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5'7 CW-150lb GW-130lb
This feels so surreal to type out and understand, like this fact was always there, set in stone, like an elephant in the room that I couldn't see.
For as long as 4 years, I have liked my best friend and I somehow convinced myself that if I had been a little bit better and somewhat smaller, he would like me back.
I hung out with him after ages last week and realised, his eyes don't light up when they see me the way mine do when I see him.I will never be the first person he looks at after telling a goofy as fuck joke, and that is not on me in any way because he just doesn't like me like that.

I gotta lose weight for me, for the person who loves running but gets tired easily, for the girl who wants to look hot and party a lot in college, for having enough endurance to dance the whole night and for feeling better about myself.

Not sure if this post requires a NSFW warning but I know many can't deal with animal passings.

My childhood dog unfortunately was put to rest yesterday. He was there in the toughest of times, and it's difficult for me to handle him no longer being here. On top of that, I was trying to reach out to (country) local subreddits about questions on what I could do to remember him because I have his fur and paw prints, but both posts were taken down and I'm slowly starting to feel a little isolated in my grief.

I've been losing a lot of weight over time (started at 82 kg in september and am currently at 70 kg) and I'm scared I'll get it back, because the journey itself has been so hard and I really tried my best this time, I don't think I could handle losing all my progress. But right now I'm exhausted and too overwhelmed to cook for myself, and I know ordering out in my town means junkfood. On top of a great loss, I can't deal with gaining my weight back.

I don't know what to do because it feels like the only solution right now is a pizza, but I'm so close to my goal weight, but I'm so exhausted. What did you guys do to maintain your diets (or somewhat maintain) after experiencing extreme lows?

After finally hunkering down and keeping track of calories I gotta say I’m a little disappointed in how some of the stuff I thought would be relatively healthy is actually really terrible for me! Calorie deficit isn’t as hard as I thought it would be but not eating stuff really high in fat is a challenge. I also keep accidentally going over my protein goal in myfitnesspal.

Does anyone have any tips of how to better balance out macros? I’m really new and am trying to substitute certain things for zero sugar, low cal or low fat. I do love the activia low fat yogurt and switched out regular bread for pita so sandwiches are only like 250 cals!! Thats about as far as I’ve gotten lol. Oh and quest chips are great.

Also is it detrimental for weight loss to go over your calorie amount for the day by like 200 if the day before or day after you’re below the limit? Im trying to stay positive if the calorie and macro amount isn't perfect because I just started and it’s about the journey or lifestyle long term but I don’t want to be making excuses.

Hey!

This thread is for those who have lost 100+ lbs (~ 45kg , ~7 stone). Welcome to “the club; our meetings are on Thursdays.

100+ lbs is the equivalent of a small adult human. Losing that much weight at a healthy rate can take months to years, and there are many topics that are quite different for this situation than for those who only have smaller amounts to lose.

I hope that this thread can be inspirational for those just setting out to start their journeys.

As with the other weekly thread I participate in, the League of Extraordinary Goalsetters (on Mondays), I will try to provide a prompt for the week, however you are free to move the discussion in any direction you would like or ask any questions you think might be best answered by someone who has lost 100+ lbs.

Today’s Prompt: weight loss fashion

How did you learn how to find a style once you lost weight? How is clothes shopping different? Did you discover a hidden love of fashion?

NB: Dr Danna Kashlan will be in r/loseit at 5PM EST TODAY answering questions for an AMA. Leave your question here!

Need Guidance

6ft1 275 lbs
struggle with overeating / sweet treats

solid muscle on my body , i know the body comp scales are not accurate but it said about 170lbs of muscle

i want to be 215
i know what i have to eat but i cant stick to a plan.

active with walking and spurts of working out at the gym.
can anyone offer help with my situation and what they did to lose weight

60-65 lbs of fat to lose

i can eat literally a bowl of ground beef and eggs or ground beef and rice but the consistency is what gets me

go on week long trends and then that fails
any info on what worked for you and what stuck that helped you lose the amount of fat i am trying to lose

I posted a little while ago cause I had mysteriously gained weight that didn't match up to my calories or workout. I have a condition where I develop growths, got scanned, and yep, full of tumours.

I finally was approved for surgery so the tumours have been cut out. Still waiting for labs to confirm they are benign, or I have a whole different problem.

