Suddenly losing a ton of weight really fast?

I've been on a weight loss journey since April, I started at 393 and I'm currently 324. I was losing about 10lbs a month, one month I lost 14lbs. I've been making sure to count my calories and according to my calories I should be losing around 8lbs a month.

Anyway recently the month of November my weight plateaued and I was stuck 333lbs for the entire month. Then suddenly this past week I've been losing 1lb a day. I started December 1st at 329lbs, but today December 15th I'm 324lbs. I've been eating at a 1lb a week rate loss recently, but my weight is dropping super fast all of a sudden.

I feel fine, but I think I'm going to ask my doctor to check for any medical problems to make sure I don't have anything else going on. I'm happy about losing the weight, but I just want to know why my weight is suddenly dropping. I'm scared I could have undiagnosed cancer or some kind of extreme diabetes. Even though my blood tests two months ago came back normal all across the board, should I really be concerned?

What do y'all think?

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how do you deal with anxiety during cheat days?

if any of this is against the rules i'm very sorry and ill delete it immediately!!

Starting this off by saying that I've been eating healthy, restricting and working out daily for like two months or so now, and while I've had slip ups (like ordering takeout or stuff like that), I've mostly been great, lost nearly 7 kgs.

I do have moments though where I wonder if I'm trying to hide an ED under the guise of Dieting because there is always this voice in my head telling me that if i eat even less, i'll lose more weight, and admittedly i have "indulged" myself in those thoughts a couple of times. it got to a point where i just kept restricting with no rhyme or reason and I came to the realisation that not only is that not helping me lose faster, it's also just making me much crankier and worse in general -- which like, obviously 😭 that's the one thing i keep reading people say online.

anyway, for the last two weeks i've been making sure to actually hit that 1200 consistently, sometimes even eating a little bit more because why the hell not, if i need it then i need it. this also got me back on track with weight loss and i've been slowly losing a few more kgs.

today, after a really long time, my friends and i are gonna drink at home and just generally have fun, which involves eating pizza and stuff and I mean, I'm excited for it!! but this voice in my head keeps nagging at me to count every drop of vodka or rum we put into my glass so that i don't overdo it especially since we'll probably be eating a lot too.

last time i hung out with them, they ordered pizza as well and it made me freak out so bad that i just. left. in the middle of us watching a movie. thankfully i'm a better place now and wouldn't do that, but i don't want to be thinking about counting my calories this much either, even if it does matter for weight loss or whatever -- i'm like 20 i don't want to lose good times with my lovely friends just to lose weight 😭

Again, im very sorry if this is the wrong sub for this -- I just wanted to know what other people do to deal with like, the intensity of these thoughts during cheat days!!

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What helped me lose weight the most

Hi guys so I’m almost at my goal weight if 170 pounds. I’m 21M and 6,3 so I think this is a healthy weight tbh.

Anyway what helped me the most was cutting out soda and junk food. I know this sounds cliche and it is. However as soon as I cut out soda I went down 20 pounds. When I cut out junk food I lost the rest of the weight. It’s honestly hard to over eat healthy food tbh. I only eat meat, vegetables and fruits now which help me to stay lean year round.

My biggest tips to sustain weight loss is don’t buy junk food. When I don’t have junk food in my house It’s easy to stay in a calorie deficit.

Also weightlifting and running really helped me stay in shape. The more muscle you build the easier it is to stay lean as your muscles causes you to burn more calories.

Being In shape is the best thing I’ve ever done tbh. I got no attention from women when I was overweight but now that I’m lean and muscular I get lots. People in general respect you more. They do nice things for you instead of disrespecting you. People invite you to parties and events and you make more friends because people actually want to hang out with you. Being in shape is the best and I hope everyone here can get to their goal weights.

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Maintenance is the second journey

I started my weight loss journey in April-ish 2023. I had just turned 50, had some poor health results, was 5 feet tall and obese, and I had a lot of physical limitations due to weight.

Since then, I have lost 115 pounds, and have been maintaining since about June of this year.

I had it in my mind that maintenance was going to be the easy part…and yes I: - eat regularly and without worry about eating over a deficit - am less focused on a number on a scale and tracking and more focused on health, fitness, and happiness - am eating nutritionally well, love the gym, and feel good mentally and physically - in general, am much happier and balanced because I can do any activity I want, and am not held back by weight

But my “second journey” of maintenance has also included times of: - extreme fear of re-gain - seeking therapy to work on my emotional issues (it helped) - gaining and going back to a flurry of deficit and tracking in a panic - over exercising, under-exercising, forgetting exercise altogether - eating terribly and going back to old habits and being angry at myself - body dysmorphia for a long time (it’s way better now fyi) - some loose skin (again, it’s getting better all the time)

Through all this, I’ve had one mantra, and that’s always keep trying, and I always get back to balance.

