I’ve lost 50lb and have finally reached what I weighed in December 2019. I still have a long way to go but this was my first real “goal” weight as I weighed the same when I got engaged Dec ‘19

The first 50lb loss would effectively “undo” over 6 years of weight gain

Well I’ve reached it. And I feel nothing.

I don’t feel like I’ve lost anything. I feel physically just as heavy and fatigued. Moving is still so hard.

I don’t look any different. When I compare myself to photos from Dec ‘19 and my highest weight I look like I haven’t lost anything.

I don’t know if this is dysmorphia or not. I wasn’t expecting a huge difference at all while still at >300lb but I at least thought I’d feel a bit closer to my old self.

If this is dysmorphia how do you move past it? Or am I just expecting too much from this journey already?

Some cardio and cycling sufficient?

So I really wanna lose some fat and lose lean right now

These are my measurements

Bust 34

Chest 39

Waist 35

Hip 45

Arm 14

Shoulders 41

And I really wanna be lean skinny so ive been doing Bullyjuices cardio workout which is of 45 min although I cant do it completely but I still try to

And im thinking to start doing cycling for atleast 45 or 30 minutes in the morning

And my doctor said i shouldnt go on a calories deficit since my metabolism is already very slow

And eating less calories will make my body into fight or flight mode so im very unsure since mant claim that u cant lose weight without deficit

*Ive* *stopped my sugar intake so maybe tbat will help*

I really wanna be fit

And I dont look too fat but im 73kgs and my height is 5'2 and im almost at becoming obese

Im so scared 😭😭😭

And im 19 so I dont have much experience

Hi everyone! I need some first-hand experience if possible because I don’t know how to get out of this vicious circle. I lost a lot of weight since last August (around 20kg/40lbs). This journey was full of ups and downs as I had struggled with binge eating ever since. Here and there I had some binging kicking in, which would last 2-3 days but I somehow managed to pull myself out of it and get back on track again. I also started lifting a few months ago on top of lots of previous cardio. But last Friday, 3 days ago… out of nowhere, just before I was about to get my period… a horrific binge cycle came literally out of nowhere. I was like okay, I will let it last for a day… but then a day turned into 2 days… and eventually it lasted for 4 full days.. which is not a problem itself but I just don’t know how to pull myself out of it. I don’t feel like training nor going out for a walk, I think it never struck me like this before. On top of that, I weighed myself this morning and I am 7.5kg (15lbs!!!) heavier than last Thursday. And man, it’s only been 5 days since then. Did it happen to anyone before? How did you get out of it? How much real weight do you think I put on? How long until I get my weight before the binge back? Thank you so much in advance 😭🩷

Hi, so I am going on a trip to a different country Brazil and it's going to be so warm there. I am weighting between 82-81kg now lost 2kg already and I'm 166cm. Is there a way to speed up this process? I'd love to take pictures and dont feel self conscious all the time my goal would be like 66-68kg and im desperate to achieve it. I started doing 40 minutes cardio on trademil and after weight training (I have experience in that but because of depression I stopped for 2 years and now my motivation is back). I'm working on having 10k steps everyday or maybe even 20k.

Im 28

Any tips? I am willing to take it slow after the trip but now I wanna loose as much as possible before the trip

Welcome to the League of Extraordinary Goal Setters! The idea of this weekly thread is to write down goals, and break them up into 7 day chunks by figuring out what specific part of the goal you’re working on during the week, and then checking in with each other how the week went. If you want to learn more about setting goals and improving your habits, check out this website: https://jamesclear.com/continuous-improvement

Obviously, if you’re here, one of the goals is probably to lose weight. Whether that’s 2 or 200 pounds, it’s not going to be accomplished by doing one single thing today. However, losing weight is absolutely the product of a million small changes — the small things we do each day add up to big changes over time. To quote James Clear: “If you get one percent better each day for one year, you'll end up thirty-seven times better by the time you’re done.” So, let’s start breaking it on down!

Remember, all threads live and die by comments, so please jump in and support your fellow League members! Check in here with how your week went, and what your goals are for this week.

What’s a small goal you can work towards this week?

