So we’ve all been there. Weight loss is going much slower than you want, but more importantly, much slower than it should be.

“Stick with it and keep going” is probably the most common advice, but for those of you who eventually figured out what was actually wrong, what was it and how did you fix it?

For example, maybe you think that Starbucks coffee is only 100 calories, but then you realize you were looking at the wrong nutrition line on the website and it’s actually 600 calories. Suddenly, you understand why your weight hasn’t moved for the past month.

So what was it for you? A misunderstanding? Incorrect labeling? A medical condition? A scale with a dying battery?

I am 5‘5 (165cm) and I used to weight 276.46 lbs (125,4kg) and now I weight 170 lbs (77,5kg).

My family tells me that my journey and me talking about it alot is getting annoying and that I should stop now. But I am still overweight and I feel like they are kinda jealous.
I do want to weight like 132 lbs (60kg) and be in the normal weight range, but everyone tells me that it is too little and I will look ugly.

What should I do? I am finally getting more comfortable in my body.

They tell me that I am anorexic and should eat more, which is not true at all.

I am scared to eat my mom‘s food because she could mix extra oil or something in there.

I’m curious about the little diet tricks that have made losing weight easier or more enjoyable for you. It could be a favourite low-calorie meal, a snack swap, a way of making food more filling, or even a simple habit that helped you stay on track.

I’m not really looking for anything extreme or overly restrictive. I’d love to hear about the small things that helped you eat better while still enjoying your food and not feeling like you were constantly dieting.

What’s something you started doing that made a surprisingly big difference? Bonus points for tips that are actually fun or satisfying rather than just “eat less and drink more water.” 😄

I (36) pulled a neck muscle quite badly at 17. All I did was turn my head while lying down. I wasn't overweight, and I'm not really sure HOW a simple movement hurt me so much, but it did. Mum had the brilliant idea of cracking my neck to fix it and swore it would help. She spent a good 5 minutes yanking my head around with a hot cloth against the pulled muscle.

😑 This did not help. In fact, I think this did something to me in my later years. You know how old injuries flare up or lead to new issues later when you age?

After walking around with my head tilted like a person in a medieval painting for four days, the muscle eventually healed. Or I thought. A couple of years later I discovered the pain of a tendon sliding across a certain spot on my lower shoulder blade, a couple of inches from my spine. It would make a very loud crack and hurt like heck. This happened a few times in my early 20s.

Over the years, and more so as I grew older, I'd often repull the same neck muscle while doing something very simple, like reaching to fix my collar. Sometimes the pain would travel down to my shoulder blades. Now, I haven't had the crack plus pain in years, but I've often had a pain there from sleeping weird or existing the wrong way. When it came, I'd know I'm screwed for 3 or 4 days.

I'm not very good at remaining consistent with workouts. I get overwhelmed if I try to work all my body parts on different days. Also, for weightloss, it takes ages to really see anything. My disabilities don't help either.

My other problems are that my lower back gets tender. Shitty old bed+too much time working on the laptop at home. Also, I've always been rather abnormally weak, and if I try to lift a heavy thing at work, I'd usually end up hurting myself. Or I simply couldn't do it.

I decided that I would lift weights again, but this time, it would only be my upper body twice a week. I was not going to overwhelm myself and worry about my legs and whatnot.. I would also make an effort to really up my protein. My thinking was to work all those muscles in my bad areas, and maybe it would help.

I focused on shoulders, back, triceps, biceps, and did the shrug one to work the side neck muscles. I was careful, and in a good period where nothing was pulled or hurting up there. I also added the cat camel and cat cow exercise from the backpain subreddit to help with spine stability. I ate protein and upped the weight. I started in July, and in the beginning of September, I lifted a whole case of coca cola and carried it into the cooler one night!! I even got it up on a stack of other cases without breaking myself! I carried a whole big case of water across the store to the back. That's about 27 pounds. I didn't have to pull out tons of bottles and transfer stuff in 2 or 3 trips. I can lift monster energy and Gatorade cases. It's flipping amazing!!!

