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I am so unhealthy. My diet isn’t terrible, I eat a lot of veggies but I have a soft spot for Smartfood White Cheddar popcorn, and it shows. I am 4’11 and for most of my life, was skinny and could eat anything I wanted. I got pregnant and the weight started packing on over 3 kids, and I haven’t put much effort into losing weight. I’m so mad at myself to have let myself go from 110 to 179. I’m so embarrassed and uncomfortable and I’m starting to see health problems pop up due to my weight. Here goes nothing. I’m so nervous. This is the first gym I’ll have ever joined and I’m actually really excited at the same time. submitted by /u/turquoisegiraffes [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/bgu1v7/i_joined_my_very_first_gym_last_night/

It's been a long road this last year but i decided to totally change my life and get on a program that help get to deeper issues with weight gain over my life. and I can say it's worked i'm down 34 lbs and feeling like i'm making strides to look at my weight and my relationship with food and emotions in a completely different way. Yes I have had set back it's to be expected since i'm starting later in life then i should have. Just means i have more bags to unpack . but hopefully in another year i can come back here and report another good lose year. My starting weight was 440 lbs and as of today i am 406 lbs. it's a modest start but i hope i can push myself to go out more and do more and not let my mind get me to stop like it has this morning. I have to push thru this and break this road block i put up for myself. I just wanted to thank you all. here and in other groups your progress stories give me hope that i can do more. submitted by /u/Mbanks [li

I have been eating a whole food plant-based diet for about 4 months now. For the most part not cpunting calories and feeling full most of the time. Just not adding oil, sugar, or salt and sticking to whole plant foods. Feeling much better. https://imgur.com/a/eGI9amw 6'0" Before 199lb After 169lb My goal was to get in better shape to have the energy to take care of my 2 year old daughter with a rare disease. No more self-soothing with booze (gave it up almost a year ago) or junk food. I have more energy and feel better throughout the day. My daughters syndrome causes her to have 100+ seizures per day, many appointments each week, insomnia (generally up for 2-3 hours per night), feeding difficulties, cognitive impairment, and communication difficulties. It has been much easier for me to focus on her needs while not trying to soothe myself with food or drink. Not sure if I want to lose more weight at this time or not. Mostly going to focus on maintaining my healthy eating h

Hi r/loseit ! I’ve lurked here a long time on various accounts and I’m always inspired by how hard you’re all working. I have read the things in the sidebar about motivation and binge eating - all useful but still don't seem to gel with the below. I’m about 60lbs overweight now. I know how to lose weight, I’ve done it before, but emotional upheaval always gets in the way. Food is a combination of comfort, rebellion and self soothing when I’m stressed/angry (almost becomes compulsive in this context). I've had a counsellor for years, and even when we approach these things I never have any long standing success. I’m not sure what the answer is anymore. I’ve read plenty of books, tried different accountability methods - I even have a personal trainer. I’ve watched people on Instagram transform through “self love”, and I know the answer really is just “do it”, but I can’t find a way to stop myself reaching for snacks/sugar if my mood is anything other than “fine”. For some ad

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I've lost 5 KG (11lb) in about a month before. I went to the gym every day and worked out hard. In total I've lost I've almost 10 KG (22lb) since I started loosing weight and I'm so close to my goal. I'm 78 KG (171lb) now, started at 86 KG (189lb) and my goal is 72 KG (158lb). I need to loose this weight because I'm a trans guy and in my country, the surgeons won't operate on me when I'm overweight. ​ I recently stopped drinking with some help from r/stopdrinking after drinking pretty much daily for over a year and I'm just coming up at 3 weeks sober. I started working out at home because my anxiety prevents me from going to the gym during day hours. I was having trouble sleeping when I went too late to avoid people so I had to give up on that. After a long break from the gym and eating healthy, I've been trying to get back into my old habits, minus the gym, because I want my sleep. I've been counting calories, used Switch Fit Boxing to w

Today is your Day 1? Welcome to r/Loseit ! So you aren’t sure of how to start? Don’t worry! “How do I get started?” is our most asked question. r/Loseit has helped our users lose over 1,000,000 recorded pounds and these are the steps that we’ve found most useful for getting started. Why you’re overweight Our bodies are amazing (yes, yours too!). In order to survive before supermarkets, we had to be able to store energy to get us through lean times, we store this energy as adipose fat tissue. If you put more energy into your body than it needs, it stores it, for (potential) later use. When you put in less than it needs, it uses the stored energy. The more energy you have stored, the more overweight you are. The trick is to get your body to use the stored energy, which can only be done if you give it less energy than it needs, consistently. Before You Start The very first step is calculating your calorie needs. You can do that HERE . This will give you an approximation of your ca

