Does what you eat matter when it comes to a calorie deficit? What I mean is Person A and Person B are exact clones of eachother, completely identical in terms of everything.

Person A eats 1200 calories in balanced healthier meals and does a workout video once a day and burns 2000 calories.

Person B eats 1200 in less healthier foods, a lot of it being oil and added sugar. Person B does the same amount of exercise that Person A does and burns the same amount of calories.

What would be the difference between the twos journey??

20f 5'2 currently im 60kg looking forward to get down to 50kg, initially | weighed around 68 in 2023 beginning n lost 8kg with on off gym. Now my goal's to get to 50kg first then slowly to 45kg. Starting this as a digital record to keep myself motivated n in track. Any advice wid be helpful:)

Dieting is acc really mentally hard for me as i love food so my weight fluctuates 2kg up down. Im actually not able to go down n stuck at 60 for a long time now, which makes me hate myself for not sticking to diet as work really hard physically, the cycle js keep repeating itself also it’s winters so keeping myself motivated to get outta bed is tough in itself. All this makes me think my goals js impossible for me to reach, never in my life i’ve felt that i was skinny enuf. I feel so stuck:,)

I just saw the fam for the holiday and everyone could not stop talking about how good I look. My mom especially was flabbergasted by the amount of weight I had lost. For reference I’ve gone from 187 to 155 lbs since the middle of August by being in a calorie deficit. She keeps asking me how I did it and what’s my secret but for some reason I’m embarrassed to say that I just sort of stopped eating whatever I wanted and started weighing all my food? Like idk why it’s embarrassing to admit that I realized I was overweight and didn’t/dont want to be anymore. I was getting flustered talking about it. Does that make sense? I know there’s no issue in telling the truth but it’s just not a conversation I’m interested in having. What do you guys tell people in situations like this?

If I recall correctly, I started roundabout if not exactly on August 1st, and it has been since then that I’ve lost 32lbs according to the scale as of this morning.

I’m a 21M of 5’10 weighing at roundabout 198lbs. I’ve consistently managed to eat 1800kcal~ a day resulting in roughly 2lbs a week of weight loss. I’m hoping to reach 165-170lbs within’ the next quarter of the year.

I’ve still got a lot going on, but pants that I never figured I’d fit in are suddenly becoming sort of loose. So, I guess what I’m looking forward to is throat fat going away and ideally a lithe physique. Figure by that point I’ll maybe even cut a little further then bulk protein, weights, and other exercises to look halfway decent.

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!

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I been excercising and "dieting" for two consistent months, i gone down from 247lbs to 244lbs (the least i have weighted in a while), but i dont feel like i am losing actuall weight, i think its part that i was eating just 1500 cal a day, then i switch it up to around 1900-2000 since my mantainance calories are around 3000, its was hell to allow myself to eat more food since im afraid i will win more weight, i notice some little chsnges but i dont feel the clothes get any looser, nor i dont see any factual changes.

Hello, my name Devin, haven't posted my day one yet, but I was looking for some advice I'm M, just about 21, 5'8 I belive i stand at about 220 pounds right now, lost about 30 pounds since last November, but I've hit a wall

I've been stuck at 215-220 for quite a while now, and I never seem to be able to get lower than that, it seems that most people suggest a calorie deficit, and counting your calories

Is there any recommended digital scales/ and or apps that I should get to aid in counting? What about low calorie snacks? One of my biggest problems is stress eating or boredom snacking, does anyone have any tips on how to get around the hunger from eating less?

Hi,

I (22M) have been struggling with stubborn belly fat and love handles for years. I am essentially skinny fat with a BMI of 19.0. My shoulders are naturally narrow and I have winged scapula, if that's important info. I lift 15-25lb dumbbells 3x a week targeting biceps, shoulders, chest, and back. I also do 20-min moderate cardio every day. My diet is also exceptionally clean; no processed foods, sugar, alcohol, etc. Plenty of fruits, vegetables, grass fed beef, fermented dairy, etc. Calorie-wise, around 2400 maybe? In addition I get plenty of sleep and drink plenty of water.

I have tried reducing my calories by 300-500, but my arms end up looking too skinny. Not sure what else to try or where to go. Advice?

