Friendly reminder to take PICTURES!

https://imgur.com/a/gOj1Cwk

I have taken countless "before" pictures, only for them to be deleted because they ended up being "before.. I gained even more weight" or because I felt so disgusted with even having those pictures of myself exist.

However, this is my one and only, true, before picture, at my heaviest: around 94 kg./207 lbs. (I am 168 cm./5'6). The second picture I took today at the gym, I am around 78 kg./172 lbs. So, around a 16 kg./35 lbs. difference. It may not look like there is that amount of difference, but I am trying to do a body recomp (lose fat, gain muscle at the same time).

After feeling like I look the same as I did in the beginning of my weight loss journey for weeks now, seeing that photo really reminded me that I have come far and inspired me to keep going!

This is a reminder to take a before photo (or several) no matter how uncomfortable it makes you feel. I know for myself the camera was my absolute biggest enemy, but having those photos to look back on when you think you have made no/little progress is priceless.

I still have a way to go, I want to lose more fat and continue to build more muscle!

Also a reminder to be kind to yourself. I wish I had been kinder to my heavier self, because I deserved self care and love no matter how I looked.

Also, thank you loseit community for all the motivation and inspiration, I have been a long time lurker hehe

P.S. sorry if I have made any mistakes in my post, this is my first time posting on reddit

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How did you decide to start losing weight?

I ask because I currently want to lose weight, but I keep telling myself that I have to find the quote on quote “perfect time”. Like, if i’m going out next week, I think to myself “well I’m going out next week so no point in starting now. I’ll start next week.” Come next week, same thing happens. Then I end up in this cycle where I just keep putting it off until “the perfect time”. I am very aware that there will never be a “perfect time” and that I should just start now, but I find it very hard to overcome that feeling of wanting to wait for the perfect time despite knowing there will never be one. I would just like to know what some of you guys did to decide to finally pull the trigger and begin your weight loss journey.

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How to increase energy on 1000 calories a day OMAD? (doctor approved)

M 27, 5'11"

CW: 173

HW: 245

GW: 140-150

I have been doing IF and keto combination for a while and I have found it to be amazing for rapid healthy weight loss, and I feel great overall and have seen an improvement in msny health markers. My doctor is a big supporter of keto and fasting and has been helping me here and there. IF has so many health benefits and I am really noticing them.

Until last week I did 1500 calories and 18:6 but I wanted to try something a little more challenging and lose the last of the weight quickly in time for an event, so I suggested to my doctor that I try OMAD with keto, he said there was no need to count calories as I probably wouldn't want to eat much anyway, but my daily calories have been working out around 1000.

I'm not sure why, but I am starting to struggle hard. My food is satisfying but I don't have much energy. My body is running on ketosis, and I have plenty fat left so this makes no sense. It's not like I feel hungry all the time. I drink sugar free coffee in the morning but I'm hesitant to include anything else as I don't want to disturb the ketosis process and spike my insulin.

What is the answer here? More electrolytes? Supplements? Could I potentially include a very small amount of wholegrains? (hesitant about this though).

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Progress!

I was in the best shape of my life last year. 25 year old female, 167cm height, 62kg weight with about 18% body fat (a large portion of my weight was from lean muscle mass approx 48kg). I stopped being as active and tracking food around the start of this year given my insanely busy schedule (working full time, and studying a part time law degree) and I let some good habits slip.

As a result, I ended up regaining a little weight to 64.2kg with 23.5% body fat and a little bit of muscle mass loss. This gain isn’t terrible by any stretch, but the weight all went back on quite quickly over the space of a few months, so I ended up getting a few little stretch marks. I also started feeling pretty rubbish as a result of the lack of activity/ exercise.

I started tracking and maintaining a reasonable deficit again the last few weeks (approx 500 kcal a day). The majority of this deficit has been made up through activity/ exercise as well as diet. I’ve been going back to Muay Thai training and weight lifting regularly as well as increasing my daily activity through walks and runs and trying new activities (eg ballet).

I last measured myself last week and was at the aforementioned 64.2kg. Measured again today and I’m already back down to 63.4kg and body fat is down to 21.9%!! According to my readings, it looks like I’ve lost 2kg body fat and gained a little muscle.

I’m honestly chuffed with these results and happy that it hopefully won’t take long to get back to the weight/ BF % I was at at the start of the year! And I’m feeling pretty great after upping my activity again.

