I have been taking serrapeptase for like a month (240,000 IU per day) for some scar issue and I noticed some of my less wide but slightly indented stretch marks from weight gain are becoming fainter and blending into my skin. I wish I took photos of my arms where I had those stretch marks to show you progress photos. Idk what else could have made this difference because I only take a multivitamin and metformin besides this. Should I keep taking it to see if it can dissipate my wider/deeper stretch marks? Anyone else noticed this on systemic enzymes?

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I am currently 300 Pounds and 5'10 M, 2 years ago I weighed 230 but got lazy after starting college and going to a job that doesn't require much when it comes to movement. I now work at a job where I move frequently but its less picking up heavy stuff and more laying down, standing up crouching, and walking and stretching. for now I feel as if my job fills in for "working out" as I don't have time to fit it in atm. with my current weight I feel it should be easy to get rid of some of it and was curious on ways people have lost weight or some starting tips that would get me on track to dropping down to 200-220 within 1-3 years.

I didnt meet word count so im going to repeat this paragraph twice :)

I have 25- 30 ibs left to go. Currently standing at 144 ibs fasted, 5 3". I already lost 30ibs. I went from 104 in 2021 to 174 in 3 years so have been overweight for 2 ish years. No stretchmarks from what i can see but i am nervous be my skin is not as tight as it used to be, i can grab like 0.1 inch off of my skin rn on my stomache area. I dont think i had belly overhang. Just let me know what i am in store for. Waist is 29 in trying to get it to 23. I suspect theres less to lose on my stomach and more to lose on my back and waist

I have 25- 30 ibs left to go. Currently standing at 144 ibs fasted, 5 3". I already lost 30ibs. I went from 104 in 2021 to 174 in 3 years so have been overweight for 2 ish years. No stretchmarks from what i can see but i am nervous be my skin is not as tight as it used to be, i can grab like 0.1 inch off of my skin rn on my stomache area. I dont think i had belly overhang. Just let me know what i am in store for.

Just be striaght with me so i know what to expect 😎😎

Please stop downvoting i lose sleep every night and took up a religion bc of this 👋

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hello :) just to give some context: I'm male, 180cm, 110kg.

so, I want to lose some (more) weight. it has been a few years now since I've lost some good weight, and was able to maintain it. I am at 110kg, it's still quite high, but I knew I would lose track eventually and it led me to stop my weight loss plan. however, I was able to keep most of the weight I lost, well, lost, so I didn't gain any of it back. and mind you, it was some heavy chunk.

anyway, I want to go back, but I don't want to do the extreme I did. I was doing a 1800 calorie, 2k at weekends and, while I was able to keep it for quite sometime... I just don't have the right mind to maintain it. so, I want to take another jab at it, but at a (much) slower pace, at 2300 cal a day. and the reason is: I have a quite physical job, most of it dealing with lifting weights here and there, and there are weeks when it's simply too demanding. both mentally and physically.

my question is, was anyone able to lose weight at such a short deficit? it's literally saying it's 200cal a day deficit, so it would take quite the time hit my goal. but I'm fine with it so long it's doable.

any tips?

I am working on a list of things I want to reward myself every 5-10 lbs lost. I know two things I want to do are 1) re-pierce my belly button and 2) getting my sternum/underboob tattoo I’ve drooling over.

Both I’ve felt too self conscious to do at my current size.

What are on your reward lists so I can borrow some ideas? I hate to stretch out to 35 lb interval goals because (I feel) it’ll be too long before rewards. I was thinking a few pieces of clothing every 20 lbs lost. So that helps me figure out 20/40/60/80 while my others are 35/70.

Thoughts? TIA

I want to preface this by saying I’m genuinely curious about why ultra processed food is both loved and hated on the internet. I’m not trying to hate or make a statement…I just want to know what the deal is with them and why so many people on this sub seem to have a junk food addiction

I grew up in a West African country where eating home cooked meals with fresh meat and vegetables was the norm. Although our diet was not perfect, and we had some fast food from time to time, our food was almost always prepared fresh. I did not think it was any other way and that others ate the same way yk. I moved to an Asian uni to study and that was when I sort of got used to the idea of having ultra processed food. I was fascinated with the speed and efficiency of McDonald’s and how genuinely good it tasted. But I just got tired of it at some point and nowadays I eat it maybe like twice a month. Because of these experiences, I’ve never truly understood why a lot of people are able to develop a junk food addiction. In my city, most people I know who regularly eat fast food do so because of cheapness and convenience, not necessarily addiction. This has made me quite confused whenever people on this sub say that they just can’t quit…like what is going on with American food? On top of that, the hate that ultra processed food gets on the internet has always intrigued me. Even more than that is this push about ‘whole foods’…isn’t whole foods, just food? I find it interesting whenever I see influencers post ‘testimonies’ about quitting ultra processed foods and suddenly have their lives improved and I’m just like what the hell is the food industry feeding y’all

