Broken body?

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  • storminacoffeemug9
    storminacoffeemug9 Posts: 13 Member
    Thank you to all who posted advice yesterday. I am processing it and I'm not as stressed as when I usually go on a 'diet'. In fact, yesterdays eating just felt like different meal choices and not an actual diet.

    Someone like OP with a BMI in the severely obese range can afford to lose more than a half pound per week.[/quote]

    This seems to be just a comment to insult me and disagree with everyone. Do you have any advice on my situation or comments about my OP?
  • luceegj
    luceegj Posts: 246 Member
    L1zardQueen is correct in that weight loss takes time and you certainly may not be eating enough and enough of the right foods. I would also advise not weighing yourself regularly as the number on the scales is very inaccurate and just unhelpfully from a motivational point of view.
  • Athijade
    Athijade Posts: 3,300 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    What I would address is your depression and anxiety. Which likely is leading to your inconsistency with eating behavior. Therapist here would help to identify and help you get through it. Which then intern helps with self confidence and weight loss. It's a double win.

    I would 100% agree with this as someone who has depression and anxiety. It can impact your mindset when you are trying to lose weight. My anxiety around food due to weight loss got so bad that I was not allowed to count calories for a long time by my therapist. I would stand in the store crying because all I wanted was a bag of chips but that wasn't "healthy" or "good" for me. This would lead me to binge on what I did have available OR I would order a bunch of food to be delivered and eat it.
  • jennacole12
    jennacole12 Posts: 1,167 Member
    This cycle is actually what I would expect when trying to make such a drastic change.... this is why most diets fail. 1200 is way too low. If you’re eating 3500-4000 first cut to 3000.... you won’t feel starved and deleted therefore you won’t feel the need to cheat. Never expect to lose more than 1 lb and be happy with as little as .1. The goal is to change these lifestyle habits and to do that slow and steady is best. It took me 1.5 years to lose my weight, I have friends who lost it in 6 months.... they all gained back quickly after and I’m 4 years later and more I love nutrition and fitness more than ever. You got this, just don’t be in such a rush❤️
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    storminacoffeemug9 wrote: »
    Thank you to all who posted advice yesterday. I am processing it and I'm not as stressed as when I usually go on a 'diet'. In fact, yesterdays eating just felt like different meal choices and not an actual diet.

    Someone like OP with a BMI in the severely obese range can afford to lose more than a half pound per week.

    This seems to be just a comment to insult me and disagree with everyone. Do you have any advice on my situation or comments about my OP?[/quote]

    Wasn't my comment but no I don't think it was intended to insult.
    You are mid point in the obese range from your stats and on a purely physical level more than half a pound a week would be entirely appropriate. Obese isn't an insult, it's just a description.
    The more overweight and/or heavier you are the quicker someone can lose weight safely. My nephew is six foot seven so he can safely lose weight faster than someone five foot tall for example.

    But I also agree that you should seek to prioritise making the process as easy / least unpleasant / least stressful as possible. The balance of rate of loss to be sustainable versus the motivational aspect of seeing progress is personal as well as situational.
    I'm a bit weird in that I can lose weight as slow as 1lb/month and don't find normal weight fluctuations that mask that trend a problem but that's no guarantee it would work for someone else.
    Find YOUR path to success.
  • storminacoffeemug9
    storminacoffeemug9 Posts: 13 Member
    Update - I followed the advice given with 1750 daily and aimed for 1/2lb loss per week. I gained 3lb in the first two weeks. So I joined slimming world on the 15th. I'm not tracking calories anymore but I am sticking to the slimming world plan fully. I lost 6lb the first week and 3lb the second.
    I will be sticking with slimming world since it seems to be working this time.
  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    Happy for you and hope it works too. I reread your OP. I think you should too. This 6 lb loss followed by a 3 lb loss has happened to you before. Fast losses and gains are water weight.
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    storminacoffeemug9 wrote: »
    Update - I followed the advice given with 1750 daily and aimed for 1/2lb loss per week. I gained 3lb in the first two weeks. So I joined slimming world on the 15th. I'm not tracking calories anymore but I am sticking to the slimming world plan fully. I lost 6lb the first week and 3lb the second.
    I will be sticking with slimming world since it seems to be working this time.

    Glad you found something that works but, if you gained actual fat eating 1750 you were not actually eating 1750.
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    storminacoffeemug9 wrote: »
    Update - I followed the advice given with 1750 daily and aimed for 1/2lb loss per week. I gained 3lb in the first two weeks. So I joined slimming world on the 15th. I'm not tracking calories anymore but I am sticking to the slimming world plan fully. I lost 6lb the first week and 3lb the second.
    I will be sticking with slimming world since it seems to be working this time.

    And you have some knowledge now - I'd suggest keep this topic available for review because things change with any diet.

    So when they do, you can review for some good info to review whatever the situation then is.

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