Weight loss support thread

Logic said:
ugh, the bane of my existence. Any advice on how to talk myself out of drinking that stuff?
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Well, I started in April with one of the very few rules I set for myself: I have to drink 3x as much water as I do soda every day. That cut down on mindless consumption; also the water sated thirst unlike soda, so I didn't want as much. I also made it less convenient by making a further small rule that I could only drink soda in the kitchen. Which meant I'd have to stop reading or gaming and trek down to the kitchen just for that. You might also try rinsing out a few containers of whatever size you tend to drink and filling them with water to kind of trick your mind. It isn't easy; it's actually been the biggest challenge of the entire year, but by all accounts, it's worth kicking.
 
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Logic said:
ugh, the bane of my existence. Any advice on how to talk myself out of drinking that stuff?
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Also, once you get over the hump of your body not expecting / craving it all the time you will want it alot less. Soda and shit with sugars in general. other things will start to taste better, it'll seem like less and less a thing you want.
 
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UntimelyDhelmise said:
For the first time in who knows how many years, probably since I was a teenager, the leading number on my weight reading changed and I've finally dipped below 200 pounds. Never thought I'd see the day.
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Nina Hagen said:
How profoundly did you feel it when you saw that number? I get excited and motivated at every 5 and 10 pound loss, and I just hit 210 today. That makes 70 lbs lost this year for me, and I'm pretty stunned to be here. I imagine I'll break down weeping when I see a number below 200. I haven't seen that since 1986. Well done, sincerely.
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I'm really happy for the both of you! I was never crazy overweight, but going from 220 as a teenager to <170 as an adult is a great feeling, barring the fact that a good chunk of my shirts are a size too big for me now.

Then again I was a fucking skeleton as a kid, so I guess I've found the weight that's just right lol.

Hang in there and don't give up no matter what.
Logic said:
ugh, the bane of my existence. Any advice on how to talk myself out of drinking that stuff?
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I just lost my craving for the stuff apropos of nothing in February, and I haven't touched it since, unless you count seltzer.
 
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I ended up gaining weight rather than losing it but at this point, I'm simply going to need to eat better in having my dad cook more veggies alongside the meats he cooks alongside with drinking more water and cutting back on the soda, drink more water again while gaming and drinking soda only with a meal. The only thing I wonder at this point is if the cold, snowy weather will affect my attempts at losing weight when I try to get out for exercise. Maybe the snow will be good in making me walk harder since I never gone through snow before.
 
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Nina Hagen said:
How profoundly did you feel it when you saw that number? I get excited and motivated at every 5 and 10 pound loss, and I just hit 210 today. That makes 70 lbs lost this year for me, and I'm pretty stunned to be here. I imagine I'll break down weeping when I see a number below 200. I haven't seen that since 1986. Well done, sincerely.
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It was a great feeling of vindication. Having to go through plateau after plateau over the course of this year made the journey to where I am frustrating at times, but I knew if I stayed the course I'd get there in time. Gives me renewed confidence that I can go even lower. My goal is around 180-170.

And if anything the slow and steady weight loss is more beneficial than one would initially suppose. Not just for healthy reasons but psychological as well. You know how long and hard it took to get your weight down to where it is now, so you're more motivated than ever to keep yourself that way and not slip back into bad eating habits of the past.
 
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I'm currently at 84 kg (~185 lbs). Technically I should slim down a few bit more if I want to be autistic about the BMI given that I'm 177 cm (~5'10''?), but for most part I've been feeling comfortable with my weight, especially when I remember that at my heaviest I used to have 128 kg (~282 lbs).
 
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Logic said:
ugh, the bane of my existence. Any advice on how to talk myself out of drinking that stuff?
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So this might be too ghey for some, but these waters from Kroger-related stores give the hint (definitely nothing more than a hint!)/fizz of soda without the calories and sugar:
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I've been drinking The Dr. flavor for a few days and like it.
 
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It's almost been two months since I started to go to the gym I'm starting to see more results and I was at 55kg in august and now I'm at 50kg so that's cool (I'm extra short 1m50 so no worry that's a normal weight range). I'm more focused on physical change rather than what the scale says but that's still nice to see I'm shedding the extra fat I accumulated.
 
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Cedric_Eff said:
I have this diet/calorie counter app and a workout app that’s helping me a lot to not binge eat and to stay in shape. But if I keep going at the pace I’m going to loose weight, my app estimates I’ll hit my 70kg target by March of 2020.
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Hey, keep at it! It sounds like what you're doing is really, really working for you.

I was a massively fat kid and teenager til I moved out of the familial home. Even now, a good chunk of time on, I still struggle with thoughts about food and stuff, but I find logging my calories and taking a shufty through the FA thread on here keeps me on track.

I've noticed this: There's two kinds of overweight people. Those who refuse to accept that there's an issue with it and cling to any excuse or mental gymnastics to keep on keeping on with their bad habits, and those who know there's a problem and want to solve it.


The difference is, those of us who lose, and are losing the weight? All we do is take each day as it comes and rack up the benefits over a prolonged period of time. Counting calories is simple, it's breaking the habits and getting out of the mindset which is the hard part
 
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Fliddaroonie said:
Hey, keep at it! It sounds like what you're doing is really, really working for you.

I was a massively fat kid and teenager til I moved out of the familial home. Even now, a good chunk of time on, I still struggle with thoughts about food and stuff, but I find logging my calories and taking a shufty through the FA thread on here keeps me on track.

I've noticed this: There's two kinds of overweight people. Those who refuse to accept that there's an issue with it and cling to any excuse or mental gymnastics to keep on keeping on with their bad habits, and those who know there's a problem and want to solve it.


The difference is, those of us who lose, and are losing the weight? All we do is take each day as it comes and rack up the benefits over a prolonged period of time. Counting calories is simple, it's breaking the habits and getting out of the mindset which is the hard part
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So true! Now I understand how my older brother feels about my family! My mom’s using a lot of excuse to not work out.
 
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Cedric_Eff said:
So true! Now I understand how my older brother feels about my family! My mom’s using a lot of excuse to not work out.
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Oh Lard, tell me about it. I've got me one of those Mothers as well. It's all "teehee! It's muh genes! It's muh fiiiiiiiyyyyroiiiiiddd!!" with her. Mine's eating her way to an early grave while constantly taking digs at my siblings and I because we're both anorexic and not "real womyn".


I know a lot of people who're from fat families and the older I get, the more I realise that those who actually manage to break that cycle and get into a healthy lifestyle are actually the minority. Too many people try and fail, or worse, never try at all.
 
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Nina Hagen said:
The FA thread and the ALR subforum might have been the final factor in turning my shit around. "Whatever the difference is that I'm me and not one of these chicks, I'd better use it to my advantage."
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I've more than a couple of friends who say similar things, either about those people, or those like Mess Hollondaise. Whitney Way Thore as well.

Also, if you've ever spent time round addicts or alcoholics? I've noticed, like a lot of us, the similarities between the rhetoric they, and food addicts.


And this is slightly OT too, so spank me if needed, but it's funny AF watching a lot of fat Britbongs lose their collective shit about the impending Brexit and potential food shortages. The ones I see complaining hardest are all at least overweight, of not obese. I just want to shake some of them and tell them they've got a long ways to go before "muh starvaichon moddeeezzz" is even a glimmer of a worry for them.

Like, the sheer quantity of food people have got used to eating and having is obscene and it's only when you try to lose weight you really understand that
 
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