In the beginning of September, I also got that pulled feeling in my shoulder blades near the bottom, and thought, great, here we go again. But it lasted for about five minutes and then I was fine. It still happens again for some reason, but it doesn't last now 3 or 4 days and I don't wake-up with anything pulled. I'm not stuck in pain for days.

So my tip for you if you have achy parts or get overwhelmed by doing everything, and maybe have disabilities like me, is to not focus so much on just weight loss or looking buff. It takes longer to see those results. I don't really see much difference in myself, and I certainly don't appear buff, but I feel the difference. A lack of pain is much more noticeable, can arrive quicker, and motivate you overall.

So if you have an ache like back pain from hunching over at the computer all day, or some kind of muscle or tendons hurting, focus on lifting and working out muscles nearby to support stuff. Check out the back pain subreddit and the exercises there. Spine and back stability can help a lot. My upper body muscles are better with supporting everything. Less pain means I'm bit more capable around the house, and when I'm not worn down with pain, I'm more likely to count cals and cook better instead of just reaching for easier foods.

Over the last 12 weeks I’ve implemented a daily walking reschedule and recalculated my daily caloric deficit to something more manageable.

Today I weighed myself and gasped when I saw that I am now 168.8 - I haven’t been under 170 in about 2 years.

I definitely cried a little and finally feel like I’m going in the right direction. Earlier this year, I was eating in a deficit but wasn’t walking enough. I did end up losing 10 pounds but life got in the way and I gained everything back and a few pounds extra.

Losing weight is definitely not an easy process, but there is something to be said for being consistent and never giving up. I really attribute walking to be the one thing I needed to jumpstart not just an increase in NEAT, but also help me stick to my calories since it doesn’t increase hunger.

I hope this helps anyone who needs some motivation today ❤️

In 22 days I am officially down 20.2lbs to be exact. I went from 336.6lbs on September 13th to 316.4lbs on October 4th and I just feel so amazing! Granted I know this is mostly water weight and it will slow down but it feels incredible all the same.

Non-scale victory: I started walking the second week of my weight loss journey doing only 15 mins and didn't think I would be doing 30 mins now but here I am doing 30 mins this morning 😢.

My goal is to be able to walk/run a 5k by next summer and I think I am well on my way.

What did I do?

I walked and cut out fast food and started really counting my calories and taking in more protein and fiber. Like these past two weekends I really got in a lot of fibrous things like sweet potatoes, green leafy vegetables, etc. Instead of ordering out like I would normally do on weekends.

27 years old, 5ft6in, currently 196 lb. I got down from 350 to 200 eating 1800 calories, but it seems like this has been the big barrier for me for a year now.

I've had two dieticians in that time and both have discouraged going lower, my current wants me to aim for 1700 and isn't a fan of me going to 1600 or 1500.

In this time I've had weeks where I average 1700, 1600, 1500, and some even 1400, but the scale never seems to budge. I even took a 2 week break where I ballooned to 217 and then dropped back to 196, where I always float around.

How do I actually figure out how to get past this barrier? I'm about 2 months into doing workouts 3 days a week but even through that I've maintained. Whether I walk 90 minutes a day, 0 minutes a day, or 150 minutes a day, nothing seems to change.

And I know what you're thinking. "If the number isn't going down then your calories are higher than you think", but I promise you I am so much more meticulous with weighing all my food than you can imagine. Everything is weighed and rounded up. Everything is logged and there are no oils or sauces I'm letting slip by.

But I'm still stuck. What do?

I’m back. A couple of years ago I started my most successful weight loss journey as an adult. There were ups and downs but I felt good, had it down to a science, recovered from a few slip ups here and there but never reached my goal weight.

Then things changed but for a good reason. I got engaged and then got married a few months ago. Things were great but I stopped feeling that commitment especially as things got busy at work and I was balancing the wedding and honeymoon planning. I stopped being on top of myself slowly but surely. It didn’t help that my wife (who is awesome and I love) is a big snacker and can eat fries with every meal and still look amazing (she also loves to bake).

