Weight loss support thread

I'm 5'6 and at 151lb-- The highest I've been in a while. I can no longer exercise due to hip issues. I want to get as thin as possible (without being unhealthy) simply so I don't have to feel any hip pain.
It sucks because I gained all my weight the second my hip started hurting again-- I got too used to the high calorie and lots of exercise life. *sigh*
So I'm going on Atkins to drop weight fast-- it's worked for me before. It's hard to even walk and I know even a little too much weight can fuck me up-- and I'm tired of not being very mobile.
Talking loads of vitamin supplements while I'm doing it. Also I'm doing all the phases and not just dropping out after induction (which is why a lot of folks fail on the diet)

Day 3 on Atkins and I feel pretty weird. Better than I did when I first was on atkins ages ago though-- I wasn't taking vitamins before!
 
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I was wondering if anybody could help me out here. I've been working out, doing cardio pretty regularly for the last couple of weeks. I took about a 1 week break before the 4th of July where I only worked out 1 time that week, but afterwards I started again.

I usually do about 45-60 minutes on the elliptical machine on medium resistance (9/20), keeping my heart rate at around 145-175 bpm for most of the workout. and I've been doing pretty well until yesterday where I only did 35 minutes because my knee felt a little tweaky. My knee feels fine, but I didn't work out today because I feel muscle fatigue. Anybody knows what I can do to make it go away. I want to continue doing cardio because it's really helped with my weight loss, but I'm worried I might have to take a break, and maybe start lifting weights a little bit, but even then, I don't think my legs will handle me doing deadlifts and squats, so I might have to stick to doing only upper body workouts like the bench press, or something else.
 
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So I've completed the fourth week of me working out four days a week with my friends. I don't know if it's just me, but it appears that my fat is decreasing and the muscle is increasing, if ever so slightly. However, I still haven't lost any weight since I started. I just hope any new muscle weight is offsetting the lost fat weight, rather than my Abilify prescription being a dick and stopping me from losing weight. You see, starting Abilify was the reason why I gained about 30 lbs in the first place. 30 lbs is significant on a small/short person such as myself.

Perhaps I need to exercise harder? I do sweat and I do feel the muscle burn when doing elliptical and strength training. However, I don't feel as horribly sore as I did after workouts like I did during my first workouts. Do I need to work out so hard that I feel horribly sore the next couple of days to get a good workout??
 
Now that I'm getting even closer to my weight goal, I'm increasing my calories (I'm well below maintenance, so I can afford to), particularly my protein and carbohydrates, for 2 reasons:
1. To make even more sure that I lose as little muscle mass as possible.
2. The increased carbohydrate intake will improve my athletic performance so I'll be able to do more in the pool and on my bike.
I'll have an extra spare day to go to the pool, too, so I'll get in another session per week of freestyle sprint intervals.
I'm also going to start making my own lunch so I can get exactly the nutritional balance I want.
 
so I recently went from 227 lbs to 168lbs (the healthy weight for my height) through a low calorie diet and lots of working out... like absolutely loads, I don't know where my motivation come from and I don't know where it went

now, I'm a teenage girl so trust me when I say I've known someone who has tried every fad diet so I don't believe in them at all. I saw perfectly good results from just not drinking pop (or soda, as you call it in America) and cutting out all fast foods and boredom snacks. just have 3 around 600 calories meals a day and only snack on fruit/veg/nuts/low fat dairy products.

obviously a paleo diet works but you need to slowly brining in the carbs again and doing a little bit more cardio/weight training if you ever reintroduce them or else you just pile the weight back on. personally I'd be scared to make such a drastic change to my diet.

I'm now back at 176lbs and struggling to motivate myself to go to the gym.
I actually hate cardio so much and I love food. and of course alcohol. I'm hoping writing this post might motivate myself a bit more too.

I think I need a tumblr account with all these #FirstWorldProblems
 
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Since I've started working out about a month ago I've lost 1 inch from my neck's circumference and 1 inch from my waist's circumference. Hooray! I'm sloooowly losing my unnecessary adipose tissue. Very, very slowly.
 
