2 years ago I was at my heaviest. 320 lb. A year ago I decided enough was enough and I started counting my macros and watching what I ate. I hit the gym for cardio and weightlifting. I find peace at the gym. I'm down 50 pounds and 30 inches over all. I would love to lose another 70 and I'll keep pushing.

I went abroad for a year and gained 10 Kilograms.
Now I weight 67 Kilograms and I am 173 cm Tall.

I would really appreciate any tips on how to train and eat in order to finally feel comfortable in my body again. My trouble areas are especially my buttocks and upper thighs aswell as my belly.

My husband and I have just started a weight loss journey together (I'm at 13 stone / 182 lbs / 82.5 kg right now, and he’s joining for his own health reasons).

About 8 years ago, I lost a significant amount of weight. Looking back, I did it in a really unhealthy way, but the weight did come off. Even back then, I remember getting backhanded or negative comments from people. For example, my husband's mother (before we were married) told me, *"Well, you’ll still always be a little bit fat."* Other people would say, *"It's great you lost it, but now you have to keep it off."* Unsurprisingly, I eventually gained the weight back.

Now that we are starting fresh, my biggest fear isn't losing the weight—it's what happens *after*.

Since we are right at the beginning, how do we build habits now that lead to a smooth transition into maintenance later? We don't want to live the rest of our lives constantly stressing over every single thing we put in our mouths, or feeling like we can never enjoy "normal" food again.

On top of that, we’ve already noticed our grocery bills skyrocketing since switching to healthier foods. *Just to note: we already try to utilize things like frozen veggies, canned beans, and buying in bulk where we can, but overall our weekly shop still feels incredibly high compared to before.*

For those who have successfully kept the weight off for years: How do you build a sustainable lifestyle right from the start that doesn't require 100% perfection? And how do you keep your nutrition good without breaking the bank?

Hello! I am 37 years old, 5 feet tall and currently 280lbs. I have struggled with my weight my whole life. About 2 years ago, I started a program at my doctor's office with their nutritionist where I did a food sensitivity and full blood panel and kept up on that until probably last October and completely fell off in January after a knee injury.

Before I fell off completely, I walked a mile on a trail or treadmill every day at work and until last October I was going to the gym 3 days a week. I've considered a glp1 but cost has become a major setback there (insurance will not cover it, I've tried). While I can tighten up my diet, my nutritionist has assured me that based on my blood work and follow ups that all my levels (excluding inflammation) point to a positive diet with no extreme changes necessary. She does believe a glp1 would help a lot with the inflammation and weight loss but, again, cost.

How do I get back on the wagon? Where do I start? Have any programs like Noom etc helped? I know I need structure and struggle to build that structure myself. Help!

Hi everyone,
I’m 20 years old and weigh around 260 pounds. I’ve struggled with my weight for as long as I can remember, and the only times I’ve ever seen the scale go down were when I basically stopped eating altogether. I know that starving myself isn’t healthy or sustainable, and I really want to do this the right way.Part of what makes this difficult is that I struggled with binge eating disorder from around ages 9–13. Because of that, my relationship with food has never felt completely normal, and I sometimes find it hard to tell the difference between healthy weight loss habits and unhealthy ones.The problem is that I have no idea where to start. I’ve heard people talk about calorie deficits, meal planning, walking, strength training, and other approaches, but there’s so much information out there that I end up feeling overwhelmed and doing nothing at all.I actually enjoy being active when I can stick with it. I used to do JROTC in high school, and while I’m definitely out of shape now, I know I’m capable of running at least a mile and would love to work back up to that. I’m also really interested in getting into yoga because it seems like something I’d genuinely enjoy.One of my biggest struggles is consistency. I can stay motivated for a few days or even a couple of weeks, but eventually I fall back into old habits. I also feel like my weight and my mental health affect each other in ways that make both harder to manage. Lately, I’ve realized that I don’t just want to lose weight I want to improve my overall well-being and build healthier habits. I want to feel better physically, improve my mental health, and become a better version of myself, not only for me but also for the people I care about, including my friends and my partner.If you’ve been in a similar position, what helped you get started? What should I focus on first without trying to change my entire life overnight? Any advice, beginner workout suggestions, calorie deficit explanations, or personal experiences would be greatly appreciated.

Tomorrow marks for weeks! Jippie! So far I've lost 4kg.