Today I am celebrating because I lost 50 pounds!! My starting weight going into this year was 218 pounds and now I weigh 168 pounds!! I am very happy and honestly I can’t believe that I am 28 pounds from my weight loss goal (140 pounds) To everyone out there that may be struggling I just want to say keep going. I asked myself a long time ago when I first started my journey at 240 pounds would it be all worth it in the end…. And I finally can say it was/will be! Thank you God and y’all have a blessed day/night and remember keep fighting and keep pushing 🤍🤍🫡

I have gotten back into swimming and also play pickleball pretty casually. I don't know if I should change my status or keep it as sedentary.

Let's say I swim 2-3 times a week for 30-45 minutes. I might hike on and off in various places for various times once a week. I also play pickleball once a week for 1-2 hours. I work as a software engineer, so daily life is sedentary (unless I take a short walk).

I have a goal to possibly try and join a swim club, which might put me near athlete territory. And even if I don't, all my hobbies (hike, pickleball, swim, casual walks) may put me in a different zone.

Right now, I'm trying to stay in between sedentary and light active, which is helping me lose 0.5-1 pounds a week. I'm using the "Lose It!" app that calculates all this for me. I'm thinking of staying this way even if I increase my exercise, unless I start to feel weird or something. I sometimes use my surplus from exercise to have treats, which is usually 200 extra calories added on to my limit for the day.

I guess my question is what does sedentary mean when you have active hobbies? Or an active lifestyle outside of work? I don't know if having a sedentary job means you can't move categories?

Thanksgiving ruined me. My maintenance amount of calories is 1,700 per day, which means 11,900 per week. I consumed 17,500 this past week. I’ve gone off the deep end before, but never quite this badly. I’m really, really stressed out because I had just hit an important milestone right before Thanksgiving. Right now, I’m about six pounds heavier than I was then. How much of what I gained is actual fat? How long will it take me to get rid of the six pounds? Is it possible to recover from this? How can I stop panicking about completely obliterating my progress?

It's hard for me to open up to anyone about this. I'm someone who has struggled with addictions in the past and thankfully overcame them and is now sober and doing pretty well no drugs no more homeless I'm doing better but now I traded one addiction for another and the guilt and shame are just as bad as the weight I put on. I have been active and into running, working out, and climbing since I was 13, and now that I'm 30 this is the first time in my life I've ever been out of shape with a binge eating disorder I've been dealing with on and off for the past 2 years but the past 6 months its escalated. I never looked down on anyone for being overweight because we all have our problems I'm certainly no saint or a role model for having a stable life but now I know what it's like to be in those shoes. I hate it more than anything and It's wild to think that I hate this more than the time I was homeless! Insecurity and body standards have a way of messing up our brains.

The baggy clothes I wear when it's cold or just to hang around my place barely fit me, and I hate everything. I hate moving around, sitting down, standing up, and feeling my body. Idk how it happened I guess I used food as a way to escape a lot of my problems and I was homeless I've seen starving people I had issues eating daily in the past and I feel so damn guilty about all of this. Today I binge ate to the point where even typing this feels like running a marathon and I decided enough is enough. This terrible cycle has to end. I'm starting off slow which is still wild to me because I used to run marathons, climb and run incline like it was nothing and I'm not saying that to brag I'm just trying to explain how I feel. My Goal is to lose 50 pounds and I know that I have to see a therapist because there are major problems mentally and deep childhood trauma that need to be addressed the right way I tried to handle them myself my whole life but it's not working

Thank you for reading this vent I hope everyone is doing well if this isn't the right place to post this I apologize

I’ve spent alot of time thinking about why I want to snack. I like chocolate and skittles, sure. But honestly I’m just bored. I’m at home with the kids. They sleep and I’m bored. I do house stuff. Admin stuff. Quickly run out of things to do, because yeah every day I can easily stay on top of my stuff…

So lately, I spent some hours building new playlists. And yes. I wear my headphones and dance like a crazy person around the house. So much that I scare my cat. I figure he gets the zoomies so we’re square.

My whoop recognizes my effort as HIIT lol. I can do this for 30mins to an hour, sometimes twice a day.

It reminds me of when I was a broke uni student living overseas and rocked out to glam rock to lift the boredom while studying and preparing for exams.

What are others doing to lift their boredom and burn those calories? Ps Bloc Party is a bit of alright right now.

