Just need some guidance.

I have been maintaining 52-53kg for over a month now. I am 21 female and 162 cm tall. I eat 1500 calories, do an hour of incline and 30 minutes of standard walking. According to my apple watch, I burn roughly 400-500 calories through this exercise alone. Beyond that I’m pretty much sedentary. I own a food scale and weigh my food. This has been working for me prior to my Christmas maintenance break. Before anyone says that I’m already at healthy weight, I am aware but I want to lose a little bit more just so I can splurge on my holiday and not feel bad about weight gain after coming back as I plan to maintain after and go back to weight lifting and prioritise body recomp over weight loss. However, as I said I have not lost a single pound ever since my maintenance break and my period is also very late. I’m not sexually active to worry about pregnancy so this is raising concerns. I doubt that I am eating too little because although I have terrible cravings, I wouldn’t say I’m hungry at any point throughout the day. I have a sandwich and a fruit in the morning, then I have oats, granola or a cereal bowl with some skyr and more fruits for lunch and lastly I have dinner consisting of chicken, veg and whatever carb I feel like having followed by some chocolate. I eat my breakfast around 5am, lunch around 9am and dinner at 2pm. Can anyone help me with this?

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Weight Loss slowdown despite getting loads of exercise / What I did to push past it

I (30M) have currently been going to the gym and exercising a lot in general in between looking for a new job and studying for a career change (one of the great benefits of being unemployed, IMO). I swim 60 laps with paddles and flippers 4-6 times a week (took me 6 months to build up to this, started with 32, then 40, then 50, etc), do a 1 hour treadmill jog at 5mph also 3-5 times a week, and join my brother and his personal trainer for a workout once per week, and sporadically lift weights, do push-ups and go for bike rides when the weather allows as well (it's cold rn brrrrr lol).

What's weird is, while after I started this routine after giving up alcohol 6 months ago, I lost quite a lot of weight relatively quickly, I graphed my progress from 265 to 240 and I was losing about a pound every 5 days, which I would say is about the best you can hope for if you're trying to lose weight at a sustainable pace without any rebound afterwards.

I suppose after you quit nightly beer drinking your body isn't used to as much solid food which helps. I gave up marijuana around the same in July and that similarly made a big difference in reducing my appetite for the first few months.

However by November I noticed the weight loss seemed to be slowing down. Maybe y'all can relate but I had a weight I just couldn't seem to get past: 236. For about two months, I'd see anywhere from 240 to 236 on the scale but could never seem to get below that, despite swimming and jogging 8+ times per week.

I knew I had to change my diet to keep it going. Weirdly enough the thing that did it was cutting out dairy and cereal. I had a bad habit of eating a big bowl of cereal before bed every night (I generally don't eat very much early in the day and do most of my eating before bed).

I've heard milk described as "baby cow growth serum" and although it is undeniably delicious af, this appears to be spot on IME. Even though I occasionally eat candy or chocolate before bed in compensation (again, tons of exercise being had here so take that with a grain of salt) I've still been seeing steady weight loss since I gave up the cereal and dairy. I don't think milk is necessarily bad for you, I've never broken a bone in my life and I attribute that to regular milk drinking, but it seems to be poison to weight loss nonetheless..

In fact I just hit 229.2lb today! Meaning I'm now within 9lb of where I started before my second round of weight gain (I was at 170lb 4 years ago, but gained most of it back in 2 distinction rounds, one from 170 to 220, then the second from 220 to 265 (ouch!).

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For anyone trying to lose those vanity lbs

39M 5’6” 130lbs trying to get back down to around 120 (my weight where all of my clothes fit). I just changed my goal from 1 lb per week to 1/2 per week on lose it and already feel so much better at approximately 1500 rather than approximately 1200.

Just want to put it out there that slower weight loss is better than being hungry all the time and trying way too hard for everyone at any weight but maybe especially for people at a normal BMI just trying to lose vanity lbs. My highest weight was 145 which was uncomfortable since I didn’t want to buy all new clothes so I went hard and got back down to 120, the weight crept back up but now I feel much more confident in the journey at a slower pace.

