Dear fucking god, prepare for ramblings of a person brought to the brink of insanity and then kicked.

I decided to set a fiber goal some time ago. Most people don't consume enough and deficiencies increase the risk of colon cancer. Sounded like a good thing to be mindful of.

I honestly expected the tracker to say "you're doing good bud!" since I already live my life as if a rabbit was holding me at gunpoint. I love vegetables and consume most of them raw.

You can imagine my surprise when the tracker said "yeah, so, your average is 10g per day".

After seeing that I was set on meeting my goal every single day, even if it meant force-feeding myself bran. And after weeks of trying you know what my average is?

1. Fucking. Grams.

turns out plants lied on their resume and contain next to no fiber despite being the only known source on this godforsaken planet. Even bran, the poster child for fiber, sits at maybe 15%. And 400kcal per 100g

I would have to dedicate 2/3 of my calorie allowance to fiber to meet my goal. I would shit sawdust. How long could I survive before my plumber ordered a hit on me?

On the topic of calories: WHY is fiber counted despite being non-digestible by definition. Are my gut bacteria dieting with me? Does my microbiom need to slim down?

I'd love to say I'm going strong but my last idea turned out to be some stupid supplement with enough artificial sweeteners in a serving to kill a medium sized dog. Unless of course I go mad at some point and go back to my preschool habit of eating cardboard.

in conclusion: god damn it

I always thought my phone was just a distraction but lately it’s been one of the biggest things helping me stick to my goals. i started tracking what i eat with an app and seeing the numbers every day keeps me accountable in a way i never managed before. sometimes when i’m bored i’ll just play a quick game or scroll instead of snacking which sounds small but it stopped a lot of the random eating i used to do. I even set little reminders to drink water or get up and move around and it works way better than i expected. Feels good to use the thing i used to waste hours on for something that’s actually making a difference. Anyone else find their phone weirdly helpful with losing weight?

1. 316 pounds. I almost cried when I (43m) saw those numbers on the scale in my doctors office. My long held excuse of excessive weight was always "at least I'm not 300 pounds", but I was beyond that silly concept. Finally after waking up with another belly ache from eating like $hit the night before, I decided that I was done doing this to myself. So in early July I started (another) weight loss goal. For 2 months, I've kept it simple by just eating better, walking an average 8k steps a day, and being more active around the house. And I am happy to share I have lost 22 pounds to date with minimal effort through big (for me) lifestyle changes. Tomorrow, I plan to start a couch-to-5k training regimen, with the ultimate goal of competing in a half marathon in Disney someday.
   

I'm sharing this to hold myself accountable, and with hopes the community can help hold me accountable. I'm open to any and all suggestions, stories, opinions, thoughts, etc.... dms are open for positive vibes only please. But I refuse to be another early death in my family of excessively large people.

To preface this, I want to say that I’m currently 25 and moved back in with my parents briefly while job searching after being in a horrible situation in another state. I’m currently about 216 pounds looking to drop to around 190 in any amount of time, however i didn’t realize how difficult that is around my immediate family that TAUGHT me my poor eating and exercise habits that led me to be overweight in the first place.

Luckily, I’m given some input on groceries and able to make what I want, however the judgement of my mother when I don’t eat the meals she cooks because she refuses to send me recipes or portion anything while cooking is really discouraging. On top of that, my father looked me dead in the eyes and told me “calories do not matter for weight loss.” I’ve also joined a gym and been told that “I’m only able to workout as much as I do because I don’t have a full time job.” Both of them are, in fact, overweight.

I’m just curious if anyone else has experienced something similar and what you did to overcome this. I know ultimately it is on me to turn down food from my parents and family members and cook my own meals, however it just feels like I am doing something wrong.

There are people in this subreddit that are watching for posts that want to sell you ai. Every time I posted here in the last 3 months I get contacted about "a mutually beneficial offer" where I get to use an AI app and i train it. This behavior is extremely cruel and predictory trying to target folks with lower self esteem so they can make money off you.

Do not fall for this, they claim to be nutritionist but I highly doubt anyone with an actual education in fitness or health is trying to build an tech platform like this. Their messages are mostly copy and paste with 1 paragraph that an an AI that read your post and responded to make it feel personal.

They are trying to get free labor out of you to train their algorithm and get you to pay for an underdeveloped program.

YOU ARE WORTH MORE THAN THIS! You are a person bettering yourself, so don't set yourself further behind by trusting these people. As it's undertrained, it will miscalculate the calories and cost you both effort, time and money.

