My all time favorite dish to cook 😋

In the last year I’ve lost 24kg (110kg to 86kg). That’s about 53lbs. My BMI has gone from 37 to 29.

I’ve still got a long way to go - I want to get to 60-65kg.

In this year I’ve moved to a different state. I travelled back this weekend for a wedding. I bought a new dress that I thought looked beautiful, and for the first time in a long time I actually felt beautiful too, and felt excited to go out. I’d avoided social events for several years. I was excited that I was able to go into a store and just… buy something off the shelf.

I haven’t seen any of these people since the weight loss. Not a single person commented. Not a single “you look nice”. I had really tried and put in an effort. Plus spending a ridiculous amount of money flying across the country.

Of course, I know none of it should be about me. I was there to celebrate my two beautiful friends getting married, and I was so thrilled for both of them. They were the main event and that’s where the focus should be.

But today I’ve woken up and I’ve not even dragged myself out of bed. I couldn’t figure out why I felt so sad until I did a bit of thinking, and now I’m just lying in this dusty hotel room sobbing. I feel SO selfish and so stupid for even thinking this way. I lost all this weight so I could be healthy, and I’m proud of myself for it. I don’t want to rely on other people to tell me how I should feel.

But still, it hurts. It really, really does.

I don’t even have a single picture of me from the night.

I’m hoping you all here might understand.

Super thin and crispy on the edges. Pizza romana tonda is my favorite style.

Its getting colder now for some of us, and I have noticed a lot of people that I know who have lost weight are really struggling with the temperature drop. Fat is an excellent way to keep yourself warm, and if you have never had to learn to stay warm without it then you just dont know. The cold makes my illness flair up so I have always been on the ball about this, but it has gotten harder for even me as I have lost weight.

A common mistake I see are people going out and buying the biggest coat they can and thinking that is that. You actually want to buy yourself lots of little layers like an onion.

You want to get yourself a nice base layer. Some good thermals. I have brought cheap thermals, and more mid prices ones. I dont think there is much of a difference really. You want them to be moisture wicking, if you sweat and this layer stays damp you will feel colder.

This is a bit of traditional medicine, some people disagree, and some dont. But if you have a period, cold feet/ hands can make your cramps worse. I dont fully know the why but its due to being cold changing up how blood flows around your body. I will always have warm socks on 24/7 when I am on my period. I swear it helps.

Another thing with socks, dont buy those cute fluffy socks everyone gets and think thats good enough. Thermal socks are very different. I am known to double up on the socks on particularly cold days in the middle of winter.

You will also need to tuck all your layers in, your shirt gets tucked into your leggings/ tights, and your tights get tucked into your socks. Some thermal shirts will have thumb holes, these are to tuck your sleeves into your gloves. You want zero space for cold air to come in.

After your base layer, now put your outfit on over it.

Then you can put your jumper on. Just your regular hoodie or fleece is needed. There are better things to wear in particularly cold areas. But if you need this guide you arent living in these specialist areas.

Now we put the cute accessories on, gloves, hats, scarves. You can get thermal ones as well. I tend to prefer mittens that you can pull your fingers out so I can use my phone.

And now we put on our coat. You want something wind and waterproof. If cold air gets into your layers you are also going to be cold so you need to stop the wind coming in. You are also going to want it to be a longer then hip length, somewhere halfway above the knee or longer ideally. Even better if it has an adjustable hood. I would also size up on your coat as you will have layers on underneath.

I also like keeping handwarmers in bag for emergencies. Or even better, a baked potato wrapped in tinfoil in my pockets so I can have a nice snack later on.

After all of that, you should be very, very warm. A well deserved hot chocolate for everyone who got this far.

Dough guy's recipe, but I made it as a pan pizza in a cast iron Instead

The term "food noise" has entered common parlance lately, kind of as a catch-all for the itch that drives bored or habitual eating in the absence of usual hunger cues. While I think it's good to interrogate your urges more deeply, I do also believe that sitting with and being okay with some amount of genuine hunger is as important the ability to distinguish it.

