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No. 155882

so, i really hate being overweight. i decided to take my weight in my own hands and do something with it, like working out.

i already eat healthy(i make all my own foods, all my own stuff at home). most of my weight gain is due to depression, which is like primarily why i am overweight.

i'm the most overweight i've ever been now.

i'm like 314. i recently was confirmed for having arthritis in my left foot in a weird spot, which makes walking really painful but i do it anyway, cuz i wanna lose weight.

it's really hard to get motivated now, cuz i did gym and i enjoyed it. i wish i had someone to go with me, so i could get distracted from the pain i got.

No. 155883

If you don't want to go to the gym by yourself, there are a ton of exercises you can do at home with no special equipment.

There are also many exercises you can do that won't put any pressure on your feet and instead you'll be lying on your side or your back.

No. 155884

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To get a better understanding of your eating habits you should start a food diary. Even with a healthy diet, a food diary helps keep you goal oriented.

No. 155885

STEP 1: stop being in denial.

>i already eat healthy(i make all my own foods, all my own stuff at home).


Making all your own foods does not mean you are eating healthy, and frankly, you don't get up to over 300 pounds by eating healthy.

Depression makes you more likely to gain weight but you're not going to put on an extra 100lbs just because you have depression.

It's from overeating and eating junk foods, possibly encouraged by your depression, but not because of your depression. Don't use it as a crutch.

Please be honest with yourself.

Download MyFitnessPal – tracking on this will be the only thing you'll really need to do for the first few months.

Give yourself an easy limit that will still be healthy. I think at your weight you could eat 2000 calories a day and still lose weight until you lost a considerable amount.

Do some research about which foods are good for you and which are bad, and what foods are surprisingly bad for you despite seeming "good." Watch some documentaries.

I wouldn't push yourself at the gym unless you wanted to focus on things that don't upset your arthritis – so, any part of your body except your foot.

You can always go to the pool if you feel confident enough but even going for a leisurely walk around the block is better than nothing.

Honestly, best thing I ever did in terms of the gym was get over the idea that I need someone to go to the gym with me. They would flake half the time and make it easier for me to just not go. If you can force yourself to go without any outside influence then you're better off. Plus it becomes kind of relaxing to go on your own.

If sticking to a diet is hard, I recommend the keto diet.

reddit.com/r/keto

A lot of very obese people have had a lot of luck sticking to this diet and meeting their goals.

Good luck!

No. 155886

Eat less, talk to your doctor about any help they can give, and just keep on going!

Make a food journal and use myfitnesspal religiously.

No. 155887

I have a hard time believing anyone who weivhs 300+ pounds is eating healthy . That sounds like delusion.

No. 155888

>>155882
while you could be eating healthy foods, you would definitely not being eating in normal quantities, and are therefor not eating healthily

No. 155889

>I already eat healthy!
>I'm like 314

No you are in denial, nobody gets to 314lbs whilst eating healthy.

You're overeating and not moving enough.
Your weight gain is not the result of depression, it's the result of overeating and inactivity due to depression.

If you really want to start making serious progress, my advice to you would be to start logging a food diary of everything you in eat within a day and the total calories. Adult, non-sporting women are expected to consume between 1800-2000 calories as a maximum. For you to be 314lbs I'm guessing you must be consuming at least 3000-4000 calories daily.

You can calculate pretty much any and every food using this website:
http://www.calorieking.com/

Also what's your height. This is vet important in calculating your calorific requirements.

No. 155890

1. Take up jogging or maybe even like a work out video thingy

2. Even if you are depressed just try to do a bit of exercise even if you don't feel like it because it can help you feel a tad better

3. Keep track on what you're eating aka food diary

4. Drink more water/ add lime or lemon in it

5. Treat yourself here and there but don't go crazy


The key is exercise, honestly it really is. Exercise and eating right.

No. 155891

No point in even giving this person diet advice when we all know shes not going to take it

No. 155892

>>155890
nah, when you're this size, the key is eating right and watching your calories. you're gonna burn over 2k calories just doing the bare minimum and existing at this weight.

>even if you are depressed etc etc

i assumed op has depression rather than 'is depressed' and exercise cannot cure depression. i wish people would stop spewing that advice. it will help a bit if you're just in a negative funk tho.

