How People react after you lose a lot of weight - Validating but Annoying!

I’m pretty sure everyone who has lost a lot of weight has had this experience before, especially with your friends and family. I have lost 70 pounds so far and everyone I know keeps mentioning my weight loss! Saying “how much weight I lost” and “how pretty I look!” And yes this is very validating and flattering, but I didn’t expect so much talk about it! And everytime someone says it to me, I think “wow I must’ve looked very fat back then”, and I was very fat haha. Sometimes I look at myself think that I don’t look very different, but my family and friends think otherwise which is comforting.

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Realizing My Sugar Cravings Aren't a Willpower Issue

Hi everyone

I'm on a weight loss journey and I've started noticing a pattern that's really surprised me and I wanted to know if anyone else is experiencing this

For a long time I considered my sugar cravings a failure of self discipline On "good" days I could stick to my plan but on stressful days especially after long hours at work the urge for something sweet would be overwhelming I always felt guilty thinking I wasn't putting in enough effort

But recently I've started to think that it's not about hunger or discipline at all I don't feel like this craving is a natural "I need food" signal It feels like my brain is exhausted and screaming for a quick break or a moment of rest It's an emotional feeling related to stress not a physical one

Thinking this way has helped lessen the guilt but it's still a real struggle It feels less like an appetite problem and more like a side effect of mental exhaustion

Has anyone felt this difference? How do you differentiate between genuine hunger and stress induced food cravings on your personal journey?

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Scale staying the same

Hello everyone I’m 5’11 and currently 239 pounds. I started my journey at 251.8. At the beginning I’ll be honest, I was eating over my calorie limit of 2,100 and there were days where I would stall around 246 to 248. I eventually got past that by being more strict with my calorie intake. Recently I’ve been doing better. Most days I stay under my limit and if I do go over it’s usually only by about 25 to 75 calories. (This has only happended 2 days this week)

Lately though I’ve been stuck between 239 to 242. I’m usually 239 in the morning then after eating during the day I sit around 242. I’ve also started doing 30 minute treadmill sessions to try to keep progress moving, but I’ve been stalled at 239 for about 5 days now. Is this normal during the weight loss journey?

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Replace the dopamine

So, I’ve been on the wagon for about 3 months now. And honestly, I’ve discovered my own cheat. I have bad impulse control and always have and I’ve lived long enough that I only have enough discipline and willpower to practice guitar and get up in the morning, as well as go for a workout. Other than that anything I want to change needs to be replaced with a different source of unearned dopamine. I figure it’s harm reduction.

As such I’ve just replaced the dopamine source high calorie foods served as with other unearned sources of dopamine. Some days it’s excessive cannabis use, some days I play video games. I also add dopamine to my weight loss goal - I’m an avid watch collector so I let myself buy a new watch every 10 lbs.

Call it unhealthy, call it whatever you want, but making myself obese is probably the single worst way to get that unearned dopamine so I’d say I’m doing better for myself. I’m down 15 lbs and I feel better every day.

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I lost weight and now people won’t shut the fuck up about my body

I’m just so fucking tired. It’s 9:30pm and I’m crying in my bed, completely exhausted. I’m a 31F, almost 32.

A year ago, I left my boyfriend because our relationship was going absolutely nowhere. We were stuck in a loop, and after yet another fight, I finally signed a lease somewhere else and left.

To keep my mind busy, I decided to get my life back on track. My job wasn’t bringing me any joy anymore. I’m a blue collar worker for my city at first it was cool, I was outside a lot and doing physical work, but as I gained seniority, I ended up mostly just driving trucks. On top of that, my coworkers were getting more and more on my nerves… and I still had like 25 years left of doing that.

So I decided to take control of my life and go back to school to train in arboriculture (tree climbing with ropes, cutting dangerous or problematic branches).

When I started the program, I weighed about 176 lbs and I’m 5’8. The course was extremely demanding, and having adhd, I constantly felt like I was chasing a moving train always confused, struggling to organize myself, struggling to follow steps. I truly felt like the black sheep.

