Diet / Calorie Restriction Sucks

Just wanted to vent a little about my recent weight loss this year as I'm feeling a bit retrospective. I'm a 5 7 guy (32 YO) and I peaked at 174 end of 2023 which, because I'm somewhat muscular really didn't look bad - but I was deff seeing some fair amount of pudge while topless. I've never hit 180 in my life so I knew I needed to address it before it got out of hand and I'm getting older so I do want to lose control of this as I age when it's common to see it happen.

I decided at the start of the year to lose weight with a goal of 150. Well - lo and behold 6 months later I am there - on the dime. I just wanted to say I typically don't diet and I just eat when hungry but try to be mindful of not over eating and basically just satisfy my hunger until it comes again. That has worked for me decently well up until I hit that high of 174 because I was getting fairly sloppy and eating without paying as much attention the last couple years.

Anyways, I just wanted this post to say that dieting SUCKED. I understand more now than ever why people struggle. I had to figure out ways to keep a large deficit to continue losing weight and it really sucked. You feel very tired often, very groggy and annoyed because of that persistent hunger. My trick was really basically just intermittent fasting and when I would start getting that first urge to eat, I would instead to an iced coffee and push the fast longer. Then, with only half the day left, it would be easier to consume reduced calories. That coupled with chicken breast everyday - yogurt - etc - lots of high protein food. I'd limit my carbs because I felt that would translate to less fat burn if I gave my body too many carbs instead.

Doing like 1500 calories for a full day is very little to eat. I guess it varies depending on your body and size - maybe for a 100 LB female it would be tolerable but it was tough for me.

So yeah - it is rough. I feel SO much better being back at maintenance. Daily living is without that constant feeling of tiredness and hunger, I feel satiated throughout the day and energized for my job etc. You may be thinking I went too hard on the diet to feel like crap for several months but I really don't think so as I just managed to reach my goal losing 25 pounds in 5 months and I wouldn't have if I was eating more.

5 pounds a month is looked at as reasonable by most.

So - I feel for you all. Now I will be keeping very careful watch that I maintain and do not creep back up because having to lose weight is torture and not fun at all. It's fun seeing the results finally and the body changes that occur but it takes forever to happen and the day-to-day living of it sucks bad.

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Need advice to encourage and help fiancé.

My Fiancé (23F) is the love of my life and want to do everything I can to assist her in every aspect of life. She is around 390lbs is currently finding it incredibly difficult to do almost 90% of all everyday tasks. She is miserable in this sense as she cannot work, she can hardly move around without being exhausted or in actual pain. She is having issues doing very basic, but crucial, hygiene related things. She also struggles with other issues regarding mental health that impact her ability to do these things when they all compound on one another. Recently she has been getting physically ill with most food. I'm sure it has a-lot to do with the quality of food we consume, but it is difficult to find things that will help her in weight loss, not make her sick, and not break the bank. We have called and called and called her PCP and GI doctors for referrals and appts respectively, however one GI we were referred to from the ER will not be able to get her in until Sept. The GI her PCP has referred us to only has a "Leave a message for callback" option when calling to make an appointment and they have not called back after several attempts. Its a cycle of she eats> she gets sick > doesn't feel good physically > can't move around because of not feeling well on top of difficulty in general for her > feels okay enough to eat > repeat. I have not attempted weight loss before as I have generally stayed around a healthy weight for myself my entire life, so I do not know how to help her to break this cycle. It hurts me to no end to see her struggle with this every single day and not know what to do to help her. She wants this too, we just don't know how to break that cycle and how/where to start any of this. Any help is appreciated and if this is the wrong subreddit I am so sorry, if you could refer me to the correct one that would be perfect. Thank you.

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Count. Your. Darn. Calories. 🤦‍♀️

So here is a tale from a recovered but delusional "muh body defies laws of thermodynamics " "muh low thyroid" "I have the lowest metabolism in the UNIVERSE!" person. 🤡

I even posted here complaining about the mysteries of the workings of my body and its ability to hold on to fat while I'm basically STARVING.

The truth is, when someone would ask if I'm counting my calories I would say "Yes", and actually kinda believe it. translation - I'm guesstimating the calorie content in my food pretty well right? I mean it felt like I barely eat anything anyway... I mean I'm counting my main meals and I pretty much know the calorie content in my snacks...

How would weighing and counting every single thing that goes in my mouth make a huge difference when it feels like I'm literally starving myself? My biggest justification for not counting everything was "It won't be sustainable because I can't count calories forever so I have to learn to guesstimate some things". Actually, you CAN count forever, a small price to pay to stay at your desired weight.

After I truly started counting my calories religiously, guess what, I was losing EXACTLY the amount of weight calorie counters predicted at current deficit. Yep, I actually didn't have a freakishly rare metabolism dysfunction after all believe it or not.

So don't be lying to yourself. If you're not counting EVERY single thing that goes in your mouth, you're not counting (I mean generally, of course I don't mean like not counting a grape will ruin it or anything). Counting your "big" meals and not snacks doesn't count either BTW.

This is why everyone is giving you the side eye when you're saying you're counting calories and not losing weight. Some of us have been there.

I do want to put a disclaimer that some do have rare conditions that hold back weight loss, but these are exceedingly rare. Plateaus are a thing as well. And this all applies x 10 for shorties out there because we have such razor thin margins because our maintenance is low as it is, even one snack can make the difference between losing and not losing weight unfortunately.