>>155891
honestly i agree. they are already in denial about the fact that they eat way too much or unhealthily so they are probably going to take all of our criticism on that fact as us "not knowing" or whatev.

i hate when people feel like you have to starve yourself to lose weight. at 300 it isn't all that hard to get down to a "normal" overweight like 150, which decreases pretty much all your health problems. losing that last 10-20 lbs is a lot harder than getting started.

i base all that ^ on purely anecdotal evidence, seems like pretty much every person that size i have ever seen go on a real diet and count calories even with no exercise loses like 80lbs in less than a year.

tldr JUST EAT LESS.

No. 155893

Unfortantly you aren't going to get much help from these salty cunts.
I would look else where, hell even /fit/would be better than here.

Best of luck.

No. 155894

>>155893
honestly /fit/ will say the same shit.

eat less. that's all there is to it.

No. 155895

>>155892
I have patients this huge and they dont even listen to doctors advice on how to loose weight…
If a person is this huge and they think theyre eating healthy theyre too far in denial to be helped

No. 155896

>>155893

>I would look else where, hell even /fit/would be better than here.


Said the person who had obviously never been to /fit/ in their life.

If OP waltzed in there and said "I'm 314lbs but I eat healthy I don't know what's going wrong I'm fat because of depression!" she would get fucking torn to shreds, btfo from every possible orifice in ways you can't even imagine.

No. 155897

>>155882

Off topic, but is that your kitten? She's really cute!

No. 155898

>>155893

I don't even see any salt here. /fit/ would destroy her.

No. 155899

>>155893
Yeahh, /fit/ would annihilate her… That's a horribly stupid suggestion.
You kno what would work though? A healthy diet and some exercise.

No. 155900

>>155898
>>155899
She could just read the sticky at /fit/, how would they destroy her? The sticky helped me a lot to lose weight.
Also, make a myfitnesspal and start counting calories, OP!

No. 155901

do a bunch of exercise using your arms, then? boxing, yoga, pilates.. dont bother fucking up your foot for the sake of WALKING like you're not even losing any weight doing that. losing weight is 80/20 diet and exercise. Just cut down loads on what you're eating. If you weigh like 300 pounds you should lose weight really fast anyway

alternatively find a drug dealer and just do a bit of speed every day and then you'll become thin no prob

No. 155902

>>155885

I agree! Stop lying to yourself. Otherwise you will forever be overweight

No. 155903

swimming is great exercise op.

No. 155904

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>i already eat healthy(i make all my own foods, all my own stuff at home).
You have to be tough with yourself anon. It's one of the few ways, and sure everyone functions differently, but chances are that denial and delusion won't aid you in achieving a healthy weight. You are NOT eating healthily if you weigh this much. It is in fact possible to eat unhealthily whilst eating only items from wholefoods, or to be a morbidly obese vegan. It's great that you're preparing foods by yourself and at home, but at the end of the day being fat is about calories, not about the quality or nutritional content of the food.

You can get fat off healthy macalania nuts, vegan dark chocolate, free range organic chicken and vegetarian burgers.

Also, secret calories man, check out 'secret eaters'. It's scary how much we eat without realising, which is why writing down every calorie you eat is a great idea.

A lot of people in this thread have mentioned food diares, what works for me is a printout (the size of 2A4 sheets) where I note my calories each day with a pen, I keep it on my fridge for ease of access. I also get to see on which days I had more calories, on which less etc.

>most of my weight gain is due to depression

Just like with thyroid problems, this can account for a few extra kilos, but at your weight the problem is obviously that you have some sort of an eating disorder like BED or food addiction, you should look into getting help for that on top of your depression. Also, being obese makes depression worse, just like it makes diabetes, PCOS and a host of other illnesses worse.

>which is like primarily why i am overweight.

You're not overweight, you're morbidly obese.

No. 155905

>>155900

You don't know the culture of /fit/.

They would eat OP alive, and then proceed to discuss her total nutritional content, whether she fit into their macros for the day, swapping tips on how to appropriately prepare and devour her various body parts and then how they've exceeded their fat intake for approximately the next 6 months.

Then they would get naked and jack each other off.
No homo.

