What is an ideal diet / is it true that all carbs are bad?

So I have for years been lazy and opted for quick and easy food that requires the least amount of meal prep. But now that weight loss meds are off the table for me, I am wondering what I should put on the table.

My nutrional knowledge is abysmal and I don't know what a healthy diet looks like. I am expanding my cooking and nutritional knowledge. Pretty much every food I can think of someone has told me is unhealthy except for some vegetables.

So my question is, are there good carbs worth eating or are there no good carbs for weight loss? I know white bread is not good but are potatoes bad? Quinoa? Lentils? Chickpeas and lentils? And on that note is meat and dairy bad too(not because of carbs).

Nutrition is very confusing. Right now I am getting rid of frozen food, artificial sweeteners, drinking more water with meals, replacing frozen Mangos with apples and Oranges and adding more vegetables to start.

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I weighed myself and I am at my highest weight yet

for some context I am on anti psychotic medications for bipolar disorder that make weight loss very hard. Today I weighed myself and I was 250 lbs. I felt my world crashing down around my ears. I am very terrified that as a 29 year old single woman I will get health issues and never be able to find love. I hate my body I hate my double chin. I hate hearing negative comments about my experience by people I am interested in or when I try to date. I dont know if there is any hope for me. I dont know the first thing about losing weight. I have tried to go to the gym and went 2 days this week and that did feel good emotionally and mentally, I did 20 mins speed walking on the treadmill. I dont know if there is any hope for me I am devastated

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Progress last 2 months vs last 2 years

I’ve lost roughly 17 pounds in the last 2 months, but have been up and down in weight for the past 2 years: https://imgur.com/a/cWQ9sS0.

I’m 5’6” F, started at 173lbs, hovering around 156, and trying to get to ~130.

It’s a trip to see past weight loss attempts that have just bounced back after I gave up and stopped tracking. This time feels real, because I’m being smarter and healthier about it now than I’ve ever been. I’m eating at a deficit that’s safe for me, incorporating strength training / exercise, eating high protein high fiber meals, allowing treats and maintenance days, and tracking my rate of weight loss to make sure it’s not too fast or slow. I feel good, and it’s nice to see the scale moving down again.

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My Goal Weight differs from my doctor's

Hi all, I think I'm being silly here but I think I just need some reassurance.

SW 190 CW 165. H 5"3

A few months ago I started my weight loss journey with the help of my doctor.I've lost 25 pounds and me and my doctor are happy with the progress! But he mentioned that the goal is to hit 150 pounds. But this whole time I've been wanting to hit 130 as that seems to be more of a middle ground for my height. He didn't discourage me from that goal but he seemed hesitant and said "let's just see how you feel when you hit 150 and we'll go from there."

But I remember being 150 pounds from years ago and I know I didn't feel or look good at that weight. And I'm already not feeling the best because I see no changes from my current loss (though I'm trying my best to not let it bother me).

To me it just doesn't seem like another 15 pounds will make that much of a difference. Does 130 pounds just seem unrealistic and 150 pounds isn't as bad as I'm thinking it is?

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Wii Fit Plus - Exercise Enough?

Hi everyone and sorry if this post seems really long or boring. But I just wanted to see what someone else had to say. I've been trolled on social media for this so maybe just seeing what others who have been working on weight loss think.

I, (24 female), am only 3' 9" tall and already have managed to get down from 130 lbs to 88.8 lbs (factor weight fluxes of 1 kg/ 2.2 lbs a day) just with a treadmill over the course of 5 months. Now I still use the treadmill but I use it for a little less time (like 15-20 mins a day) because I've been using Wii Fit Plus (building routines in my routine for 40 mins at least and then an enjoyable 20 minutes doing the Aerobic Advanced Step game). Is that exercise enough to be considered able to contribute to weight loss? The reason I ask is I spoke to someone about it and they said that I wasn't really exercising for 45 mins to an hour a day if I was using Wii Fit as my main exercise. But I find that the exercises are hard for me with the exception being the tricep extension and for that? I use a three pound dumbell in the other arm while the arm with the remote is doing the exercise.

Sorry I ranted. So long story short: Do we consider Wii Fit Plus Exercise?

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Is 12lbs weight loss in 5 weeks too much?

Hi, So this is my 1st ever deficit after bulking for 16 months, Not 100% accurate but i was falling somewhere between 25-30% BF, Im eating 500 calories below my maintenance, Have been for 5 weeks consistantly, hitting my daily protein intake of 180g but im abit concerned that i could be losing muscle and maybe the tdee calculator isnt accurate because i put myself on sedentary lifestyle however i work from home so sitting most of the day but i walk 2 miles each day and workout intensly for 1hr-1hr 20 mins. Also 12lbs weight loss in 5 weeks seems alot but i dont know how much of that will be water weight.

Male-25

Height- 179cm/5ft10

Current weight - 186lbs/84kg

Calorie consumption - 1700 per day - Protein 180g - Carbs 100g

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Partner wants weight loss surgery, I'm apprehensive

Hello reddit,

I'm worried for my partner, I'm not supportive of surgery as well

Reasons being that my partner has a very unhealthy relationship with food, binge eating whenever they have an emotional response to anything, spending our grocery money on those binges instead.

They want to lose weight but not put in the effort, they can't keep up with a diet, they can't keep up with exercise, they don't have any self-discipline sadly.

And my partner also asked if I could help them not snack and such, so our household has stopped snacking, we're eating healthy, I'm portioning their food, but they get mad at me for restricting their access to snacks, and whenever I find them in the kitchen snacking on something and I take it away from them? Pissed off and it's all my fault.

I try and keep them on a exercise schedule (once per week to aquarobics for now) and even that is a battle.

They expect surgery to be a magic thing, where after they've got the surgery everything will be easy, but I feel they're extremely misguided in that viewpoint, you've got to put in the work now already and change the relationship with food, deal psychologically with the food addiction before even thinking about scalpels and life altering surgeries.

They're also depressed and have emotion-regulation problems, they're suicidal as well, highly obsessive, and are susceptible to psychosis as well, they're on lorazepam and risperidone which absolutely do not help with losing weight either.

I've been trying to say they should look into something less invasive like a gastric balloon while they get psychological help first, but they're dead-set on the surgery because "nothing else has ever worked or will ever work"

Their oldest kid isn't supportive either, the father of their youngest isn't either, the parents aren't supportive, and it's all because we know how they are with food, and their unwillingness to put in the actual legwork.

I'm also extremely worried about the complications and side effects, mainly dumping syndrome, the loose skin, and possible complications that require surgery, and the mental effects those complications and side effects will have on someone who's already suicidal and unstable.

AITA?

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