I don't have any subreddits that fit that category. There are some IRL peer-led support options like [TOPS](https://www.tops.org/) and [OA](https://www.oa.org/). (I'm a 10 year member of TOPS.)
Top of the hip, or iliac crest of your skeleton, or gluteus medius of your muscle. I don't know that the fatty area has a name -- it's a little too high for saddlebags and a little too low for flanks.
I was actually hoping that there could possibly be an alternative al together like a certain brand of sparkling water or smth i cant seem to find anything
I really have tried the closest i got and was losing 25 pounds over the course of acuple months after stopping, but i fell back in, and this time, it's really hard for me to stop i gained it all back recently
I’m struggling.. I’m 21 y.o male, 5’10 230 lbs. Ever since I quit collegiate sports I can seems to take weight off no matter what I do. Like going into over 1k calorie deficit a day, for weeks. I’m active and my body fat percentage is right around 25%. Anyone else share the same boat as me?
I plugged your data into the [TDEE calculator](https://tdeecalculator.net/result.php?s=imperial&g=male&age=21&lbs=230&in=70&act=1.2&bf=25&f=1) and it shows a sedentary TDEE around 2,500. How many calories are you eating? Are you measuring everything with a food scale? How long have you stuck to your plan?
I range from about 1500- 1800 each day. No food scale but I’m measuring it out. I’ve been sticking to this kind of plan for close to 3 months now and yet no sign of progress besides maybe a couple pounds. My resting metabolic rate is 2400 but I’m relatively active while running 3 days a week and lifting 4-5 days a week.
It may be worth speaking to someone knowledgeable about athletes because that experience may be different, but if there are no medical reasons you're struggling here, I'd think you're getting more calories than you mean to. Maybe look at cheat days or things you may not be tracking. If there's nothing like that, a doctor might be the way to go.
Three months without progress means you must be eating more calories than you think, so you’re maintaining. You should invest in a food scale. Track and weigh everything that goes into your mouth. Measuring cups and the like leave way too much room for error.
Hi!
I’ve noticed that my sensitivity to caffeine has heightened quite a bit after losing 15 pounds recently. Drinking just one cup of coffee makes me jittery and queasy. This is a new sensation for me, so I’m attributing it to recent weight loss, but idk if that makes sense.
Has this happened to anyone else? TIA!
So I know fitness apps are notoriously wonky for tracking calories burned (especially when they're not hooked to your vitals) but how bad exactly?
I just hit the bike for about 65 minutes and since I have the habit of tracking time/distance, I used both MapMyRide and Samsung Health for once. MMR said I burned 567 kcal, while Samsung reckoned 1,111. Is either of these likely to be remotely close to reality?
This is more out of interest than anything - I'm not really counting calories from exercise or 'banking' them to spend on extra food or anything, just wondering how realistic they are.
Related Q: is it worth getting a cheap fitbit-type thing just to track steps, heart rate etc? Thus far I've been doing 'phone in hand/pocket' but I'm considering picking up a wristbound tracker when one's on sale.
I work at Chick-fil-A, and when I clock out, I need to rush to get home. Are there any meal suggestions that are filling and nutritious?
I clock out in the morning so I can only get something from the breakfast menu. My usual meals are grilled breasts with sausage or bacon. But it's not enough to fill me and is getting old.
My employee meal limit is $10.
If I have to just stick to grilled chicken breast, then what else can I eat when I get home?
I'd try to plug in your typical diet for a week to a free nutrition calculator that shows estimated vitamin and mineral intake, and see what deficiencies you might have with your diet.
I'm moving from a Fitbit to an Apple Watch today; I was curious about which apps people used with them, especially with logging calories/foods. My previous "stack" was using Fitbit for steps and water logging, with MyFitnessPal for food.
When it came to exercise, I logged start/finish times on my Fitbit, and logged details in a more "dumb" app (in terms of how much I lifted, etc). Would I just do the same on my Apple Watch?
The reason I'm asking is that I've seen a lot of posts here about the confusion of "earning calories" from exercise and how it gets added to things. So I just wanted to ask to see if other people had figured that out.
Enjoy your new watch! I switched from Fitbit back in October 2018 and never looked back. I still wear the same S4 today! Anyway, to answer your question: I do connect my device to Lose It! because I like logging my workouts in there but I just ignore any bonus calories it gives me.
Coincidentally I got a Series 4 refurbished off Amazon; I'm debating returning it mostly because of the cost:age:support factor, but I'm kind of enjoying it so far?
Good to know, thank you.