There are worthwhile FREE resources out there, like they mayo clinic will give you fairly accurate target goals and it gives options for fitness loads. YouTubers life Jeff nippard who give incredible fitness and strength training advice, or Liam (blanking on his YouTube handle) who gives fantastic nutriental information that also helps build a healthy relationship with food.

Anyone messaging you about health to sell you anything should not be trusted. And just block them.

Edit: was corrected, if you get messages like this, send the user information to the mods so they can block them from everyone else

Losing weight requires a lot of changes, particularly long-term changes. I feel that it also requires us to think deeply about our relationship with food and, how we gained so much weight, and a plan for making our new lifestyle a sustainable one.

This got me wondering: in reflecting about the progress you've made thus far, do you look back at things you used to do and say, "I can't believe I used to do that."?

The thing that I can't believe I used to do is that my life's motto is that I wanted to eat every meal as if it was my last (aka garbage). I used that mentality to justify eating horribly every single day. This is how much I valued food over anything else, including my health. I used an anecdote from The Golden Girls about somebody weight-conscious only having a glass of water at a fine-dining restaurant and then being killed as a result of a freak accident as she was leaving the restaurant.

I also used to consider eating junk food as my idea of a good time. I literally believed there was nothing better than staying in for the night (or the weekend) streaming shows or movies while eating whatever junk I wanted. Once again, food is no longer a consideration when I'm trying to decide how to treat myself and have a good time.

Since beginning this journey 30 weeks ago today, my mentality has shifted. I used to believe that emotion-eating was me living my best life. Now I believe that living my best life is regularly exercising, eating healthy, listening to my body, being proactive rather than reactive, and finding methods other than food (especially unhealthy food) to make me feel better.

I'm curious if there's anything you used to do or believe that you now look back on and say, "I can't believe I used to do that."

I'm about a month into my weight loss journey and part of that has been taking walks around my neighborhood. I've been under the weather the last couple days and haven't really been active and kinda beating myself up about it. I'm not feeling as sick today so I went for a walk today and a neighbor stopped stopped me as they were leaving their house and told me they'd seen me around on a lot of my walks and that they're proud of me for keeping at it. I cannot express how much that meant to me, it was 30 minutes ago and I haven't stopped smiling since

I am down 89 lbs. and I am so happy today! I put on an XL shirt for the first time in decades today! I have worn 3XL for years. I had a doctor's appointment Wednesday and my doctor was amazed! I am 6 pounds from what he says is a healthy weight for my 6'4" frame. It took me 55 years to realize I could do it. This is not meant as a brag. but as an encouragement! If you are struggling with weight loss, DON'T give up! You can do it. Stay positive and keep working. The you you want is in there! You can do it! Have faith and stay positive! People believe in you! I believe in you! Peace and love to everyone in this fight!

Edit: This really hit well! Thank you all for the kind words! This positivity really helps. I hope it also encourages everyone else who is struggling to improve themselves! Again, You got this. Do the best you can for yourself!

I’ve been fat for most of my life. I briefly lost the weight in high school but now I’m in university and fat again.

I struggle with food noise, even when I was at a healthy weight I thought constantly about food. Food is one of the only things that consistently gives me dopamine so I’m for sure a comfort eater.

I’ve spoken to professionals about dealing with this and they always say something like “don’t eat unless you’re hungry, and stop eating when you’re satisfied.” And I am so unbelievably confused. I don’t think I’ve ever felt “satisfied” after eating in my entire life. I could go until I am physically ill at every single meal. Someone recently told me “satisfied” is another way of saying “not hungry anymore” which also doesn’t make sense.

I know what hunger feels like, at least I think I do. But I can’t wrap my head around waiting until my stomach hurts and I’m dizzy and nauseous to eat. Am I just fat person doing fat person things? Do healthy people actually wait until they are in physical pain from hunger to give themselves food?

And then, if I’m supposed to stop eating when I’m “not hungry anymore”, then I’d stop eating at four baby carrots. That’s enough to make the hunger pain go away for the entire day.

So uh. What is hunger actually? What is feeling “satisfied”? I really don’t understand any of this and feel like I can’t understand weight loss advice because of it.

Hey everyone!

A couple years back, I was told I'd needed to lose weight to have top surgery (a double mastectomy for those not familiar with trans terms).

But that didn't kick my brain into gear, I knew losing weight was incredibly hard, I didn't want to put myself through that at that moment in time.

In fact...it wasn't until January this year that I asked myself 'do I really want to keep living this way? I mean...it's pretty hard to be fat too' and so I started getting my life together.