Anyways I just want to know, why are ultra processed foods demonised so much in the States? Why is eating normal food treated as something so above the ordinary? Has anyone had an experience with junk food addiction? What was it like?

I'm a 38 year old male who weighs about 220. I'm 5'11 and I hate feeling like this. I hate counting calories and the only thing that works somewhat well for me is fasting. I've been up and down all my life and this is the heaviest I've ever been. I feel like crying some days. I deal with depression and anxiety as well. Don't know what's gotten into me these last few years. Sugar has always been a thing Door me, love me some candy. Thanks for listening friends. You're not alone. Personally I'm looking for words of advice and encouragement as I'm in a hole/rut/dead end. I hate feeling this was- clothes are tight and I don't want to buy new clothes to reinforce my gaining weight behaviors. Much love to anyone that listens to my rant.

hello! i recently got on medication for my adhd and it has helped me lose weight. i’ve never been able to go down a size in clothing in my entire life so this is unfamiliar for me, but my size 16 jeans are really big on me, especially when they get stretched out (you know how they stretch out and then you wash them and they get tighter? that type of loose)

but lately they are super baggy and starting to be uncomfortable so i ordered new jeans, a size 16 and 14 so i could try on the 14s. they do fit and i can zip them up. they’re very tight, though i think they will also stretch out to be a little more comfortable when they’re worn in. they’re only mildly uncomfortable at their tightest on me.

my concern is, especially since they don’t fit me perfectly should i keep the size 14s with the hope that i will fit into them perfectly pretty soon? im just unsure that this weight loss will be super permanent and i would hate to have to buy a size back up if i regain the weight.

for more context, when my sister got on adhd medication, she lost a bunch of weight too, and has kept it off still years later. so im guessing that’ll be the same for me? but i dont know.

any thoughts? i’m unsure what to do because im very frugal and hate wasting money

Hello all!

A few weeks ago I committed myself to eating healthier and exercising more because I'm tired of being so overweight... and so far, so good! I've been walking 4-5 miles a day (as fast as I can comfortably move) taking only 1-2 days off per week tops, and I've been eating much healthier along with doing intermittent fasting (I only eat a lunch at about 12:30 PM and dinner around 6 PM). I also take a "one a day" multivitamin.

LUNCH: Sliced ham, turkey, or roast beef on white bread with light mayo, mustard, a lot of baby spinach, and a slice of Swiss and cheddar. Maybe a handful of regular tortilla chips.

DINNER: Shredded chicken (slow cooked myself) mixed with cooked frozen broccoli, riced cauliflower, green beans, peas, carrots, and less than 1 cup white rice per meal. I meal prep them into containers and after heating one up, I have a few different sauces I rotate between. Usually it's Teriyaki. I've already reduced the amount of white rice I use and I'm thinking about eating even less white rice and adding more riced cauliflower, and reducing the whole portion size again.

Anyway... I've been having pretty consistent diarrhea every night not long after eating. I don't think it's the sauce... I'm no stranger to it... but I know I've certainly never eaten this many vegetables in my life this consistently. Should I see a doctor or is this normal because of the diet change?

My goal here is just to lose weight. I've already lost about 10 lbs in the last couple of weeks so it seems to be working but I'm worried about (and annoyed by) the diarrhea.

Any advice or suggestions are appreciated!

I’m 177cm(5’9) tall and a man. I’m very muscular but i’ve packed on some weight from a long period of binging and not training. I’m back on my weight loss journey and have lost around 6kg(13lbs) and am halfway to the weight i’m happy at(lost half the weight i mean).Everything is going well and i’m happy with results as well as the time it’s taking as I know losing weight isn’t a fast process but i’ve always had some doubts about something.

