I lost my streak, should I just keep going?

I've stuck to a reasonable deficit for the past 6 weeks or so and counted all my calories pretty accurately. I have been losing weight and everything but this past weekend I had approximately 3,500 calories each day because I was on a vacation and eating restaurant food for multiple meals a day. Honestly not knowing how far over I went is also annoying, because I just started eating jellybeans and marshmallows from the bag along with big restaurant meals.

I know a few days don't really matter in the end but I am trying to reach my goal weight as fast as possible so I just feel like this is a setback in that process. I have everything meal prepped for the work week (which is easy to stick to) but between this weekend and Easter festivities it seems like all the discipline I have during the week is wasted and I wont make progress.

Should I just be more patient and continue meal prepping? I really love the routine and convenience of my planned out food for the work week and I don't feel hungry or bad about what I "have" to eat to be in the deficit until I get to the weekend where there is no work or organized activities, unless there is a special event with family that always seems to involve lots of food. Any tips for weekend routines or continuing through setbacks? I suppose weight loss is always a long game.

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Been obsessing over cheat meal for months now.

29M here. Little background on me I’ve been pretty unhealthy most of my life. Was a kid that ate nothing but pizza and pancakes everyday. Had no real nutrients or diet plan for 99% of my life. Just sort of ate what I felt like eating and it was all just carbs and junk food. About a year ago I decided to go on my weight loss journey. Was 300+ pounds at one point and now I am down to 195. At first I just focused on an extreme calorific deficit and running like a mad man. Then about 50/60 pounds later I decided I wanted to lift and take my diet very seriously to optimize. I go to the gym to lift 5/6 times a week, quit drinking and smoking weed, and eat a very clean and nutrient filled diet. And these meals I eat I actually quite enjoy every day. (Eggs chicken/rice, almonds, ground beef, bananas) in between my losing weight I decided to bulk up for about 3 months and now since January I’ve been cutting on a 2lbs per week loss rate. My goal was to reach 12-13% body fat. I’m nearly there. 10 pounds away. But I’ve had an obsession now for a couple of months of a cheat meal. Cheesesteaks, pizza candy. And recently it’s all I can think about. Today was really hard but I got through it. Just think I’m on the verge of breaking and ruining my progress. Like I said minus like 3-4 days I’ve stuck to my diet and weight lifting regiment/cardio everyday. I don’t mind not drinking/smoking, I don’t mind the lifting, I don’t mind the cardio. I’ve just been constantly thinking about my cheat day/meal and I don’t know what to do. I know I’ll regret it immediately but I also don’t know how much longer I can keep this up. Worried that I’ll start to eat bad and never go back. Maybe I’m not cut out for this. Has anybody else experienced this? What helped you? Any other advice?

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Filling, healthy meals for on-the-go with no odors and no fridge or freezer required?

31F 5’3” SW: 186lbs CW: 166lbs

I’m struggling to find meals I can bring to work. Most things are out of the question because we don’t have a fridge or freezer, my jaw can’t handle meal/protein/fiber bars and my stomach can’t handle shakes. We have a microwave, but there are restrictions on what we can heat up (nothing that smells). I’ve even gotten in trouble for eating street tacos that didn’t need the microwave because my lunch ”stinks.” I later learned the offending odor was onions. I was later asked to bring in lunch from home because there’s not enough time order in or sit in at any local food spots and be ready to work by the end of lunch break. Lunch is a strict, non-negotiable time frame because it’s based on when programs are in session. I can’t still be eating or out of the building when people arrive.

Because there are many other issues with this workplace, I’m actively looking for another job. Most workplaces have more flexibility with meals, as long as I’m not microwaving fish.

In the meantime, what can I even bring for lunch that will be filling and won’t destroy my weight loss goals? Each of my meals has to have carbs, and I’m working to increase fiber and unsaturated fat to keep me full (protein too but this doesn’t fill me). I’ve tried simply not eating at work, but this led to binging and dizziness.

