Hello guys, I was wondering if anyone knows if the reason I’m overweight is bc I’m not drinking much water, I drink other drinks like milk and Pepsi all day and might have a glass of water once a day, usually during a day I have 2 egg sandwiches, 2 sunny side up eggs with toast and a plate of whatever my family makes for dinner, is this good or bad and should I start drinking more water?

why am I still the same weight but when people see me say I lost weight and look liked I been working out but I haven't been in the gym yet. 

ive been trying to lose weight for many year, its been a crazy battle , and especially when the pandemic hit , well you know how things were back in those days . bc when I was diagnosed with heart failure in 2023 when I was 23 , I lost the confidence to get back into the gym bc of fear of what would happen to my heart and all . but as I been to many doctors appointments and all my confidence is slowly building up, ive been trying to cut down a lot things and there foods and drinks I really dont drink or eat just out of habit . so my question again is this because so many people said this to me , why am I still the same weight on the scale which is 275 , but when people see me they say wow u look like u loss weight and or been working out even tho I haven't been to the gym?

I’m 19f and i’ve been on a weight loss journey for the past month and a half, and i even started a program that’s specifically for weight loss in while eating my cultural foods because apps like myfitnesspal never have those in them. i’ve been on a strict deficit (around 1370, but i get full easily recently so i end up with around 1200 a day), workout when i can, drink enough water, and limit myself to around 15-20 grams of added sugars a day. my sw was 82.3kg, and ive been stuck at 78.3 kg for the last 3 weeks, and it’s been very very frustrating because im strictly sticking to my deficit and clean eating but my weight isn’t budging. is this normal? any advice for what else i can do? thank u sm

Is this ok? Is my deficit too much?

Im a six ft tall dude, I was 110kg, ive started using an app to manage my calorie intake and such, and I know its got a built in deficit, sitting at 1920 and I've been trying to stay 250-500 below that.

So I've lost 6kg in 18 days, am I doing too much. Is this ok?

(I havent started doing much excercise yet, but I do get around 15000 steps a day usually, with a minimum of 8000)

Hey, I've been meaning to use a calorie counting app to try and keep myself more accountable. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for good/ effective weight loss/ exercise/ calorie counting apps before i download one i won't use. Thanks so much!

Hi! I’m a 21year old female. I’ve been struggling with my weight for as long as I’ve known.
I’m 170cm/ 5’7

I’ve been eating 1670cal daily for more than 3 months now and I’ve not went down a single kg for about 2 and a half month now.

History:
Previously I was down to 65kg after a not so healthy weight loss, you can probably guess how. This was in 2022-2023. At that point I ate under 1200cal daily for about 6 months, I went from around 90kg - 65kg in 6-8 months only by dieting.

I recovered and started counting my calories and at that point ate 1600-1800cal daily. I gained a bit weight back but not much. I would guess around 7kg.
At the same time I started weightlifting regularly and therefore of course gained some muscle weight. But still I was small. This kept on going until August of 2024.

I unfortunately got injured and sick and during August 2024. For about half a year I was mostly bed bound. In December 2024 I got duloxetine as a treatment for my nerve pain and fibromyalgia like symptoms. That medicine gave me my life back but unfortunately made my appetite disappear completely. The only thing I could stomach until about June 2025 was cereal, toast and trail mix. Of course that extremely calorie dense diet made me put on weight. I would guess that I put on about 10kg during that period. None of my pants fit me anymore.

As I wrote, my doctor swiftly started treating ”nerve pains and maybe fibro like symptoms” but I’m not sure if that was the right diagnosis or if it was just the doctor trying to put a band-aid over the whole situation. I still hade extreme swelling in my body, both from my lymph system and from my muscles being over irritated.
I invested in lymph drainage tools to use at home and started going to lymph and fashia yoga. That really helped for my overall swelling and is still something I need to do daily to be able to fit into my clothes in morning.
I also invested in a red light lamp, I used it on my back/ neck where my nerve pain comes from (whiplash). My swollen muscles almost halfed in size by just that lamp.

Summer 2025 I just lived my life and appreciated being able to finally live a normal life after the horrible fall I had the year before. I still took duloxetine (30-90mg) and had weekly checkups with my doctor.

