A weight loss journey in a graph

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M 6'1" 47yo

Nationality: American, hence the freedom units.

Starting weight: probably over 300 lbs, but the highest I actually weighed in at was 293.

Goal weight: no fuckin' clue. Internet charts say 189. I made it to 189. I was waaaay too skinny. I think I'll be comfortable if I can keep it hovering around 200.

Starting pant size: Probably 46? 48? I dunno, I always bought the ones that could stretch out because then I could pretend I wasn't as bad as I was.

Current pant size: 32 (when worn, the one pandemic benefit.) I was probably 30 when I got down to 189.

I'm posting because I want to show folks that this really is an up and down journey and if you let setbacks get in your way then you reduce the chance that you're able to trend the direction you want. In the graph I've annotated some of the "setbacks" I've had, but I'm not mad or sad about any of them. The long term goal is just to be happy and healthy.

I was pretty big, but the guy in the mirror wasn't. This is a trick our mind plays. I didn't look fat in the mirror, I didn't feel fat. But I was. I wasn't healthy. I was diagnosed pre-diabetic.

My doctor recommended a hospital run group diabeetus prevention class. I was reluctant. I'm not much of a "joiner." But I went in with my wife, which made it more bearable.

There was no information in the class I didn't already know. Junk food bad. Calories in < calories out = weight loss. Eat moar veggies, etc. One exception: The instructor passed around rubber representations of one pound and five pounds of fat. One pound of fat is a LOT bigger than I thought it was, and would probably surprise a lot of folks. Five pounds of fat broke me.

The class had a weekly weigh-in and I think it really, really helped. I was kind of a little bit competitive, and I did lose the most weight in the class (also, the class started with like 30 people in it and ended with 6.)

But the class ended and I kept going.

The big weight loss was just due to setting a calorie budget and then sticking to it. I also started walking and getting 10k steps a day (this eventually evolved into running, with another setback of trying to do too much at once and injuring my knees pretty bad. Don't do that kids, keep it slow.)

I religiously weighed in every day (when possible, I didn't take my scale with me on work trips and vacation -- back in the before-for when we could travel.)

I cut alcohol to a minimum. I still drank on weekends (in moderation) and -- as you can see from the chart -- on vacation I went a li'l ape shit. But it's OK! I got back on that horse and rode that shit back down.

I ate what I wanted. I just ate a lot less of it. I didn't care about macro nutrients. I weighed everything I ate and logged it into the lose-it app. I made the "mistake" of stopping that when I hit my "goal" weight (which I just wanted to see if I could hit it, I already knew it would be too skinny and that I'd want to go up a bit.) I'm still not weighing food, but I'm back to no weekday alcohol and smaller portions by eyeball. It's probably easier to do if you log, but I'm trying to be able to do this without technological help this time. It's working, just not quite as dramatically. But again, that's OK! This is a neverending story journey.

Some wonderful weight loss moments:

• I had to re-train my ipad facial recognition twice.
• I was held once at the airport because my ID didn't look like me anymore. I had to show them the linked graph. (A much earlier version, obviously.)
• I had to buy a new wedding ring.
• dat feeling when I put on a shirt that didn't have an X in it.
• dat feeling when I put on a medium shirt.
• I ran 5 fuckin' miles. FIVE FUCKING MILES. AT ONE TIME. WITHOUT STOPPING. WITHOUT BEING WINDED. JFC I still can't believe that. (I'm out of that again, winter + pandemic closing the gym got me out of the habit, but I'm getting back in.) I used to not be able to jog a few hundred feet before I was out of breath and sweating.

And a few more subtle things:

• the bed sheets stay on, mostly.
• I can bend over and tie my shoes, no kneeling, no propping my foot up on something.
• my smile looks so much better.
• I sweat a lot less.
• I out-walk my dog. Poor guy.
• a million other things....

Anyway, I hope this inspires someone. Thanks for reading!

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HELP! I’m gaining back weight and need an extra push to get back on track

I have gained back about 20 pounds from my lowest and have been struggling again with binge eating. I lost about 100 pounds over the course of a year and a half with CICO and so far in 2021 I have not been maintaining well. Struggling lately with food has brought up feelings of worthlessness and depression. I want to make this post to write out my feelings about this and acknowledge what is happening. I also want to ask people who have lost weight and kept it off for years, how do you manage fluctuations and periods of weight gain so it doesn’t balloon into losing all of your progress? I’m finding out that it is very hard for me to stop tracking and just eat like a normal person. It feels like I must always stay on top of my diet or else things get out of control quickly.

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Scale Milestone and Weight Loss Details

Stats: F/24/5'4"/SW: 225/CW: 160/GW: 145.

I'm officially down 65lbs by using CICO and Intermittent Fasting (20 hour fast, 4 hour eating window). I eat my 1500 calorie limit by 12:30 pm (roughly 500cals for breakfast, 1000cals for lunch), I work out at 5:30 pm for an hour, and then I water fast until the next morning. It's pretty easy that way since after I get home from the gym at around 7pm, I do my nightly bedtime routine and watch TV until I fall asleep to keep me distracted from getting hungry. I use the LoseIt! app to track my calorie and water intake, and I weigh myself once per week. I am not restrictive at all with my diet, I eat everything, I just make sure I get an adequate amount of protein to ensure I'm not losing a ton of muscle through this process. Keep in mind, it's taken me since 2019 to lose this much, last year I basically maintained (give or take 5lbs) because I was working from home so much and it was just a hard year for everyone. I'm down 20lbs since February 23rd of this year. I actually started my journey in 2016 and lost 40lbs, but gained 30 of it back by 2017, didn't diet at all in 2018, then finally decided to get my diet dialed in 2019, all while consistently working out 5 days per week the entire time (advice: you CANNOT out-exercise a bad diet, I am living proof lol).

