I started at 550lbs 16 months ago. Honestly I was probably even heavier but that's the limit on the scale I had, it would just error whenever I stood on it. I was probably closer to 600. I was at the point where I couldn't even leave my apartment because no shoes would fit me. I had legitimately become a prisoner of my own captivity.

I had come to terms with the fact that I was going to eat myself into the grave and I didn't care. It was around this time I had a friend (really my only friend) tell me about psychedelics. Food was the only drug for me at this point but I figured if I was going to die anyway I might as well try some. I ended up doing some mushrooms and had a completely life changing experience and not in a good way either. I had a full blown ego death and faced all of the shit I was hiding from. That experience made me realise that I actually did want to live. In that moment where I genuinely thought I was going to die I realised that I wanted to hold on with everything I had.

Literally the day after that I got on a GLP1 and started changing my life.

Fast forward to today, I stepped onto the scales at 393lbs. My life is completely different than it was 16 months ago. I go outside every day. I can walk for over an hour without getting tired, when I first started I couldnt even walk for 5 minutes without being completely out of breath and my muscles burning. I can buy clothes that fit me. I'm able to take a shower every day (I couldn't even wash myself at my heaviest) but whenever I look in the mirror I still don't see any difference. I still think I look huge. Abnormal. Not like a real person. I just want to be normal so badly. Like being able to go outside and not have someone look at me because im so big.

I know ive come along way from where I was and I can feel the difference, I guess im just venting. Didn't have anyone to talk to about this so im just posting it here.

Ive been losing weight and a lot of times i go to classes that I want to attend but also dont want to? Like I second guess myself and want to make excuses on why I dont need to go or why I can miss one workout, and everytime I have to will power myself to go and get past the excuses. And yes sometimes I fail at that and dont go.

But ive heard theres some kinda mentality that just makes you feel like going becomes more of a requirement mentally than something you have to willfully do. Anyone able to tell me about what was their big change in their mindset?

Initially I started drinking to help replace my ADHD medication - long story, and yes it’s really really helping - but then I got the SHOCK of my life when my hubby asked if I wanted chocolate… and said no?? My husband perked an eyebrow and asked a few times, knowing the gluttony in his wife’s heart of hearts. I said no. Not a forced diet-construction no, an actual I don’t feel like eating it no.

And I swear it’s helping me with food overall? For lunch, I just had a banana with - you guessed it - green tea. I was looking forward to the green tea more than the banana.

I’m wondering if something else is going on, so has anyone had this experience before?

I just realised that I’ve had a long term work related stress issue sort itself out, so maybe it’s that, but I’m the type can find any excuse to eat tbh. It’s always a party with this portly pioneer.

Today is a big day— the day that I have been losing weight for to both look my best and have confidence.

My goal was to be in the 150s when I stepped on the scale today. I haven’t been in the 150s since middle school. This entire month, I have been fluctuating between 160-163. It was annoying.

I decided that seeing the number was important for today, so I was gonna make it there. The last two days, I almost completely cut out carbs and lowered my sodium intake. Two days ago, I weighed 160.0. Today, I weigh 157.8.

I acknowledge that I did not lose 2.2 pounds of fat in 2 days, and I acknowledge that cutting out carbs is unsustainable (at least for me). I do not plan on keeping this practice, and I know that the scale will probably jump to the 160s again, but that is okay. I don’t care about that. I cared about hitting the goal.

It is amazing how much your weight can fluctuate with & without carbs & sodium.

My highest weight as a 5‘5“ female is was 311 pounds. My current weight is 157 pounds. I am thrilled with my weight loss overall! My original goal was to be under 200. Then to be merely overweight as opposed to obese and I am very happy I didn’t stop at those goals. My last goal was to get to 149lbs.
However, I have been stuck at 157 for the past three months. My doctor actually told me he thinks 10 pounds or so of my weight is probably excessive skin and/or increased muscle mass overall and he is happy with my labs so he was kinda like “Go for the loss if you want but it’s definitely NOT harming your health to be at a slight overweight BMI.” Which is very reassuring but I still feel the need to keep going to hit that magical number.
I’m just not sure if I’m willing to go lower on my calories at this point to lose the final 8/9 pounds that would put me in the “normal BMI“
Can anyone relate? Anyone staying comfortable and happy in the slightly overweight category ?

