Weight loss support thread

Hello. I'm on the road to lose 40pd/20kg of fat so I can rebuild with muscle. Goal is to look hot as fuck, join the army, and wrestle boyfriend into submission. I already run with a running program 3x a week but I want to step it up, so I start lifting after my runs next week. Wish me luck. I've already lost at least 2kg this month with some lazy intermittent fasting and an improved diet.
 
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ultimate_racoon said:
If you have a +400lbs family member how do you get through to them? His arguments are just bizarre, trying to reason with him is an act of futility. I don't even visit anymore it just drags me down. Now I'm just focused on weight training for when I have to be the pallbearer.
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tip him over and then challenge him to get up on his own strength without rolling over
 
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January Cyst said:
189, still going strong.
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186, hit another plateau even though I'm walking a lot and keeping my calories to roughly 2000. Gotta go fast.

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I'm sitting around 230 (usually on the higher end of that), and I'm a few inches short of being six feet. I try to eat less and exercise occasionally, but it's hard. I wasn't always a fat ass.
 
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January Cyst said:
186, hit another plateau even though I'm walking a lot and keeping my calories to roughly 2000. Gotta go fast.

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Not bad! Keep going at this rate and you’ll be able to get to 20,000 steps! Who knows, even possibly 30,000!


I myself need to get back into walking again and hit 30,000 steps! I got so close last year but I only made 28,800 steps...
 
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Xarpho said:
I'm sitting around 230 (usually on the higher end of that), and I'm a few inches short of being six feet.
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Xarpho said:
I try to eat less and exercise occasionally, but it's hard. I wasn't always a fat ass.
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More like a candy-ass, get your butt in gear and stop munching all those tendies.
Going low-carb and moderate exercise in addition to drinking a gallon of water (not diet soda) worked wonders for me.


Cedric_Eff said:
Not bad! Keep going at this rate and you’ll be able to get to 20,000 steps! Who knows, even possibly 30,000!


I myself need to get back into walking again and hit 30,000 steps! I got so close last year but I only made 28,800 steps...
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That's pretty good,
I'm honestly happy with anything over 10k steps atm, even though 20k is in sight as of today>

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It's been a while since I posted here, but I've been consistently staying in between 115 and 120! My mom signed me up for 30 barre and pilates classes as a Christmas gift, which I've been practicing along with my daily walks. I'm in love with the instructor who not only makes the exercises fun, but looks amazing- she's a grandmother in her early 60s, but could easily pass for someone in her 40s! If that's not inspiration, I don't know what is!

Tea and water have pretty much replaced soda as my usual drink, by which it doesn't taste as good as it used to. Same with most candies like Twizzlers that were disgusting to begin with.
 
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Angel Dust said:
It's little things. Like lashing out more, snapping more, less patience, etc. Constant remarks on what I'm eating like "oh is that all you're eating? You should have more", like they're trying to sabotage me. My mom had a full on freak out on me last week for "only" eating a bowl of soup for dinner and a couple rolls. (She doesn't say boo about what my other siblings eat, just me) my older sister makes comments jokes like "oh have you lost weight? I can't really tell" and stuff like that. Just generally being assholes and excluding me alot. I don't live at home so it doesn't affect me as much as it could. Meanwhile, my younger sister has been incredibly supportive and encouraging. She helps me find healthier options for bad foods, compliments my weight loss and also gave up sugar and fast food with me. She's the skinniest one out of all us, barely weighing 120. So I don't have. It's just been kinda bothering me.
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I definitely think its insecurity on their part. Even though they weren't heavier, watching your dedication and commitment can make them insecure over other traits or make them scrutinize their own appearances more. It's a competition sometimes. By knocking you down, they'll set their own bar lower again. Watching you succeed raises the bar they set for themselves whether they like it or not.
Maybe give it time. Maybe also ask them why they say things like that. Not in a confrontational way, but be honest.

"You dont look like you're losing weight"
"Why do you say that? Even if its true, that's demoralizing for me. I know I'm losing weight because the scale says so, and I'm working hard. I'd appreciate support more than insults."

Then they have to justify being an asshole, which makes most people stop, at least in my experience.

This thread has been really helpful and motivating! I lost ten pounds then got a little stuck, but also switched my workout method, so I guess it just doesnt work as well or quickly.

What's the verdict on diet soda? I drink diet Pepsi everyday.... I'm awful.....
 
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Virgo said:
Hello. I'm on the road to lose 40pd/20kg of fat so I can rebuild with muscle. Goal is to look hot as fuck, join the army, and wrestle boyfriend into submission. I already run with a running program 3x a week but I want to step it up, so I start lifting after my runs next week. Wish me luck. I've already lost at least 2kg this month with some lazy intermittent fasting and an improved diet.
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Rock on! My personal workout varies slightly based on the day but I also run 3x a week and do lifting. Tuesdays and Thursdays I run about 4 miles, Sundays I do 6 to 13. I run half-marathons so I focus more on endurance in my training.

I've been so bad at keeping up with lifting in the past but I've stuck with my current routine since the end of January. I have a short T/TH routine and a Sunday routine. In addition I've been doing crunches, a bit of yoga to stretch, and very recently I started planking.
This routine let me melt off all that holiday chonk I gained in a pretty short time.
 
Alright. I am officially out of the obese class and am now into general overweight. Still have more to loose. It feels both deeply shameful that I let it get to that point but also wonderful that I turned it around. It's a weird shameful pride.
 
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Angel Dust said:
Alright. I am officially out of the obese class and am now into general overweight. Still have more to loose. It feels both deeply shameful that I let it get to that point but also wonderful that I turned it around. It's a weird shameful pride.
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The fact that you let it get away from you is in the past. You have earned all the pride in the world because you have the grit to turn it around.
 
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On my second time losing weight. The first time I went from 360 to 198, but gained some back to 240. Then I had a few things hit at once and not only ended up not caring about my weight, but actually making it up to 320. I'm back down to 256 after about 8 or so month and my current goal is 240 (I'll reevaluate once I get there), but I'm going about it a different way and feeling much better. My original way was to brute force it, eating as little as possible (under 1000 calories many days, and I'm 6ft 4in) and massive amounts of cardio with almost no resistance training. It worked, but I felt like shit and couldn't keep it off. Now, I'm going at it in a more reasonable pace and feeling good. Once the weather gets better and I can go back to 19 mile a day bike rides, 3 times a week (mixed with three days of resistance training once the gyms open up again), I'm sure I'll start losing more weight once again.
 
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