First step was to get on ADHD meds, as my ADHD makes me an insane food monster with no awareness for when I'm full. I'm on Elvanse (I think it's known as Vyvanse across the pond) and that helped me stop binging on food over the most minor inconveniences, curbed my appetite, and stopped a large majority of the food noise!

I got down to 105kg in early June (I was 116kg in December 2024) but...I have unfortunately jumped up to 107kg and have stayed there for a month...(I definitely jumped up to that weight bc of all the baking I needed to get out of my system when I finally got a fridge and oven lol)

It doesn't seem to matter what I do, my cal deficit is 1650 (have to use the female setting one bc im not on testosterone lmao) and I've been sticking to that pretty religiously (save for once a month where I go for a few drinks with friends lol).

I haven't been able to exercise due to some mystery physical health issues (I swear...it takes like 2 billion years to be seen by an NHS neurologist...) but I'm gonna be starting up exercising again this week via beat saber...bc thats fun and engaging and it's also safe for me lmao

All this to say...I will not let this plateau get me down, I'm not gonna let it stop me and I'm gonna keep controlling what I can control and hope I get The Whoosh soon...tho if anyone does have any advice, I'd love to hear it!!!

Hi all, was 86kg (f,19,174cm) lost just under 2kg in a month which I feel isn’t good enough really since I go to the gym 3 times a week, sometimes walk 10k steps in the days I don’t. I want to get to 70kg. I have a feeling it may be to do with my diet, it isn’t necessarily bad but I don’t know much abt macros / nutrients / what’s truly healthy etc I just stay in a deficit. How do I accelerate weight loss? & which foods are best for weight loss? have lost abt 15kg in a year, but I only started going to gym recently.

Hello everyone. I am confused with how these activity levels work. I see people saying to put sedentary regardless, I see people saying to be lenient with the amount you exercise, etc. I am not really sure the amount that I should put to receive an accurate calorie count that will be in a deficit.

I am very much sedentary when it comes to work and such. I just use a computer at a desk. I don’t move around basically at all for that.

As for exercising, I lift usually 5-6 times a week for ~ 20 sets+ a session, I do a stationary cardio bike for about “300 calories” from the reader on the dashboard after putting in my height, age, weight Info, and I walk around 5 miles at least once a week, sometimes more. I put the 300 calories in quotes because I never know how accurate that, can just say 150 calories for leniency.

Would I still put sedentary? I saw people saying something about how putting activity levels regardless of exercising causes issues in calculations? Or what would you recommend I use? Really struggling to find the right amount to eat. Feels like I have very little energy/get depleted after a single workout and am tired for rest of day even into the next day sometimes.

Also, if anyone has recommendations for the best/most accurate online calorie calculator that would also be awesome. Thank you :)

Last week I was trying some old fit I had in the closet only to realize that I am so out of shape. Nowadays whenever I'm walking in campus or outside I just get embarrassed, I'm 19 years old, 90 KGs or about 200 Pounds, 180 Cm in height, I have visible fats (love handles, man boobs etc...) I rarely workout or exercise so I decided to make a change but have no clue what to begin with. For starters, I'm cutting sugar completely (chocolate, sweets, drinks etc...) and switching them with like an apple or some grapes, combined with few exercises per week and a calorie deficit (used to eat about 3000 calories maybe, now I'm cutting down to 2000). I know these are the basics but I hope someone can help me or let me know that I'm starting right...

I've been on my weightloss journey since June 6th, weighing in at 230lbs. I've worked really hard to stay consistent and track for my calorie deficit, and im now 217lbs. I know thats not a lot of weight lost in 2 months, but its sustainable for me! My body composition has changed drastically though. I've noticed clothes looking different and my stomach has started to look more flat than round and today I decided id try something I haven't been able to do in a couple years....I was able to close a regular bath towel around myself today after my shower with no opening in sight😭 i was so happy, I ran to my husband to show him and he celebrated with me. Its a good day🥰

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 is welcome! Tell us about yourself and let's continue supporting each other.

For all new people that have joined this month, at the start of the month we do a roundup of what happened. We'll also talk about our goals for September.

How was your last month?

You're free to structure this however you want, but think about the following topics:

• How has your weight loss progressed? Better, or worse than expected?
• What are some Non Scale Victories that you've experienced this month?
• Did you set goals, did you keep to them?
• What went well during last month, what could need improvement?
• What important lessons did you learn?

Today is also the goal-setting day for the coming month!!

If you're new, every first day of the month we think about small goals we want to achieve this month. They can be weight goals, exercise goals, or anything really... An important aspect is that they are SMART goals: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time based...

