What are the signs of severe muscle loss and what are your experiences with it?

I wrote out a whole post about my concerns with where my diet is and my app crashed, so I’ll go ahead and keep it simple this time.

I’m concerned that my body is starting to show signs of muscle loss and fat retention including sluggishness, stagnant muscle definition, and steady, but suspiciously a bit high, weight loss.

Am I overthinking it? What have been your experiences? I feel like I should be in my paper towel phase, but these love handles and lower gut won’t go away.

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How does my weight loss plan sound? Advice please :)

Been trying different things for a bit but getting serious about weight loss now.

I am 29 5’5 179 lbs. SW 187, goal 138 My maintenance calories are about 2,100 when I don’t work out.

Diet (for me this is about health as much as weight loss): going dairy free pescatarian with no refined sugar and very little refined carbs. Goal of 100g protein a day. I’ve been pescatarian for a while but the other changes are new additions (I’ve been eating way too much cheese lol!)

1 fasting day a week but including pickles and bone broth that day. Been doing this for 2 weeks and it has sped up my weight loss so far.

I’m thinking my overall calories should be about 1,600-1,700 per day on average (like factoring in the fast). I’ve been at 2,000 per day on average for a while but want to speed up my weight loss.

Workouts: I’ve been doing Pilates at home 2-3 days a week but want to speed things up so I’m adding 2x a week heavier lifting at the gym in addition to my Pilates.

Health conditions: none other than high cholesterol and asthma

Goals: I really want to do body recomp. I want to lose like a pound a week at least. Health! Not all the diet changes I listed are about weight loss, I also want my LDL levels to get better and to be a healthy person with a healthy lifestyle.

I used to be anorexic like 5 years ago and I got down to 128 mostly fat because my body couldn’t support much muscle (too few cals to have such metabolically expensive tissue I think). So I’m sure my metabolic rate went to sh*t. When I started eating more my weight crept up and up and up, at first becuase my body couldn’t handle eating like a normal person, then I just developed bad overeating habits.

I promised myself I would never be anorexic again and I would only ever lose weight in a healthy way. I’m not worried about slipping into old patterns becuase over the past 5 years, no matter how bad I’ve felt about my looks, I’ve never given into the temptation of hurting my body and health to get to a lower weight!

I’m also keen to build and keep muscle because ive heard it’s basically an anti aging tissue that will keep your metabolic rate high, keep you healthy and therefore keep you hot as you age 😎 I want to be in this lifestyle for the long haul and look better longer, not look better way quicker.

With that being said, ofc I’d love to be at 150 by Xmas though but that may be a pipe dream haha.

If you’ve had success and achieved it in a healthy way, please let me know any advice, modifications, anecdotes to help me succeed 🥹 also words of encouragement are always welcome 😂🤍 excited to get serious about changing my life!

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How can I improve my wheight loss journey?

How can I improve my wheight loss journey?

I started my weight loss journey in July, I started with intermittent fasting and still doing it. I track the calories I'm eating. I think I should start exercising but I have zero motivation, every time it last 3 or 4 days. My biggest concern is all the fat I have in my thighs hips, I was thinking about removing it with surgery but don't know if it's a good idea. So any tips to adjust that? I weigh 58 kg ( started at 60 kg ) for 1,57 cm. My goal weight is 53 kg.

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If you could go back to the start of your weight loss journey, what's one piece of advice or belief you would tell your past self to completely disregard?

Whether you’re here to share a piece of advice or just need to vent about something that didn’t work for you I’d love to hear all of it.

To answer my question, I’d definitely tell myself to ignore the myth that carbs are bad and should be completely avoided. At the beginning, I was convinced that carbs were the enemy and that cutting them out entirely was the only way to lose weight. I was avoiding bread, pasta, potatoes thinking they were sabotaging my efforts. So, if you’re just starting out, don’t get caught up in the myth that carbs are the enemy.

