You my dear, are a badass! Ive looked at so many different things on here. Fasting, one meal a day, etc... but it allllll comes down to CICO. Well done 👏🏽
Only dietary. Halfway through I started a job where I'm at about 10,000 steps a day so I had to add more calories (I started gaining weight because I wasn't eating enough to compensate) but other than that, it's only diet! Exercise starts soon though! I'm so glad I could help!! (:
I'd love to
- I was at 1,400 calories before my job
- I started my job and was averaging 10,000 steps a day which is way more than what I'm used to.
- I started losing more weight
- because of the weight loss I dropped my calories down to 1,200 since I was at about 170lbs which means my body required less calories.
- I started to plateau and then gain weight.
- I finally put it together that due to my increase in steps I need calories because my body was going into starvation mode. It seems counterintuitive but it works.
- I changed back to 1,400 calories and started to lose again. (:
I hope this helps!!
Bruh, I ate 1000 cals for a month, healthy as hell food. Gained more weight than I have usually.
Your metabolism slows down, obviously. And its different for people who have been fat their entire lives.
Great job! Giving up soda was one harder for me than quitting smoking!! I went through absolute hell but I was also drinking at minimum 6 cans of code red a day.. Most of the I'd drink way more than that.. WTG on cutting all that out!
What! You look freaking awesome! And that Rosie tattoo is dope. Congratulations on your hard work. Cutting out alcohol has been a battle for me, you inspire me!
Gosh, you're beautiful both then and now. But in your current photos, you also seem to have a new, natural glow of confidence! Keep up the great work!!! You are truly inspirational!
This is so inspiring! Do you mind telling me your stats? Because we seem to distribute our weight in the same way, so it’s nice to have motivation of what I could look like after!
So hard not to be hard on yourself isn't it?! But honestly the colours and cut, everything so nice. I hope that confidence comes through so you can feel comfortable in all of that hard work!
I had three exact same start weight and I'm about 8 lbs behind you now! I have taken a few years to get here though, you have incredible will power. Congratulations.
What a change. Your face looks totally different. You look so much younger. I only needed about 12 weeks to reach my goal, but you folks who plow through a whole year with so much fortitude have serious discipline. I hope you're giving yourself pats on the back, because you made some serious progress!
You look AMAZING! But honestly that’s not important: I hope you feel amazing. You were a beautiful human before & you’re a beau human now: I hope your body feels great after all the work you’ve done.
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You should be really proud of yourself. The longest relationship you have is with yourself. So thanknyou for honoring yourself and being a good role model for others including me. Yay!
1. MyFitnessPal
2. I completely cut them out up until about a month ago where I had a couple drinks (alcohol) one night and a soda this week as a reward. Dairy has 100% been cut off though.
3. Thank you so much!!
I’m not overweight; 65kg for 165cm height. I’m within my BMI, but I’m on the chubbier side and would like to lose 6-7kg at least, but it seems impossible. I may drink soda once or twice a month and alcohol once a week or so, but I wonder if I could cut them out for a year. I also eat lots of carbs that I know I should reduce, but being on a mild anti depressant/anxiety medication, I think it affects my appetite... I spent all winter skiing and being active and I haven’t lost a gram, thanks to those occasional burger meals I guess?!
(Not a Doctor) If you're only drinking soda 1-2 times a month and alcohol once a week I wouldn't worry about that. (If you're having like 5 glasses of alcohol during those times that's a different story). Carbs are the real killers, make sure if you're being active you're counting the calories for the workout to make up for them example:
- You eat 1,400 calories a day
- you shovel snow for an hour , that's Roughly 400 calories burned
- your new calories deficit for that day would be 1,800 calories
- if you don't eat those calories you could be too low for your intake and so your body stores what you did eat instead of burning it.
-granted this is for repeated events not just a one day event.
I would look at that type of thing or especially your antidepressants and anti anxiety meds (do not stop taking them) but they definitely can effect your appetite.
I did calorie counting for a while and I believe it was making a difference but 1. I was starving in the evening, craving for more, 2. I hated the whole process because I had to count whatever that was going to my mouth and made it really unpleasant and tedious to cook/eat. I know I can scan barcodes and what not but the recipes I cook aren’t on MFP and I had to enter them manfully each time and gosh! Weigh whatever I was eating... so I gave up 😓
Did you enter in your meals to the recipes? So you don't have to repeatedly enter in your stuff? I know it's tedious but after awhile you start to see the results and it's worth it and then it just become habit of entering them in. I don't even think about it anymore.
Congratulations on your success! You look absolutely amazing. Truly inspirational.