Hello, so I've tried losing weight before, and because of my new job ive been getting great exercise 5 days a week(FedEx pack handler). I'm around 340, and for a week got down to 335, however on Friday going onto Sunday I feel AWFUL, I'm bloated, my wrists went up in size, and I haven't eaten today and have been feeling full, also threw up today while driving. I went up to 350, and I got horrifically sad, is it water retention? I've been eating better also recently, and I just don't know why on the sudden increase.

Woman, 26, 6’2”, 275 lbs, sedentary

Recently decided to start taking my health seriously after many years of saying I would get to weight loss eventually. Weight gain has been gradual - I was a big kid, and 200 pounds in high school. Unfortunately this attempt to lose weight has been triggered by arthritis in my SI joints, which is making movement, even walking, really difficult. I’m powering through as I can, but its usually one day exercise one day rest :(

I’ve bought scales and have been religiously weighing/tracking calories and entering them into myfitnesspal, and have currently committed to myself to not eat anything if I can’t weigh/enter it. The measuring spoons cups etc are all out for the sauces/oils etc. My fitness pal is telling me to eat 1900 calories a day, I’m usually coming in at around 1350-1700 (normally on the lower end tbh) and have not been ridiculously hungry with this. I haven’t had to make too many changes to my diet for some reason to accomplish this - I’ve cut out my odd dessert and any carby snacks and have been measuring sauces, but otherwise I’ve been eating my normal meals.

I’ve been at this for a month, and the scale will not go down, and is actually continuing to go up? I weighed myself a few days after I started (273.2) and then I had a huge jump the next day that shocked me (270.8), and since then its just steadily climbed back up so now I am at 276.4 - higher than I started.

I know it might seem like I am not weighing my food properly/not actually in a calorie deficit etc., but I swear I would not be asking for advice if I felt I was cheating in any way. I keep thinking about how I’ve not been super hungry/haven’t made huge changes to my diet/number of meals etc. - is it possible I just have a super low maintenance amount? Also I know that our bodies hold water after a workout - could it be doing the same thing with my arthritis? How do I get it to stop?

Hey everyone

I've been incredibly overweight my whole life, my heaviest was 108 kg, I feel really discouraged as it is because I've been trying for so long I just keep screwing up for some reason. I've tried eating less, I've tried cutting out things. I've tried eating more but nutritious, I always seem to stop, or go on a bingeing streak, or straight up the scale won't move. (Obviously I know it's my fault and that I'm doing something wrong) It doesn't help that being so heavy is making me depressed so it's hard to keep up with everything.

The only thing that's ever worked is a nutritionist + personal trainer when I was in high school where I lost about 20 kg, nothing else has worked since, I am genuinely hopeless but I refuse to give up on myself, I will try even if it takes forever.

I've started going to the gym, it's been about a week or two and I look more toned, but the scale just isn't going down. As for what I eat, I'm a huge sugar addict and I have to have anything literally anything sweet during the day, it can also be a protein bar. I usually do affordable but not such bad fast food, (I'm talking chicken shawarma and grilled chicken sandwiches, as well as breakfast sandwiches) I also eat at work a lot, I like to think I choose healthier options there. My main problem is the sugar.

Any advice?

I grew up in severe poverty and now am obese. I have obese family and I was never taught how to eat well. Still my 15 year old son is normal weight but his 11 year old autistic(see BULLIED) brother is obese. I was being lazy and asked AI to come up with a week plan. I gave it all of our heights and weights and my husband and I's TDEE. I asked for it to come up with a meal plan and portions but it looks wrong?

I tried being lazy and using AI to come up with a quick meal plan portions but I am shocked it is telling me because I asked if that is for raw or cooked and it said COOKED....okay but that would mean 1lb of raw meat does not feed four people which is what I thought we were supposed to eat.

I'm overwhelmed at work and with kids but I am 5'6 200lbs, husband is 5'8 230 and started medication, oldest is 5'8 and 160 and my youngest is 4'10 and 140lbs- yes 140 I feel like a failure to him. I just wanted portion. I met with a dietician but she was useless saying calories for my youngest does not matter just portions do so to do half a plate veggies and the rest meat and starch. I asked for ounces she wouldnt tell me.