Hello! I'm a 29 year old female (5'5" and at my highest weight, 238.7 lbs). I recently started using Reddit and was happy to see this group because it motivates me to turn my life around, but I feel like I'm in a rut. After years of struggle and humiliation, I finally told my doctors about my binging. I don't know why I do it, sometimes I'm not even hungry. What is wrong with me!? Sometimes I'm exercising and eating fruits and vegetables... doing great, but if I fail in my diet or exercise for more than a few days, I become depressed and disgusted with myself and fall back into old habits and binge eating. Both of my doctors - mental health and primary - shrugged this off like it was a pathetic problem not worthy of discussion. Am I really just a pig that needs more self control? What can I do to prevent binging when I'm stressed or down? submitted by /u/Ambmgil [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/bgtu7d/i_just

Transformation of the Day: Mercedes lost 52 pounds. When her weight began to hinder her from doing basic things like walking to her car or climbing steps, she knew it was time to take action. Now, she is addicted to the results she's getting, and she's in love with the gym. Check out her story. Related posts: Sara lost 80 pounds Maria lost 41 pounds Carmen lost 45 pounds from Black Weight Loss Success http://bit.ly/2GwOHL7

I've lurked on here for awhile but never posted. Seeing all the changes you guys made helped my girlfriend and I finally start thinking about our health and the future. We we're around 280-270 at 5ft 8in. We promised to lose weight in January and decided to run with it. After looking at all the different ways people lost weight, we decided that trying to go vegetarian and counting calories would probably work the best. We limited ourselves to 1600 calories a day and kept at it. I eventually went back to meat simply because the vegetarian meat substitute was starting to get expensive (I can buy chicken patties and get twice as much for the same price). We haven't exercised one bit but we are looking forward to hiking and doing more Sports this summer. I used to BMX race when I was younger and I really want to get back to doing that or mountain biking. The biggest hurdle for me to get over was to stop stress-eating. I've had long standing issues with some mild depression

Hello /r/loseit I've been losing weight and getting into shape for the better of 3/4 years on / off, over this time I have gone from my max weight of 158KG to currently at a nice healthy 82kg / 182LB or so while I'm 6ft 2" I feel amazing, I've been getting much better sleep, I can breathe, I can run for miles now, last Sunday I did had a nice Little walk which I could not even do 1/2 miles before, life is amazing! Heres the kicker, I am now getting much more attention than I previously got which is great and all but I'm finding social interactions harder now I've lost weight. When i was large I had pretty good confidence talking to people because I had more of a "I don't give a fuck" attitude towards everything, now I don't know how to handle social interactions since I've started to care about myself. it's really annoying me as I want the confidence of fat Jaxiki but not the body of Fat Jaxiki. Heres a comparison not sure of t

Hey friends, just posting for some advice. I feel stuck and very defeated. ​ Due to a very deep depression in the end of 2017/start of 2018 I was absolutely immobilized by depression and I put on 45 pounds. My normal weight is a muscular 120-125 pounds and I'm 5'2'' for reference so for someone of my size, it's a significant amount of weight to gain. Before that I was in very good health, active, eating well etc. ​ It was awful, but slowly I came out of my depression and over the course of about 7 months of stop and go dieting (CICO, OMAD) and exercise (cycling, walking) I was able to lose about 25 pounds. I would be on top of things for a month and then just... fall off... spend three weeks eating way too much and not really working out at all until I would snap out of it and get back on track. ​ It took me FOREVER to get below 140 but I eventually did, and weight loss slowed down. By then it was around the holidays and I was also preparing for a big move (t

So I’ll put this out there - I’m not the biggest exercise fan. I do a pretty active job (cleaning) so I feel this offsets any lack of exercise I do when I’m not at work. I like walking and stuff but don’t do any gym or running sessions. However, most mornings I used to enjoy a bit of a dancing session in my kitchen which I called my daily boogie. I haven’t done this for a while and noticed my weight loss slowing down to about a pound a week for the last month, whether my daily boogie helped or not I don’t know - but it can do no harm so this morning I started again and getting that early boost of ‘exercise’ really hyped me up and made me feel good. I’m going to keep going and hope it has a positive effect on my weight loss journey submitted by /u/nopromiseoftomorrow [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/bgs5uk/i_restarted_my_daily_boogie_today_and_it_feels/

