Tired of hearing jokes about my weight

Sorry for long rant. I have been on a weight loss journey for awhile. I live at home with my family. For context, my mom is overweight and has been her whole life and my dad is but not as big as my mom. I currently went from 170lbs from when my depression hit badly and i used to be 130lbs. I struggled for years to motivate myself to lose it. I would have periods where i workout and lose weight then to giving up when dont see the progress I want.

I have been taking it more seriously now for 1-2 months and i went from 170lbs to now sitting at 151lbs.

My parents tend to make jokes mostly my mom. She has always made comments here and there like " ur shirts look tight" " u look like ur gaining weight". Today i told her "my arms look like im getting muscle huh?" and she responded with " no but i can see ur muffin top hanging over ur shirt" I then told her " i am not commenting about yours".

This frustrated me and i know i shouldnt have gave her the same energy back but it like at least im trying! I hate when people have something to say especially when they are overweight themselves and barely try to lose weight. I feel emotional typing this because your family is supposed to love you and hearing it from them can really hurt. Sometimes i think shes right what if i am not really making progress. It just i have been trying so hard and falling in love with the gym and eating clean.

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Food no longer "hitting the spot"

Been on a weight loss journey for years but only ramped it up in the last few months. I've lost 23lbs in total, and 6 days a week I stay within a strict calorie deficit. I let myself have whatever I want on Saturdays, but I've banned myself from crisps as I was addicted to them.

I've started to find no food or meal really satisfies me in the way it used to. It's like "okay, that was a meal, now it's over, move on" whereas before it was absolutely a fun activity, like "damn that was so good, I want more!".

Has anyone else found this? Like the insane pleasure from food is now gone? (I appreciate this is probably a good thing, but there's a part of me that misses it)

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10 pounds away from goal weight and losing motivation

I’m starting to lose motivation even though I know I’m super close. I lost two pounds this week but the two weeks before I stalled because I settled for eating at maintenance. Now I’m worried that if this is a problem now, how will it be when I hit my goal weight? What if I stop tracking or overeat again and end up where I started? If I lose this last 10 pounds it’ll be a 40 pound weight loss, I lost 30 pounds in three and a half months so I know gaining it back wouldn’t take long.

And now, to lose that last 10 pounds I’d have to cut my deficit back again and I was already struggling before. My deficit now is 1,300-1,500 and if I chose maintenance it’s 1,700. Honestly 1,700 is just my estimation. What do I do? I think I really messed up because in the beginning I literally ate the bare minimum to drop weight fast PLUS walk a few miles a day. Now I’m at my current weight (174.6 pounds) and I can’t lose anything without cutting back significantly, and now MyFitnessPal is saying I need to eat 1,300 calories a day to lose 2 pounds a week. I’m 5’10 female.

Advice is welcome

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Discouraged- Advice Wanted

Hi friends. F 27, 5’7. Started my weight loss journey in Sept 2024 weighing in at 167lbs. In January I got norovirus so I think this helped with a few lbs and I weighed in at 154lbs (Jan 2025).

Got engaged Feb 15, birthday early March- so between the holidays and early March I was drinking a lot of alcohol and eating whatever with minimal exercise. Somehow- on March 17th when I started a 75day workout plan with my fiancé I weighed in at 156.6lb only gaining 2lbs which was shocking to me.

This is where I get discouraged. I weighed in today on the 4wk mark and have gained, weighing in at 157.8lb. I was hoping it’d be muscle but it’s not as you can see in the images- I have smart scale. I’m discouraged because I’ve been lifting 4 days a week, mainly at 5:30AM which is SO HARD FOR ME and something new i’ve been doing to stay consistent. 20min cardio minimum. In a calorie deficit (which I admit I’ve been guessing with what I’m eating and I know there are days I go over slightly but I try and be aware of the ballpark and not track every single number). 1 active recovery day. No alcohol. No fast food. But…. I had alcohol on my bday (3 glass wine March 25).

Other notes- We had a catering tasting so I ate a ton of pasta and some desserts. And I quit vaping (after 9 years)…. and I’m one week clean. Which has created increased hunger. I’m craving anything but water as i’m not drinking alcohol or smoking anymore and I feel like that’s my vice. I love coke zero. But any other tips for healthy drinks that won’t hurt my journey are accepted.

Anyways- any recommendations for losing this stubborn stomach fat… or any hard truths? I want to finally #LOSEIT now in life more than I ever have. I’m super fitness motivated so i feel like i’m just doing something totally wrong for my body with food and liquid intake. Any advice welcomed. Please be kind.

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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!!!

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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

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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.

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