No. 155906

>>155891
congratulations, you're an asshole.

OP have you been checked out by your doctor? While yes, before others sream at me in this thread you do put on weight through eating-I was diagnoised with Polysystic ovary syndrome and once I got a plan sorted I managed to lose over 56lbs. Also your foot problem is going to make the exercise side more difficult, but losing weight is more about eating then exercise. Good luck!

No. 155907

>>155906
Damn another? How many of us on here have been diagnosed with PCOS? Seems like we're up to 3.

I know someone is going to have a fit but you absolutely can put on weight following a standad healthy diet. A piece of fruit can spike my blood sugar as much as a small candy bar. I can't eat most fruits, wheat, rice, or soy. I also have a depressed metabolism. My bmr says I should be able to eat 1800 caloried and lose a couple pounds a week, when in reality it's closer to 1500 just for a .5-1lbs loss a week. And that's with plenty of exorcise every week.

You have to find what works for your body. If you can go to a nutritionalist who is will to help, rather than just push a plan at, all the better.

Lastly if you're gaining weight while being very careful about what you eat, you might have food intolerance. A great way that a dr taught me is to check your pulse about 10 minutes after eating something. If it's racing then you may have a problem and should try removing the food for a couple weeks and see if that helps.

No. 155908

>>155907
nonsense. your body can't turn air into fat. 1800 kcal is too much for a girl in order to loose weight. I also have to eat around 1200-1500 kcal and my metabolism is fine.

No. 155909

As someone who topped out at 165 lbs and is currently 128, here's some actual advice -

Cut out the garbage. Soda, chips, candy, ice cream, all of it. If it's in your home, you'll be tempted to consume it.

Don't allow yourself to consume junk food as a reward. You'll wind up constantly finding excuses to "treat yourself."

Realize that cooking for yourself doesn't mean you're eating healthy.

Find healthy snack foods. I eat a ton of baby carrots and uncooked broccoli. And remember, if you're dipping it in Ranch dressing, you're doing it wrong.

If possible, find a grocery store / farmer's market with fresh fruits and veggies. In other words, stay away from Wal Mart. It's like they go dumpster diving for their produce. Ugh.

Swim, lift weights, do pilates, do yoga. There are plenty of exercises that don't require you to put any stress on your foot. Hell, sometimes I do ghetto bicycle kicks while sitting in front of my computer.

While a food diary will give you a far better idea of how shitty your eating habits are (assuming you're honest with it), it's difficult for a lot of people to remember to keep it updated. They lose track and then just… give up. That's why I focus on general rules, like only buying healthy groceries, rather than focusing on minutiae.

Fuck your excuses. I gained 70 pounds when my depression kicked in. I'm still depressed as hell. But being fat makes you feel worse. Get in shape. It sucks. Do it anyway. It's worth it.

No. 155910

>>155908
Different women have different activity levels. 1800 calories is too much for some women and too little for others. You're assuming that anon is just as active / sedentary as you.

No. 155911

>>155910
ok, fair point, I meant an average sized woman with an average activity level. I am an average size, height and have an average activity level, that's why I'm a pretty good example. and anon happens to lose weight at the exact same amount of calories as I do.

I wanted to add that people have a misconception of what impact metabolism has on weight.
yes, bodies process food differently. but the only way they can do that is by getting LESS calories out of food. food or certain parts of it passing your body undigested and the like. happens to some people. but there's no way your body gets more than the maximum amount of calories out of food or magically turns water/air into energy/fat.

No. 155912

>>155907
I ALSO have PCOS and I have always maintained a healthy weight because my diet has always been healthy

growing up my parents cooked all the meals, usually rice/veggies/beans and there were little sweets at our home (usually we bought one bag of oreos but that was it, or the occasional ice cream) and no shitty pre packaged snacks.

I also have IBS so it's a bit hard to eat some foods but in some ways this may have helped me not gain weight since high school. Lactose intolerant so I have almost no dairy except some cheese sometime.


TO OP in particular :
Remember that unhealthy foods like cookies or ice cream are TREATS not meals or everyday essentials. I love snacking on veggies ( I LOVE steamed asparagus or broccoli) and it can be easy to make if you are lazy.

