LoseIt: Lose the Fat

I made up my own Ozempic regimen, because it seemed to be working for me and I wanted to get off off it ASAP due to financial constraints. I never went past the 0.25mg/week that was prescribed to get started, and tapered off soon after reaching my target weight range.

The food noise did return 2-3 months after stopping Ozempic, but at a much manageable level, and I eat berries/fruits to handle it now.

It primarily helped me stop eating desserts after almost every meal and I've stuck with that change long after I stopped it. My alcohol and food consumption have gone down dramatically too.

Unchanged from before - half-assed strength training at the gym once a week, and some other form of physical activity like swimming or sports once/twice a week. I live in a functional city, so I walk a lot, bike at times, and rarely drive.

Hi all,

I've recently been putting in a lot of effort in order to lose weight, especially now that I have a motivating factor of having a vision of the woman I want to be. I've basically completely cut out fast food and started making high fibre, high protein foods at home, mostly cut out unhealthy fats by swapping to a (mostly) vegan diet, made a habit of doing a weekly weigh-in to track my progress, and portioning food whenever possible.

I do a monthly workshop, and they're generous enough to provide lunch for the event. Last time lunch was provided, we each ordered our own individual meals, and then ate them during the meeting. Quick and easy, sure I can't calorie count, but I can order something I know will generally be within my limits for the day, and work around that.

However, this month they decided to change to group catering. The advantages of this to them was that it was cheaper, and they wanted to increase social interaction by having conversation over shared food. This was understandable, but despite the catering order supposedly being for ten people, and our group having nine people, the amount of leftover food was insane. An entire tray of rice, entire tray of potatoes, half tray of hummus, over half a tray of falafel, it went on.

I hate food waste, and if we didn't take the food home with us, it was going to end up in the garbage. I decided to take the tray of hummus and a tray of mixed foods, and brought them home. It was too much food, and I easily overate my caloric intake trying to eat it all before it started going bad and as such have likely screwed over my progress for the week.

How do I balance these things out? Freezing isn't really an option, and while I want to portion things out, the main issue is being able to get to those portions within a reasonable time frame. I don't even necessarily want to eat it myself if possible, but while I can give out falafels to the homeless with ease for example, it becomes a pain when it's food like rice, potatoes, or stuffed grape leaves where a plate is necessary.

What can I do to balance these two out? I want to prevent food waste, but I also want to be strict to my diet because I'm absolutely determined to get to the goal I want to achieve.

My sweet husband baked my favorite carrot cake for my birthday. I dedicated about a third of it to be consumed in pure hedonism (straight from the platter with a fork) while the rest was portioned and frozen for later, sensible treats.

I ran a sprint triathlon. The swim was a disaster because swimming in a straight line is hard when you're in a lake but I finished in 1h:39m which was well below my goal of 2h.

I think that's the right distance for me so I'll keep training in the off season and probably start picking up some weights.

If anyone wants to get some movement in on Friday, I'll be out walking at 5pm PT, so wherever you are in the world, join me outside!

Today marks the 14th consecutive day of me logging food. I did this for 3 years straight and I've forgotten how mildly annoying it was. If you're just starting or have been doing it for years, I got you.

I've never been great at meal prep, but my schedule these days doesn't really support making great dinner decisions when I'm tired/hungry.

What are some things I can make on Sundays to manage dinner for most of the week?

Not sure how active this place is, but loseit on the other place was instrumental in my original 80lb weightloss and I'm hoping if I post here, I can hold myself accountable.

I've started creeping up in weight over the last year and I'm now 30 lbs heavier than I want to be. I've been trying to come up with excuses as to why, but it really just boils down to poor food choices.

On the positive side, I've been training for a half-triathlon (750m swim, 20 km bike, 5 km run) and it's going well. I did a trial run of it last week and was able to finish without issue. If I can drop some of this weight, I know it'll go that much better and reduce my chances of injury.