Male. 270lbs. I've been on & off (mostly off) CICO for almost 3 years. The first time, I managed to drop 40 lbs in about 3mo. Went from 305 to 260. I felt really good about losing the weight. Everybody would notice and tell me that I've lost alot of weight. I felt proud. Then holidays came around and i fucking derailed myself. I ate soo much food. It didn't help that im Mexican either. We have the bombest holiday food dont @ me lol. Then after the holidays were over, i guess i got depressed of my weight gain. And then just went downhill from there. But now im trying to snap out of it. Im currently 270 right now and my goal is to be atleast 200. I know i can do it. The best motivator for me is r/progresspics . That sub always makes me bounce back. But this time I MEAN IT! submitted by /u/ElMarijuano_ [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/bgri02/after_so_many_tries_im_sticking_to_this/

So like the title says I’ve reached my goal but I’m still losing. I’ve gone from a size 16/14 to a size 6 and planned on stopping but today I realized I could pull my jeans down without unbuttoning them. I’ve been counting calories still and have tried to eat maintenance everyday but my stomach has shrunk. Also I subconsciously feel really guilty if I eat any higher than maintenance at all. I’m 5’11 SW:240 CW:165 according to the TDEE calculator my maintenance calories should be a little over 1900. Some days I eat 2100-2200 and some days I eat about 1600-1800. Fell like I should be balancing out at this amount. Any suggestions? submitted by /u/lalalauren1991 [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/bgs2rr/ive_reached_my_goal_but_am_having_trouble/

Share Your Numbers!!! Welcome back to another week of weigh-in Wednesday. Share your +/- change from last Wednesday to this Wednesday, and a short summary of your week. Sometimes we get lost in the day to day ups and downs and it's good to see our week over week changes. Time to celebrate losses and lift each other up during possible failures. This is not a timed event or contest, feel free to jump in any time. This post was made a staple of r/loseit by u/Kahne_Fan and our thanks goes to him for providing a service that so many find helpful. Past Weigh-In Wednesdays submitted by /u/AutoModerator [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/bgqln0/weighin_wednesday_share_your_numbers/

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Female, 18, 5'4, 130-135 lb I am not overweight but I would still like to change my eating habits. I used to be less than 110 pounds and have a relatively good relationship with food; after unnecessary dieting due to insecurity (which now amazes me because I was already fine before, what was I thinking?) my weight has increased. Now I am trying so hard to overcome binge-eating. I don’t know if mine is severe but I often eat until my stomach physically hurts and I’m close to throwing up. It has caused me stomach discomfort, acid reflux, nausea, and just really makes me feel bad overall. I'm starting to become concerned about my health (eating that much at a time must really wreck havoc on the system.) I eat out of boredom and I turn to it for comfort when it is the very thing that makes me uncomfortable! (gosh) I really hope I can just regain my healthy relationship with food and get over my obsession. I think a little bit of weight loss would come naturally with ending my bin

I've been on my weight loss journey for almost two weeks and have had an almost perfect run of 8/16 intermittent fasting days. My weight went up when I began Seroquel back in 2014 and, while it saved my life and it works wonderfully with Wellbutrin (after 20 different med combos didn't work), it also ballooned me up to 235 pounds at my worst. I'm currently at 205 pounds, down nearly 10 pounds from two weeks ago (and down 30 pounds from my worst in 2016). Also, after taking two weeks off from the gym to get acclimated to intermittent fasting, I'm going back on my workout routine tomorrow. It's all cardio (I can't lift because of a bad neck injury I had years ago) and I love it. I've been stuck at 210-215 for the past year and being at 205 is really encouraging. What sparked me to finally get serious about getting back to my goal weight was that I've had a bunch of really shitty things happen recently and I am trying my best to do everything humanely pos

I'm a 5'0 tall, 26-year-old female who's always been kind of in-between in terms of weight. I want to be slimmer though so I started eating less and doing cardio for 30 minutes a day two months ago at 52 kg, but I feel like I'm losing weight so slowly (only 2 kg in 2 months). I know I could lose 5 kg without looking overly skinny. I don't think I carry my weight well because I'm top-heavy with relatively slim legs. I also want to lose more weight because it'd at least make me look taller. My question is: How do you folks manage to drop to an ideal weight (say, 45 kg) within a relatively short period of time and then MAINTAIN that weight? submitted by /u/starsinpurgatory [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/bgq6c1/fastest_way_to_lose_weight_and_stay_sane_when/