Long story short, I barely made it through, but I did finish. And I’m really proud of myself.

But all that stress, the anxiety, climbing every single day, plus changing my eating habits after leaving my ex made me lose 35 lbs I went from 175 to 140.

During my training, I was on unpaid leave from work. So when I came back 9 months later, people were shocked by my weight loss. I kept telling myself they’d get used to it… but it’s been 2 months now, and every single day people bring it up. They ask what I did, my “secrets,” my tips, etc.

I try to stay nice and answer politely, but it’s getting heavy. Nothing I say is ever enough, it never satisfies them.

Today my boss said: “How do you stay in shape? You don’t even work out!?”

She KNOWS I haven’t worked out in 2 months because I’m literally always at work 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, since it’s snow removal season and it never stops snowing.

That was honestly the last straw. I seriously can’t take it anymore.

I’m the same person. The same girl. With the same body. My doctor checked everything I’m healthy.

I’m just so damn tired of hearing about it 😢

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Two(ish) Month Weight Loss Progress

SW 225 | CW 205 | GW 145 | HT 5'5"

I made a post here back in November when I finally decided to start my weight loss journey, and people gave me some really good advice about calculating calorie deficits; I'm now down 20lbs in 2.5 months, which is pretty exciting! For context, I (23F) originally gained about 50lbs my first two years out of college due to the sudden shift in activity at work (went from food service to a desk job). I had been upset with the way by body felt and looked during that time, but I didn't take initiative until this past November.

I now go to the gym five times a week for about 45 minute sessions, with upper body for two days, lower body for two days, and one core day. My daily calorie intake is currently <2000, and I've tried to eat smarter without restricting certain foods altogether. I definitely still face struggles, such as not noticing a visual change in weight or getting upset when my weight fluctuates around my period, but I'm overall really happy with my progress.

I just wanted to share my journey thus far, and I hope that it keeps trending in this direction!

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Built my own calorie & macro targets spreadsheet - looking for a sanity check

Hi all,

I’m working on a long-term weight loss plan and decided to build my own spreadsheet rather than rely entirely on an app. I’d really appreciate a quick sanity check from people who understand nutrition/macros (Link to screenshot of sheet at bottom of post).

This spreadsheet is part of a broader self-tracking system I’m building. I log individual foods in a FoodLog that references a curated FoodRef table with verified nutrition data, and a DailyLog then updates automatically by aggregating calories and macros from the FoodLog. Alongside this, I record weekly body measurements (weight, VO₂ max, and circumference measurements) and daily contextual variables like sleep hours, stool quality, exercise minutes, and exercise type. The MacroGoals sheet brings this together by defining calorie and macro targets by weight band and desired rate of loss, so I can compare planned targets against observed trends over time.

Context:

• Female, 29, ~180 cm
• Current weight ~127 kg, goal ~70-80 kg
• Focus is fat loss while preserving muscle and minimising loose skin (I understand loose skin will almost certainly be unavoidable, but i'd like to do the best I can)
• I’m aiming for sustainability over speed

What I’ve done so far:

• Calculated BMR by weight band (every 5 kg)
• Used a conservative baseline PAL (1.25) for low-activity days
• Calculated calorie targets for ~0.25, 0.5, and 0.75 kg/week loss
• On days I exercise, I add exercise calories separately rather than inflating PAL

Macros:

• Protein scales with weight (currently ~1.6 g/kg)
• Fat scales with weight (~0.8 g/kg)
• Fibre is set at ~14 g per 1000 kcal
• Carbs are calculated as the remaining calories after protein + fat

The sheet lets me pick a target rate of loss per weight band and automatically adjusts calories and fibre accordingly.

What I’m looking for feedback on:

• Do these macro assumptions look reasonable for fat loss + muscle retention?
• Any red flags in how I’m calculating protein, fibre or carbs?
• Anything you’d simplify or change if this were your setup?

Here's a link to a screenshot of my MacroGoals sheet (Imgur)

Thanks in advance 🙂

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