Need help losing weight fast

I want to look good again , I am 5,2 and 185 pounds. I’m disgusting and can’t stand myself but I constantly give in to snacking on junk. I don’t want to be like this anymore, my goal is 150 by August latest any tips help I also have autism so I am unmotivated and a very picky eater, this obviously doesn’t help my case

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sollyn23l2

You can be an unmotivated picky eater and lose weight. Just eat less than you are currently eating. That doesn't involve new foods nor do you have to "do" anything. In fact, it's not doing something. I.E not eating as much food. Less cooking, less chewing, less work.

AnnPT77

Losing weight fast is a bad plan. High health risk, plus higher odds a person can't stick with it long enough to lose a meaningful total amount of weight. 35 pounds in 2-3 months at your current weight is very fast.

But suppose it works. Then what? If a person wants to stay at that healthy weight, they need new, practical, reasonably enjoyable eating and activity habits that will keep them at that weight long term, ideally permanently. Losing weight fast requires extreme tactics, which implies reaching goal weight with not much insight into the habits needed to stay there.

Why not just focus on finding those practical, more positive and sustainable habits now? Why not just make sure to have a sensibly moderate calorie deficit for gradual weight loss along the way, and get to goal weight when you get there? It's a different mindset. The calendar isn't a weight loss tool, if you ask me.

Eat foods you like eating that add up to the right number of calories, and keep you reasonably full and happy most of the time. What are those foods? No one but you knows that. You can experiment, notice which things work best for you, which don't, and revise your eating habits accordingly. Bonus points if the foods average out overall to reasonable nutrition.

I have been your weight, and higher, though I started weight loss this time around at 183, just below your current weight. I lost around 50 pounds in just under a year. I've been at a healthy weight for 9+ years since.

Extra benefit: An easier plan takes less motivation, something you say you're short on. I'm not a big fan of motivation, and I don't have much of it myself - nor willpower, nor discipline. By making a relatively easier to follow plan, I lost weight anyway. The quality of life improvement was worth the effort, and then some.

Maybe give this some thought. Your call what you want to do, though.

Best wishes!

John772016

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10940398/need-help-losing-weight-fast

You are not 'disgusting'. You're at a place that you do not like and would like to change.
Many of us have been there.

Losing weight fast, isn't in most people's best interest due to the poor effect on their bodies.
You may not like how you currently look, but that doesn't define you.
To reduce your weight you need to reduce the calories you eat.
Being a 'picky eater' has really no difference on results.
Advice from @sollyn23l2 & @AnnPT77 is spot on, listen to them!
Best of Luck!

four_bumblebees

Excellent advice from others already. I'll just add this: it sounds from your post like a good portion of your current dissatisfaction is coming from your habits and that you're remaining at this weight. You might find you feel much better after less weight loss than you think, maybe 5-10 lbs. That was the case for me. Once I stated taking better care of myself, I no longer felt "disgusting," like I was "constantly giving in," and many similar phrases I see reflected in your post.

All that to say, if you stick to a moderate calorie deficit as recommended, you'll probably find you feel way better by August even though a reasonable deficit won't get you to 150lbs in that time.

mrsmeteor

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10940398/need-help-losing-weight-fast

Seconding what John said, don't refer to or think of yourself as "disgusting". You need to love yourself enough to make changes and that includes loving the body you have (which is the only one you're ever gonna get) while still realizing you need to lose weight.

35 pounds in two months is A LOT. There's no way for that weight loss, at your current weight, to be safe or sustainable and I hope you reconsider. As long as you make steady progress, it doesn't matter if it's slow; it's a marathon, not a spring.

neanderthin

Yeah, constantly eating junk and highly processed food unfortunately drives hunger and is a vicious circle, you can continue to eat like this and just eat less, but the success rate is pretty dismal and the eventual hungry signaling seems to get to most people.

Also admitting your a very picky eater in this context of eating mostly junk and ultra processed foods it likely linked to bland, texture and mouth feel that kind of thing as well as the lack of pleasure derived through the dopamine pathway to which you have become accustomed makes the whole process of switching to more of a whole food diet daunting. You have a particular difficult road ahead of you especially considering your autism.

I would suggest that not only a smaller deficit from counting calories but to gradually replace some of the foods you normally eat to maybe leaving out one you like the least and replace it with a whole food you like the most. It could be breakfast, maybe you like yogurt or don't totally dislike eggs and bacon, this is just an example. Anyway, I wish you the best and I empathize with your situation, it's about as common as rain in April and people in general when they put their mind to it can make change happen. 😊

neanderthin