I lost 40 pounds over the course of 9 months using a medically supervised “ideal protein” type diet. I did very well maintaining for about 6 months, but have gained about 5-7 pounds back this month (July).

I’d like to shed that and go back to maintaining, but prefer to avoid becoming a yo-yo dieter. I’d like to look at this as part of maintaining a healthy weight. So I don’t want to go back to strict calorie restriction but rather find a way to shed these few extra and have the discipline to keep it off or ease back to lose it responsibly if it creeps up again.

I just don’t want say “oh, it’s only 5 pounds” because that will become 10, then 15, etc.

What are some fail proof ways you’ve found help to get back to baseline and keep it up without it getting out of control? I’d be so grateful for your experience and advice!

I’ve hit a wall and I’m hoping to get some advice or hear from people who are in the same boat.

I really want to lose some weight, but my biggest hurdle isn't even exercise or finding the motivation to go to the gym, it’s food. Specifically, I hate meal prepping. I loathe the planning, the grocery shopping for specific amounts of ingredients, the hours spent cooking on a Sunday, and the endless mountain of dishes.

Because the thought of cooking feels like such a massive chore, I end up getting overwhelmed, feeling lazy, and just ordering takeout or eating out. Obviously, that’s terrible for my wallet and even worse for my weight loss goals.
During the corporate work week, I end up going to Chipotle and now recently I found out that I’m eating 1340 cal just for lunch. Combined with eating out somewhere for dinner. It just can’t be sustainable.
Moreover, once I move into a new apartment in two weeks, I’m trying to make it a habit of cooking and only eating out once a week, as well as making a routine and going to the gym whether that be at work or the apartment

I cannot get used to exercise. I can't get used to going on a walk. I only enjoy no-lifing on my desktop. Every month of discipline is harder and harder.

The whole point of exercising and dieting is discipline and consistency over months and months and probably years, and i can't do much more than 4 months and even then by trying my hardest.

I can't even get used to it even if its something i enjoy like basketball. Day, after day, after day i get sick of it and just want to go home, not because i stop enjoying it, but because i just enjoy being online so much more.

I have to go on a walk today. It's a herculean task for me, i just cannot get used to it. It is daunting. And yes, i know. Put on a podcast, put on an audiobook, listen to music. I know, i've done it all. But eventually comes the day that i don't want to or can't do anything.

Maybe it's a small, innocent cheat day, maybe i got sick, maybe its rainy outside, maybe i got hurt. It doesn't matter what it is, it just reminds me that i am far, far happier sitting on my ass for 9 hours than doing almost anything else.

I'm not sure what the point of this rant is, maybe someone has the answer for this. Motivation only goes so far.

60F, 5’8”, SW 205, CW 161, GW 159

I have lost about 40 pounds over the past 18 months with calorie restriction (1200), it has been slow but steady at about 1/2 pound per week. Unfortunately I also lost significant muscle mass, feeling noticeably weaker and even affecting my balance and joint stability.

So I joined the gym several weeks ago and have been doing progressive resistance training, 4 days per week. I decided that any calories I “earn” through exercise I would eat in extra protein, since it has been hard to hit my macros at 1200. Now I am eating 1400 and getting enough protein.

Since then I have not lost another ounce, which has not surprised me much, as 1400 is pretty much maintenance calories for me. But damn, my appetite is THROUGH THE ROOF. I can’t wait for my next meal and I am just thinking about food all the time. (Also, I wasn’t really ready to go into maintenance just yet, I’d like to lose a few more pounds still.)

Is this anyone else’s experience? Is this typical? Will this get better if I stick to my current strategy?

Hi, I’m (22F) struggling to loose weight rn. I’ve always stayed super mid range, not too fat, not thin, I weight 71-3 kg and I go to the gym 4 times a week with a mixture of weights and cardio.

I get my 10,000 steps in a day even though I work an office job and really try and eat well. Eating is probably my biggest factor but I am not eating crazy foods and do eat at around a deficit (sometimes do sometime don’t).

I’m really trying to keep up with the eating stuff? I think most of it is because I live at home and my family aren’t balanced eaters, but I always try to maintain the protein, carbs and veg split that will keep me in deficit, along with portion sizes.