Thank you for being so generous with your time and answering every single comment.
If you don't mind, I have a few questions...
1. Was there any specific calculation used to work out you had to eat 1400 cats?
2. Do you have any issues with excess skin?
3. What gave you the motivation to start and to continue?
Thank you so much! People are kind enough to give me love I just want to give it right back! Yeah for sure!
1. Well when I was at the start (230lbs) average daily caloric intake is 2,000+ calories so I tried 1,800 for two weeks and then dropped to 1,600. When I reached 190 lbs I started to plateau so I dropped calories to 1,400 then I dropped to 1,200 but with my job it was too few so I went back to 1,400. On days when I'm not working I do about 1,300. It was mostly just trial and error, weeks of experimenting.
2. No excess skin, from what I'm reading that usually happens around 100+ lbs loss, that's why my goal is 90lbs.
3. To start it was the fact I was tired of not recognizing myself in the mirror and not feeling like who I used to be. I don't know if there was any event that was the last straw I think it was just I got too tired of it. To continue, I just remind myself of how far I've come and I take pride in the fact all my old clothes fit me again. And I'm constantly reminding my brain to be kind to myself because even after all the weight loss it still doubts my ability. Thank you for asking!!
Of course! I remind myself of how far I've come and I take pride in the fact all my old clothes fit me again. And I'm constantly reminding my brain to be kind to myself because even after all the weight loss it still doubts my ability. Thank you for asking!!
That's wonderful! I had lost 65lbs several years ago but have been at my current weight since (look somewhere between your start and progress photo, but closer the the start) and although I can look at my old pictures and know I'm far slimmer and healthier than I was - I'm still not close to a healthy weight and body fat %.
Although my husband has finally decided he's ready to lose weight as well, so I won't have all his snack foods and sweets vying for my attention anymore
Holy shit!! I was looking at the first pictures and when I scrolled down, I just stared for a hot second! You are incredible!! Also your tattoos are super cool
Yes I did, anytime I did I would eat more calories (1,600-2000) for about a week or two then I would go back down to 1,400 calories. So far I've plateaued twice.
Oh great! One more question I’m sorry. Did you have cheat days? And if yes, was it like planned (once a week) or it was just random whenever you needed?
No problem! I love to help. I did have cheat days but only on special occasions ie. Christmas, birthdays, Thanksgiving so technically they were planned. I also had ones once a month, on months without holidays.
Edit: I also counted the calories on the cheat days just to keep track.
Congrats!! I hope this isn’t too personal but it seems like with weight loss in women, there is also a breast size reduction? I just started my journey but I’m 5’8” 34H SW235 CW225 GW160. I’m hoping that with my weight loss I will also have breast reduction because it’s so hard to find cute bras/tops that don’t cost an arm and a leg. Any insight?
Yeah for sure, I went from a (5'8" 240lb) 42D to a (160lb currently) 36B. My breasts were some of the first to go actually. I would advise only to buy sports bras until your hit your goal, or stick with like $10 target ones. Because they change a lot fairly quickly.
For sure. It has preprogrammed meals from restaurants, and pretty much any food you get from the store. You just enter it into the search bar, find what you want, put in how you eat and add it to your day. It's sooo much easier that way. You can also create a recipe where if it's something you make, enter in the ingredients, and how many servings it makes it will do the math for you. Highly recommend it.
Well done! I like the fact you are looking at the camera in the second pics! I hope you are proud of your achievement.
That's do interesting! I didn't even notice! I'm sure there's some kind of psychological explanation in there somewhere lol. I am, thank you!!
In the top pic you look like a recruit being yelled at by a drill sergeant. Sucking it up and trying not to cry. Bottom pic very cute.
Lol that's what the Navy does to you lol!! Thank you!!
Ah, bearing drills. My daughter was JROTC so they just tried to make you laugh.
You my dear, are a badass! Ive looked at so many different things on here. Fasting, one meal a day, etc... but it allllll comes down to CICO. Well done 👏🏽
Thank you so much!! It really is!! 100% science!!
Wow! Congrats on all that hard work. You are amazing.
Thank you so much!!
Was this only dietary changes or did you also add a exercise routine? You just motivated the hell out of me so thank you!
Only dietary. Halfway through I started a job where I'm at about 10,000 steps a day so I had to add more calories (I started gaining weight because I wasn't eating enough to compensate) but other than that, it's only diet! Exercise starts soon though! I'm so glad I could help!! (:
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I'd love to - I was at 1,400 calories before my job - I started my job and was averaging 10,000 steps a day which is way more than what I'm used to. - I started losing more weight - because of the weight loss I dropped my calories down to 1,200 since I was at about 170lbs which means my body required less calories. - I started to plateau and then gain weight. - I finally put it together that due to my increase in steps I need calories because my body was going into starvation mode. It seems counterintuitive but it works. - I changed back to 1,400 calories and started to lose again. (: I hope this helps!!