• Do you have a goal weight for this month, if yes, what is it? For example: maintain a 0.5kg loss a week.
• Do you have exercise goals? For instance, get in 10.000k steps a day
• What plans do you have for your diet? Do you have goals there?
• What are some non-weight/exercise-related goals you have? Here, get creative. Past participants have used this section to stay accountable for their homework, learning languages, pledging not to order junk food, ...

If you’re new, please introduce yourself! Let’s kick some ass!

Hi everyone,

I’m currently 5 months into my weight loss journey and taking a slow, steady approach. I started at my heaviest weight after a long period of stress, and I’ve only lost about 6 lbs so far. On paper, I know that’s progress, but emotionally it feels like it’s moving much slower than I expected.

Here’s what I’m doing right now:

• Focusing on balanced meals and eating more protein
• Trying to avoid extreme restriction so I don’t burn out
• Adding short walks or light movement most days
• Getting as much sleep as possible, though that’s still a challenge

For those of you who have experienced slow progress, how did you stay motivated when results weren’t showing up quickly? Did you track other markers like strength, energy levels, or clothing fit to keep yourself on track?

I’d really appreciate any tips or stories to help me shift my mindset and stick with this long-term, even when the scale isn’t moving fast. Thanks in advance!

That's it! Went on a run with my 8 y/o daughter. We stopped at the park mid run to play. She went back and forth of the monkey bars several times and encouraged me to try. I DID IT!!

It's been a long time since I could do something like this!

I’m 29/F and my starting weight was 295 about 2 years ago and has fallen to 268 as of sometime in July. I was thrilled to see that number finally dip below 270, as I’ve been obese my whole life and 270 was my weight when I was first going into high school which made that a big milestone for me!

270-275 was also the weight range I was stuck at since January, and seeing that magical 26- on the scale encouraged me to go harder with my 25 lb weighted vest walking routine and being even more mindful about my calorie count being under 2,000 while prioritizing protien and muscle building (the weight loss is actually a secondary goal to being more fit and overall healthy since I resigned to being forever large a long time ago)

However I got on the scale about a week ago after a month or so scale break, and I thought it was broken. It said 256… and I thought how is it even possible??? But then the scale at my parents house said almost the same thing. My morning weight today with no food/empty bladder when I checked the scale was even lower at 247. Don’t get me wrong, I’m ecstatic to finally overcome one of the hardest challenges of my life and that’s losing weight with PCOS and a body that’s metabolically used to being huge, but I feel like that amount of weight loss in 6 weeks is insane and almost concerning!

I’ve been eating much healthier while prioritizing fiber and protien for a good while now, but my diet still isn’t the cleanest, and going from being relatively static despite my efforts to everything melting away fast is a huge shock and makes me think something could be wrong. However if this is a possible normal and healthy manifestation of weight loss then please let me know! That way I can stop worrying I might also have cancer or something 😅

I’m 5’3 and 17 I’ve gone from 173 to 143. I look at myself and I feel even worse than I did before. I think it’s cause I’m more involved in the fitness circles that all I do is look at myself and see the imperfections.

Like I just see myself as a failure as I’ve lost all this weight and I still don’t look good. I’m at a loss here I really hate to look at myself and I just kind of hate myself in general. I’m really not sure what to do.

I’m thinking of just planning to lose 20 more lbs but I’m really tired from all this weight loss. But at the same time I don’t want to be in my body for any longer. I don’t know what to do from here.

I just finished summer quarter where I teach, and tomorrow I am taking myself out to the ball game, lol. However, I’m being halfway smart and planning ahead what I’m going to eat.

Breakfast, 2 eggs, 1 peach, a slice of toast

Lunch at the ballpark: 1 standard-issue beef hot dog w/ mustard, relish and sauerkraut, plus unsweetened iced tea or iced coffee (which I checked— those exist, yay! I don’t drink pop anymore). If I could find kiddie-size fries, I’d be tempted, though.

Snacks/nibbles: roast peanuts, popcorn.

Still too much sodium, alas. But no sugary stuff, nothing deep fried, no soda. EDIT: Goal, have a good time, relax, not completely wreck my diet in one afternoon.

Go, Rockies!

Is today is your Day 1?

​Welcome to r/Loseit!

​So you aren’t sure of how to start? Don’t worry! “How do I get started?” is our most asked question. r/Loseit has helped our users lose over 1,000,000 recorded pounds and these are the steps that we’ve found most useful for getting started.

