! "Winter Arc" weight loss plan, tips/advice very welcome (& needed lol)!

The TikTok "Winter Arc" trend begins on my birthday (October 1), and I think I'm going to use this as my sign for some serious (documented) weight loss. As a horrid concoction of the 2020 quarantine, PCOS, and ending my athletic career, I went from a solid 150-160lbs to currently 210lbs. So I'll (F) be 20 yrs, CW: 210 lbs @ 5'7.

In 6 months, I aim to be +- 170 lbs or a total of 40lbs lost. I aim to build my muscle back and I personally don't care for a slim build, I would love to have a muscular physique.

In a typical week, I go to the gym to lift at least 3x a week, at most 5x, and according to my apple fitness app I burn avg 3000+ calories the days I work out, also because I attend a large campus where I'm typically hitting a 7-10k steps a day. The days I don't, I will start doing cardio at home and try to burn the same amount, so it's a pretty good balance between lifting and cardio.

Eating-wise, 500 calorie deficit is very doable, I just need to get into a better tracking habit to actually make sure I'm in that deficit lol. I have MyFitnessPal, and I heard Lose It is good too, but if yall have any other suggestions I will gladdlyyy look at it. For this next 6 months I'm cutting fried food, junk food, and limiting my coffee to grande-size (I can't do black coffee, I'll take the L on the sugar for this one. or be chaotic and add protein milk to black coffee).

Because of my class/work schedule I can't really do a consistent intermittent fasting time without feeling like dying, but I can limit myself to 2 meals + 1 small snack in between per day. About 114g protein per day. Chipotle, Cava, Chickfila grilled nugs, and Smoothie King are my only take-out options, or anywhere else to that level of "clean eating" (verrrry loosely used term. still on a college campus in the south) I cook for myself and roommates, so it's kind of hard to calculate those calories, but typically those are my final meals and I can realistically eyeball the portion and leftover calories I need to eat.

This is the heaviest I've ever been, and hopefully will ever be, but I love this community because I see nothing but support for each other in every post. This'll be my first time taking responsibility about my active life like a real adult, so if there are anything I should tweak or change or add I gladly will do so! Other than that, wish me luck and I'll see y'all in April!

:) + <3

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Finally Getting The "Losing Too Much Weight" Comments

I started getting comments on my weight loss after losing ~20lbs. It was just the regular "are you losing weight?" type of comments. However, it took about 30ish pounds to get my first "you're losing too much weight" comment. I'm down ~40 now, but the first time I got a comment about "losing too much weight" was sometime in August when I was down around ~30 and about 190lbs. Today I got another comment from a coworker that I was losing too much weight. When I told him that I still got around 35 more to go, he seemed surprised. I'm 5'8 and 185 lbs lol. It's funny to me because I feel like I'm still very fat. It might be because I'm still wearing my XL shirts I was wearing 40lbs ago, so my belly isn't very visible, but even with clothes on I feel like I look fat. Maybe it's just that body dysmorphia, maybe I am visibly fat and people are being nice, or maybe people have gotten so fat that we look at an overweight mf and think that's healthy, but regardless it's been interesting to think about.

Also want to talk a bit about patience because I've seen some posts relating to it recently. Before I started to lose weight it felt like time would fly by. The days, weeks, and months were short. Now it can feel like the month is never coming to an end and it's going to be an eternity before I hit that next milestone. It sucks, but you just need to grind through it. I look back now at pictures I took at 220, 210, 200, 190, and it's crazy to me that only a few months ago I was at such a heavy weight. Now 170 feels like it's still far away, but I know that in ~2 months I'll be lookin' back and thinking "damn I've come a long way". Stick with it because time will pass regardless and I know you'd rather be looking back 3, 4, 5, 6 months from now thinking "can't believe I was that heavy" rather than "god I wish I would've stuck with it."

Find your rhythm and let weight loss fade into the background. It's good to keep your mind busy with other goals while you're losing weight, because the more you think about weight loss the worse the wait feels. If you're overweight/obese then you probably have some other issues in your life that you'd like to sort out. Since it's going to take a while to get that "ideal" body you have in mind, then it's best you sort out that shit now so that when you get to your goal weight you'll be in the best place possible. Don't let your current weight stop you from fixing and living your life.

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Starting my weight loss journey!

These two photos were just taken, two shirtless photos so NSFW!

https://imgur.com/a/fSnIv49

I'm a 20 year old male, 6'2 and 260lbs. About two years ago I was sitting in the 185-200lbs range. Once I graduated high school and worked as a Correctional Officer I kinda let things slide. Plus my father had passed away the year of graduation as well. I kinda didn't give a crap anymore since I didn't have to "impress anyone". I've noticed that I've kinda developed some GI issues since I've gained weight, and my cardiovascular health has gone down significantly. I can still run, but I'm out of breath way faster. Basically any physical activity sucks because I have to work so much harder. I used to be an athlete, used to lift 4 days a week. I'm pretty sedentary now but I'm getting into bodyweight stuff for now. I'm cutting my calories, and cutting out the bad food in my life. I'm a bit worried about loose skin once I get down to my initial goal of 215. But I do miss being able to confidently go to a swimming pool, or just be outside without a shirt on hahaha.