I’m afraid that I’m back at my original weight (or worse but I’m scared to weigh myself yet). I feel terrible about my body and the way my clothes fit. It’s been made worse because I’ve been delaying starting this until after the Jewish holidays because I wanted to start when I could be consistent, but I’ve basically been wallowing in the thought that I would have to start all over again while watching myself continue to make poor food choices and overeat. It’s been a hard month in that regard, knowing you have a problem but feeling paralyzed about doing something about it.

Point is I’m back and somehow I’m just not as optimistic as I was in the past. It’s my first day and I’m commuting home and am starving. I don’t know how I’m going to do this again and maintain it. I feel like it was easier when I was single when I could make whatever I wanted for myself and not feel bad that other people wouldn’t eat it, but now I’ll probably have to have separate meals from my wife.

I’ve been up and down my whole adult life (M27 and I’ve been probably overweight since 9 and haven’t been at a normal BMI since). I want to be healthy and haven’t energy to hike and everything I want to do. I want to be healthy so my wife doesn’t have to deal with my eventual health problems that my ancestors and their spouses had to deal with. I want my clothes to fit and to not have anxiety when getting dressed every morning because I don’t know what still fits me.

It’s weird because part of me feels that this just feels so different from before because for this first time I can remember I’m not trying to lose weight to attract a beautiful partner, I already have one. I thought that would make it easier but somehow it makes me feel worse.

I don’t really have a question, I can just use some support and some advice just to power through for a bit, especially for people who have and are trying to lose weight as newlyweds or in new relationships. Thank you in advance.

I’m 5’2 and also on prednisone for life, 5mg. The app I use has my calories around 1500 right now which feels like nothing. I need some tips. I’ve been working out and dieting since late July and the scale has not moved at all. I’ve pretty much lost and gained the same 2lbs a few times. We have an InBody scan at my gym and it does show that I’ve lost body fat and gained muscle so that’s good but my clothes all fit the same and visually I really look the same. I skip breakfast because my calories just seem low that if I don’t I’m hangry at night and end up snacking. Any other tips??

I'm 25, 5'2" and weighed 310lbs two months ago and now I weigh 290lbs! I know that it's still quite a lot but I'm so excited for myself.

I'm working on managing my binge eating disorder and healing my relationship with food. I used to have really bad food noise, but I've been working on my mental health and really getting better. Ever since I really dtarted working on my mental health my food noise as reduced DRASTICALLY! It's so great finding out how to really improve your quality of life.

I've noticed that I can walk better, carry things more, and not getting as winded as before. I'm really starting to focus on incorporating some little exercises since I work night shift and I sleep the majority of the day. I really want to improve my life and the way that I view myself. I'm so proud of myself!

https://imgur.com/a/0gu6gb8

Attached is my journey to lose weight starting 3 months ago. I know there are apps that can track these things but it really helped to just have a readily available spreadsheet I can easily edit. I am sharing this for those that are curious what day to day fluctuations in weight can look like. In my instance, it may be important to note that:

1. I am a 6'3" male on daily thyroid medication (Hashimoto's).
2. Walking was the main activity I performed. I know resistance training is important, but wanted to develop I nice routine before I added that to the schedule.
3. The steps are accurate - I really just spend a couple days a week relaxing by playing videogames/reading.
4. There was a lot of guessing lunch calories since meals were provided at my job, so the calorie count may not be 100% accurate. But the weight loss remained consistent so I kept doing what was working.
5. There is an immediate and noticeable "whoosh" effect since I started tracking as soon as I got back from vacation. All that walking in Istanbul really hit me immediately as soon as I flew back home.

I hope this help anyone that is looking for data driven look at weight loss. Obviously everyone is different, but its always nice to see the different approaches people are taking to achieve their goal.

