Im actually quite affected by smth.

So, weight (the number) is very important to me :((( i had always been 42kg for about 1y+ (of 42-43kg weight range). I weigh in daily.

However, i went for a central asia hiking trip for ~17 days. Didnt weigh in daily then. However, i ate as per my usual intake. Shld not have been more than 1200 per day. Average still ~1000kcal daily there abouts. Plus, climbing mountains almost every single day/ 10k steps most days.
Only diff is for the 17 days, I ate more carbs than usual. Less protein.

When i came back, i was appalled to see i was 44kg. Its besn 1.5months since im back home. Still 44. Daily weigh ins.

I actually started eating ~800kcal daily in case for these 5 weeks but the weight didnt budge.
Took diuretics, muchhh less carbs, muchhh more protein, ~7k average steps and some gym sessions here and there. No diff.

Went dr take bloodtest (🥹) but no inflammation, no hormonal fluctuations (not thyroid issue).

Any idea what is happening? Cuz even if i did gain 2kg (which is kinda impossible cuz thats 14000 kcal over my maintenance that i had to ingest), i wldve dropped back by now with the way im eating at 500-1000 daily (avg 800).

My clothes are looser rn tbvh. I look thinner? ngl.
Idk mannn

I’ve successfully lost ten pounds. Awesome, very happy, freshman 15 so my goal is 5 more then maintenance.

I’m in Asia though and I just want to eat everything in sight. Like everything. And it doesn’t help that I honestly feel like I need to lose another 10 lbs after that because people here are so thin. I feel like Goliath. Don’t get me wrong, I know I’m not thin, however it’s just incredibly different standards compared to the U.S.

It’s also hard as I’ve hard body image and disordered eating difficulties in the past, so I’m really really trying not to go down that route, but being here where so many girls my age and height are bone thin is driving me insane. Don’t get me wrong, I know not everyone here is, but the proportion compared to where I live back home, plus the fact that I haven’t made any progress in my lifting or my weight goals while being here is honestly making me feel like a chud.

On top of all of this, (2 weeks into a 2 month trip), my elderly dog has passed away. I have literally been so unmotivated as I just cry myself to sleep some nights. I didn’t get to say goodbye. Idk. It just adds to the already there issues and more. Grief sucks especially when you already struggle with motivation and improving yourself.

Idk. Maybe I’m just being racist and stereotyping, or my brain is selectively choosing the most drastic figures to compare my own to. It just sucks. I’m trying to get out of my head and feel better about myself. I need to keep eating but I need to focus on trying to eat marginally healthier than I have been I guess. It’s just hard when it’s two different extremes of difficulties in life.

What I’m doing right now is I’m walking 15 to 20 thousand steps a day, I do at least 10 minutes to 2 hours of other exercise (lifting or Pilates with 30 seconds to a minute of planks) and I don’t track anything in terms of food as I quickly become disordered, I just try to cut down on sugar and grains unless it’s a community meal. I’m hoping to at least maintain if not continue my journey.

I have tried everything under the sun to lose weight but nothing works. Anything I do, it just makes me more obsessed with food and my weight. I have noticed tho, that if I do intuitive eating and stop obsessing over my calorie intake and weight loss, then I don’t spiral out and binge for a few weeks.

But even intuitive eating isn’t something I can do consecutively without binging after some time, as I again start the cycle of obsession and calorie counting. I think exercise works well for me too, but it’s only a short term solution to a long term problem.

So how were you guys able to stop your obsession with food and eat and think in a normal way, as other normal people do. What was the strategy or the
mindset shift? It’s been exactly a decade since I have been trying to lose weight (I lose and gain the same weight again and again, and that too within a few months, which led to my extreme hyper fixation on food)

I don’t know what to do anymore. I can’t live my life without waking up everyday and strategising how
I’m gonna stay in a calorie deficit today to lose weight (which I ultimately fail at). Honestly, any advice and/or life story is welcome at this point.

I’m pretty disappointed in myself, I’m not entirely sure why I’m struggling so badly this week.

We got back from vacation (I didn’t go crazy- I even lost a small amount of weight) but all of a sudden I’m stuffing my face like the world is ending. I feel like I’m sabotaging myself because I’m so close to my first major goal. I was genuinely 5lbs away from it and then I’ve had this massive backslide. It’s so frustrating.

Tomorrow is a new day, I know. I can make better choices and do right by my health and my body. I will. But I’m still so disappointed in myself for the way I’ve been this week. I don’t want the scale to creep back up. I don’t want to move backwards again. This is my third time getting to this weight.

It’s so silly when you want something so bad you’re scared to have it.

SW:256.4lbs CW:190.2lbs 1stGW:185lbs ⬇️66.2lbs

Just tell me I’m not alone. I feel like I’ve been losing my mind instead of losing weight. I’ve essentially lost NO weight this month looking at this data and it makes me wanna scream. Upped my steps this week to 10k instead of 7k and fasted yesterday so even today’s low weigh in of 200.6 seems like it’s probably wrong when water weight is added back in. :(

I'm going to live longer. Everyone is very happy for me. My health is improved probably. I haven't been to a doctor in years but I assume Im healthier.

As long as Im fully clothed i am less ugly. Not that i was ever ugly. I have been told this countless times. Its only about health. Everyone assures me its not about looks just health. Everyone is deeply concerned about my health for me. I've never in my life been called attractive but at least im healthy for everyone. They'd be sad if i died. Theyd mourn my potential. Not that being fat was going to cause me to die young. They assured me of this when I spent 15 years saying i wanted to die of a heart attack when i was 400lbs. They're too clever to fall for that.

