I lost 20 lbs a few years ago, following r/loseit and CICO. I've been slowly (and then quickly) gaining since then. I was at 150lbs around Christmas and swore I'd lose weight after New Year's. Instead, my poor mental health (I have bipolar disorder and was on the wrong meds) led to extreme bingeing and by the middle of February I weighed 170 lbs and was obese for the first time in my life. I knew I needed to make a change health wise, but my emotional state was so out of control that I had to put it off until I got mental health treatment.
A week and a half ago I realized that I'd reached a better place emotionally and it was time to start focusing on the weight. I got a Fitbit Versa and dusted off my old MFP account. I decided to aim for a 750 kcal deficit using Fitbit's calculations and 10k steps plus something to get my heart rate up most days. I'm tired of doing C25K every spring, so I signed up for Zwift and got into indoor cycling.
So far I've done 4.5 hours on Zwift, met/exceeded my deficit most days, and dropped 4 lbs on the scale. The first big milestone I'm excited to reach is only 3 lbs away - 163 lbs will put me back in the overweight range, not the obese range.
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source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/fp27x4/starting_the_journey_again_this_time_from_my/
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