I’m currently weighing in at 87kg(190lbs) and given my height my maintenance should be around 2000kcal but I know for a fact it is not. I’m not a small man, at 83kg(180) i already have abs which is pretty big for my height. I don’t do gym but I can lift 225lbs naturally, can do over 10 pull ups at my weight and can do many other lifts at levels that are considered above beginner lifter(like someone who has been training for a few months or more). I am however an athlete, I train boxing competitively and started doing BJJ recently. In all of my sports i’m considered a pretty strong and explosive/powerful guy. There are days in which i am training around 3.5 hours of intense work. I also have dogs and walk one of them for like 30-40min a day(my mom walks the other) so there’s that as well.

With all this If I eat 2000kcal I WILL gain weight somehow. If I eat 1900 i’ll maintain usually if not fluctuate a little but if I eat 1800 i’m suddenly in a perfect massive deficit where im losing half a kilo or a pound every week and any lower and I just cannot maintain my training due to fatigue. I really do not understand my body and how there’s such a massive difference within just a few hundred extra calories. I also don’t understand how my calorie intake can be so low at 1900 and ill maintain meanwhile I have a friend who is like 40-50lbs lighter than me and only a few cm or half an inch shorter who can eat over 3000 calories and not gain any weight. Keep in mind even his activity is nowhere near mine. By all accounts i should be burning at the very least 500 more calories at a low estimate and if I were to highball it I could be burning upwards of 1000+ more calories with my activity. Like this isn’t a case of me being just very fat and my body not needing extra calories(although i’m pretty chubby right now with a good 7kg of unnecessary fat on me) but still, I just feel like my calorie intake should be so much higher on paper and it just isn’t.

I have a few theories and reasonings behind this. My dad was a pretty famous athlete who had a case of hypothyroidism where he just could not lose the weight once he stopped training. I do not have that but maybe the effects were somehow passed down or my thyroid isn’t completely normal, I’ve done bloodwork before and the doctor said my levels are all completely fine except some insulin resistance, which leads me to my second theory. I have insulin resistance from a time long ago where I was pre diabetic and seriously obese. Although I have always believed that insulin resistance really does not affect my weight loss in any way other than the fact that I pretty much need an after lunch nap haha. Additionally I do not think it is insulin resistance since I have been dieting and counting calories since I was 13 before I ever developed insulin resistance and my metabolism has always been slow like this. Another theory is that my body is just built to be efficient and not use calories needlessly. Just like how my previously mentioned friend has gone to doctors and done bloodwork and found nothing wrong with him same with another friend I have who has to eat nearly 6000 calories to gain weight and has also done bloodwork and stuff and found nothing wrong, I do believe some bodies are just built differently. Finally i saw a in a nutshell video(that german name I will not be able to spell but its like Kurgezgesat) where they went over studies showing that even exercising a lot won’t change your actual BMR. I think that is total BS(no hate to them as I love their content) and several fitness influencers i follow seem to agree with me but im just leaving that out there. If the video is true then it would make sense, my BMR is actually around 1800kcal so by eating this little then I probably would lose weight if the exercise helped even a little.

Anyways sorry for the yapping but it’s been something that has been plaguing me my whole life haha. I genuinely have no idea how I can feel good eating so little and perform well despite being pretty big and extremely athletic. The thing that confuses me the most is how 2000kcal makes me gain ridiculous amounts of weight even if i train the same. The health industry loves to spread how the average man should eat around 2000kcal but I can train intense training for like 3 hours+ a day and if I eat that i’ll gain weight. Additionally I am the average man’s height and I can only assume I’m bigger than the average man(unless this is based off of US men in which I saw somewhere that the average man there is 200lbs which is just crazy) Make that make sense haha.

TL:DR I’m a pretty muscular guy that’s very very active and my calorie intake is minuscule compared to my friends. 1800kcal a day is my sweet spot for losing weight but why is that? how come my maintenance is so low even considering I train and have such high activity levels?

What the title says. I just overate with pizza from Papa John’s and am feeling horribly guilty. I don’t order food because I can control that very easily, but family was craving and offer some. I wanted just one slice and ended up eating two and some cinnamon rolls.

I’ve lost 20 pounds, and I still have 11 pounds to lose. I’m hoping to reach that goal by my birthday in late January. I was doing super well, just got diagnosed with PCOS and need to keep on track, this food is not going to help me in any way.

So, yeah, that’s it. I’m feeling really bad, like I’ve failed myself, and it makes me respect myself a little less. I’m the only one who’s not helping herself and tomorrow I have a birthday and my friend is baking this delicious cake from what I was saving calories through the week.