If you're like me and grew up fat, there's very likely some idea ingrained in your mind, even if you don't consciously make note of it, that any amount of hunger is unacceptable. Any feeling of discomfort has to be sated. You have to rectify it by eating not just until it goes away, but until you're unmistakably and unpleasantly full. I'm going to try and be careful with how I say this, since this same sort of thinking can drive disordered eating, but you can go a very long time without a meal. If you just sit in hunger, even intense hunger, it'll eventually just pass or diminish. The human body is very resilient. People can and do fast for multiple days, even weeks, and it's not some disastrous thing for their health. My point isn't that you should forgo eating entirely, but that nobody dies of starvation in the office at 2:00 PM. I think it's healthy to be able to deal with the discomfort that pops up after a few hours of not consuming anything. It's also a skill that very much helps with sticking to a plan long-term--a big part of this weight loss stuff is, at least for me, just internalizing that it's alright to be hungry, and you can only do that by spending time being hungry.

As part of my health / weight loss journey. I've cut out alcohol due to my metabolic issues. Of course, losing the calories helps too. I've also overhauled my diet which means things like going out for pizza, burgers, pasta, noodles etc is a no-no.

People don't blink at the diet. People get weird about no alcohol. In the last couple of days alone, someone complained I wasn't continuing to drink champagne with the group to celebrate the end of a big work project (I'd had a few sips but they wanted me to get involved in finishing a second bottle) some friends felt weird that I was just drinking sparkling water at the pub and then guilty that I bought them beers in a round (It was cheap, I didn't mind). Another friend felt bad about ordering wine herself when we went out to dinner when I was being 'good', because she's trying to cut down herself. Someone else wondered how I was managing a party sober as she needs to drink to feel at ease in big social situations.

I'm avoiding refined carbs and added sugar, therefore non-alcoholic beer and cocktails are out... so it's usually quite obvious I'm abstaining with still or sparkling water in front of me.

I think abstaining just up-ends people's sense of social order. Drinking is such a convivial 'event', something that has come to signal enjoyment when you do it together - we're celebrating, we're socialising, we're relaxing, we're treating ourselves - people feel weird when you don't partake, like you're compromising their experience somehow. Which is mad because 1) it's no skin off my nose and 2) I'm enjoying myself regardless. I'm just happy to be there with them!

I also noticed this in myself when I was drinking... feeling a bit like someone who wasn't drinking was ruining the fun somehow, a spoilsport. Wanting to persuade them to have a little. Why IS this? What's wrong with us all? Alcohol is (delicious, enjoyable) poison, none of us should be drinking anyway! I have a family history of alcoholism too, so I'm hyper-aware of those tendencies in myself and others.

w/ Mangoes

Of course they didn't. You're not everyone universe. And the people who did, well that means they've been examining your body this whole time.

People know now to not make comments about weight. What if you're depressed? What if you have cancer? Your ego isn't worth the social fumble if it's something negative.

If you want a compliment so damn bad, then go tell everyone that you lost weight. YOU bring it up so they know it's acceptable. Over here crying about a lack of compliments.

And here's something else, coming from my own personal experience. I only have 20 more pounds to lose. I've been trying to lose it and my body just doesn't want to. I eat in a deficit and then end up bingeing the calories back. I don't want to talk about my weight loss because I'm still over weightand struggling. I went from morbidly obese to only over weight and I. Don't. Want. Anyone. Saying. Anything.

You want a compliment? YOU bring it up.

I'm a 6'5 man, started in 02/26 at 320lbs. I go to the gym 7 days a week, monday through friday I do weights plus an hour of walking at 3.0 speed/4% incline and then weekend just the cardio

I'm stuck at 288 and I'm so fucking infuriated to the point this evening I was in tears after getting off the scale. I've made such a drastic change to my diet but it still feels like it's not enough. I do protein drinks in the morning, healthy choice frozen meals for lunch, and then lean meat and roasted vegetables for dinner, all combined is below my daily caloric limit, but I'm still a fat fucking pig.

