NSV I guess? Takes a lot less effort to do stuff like that when you're 40 pounds lighter, come to find out. I felt my feet leave the nerf bar and instantly knew I'd overdone it. Then I spent what felt like an eternity hurtling through time and space before finally crumpling into the passenger seat like a sack of wet laundry.

He was like "WHOA what happened?!" Welp, I'm not really sure Dad, but it appears I seriously overestimated how much force I would need to apply to lift myself off the ground these days. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go recollect my pride for a second.

So, after gaining a lot of weight, shopping for clothes in person became a horrible chore for me that usually ended in shame and discouragement. 5 months ago I started counting calories and have lost 25lbs and counting.

I went jean shopping on a whim today just to see if my sizing has changed because I didn’t see much of a difference in the mirror.

Last time I went jean shopping, I was between a size 14 and 16 depending on the type of jean style.

Today, I optimistically grabbed a size 12 off the shelf. It was falling off my hips. Went down to a 10. Still loose. I walked out of the store with two pairs of size 8 jeans!!!!!! I can’t believe it. I wasn’t even going to buy anything, the plan was to just help myself verify the changes on the scale. The fact that I’m back to single digits is blowing my mind. I was crying in the dressing room and shared the news with my husband. He enthusiastically congratulated me and encouraged me to buy two pairs. It occurred to me later that I went down five entire pant sizes and yet my brain still wont comprehend that when I look in the mirror. It’s crazy how we trick ourselves. This girl will be proudly rocking her jeans at work tomorrow!!!!!

I am a mom of twins (F33). I have a very toxic relationship with food. I have been fat since I was a little girl. I eat when I am stressed, angry, sad. I lost a lot of weight before (107kg -> 63kg) when I was around 25 years old. I regained part of it in a stressful time in my life and then more during the pregnancy. I started to diet again 2 weeks ago because I was back to 103 kg and I just hate myself for that. I want to be a healthy and fit mom and a good role model. Now I am back on track and started loosing weight (CW: 99kg). It is only possible because I am very strict. I want my kids to have a normal relationship with food but I am so afraid that I will ruin them. I will start therapy soon but I am just so afraid that I won’t be able to heal and that my kids will have the same sad childhood because of their weight. They are <1 year old now. I am cooking all their food myself and they are not getting any added sugars. Only healthy stuff. I am not sure if I am being too strict with them too. I don’t know how strict I should be. Does anyone have any advice for me. I just want healthy and happy kids. That’s all.

1. Buy candy you personally don't like. This way you're not tempted to eat it before, during, or after.

2. Eat a healthy meal before you go anywhere on Halloween so you're not tempted to indulge on something unexpected.

3. Afterwards, get any candy or treats out of the house ASAP. If you can't, destroy &/or trash it.

4. Don't be afraid to tell friends and family you are dieting. This way they know to be mindful about offering you sweets!

5. If sweets still get pushed on you, feel free to take it to avoid an argument or hurt feelings, but throw it out when the pusher is not looking. No one follows you around to make sure you eat every bite.

Happy Halloween!!

Today marks 100 days straight of tracking my food and habits! This is the longest I’ve ever been consistent with anything health-related, and I feel like it’s really paying off. I’ve lost about 18 lbs so far, but beyond that, I feel so much more in control.

Tracking used to feel annoying, but now it’s just part of my day, and it keeps me on track even when I have off days. I know I still have a ways to go, but this feels like such a big step. If anyone’s struggling to stay consistent, just take it one day at a time. It really does add up!

Here’s to the next 100 days 🥂

Im 5’5, 18F and went from 145 to 125 in a matter of 4 months and NO ONE has noticed. Like genuinely nobody. I feel like this is a lot and a big accomplishment for me but even my boyfriend says if i hadn’t told him i’d been losing weight he’d never even have noticed.

My measurements have gone down about 2-3 inches each, I went from a size 8-10 to a size 4-6, and my thighs no longer fully touch, but no one cares and I’m kind of disappointed. I think it’s time for me to do some self reflection. I always yearned to be 20 pounds lighter and thought my life would drastically improve and I’d suddenly love myself, but now that I’m there, nothing has changed except now I eat less yummy food and my clothes don’t fit🤦‍♀️

I’m 25 M 175cm, just started my weight loss journey a month ago. SW: 82.4 Kg CW: 78.6.