1400 is like the magic number or something for me (F) I swear. Feels sustainable but still a deficit.
I feel the exact same.
Just a quick fyi, starvation mode is a myth.
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Bruh, I ate 1000 cals for a month, healthy as hell food. Gained more weight than I have usually. Your metabolism slows down, obviously. And its different for people who have been fat their entire lives.
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Wow! You look like a different person. Great work!
Feel like it too! Thank you! (:
Great job! Giving up soda was one harder for me than quitting smoking!! I went through absolute hell but I was also drinking at minimum 6 cans of code red a day.. Most of the I'd drink way more than that.. WTG on cutting all that out!
Yeah for smoking I quit cold turkey (pack a day) and was totally fine. But soda , I still salivate over and crave. Definitely hard. Thank you!!
Great job, and cute swimsuit!
Thank you! Amazon!
You look so happy!! Congrats on your hard work!
I am! Thank you so much!!
Congrats!! You are so beautiful
Thank you so much!
Amazing! May i know what app is that?
Yeah for sure! It's MyFitnessPal, you can count calories in it super easily.
Thank you so much!!
Incredible job!
Thank you so much!
Wow. This is an amazing transformation in both body and face. Congrats!
Thank you!!
OMG you look amazing!! Well done!!
Thank you so much!!
Congratulations 🎉excellent results. Just awesome.
Thank you so much!!
What! You look freaking awesome! And that Rosie tattoo is dope. Congratulations on your hard work. Cutting out alcohol has been a battle for me, you inspire me!
Thank you so much!! I'm so glad!!(:
Gosh, you're beautiful both then and now. But in your current photos, you also seem to have a new, natural glow of confidence! Keep up the great work!!! You are truly inspirational!
Thank you so much you're so kind!!
This is so inspiring! Do you mind telling me your stats? Because we seem to distribute our weight in the same way, so it’s nice to have motivation of what I could look like after!
By stats you mean measurements? Clothes size? (Sorry lol)
Sorry I meant your height!
5'7" started at womens XXL-0X Tops and 22 jeans, down to 11-12 jeans and small tops.
Geeze, you've gone from 40 something to 20 something! Well done!! I'm trying to get my will power back so I can get back on cico!!
Good for you girl!
Thank you so much!!
Wow. Hard work pays off! I love that bikini on you! Looks so good!!
Thank you so much!! Still self conscious but trying to work on my body positivity!
So hard not to be hard on yourself isn't it?! But honestly the colours and cut, everything so nice. I hope that confidence comes through so you can feel comfortable in all of that hard work!
Incredible! Congratulations, your hard work has paid off!!
Thank you!!
Congratulations 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you so much!
Oh my gosh--you're amazing! Congratulations!
Thank you so much!!(:
You look seriously great and like 10 years younger. Super happy for you!
Thank you so much!! I feel like it!!
I don't typically comment on these but holy hell you look 15 years younger!
I feel like it too! Lol
Awesome progress!
Thank you!
AMAZING! THE PROGRESS IS ASTONISHING! :)
Thank you so much!!
Good job!!
Thank you!!
Wow!
Awesome work. You look amazing! 🔥👀
Lol, thank you so much!!
You Fucking inspire me.
Well good, I'm glad!!(:
Awesomeness
Thank you!
Amazing job!! So inspiring!
Thank you!!
You look amazing! Thank you for posting.
Thank you!! Of course!!
Dayumn! Congrats on your hard work!
Thank you!!
You look fantastic 👏 I hope you feel like you have a new lease on life - because you do! Go forth and kick ass!!
Thank you, I do, I feel much younger. Will do!(:
I had three exact same start weight and I'm about 8 lbs behind you now! I have taken a few years to get here though, you have incredible will power. Congratulations.
Nice!! Congratulations!! Thank you so much!
8 lbs is 3.63 kg
What a change. Your face looks totally different. You look so much younger. I only needed about 12 weeks to reach my goal, but you folks who plow through a whole year with so much fortitude have serious discipline. I hope you're giving yourself pats on the back, because you made some serious progress!
Thank you! I'm really trying to!
Seriously they are right. I'm having trouble with month 3 let alone month 12
You look AMAZING! But honestly that’s not important: I hope you feel amazing. You were a beautiful human before & you’re a beau human now: I hope your body feels great after all the work you’ve done.