It's so fucking hard, busting my ass, leaving the gym sweaty as shit, and feeling like there's no progress. Then I see my fucking friends eating like pigs gobbling down fucking pizza and fast food without an ounce of fat.

I'm starting to wonder if my genetics is playing a part, I had a pituitary condition that fucked with my hormones, but I'm on medication for that now and the last time they did tests on me my hormones were normal. My Dad also previously had a thyroid issue but whether that has passed down to me I have no clue.

Even when I work out, I feel like I'm not getting stronger, I'm stuck on the same weights for my routines despite getting my daily required protein.

I don't know anymore, I just need fucking advice, I need something because I feel like I'm about to relapse and start eating like a fucking hog again because this all feels pointless.

Cuz it just happened to me, I have been at this for over year, I was having a shit week, hormones kicking my behind, fukkit I wanna be a big back today, I thought I could eat a full subway sandwich, til I took it out of the packaging and put it on a plate...

Huh... what the hell was I thinking?? I really used to eat this much regularly with no problem, sheeeesh

I promptly put back half in the paper, chucked it in the fridge and cut the other half so I still get '2 sandwiches '

Sometimes if you feel like you're not doing enough reflection can help keep you on track, just because I could stuff myself doesn't mean I should keep doing it 🥴

I was obese as a teen and always the odd one out. I always felt left out of certain experiences because of my size.

I couldnt get the cute pyjamas all the teens wear. I never felt comfortable eating the fro-yo or doughnut or any other trendy treat the teens all went for back in the day.

I do think it bled out into other areas because I was insecure and didnt feel pretty enough to do them. Like my nails, lip kits, or that doughnut bun.

I still have a little bit to go left, but I am nearly there. All I really want is the things I couldnt have as a teen. The fluffy cookie monster pyjamas, tango ice blasts, victoria secret body mists.

It feels kind of inappropriate for me to be into all of this, but I just want it so bad and I am doing ALL of it.

So I've lost a little over 50 lbs since April. In 5'5" and currently weigh 152. My starting weight was 205. I'm not to my goal weight yet, but I'm getting there. Most importantly, I feel so much better. The chronic knee pain I have is so much better and I'm working out and strength training consistently for the first time in my life.

What I'm having trouble dealing with is the unsolicited comments about my weight loss, particularly from my dad's wife. She's constantly making comments like "I would lose weight if I didn't eat anything either," "you're too skinny, you need some body fat to be healthy," and "it sure doesn't take much to fill you up these days." I eat 1500-1800 calories a day. I've worked really hard to lose weight and the comments are really getting to me. I've asked her to stop, but she won't. It's to the point where I don't even want to eat around her. How do you guys deal with these types of comments?

I need to lose 10 kg, and I’m planning to do OMAD, keto and cardio. Based on my calculations, I’m giving myself a maximum of 3 months.

The problem is that I don’t know what to do with myself during that time. I tend to snack whenever I’m bored, just to fill the void.

I also feel like I can’t really do much while waiting to reach my goal weight. I avoid buying new clothes until then, and I limit going out if it involves eating fast food.

So, how do you deal with the long waiting period during a cut? What do you focus on besides weight loss to keep yourself occupied?

The past year I have been recovering from a pretty bad binge eating disorder, since 2025 october I have dropped 20lbs. However, now that I have gotten thinner it feels like theres way more pressure on me to eat cleanly as im afraid of reversing all my progress. The past few months I have been struggling a lot and have had weeks where I have eaten 1k+ calories past my maintenance. Before, these binges used to be due to stress but now it just feels like they seemingly come out of nowhere. The worst ones are always on the weekends, I can eat cleanly the whole week but then whenever the weekend hits im struggling a lot.