I did google but does anyone happen to know the latest thoughts on exercise post covid? This is my fourth go with covid and I really want to be careful about not getting long covid.

I'm still pos (day 6) and my case was fairly mild but did have fever, muscle aches so not just cold symptoms.

I feel so bummed out like I'm going to lose the last 6 months of work :(

Like, are WALKS safe? I've cancelled my PT for now until the new year.

If anyone has a safe way to do this, please let me know while I wallow in my misery.

Current stats: 30 y/o woman, 8 months PP, SW: 160, GW: 145–150

Like the title says, I am 8 months postpartum after welcoming my first child in March (he is the light of my life!) At my 2 week post op checkup, I weighed 155, which I was SUPER happy with as my pre-pregnancy weight fluctuated around 150ish, give or take a few pounds. I am also not breastfeeding.

I posted almost 3 weeks ago about how I was frustrated that I wasn’t losing weight and I was so sure that I was eating in a deficit. Well, a lovely Redditor in this community kindly called me out (thank you /thepersonwiththeface!) & helped me to see the error of my ways and indirectly helped me realize that CICO was potentially not the best method of weight loss for me at this point in my life.

My new method has been increasing & tracking my protein intake. I’m eating between 100-120g of protein a day. Because of this, I have inadvertently also been in a calorie deficit. I have been tracking everything, I promise! I have been feeling great too! I knew my protein intake was sorely lacking prior to this change, but I now realize how detrimental it actually was to my lifestyle.

The scale has not budged, though. This is week 3. When I lost weight back in 2020 (in preparation for my wedding), I lost 5-7 lbs very quickly, and then the rest was very sustainable (about 1 lb/week until I was down 22 lbs). Help a girl out & maybe explain why the scale isn’t moving—I’m feeling defeated. Thank you. ❤️

I need advice or words of encouragement, I’m on the workout journey, i workout almost everyday (Monday/Friday) 45 minutes a day plus an hour of walking on my walk pad. I eat pretty clean and healthy everyday, but when the weekend hits I get so lazy that we just end up ordering takeout like pizza or pasta or wings. And i can’t control how much i eat of it when I have it in front of me.. And I feel like I lose all my progress. How can I curb craving that food? I’m really struggling with this and it is very discouraging.

So I've been losing weight for about 7 weeks and lost 5 kg so far (I'm really happy about that considering my struggles with weight!) and I want to lose another 18 kg and then ill be in the upper range of what i'd like my weight to be. I just wanted to ask regarding avoiding the dreaded skinny fat scenario, when should I start lifting weights?

I'm mostly doing running on my treadmill as my main way of exercising, but I did try weight lifting during 2 of the past weeks and as a result I lost barely any weight those weeks. I am in the overweight category and my goal body is lean with a bit of muscle tone, so my first goal is to lose excess weight and then i was thinking of building muscle while maintaining my weight when I got near to my goal (think after I lose at least 12 of the 18 kgs i mentioned earlier) but I wanted advice from more experienced people.

Tldr I'm working on losing more weight (18kg is the goal) and am wondering at what point should I start with lifting weights. Losing weight is my number 1 priority as an overweight guy and I don't really want bulky muscles as i'm going for a leaner build. Thanks

I don't know if im allowed to be on this subreddit bcs of my age but im 15 and wan't to lose weight. I already know the basics like risks, factors that play in weightloss, calories, intake, and a lot more. My issue is that I find it hard to lose fat since I do online school and I have no friends to go out with + strict parents who don't allow me to go outside. Because I hardly move around, I have to cut a lot of calories and it is hard to maintain weightloss. I wanna lose around 50 pounds and i dont really care how long it takes (even if it takes 3 years) I just wanna lose it the healthy way. I'm 5'6 and 185 lbs (because i really let myself go) and I wanna go back to what my weight used to be 3 years ago :(. I've been eating 2 meals a day and working out 3 times a week but its been a month and i see no progress + i end up not being able to stick to that plan because its draining. is there anything im doing wrong?