Not feeling well to give myself the pep talk or cheer myself up, just feeling like crying and feeling exhausted and doing this in the healthy way it’s just so hard.

Never been this brutal and honest on the internet but it's time for me to slowly get help, ik i've had a bad eating disorder for a while, im 18 years old, 6foot tall, standing at 121 pounds, I was very sick from january-july which made me drop around 20 pounds from 150 and from then ive really enjoyed how thin ive looked, now i can't stop counting my calories, i try to stay 500 or under, my body is sustaining this for long i've lost almost all the fat on my body i get very very cold in 56F weather, i sleep all day whenever i get the chance, my butt always hurts sitting down it's always on the bone, my back hurts when i sleep my joins and muscles are always week and stiff, i love the way i look but i know my body won't be able to sustain this much longer it's affecting me a lot im too weak to workout anymore and walking up flights of stairs is difficult. I don't know what to do anymore im lost, my parents try to force me to eat all the time and it just overstimulates me.

People everywhere talk about how amazing I look, but when I look in the mirror I just see fat and skin, My pant size has gone down so much, I went from a 4x to a xl on shirt. I don’t lose my breath walking up the stairs anymore, but I still feel like a fat piece of shit. I still feel like people watch me eat in a restaurant like an animal on display. I still do fat things like putting a pillow over my stomach when I sit, or wearing a hoodie when it’s 75+ outside. I still go to the big and tall section when buying clothes before I realize oh wait I don’t need to be here. When I shop online I still check if they offer bigger sizes. Even at restaurants I look at the booths like “oh god I’m not gonna fit” even though I easily do. At theme parks I am religiously testing the seats before I get on the rides to make sure I fit.

Does this feeling ever go away?

Hello new folks and returning champions, welcome to the DAC for November 2024. 

Are you ready for a new month? Me neither, but here we are. There are 61 days left until the New Year.  

Let’s talk goals! 

Nanowrimo 1,667 words a day: 2,658/1,667 words.  

Fruit or veg with every meal, one piece of cake a week: 🫐🍌in my breakfast, 🥦in my lunch & dinner is TBD.   

Maintenance: On it. Today was hard as far as intake. I just want all the sugar in town.      

Don’t spend $ outside of preset weekly budget: On it. I’m starting to look over my holiday budget and gift lists. Heaven help me.     

Weigh in daily to establish trend weight: Got it this morning.      

Find a way to enjoy moving my body everyday: On it, unenthusiastically punched the standing bag. 1/1 days.  

Journal for two minutes every morning: Got it. 1/1 days.   

Today's gratitude or laugh list: Today, I’m grateful for making it through the day. My cat made me laugh at his little linebacker run and slide on the linoleum while we were playing.  

Meditate (sensory grounding) for 5 minutes to combat hyper vigilance: Yep, on it.    

Self-care activity for today: After dinner I’m going to have a long shower and do all the skin care. It’s hard to have an epidermis. I’m also working my way through a DBT workbook.  

How did I do yesterday? It was Halloween. I did not spend all day eating candy, which is a low bar but past me has done exactly that on Halloween. I wore a costume that brought me joy. I felt like a fat cow in it, but I beat that negative voice into submission & enjoyed my day. I’ll take the win.  

Your turn folks! 

I am overweight, pretty significantly. I am starting my health journey and I was just wondering if someone could recommend a good book that really helped them understand nutrition etc. I feel like there is so much conflicting information out there. Like intermittent fasting vs making sure you have 30 grams of protein in every meal. No sugar no flour vs no sugar no grains. Starches are bad but fats are bad. But wait these fats are good and these starches are good. Olive oil is bad but if you spray avocado oil it’s okay. I’m just so lost on what’s real and what’s a fad. I would just like a good book that gives me factual information so I can make the best decision for the healthiest life style change. Any help is appreciated! Thanks in advance for your time. (Also any good cook books would also be appreciated!)

After about 3 months of fairly frequent exercise, followed by 2 months of nothing but 10-15k steps every other day, I can actually properly say i have lost my double chin. My face looks so much slimmer now compared to last year, it feels so great.

During the last 5 months I’ve also not been following a diet per se, but more just trying to make healthier choices and adapt it into my lifestyle. It’s really worked, and now I do it unconsciously!!!

It is so so so so worth it, and I’m so glad I actually went through with something for once!!

Keep on going everyone!!!!!!!