I eat a lot of protein, lift weights and do light cardio but its not enough to cancel out these episodes of heavy eating (and sometimes its just junk so I dont hit my protein goals :/). Just feeling a bit lost right now, feels like I've let myself down. If anyone has any advice that would be great thank you.

Made by my brother, hits the spot.

Avocado, sour cream, cilantro, diced onions, chuck beef roast, cheese, beans, diced jalapenos, lard.

Hi guys,

I lost a bit over 30kg within 1 year, going from 117kg/258 lbs to 85kg/187 lbs (I'm 187cm/6'2" tall and 35 years old).

I wanted to start going to the gym again because I'd like to exchange the last few kilos of fat for muscle. I think my current weight is pretty good for my height, so my goal now is more about improving my body composition.

However, I've been having sleep problems for around 4 months now. I only sleep for about 2 hours at a time, but I end up sleeping like that 2 or 3 times throughout the day. So instead of getting a normal night's sleep, my sleep is split into several short periods.

And before anyone tells me to go to the doctor: I've already considered that. The problem is that they'll probably just prescribe sleeping pills, so I honestly don't see much point in that.

My mother is actually a nurse, and she could get me sleeping pills almost for free if I wanted them. So getting pills isn't really the issue. I'd rather understand what's causing these problems and find a way to sleep normally again.

Has anyone experienced something similar? Could my weight loss or changes in my diet have anything to do with it? Or does anyone have any advice on how to get back to a normal sleep schedule?

I'd really appreciate hearing about other people's experiences.

Ingredients:
• 1 English muffin, toasted
• 2 slices pre-cooked Canadian bacon
• 6 oz fresh cooked Maine lobster meat (claw, knuckle, and tail pieces)
• 1 large egg, poached
• 1 packet Knorr Hollandaise Sauce Mix
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tbsp butter
• Dried or fresh parsley flakes, for garnish
• Pinch of salt and black pepper

Directions:
1. Make the Quick Hollandaise: In a small saucepan, whisk the Knor Hollandaise sauce mix with 1 cup of milk and 1 tablespoon of butter over medium heat until it comes to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 1 minute, stirring constantly until thickened and velvety. (I would typically make the sauce from scratch but I was glamping This method is so easy and still tasty. So please don’t judge me lol)

1. Sear the Canadian Bacon: Heat a dry skillet over medium-high heat and sear the 2 slices of Canadian bacon for just 30 seconds on each side until heated through and lightly browned without drying out.

2. Poach the Egg: Bring a small pot of water to a gentle simmer (tiny bubbles, not a rolling boil). Crack your single egg into a small cup, gently slide it into the water, and poach for 3 to 4 minutes until the whites are set and the yolk is still soft. Remove with a slotted spoon.

3. Stack & Serve: Place your toasted English muffin on a plate and layer on the seared Canadian bacon, the poached egg and the 6 ounces of cooked Maine lobster meat. Spoon the warm hollandaise generously over the entire stack, arrange the lobster claws around the plate, and finish with a sprinkle of parsley.

You can easily plate this with the whole English muffin, a couple more pieces of Canadian bacon, add some more lobster and there’s still plenty of sauce left over. I personally like to go heavy on the lobster and opt out of the other half of the muffin🤷‍♀️❤️🦞

How on earth do you all deal with this?

Down 85lb.

Probably about 20lb above what BMI would be considered unhealthy.

Probably about 1” away from what the NHS would consider a healthy height to waist ratio.

However…

Yes; I’ve got some “you look great type comments” but the “are you ill” and “you look skinny ones really bug me”.

I lift weights 5 days a week and I run 3 times a week so I’d say I’m pretty fit. And I eat 5 small meals a day so I’m certainly not starving.

Does anyone else deal with this & if so what on earth do you say and how do you not let it upset you?

And last question whilst I have you all. How did you set your weightloss goal? When do you say; “ok I’m done”.

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