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Working on self-image while dieting.
From using the calculators and tools that this site and other sites offer, I know that I could be pretty close to back to normal by Christmas. What an awesome Christmas present that will be! At the same time, breaking the denial and realizing how much I hate looking like this and feeling like this has been hard on my…
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New here.
Hi everyone! I'm a late 20-something with at least 40 pounds to lose. A few years ago, I was slim and loved the way I looked and felt. Clothes looked great, and my body felt so much less sluggish and slowed down. Then, two rounds of antidepressants happened, adding over 40 pounds to my weight. These days, I absolutely hate…
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Day five: I'm feeling hungry at times, and a friend is being worried about it.
I'm taking my weight loss pretty slowly and only restricting down to around 1520 calories per day. It's only the fifth day, and so far I've run into two frustrating things. The first is that I overdid carbs and underdid protein yesterday, ended up hungry late at night, and ended up really unhappy. Am I correct in believing…
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Does it get easier?
For some background, I weigh 189.4 (after losing my first pound thanks to this wonderful site!) at 5 foot 6 inches. My goal is to lose one pound a week, and since I'm sedentary that leaves me with an allotted 1520 calories per day. To be clear, I was never an emotional overeater or someone who ate lots of fast food or…
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How do I stop feeling so hungry I want to gnaw up my bed sheets?
I'm 5 foot 6, I weigh 189.4 pounds, my goal weight is 150 (for now), and I had the system set to lose 1 pound a week. That was working just fine until two days ago. After 3-4 days of feeling very satisfied eating high-protein foods on a low-calorie diet. Two days ago, my period tracker told me I was 3 days away from my…