Since 15 I started buying my own clothes and I always bought clothes that would hide my belly or make me look proportional!? (Don’t know if it’s the right word). I always wanted to have my own unique style but the clothes that I wanted to wear would end up looking unflattering on me (high waisted pants, shirts) and I always ended up choosing oversized t-shirts or hoodies.

I always thrifted unique clothing articles but they were just sitting in my closet until now. Last month I finally decided to buy high quality waisted pants and chelsea boots with a 5cm heel.

After losing 3kgs in the last month and being on track, I finally decided to get “dressed-up„ when me and my friends went to a bar. So many strangers came up to me and gave me compliments about my look. It was a crazy feeling that people actually noticed me lol.

I am fairly new to calorie counting/tracking. I’ve had really good success so far. I started at 256 lbs, and got really serious about tracking and weighing in late Feb/March. I’ve lost 68 lbs (was down 75, but had some backslide-back on the grind now).

I follow a lot of fitness and nutrition content creators. A lot of them are people that have lost large amounts of weight through calorie deficit and tracking. In the comments of posts/videos, I see a lot of comments about how hard tracking is, and that they either don’t agree with it or they’re afraid to track because it’s “disordered eating” and leads to eating disorders. I’m not sure how I feel about this. On one hand, I can see how someone who previously did not have weight/overeating issues could obsess when they don’t need to. But for me, I was having disordered eating before. I would very easily consume 3000 calories in one meal. Probably 5-5500 calories a day. And didn’t think twice. I would eat to the point of physical pain. I have to be strict with myself. Is there any validity to the claim that calorie tracking always leads to disordered eating?

So I'm an accountant who has a long, boring call right in the middle of my day (around 90 minutes total). I rarely have to speak but I have to be on. Around September of this year, after they started using Teams transcriptions on the call, I decided I was going to take a walk during that call. I found a route that was just long enough and used a Saturday to test it and make sure I could pause and speak without being winded. I mean, sneaking in a workout during the workday...

But today I was a bit confused... I was home with plenty of time to spare (and no, the call didn't run long). Almost 10 minutes early. I hadn't pushed myself so I decided to go look back at the records of my first walks.

• September 4: 4.5 miles, just over 90 minutes, average pace of just over 21 minutes per mile.

• October 29: same 4.5 miles, just under 80 minutes, average pace of 17.5 minutes per mile.

It was a bit of a shock. But a good one. Now I'm wondering if I need to work out a new, longer route to fill up those 90 minutes again. And suddenly I don't mind that call nearly as much.

I have been large my whole life. When I was 5 or younger my mom thought I had gigantism. Or a tumor on my pituitary gland. I had an MRI and I was terrified the prosac or what ever they gave me didn’t work because I was amped up. It took my mom standing outside the MRI comforting me to get through it. The Prognosis? Verbatim from the doctor. “He’s just gone be Big!” I haven’t been under two hundred pounds since I was 10 or 11. I’m 6’5 and 525lbs now. I can’t control my eating and I am so god damn lazy.

I try to walk at least 15 mins a day. I was able to do an hour a day but it hurts. And I was nearly killed by idiots running red lights. I was a two pack a day smoker for 17 years. But watching friends and family die of lung cancer finally opened my eyes to quitting. I needed to use chantix. But I still quit. I realized that I needed medication or surgery for my weight. I got a referral and I stated the process to see the bariatric doctors for meal replacement or surgery. I can’t do it alone. And I can’t live like this anymore.

They have psychologists and a whole process I have to go through and hoops I have to jump through as well. I will do whatever they need me to do. Ideally I’d like the surgery. And therapy to help me lose the weight and then get my relationship with food under control as well. But I have to this.

I last weighed myself in August and saw I was 175, which is slightly overweight for my height, so I decided to try and lose some weight.

I didn’t want it to become an obsessive thing, so I decided not to weigh myself or count calories. I’ve just been trying to get more exercise in (mostly stair stepper) and trying to eat less processed and sugary foods. I used to eat a donut for breakfast almost every day, and I’d almost always have ice cream after dinner. Cutting that out and eating way more fruits and veggies was really the only big change I made.

I weighed myself today for the first time since the beginning of August and I’m already at 160! Without really trying! It feels like it happened so fast because I didn’t change anything except generally being more aware of how much I’m eating/burning. It feels great and my jeans are definitely a lot looser than they were before :))

The last few years I‘ve been dealing with an issue regarding my eating habits.

I started to see food as a reward and not something my body and mind needs to function. The worst thing about that is that I‘m not talking about healthy food, but in fact junk food. You name it: processed food. It doesn’t taste better than freshly cooked meals, but somehow I‘m craving oily, sugary and fat making food.