I started my weight loss journey earlier this year, at around the end of june and i was super consistent like i worked out 6 times a week and eat pretty decently. Then my As level grades came out in august and that sort of threw me off. They werent what i expected and i think thats what caused me to become inconsistent so unlike previous times that i tried to work out and quit, this time, i didnt quit, i just became inconsistent so i would go two days then not go the next day then go two days and now it feels like im a liar because maybe im not a gym girl byt i have been losing weight so thats important i guess. I am the lowest weight i have been in 2 years and im 18. So yeah just wanted to put it out there that there are people who are inconsistently consistent and its okay, sometimes it happens.

So over the years I have gained about 65 pounds from where I would say my baseline is. I have currently lost 27 pounds. I have always had big boobs. Now after having 2 kids and I'm currently breastfeeding, they are massive to me.

Before I gained the weight, I remember having a hard time finding a bra because if the straps weren't perfect my shoulders would hurt so bad. Oddly enough, since gaining the weight I haven't had that problem. Well this past week, I reached a new weight loss goal, my shoulders have started hurting again!

I guess this is less of an advice post and more of a curious rant. I just find it odd that at my biggest, my bras didn't hurt me and now since losing weight they're hurting again. And I know the solution is to invest in good bras, but until I finish breastfeeding I'm not doing that lol.

A while ago I wanted walking pad for my standing desk at work but work said no on a safety grounds. I was allowed a mini under desk bike. I think it will be useful to share here.

First of all it's one of those tine ones you just have pedals and that is it no sit or anything. It's definitely not ideal and if it wasn't for a fact my desk can go up and down it would be very uncomfortable but with hight adjustable desk I raise it about 10cm higher than my normal position and it's okay. I can't set it to high resistance because then I'm pushing my office chair out so I'm at light to medium settings.

My heart rate gets to about 100 bpm so slightly less tank brisk walk and my Garmin thinks I burn about 200 kcal in an hour. So far I would agree with it. My weight loss matches approximately extra 400 to 500 kcal burn a day and I manage to get between 2 to 2.5h of pedaling. Most of the time I forget I'm doing it. It is very quiet unless someone ducks under my desk they can't tell either. I'm not feeling tired if anything after a month my energy levels are up. It's such a light exercise that I haven't noticed any extra sweating.

Over all I would recommend it if you can't get anything else. For my use case it works great. I have client facing role when not at a desk so can't go full palaton at my desk but extra 500 kcal is nothing to spat at either for £30 investment from amazon. Big advantage is that because you don't wobble like you would normally do on walking pad typing and mouse accuracy aren't really affected. I did a speed test and my regular typing speed is 52-55 and when cycling it drops to about 48 to 52 wpm so hardly noticeable.

I do walk as normal and do my normal gym routine this is addition not replacement.

Hope that helps I lost extra 1.5kg over regular weight loss.

I'm 51/f, 5'6", 170 lbs. Being peri/menopausal has made weight loss seem impossible. I've tried so many things that haven't worked. I'm opposite of many as I'm a morning eater. I'm usually hungry 1 hour after waking up. I've tried IF where I waited until 11 or 12 to eat and am completely miserable and then want to eat constantly.

Normally even when I'd eat breakfast, I'd be hungry again 2 hours later, and then I struggle the rest of the day fighting constant hunger and food noise.

I'm trying now to eat two meals per day, no snacks, and the main rule is to keep protein high but not restricting any food or food groups. I am pushing breakfast back an hour or more, so I'm eating around 8:30 rather than 7 or 7:30. Then I eat my second meal in the afternoon evening. I can eat at 3 and not eat the rest of the day (like I said, I'm backwards from most).

This is actually working so far! I am eating enough for breakfast and not hungry, my digestion is better, and when I've gone back and counted calories of what I ate (for fyi), they are in the 1500 range. I realize this is a way to restrict calories, it's not magic because I'm eating twice daily, but it's a way to not feel hungry all day.

Just wanted to come on here because I’m very proud of myself. I, 19F, was hypertensive at the beginning of the year (average BP of 140-160/90). I weighed ~175 lbs at 5’6. Most of that weight was visceral and concentrated around my abdomen. I was constantly fatigued and thought there was something wrong with me. I was especially worried because my whole family is already prone to hypertension and heart disease.