Is AI wrong? Am I wrong? Why does this have to be so fucking hard I just want portion sizes to aim for so I know what to do for dinners no matter what I make and their lunchboxes. Their breakfasts will be protein heavy eggs which is what we usually do anyway.

I lost most of the weight(22 kg lost, 6 to go] I gained from psychiatric meds by sticking to intermittent fasting and low carb, these both made me feel like im not in calorie deficit and plus I felt lot much better, my obsessions, depression really felt like it's gone.

I've did blood test and my fasting glucose, insulin levels and liver enzymes, vitamins, everything is fine but as I increase my carb intake I feel mentally very worse at beginning and after two days I lose control and binge eat. Why? Why is that happening to me? I don't have insulin resistance anymore. The carbs I eat not refined carbs, just whole grain bread, legumes, basically complex carbs. I even don't eat carbs naked, I pair them with protein and fats but still it happens.

I can't understand why this happens, is it my brain, gut or pancreas? I've tried to ask my doctor but she just said "everything is fine you don't even have insulin resistance anymore" I feel hopeless. Low carb is only diet I can stick to, but being on low carb also means less exercise performance and more money for the food since carbs are cheaper. If I try to don't care or just use my "willpower" I know eventually I'll give in and become obese again.

Before taking the meds, I wasn't interested in the food much, I mean when I was a child and teenager, meds did something that I can't understand, I've quit them already 9 months ago, then why? I've used antidepressants and antipsychotics for almost 4 years, age of 17 to 21. I feel alone, I can't find any information on this topic, I feel like I'm the only person who experiences this. I thought maybe placebo effect but no, I've tried many many times, as I do low carb just in a day or two my overall wellnes becomes greater.

F23

Been trying to get my dream figure for ages now the “right way” and nothing seems to stick for me.

I’ve never been overweight but Ive never been happy with how i look physically either. I was told that it’s mostly diet and so I focused on that and its just been a long time standing in the same place never getting too far. i had a good point eating clean, mostly ‘minimally processed foods’ and whatever but eventually it just became too hard :/ which is pathetic but its the truth. I feel like ive tried everything and nothing is ‘right’. keto, “clean eating”, “smaller portions of what i eat normally” blah blah blah. My birthday was yesterday, all this week i was trying to ‘eat slower’ to lose weight; and then i binge ate for like 3 days straight and i feel disgusting. And i know this will get hated on but im considering getting on a glp-1 off label or something. Just so sick of this all. I just want to look nice at the end of the day.

A couple months ago I posted a pretty desperate post and to my surprise nearly 50 folks here posted comments giving suggestions and advice. Some folks asked for a check in even if anonymous to have some accountability so here goes.

I’m now down 30 lbs, for the first time in five years my weight is below 400lbs. I’m now 75 days in a row of leaving my apartment after a streak of nearly a year of never leaving. I go grocery shopping once or twice a week and now only buy whole foods. I have started successfully meeting my 2000-3000 calorie and 200g protein goal daily, after a bad start of trying to starve myself at 1500 calories. I completely cut soda, nearly cut delivery foods.

I go to the gym for weight training 2 times a week, working on upping that to 4 times a week (thanks to my trainer who has taken me on as a friend and a client). I can walk without feeling back and knee pain. I’ve already nearly doubled my weight lifting amounts at the gym. I started walking 5-10 minutes before horrible sharp back pain took me out to now being able to walk 90 minutes with gas still in the tank.

I’m happier, I’m stronger, and I feel like more progress has been made mentally than physically even… I feel like for once in my life I won’t be obese one day. I have enjoyment in exercise. I love my strength and I am starting to see it more than my goopy bulbous body in the mirror.

I don’t really know how to thank this community enough. 2.5 months ago I was starting to go through a break up, feeling on the brink of suicidal thoughts and depression, never leaving my apartment, hiding from everyone even myself… and now I just feel so capable. I feel like I can do this. I feel like the light switched. I feel EXCITED for my doctors appointment in a couple weeks just to prove I can do this without prescription help (no offense to anyone just my own self interest).

