Sometimes I wanna give up and stay fat and ugly.

I 19F have been in a weight loss journey for 7 months now, lost a lot. But it just gets so hard. Today was a particularly hard day. I got my workout in, my steps, stuck to my calorie deficit. Yay. But the dread and depression really too over I guess

It’s great, but sometimes I feel like giving up. Food was such a big comfort in my life before I started this journey because I’m already ugly, I lacked romantic relationships and had people treat me badly.

It’s just so hard because I was very depressed and this might sound sad, but the only thing that Truly made me happy was binging on good food. And for seven months that Joy has been taken away from me because I had nothing else really. No friends constantly feeling hideous every day.

I’m not gonna give up. I can’t. But I just wanted to vent here because some times I have this voice in my head that wants me to stop and accept my life of loneliness accept being an ugly girl and accept being a fatty. Because maybe I’m just not meant to be a pretty girl maybe I’m just meant to be alone maybe I was put into this world for food to be my only company.

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Do I need to slow down?

I’ve been on a weight loss journey for about 6.5 weeks now and have lost 42 lbs. I am trying to follow the 1% rule as I know it is best for my health. I currently eat around 1900+_250 calories a day which puts me in a 3 ish lb deficit. I usually get arround 120+ g of protein per day, averaging 14,000 steps and drinking at least a gallon of water a day. I am tracking most my food with a scale and the rest estimating.

Why am I losing so much weight, it can’t all be water weight this far in. Is there a reason for this loss and is it a bad one? Should I increase my calories to 3000 to try and reduce my rate of loss even though I feel completely full from my current consumption. I’m scared that if I do this I will regain my old eating habits and fall back off the wagon.

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Bupropion.hcl xl 150mg weight loss

For those of you who lost weight on bupropion.hcl XL 150mg, what manufacturer are you using?

Rising has been working good but not necessarily for weight loss. Recently my mail order pharmacy sent me Lupin Pharm mfr And i had a nasty side effect. So im going to try a new one that my mail order pharmacy will be sending but I am a little nervous about it.

I know people have lost weight using this med and I know not everyone will have that side effect but if you could share which manufacturer you use, that would help me out tremendously.

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my mom shamed me for wanting chocolate today.

F21 SW: 174 CW: 154 GW: 140

since may, i’ve lost 20 pounds without my family’s intervention. as of today, i am no longer overweight. i just don’t eat a lot of sugar, walk semi-regularly, and eat more mindfully and slowly. i feel great, except for right now. i’ve been menstruating for nine days because of my IUD. today, my iron loss is so severe that i’ve been left consistently fatigued. i have even been getting black spots in my vision when i stand. so i decided to treat myself with some dark chocolate to get some iron in my body and fulfill the craving i’ve had for a few days.

since it’s 90 degrees fahrenheit outside and i don’t have a car at the moment, i asked if i could borrow my mom’s car. she said no because the convenience store was so close. i proceeded to say that i planned on getting dark chocolate to help with my iron loss from menstruating and didn’t want it to melt, and she immediately rebutted with “well it also has a lot of fat.” she then proceeded to look up iron-rich foods to replace it and lectured me. by the way, it’s very rare that i eat processed sugar, except for the occasional dessert when i’m out with my boyfriend. i haven’t bought a chocolate bar since april. and frankly, i don’t think she has a right to shame me for wanting dark chocolate ONE TIME, when she is overweight, when her weight is consistently increasing and half of her diet is candy and pretzels.

maybe i’m irrational to be so annoyed about this. but why should i follow weight loss advice from someone whose past weight loss attempts have all failed? is it really that wrong to fulfill a menstrual craving here and there?

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"Pour and pray" home cook - what's the best way to track calories?

Hello! I cook the majority of our meals at home from scratch which can be a fantastic tool for weight loss. I'd like to be able to track calories but the major issue I'm running into is that I'm not a recipe kinda person. Recipes are, at best, a suggestion or loose guidelines, except when it comes to baking which has a much lower threshold for improvisation.

Sure, I have a rough idea of what goes into a recipe, but for the most part, it's some of this, a bit of that, some slow moving leftovers that get a makeover, a splash of this sauce, a bit of that spice, and whole lot of "Eh, just keeping adding it til the ancestors say 'Oy, that'll do, that'll do" because I have a good intuition of what will work and what flavors pair well with each other.

