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I decided to check the gym scale's accuracy by also stepping on the scale at my mum's and it says the exact same thing so I am happy. And then I had a 1500kcal breakfast. Some tmi stuff: I feel like eating around maintenance is a lot of food so I was wondering how that could still be less than the waterweight I was…

Earlier I realised I'm very close to moving down an obesity category and the numbers are all nice and round so let me share: I'm super close to having lost 30lbs and to reach the first minigoal weight I'd have to lose exactly 35lbs. How convenient. My current weight is 275 in American and 125 in Dutch. The other numbers…

Dropping an obesity category. I didn't even know these existed until I came here but they seem like nice achievable goals, better than the midway point I arbitrarily set myself as a goal when I first joined. It's at 122 point something kg so I put it at 121,9kg because I can actually remember that and it's only 3,1kg away.…

Today I decided I needed to be at the gym for my mental well-being so I researched some back exercises and decided I'd talk to the coach about it. She showed me some other stuff to try and overall I ended up with a pretty decent workout. It was intense because I needed to rely more on my core than I usually do and it was…

My weight is no longer stuck! I had mandatory bed rest because of my back for 2 days so very little exercise this week and I've been on a diet break eating at my tdee when I do exercise (3100kcal a day) so I might've been in a surplus this week but apparently none of it matters because the scale at the gym showed me 125kg,…

After having spent the better part of two days in bed with severe lower back pain, I could finally put on my shoes without wanting to cry this morning so I went for two walks today. I called in sick to work on tuesday and only returned this morning and I didn't do any exercise until my walks. Oh well. It's also my diet…

Thanks! That's really useful advice. I ended up napping on and off for 3 hours and the pain is somewhat less intense but mostly I've been really hot so I'm gonna start alternating with ice. I used to have a lower back injury but it never hurt like this before. It was more nagging constant pain rather than the sharp spikes…

@CupcakeCrusoe great job on the weight loss! I ended up having sweet potato fries at 11pm since I just wasn't hungry beforehand. I try to break up my meals as well but there's only so many hours in the day and I'm not a midnight snack type person. Doesn't matter if I'm starving in bed, I will not get up to eat. But if I'm…

Bob 😡 I hurt my left lower back exercising yesterday. I woke up several times from the pain and decided to call in sick to work because my full focus is on the pain at all times. Fortunately I'm on a diet break so I can eat whatever and not worry. Might have to order in, which I never do by myself and have only done three…

The workout was: 15 minutes to find a heavy double push press 15 minutes amrap (as many rounds as possible) of 10 handstand push ups, 20 american kb swings, 40 double unders. My wrists have been hurting all day so I was not feeling it at all. I took it easy on the push presses but I also scaled the handstand push up to…

So as soon as I walked into the gym, one of the women there beckoned me over to tell me I was shrinking 😂 especially that my arms were starting to get lines but just my whole silhouette was smaller. I trust her judgment as she used to be fat too. She's currently still overweight, 90kg on a 165cm frame, but so much of it is…

For anyone else who might need legging tips, asos has a lot of leggings with drawstrings from their own brand, in plus sizes too. They are €23 full price and I've worn them weekly for close to 9 months now and they look no different than on day one. Adidas techfit (technofit? Technifit? Something with tech and fit) run…

If you go from not doing anything to all the exercise you listed, no wonder your muscles are sore. Usually it's advised to ease into it. If walking 5000 steps a day keeps you up at night, dial it down. Build up to that amount in a few weeks and listen to your body. You also seem to be undereating. You put your desired loss…

I measured a new low on my hips and underbreast bra band area. One day I'll learn the proper terminology. Everything else is the lowest I've measured so far too but stalled at it. I did go back to look at some pre-covid data I had and my hips are 4cm smaller than they were back then, both in months with the same weight and…

My weight is still stuck but I thought I'd measure myself. Every number I've seen before so it's basically unchanged but on the low end, meaning maybe tomorrow after I've had a full day of rest it could be down to a new low. Only one new low measured - my head circumference. I don't get it, what's left to lose around my…

An hour of pilates with a focus on spinal health. I can still do bridges, it wasn't a fluke! I overworked myself this week so time to rest until monday morning and enjoy the nice weather.