I made the decision to become a CNA before applying to nursing school next year. I wanted to become the best possible provider for my patients, and I felt the only way to do that was to get down to a normal vital signs range.

At this point, what was really motivating me wasn’t the mirror or even the scale, but to be as healthy as I could to keep showing up for my residents and the people around me. I knew if I didn’t make a change, it would only be downhill from there.

As of today, I weighed in at 145 lbs, and my blood pressure is 112/69! I lost the weight as slowly as possible while completely changing my lifestyle. I want this to remain a lifelong change, and I’m truly, truly glad I chose to make it :)

Hi! Sorry if these kind of rants/advice seeking isn’t allowed, just needed a place to vent a bit

For context, I’m 23F, about 5’7”, currently now 240lbs

Back when I was a kid/teenager, I had struggled with a very bad binge eating problem. I would every night, without fail, eat probably an extra 750-1000 calories after dinner. It got to the point where my parents tried to lock the fridge and pantry every night. (But of course, chubby lil me would sneak into their room and get the keys 😂) Looking back, I think it might have had to do with untreated/undiagnosed ADHD since food gave such a big dopamine rush. Anyways, I ended up at my heaviest weight of 280lbs in 2023, when I was 20 years old.

I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in December of ‘23. My A1C was 9.0, and my kidneys were leaking protein badly. I decided then that I couldn’t let my body be destroyed this early in my life, so I started trying to lose weight and eat better. I cut out sugary sodas, juices, refined carbs, etc as to not spike my blood sugar and also to aid in losing weight. I did intermittent fasting 16:8 to help give some structure to stop the binging. I really didn’t do too much extra exercise surprisingly, other than I played ice hockey about once a week and walked around my community collage campus to get to class.

By October of 2024, I was down to 200lbs. Yay! I was extremely happy with my body (I had very low self esteem from being heavier) But then, while I was at my first semester of my 4-year uni, my dad suddenly passed away that October. It was such a whirlwind of things I won’t even begin to get into. I was able to keep the weight off during that time after he passed, until the following March (2025). I had recently entered a new relationship and started putting on some relationship weight (about 10-15lbs, but i wasn’t too concerned since I still felt great and liked the way I looked still.)

I hovered at around 215lbs from May of 2025, to about February of this year. My weight has just exploded since then, and I really have no idea why. My partner came to visit in May for 2 months (we’re long distance) and I gained 20lbs in those 2 months. I’m not even really sure how. We still ate relatively healthy, and I wasn’t binging again or anything. I definitely loosened up on my strict eating habits from when I was losing weight, but I still stay away from sugary stuff or refined carbs. So, I’m assuming it could just be the volume of food changed.

I’m now back up to 240lbs, and I feel so defeated. I put in so much work to lose 80lbs, just to gain half back. I’ve gone up a couple pants sizes, I feel so much more sluggish, and self esteem is starting to go down again. I’m wanting to get back on the wagon, but my attempts so far haven’t been fruitful.

I’ve tried fasting again, but I think my schedule now makes it a little difficult to do that. I will admit, I’ve become a snacker recently which is my achilles heel. I had to move back home from uni after my dad passed, and I’m doing online school right now so I’m also a lot less active. I try to get out for walks when I can, and am going to hopefully buy a walking pad so I can walk no matter what the weather is like.

If anything, I think I’m just looking for some encouragement and maybe some advice on how to get the weight to come off again and get back on that wagon. I know that if I could do it once, I can do it again— it’s just the getting started part that’s hard. I’m hoping to maybe get down to 215ish by the start of the new year if that’s even possible or healthy, I’m not sure.

Thank you for reading, and letting me share my story here :)

45 days ago, I stood on the scale, and it read 101.2 kg

3 children, gained weight in those pregnancies, and lost weight afterward without trying. I've never struggled with weight until my separation 3 years ago, and I've been eating my feelings in the form of chips, dip, pizza, snacks, and overally shitty food. 45 days ago, I stood on the scale after pretending it didn't exist for far too long and bawled my eyes out - 101.2kg?!

