Funny Thing About Weight Loss

It’s one of the few things where doing nothing is all you can really do.

Sure, I workout, but after working out, I’m realizing so much of weight loss is just…waiting.

I’m so used to being able to have a proactive impact on my goals. But weight loss is so much about just not eating more than my caloric goal than it is about actually doing something.

I’ve got a 6-month weight loss goal. Nothing I do will turn that into 3 months. In fact, by doing nothing, I’ll be able to keep that at 6 months instead of doing something (eating), which just makes it a longer horizon.

It’s a funny thing. All I can do is just control my eating (do nothing)…and wait.

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Getting off lexapro helped me lose 10 pounds in 2 weeks

I've been on lexapro for over 5 years at this point and was basically steadily gaining weight the whole time (5'5, 185 at my heaviest, around 180 when I started tapering). I've been tapering off of it for the last 2 weeks (combined with a mild calorie deficit at ~1750 kcals/day) and I'm at 171 today. I honestly had no idea HOW MUCH the lexapro was "keeping the weight on" so to speak. Starting wellbutrin soon and I have my fingers crossed that it won't cause me to gain again 🤞

Sometimes the lifestyle changes you need to make aren't always obvious! (And hopefully this is clear but please don't cold turkey antidepressants in an attempt to lose weight, I've tried it before and it just made me feel like hot garbage. I got off lexapro for emotional/sexual health reasons, weight loss was just a bonus )

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One Year of Weightloss

Hello everyone! I’ve been a lurker for a while and figured I’d post today since today marks 365 days of consistent calorie tracking and weight loss.

As of today, I’ve lost a total of 35 pounds. After seeing some of the other totals people reach in a year, my total seems small, but I am crazy proud of it.

I have tried so many different diets: weight watchers, noom, Herbalife, optavia. None worked or I gain the weight right back.

But last year, something clicked and I’ve just been doing calories in, calories out and walking for 30 minutes a day.

And I’ve lost 35 pounds. I’m still a bit shocked, honestly. I’ve always struggled with my weight and have never lost more than 10 pounds each time. So to hit 35 in a year is mind boggling. I actually got off the scale and waited a moment, then weighed again.

I’ve still got a ways to go before I hit my goal. But I had to share somewhere where I think people get it.

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In need of motivation and discipline help!

Hi everyone, I (21 F) started my weight loss at 255 pounds in June ish? I got down to 215 just at the beginning of this September. I had been doing calorie deficit and Mon-fri quick workouts.

Well over the past two weeks I stoped calorie deficit and stopped working out. I have not been doing anything to make sure I’m losing weight nor staying steady and I feel like a failure. I’ve struggled for years with weight loss but this has been the most successful ever for me. Can anyone share how they got out of this rut? I am so worried I will gain all of my weight back and I can’t let myself get to that point. I would LOVE to reach 200 before the end of the year but I just feel so down and like there is no challenge Or motivation I guess? Idk maybe even progress photos may help? Thanks in advance guys!

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Balancing weight loss & athletic performance

Hi everybody! Hope you all are doing well. I am looking for advice from any endurance athletes in the group about losing weight while in training. I am a runner training for a marathon at the moment. I know that weight and performance are not perfectly correlated but I really think that I could benefit by losing the extra weight. I am about in the middle of my healthy weight range but I think I could drop some time by getting to the lower end. I seem to only be able to eat whatever I want all the time (which is the current vibe lol) or way overdo the diet and ruin my ability to run. I seem to have trouble running hard when I am in any kind of caloric deficit but I know I need to be to make this happen. Does anyone have any simple tips or lifestyle changes that have helped them get to a performance weight while still being able to train effectively?

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Weight Loss Plateau

Hi, hoping to gain some insight on my current weight loss plateau.

Background is since November last year I have gone from approx 180kg [396lbs] (scale maxed out at 180kg [396lbs] so not really sure) to currently at 137kg [302lbs], so approx 43kg [94lbs] lost through strict calorie control and logging as well as fairly inconsistent gym sessions.

This last month I have stepped up at the gym and have been consistently hitting 5-6 days per week of mostly weight lifting with some light cardio.

I have generally been losing around 1kg a week up until this point where I have started to gain weight over the last couple weeks to the point where I've basically achieved nothing this last month despite working harder then ever and maintaining a 400-500 calorie deficit from my BMR.

I figure my BMR to be 2338.25 based on my current weight and height of 181cm so I should be in 400-500 calorie deficit.

This is very frustrating as I feel like I am doing everything right only to achieve nothing. I really wanted to get below 120kg by the end of the year and I was tracking well for this but this goal seems no longer achievable.

Here is my recent weight gain (ignore 2023 where I gained all the weight I had lost back after a bad break up):

https://imgur.com/a/8yfJZTJ

Here is what my workout history looks like:

https://imgur.com/a/ojwaFpj

Here's my typical weights program followed by 15 minutes of cardio:

https://imgur.com/a/janyHNd

Here is my calorie intake and estimated expenditure, switched to MacroFactor recently but I was using MyFitnessPal with the same targets and consistency previously:

https://imgur.com/a/6sdWHCd

Here is my new program from this mornings check in:

https://imgur.com/a/YxcKFwG

Any advice would be great, the new goal of 1600 calories seems really low to me given my BMR and activity level, should I trust the app here?

The weight gain seems too extreme to me to be attributed to muscle gain but I can't understand how I am gaining weight given how hard I am working.

Cheers.

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I’ve just discovered this community and I’m already thankful for it!

Weight loss has been a strange mental journey for me. I spent most of my childhood living in diet fad culture, and most of my adulthood trying to rewrite my internal narrative of personal acceptance as motherhood and life/work stress brought on unwanted pounds. This year came with many life changes that alleviated a lot of my work stress and gave me the ability to focus on my health - and I can earnestly say I feel more like myself than I have in years. Joint pain has alleviated, flexibility has come back, and my day to day energy has skyrocketed. Social interactions are totally different. People are nicer, friendlier. And I’ll admit in a way it makes me mourn for my past self. The way our society tends to treat those that are overweight. I still have a journey ahead but it’s a sobering experience in a weird way. Even still, it’s giving me new life and I’m thankful for it.

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