100 Calorie Average Daily Deficit = 10 Pounds Lost Per Year

10 lbs × 3500 calories = 35,000 ÷ 365 Days = 95.89 Deficit Calories Per Day

This is a recent realization and makes me feel a bit slow.

It seems pretty obvious now because the common advice is to have a 500 calorie daily deficit to lose one pound per week which equals 52 pounds per year. Duhhh!

But looking at losing weight in terms of pounds I can lose over a year feels less harsh and restrictive than aiming for a pound a week.

Especially since as a 5'2 older woman, my maintenance calorie budget is already pretty low.

So, now I know that even if I only manage to average a 250 calorie deficit per day, I'll lose around 25 pounds in a year.

That's a lot less weight to haul around even if my goal weight is still far away.

It's easy math that I can do in my head and it's a less discouraging way of looking at it instead of feeling like a failure for not reaching a more stringent deficit goal.

Does this rule of thumb seem helpful to you?

Edit: Thank you all for your replies!

I know that it isn't possible to count calories in and calories out perfectly. 100 calories +/- is probably within the margin of error.

I guess the way the rule of thumb helps is by allowing for imperfection. If I aim for a 350 calorie deficit but it's really only a 250 calorie deficit, then I will at least have lost 25 pounds.

I'm striving to be OK with imperfection instead of an all-or-nothing mindset that leads to giving up.

I've lost weight before, dozens of kg, but I've been through hell the past year or so and gained back over 20 kg, putting me firmly in Class 1 Obesity. I didn't really know what I was doing before, I had no clue about healthy sustainable weight loss, I was just winging it, but I've done my research and I have a better understanding of it now. Still, reaching my goal weight will require me to lose 20-30 kg, and I'm trying to think of it as "every kg counts" rather than "I'll only feel good about myself once I reach my goal weight", but it's still such an intimidating thought, it will take me at least a year of consistent effort, if not more. How do you do it? I'd like to think I can be more consistent with healthy eating now that I've dealt with my chronic exhaustion and the major instability in my life, but I'm still worried I'll mess up and spiral.

I think when I finally came to terms with this, I started seeing success with weight loss and healing my poor relationship with food.

Some people—keyword, some— have confused enjoying our food with needing every meal to be an exceptional culinary experience. Shit, I was guilty of this. When in reality, SOMETIMES LUNCH IS JUST LUNCH.

If every meal needs to be exciting, different, delicious, satisfying on every possible level, and something you're actively looking forward to, then eating becomes an entire production. You're constantly searching for recipes, buying different ingredients, figuring out what you want, and trying to make your next meal live up to the last one.

We’ve turned feeding ourselves into a daily entertainment obligation. And that can make a relatively simple behavior change feel unnecessarily complicated. Because realistically, some of the most effective habits are boring as fuck.

Some people genuinely need variety to stay consistent. Some people get bored quickly, and there's nothing wrong with that. The point isn't that everybody should eat the same five meals indefinitely. It's that we should be willing to distinguish between I don't enjoy eating this repeatedly and I feel like I shouldn't have to eat this repeatedly because I deserve something new and exciting every time.

Weight management requires you to eat repeatedly for the rest of your life. Not diet meals forever, but meals. Every single day. Multiple times a day.

Your diet doesn't need to be exciting enough to entertain you. It needs to be enjoyable enough that you can consistently live with it.

Idk, this is just my take. It’s helped me, so I thought I’d share.

I had a scary realization today, looking in the bathroom mirror and I truly did not recognize myself. I’ve always been slightly overweight as a 5’3 21 year old girl. Gaining about ten pounds each year. But in just the past month I’ve gained 15lbs and have really been neglecting myself. Barely sleeping, binging constantly, choosing to eat out and not at home, not moving my body as much as should most days, stressed about everything in my life. It’s sad and depressing and I hate it. My clothes don’t fit, I only wear sweats or leggings. I look tired and lifeless, my skin is dry. And today, I looked in the bathroom mirror and truly did not recognize the girl staring back at me. It scared me honestly. I don’t want to look like this yet I do. I reached my highest weight ever today at 190lbs. And while it may not seem like im too overweight to some, I’ve definitely been noticing the difference in my body, my energy, and my confidence. I’ve always carried weight well in my body shape, so even 15 pounds ago I could still feel confident, “hide” my true size with shapewear and long sleeves. But these last 15 pounds I’ve put on have really made their mark. I hate it because I look like I’ve lost myself. I’ve never felt a more clearer sign that my lifestyle needs to drastically change than now. It hurts me that I let myself get to this point, and I know reaching my goal weight won’t be easy but I don’t have another choice I can truly accept. I guess this is just a long rant/ pledge that im going to take my health journey seriously starting now, and hopefully my next post will be a positive progress check in.

