Weight loss support thread

[Accept Only Substitutes]

So, fuck it, in my attempt to actually live up to my goal of losing my beer gut (or as I've heard it called before, Xbox Belly, since I don't drink), I'm joining in.

Spoiler: Introduction bullshit, since I don't know what the fuck I'm doing. Shit tons of PL ahead.

To speedrun this shit: 259 at 5'9, most weight is in my gut. I DO blame genetics (fat asses on both sides of the family, at least three generations before I lose track), but not as a scapegoat, as I got down to 180 but that involved starving myself and damn near breaking my knees (military or homelessness situation), so I know for a fact I can do it, and if I pace it out more, probably even without killing myself. Working nights from 5 PM to 4 AM, so getting outside, as well as cooking, is kinda rough, but not undoable, and I'm fully aware I'm making excuses. Have a shitty mini-gym and a pool in my apt. complex. Poor as fuck due to outrageous rent, so fuck getting an actual trainer or a real gym.

Tried keeping an eye on calories, last time I checked I was too low, and have since just gotten fucking lazy. Currently stuck eating shitty frozen dinners at lunch, and usually ramen for dinner. Am trying to cut soda out entirely, but I fucking hate the taste of water (tap water tastes like poison, and bottled water all tastes...just bad.), and I get sick of flavor packs real quick. Don't care, going to double down on the water. My biggest problem is 100% my activity though. I don't do shit most days. Trying to gamify it to get started, before moving onto just...doing it, ya know?

To start, when gaming, any loading screens or respawn timers is spent doing quick workouts (squats/pushups/situps), and I make sure to get 30 minutes (minimum) of decent cardio in the mornings before eating, though this slips my memory a lot, I'm damn sure working on it. I'm also trying to get swimming in at least twice a week, but it's pretty rough with my hours.

My goal isn't any number, just losing the gut and titties. Putting on some muscle wouldn't go amiss, less for strength, more for looks, admittedly, and I'd like to get some of my stamina back. I don't need to get back down to military standards, but I'd like to not get winded so fucking quickly.

Bonus challenge is to help my wife out too, who's gotten a bit of a belly on behalf of living with my fat ass, and would like to trim it down. Though, she has legit reasons to have a harder time getting active, those being a fucked up back (not crippled, but very tender, due to a previous incident), and asthma. I don't know how much of that is excuse, and how much of it legit, as I'm pretty damn sure my back pain is purely from said fat ass, and I don't have asthma, so I don't know how much to push her, when and where. Any advice for her will be read over my shoulder, so feel free to offer it.

I don't know if the purse dump is needed or wanted, but, as stated, I don't know what the fuck I'm doing. Never figured I'd talk to the farms about this shit.

Water tastes better the more you drink it. The only kind of water I like is reverse osmosis filtered. Here in the States the cheapest way to get water is by the gallon. Gallons labeled "drinking water" are typically reverse osmosis filtered. The label should say. Avoid the spring water gallons, they are not RO filtered and taste like minerals.

All over my city are little water dispenser kiosks. That's the cheapest way to get good water. Here it's thirty five cents a gallon. Get several gallons at your favorite store and keep refilling them.

In my own struggles, I've been having a hard time. I'm eating all the peanuts, over a cup at a time and there goes 800+ calories.

Today it dawned on me that I'm craving salt, because this peanut craving gets really strong the day after I stay under my carb limit (50 grams/day). It's not fat I'm craving, because I'm getting lots of that.

In the morning I drink coffee and kool-aid/crystal light (made with splenda). I am going to start adding 3/4 teaspoon of salt to the jug when I make some and that will hopefully help the cravings.

I've still lost 6.2 pounds this month, which given my calorie tracking doesn’t seem possible, but the numbers in Happy Scale don't lie. I know my app doesn't account for the endless twitching of my feet because my antipsychotic makes me restless. I wouldn't think it would burn that many calories, but when you're doing it 12-16 hours a day I guess it adds up.