Since weighing your food and being able to accurately know how much of something is composing your dish is essential to accurate calorie counting, but is the antithesis of how I cook, I could really use some suggestions. I've got ADHD and really enjoy cooking, and I'm afraid my spicy brain will just flip the middle finger at having to follow an exact recipe or faff around with measuring each and every little thing.

Thanks in advance for your help!

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What should I expect moving forward? 80lbs down, 30lbs to go.

I have a bunch of questions for those who have lost a substantial amount of weight.

For context, I'm (26F) 5' 8", I've lost about 80lbs this last year. My starting weight was in the 250lb - 260lb range, and today I am currently hovering around 174ish lbs with a 33" - 34" waistline.

Since February of 2024, I've undergone a massive mental (and physical, obviously) transformation where I really became disciplined about my health in all aspects. Long story short, I started eating whole foods, reasonable portions, and started walking - cut to today where I eat balanced meals without even thinking about it and exercise daily. I don't count calories regularly, but I do once in a while just to make sure I'm still on the right track with portion control.

[Before you say anything - yes I understand CICO and know that this is literally how fat loss works - tangentially, I have been calorie counting on and off since I was a teenager, it is not something I am interested in doing everyday as an adult. As someone who has worked hard and long on healing her relationship with food - I can confidently say that I have a good grasp on portion control and an informed understanding on the basics of nutrition, so please bare that in mind when offering feedback]

The thing is, my weight loss has slowed considerably. My waist has been stubbornly sitting at the 33.5" ish mark since May, and lately I get frustrated to measure at all. I am more active than ever, averaging around 10k steps a day this past month, and I am about 3 weeks into consistently weight training - about 30-45 minutes of lifting 3-4 times a week. While I love being active, and I feel nourished by the food I'm eating, I can't help but feel slightly discouraged that my body isn't changing more dramatically. I feel great, and I can't help but feel like my clothes are fitting better, and that I look stronger, but I'm thinking that may just be placebo.

I've always thought I had a larger frame, because I've been overweight my entire life - but now that I'm slimming down I notice that I still have a considerable amount of fat on my body. I know that feasibly, to achieve the lean physique I want, I need to lose another 30-40lbs of body fat. That being said, I have not been below 170lbs since my senior year of high school, so maybe my body is just being stubborn?

Lastly, loose skin. I have a pretty considerable amount, especially my stomach, and I may even be underestimating how much I actually have considering I still carry a decent amount of fat in my torso. I take excellent care of my skin, in addition to taking collagen peptides daily, but I know it's inevitable, which I'm quasi at peace with (it's complicated), but maybe my body is trying to tell me something, to slow my weight loss a bit - focus more on maitenance/building muscle?

My questions are for those who have had, or are on similar journeys: is it normal to see slower progress the closer you get to your goal weight? Is there anything I should be doing differently? How much time should I realistically give myself to start seeing real results? When should I notice another big shift in my waistline? How much should I be training/lifting for fat loss? Any advice is appreciated.

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Need some advice on how to resist snacking.

So I’ve been on my way trying to get back to a healthy weight and I have made some good progress so far. My strategy has been mainly dietary, as I switched to healthy and balanced dishes while also cutting out a lot of unhealthy snacks; with the exception of one or two that I am able to eat in moderation to fit my calorie deficit.

Now that I moved in with my family a couple months ago, it has been difficult to maintain this strategy. They are aware that I am on a diet and they have been supportive (even joining me on a weekly walk to become more physically active), but they often get a lot of snacks and junk food that has me fighting temptation all the time versus before when it was just at the super market where I would have to remain vigilant.

I try and tell myself that it isn’t my food and I don’t pay for it, so it is off limits, but because my family does sometimes share meals with me I have difficulty sticking to that argument. It bothers me too because most of the time I am not actually hungry, it’s just boredom eating or ‘I had a hard day so I deserve a treat’ mentality. But it’s hard to ignore those thoughts when I pass by the pantry and it’s fully stocked with all my favorite junk.

I was having some trouble adjusting when I first arrived so my weight loss did stall a bit, but I am just worried that I won’t be able to lose the weight if I keep falling back on these bad habits.

If anyone has any suggestions or tips I would appreciate them.

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