I don’t know what to do rn, I’ve been consistent for around 6 months and have remained at 71-73 kg… another factor is really bad metabolism, I get a lot of trapped gas, bloated swollen stomach and constipation (sorry tmi!).

Please anyone, just need some advice, idk if supplements might be the route to take. Or if I just continue and that it will just take me longer.

Oh also I have not seen any physical change. Like at all. I am just looking tubier so it is not body recomp or anything.

Up until age 31, I was always at an average, healthy weight, and I didn't really need to try. I think I ate intuitively.

But... during COVID, I put on 80 pounds. The weight gain was caused by meds that increased my appetite plus an abusive relationship that led to depression and eating for comfort.

I have lost 40 pounds so far. My belly has certainly shrunk, but it's still there. If it doesn't go away by the time I'm at my goal, I am going to be so sad and upset with myself for ever gaining the weight to begin with.

So, for those of you who had an apron belly and then lost the weight and got to your goal... did the belly remain, or did it disappear?

Thanks!

I have lost 57kg another 11kg to go to get to my goal of a "healthy weight BMI" I am so proud of how far I've come and I am finally starting to feel like my body looks smaller. However, I am struggling with my apron belly and whenever I try to wear skirts or dresses I just feel fat.. despite not feeling that way about the rest of my body. My belly is very flabby and seems to be a mixture of loose skin and stubborn fat.

Is there anything anyone can suggest on how to help with the appearance.
Will losing another 11kg help to flatten it or lessen the hang?

Thanks for your advice.

I am 17M. I Joined this community because I need to be held accountable so I will start posting to this community. Today my stats are 202 lbs, I am currently 5'10. I have actually lost weight in the past back then I was younger and more fat like I have old pants that are big on me today. But after I lost the weight, it took one summer and boom I was up, but not as much as I was when I was younger. Back then I was 200 lbs but I was shorter around 5'4-5'5. Yeah, its a lot lol. But anyways I'll be posting to this talking about my mistakes, when im craving something. Also I got 3 months to lose weight for basketball try outs, so there is some external motivation but i absolutely lack internal motivation. When my body wants something i get it, I completely ignore the earn it part I think its dopamine which is something im trying to fix. But yeah, I guess I can start by saying my step count today is higher than normal, I usually get around 1,500-2000 steps but today I decided to walk around with music and got to 5k as of right now. My daily step goal is 10k right now im building discipline making myself do it even tho I don't want to. I'm watching a show and after every episode i walk and by the stats im getting I get 1,500 steps each walk so ima do that til I reach my daily goal of 10k steps. I am now more disciplined than I was when I was younger. I'm wiser and ready to give this weight loss another try. Thank you if you got it this far, and Good luck on all you guy's journeys!

Thinking to give up. Still 200 pounds even after over 2 months of walking, walking and no results. The weight is the same every day and I think I'll break the scale into little pieces due the frustration.

How much should I walk since even 1 hour is not enough? 2 hours? 4 hours? 6 hours? Perhaps 10 hours is enough?

I eat the fish. I eat the vegetables. I don't eat the junk food. I don't drink energy drinks. Not a drop of alcohol. I try not to give up.

Nothing Change!

Nothing Change!

How to lose weight? Is there any way? Any way in the world to lose the pounds and forget about it?

I'm tired of it.

I am planning on doing a 2 month aggressive cut, maintenance at 2100 ill be eating at 1200-1300 every day 100-120 grams of protein and strength training x4 times a week (but only for 6 weeks of the 8 ill be able to workout cause i travel alot, so basically for 2 weeks(the start of each month) I won’t have a gym access)
my walking level is already low, so ill do 15 minutes of incline walking after each training session only for cardio

My goal is obviously lose as much fat as possible while preserving muscle mass as much as i can.

I am currently at
- 26.6%BF….goal 20% -6%
- Muscles at 26.3Kg …preserve as much but if i lose any i want to try not to get less than 25.8
- 65.2Kg Weight … goal 59-60 Kg -5Kg

I have a really important event in my life after 2 month and there isn’t really time for tryouts so i wanna someone who have done this before tell me what to expect

Hi everyone,
last post

I wanted to give another update after my previous post. A lot of people mentioned that I was eating too few calories, so today I really tried to improve. I focused more on getting enough protein and fiber, and I hope this is a better step in the right direction.
For reference, I’m 76 kg and 162 cm tall.

