-25 in 26 stats and thoughts

M 6' 1" SW 234. CW 209. 25 LBS. 26 days.

Began new routines 1-1-2025.

No potatoes, rice, noodles, or bread. No fried food. Sparingly use condiments. Sugar as a treat or reward. Diet soda or diet energy drink. (Should really stop). Need to drink more water. Protien for breakfast. Meat and vegetables for lunch. Nuts and fruits for snacks. Dinner with family can get complicated. When we have, for example, lasagna my portion is less than the size of my fist. But I will load up on the veggies that were cooked as well. I have not been the one to cook very much this month. I should help by cooking for a family aimed healthy meal.

The training and weight loss has benefits that include: My knees are not as stiff and sore. Feeling faster and running tracking numbers on the track and trail prove it. Have longer bball training sessions. 1+ hours each time. Flexibility and stretches are becoming easier. I feel more comfortable and confident in my knee\leg that was broken just last may. Shirts, pants, and coats are looking big on me. I am wearing my L's as often as i can because at this rate that size will look too big for my frame soon. I have been in the medium size section of my clost. I have some sweet garb back there, thousands of dollars worth.

My wife doesn't compliment me or want to talk about my path. She is not on the path she wishes to be. I wish she was on a healthier journey, but she continues to make choices that do affect her negatively, per her desired goals. Exercising with my kids more. Bought them gym passes. Been training them twice a week, in addition to the usual practices and games each week.

Not sleeping great, but i attribute that to my new attempt at sobriety. I kicked pot to the curb two weeks ago. I was vaping so much I was wheezing. Breathing and lungs no longer feel discomfort.idiot Also, not buying pot allows me to spend money on self care products. I bought a muscle massage gun, Game changer! I got out knots in my hamstings and calves ive been living with for many years. Get one! $29 on amazon.

Journaling and sharing with you all my highs and lows. Reading all of your battles helps me. thank you all for your openness and comments* Tracking mood daily. Tracking weight daily. Tracking hours trained each day, and kicking the shit out-of my weekly goals!

Learning to love my body, loose skin and all. That means you toostretch marks, group hug!

Creating art hasnt increased but i have been more intentional with my time and projects. Better interactions with my colleagues at work. Im a graph designer, and I've been taking on larger and larger projects lately. Maybe just a coincidence.

I am ready to "plateau" with my weight. The gym was closed for a few days last week, so i had to find a different place, that was frustrating.

Yeah, im doing okay guys. I am here to cheer you on, and understand failing or fall backs. Shitty moments have lead me to this good one. I must remember that.

My mantra (borrowed) is, "If not now, then when? If not you, then who? If not here, then where."

Happy weekend to you, all. Kick monday in the balls and start strong.

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How to calorie count when family dislikes it?

Hey all, so I'm at 194 lbs currently and I want to lose weight so I can be 160, then go from that to 130. So I've thought of counting calories. This has been rather unsuccessful on my part due to being inconsistent, and I'm rather conscious about whenever my family yells at me to quit it. I understand that kind of stuff leads to eating disorders, I mean it's awful that people will starve themselves for a perfect physique... It's just that I have the inverse problem. I will eat if I'm going through a tough time, and I want to stop it. So, how can I count calories in a healthy way while also losing weight to ensure I meet my weight loss goals?

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Cheat Day advice

Hello everyone, I just started my weight loss journey fairly recently so I’m not very knowledgeable. I’m 21 male, currently 233.6Lbs as of my last weigh in. 250Lbs at my heaviest, and I started putting in effort to losing weight on New Year’s Eve at 241.8Lbs.

I’ve been consistent over the past 2 ish weeks so far with my diet, but I’ve been feeling more and more tempted to let myself go, so I decided to have a “cheat day” yesterday. I put cheat day in quotation marks because I didn’t eat whatever I wanted throughout the day, more like I stuck to my diet but didn’t track the calories, and then treated myself to Taco Bell for dinner and some chocolate as dessert shortly after lol.

I wanted to know if I’ve gained any real weight as a result of having my cheat meal. I calculated the calories of what I ate and figured that I was in a surplus of my maintenance, but I’ve been consistent through this current week leading up to yesterday as far as eating at my deficit, so I figure that I didn’t really screw my progress up. I wanted to hear some tips on how I should approach my calorie intake to bounce back from the surplus. Any advice is appreciated 🙏

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Am I doing enough or should I temper my expectations?

27f, 5’5” Weight has fluctuated from 170-190lbs over the last 8 years or so but recently spiked and I am currently 230lbs. Identified key nutrition factors like: -drinking too much (work in a bar) -processed meats (I love bacon and eggs oops) -fast food -gas station chips/candy -soda

I also finally admitted to myself that I am not as active as I like to think I am. I wait tables so I walk a lot at work, but that’s been my only exercise. I am far too sedentary (depression/anxiety) and spend most days just lazing on the couch.