If anyone is here and needs some motivation, I'm here with you. We can do this together.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/59767440

I know food is everything, but is there been anything that helped you going down in weight other the food habits?

Hello everyone!

I'm looking for ideas for a non-processed meat that goes well with breakfast. In the past, I had bacon, eggs, and maybe some oats or a salad. I cut the traditional bacon, and now have either beans or turkey bacon as my "breakfast meat". But, turkey bacon is still really high in sodium (and is a processed meat) and beans just don't satisfy that meat craving sometimes. And substituting a different meat has been kinda hard; chicken breast, while unprocessed, just doesn't go well with breakfast.

So, I just wanted to know what other people do for breakfast, if they struggle with this dilemna, and any feedback the community has.

Thanks!

vintage fitness

Post your progress from the last week. This is a place to help keep you on track, and to share non scale victories. And I'm doing this to try and keep myself accountable :)

Hello everyone! I wanted to start meal prepping this month for lunch. I'm trying to cut down on my sodium, and I found my deli sandwiches are a big source of that. This weekend I'll be trying to make a sandwich from shredded chicken. At the moment I'll be using this recipe: https://livesimply.me/prep-day-how-to-make-easy-crock-pot-shredded-chicken-using-a-whole-chicken/

If anyone has any meal prep ideas for lunch, please share! I am tired of cooking everyday, I want thr convenience of a quick microwave meal without all the salt and extra stuff.

I'm restarting after gaining back from a big loss that finished at the beginning of last year. Last time I did lots of walking and then bicycling. I'm struggling a bit getting more active this time. I think my biggest problem is that I want to go at the same level that I was going when I stopped and I need to slow down a bit and build back up to that.

What are you doing to get more active? Any exercise programs, youtube workouts, or other resources you've use that you enjoyed? Are there any exercise or active hobby lemmy communities that would pair well with this community?

I have a milk problem

Counting calories with a food scale is eye opening. That bit of milk in coffee was actually about 80ml on average and I guess on certain days I might have drank about 300ml in milk. I guess I will switch to drinking my coffee black now.

Overall I think I am someone who is drawn to milk, some people may have sugar cravings, for me it’s hard to resist milk. (Fermented dairy like yogurt or quark is totally different for me, it doesn’t trigger the same reactions).

TLDR; I have struggled with my body all my life, this podcast has opened my eyes on fat phobia, and the role and responsibilities of society in my mental wellbeing regarding my own body.

I've not always been fat, but for as long as I can remember I have always felt fat and been told to watch my weight.

Looking back at photos of me in highschool and even middle school, I think I looked skinny. I do not understand now how people, family, friends, strangers... Could have felt the need to tell me to watch what I eat. And yet, it happened. A lot.

I have tried many diets, some outright dangerous, and not been able to keep the weight off. I have worked out, sometimes to the point of vomiting, and not lost significant weight. I have long felt it was my fault, and that I don't have enough self control or character to just lose weight and keep it off.

The podcast "Maintenance phase" has helped me realize I may not be the (only) responsible party of my fatness. At first I was doubious of its hosts - a very entertaining duo of a self proclaimed "fat lady" and "skinny gay dude" - and I thought they were just glorifying obesity and excusing fat people by accusing the establishment, the corporations and society of bullying and fat shaming. But their pieces are actually very well researched and beautifully articulated. They don't excuse fatness, they don't glorify obesity. What they are saying, is: "stop treating fat people like second class citizens".

I am slowly starting to realize I have been mistreated for my weight and accepted this as deserved and normal. I have often thought "it's my fault" and felt ashamed when people gave me unsolicited advice about losing weight, or said mean things about my body. This is not right. I should not feel shame for being mistreated by others, and the podcast "Maintenance phase" has helped me realize that.

I am sharing the podcast here, with you, my fellow fat people, because I believe it is important for you to accept yourself and realize when society is trying to make you feel inadequate. I am not telling you not to lose weight, that is entirely up to you. I am asking you to take a long hard look at how society is treating you, so you can leave the negativity behind and work on healing yourself mentally before taking on the immense challenge that is changing your body size (if that is still a thing you feel you need to do).