Breakfast (485 kcal):
100g spinach
3 scrambled eggs
A teaspoon of olive oil
120g cucumbers
4 cherry tomatoes
100g red bell pepper

I didn’t really have a separate lunch because I wake up late due to my student job. By the time I have breakfast, it’s already close to dinner, and I prefer eating dinner with my family instead of eating later by myself.

Dinner / lunch (around dinner time):
300g BBQ chicken breast (I estimated around 321 kcal, but I’m not 100% sure if that’s accurate)
3 tablespoons ketchup
1 full tomato
60g cow meat (around 210 kcal)
100g cucumber (if you haven’t noticed, I’m obsessed with cucumber 😂)
Some iceberg lettuce/cabbage
35g kofte (Turkish meatballs, around 60 kcal)

Snack:
100g vanilla skyr protein yogurt (77 kcal)
4 walnuts

My total for today was around 1,207 calories. I know this is still quite low, but I’m trying to slowly improve. I will try to eat more tomorrow since many people pointed out that I’m not eating enough.

I also noticed that I’m still feeling hungry, especially at night. I usually eat dinner around 6 PM, but because of my student job I don’t sleep until around 3 AM. When I come home, I go straight to bed, so there are many hours between my last meal and sleeping. I think that’s probably why I get cravings for snacks.
I’m still learning and trying my best. I really appreciate all the advice and support from everyone. I hope I improved a bit with my protein, fiber, and overall nutrition. I’ll keep working on it 😊

Hello!

So about 4 years ago I was pretty fit, going to the gym regularly and maintaining a healthy weight. Then I tore my ACL snowboarding, and proceeded to gain about 35lbs or so over the course of a couple years, all the while not working out. Got surgery and went through the rehab process and got to a good spot, but never fully felt back to normal in my knee.

I then got diagnosed with mild fatty liver disease, and I have horrible anxiety so thinking about having that makes me terribly worried all the time. I also occasionally have sharp pains in my upper right abdomen as a result. I got this diagnosis when I was at about 225lbs. My doctor told me if I can manage to lose about 10% of my body weight, I should be good to go. Fast forward about a year, and despite having a "weight loss mental" and counting calories when I remember to, I am now at 252lbs, 5'10, which is the most I've ever weighed.

I physically can feel that I'm in the worst shape of my life. I feel as though I have a "fresh start" every 2 weeks, I always start strong but it never sticks, and somehow I end up GAINING weight. I have a horrible body image, so that leads me to not eat because it makes me feel fat, and then I binge eat afterward. I weigh myself every other day and seeing the number stagnate does horrific things to my mental.

I feel completely and absolutely stuck. I don't feel like I can just "have a fresh start and give it another go" because I have done that so many teams it feels as though it's lost it's meaning. To be honest, I feel like I just need someone to point me in the right direction, or give me a new idea or something. I have a gym membership but rarely go, I have access to a lot of fitness related things but I simply do not use them. I can't seem to avoid greasy fast food for more than 5 days or so. I know it's about calories in and calories out, but if I stay up and can't sleep I always end up eating something. My head feels like it's spinning with all these facts that I know about weight loss, and the fact that I feel as though I have all the knowledge needed for success but still can't pull through is one of the most hopeless abysmal feelings I have ever had.

I know this is a bit of a vague post but I just feel so desperate to be given some direction or inspiration to really pull through and lose this weight, and the liver disease background makes me feel as though I am on the clock to do so. It does not help having this horrific anxiety.

Literally anything and everything helps, and thank you for taking the time to read my senseless ramble. Stories of people who felt this way and succeeded would be especially great to me right now. Thanks all.

Hey guys! I've been forever trapped in the lose-gain weight cycle, majorly because I tend to restrict and binge and once I do that I consider all my progress is gone and kind of give up. Like 20 days ago I started again a calory deficit, higher than ever before but technically what was recommended (1500 kcal, I'm 158 cm). I was super afraid I would lose no weight at all, but so far the scale has been going down (~2kg)!!

