Feeling guilty after a cheat day (TW brief mention of ED)

it's probably just me being guilty it's taking me months to get past the 10 pound weight loss (technically 5 pound since i keep losing and gaining 5 pounds)

today i decided fuck it, i will let myself be fat for a day. i will order pizza and then tomorrow i will continue doing good. and i fully intend to do that, it's a friday and tomorrow i have plenty have better options to have. it isnt the end of the world.

no. i cant even have that. the one time i decide "i might as well let myself enjoy it and then move forward instead of fucking up for a week" i see a video of miku and am reminded of what i could be but keep deciding not to. i feel like such a failure. miku is what i would want to look like but at this rate i'll never ever get there because i keep eating shitty food.

for a brief period of time (like 1 month at the very most) i used to throw up whenever i felt guilty about what i ate but it went from relieving to just a pain in the ass so i stopped. idk i just regret ordering the pizza and wish i would have just had something else. it wasnt even that good. i think what i need to do is throw out the rest and make sure i will stay accountable. that way i wont be tempted and i can once again try to stay on track. im tired of feeling like im getting something done only to eat a lot one day and then be reminded of where i could be if i stopped fucking around. :(

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How I stay full on a cut - eating the most filling food I can while losing weight.

Vegetables are one of the most filling foods you can eat (along with fruits, whole grains and lean proteins). They are generally bulky, fibrous foods (think more along the lines of broccoli, bok choy, peppers etc and not as much corn or potatoes) that have relatively low caloric density, especially when compared to an equivalent amount of calories from junk food. To eat 100 calories of broccoli you’d have to eat 300 grams of it or ~4 cups worth. Whereas 100 calories from something like potato chips would only take about 8-10 chips - an amount you could eat without even noticing.

Think about it - there are some days you could probably eat an entire bag of chips and then ask “what’s for supper?” But eat 4+ cups of broccoli? Especially if that’s in addition to the rest of your meal? You’ve got your work cut out for you there.

Now to be clear, I don’t know many people who look at a plate of raw broccoli and go mmm can’t wait to chew on that for 5 minutes before swallowing. I like veggies but after 2-3 bites of raw broccoli or cauliflower I’m ready to gag. Cook veggies so they taste better. And if they taste better, you’re most likely to eat them… Which is the whole idea.

So if veggies have low caloric density and are very filling for those calories, they are an ideal food to bulk up your meals. And if you cook them in ways that don’t add a lot of extra calories (ie steaming, grilling or roasting with only a light coating of oil) then you can add almost an unlimited amount of them to your meals, even if you’re eating at a calorie deficit, without it affecting your weight loss.

The best place to start is to start adding them to the meals you’re most hungry for or the ones you’re usually still hungry after. Personally I'm not that hungry at breakfast and I’m busy enough during the day after lunch so adding them there isn’t needed. But suppertime? I’m ready to feast. So try this.

Eat whatever food you were going to normally eat at that meal, even if it’s a burger or a bunch of pizza, but add in 1-2 fist sized servings of veggies - again sticking to veggies that have been steamed/grilled/roasted.

For example, grilled asparagus = good. French fry = bad.

How many veggies to add depends on how hungry you are after that meal but once you do this a couple of times you should have a baseline amount.

Still pretty hungry? Add more veggies next time. Feel pretty content? Probably the right amount. Can’t even finish your food? What a nice problem to have but you can probably scale down a bit.

Next time you’re trying to lose weight, try that out for a week or two and see if it helps.

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new things to try for weight loss? kind of stagnating for my last 10-15 pounds

Im 17M 6'3 and I've been fat basically for the last 5-6 years. in the past 2 years ive been on and off again dieting but in the 5-6 months i spent actually dieting in that time ive lost 65 pounds. now im 182ish from 245 SW. I'd like to get down to 170 ish. The only issue is that now that I've gotten this low ive spent the last couple weeks at around 185. I work a physical job 40 hours a week and hit the gym 5x a week so I make sure to eat enough to not starve myself. I eat around 2000-2500 cals a day of oatmeal, chicken, steak, rice, beans, etc. I am guessing I've hit another plateau. Is the best advice to just keep doing what I'm doing until I break past it or should I up/lower my calories, add some different foods, anything i might be doing thats holding me back that I might not consider? Im really ready to be over with this stuff haha

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How to get from 187 to 160 while not losing muscle?

