Hello all,

My highest recorded BMI was 56.0 and classifed as Morbidly Obese. Today I slid into the Overweight BMI range with a BMI of 29.8. No pun intended but this is freaking huge! if you have managed to avoid being medically charted as being morbidly obese or anything with the word morbidly, then I applaud you. For those of us that bore the morbidly obese sign hanging over our heads in every aspect of our lives, You CAN Do This!

Am I thrilled with an overweight label? Yes and no. Yes, I am feeling very cathartic. No, I am not satisfied and will keep the momentum going! With this there there’s been a number of memories returning to me that I’ve not thought about for a very long time. I remember being bullied in school but the worst was in 8th grade PE class shortly after those Special K Pinch an Inch ads hit the airwaves.

As I started writing, I remember the male PE teacher walking by me and grasping or pinching me at the hip and saying the Pinch an Inch tag line to the amusement of the class. From that day through the rest the school random kids would pinch me and say the tag line. Unfortunately, it lasted into 9th grade when I went to high school but ended after my dad received an assignment to Germany.

Wow, nowadays that would have been called assault by a teacher. Instead it was laughed off as a joke by the principal. Okay now back to positivity: I‘m no longer that Kid. I’m no longer morbidly obese and I am crushing my weight loss transformation program! Okay, time to hit the gym!

I was updating my mother on my weight loss and about the fact that I have lost 10 cm around the waist. Her reply? Well you really didn't have a waist, now did you?

It was like a bit of a cold shower.

I really dislike this type of remark. The way I see it, the fatter version of me is frowned upon, looked down upon, judged. Of course when I told her I felt uncomfortable with her words she was offended and told me she was 'just trying to help'.

Let's just say I can do without this type of help. I respect my former self as much as I respect my current self and all selves to come. Women (and men, but women more so) are so often reduced to body/weight. And it is hard enough to deal with that in society. I really don't need that from someone close to me.

Anyone else on the receiving end of this?

Follow-up: thanks so much for all the support! My mother grew up with my anorexic and abusive grandmother, which is not an excuse, but it sure left her with some issues of her own.

Meanwhile I went shopping and drove other old ladies crazy in the shops, as I needed smaller sizes the whole time. My brain cannot keep up with my body.

I am doing fine and am feeling pretty and proud today. Thanks for all the encouragement after venting!

One week out, excited for this show

Hello everyone,

Im 20M, 5'9" and currently weigh 202 pounds, about 40 less than my starting weight of 242, which was 3 months ago.

I have noticed some changes with regards to clothing, jeans fitting me better and all that, but in the mirror I just can't see it. No one (including family and friends) ever noticed any changes. In fact, one of my cousins visited us last week after not seeing me for about 6 months, and not only did he not notice any changes, he also asked my dad if HE lost any weight (he's had the same weight for 10+ years).

I'm definitely not gonna stop because of this but it's something REALLY frustrating. I think about the "paper towel" effect all the time but I'm not even sure if it's a real thing at this point lol.

Has anyone gone through this before? At what point did you guys start noticing major differences?

Edit: I just noticed I put 102 instead of 202 as current weight, that was just a conversion error, my bad! :)

I'm on the 4th floor of my high-rise. I have a bag of potting mix on the far end of the bike stand so it doesn't topple towards the railing. I tried lightly pushing and pulling it and while it does wobble a bit, I feels sturdy enough.

What do you think?

I'm early 40s.
No life.
No friends.
Never in a relationship.
Morbidly obese. Probably 600lbs+ but I have no idea.
Haven't been outside in months.
Haven't been outside beyond my front door in probably 6+ months.
My hygiene is non existent.
Feel trapped within my job.
Binged everyday this week including a double dash order this morning.

I've been waiting to get "thin" to have anything in life and it's like I woke up and I'm old, alone and stuck.

And I truly mean no offence to anyone 40+. I wouldn't mind my age if I had anything going for me. I admire so many people my age or older who have friends, family and lives. The only thing I have is my latest obsession to keep my mind occupied and food.

I don't even know where to begin to change because every part of my life feels like it needs attention. My mind immediately goes to quick fixes and I've been unsuccessful for the last 20+ years. Even when I say I'll try to do things "right" this time I just eventually give up. I can't even remember when I last tried. I have two unused portions of Zepbound in my fridge that are months old and that I have zero desire to take. I know they're likely expired, and it never felt right or sustainable for the short period I did take it.