I recently got the paid version of ChatGPT so I used the most advanced model(o1 preview) to come up with reasons to lose weight, both good and bad, and then come up with common aspects of each set of reasons, and common core aspects/themes that apply to both good AND bad reasons. Finally I came up with one final take-away conclusion: That obesity is a prison. I do not want to be in prison. No therapist I've ever had, nor any person I have ever talked to, has straight up said "weight loss is a prison". But now that I see it that way... maybe I'll have better luck. This is the biggest motivation I have ever had to lose weight, and I will try to keep everyone updated on my progress, if there is any, even if I just maintain, as I have gained 9lb in the last 3 months(ouch).

Here is the document(it's a bit of an eyesore because it's so long, formatting tips welcome):

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSaglyFUJestf9QKOneGGw7AGWJ-99Fa-ctdVFYQEt5A8uL9tjxduIItUwOm8IaE60pYfoKnUsZTx9w/pub

If you have issues accessing this let me know!

Hi everyone,

A few years ago, I started my fitness journey and went from 220 lbs to 135 lbs. I mainly achieved this through extended fasting (2-4 days a week without eating) and later transitioned to tracking calories while going to the gym 2-3 times a week. For the past few years, I've maintained my weight by tracking calories and staying consistent, but recently, I feel lost and don't know how to get back on track.

Currently, I weigh 147 lbs, I’m 5'6", and I estimate my body fat is around 22-25%. My goal is to drop to 15% body fat. Here's the issue:

I was eating about 2,300 calories, which I figured was my maintenance, and dropped to 1,900-1,800 calories to lose weight. I lost 5 lbs, getting down to 142 lbs.

To push further, I dropped my calories to 1,500-1,800, but I plateaued. Despite staying in that range, I couldn’t lose more weight for months, which was super discouraging.

Thinking my metabolism had slowed down, I attempted a reverse diet while lifting weights. Instead of gradually increasing calories, I ended up eating inconsistently and gained those 5 lbs back.

Over the past month, I haven’t been tracking my calories and have been eating all over the place, leading to more binge-eating episodes. I also skipped the gym last week, which is unlike me.

I’m now back at 147 lbs and want to lose 10-15 lbs relatively quickly. I'm unsure what to do:

1. Should I go back to eating 1,500 calories despite stalling before?

2. Should I try fasting again, since it worked well for me in the past? (Would I lose muscle mass?)

3. How can I rebuild the discipline to track calories consistently and get back to regular gym sessions?

I feel frustrated and stuck, and the plateau really knocked my confidence. Has anyone gone through something similar? Any advice or strategies would be hugely appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Hello lovely new and returning Lose it denizens!  

Day 2! I hope your Monday was fabulous or at least tolerable. 

Let’s talk goals! 

Fruit or veg with every meal, one piece of cake a week: 🫐🍌with breakfast, veggie pasta made of lentils & zucchini for lunch & cheesy broccoli with dinner.  

Maintenance & pre log meals: Yep. I prelogged through Friday. Makes it so much easier to just say no because it’s not in the plan.      

Don’t spend $ outside of preset weekly budget: On it.     

Weigh in daily to establish trend weight: Weighed in this morning. And I'm wearing fitbit.  

Find a way to enjoy moving my body everyday: Punched the bag and stationary bike. 2/2 days.  

Journal for two minutes every morning: Got it this morning. 2/2 days.   

Today's gratitude or laugh list: Today, I’m grateful for my staying safe despite my own dumb choices. I perhaps made some questionable driving choices during my commute. I laughed at myself shortly after. Sometimes I’m an idiot sandwich.   

Meditate (sensory grounding) for 5 minutes to combat hyper vigilance: Got this today. 

Self-care activity for today: Going to have an everything shower and be in bed early. I booked myself a massage because I have been so fucking stressed out and my body hurts about it. I will not have an excuse to shrug off exercise if I pay a professional to work out the pain.  

How did I do yesterday? I feel great about what I accomplished yesterday in terms of my own fulfillment. A plus.   

That’s me, let’s hear from all you wonderful people!  

Hi guys, just wanted some advice to see if this is sustainable/ realistic.

Height: 5ft 6" / 167cm

SW: 13st 11.2lbs / 87.62 KG - 22/Oct/2024

CW: 13st 0.8lbs / 82.917 KG - 2/Dec/2024

GW: 11st / 70KG - ?/Jun/2025

Is it realistic to think by cutting my TDEE by 500 kcal per day and burning an additional 500 kcal per day through exercise that I should reach my goal weight more or less in June 2025 - hoping to be down roughly 1.5lbs / 0.68kg per week. For context I'm counting calories and using a fitness watch to roughly estimate active calories burned.

