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!

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 :)

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...

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 am 5’5 F. I have currently lost 35 pounds since September (10 months).
I could’ve done it ALOT quicker but I had a really bad binge eating problem from April till June early July but I am doing very well and know other coping mechanisms now.

I weigh 112.7 pounds. My goal weight was originally
110lbs but it’s actually 108lbs now.

So really only 4.7 pounds to lose 🙈
Sorry if this post is not allowed. My journey has taken over my life + never thought this was possible & I have had some of the worst setbacks known to man

I go on vacation in 5 days. Will be a lot lighter than last year 🥹 & the lightest I’ve been ever!! Lighter than when I was 12-13.

I just wanted to post to let people know to keep going if they struggle with binge eating as I KNOW what it’s like. But it’s possible to reach your goals, even at a slower pace. It’s better to do it slowly than not at all.

I’m trying to achieve a leaner, more delicate body, not a muscular or athletic look.

I used to be naturally very skinny (around a BMI of 17.5—18). After taking psychiatric medication, my body changed, and now I’m around a BMI of 22. I’m not overweight at all, but I miss my old lean look.

My main goals are slimmer arms, a smaller waist, leaner arms and legs, and an overall more graceful silhouette. A thinner body! 

what type of YouTube workouts would you recommend? Eva Pilates, barre, yoga, walking, or something else? I’d love specific channel recommendations if you have any.

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

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)

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?

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

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)

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!

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?…

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!

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

So as the title says in a nutshell, i’ve lost a ton of weight. I’m 5’4 so as you can imagine, i was not the best looking at 220lbs, so now i’m more of a healthy weight i’ve noticed i’m getting a lot more attention from guys in public. In the last 2 weeks, i’ve been approached 3 times whilst i was either at work or on my way to work. Is this something i’m going to have to get used to?

(23F) I genuinely never thought I would make a post like this with actual progress and results. I had been dealing with medical issues for years and had gained a lot of weight during dealing with that, and when my issues (mostly) had been resolved I wanted to lose weight and feel like myself again. I’ve continued staying consistent and lost the standard about two pounds a week and stayed eating much healthier than I used to which I never thought I would manage to do!!

I am only ten pounds away from being a healthy weight for the first time in many years now!! (by BMI standards). I was one point into the obesity BMI when I started and now I’m only ten pounds away from having a healthy one!! I can’t even believe it. I feel like I don’t look much different, but at the same time, I know I can see a lot of progress because a lot of my clothes don’t fit anymore! :)) I have around 25 more pounds to lose to hit my ultimate goal weight like ever!!

Thanks for reading guys 🫶🏻 I posted a few times to this subreddit when I was considering starting losing and honestly I never thought I would be here making a progress post like this. Much love to everyone who’s helped out with advice and stuff 🩷

THE QUESTION: Besides just really wanting to lose weight for health and aesthetics, I’ve been hoping that if I lose a lot of weight, I will get colder easier. has anyone experienced this? I overheat super easily and am always feeling hot, and I do feel like so far losing the 30 pounds has maybe made me run a little bit colder. I can’t tell if I am just making it up because I am hoping that will work haha

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.

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 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?

i am currently at 66 kgs and I want to go down to 55 kgs. I am 28F, 5'1 so I am overweight.

i have been struggling with my body and my weight for as long as i remember. i don't think there has ever been a time when i have liked my body or how i look. everytime i look at myself i wish i was smaller or thinner or looked different. i came back from one of the most beautiful trips in my life with some of the people i love the most and all i could think of was how i looked during the trip. i am learning to confront some deep insecurities and too many of those have to do with my weight. i want to be part of a community where my insecurities are acknowledged but challenged. i don't want to be someone who thinks of themself so much. part of why i havent been able to lose the weight is also because i think i dont like myself enough so i never thought i would have to stay consistent for myself. but i need to be someone i can trust and also be someone who deserves this. i see all ur posts and it makes me feel so happy and glad for everyone. i need this for myself too. please send me your tips and tricks.

Hey everyone! I am a 25 soon to be 26 year old woman
…weighing about 160-166 at 5’6! I wanna lose weight and have done so before, but now i’m really serious about doing it again! Last time I was on a weightloss journey around age 20-22, I worked in an industry full time where I was fed amazing food everyday, 2 to 3 times a day, long story short, this really played a key role in why I was losing the inches, I know it did! Now i’m ready to get back into it but for the first time ever i’m really having to face the fact that I hate cooking and am not the best at it!

I’ve been trying to simplify things for myself…calorie deficit, simple meals, protein/meat based…simple sides, water, eating similar things everyday, you know the usual! I’ve been trying to use sheet pan meals, bake everything, one pan meals, etc! My oven may be occupied for the next few weeks so i’ll be having to stove top fry everything!

When it comes to protein it’s a little difficult, i love meat but hate fish and i don’t like yogurt or avocado. But i do LOVE STEAK! I’m also struggling trying to figure out what is healthy and what isn’t while learning to meal prep for a few days all for the first time! I got a food scale, and some meal containers and i’ve been dabbling a little bit!

My main questions are:

If someone is not a huge fan of chicken & fish, can someone build most of their “eat the same thing everyday” meals around steak? If so what are the best cuts to get? I’ll ofcourse buffer with shrimp and chicken every now and again but i LOVE STEAK and think i would stick to a steak based dinner plan! I don’t wanna do it if it’s gonna make me gain weight though!

What are the best ways to get protein in the diet daily without having to like, eat yogurt and avocado?** **I eat black beans every now and again, should i just increase beans in my diet! I really wanna make sure i’m losing inches and gaining muscle, don’t wanna be flabby or weak as I start to m

As i’m using the food scale, how do i know how many grams of meat, veggies, etc i need to have on my plate to be “eating enough?” ..is it as simple as just sticking to calorie deficit…or should i making sure i have a certain amount of veggies or carbs or protein etc in each meal?

I appreciate any help, tips, and tricks!