This time last year I was insanely unhappy with my body, a few months later I decided to do something about it. I saw a pic of myself that someone else took and was shocked at how much I detested it and it broke through my denial that it 'wasn't that bad' (spoiler, it was). My most recent goal was to get to a healthy weight for my height (65 kg/ 143 lbs) before my birthday. I hit that goal earlier this month. Today, I got the best b'day gift ever, stepped on the scale weighing 62.6 kg. My starting weight was 82.7 kg so it's happened, I've lost 20 kg!! It's taken around 8 months (including the xmas season in which I somehow didn't gain weight?) but I'm well chuffed with my progress so far. I have to put my success down to counting calories. This sub helped me realise that's what I needed, after all I got fat mostly eating home cooked 'healthy' meals, where could I be going wrong! (the answer is portion sizes lol). But CICO only helped o

Hey everyone (if anyone is reading this lol.) I'm new to reddit, today is the day I start to take my health and my body seriously, and transform my body into the body I used to have and have always wanted. I've been overweight, unhealthy, obese for the past 8+ years and it's time for a change I currently weight 230lbs, my heaviest has been 280lbs and my lightest has been at 160lbs at 5'10. However, I decided now is the time to commit myself fully in transforming my body and health to something better and stop feeling sorry for myself and feeling ashamed by the way I look. I will be tracking my journey and progress here through reddit with weekly updates. I have also created a YouTube channel to track my progress in this journey for anyone that is interested to follow along submitted by /u/eddie_G_ [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/bgnhgt/new_beginning_new_me/

Pictures: https://imgur.com/a/EN8OV7L As I’m sure you can tell, most of my transformation has came from muscle gain rather than weight loss. I have never really been an athletic person, but I realized this was the root of my poorly shaped body. I wasn’t happy with the way I looked out of a shirt even though I have always been a decent weight. After doing some research of my own I realized I was what is called “skinny fat”. I started reading books on nutrition and studying how to workout and what workouts to do. I ended up following strong lifts 5x5 and counting my macros. To this day, that is all I do [with a bit of running here and there] and I am loving the results. submitted by /u/Bizzzleshizzzle [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/bgp1kn/3_months_of_progress_m_56_150lbs_140lbs/

35/F/5'9" SW: 235ish lbs, CW: 150 lbs, GW: 135 lbs. I'm dumb and can't figure out how to add my stats as flair. I keep having to re-introduce myself to people because they don’t recognize me. Have any of you figured out a way to make name tags cool? I’m open to any tips or tricks you guys have for making these interactions less awkward. (I provided my weight history/summary at the end.) I teach upper-level undergraduates at a large university. Sometimes students I taught years ago (at my highest weight) occasionally return to campus to attend special lectures and exhibitions. I apparently carried a lot of fat in my face because most of them don’t recognize me. It’s lead to some truly awkward moments. e.g., I said hello and leaned in to hug one of my favorite students of all time... but stopped short because she recoiled a tiny bit (in confusion). She thought I was a confused stranger for a sec. Colleagues that I don’t see very regularly have approached me to introd

I am a college student who tries to eat very healthy. I eat everything that’s homemade and I avoid eating out unless I’m starving and there is nothing to eat at home (I don’t even go to fast food restaurants - I try to eat a meal that’s decently healthy) or if I’m out with friends/a date. The thing that holds me back is when I go to on-campus events and they give away free food. I went to an event this afternoon and they gave out free Costco pizza and I gave in. I feel bad when I look at selfies of myself. I think I have gained a few pounds since January. My body isn’t in the best shape and summer is coming up. I honestly want to start developing better eating habits so I can be healthy and look amazing. submitted by /u/Then_Finish [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/bgn27y/im_joining_this_community/

I am a 65 year old woman who weighs 220 pounds, 5’5”. I have been heavy all my life, loosing 30 to 5 pounds from time to time during my lifetime only to gain it back. I want to change my eating habits for good! I have self esteem issues. I’m married to my husband of 54 years. He is overweight also. We are both disabled mostly because our weight is killing us!! Only 5 years ago I was 209 pounds and walking my dogs regularly. Using a walker as my back needs major surgery!! But they need me to exercise them so badly!! U have 3 fur babies I love! I want to find the place where I can be accountable daily for staying on track-reporting progress. I love reading your success stories, you are very motivational! You struggle with the same weaknesses I do, and are overcoming them!! I’m excited to begin!! submitted by /u/CathyKeas [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/bgnr7s/hello_winners/

