Obese & confused: safe carb/fat goals for short woman?

Hi! I’m 5’1 230 lbs and looking to make a major change...I read the FAQ here but still have a question. Background, I’ve been lifting weights 2x/week with some short cardio so far, but struggle to find energy with a very draining job (solo business still getting off the ground toward my financial goals).

Anyways: I’ve gotten some mixed info about how I should be eating in terms of carbs/fats per day. Especially as a short woman. Sometimes the numbers suggested seem CRAZY low, like borderline starving myself. At the same time, I might want almost 100 lbs of weight loss in a perfect world, so maybe “starving myself” from my current perspective isn’t something I can rely on. On the flip side, sometimes putting 230 lbs into a calculator puts out very high goal numbers, because I'm so big. I have been a bigger girl my entire life and feel like I need to rebuild a view of what I should be eating completely from scratch, and it's overwhelming.

Can anyone suggest ranges for carbs and fats that I can feel confident are safe and effective? I'm more interested in what you all have had success with rather than some formula on a website. I want to make sure to NOT totally under-eat and crash myself, because I know that is a danger. Should I already be eating more like the 140 lbs woman I want to end up as, rather than thinking about “what kind of nutrients do I need to sustain the 230 lbs woman I still am right now?”

Thanks so much!!!

submitted by /u/ShyPoodle1993
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/v8Im4Vc

My journey to weight loss

I am starting a weight loss journey, below are my stats

Height - 6'3 Weight - 110kgs Gender : Male Age : 34

I am currently into a weight loss journey, I am going to do intermittent fasting, trying out 14 hour fasting, without counting calories, I want to concentrate on eating wholesome foods like fruits vegetables and less processed foods, I want to wake up early in the morning and do some workouts before starting the day. Recommendations on workouts is welcome.

I am employed 8-5, I would like to do workouts that will not stress my joints, I want to try out insanity by Shaun T. I am experiencing Ed currently for some years, could losing weight improve it, recommendations are welcome, how do you become mentally strong to get through this journey, is there a community that motivates one another on this journey regularly

submitted by /u/Willing_Map2502
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/9spoyqP

Measurable Progress!

I started my weight loss journey with a waist circumference of 103.5 in October last year and I’m now at 91cm and I’m so proud of myself. I’m now over half way towards my ultimate goal which is to maintain a healthy waist height ratio of less than 0.5 (I’m 170cm tall so less than 85cm)

I started this journey with no idea if I could even lose a significant amount of weight as I have a fairly severe complex disability which has left me dependent on a powerchair and unable to even sit up without support. This gives me a really low TDEE which is how I ended up gaining the weight I did: I’d been eating the same as, if not more than, the non disabled people around me despite needing significantly fewer calories.

I figured out my TDEE is probably only around 1500 kcals so to get into a deficit I’m having a small breakfast of fruit and yoghurt, a small lunch and 500-600kcal at dinner. I’ve completely cut out snacks and calorific drinks unless I really need to eat, and then I’m reaching for fruit and rice cakes rather than crisps and chocolate.

But it’s definitely working and I’m so proud of myself for completely changing how I look at food and for really putting in the effort to get healthier and lose weight.

submitted by /u/crippledartist
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/2l73XOG

Closing in on Goal Weight -- worried it was all for nothing

I hate to sound selfish, but I wanted to get this off my chest cause I've been dealing with this for a while and I didn't have people to talk about this with, so I was hoping some people here could relate.

I've been on a weight loss journey for a few years now. I started at 280 lbs before dropping down to 180, binged back up to 240 via 'bulking'(I still love food 😭), and recently started restricting back down to 180, currently at 188(Height is 6'4, JIC that weight sounds high). On the surface, things seem to be going well: I'm noticebly more muscular than before, I have abs now for the first time in my life(I honestly cant stop looking at them, it still feels unreal lol), and I can(finally) take my shirt off without feeling the need to hide behind a curtain or wear a tee to the pool(yes, I really did that before 😭).

The original reason I did all this was because, to be quite frank, I used to be treated quite horribly, especially when I was in overweight stages. That pushed me into fitness content, where a lot of people mentioned how vastly differently they were treated when overweight vs when they got lean. I then figured that was my issue, and if I got lean, people would treat me well. I decided to fullsend the cut at that point, and stopped hanging out with my old friend groups, stopped going out to eat, and weighed/tracked food obessively for months on end, spending hours at the gym doing cardio and weightlifting, all in an effort to get lean.

Fast forward to today, and its a mixed bag. On one hand, I do notice that people I know will chat with me and say hi more often, vs them pretending not to see me before. But then the difficulties kick in.

I've had my ego shattered more times than I can count recently. I'd take a picture thinking I look good and post it on social media, trying to get opinions on if I look better or not, and I've gotten a range of comments from me looking average from people who tend to be generous/sugarcoaty with people's looks, all the way down to people telling me things like 'if that's you, you're ugly', 'you look exactly the same as you did before', anything I post getting ignored if I use my face in it, the list goes on. And in real life, whilst I feel less bad than before, I still feel somewhat invisible. Don't even get me started on dating(or lack thereof 😂).