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I've been trying to decide what exercise is the best for me since I've went through most of the work-out DVDs at my local library. I found the ones that involve dance, yoga, pilates (sp) or lower-impact aerobics are less of a strain on my legs (the higher-impact stuff I can do for at least 10 minutes before it starts hurting too much), can do them for a long time and I have more fun doing them. I'm still trying to walk in place as much as I can at work.
 
Well, about three weeks ago I went to the doctor and had a Come to Jesus time: I'm 5'3 and I was 159 lbs! :( I hadn't noticed really how heavy I've gotten until I looked in the mirror in my sister's room (I don't have a full-length mirror in my room because it's too small and as for using the one in her's...well, let's just say that's another story all together). I was trying on an outfit to wear to a funeral and I was horrified. Sooooo....it's time to stop deluding myself.

My main issue is that I sometimes snack more out of boredom than hunger. It's like, there's nothing on tv, oh hey, I think we have cheetos. I also have a major, major weakness for sweets. (And this is going to sound disgusting, but I fucking love peanut butter, to the point that I will eat it straight out of the jar.) That's gotta stop.

My plan:
I've been trying to cut down on the sweets, eat better, eat only when I'm actually hungry. I'm not really counting calories, per se, I'm just trying to eat less and not eat so much crap. I did the same thing last summer, and managed to get down to 133. The only thing was I really didn't plan my meals very well -- I didn't eat a variety of things, and I got bored with it, and gained it all back. So, I'm trying a wider selection of stuff, and hopefully that helps. I'm not denying myself treats, but I'm eating them as just that: treats, not all the time things. They're "once in a while", so that makes them even better. Or if say, I go out to eat and want dessert, I might just get a salad. I try getting an appetizer or soup instead of an entree, or if I get an entree, take most of it home. (Those things are fucking HUGE).


AND...last night I weighed myself, and saw that I lost three pounds. It's not much, but it felt really good. Wish me luck! (Sorry if this sounds spergy. I was just really, really happy to see the weight loss last night. Like it is fucking working.)
 
If you want something to start with;
If you want to eat, take a mirror and watch yourself in the eyes while you stuff your mouth.
 
I've lost six kilos in the last three weeks. I don't have a secret, but I eat little during the week and relax on weekends. Also caffeine and water help keep the hunger away.
 
Recently I've been trying to get more exercise so I can look like an at least decent tranny. I've been doing some exercises lately but I'm having problems keeping up a decent schedule and sometimes I just eat sweets for no reason. I pretty much jut need to cut down on sitting around and cookies & shit.
 
Gayligula said:
lol you cant hold that weight
Have fun gaining 8 kilo when starting to properly eat again
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I'm eating 1k to 1.5k below maintenance. It won't be too hard to keep it with proper calorie counting and macros.
 
I haven't read this entire thread, so I apologize ahead of time if some of this has been said before. It's a pretty long post, so you're gonna have to click it:

How I went from 240 to 180 in one year in five easy steps:
-Quit hating yourself.
-Make some friends.
-Move out of your parents' house.
-Get a shitty job.
-Live off of Top Ramen and eggs.

Getting serious, though: once I sucked up my social anxiety and started getting out more, I began to lose weight fast. I realized that it wasn't some kind of addiction to food; I just had no self-respect and kind of accepted the retarded "wahhh im fat wutever i cant change that i hav nuthin btr 2 do but eat ill nvr have a bf bc im soooooo uglee and worthles boohoo."

Now, don't quit eating. For the first month or so, it wasn't even my intention to lose weight. A major contributing factor was being almost completely broke after all the rent/bills were paid off. Since then, I've gotten a much better job and can afford to eat, but now I've adopted a much healthier diet than I had way back when, and I'm still losing weight.

