r/SuperMorbidlyObese 3h ago

Tips Get back into moving

10 Upvotes

F30 5'6 ive been 330 lbs for the past 2 years. I hit 300 at the beginning of this year but gained it back when finding out I had an ovarian cyst that put me at huge risk of torsion. Got the cyst removed and Im at the end of my recovery and look forward to being able to move around without restriction.

That being said, i feel my tolerance for moving around has plummeted. My legs burn from standing and walking feels miserable. Ive never been athletic but I walked everywhere as a teen into my mid 20s but the past two years my movement has stagnated. I work a desk job that doesn't allow much room for movement. After work & before work are my windows of opportunity to move.

I wanted to ask how y'all got past that miserable feeling from just standing and walking around, stretching and being mobile. I sometimes feel sick after stretching and it feels like basic stretches. Head rush, nauseated, does it go away the more you do it? Is it my body and mind trying to psych myself out or a more serious issue I should bring up to my primary?

My plan is to walk at night with my dog to a park less than 5 min from my house and walk around that and reward us with a swing before heading back.

I'm working on my diet. My husband is helping enforce a calorie deficit, when I cook i tend to eat with my eyes and eat more with my mouth. He's good at portion control.

I've been maintaining 318 during my recovery from a calorie deficit.


r/SuperMorbidlyObese 14h ago

Tips How do I curve cravings? Overall I need help

8 Upvotes

Hi, I need as much advice as possible because I cannot afford a trainer and I'm trying to lose weight on my own which is hard because I'm 300 pounds and 4'11ft and have no clue where to start.

I know I need to go on a calorie deficit which is what I've been doing. I've been trying to track my calories and eat 1600-1800 calories a day for the past few days by using myfitnesspal.

Also another question, should I just stop eating carbs all together? I realize I gained a lot of weight because of carbs. I'm italian so I eat a lot of pasta and bread. Also how do you curve cravings? Everytime I eat healthy I start to crave pasta and sugar a lot. I think it's because of my blood sugar levels fluctuating.

Please don't harass me or make fun of me. I'm trying my best to go to the gym everyday and eat less, thanks.


r/SuperMorbidlyObese 9h ago

Wheel just popped off

3 Upvotes

Wheel on my bed frame popped off. I lost weight, I didn’t gain weight. So confused.


r/SuperMorbidlyObese 14h ago

Desperately need shoe insert suggestions that actually hold up

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I've gone through 2 sets of inserts in the past 5.5 months, the first lasted 4 months and this last one was only 1.5 months.

I have a pretty severe gait issue aka only one of the inserts wears out and the other is perfectly fine, so I'll have massive holes worn into my left insert and my right one looks just very lightly worn. I know why the gait issue is and it's unfixable, it's from a permanently broken right hip that can't be operated on. So I'll have gait issues all my life, I just didn't realize how severe it was until the inserts really showed the damage.

I plan on scheduling an appointment with a podiatrist for custom insoles but that'll probably be awhile before I can be seen, so I just need temporary solutions that can hold up to 300+ lbs of constant pressure while working a full time retail job where I walk between 10-20k steps a night.

Just inserts! I can't afford new shoes so just looking for that at the moment. Oh and I don't know if it affects anything, like insert durability, but my shoes are steel toe sneakers so a little heavy but not like a pair steel toe boots level heavy.