I'm a 30F who is 8 months post-partum. I'm 156 lbs and 5'4", which is almost as heavy as I was the day I delivered my child. Since being home on maternity leave, I feel I have no control over my food intake. I eat when I am bored, and food is always accessible to me. I've been exclusively nursing and don't feel like it has contributed to any weight loss at all. I joined a Learn to Run program, but am experiencing such terrible pain in my knees, that I've had to take a break. I'm feeling incredibly discouraged. I need to motivate myself to employ better eating habits and become more active, but I just can't seem to do it. Any suggestions on where I should start? I'm really disappointed in myself. Thank you in advance. submitted by /u/jn476254 [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/bgng4d/need_motivation/

I've actually been maintaining for almost a year now but every once in a while something awesome happens to remind me how far I've come. We have chinese neighbors across the street. I've talked to the guy there a few times, nice dude. His wife I hardly ever see out and her english is very limited. I'm going to be quoting her verbatim here. I don't want it to come across as mocking. It's word for word what she said. The language barrier added to the confusion of the situation and, ultimately, the humor. The weather was super nice yesterday so I was out with my two year old son trying to tidy up a bit in the garage while at the same time play with him. After a while, the lady across the street comes over. Her: Hi. Me: Hey, how are you? Her: Where...father/mother? Me: Sorry? Her, pointing to my son: Where father/mother? Me, a bit confused: His mother? She's out this morning but she'll be home soon. Her: Where father? Me: I'm his father. At t

I am absolutely thrilled to be writing this. My starting weight was only 153, and as a 5’5” female, that’s not horrible, but still overweight. Even though I don’t have nearly as far to go as many on this sub, but these ten pounds mean I am over half way to my goal weight of 135. So here’s what has worked for me and what I’ve learned since starting in January. I don’t really honestly know anything, but if I can help anyone keep on keepin on, that’s wild. I’ve got two big ones and a few smaller ones: Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. This is my number one rule. It’s what I’m learning to let guide my life, but is been especially good to remember as I lose weight. I don’t have to go to the gym and go HARDCORE five days a week. I was doing this and I had an impossible time staying within my calorie limit! I felt like a hungry failure. I reduced my work out intensity and now I can easily stay within 1500 calories. I don’t have to eat a perfect diet of quinoa and lettuce. Eating a

So I’m a heterosexual 29(F) and I’ve lost 81 pounds at 5’1. Needless to say, I have been attracting more male attention. I got out of a LTR of over 4 years about a year ago. My long term partner often made me feel shitty about my weight and appearance. Now that I have been dating again, the pool of men is much wider and more conventionally attractive. Recently, I’ve begun dating a man that I find INCREDIBLY attractive. The issue is that I feel so much more insecure about him cheating on me. We have agreed to be exclusive, but I just find myself thinking “what is he doing with me. He could have a woman who is so much more attractive”. I realize this is faulty thinking... but it’s part of losing weight when you’re single that doesn’t get talked about. Your physical appearance changes but your mental state sometimes takes longer to keep up. What have your experiences been with losing weight and starting new relationships? submitted by /u/schuenkeo [link] [comments] source h

I'd been working so hard these past few weeks to slim down and lose about five or so pounds. Earlier in the year, I'd gained weight because I wasn't in a healthy relationship with a friend who was fairly abusive and toxic. I wanted to slim down in time for my wedding, and was absolutely thrilled when I got back to where I used to be--the weight I'm happiest at. I went to get my dress fitted with my mom and sister last week and excitedly told them I'd lost six pounds. They didn't say anything at all to me. Not a "congrats" or "good for you". Just nodded and said "hm". When I changed in the dressing room, I looked at myself in my underwear and felt very good about how I looked. I had a flatter stomach and curves, not lumps. I put on my dress--which fits like an absolute glove except for the skirt and sleeve lengths--excited, and don't even make it to the mirror before my mom says "oh, your back is spilling out..." and

So today I went to a restaurant for lunch. Not out of the ordinary. Indian food, lamb korma with rice and a mango lassi because I wanted a treat. Pretty much what I always get when I go to this place. But what's different is last year I would have eaten the whole plate. Today? I ate maybe a third of it and felt full. I'm down over 50lb and my eating habits are so much better, my energy is so much better. This past weekend I went to dance class twice, as usual, but then I spent another 4+ hours doing yard work and gardening. A year ago I wouldn't have been capable of that. I still have a good long way to go but this is a victory. I'm so proud of myself. submitted by /u/sorabird [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/bgjm2w/i_went_to_a_restaurant/