This isn't an elaborate guide for a daily exercise routine or Weight Watchers. This is just what worked for me. So ignoring the part about starving yourself, here are my biggest tips for weight-loss:
  • Most importantly (for me, at least): start respecting yourself. If you completely loathe yourself and the way you look, that's going to majorly outweigh your desire to become healthier (pun intended). If you don't believe that you're capable, losing weight is more of a fantasy than a goal, and you're going to give up.
  • Unless you amputate your limbs, you're not going to lose that much weight overnight. It's gonna require a lot of patience.
  • If you're determined enough, it is possible to do it all by yourself, but support definitely helps a lot. Personally, I don't think I could have done it without my friends cheering me on through the ride. Having Borderline Personality Disorder and major social anxiety, it was extremely hard to find any friends. (I had a completely non-existent social life in my teenage years.) Forcing myself to become more open with people was like torture, but it was one of the best decisions I'd ever made, and now I'm a million times happier.
  • Exercise can be a total bitch if you're fat, because you become exhausted, sore, and out of breath almost immediately. Start small. Instead of driving to the local McDonald's, just stroll there with some earbuds. The closest eating joint was about a mile away from my house, and since I can't drive due to epilepsy, I'd simply walk. As time went by, it became easier, and I started walking more and more. Exercise and muscle building wasn't as difficult. Nowadays, if I want to get downtown (which is three miles away) and I'm not in a hurry, I don't have to take the city bus.
  • A pretty obvious one, but seriously, eat less. I'm not talking about 500 calories a day, but don't eat half a pizza for lunch. If you do it because you have nothing better to do, start taking up some hobbies. From some other people I've known who DID suffer from addiction, this helped a lot because it acted as a distraction. The less you eat, the less it takes for you to feel "full" in the long run.
  • Eat healthier. Yeah, at first I began to lose weight by not being able to afford food, but after I could, I quit eating junk. Honestly, that's a far better (and easier) way to start off. Nowadays, I'll eat junk food on occasion, but I don't crave it.
In the end, each person is different. These tips will not apply to everybody, and most of them are "well, duh". It's just what worked for me, and it made me realize that it wasn't some unreachable fantasy. Make your own plan and stick with it. It's gonna be a very bumpy ride, but unless you have a physical condition that makes it impossible to lose weight, anybody can achieve it. Just believe in yourself, let your fellow kiwis cheer you on, and don't give up.
 
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Weight still dropping steadily at about a pound a week.

And yes, do NOT skip meals. That will only lead to gorging later. Even if you just have a small breakfast or lunch, it's better than not eating at all.
 
Just found this thread and skimmed through some posts on the first and last two pages.
I've been trying to lost weight since April last year, work an office job 40hrs at least a week, and due to hours, I don't get a lot of time to go outside (plus, Scottish weather on top of it all, the days I'm able to go out, it's pissing with rain). I started using MyFitnessPal and cut calories to 1200 a day and this year I bought a Fitbit to help encourage me to go out walking more and I've lost about 47lbs, but I plateau a lot, and I'm not really on a strict diet or anything. I want to start going to a gym, but I have a lot of self-esteem issues, as well as dysphoria so I'm not comfortable being in a gym as of yet.

I saw @BentDuck mentioned using MFP, any other of you folks use it and would be cool with adding me on there? I'm also hoping this thread may help me more and I should maybe get on /r/loseit more but, again, I'm working a lot and when I'm on my phone, I'm too busy catching up on cow threads here. *sigh*
 
I think I have a borderline eating disorder, anything I eat, no matter what it is makes me feel terribly sick so I eat very little. Most days I only have 1 meal and then I get the munchies at night and eat everything in the universe :(
 
Bugaboo said:
I think I have a borderline eating disorder, anything I eat, no matter what it is makes me feel terribly sick so I eat very little. Most days I only have 1 meal and then I get the munchies at night and eat everything in the universe :(
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Wanting to eat mostly at night, you say? The closest thing related to that is night eating syndrome. However, I have no medical degree, so you can discuss this further with your health provider.
 
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