I haven't weighed 160lbs since I was a freshman in high school (almost 10 years ago). The body dysmorphia is real though and I don't see progress unless I compare photos. I have 15 more pounds to lose before my goal weight! I can't believe how close I am! Happy Friday everyone, and if you're American, have a safe 4th of July! If you have any questions feel free to drop them in the comments!

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12 pounds lost without hating every waking moment

Hello! I am so very excited! I stepped on the scale this morning and I am now 228 (started at 240). I’m a 5’5” 21 y.o. female with Hashimoto’s disease and I’ve struggled with my weight for my entire life. I lost about 50 pounds on keto 3 years ago but have since gained it all back. While keto may work for some, my particular methods of obsessive restriction simply were not sustainable (obviously). Plus, I was miserable during the process. I felt as if there were only two choices in my life: extreme restriction and a 1000+ calorie deficit OR binging everything in sight and “not caring”. Both would result in profound self-hatred and a multitude of unhealthy habits. I felt stuck.

I’ve tried every crash diet you can think of with the unhealthiest mindsets. I’ve straight up starved myself and lived off only water for a week because I was so desperate and self-destructive. I’ve wrestled with bulimia for years. I’ve been severely body-conscious and yo-yo dieting since I was eight years old. I remember being so petrified of my 8th birthday cake because I thought that it would reverse all of my hard work from that month. Yikes.

Now to the present day: I am practicing a CICO diet. I’m eating 1400-1500 kcals (600 deficit) daily instead of what I used to do (900-1000). I allow myself to eat carbs and fruit and gluten without feeling like the world is ending. This is the first diet that I genuinely believe is sustainable. It doesn’t consume my every waking thought as the others have. I cannot begin to express the relief and joy. I’m hopeful. It’s taken about 1 month to lose the 12 pounds, give or take a week or two. I can breathe. What a concept.

I wish everyone a beautiful day and I hope that by the end of July, I will have lost another 10 or so pounds. Best of luck on your own journeys!

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I am pissed off.

So I’ve been on my weight loss journey since Sept 2018. I’m 5-2”and over 40 somehow my weight had crept up to 210lbs. I had stopped working out and didn’t watch what I ate. I felt terrible. After having a break down at my Dr. office I made a commitment to myself to lose weight.

And I did! I got down to 40lbs lost in February of this year. Only 3 more pounds until I was no longer obese! That was my major goal.

To get there, I have chosen to lose slowly and steady with CICO plus WW. I find it much easier to work out then be very strict with my diet. This may be the problem. I lose weight really really slowly like 0.25lbs a week.

In March I got a new job and slipped up with my eating. Was more stressed. I’m still working out 4x week. I’m strong, I have visible muscles but I gained like 5lbs back! To some that’s not a lot. Hell some people will gain that in water/poop. For me it’s 6 months of work down the damn drain!

It’s not like I’m binging. I’ll have 2 cookies or 2 glasses of wine. I’m just eating like a person. It’s just so frustrating how hard this is. What do I have to do, stop eating? Only eat kale. Deny myself all tasty food and alcohol. I don’t know. Thanks for listening.

-end rant

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does anyone else here get constantly insulted by people as a “joke”?

it feels like it’s almost socially acceptable to make fun of overweight people as long as it’s “in good fun”. this has been happening to me for YEARS, and i’m legitimately not even that overweight. (i’m about 40lbs overweight.)

for a perfect example, yesterday a coworker managed to call me a “whale” and a “pig” all within one sentence, and because it was within the context of humor, nobody batted an eye. after all, it was just a joke, right? (i looked at him judgmentally and walked away to embarrass him and make him feel like shit.)

but anyway, the point is that these people are obviously prejudiced against overweight people and they express it through humor, thinking that it’s subtle enough to be brushed off and forgiven, but i’m not going to have a civil conversation with someone who just glaringly criticized me for being fat, expecting me to take it like a bitch or even be in on the joke with them. go fuck yourself.

overweight people are used as social punching bags, and i’m sick of it. even family members have done this to me, and recently i’ve taken a pledge to call it out every single time it happens. seeing them get all flustered and embarrassed is the greatest payback, as that’s how these comments and jokes used to make me feel. i know who i am, and i know who i’m striving to be. i don’t need anyone’s input on it. :)

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SV, finally back in the 120’s

Oh lordy, here it goes. 29F, 4 feet 11. Starting weight 150(?), current weight 127, and Goal Weight (?).

So a bit of back story, the woman who calls herself my mother, decided that I was obese at 12 years old and 100 pounds. She decided to put me on a diet. That very quickly turned into starving me and making me exercise. I started sneaking food behind her back and binge eating. During the time in which I was under her roof, I was bouncing between 95-120 pounds consistently.

When I was 19 I went into the military, I was 110 pounds. And yes, because I did not learn how to eat healthy from my mother, with in a couple years I ballooned up to 150. I know that’s not a lot, but on a small frame it’s obvious.

So back in 2016/17, my BF moved for work and asked me to move with him, in order for me to do so, I had to loose weight so I could find a Unit to transfer into, and I didn’t loose it in a healthy manner. I stopped eating, and I worked out 7 days a week. Of course i gained it back.

Finally last year around October, I really looked at myself and my eating habits and the amount of self hate I had for myself and realized I needed a real change. So I got on keto, and after some trial and error and multiple macro calculators and reading and asking advice (and also being hard headed about it too), I finally found something that worked for long term.

I started eating about 1000-1300 calories, I cut my carbs to 30-50 grams, I started strength training instead of focusing on cardio, I stopped my focus on numbers on the scale or measurements. Instead I focused on how much better I felt, and how stronger I was, and my confidence level.

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