I'm 9lbs down and was told today it could be seen in my face.

So I'm not really sure how long I've been on this go round for.

I've had many goes but never found success, even at the back end of 2023 when i lost 11lbs in 7 weeks and was hearing that people could tell, even had a slight wardrobe malfunction with a pair of work trousers. Success was just not happening.

But today - as I have done in the past when I get excited at seeing a lower number on the scale - I told the colleagues I go on shopping trips with(inc fave colleague - see post and comment history to understand this) today how much id lost.

Now, I dont publicly advertise when I'm going to start losing weight, every little thing I'm doing to achieve that, every lb lost etc etc, but just when something moderately exciting happens. I did however start to notice my jawline when looking in the mirror while brushing my teeth about a couple weeks ago. I think I may have told 1 or 2 people.

So, i told colleagues I'd lost another lb today, and favourite colleague(who I hold in extremely high regard - I almost put them on a pedestal tbh) and fave said 'yeah I can see it in your face'.

I just looked at them in disbelief almost for a second or 2, before going all mushy and being like 'really?! 🥹' then telling them how I'm starting to notice my jawline now.

And now tbh that has put me in such a good mood today. This colleague has always been my biggest supporter, ever since they found out I'm trying to lose weight. All my other friends are rooting for me too which is nice.

I was 13st 7, now currently at 12st 12. I found a string of entries in my Samsung health app from my last attempt at the end of 2023 and the lowest recorded weight there was 12st 10, so I'm just 2lbs off of that, then I go for 12st exact.

OK I think that's me done! Just wanted to say that here today. I wish you all well in your weight loss attempts!

😊

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ADHDers: Got routines, fitness nailed? I need you!

I’m in the middle of one of the wildest hyperfocus and creative phases I’ve ever had. Something’s shifted — I’ve been waking up early, exercising, actually working on things. It’s been a few months now and feels like a real turning point.

I’ve started building a little project that I think could really help people with ADHD — but I can’t do it alone. So I’m reaching out to the community to see if anyone might want to get involved.

Here’s who I’m looking for:

🏋️ Fitness & Health

• 2 ADHDers who love working out (home/gym/whatever works)
• 1–2 people on a weight loss or health journey
• 1 person into body-doubling or group accountability

🍲 Food & Nutrition

• 2 meal prep legends (especially low-effort stuff)
• 1 foodie who’s cracked ADHD eating habits

This isn’t a job or anything formal — there’s no money involved. Just real people helping build something real, in your own time, based on what’s worked for you.

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I hate how people switch up after I’ve lost weight

(18F) for most of my life since I was around 10 I’ve been overweight, and later at around 15-17 I was obese. Since may of 2024, I’ve been losing weight and have successfully lost 75 pounds. While I do enjoy not feeling helpless about my weight anymore, I hate the difference in the way people treat me. Some of my classmates began to point out my weight loss, and even had one of my “friends” tell me I look way prettier now. I know I should be happy about these compliments, but deep down they make me angry for my past self. In addition, I’ve noticed how family members treat me differently and don’t constantly bring up what I’m eating anymore. I’ve been taken more serious at doctors visits, and overall strangers are way nicer to me. After being ridiculed about my weight for a long time and having to deal with all the fat jokes and blatant disrespect, seeing those same people now treat me with actual human decency makes me feel ill. I did the weight loss for myself, but it ended up being a reminder of how shitty some people are towards others just based off of their appearance.

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The gym sucks

I'm 1 year into maintenance. I achieved my weight loss through calorie counting and running mainly, but also some weight training a few times per month (my old condo had a gym - moved ~9 mos ago). Since then, it's just been sporadic running. I've been realizing how much the running and weights helped me maintain my weight and more importantly, LOOK FIT. I'm only 3-5lb up from my best weight (which is ok, I have a range) but I look kinda skinny fat. This time last year I got many compliments for looking fit!

Anyways my husband has tried all the gyms in our area for 9 mos and took me to his favourite this weekend when my mom was in town and could babysit. Crowded, over stimulating, social anxiety triggers with people flexing in the mirror and taking pictures and me not knowing how to use machines immediately, but worst of all was the machine hogs!! The machine that would let me do hip thrusts was hogged by one girl for 45 minutes (on her phone 75% of the time) and even getting a bench was a struggle. My husband said it was average in terms of busyness. My current home isn't big enough for a home gym unfortunately.

Really just venting and admiring all you who put up with it 😂

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New here, and excited that I've started!

Hi everyone! Just wanted to say hello and that I've been lurking the past two weeks since I started my journey. I've been through many weight loss journeys in the past that really haven't been successful or haven't been long, but I feel very confident about this one. I saw someone on here post about the Lose It! app which helped them a lot, and I've been successful in staying within my budgeted calories because of it for the past couple of weeks!