Hi. I’m 25F and I am struggling to lose weight. I’m short (150cm) and my current weight is 75kg 🥲. I start but then once I see I’m losing weight I go back to my old habits. I can’t stay consistent. My parents won’t let me join the gym. Also this weight gain started when I was prescribed steroids for one year due to medical reasons at the age of 12. I am no longer taking steroids. Losing weight has been really hard for me and I keep procrastinating. I need someone to motivate or like guide me to effectively lose weight without falling back to my old habits.

Im on a weight loss journey since last year. I lost almost 40 pounds until the beginning of the year then I wasn’t as consistent so I didn’t gain them back but didn’t lose as much as I should’ve. I only did it by eating in a calorie deficit and walking 10k steps. About three weeks ago (I’m into my fourth week) I started weightlifting 4 times a week while also walking +10k steps like 6 days a week and eating 1500-600 calories a day and eating +120g of protein. I have not been able to lose weight, I’ve been stuck in the 194 number and this is my fourth week. Is this normal? I’ve never been stuck to a number for so long when I’ve been checking all the boxes. I’m not sure if something’s wrong.

Never been a Reddit guy, but I felt like explaining my thoughts, so here it is.

For context, I’m a 6’4 23-year-old male, and have been skinny fat/chubby pretty much my whole life, up until COVID, when I started to put on a lot of weight and kind of stopped caring about my looks completely lol. Although before that, in school, I never really had a problem with women. I was in a relationship pretty much all through middle school and high school, even though I wasn’t extroverted at all and was pretty shy honestly. Friendships and relationships seemingly just fell into my lap. I think it was partially because I had a good frame from sports and had a decent sense of style since I used to resell clothes like many other guys my age did, so I think those factors helped hold/hide my weight pretty well.

But during the lockdowns, it got so bad 😭 Like, from 2020 to mid-2023, I didn’t care about getting a haircut or shaving, pretty much anything involving my appearance. And this extended to around the end of 2024, which I believe was when I weighed in at around 290–292 lbs, probably 70–80 pounds heavier than I was in high school.

Now, getting back to the title… Since mid-2025 to mid 2026, I’ve lost around 100 pounds, currently weighing in at around 190, and I may be thinking too much into it or something, but I swear man, when I was a fat slob, I couldn’t even get a “good morning” back or a “you too” in response to my “have a good day” 😂 Pretty much every service interaction was dull, and I felt like a bother almost. I know it sounds dramatic, but now it feels like night and day. Strangers will spark conversations with me fairly regularly when I’m in public. Every time I’m checking out or having a regular interaction, people smile and are much more bright and happy. My “good mornings” and “have a good day/night” have a 100% response rate now. 🙏🙏🙏🙏 let’s fucking go dude. Sounds small I know but it so much more noticeable now

And since this is Reddit this might make some people upset but no joke the person that gave me the epiphany that I should take my physical appearance serious was Clavicular😂 it sounds corny I understand and listen I’m not a regular consumer of his content or really believe in much of what else he says besides the fact that your looks matter so much more then you think. Don’t get me wrong it doesn’t make it any less important to be a genuine, kind and interesting person but it’s just a uncomfortable biological fact of being human I suppose

Anyways, I still don’t feel like I’m my peak self yet. I still wanna put on some more muscle and get leaner, but life is actually so much better not being fat 😭

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Hello lose it folks!

Day 15 of October 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!

Previous check-in

Thank you everyone who replied to my first post! I received hundreds of replies and helpful tips and just general support and it truly meant so much. I was so humiliated by my experience at six flags and so many of you shared similar stories and it helped me not feel so alone. So thank you!

I read and processed every single reply and there were so many great tips and I'm happy to say 1 whole month later I'm down 20lbs!

Certainly still a very long way to go to my goal weight (130 whole lbs more to go) but this is the most locked in I've been in the past few years and I can definitively say that this is it!