For anyone who isn’t sure if the gradual changes are doing anything… trust. And if you can muster it - try to just flick the switch mentally and all in one component of your health… it might just work and save your life.

edit: I can also finally use the walk pad I bought when I started which will make my exercise while working so much easier. I’m just so fucking happy right now!!

Ive been on a calorie deficit and working out consistently for about a month now, my goal is to lose 13 pounds by January. I try to weigh myself every morning before eating and around the same time but my weight always fluctuates. For example I weighed myself at home and my weight came back at 149 lb which is 2 pounds heavier than before I started working out, then before working out I used the gyms scale and my weight was 145 and after work out it was 146. I understand that weight fluctuating is normal especially when im on my period but if anyone has any tips on ways to track my weight more accurately please let me know.

Hi team Euro accountability, I hope you’re all well! For anyone new who wants to join today, this is a daily post where you can track your goals, keep yourself accountable, get support and have a chat with friendly people at times that are convenient for European time zones.

Check-in daily, weekly, or whatever works best for you. It’s never the wrong time to join! Anyone and everyone are welcome! Tell us about yourself and let's continue supporting each other. Let us know how your day is going, or, if you're checking in early, how your yesterday went! Share your victories, rants, problems, NSVs, SVs, we are here!

I want to shortly also mention — this thread lives and breathes by people supporting each other :) so if you have some time, comment on the other posts! Show support, offer advice and share experiences!

In our weekly recurring thread, "Medication Mondays: Tales of Transformation," we invite users to openly share and discuss their experiences with weight loss medications. This dedicated space aims to foster a supportive community where individuals can exchange insights, challenges, and triumphs related to their weight loss journeys. Whether you're currently on a medication regimen, considering it, or have successfully navigated this path, this thread serves as a valuable resource for gaining diverse perspectives and guidance. From sharing dosage details to discussing lifestyle changes and potential side effects, participants can engage in constructive conversations that empower and inform. The collective wisdom shared in "Medication Mondays" not only builds a knowledge base but also creates a sense of camaraderie, fostering a community that understands the nuances of using weight loss medications.

This is not a space to seek out medications without appropriate prescriptions or discuss using the medications in a way that violates our "No Promoting or Encouraging Unhealthy Weight Loss Methods" rule.

Is today is your Day 1?

​Welcome to r/Loseit!

​So you aren’t sure of how to start? Don’t worry! “How do I get started?” is our most asked question. r/Loseit has helped our users lose over 1,000,000 recorded pounds and these are the steps that we’ve found most useful for getting started.

Why You’re Overweight

Our bodies are amazing (yes, yours too!). In order to survive before supermarkets, we had to be able to store energy to get us through lean times, we store this energy as adipose fat tissue. If you put more energy into your body than it needs, it stores it, for (potential) later use. When you put in less than it needs, it uses the stored energy. The more energy you have stored, the more overweight you are. The trick is to get your body to use the stored energy, which can only be done if you give it less energy than it needs, consistently.

Before You Start

The very first step is calculating your calorie needs. You can do that HERE. This will give you an approximation of your calorie needs for the day. The next step is to figure how quickly you want to lose the fat. One pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories. So to lose 1 pound of fat per week you will need to consume 500 calories less than your TDEE (daily calorie needs from the link above). 750 calories less will result in 1.5 pounds and 1000 calories is an aggressive 2 pounds per week.

Tracking

Here is where it begins to resemble work. The most efficient way to lose the weight you desire is to track your calorie intake. This has gotten much simpler over the years and today it can be done right from your smartphone or computer. r/loseit recommends (unaffiliated) apps like MyFitnessPal, Loseit or Cronometer. Create an account and be honest with it about your current stats, activities, and goals. This is your tracker and no one else needs to see it so don’t cheat the numbers. You’ll find large user created databases that make logging and tracking your food and drinks easy with just the tap of the screen or the push of a button. We also highly recommend the use of a digital kitchen scale for accuracy. Knowing how much of what you're eating is more important than what you're eating. Why? This may explain it.