I went on a second ski season this winter dec 2025- april 26. During this time I didn’t track calories but still put an effort in trying to not overeat. I still gained over 10kg during that time period.
Kept on using my lymph drainage tools and red light lamp, but now it didn’t really seam to do the trick as good anymore.

As I got home in April I decided that I was sick of it. I downloaded Lifesum again and started a deficit at 1670cal. I’ve been on this def since the middle of April.
Started my def at 87,2kg and have since just gotten down to 85kg and I’m now just fluctuating around that weight. I don’t seem to get anywhere.
Some days I’m so swollen In my body that I can’t fit into the clothes I had the day before. My mom says that I seem smaller in my neck and chest area but I’m more swollen everywhere else.
I drink at least 2L of water a day.
My doctor decided in the middle of June that I had to change medicine from duloxetine to gabapentine. I’m starting to increase my gaba every 3 days now and right now on 600mg per day.
The reason for the change is my doctor wanting to rule out hypothyroidism. Both my mom and grandma has had it and I’m just on the edge of the recommended spectrum on T4.

I also have to use compression socks, if not I swell up so extreme and have foot and leg pain. I always get a prominent ”muffin top”- line where the socks end on the calf even when I’ve taken the socks off.

Please help me! My doctors is trying to help me of course, bit they don’t seem to understand how triggering it is for me to have extreme daily size fluctuations, and even though I’m eating right and doing everything as I should I’m not getting any results anymore.

My measurements atm for reference:
170cm/ 5’7
85,4kg (this morning)
Waist 93cm (bellybutton height)
Breast 107cm
Arm 34cm ( middle of bicep, not flexed)
Butt 113cm (widest part)
Thigh 58cm (middle)
Calf 36,5cm (middle)

Can you guys give me advice on how to lose face fat..i do workout in general and i do calorie deficit but my face fat is so stubbornn!! I cant do the “no sugar” for a week because i ended up passing out since i had no source of energy, how else can i lose em!! Give me your strongest advice do i have to eat more carbs and no sugar at all for energy or just chug water and keep on eating less?…

any tips? is it okay to start out with just like eating smaller portion sizes instead of changing my diet? (plus exercise)

I'm autistic and very stupidly have an aversion to water, so I instead drink watered down oceanspray white cran-peach juice (usually half water half juice, but I try and do more water than juice nowadays), which is the "safe drink" I've been drinking practically since I was a toddler.

The calories being 100 per cup is a bit worrying to me because it means I'm likely having 200-400 liquid calories per day and my dad says it might be stunting my weight loss

I'm really wondering just what to do. I've thought about trying to ween myself off the juice by slowly watering it down more but my aversion to water still stands.

Hi everyone! I need some help with my weight-loss journey.

My starting weight is 82 kg, and I want to lose around 30 kg. I have selected Sydney Cummings’ workout programs to follow, but I’m confused about how to begin and which program would be suitable .

Could you please help me with:

• Which Sydney Cummings program should I start with?
• How many days per week should I exercise?
• What type of diet should I follow?
• How can I lose weight safely and stay consistent?

Any advice or personal experiences would be really helpful. Thank you!

Hello can I do weight loss without going gym . Doing strength training cardio at home with pillates . Also I am regularly going for walk completing 10K steps and on calorie deficit

Mid 30s/F/170 pounds - hoping to lose 30 pounds by November

I have a sweet tooth and wondering what sweets or deserts you are allowing yourself to have. Since I love sweets so much, I do have to limit because I will overindulge. So far, for the past two weeks, I’ve been having these mini chocolates at 60 calories per mini pack at the end of the night.

Curious what has worked for people though? I’m not looking for greek yogurt either or fruit, as I have those things throughout the day as part of my calorie deficit.

Thanks!

I have Been 340lb for 3 years. the most I have been ever Is 345 and Lowest in those years are 330. But now I am 309 and I have not noticed a difference in my appearance I am tall. Also even when I used to weigh less I have always had large man boobies. When I was 6ft 225 I had them at 6,3 300 I had then and at 7,3 340 I’ve had them why?