On the scale side of things? Back to my goal weight again. So the gain WAS all tumours. My stomach even looks flatter again.

Not even counting it as a victory here. I have a lot of damage from the growths and the op, so I can't work out beyond walking or limit my food intake while I heal. If I gain a bit of weight, so be it. It's really the least of my concerns right now.

Which is doubly annoying cause I ALSO cannot be too heavy or inactive as that causes me pain. It's a mess.

I'll steer clear of diet and workout stuff until I get the go ahead to start manipulating my body again. Which should be in about 2 months.

So.... see you in 2 months when I have to fix all this up again?

Hi all - need some advice to continue my weight loss journey. Here are my stats / background using LoseIt app to track:

Male, 57, 6ft 1in
Current weight 216lbs - stalled going between 251.5 and 216.5 for 3 weeks, started at 222 April 3rd.
Average 9500 steps /day
Strength training 3x/wk - 2days with trainer following HIT, 3rd day on my own
Calories average 2000/day
Macros avg/day: protein 178g, net carbs 125g, fat 55g, fiber 44g
Water - 128oz/ day
Creatine 5g/day

Frustrated that weight loss has stalled any advice would be appreciated.

Hello lose it folks!  

Day 21 of May 2026!  

This is the daily update for y’all to post how your goals went today.  

If you’re new here, there is a whole sidebar full of links to explore. I would start with the day 1, then roll through the others: 

Recurring Day 1 Monday - Newest Day 1 thread will be the first link listed 

https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/wiki/faq/  

https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/wiki/quick_start_guide 

You don’t have to wait for a new month to join in! You are always welcome! 

Here in this post, we aim to foster a supportive, caring place to discuss the actual day to day of deficits & counting & caring so much about how we fuel our bodies & lives.  

So, post how your goals for this month are going in the comments below! I’ll post mine below too, so don’t be shy! 

hear me out- not asking for advice losing weight unhealthily, just trying to take advantage of the situation. i’ve been sick the past week and the loss of appetite hit me really hard. i’m over the hill with it now but this inability to eat properly has left me 5 lb down and in the high 160’s- which has been my goal for years now.

is there any way to maintain this 5 lb loss even as i go back to eating regularly? the gym is probably out of the question for me until next week due to work scheduling and a lingering cough but other than that i’m open to whatever. i would really like to see myself stay in the 160’s even though it’s unfortunate how i got there in the first place.

Hello guys. I have posted maybe about a month ago, that I was starting my weight loss journey. In one month alone I have lost 30 pounds. I was very surprised when my scale came in. I honestly don’t know how I’ve lost so much weight so fast. I was assuming the first 2 weeks i lost alot because my face looked noticeably smaller, then my scale came in and I weighed and I was very surprised that I had lost 20 pounds. In 2 weeks I’ve lost another 15 pounds or so. I weigh 388 as of this morning. My starting weight was 425 pounds, I knew my weight as I got weighed at the hospital a week or 2 before I started eating better. I’m not in a extreme defecit. My maintenance is around 3800 and I consume around 2000-2500 calories per day. I’ve been working out, walking, lifting weights at home, and following along to exercise videos. As of now the weight isn’t just falling off like it was, it’s slower now, about 5 pounds a week or so. It’s a bit discouraging, idk what I expected. I was hoping to continually lose weight at a rapid pace, but I know it’s not healthy. I’m very happy, and proud that I haven’t had any sweets or full sugar soda, and that I have been sticking to my diet and making more healthy food choices. I have become obsessed this past month with counting calories and eating healthy. My head feels better, more clear. My body is less sore.

Please any thoughts and opinions? I’m just very proud of myself, and wanted to share. I just couldn’t believe the scale when I ordered it.

This is not a sponsored post or ad, but if you can afford it I cannot recommend the Ninja Creami enough.

I just got one last week and since then I’ve made 5 pints of delectable high protein ice cream, most under 300 calories for the entire pint (and 46g protein)!

I gained 70 lbs over two years when Covid hit from the combination of binge drinking, no access to a gym/becoming sedentary and my vice of an entire pint of ice cream every single night. I was a broke college student at the time and I’m not even sure if this machine existed then but I’m glad it does now.