Edit: Thought I’d mention 5 months ago I was 82kg, I can’t remember my last weight and I haven’t had access to a scale for ages :( I can’t afford one unfortunately

Hey everyone, I have been on my weight lost journey, for the last 18 years and it's definitely a marathon not just physically but also mentally. Over this time I got myself from over 140kg to the current 115.

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Every time helped me little bit different steps or changes.

At first I cut sodas, sweets, calc calorie deficit and started walking more. That was the first drop from 140 to 128.

Then what worked the second drop was walking to my job, and by that, I mean 20km per day, for period of a year, I didn't count many calories and got from 128 to 112

A few years passed by, and more stress, hard work, and stress eating hit me back to 125.

The last drop, I started going to the gym again, and cut fats from my diet brutally, because of higher levels of my liver enzymes. Even though I really drink just occasionally, it seems that in the family we have NAFLD issues even on the level of people which was part of active emergency services all their lives. In this period I kept my kcal around 2500 a day.

That got me from 125 to 108 and rise again to 115 where its holding last year.

My current routine is:

Gym 4x a week, once with trainer, mostly resistance training.

I also do Yoga and pilates every week.

And during summer I was biking every day 20km.

Now I am getting to the point where I am a little bit confused about how to progress next, I hired a nutritional specialist, who adjusted my meal plan to a higher intake of kcal.

The same information to eat more kcal, I am getting from my InBody check ( which I do every few months).

Also any kcal calculator is basically telling me the same, that I should eat around 3000kca to be in deficit and lose weight.

I just want to know, does it make sense? Or did any of you go thought something similar? Thanks, everyone in advance!

So I did alright over Halloween! But, I have concerns for the next two months of American holiday season.

We had a Halloween party last weekend and I took off Saturday and Sunday from tracking after weighing and tracking pretty consistently for the past 3 months (and down 30 lbs!). I’ve been reading that it’s good to really give yourself cheat days here and there. The issue is that I’ve strongly suspected I have BED for quite some time and I’ve been very successful losing this weight by being so regimented and tracking carefully (I’m at around 1300-1600 cal per day depending on activity and I’m only walking for exercise at the moment as I’m recovering from a summer surgery and a recent wrist injury).

Last weekend I did not binge horrifically, I allowed myself some candy, charcuterie snacks and definitely ate too much caramel corn but in terms of how I usually do over Halloween, I did great. I no longer drink as it triggers my binges. Since then I have been much more hungry, snacky, dealing with salt and sugar cravings all week and the food noise has drastically increased. I’ve allowed myself more calories this week, trying to stay as healthy as possible but having grace with myself and working hard not to overdo it. I’m genuinely proud of myself but I’m now concerned about allowing myself treats for the next two months.

This did prompt me to make an appointment to my local eating disorder center for an assessment because I think I am finally ready to get some extra support and quite possibly an actual diagnosis. I’m so happy with my weight loss progress but I am worried that I don’t understand my triggers and the holidays are so stressful for me. I have bucketful’s of trauma for which I’ve had plenty of therapy for but the food noise was not really addressed in those sessions.

Curious how those of you with similar challenges navigates this time of year! How are you balancing restriction and over eating? How are you handling the food noise? I feel like if I indulge, it prompts disordered eating but I keep reading that careful tracking and sometimes avoiding all treats to be able to stay on track is also just disordered eating. Sometimes I feel like that’s coming from those who don’t have an actual ED…at least it feels that way sometimes. Like unless you GET IT, you can’t fully understand the disassociating and literally feeling like you’ve blacked out and consumed a whole bag of chips and you weren’t even conscious for it. Like, I get that it’s doable for many to limit their treats and it won’t take over their brain but I’m not sure my brain/body are capable of that, at least right now.

Weirdly enough, when I’m abstaining from sugar and treats, I do okay! It’s once I introduce it back, even in small amounts, it takes over my brain and I start to disassociate and really struggle with overdoing it.

Anyone relate? I need some insight!

Im trying to get to the top band of healthy bmi before I workout properly, which should be in 2-4 months at most. Though I’ve seen some posts on here of people that are actually BELOW or at that weight at my height and trying to lose weight, so now I’m wondering if I’ll still look fat asf when I’m at 60-65kg (5’4 btw).

I know I won’t look attractive, especially at this height for a guy, but I wanna not look… i don’t know unattractive or stick out like fat thumb.

(Also lil side question, is eating enough protein and light occasional working out enough to make sure fat is burnt instead of muscle until I reach my goal weight?)