Wish me luck, and hoping everyone's having a great year ❤️

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Alcohol and weight loss?

(Resubmitting)

I lost a bunch of weight recently and am currently actually a little under weight, but I have some stubborn fat around my arms and neck that won’t go away.

I’m a VERY heavy drinker, usually 2-3 tequila sodas when I get off work. No calories besides the tequila itself because I don’t use any mixers besides soda water. If I were to quit drinking, what are the chances I’d lose the stubborn fat?

I don’t exercise often, so I know most people would advise hitting the gym to target specific areas, but due to other health issues physical activity is difficult for me.

Obviously quitting drinking will help me lose weight, as it is A LOT of calories I’m drinking. Probably around 600-800 calories, at 90 cal an ounce. I guess I’m curious about just how much quitting would make a difference. I hope that makes sense.

Sorry for rambling, I need to meet the word count. ETA: late 20s, 5’8, 124 lbs, F

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Is loosing weight on SSRIs really hard?

So i went on SSRIs 2 years ago for my anxiety and i think they helped me a good bit. My anxiety didnt go away but it didnt feel unstoppable anymore. Since then, ive stayed on them and for one reason or another ive put on 80 pounds. I calorie counted for 2 years or so before i went on SSRIs and lost lots of weight, stopping shortly before i was perscribed.

I know SSRIs cause weight gain in many cases but i also know i was not vigilant watching what ive eaten the past 2 years as well. Do SSRIs slow down my metabolism or just make me hungirer? I feel like ill be able to loose weight again if it is just hunger but im really scared to try if its my metabolism being effected. I dont want to starve myself and still not see any weight loss due to every little thing i have blowing me up like a balloon.

I know my mental health is important but isnt it better to be a bit anxious than 80lbs overweight? That cant be good for my long-term health. Should I talk to my doctor about going off my meds and learning to cope without them before i try to loose weight again?

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How to deal with the disdain you have for your body, while losing weight and not sabotaging yourself

I have body dysmorphia, I was diagnosed with it after I I lost 100 pounds. My weight loss doctor gave me the advice of literally not looking at myself due to the severe mental stress I would get from looking at my body. I don’t know if that’s good advice but since I dealing with losing weight again, I’m struggling even more with the hatred I have for the way my body looks and how it will look when I lose weight.

I’m dealing a lot with comparison but specifically with my issue with the fact that I don’t and probably won’t have the body I want even when I lose weight. For example I think I have an apple/inverted triangle body shape and it’s dang near impossible for me to wear a dress without my stomach spilling over my hips and making me look like Igor. And I have massive back fat, and I’m so sure when I lose weight the fat I have back there will just deflate but won’t go away unless I get surgery and even if I get surgery I’m still going to be unhappy BECAUSE of the fact that I’m not naturally curvaceous.

Here’s the issue, my mind is set, even if I’m not the shape I want to be, I will still lose weight for my health. But I’m having a harder time this time with losing weight and being patient. When ever I see my stomach showing I get like extremely angry, like wanting to punch something angry, most of the time I just resort to bawling my eyes out. Or I’ll see how massive my arms are or how big my back is and I literally have had to put a sheet over my mirror cause there’s only so much I can take before I get deeply depressed about the way my body looks.

I know losing weight healthily takes time, but I’m literally going insane everyday with how my clothes fit and how I literally can see my stomach everyday and I look like I’m pregnant. My family has gotten on to me for dressing like I don’t care about how I look…but I literally don’t and when I try, everything looks bad in me.

I have heard that you have to accept yourself or the best thing to do is accepting who you are before losing weight and I have accepted the fact I won’t ever feel pretty in my body, and atm the reason I want to really lose weight is for health purposes and also to calm down my body dysmorphia. I really would love some advice, how did you guys deal with the hatred of how you look while losing weight?

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Before & after 70 lbs

https://imgur.com/a/W5BDcxO

This is the first time I've been brave enough to post a before and after of my weight loss. I'm having a hard time, and struggling a lot with body dysmorphia. Its a real mental thing right now. Some days I wake up and think I'm a cute, normal sized person, then someone takes a candid picture and I look like Jabba the Hutt. Some days I feel like I'm still almost 400 lbs when I know I'm not. I've worked so hard for so long and am still SMO. I still have a long way to go, but I've visibly come so far. I'm having a hard time in many areas of life right now, especially looking at myself in the mirror. I guess I'm looking for some kind of outsiders perspective. Like, the difference is real, right? Has anyone else struggled with body dysmorphia as the weight has come off?

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