u/em_louise2

weight loss experiences of other young 20-something girls???

hey everyone. me once again. still fat - potentially fatter.

I find it so hard to find real advice and stories of weight loss from girls in their early twenties. I am 22 - 163cm and 110kg. I am so sick and tired of being this way but just can’t lose the weight.

I compare myself constantly to those around me. Constantly seeing other lose weight and thinking I’ll never be able to do the same. Working an office job and having PCOS definitely do not help me - but I just feel helpless most of the time.

I am the absolute worst at sticking to something too. I’ll do it for 1 week and then give up. I guess the point of this post is - what ended up being the push that got you to lose the weight. What things in particular helped you stay motivated and fixated on the end goal? It’s such a mentally draining loop hating how I feel and hating how I look but then not wanting to change bad enough to stick to anything?

It’s also 100% my diet. I am quite active and have even incorporated lots of swimming into my schedule but the scales have

Sincerely - from a girl who doesn’t want to waste her whole 20’s being fat 😭

Hey everyone! Not looking for a diagnosis moreso want to see if this is common and how people manage it. Can’t really find much on it.

So I am not diagnosed with anything but I’ve had decent anxiety for a long time. In the past (2022 ish) I dealt with what I now believe to be a very bad stint of ROCD. That’s kind of my ‘history’.

I am quite certain I have OCD. I am now looking at managing it. Mine is quite bizarre. Below I will list some examples:

- noticed a few yogurts were out of date at a supermarket. forgot to tell a worker and went home. panicked so badly thinking someone would buy it that I drove back.

- threw out a clothing tag that I did not need. Suddenly remembered I ‘needed’ it and drove 20+ mins home to retrieve it from the rubbish bin before our bins were emptied

- if my partner is going to work and he’s starting to drive away I will panic and think I need to kiss him one more time. Also happened a few times with family members in the sense of needing to say bye or I love you one more time before I leave.

- multiple times have had weird things about stuff being on the floor in places like retail stores. If it’s a little fluff I will pick it up and either put it in my pocket or put it somewhere ‘safe’. If I try and leave it I will panic and force myself to go back

- there was a small piece of lint/fluff on the floor at work. I picked it up and threw it in the bin. panicked and had to go back in and get it out of the bin and take it home

- thinking of a broken item I threw out weeks ago. sad/anxious about never seeing it again. No reason whatsoever I would need to see it again. Was completely broken and soiled

- if I touch something at a store I feel like I must buy it

How does everyone cope with this? I am yet to be strong enough to push through the panic. I seem to get fixated on ‘if I don’t do this now I’ll never be able to again’ or ‘what if I never see if again what will happen’. It is always for things that have no meaning or value to me. I always feel instant relief once I either retrieve the item or complete the compulsion.