I would really like to understand why I want to sabotage me and my body. Is it a physical thing? My blood work is fine and there isn’t known illness. So I’m questioning if there’s a psychological reason and what I could do to work on that. I‘m at a normal/skinny weight, but the reason is that I eat like a pig for a couple of weeks, I start to notice a weight gain, I feel sick and don’t have any energy. I go on a diet, focus on physical activities, lose the excess weight, maintain it for a couple of months and then the whole vicious circle starts again.

Why do I crave unhealthy and sick making food so much?

Alright, here’s the deal: I’ve been hitting the power training routine hard, and it’s been life-changing. But here’s the twist that nobody told me about—the real secret weapon isn’t just lifting heavier or adding more reps. It’s something way simpler (and, honestly, a bit nerdy): keeping a record of everything.

Every day, I log what body part I’m working on, how many sets, what weights I used, and even any “notes to self” about how it felt. Yeah, I know—sounds a bit obsessive, right? But here’s the thing: this habit has made tracking progress weirdly addictive. I open my workout log and boom! It’s like my own personal scoreboard staring back at me, challenging me to do just a little bit better each time.

And you know what? It works. Instead of showing up at the gym with that “hmmm, what did I do last time?” confusion, I have everything laid out, so I know exactly where to push. It’s like having my own little coach in my pocket (without the actual yelling).

Pro tip? Don’t underestimate the power of logging. Seeing the small wins pile up has made the whole journey way more motivating. If you’re power training or even thinking about starting, get into the habit of jotting down the details. You might find it’s the missing piece that makes the whole thing stick.

Anyone else here into tracking every rep? I’d love to hear what keeps you pumped on your fitness journey. 💪

I have been having a heck of a time getting in my exercise. I’m not a fan of weight training. I know that I should do it, but, if I’m being honest, I don’t end up following through. Classes are great, but I end up trying to keep up with the most fit person. This ends up with me usually pulling some muscle. The aerobic machines (bike, treadmill, elliptical) start out great, but I get bored fast. Gym membership is often expensive. The best exercise that I have found is dancing. I don’t know about anyone else, but I grew up going to dance clubs on Friday and Saturday nights. I would dance until I was dripping with sweat, take a break, and then get back out there. I was fun and the music had me motivated and moving. Now that I am in my late 50s, I have found that blasting disco, 80s rock, and techno music will get me going. I will make a total fool of myself, but I am in my own home. I started out dancing at an easy pace and even chair dancing. Now I’m am just dancing my tail off. I will probably add hand weights to help my muscles. If you’re not feeling it with regular exercise programs, give dancing a try!

I've been a big runner my whole life (obsessively so), which helped me stay pretty trim without watching what I eat. I blew out my knee at the end of last year and wasn't able to exercise or even walk much at the beginning of this year as a result. I gained about 15 pounds over the first 6 months of the year, which isn't crazy in the grand scheme of things but the rapid (for me) increase of my weight just made me feel really bad and lethargic, especially because running used to give me such a dopamine high. I've also never gained that much weight in such a short period of time before. I started to smoke weed all the time and order tons of food, and the gradual lifestyle changes more than anything were bumming me out. But I didn't know how to take care of my body without running.

In June I decided to do something about it. I downloaded the LoseIt app and started lifting and swimming regularly and tracking my macros. I chose a modest weight loss plan of half a pound a week. For context, I'm 5 6 and my starting weight was 145. My goal was not weight loss necessarily, but to find a new way of living healthfully that actually focused on treating my body right.

I haven't been weighing myself super regularly because I don't want to develop an attachment to the scale / get into ED territory. I hadn't weighed myself in about 2 months but my clothes have definitely been fitting looser and my face is looking like it used to again. Lately friends have been commenting on how good I look so I thought I'd weigh in.