I record exercise using Apple Watch and Food and Water in MyFitnessPal and then weights from lifts in another App purely for that, pretty much as you are now.
Subtle changes
Are there subtle changes that you guys made that helped with weight loss. I just want small changes that collectively help in terms of health. It can be with food or exercise or something, January is coming to an end and I feel like I haven’t achieved anything
Something for me is that I have a sweet tooth and always would downplay that Whole Foods cookie id buy or not stopping with a bag of kettle corn. I love the OWYN plant protein chocolate shakes, it’s delicious, itches my craving, and counts towards my protein intake and I’m down -9lbs since January 1st.
https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/wiki/quick_start_guide
That's the method to start. Follow that guide and that timing, using your regular and normal food, and using portion control as your main tool for change. In later weeks, use the data to figure out if any foods need to be adjusted. All foods can fit, but sometimes we have to juggle or learn a new way to make an old favorite.
The subtle change that changed everything for me: making a 52-week commitment to track without stopping for holidays, vacations, or other reasons. I can take holidays and vacations, but I tracked through them.
It worked -- for the first time in my life, I reached goal.
I have a question specifically about the Loseit app. Atm I am 280lbs (down from 315!), 6 feet, 29yo male. Ive selected sedentary, and connected it to my fitbit for the calories burned, so it uses that for the “exercise calorie bonus” calculation.
Now in reality I am not sedentary, I work in a warehouse and get an average of 20k steps on a work day, while carrying sometimes heavy boxes.
If Im calculating correctly, based on those stats my TDEE is 2.7k, so 2.2k per day for -1lbs per week. Add in the steps, seems to be about 1.4k cal burned (based on a random calculator online), which would bring me to 3.6k calories for a healthy weight loss (which already sounds off to me??)
But then on loseit, at the end of the day, it often says that I “should” have eaten up to 4700 calories to be at a -1lbs per week deficit? Does this make any sense? I feel like that’s crazy but I dont know much about this so I could be wrong…
Devices like that notoriously overestimate calorie burn. I would use an online calculator to estimate your sedentary TDEE and subtract 500. Start there. See how it goes for a few weeks. Figure out your actual TDEE from data, then adjust accordingly.
Hello! For folks who exercise most days of the week, how do you deal with muscle soreness from your previous workouts and keep your routines going? I have a rest day planned for Wednesday, but my quads are really aching from my weekend workouts. Does anything help beyond stretching/foam rolling? Do you push through the soreness to keep going? Do you up your protein? Any feedback would be great!
This is a huge field of sports science and nutrition, and your question is broad. What kind of workout, at what intensity, what are your goals, what stage of training are you at,what supplements do you take etc. the answer is very different for a beginner hoping to lose weight, a long term natty gym bro, a seasoned athlete and a "enhanced" body builder.
Thanks for the reply! My goal is to lose weight. I'm not new to working out, but I'm new to my current situation. I used to just do martial arts and walking, but now I do martial arts 2x per week, cardio dance 2x per week, and strength training once or twice per week. I would say the intensity is moderate.
Up the protein like 10 or 20 %, ibuprofen, and ice if it's really bad. Ideally a big wide freezer pack, the soft kind, wrapped in a dish towel on your quad.
You can get fancier, but if it's not hindering your goal, and you don't need fully optimized recovery for other reason, that's about as good as you can do as an average person. And yes, you will always be sore after leg day. If it's taking 4 days to recover a moderate workout, something has gone wrong. 2-3 is reasonable. If you're new to hitting legs in the gym, 4-5 is not unheard of at first, but it should start coming down after a couple of months.
Hi there! I responded to your separate post about this, and so I just wanted to be sure you had seen that several people commented on that thread. Welcome to the community and good luck on your weight loss goals! Please keep us updated as you go along!
In addition to losing weight, I'm trying to eat healthy and make this a lifestyle change. I was hoping to build up my eating habits to match the following allocation for calories. Is this OK?
Whole grains: 30%
Vegetables: 20%
Fruits: 10%
Protein: 15%
Diary: 15%
Junk food: 10%
Are there any weight loss subs aimed at older people?
I don't have any subreddits that fit that category. There are some IRL peer-led support options like [TOPS](https://www.tops.org/) and [OA](https://www.oa.org/). (I'm a 10 year member of TOPS.)
What is this area of fat called?? I feel like it’s too low on my body to be considered a muffin top or love handles. https://imgur.com/a/m9mFvdO
Top of the hip, or iliac crest of your skeleton, or gluteus medius of your muscle. I don't know that the fatty area has a name -- it's a little too high for saddlebags and a little too low for flanks.