Ive been trying for some time now and im struggling. Im a 5'10 16 year old male at 21% body fat. I want to get to 160 but i also dont want to lose muscle. So i usually have 2 protein shakes per day that gets me 500 calories. And dont do cardio I just weight lift 3-4 times per week. Is this hurting my weight loss? From what ive read its all about calories in vs calories out so should i stop with the protein shakes?

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I'm a 6ft 1 260-270lb 36yr old male. I have a few questions about weight loss as I'm new to it.

I have a very active job, I work at Walmart in the produce section. Im constantly lifting up 20-50lb cases of potatoes, vegetables, bananas. I usually hit 8 to 10k steps a day along with all the heavy lifting. I have heard your body gets used to this and dosnt really count as exercise, is this true?

I am trying to eat healthier as I am a emotional eater and always jump to junk food to make me feel better. I have no idea what my calorie intake was before but it must have been enormous. I would drink 6 or 7 mt dews every day. Pasta, pizza,donuts were my staple diet. I've lowered my calorie intake to 1500 the last couple days eating mostly healthy foods. My question is I keep feeling tired and somewhat dizzy. Will this go away once my body stops being addicted to all the sugar?

I have a lot of muscle and im chubby but I wouldn't say im fat. When looking up my bmi it says 260 is obese and that I should be around 180 to 200. Thats seems really low. I was 200lbs growing up and almost to thin. Whats a good way to set a target healthy weight for myself.

Thank you for anyone who reads or answers.

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I'm really bummed that my pregnancy has put me off track with my fitness and weight loss goals.

So I'm 7 months pregnant. Right before my pregnancy started I was 10lbs away from my weight loss goal and I was seeing some really good progress in my fitness level. I felt good about my journey and motivated enough that I was already planing my "what next" after I'd hit my goals. Throughout my pregnancy I've tried as best I can with keeping, at least, some slimmer of the lifestyle that got me so close to my goals. And I am still exercising and eating healthy regularly. Just not as much as I'd like. And ofc I knew I would gain weight during the pregnancy and go through other changes as well. But its been like the difference between "knowing", and it actually happening has thrown me so off balance that I'm struggling to maintain my goals. Not only that but the fact that this is just the pregnancy, that after this comes a lifetime of motherhood. My motivation is on the shitter. I feel like if I can't handle the pregnancy + work + life + fitness and juggle all that, then how am I gonna be able to add motherhood to all that ?

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How do you cope with people around you still stuck in eating habits you no longer can or want to share in?

I come from an absurd foodie family. They are OBSESSED with food, it is all they talk about. The family Whatsapp is 90% food pictures and long, involved descriptions of dishes and flavors and wines and desserts. Most of them drink too much. They all eat unhealthily. They are expecting me somehow to continue to be involved in this and I gamely will share what I cooked myself for a healthy meal on occasion but just feel put off by the behavior in general and also a bit miffed that I can no longer feel "normal" around them. I also have health issues that require me to eat a certain way on top of trying to lose some weight, so it's a double whammy of "I can't do that anymore". I don't know how to relate to them. We have no other common interests. Whenever the family spend time together it's ALL about food. We never DO anything. It's all food and drinking. Every single get-together. And most of the conversation around the table is also about food. The meal that's being eaten right then and there, meals from the past we've had togethere, where everyone's been out to eat at a restaurant, where people buy their speciality groceries, what they're cooking, what they had for the office holiday party like it is... to me, insane, but it literally is all about food. Not being able to join in with at least the eating of the food is making me feel like I don't belong in my family anymore, and I just need some tips. How do you get them to talk about something else? How do I get them to understand that I don't share their obsessive interest in food anymore but am prioritizing my health? What can you try to do socially with overweight, exercise-averse "foodies" that doesn't turn into a food orgie or hours-long talk about food? And how do you stick to your guns and not feel left out in social situations?

Tl;dr - My family is obsessed with food. I can no longer participate due to health issues and weight loss. Causing a bit of a disconnect, not sure what to do.

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