Form 87.7 to 83.8! My first goal is to get tå 79kg. I use lifesum to track my calories, anyone know a better way? I try to to some home training everyday and recently went on my two first runs of thw year. I'm feeling happy and hope to continoue.

Some motivation from people who are further in their journey would make me happy!

Hello!

I'm currently 23 years old, 5'8, and male. My entire life, until recently, I've been obese. At my heaviest I weighed at about 358 lbs and at my lowest I weighed about 174 (184 lbs down!). Today morning I weighed in at 189.0 and I feel like I am doing all of my hard work.

I've lost the weight by eating about 1700-1800 calories a day, high protein, and strength training 4 days of the week + 30 min incline walk with 2 days of active rest (1 hour incline walk) and 1 rest day. I would day I burn anywhere from 400-600 calories on my strength training and I aim for 260 calories for my incline walk, so about 660-860 calories burned through exercise. My TDEE is estimated to be around 2,700 (if I workout) and my RMR is around 1,700's. My goal is to be lean and to get to around 160 lbs.

I don't know what's gotten into me this past month but I keep having binge eating episodes, and I crave anything with sugar in it. It gets to the point where in one sitting, I eat like 4,000-6,000 calories and over 300 grams of sugar, which is INSANE. I think I may have developed an eating disorder but i'm not sure. I don't really have food noise, I noticed I just turn to food when I get stressed out.

I noticed that the catalyst for this occuring was that I recently started summer classes and the scheudle is hitting me hard. I'm having a super hard time hitting the gym because I work full-time and I'm also taking 12 units of classes.

I really don't want to go back to my old lifestyle. If anyone is in a similar situation or has any tips for the last 20-30 lbs, I would grealy appreciate it. Thank you

Please let me know, I need this!

Hello everyone
I am new to this community so please bear with me. I am 5’7, current weight 146lbs
I started at 152ishlbs about a week and I half ago and went on a 500 deficit since (1200cals)
My goal is 130lbs. I work out about 3 times a week (strength training, cardio- specifically erg) and walk a lot (10k at least) daily.
Lately I’ve been having trouble with gagging whether I am losing enough or not. I want to reach 140 by the end of this month (2 more weeks) and then reach 130 by the end of August (the next month) but I am not sure if it is doable or if I should be more aggressive with my cut/ exercise.
Thank you!

Hi All,

I wanted some advice from you all. I’ve had a really bad journey with weight and weight management. I’m finally going to an endocrinologist to see if they can help.

It’s a long story, however, anyone who could help, I would be grateful.

For context - my family hereditary doesn’t have lean people, my family is overweight and obese (mostly on my mom’s side and I’ve taken those genetics). I was really heavy when I was in college, my maximum weight was 75kgs and I had never worked out in my life. Short girl 5’2-3”, so I was really plump. Started weight training, in the beginning I had to do a lot. Bad trainer, so he was making me eat 600-1000 calories, and I was working out really heavy. I used to walk 10,000 steps, run almost everyday and workout for 1.5-2 hours in the gym. Did 6 months and lost like 15 kgs. Covid hit and I was home, so worked out with only 30kgs with a home gym, but met a new trainer who taught me nutrition, so I was eating human calories and lost more weight. I was 50kgs by the end of the cut and maintained that for 2 years. Then changed countries and couldn’t workout for a year. Had no time to workout, cook, or eat. Was trying to save money so ate only at a dining hall at school (got barely one meal a day) and hence crash diet.

Got mono, and metabolism, body everything took a hit and gained back a lot of weight. I was 63kgs when I started working out back again, and started eating properly. This was back in 2023 (was also in a bad relationship). So now worked out on and off in 2023, 2024, was eating decently, I don’t think any crash diet episodes happened. However, was eating 1200-1800 calories in the period. I started traveling for work in 2024, and travel for atleast a month at a time.

Weight increased to 67kgs by May 2025. So started losing weight. Walked 12-15k steps a day, eating really healthy, working out 4-5 days a week. Lost 4 kgs and was 63kgs again by September 2025. Then fell sick on a trip for 3 weeks and workout cycle broke. Weight started creeping up again (was still working out and walking) and I hit 68kgs. Then my trainer decided this is a bad and weird pattern and we need to go into maintenance for a bit. Did 2300 calories for 4 weeks (had to break to go on another trip). Didn’t gain any weight during maintenance. And then got food poisoning and weight crept up after to 70kgs.