Next month my goal is to do a better job at staying under my carb limit/not exceeding my calories. The carb cravings aren't too bad, but I want to do a better job avoiding the junk carbs as well. I also want to keep up with my exercise, maybe even rejoining the gym to go swimming.

 

[F-35 Lightning II]

Gonna try to start posting here, I've lost about 20lbs in the past 3 months just by skipping a meal, usually lunch, and I switched from a lo-carb monster a day to the diet sodastream energy drink once a day.
I was 5'9" 250lbs and just last Thursday I hit 230, gonna try to start using myfitnesspal again, but my adhd makes it hard. Just had a tooth pulled so I have been eating very little and only liquid food for the past week, so it probably helped a little bit, but the loss has been slowing down.
My wife is also losing weight, but she has PCOS so weight loss isn't as simple as CICO, she's been sustaining around 700 calories a day, and 3 days a week she only eats 400.
We were going to the gym about once a week, but the influx of revolutioners makes it hard, as we both have mild social anxiety.

 

[Harambe]

Gonna try to start posting here, I've lost about 20lbs in the past 3 months just by skipping a meal, usually lunch, and I switched from a lo-carb monster a day to the diet sodastream energy drink once a day.
I was 5'9" 250lbs and just last Thursday I hit 230, gonna try to start using myfitnesspal again, but my adhd makes it hard. Just had a tooth pulled so I have been eating very little and only liquid food for the past week, so it probably helped a little bit, but the loss has been slowing down.
My wife is also losing weight, but she has PCOS so weight loss isn't as simple as CICO, she's been sustaining around 700 calories a day, and 3 days a week she only eats 400.
We were going to the gym about once a week, but the influx of revolutioners makes it hard, as we both have mild social anxiety.

The anxiety will improve and if you both focus on strength training and making a fit habit like running (aka jogging) a daily thing you will see very positive very encouraging results. If you go 3-4x a week you will like how you look in 3 months and notice the changes in one. Make a good habit buddy.

I lost about 40kg a couple years back and I'm working on the last 15 these next months after letting 10 creep back on when I started drinking heavy again. If you want any diet advice or whatever can message me.

I'm starting a weight loss competition for Feb with my lifting partner, I'll post my progress when I see this thread again.

 

[Accept Only Substitutes]

I've been doing bodyweight strength training exercises for a week and a half, and now I'm adding in cardio. I hate cardio, but it's good for the heart so whatever.

My stationary bike has an eight week "weight loss" pre-set program on it. I did week 1 day 1 today and survived. I'm pretty sure I was working harder than they wanted me to, but my watch said my heart rate was average of 133. Zone 2 most of the time, I don't know what that means though.

Afterwards I had some celery and a couple tablespoons of ranch. A snack that size is built into my daily plan, so I didn't just eat back the calories I burned. Hopefully this will keep me from starving later today.

Feeling pretty proud of myself TBH. Still hated it, but the fact that the timer was counting down made it more bearable. Counting up timers just mean I call it good enough way before I'm done.

 

[Harambe]

Thats

I've been doing bodyweight strength training exercises for a week and a half, and now I'm adding in cardio. I hate cardio, but it's good for the heart so whatever.

My stationary bike has an eight week "weight loss" pre-set program on it. I did week 1 day 1 today and survived. I'm pretty sure I was working harder than they wanted me to, but my watch said my heart rate was average of 133. Zone 2 most of the time, I don't know what that means though.

Afterwards I had some celery and a couple tablespoons of ranch. A snack that size is built into my daily plan, so I didn't just eat back the calories I burned. Hopefully this will keep me from starving later today.

Feeling pretty proud of myself TBH. Still hated it, but the fact that the timer was counting down made it more bearable. Counting up timers just mean I call it good enough way before I'm done.

That's great! As a sub for ranch, look into making tzatziki. It's Greek yogurt, cucumber, onion, garlic, lemon juice and dill. It is super low calorie, easily customizable (remove what you don't like authenticity is for Greeks) and it serves the same purpose as ranch for you--veggie dip and salad spread.

