17lbs in 1.5 months

Hey, just wanted to share something with someone!
I started this weight loss journey at 183 lbs on June 9th, and I just weighed in at 166 lbs, down 17 lbs! 🎉

At first, I wasn’t super consistent with my calorie deficit. From June 9–22, I was kind of winging it eating too little during the day (maybe 1000 calories and 60g of protein), and then ending up starving at night and binging on like 4 vegan Insomnia cookies... which probably added 1200+ calories. Not ideal.

But starting June 22, I got serious:

• I began tracking my calories daily (aiming for 1200–1400 max).
• I make sure to hit 90–100g of protein a day.
• I joined a boxing gym and go 4–5 times a week to their conditioning/cardio classes (~425 calories burned per class according to my Apple Watch).
• Two weeks ago, I added their strength training class 3x a week after my M/W/Sun cardio sessions.
• In July, I also cut down on carbs, only having them once a week (1–2 cups rice or 4 corn tortillas max).

To help with cravings, I swapped the cookies for things like Toto protein cookies, Aloha PB Cup bars, and protein anabolic ice cream, total game changers for my sweet tooth!

I've kind of been in hermit mode during all this. A big part of that is because being around certain friends tends to throw me off. For example, my friend who's on Ozempic and his cousin back when I was doing 75 Hard, they’d say things like “live a little” whenever I passed on pizza or drinking. They made me feel like I was being too hard on myself for trying to make healthier choices. Meanwhile, I never judged them for not finishing their food or for how they were managing their own health stuff. Even when they looked a little slimmer or anything, I would compliment their hard work and never tried to sabotage/make them slack their goals.

His cousin especially would comment on people’s weight like actors on TV or even mutual friends who gained weight and that just started to really bother me. It made me feel like I couldn’t focus on my own goals without being lowkey judged or guilted. It also made me think they were secretly commenting on my weight gain too.

So yeah, that’s part of why I pulled away and went into hermit mode. I just wanted to focus without the pressure or commentary. Now that I’ve seen them again recently, I’m re-evaluating those friendships a bit. Even though friends/ colleagues at work, some other friends and at people the gym noticed the change and my clothes are definitely looser those friends didn’t say anything at all. Not that I need constant validation, but it definitely made me reflect on how supported I actually feel around them. Sorry for the rant but I just wanted to tell someone.

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Struggling Mentally After a Long Weight Loss Journey

So in March 2023 I got sick (Covid, I think but it wasn't serious. It affected my appetite and I felt like I probably lost weight so ran with it), on the day I first weighed myself I was at 165.6kg at 183cm. My goal weight was originally 90kg, the lightest I've been on this journey was 84.7kg a couple of weeks ago. Today I'm sitting at 86.9kg because my weight has been creeping up lately and I'm not sure why. I've been obsessing lately with scaled weight and it's really affecting my mood and it seems to completely ruin my day when it's showing higher yet I barely care if it goes lower because I feel I should be doing more. People tell me a lot that I can't have much more to lose and that I'm going to be too thin but I still look at my gut and see fat (even though I know a good portion of it is loose skin). Navy body fat calculations have me at 19.6% BF and an expensive BIA scale had me at 16.8% the other week but I'm still struggling to be happy and accept myself and I'm not sure if I ever will. I've decided to take a break from calorie counting this week in the hopes that two things happen. Firstly that my body resets itself and that I can try and stop obsessing and spiralling mentally.

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starting my journey

pls take down if not allowed!

im new to my weightloss journey and looking for beginner tips and tricks. im 23 y/o female. im currently about 230 lbs and 5’4. about four years ago, i was closer to 140 lbs and hoping to get back down to that weight. I’ve gained a lot due to bad eating habits and stress. if anyone who is in or has been in similar shape- please drop your beginner tips below! I’m trying to be patient with my weight loss journey so i understand results aren’t immediate

ive been going on walks at night (about 2-2.5 miles a night) and trying to drink more water. im open to any advice and suggestions :) thank you in advance

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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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