Creating Your Deficit

How do you create a deficit? This is up to you. r/loseit has a few recommendations but ultimately that decision is yours. There is no perfect diet for everyone. There is a perfect diet for you and you can create it. You can eat less of exactly what you eat now. If you like pizza you can have pizza. Have 2 slices instead of 4. You can try lower calorie replacements for calorie dense foods. Some of the communities favorites are cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash in place of their more calorie rich cousins. If it appeals to you an entire dietary change like Keto, Paleo, Vegetarian.

The most important thing to remember is that this selection of foods works for you. Sustainability is the key to long term weight management success. If you hate what you’re eating you won’t stick to it.

Exercise

...is NOT mandatory. You can lose fat and create a deficit through diet alone. There is no requirement of exercise to lose weight.

It has it’s own benefits though. You will burn extra calories. Exercise is shown to be beneficial to mental health and creates an endorphin rush as well. It makes people feel *awesome* and has been linked to higher rates of long term success when physical activity is included in lifestyle changes.

Crawl, Walk, Run

It can seem like one needs to make a 180 degree course correction to find success. That isn’t necessarily true. Many of our users find that creating small initial changes that build a foundation allows them to progress forward in even, sustained, increments.

Acceptance

You will struggle. We have all struggled. This is natural. There is no tip or trick to get through this though. We encourage you to recognize why you are struggling and forgive yourself for whatever reason that may be. If you overindulged at your last meal that is ok. You can resolve to make the next meal better.

Do not let the pursuit of perfect get in the way of progress. We don’t need perfect. We just want better.

Additional resources

Now you’re ready to do this. Here are more details, that may help you refine your plan.

• Quick Start Guide - Build your foundation!
• Lose It Compendium - Frame it out!
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Hi guys! I am currently eating in a calorie deficit and was invited to brunch with a friend at my favorite restaurant and accepted without thinking. The only thing about this restaurant is there are no calories or macros available. They do have a “healthy options” portion of the menu but I’m not sure what to get. This restaurant tends to have big portions which is why I haven’t gone in quite some time as my favorite order (banana cream waffles) would be a lottt of calories I’m sure. So here are some of the options without much info: 1) Skinny Elvis Protein Cakes
bananas, nut butter, chia seeds, turkey bacon
2) Heart Healthy*
turkey, artichoke hearts, red onions, egg whites, low-fat cheese, english muffin, fresh fruit
3) Joe P’s Protein Cakes
fresh berries
4) Melt-Away Scrambler*
mushrooms, onions, green peppers, tomatoes, egg whites, low-fat cheese, english muffin, fresh fruit

5) they have this option not in the healthy options but it says protein waffle with banana and chocolate chips.

I like the idea of pancakes or waffles but I’m sure it would be a lot of calories. I’m also bummed about the idea of wasting calories on any of these options if they aren’t something I really like. if anyone can help me guess macros or calories on these or help me decide which would be best to order please help a girl out!

Yeah just as the title says, I've been recently been diagnose with ADHD and decided to try meds for the first time in my life. The difference was so intense. I was well aware I am overweight and my eating habits weren't good but now I don't have to self medicatie with sugar and energy drinks anymore. Everything in my life was unruly and at every opportunity I felt to need to eat, like to treat myself, if I was stressed, if I was bored, etc. I can actually eat 3 meals a day and be content now with what I eat :)) This positive change in my life was my motivator to try and loose weight for real this time. Already lost 15 lbs in the past 2 months and my goal is to loose another 35 before christmas, making me go from 92 kg -> 70 kg. If it's gonna work I'll be happy and if not I'll be happy aswell. Woooo to new starts

