Struggling already in week 1

Hey!

As the title says, I just started a weight loss journey almost one week ago. I really have no motivation to do this, as I know it’s going to be very hard. I lost about 25 kg some years ago, but life happened and I gained it back plus some more. I’m starting to get health complications as a result of my weight, so my doctor strongly encourages me to lose weight. Still, I struggle a lot with motivation. Food has always been my zoloft, my comfort, and taking that comfort away is very hard for me.

I randomly decided to start focusing on it last Wednesday. No big life change, no eureka-moment. Just decided to start. I redownloaded cronometer and set the calorie goal to 2000 a day. The only thing I’m doing for now is tracking calories, and trying to stay around 2000. TDEE is around 2400 sedentary, but I do move around on dog walks and house chores.

However, I find myself extremely hungry to a point where I have eaten over 2000 calories most days, with the highest day being 3000 calories. Even this very small restriction makes the process feel very hard, despite it not even lasting a week. Even if I eat protein-rich meals (a good portion of pad see ew, about 650 calories) I’m still hungry after the meal and find myself wanting to snack. I try to fill myself up with fruits and veggies, but it seems to have little effect. I still try to prevail, however, and stick to my calorie goal. I hope this will stabilise at some point, so I can slowly continue the process, one step at a time. This small step already seems like too much for me.

Has anyone felt similar and want to share their stories on how to stand your guard through it?

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Please help!!

Hey all!
So I’m on a weight loss journey at the moment with a heart problem!
I’ve been on this journey for about 5 months now and I’ve lost 22 lbs so far.
I’m on a diet and also in calorie deficit 1200 calories a day and I lose 1 1/2-2lbs a week weigh in every Sunday, I am 5”00 even and 164 lbs now. I’ve come to a point where I’m just not losing anything at all, the past two weeks I’ve been the same weight and I can’t figure out why. I log my meals and snacks, I will say I don’t log my water intake but I usually drink at least one 32 oz hydro flask a day. But I can’t lie, I do have one cheat meal a week. But even then I still try not to go over my calories. Ok back to me tracking my calories, I track those also my carb intake, fat intake and also protein intake, I only go over like once maybe twice a week on fat by only a couple “points” so with carbs, I’m allowed 152g which I never usually hit because I aim for low carb meals and snacks. Fat is 40g and protein is 61g which I usually hit around 50g for protein.
But what am I doing wrong? I can’t work out because I’m not supposed to raise my heart rate up because it gets dangerously high but I can walk which technically is working out. I walk for 30 minutes on good days. (I weigh everything btw, in grams or oz on a kitchen scale) Please help 🥲

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My work banned walking pad so I got under desk mini bike - month results.

A while ago I wanted walking pad for my standing desk at work but work said no on a safety grounds. I was allowed a mini under desk bike. I think it will be useful to share here.

First of all it's one of those tine ones you just have pedals and that is it no sit or anything. It's definitely not ideal and if it wasn't for a fact my desk can go up and down it would be very uncomfortable but with hight adjustable desk I raise it about 10cm higher than my normal position and it's okay. I can't set it to high resistance because then I'm pushing my office chair out so I'm at light to medium settings.

My heart rate gets to about 100 bpm so slightly less tank brisk walk and my Garmin thinks I burn about 200 kcal in an hour. So far I would agree with it. My weight loss matches approximately extra 400 to 500 kcal burn a day and I manage to get between 2 to 2.5h of pedaling. Most of the time I forget I'm doing it. It is very quiet unless someone ducks under my desk they can't tell either. I'm not feeling tired if anything after a month my energy levels are up. It's such a light exercise that I haven't noticed any extra sweating.

Over all I would recommend it if you can't get anything else. For my use case it works great. I have client facing role when not at a desk so can't go full palaton at my desk but extra 500 kcal is nothing to spat at either for £30 investment from amazon. Big advantage is that because you don't wobble like you would normally do on walking pad typing and mouse accuracy aren't really affected. I did a speed test and my regular typing speed is 52-55 and when cycling it drops to about 48 to 52 wpm so hardly noticeable.

I do walk as normal and do my normal gym routine this is addition not replacement.

Hope that helps I lost extra 1.5kg over regular weight loss.

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Mom offered me weight loss drugs and I feel completely discouraged/defeated

I'm 5' 5" 194.

I very recently started working out again and adjusting my diet. I was feeling really excited nd motived and cautiously optimistic. I was determined to stay dedicated no mattet what.