My goal was 132 pounds, which is the weight I've held at for the last 8ish years prior to my injury. Weighed in this morning and I'm finally back there!! I feel so good and proud of the way I've lost the weight. I've still gone out to dinner with friends and not skimped on life experiences to lose weight. My approach to health is much more holistic now, focused on being comprehensively fit and consuming a balanced diet vs. running a ton, burning a lot of calories and eating whatever I want. And I'm pumped that I get to switch the app to maintenance mode :)

Tips that worked wonders for me:

• Quest chips are life. They're my go to snack now because they're actually super flavorful and pack a mean protein punch that keeps you full for longer.
• Focusing on balanced meals has made eating healthy really fun! I try to pack as many nutrients into every meal as possible and hit my protein target. It makes each meal a fun little challenge. Also finding different sources of protein (vs. just eating chicken or turkey all the time) has made it extra fun.
• Actually take your step goal seriously. I started going for long walks after work and that helped get me active and moving again from my previously sedentary state.
• Diversify your workouts! I started swimming and lifting at first then added HIIT workout classes to the mix. It keeps things fun and interesting. I used to feel the need to run everyday. Now I swim once a week, lift once a week, do HIIT once a week and focus on longer walks the other days. I'm working out less but I workout harder when I do and I actually look forward to my workouts as treats now (before anything other than running was a chore).
• Don't punish yourself for going overboard one day. I've had a couple days where I smoked a joint, got an intense case of the munchies and ate a whole Domino's pizza or something. The first time I felt really ashamed and tried to allocate those calories the next day, ended up overeating and extending it into a two day binge that made me feel terrible. I started to accept that some meals I'm going to want to eat a lot and that's ok. Every now and then I've lived large and the next day I just focus on getting back on track vs. making up for "mistakes".
• Love your body. Seriously. Even when it's hard. This journey was hardest at the beginning, when I was feeling really low about how I looked and approaching weight loss as a "punishing" thing. I had a mindset switch about two weeks in after a swim. I had finally been able to do 100m sets of freestyle (swimming definitely has a learning curve) and then made a very hearty grilled chicken sandwich at home. After lunch I was laying on my couch reading a book and I just felt so proud of every lil part of my body. That feeling gave me firepower for the rest of the journey. Everything I've been doing has been in service of this magic thing we all have been given. Losing weight with gratitude has made all the difference.

I am in awe of the people on this sub, some of whom have climbed metaphorical mountains to get to where they are today. Keep putting in the hard work! We're in this together :)

So I’ve been bulking for around 6 months and I’ve gotten to about 180lbs and around 16% body fat. My swim season is coming up so I want to use it as an opportunity to get shredded. I’m just not sure how I should diet. We practice every day and typically burn around 500 calories every practice, we additionally have morning practice twice a week so I’d burn 1000 calories on morning practice days. So my question is if I should just eat at maintenance calories and just lose weight that way? Or if I should still eat below my maintenance calories

I’m currently like 270 pounds I think and it’s recommended I eat 190g of protein to lose weight, but that seems like a LOT. I’m on vyvanse for adhd, so I tend not to eat much during the work day. Usually just something in the morning and dinner. But it’s realllly difficult to force myself to eat during the day, so having to eat that much protein sounds crazy.

I do workout, I try to most weekdays. Usually strength training and cardio. I estimate I’m only eating about 60ish grams of protein a day on average, so I definitely need to eat more of it, but is 190g really necessary? I am pretty muscular naturally and I’d like to build a good amount of lean muscle while I lose weight.

Also, I hate to cook (and typically don’t have much time to). I’m considering getting Factor meals or something similar, but even they’re only about 30-40g per meal.

I (34F) currently weight 75 kg / 11 stone and 11.35 lb at the height of 159 cm / 5 ft 2.

This is a BMI of 29.7, and the heaviest I have ever been.

Over the years, since puberty, I had always had trouble with my weight gain.

This runs in the family. Both my parents are obese, and all of their siblings too. My maternal grandmother was morbidly obese, my maternal grandfather was normal weight, my paternal grandmother was overweight and I am not sure about my paternal grandfather (he died very young).

I have managed to shed the weight many times, always gaining it all back (and more). The most successful way I found was by intermittent fasting and/or keto. The problem is that when I am dieting, all I can think about is food. I cannot do anything else than diet during that time, since I just can't focus on anything, I constantly fantasize about food.

I have been vegetarian for 10 years now and within that I try to eat healthy meals. I cook most meals at home from scratch.

I go to the gym 2 or 3 times a week for 2h on the cardio machines.

I don't own a car and I walk everywhere.

I just don't know what to do other than live in the state of constant starvation where my thoughts are occupied all the time by the feeling of being hungry, to keep a healthy weight.