I don’t have many friends that are into fitness etc and my closest friends can find weight loss discussions a bit triggering, so I just wanted to post my little success here as I’m really happy with these changes 😊

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“Zombies, Run” encouraged me to go on runs - gamefication of exercise and weight loss

I’ve struggled with my weight for years and now finally have been able to loss weight - first using Noom and then just doing calorie counts on the free MFP. Although I think I’ve gotten the food intake CICO issue out of the way, I absolutely hated repetitive exercises. Making exercise “enjoyable” or at the very least, not boring, has been super hard. I recently rediscovered “running” by using this story base running app. You follow a storyline where you’re dropped into a zombie apocalypse and you’re literally being chased by zombies when you slow down too much. As I’m doing more runs, I get pick up supplies to build up my civilization. I’ve literally gone on runs everyday just because I wanted to buy a plot of land for my home base in the app. In addition, I get tremendous pleasure seeing the number of miles I can do per run increase slowly and my pace speed up! Clearly the gamefication of exercise of weight loss has helped me a lot in this long journey- have y’all figured out other ways to make your journey “fun”?

Disclaimer: written on mobile so forgive me for errors.

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If you're a snacker, this might help

I've discovered a hack of kinds during my last year of weight loss, and perhaps it may help you if you're a snacker. I boredom snack, often on non-work days if I'm not constantly busy. I used to have a meal for lunch, then dinner. I never eat breakfast except on rare occasions, never have and its not part of my weight loss plan. When I'm a work, I take lots of little things rather than a meal. I don't have a set time for lunch, I run a busy branch alone so it's a case of grab a bite when I can. Sometimes on busy days, I end up bringing everything back home with me and my day unintentionally becomes OMAD.

This is great, and I never overeat on my work days. But when I'm not working, I struggle with staying on goal because of the boredom snacking between meals, no matter how filling and volumizing my lunch was.

I realised I need to adopt my work day behaviour during non work days, and instead of a lunch meal, have prepared what I take to work instead. This way I'm still snacking, but the snacks are actually just my lunch spread out over the day. Here's what I typically eat during a work day :

2x boiled eggs 1 x apple 1 x satsuma 1 x banana 15g each of cashews and roasted almonds 100g chicken breast (I eat it either whole or cubed)

Sometimes I'll have a greek yoghurt but I haven't added that here

658 cals, 54g carbs, 30g fat, 44g protein

This leaves a sizeable amount of calories to eat for my main meal, which is when I'm the hungriest, and because I'm grazing in the afternoon, it keep me satisfied with smaller portions more often and I'm able to stick to my goal waaaay easier.

Hopefully this approach might also benefit any snackers out there

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I’ve never made it this far before

I’m 45 NB, 5’4”. SW: 264 lbs, CW: 224 lbs , GW: 130 lbs. This is my first post here, so hello!

I was fairly fit as a kid, active in sports, could pig out on a burger without many consequences, had that fantastic metabolism most young people take for granted…. I had knee surgery when I was 16 and gave up being a catcher, but I was still pretty active. I kept within 5 or 10 pounds of my ideal weight at least halfway through college.

When I was 21, I had a car accident that resulted in a permanent injury to my right foot, and that active lifestyle ground to a halt. No longer able to handle high impact anything, and depressed to boot, I ate my feelings. Over the next 15 years, the weight ratcheted up—170… 190… 215… and higher. But the last 5 years or so, I took comfort eating to a whole new level. At my height, weighing 264 lbs (119kg) was sooo uncomfortable. I could touch my toes, but I couldn’t breathe while doing it. I could lie on the floor, but needed a couch or hand to grab to get up off it.

March 4, 2022 was Day 1 for me. For the first time, my blood work came back from the lab with numbers that weren’t normal. I was pre-diabetic and showing signs of insulin resistance. That was my moment, the one that finally made me realize “the diet starts tomorrow” meant that day.

I’m lucky that my wife already had quite a lot of knowledge about eating healthy, using apps to track foods, how to find my sweet spot for calories and macros. So I:

Used tdee.com to get the calories I’d need to lose about 1lb a week (1600/day)

Downloaded MyFitnessPal (and accidentally bought a premium membership after the free trial, so now I have to make it work) so I track my food and exercise to keep myself honest.

Started IF (20:4) mainly because I have always had erratic eating patterns and the structure helps without stressing me out about food during the day.

I switched to a diet of as many whole foods as I can get, and I try not to eat more than 100-120 carbs a day.

I do struggle to get enough protein but it’s a work in progress. I’m still sedentary. I still sit in an office chair all day. I still have a messed up foot and knee. In fact, I twisted my knee 6 weeks after my Day 1. I’m in physical therapy again. But now, I’m using it to find ways to get my heart going for a few minutes. To pump some blood. To flex a muscle or two. And I’ll transition to the gym after PT is finished.

This week, I crossed a milestone: 40 pounds lost.

Never lost more than 5 pounds before this. But I’ve realized something. Losing weight is hard, yes. It’s one of the hardest things I’ll ever do. But it’s not all or nothing, win or lose, pass or fail.

It’s one choice at a time.

I’m going to have water instead of soda. A salad rather than fries. An apple instead of a cookie.

I don’t flog myself over a single bad choice, but I also don’t let one bad choice turn into three bad choices. I try to be kind to myself. This weight loss business is hard. I need all the grace I can give myself.

I have around 95 pounds to go. That seems like so much. But then, so did 40 once upon a time.

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