I'm not looking for pity compliments, but I am trying to make my situation apparent so that people might have an idea of what changes I can realistically accomplish that might impact the way I get treated(I take care of myself and dress decently, so I can't really improve on that). I technically have 8 lbs left to lose, but I'm worried they won't make much of a difference in the way that I look. On top of that, weight loss has been harder than usual recently so I'm not even sure if it's worth it to cut down if I'm just gonna look the same. Does anyone have experience with the last 10lbs that might align with mine? If so, does it get better?

submitted by /u/Negative_Issue_8864
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/uZARdlz

Overwhelming Exhaustion

I have lost a significant amount of weight… 35lbs in 5 months and the tired feeling is just overwhelming.

It’s to the point where I am so tired I am in bed at like 8.30pm every night. Mostly meaning me and my husband don’t have a lot of time together after a full working day and being with the kids and getting them down.

I don’t know how to get myself perked up again and in to some kind of better routine. I am taking collagen for hair loss through the weight loss, but is there something else I can take? I am not overly keen on tablets or supplements (I don’t have the best gag reflex) - but if it will work I will go with it.

Just want to feel a bit more like myself again and actually enjoy being slimmer!

submitted by /u/Purepoise
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/NiWMVQu

Binge/fast cycle for nearly a year

Hi all, I’m kind of at a loss right now because I’ve been in a binge/fast cycle for almost a year, and I don’t know how to get out of it.

All I read is “stop restricting,” but it’s incredibly frustrating because I know the reality is, my life is so much better when I’m thin. Last year I lost a bunch of weight, I went from 160 to 130 (I’m a 5’9 22 y/o female), and I realized how much happier I became. I felt so much more confident, and just had an excitement for life, like I didn’t have the burden of “how fat do I look/feel rn” always on my mind.

I lost the weight by intermittent fasting and cutting most carbs. It was fairly easy, but I would slip up maybe once every 2 weeks and binge. I have a long history with binge eating, which is how I reached 160 in the first place. I figured it’s not a big deal to fast the day after each binge, since it only happened every now and then, and it would only ensure I stayed on track with my weekly deficit to still lose weight. Anyway, after I reached my goal weight, the binges became very frequent. I would leave nights out with my friends to come home and binge eat. It was always when I was just sick and tired of mentally controlling all my calories/numbers. I’d just hit a limit every so often, binge my eyes out, and then fast the next day to get back on track.

The only problem is it isn’t once or twice a month anymore. This past week I binged 3 times, each followed by a 36 hour fast to erase the damage. Each time, I say that was the last one, I’m done. Then 48 hours later, it happens again. And at this point, I’ve just binged, but I am SO mentally exhausted to fast again tomorrow. Every time I fast, I spend the entire day in bed and just “write the day off,” because I feel dizzy if I even try to go for a walk or leave my house, or most of the time, even take a shower. I just rot until the day is over so I can undo the damage, and I continue my life the next day like normal.

I know this is bulimia. I’ve looked into it recently as it’s started to get really frequent. For a few weeks after Christmas, I got so sick of the binge/fast cycle that I decided to stop restricting my food or weighing myself at all. I didn’t overeat, I just ate my normal high protein healthy meals, this time with some carbs included and an extended eating window (like eating until 9 pm, instead of stopping at 7 pm). Yes, the bingeing stopped, but in the matter of a month I gained 8 pounds!!! And it made my quality of life awful. My clothes not fitting, me feeling insecure and shy again, losing my confidence and spark…it sucks more than the binge/fast cycle.

I just wish I could have neither. I wish I could stay thin, maintain my weight loss, without bingeing and fasting every other day. Idk if anyone has had a similar experience, I feel quite alone in this matter because I find that so much of recovery info is based on “letting go” of your obsession with being thin, and embracing intuitive eating! Yay for everyone!

That’s just not realistic for everyone. I feel better in a thinner body. I want to be thin. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. I just wish I knew how to do it without having such disordered eating patterns.

submitted by /u/anongarlic
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/YvQ5fpl

Which days is most of my weight loss related to

I’m in a calorie deficit and low carb diet, I’ve been losing weight and it’s been great. Since I’ve started to see real progress I’ve started to weight myself everyday, some days I go up a little (oh well) sometimes I go down a little (yay) Sometimes I even go down a lot! Like today for example. I was wondering if anyone is able to explain to me: on my good weight loss days is that correlated to how I ate the day before, is it how I ate two days ago, is it how I’ve been eating for the last week in total? I just want to know if I can pin point which days are getting me the most progress.

submitted by /u/thotasauras
[link] [comments]

from loseit - Lose the Fat https://ift.tt/CxbWHrP