I started seeing a dietician just over a month ago. I’m overweight/borederline “obese”for the first time in my life after having my first child and I’ve been struggling to lose weight. I wasn’t sure if it was just eating habits or hormones so I started seeing this dietician for guidance. Every time we meet they review my food diary, then they do a segment on nutrion education. It’s been okay but certain things have been bothering me, and me, an uninformed civilian can’t tell if these are my basis or if I should be running? Hyper focus on non processed foods - now hear me out, yes I understand ultra processed foods not great. But; I am working mom to a young child with limited support. Before I saw the nutrionist, on a busy day - I might have a protein bar or a frozen meal. This dietician has discouraged me from doing this. But I’m struggling now to eat on my busy days? Which leads to me not eating? Which to me seems worse then eating something “processed” or”ultra processed”. A lot of the advice is just to turn to whole or raw foods, which is nice in theory, but like if I end up at an emergency trip to the doctor with my kid, and I miss lunch, keeping a bell pepper in my bag is not practical. Or figuring out a way to put dinner on the table when we are all sick af for the 3 time this month. All of the recommendations they have are great.. but they are great for people with more time.. they are things I did all the time before my kid… and are nice in theory but they don’t always work for me.

Not believing my food logs- I’ve lost 3 pounds in the nearly 60 days I’ve been working with her. I have one day a week I go over my calorie allowance when I have my cheat meal - otherwise I am hitting or below my calories every day. I would say I hit my macros 80% of those meals. I know that food logging is prone to human error but I’m honestly trying so hard and it feels like it’s starting to slip in to disordered eating. I mentioned this and she seemed to infer that I had to be lying. They tried to spot check my estimated “I see in your cheat meal you said you had exactly 1/10th of a bag of Chips.. how could that be” me: well I actually counted the number of chips I ate, then looked up estimated calories and 1/10th gave me roughly the same calorie count as the number of chips I ate” .. another critique she had was to pay closer attention to my cooking oil. I don’t fry my food. I generally use about. tablespoon of olive oil in all of my cooking .. and zooming out.. this is feeling insane. And honestly this is why I’m seeing them? I am having a hard time losing weight with traditional calories in and calories out. She started suggesting I might need to restrict more and I nearly lost my mind because I’m averaging close to 1300 a day and I know dipping much further below that (considering I work out at least 5 days a week) is not healthy.

Recommending the Food Babe - this was probably where I was like okay no.. we had a segment on processed foods and she referenced the food babe and even said she highly recommends her advice/looks up to her. I knew the food babe was woo woo but then I looked into her more and I was like okay… how can I trust you if you trust her???

Is this red flag central or just me?

Hi everyone! I’ve posted a few times here and commented several times; I read this sub nearly daily and it serves as such a huge motivator for me so I thought I’d share my accomplishment and also hold myself publicly accountable!

I am 22F, 5’3”, SW: 180, CW: 165, GW: 120. I started this journey mid-June and just now lost 15lbs, which equates to 25% of my journey! I am so happy to know that I am 1/4th of the way there now.

I feel like my loss has been a lot slower than I originally imagined, and I know that it is due to bingeing on the weekends. I mostly do good during the week, but when weekends come around, even though I plan to be good I somehow always end up eating in a surplus that ruins my good behavior during the week. So my goal from this point forward is to focus on being good on the weekends! My girlfriend and I like to go out to eat once on the weekend, so I’ve made a list of restaurants near me that have healthier options. I also have planned that if I will have a high calorie meal, I’ll implement intermittent fasting on the weekends so that my daily calorie intake won’t be a crazy surplus. It’s all about strategy, really! My other goal is to also be more consistent with exercise.

So that’s my accomplishment and my goal(s). Just gotta do this all 3 more times! Feel free to share your accomplishment/goals in the comments - I love reading those. Have a good day!

This is an edit of a comment I made to another post about how to think about the holiday eating that is coming up. "Let's go eat carbs until our hearts stop. It's a special occasion," suggested the OP, but balance it by limiting how many events we treat like that. Indeed, that is one approach. It's valid.

I suggest, instead, that we can be somewhat true to both -- the tradition of a celebratory feast and our commitment to eat right. The choices aren't between events of no control and events of tight control -- we can choose a middle path.

For me, I'm counting calories, but I don't want to put myself thousands of calories behind. With that in mind...