In some ways, I miss the weight loss period because you have a strict plan to follow and you know what you’re doing every day and have a goal. In maintenance, your goal is much more elusive, to stay healthy, to have fitness goals, to eat well, to find mental health balance. I kind of think it’s where the real internal work on ourselves has to start, if we are to keep maintaining a healthy lifestyle after a large amount of weight loss.

Thanks for listening to my musings, this was triggered someone noticing today my upper body is jacked now, which, I kind of knew but didn’t!

Here’s my latest before and after: May 2023 - December 2024 https://imgur.com/a/GGpJ08D

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Am I putting my health in danger long term with my current diet?

I (33m) started trying to loose weight about 2 months ago after really keeping myself isolated and depressed for a long time. I joined my local slimming world to get real world support with loosing weight and the group there are wonderful people who have really helped me. Over 2 months I've lost about 14kg in weight going from 122kg to 108kg.

Ive been making small changes week by week to my diet to help me stay motivated and not doing it all at once. I thought my food planning was going very well but I started using a calorie app to help me track and realised that I'm maybe eating between 1200 to 1400 calories a day, which after searching online, says that's very dangerous to my health long term.

To give an example of an average day: My breakfast has changed from a bowl of cereal (probably about 2 portions worth) to a ham omellet. For lunch I used to have something like ham and cheese toasties or other sandwich and have changed to eating fruit throughout the day like apples, bananas and grapes. For snacks instead of chocolates, biscuits and toast ive changed to corncakes and crispbread. For dinner it's stayed similar of one pot meals like bolognese, stroganoff, casserole etc. With pasta, rice or potatoes, and carrot and brocoli sides. But I've made changes like double/sour creams to fat free yogurt for sauces. And desert from ice cream to almond milk and small biscuit.

I thought I had made lots of healthy changes but realised my calorie intake had dropped dramatically from 2500 to just half of that.

As I started loosing weight my motivation to exercise came back, I no longer walk like an elderly man the day after doing weights training, running hurts my knees and back far less than at the start, and I no long need to stop for a breath after each lap in the pool and can swim consistently.

My main worry is that all these positives aspects im seeing in the short term with current food plan may not be best long term. Am I doing this super wrong and basically just loosing weight by starving myself (don't feel hungry throughout the day fyi). Is my current amount of calories okay as a deficit while I'm focusing on weight loss?

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Can't lose weight

Good day everyone! I'm a 49 year old male that weighs 270 pounds and I'm 5 foot 10.

I have tried losing weight for almost a year and no success. I regularly see my doctor and talk to dietitian. It's getting old now. My eating style is very clean. Mostly fish and chicken, lots of veggies...typical good food diet. No health issues. I don't drink or smoke. Most people in my family are obese.

My exercise routine is 2 days per week on nordic track bike and 2 to 3 days per week doing full body strength training. I push myself all the time and my flexibility, stamina and strength have greatly improved.

I'm pretty much at the point of giving up. No weight loss at all. I consistently stay between 267 and 274 pounds. Only thing I can think of is that it's in my genes and I'm destined to be this big no matter what I do.

I guess I'm looking for a last ditch bit of motivation before I completely give up. I'm pretty sure my doctor has given up as well, since we've gone through so many options and made no progress at all.

My daily caloric intake ranges between 1600-1800. I rarely use any oils at all. No sauces, no butter. I have a scale that I use on occasion.

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How do I know if slow weight change is a plateau or normal fluctuation?

For reference, I’m 5’6 F.

I’ve already lost 50 pounds but gained 10 pounds back.

I want to lose 20 pounds next year. That’s roughly 1.5-2 pounds per month or 200-250 calories less per day. (I rounded out the numbers).

The problem is I know that due to water weight, lactic acid build up, and a higher volume of food, I won’t see changes on the scale except maybe every 2 months if I go this slow. I know that people say pictures and clothing size are another way of tracking progress but if I’m only losing 2 pounds a month, I don’t think I’ll see progress that way either.

My questions are:

1. How do I not go crazy when losing 2 pounds a month will feel like watching paint dry?
2. How do I know if I’ve hit a plateau or I’m just experiencing normal fluctuations with such slow weight loss? For example, let’s say I stick to a 250 calorie deficit and I lose 4 pounds but gain 2 pounds (from my period, from muscles, or water retention, etc). How do I know if I need to lower my calories again or just stay consistent? Especially as a woman, it’s just way harder to tell what’s what.

Thanks.

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