I see a lot of posts on this sub about dealing with food noise and binge eating, and volume eating is usually the top suggestion. Well this has to be the most indulgent-feeling volume eating there is because I’ve had cookie dough, brownie batter, pistachio, peanut butter cup, and strawberry cheesecake ice cream this past week and remained in my 1350 calorie budget easily.

The only caveats are the price of the machine and the fact it’s loud as all hell, so be prepared for that. But “diet ice cream” has never tasted so good and I whole heartedly believe the price becomes worth it very fast if you have an ice cream weakness like me and hate spending $8 for an often disappointing pint of halo top.

I lost 40lbs about a year and a half ago and I became very attractive. I wouldn’t say I looked like Megan fox or Adriana Lima but I was definitely an objective 7 or 8 out of 10. I loved the new attention I was getting and I would literally get complimented everyday or so. I loved this and didn’t want to lose it but as soon as I started eating at maintenance my body’s hunger signals went crazy. This whole time that I’ve been gaining it back I’ve been trying to fight it but to no avail. You need to have a solid plan about how you’re gonna come off of your weightloss journey and if you know you had binging habits or just bad habits around food don’t assume that they’re gone or that you can rationalize it out. If you notice that you’re starting the bad habits again try to get it tamed in whatever way you can even if that means having to spend some money because now I just hate knowing there’s this better version of me that feels un achievable. To be fair I’m still attractive but it’s not as much before. The worst part about this is when family asks why I would purposely let myself go when I used to be at the top and it feels insulting because I I so much to try and not gain it but I did. I can’t even go visit some people I met during that time because they’re gonna notice I gained weight. Also, stay humble

hi. i dont use Reddit much and i’m really ashamed im posting under these circumstances. i honestly don’t know how i got this big. it crept up on me so much. im 5’7 if it makes a difference but i cant imagine it does

ive dealt with quite bad food issues all of my life. when i was 19, i went to uni and decided id finally put an end to it. i was seeing a doctor and i went from 396lbs to 343lbs!! then my mum passed away quite suddenly and violently and its like everything i learned went away. nothing in my life mattered but numbing the void. im 27 now and i dont know where to begin. im feeling so overwhelmed. ive been in denial that its been this bad for so long honestly i thought i was so much thinner than i am. my boyfriend has been really worried about me recently but ive just been brushing him off and now i realise he was right. im worried im still not realising the gravity of the situation but i cant do anything else so here i am

please do not judge me for this but i am unfortunately not able to leave my house to see a doctor as i am housebound. im not sure if my gp offers virtual appointments but you need to go there in person to book them and i cant do that. i will ask if my bf can get one for me and i hope so

because of my mobility exercise is not really an option for me right now. my boyfriend is more than happy to help me eat healthily but he works a 9-5 (often staying late too) and cant always make me food which is partly why i get things delivered so much. i can make sandwiches sitting down and microwave things but thats pretty much it. more walking/standing is horribly painful and im eating more fruit as its easy when its just in the container but i cant make full meals and i dont know what to do. im trying to get healthier meals delivered but its hard when there are so many offers on McDonalds lol and its right there easy to click. i know this is a really embarrassing question but does anyone have any advice on mobility and how to stand up for more than a minute? its so hard because i cant stand but then that means i cant get to the kitchen. and if i stand for too long and push myself then i have no energy to get out of bed again for a few days.

I’m curious what everyone’s opinion is on diet soda during weight loss. Do you drink it regularly, avoid it completely, or think it hurts progress in some way?

Personally, I drink about two 44 oz diet sodas a day, and honestly it helps me a lot with cravings and snacking. Diet Coke is my saving grace. Since it’s 0 calories, I’ve always looked at it as something that shouldn’t directly impact weight loss as long as I stay in a calorie deficit.

At the same time, I know some people think artificial sweeteners can increase cravings, slow progress, or make it harder to lose weight overall.

What’s been your experience with diet soda while trying to lose weight? Has it helped, hurt, or made no difference for you?

I’m feeling a little lost right now. I started this journey at around 196 and currently I’m at 183. I had been consistently losing between 1.5 and 2 pounds per week without starving myself or anything like that while still hitting my protein goals.

I was 183 three weeks ago, then last week I weighed myself and was still the same weight. Okay, weird. I’ve heard that sometimes there’s water retention or other factors, so I told myself I shouldn’t judge my progress based on just one week and that I’d see what happened the following week. I weighed myself again and I’m only 0.3 pounds lighter.