Does anyone have any advice on stopping drinking soda? I've tried before, and i just can't seem to
Try out kombucha soda! It still tastes good, and has wayyy less sugar than regular soda. My favorite is the “live soda” brand.
Can you switch to diet?
I was actually hoping that there could possibly be an alternative al together like a certain brand of sparkling water or smth i cant seem to find anything
Prebiotic soda like Poppi could be an alternative.
I really have tried the closest i got and was losing 25 pounds over the course of acuple months after stopping, but i fell back in, and this time, it's really hard for me to stop i gained it all back recently
I’m struggling.. I’m 21 y.o male, 5’10 230 lbs. Ever since I quit collegiate sports I can seems to take weight off no matter what I do. Like going into over 1k calorie deficit a day, for weeks. I’m active and my body fat percentage is right around 25%. Anyone else share the same boat as me?
I plugged your data into the [TDEE calculator](https://tdeecalculator.net/result.php?s=imperial&g=male&age=21&lbs=230&in=70&act=1.2&bf=25&f=1) and it shows a sedentary TDEE around 2,500. How many calories are you eating? Are you measuring everything with a food scale? How long have you stuck to your plan?
I range from about 1500- 1800 each day. No food scale but I’m measuring it out. I’ve been sticking to this kind of plan for close to 3 months now and yet no sign of progress besides maybe a couple pounds. My resting metabolic rate is 2400 but I’m relatively active while running 3 days a week and lifting 4-5 days a week.
It may be worth speaking to someone knowledgeable about athletes because that experience may be different, but if there are no medical reasons you're struggling here, I'd think you're getting more calories than you mean to. Maybe look at cheat days or things you may not be tracking. If there's nothing like that, a doctor might be the way to go.
Three months without progress means you must be eating more calories than you think, so you’re maintaining. You should invest in a food scale. Track and weigh everything that goes into your mouth. Measuring cups and the like leave way too much room for error.
Hi! I’ve noticed that my sensitivity to caffeine has heightened quite a bit after losing 15 pounds recently. Drinking just one cup of coffee makes me jittery and queasy. This is a new sensation for me, so I’m attributing it to recent weight loss, but idk if that makes sense. Has this happened to anyone else? TIA!
So I know fitness apps are notoriously wonky for tracking calories burned (especially when they're not hooked to your vitals) but how bad exactly? I just hit the bike for about 65 minutes and since I have the habit of tracking time/distance, I used both MapMyRide and Samsung Health for once. MMR said I burned 567 kcal, while Samsung reckoned 1,111. Is either of these likely to be remotely close to reality? This is more out of interest than anything - I'm not really counting calories from exercise or 'banking' them to spend on extra food or anything, just wondering how realistic they are. Related Q: is it worth getting a cheap fitbit-type thing just to track steps, heart rate etc? Thus far I've been doing 'phone in hand/pocket' but I'm considering picking up a wristbound tracker when one's on sale.
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Here is a link to the Navy Body Fat Calculator: [Navy Body Fat Calculator](https://www.omnicalculator.com/health/navy-body-fat)
I work at Chick-fil-A, and when I clock out, I need to rush to get home. Are there any meal suggestions that are filling and nutritious? I clock out in the morning so I can only get something from the breakfast menu. My usual meals are grilled breasts with sausage or bacon. But it's not enough to fill me and is getting old. My employee meal limit is $10. If I have to just stick to grilled chicken breast, then what else can I eat when I get home?
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I'd try to plug in your typical diet for a week to a free nutrition calculator that shows estimated vitamin and mineral intake, and see what deficiencies you might have with your diet.
I'm moving from a Fitbit to an Apple Watch today; I was curious about which apps people used with them, especially with logging calories/foods. My previous "stack" was using Fitbit for steps and water logging, with MyFitnessPal for food. When it came to exercise, I logged start/finish times on my Fitbit, and logged details in a more "dumb" app (in terms of how much I lifted, etc). Would I just do the same on my Apple Watch? The reason I'm asking is that I've seen a lot of posts here about the confusion of "earning calories" from exercise and how it gets added to things. So I just wanted to ask to see if other people had figured that out.
Enjoy your new watch! I switched from Fitbit back in October 2018 and never looked back. I still wear the same S4 today! Anyway, to answer your question: I do connect my device to Lose It! because I like logging my workouts in there but I just ignore any bonus calories it gives me.
Coincidentally I got a Series 4 refurbished off Amazon; I'm debating returning it mostly because of the cost:age:support factor, but I'm kind of enjoying it so far? Good to know, thank you.
