The trials and tribulations of week 1

Hi all, I hope you are doing well. I promise I’m not going to clog the sub up with weekly posts but I wanted to check back in since getting started always seems to be the hardest part imo.

I decided last Sunday to start a weight loss journey, and now, 7 days later, I have been reminded that this is not an easy task. I had lost about 5 pounds after 4 days of walking and healthy eating. I never ate fewer than 1700 calories or more than 2100 at first and was very proud of myself. I averaged about 12,000 steps per day and was feeling great except that I had formed painful blisters on my feet, stopping my walking immediately. The first day that I couldn’t enjoy a nice walk, I ended up binge eating wings and pizza. Immediately afterward I regretted my choice and felt sick to my stomach due to the amount of food I ate. I proceeded to gain back about half of what I lost in 1 night. It was also difficult to avoid unhealthy food and to find time to exercise over the weekend.

All that said, I took today to recollect myself and get back on the wagon. I have already hit my 10,000 step goal for the day and am preparing to walk to Chipotle for dinner in about half an hour. Although I am only down about 2.5 pounds despite having lost 5 before, I am not letting my lapse of judgment get in my way. I’m looking forward to a few weeks from now when I will hopefully start noticing physical changes in my body. I understand that Rome was not built in a day and I cannot expect immediate results, only marginal improvements that will add up over time.

For those of you struggling to make the changes you want to see for yourself, I’d like to remind you that a moment of weakness does not define your journey. At the end of the day, we have the power to make those changes so long as we don’t give up. We are all in this together and I wish you all luck.

I will most likely begin to check in monthly from here on just to keep myself motivated and converse with you all.

My best -J

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I think my weight loss coach's wife has an eating disorder

I've been in a weight loss group for about a year now. Coach's wife has become very active with her progress photos. Like every week, even though she's been at goal for a couple of years, she just keeps posting more poses and recently showed her weight loss graph, is now underweight according to her chart. Posting lots of pics, and now I see ribs.

People are discussing amongst themselves, not gossipy but out of pure concern. Is she going to keep going? She looked great a year ago, has been at goal for a while, and now she looks gaunt. Her face is not really the same. Is this what our coach expects of the rest of us? Is this success?

I don't know if she's obsessed because she feels like as the wife of the weight loss coach she's got standards to live up to or if he's pushing her to be thin.

So - I'm conflicted. Is he putting this pressure on his wife to be thin? Or has she developed an eating disorder and he's oblivious and not doing anything about it? I think if he recognized a problem, he'd not be letting her post all of her photos and posts about her more extreme progress.

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How much more weight can I loose before it becomes unhealthy?

I 23m and 5’9 149 pounds. I recently lost about 25 pounds starting at 175 this summer. I’ve definitely gotten smaller and look better however I still don’t look fit. I think I’m about 18-19% body fat currently but still no visible abs, my ribs are starting to show and my chest is a bit nicer but still nothing great.

I had originally planned to cut down to 145 thinking that would get me to a level of having a fit body but im definitely not 4 pounds away from that. I’m thinking I would need to hit 130 pounds but that’ seems like such a small weight that I don’t really wanna go that low. How much more weight can I cut safely as I’m also worried about having loose skin if I get down to 130 cause that’s nearly a 50 pounds weight loss?

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beginner here

hi everyone! i’m a 28f 164 cm (5’4”), and I started my weight loss journey this past tuesday at 100.1 kg (~200 lbs). i’m already down 0.65 kg (~1.43 lbs), and i’m really happy with my progress so far. I love reading everyone’s posts here they’re super motivating but at the same time, i can’t help but think about how long it’s going to take to reach my goal to be 60 kg (~132 lbs), and it kind of makes me want to give up already lol. also, i keep weighing myself everyday because if i don’t see results right away i don’t even want to continue. but this applies to everything i’ve ever tried in my life haha. i’m sure it’s not healthy, i can feel this topic is consuming my brain, there is nothing else that interests me at the moment other than how to lose weight. how do you manage to maintain a healthy mindset and avoid comparing your progress to others. i’d love to hear your advice!

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Men who are successfully losing weight, how many calories are you eating a day?

I am trying to lose weight. It's hard. My husband is always buying snacks. He hasn't been very supportive and encouraging in my weight loss journey, but it looks like that's going to change. He recently decided he also wants to try to lose weight. We are both about 40lbs overweight.

My husband is 5'9 and thinks he should be eating 2,500 calories a day. He goes to the gym, weightlifts and cardio like 4 times a week. I am curious to hear from men who are losing weight how much you're eating. We know about TDEE and BMR and BMI. Just wanting to hear from people living it every day and being successful.

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Lost a total of 10-11 pounds in 3 weeks, having issues eating a bit now.

So I weighed about, 175-176 and my total weight loss is 165 3 weeks ago. I am trying to lose around 157 in 3 more weeks. I've been drinking at least 64 oz of water daily, going to the gym twice a day at least 1 a mile everyday I go. But for what I've been eating is, so minimal around 500-800 calories I just don't feel that hungry for some reason. Like today when I finished a workout for 45 min I was starving and I got brisket, but the moment I ate like 3-4 brisket slices I just don't feel hungry anymore and I didn't feel like eating anymore which is half a pound being 352 calories. I've eaten like 120 calories and I don't feel like eating more. I cut completely on Grain and Rice and sugar and have just been eating protein and salads.

I am not sure if I should be concerned. I know calorie deficit is a thing but the amount I'm eating is so minimal it is kinda worrying me. But my goals are outweighing my own safety which is a concern.

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Losing weight makes you really love eating

Hi! Since I started losing weight with calories deficit food tastes a lot better. For most of my life I always ate a lot, in certain periods of time *really* a lot, something like I went to the off licence every day and spend 10/15£ on junk food full of sugar and I was able to gain 15/20 kgs in a matter of weeks.

On June of 2024 I started a weight loss journey. Many things changed in my life, one being the taste of food. Every time I eat something it's food of gods. I know it will sound stupid, but a couple weeks ago I ate a pizza again for the first time and I was nearly crying for the good feeling it gave me. Does this happen to some of you aswell?

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