For reference, I’m eating around 1450 calories, so I should be losing at least 1.5 pounds per week, especially since that’s not even counting the gym or walking. So why was I able to lose weight consistently for the past couple of weeks and then suddenly nothing for the past two weeks?

I even started meal prepping. The only things I’ve changed in the past two weeks that I can think of are introducing ground beef, even though it’s 93% lean and about the same calories as the chicken meals, and drinking only one protein shake instead of two to compensate for the calorie difference as I lose weight.

Other than that, I’m completely lost. For reference I’m 6’0, workout 3 times as week and walk everywhere

Call me jealous and bitter, it's probably true. But it irks me whenever someone makes weight loss sound so effortless, like "oh I just cut out soda and junk food" or "oh I just ate less and went on walks". Makes me feel like I am struggling very hard with something that comes effortlessly to others.

I have to count calories for every single tiny thing. I had to switch to fasting because somehow I am less hungry with it and get significantly less hunger pain. I am still hungry pretty often and still think about food, but at least it doesn't hurt. Mentally, it's extremely taxing and depressing. So it's very hard to not be bitter towards those who claim they casually lost a bunch of weight.

I have never once taken weight loss seriously until now. I have done the routine so many times avid gym visits and 2000 cal/days but after a month I would always crack but now I did something for the first time that truly set this mindset into me and made it hard to deny how unbelievably bad my food decisions were! Before I would immediately jump into my new life of 2000 cals and no snacks and no soda and it felt good until the cravings came and I would convince myself it was never that bad.

I finally had the idea this go around to live normally for 5 days but track everything, no telling my “I can’t have this” because I never did this before so for 5 days I truly opened my eyes to my dependence on it and what I thought was 2.5 - 3.5 k days maybe we’re actually like 4.5 - 5.5 k which I know is insane but I would literally eat myself sick. I drank 8 sodas a day (never counted before just drank when I worked at Lowe’s and every 30 mins i would get a new one) I would buy ice cream and eat the whole tub one sitting. Ate 2 whole pizzas myself and I think worst of all I would snack all day long a 1500 cal bag of takis gone in 30 mins, cookies and brownies and all the junk you can imagine all day every day.

I originally wanted to do this for 5 days but after the 3rd I was so sick and disgusted with my behavior that I knew I had to change and I have been going almost 50 days straight and I’m down to 325 which is the lowest I’ve been in years if anyone is struggling just know this might help you!

I’ve posted on here once before, I am doing a bit better than that time but I still am getting intense cravings, mainly for carbs and salty foods. I am 26F, 5’2 and 125 lbs, looking to lose 10-15 and/or tone up/recomp via working out. (I know I might not see the number drop that significantly on the scale if I’m building muscle.) I’m working out 5 days a week and I am shooting for a caloric deficit of 200-300. Using MFP to track.

So I temporarily “solved” my food craving issue by shifting my dopamine hits to other activities. Mainly shopping, which will not be helpful in the long run as I don’t have a great stream of income right now… has anyone else dealt with this shifting of “addiction” behavior? Any advice or support is appreciated. It just seems like I’m trying to comfort myself by doing something else not good for me. Ugh, I just want this feeling to go away.

I don't believe I starved myself when I don't count calories. I felt fine and whatever.

That being said, I'm not good at estimating calories based on my guessed serving size, and I tend to over estimate the calories of what I ate. Then, because I think I ate more than I really did, I have a lighter meal later in the day and a very small dessert.

However, when I count calories and really pay attention to the nutritional info, I see that I am left with a decent amount of calories at the end of the day, so I treat myself to a reeeaaally decadent dessert or more treats throughout the day, or use butter when cooking, fry my eggs, have a second serving, etc.

So, I end up eating MORE because I'm not overestimating calories.

I should also add that I use a weight loss program where you "earn back" calories for steps and weight lifting. I walk easily 15K+ steps a day and work out 5 days a week.

So, I end up with at least a 1,600 calorie budget most days.

(I lose an average of 3lbs a month. It's slow but generally steady)

Edit: I figured out I was overestimating calories because I wasn't using a food scale. Now I'm using one and seeing how wrong my estimates were!

The goal is to get used better at estimating so I don't need the scale, but that's been a challenge