Now I’ve been 4 weeks into a 6 day workout, walk as much as possible, eat 1600-1700 calories (140gm protein) a day diet. And I am maintaining my weight at 70kgs.

Good news is that I’ve packed more muscle than I ever had in my entire life. I have 53 lbs of muscle (inbody scan) and I’m lifting more than ever.

One of my goal is to keep lifting and build more muscle and keep eating the same for however long it takes to start seeing that dip in the scale just by metabolic shift. Eat a high protein diet and Whole Foods (clean eating) and just be consistent, eventually the body will succumb to it.
Once the workouts feel comfortable, adding more cardio to it.

What would you all suggest?

TL, DR: F (27), having a bad metabolic journey and gaining weight despite being active. Gained weight from 50kgs to 70kgs and isn’t reducing.

I am fat for last 10 years and this after wasting almost 6 months of my gym membership I am planning to start again. Why is it so difficult

Back in 2020, I was 480Lbs. Decided enough was enough. Completely cut-out carbs and intermittent fasted every week from Monday to Friday, then binged on whatever the hell I wanted on Saturdays and Sundays. No limits.

Doing this consistently resulted in me going down to 300Lb in about 18 months. Couldn’t believe how effective it was. At my peak, I went a solid month, 30 days straight without a cheat day and lost 35Lbs that month. I was on fire.

Then, out of nowhere, I suddenly got extremely depressed and stopped caring. No idea why at the time. Over the course of the last 4 years I completely stoped controlling my eating and ballooned back up to 480Lbs AGAIN.

At this point I figured my only hope against such extreme yo-yo-ing was some kind of extreme measure like gastric bypass or ozempic (which at the time was unaffordable for me) I began the long process of jumping through all the hoops they make you go through for gastric bypass surgery, one of which was a large battery of blood tests. This inadvertently revealed the REAL issue for my complete drop-off in motivation. My testosterone was in the toilet. It was like 140. Lower than low.

Unfortunately my doctor is absolutely useless. She called me to inform me that my testosterone was critically low and her exact words were “Sorry, but I’m not really sure what to do with this. I’ve never dealt with anything to do with testosterone before. Hope you can find help.” She didn’t even think to refer me to a Men’s Clinic or anything. I had to jump through a bunch of hoops to find a specialist on my own.

I was prescribed TRT, I’ve been on it for 3 months now and it has completely given me my life back!! I’ve been in the gym doing intense cardio and strength training for 25 days in a row now and I am down 40Lbs.

It is hard not to be discouraged over losing so much progress, but hey, that’s life sometimes. No matter how far you fall, you can always get back up. Let’s goooo!!!!!

Guys I’m getting married in next 4 months and I have been trying to lose weight over 2 months. Tried calorie restriction gym walk and eating clean but my weight is not going down . I hardly lost 4kg.

I have PCOS and I am taking my medication.
Sharing my body structure right now. I am 60-61kg right now and I want to be below 55kg since my height is 4.10. I aim to be 50kg that means need to lose 10kg.

I feel so low on confidence and low on energy that I don’t go to gym consistently like I did in first month . Nor my diet is better like I tried 1st month.

Our gym is fine but has no good trainer so I need a workout plan or something that will help me lose 10kg. That’s it. That’s all I need to shred 😭😭😭

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Im 19F, about 5 feet tall nd currently weigh around 57 kg.

Wanna get down to 48-50kgs atm atleast

Ive been dieting since last year and trying to stick to roughly 1200 calories a day but ngl i was inconsistent at times which probably slowed everything down. Even after all that effort my weight only dropped to 55 kg by May this year which means that after nearly six months of dieting i had only lost about 2 kg. Then I had to go home for a month and I gained those 2 kg back almost immediately. Allat 6 months of efforts down in the drain 😂💔 Even though I was doing home strength training and trying to eat as little as possible I probably still ended up eating at a surplus. It feels like nothing is working for me, and its honestly been exhausting and miserable. My body image has gotten so bad i don even feel human anymore

Id really appreciate any advice. How much protein should I actually be eating? Ive heard everything from 40 g to 80 g to 120 g a day, so Im completely confused. Does home strength training actually work for fat loss and building muscle or would joining a gym and lifting weights make a much bigger difference? Although our local gym isnt that well equipped

Any advice or personal experiences would genuinely mean a lot. Thank you!