Here's chef John's recipe, https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/232530/chef-johns-tzatziki-sauce/

I encourage you to give it a try and skip the waiting steps this is a recipe you can make with half the ingredients (cucumber garlic Greek yogurt lemon juice are the core) and in 10 minutes if you're not fooling around and don't mind it thinner than if you strained ithe yogurt and wrung the cucumbers. Making your own dip will also feel more earned than ranch. The flavor profile is more refreshing while still complementing any old thing with garlic, acidity, and creaminess, held in balance by the cucumbers mellow vibe.

 

[Accept Only Substitutes]

Thats

That's great! As a sub for ranch, look into making tzatziki. It's Greek yogurt, cucumber, onion, garlic, lemon juice and dill. It is super low calorie, easily customizable (remove what you don't like authenticity is for Greeks) and it serves the same purpose as ranch for you--veggie dip and salad spread.

Here's chef John's recipe, https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/232530/chef-johns-tzatziki-sauce/

I encourage you to give it a try and skip the waiting steps this is a recipe you can make with half the ingredients (cucumber garlic Greek yogurt lemon juice are the core) and in 10 minutes if you're not fooling around and don't mind it thinner than if you strained ithe yogurt and wrung the cucumbers. Making your own dip will also feel more earned than ranch. The flavor profile is more refreshing while still complementing any old thing with garlic, acidity, and creaminess, held in balance by the cucumbers mellow vibe.

Interesting idea. I don't like cucumbers though, but I could leave them out like you said.

Have you ever tried making Greek yogurt with regular yogurt and cheesecloth? Regular yogurt is about half the price of the cheapest Greek yogurt and we've been eating a ton of celery so it would add up quick.

 

[Harambe]

That's pretty much what Greek yogurt is so you'd probably do fine. Strained yogurt is a fantastic foundation for a low calorie savory dip, so experiment. Remember ranch is the milk of the infidel

 

[Lerias]

I was 89kg/ 196lbs in June 2022, teeteringly close to the 90kg / 200lbs mark. Chris-chan levels of physique if you will. By that point, I decide to stop eating like a fucking pig (some 48-hour fasts thrown in), cut out carbon drinks and alcohol entirely (only drinking those on special occasions), and 8km walks every day.

Just weighed in today at 77kg / 171lbs . For reference I'm 176cm / 5'9" tall. Might be barely a "normal" BMI but I see this as a W. I'll keep pushing and reach my goal of 75kg / 165lbs.
You can do it too fellow fat kiwis. Just my few insignificant words of encouragement.

 

[Accept Only Substitutes]

Man, the carb cravings are out of control this morning. I'm not even hungry but I spent ten minutes looking around my house for sweets, even though I know we don't have any.

I am proud of myself though, we have some instant mashed potatoes, cans of corn, and dried fruit that my husband is eating up so we can get rid of them. I didn't eat any of them. Good job me.

I'm hoping that what everyone who's done keto is correct and these cravings will go away. I just have to white knuckle it, I guess. Not fun, but it's worth it to be off my diabetes drugs.

I did make some faux Gatorade yesterday with salt and kool-aid and it did stop the hunger pains I was having and soothed the peanut craving, so I was right about why I was craving them.

My legs are super sore from riding my bike yesterday so I'm going to rest and do day two of the program tomorrow.

 

[cerulean hydra]

I'd been 130lbs most of my teen+adult life, a little chubby but not unhealthily. Over covid I managed to get up to 155 and had a hard time shaking it and sticking to a diet last year. Over January I managed to lose 4lbs and I'm down to 151. For now my goal is just 140 with 130 (maybe 125) being a stretch goal.

Eating between 900 - 1200 calories per day. and actually weighing my food now. I was probably having 1000 calories per meal before without even realising, eating on autopilot. Still relying mostly on carbs because poor, but trying to keep a 50:50 ratio of carbs:protein+fat. Still having issues with hunger pains but I've been able to mostly ignore them.