No matter where you are on your journey, your experience is valuable, and sharing it could make a real difference for someone else who’s struggling or just starting out. Let’s help each other out by being honest about what didn’t work and support one another in finding what actually does!

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What did you notice going from midsize to skinny?

Hey all! So recently I lost about 20 pounds, and went from 5’5 137-140 at my heaviest weight, to now solidly around 118-119. I was never “fat”, but I do think I was blind to how chunky I really looked. I was never happy with how I looked, never liked how clothes fit on me, overall miserable. It’s crazy to me now that for so long I didn’t want to accept that I just needed to lose some weight.

Also, just a disclaimer, I lost in a very healthy way! I am all for healthy transformations, and changing my overall lifestyle to a healthier one has made it easier and easier to maintain this smaller size.

Anyway, like I said, I didn’t realize how big I was - but I did always feel invisible, ignored by guys. I always got “sexual” attention, but never by the guys I wanted, and overall I never felt all that desirable.

Recently, going into my senior year of college at this size, I feel things have changed. Over the summer I was hit on by multiple guys at work - like actually asked out on dates - which never happened before. I feel like I actually get acknowledged by “cooler” guys at the bar. I have one close friend who’s always been a part of the “cooler” crowd, and I even feel far more accepted by her girlfriends. Even loose members of the circle seem more inclusive of me, inviting me to sit and dance with them, accepting me as one of their own. I’ve also never been complimented so much by girls (a girl I’ve always thought was drop dead gorgeous recently was introduced to me at the bar and the first thing she said was “wow your stunning”).

My point here is, at first I thought it was in my head, but I’m really thinking it has to do with my weight loss. What have u guys noticed?? Anything similar?

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(Vent) how do you have a life while losing weight

For context I’m 168cm and I weighed 142 the last time that I checked. I’d say that I burn an average of 1600 calories per day so in order to lose weight I’d need to drop to around 1300 calories to see any real progress. 1300 is NOTHING, I’ve done this amount of food previously and I was absolutely miserable, o don’t know if the weight loss is worth giving up all the stuff that I love. I know everyone says that like you eat in moderation and all that crap but it doesn’t work for me, I’m always hungry. This is the heaviest I’ve ever been and I don’t know why, I’m only 22, and even on the days that I don’t walk that much I spend most of my time standing and I don’t eat an exorbitant amount of food. I’ve tried losing weight before and I look my best at 119 and feel my best at 128, but I have no clue on how to get back to either of those numbers without hating my life, but I hate that my jeans don’t fit me anymore and i look bigger, but simultaneously I have no idea what I look like and it’s messing me up. This post is also probably just precipitated that my family was hosting some friends for vacation and we went out to eat most nights of the week and I’m absolutely terrified to step on the scale

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It’s been 3 years since I first started my weight loss journey

SW: 175, CW: 145, 35 y/o, qfemale, 5’ 6.5”, body type: athletic (used to think I was curvy!)

Holy cow, I can’t believe it’s been 3 years since I joined this community. I’m SO happy with my progress. I’m at my ideal weight, and now I’m no longer focused on losing but maintaining and gaining muscle tone/shaping my body via exercise. I plateaued about a year ago, and have been a consistent weight since then. I lost a bit of roundness to my face, and people actually think I’ve gotten taller (lol). There’s some loose skin around my abdomen but it doesn’t bother me that much, I’m just thankful that I did something positive for myself. I fluctuate about +- 5 pounds when I go on vacation. I aim to exercise 3 times a week and focus on weight lifting, I eat about 1,600 calories a day. I walk an average of about 8,000 steps per day. I live in New York and prioritized biking or walking to work more than taking Ubers or the subway.

The most important detail I can share is that I have completely changed my mindset about food, what a “meal” is, what I like has shifted drastically. I actually crave healthy things, BUT if I go on vacation and over indulge on carbs and sugar I do find myself slipping back. Just 2-3 days off sugar and carbs brings me back to normal levels with less brain fog and cravings. :) just sharing here in case my journey is helpful for others! It does get easier!

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