Losing pounds but not inches

Hi everyone! I’ve lost nearly 40lbs since January by starting to workout 4-5x a week and eat in a reasonable calorie deficit.

While I’m very happy to see the numbers lower on the scale, I’m not seeing any progress really in inches! I’m wondering why this is… to be honest, I was hoping to see a more drastic jump in the way my clothes fit, but they all fit pretty much the same.

Also! I know it shouldn’t matter, but it seems like no one has noticed my weight loss and that’s a bit discouraging. When do people start to notice weight loss?

For reference, I am 5’2” and started at 215.

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6 weeks in to CICO and gym, lost 5cm but only 1kg, help me not feel bad at my gym weigh in

27 year old female, 101.6kg, 167cm.

So about 6 weeks ago I locked in and started counting my calories and working out 5 days a week. I do one day of 45 mins cardio where I’m left dripping in sweat, and 4 days of heavy weightlifting for 40 mins + 30 mins of moderate cardio after. I had 2 weeks off when I got Covid but other than that, have gone every single weekday. I eat 1800 calories, maybe one a week I eat 2000. On day 1 of gym I did my consultation and they weighed me on those special scales that do eveything. My stats were 103kg, 42.4% fat mass and 1862 BMR.

It’s probably silly but I’m anxious about my follow up weigh in next week. Although I’ve lost 5cm from my hips and my clothes are fitting drastically better, I’m scared to step on those scales having barely lost 1kg. My weight over the past week has literally been stuck on 101.6kg, and today it was 101.9. I try not to let the scale numbers get to me but I don’t want to feel like a failure at my weigh in. Has anyone dealt with this at the beginning of their weight loss journey?

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Help me lose weight!

Hello! I recently started calorie counting to lose weight, i’m wondering if anyone’s had significant weight loss from it. For reference im a female who is 5’3 and 179 right now and want to eventually be at 130-120 as fast as possible. I lost a lot of weight in the past and gained it back, healthy relationship weight is very real. I don’t like how I look anymore and am very motivated to change it. I work a job where i do a decent amount of cardio daily and am outside a lot, I work at a summer camp. I want to do more cardio as well but does it help? I’m currently eating 1500 calories daily but did just start. What truly helps? Advice and experiences would be appreciated!

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regained weight lost; how to get back to it?

Fallen off my journey, how to get back into it??

Hey lovely people! I started my fitness / better eating journey by going to the gym and tracking calories quite meticulously, with more leniency on the weekends and occasional days where I felt a bit fed up. I started about 3 months ago and have since lost 6kgs. I was finding it difficult but was loving the results so persevered. I found it relatively straightforward (not easy) to continue with this routine as I went on with daily life.

However, these past 2 weeks l've been on holiday and at a festival where I ate nothing but greasy food and drank (way) too much alcohol. I had loads of fun but I regained 2kgs, making my overall progress 4kg.

Has this happened to anyone else and how did you cope? I don't want to sound really dramatic but I feel like I've back stepped and it's making me feel SO daunted about "starting again". I feel frustrated at myself that I put my weight loss on the back burner and not need to pay for that. Any words of wisdom would be much appreciated about how not to feel to disheartened about it and how to get back into the swing of things !!! 🧡

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6’0 15 y/o male 260 lbs Help?

I’m not sure if this is the right place to get help, but I’m starting to feel pretty lost. I have been gaining weight for the past years now, and have just been told over and over again “just stop eating so much”. Well I tried those things, and to their credit they did help stabilize the weight gain, but I’m lost as to what would push me over the edge to weight loss. I am unhappy with where I am right now, as I enjoy playing volleyball, and I used to swim competitively until I could not longer compete about a year ago due to my weight. I am really feeling lost, and I am willing to try most things. I have access to a gym, bike, and most tools that do not cost too much (100$+). Help?

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I’m obsessed with my appearance

Male/ 24/ 5’11/ 275lbs

My diet and weight loss has stopped once again. Struggling to get back into it.

But that’s not what I want to talk about. I’m concerned that when I do (if, I suppose) I won’t be handsome and attractive. I’m obese and therefore so much of my image is tied to that and it kills me.

I’ve had a lot of jokes and negative comparisons on how I look and I’ve always hoped, and obsessed, over the idea that when I lose weight I would be really beautiful. But what if I’m not? The only way to find out is to lose weight obviously, and it will still always be an improvement to what I am now, but I want to be like close enough to model level and get loads of girls and look good in clothing and generally not be so fucking miserable.

All I think is they can make their jokes and I can feel like this now because when I do lose weight I WILL become this person. My height is okay, I’ve got wide shoulders, thick medium-long hair (ginger but I can dye)- I do get many jokes about it tho, but feel it would look amazing if I lose weight as it makes me look more unkempt bc of my weight I guess, and I feel my facial features aren’t awful. I’m obsessed with the idea that I have high cheekbones as I can feel them kind of but maybe I’m wrong.

I guess what I’m saying is I have no understanding of what I actually look like. I look in the mirror sometimes and think I look okay but then other times, especially outside of mirror, I hate myself.

Therapy (and weight loss) is obviously the answer however if I did lose weight and I wasn’t this I think it would really hurt me. I don’t want to make peace with being unattractive or mediocre. I don’t want to have been fat all this time and missed out on so much just to lose all of the weight to be just normal. And yes normal is okay, but I just can’t have it.

I want people who know me to completely see me in a different light and admit that I’m now attractive, I want to be and feel different, I want to look amazing in styles, and take care of myself and have a reason to do so. I don’t want to be considered reaching for punching if I dated someone hot, I’d want us to be equals and solid partners, I’d want to be a chill popular friendly guy.

The comparisons I’ve gotten have killed me. It hurts.

So yeah I’m obsessed with my image. It’s pretty messed up I guess, but I don’t even care, I just want to be attractive.

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Every night I tell myself I want to stop binging and start losing weight and every day I give in to the compulsion of overeating. How to stop the cycle?

I've been on weight loss journeys before and thoroughly enjoyed it. But now I have been eating whatever I want, whenever I want, for about two months at least. I feel stuck. I'm sick of feeling like crap and being insecure in my body. Yet somehow I can't seem to take the first step. I've done it before but for some reason it is so difficult right now.

I honestly think I need to give up sweets and chips for a lifetime because I can never keep a balance. I start out good and then I keep adding more sweets to my diet until I need a bigger fix to get through the day. I don't enjoy it but I feel like I need it. Does anyone understand and can help me?

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