My weight loss in 2024

At the start of 2024 I was standing at 310+ lbs, today I'm proud to say I've gotten to 190 lbs, but something still feels like it's missing? As I've pushed through this journey I've always asked myself where I want to stop at, what weight I'd finally feel like me, and honestly I still just haven't done it.

From 260, 250, 240, and onward there was always short break where I thought I'd stop and just stay there but I never felt right with myself, now at 190 I feel the same as I did at 310 lbs. Honestly, it's the most discourging thing ever, and I can't break this plateau.

I've done various diets and went on a range of calories from 1800-1200 cals a day, and as of recent was thinking about dropping to around 400-800cals/day to get to 180lbs and see how it feels.

To wrap this up, for those of you that have been through this journey (or want to share some wisdom,) where is it that you found yourself? When did you realize the weight you were was just enough for you? And what kept you motivated throughout the process?

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The burden of time

Hi everyone

How do you deal with the idea of weight loss taking time?

Im only trying to lose 10 kg, and ive set it out for 4 months. Its really inspiring reading about all your wins and ways of getting there. I seem to have a all or nothing mindset, and want to do it all quick and thereafter returning to my 'old life', which i know isnt helpful. Ive started getting more interested in food and nutrition, as a way to make it a life commitment to eat healthy and to have a strong healthy body.

How do you find peace in knowing this is for good, and that results will take time to show? How do you keep going everyday while not seeing the weight loss from day to day?

Im taking progress pics and logging my weight everyday. Do you have other tips?

Thank you for sharing your vulnarable stories on here, its a great place to meet people in the same situation as me

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Gaining weight and then being treated entirely differently, feels like being kicked out of the country club and being treated like a rabid hobo

Disclaimer: I felt bad for using the word hobo but I'm not sure how else to put this, lol

I've been overweight before, but I lost that weight and kept it off for many years until I gained it back and then even MORE after I became very ill.

Most of us already know the difference in how people treat us before and after weight loss, being treated better after losing weight can feel just as bitter as being treated worse after gaining weight.

But wow, rapidly gaining weight over a short amount of time while being sick and not receiving treatment, I'm absolutely broken about how people approached me, talked to me and treated me in general. The ignoring is real, being talked over is real, being dismissed is real, and despite being BIGGER, you somehow feel so, so very small. How ironic is that?

Now I'm finally back to my ''old'' self, I feel more cynical and skeptical than ever. I didn't feel this way when I was big the first time, I guess because I was so used to it. I remember things being like this back then, but this time around the experience and my reaction to it was entirely different.

I think it's also because I've been so sick and depressed, that I felt even more vulnerable while being bigger. When I first got sick, I actually initially became underweight. And when I was sickly and scrawny, people treated me even better than before. But when i gained weight and I was just as sick, that changed entirely. That too made me sick to my stomach.

I just wanted to vent a little bit, surely I can't be alone with this experience?

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do i understand calorie deficit?

hi all. i think ive been either under or overeating and i thought this was a good platform to raise my question.

i use the lose it app, and set it at lose 2 lbs per week, with somewhat active activity level (described as Light daily movement; equivalent to walking around 3 miles a day)

my info below for today as example:

BUDGET: 1,253 FOOD: 808 EXERCISE: -503 NET: 305 UNDER: 949

i have been removing my calories burned and eating at 1253, which ive found really difficult. is weight loss possible if i count burned cals? thanks in advance

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Non-Standard Tips/Advice for folks beginning their journey from someone finishing theirs.

It's that time of year when many people decide to start losing extra weight. I figured I'd share some "hot takes" and arbitrary things that helped me drop from 250 pounds in October 2023 to 165 pounds today as a 5'9 "male. I hope this post highlights some thoughts that helped me in case similar folks resonate with my perspective and should not be read as gospel.

There are thousands of ways to lose weight effectively. The hard part is finding the strategies that work for you.

Just because a specific strategy worked for someone else doesn't mean it will work for you. The difference between other people's success and your struggles is usually that they got lucky and liked one of the first strategies they tried. Taking the time to try new things when you aren't enjoying the method you're using is worth it.

Weight loss is 100% "Calories In, Calories Out," but I think about 80% of that is just the "Calories In" part.

That's not to say that exercise isn't great for you, but if you're worried that you can't find the time or aren't yet ready to get a gym membership, you can still achieve all your weight loss goals entirely via diet at a respectable pace.

My biggest regret is waiting ~6 months into my weight loss before strength training.

Here are my quirky reasons for loving strength training beyond the obvious ones.

• Moving your body helps it digest food. It can also help alleviate some of the "scale shock" resulting from randomly jumping on the scale one day and seeing it 5 pounds heavier than the day before because you ate something like a whole cucumber, which may only have 50 calories for 2 pounds of food.

• Tiring yourself out helps you go to sleep, and being asleep is probably the best way to resist the impulse to snack late at night.

• Having a secondary metric for success can help distract you from the frustrations of a weight loss plateau. I didn't feel bad during my first plateau after strength training because although the scale was stuck, I still increased the reps/weights on my lifts while waiting for the plateau to break.

I think weight loss is inherently not permanently sustainable.

I disagree that "weight loss strategies must be sustainable for the rest of your life." All weight loss strategies must eventually be replaced with a maintenance strategy. It may look similar to your weight loss strategy but will change significantly.

Try going hard

For some, it's beneficial to dip their toes in before jumping in. But if you're like me, ramping up the rate of progress is valuable. The second I started, I immediately aimed to lose ~2 pounds per week, and having the scale move faster helped keep me motivated and convinced it was worth it. For example, for someone who hates calorie tracking, the difficulty between calorie tracking at a 500-calorie deficit vs a 1000-calorie deficit may be minor because the size of the deficit is secondary to how annoying they find tracking calories in general.

I think calorie tracking is excellent and has an unfairly bad reputation

I feel like everyone dreams of being able to "eat intuitively" without gaining weight. But calorie tracking is such an easy task that I can't justify giving it up now that I've hit my goal weight. It took a bit more time at the start, but a month in, I had it down to ~30-60 seconds per day to completely control my diet. Which is hard to give up when the alternative I'll spend those 30-60 seconds on is probably watching a cringe youtube short.

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My plans for 2025!!

F29. SW: 320. CW: 281.6. GW: 130.

So my main goal is to lose 40-70 lbs in 2025!! I put 40 lbs first as I only lost 39 lbs this year but at least it was something!! I am so so happy with my weight loss this year.

I really need to lose another 40 lbs so I can reach 240 lbs. I’m so exited to reach this weight and hopefully before next summer!! I am planning a move to Arizona in April so I’ll be at the gym at least 5-6 days a week again. Until then I plan on doing more workouts at home to lose weight and to get more steps in!! I plan to rejoin Planet Fitness and my current gym is the YMCA, And maybe I will join LA Fitness as well. I just love going to different gyms and exploring new locations!! I should also plan to go for more walks. Also, Yes, I can afford all 3 gyms!! I am so lucky.

I am so ready for the New Year and to workout a lot more!!

Also I am going back to work at Amazon and my highest steps ever was 8,000 in 7 hours!! Plus I work 10 hours 30 minutes so I’m exited to see how many steps I can take.

Honestly I might pick LA Fitness over Planet Fitness tbh.

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Weight loss is easier when you're heavy, but how does it scale?

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