Then we were talking about how I'm trying to do this and she offered me weight loss drugs.

I was so upset. How did I let myself get to the point where people need to suggest that? Am I really that bad? Do I really look that disgusting?

I get it that these drugs are very beneficial and help people that are struggling and she even lost a bunch of weight that way and I'm so happy for her, but it hurt so much to hear.

Just venting. Hoping for some words of encouragement. I hope I didnt offend anyone.

edit:

honestly the conversation was so validating about how big I've gotten that I just want to go to bed and cry. i dont feel like trying

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Body still looks the same after losing 25 pounds, how do you actually change?

So F20 here! I started my weight loss journey in July at 175 pounds and I’m now at 150!! I feel so much better, and honestly people treat me better. However I noticed despite losing weight my body still looks fat and is the same compositionally. I’m a 5’5 woman, so technically I’m almost at a normal BMI, but I still look overweight imo. My goal is 130-140 pounds so that’s still in progress, however I know now after losing 25 pounds that my body will look pretty much the same. I carry lots of weight specifically around my stomach and face which really sucks. My face 100 percent looks better, but my body shape is still horrible. If anyone has any tips on how to actually start exercising and changing this that would be awesome. It’s sooooooo confusing to me and frustrating. I get so lost on what you are supposed to do in the gym that actually works. I feel like there are so many different plans I don’t know what to do. I used to run in high school and my family are hikers, so cardio I understand. However weight training is so confusing and all it does is stress me out to the point where I don’t even try. If anyone has any advice at all that would be much appreciated!!

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I Haven't Been able to Maintain Weight Loss for Six Years

EDIT: LMAO why have i been downvoted what kind of community is this

EDIT 2: forgot to mention i have pcos which i only discovered age 25. i have very irregular cycles and its only when im under 140lbs that my cycles are more regular and my periods are much less painful. this isn't just vanity weight loss.

27F / 5'6 / SW: 160lbs / CW: 134lbs / GW: 130lbs

The timeline of my weight goes something like this:

All throughout university I was pretty slim, around 130-135 as I was sporty and had a hospitality job where I was on my feet non stop and was too busy/broke to overeat regularly.

2021 I get my first big girl job where I was sedentary for 40 hours a week and didn't make time for the gym. This was when I started stress eating. Went up to around 150lbs.

I got down to 135-140lbs summer of 2022

Winter of 2022 I was binge eating due to work stress again and got back up to 155lbs.

First half of 2023, smashing gym, tracking everything, tbh got too fixated and it wasn't entirely healthy, but within a couple months I'd got down to around 135lbs which I'd manage to hold off until that winter where, ding ding, I began stress eating again and by the end of 2023 I was back to 155lbs.

2024 I was around 140-145. Overall a fairly smooth ride until I got into a relationship with someone who overate a lot which would then result in-

2025: my heaviest yet, I got up to 160lbs and was really unhappy in how I looked and felt. most of my clothes didnt fit or look good, i went on a hike on my 26th birthday and had to stop several times up a hill which now I'd be able to march up with no issues.

2026: i left the ex and moved out of our flat and ran the london marathon. After the marathon I decided to really focus on weight loss as you can't really be in a calorie deficit while marathon training. Since April, I've lost over 20 pounds through keeping a high step count, limiting alcohol, and eating mainly whole foods. I keep a food diary in my notes app, but i dont count calories. Weirdly, I exercise WAY less. I still run, go to the gym and climb, but i do those for enjoyment rather than weight loss, i just try to make sure my steps are at least 12k.

I've been staying around 135lbs since July, I want to get down to 130.

As you can see by the timeline, I have spent my entire twenties in a relentless yoyo cycle of weight loss and regain. I am currently pretty happy with how I look and feel. Running feels great, my clothes fit me again, my confidence has improved tenfold.

I don't want to lose this and have to start from scratch again. I want to lose these last few pounds slowly and sustainably as I know it will be more difficult than the first twenty pounds I lost.

If anyone has been able to overcome this cycle or just has any insight, please let me know!

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What workout split worked best for you while losing weight?

I know fat loss primarily comes down to being in a calorie deficit, and you can’t out-train a bad diet. I’m more curious about which workout split worked best for you alongside your diet.

Have you tried full body, PPL, upper/lower, or other splits? Which gave you the best results for maintaining muscle, building strength, and improving your physique while losing weight? What didn’t work for you, and what made you eventually settle on your current routine?

I’d love to hear your actual trial-and-error experiences, especially if you’ve tried several splits during your weight loss journey!

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