Swimming is a great full body exercise, i did it for years. Actually helped a lot with my back pain, I have scoliosis and one of my hips is 3 inches higher than the other one which causes a good amount of pain/discomfort sometimes. Swimming alleviated it.

Keep a food diary but don't lie to yourself.

There are really no excuses IMO about being that overweight. I get people can gain weight here and there or be a little overweight but come on. Get out of that victim mindset

I have:

-Scoliosis, 45% curve, one of my hips is 3 inches above the other one, one of my legs is shorter than the other one

- PCOS

- Borderline Personality Disorder/Bipolar 1. Some childhood issues

But none of those are an excuse to destroy my body. It's silly to act like you have no control over your weight. You can even have control over your depression (not like omg you can cure it!11!) but you can make it better. I've struggled too, not with weight, but with that self pity bs. stuff like oh man I couldn't do XX because i'm Bipolar!11 and I did not become mentally healthy by sitting around and making excuses.

No. 155913

>>155905
Underrated post of the day.

No. 155914

>>155908
Agreed. Muh cundishuns can only go so far.
>>155910
I don't mean to be rude, but unless op is model tall or a professional weightlifter, she won't lose weight at 1800.

Actually, you're right she would, at her size just eating a little less than what she does will already help. But once she gets to average size 1800 will be a bit much unless she gets into sports.

No. 155915

OP is over 300 lbs, she would definitely lose weight by eating 1800 calories a day. In fact she would probably KEEP losing until she lost about 100 lbs or even more. 1800 is a lot of calories for a woman who is slightly overweight or even borderline obese but it's probably about half what someone who weighs 300 lbs eats in a day just to maintain.

No. 155916

>>155908
I wasn't referring to op, I was using myself (5'11" and highly active) as an example of how not all bodies burn the ideal amount of calories just because people think they should.

But yes, if op is really over 300lbs like she says then 1800 would be nothing for her to lose weight on, even if she sat around all day, until she hit a weight that it was maintainable. That's way I mentioned that if she's eating healthy and normal portions, and still not losing then she should start looking at possible food issues. But first I think she needs to start weighing her food and tracking it. Because calories add up fast even when you're cooking it at home.

>>155912
Hug your parents anon. Mine fed me nothing but garbage growing up soley because it didn't affect my slender brothers.

No. 155917

>>155916
>Mine fed me nothing but garbage growing up soley because it didn't affect my slender brothers.
Same here, then they acted like it was MY fault that I was fat. I played sports and shit just as much as my brothers, they just didn't gain weight as easily as me and were much taller than me but probably just as unhealthy.

No. 155918

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Im 5'5" and about 120lb and I want to lose about 10-15lb. Technically im at an alright weight but I want to look like a waif because of Aesthetic. I exercise and eat healthy majority of the time (between 1200-1500 calories) but every now and then I get depressive mood swings and eat whatever I can get my hands on. This is what usually fucks me up and why I've been stuck at 120 for months. I'm annoyed and I wish I had adderall.

Thanks for reading my blog.

No. 155919

>>155918
Omg I have the same fucking problem, I'm 5'6 and also 120 and everytime I lose a few pounds they come right back. I feel ur pain anon

No. 155920

>>155919
It makes me feel better knowing I'm not alone in this. I hope we both make it to our difficult to achieve beauty standards someday.

No. 155921

>>155918
do you concretely count your cals? i was losing weight without exercise eating around 1200 cals a day and ended up at 93 lbs at the same height (inadvertently)

No. 155922

>>155921
I count calories very precisely using myfitnesspal and I do lose weight it's just I gain it back when I get depressed. It makes me want to not take care of myself so I stuff my face, lay in bed and think about committing sudoku.

No. 155923

>>155918
Another anon struggling with the same thing over here. Most of the time I eat healthily but when I fuck up, I fuck up hardcore. I just go into this "Whatever, I already ate a ton of unhealthy shit so might as well eat more of the same" mode. It's a vicious circle and I have no idea how to end it

No. 155924

>>155922

du u mean seppuku?

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>>155922
My brother tried to commit sudoku once… He had a NUMBER of problems. But now that's he's in the PRIME of his life, everything as all EVEN'd out for him.

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