Big men eventually make a decision to wear their pants over or under the gut. I was a 6'3 480# under gut man. It caused me to have to wear really big and tall shirts and/or to tuck in an undershirt to avoid my gut hanging out the bottom of the shirt. WLS in 2015 allowed me to lose 240#'s but I was steadily gaining it back. I miraculously ended up in AA and then OA and have rededicated myself to losing and maintaining my weight. I am sugar free, white flour free and do not snack. I don't maintain any particular diet other than that. I don't count carbs or calories. I got abstinent in October 2018 and have gone from 263 to 222. I have a massive amount of loose skin on my abdomen and thighs but I am, as of this week, wearing my pants at my natural waist. Huge victory for me. Same pants, I'm just wearing them 3 or 4 inches higher. I am a clothes horse and a thrift store junkie so this opens a whole new world for me! I went from 6xlt shirts to Large! 52w 32l jeans to 3

I broke into the 180's and I am so thrilled! I don't necessarily have a goal weight, I'm older now and my body type has changed into a more womanly figure, so reverting back to high school weight I risk looking too thin I think. I've been struggling between 195-210 for years, I just couldn't break it. I'd lose weight, I'd be so close to seeing the 180's again, then I'd "reward" myself and get back into the horrible eating habit, and it was a vicious cycle. ​ I'm fairly recently out of a long-term relationship and getting out of an unhealthy relationship, something clicked. My "habit" of eating, was eating out of comfort because of my depression. Depression from a toxic relationship. I have realized many things since the break-up and they are all extremely positive and healthy realizations, my eating habit being one of them. This morning, I stepped on the scale and it read 188. ONE-FREAKING-EIGHTY-EIGHT! SO stoked, SO exci

23M 6" SW:107kg(235lb) CW:79kg(174lb) Hi everyone! ​ I was an obese kid since I can remember, I drank at least 2 liters of Coca-Cola per day, never had a normal eating schedule. I was bullied because of my weight throughout high school, I hated how I look but never had the strength to commit myseft on loosing fat, until I hit my low point. And that was the turning point, I realised, that loosing weight is not impossible, It's hard, but not impossible, other people done it, so I can do it too! I tracked everything I ate, started cycling daily for 30min, found an HIIT workout routine and It was fun? Yes I enjoyed it, I still enjoying it. I think I found my sport of interest. But I did not realised the weightloss, until I made these new photos of myself about a week ago, and I like how I look like, maybe for the first time in 23 years. I'm still not at my goal weight, but I like the change. Photo 1 Photo 2 ​ I did this post because If someone needs a motivation, I ca

I have not been being accountable in my weight loss journey these last two weeks with family dinners, holidays, and birthdays. I'll tell you guys this mornings weigh in was a slap in the face and I'm so disappointed in myself. Two weeks ago I had hit 190, which my starting was 220. I was so proud of myself. This morning I'm at 199. I just want to cry. Now to suck it up and double down. I'm NOT gonna let this happen again. I dont like to talk to anyone IRL about this stuff cause I'm embarrassed it's gotten this far and I'm this heavy. But I need to put this out here cause I need some accountability for myself and you all understand the journey to become healthy. Time to get back on track. submitted by /u/WhitestTrash [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/bgj4yj/disappointed_in_myself/

Some of you may have seen this posted over at r/xxketo , but I wanted to share this accomplishment with a broader audience. Easter At Easter last year I had given up. After being thin my entire childhood and into my twenties, I had ballooned up. I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, struggling with ptsd and depression, was focused on my special needs child, and could not lose weight. I tried everything, and I could not stick with anything. The cravings were too intense. With each pregnancy I gained 80 lbs, and with each one I was only able to lose a fraction of what I had gained. After the last pregnancy I got into the 180s, but over the next few years slowly realized 223 (or thereabouts... because at some point I quit weighing myself). I’m 5’10. People would always tell me I carried my weight well, and I’d try and believe them. When I looked in the mirror, I couldn’t see the weight... I’d always been skinny. I knew how to stand, what to suck in, how to angle my face, so I li