Struggling with the exercising aspect though. Rough neighbourhood makes jogging dangerous. Upstairs apartment means I can't really do much cardio indoors. I've tried to make a habit of doing dumbbell exercises, though (just 10kg each). I might try doing some walking outside of this area once it gets warmer, I feel like I can't get very far anymore though, everything starts to hurt after a mile these days.

Anyway, I know my goal isn't huge, I just wanted to share because I'm happy about the 4lb loss and didn't really have anywhere to do it.

 

[FraudFrog]

I'd been 130lbs most of my teen+adult life, a little chubby but not unhealthily. Over covid I managed to get up to 155 and had a hard time shaking it and sticking to a diet last year. Over January I managed to lose 4lbs and I'm down to 151. For now my goal is just 140 with 130 (maybe 125) being a stretch goal.

Eating between 900 - 1200 calories per day. and actually weighing my food now. I was probably having 1000 calories per meal before without even realising, eating on autopilot. Still relying mostly on carbs because poor, but trying to keep a 50:50 ratio of carbs:protein+fat. Still having issues with hunger pains but I've been able to mostly ignore them.

Struggling with the exercising aspect though. Rough neighbourhood makes jogging dangerous. Upstairs apartment means I can't really do much cardio indoors. I've tried to make a habit of doing dumbbell exercises, though (just 10kg each). I might try doing some walking outside of this area once it gets warmer, I feel like I can't get very far anymore though, everything starts to hurt after a mile these days.

Anyway, I know my goal isn't huge, I just wanted to share because I'm happy about the 4lb loss and didn't really have anywhere to do it.

Good for you buddy! Keep it up, that’s where I started out at, 152 lbs. I’m down to 120 as of last week, It took nearly 7 months for me, so I know you can make it too. Just be consistent and confident when you have a bad day. Someone said in this thread that 1 great day isn’t going to make a difference, so 1 bad day won’t make one either.

Walking is great cardio, if you can afford a treadmill, even a used one, get it. You have to walk at the machines pace unlike walking in your neighborhood. My carrot on a stick is that I only watch anime on it, gives me something to look forward to.

You’re doing great with food, but I would supplement with a multivitamin and some tangerines or fruit when hungry. I’m sure someone will disagree with me, but I feel the added fiber and natural sugars are a benefit.

 

[Battery Low]

everything starts to hurt after a mile these days

I don't know your specifics, but at my heaviest I could barely walk anywhere without awful pain (in my feet mostly. I have tiny hooves that aren't built for carrying all of that weight) Once I dropped some pounds I started small and quickly found that they didn't hurt anymore.

The feeling of utter liberation from being able to walk pain free again was a HUGE boost. I now walk miles and miles for fun, weight loss and mental/physical health (and to save money, as a fellow Poor).

Starting with the food, allowing a few pounds to shift first, then building myself up with longer and longer distances worked like magic. Hopefully you'll find things go similarly for you and gives you a light on the horizon to aim for.

Like most Fats, I was in denial about how much my weight was the root of my pain, blaming age and genetics for my joint issues. Turns out that even if those things do play a role, everything improves if they're bearing a smaller load - whodathunkit?!!!

 

[Harambe]

Weighed in today at 99.4, about the same as yesterday. Ate about 1700 calories yesterday. Aiming for 1500 today.

Goal is 5kg in 4 weeks or most by end of Feb, loser is buying some celebratory burgers.

 

[Smar Mijou]

Here's my "introduction" cut, pasted, and updated from my response to this thread. :

I've always been on the heavier side, and have gone up and down in weight my adult life in the past ~20 years from roughly 220-280 fluctuating back and forth. I would get on a fitness or health kick and for one reason or another always fall back off the wagon. Luckily I've never had any major health issues from my weight. Well, I got an annual physical exam this last October and when I stepped on the scale I was absolutely disgusted with myself. 304 pounds. I've never been anywhere close to that weight before. Like everyone else, I'm not getting any younger, and I don't want to be one of "those people" that you see on mobility scooters by 40 or dead of a heart attack before the age of 50.