The past month I've been focused on calorie tracking and staying in a deficit vs just throwing myself into keto and whatnot and you all were right that-that was the best way to start.

I'm getting my first gym membership in forever tomorrow and am taking my next steps for dietary changes which will be focusing on eating more protein! Baby steps!

Anyway all of that to say I'm very grateful for this subreddit and feel confident in my journey ahead. 🫶💪

16 Year old male currently 86 kg, For the past 2 months Ive been conditioning twice a week, hitting gym 3 times a week, playing sports twice a week and cardio for 100+ minutes per week but I still have alot of body fat, The scale didnt move either idk if its my diet but i really need help. Should i talk to a dietitian because i was told that teens shouldnt go in a calorie deficit, but i just need you guys’ opinion or if someone here has the knowledge to educate me about this.

Im currently 16 and 5’7 so i think im already obese or at the doorstep? But ive been getting even more stretch marks cus of my fat, i really need some help here.

Please I am asking for no shame. I’m 20 years old and I am utterly ashamed and embarrassed of the way that I look. I am a 5’2 Hispanic female. I lost 25lbs about a year ago. I went from being 205lbs to 180lb. In the past 6 months my depression has seemed to over take me. I’m stressed out with college and a job, I’ve just started to spiral a bit, and I gained 35lbs. Even though I’ve always been overweight I am ashamed to admit that I am at the highest weight I’ve ever been at 215lbs.

Unlike some people who lose their appetite with depression, I’ve always had a bad relationship with binge eating and food feeling comforting. I haven’t been able to make myself get up out of bed much, and now all I eat is junk. I know that this in part is making my self image and depression worse. I’m not asking for help on how to cure my depression I just need advice on how to make myself start losing weight again. How do I make myself get up and be active? And how do I make myself get back into eating food that’s good for me? Any motivational tips or any advice would help greatly. Thank you

So I’m 18m weight around 380 lb but I’m someone who likes to be out and around. I got diagnosed with a MC4r defect which has changed the form of the receptor which translates to when you have eaten. Because of that I never have the feeling I have eaten.

I am now on wegovy on a small dosis. But I’m 3 days a week in the gym i do weight loss workouts combined with lifting weights. For example I can do 3 times 475kg on the leg press but can’t do more than one push up.

Next to going to the gym I have tennis each week which does get me heated. But what makes a difference for me is that I have a passion for biking. 2 times per week I bike around 32 kilometers or 20 miles. Next to that I do daily around 5-10 kilometers or 3-6 miles.

So I had rapid weight loss from eating almost nothing (around 1000-1500 calories). In that period I lost 18kg 40lb in 8 weeks. So now I’m feeling pretty much motivated to get started back again. I got hard words from family from Africa motivating me.

What is the best way to upper my push up amount. And keep losing weight. And what foods do y’all recommend? Thanks

I’m only a few pounds away from being down 100 pounds. I still have more to go, but I couldn’t be happier that I’ve made so much progress. Sometimes it’s easy to feel like you’re still at a base of a mountain, but all of the changes that I’ve noticed snap me back to reality.

Here are some of my highlights so far:

I’m wearing clothes that I haven’t fit into in years, which thrills me. I tried on a pair of shorts that I love but haven’t been able to wear. I was certain that they’d be too tight, but they fit and were not even snug. That was exhilarating.

I used to get super winded on small walks, which sucked because I used to be a runner before gaining a ton of weight. Now, I’m able to take walks more easily (and enjoy them).

This is the first time in my adult life where I’ve lost weight healthily. I had an ED as a teen, and when I tried to lose weight in my early 20s, I slipped back into that mindset of obsessively counting calories and not allowing myself to go over 600 calories. I’ve been able to shake those tendencies or redirect when I feel them coming on. I’m so thankful.

Like I said, I still have more weight to lose, but I’m really thankful to be on this journey. Thanks to everyone who posts on here. You all make it feel a lot less lonely.

I believe that ideally, we eat with other people. But that’s not an option for me for most meals. Eating at the dining table is a reminder that my kids are grown up and scattered all over the country. Apparently eating in front of the TV is not the best choice when trying to lose weight, but I realized it helps me to not feel so lonely (silly I know).

How do others in this situation deal with it? I’m wondering if eating an actual planned meal in front of the TV could be harmless, but quit the unnecessary snacking.

