Three month progress

29,male,6’

Started on may 1 at 258lbs, currently down to 213.7. First three months lost nearly 45lbs just watching what I eat and staying active. Hoping to drop another 30lbs in the next three months to hit my goal of being somewhere in the 180’s. Weight loss has started to slow down, feels like I’m losing a bit of steam as well. Going to keep pressing forward, hoping to get a second wind. If not I will just slug it out until I hit my goal.

Exercise consists of working a physical job, getting my 10k steps in daily, and putting in 30-50 miles on the bike each week. Meals are looking like, usually a lean source of protein. 93/7 ground beef, grilled chicken, or grilled pork with a potato. Carb sense wraps, keto bread, fat free cheese. Egg whites. Non fat Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, fruits and vegetables.

Going to increase my activity level and increase my calorie deficit for this second half of the journey. Just want to get the rest of this weight off me, then I’ll increase my calories to maintenance, and focus on trying to build some muscle. Hoping to have a whole new physique entering my 30’s.

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Losing weight but the scales say otherwise???

For nearly 2 months now I’ve been on a medication that’s killed my appetite (not weight loss medication, just a side effect), I’m very obviously losing weight quite quickly. None of my clothes fit anymore, I’m wearing jeans I haven’t fit into in 5/6 years. It’s very obvious I’ve lost weight. But my scales just aren’t reflecting it. According to the scales I’ve only lost 2kg, but going off my deficit I should be losing at least 3-4lbs a week. I’m not working out at all so it’s not that I’m gaining muscle. Any ideas as to what could be causing this? It’s not the scales as I’ve used multiple sets to check and I doubt it’s inflammation as I can’t work out on these meds

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Not losing weight - definitely in a calorie deficit

About me: 35M, 5'8, Current weight 75.6kg, goal weight 65kg, BMR 1690, TDEE 2400, Body fat ~19.6%

Hi All,

I've been on quite a weight loss journey, at my highest of 95kg in 2020 I lost about 20kg over the course of 2 years and kept if off, and for the last couple of years have been sitting between 69-76 kg.
Over the last 3 weeks I have relocated and have completely changed my lifestyle. I walk on average 14,000 steps a day and go the gym 3 times a week minimum to do a weight session +/- cardio sessions

I have been religiously tracking my calories for the last 4 weeks, aiming for an intake of 1500 cal a day, every single thing I have put in my mouth has been tracked on MFP, weighed, barcodes scanned, I had an initial loss in weight of 1kg and 1% body fat in a couple of days, which I assume to be water weight. Since then, my weight and BF% has been the same for exactly 3 weeks. At no point in this period of time have I eaten more than 1700 calories in a day, I've exercised, I've had a water intake of over 2 litres. My scales show me my body fat percentage, muscle mass and water content, and they are all the same. There has been no movement.

I am at a complete loss as to what to do here, what to change to make this better because by all accounts I have done everything I am supposed to.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thank you!

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Water retention

I hate water retention so much. I started my weight loss journey last September and I’ve been doing calorie counting ever since. It’s nothing crazy I only lost like 15kg since and I was going at an OKAY pace I wasn’t in a rush, I used to be overweight now I’m at a normal weight, and up until like June I didn’t really care about water retention. Like every once in a while I’d overeat like go over my maintenance by like 1-2k and I’d wake up the next day very bloated and I wouldn’t care cuz I knew it was just temporary I just didn’t care. Now water retention bothers me, not even water retention in the belly but anywhere else. Like if it’s just in my belly fine but I’ve been obsessing over the idea and feeling like if I retain water it will show in my whole body. And it’s not like it happens this often for me to worry about, I don’t go over my maintenance a lot it’s every once in a while but when it happens it feels so shitty and now I feel like water retention is always on my mind. If I’m not drinking enough water my brain will starting thinking WATER RETENTION. The worst part is, I don’t hate it because I look puffier I just hate it because it makes me feel like something is different about me just because I went over my maintenance by a few hundred calories. Like, idk how to explain it, like, my body can change because of a few hundred calories and I just look different and that kinda bothers me😭 and I know that you never look that different because of water retention, you just look a bit puffier or softer ajd most probably only you will notice, but it just bothers me that MY BODY CAN CHANGE LIKE THAT SO QUICKLY. I have a history of obsessive thoughts and OCD and I’m not saying this thought in particular is because of OCD but it’s definitely becoming a bit obsessive.

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1lb vs 2lbs a week

28F/5'4/208lbs

Edit: forgot to add that I work at a thrift store 5 days a week from 8-4:30 running clothing racks from the back to the sales floor and hanging them up. Would y'all say this is enough to up it from sedentary?