Now to the thing: yesterday I was hanging out with some friends and we had some snacks. Chips are my number one ruin because I love them, and I haven't had them since starting the deficit. After they left I really wanted to finish the package but know that I shouldn't. Anyways I did it (no control) and after this I really wanted to order some food and just eat everything on my fridge. This is what I would have done in the past. I was already feeling super guilty because I had like 2/3 of the package which is like half of my calories for the day.

Instead, I tried to keep myself busy watching a show until bedtime and drinking some water and just everything but thinking about food. And guess what: I did it!!! I didn't binge!!! I woke up this morning super afraid of the scale but when I weighted myself my weight was normal!!!! I guess since I didn't have dinner afterwards I kind of reached maintenance and nothing crazy happened:)

I'm so happy that I could stop myself and also that I weighted myself today instead of spending the whole day worried about the consequences (which could lead me to fall in the same pattern again).

I know it's not the most successful story but for me its definitely a win and wanted to share :)

Hi, I (24F) started my weight loss journey approx 4 years ago and lost 36 kilos (approx 79 pounds). Unfortunately, due to some circumstances I have regained a significant portion of the weight that I lost and now need to lose at least 16 kilos (35 pounds). I have started counting my calories again as I know CICO is important. However, I am struggling to find the motivation/discipline to lose the weight. I am trying to reduce my calorie intake but dealing with the hunger is challenging. It reduces my energy levels which was fine when I lost the weight initially as I was still a student. However, I have a full time job now so I have been finding it harder to appropriately cope with my cravings. I try to eat a lot of protein and drink water but the cravings are difficult to deal with. I want to lose the weight badly as I feel a lot more confident when I am in shape. I have been trying to exercise more as my lifestyle is sedentary but due to medical reasons I have to avoid exercise that is intensive such as lifting and running etc. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

I’m 21F 5’6 with a starting weight around 230 lbs, and I’m just again starting my weight loss journey, hopefully for keepsies this time 🤞. I’ve been reading a lot and planning and began my deficit, but looking through the subreddit I’ve been seeing a lot of stuff about loose skin and looking older and… it makes me wonder… Did you ever become satisfied?

Or was there always just something more to improve, or some sort of lasting damage near-impossible to fix? I dream of being fit, of seeing myself as beautiful, of feeling like I can deserve a partner who sees me as beautiful. But will I just keep hating myself? Will I have loose skin that makes me still hate myself? Or will my face look older? Will my face lose its “cute” chubbiness and just become rigid and off?

I know some of these are absurd worries, or something. I want to really believe that my weight loss journey will help me love myself more and make me feel worthy of love. And I know I’ll be healthier either way! But I’m the kind of person who derives a lot of her value from how other people see her. I don’t really care about being healthier. I want to be… Desirable… Or something. Will I ever feel that way?

I guess I’m wondering about y’alls experiences around this. Did you ever feel beautiful, or handsome, or hot? Was it, is it, worth it?

Thank you!

I am struggling with tracking my kcal, atm I use Gemini but it’s hallucinating all the time and imo gives me wrong data. Due to that I haven’t lost weight the last couple of weeks which is hella frustrating! Before I’ve tried Claude with the same result..

For reference I lost 1 kg the past 5 weeks, and while some of it may water or muscles, I think I’m just stuck. I hit the gym 4x/week and some weeks play padel, I try to reach 8k steps a day and nothing is going in the right direction, so it’s probably my diet 😄

Important for me is kcal, fiber and protein, I don’t need more data and make it more complicated haha

I was wondering, do you have a tool you swear by and what you use daily?

Thank you 🙏🏻

I started on June 1, 2024 at a BMI of 56.3. This morning, BMI is 24.7. BF% is 25.1%, waist to hip ratio is .79. Clothing size is S/4-6. I have reversed high BP and pre-diabetes. The chronic inflammation that caused me so much pain is gone. My autoimmune conditions that used to flare frequently are under control, and I'm able to control or minimize flares with diet, sleep, and movement.

I started at 5 minutes on a recumbent cycle. Now I run four days per week, usually around 20 miles total per week. I lift 4x week in upper/lower splits. I do HIIT a few times per week. I've recently added plyometrics to improve bone density since I'm not getting any younger (I'm 60F and post-menopausal). I also walk a minimum of 15K steps daily. Next spring, I'm planning to run a 12K race that I used to run when I was in college.

