How to stop overeating/emotionally eating in winter?

Here’s the situation: I am currently living in my own personal hell, which is to say Ontario, Canada. It is freezing cold non-stop for several months of the year, and I hate it. I hate the snow. I have having to wear 15 layers every time I exit the house. I hate leaving my house, period. I also get pretty bad SAD (I take vit D and have a light therapy lamp, they work ok) which doesn’t help.

So, I am lucky enough to WFH, but I do have a dog, and I have to walk him every day, which means bracing the -20°C (-4° for my American friends) weather for about 20 minutes every afternoon. It doesn’t sound like a long time, but for whatever reason I am extremely sensitive to the cold, and it’s to the point that I have abandoned all self-respect, and will sometimes just walk around fully, openly crying. I. Hate. Winter.

The issue I’ve noticed is that, part of me dealing with the impending weather-inflicted impact, is that I start snacking. I grab a handful of cereal before I put on my coat. I pause and eat a few chocolate chips before moving on to my boots, etc etc. it’s adding up to hundreds of calories a week, and I don’t know what to do to stop it. I don’t have this problem any other time of day, only when I need to go on that stupid walk.

I think this might be so incredibly niche, but I’m hoping someone out there has some advice. At this point I might just give up on weight loss altogether until spring.

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NSV: Size EU S fits perfectly

34f, 174cm/5'8 SW: 78kg/172lb, CW: 64.3kg/142lb, GW: 58kg/128lb

Hi everyone, I started my weight loss journey in June last year. Since then, I lost nearly 14 kg/31lb, starting with a BMI of 25.8 to now 21.2. I didn't want to go shopping before I reach my goal weight, but as I am currently trying to find a new job and I only own hoodies, I had to get something that doesn't have Charmander on it. I expected M to be the right size for me. As I am relatively tall and also still have more boobs than I would like, I didn't expect to fit in a size S at all. Turns out I was wrong. I tried on a lot of stuff and only once did I need to grab M. I guess I am officially a size S now which feels insane to say. I had normal weight most of my life, but I was always unhappy with my weight and ended up wearing M or L. I took some pictures of the outfits to get opinions and looking at them, I look smaller than I see myself in the mirror. Feels like my brain hasn't caught up with the weight loss yet.

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January- Lost 4.5lbs

For the 2948928273th time, I (27F, H: 5’3, SW: 233.2, CW: 228.7) am embarking on my weight loss journey. Didn’t quite hit the -5lbs mark that I wanted but am trying to celebrate that I still made progress and at the end of the day, I weigh less than I did a month ago. Now that I think about it- I had a couple birthday celebrations, mine included, ate a lot of cake & food, battled a cold, and still lost 4.5lbs. Heck yeah, I did ok for the first month.

Something that helped was sitting down every week to think about what meals I wanted to cook & its ingredients. That way when I did my weekly grocery shopping, I knew exactly what to shop for and tried my best to not cave into buying junk food. And if I did cave in, I’d try to find the smallest bag of chips, candy, etc. I’m also walking during my work breaks if the weather allows.

I’m trying really hard to shift my mindset about weight loss this time around. Last year I was diagnosed with fatty liver disease. I don’t drink so it’s purely because I’m overweight & I really hope to turn it around. I’m young. I deserve to be healthy. I deserve to feel confident in my own body. I don’t deserve fatty liver disease or really any chronic disease because of my weight & eating habits. No one deserves that. Anyway, thanks for reading. just wanted to share some progress :)

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Does Anyone Else Lose Weight in "Whooshes" Instead of a Steady Drop?

Hey everyone,

I'm new to heavy monitoring (before, I'd only weigh once a month.. and even then, I'd eat at maintenance, apparently!). Anyways.. I’ve noticed a pattern with my weight loss, and I’m wondering if anyone else experiences this. Instead of a steady decline, I tend to plateau for a few days to a week, and then—bam!—I suddenly drop around 1kg (2.2 lbs) overnight. After that, my weight keeps going down a bit more before the cycle repeats itself.