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weight loss stalled when school started

My weight has yoyoed for most of my life. I'm 40 and throughout my twenties I would be bounce between 160 - 120. At 30 I went on a massive diet that got me down to 110 and kept it off for three years. Then I went back to school and started gaining weight. Then came the pandemic where I gained even more weight, and then I had a serious medical emergency which severely reduced my mobility. After I finished school, I went on a diet and ended up losing 30lbs in seven months just by cutting out all sugar and fried food. Then I started grad school and my weight loss stalled, even though I was eating the same thing (not the exact same thing, but an equivalent amount). Over the course of the last year, I've tried cutting down calories, but no matter how much I cut, I don't lose any weight. I'm not quite sure why I'm having so much trouble now. My first thought was it was stress, but if that's the case, I don't know how to combat it. Does anyone know what could be caused the weight loss to stop or what I could do to kick it off again?

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Do most of you only eat healthy food? My story of eating junk, losing weight and still not "losing it"

Just read someone talking about how they ate chips this one day after weeks of dieting and maybe that is why they gained weight. Seriously?

I started my journey at 68.5KG and am 65.5KG now. I eat shit. Literally. This one week I basically had popeyes, pizza, or some garbage i got delivered daily. In that week, i actually went down to 64.5 but have put it back on over next 2 months. Heck in the five weeks prior to that where i went down from 68.5 to 65.5 when i did gym and tried to do 1500 cals, i still ordered fast food twice a week and not a single home made meal. The key for me has really been counting cals - like if i have popeyes, i probs eat nothing else and i am below maintenace everyday with most days around that 1600 cals when my budget is 1950 . This past week i started gyming again (want to go to 62KG eventually) but i have also been eating garbage. Today i had 2 cookies, a smore and a pack of mini pringles... But as i count it is 1600 cal? So which is it - watch what u eat or how much?

For additional context, admittedly my weight loss journey def hasnt gone to plan. I am 174cm and male so the weight itself even at 68.5 isnt alot but i look fat with love handles... But even now i have thos.

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Why am I not losing weight? I tried literally everything and nothing works. :(

Male, 17, 175cm

SW/CW: 81kg

GW: 79-75 kg

Ever since I hit 175cm I got stuck at having 80-81-82 kg, and never changing from this.

For two whole years I've stayed at 81kg, even after making a lot of changes with my diet and overall physical activity, but this number didn't flinch at all. (it did reach 82 one time but only because of a kind of medication I was on)

After entering this new year I promised myself that I'll do everything in order to achieve at least a kg that starts with 7, no matter if it's 79, and the better if it would be 75 or even around it.

I went only by foot to school and back to my home (which is more than 10.000 steps), I tried a no sugar diet for some months, and I even did some cardio once every 2-3 days at home (because I'm physically unable to do it daily, even after trying for a longer time). Other than having whiter and better teeth, nothing about my weight changed. Still at 81 kg. (This was during school, which made whatever I did very limited)

School has been over for a month, so since the summer vacation started I made a new plan, where:

• I've been making and eating much healthier food than I did before because I have much more time in my hands
• I've been starting to seriously count my calories in order to achieve a deficit at 1300-1500kcal per day
• I've been keeping doing my daily 10.000+ steps
• I've been starting to sleep better because I heard that this will also help with weight loss.
• I've been drinking more water than I did before.

I don't want to do cardio or any other physical activity that has me to push myself because I easily faint even after the slightest bit of effort. (I did ask multiple doctors about this, and even after 3-4 years of doing so none had ever found out what I really have).

I guess I could get a gym membership and train there, but I have some problems with it:

• It's very expensive (somewhere around 30 euro, some even at 40+ euro)
• As I said earlier, I have that one problem with fainting.
• In this area there are a lot of toxic men that spread toxic masculinity everywhere and can easily destroy my determination to actually do something with my weight and my wellbeing overall. I'm a very sensitive person when it comes to these things and with my public image being picked on.

So, what should I do to at least achieve 79 kilos in a way that I can actually see the changes on my scale? Or something like 80.x in like two weeks or so? I want to feel motivated by actually seeing the progress. Doesn't matter how much, could even be 80.8 and I'd still feel proud and try to keep up the good work. But it never happens.

Am I doing something wrong? Am I too harsh with myself? Have I forgot something important? What is it?

Thank you!

EDIT: I forgot to mention that sometimes at a random moment of the day I feel extremely stressed and I have to eat something which now is either some sunflower seeds or some carrots. Might this be the reason why I keep the same weight?

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somehow went up 2kg, kinda sucks

CW: 266kg SW: 304kg (Early April)

hey all. i'm finally in hospital for weightloss after 2 years of searching and being bedridden.

it has it's ups and downs, obviously, but i'm listening to all instructions from the team around me and doing what they say.

we do a weighing every week, and somehow in the last weighing i went up 2kg. it shocked me because:

1. i'm on an 800 cal diet (taking a pill that decreases hunger)

2. there's a camera in my room, so there's proof i don't eat in secret or something

i'm obviously still going to continue in my journey but this sucks, makes me feel like my body is starting to reject my weight loss. i did make good progress so far and i need to make 250 till September. hopefully next weighing will be better.

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