It was embarrassing as hell, but I found a well regarded dietitian and weight loss specialist who I consulted with and has helped me out greatly. I've always known what foods are generally "healthy" but have learned alot about macro and micro nutrients, what combinations of food work well together, and what "healthy" foods you should avoid like the plague, or limit to small amounts. I downloaded an app ( My Net Diary ) and for the first time ever, I'm keeping track of everything I eat and drink (besides water) and it helps me keep tabs on my calories, vitamins, protein, fats, etc. I've cut out  ALL added sugar, fast food, processed foods, most anything that has preservatives, and anything that is pretty much "prepackaged convenience store" junk. I haven't necessarily gone keto diet, but have cut back on carbs, generally switching out rice and potatoes for beans and other filling foods with more fiber, less starch and a better, lower glycemic index. I generally aim for less than 2000 calories a day, but everyone is different depending on their goals and body type.

I've also started going to the gym after work for light exercise over the past few months, and while I've never been a fan of running, getting back into the routine of almost daily weightlifting makes me feel amazing and like I did during football season when I was in high school! As far as my exercise routine, I generally do a couple of different exercise programs on the treadmill with incline jogging/walking and walking/running programs with weight lifting sessions in between each program. On my off days from work I will recover by just doing mild cardio to allow my muscles to recover. As of today, February 2, 2023, from day 1 of getting serious on November 10, 2022, I've gone from a highest measured weight of 308# on my personal scale to a lowest weight of 256#! And that is with no crash dieting or starvation, no bullshit water restriction or marathon sessions in the gym. I maintain pretty strict adherence to the app as far as counting calories and try to be as accurate as possible. And I generally err on the side of caution, and my weekly average calorie intake is between 1250 and 1500 calories per day. It helps that I try to eat similar foods most of the time, and when working, I tend to meal prep for a few days worth ahead of time. My ultimate goal is a total weight around 190# by the end of 2023. I don't necessarily obsess over the scale either, since weight will fluctuate every day. I usually enter my weight in the app every friday when I get up for the day, and maybe once or twice throughout the week just to monitor my progress.

 

[Soy Dora]

I've been in-shape (lean muscle, little fat) the majority of my life but I haven't pushed myself in years. Decided to cut 15-pounds before a big bulk (5'10 - 176lbs to 160lbs). I've lost 10 pounds (176.8 - 165.6) since 12/27/2022, and this was during my honeymoon, the holidays and moving apartments. My thoughts on weight loss from a 10-year weightlifter:

Regardless of how you view weight loss, its calories in calories out. There's no way around that simple fact assuming no medical issues. The sooner you accept it the sooner you will start to see progress. Bad diets, secrets to cutting fat. All of that shit is worthless. The only thing you need to lose weight is to develop discipline. The saying "pain is gain" is one of the truest statements ever said, so learn to love pain.

Diet. Dieting is the single most important change to make to lose significant weight. While you can lose weight and eat shitty, you will also feel like shit. You can feasibly workout to reach 3k-3.5k burned a day (RMR included) but if you eat 2.5k-3k you are only going to see minimal progress. When life hits and you can't hit your calories burned goal for periods of time, your bad diet will quickly put you back up in weight. You can easily lose weight without working out, its just going to be more diet intensive and give you less wiggle room on what you eat.

Diet recommendations:

• Protein is what makes you feel full. Trying to hit 0.8-1 grams of protein per pound of body fat will help you get through eating sub-2000 calories. A plus is you can maintain/build muscle while losing weight if you are hitting your protein goals. Super difficult and may not be what you are looking for but I am trying to maintain while cutting.
• Invest in a scale so you can measure everything you eat. Guestimating is not a thing.
• Invest in a smart watch/Fitbit. Fitbits are cheaper and will pretty accurately calculate all of your calorie info, just don't lie to it or yourself.
• Drink water. 3 liters at a minimum. I drink sodastream carbonated water (no flavor), 3-5 of the bottles you get with them a day. The carbonation also helps with the hunger you may feel.
• Get some sleep. Your body doesn't function right without it. 7-8 hours whenever possible.