Hi all! I'm just getting started with my CICO journey and have been doing loads of research on achieving a safe/acceptable deficit for my body.

TL;DR for those who don't feel like reading: Can i start at 2lbs where I'm at weight wise or is it too risky? 1-1 1/2lbs instead?

Here's some history:

I began my most recent weight loss journey on June 2nd after seeing I was yet again back up to 230lbs the night before and started keto immediately. So far I've been pretty successful! I'm hovering around 210-208lbs this past week depending on fluid fluctuation. However, I did a little bit of CICO around this time last year and had lost a little before falling off the bandwagon due to lack of motivation from shark week and water retention. I remembered how it's more flexible than keto in that you can eat pretty much most things as long as you don't go over your limit for the day. I live with my family and husband who love to eat so it's been sort of a challenge ignoring all the carby foods 😅😅😅

Anyway, I'm determined to make it this time. I was a chicken nuggets and macaroni autistic kid, so I don't even remember the last time I was a size small. My parents both have heart issues in their families and mom is a type 2 diabetic from struggling with her weight most of her life. I had gastric sleeve surgery in 2018 at 250lbs along with a 300+lb ex who was very stubborn and had a horrible relationship with food. Unfortunately I allowed his influence to hinder my success, so seven years later I'm still obese. I want to change this while I'm ahead of the health game.

From what I understand, 1-2lbs a week is a generally healthy rate of weight loss. I've calculated my sedentary TDEE to be about 1990 based off of calculators and the LoseIt! app, which I just downloaded today. 1lb a week is 1,490 and 2 would be 990. This is what I'm wondering about - 1,200 is about the minimum for most healthy function, you can get away with less if you're heavier and have more fat to lose. Obviously I'm excited to get this weight off me but I don't want to hurt my body in the process. Can I start with 2lbs given my stats and if so when should I tone it down to 1-1 1/2? Or would it be better if I start with that from the beginning?

Thank you all! Looking forward to this journey. ❤️

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Approaching the 140s, Never Thought I'd Do It

Firstly, my title is a bit of a lie. I did think i could do it, but only after a few months of steady weight loss.

My stats are F19 5'6" SW: 230lbs CW: 152.8lbs GW: 140lbs.

Currently, I'm on track to be below 150 in a few weeks. At my highest weight, i somehow thought I was 165lbs. Yes, i thought i was 65lbs lighter than i actually was.

Before i was weighed, i figured i just had to lose 10-15lbs and id be fine. didn't think too much about it. Never thought i actually would cause "I'm not that big." But i was.

When i got weighed at the doctors, that was my turning point. Originally i wanted to just get to 185lbs, no longer obese. Then it was 175lbs, my weight at 15. Then 165, the weight i thought i was. Then 154, the highest end of healthy weight (according to BMI.)

The whole time, i had set an arbitrary goal of 140lbs, as an end goal. Now that I'm almost in the 140s, I'm realizing this is only the beginning. I need to train and get stronger.

Truly the betterment of health never ends, and who knows, in a few months, i may be transitioning to a bulk.

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Shifting to Maintenance?

Hi! With the exception of a few holidays, I’ve spent the past eleven months in a very consistent deficit—and I’m happy with the results! I’ve gone from 175 (realistically, 180?) to 120 lbs as a short woman, which is nothing to sneeze at. I have around 10 lbs I’d like to shed eventually, but I’m at a point where I’m happy enough with my body and feeling pretty intense diet fatigue, and I think it’s about time I take an extended maintenance break and hopefully build some muscle.

I’d love to hear any tips people have about the transition! I know it’s just… do what I’ve been doing but eat more, basically, which sounds easy enough in theory but obviously trips people up in practice. The last thing I want to do is gain everything back, but I also can’t sustain eating in a deficit forever, obviously, lol. Were there any foods/exercise practices/habits that worked for those of you maintaining? Did you jump up to maintenance calories or reverse diet? How much of a weight fluctuation should I be expecting—when would I have to take a step back and recognize that I’m gaining, not maintaining?

What I’m struggling with most is the mental: I can’t really accept that I should be eating more than my deficit caloric budget, so I feel guilty for eating over that number even if weight loss is no longer the goal. I’d really like to deal with these feelings now rather than once I’m at my final goal so I don’t feel encouraged to drop too low, especially since I know it’s coming at the direct expense of strength development. Any tips on dealing with that would be much appreciated. Thanks!

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