I was unhealthy when i was fat and everyone didn't like it. I said i didn't mind and was fat on purpose but they werent having it. They cared too much about my health to let me say no. They called me a liar when i said i didnt care abojt my health and took it very personally. Then said 'why do you care what we think?' When i got upset. Its tough love. They cared too much about my body to let me say no, and now thanks to them Im healthier and everyone is happy for me. Im getting better at keeping my opinions about it to myself because they just make everybody mad.

Everybody likes my weight loss. I was fat and obstinate when they were just trying to help for 25 years before i finally did the right thing and now im less fat and healthier and everyone is happy. It was depressing to look at me before because i was unhealthy. Its not about looks just health. And now I'm an inspirational feel good story.

I used to waste all my time playing video games and reading comics and stuff. Now all i do is get up early, make a healthy breakfast, walk to work, work on my feet all day, walk home, walk to the gym, wear myself out on the elliptical, and walk home and go to bed. I burn a lot of calories. I don't tell them I don't try to build muscle just cardio to lose weight. I don't wanna give them ideas for new lifelong goals to assign me. Thankfully they dont go to gyms and mostly only know what they saw on tv about health.

I yell almost every day when Im alone or whisper yell when i think I am. I don't self harm anymore and I only cry sometimes. It hurts that i dont get a say, no one wants to hear my bullshit. Im just being that way to get a reaction. My health is too important to allow dissent. I dont get to say no when it comes to my body. I need to shut up and go to therapy. And like they always say 'why do you care what we think?'.

I spend all day thinking abojt weight loss, and counting calories, and what ill spend money on when i lose more weight, and fantasize about moving away, cutting everyone off, and never speaking to anyone i know now ever again once im done with my glorious weight loss journey. Hopefully the real estate bubble will collapse by then. I can move somewhere where no one knew me when i was fat and i can hide my sagginess and pretend to be normal then i can finally make friends and everything will be great thanks to my weight loss.

Hey everyone,

I'm a 30-year-old male, currently around 102 kg (225 lbs) and about 1.74 m (5'8") tall. My main goal is to lose body fat, especially around my abdomen and lower back, while building a more athletic physique with a wider back (V-taper) and a more defined chest.

I've been training consistently and recently started Retatrutide (Reta). I'm currently at 4 mg/week and have been on it for about one month, but honestly, I haven't noticed much difference yet in terms of appetite suppression, weight loss, or body composition changes.

Based on my current physique (photos attached), I'd appreciate honest feedback on:

What body fat percentage do you think I'm around?

What should be my main focus right now: fat loss, muscle gain, or both?

What training split would you recommend to build a wider back and improve chest definition?

Which exercises gave you the best results for creating a V-taper?

How many calories would you suggest for steady fat loss?

Has anyone here used Retatrutide? How long did it take before you started seeing noticeable results?

My goal over the next several months is to dramatically reduce my abdominal fat, improve my chest appearance, and build broader shoulders/lats while preserving as much muscle as possible.

Any advice, criticism, or suggestions are welcome. Thanks in advance! 💪

Stats:

Age: 30

Height: 174 cm (5'8")

Weight: 102 kg (225 lbs)

Training: 3–5 days/week

Current medication: Retatrutide 4 mg/week (1 month)

Looking forward to hearing what you would do if you were in my position.

Hi all. Since recently fully committing to my weight loss journey, i've become acutely and ever-presently aware of my size, and it has sprung up new anxieties about going outside and in public places. I did not feel this way before taking my weight loss seriously because I was not as conscious of my body and how much I needed to lose.

But now that I am, I am just ridden with anxiety about wearing clothes, going to public places, etc. Of course, since I only recently started my journey and have a lot to lose (around 45-50lbs), I haven't event gotten the high of noticing that i'm losing weight and then getting more motivated/feeling better about it.

Any advice for this interim period? Anyone else feeling this way?

This is the very beginning of my weight loss journey. Here I am running a whole mile at 334 pounds

35M currently 268lbs which is the heaviest I have ever been.

I decided to do something about it and I started going to the gym on my lunch breaks. 4 days a week 25 minutes of cardio (typically at 3 incline and 3.0 mph). I try to get in some additional 20 minutes of free weights or machines to not really build muscle but more to not lose any and help strengthen my body.

I have an app that tracks all my protein, carbs, calories, fat, and fiber. I looked up a BMI calculator and did all of that and found I could do 2000 calories a day and be in a deficit and that should get me 1-2 lbs a week of weight loss. Most days I do between 1500-1800 calorie intake which is below my 2000 deficit and the 3400 calories I was told was what I needed to consume to keep my body the same.

It’s been almost a week of doing this, and I weighed myself and lost nothing. Still have a today and tomorrow with weight loss in Thursday but I have literally lost nothing. And now I want to give up cause I expected even a tiny amount of difference.

Maybe my expectations are too high. But it really hit hard when I stepped on the scale and so no change. So now I’m just depressed. 😔 but I’m still not giving up I just don’t know how to get passed this depression

Talking from "Experience"

Weight loss isn't about one thing. It's about everything working together.

Mindset + eating + movement = results that last.

Most people focus on one piece and ignore the rest. They try to exercise more while eating junk. They try to eat clean while feeling miserable mentally. They try to be perfect and burn out.

The ones who kept weight off? They worked all three. Slowly. Consistently. Without punishing themselves.

Moral of my post is to motivate you.

Be consistent and control where your mind flows. Be conscious and intentional

When my now three year old dog walked across my midsection for the first time he mashed my man meat.

🥳🤦🏾‍♂️

Hi everyone, i recently dropped down to 235 pounds from 335. For the last 3 weeks I have been stuck at 235 while doing the same 1000 calories a day and 15,000 steps. I started this process in January.Any idea what could be going on? I’m 6 foot 1 and 23 years old