Why You’re Overweight

Our bodies are amazing (yes, yours too!). In order to survive before supermarkets, we had to be able to store energy to get us through lean times, we store this energy as adipose fat tissue. If you put more energy into your body than it needs, it stores it, for (potential) later use. When you put in less than it needs, it uses the stored energy. The more energy you have stored, the more overweight you are. The trick is to get your body to use the stored energy, which can only be done if you give it less energy than it needs, consistently.

Before You Start

The very first step is calculating your calorie needs. You can do that HERE. This will give you an approximation of your calorie needs for the day. The next step is to figure how quickly you want to lose the fat. One pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories. So to lose 1 pound of fat per week you will need to consume 500 calories less than your TDEE (daily calorie needs from the link above). 750 calories less will result in 1.5 pounds and 1000 calories is an aggressive 2 pounds per week.

Tracking

Here is where it begins to resemble work. The most efficient way to lose the weight you desire is to track your calorie intake. This has gotten much simpler over the years and today it can be done right from your smartphone or computer. r/loseit recommends (unaffiliated) apps like MyFitnessPal, Loseit or Cronometer. Create an account and be honest with it about your current stats, activities, and goals. This is your tracker and no one else needs to see it so don’t cheat the numbers. You’ll find large user created databases that make logging and tracking your food and drinks easy with just the tap of the screen or the push of a button. We also highly recommend the use of a digital kitchen scale for accuracy. Knowing how much of what you're eating is more important than what you're eating. Why? This may explain it.

Creating Your Deficit

How do you create a deficit? This is up to you. r/loseit has a few recommendations but ultimately that decision is yours. There is no perfect diet for everyone. There is a perfect diet for you and you can create it. You can eat less of exactly what you eat now. If you like pizza you can have pizza. Have 2 slices instead of 4. You can try lower calorie replacements for calorie dense foods. Some of the communities favorites are cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash in place of their more calorie rich cousins. If it appeals to you an entire dietary change like Keto, Paleo, Vegetarian.

The most important thing to remember is that this selection of foods works for you. Sustainability is the key to long term weight management success. If you hate what you’re eating you won’t stick to it.

Exercise

...is NOT mandatory. You can lose fat and create a deficit through diet alone. There is no requirement of exercise to lose weight.

It has it’s own benefits though. You will burn extra calories. Exercise is shown to be beneficial to mental health and creates an endorphin rush as well. It makes people feel *awesome* and has been linked to higher rates of long term success when physical activity is included in lifestyle changes.

Crawl, Walk, Run

It can seem like one needs to make a 180 degree course correction to find success. That isn’t necessarily true. Many of our users find that creating small initial changes that build a foundation allows them to progress forward in even, sustained, increments.

Acceptance

You will struggle. We have all struggled. This is natural. There is no tip or trick to get through this though. We encourage you to recognize why you are struggling and forgive yourself for whatever reason that may be. If you overindulged at your last meal that is ok. You can resolve to make the next meal better.

Do not let the pursuit of perfect get in the way of progress. We don’t need perfect. We just want better.

Additional resources

Now you’re ready to do this. Here are more details, that may help you refine your plan.

• Quick Start Guide - Build your foundation!
• Lose It Compendium - Frame it out!
• FAQ - Answers to our most Frequently Asked Questions!

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Usually, I lose my appetite when I'm sick, but 2 days ago, I started having diarrhea.

Everytime I eat, I get diarrhea and it causes me to be extremely hungry. Like seriously, so extremely hungry, the hunger pangs were so bad I wanted to roll on the ground from pain. I ate about five 500-600 calorie meals yesterday, and came to a total of 3200 calories.

My maintenance is 1700 and I usually eat 1300 calories a day and seeing how I've basically offset the next 3 days of my diet, it just annoys me so much.

I also wasn't able to walk much this week because I felt so lightheaded and dizzy. Sometimes, I would be trying not to go unconscious while walking. Someone from another subreddit said it might be fluid loss and dehydration from diarrhea but I drink nearly 3 liters of water daily.

I feel hella unproductive not being able to walk, suffering from hunger pangs and shitting every few hours. Not asking for medical advice, just being annoyed because I hate being sick. I'm the type of person who falls sick once a year and hate when it interferes with my goals.

I hope it's okay to ask this here. If not, just holler at me and I'll delete it.

I'm looking for an app to look up the nutritional info of foods, and I see a ton of apps out there that will plan your whole life for you and do all kinds of stuff but I'm really just looking for something to look up nutritional info. I'd also rather not create an account if I don't have to, but I understand that may be like asking for a unicorn6. All these apps just seem to do so much lol.

Anyway, I know there might not be something out there that fits perfectly, but is there anything that comes close?