At first, it was frustrating because I’d be doing everything "right" but seeing no movement on the scale. But now that I’ve noticed this pattern, I’m wondering if it’s just how my body works.

Has anyone else experienced this kind of weight loss cycle? If so, do you have any theories on why it happens? Is it water retention, hormones, or just the way fat loss works for some people?I'

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Success! Still Fat Tho

I started my weight loss journey at 207 pounds. I (f) 5’7 am now at 145. My goal is like 130 or 125. I still feel so fat right now. I can still fit into L/XL (sometimes M) clothing, wear 12/14 pants size. I’m still considered midsize and I don’t like that. I have PCOS and my metformin is what really helped me lose weight. It seems to have stopped working though. I can’t seem to lose weight on a well diet. Seems like I have to eat 1k calories a day to lose the rest.

Any advice? I want to be a small and less than 10 in pant size.

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Chronic illness and losing weight

Hi everyone This is a bit of a rant and also seeking others experiences. I’m 26f, 5’1 and 185lbs ( I know 😭) I’m at the start of a weight loss journey (again!) and really want to get healthier because my health is in the bin atm. However, I really struggle with chronic pain and fatigue from multiple conditions. Since becoming more poorly, I’ve put around 30lbs on and went up a clothing size and it’s really affected my self esteem and my wardrobe. My chronic fatigue/pain makes exercise really difficult for me, especially outside of the home. Also, because I’m 80% home bound, I find that I am always hungry/ snackish or thinking about food. I guess the point is- does anyone have any success stories? Have you been in the same boat and managed to lose weight? Thank you 💕

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Is 3lbs weight loss each week that bad?

I'm not exactly new to this. I've been a part of this sub since 2015 on my other account. Back then I was a teenager and I went from 260lbs to 190lb in 8 months doing purely CICO, at first my target was 1200cals which I did for a month or two but then stuck to 1500 cals for the rest of the time. It sucked being M/19/5'8". I didn't exercise because back then "You don't need to exercise, CICO is all that matters" and I ended up skinny fat. I probably loss a lot of muscle and fat doing this back then.

During college I picked up weightlifting and sports in general but fell off around 2021 and gain a bit of weight back.

Now I'm getting back into it and I guess do have "athletic" background now. I'm technically on the obese side at 230lbs but I recently ramped up my cardiovascular health back up since September of last year so I can do a lot of cardiovascular exercise comfortably at the moment. Currently I'm just training to being able to run a 5k, no time goals or anything just being able to do it straight without walking breaks. I'm also training my cycling so I can comfortably hold 200w for a while. I also weightlift doing a typical P/P/L split 5-6x days a week since Oct. Right now I usually lift weights for 1-1.25hrs then do 30 mins of cardio split between running and cycling, eventually I want to ramp it up to 1 hour of cardio since I'm just beginning with that stuff. I also don't have the luxury of time so I do the cardio after weightlifting. Right now all the my performance metrics are going up substantially, so my diet isn't really hindering me.

I'm eating 2300-2500 calories now 150-200g protein/250g carbs/55g fats. If I need to readjust my marcos I usually cut the fat rather than the carbs cause I need the carbs to fuel my workouts. I still eat junk foods but its usually the hour before I workout so I let myself eat a Costco Cookie, Nerds Gummies, Sour Patch kids or I just squirt 2 tbsp of honey into my mouth in the car before I go into the gym.

Doing this I'm noticing that I'm losing 3lbs a week (this isn't water weight because that would have shed that back in September/October) and from my past weight loss experience and being on this sub back in the day 1200cal is the min calories a person should be eating and 2lb loss a week should be your max weight loss. Is this that bad for me? I feel like I'm doing better than before and eating a lot more than I did the first time I lost weight which IMO was a lot more unhealthy than what I'm doing right now. I'm just resistant to adding more food to diet because I feel fine performance wise and mentally. Should I just shut up and just be happy its 3lbs a week now and it will slow down later on, but honestly I'm not really expecting it to because I will pick up tennis, outdoor cycling and running when spring comes.

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