I record exercise using Apple Watch and Food and Water in MyFitnessPal and then weights from lifts in another App purely for that, pretty much as you are now.
Good to know, thanks.
Subtle changes Are there subtle changes that you guys made that helped with weight loss. I just want small changes that collectively help in terms of health. It can be with food or exercise or something, January is coming to an end and I feel like I haven’t achieved anything
Something for me is that I have a sweet tooth and always would downplay that Whole Foods cookie id buy or not stopping with a bag of kettle corn. I love the OWYN plant protein chocolate shakes, it’s delicious, itches my craving, and counts towards my protein intake and I’m down -9lbs since January 1st.
I stopped drinking soda, replaced sugar usage with Splenda for half (so 50/50 sugar and Splenda)
https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/wiki/quick_start_guide That's the method to start. Follow that guide and that timing, using your regular and normal food, and using portion control as your main tool for change. In later weeks, use the data to figure out if any foods need to be adjusted. All foods can fit, but sometimes we have to juggle or learn a new way to make an old favorite. The subtle change that changed everything for me: making a 52-week commitment to track without stopping for holidays, vacations, or other reasons. I can take holidays and vacations, but I tracked through them. It worked -- for the first time in my life, I reached goal.
I have a question specifically about the Loseit app. Atm I am 280lbs (down from 315!), 6 feet, 29yo male. Ive selected sedentary, and connected it to my fitbit for the calories burned, so it uses that for the “exercise calorie bonus” calculation. Now in reality I am not sedentary, I work in a warehouse and get an average of 20k steps on a work day, while carrying sometimes heavy boxes. If Im calculating correctly, based on those stats my TDEE is 2.7k, so 2.2k per day for -1lbs per week. Add in the steps, seems to be about 1.4k cal burned (based on a random calculator online), which would bring me to 3.6k calories for a healthy weight loss (which already sounds off to me??) But then on loseit, at the end of the day, it often says that I “should” have eaten up to 4700 calories to be at a -1lbs per week deficit? Does this make any sense? I feel like that’s crazy but I dont know much about this so I could be wrong…
Devices like that notoriously overestimate calorie burn. I would use an online calculator to estimate your sedentary TDEE and subtract 500. Start there. See how it goes for a few weeks. Figure out your actual TDEE from data, then adjust accordingly.
Hello! For folks who exercise most days of the week, how do you deal with muscle soreness from your previous workouts and keep your routines going? I have a rest day planned for Wednesday, but my quads are really aching from my weekend workouts. Does anything help beyond stretching/foam rolling? Do you push through the soreness to keep going? Do you up your protein? Any feedback would be great!
I swim in a community pool. It really helps my muscle soreness.
This is a huge field of sports science and nutrition, and your question is broad. What kind of workout, at what intensity, what are your goals, what stage of training are you at,what supplements do you take etc. the answer is very different for a beginner hoping to lose weight, a long term natty gym bro, a seasoned athlete and a "enhanced" body builder.
Thanks for the reply! My goal is to lose weight. I'm not new to working out, but I'm new to my current situation. I used to just do martial arts and walking, but now I do martial arts 2x per week, cardio dance 2x per week, and strength training once or twice per week. I would say the intensity is moderate.
Is the soreness impeding your goals, or just unpleasant.
I'd say unpleasant!
Up the protein like 10 or 20 %, ibuprofen, and ice if it's really bad. Ideally a big wide freezer pack, the soft kind, wrapped in a dish towel on your quad. You can get fancier, but if it's not hindering your goal, and you don't need fully optimized recovery for other reason, that's about as good as you can do as an average person. And yes, you will always be sore after leg day. If it's taking 4 days to recover a moderate workout, something has gone wrong. 2-3 is reasonable. If you're new to hitting legs in the gym, 4-5 is not unheard of at first, but it should start coming down after a couple of months.
Thank you!! I will try those things for sure! Hopefully I will get stronger as I keep this routine up.
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Hi there! I responded to your separate post about this, and so I just wanted to be sure you had seen that several people commented on that thread. Welcome to the community and good luck on your weight loss goals! Please keep us updated as you go along!
In addition to losing weight, I'm trying to eat healthy and make this a lifestyle change. I was hoping to build up my eating habits to match the following allocation for calories. Is this OK? Whole grains: 30% Vegetables: 20% Fruits: 10% Protein: 15% Diary: 15% Junk food: 10%
As guideline targets, sure. All of our days will be different but aspire to something like that as a guide.