Weight loss support thread

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Put on enough weight between heavy telecommuting over the past few years and the "lockdown" last year that I'm now in deathfat tier. Trying to figure out what to do. Need to stop using Grubhub and maybe try going back on Keto or picking up a new Juicer.

Got that stupid ring exercise game for the switch, might dive into that some.

 

[The I Scream Man]

I'm gettin slightly bitter, I've lost 50 pounds since middle of September but I've plateaued I think, I've been staying well under my BMR for calories daily and yet I can't seem to keep shedding the pounds. Guess I'll just have to stick religiously to staying under 2000 calories daily and see if that does it

 

[Diet Purple Pepsi]

Not having to work for the holidays means I'm gonna need to stick to regular exercising until the winter break's over. I'll probably stick to little shit like walking my mom's dogs and using my arm weights/doing crunches and shit while watching TV. This time of year's always when I gain the most weight but I'm not gonna undo the progress I've made this year.

 

[Distended Gunt]

Update: at 96 kg (211 lb) now.

Update: 90 kg (198 lb) now.

I bought some new work shirts as I was still wearing retardedly oversized 4 and 5 XL shirts and my colleagues couldn't believe how much weight I'd lost.

 

[Least Concern]

Screw your optics. I'm going in.

…to Planet Fitness and signing up for a membership. Strongly considering it anyway. I've been trying to cut calories for over a year now and even though I think I'm eating a lot less now than I did then it still feels like any weight loss I achieve is only temporary and it just comes back again. I guess I'm just getting too old and my metabolism is too slow for this to work only via dieting. My dad used to be chubby but he's a skinny fuck now, so this shouldn't be impossible. Time for a change of plan.

I know Planet Fitness is kind of a meme but there's a convenient location nearby and it's cheap. I'm not gonna worry about gainz for now and instead concentrate on deguntifying, and a treadmill's a treadmill, right?

I won't dox my height and weight but I will say my BMI is 29 according to an online calculator. I understand over 25 is "overweight," and my current target weight would put me at 24.2.

Let's do this.

 

[The I Scream Man]

Screw your optics. I'm going in.

…to Planet Fitness and signing up for a membership. Strongly considering it anyway. I've been trying to cut calories for over a year now and even though I think I'm eating a lot less now than I did then it still feels like any weight loss I achieve is only temporary and it just comes back again. I guess I'm just getting too old and my metabolism is too slow for this to work only via dieting. My dad used to be chubby but he's a skinny fuck now, so this shouldn't be impossible. Time for a change of plan.

I know Planet Fitness is kind of a meme but there's a convenient location nearby and it's cheap. I'm not gonna worry about gainz for now and instead concentrate on deguntifying, and a treadmill's a treadmill, right?

I won't dox my height and weight but I will say my BMI is 29 according to an online calculator. I understand over 25 is "overweight," and my current target weight would put me at 24.2.

Let's do this.

Man who gives a shit about optics, you can go to any gym you want as long as you don't buy into the hype. Planet Fitness is only a meme because they sniff their own farts constantly, if you're at all dedicated to getting fit you'll grow out of it (that anti-grunting rule is the silliest thing in the world) but if its what works then go for it, you got this

 

[Least Concern]

Man who gives a shit about optics, you can go to any gym you want as long as you don't buy into the hype. Planet Fitness is only a meme because they sniff their own farts constantly, if you're at all dedicated to getting fit you'll grow out of it (that anti-grunting rule is the silliest thing in the world) but if its what works then go for it, you got this

The line about optics was an allusion to a line some WN tard posted on Gab before shooting up a synagogue a few years ago.

Anyway, went in, but at the front desk they told me I'd have to use their app to sign up. lol okay, silly me, trying to make a commercial transaction in person in the year of our Lord twenty-twenty-one. Guess I'll start tomorrow then.

 

[Mr. 0]

The line about optics was an allusion to a line some WN tard posted on Gab before shooting up a synagogue a few years ago.

Anyway, went in, but at the front desk they told me I'd have to use their app to sign up. lol okay, silly me, trying to make a commercial transaction in person in the year of our Lord twenty-twenty-one. Guess I'll start tomorrow then.

go on a run around the neighborhood and start bench-pressing the fat chicks at the nearest dive bar; I'd be pissed if I got told by a gym NO GET THE APP TO JOIN UP

 

[Black Light Red Panic]

225.4 lbs as of December 16.

I wanted to make a video of me standing on the scale but it's reflective and you can see my face.

 

[BobbyBriggs69420]

Edit never mind

 

[Sperghetti]

Anybody know of a nice calorie counting app that just counts calories? I really like barcode scanning features. but it seems like every app I find wants you to go through the rigmarole of setting a goal weight and a date so it can calculate out a plan before you're allowed to do anything else. I just want something that tracks calories without having to tie them to a goal.

 

[Ira the Weatherman]

Anybody know of a nice calorie counting app that just counts calories?

Yes, it's called a spreadsheet.

 

[igordarin]

I picked a target weight for a BMI of 21.75, which is exactly in the middle between underweight and overweight. It meant losing 30 pounds, and it's taken me 6 months. I like the way I look now, but I'm attracting quite a lot of negative comments. I'm also slightly worried that my body fat percentage is too low. I'm not a body builder, but I have enough lean mass that I looked okay even when technically overweight by BMI, so I'm concerned that maybe even at a healthy BMI I might be at an unhealthy body fat percentage.