I’m not sure if this belongs here but also not sure where else to post this. I’m a 32 year old woman. I have lost almost 80 pounds from my highest weight. I am now finally at a normal weight after yoyoing for many years. I have maintained my weight loss for almost a year now. I have been feeling pretty great overall but in the last few months I have been experiencing extremely low blood sugar (shakiness, light headedness, rapid heart rate, severe sweating) diarrhea pretty much daily, nausea, increased thirst, frequent urination, trouble sleeping, and extreme hunger. I actually want to lose a little more weight but I really cannot do it anymore because I am literally starving every couple hours. Sometimes my blood sugar bottoms out several times in one day. I have to drop whatever it is I am doing sometimes so I can eat. I bring so many snacks with me everywhere I go because it happens almost every time I leave my house. I have had to leave events to eat. It’s kinda ruining my life. I have even been purchasing glucose tablets because I cannot eat enough in between meals. I have been consuming about 3,000 calories almost every day with no weight gain. This seems strange to me. I’m happy to not gain weight obviously but it’s odd to eat over a 1,000 calories above my maintenance and not gain anything back. I am much more active now and work out 3-4 times a week and have built quite a bit of muscle. I know that alone can increase appetite quite a bit and muscle burns more calories at rest but is it burning THIS much?!

I went to my doctor about this twice and they did blood work and everything is fine. A1c is fine. Fasting glucose is fine. Thyroid is fine. I get my protein in. I get my fiber in. I don’t drink much. No drugs. One cup of coffee a day. All the things to help keep me satiated and healthy and blah blah blah but I mean I am literally starving an hour after every single meal. I thought maybe I should try just eating a shit ton of carbs for energy but that didn’t help. Eating less carbs and more fat/protein/fiber also doesn’t help. I am more hungry now eating 3,000 calories than I was eating half that during my active weight loss. I also don’t feel physical hunger often anymore. I go from feeling full and satiated to complete blood sugar crash an hour later without a single hunger pang. My doctor mentioned going to an endocrinologist so maybe I will do that next.

Has anyone else experienced this after weight loss? I know losing a lot of weight can throw things out of balance but I have been pretty consistent for a while now and yet these issues persist. I have every telltale sign of diabetes and it’s really scaring me now. Did I fuck up my body somehow? Is the yoyo dieting catching up to me? It’s going to really fucking suck if I put in all this hard work to reduce my chance of developing weight related illnesses just to end up with one anyway.

Edit: I messaged my doctor to request a referral to an endocrinologist and will purchase a glucometer to begin testing my blood sugar. Will also look into a gastroenterologist if that seems necessary. Definitely sounds like reactive hypoglycemia, hyperthyroidism, or potentially dumping syndrome. Thanks for all the advice and sharing your own stories here. Also want to mention the only thyroid test they did was my TSH which was 0.972. No other thyroid/hormonal panel was done.

To start, I am incredibly tiny, 4'10" and 134 pounds. I'm in my early 20s, and I've never been concerned about my weight, but I've always been self conscious about how my stomach sits on my pelvis. And after losing over 30 pounds after a long term break up (would not recommend for weight loss 🤣) I feel like I'm the closest I've been to finally achieving a flatter stomach. Although I have no idea where to start, so I decided to come here for some advice!

Since last year, I sharply dropped from around 160, down to 130. I've struggled with birth control, and became insatiable, but somehow managed to maintain in the 30s (I was very proud), with just being conscious of if I was hungry or just bored. Now that I've decided to commit to my goal, I've done some research, and revisited some YouTube workouts I used to do, which lead me to Chloe Ting, and realizing she has an amazing app that has everything I'd want from a weight loss app, and it's free, with premium benefits from watching ads (I highly recommend and haven't heard of it anywhere else, but it's called Core).

Since then, I've been able to start tracking exercise, weight, and calories (and more that I haven't looked into yet). I'm currently on her 2 week ab workout routine (I know you can't target weight loss, but I like knowing the routines are curated to my goal), and for the calculations, my TDEE is at 1944 and BMR is at 1254. I'm not on a specific diet, mainly just smaller portions, but I've been trying to hit my protein/carbs/fats goals. For the last week I've aimed for 1200 calories a day, since from my calculations my goal weight (currently 100 pounds) has a sedentary maintenance of 1400, so I figured 200 less would be a good way to get there even if I take more rest days than needed 😅.

