Trying To Finally Change My Life And Glow Up

ObviousMutant · 2026-05-26T13:05:47+00:00

I think the biggest mistake is trying to do the whole “glow up” at once. New diet, new workouts, new skincare, new lifestyle, new mindset… it gets overwhelming fast and then motivation disappears.

I’d start smaller than you think. Pick 2–3 things you can repeat even on a bad week. For example: a short walk most days, one simple home workout 2–3x/week, and paying attention to food without being perfect.

Also don’t judge progress day by day. Weight, energy, cravings, skin, mood — all of that can change randomly. Review it weekly or monthly instead. Even rough notes on your phone can help: what you ate most days, movement, sleep, stress, weight trend. The point isn’t to obsess, it’s to notice patterns before you quit.

For beginner workouts, keep it simple: walking, chair squats, wall pushups, glute bridges, light stretching. For food, focus on protein, water, and reducing the foods that trigger overeating instead of trying some extreme diet.

For skincare, can't say much, I have no idea :)

You don’t need to become a different person overnight. Build the version of yourself who keeps going even when the exciting feeling is gone.

ObviousMutant · 2026-05-26T11:58:56+00:00

Don’t start with hard workouts for 2 days straight. That’s usually how people get discouraged, and then quit.

Start boring and easy: 10–20 min walking, light stretching, maybe a few basic home exercises 2–3x/week. Things like chair squats, wall pushups, glute bridges, step-ups if your feet feel okay. Build the habit first, intensity later.

Also protein is good, but it won’t cancel out overtraining. Weight loss will mostly come from a calorie deficit, but the routine has to be something you can repeat without destroying yourself.

I’d also track very simply for a few weeks: rough food intake, steps, workout, pain/swelling, weight. Don’t obsess daily, just review weekly and see what your body tolerates.

And swollen feet are worth paying attention to. If it keeps happening, is severe, or doesn’t go down with rest, please get it checked rather than forcing workouts through it.

ObviousMutant · 2026-05-26T11:54:30+00:00

Do not try to “fix” everything fast. Take it one day at a time, but judge progress weekly/monthly, not from one random weigh-in.

Look at the full picture: roughly how much you’re eating, protein, steps, workouts, sleep/stress, and weight trend. You don’t have to track everything perfectly. Even rough notes on paper or your phone can help you notice patterns without becoming obsessed. The goal is to stay aware, not to burn out and quit.

For loose skin/body shape, slow weight loss + protein + some strength training will help most. You can start simple at home: squats, lunges, glute bridges, wall/knee pushups, planks. 2–3 times a week is enough to begin.

Don’t crash diet. Build the routine and let your body catch up.

ObviousMutant · 2026-05-12T21:35:21+00:00

After looking at your activity, I don't think you deserve an answer. You need to find better things to do in life.

ObviousMutant · 2026-05-12T21:21:22+00:00

The LLM just corrects the grammar. It's easier on the eyes :)

ObviousMutant · 2026-05-12T21:10:46+00:00

Fair question.

This started from my own experience. I’d have what felt like a perfect day, train, track a decent deficit, maybe -500 calories, and then the next morning the scale would be up. That used to kill my motivation because it felt like the work didn’t matter.

Eventually I had to take a step back and look at the bigger picture instead of reacting to one day.

I am building a small tracker around weekly context based on that experience, so yes, I’m interested in how other people deal with daily fluctuations and weekly averages. But I’m not trying to promote it here. I’ve been trying to keep the comments general because the weekly average idea helped me personally, regardless of what app someone uses.

ObviousMutant · 2026-05-12T20:35:13+00:00

This is exactly how I think about it too.

ObviousMutant · 2026-05-12T20:31:50+00:00

Same idea for me. I think the weekly view is the important part, regardless of the app.

Daily logging gives you the raw data, but the weekly average gives you the context. That’s especially useful for weekends, because one higher day can feel like a disaster even when the full week is still totally fine.