My current calorie budget is just under 1,600 calories a day, and I aim for 0.7 grams of protein per pound of body weight. I weigh 175 lbs, so I need about 123 grams of protein daily and I aim for 23 grams of fiber each day. I avoid ultra-processed foods.

Currently, I find that most of my calories come from protein. I eat lean sources of protein, including poultry, fish, and shrimp. I have eggs every day and include beans at least in one recipe a week. In the afternoons, I try to snack on vegetables, but my other snack is often cheese or yogurt to meet my protein requirements. I don't typically eat pasta or bread, but I love oatmeal. I make overnight oats, although that tends to be a higher-calorie breakfast. I also eat rice, but I prefer white rice over brown because I find brown rice tastes like sawdust.

I consider myself a decent cook and take pleasure in eating well. I enjoy looking up recipes and tend to favor what’s on sale each week, as well as local vegetables. I receive a farmer's basket every week filled with seasonal vegetables and herbs, though that program has ended for 2024. I always meal prep 2-3 different meals (between 10 and 20 portions) for the week, which I can freeze. I also eat salads from time to time.

However, I've realized that I almost never eat enough fiber. Do you have any tips to help me increase my daily intake? I would appreciate any recipes or snack ideas as well as meal building strategies around high-protein diet.

EDIT : Thanks everyone for your answers and suggestions. Many of you gave me meals idea, which i appreciate very much. To sum it up:

• Favor high fiber nacks, such as apples, kiwis, berries (especially rapsberries), carrots, peas, edamame and avocados
• Eat more lentils, chick peas and beans of all kind
• Switch back to overnight oats with chia seeds in the morning instead of two eggs
• Incorporate high fiber, high protein bread to my diet.

Hi everyone!

I’m a few weeks into my weight loss journey. One of the things I’m doing to consume more protein and have a more controlled calorie deficit is eating protein bars when I get snack cravings.

It’s helped a lot over the last few weeks. Every time the cravings hit, instead of going to chips or cookies, I’ve been grabbing a protein bar.

My favorite has been the chocolate peanut butter flavor of Pure Protein bars. I find that they taste a lot like an actual chocolate bar, and I think that in addition to the 20g protein helps curb my cravings.

I do think it’s upsetting my stomach a bit though… each of these bars contain 9g of “sugar alcohol” and I think that’s what’s causing a lot of bloating and whatnot.

I’m looking for a similarly filling and satisfying protein bar that doesn’t have sugar alcohol. I can’t really get used to those nutty bars like Nature Valley or Kind. I also don’t find them to be as filling. I like the denser, dessert-like ones.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

I’ve been down to 152lbs around 13 months ago. I want to reach a happy medium around 170. But I can’t seem to have that same discipline or figure out a healthy diet for me. I run 3 miles 5 days a week and I try my best to stay less than 1200 calories but I end up spiking to 1500-1800 most days. Any help? I’d like to make noticeable progress this month.

I really want to eliminate my stomach fat. And get rid of the love handles while maintaining the rest of my body.

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Only been logging a few days. It’s made me realize that I had no clue the calories and nutritional content in my food. Some things have way less than I thought, some more.

I eat out a LOT. I’ve known this is a bad habit of mine for a while. I considered it more of a bad financial habit/laziness issue, and now I am starting to realize (obviously) that it is a major component of my relationship with food. My question is how do you log food when you eat out? I have learned that I am very inaccurate at estimating calories, let alone macros. I know I have to reduce how much I am eating out but I don’t think it would be sustainable to go cold turkey and I want to get into the habit of tracking my food diligently while making sustainable choices.

F25 5’8 SW: 220lbs CW: 139.3lbs GW: 140lbs

I finally hit my goal weight today of 140lbs. For the last 2.5 weeks I was 141-142lbs since my original goal was 145lbs I started increasing calories a bit and not being so strict but still having 1300-1400 calories daily at most 1500 calories and maybe 1700 twice. Lose it is telling me to eat 2,034 calories for maintenance but that seems SO high. I was eating 1200 calories a day so to lose around 1.5lbs a week so eating 2000 seems insane. Is 2000 too high or is it correct? I definitely wouldn’t mind going down to 135lbs slowly. Maintenance has never worked for me I’ve always gained so I’m just really stressed about it and nervous. What are your recommendations for maintenance?