The below is what I eat pretty consistently. It can get boring, but I like it and it's relatively affordable. Plenty of room for variation and additions. An ideal meal consists of a protein (main part), a fat, and a fiber. As long as you're hitting those, you'll feel full and fuller for longer.

Breakfast: Greek yogurt with at least 15 grams of protein (90-130), serving size of a jelly of your choice (30-50), half serving size protein granola (100-150), half or full serving size of honey (20-50), real cinnamon (not cinnamon sugar) Total Calories: 300-350, 20-25 grams of protein

Lunch: Chicken is your best friend. Learn to love it, learn to cook it and learn to suck it up if you don't. Baked chicken is the easiest. 2 chicken thighs (400-500) with a serving of rice (160). Season both liberally and don't be afraid of salt! Total Calories: 560-660, 45-55 grams of protein

Dinner: Ground beef or Ground Turkey tacos 4oz of your ground of choice (170-270) taco shell with protein (70), hot sauce, lettuce (5), just a sprinkle of shredded cheese (10), Other condiments that are zero-low calorie. Eat 2-3, Total Calories: 450-650, 45-60 grams of protein. If you aren't a ground meat person you can substitute other forms of meat. They can just be harder to measure for calories and protein.

Throw in a protein shake (preferably with water or skim milk) for another 30-50 grams of protein. This can be taken whenever and would only be if you are starving or muscle building. Add another 170-250 in the total calories if you do this. Vegetables can also be added into any of these meals. The beauty of them is they are little to no calories, so finding the veggie snack of your choice can help with cravings. I prefer carrots and broccolini (not cooked).

Total Calories for the day (high end): 1660 Call variance 200 +/-
Total Protein for the day (High end): 140 Call variance 10 +/-

Working out - Too many people focus on working out over dieting, See the above if you are one of those people. I used to be one of those people. Once you get your diet down, now its time to get those calories burned. You should be working out/being active an hour to 1 1/2 hours a day. Especially if your like me and sit in a chair 8-10 hours a day. I workout twice a day with home intervals to get my sedentary ass moving.

Figure out what you like/don't like. If you hate running, don't fucking do it. You (99% of the time) won't stick with it if you hate it. Most gyms have bikes, stair climbers, rowing machines, HIIT area's, punching bag, etc. Figure out what you want and don't be afraid to waste a gym day trying something new. Starting off, I recommend 30 minutes high incline walking (3.0 speed, 6-12 incline). This should get you 250-350 Total calories burned, more if you are higher weight. Everyday, up how long you do this until you are at an hour. Once you are more comfortable/more in shape, expand into some of the other options I mentioned for increased burns. HIIT is great because it makes your heart healthier and has extended burn time past the workout. Weight lifting also burns calories, but not as much as the other options if you are only lifting weights. If you want to maintain/grow muscle but still keep your heart rate high, try throwing in some interval workouts in between sets. I do birpys, jumping jacks, push ups, squats, lunges, stair climbers after a set. I only do one of these in between sets, not all of them lol. This generally keeps my heart rate in the 130-150 range.

The last thing is you have to get your the metabolism going. I WFH and have a desk job, so I do any of the above intervals for 2-5 minutes 5-10 times a day. This gets me a extra 100-300 calories burned outside of the gym. If you have the time/energy, do more.

Gym Calories burned: 900-1200
At-home Calories burned: 100-300
Total Calories burned: 2800-3500 (Variance based on how hard I push)
Resting Metabolic Rate: Averaging 2000 now. Before I started pushing myself it was average 1700.

This is just what I do. Modify it to meet your needs or ignore it if you found something better.

 

[Harambe]

Doing a 24 hour fast today, should be down to high 97.something kg tomorrow

Eight days in to the weight loss contest, not too bad. My competitor is keeping his pace up as well. Hoping fasting gives me the edge. Started at 99.4kg.

