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Fat is also necessary for some vitamin absorption. It's not optional.
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PB is high fat. High fat is not inherently unhealthy. Just calorically dense. I have the 'freaking delicious' problem with it though!
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Yeah, but all of this is where the 'to seek reward' comes in, to be honest. What do you find rewarding is going to be a matter of experimentation and it is not just the absence of discomfort. It's just that the reward has to be sufficiently motivating for YOU to offset whatever level of discomfort (physical or emotional or…
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I think the message here is more 'push yourself in ways that you enjoy'. Or don't push yourself any more than you can help while getting results, if you're not into pushing yourself. You don't have to be 'driven' to be successful. the idea that you do is... kind of toxic to success for some psychologies. And you can…
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Yeah, I have found ways to exercise that just make me feel strong and brave and good and I've always liked playing around with food. It's fun and the less I weigh the less exercise hurts, but there are a whole lot of people white knuckling it through things -- and even some thread somewhere where someone said 'if you're…
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I have actually started going back INTO grocery stores to do my shopping. I started the online/pick up a year ago and found it pretty helpful in keeping me away from impulse less than healthy purchases that I only wanted because they were there. And. the 'get what I want and get out' has stuck. Just with added label…
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So. I used to think about food a lot. Food I had, food I would have, when I would have it, what's for dinner, what fits in my calories, how do I get my macros, whatever. (Time helped. Time I spent doing mostly online grocery shopping so I wouldn't have walk past all those foods I'd normally impulsively buy, and once I got…
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It is not ideal to eat less and lose fast. First of all fast loss can create some pretty dramatic health issues - namely it can make your gallbladder very, very angry. It will also eventually lead to skin/hair/nail/temperature regulation problems. Can also make you eventually tired and subtly reduce your movement…
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I don't know what your weight is but my scale fluctuations stopped being dramatic and obvious - including night to morning stuff - as I weighed less. Ie: The more of me there was, the more room there was to store a lot of water, I think.
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Same. Don't get me wrong I've had some soreness or done difficult things that caused me physical pain but in those cases I had a big, immediate, psychological payoff. Ie: I'm someone who enjoys saying I DID IT AND I DID NOT DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!! But it's gotta be an activity I like and care about. I'm not going to go hurt…
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There are basically a lot of psychology behind this. The long and short of it is, though, that there are people who are predisposed to think suffering is a virtue and somehow superior, and people who don't have that particular dysfunction (and it is a dysfunction) And people who feel like they have to be good at something…
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You. You do realize there are people who love things because they're hard and challenging and even physically painful, and the feeling of euphoria in aftermath of doing hard things is kind of addictive, right? I don't enjoy lifting weights in particular but I DO enjoy other physically uncomfortable, difficult, mentally…
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I read it as calories they've burned total in a day and that's partially dependent upon size. I got a lot more calories from exercise when I was heavier - and just general life - since it takes more to maintain a heavier (or taller) size. If it's just exercise yeah, a lot. Daily burn for life + workout not too shocking.…
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Yeah, I had to learn pretty early on to look at the weekly report to see what I was doing over a week and rely on that. I never tried to eat the same calories every day, but I cannot be relied on to keep the math for a WEEK in my head. And a hard ceiling on my calories (as well as a 'I will not eat less than this, NET')…
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My stomach has definitely gone down - it is definitely smaller than my breasts now and my waist measurement's way different. As is my band size. I even got fortunate and lost a cup size (that was exciting!) There's MORE difference between my breasts and bra now, though. Mid stages were wild. I lost one cup size on one side…
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That whole 'what will I look like if I lose x pounds' thing happens to people who are observing weight loss and people who are losing the weight. We look at ourselves and see the obvious places we store fat - we fail to account for the fact that on everyone, fat deposits basically everywhere. And that some of it is…
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This boards are full of the very good advice to experiment and find out what works for you. My addendum is to find out what works for you *today*. That plan that's working for you great right now? The IF, the Keto, the no added sugar, the OMAD, the 6 small meals a day, the high protein, the - whatever? It might stop…
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Really depends. I'm don't do the kitchen scale thing (one of the few here), but I'll still measure and count any vegetable that I eat in quantity as a base of a meal, or a serious side - even if it's broccoli or something. I do not, however, even bother logging what amounts to edible garnish. Ie: There's a slice of tomato…
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I really love mansplainers. Especially when they are man splaining something that is factually incorrect. Most people are overweight or obese in the US - fact. Most people eat a varied diet - also fact. Therefore eating a varied diet leads to obesity - correaltion without causation - not fact, and also factually incorrect…
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We can't agree that everyone has trigger foods, actually. I don't have them. I have ONE food - which, by the way is primarily fat (no salt, no sugar, added peanut butter)- that I will overeat because it's yummy and therefore bother to buy pre-portioned rather than in a big tub. It does not cause me to binge or eat other…
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BMR is the calories you burn in a coma. Any activity increases calorie burn/output. So if she's walking around, doing exercise, working an even remotely physical job, just living and doing things in life her actual calorie burn is going to be higher by quite a lot. Meaning that subtracting her deficit could still well…
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I am at goal now - but I ate 1500-1800 calories the whole time I was losing, with little 'intentional' exercise but a fairly active lifestyle. To maintain right now I eat about 1900-2000 because my life is more active now that I'm not obese, and I picked up more active hobbies (some of it even traditional exercise, most…
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I usually do 2 eggs with cheese, a piece of toast, and 3 pieces of turkey sausage. Today, however, I did a tortilla with pb wrapped around a banana. ...I was in a hurry.
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This is a weird one for me because yeah, I'm not on a diet. However my eating habits have had to change several times over loss, as my weight dropped and my activity level increased. I actually need 100 calories MORE to maintain my weight now than I did to maintain at obese, at this point. And those changes ultimately…
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9-30: 130ish 10-12: 127.3 (Period happened, and I'm not weighing all that often, anyway.) Fun fact: I really don't care anymore, at all. The realization that 2-5lbs is going to make no appreciable difference makes my only motivation to hit that 125 that going into the holidays at the low end of the range I'd prefer to…
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I think most of the engagement happens on the forums. Unlike FB where things happen in the feed. I rarely even post to mine, much less read anyone else's. Seems pretty much the cultural norm here. (Also tbh I'm a mom of 2, I don't want anyone accountable to me. I'm kind of over done emotional labor for other…
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Yeah, I qualified for early vaccination because I was obese. ...I'm in the middle of healthy BMI now. WILD. Congrats on a job well done!
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I do not have this issue when eating out - I have a different issue, that one being 'I paid for it, so I should eat it all/clean plate club conditioning from childhood, but not a question of rudeness. I've been a server. Trust me they don't care what you eat. Either way I mostly take leftovers home and feed it to one of my…
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I also hate the gym. However I love: Disc golf, hiking, horse back riding, paddle boarding, open water swimming, dog agility, disc dog, and trail running with a dog attached to me. So I don't go to the gym and I do those. Not... all at once, some of those hobbies came along as I got more fit and confident, but my…
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Me. I lost right at 60lbs - 190ish to 130ish. Honestly I found it relatively painless. I spent about 14 months doing it, made mostly minor changes, and have eaten ice cream or a candy bar or something basically every day - just a matter of tracking my calories, replacing some of the super high calorie condiments I used…