I recently increased the amount of exercise I’m doing by a huge amount and I’m now finding myself hungry ALL the time. All my adult life I’ve never been hungry before 11am and my first meal of the day at work would be at lunch time, sometimes with a small snack at 11 to get me there. But now as soon as I start my day I’m ravenous, and I’m finding myself snacking all day long. I will scavenge like a street rat to find extra things to eat at work (more than what I brought with me), which usually ends up being chocolates and other unhealthy treats. I do find that my meals are satisfying but the full feeling only lasts about an hour until I’m hungry again! I’m now finding I’m gaining weight because I can’t stop eating all the time. Someone help me please!

I don't believe in "cheat day"s. I understand those naughty calories don't just magically disappear when you don't log them. I believe in "treat day"s, as in, rarely substituting the calories of meals of a normal day for crap I wouldn't usually eat. Well, I thought I believed in that in theory. Today was my first one after a couple weeks of just clean healthy foods. Breakfast of irish cream coffee, a couple mini donuts, and pieces of chocolate. Something I wouldn't have batted an eye at a couple months ago at my worst junk food eating pattern. Well holy fuck. I feel disgusted. I legitimately feel sick from this stuff. I didn't even finish it all before I started physically feeling like crap. How could I have eaten this stuff so regularly before? It's nasty. My stomach isn't happy. I feel like way too much sugar is buzzing in my system now. I want to throw the rest of my candy stash away. This is gross.

Who knew just a couple weeks of raw vegetables and fresh ingredients would reset my taste buds that hard? I will definitely not be repeating this experiment. I want celery now. I want to wash out my mouth.

Hi all! So I started dieting this week, no restrictions per se but am trying my best to track calories and eat clean. I’m looking to lose 10-20lbs, and I’m already feeling hungry quite often. My calorie intake was set at around 1600 (based on my fitness pal, -1lb per week). So I was eating around 1500 a day for a few days (5’8” female). Ive been feeling really hungry so on day 4 I changed the weight loss per week to -0.5lb per week, which upped my calories to 1900 a day. I lift around 3-4 times a week. I’ve been eating plenty of protein, and around 150g of carbs a day. I even ate a little extra carbs to see if that would help, and yet I still feel hungry pretty much all day!

Could it just be my body is not used to a calorie deficit? I felt dizzy the other day (not sure if it’s related to the deficit or an oncoming migraine 🤦‍♀️).

Could anyone explain a calorie deficit a little more and how it functions over time? Also any meal ideas or helpful tips would be appreciated. Also I’m drinking plenty of water! Thank you!!

I have always been a little chubby but my belly wouldn't protrude, but I dont think I've been so fat before. When I came back to school, my classmates told me that I have doubled in size, and I think they might be right. When I stand straight I can't see my feet, I have to put on my jeens lower cause if I don't the button might come off(it already has once), my shirts feel tight, I'm getting stretchmarks around my belly, my stomach circumference is 99cm (it used to be 89) and my body fat is 36????? I don't know what happened, I haven't changed my diet or anything and I have gained 14kg (30.8lbs) in 7 months, why is this happening and how do you guys think I can prevent it

I’m 33 (m) and currently sit mid to high 130kg’s on any given day, thankfully I’m fairly tall at around 183cm but still very much obese. I feel it too and want to ideally get to double digits, I’ll be happy there even if I’m still high 90’s and still considered ‘overweight’.

Around the start of last year something just clicked. I was 143kg to start and lost 5kg in the first week. This was incredibly motivating and spurred me on. I was very disciplined, I realised that I’m not the kind that can get there and splurge here and there, I was all in and was getting the results. Over the course of the 5 months I lasted I got down to 121.5kg. I even plateaued at one stage so I introduced a lunch time walk, it was really nice, about 2-3km depending on how long I had between meetings at work. One thing I can say, is that a daily walk is massive, I don’t have enough good words to say about the concept.

Basically the diet kind of just stopped and over the course of the last 1.5 years I’ve gained a majority of the weight back. I’ve been trying again for the last few months but cannot get it started again. I could go most of a day eating great and I will ruin it and after that it’s like “why bother, I’ll try again on x day”, it’s a vicious cycle. I have a referral for a Dietician and an EP but haven’t booked to see one yet, need to wait until a few bills go away. On this subject though, has anyone found that kind of guidance to be useful and actually having somewhat of a plan from professionals help in adherence?

Anyway, I know I’m motivated, I know where I want to be and got a taste of what success is like but still cannot get back to it. Anyone been in a similar position and know how to get over that hump?