Down 88 Lbs today

88Lbs down I started doing keto July 19th because my doctor said I needed to lose weight and put me on bp medicine. I was 264lbs and the doctor scared me enough for me to stick to whatever I was going to do. 2 weeks in I discovered intermittent fasting, and started doing 16/8. I did well with that was losing weight quickly, 2 weeks later, one day (because of work) was too busy to eat lunch. I didn’t realize until later I hadn’t eaten. From that day on I switched to one meal a day. I eat around 6 and make sure I get about 1800 calories in that one meal. I dropped weight fast, I got down to 180 on January 22nd. I stayed there until March 22nd then went to 179. 2 days ago I hit 178, and my body decided to stop the stall I guess because I’m at 176 today! If you decide to do what I did, my advice would be gradually go into one meal a day!

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30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 30

Hello losers,

Happy Saturday!

Weight by end of month (200 lbs, preferably trend weight): 202.6 this morning, 204.5 trend weight.

Stay within calorie range (1500 ish): 1500 ish planned. I promise I'll do the math eventually for week 3 & 4 average lols. 2/2 weeks weekly calorie average, minus maintenance Mondays.

Exercise 5 days a week: Tooling about in a park today. 26/30 days.

Self-care time (journaling, working on love journals, beauty treatments, drawing 0/23 days): TBD.

Try a new recipe once a week: Cowboy caviar, dry navy & black beans into plump & ready to cook beans in the freezer, 15 bean soup with ham & sweet roasted chickpeas with nuts so far. 3.5/5 weeks.

50 pages of The Body Keeps the Score: Probably not tonight. 26/50 pages.

No fast food, candy from the work dish or Starbucks: 4 day streak no fast food looking to beat 25, gift card only Starbucks, 3 candy related lapses in judgement.

Listen to my effing body: So thirsty kids. It's hot & I got a fair amount of sun so no surprises there.

Be more mindful & express gratitude, avoid the hedonic treadmill: I'm grateful for video calls & all the technology we have available to stay in touch with our peoples.

Your turn!

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[M19] Feeling very disappointed in myself over weight gain...

I started my weight loss journey in September last year, and ended up losing almost 20 kg, I started at 106 kg and ended up at 88 kg which I was extremely happy with and I was able to maintain that for a good while, but since I got reckless and gradually began gaining weight again but nothing crazy, roughly 2-3 kg.

I'm very bad when it comes to boredom eating and I still live with my parents and my mother buys a lot of junk food and bakes a lot of cakes and whatnot. I also admit have terrible self control so I'm not blaming my mother in any way, but long story short I've managed to get back up to almost 98kg and I've lost a lot of my muscle gains since Gyms are closed down.

The main thing that is upsetting me is how much effort and work it took for me to lose all that weight only for me to gain it all back in a matter of months, I feel very disappointed in myself and I feel a bit lost as to where to start again.

Not really expecting much out of this post, kinda just wanted to vent and if anyone else is in a similar position I'd lie to hear how you're dealing with it.

TL;DR: Fatty --> Not Fatty --> Fatty Again :(

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Ready to make a change

I am about a stone overweight, it never bothered me, I always thought 'I'm just a bit curvy, its fine'. I feel like I've tried everything, slimming world, cico, keto. Nothing seems to shift the weight. I work in a care home and today a resident asked if I was pregnant and said I look fatter lately. I need to do something about it, everytime I look in the mirror I feel disgusting.

So I guess I just need some advice on where to start? I cook all my food from scratch and generally eat meat or fish with potato, pasta or rice and lots of veg. I drink a lot of water, but I do like a glass of wine occasionally and sugar in my tea/coffee when I have it. Thanks so much for any help or advice you can offer.

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Giving up on trying to lose weight and starting to try and eat healthy

Today I made the decision to stop weighing myself and tracking my calories. Why?

Because I noticed something going back through my weight records from the last time I lost a bunch of weight (80lbs) - it was a time when I was tracking weight but not calories. I was eating a whole food plant based diet (no processed sugars, fats, no added oils, etc.) and simply weighing myself once a day. I made journal-like comments with each entry and I noticed that weighing myself was making me miserable. The focus on the number started to make me neurotic, and I quit and went back to binge eating when the number stalled out.

DESPITE the fact that I was feeling great.

This has made me realize something - the weight only matters to me because it matters to other people. When I eat healthy and feel good the only time I think about my body is when other people make a big deal about it. Well, I do not exist for them and I do not think it is healthy to believe that if my waist in a certain size I'm a better person. If I feel good I'm going to call that good.

So, goodbye scale and macros, hello big bowls of fruit and plates of brown rice. Eat when I'm hungry, stop when I'm not.

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[NSV] Sugar Makes Me Sick Now...

29/F

SW: 276 CW: 231 GW: 130

Today we celebrated my niece's 1st birthday! We had crab legs/seafood boil and grilled artichokes, so I was able to budget enough to enjoy a slice of cake and 1/2 cup of Halo Top ice cream.

Since starting my journey in January, I've cut out nearly all processed sugar. When I eat sweets, I bake the sugar-free mixes and only eat 1 or 2 mini-cupcake portions at time. Mostly what I've been eating here lately is a 1/2 cup of Halo Top ice cream at night.

So I was a little excited to have a piece of cake with very thick, rich buttercream icing. I cut myself a small piece, maybe half the size of a usual serving. I took a couple of bites and was honestly disappointed... the sugary buttercream had no taste to it besides SWEET. Syrupy, goopy sweet that just tastes like cavities. And though I've always been an "icing" person, it was just... gross, to be frank. I ate the cake with my Halo Top to mask the flavor.

Since eating the cake, however, I've felt awful all afternoon. I've had a stomach ache and honestly just want to lay down. This has driven home to me that sugar just doesn't have a large place in my diet any longer and in the future, I will limit myself to just a couple of bites of cake and not even a small slice.

Part of me is happy for the experience though. It reinforces the fact that I've made a lot of lifestyle changes and now if I ever have temptation in the future, I can remember how bad I felt today.

How is everyone else with sugar after making lifestyle changes? Have you noticed this in your journey as well?

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Second times a charm?

F/20/5’7 SW: 277 CW: 270 GW : 180

Just after finishing the first week of my new diet and exercise plan and I’m really happy so far with 7lb down. I know this is probably mostly water weight at first but I’m still really proud.

I’ve been a big girl my whole life and have always struggled with body issues and it’s really come to a head now and I’m not happy and want to get healthy. When I was 17 I successfully lost 42lb and was feeling really good about myself then went through a year long depression and ate my feelings and gained it all back and then some. Then I went to university and stopped caring about nutrition and calories when I was just having fun and it has bitten me up the ass big time lol. Throughout quarantine I’ve been eating loads aswell due to boredom and trying new recipes and baking for fun, and I stood on the scales and was horrified that I had gained another 20lb over the past few months and I have decided to do something about it.

I have been aiming to eat a balanced 1200-1400 calories a day and have been doing fun dance workouts everyday for around 20-25 minutes and I already feel so much better. I have a lot more energy, I feel happier and less depressed than before and I even got asked by a family friend if I had lost weight. Honestly just posting here to mark the start of this journey and will keep posting as a sort of journal. Thank you to whoever has read this!! We’re all in this together and we will all get healthier and feel better.

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