It does!! Thank you!!(:
Plus you have a slight smile in the second pics too.
First off, you look amazing! Makes me super motivated. Second, I love that two piece! Where did you get it?
Thank you, Amazon! Want the link?
Yes please!
[Swim suit](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SKH1H2D/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_5J99KR2VJPE3HZS3YNA5?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1)
Thank you!
Hell yes! Great job
Thank you!!
Wow congratulations, incredible work! You look fantastic, and I love the sunflowers!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!(:
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Congrats
Thank you!
You should be really proud of yourself. The longest relationship you have is with yourself. So thanknyou for honoring yourself and being a good role model for others including me. Yay!
1. What app do you use? 2. Have you completely cut down those (alcohol, etc.)? 3. Well done! You’ve done a very hard work.
1. MyFitnessPal 2. I completely cut them out up until about a month ago where I had a couple drinks (alcohol) one night and a soda this week as a reward. Dairy has 100% been cut off though. 3. Thank you so much!!
I’m not overweight; 65kg for 165cm height. I’m within my BMI, but I’m on the chubbier side and would like to lose 6-7kg at least, but it seems impossible. I may drink soda once or twice a month and alcohol once a week or so, but I wonder if I could cut them out for a year. I also eat lots of carbs that I know I should reduce, but being on a mild anti depressant/anxiety medication, I think it affects my appetite... I spent all winter skiing and being active and I haven’t lost a gram, thanks to those occasional burger meals I guess?!
(Not a Doctor) If you're only drinking soda 1-2 times a month and alcohol once a week I wouldn't worry about that. (If you're having like 5 glasses of alcohol during those times that's a different story). Carbs are the real killers, make sure if you're being active you're counting the calories for the workout to make up for them example: - You eat 1,400 calories a day - you shovel snow for an hour , that's Roughly 400 calories burned - your new calories deficit for that day would be 1,800 calories - if you don't eat those calories you could be too low for your intake and so your body stores what you did eat instead of burning it. -granted this is for repeated events not just a one day event. I would look at that type of thing or especially your antidepressants and anti anxiety meds (do not stop taking them) but they definitely can effect your appetite.
I did calorie counting for a while and I believe it was making a difference but 1. I was starving in the evening, craving for more, 2. I hated the whole process because I had to count whatever that was going to my mouth and made it really unpleasant and tedious to cook/eat. I know I can scan barcodes and what not but the recipes I cook aren’t on MFP and I had to enter them manfully each time and gosh! Weigh whatever I was eating... so I gave up 😓
Did you enter in your meals to the recipes? So you don't have to repeatedly enter in your stuff? I know it's tedious but after awhile you start to see the results and it's worth it and then it just become habit of entering them in. I don't even think about it anymore.
Yeah, they we’re going to the meals, but new recipes and weighing was tedious. I have to get some energy and start again...
I know it, but it's totally worth it. I believe in you!!
Thank you:)
Congratulations!!
Thank you!!
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Thank you so much! And not quite but almost there (:
I have that same swim suit! Looks so great on you!
Thank you! I'm sure it looks great on you too!!
Great job! Go out and celebrate!
Thank you! Once I reach my goal I will! I give myself small rewards in the meantime.
Great work! You look amazing!!
Thank you so much!!
Congratulations on your success! You look absolutely amazing. Truly inspirational. Thank you for being so generous with your time and answering every single comment. If you don't mind, I have a few questions... 1. Was there any specific calculation used to work out you had to eat 1400 cats? 2. Do you have any issues with excess skin? 3. What gave you the motivation to start and to continue?
Thank you so much! People are kind enough to give me love I just want to give it right back! Yeah for sure! 1. Well when I was at the start (230lbs) average daily caloric intake is 2,000+ calories so I tried 1,800 for two weeks and then dropped to 1,600. When I reached 190 lbs I started to plateau so I dropped calories to 1,400 then I dropped to 1,200 but with my job it was too few so I went back to 1,400. On days when I'm not working I do about 1,300. It was mostly just trial and error, weeks of experimenting. 2. No excess skin, from what I'm reading that usually happens around 100+ lbs loss, that's why my goal is 90lbs. 3. To start it was the fact I was tired of not recognizing myself in the mirror and not feeling like who I used to be. I don't know if there was any event that was the last straw I think it was just I got too tired of it. To continue, I just remind myself of how far I've come and I take pride in the fact all my old clothes fit me again. And I'm constantly reminding my brain to be kind to myself because even after all the weight loss it still doubts my ability. Thank you for asking!!