I'm trying to be as consistent as possible and having a date in mind helps me to stay focused. I've a long road ahead of me yet!

After a scary episode, I decided to treat my acid reflux and obesity. I’m 26 female and around 290 pounds. The last five days I’ve been eating healthy/low acid meals. Here’s an example of what I ate yesterday: Breakfast- oatmeal with banana Lunch-ground turkey with carrots and peas and a baked potato Dinner- some rice with tuna Usually I’d be eating fast food every day, chocolate, chips, soda, etc. I’m dealing with crazy diarrhea, anxiety, muscle twitches, acne. It’s so weird. Is this my body “detoxing?” I literally feel like I’m withdrawing from drugs or something. Just wondering if the beginning felt like this for anyone else?

I’ve been hovering around 130-135 for close a year. SW:190.

As soon as October hits, I can’t keep warm. I’m writing this with a space heater going, thermal full body pajamas, wool socks, and a fuzzy housecoat on. I took a hot bath an hour ago to try and shake the chill with no luck. This has been the norm for me in the winter and spring months since I lost 50ish pounds.

I’m a pretty strict faster, and I’ve even broken my fasts to eat breakfast and lunch the last couple of weeks to see if my body was struggling to regulate temperature from a lack of calories. It isn’t helping.

Has anyone else experienced this? I am super uncomfortable.

16 months ago, I was (by BMI definitions) morbidly obese and decided it was finally time to change that. I wrote out a whole bunch of goals for myself, including weight-based goals and non-scale related goals. Then I got to work -- changed my eating habits and started moving my body more and slowly but surely lost weight.

The last non-scale related goal I had, that I finally achieved today, was to be able to run a ten minute mile. When I wrote that goal for myself, I hadn't run any distance ever, really. Back in school whenever I had to do the mile in gym class, I would simply walk with some friends. I had no idea if I'd even enjoy running, but I knew I wanted to be able to run. I thought that a sub-10 minute mile sounded impressive, so I just made that my arbitrary goal. For almost an entire year, I made no measurable progress toward that goal because I didn't go on a single run. I've heard running can be tough on your joints when you're obese, so I went on my first run when I hit a 30 BMI.

My first run was on a treadmill back in July at a 12'38" pace and it felt like I was dying the entire time. Since that run, I've been continuing to lose weight and have since picked up running as a hobby/newly preferred form of exercise. Today, after months of slow but steady improvement and around 25 additional pounds lost, I ran a 9'44" mile (outside, in bitter cold/wind)!! And my avg. heartrate was even a bit lower than it was for the first run, even though the pace was nearly 3 whole minutes faster.

I'm toward the end of actively trying to lose weight and am so looking forward to switching to maintenance in a few months and maybe upping my strength training efforts a bit. And idk, I'm just really proud of myself! Paired with the right playlist, running is so fun and rewarding...past me would literally not believe I feel that way lol

From Feb to Aug I did stength training 3x a week along with 2-4 cardio classes. Physical health problems in August made the gym difficult and I fell into a deep depression. I went to the gym once a week. I stopped IF. I stopped CICO. I quit all my classes.

I'm slowly pulling myself out of the hole. I'm on a new med that fixed physical health problems. New med for depression.Upped my therapy.

I have a lot of shame of losing my strength and cardio gains. Going to the gym now feels disruptive instead something that is part of my day. My brain is really fighting me on picking myself backup. I'm combative against myself. I cannot afford personal training anymore so there's not that accountability.

For those who have come out of the depression pit how did you change your mindset to get yourself back to the gym? Any wise mantras or podcast episodes that shook you up?

I am still far from my goal weight, but I am so happy. From 113.1 kg i am now at 99.2 kg [249.3 lbs to 218.6 lbs]!

I think what I'm going to share are some things I learned. I learned that sometimes it is okay to take a break from the workouts and the calorie deficit, as long as you get back to it. Consistency is key. I got sick for almost a week so I was not able to do my walks and dumbbells and my calorie deficit. But I got back to it once I felt good again.