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New Post & Goals

Hello!

I wanted to make a post here mainly so I could update it periodically / keep myself accountable with some documentation.

My weight loss goal is pretty simple: I want to lose 5lbs in 5 weeks.

I eat kind of the same thing everyday, but I want to branch out and try different meats, fruits, veggies, and sauces. Cooking can be a lot of fun just most of the time I’m lazy 😭

I do want to cut the fruit though… I love fruit, but I overeat it A LOT and I think it would be better to replace some of my fruit intake with veggies (which I don’t eat enough of).

I also want to try rock climbing in addition to the workouts I do at the gym (rock climbers have crazy builds)!

I’m going to achieve this weight loss through a simple calorie deficit, that is, burn more than I take in.

I weigh xx4.7 now (don’t want to give the full number), so hopefully xx3.7 or so next week. I’ll make an edit to this post weekly or if I just have something I want to rant about.

Good luck to everyone else!

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Do you feel that people afraid to comment on your weight loss?

I am so darned proud of myself. I lost 50 lbs over the last 18 months, and loved the way I looked. My ego wanted some compliments! But no one mentioned it! I had assumed they think that it’s not polite or socially correct.

I bought new clothes. Got a few comments, but more like “are those new jeans?”

Then I got a great short hair cut. People felt like they could compliment that at least.

I was at a friend’s house yesterday and all 5 people there separately told me how great I looked. I got flattering comments about my jeans, my top, my sandals and my hair.

FINALLY !

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Looking for a fasting buddy

Hello!

Hear me out: I want to have someone to check in and keep me accountable while doing intermittent fasting during my weight loss journey.

I am still unsure what kind of fasting I will do, but my ultimate goal is to lose weight.

Happy to pair up with anyone interested or starting an even start a group for daily check, sharing tips, strategy, etc.

A bit more about me: I’m 36 yo guy living a moderately active life. I have consulted a nutritionist and developed a plan. My first goal is to lose 15 KGs and then take it from there.

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NSV, Down 22 pounds but the thing I am most proud of has nothing to do with the scale

Five months ago I started paying proper attention to what I was eating for the first time in my adult life. Not just calories, not just macros, but actually reading what was inside the specific things I bought every week without ever really questioning them.

The weight loss has been real and I am genuinely proud of it. But the thing that has kept me most motivated on the hard days has nothing to do with the scale at all.

My skin is the clearest it has been in about three years.

I know that sounds random in a weight loss sub but hear me out because I think it is actually directly connected to the same changes that are driving the scale results.

When I started this journey about five months ago I did the usual things. Started tracking what I was eating, cut back on processed food, cooked more at home, drank more water consistently. Pretty standard stuff that most people here are doing. What I did not expect was that paying proper attention to what was actually inside the food I was eating would have such a visible impact on my skin.

I had been dealing with recurring breakouts for a couple of years and had always treated it as a separate skincare problem. Spent money on products, tried different routines, nothing fully fixed it. It was only when I started reading ingredient lists properly as part of tracking my food that I realized some things I had been eating almost every day without thinking were probably not helping either my weight goals or my skin.

I started using a food scanner alongside my regular calorie tracking to understand what was actually in things at an ingredient level not just a macro level. Going through my usual groceries with it for the first time was genuinely surprising. Things I had assumed were reasonable choices were scoring really poorly once you looked beyond the nutrition label at the actual ingredients.

Made some swaps based on what kept coming up as problematic. Nothing dramatic, just more deliberate choices about what I was putting in my body.

Five months later the scale is moving in the right direction and my skin is something I feel good about for the first time in years. Two problems I had been treating separately turned out to have a lot of overlap when I actually started paying attention.

If you are on this journey and only tracking macros and calories it might be worth looking at ingredient quality too. Not instead of, just as well as. The overlap between what is good for weight loss and what is good for your skin is bigger than I expected.

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