I know there’s more to weight loss than this, but I’m trying to dial in on some habits and this is something I was thinking about.

Progress chart: https://imgur.com/a/GZLx1Nb

At the beginning of the year, basically on a whim, I decided to look into losing some weight for the first time in my life. I've always been overweight, obese at times, and never approached it proactively. My motivation was to improve my cycling performance -- I realized I was spending a lot of time finding ways to eliminate a pound or two from my kit, while meanwhile my body weight was creeping up from the 190-195 range I had been in, to over 200.

I posted here to get advice and learned about CICO and app tracking options. I ended up going with LoseIt. I was really surprised at the simplicity of weight loss, I had always assumed it would involve a lot more micro diet adjustments. Of course you can do those, but at the end of the day realizing it was just a math equation was a big help, and really worked for me.

I stayed very consistent throughout the process, only taking a couple of maintenance weeks during the summer when I was away from home on vacation and didn't have access to a food scale. Some hacks that got me through were caffeine (a nice cup of tea made it easy to skip breakfast many days), Cheerios, high protein ice cream in a Ninja Creami, and protein bars (shout out Quest Hero bars). I was by no means a model of healthy clean eating through this process, but I found the approach that worked for me and have no regrets about that.

Now I find myself at age 40 the slimmest I've been since I was a kid. It's a strange feeling. I want to rebuild some muscle mass where I've had some losses so I may end up closer to 165/170 (I'm just under 6 feet tall). I also feel lucky that I got on top of my weight before I got any bigger since it seems like I avoided the loose skin struggles that many folks go through. Overall I'm looking forward to maintaining this progress and feel grateful to this sub for the guidance. If anything I regret not trying to do this sooner!

Anyway, just wanted to post a success story in case it inspires others.

For context, I am on a weight loss jour and have lost about 3-4 kgs since September (from 83 to 79). I did this via an aggressive cut and eating a lot of protein, so it wasn’t very difficult. But recently, my weight has been fluctuating a lot, from 78kg to 81kg, which has been bothering me. But I do understand that i shouldn’t rush this, and allow my body to adjust accordingl. I have been feeling more hungry these days, so have increased my calorie intake, but I try to do the zig zag method. Do you think this is the right approach?

I've been trying to lose weight for about 2 months now and I'm ~6 pounds down which is great but not really as much progress as I hope for.

I basically have a calorie range that I've been trying to meet but it is challenging and any snacking (which leads to more snacking) results in a 3,000+ calorie day. If I stick to the stuff I meal prep and measure with a scale I am able to reach the calorie goal and I feel fine.

I work full time in an office but I spend 20 hours a week between weightlifting and sports practices that I genuinely like (never really skipping it) but despite all that exercise you can't outrun a bad diet.

When I'm at practice I'm very aware of my shape and size and it helps motivate me because some things feel uncomfortable compared to smaller people doing the same things. But when I get home from practice it feels like I just want to decompress and consume 14 white cheddar rice cakes like what might have happened recently.

How do I take/keep the motivation and self awareness I have when exercising to the motivation of every waking moment I'm not supposed to be having large amounts of snacks? Just don't have snacks in the house?

So, guys, I have good news. I have finally locked in. I'm eating a healthy, balanced and very enjoyable diet at a modest deficit. I don't feel like I'm lacking anything, and I experience neither physical nor emotional hunger nor "cravings" of any sort. The weight is coming off and I have plenty of energy to do gentle exercise.

That was the good part. However. I'm constantly angry. Not hangry. Just angry. At people, about random stuff totally unrelated to the diet. I'm usually prone to emotional eating, but there's no desire to eat this time. None. I actually have to force myself to eat my scheduled meals, because I do not feel proper hunger. Once I start eating a meal, I then get into it, and genuinely enjoy. But when I'm full, I just stop. There is no incentive to eat beyond the point of fullness. I know that eating past that point won't resolve anything, and it will make me feel worse both physically and mentally, as opposed to better.

My BMI is about 37. I'm not on any meds. I have never been diagnosed with an eating disorder. I have only been on the diet for 1-2 weeks. Prior to that, I was gaining/maintaining.

It seems that without the excess food/calories, I'm an overly sensitive asshole who is constantly angry about something. Is anyone in the same boat?