If you're a woman, your reproductive processes [ovulation, periods] is gonna make you bloat, and that weight is either not going to budge or will increase. At first, this really scared me. I was so worried because my weight would not move. It either stayed that way or I gained a couple of pounds. But the moment my fertile period is over, the weight drops.

I learned not to deprive yourself of food you enjoy. I still eat cake, but I learned how to bake them so that I can avoid ultra-processed food. For the last four months, I only bought fast food or ate at a restaurant 5 times. A lot of the food I am craving for, I just cook at home.

I also started drinking probiotic drinks. It helped my gut health. I now poop regularly and easily [I always had constipation before and it sucks].

With the weight coming off, friends started to notice it. I recently met up with 3 friends when I traveled to another city. They all said my face and body slimmed down. My mom said my tummy does not look rotund anymore lol.

I am sharing it here because I really have no one to share it too. And it's better to share these good stuff with a bunch of strangers than friends and family members who are not sincere about congratulating you on your achievements lol.

I’ve been trying to lose the weight I gained while on corticosteroids for the last 3 years and I finally think I’m doing it.

it’s still not very noticeable except to people who already know I’m trying to lose weight but my clothes fit better and some clothes I’ve overgrown fit me again and I’m overall happy and think this time maybe IT.

i’m pretty much just been doing 12 hr IF, less carbs more protein no vegetable oils. I’m not restricting myself like before and whenever I get a craving I “cheat” in moderation like for example instead of a whole bar of milk chocolate I may eat 2 squares of dark chocolate. so I don’t really feel I’m “on a diet” which has helped me tremendously with compliance.

I really want to hit my goal by june 2025

give me some tips that has worked for you!

So, for context, I've been working out for a while but never really committed to a diet plan. I've hovered at my weight for a while, never really seeming to be able to break out of my current weight. That said, I also don't naturally eat often or a lot. My trainer says that my infrequent eating is causing me to retain fat and slowing my metabolism down because I'm underfeeding, so he has me eating more than I think I ever have.

I want to make sure I'm not off here, so here's some details:

• Age: 38, Male
• Height: 5'8"
• Weight range: 207-210lbs
• Exercise frequency - 5-6 days per week
• Usual caloric intake: 1500-1800 per day
• Eating Routine - 16/8 Intermittent fasting with occasional breakfast of Chicken and eggs
• Alcohol intake: 1-2 drinks per week
• Work Type: Office Job, mostly sitting

Here is the meal plan he gave me:

Meal 1 bkfst 3 large egg whites 2 eggs whole ½ cup cooked oats 1 tbsp peanut butter ½ banana

Meal 2 snack 1 scoop whey protein blended w/ water 1 medium apple 1 tbsp almond butter

Meal 3 lunch 6oz grilled chicken 1 cup cooked brown rice Cup steamed broccoli

Meal 4 2 rice cakes 1 tbsp peanut butter 1 boiled egg

Meal 5 6oz chicken 1 medium sweet potato 1 cup sauteed spinach

Meal 6 1 cup Greek yogurt 1 scoop whey protein ½ cup mixed berries

This is a 2600 calorie plan, and according to him, this still has me in a deficit. He said my TDEE is 3300 calories, which seems like a lot for a guy with an office job. I've been sticking to it, but I feel full ALL the time, and I feel like I'm gaining rather than losing. Today I was at 211.

I'm new to the whole meal planning thing. Am I off? Are my expectations unreasonable? I honestly don't want to keep eating all of the this food, but I want to get down to 170-175 by my birthday in April.

Can I get an opinion on this?

I’ve been overweight my whole life. Been dieting on and off since I was 12. I’m now 41. I have gained and lost 60, 75, 80, 100 lbs at various points in my life and after having kids. I had weight loss surgery two years ago. Was at my lowest adult weight in a long time but have been gaining back since. The part that is so unmotivating is the fact that my weight made absolutely zero difference in my day-to-day life. I looked different and my confidence improved, but I didn’t make new friends, go new places, do new things. My life stayed the exact same, my body was just smaller. I thought some level of happiness or self acceptance would be achieved but it made no difference. I was going to the gym regularly but even that didn’t make for any significant changes that felt worth continuing. So what’s the point? Like I said, I want to be thin for just some level of general social acceptance and approval but having done the thing and it not made a tinker shit of difference to my happiness, mood, etc., what’s the point? Anyone else been there and have a different perspective to consider?