I hope this helps at least one person here to feel less hopeless and shitty about themselves.

Much love!

Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5JOZkVLc0Yceq3dy5RshPz

YouTube link: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=cRz-d9rt94g&amp%3Bsi=Um2XWSrAuTk6n_n5

-- Edit: I want to note that I am guilty of anti-fat bias as wel... Whilst being fat. So I need to work on my issues with other fat people as much as any skinny person does.

I just recently occured to me that could use the formula used to calculate one's TDEE backwards. here me out.

Current TDEE is estimated at 2320 using this formula:

tdee = tdee_factor * (66 + 13.7 * weight_kg + 5 * height_cm - 6.8 * age_years)

If I would eat 2000 consistently, what weight could I expect to have? solving the above equation for weight_kg and using my data, I arrive at 92 kg.

If I would eat 1800 consistently, what weight could I expect to have? solving the above equation for weight_kg and using my data, I arrive at 80 kg.

My takeaway here is: today's deficit can be tomorrow's maintenance weight.

And me being overweight currently is actually me eating way more than what my body needs consistently for years.

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I made a new year's resolution this year to lose weight. I started at 265 at the beginning of the year. I have been making a lot of changes to my lifestyle, and I've been working really hard and very slowly losing weight. I am at 246 today, and I feel like my progress isn't good enough. I spent 10 months really trying, and for what? Not even twenty pounds? I don't really feel or look a lot different. I put in so much work and I feel really discouraged from continuing. How do you keep going? I feel like I'll never get to a healthy weight.

So i ordered jeans with width 36 to see if I can go a size lower. Turns out W36 fits a bit tight but it fits and then I realize I am currently wearing W40 jeans, since they come in increments of two I am just two sizes down.

Wohoo

This is my first time posting here, so I'll give a bit of background,

Start Weight: 303 lbs/137kg Goal Weight: 220 lbs/100kg

Height: 6'4"/193cm

My whole family decided more or less together to get our shit together and start being healthy, my brother was the first, and he's almost 40lbs down now, then my parents joined him, then my wife, and finally I got off my butt and joined them

My routine has changed a lot from the start, but where it sits now is this

Workout Sun-Thurs - alternating gym days and running 5km - at the gym I do 35 mins on the stair stepper doing interval training, basically just doing the highest level I can manage without cheating, currently at 100 stories in those 35mins, then weight training afterwards. My 5k times are currently clocking in around 40mins, I'll be running an actual 5k next month and my hope is to get down to 35mins by then, but we'll see!

Nutrition - On a typical day I aim for around 2k calories with a macro ratio of 40% protein and 30% carbs and fat. I often miss my protein goals, but I do my best - my main concern at this stage is weight loss, so I pay more attention to the calories than the macros. On my rest days I bump up to 3k calories, which is just a bit below my TDEE. To help manage my calorie intake, I've been using Huel's Hot & Ready meals pretty much every day for lunch, mixing in Costco rotisserie chicken breasts for extra protein/flavor. It helps to have my lunch be low calorie and consistent because I enjoy having a big dinner. I also have two scoops of Whey after every workout with 2 scoops of creatine for muscle growth.

The first 15 pounds shed off really quickly, in the first few weeks, but from there I hit a bit of a plateau hovering between 15-20lbs, I was finally able to break the plateau by introducing refeed days - which I originally left out because I figured CICO was all that matters and that refeed days were just working against myself, but it turns out they help a lot as long as your long term calorie intake is still a deficit.

Right now my main focus is to drop pounds until I get to around 220, then I plan to focus mainly on building muscle and lowering my body fat % while more-or-less maintaining weight

Still a long ways to go, but I'm further along than I dared hope I would be at this stage!

Starting from June 6th I have now lost 7 kg on the scale.