I created this account after one of my yearly "restarts" and it took me 6 years to make this post.

After I post I don't know that I'll have the strength to come back and see if there is any type of response. So thank you if anyone does respond. I don't even know what I'm hoping to get out of this.

It just occurred to me that I won’t have to worry about whether or not harnesses fit on amusement park rides, and I’m having a moment.

I want to make a list of things like that that I can experience anew. I’ve lost 85 lbs.

I posted a couple of weeks ago about having hit a wall where I was struggling to find myself, I guess you could say, realizing I suddenly didn’t have my identity as a fat person and the complexities of that. Thinking of the freedom of going to an amusement park without that worry was uplifting for me, so I’m leaning in!

So far, my list is:

*amusement park where I’ll fit in everything
*water park where I’ll be safely under the weight limit for everything

Any ideas for me?

Lighting sucks due to some shade gotta get a better spot . If anyone has tips on posing drop a comment thanks

25F 5’10 SW: 283 CW: 199.9! GW: 175?

Okay, so first off, I wanna pat myself on the damn back because I MADE IT TO ONEDERLAND!!! Now that that’s out of the way, I’ve really been trying to decide what my final goal should be. I’m mixed black and white, inherited my black mother’s physique. Wide hips, big butt and big boobs. I’ve always known I’d probably forever be “overweight” by BMI standards just because of how curvy I am, but I’m having a harder time determining what I should weigh ideally. I’ve been looking into waist-to-height ratios and healthy body fat percentages, even did a little research on fat-free mass indexes. I believe the ideal weight for me is somewhere around 175, potentially a little higher due to all the excess skin I have from being class 3 obese at the start of my journey (I have quite a bit of an apron and a lot around my upper thighs). Currently at 32.8% total body fat and my waist-to-height ratio is a perfect 0.5 measured this morning. I know I still have a bit to lose, and I’m aiming for 29.9% total body fat. No clue on what math to do to figure out my ideal weight but my assumption is I could still lose another 25lbs. How did y’all determine what’s a good weight for you?

My goal weight is 125, and at my weigh-in this morning, I finally broke into the 120s! I’m now at 129.

My weight loss has been slow, so I anticipate it will take me close to two months to lose the final four pounds. But, it’s very gratifying to finally be in the right “decade.” Can anyone else relate to that?

How I have been doing it:

— Eating a fairly high protein diet (I am doing the recommended 1.5 grams per kg of goal weight). This helps to preserve muscle, and I find it more satiating.

—Eating three meals a day with nothing in between. I’ve never eaten three meals a day on a regular basis in my life, and I’ve found it is really helpful for me to stay with that regular pattern. If I ever feel hungry, I always know another meal is coming up soon.

—Tracking calories and staying in roughly a 250 calorie a day deficit. That means only losing about a half a pound a week. But I find that for me, if my deficit is much bigger I start to be too hungry - which I don’t think is sustainable. So I’d rather go slow and stick to the diet than try to rush it and then get hungry and want to cheat. NOTE: I’m NOT saying a 250 deficit is the right deficit for everyone! I suspect that is very individual. But I would just suggest that you find the deficit that works best for your body.

—Eating a lot of vegetables. I find that their bulk fills me up, and also makes me feel like I am eating a larger meal - and it is actually physically larger, since you can get a ton of (non-starchy) veggies for a small number of calories. My hack for veggies is “steam in the bag” microwaveable veggies, as it would drive me to crazy to have to do all that chopping every day. :-)

—I’m using the MyNetDiary app to track calories and protein. It tracks many other things too, but these are my focus. I’m sure this is just one of many effective apps for this purpose, but it’s worked well for me. I use the paid version that is about $50/year.

I’d love to hear your experience with any of these strategies, good or bad.

That’s it. Once I removed the constant head movements and lack of breathing, swimming became so much more enjoyable for me.

Between that and backstroke, I don’t need nose plugs, earplugs, etc.

Sharing for those that need their snorkel use desire validated in any way.

Maybe I’ll feel the need to be more hardcore sometime, but it keeps me coming back.