 

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

I started fasting, for weight loss but religious fast, eat nothing on a fast day but bread (biscuits, cornbread, etc.) with whatever topping and a glass of cranberry juice at the end of the day.

I lost 13 pounds (from 235 to 222) in about a month and a half but now that I’m about done visiting home for Christmas it’s undone half my work.

 

[Battery Low]

Started 2021 having squeeked up into morbid obesity. As of this morning I'm *finally* at a healthy BMI (only just, 24.7)

Even before I got here I could feel the benefit on my joints and stamina - keep going Kiwis! It's totally worth it!!

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Ps it wasn't a new year's resolution. I'd been unhappy with how I looked for ages but got pregnant and suddenly had so much more of a reason and motivation to change my lifestyle. Giving up booze and going low carb may have given me more time and capability with my daughter and it fucking rocks.

Find the thing that drives you, even a hobby or goal and the rest should hopefully fall into place.

I started fasting, for weight loss but religious fast, eat nothing on a fast day but bread (biscuits, cornbread, etc.) with whatever topping and a glass of cranberry juice at the end of the day.

I lost 13 pounds (from 235 to 222) in about a month and a half but now that I’m about done visiting home for Christmas it’s undone half my work.

If what you're doing works for you and provides a downward trend, then blips like the holidays are just that, so long as you jump back on that horse. Setbacks happen but you've proved to yourself that you can loose the weight so don't let yourself get too discouraged! Most people gain this time of year, but it's eating like that all the time that's the problem, not merely allowing yourself an annual indulgence

I picked a target weight for a BMI of 21.75, which is exactly in the middle between underweight and overweight. It meant losing 30 pounds, and it's taken me 6 months. I like the way I look now, but I'm attracting quite a lot of negative comments. I'm also slightly worried that my body fat percentage is too low. I'm not a body builder, but I have enough lean mass that I looked okay even when technically overweight by BMI, so I'm concerned that maybe even at a healthy BMI I might be at an unhealthy body fat percentage.

I think some of it is that society isn't used to seeing people at a healthy weight. Where I am overweight is the norm so "healthy" looks "skinny" comparivly speaking.

Maybe try this if you're worried about health: https://www.calculator.net/body-fat-calculator.html

...but if you're healthy and happy with your looks just try and explain to people that they don't need to worry about you (or tune them out if it's a "bitches be jealous"-thing!)

 

[WebLurker]

I picked a target weight for a BMI of 21.75, which is exactly in the middle between underweight and overweight. It meant losing 30 pounds, and it's taken me 6 months. I like the way I look now, but I'm attracting quite a lot of negative comments. I'm also slightly worried that my body fat percentage is too low. I'm not a body builder, but I have enough lean mass that I looked okay even when technically overweight by BMI, so I'm concerned that maybe even at a healthy BMI I might be at an unhealthy body fat percentage.

People are saying mean shit to you? Ignore those cunts.

Get fit for your own health, life and peace of mind, not because of the shitcunts in the world who will just find something else to put shit on you for. No matter how much you weigh, you will never silence the arseholes in the world - because it'll never be enough - and you'll only make yourself feel like shit in the attempt.

Do it for yourself, mate, and only yourself!

 

[sparklemilhouse]

I like the way I look now, but I'm attracting quite a lot of negative comments.

I feel you. There is this creepy old man at my workplace who wouldn’t stfu to me after my weight loss surgery. Suffice to say, he was reported along with not wearing his mask in our work area (obviously this was last year).

I reached one of my goal weights, and I can buy quality clothes at the thrift store now.

 

[igordarin]

I think some of it is that society isn't used to seeing people at a healthy weight. Where I am overweight is the norm so "healthy" looks "skinny" comparivly speaking.

Yes, I'm in the UK, so overweight is viewed as healthy here. A problem I have is that when I lose weight, my cheeks hollow noticeably, and I start to look gaunt. I appreciate that people aren't used to it, and will make negative comments.

The other problem is that my diet programme has me turning down food, and I respect that this is hard for people. Eating is a very social experience across all cultures, and we get a lot of pleasure with sharing and offering food to each other. If the other party is turning that food down, I understand there may be some concern. Unfortunately, the US and the UK are cultures where the food we are sharing is utter junk, especially at Christmas. So if I've had Christmas dinner and I'm offered mince pies, Christmas cake, Christmas pudding, Cadbury's chocolates, nuts, crisps, and I'm turning it all down, I do come across as abnormal. It's somewhat sad to me that I now get asked by visibly overweight people: "why do you have such a problem with food?"

 

[MARlNA]

I had lost a ton of weight in 2020 and was back in a normal weight range, but 2021 hit hard and I gained about 20 back. I'm not at what I started at, at least, but I am still pretty disappointed in myself. However, I have gone back to intermittent fasting and weight-lifting + running which has caused me to already lose 5 pounds since Christmas which is nice.

 

[Black Light Red Panic]

Ended the year on 223.6 lbs

Not happy with the plateau but new year, new routine, new plan, perfect time to play anyways. More working out. More cardio. No more fasting, either. Gonna try to drop the remaining 80 before June 1st. I don't know what I'll weigh exactly at 8-12% but my best guesstimate is 140lbs or lean/skinny. Whatever works.

Don't wish me luck, I work too hard to need it.