Weight loss support thread

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SpinelessArtist said:
Any tips for sticking to a routine would be greatly appreciated
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Building routines are basically a combo of (1) make doing the right thing as easy as possible and (2) make doing the wrong thing as hard as possible. Anytime you fail to stick to your routine, really dig down and try to find the reason why.
  • Problem: Sometimes I would arrive at the gym and realize I forgot to put my running shoes in the gym bag, then slide into excuses about how it's not worth going back for them, might as well skip this workout, etc. Solution: My old shoes live in my car now. If I forget to bring my good shoes, I'll always have a slightly busted backup pair on hand.
  • Problem: Absolutely ravenous after work, end up rushing home to eat rather than stopping by the gym as planned. Solution: Meal plan better so I get a properly satiating lunch on gym days. Move my lunch time to later so I'm not as hungry at 5 pm.
  • Problem: Vaguely reluctant and just "not feeling it." Solution: Designate a good ebook or podcast as "gym only," i.e. I can only listen to the next chapter while working out. This is particularly nice because the reward happens while you do the workout. Examine my routine and realize I'm particularly demotivated by specific lifts; replace them or move them to weekends where I'm more likely to have extra energy for them.
Also if you're in the Habit Building phase, remember that your goal is to build the habit, not perfect the workout. If you find you're discouraged by the workout you've got planned, trim it down to whatever level will get you into the gym that day. A lot of times you can tell yourself "just 10 minutes on the treadmill then I can go home" just to get your ass to the gym, then once you're there you realize it's not so much work do the whole hour.
 
Diet's going well. 239 > 235 > 220 > 218. I'm going to kick it into overdrive as soon as the weather improves.
 
The I Scream Man said:
I am plateauing, which shouldn’t be possible considering I’m in a good caloric restriction and I’m lifting heavy 4-5 times a week

There’s some sort of barrier I can’t get past, so more drastic measures are needed
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I’m right there with you. I was steadily losing weight the last few months, have lost barely anything in about 2 weeks. I was looking at my food logs and think I may need to cut back on some carbs?
 
CaseyTatumm said:
I’m right there with you. I was steadily losing weight the last few months, have lost barely anything in about 2 weeks. I was looking at my food logs and think I may need to cut back on some carbs?
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I'm not gonna tell you what to do or not to do because everyone has their own process and what works for them, but i'll say that i'm really glad that i didn't track my food or weighed myself when i was big. Are you just dieting or are you exercising too? If you are exercising then just eat the same amount and exercise a bit more, but be mindful that it is normal to hit a plateau, sometimes you can go a month or two without losing a significant amount (in comparison to previous months).

Now that i'm healthier and i go to the gym 4 ~ 5 times a week and all my old clothes fit me again, i'll say that the best way to approach weight loss is to forget about food. Do you have everything planned already? Then just eat as you have planned and forget about it, live your life normally, it's less stressful and you will see results.
Most of us are not losing weight for a specific reason (sometimes folk HAVE to lose weight to try to get into the army or the police or whatever), so we don't have to be as harsh on ourselves. I used to go all in when i was dieting back in the day, then i would reach my goal weigh and balloon back to where i started (and gained even more after that). Now i'm just doing my thing, i was doing a keto diet for over 1 year, i stopped doing keto for about 3 months, now i'm back on it again. As i grow older i realize that, as cliché as it may be, everything is about moderation, you have to be moderate even when it comes to your wilpower and your willingness to do "whatever it takes", if that makes any sense.
 
My feeder mom is going to make dishes I have no way to calorie count... it's over
 
HTTP Error 404 said:
I've stuck on 1.0 for a while and plateaued. Trying to avoid going up much higher, I keep hearing there's a chance it fucks with your eyes and bones.
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I'm at 1.0 and feeling not-awesome, so will probably do that level for a second month if I'm not feeling better by next week, but I'm hoping that won't be necessary. Good luck.
 
Haven’t posted here in a while. Lost a significant amount of weight (goddammit, my wife was right about sugary soda). I’ve maintained between 65 and 70 lbs lost, got to ramp up working out and recalculate my deficits for the new weight. Anybody got any experience with how long mildly loose skin may take to tighten up? It’s not enough to need to go under the knife, but I’m not a big fan of it. My skin needs to get the memo that the second chin is gone.
 
I'm 50 lbs down, not quite there yet however - my knee should be happier, among other things. It's not. But it's fun finding things in my closet that fit me again (so glad I kept many of them, not fast fashion items). It's also pretty wild putting on winter clothes from my fat days and wow, they're sooo oversized. I've been weeding out my wardrobe. Maybe I'll sell some of the nice things, donate or toss the rest. And some, even though I'm swimming in them, I'm going to keep and wear, like a cashmere cardigan.
 