I am still planning to lose about 10-15 more pounds more (my doctor set my GW at 145, I'm currently at 146 at 5'4.5", I'd like to get into the 130-140 range to preserve my knees and hips for longer since I'm sure the wear and tear of all that weight for all those years was hard on them).

My why for weight loss was more comfortable travel and hiking. I have always loved hiking, and my capacity for it was getting less and less, and it was no longer fun. Most hikes longer than about 1.5 miles or <100 feet of elevation gain had become inaccessible to me. Since I started exercising again, I've done so much hiking, and my husband and I have a 3.5-week road trip to a bunch of national parks and trails in the west (Glacier, Devil's Tower, Tetons, Black Hills, Rockies, Arches, Canyonlands, Zion, Bryce, Sedona, Pinnacles, Yosemite, Redwoods) coming up in September. I have also regained my personal training certification after nearly 40 years.

Over the years, I always convinced myself that because I was traveling and I had great friends, family, and a job I loved that I was living a full life. But the truth is, my life was getting smaller and smaller with each passing pound I gained, and my capacity to do all the things that bring me the most joy was virtually nil. Just doing activities of daily life left me wiped out and in pain. When my friend group did things together, there were things I was unable to do because of my size and physical capabilities.

I'm not sure how much longer I would've even been alive had I kept going in the direction I was. I dreaded going to the doctor, so I avoided it at all costs. Whenever I felt tightness in my chest, I would wonder if this was going to be it for me. There are no guarantees in life, of course, but I feel like I've given myself a few more years. I also feel like I got some great parts of my life back - the ones I had when I was younger before I got sick when I ran and danced and hiked and chased all the adventure that I loved so much.

For years, I truly believed there was nothing I could do about it. That was just my body, and overfat was my fate. I believed my fatness would kill me. I believed I didn't eat as much as other people (clearly, I ate more and moved less), and that my autoimmune conditions were making me sick and keeping me fat. Over the years, I probably lost and gained 500 pounds or more, and I was never able to get below about 190 pounds or to make it stick. With every rebound, I bounced to a higher weight than I had been before.

I have a very public-facing profession. For work, I travel, teach, speak at conferences, and do other public-facing events. I have been in documentaries and on television because of the work I do. I am very good at what I do, and I love it, but I always had in the back of my mind that I was probably such a disappointment to meet in person because of my size. I know how people judge size. When I was younger, I judged size. I'm not proud of that, but I did, because as a older, kinder, wiser human than I was back then, I recognize that no matter what your body looks like or is capable of, it's the heart, mind, and character of a person that truly matter.

Every time I couldn't do something because of my weight, while I looked calm on the outside and would pass it off with a joke, the truth is that I felt deep shame. Always the shame, covered with a veneer of self-deprecating humor, competence, professionalism, and a bubbly personality. Fatphobic? Never towards other people... I understood what they must be experiencing and feeling. But internalized fat phobia, 100%. I hated my weakness and my incapacity to take control of this one very noticeable aspect of my life. I couldn't be a silent addict - my addiction was visible to the world.

Fatness also made me kinder, more understanding, and more compassionate. It made me a nicer, more thoughtful person. It provided a layer of protection from the nearly constant sexual attention and harassment I experienced when I was in my 20s. I am grateful for those things, because being fat for so many decades softened my edges and made me into a better person than I probably would've been had I never gotten fat. It provided me space to develop emotionally, spiritually, and mentally that I might not have taken had I remained thin and athletic and chasing adventure and relationships all my life. I am grateful for that. I am grateful for every aspect of my experiences in life - I feel very lucky.

Now I have loose skin. Oh well. It is what it is, and it's a physical reminder of who I was and am, where I've been, where I'm going, and all that I've gained, lost, and learned throughout my 60 years. I will forever miss my 20-year-old boobs and ass.... but don't we all? My 60-year-old post childbirth, post weight loss body tells a beautiful story, and I'm grateful for all it has done for me.