So I started hiking this month, did 10 miles the first week, 8 last week, and 7 this week. I’ve cut out all of the foods I listed above, and am limiting myself to 3 alcoholic drinks a week and I’ve been sticking to wine or seltzers. I’ve also been cooking all of my own meals and switched to seed oil for dishes I usually use butter for. Switched out unhealthy snacks for healthier options. I have eaten out once or twice, but gotten lighter options or eaten smaller portions. Based on my tracker i’m averaging about 1600-1800cal a day, and burning about 200-300cal a day. Am I doing enough? Will doing this consistently show any progress? I am already losing my motivation and struggling to push myself because I worry it won’t work and I’m just depriving myself (I’m a bit of a hedonist)

I know I could cut my calorie intake further, but for some background: I’ve been stuck at this weight before right after high school and it spiraled into a “500cal a day and exercising until I puke” ED that took me a long time to unlearn and heal from. Putting all of that weight back on so suddenly is wearing on my mental health so I’m trying to approach the journey gently.

TLDR: is going from no activity to light hiking, coupled with a minor calorie deficit after an excess enough for significant weight loss? My goal is to lose 60lb.

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Successfully lost almost 30 lbs but suddenly starving?

Started at 180, now at 150, 5'4", female. I've had a slow and comfortable 30 lbs weight loss over the past 8 months or so, have not struggled much. Hoping to lose another 20 ideally, but find myself now suddenly absolutely starving constantly, and having episodes of reactive hypoglycemia especially at night where I just have to eat or I feel like I'll pass out. I have no idea what I could be doing wrong, I haven't changed anything really though I am at a bit of a plateau, I've even attempted to eat at maintenance for a few weeks to see if things would improve but so far it has not, at all. Any advice?

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cannot stop thinking about food, even after losing 160lbs.

since march 2023, i've lost and kept off 160lbs. my weight has flucuated 10lbs less or more, but pretty much I've maintained it for over a year and I just cannot stop thinking about food. I have this constant mental hunger and preoccupation with food. it feels like everything I do is just a distraction from my next meal.

i'm a 6'0 tall male and I work in an active job. I can easily eat 2500 calories a day and maintain my weight, but no matter how much I eat in a day, I never feel satiated or full and it feels like I'm fighting a losing battle. I have times when my stomach feels full, and stretched, but the mental urge to continue to eat until I'm physically sick is still there. I've tried eveything at this point, I've cut back on carbs and processed foods, thinking they might've been addictive. I've done the opposite, and allowed myself my favourite foods in moderation. I've upped my calorie intake, my protein, my fibre. I've drank more water and I've tried volume eating. I've even tried gaining back 10lbs, thinking it would make up for the year of restriction that I needed to lose so much weight in the first place. I just feel completely lost and it feels like all this weight loss has been pointless if I'm bound to gain it back eventually. I gave it time thinking my appetite would eventually return to normal once I've maintained my weight loss for a while, and it feels like after a year, I'm still waiting. I will forever be tracking my calories because for me it is the easiest way to keep track of food, but I don't know how to get over the mental obsession with it.

has this happened to anyone else after a large weight loss? and how do you find is the easiest way to maintain it? i'd like to lose a little more weight, because I'm still a little pudgy and my bmi sits at around 24, but it feels like I'm going to go in the other direction whether I like it or not

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I lost almost 40 lbs in the past 5 months and here is what learned

You don't "HAVE" to exercise first if you started with a very high number, like if your BMI is considered way past "obese", please don't let exercise give you a delusion that you're burning so much calories that you could just eat more. Light exercise literally means nothing when it comes to weight loss. Take a 20min walk doesn't justify eating a whole bag of chips. Doing a 15min pilates doesn't justify consuming a whole box of fries. Stop lying to yourself and stop using exercise as an excuse. Count calories!

It's not that hard if you just stay away from: extremely sweet snacks/dessert, deep-fried food, big cheeseburgers, pizza (especially thick crust pizza, and just white bread in general), most dipping sauce, and sugary beverages. I know, I know, there are so many delicious stuff you can't touch when you're trying to lose weight, but you don't have to always do that, just control the portions, that's what's important. Instead of eating a whole jar of cookies, try just take 4 pieces and put them back. Instead of drinking boba tea, try 0-cal soda or low-cal beverage with some flavors.

Give yourself a cheat day once in a while (maybe every 8-12 days), but even for that day, COUNT YOUR CALORIES. For example, if you're consuming 1200-1400cal in usual days, you still shouldn't eat like 3000+cal on your cheat day. Cheat day doesn't mean you could eat whatever and however much you want without any limit. For me, the highest I will go on my cheat day (in the aforementioned case) is 2000cal, no more than that. Well, this is what I can think of now, hope it helps!🙂

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