I hope today can be a fresh start for everyone, whether you’re just starting out or have been doing this thing for awhile. For me this is day one again, after many other day ones. I haven’t officially fallen off the wagon. I’ve just been maintaining my weight for over a year now, even though I’ve been attempting to lose it repeatedly within that time. I decided to kick it back into gear today. Starting out today at 157, I’ve gained a few since my lowest weight. But I’m excited to have maintained it without blowing back up to 185! For reference I am a 5’5 23year old female. Some things I’ve learned during this journey is that you never reach a finish line. This really is a lifetime journey, I never truly understood that until now. I also learned that it’s your day to day habits that really affect your weight. I would have never maintained this weight if it wasn’t for the habits I instilled while losing it in the first place. So I’ll continue weighing my food, tracking my calories, a

This process can be so frustrating sometimes. I [22F] don’t have much to lose, maybe 10-15 lbs tops, and really just for aesthetic reasons. I was living in Mexico last year and as a combination of the lifestyle/getting sick a lot I lost like 13lbs in 10 weeks and I felt amazing about it! But unfortunately of course I gained it all back over the course of the last year living in the US. Now I’ve been doing StrongCurves (shoutout to /r/xxfitness !) since November, and it’s going fine. I lift 4 days a week, and it’s really cool to watch myself be able to lift heavier and heavier weights over time. Especially as a college girl, something about making myself physically stronger feels empowering. I’m also doing CICO on my Fitbit app and eating at a small deficit, 2 days of cardio a week, drinking tons of water, walking instead of taking the bus, and doing 16:8 IF for 5/7 days of the week. All of these lifestyle changes have been surprisingly manageable and make me feel great. But the numb

I have a gym appointment today from 4-5pm (the appointment is to secure childcare at the gym kid care, you don't have to make an appointment to work out), and just asked my husband if we could go for a walk on this nearby trail I've never been on after work. Never before, NEVER would I have spent an hour in the gym, came home and made/ate dinner, then want to go for a walk. Old me would putz around in the gym as little as possible then do NOTHING for like 5 days because I was "recovering". I'm sitting here eating a 260 cal snack tray from Kroger (apples, cheese, almonds, and carrots) for breakfast. Old me would have eaten a solid 3 cups of sugary cereal or went out for pancakes. I went to Sprouts this morning and got my food for work for the next 2 days. Much of it produce. My only "splurge" was a 400 cal per container Hatch Green Chile Mac n Cheese (it's bomb, really. Like the best ever). A 400 cal mac and cheese, as opposed to the 900 cal Panera

Stats: 19/F 5'7" SW: 162 lbs CW: 135 lbs (Lost over 7 months) I've been overweight ever since I was in elementary school, honestly ever since I can remember. Growing up, I hated my body, but I was too ashamed to admit that I was overweight and had problems with binge eating and portion control. I remember in middle school when I would fall asleep dreaming of a magic knife that would cut the fat off of my body, or wishing so badly that one day I would wake up skinny. I never felt like I had control of my body. And every day, I avoided looking in the mirror because I knew I wouldn't like the girl that I saw. Today, though, I looked in the mirror of a dressing room at the mall, and I realized that I love the girl that I see. She's the girl I've always dreamed about since I was little, the girl whose body I wanted to wake up in. It's been a damn hard journey to get here, but I did it! I thought it was impossible, but I became that girl, all on my own! It did

PROGRESS: https://imgur.com/a/2os5uWi Hey! Just wanted to share my progress of the last 7 months.Started lifting last summer around may, but took a break from september until november as I was busy starting at uni. My goals have primarily been to get rid of my 'dad-bud', as it was really nagging me. I've Always been a skinny guy, but have been gaining some weight from my late teens until I decided that I had to change my lifestyle. Before I didn't think at all about what I ate, and would easily binge a lot of candy, chips, fastfood etc with no hesitation.Since then I've been working out mostly 4-6 days a week, and for the most part been able to keep up with eating around 1200-1700 calories a day depending on whether I'm home or at work/school etc. (bare in mind that I definitely sometimes go over that when I'm going out with friends, drinking, for christmas and so on, but I've been trying my hardest to make up for those times on other days). I'll p