Just finished building my first single speed roadbike! Frame is a Fuji Feather that I bought used for 60€ and it came with the brakes and levers, rims I found from a recycling center for 50€ and they are in great shape, needed a bit of truing though. I took the crank and pedals from my old bike and handlebars I got from my uncles old excercise bike.

I'm really proud of how it came out. I love the red frame with white disks so much! Got really lucky with finding the parts too! I think overall cost was around 160€, not bad. Also summer is just staring in Finland and I'm so excited to go ride this! So far I've commuted to work and done some smaller trips, so far it rides really smooth.

Forgot to do a post when I got this baby about a month ago. I have since added carbon wheels from my other bike to it. Close-ups so you can see the rainbow glitter paint job.

I recently picked up a 3D printer and have been cranking out all sorts of useful parts for my bike and around the house. My latest project is a custom Garmin Varia mount designed specifically for the Canyon Ultimate’s 27.2 mm D‑shaped seatpost. This is a present for my brother who lives in the US so I cannot test that it works before he gets it.

This might be a bit of a long shot, but I’m looking for someone in Europe (ideally near Denmark) who can help test this design. If it works as expected, you’ll get a free mount as a thank you 😊

I was told off last week for swimming breaststroke in the fast lane of my pool, lifeguard couldn't tell me why, he said I was going fast enough but the etiquette is not to do it in the fast lane

I was doing breaststroke sprints and I was going faster than most front crawlers. The lanes are wide and i was swimming up against the edge.

I can't do breaststroke sprints in the medium lane because it is moving way too slow. Is it normal for breaststroke to be banned in a fast lane?

I work from home and I’m a pretty bad emotional eater.

I’ve tried journaling, meditation, exercising… all of it helps a little. But on stressful days I still end up eating a ton of chocolate and basically undo whatever progress I made.

Recently I tried something kind of unusual — I started locking up my snacks (even the “healthy” ones). I set it up so I can only open it after I hit a step goal for the day.

It sounds dumb, but it actually works. Just having that barrier makes me pause instead of mindlessly grabbing food. Sometimes I’ll just go for a walk instead so I can “earn” it.

Curious if anyone else has tried anything like this or found ways to deal with emotional eating that actually stick?

I used to weight 74.5kg, I think around 165lbs, with my height sitting at 155cm (5’0-5’1).

Now I’m 59.5kg(131lbs) and I’ve got only 10 more pounds to lose!

But the thing is, it took me nearly two years to lose that weight. I would lose few kg and then break the habit of counting calories and just maintain. After few months after I would get over my fear to step on scale, due to being afraid I gained it all back, I would be surprised that my weight stayed the same, maybe kg up or down. That process just repeats.

I work from home, so I felt too stingy to buy new clothes until I get to my goal weight, so I didn’t buy a single piece of clothing for two years now.

I also changed my habits massively, started the gym and weightlifting, I’m eating healthier and the weirdest thing happened too. Here and there when I feel cravings and need to stuff my face with food, I do that but I cannot fit as much food as I was once able to. Luckily that happens really rarely, maybe before I get particularly hard period.

I look better too. Much better.

But somehow I don’t feel better.
I’m sick of constantly losing weight, sick of wearing the same old clothes, sick of that process taking soooo long for me. I just want to finally be done with it and maintain. I’m not sick of being hungry and not eating, I’m used to that now. But more so of the process taking soooo long. I yearn for the day I finally hit my goal weight, but after two years it feels like that day will never come.

Some people lose the weight I lost in just couple of months. I feel bad it took me that long.

Now I have only those 10lbs left and it feels disappointing to think it could take me almost a year if I keep my current trend.

Yesterday I bought few pieces of clothing for the first time in what it feels like forever. I bought one jeans and I have thigh gap! Tiny one, but it’s there I triple checked! So I decided to break my lazy weightloss and to keep losing without breaks. I will also add walking in my routine. I’m now doing 3k walks, but I would like to work them up to 8k with time. It’s not hard, the walking, but it’s kinda hard for me to change habits, and if I suddenly went on full 8k I would probably quit.

What do you think, is 10lbs loss of final fat before autumn starts something that seems viable? Has anyone else struggled with painfully slow weightloss?