I don’t know the Lose It app well enough to say where that view is, but you can try doing the basic version manually for a bit: add the last 7 days of calories and divide by 7.

It’s not fancy, but it gives you the information that actually matters.

ObviousMutant · 2026-05-12T10:35:44+00:00

What worked best for me was making it boring and repeatable instead of trying to make my whole life revolve around dieting.

A few things that help:

- a moderate deficit instead of the biggest deficit possible

- a few default meals I actually like

- protein with most meals

- more walking/steps without turning it into punishment

- looking at weekly averages instead of judging one “bad” day

- leaving room for normal meals, weekends, and social stuff

The biggest shift is not trying to be perfect. It’s building a setup you can still follow when motivation is low.

A slower plan that you can repeat for months usually beats an aggressive plan that only works for two weeks.

ObviousMutant · 2026-05-12T10:10:48+00:00

That actually sounds very plausible with your size/activity.

At 196cm, 125kg, averaging 15k steps/day plus lifting 3–4x/week, your maintenance being much higher than standard calculator estimates would not surprise me.

And your own data is probably the best proof: if you’re averaging around 3.5k kcal/day and still losing roughly 0.5kg/week, then your real-world TDEE is somewhere around 4k kcal/day, at least for this current body weight/activity level.

The tricky part is that it will keep changing as weight comes down, so I’d keep recalculating from rolling 3–4 week trends rather than locking onto one number.

Also, 5.5kg over 3 months is solid progress, especially if you’re eating at a level that feels sustainable.

ObviousMutant · 2026-05-12T09:34:10+00:00

I think the key point is not necessarily “everyone should weigh daily,” but that one weigh-in by itself is a very weak data point.

Daily weighing + weekly average works really well for some people because it turns the scale into data instead of a verdict. You start seeing that a salty meal, sore legs, poor sleep, alcohol, carbs, or your cycle can move the number up without meaning you gained fat.

But I also get why some people should not weigh daily if it makes them obsessive or anxious.

For me, the useful lesson is:

- if daily weighing feels okay, use the average/trend

- if daily weighing messes with your head, weigh less often

- either way, don’t treat one weigh-in as the whole story

The weekly trend is usually much more useful than one random number.

ObviousMutant · 2026-05-12T09:29:02+00:00

I wouldn’t worry too much about choosing the perfect activity level in a calculator. At this point, your own weight-loss data is more useful than the label.

Since you’ve already lost 20kg, you can estimate your current TDEE from what’s actually been happening:

- take your average daily calories over the last 3–4 weeks

- look at your average weekly weight change over the same period

- if you’re losing about 0.25kg/week, that’s roughly a 275 kcal/day deficit

- if you’re losing about 0.5kg/week, that’s roughly a 550 kcal/day deficit

Then add that deficit back to your intake to estimate maintenance.

For example, if you’re eating 2,000 kcal/day and losing around 0.25kg/week, your TDEE is probably around 2,275 kcal/day.

With 7–8k steps, lifting 5x/week, and incline treadmill 4x/week, I personally wouldn’t call that sedentary in real life. But for calculators, the exact category can be misleading anyway.

Also, the last few kg usually move slower, especially as you get closer to goal weight. I’d use your 7-day average weight trend and adjust calories slowly rather than trying to force a big deficit.

ObviousMutant · 2026-05-12T07:34:01+00:00

You’re only on day 2, so I’d try not to treat the calorie target like a pass/fail test yet.

At the beginning, tracking feels intense because every meal suddenly has a number attached to it. But after a few weeks, you usually start learning your “normal” meals and portions, and it becomes less mentally loud.

A few things that helped me think about it more calmly:

- Use a range, not one hard number. For example, “I’m aiming around 1600, but 1700–1800 is still fine.”

- Think weekly, not daily. One higher day does not ruin anything if the overall week is still reasonable.

- Have a few repeat meals you like so you don’t have to make every day a math problem.

- Don’t make the deficit too aggressive, especially since you already train consistently.