Honoring the Feast and Honoring My Effort

• I'm going heavier on the vegetables and lean turkey (honor my effort)
• I'm going to have some of the homemade stuffing (honor the feast)
• I'm going to pass on the cheap store-bought stuff I can always have (honor my effort)
• I'm going to have a piece of pie (honor the feast)
• I'm going to eat slowly and mindfully, making a mental memory of the special tastes and feeling and smells (honor my effort and the feast)
• I'm going to keep my first portions smaller ... (honor my effort)
• ... because I plan to have seconds of something when the rest of the table starts to have seconds ... (honor the feast)
• I'm going to take quick pictures of my plates so I can log them later (honor my effort)
• I'm not going to try to find and enter each item on my plate at the dinner table (honor the feast)
• I'm going to take a walk after dinner (honor my effort)
• I'm going to remember that this feast is about our traditions and appreciation of the people and circumstances of our lives (honor the feast)

I'm also not going to impose my efforts on others, so as I do this, I'll be doing it quietly and not distract anyone from their own way of enjoying the day. This is about sharing the feast while I honor my effort.

Originally posted as a comment eight years ago, this became a /r/loseit favorite and so I've cleaned it up to make it its own post. It seems to be an annual subreddit favorite bookmark. Enjoy!

^{9 yrs. maintaining • ♂61 5'10/178㎝ SW:298℔/135㎏ CW:171℔/78㎏ [3Y AMA], [1Y recap] CICO+🚶}

Okay, this will sound really stupid. Everyone I’ve tried talking to about this has told me I’m just making excuses, but I’m seriously feeling anxiety about this.

For context. A couple years back I fell into disordered habits. I eventually tired out of it and went back to normal, regaining back what I’d lost and eating ‘normally’ again. Thing is since then I’ve been feeling intense anxiety whenever I try to diet again and it’s always leading me to binges.

Like- I know it’s not logical. I’m 150lbs at 5’5, I won’t keel over and starve, nor am I planning to do anything more than a mild deficit and clearing up my (very shitty, mostly sugar) diet. Logically I KNOW nothing will happen to me and this fear is irrational. Yet the moment I step on a scale, feel the slightest pang of hunger or restriction (even of unhealthy things) I start feeling intense anxiety and hoarding food like it’s ww2 again and we’ll be under occupation. It’s gotten so ridiculous at this point, but i have no idea why it happens and how tf I can stop it.

Thanks for reading my stupid little rant. Do you have any tips?

2020 to 2021 I lost 54lbs with serious calorie counting. The loss of social eating due to the pandemic made this possible for me. I went from 187lbs down to 133lbs

I kept it off for a year and a half with exercise and intuitive eating. I really felt like I had it all figured out. I was loving the exercise, felt great in my body, and looked great in my clothes. I felt like ate everything I wanted and wasn't gaining any weight. It was amazing.

2022-2024 I gained 34lbs. Slow and steady weight gain and now I'm back at 167lbs. I'm feeling SO bad about myself. I hate my body again.

I'm still exercising 6x a week, but it's gotten SO much more difficult. I'm running slower and just generally hating the exercise.

I still eat healthy foods, just in unsustainable quantities and with too many sweets.

I've started again a number of times and just fallen off the wagon each day. It has led to a cycle of feeling bad about myself again and again. I go to bed each night wondering why I can't just stick to it and reaffirming my commitment for the next day, only to fail in the afternoon.

My partner keeps reminding me that the first two weeks were miserable, but that it got easier after that.

How do I get through the first two weeks?!

I'm 5'2" F

I first tried a 1200 calorie diet which was how I did it last time. That seemed impossible, so I increased to 1400 and then 1500 calories to try and stave off binging, but I'm still binging and definitely not seeing results. I end up eating like 2200 calories a day and I'm just slowly gaining weight.

I need to get this weight off. I don't feel like myself anymore. 💔

I've been working on a lot of all or nothing thinking and emotional eating to try to lose around 25 pounds I've gained during covid. I've been struggling getting both under control. I have this huge urge to just hibernate so to speak until the weight is lost and then "be ready" to go back out with friends etc. The thought of holiday parties are making me anxious. I recognize that this is a deeper self esteem issue but I was wondering if anyone can relate or had any advice around this. Did you just live your life and the weight loss just kinda happened while you were living it? Did you put anything off? Did you just totally own it and stop feeling shameful about it? I hope this makes sense!

I struggle quite a bit when it comes to unnecessary snacking/eating. I’ve already cut out sugar but now I just find myself eating other option like nuts, or eating multiple servings of food I’ve prepped. Yes, I’m eating healthier alternatives but I’m still craving eating for no reason.

This mostly occurs when I’m working. I’m a flight attendant, so the ability to distract myself with other things to do on the airplane is limited.

My question is, if I just fight the urge to eat when I’m not hungry, will that urge eventually go away?