Edit: Hit 97.05 this morning, almost halfway there. Think this month is going to be most weight lost instead of first to 5.

 

[Heinous McAnus]

Been a long time lurker around here, joined to get some support in the losses to trans thread and found alot of support that really helped me turn my sons around on a dark path, and decided today to check to see if there was a weight loss support thread.

After reading for some time I feel like perhaps even posting this is a mistake as alot of the struggles here are for weight loss goals I can acheive in a single BM. I dont even speak to my friends and family about my weight until only this last year, and even then, all i see is the quiet acceptance in their eyes that i am going to die young from my weight until I tell them about my journey. Fuck it, here goes.

The past is imma fat kid, and i mean... my doctors were convinced i had a hormone problem, By ten years old i was five six, over 100lbs and wearing 26 inch pants, by eleven i was 6 foot, over 150 and wearing 32 inch. When i turned 15 i was 6ft4, 475lbs and 50in waist.

just for record my waist includes my Gunt, i cannot wear pants with my gunt hanging over it as it is not only uncomfortable, but i already look like two boogies and dont want to go to 3

I tried diets, atkins, all the horseshit but only activity showed any stopping of the weight gain and gave me some loss. at 15 i started football and had the only few moments of pride at my physical performance, our hell week was 3 a days and watching all the assholes who snickered at me struggling to get into my pads not show up the next practice was the sweetest memories of my youth. I managed to get down to 375 and maintained after HS with a contracting job where I loved working with skinny poles my own age but due to learning from my general contractor father and working with him underage i knew how to keep up with these kids a third my weight and in several tasks i could outperform them.

It all ended when i fell from a ladder and destroyed my knees in the injury, for 15 years i bloviated, was on 80mg of percs for the pain just to work a shitty mcjob, but the activity kept my from blimping much above 500, then I decided to get away from my DR. and quite the opiods and get a desk job... all great success except my weight, it began to slowly rise.

when the pandemic hit and i was stuck at home, i ballooned, after a few months i told my wife my pants were getting tight and i needed new ones, a regular request once or twice a year.... and she told me.. the fat clothes shops didnt have any bigger ones.... i went to the dr to check my weight, and they sent me to a farm scale to discover i was less than a hundred lbs from winning records for fattest fat ass who can still hobble his fat around without motorized assistance. My weight was so high i never told anyone who wasnt the dr who found out, but here no one knows me, i was over 1000

I moved home not long after to care for elderly parents and began my work.... i have lost around 500lbs and am still a fat fuck.... i made so much ground but this last 6-9 months ive hit a plateu i cannot shake at all.
This is the first ive ever reached out for help, my families all fatties and they have always acted like this way we are is okay... but i have sons who are growing up and they are already starting to make the same mistakes, and it makes me hurt when i do it, but when they binge or make bad choices i pull off my shirt, tuck my pants to my ACTUAL waistline and i show them that making these descisions young leads to looking like me.
I guess i just hope that one day i can use my body to inspire them to make good changes and not terrify/gross them out to do so.


TLDR: stuck at 500lbs, the only thing thats effective is a sub 3k cal diet and constant excercise but its stopped working, any suggestions?

 

[ATI Escapee]

4lbs down about 15 or so until a healthy bmi. Kicked my energy drink habit (again).

 

[UtadaWasabi2]

So many fat fuck on kiwifarm wtf(me too). I am going to lose some weight too!

Currently at 128 lbs baybeeeeee

 

[Tren Shapiro]

TLDR: stuck at 500lbs, the only thing thats effective is a sub 3k cal diet and constant excercise but its stopped working, any suggestions?

If you were eating below 3000 calories and constantly exercising you would be losing weight. Properly count your calories. If you aren't losing weight, consume less. You know what you need to do. You can either stop being a fat nigger and do it, or you can dick around for a couple more years and die of a heart attack because you decided eating a sleeve of Oreos for breakfast was more important than your family.