I’m curious how long it took for you to go from 185lbs to 170lbs or below!

I am female, 22 years old, and 5’5ish. I’m feeling a bit discouraged with slow scale progress. I went from 189lbs to 185lbs in November, what I assume is water weight, and I’m down from 185 to 183 this month but it fluctuates every day. I’m eating 1600 calories a day plus I aim for at least 6k steps a day (I’m coming out of a depressive episode where I was walking around 100 steps a day, so I am working my way up towards more). I’d like to start jumping rope daily to incorporate a little more exercise. I am feeling good, and I feel like I look a bit better physically, but the scale is confusing me lol. Maybe I’m expecting too much too soon?

I started my journey at 220lbs in 2020, and I’ve been maintaining around 185lbs for a couple years now. I’ve only started watching watch I eat and shooting for weight loss since November of this year.

I do have pcos and other hormonal issues on top of mental health stuff which could impede my progress a bit?

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I'm taking it slow

F SW:150.4 CW:138.6

I've been on my weightloss journey for YEARS and it's only been recently that I've been losing the weight and not gaining it back immediately after. In my first weight loss stint I went from 150lbs to about 125lbs and now I sit at 138lbs, about two years later.

After I got to 125 I didn't realise I would gain all the weight back after eating what I thought was 'just a second serving' here, a 'snack trip' there. But I did and I sat at 140.6 about 60 days ago.

I watched a couple videos from Jeff Nippard about how to get lean and STAY lean and he emphasises that short term crash dieting doesn't build the necessary skills to stay lean long term, and as a result people gain the weight back. I've adjusted my mindset a bit since that video and some actions have become automatic and they shock me when I realise that I've done them without thinking

Here's a few examples:

• I'm eating in a smaller deficit (1700 cals compared to the 1200/1500 I used to)
• I finish workouts with some non taxing (walking) cardio to build up my steps for the day
• I load my plate with veggies first, then protein, then whatever else in smaller quantities
• I don't have GOOD or BAD foods anymore, and now my whole week isn't thrown off by a few extra servings or a couple sweets
• I'm listening to hunger cues on my days off and making a point to eat at regular intervals on my working days so I am satiated and less likely to binge during or after work

I used to struggle really badly with binge eating and self image issues but to be honest even if the scale goes up now I chalk it up to progress being non linear and just make it a point to say nice things about myself

Merry Christmas eve everyone :)

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Zig zag diet?

Hi everyone! I’ve just restarted my weight loss journey a little over month ago and have so far lost 8.8 pounds. I’m now getting to the point where I’m struggling to keep eating in a deficit again. So far I haven’t let myself slip up besides one cheat day last month, but I just feel so hungry over the last two days. (It could totally be just because it’s Christmas lmao)

I’ve just learnt about zig zag dieting and wondering if it could be beneficial? My understanding is that you eat at your maintenance calories for two days a week and in a deficit every other day. I feel like this would help me curb my hunger a lot.

I guess my main concern is I end up putting on some of the weight I’ve lost or my weight just stops dropping completely. Has anyone had any experience with zig zag dieting? I’d love to know how it went!

Thanks :)

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Has anybody experienced vastly different calorie requirements

At ~30lbs lighter my calorie intake needed to maintain was significantly higher than it is now.

My activity level is more or less the same, but for some reason I need to cut far harder to see appreciable weight loss until I'm "leaner" where it then becomes harder to not keep losing.

No change in activity, if anything I'm more active nowadays.

Has anybody else experienced this phenomenon? I've noticed a lot of people who are quite overweight tend to err on much lower calories than their BMR and baseline activity would suggest for weight loss.

Does carrying higher bodyfat promote less energy output?

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Down 5 pounds in 22 days

As the title says, I’ve lost 5 pounds in 22 days.

I’m obviously happy i’m losing and not gaining, but I thought it would be more than 5 pounds in the last 3 weeks-ish. I know I need to start being more patient but Im so heavy for my short height, I feel like I need to lose more quickly. (I'm 5'6 and as of today, 229 lb)

I guess I need to have less cheat days and more time on the treadmill. I've been trying to keep my daily calorie intake to around 1300-1700 a day. Yesterday I definitelt went over 1700 though. I probably had 2500 or 3000 yesterday.

Still have a long way to go. I wanna get down to maybe 150 pounds. Im currently 229 lb.

I'm thinking I might stop my psych med Olanzapine as it really increases my appetite. I need to lose weight to lower my blood pressure.

Just needed to vent a bit. Anyone have any weight loss tips?

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(Un)popular Opinion/Food for thought

I was thinking after seeing someone’s crazy transformation. The people that actually lose all this weight (going from 450->250) still have all the excess skin just hanging when they show their progress. I think it should be a free excess skin removal surgery for anyone that loses weight like that. I’ve been thinking about this for a couple years now (I know it’s kinda dumb) and I think if there was a free surgery for after weight loss, that would kind of incentivize the progress. I don’t know what parameters they could make to get you the free surgery but I feel like outside of personal gratification for losing all the weight, the people that do it should also be able to show off their body without a new insecurity manifesting during their weight loss. I don’t really know though, thoughts?

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Does water weight affect fat loss?

I’ve been dieting for around 5 months now, have lost around 40 lbs so far. In the recent months i’ve noticed a significant decline in my weight loss journey (used to be losing around 2.5 lbs a week, now i’m only losing about 1 or less.) I know for fact i’ve been following the same deficit I’ve been going off of since I’ve started, tracking my calories and all. I’m not sure if it’s perhaps me not sweating as much as we’ve entered winter or if it’s me eating too much salt/carb loaded foods which I usually don’t indulge until my cheat meals at the end of each week. Oddly enough ill wake up with a clean stomach seemingly looking slim and all in the mirror not feeling bloated though for some reason the scale will display a surprising higher number than expected(it’s low key been stressing me out as I have a goal I want to reach in time for an event in January.) Water weight apparently has a big influence on the scale fluctuations i’m seeing, so hypothetically by flushing it out via exercise, fasting, etc would see my actual true weight hiding behind all of it? And can I still be losing fat with water retention?

Any advice or input is greatly appreciated, no rude comments please.

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