So donuts are delicious obviously. But I’ve been trying to be conscious of what I eat by counting calories and just being more mindful and it’s hard to fit in a good donut with that. Without making any drastic changes beside counting calories and not eating out as much I’ve lost a few pounds which is great. However somehow I got designated to pick up the donuts this morning before work for everybody. I figured I would get one either on the side or before I placed them out, and I would only limit myself to one then deal with consequences later in the day (light dinner). But I didn’t eat any! I kept thinking about it, but told myself it’s not worth the calories this early in the morning. And now I have enough calories for a sweet dessert after dinner! It’s a small victory but I’m hoping this is a good sign this time is different. I’ve tried losing weight before and always gained it back or didn’t lose hardly any. But with yalls help I’ve realized it’s truly about portion control and C

Hi! I've been struggling with my weight since forever. I am currently 23 years old and have always played sports, till 6 years ago and this is when my weight sky rocketed. This is also when my parents decided to move across the country, from a city to a rural town, and I decided to go to the university 20 minutes driving from there too. Lately, I've been wanting to pickup sports/fitness again but there's no way of finding anything affordable for me nearby. Closest afforadble gym would be in the same city as my university. However, as I currently have 1 or 2 days of classes per week it'd be a waste of money to get a gym subscription there. Because of the gas and travelling distance. I've been losing weight through cico and sports earlier. By cico alone it feels bad, so much worse and makes me keep falling off the wagon. Did anyone experience something similar or could give me some guidance? I am 23/m/110kg/171cm submitted by /u/FazzSC2 [link] [comments]

Pictures first, here you go, nsfw just to be on the safe side. I am in my boxers in one picture Still need someone to snap a pic of me flexing now, the change is insane from that first shot Forgive me if the formatting is trash, on posting this from my phone at work. So I've always been a bigger guy. Played lineman in high school, always liked food, freshman 15 was really a freshman 30 for me, etc. After nearly a decade of being overweight and hating it, I decided enough was enough. I started working out, started eating better and it was a real struggle. I found out getting fit is a lot harder than just losing the weight, and it took me a long time to get into the groove. Well as of today, I weigh less than I did when I left high school! The last six weeks I've been doing a crossfit bootcamp, and dieting pretty hard, but I lost almost 22 pounds in the last 6 weeks alone it's insane! I'm now officially no longer in the overweight BMI range! Now on to the next goal,

I'm [18M] in the process of losing and I've already made significant progress by losing 40 pounds over the course of 4 months. I started at 253 pounds and now I'm at 213, I'm 6'3". My goal has been to reach 180 pounds, but whenever I bring this up to peers they always tell me that's way too much considering how thin I look now. I at least want to be below 195, but I dont know what exactly the percentage of my body is fat and how much is muscle so I dont know how much more I need to lose. I'm certain any goal I set, I'll reach, so I just need to know where I'm going but I'm lost. One of the biggest issues I have currently is my clothes just dont fit anymore. I want to go buy clothes but I don't think I'll fit whatever I buy when I reach my goal. I dont make much money so I dont want to spend too much, but I also dont know how small/thin I'm going to get so I cant buy clothes in advance. I'm sure I'm not alone in this st

Today is your Day 1? Welcome to r/Loseit ! So you aren’t sure of how to start? Don’t worry! “How do I get started?” is our most asked question. r/Loseit has helped our users lose over 1,000,000 recorded pounds and these are the steps that we’ve found most useful for getting started. Why you’re overweight Our bodies are amazing (yes, yours too!). In order to survive before supermarkets, we had to be able to store energy to get us through lean times, we store this energy as adipose fat tissue. If you put more energy into your body than it needs, it stores it, for (potential) later use. When you put in less than it needs, it uses the stored energy. The more energy you have stored, the more overweight you are. The trick is to get your body to use the stored energy, which can only be done if you give it less energy than it needs, consistently. Before You Start The very first step is calculating your calorie needs. You can do that HERE . This will give you an approximation of your ca

I have lost 155lbs! Yay me! This past Friday, I finally hit ONEDERLAND! I hit 197lbs. This is after a very long tearful journey the past 2 years. I have been fighting with my weight since I was a child. Every single picture you ever see of me is of a fat child. A fat baby standing in a kiddie pool. A chubby kid blowing out candles on her chocolate birthday cake when she was 6. A 300lb me in my high school prom picture. A 350lb me when I got married. A lifetime filled with pictures of an obese person. Even my health was a concern. People made comments how I was breathing hard and I didn't even notice. I was addicted to food. Food was my friend. I grew up so lonely. I had no siblings. No friends. A depressed father and a mother who did nothing but work to support us both. I found comfort in food. I ate every single emotion I felt. That habit didn't quit even after I met the man I married. He didn't care though, he loved me for me and thought I was beautiful. I love him so mu