate and says she's upset about my weight loss, and other family members also accuse me of having an ED. These are people 80-100 pounds overweight saying this. It's pretty annoying. And I'm not in denial about one either, I've never had an issue with that. Has anybody else experienced something like this?

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Is bike riding as effect as walking for weight loss ?

So I’ve been trying to lose some weight, I’m aiming for about 10kg in 3 months already down 3kg in 18 days my question is though I currently have an acl injury from skiing in the winter so cycling is really the only form of cardio I’m doing about 2 hours a day on the bike. I’m still managing around 8000 steps a day as my job is quite physical but I’m wearing two knee braces everyday to manage the strain on my acl. Question is everyone always talks about walking being a fat burning miracle and it is I’ve lost weight in the past simply walking I just find the cycling so easy and wondering if I need to increase the time I’m on the bike vs if I was walking?

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