Losing weight is just being broke… but with calories 😂

Ever notice weight loss is basically being on a broke college budget, except instead of money it’s calories?

• “Can I afford this cookie?” = the same panic as checking your bank balance before rent.
• Logging oil = realizing your “cheap meal” has hidden fees.
• Late-night pizza = putting a dumb $300 impulse charge on your card.

At least money debt doesn’t jiggle when you walk 😭.

What helped me was treating calories like spending cash. I ask: “Is this snack worth it?” Sometimes yeah (cheesecake), sometimes no (sad fries). The goal isn’t never spending, it’s just not overdrafting every single day.

So… what’s your most ridiculous “calorie splurge” lately?

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NSV that one pair of shorts fit me today

Yall, I almost cried. So I have been dealing with body dysmorphia about weight loss like I’m sure pretty much all of us here do. My husband is always saying how good I look, how much he can see the work I’ve put in, and I love him for that but I could never make myself really believe him. He’s always said things like that even when I was at my heaviest, and while I love him for that it does make it hard to consider him an unbiased review of my progress.

My in-laws are pretty much the only other people I see regularly but none of them had ever said anything about my progress, even when I brought the subject up myself. But yesterday, I took our family to a play date group we hadn’t seen in months and the first thing the organizer said when she saw me was “wow! You look amazing!”. I know in this sub it’s generally considered a faux pas to mention people’s weight loss but I was so unbelievably happy.

So today I thought to myself, I had to do it. I had to try those jean shorts. They’ve been in the back of my closet for years, I haven’t fit in them since before I got pregnant 5 years ago. I haven’t even worn bottoms since my pregnancy so that required a button or zipper, it’s all been stretchy athletic wear. It was so nerve wracking, I held them and almost couldn’t do it I was so prepared to be devastated when I wouldn’t be able to button them up. But they fit, perfectly 😭. Nothing was tight, nothing bulged out underneath. They just fit comfortably.

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Don’t judge me

18f 5’8 137lb

Okay my whole life I’ve been trying to lose weight, I grew up an extremely unhealthy weight. and the people on this sub seem kind I’d love some advice.

Last year I was 165.35 lb. (Depression)

This year I’ve fluctuated from 137-130 but I’m pretty sure that was done incorrectly. I couldn’t maintain anything I’m currently at 137 but would like to get to 123.46 lb.

I’m not too clued up on healthy weight loss,,i know I would need a calorie deficit but usually I walk 10k steps every day as a habit would I need to increase my calorie intake? I’m afraid of over exercising and under eating it’s easy to get into that habit which is unattainable. I know I’m not an unhealthy weight but I’m not happy so any advice is welcome!

Before anybody mentions muscle building, unfortunately my doctor gave me advice against that because I injured myself recently due to excessive walking and couldn’t walk therefore there’s no way I could use weights in the meantime

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What actually happens if your deficit is too high?

Back when I started my weight loss journey, I weighed about 350 lbs. I was also pretty much completely sedentary as a work-from-homer who never exercised. I checked the calculators and saw that my BMR was about 2500, and my sedentary TDEE was about 3000. Decided that a daily caloric intake of 2000 would be sustainable, safe, and effective for me.

Fast-forward a couple months to today. My actual caloric intake has really been more like 1500-1800 instead of 2000. I also started exercising, slowly at first, but I've worked up to where I'm burning an extra 1000 or so per day. This paints a much more drastic picture on the TDEE calculator. I'm down to 315, so my BMR has gone down a bit. But with the exercise added in, my daily usage is probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 3800. That means that instead of a 1000 calorie deficit, I'm effectively doing a 2000 calorie deficit. And that's borne out by the weight data, losing an average of about 4 pounds per week since I started, much faster than is generally recommended.

I'm not expecting this to be sustainable forever. At some point I assume I'll be miserable unless I start eating more or exercising less. But for now I honestly feel fine. I still have a ton of fat stores, so it seems like my body is having no trouble fueling whatever I ask it to do. I'm taking a multivitamin to make sure I don't run into any micronutrient issues. I'm planning to start lifting to try and minimize muscle loss. So my question is, am I actually doing anything dangerous here? Is there something physical I should be worried about at such a large deficit, or are the typical recommendations really more about sustainability and mental health?

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Calorie deficit stall in progress?

I've been on a calorie deficit for a month and half at 1200 calories a day. I set it low in case I undercount something or eat a little over. I probably average closer to 1300-1400. I am 19F 5'6" and currently 151 lbs. I started at 165, so I'm down 14 lbs. I noticed in the past week that I'm both suddenly struggling to stay within my 1200 cal due to increased hunger, and my weight hasn't gone down much. My first reaction was to lower my daily count to 1000, but thats just me being dramatic.

I haven't done a lot of research on weight loss, pretty much just making this up as I go. Any tips on how to healthily start losing again? Could it be related to my menstrual cycle? Just ended last week.

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Anyone sick of how much the diet industry has overcomplicated being healthy?

It’s really not that complicated to lose weight and be healthy. You don’t need to follow a special program, you don’t need to pay anyone anything. You don’t need keto, paleo, low fat, etc, etc. All you need to do is build healthy habits. Get 7-10k steps a day, stretch a little, get 45 minutes of planned activity in a day (with atleast two days being weightlifting). You don’t need to eat healthy 100% of the time. Just get in a lot of fruits, vegetables, and protein- eat healthy around 80% of the time. The diet industry has overcomplicated weight loss so much that some don’t even wanna try. People no longer realize that it’s a slow process of building healthy habits, not a race to the finish with complicated routines and programs.

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finally doing it

i’ve been trying for three years to lose weight but have had a binge eating problem. and i started my journey again recently and i can tell this time is it. i recently decided to go back to college and it is so much easier here. i am so busy and therefore have almost no time to bored eat.

i have felt very unfulfilled lately and now that i am majoring in what i know i want to do, i have a strong goal and therefore a strong why. but not just for weight loss, but for living a happy, healthy, and thriving life.

if you’re struggling with emotional eating, it could be many things, but it could be you’re unfulfilled. so many of us settle for things that aren’t for us (jobs, relationships, etc).

you can do it.

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