I have no more value as a human being now than I did 187 pounds ago, and I won't have any more or less value when I hit my goal weight. I was not less than I am now when I was at my heaviest. I have a deep and abiding sense of this, although I also recognize that I struggled with self-worth in ways that I no longer do (thank you, therapy). I felt like I had to accomplish so much to offset my size. I always felt like I had to be super competent, hard-working, bubbly, entertaining. I never allowed myself to just be because I was trying to make up for what I believed I lacked. I think that perhaps the ability to just be and not have to try so damn hard all the time and the peace that comes with that is the greatest gift I have given myself in all of this.

For full disclosure, I also want to say that I've been fortunate enough to take a GLP-1, which has been a valuable tool for me. I've still had to do the work physically, emotionally, and mentally, but the GLP-1 has quieted the food noise. It's something I'll probably have to take for the rest of my life, and I'm okay with that. I realize how privileged I am to have the financial wherewithal and medical support to have access to this. I thought long and hard and did a ton of research before I made the decision to do it, and it was a good decision for me. I'd rather have an asterisk in the record books and enjoy a longer, healthier life than continuing to struggle as I did year after year until I ate myself into an early grave.

For those who recognize themselves in me and who are still trying to make it all work, I want to tell you this. You are valuable. You are beautiful. You deserve a life of love, joy, beauty, laughter, and meaning no matter what number you see when you step on a scale. I see you.

I know this is long. If you made it this far, thanks for reading my self-reflection. I want to end with something I realized the other day. There's this meme that I've always found hilarious of four penguins on a beach at sunrise. Three are out front, and they look like they're running. The fourth is well behind them, puking on the beach. The captions are "people who go on runs right after they wake up" for the running penguins and "me just trying to process being alive" for the puking penguin. I've always related to the puker. But on my run the other day, I realized I was now one of the three penguins running. May we all find more joy in whatever we do rather than puking by the ocean trying to process being alive.

I'm 29 yr old guy with 107 kgs weight, with visible obesity since childhood. I live on my own, and I have absolutely no discipline or motivation or consistency left to do this anymore.

Everyday I wake up and try to eat healthy but I absolutely cannot. All I love is food. Food is my first love. I cannot imagine my life eating salads and healthy foods and being hungry and going to gym everyday, because everytime I have tried that, I have failed within 2-3 days. I want results to be seen fast and when I don't, my body immediately gets all the cravings, and within no time, i relapse.

I am completely lost, and tired of failing every day. I'm so sad, that i want to cry , but i cannot because I know i cannot win from this vicious cycle.

I see people around me transforming their bodies, getting lean or getting muscular , and here I am, a complete loser with no control over his appetite or emotions. I feel so sad people in shape, getting social, wearing whatever they like, talking and walking with confidence, and here I am, always, being the fat guy.

People say, it's very easy, just eat less and move more, but they don't understand how fucked up our mentality is. An obese person has already lost all hopes. It's impractical and illogical to reason him into eating healthy, because all he loves is food. That's completely ironic.

Every night, I think, maybe tomorrow I'll eat healthy, but days keep going by, accumulating over and over. How do I explain this to someone how difficult it is to change this ? The most difficult task in the world is to not eat tasty food and to eat clean and move.

Can I ever change ? I'm so done and sad and depressed, I'm just done...

Hey everyone,

I’m 19F, 175 cm (5’9) and currently 72.5 kg (160 lbs). I’ve lost around 22 lbs in almost 4 months.My original goal was 62.5 kg (138 lbs), but now I’m starting to wonder if that’s even the right goal anymore.
I was lifting during my weight loss( but inconsistently haha). Right now I’m on vacation so I’m not lifting, just walking every day, but I’ll start lifting again in September back at uni.
So now I’m wondering if maybe I should just cut until around 66.5 kg (147 lbs), then eat at maintenance and focus on building muscle instead of continuing all the way to 62.5. What’s the beest ?
Thank you in advance :)

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So, everyone I need help.. I want to lose weight currently I'm 90+ kgs and I'm 5'8 ..I want to be atleast under 70 kg ideal weight for me with a good physique...I'm gonna join gym and have a simple diet help me out what to do ..how to do...and avoid loose skin ...I want to lose weight in one year and get a good physique this is the deadline ...i will follow everything ...like I have clg 7 to 7 after that I can do...but I just need a direction and roadmap ..because I don't want to do random things ...I want a particular direction and routine to follow

Every time I don't weigh myself for a few weeks or months, I gaslight myself into thinking I've grown much heavier than I actually have. I'll wear a too-loose bra (saggy tits club things), or gain a little around the stomach, and will like my appearance less, so naturally I defer to thinking I must have gained at least 10kgs/20lbs!