I thought I was just a little more than I really wanted to be until I stepped on the scale at the gym a couple of weeks ago and realized that I had no idea how I got to be 230 when I thought I was 205 at the most, so after a lot of crying to my partner and googling and finding this subreddit (and thinking "how could I possibly ride a horse if I get any heavier??" ... I haven't ridden a horse in 15 years), I've decided to make my weight loss journey more scientific-based, and I think that's helping me a lot. I've been a big numbers person my entire life, so thinking of it simply being a bunch of numbers has been a good mindset so far.

I'm doing a calorie deficit and weight lifting 3 days a week, and I'm walking minimum 7k steps most days, although I just got a walking pad in for when I work from home or play games on my computer, and I've absolutely fallen in love with it. I'm trying not to push myself TOO hard early on because I have a tendency to burn myself out, but as someone who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 3 years ago, I'm also telling myself that getting into these good habits now will keep me healthy for the future.

Anyway, just wanted to say hi, and I'm excited to be a part of this community! So far, around 7 pounds down, and I'm excited to see if I can hit my goal of 185lbs!

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Feeling uncomfortable

So I’m on a weight loss journey, I’ve found 1 pound per week is what’s good for me. I started at 192 and now I’m at 186 but I feel so uncomfortable. I hate being overweight and it’s taking forever to loose the weight at only 1 pound per week. I work out 5 days a week and stick to my allotted calories, I occasionally go over but I don’t count exercise into how many calories I allow myself so I think that makes up for it. If I want to loose 2 pounds per week I can only have 1200 calories per day and I’ve tried that, I usually end up bingeing because it’s too restrictive. To loose 1 pound per week I can have 1400 per day which I find more sustainable and I know I’ll get to my goal weight eventually if I keep going. It’s a life style change I don’t want to rapidly loose all this weight then gain it back after I want to be healthy, but at the same time I find myself hating my body. I’m 5’1 so 186 on me is a lot, I’m lucky I have an hour glass figure which I try to remember but I still feel so uncomfortable in my own skin. It’s summer time I want to go the beach and swimming but I just feel terrible putting on bathing suits. I also ate about 1000 extra calories the other night and I’ve been beating myself up about it since. Any tips or advice would be much appreciated I just hate feeling so discouraged when I know I’m doing things the right way.

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My weight loss roller coaster

Warning: very very very long.

I’ve struggled with my weight and self esteem for a long time. In my teens, I started gaining weight, and proceeded to move from normal range to overweight to obese over the next decade.

It wasn’t until just before Covid started that I got a frightening wake-up call: I strained my knee running for a bus, at 27 yo.

Then Covid hit, along with a job loss, which ended up giving me a clear 1 year to balance job-hunting with eating better and exercising.

At the start, I couldn’t run, but I could walk. So walk I did - 5km a day as a start. Within weeks, that went up to 7-8km. Then I started adding running, using strap-on knee braces for support. It would be short distances - 50m at a time every few minutes. Then it became 100m, then 200m. By the end of that year-long stretch, I was running 5km straight, no pauses, no knee braces. I added light weight training and lots of stretching. My daily regiment was: 90min walk/run mix, 15min stretching, 15min weight training, all every morning, and then a 45min walk every evening.

At the same time, I was counting calories, not to starve, but to make sure I wasn’t overeating. I was shocked to discover, once I measured the ingredients, that one of my favorite salads was 1000 calories! And I was having that just for lunch! I swapped it with a big bowl of chili con carne that I would eat with a single slice of bread, when the entire meal came to 400 calories. I always ate the same thing for breakfast: muesli with plain yogurt, and some fruit. I made sure to maintain a reasonable calorie deficit, based on the exercise calories burnt, and the result was approx 1.5-2kg loss a month.

By the end of the year, I was down from 83kg to 65kg, and fitting into clothes I never imagined fitting into, and being so much stronger and fitter than I ever dared to imagine.

Since then, I gained all that weight back, as I was overcompensating with being unemployed and doing a lot of overtime, with no time left to cook again - the challenge was finding a rhythm that could work around my work schedule. It was very start-stop, and one time when a routine did start, it got broken because of an extended trip.

I am back to working regular hours and now have a new routine that works: morning run/walk for 45-60mins + 15 min stretching, going into office during lunch hour (hybrid work policy), plus meal prepping on Sundays. Every Saturday is cheat day, when I eat whatever I want, but always counting calories, even if they are “over the limit”. Got a cheap treadmill for home for rainy days so no excuses.

I’m down 6kg in 3 months, and I feel so much more motivated, so I think it’s sticking this time!

Sorry for the word wall, and even if nobody reads it, I’m so proud of me, I wanted to just put it out there. If it helps anyone, that’s a tremendous bonus!

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