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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You're not going to lose serious weight getting into 5k shape. And I don't say that flippantly. Getting into 5k shape is GREAT, for you, for your body, etc. But it is like, basic level fitness, not something that will greatly move the needle. But keep reading I'm not trying to be negative at all.

I was you 2 years ago, plus 15 pounds. Exercise alone just didn't do it. I paired peloton with intermittent fasting. You have to do stuff you know you can stick with though. I now weigh 160. But I feel like the hard truths are that it isn't easy. It really requires a life overhaul. I worked out HARD for months and months. I rarely took days off of my eating regimen.

But for all the dedication, I also chose to make changes that were manageable. I do IF, but I don't really monitor what I eat in my window. I don't sweat it at a family event or a night out with friends (which for me is admittedly like a once every 2-4 week event). And the thing is it is now so ingrained that I generally feel crappy cheating and don't even want to. On vacation, I never follow it and still just naturally find myself falling into my own routine. With peloton, I exercise 4-5 days a week. I take two days totally off, but when I'm on, I'm on, I'm pushing myself, I'm doing it when I have my period, I put a schedule and I throw myself all the way in.

I did not lose weight fast. It was SO slow, like 1-3 pounds a month. If that. Some months nothing. But here I am, two years later, and I can run for an hour without stopping, I've lost 50 pounds, I'm in the best physical shape of my life (which I have to say, has payoffs entirely apart from the physical that are really undersold, I am stronger and more flexible and more capable and that really feels incredible).

For me I think the key was paying attention to the benefits that weren't the scale. The scale moved PAINFULLY slow. I had to remind myself, 190 is better than 210, even if I never lose more. 180 is better than 190! 170 is better than 180! And now, as I've hit a pretty significant plateau, I am able to be ok with it, because I believe really strongly that every pound was an improvement on the pound before. I started strength training and my body has really changed in the last few months. I just keep picking new goals, pushing myself.

So figure out a diet strategy that isn't a crash diet or something unsustainable. And keep pushing yourself. Change happens through discomfort. You don't have to be miserable, but you do have to push yourself. Good luck! Keep going! Even if you don't lose weight you have improved your cardiovascular health and gotten stronger! Keep going![/quote]

Not OP,  but thank you for this great post! [/quote]

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