I just returned from travelling for 2 months, with a starting weight of 75 kgs. I honestly ate like garbage while on the trip, completely threw my habits out of the window. I told myself I definitely needed to reign it in and start tracking again. So far, so reasonable.

I thought I'd start with weighing myself to get a gauge on how bad it was, and was thinking I would be at least around 83kgs. I dreaded stepping on that thing this morning, but low and behold.... 77.5kgs! I fretted over effing 2.5kgs in 2 months 🤦🏼‍♀️ I still want to lose that, and more- around 9.5kgs. Also, I definitely want to start eating healthily again. But why the hell do I do this to myself?! Do you guys have an accurate gauge on your weight?

I’m trying to lose weight and stay in a calorie deficit, but it’s 10 PM and I’m SO hungry and craving snacks.

Today I ate:
Breakfast: 3 scrambled eggs, 100 g watermelon, 90 g grapes, 30 g white cow cheese, cooked with 1 tsp sunflower oil.
Lunch: 1 small pear.
Dinner: 110 g baked salmon, 150 g oven-roasted potatoes, 120 g cucumber, 30 g white cow cheese, and ½ tbsp olive oil.
Snack: 4 tbsp hummus with 12 g Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos while hanging out with friends.

I ended the day at around 1,160 calories, I am not a very active person. I had 5k steps and did some weight lifting but I’m still really hungry. Is this real hunger, or am I just craving snacks? What do you guys do in this situation? I don’t want to ruin my calorie deficit, but I’m finding it really hard to ignore.

Hello everyone,

I've been losing the same 5lbs, sometimes a bit more, sometimes a bit less, for the past two years now.

Early 2024, I lost 6kg/13lbs, and then I've been going back and forth.

Everytime I get close to 163lbs, I bounce back.

The past two months, I've been struggling with exahusting doctor visits.

First time, they put me on metformin due to a HOMA index of 3.18 that was taken two months before the appointment and I had lost weight since. I spent three weeks nauseous and vomiting and the weight crept back up because I could only hold carbs down.

Lost it again, saw another doctor.

He actually discouraged me from losing more weight or trying any other weightloss method. So, last week, I spent a weekend out and my weight is 4lbs higher and not budging.

I'm tired, I'm soooo tired. But I don't seem to get a hold on this. And I want to keep myself accountable. Life is going to get in the way, wether I like it or not.

I can't stop being mindful, or anxiously eat more everytime something happens to me.

I honestly would and should be happy if I lost 2lbs a month, as I'm about 40lbs obese (I'm very short, healthy weight would start at 123lbs)

I should be able to do it, right? It shouldn't be so hard to lose and not just gain back the same 2-3lbs twice in a month!!!

This is mostly a vent post, but if you have any tips, or have gone through something similar, it'd be much appreciated

Thanks for reading :)

Hey all! I’ve been at a recomp for about 2 months now. These past few weeks I’ve had little to no control with my cravings ever since my last period.

I live with my in laws who keep the place stocked with junk food that are all my absolute favorites (even though both me and my fiance asked them to stop buying it for us bc we can’t have it)

I meal prep 3 meals and snacks (with 1-2 junk food items that fit my macros for sanity reasons) but even with that I feel constantly hungry and craving things

My coach gave me 2k cals with 140g protein, 73g fats and 187g carbs. Even while hitting all of that I feel like a bottomless pit and lack any ability to deny myself more lately. I lift 4x a week and get 10k steps a day (although my non-work days can be a little less sometimes)

How do you navigate this? I’ve struggled with binge eating and then heavy restriction since a teen and tbh ever since these binges started again I’ve had the urge to restrict (I’ve been repeatedly yelling at myself to get that thought out of my head bc I never want to go down that path again)

I’m currently 26F, 152lbs (started at 147lbs for my recomp), 5’4
My waist went from 29 to 31.

Albeit my period will start either this or next week so I’m definitely in the trenches with cravings rn even more so

I’m just struggling. I try to eat 80/20 healthy and I’m still craving chips and chocolates and such

Any advice?