Wujime said:
My feeder mom is going to make dishes I have no way to calorie count... it's over
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Watch her cook or get the recipe or otherwise get the ingredients and portions. Do some basic arithmetic, work it out. The weigh how much is on your plate. Which part of this is difficult? Would your mother laugh or be insulted if you weighed your plate? Tough - don't be ashamed of losing weight, it's a good thing. Will she be uncooperative with you knowing the ingredients and portions? Brave it out. If she actively blocks you from it, refuse to eat it or go get something else to eat. She is not the boss of you. Taking the ten minutes to do the sums and look up some nutritional info on line? Is it not worth ten minutes of your time to get thinner?

Of course you have ways to count the calories in the food. The only question is do you want to or not?
 
It might be difficult socially. But if you can get her on board the weigh the ingredients, calculate calories for the meal (or its components) using an app like "loose it".

If it's a one-pot (like a stew or sauce) then weigh the end result, divide number of calories by number of grams (or yank-units) so you can portion to your budget.

Family can be difficult to navigate because this behaviour can seem weird but if they understand what you're trying to do (and if you offer to help with the extra work like weighing the amounts of ingredients going in) then hopefully you can work together. I've had relatives get on the bandwagon with me after this sort of exercise before now.
 
Honestly I just make GPT do it, I give it the ingredients and amounts added and then weights (in grams) and force it to calculate for me, it’s been actually accurate most of the time compared to my own calculations using the ingredient packages

Hardest part is getting it to actually calculate and not just make assumptions based upon a lazy search, I had to bully it repeatedly to do it right (forcing it to consider multiple sources, use only nutrition facts on raw ingredients and not packed foods whenever possible, etc)

On topic: as of this writing I have lost 125 pounds since late 2021, hardest fucking thing I’ve ever done in my life

50 more to go before I can stand to look at myself in the mirror lol, then I gotta keep it off
 
Battery Low said:
Family can be difficult to navigate because this behaviour can seem weird but if they understand what you're trying to do (and if you offer to help with the extra work like weighing the amounts of ingredients going in) then hopefully you can work together. I've had relatives get on the bandwagon with me after this sort of exercise before now.
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Something that really annoyed me was walking through town I overheard a rather portly middle-aged guy looking at his phone or watch and saying "I've done 4,000 steps". I don't remember exactly but it was something like that. Only for his wife to immediately snap "nobody cares" at him. It really pissed me off and I deeply regret not being quick enough to tell him "well done, mate. Good for you." But I was surprised and hadn't meant to overhear anything. I missed the moment.

But it's really wrong when someone who is supposed to care about you doesn't support you or even criticises you for trying to improve yourself.

Don't let them. It's your body, you're responsible for it. Not them.

The I Scream Man said:
50 more to go before I can stand to look at myself in the mirror lol, then I gotta keep it off
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The fact that you lost this weight over a long period means that you did this by changing actual life habits and making long-term changes. This stands you in good stead for keeping it off. Just change back to a maintenance regime slowly and in a controlled way, write down your goals and keep monitoring yourself. But you've done brilliantly. You're in a far better place to keep it off than someone who lost it all in one go in a crash diet. Maybe start considering some more fitness-focused goals to start aiming for once it's gone - like running times or weight lifting goals. Just a thought. But well done. Inspiration to the rest of us as well.
 
Overly Serious said:
weight lifting goals
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Thank you ❤️ as far as the quoted section is concerned, lifting like it was my job was a large part of how I took it off

It will be a large part of how I keep it off, I used to lift in high school and in my early 20s but I stopped after a while, and only relatively recently picked it back up

The mindset changes in particular were realized in the gym, you can lie to yourself and to everyone else, but you can’t lie to the plates
 
tfw u have 4 boxes of thanksgiving leftovers in the fridge

Pray for me lads... It should be fine though, I'm 175lbs/14% BF. I guess if I go too far its gonna suck because I'll probably do the same shit on Christmas too but thats less so about food than Thanksgiving is, but we'll see - I actually only had a plates worth of food as did everyone else yesterday, so I think it'll work out - I don't have any issues with gorging myself, just that even water in this country is 5000 calories a serving so its easy to eat something then find out you fucked yourself over.

I just need to drop to 165/10% BF whatever happens first and I can finally start trying to gain muscle and NEVER dirty bulk again lol.
 
Wujime said:
Mom mocked me for weighting my food...
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You have to learn to ignore outside pushes, or you will never stick to a diet. I had to tardwrangle my family into moving out of my way, the average person eats like shit, or believes TikTok tier nutritional facts so they will mock with a moral righteous. Have to tough it out, no other way around it.
 
Wujime said:
Mom mocked me for weighting my food...
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That sucks, sorry to hear it. But sounds like her behaviour is one of the reasons you grew up with weight problems. Body fat is downstream of behaviour. You can't change your bodyfat without changing your behaviour. You should be proud of taking action to lose weight. I tell you I'm proud of you for it because it really isn't easy to do. So good for you for weighing it anyway. She'll mock you at first but as you start to lose weight, she'll either mock you less or you will care less because you'll see it working.

Keep measuring the food. Calorie tracking is a major step towards getting the fat off. Everyone here is rooting for you.
 
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