I’m currently dieting with a friend who is a little overweight and has high cholesterol so we’re trying to keep each other company working out and it’s going well, I think having a work out buddy also helps a lot.

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Dating before and after losing

I know many say they’re waiting to lose weight before dating but I find myself doing the exact opposite. I want to find someone while big(ger).

There’s so many stories of men who only want skinny partners then break up, cheat, leave, find her unattractive once a woman gains weight.

You hear far less stories of men who only want big women then leave when she gets skinny.

I feel like if I find someone once in shape I’ll always have the question of will they still like me if they met fat me. Are they one of those guys who doesn’t even accept pregnancy/baby weight? In a perfect world I won’t gain weight back but let’s be for real, life happens. And it’s hard to really say you know someone until you experience them in that situation.

It’s weird feeling like dating will be harder post weight loss

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Fallen off the wagon

I (F24) was doing so well! I have been actively losing weight since September of 2024. I’ve successfully lost 38 pounds ( SW 236). At the beginning of the month I was down to 195, but it has just been a string of birthdays, celebration, and holidays. I have gotten back up to 198.8 but I know a good amount of that is water weight. I’m feeling so unmotivated. I started all this weight loss for a wedding that is approaching in May and it’s looking more and more that I won’t reach my goal weight of 165 by the wedding. It’s moments like these that really make me realize my unhealthy eating habits as a problem. The moment I start eating normal amount of calories or am tempted with sugar, my entire diet goes out the window and I’m set back yet another week.

Sorry I’m just venting. Thank you for understanding.

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Acid Reflux extreme weight loss

During a battle with a severe muscle strain I was put on muscle relaxers and prednisone. When I got close to the last pill of prednisone I started having extreme acid reflux and heart burn. It was soo bad I could hardly eat and hardly drink even water. It got to the point where I went to the ER as I thought I was having a heart attack as well. ER did multiple EKG's and blood tests and found nothing wrong. Then they got me on a PPI inhibitor. However, I started having symptoms of extreme fatigue and light headedness although the acid reflux symptoms were not as bad on the meds. Overall, I have lost over 20lbs in 3 weeks. I was 250lbs at 5'11 previously.. fat but a lot of muscle as well very huge. Now I am around 230lbs less fat and lost a lot of muscle. For the first week of symptoms it was bad enough I was hardly eating and drinking. Recently, I almost passed out when I was at a chiropractor appointment. I woke up with a headache and felt light-headed then almost passed out felt like I was losing my equilibrium. I went to urgent care and again they couldn't find anything.. except that my iron was extremely high. I have another appointment with my primary coming up.. and another with GI doctor in a week. Just wondering if anybody has had similar issues or has any advice. Thank you.

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How to deal with frustration from not losing weight?

I (5’4f) previously lost 50 pounds and maintained for years, but didn’t weigh myself during the weight loss process. After a 2 year depression cycle I gained 45 back.

Since January 6th I have gotten serious about weight loss (about 6 weeks). My start weight was 183lbs, dropped down to 175lbs when I weighed Feb 1st. I weighed myself the last few mornings and I’m hovering around 177lbs.

• I am currently set at a pound a week weight loss (1600 calories a day) but on average about 1450 calories unless I’m truly hungry. I am tracking everything I eat by weighing and creating recipes in the LoseIt app. Hitting my protein (115g) and fiber (30g) goals every day, I don’t eat back any of my extra calories, and have 1 cheat meal a week (but still stay at 1600ish).

• I am hitting the gym for intense weight training 5x a week, and averaging over 700 move calories on my watch M-F and 400 on the weekends. I’m hitting new PRs every week (shout out to my leg press pr of 325lbs yesterday). On LoseIt i am set for slightly active. I am earning 250-300 bonus calories M-F and well as hitting my target burn goal on the weekends.

I know that my body is changing, my arms are getting defined, my ass is out of this world right now, and my stomach is shrinking. My clothes are fitting better than they did all of 2024.

I’m hitting tons of non scale victories but am feeling discouraged by the scale not moving. I have a history of eating disorders and am having to make conscious decisions not to slip into not eating. How do I change the way my brain is looking at this journey?

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