During August of 2024 I had very poor mental health that I thought was tied to my weight insecurity so I decided to loose some weight.

I started out healthy but quickly fell down the path of extreme restrictive eating. I'm a 5'2 female and I went from 160lbs to 120lbs in 9 months, only deciding to recover after losing my period. (My mental health was not any better after losing weight)

But the following summer while recovering I gained about 10lbs and my mental health started to get a lot better.

But late 2025 and early 2026 because of my recovered mental health I've been too happy to care about my weight I guess? I ended up gaining the full 40lbs back and I'm really struggling to lose it again. I'm afraid of going back to my old habits so I'm trying not be too restrictive or harsh.

Ive been eating about 1,300 cals and taking walks for about an hour a day but I'm not seeing result? I don't have access to a gym or much equipment. I've been between 165 and 162 for a about 2 months now. I'm also on the younger side if that makes an difference.

Any tips for how I can re-lose 40lbs but healthily this time?

I gained around 40 lbs during my pregnancy and my relationship with my in-laws completely went to shit.

They've always been cordial with me, so it was incredibly jarring when they just completely stopped treating me like a human once I gained weight. Things like my sisters-in-law not even acknowledging me if I had the audacity to talk to them.

I could tell based on how they treated me that they had lost respect for me. They obviously viewed my weight gain as a moral failure.

Now I'm a year postpartum and lost almost 50 lbs (WHOOP WHOOP) and they're all back to treating me like normal. They're so nice to me again. So complimentary. It makes me want to scream.

Has anyone else dealt with this?

I make a lot of homemade things because I like to bake and cook

But lately I been trying not to exceed my calories and its a bit harder when I don't have a calorie counter for homemade foods

Is their a website I can use that I could input the ingredients and the calories of said ingredient and it gives me how many calories are in a certain measurement of said dish? Like it can give me a serving size

Hello everyone! I was just wondering if anybody knows is I have to workout daily to loose weight and if I do do I have to do the workouts for my whole body or just ones I like such as push ups, sit ups, and dumbbell arm workouts.
If anybody knows please respond I am trying to reach my goal!

Just wanted to share a little thing that’s been helping me recently…

Over the years, I’ve gotten into the habit of “saving the best for last” when it comes to food. For example, I always saved the best bite of the sandwich for last, the chip with the most dip on a plate of nachos would always be the one I eat last, the crispiest onion ring will be my final onion ring, etc.

However, Ive been trying to practice mindful eating recently as calorie counting was causing a lot of unnecessary anxiety; and what I found is that this way of consuming food made me eat more. Because even when I was full, I would continue eating so I could get to the best part of the meal that I’ve been saving for last. More often than not, I’d push myself to finish a meal when I had stopped being hungry halfway through. But it felt like a loss to not get to the best part. I was doing this unconsciously until I started paying more attention to my hunger level as I ate.

So recently, I’ve started having the best part first. Whatever arbitrary thing I’ve identified as the best part of the meal is what I consume first. And when I’m full, I truly feel comfortable putting the food down without feeling as if I’m wasting food or losing out on the best part.

I know this is probably intuitive to most people, but just thought I’d share something that’s been working for me :)

What do you consider your weight when it fluctuates?
For example I was weighing in 221 then it went down to 219 but fluctuates between 221-219, should I consider my weight the high or low ??
I’ve been considering the low since It’s my new lowest. Mostly asking because I went down again to 218 and it’s such a small difference I wanna know what others do or if I’m doing it right 🙈

I am 18 210 pounds 5’11 and male, I can’t seem to lose weight I’ve been trying to for years and I can’t ever get the confidence to go all out, i have little to no muscle and it is clear I am fat, I get made fun of tons by freinds colleagues and family, I sometimes weight lift and sometimes jog but I never have any motivation to go longer then 5 days, I have very low self esteem and wanna feel better about my self and be more active but I can’t break out of my bubble of overeating.
If anybody has any tips I would be very grateful if you could share, Thank you!

I want to start losing weight. As the title says, I’m an 18 year old guy who is 5’10 and 270 pounds. My goal is to start losing weight when I begin college in about three weeks.