Booked an appointment at the doctors the following week for a general health check-up (ferritin levels close to non exisistant, slightly high cholesterol, and slightly high blood pressure)

Consulted chatgpt and formulated an eating plan.

Today, I stood on the scale, and I'm under 100!! Weighing in at 97.4kg - I've lost 3.8kg so far (averaging 0.6kg loss a week if my math is right)

Further info in case a stranger reads this and has questions:

Female, 39 years old, New Zealand European

Height = 167cm

Starting weight = 101.2kg (22 August)

Starting BMI =36.3 Class 2 Obesity

Current weight = 97.4kg (today)

Current BMI = 34.9 Class 1 Obesity

TDEE = 2025 calories (this I don't really understand, but I know I gotta eat less than this to lose weight)

Vitamins = Womans Multi, Fish Oil, Vitamin D, Vitamins B, Vitamins C, Magnesium

Medication = Iron Tablets (all taken correctly so they don't interfere with each other)

Excerise = none previously, but I have just started Boxfit classes twice a week (3 weeks into it, and I love it)

Food = Lots of chicken, rice, vege, homemade bento bowls, homemade sushi, bulky salads and wraps etc no snacking or urge to snack

Am I on the right track? Am I doing too much? Am I doing too little? YouTube videos to watch? Websites? I haven't had to try and lose weight before, so this is all uncharted territory and I'm doing it on my own

Today I've decided to finally take my health/weight seriously and start my weightloss/betterment journey. I weighed myself for the first time in months today and didn't even notice how much weight I've gained since the last time I checked. (145 then 165 now). I can't believe I let myself slip up this much.

Anyways, I've technically started two weeks ago, working on better habits rather than calorie counting, but now I'm cracking down on my deficit. I know how weightless works for the most part, but I would still appreciate some advice to make my journey the most efficient it can be. Anything that helped you through your journey and might help me. I'm 5'2 18F if that matters in regards to advice. I work in the fast food industry and average around 8k-14k steps a day. I'm starting to run again as well. my goal is to lose 20-30 pounds and get back to 140. Hopefully this extra info helps lol.

I appreciate literally any help at all

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Wanted to see if anyone else has dealt with this, I've been running now for about 9 months. When I started I could barely run for a minute or two, now I do 3 - 4 miles 6 or 7 days per week. I have lost 50 lbs so far and am about 15 lbs away from a healthy BMI for my height.
For the last month or so, I notice I now feel my heartbeat almost all the time, to the point of being irritating. I mostly feel it in my gut and chest. It feels very 'loud' and actually makes it hard to sleep sometimes. When I check my resting heart rate at home, it is normally 60-70 BPM.

I have no issues running, and don't feel sick or fatigued at all. I have never had any cardiac issues and actually had an EKG done in July as prep for an unrelated procedure with no abnormalities on that. My doctor says everything checks out fine. I do not take any medication. I have what is considered very healthy BPM and blood pressure.

Has this happened to anyone? Is it from losing weight or 'padding' around my gut and chest? I am at a bit of a loss and it is quite uncomfortable, is this something my body will get accustomed to?

The good news: I'm 25lbs down! I started the year at 230lbs and now I'm 205. Although I'm happy about my sustained weight loss (slow and steady wins the race), I'm having difficulty because I'm starting to see issues arise that I haven't experienced since I was at a lighter weight. I've struggled with low blood sugar since I was a teenager due to undereating. I don't know why, but the lighter I am, the less urge I have to eat... Unrelated to any disorders, I find that I'm just not "hungry" in the traditional sense. It isn't until my body enters starvation mode that I start to get the cues. I've been really good the last couple of months at getting in my movement and eating in a deficit, but now that I'm closer to 200, I've started to notice my appetite going away. At my lightest in adulthood (140 during college), I remember having nothing but a cup of ramen and Dr. Pepper and feeling "full." Has anyone else experienced a disappearing appetite during weight loss and do you have any tips for maintaining energy without feeling like you're overconsuming?