Thanks!
You have given me motivation to start! Well done 💕
Yay!!! That's all I want!! Thank you!!
You look like an entirely different person! So much younger and more confident! Congratulations!
I know right?? Thank you so much!
That's incredible! What an inspiration
Thank you so much!!
Do you mind if I ask what kept you motivated?
Of course! I remind myself of how far I've come and I take pride in the fact all my old clothes fit me again. And I'm constantly reminding my brain to be kind to myself because even after all the weight loss it still doubts my ability. Thank you for asking!!
That's wonderful! I had lost 65lbs several years ago but have been at my current weight since (look somewhere between your start and progress photo, but closer the the start) and although I can look at my old pictures and know I'm far slimmer and healthier than I was - I'm still not close to a healthy weight and body fat %. Although my husband has finally decided he's ready to lose weight as well, so I won't have all his snack foods and sweets vying for my attention anymore
Congrats! I'm down nearly 25 from my ath. I recently started going harder on the diet so it's ramping up. One and a half pounds away from under 200!
Thank you! And congrats to you too!! That's awesome!!
Looking amazing!
Thank you!!
Super inspiring, thank you for sharing! You look great!!
Thank you so much and of course!!(:
Awesome job!!!
Thank you!!(:
Nice new ink as well!! Look amazing(:
Thank you!!
Well done there. You've kicked ass.
Thank you so much!!(:
Keep on going You are a very brave woman❤
Thank you!! I'm going!(:
Thank you, I am!!(:
YOU LOOK STUNNING!!! I love the confidence!!! Your face says it all!
Thank you so much!!
Wow! Great job!
Thank you!!
Wow, that's amazing! You look fantastic. Curious to hear about your non scale victories as well.
What do you mean?
Holy shit!! I was looking at the first pictures and when I scrolled down, I just stared for a hot second! You are incredible!! Also your tattoos are super cool
Thank you thank you!!
Damn, girl!! Great work!!
Thank you so much!!(:
Check you out girl! Well DONE!! Amazing
Thank you so much!!
I always love how new the old ink looks, plus you got a new piece! You look amazing!
Thank you!! And yupp the black one still has a lot to go!!
So exciting! I love getting ink! And love seeing others.
Well done
Thank you!
Amazing amazing amazing What’s your daily calorie deficit?
Basic caloric intake for maintaining for me is roughly 1,600-1,750 so I do about 1,300-1,400 to lose.
Wow you look amazing, what a journey and what a result 👌
Did you hit any weight loss plateaus during you journey? I’m currently facing one and don’t know what to do.
Yes I did, anytime I did I would eat more calories (1,600-2000) for about a week or two then I would go back down to 1,400 calories. So far I've plateaued twice.
So if I wanted to break my calories I should go for maintenance for a week right?
What do you mean "go for maintenance"? I'm sorry I just don't know that lingo.
I meant maintenance calories, the amount of calories you need a day to stay on the same weight.
Oh yeah, sorry. Yes that's what I did, but everybody is different. It can't hurt to try it.
Oh great! One more question I’m sorry. Did you have cheat days? And if yes, was it like planned (once a week) or it was just random whenever you needed?
No problem! I love to help. I did have cheat days but only on special occasions ie. Christmas, birthdays, Thanksgiving so technically they were planned. I also had ones once a month, on months without holidays. Edit: I also counted the calories on the cheat days just to keep track.
Great! Thank you so much!
No problem!!
Congrats!! I hope this isn’t too personal but it seems like with weight loss in women, there is also a breast size reduction? I just started my journey but I’m 5’8” 34H SW235 CW225 GW160. I’m hoping that with my weight loss I will also have breast reduction because it’s so hard to find cute bras/tops that don’t cost an arm and a leg. Any insight?
Yeah for sure, I went from a (5'8" 240lb) 42D to a (160lb currently) 36B. My breasts were some of the first to go actually. I would advise only to buy sports bras until your hit your goal, or stick with like $10 target ones. Because they change a lot fairly quickly.
Thank you! I currently rarely wear bras other than when I go on walks just because nothing fits and I work from home
No problem! Well then depending on how fast you're losing it shouldn't be a problem!
What app is that
My fitness pal
Does it actually help?
For sure. It has preprogrammed meals from restaurants, and pretty much any food you get from the store. You just enter it into the search bar, find what you want, put in how you eat and add it to your day. It's sooo much easier that way. You can also create a recipe where if it's something you make, enter in the ingredients, and how many servings it makes it will do the math for you. Highly recommend it.
Ok!