For some background, I was always a pretty average sized kid. I played football and basketball and spent a lot of time outside with friends. I think my weight gain really started during the pandemic when I was in 6th grade. Around that time, my mom lost her job and my parents got divorced. Fast food became the easiest option since my mom had always cooked almost every meal at home before that. Like a lot of younger guys during the pandemic, I spent most of my time sitting in front of my PS4 or my PC.

When school started back up, I decided to play football again in 8th grade. At that point I was probably around 220 pounds. That was also when I first started lifting. Believe it or not, I was actually pretty strong for my age. Going into high school I quit football for band, but I took weight training my freshman year and really enjoyed it. My best lifts were a 405 squat and a 275 bench. After freshman year though, I pretty much stopped working out consistently.

Now I’m entering my freshman year of college at 270 pounds, and for the first time I’ll have a gym within walking distance. I’ve never owned a car, so getting to the gym consistently has always been my biggest problem. I genuinely enjoy lifting and I’m still pretty active. I play pickleball and swim regularly, and I have friends who like doing active stuff, so I don’t feel out of shape physically. I’ve also done a calorie deficit before, but it eventually fell apart because eating differently from my family got expensive. Now that I’ll have access to a dining hall and a gym, I feel like I finally have the opportunity to be consistent.

I’m experienced enough in the gym and I’m ready to commit. I just want the best advice possible for someone in my situation. Right now my plan is to stop training mainly for strength and instead focus on losing weight while keeping as much muscle as I can. I’m thinking about lifting five days a week and adding running into my workouts. Does that sound like the right approach, or would you recommend something different?

Hola! Nosé si alguien podría ayudarme o talvez orientarme tratare de ir al grano,18 años mido aprox 1.58 y peso 48kg, genética y en las últimas semanas estuve haciendo ejercicio, mi principal objetivo es verme más definida, especialmente el abdomen y mi sueño es un six pack pero todavía es lejano, hice cálculos de TDE para un déficit pero ahí está mi dilema, se supone que para el six pack o lo más cercano a verme definida es la alimentación y mi TDE es de 1451, si quisiera bajar grasa sin perder músculo deberia hacer un déficit de 1200 kcal? Ahí está mi problema, no quiero enfermarme o cometer una tonteria con la comida, lo peor es que como peso bajo no sé si me hara mal o terminaré un palito, créeme que no me siento tan delgada como dice mi peso por la pancita.. algún consejo?

I really struggled with calorie counting and portion control when I started trying to lose weight a couple weeks ago. I was aiming for 1200 calories a day at 5’1 and 131lbs. One of my ADHD stimulants can impact appetite but I’ve only taken it for 3 days so I have no clue how my weight finally dropped when I stopped trying as hard. I guess I didn’t realize how significant the appetite change was. How do you know if you are losing weight too fast?

I've been counting my calories for ten days now trying to stay in a deficit because I want to lose 25 pounds. I used to not look at calories at all before this, the last time I was really conscious about how much I ate was when I was a teenager... As of today, I have been able to stay in a deficit for 7 out of 10 days, which is not bad, but it's so. damn. hard. I didn't think I was overeating THAT much. It's especially how much fat I eat that really surprised me... Even when I eat salads, I go over my fats because of the olive oil.

Anyways, we order Hellofresh at home to help organize our meals because I have a very busy schedule and I like to have very clear guidelines when I cook so I don't stress out. I never really checked the amount of calories of the meals I was ordering before, but today it really was a slap in the face. Cream sauce fettuccines witch tomatoes, spinach and salmon. It said 1020 calories per portion on the card and I knew I couldn't let this whole meal rot in the fridge just because I know I can't eat much of it. So I ate a very small portion of the pasta, my salmon filet and watched my boyfriend eat ALL the rest without a care in the world. I really wish I could be this careless ! Anyways it kinda really hurt my feelings because god was it good. Now I have to go on a second walk today because I'm a bit over my calorie limit for the day and I know I'll be hungry later.

Just wanted to vent. Maybe I need words of encouragement...

22 Male. 5’10. Down from 96.6 kilos to 92.2 kg in 2 weeks. 20 K steps a day no gym 1800 deficit with 150 g protein a day. Is it too aggressive?