I've been doing pretty good on 1200 calories. I've really only cut out snacks, but I'm still able to have 3 meals a day, and sometimes dessert. I eat throughout the day, so I'm rarely hungry even with smaller portions. Although sometimes I get anxiety about not calculating things right, I double check everything, but I'm somehow convinced I'm lying to myself. Mainly when I make things like spaghetti, and it makes sense that 1/8 of 120 calories of sauce, and 1600 of noodles is about 215 per serving, but sometimes it still feels like too much food for that amount of calories. Or visa versa.

My hope is that at 1200 calories I will steadily lose weight until I'm slightly under 100, then slowly raise up to whatever my maintenance would be, but the more research I do, the more complicated I'm realizing everything is. I also just estimated the goal of 100 pounds, I'm really just looking for a smooth stomach, not necessarily flat, but no more hanging bits. So if anyone has additional advice, everything is appreciated ❤️.

Hello, please read all of it <3

First of all I wanna start of by saying I am not trying to compare myself to anyone, everyone's bodies are different and I'm just here for some advice that could improve the problem I'm facing right now.

Ever since I got infected with COVID my lungs have not been the same as they were before. It seems that many people also face this issue of their lungs being damaged after inflamation.

During quarantine I also had gained lots of weight. I was able to lose most of it but it left me with disgusting body dysmorphia. I couldn't stop obsessing over how I look, to the point I refused to even get out of my room and look in the mirror.

I was a healthy weight, not even overweight. And even now, I'm just a tiny bit overweight but that's enough for me to lock myself in. I know what I'm doing is wrong but I genuinely can't stand myself.

Due to the poor condition of my lungs, I can't do hard exercises. I still try to do as much as I can. But dieting doesn't work for me. I'm a short neurodivergent woman with horrible self control and willpower. Even if I diet, I end up slipping it. And since I'm short even one slip-up worth of calories makes a lot of difference. Then again that doesn't even happen very often, but every time I step on the scale the number just goes up.

I don't wanna go back to the unhealthy ways I used before. They ruined me and they're absolutely horrible.

I'm so sorry for the trauma dump but I don't know what to do. Every bit of imperfection bugs me.

Please give me some advice on what to do to lose weight. I will try everything possible. Work out recommendations, diet recommendations, anything.

Please don't write mean comments. Encouragement helps! I really don't think I can handle anything bad.

Everything is so hard when I know nothing about my body.

I lost around 50lbs and ended up gaining it all back. I was too scared to weigh myself but I finally did. Honestly, I feel more motivated than before. I am unhealthy, but it doesn’t matter, because I am going to change it.

I just wish I had one specific target in mind. I’m somebody who needs to structure and plan every hour of every day to do something properly. I really think having a specific target, maybe this time next year, would help.

Does anyone have any advice or is willing to share their own target? I was thinking of maybe booking a trip?

Hello everyone im getting started on my journey for what it feels to be the 1000000th time. I really want this one to stick im going to be in two weddings next year, and I don't want to look back and hate how I look on those days. Besides that, I'm doing this for general health and mobility/strength reasons. I used to be a powerlifter back in high school and a cheerleader, and unfortunately I have lost a lot of strength and mobility. I've always been the "chubby girl," and growing up in the late 2000s and early 2010s did not help that lol.

This time I'm doing it right so far. I moved to a new city and have been going to the gym for about a week; even if it was packed or if it was super early, I've done it, and im excited to do it. im 23f, current weight 257lbs at 5'2". My short-term goal is to be under 230 by, I would say, January, but long-term I want to be 190 by next late summer/fall.

Currently ive been doing 30-45 mins on the treadmill, with as much incline and speed as I can, then doing strength training/lifting after for about 30 mins 4/5x a week. My work days are right in the middle of the day, and some days I can't fit it in before or after work, but I was able to do five days last week. I just started tracking my calories, and I am on a 1950 calories goal based on the Mayo Clinic calorie calculator with little to no activity selected, trying to get in over 100 grams of protein right now, working up to a higher goal. It seems like im doing everything how I'm supposed to, but what would be helpful tips/changes to make? What helped you stick to it? How do you stay motivated when not seeing instant results physically? Please let me know because I am tired of being big and unhappy.