There's not much acceptance or normalisation of obesity in my country or culture. Many of my family members were extremely fatphobic and would rather see their loved ones unhealthy than fat. I managed to get very obese anyway. Why? There was SO MUCH emphasis on dieting all throughout my childhood and teenage years, I…

Some 3 weeks ago we did deadlifts building up to a new 1RM and at that time I did a brand new heavy 3RM and then my 1RM ended up being 10kg higher than my 3RM. Well, today we had 15 min to build up to a new 3RM and I improved mine by 5kg, so it's only 5kg lighter than my 1RM, which is now outdated obviously. Feels…

Today I managed to do a bridge in pilates class! I don't even care if my weight is up or down, I am so exciting and happy and proud. I knew from my deadlifts and knee raises and ski machine times that my arms and core had gotten stronger and I've been obsessed with how my arms and shoulders look and feel for close to a…

I did a bridge today!!!! In pilates class. And it was easy! I am so happy. For context: I started doing pilates for an hour a week last October, a month after restarting any exercise at all. I've always been pretty flexible, especially in my hips, but my core has been weak my whole adult life and my arms were too. A few…

When I started running I was a relatively fit 20 year old and I could do a minute at most. I was quite obese but I was doing well at others sports/exercises. After 8 or so weeks I could run 18 minutes at a time. My pace was still quite slow but at least I wasn't running on will power alone anymore. I decided I kinda hate…

We did a 5 min emom (every minute on the minute) of 4 power snatches at a light weight, then 2 minutes rest, 5 min emom of 3 power snatches at a medium weight, 2 min rest, and another 5 min emom of 2 power snatches at a heavy weight. I actually stayed below 75% today because my hands are still bruised from yesterday's…

@PAV8888 it's easy to travel around Europe when many of the states in the US are larger than my whole country (4 hours across by train top to bottom 😂). I have family in Canada so that's an easier place to visit. And I went to South Korea for a semester in university so that's my Asia experience. Growing up my parents…

Right now I really want to go to Thailand. I got into thai pop music and their dramas last year and it just seems like a cool place to visit. The trip I looked at had you visiting the bottom half of the country, including the long appendage-like part. I've only been to Asia once and it was great so I wanna explore a…

@KeriA I moved out in the middle of the pandemic (sept 2020) so I struggled with how to cook for one person. It took me a year to learn to consistently meal plan. Fortunately the miscalculations I made were often vegetables so I had days where I ate 800gr of vegetables. I also taught myself to eat fruit at that time. It…

Oly class today. We're at the start of a new program so it's pretty light. Today was a 12 min emom (every minute on the minute) of a high snatch pull and a power snatch. The first 4 min at 60%, the next 4 at 70% and the final 4 at 75%. It got me feeling like my 1RM might be outdated already as it all felt quite light. I'm…

Since complaining about lack of loss, the NSVs have piled up. My mum is in the process of cleaning her house because she's moving early next year and she's gonna be part of a yard sale type thing. She asked me to try on a bunch of clothes that never fit me and some old clothes that fit years ago. Everything fits. My calf…

I saw my physio this morning and he did his thing so I felt good going to train. It's a national holiday so I had to exercise at noon because that was the last class of the day. For once I took the warm up very seriously. We did 1000m row with a 5 minute time cap. I finished in 4:28, which is reasonable for someone who…

@PAV8888 Yeah it requires minimum participants and I'm kinda forced to do that type of thing because it's cheaper than booking everything yourself when you travel solo. Also safety in numbers, since I'm not fully comfortable traveling halfway across the world to a country I don't know or speak the language of, as a woman…

It was one day of lovely summer weather, I think it hit 26 degrees C, and now we're back to lots of rain so I'm glad I enjoyed it to the fullest. Thanks for the advice! While I'm not sure my logging is 100% accurate, it's been consistent throughout so I'll stick with it for another two weeks as well, as I can weigh myself…