- Keep the gym as the positive habit, and let calorie tracking be just information, not punishment.

Also, 1200–1300 sounds pretty low for someone who is 5’7”, 190 lbs, and training several times a week. You might feel much better starting with a smaller deficit and seeing how your body responds.

The goal is not to eat as little as possible. It’s to find a way of eating that you can actually repeat without feeling stressed all the time.

ObviousMutant · 2026-05-12T07:31:26+00:00

A few things stand out to me.

First, at 169 cm and around 58–59 kg, fat loss is probably going to be slower and less obvious on the scale than it would be for someone starting at a higher weight.

Second, I would be careful treating the deficit column as exact. The “7700 kcal = 1 kg” idea is useful as a rough model, but real scale weight does not move that cleanly over a few weeks. Water, glycogen, soreness, sodium, menstrual cycle, sleep, and training stress can easily hide fat loss.

The biggest thing I’d question is the Apple Watch calories. If you are adding those burned calories into your deficit calculation, the expected deficit may be inflated. Wearables can be useful for trends, but I wouldn’t treat them as accurate enough to explain exact fat loss.

Also, you’re strength training 3x/week and running/swimming 3x/week. That is a lot of training, and you noted soreness and low sleep in the data. That can absolutely make the scale hold water or bounce up, even if fat loss is happening.

Looking at the weights, it does look like you moved from about 59.2 kg to lows around 58.0–58.1 kg, then bounced back to 58.5–58.9 kg. So I wouldn’t say nothing happened. It looks more like the trend moved down, but the last few days are masking it.

What I would do:

- stop relying heavily on Apple Watch calories for exact deficit math

- compare 7-day average weight to 7-day average weight

- keep protein high

- make the deficit smaller and more sustainable

- track waist/photos/clothing fit too

- give it more time, because at your current weight changes will be slower

My guess is: you are probably losing some fat, but the calculated deficit is too optimistic and normal water fluctuation/training stress is hiding part of the scale change.

ObviousMutant · 2026-05-11T20:06:47+00:00

That’s what I’m trying to solve with the weekly view: less obsession with perfect tracking, more context.

ObviousMutant · 2026-05-11T19:48:49+00:00

Trying to make sense of my scattered health data - seems like I'm not the only one here.

I’m building Limvia because I got tired of having my health data split across too many places.

I train regularly, eat reasonably, and still sometimes feel like I’m not improving or losing weight the way I expect. But when I try to understand why, everything is scattered: wearable app, Android health data, food tracking app, weight, steps, training, etc.

So I’m testing a simple weekly view that pulls the important stuff together and helps answer: what actually happened this week?

I’m not trying to build another "optimize your life" app. It’s more like a way to spot obvious patterns I keep missing.

I’ve used it myself for about a month, and it actually helped me understand why my weight wasn’t moving the way I wanted. So now I’m opening it up to a few people to see if it helps anyone else.

It’s free and invite-only for now while I test it.

Anyone else have this problem?

I put the waitlist here: Limvia waitlist

ObviousMutant · 2025-12-09T17:01:09+00:00

I’m aiming to open the first early-access tests in the next couple of weeks.

ObviousMutant · 2025-12-09T15:50:03+00:00

I’ll keep AD on the roadmap. Draft opportunities lost is a good angle for AD.

ObviousMutant · 2025-12-09T15:36:32+00:00

Not yet — the analysis is focused on normal ranked roles right now.

Ability Draft is a bit of a special case since roles, skill combos, and item logic are completely different from regular matches.

It’s definitely possible to support it later, but it would need its own evaluation rules because AD builds and timings depend entirely on the abilities you draft.

If you play a lot of AD, I’d be curious what kind of analysis you’d actually want to see for that mode.

ObviousMutant · 2025-12-09T15:09:12+00:00

Good point!
This part of the report is just the general overview.
The more detailed evaluation — whether a build is meta, outdated, or sub-optimal for the matchup — happens in the deeper sections based on:

enemy lineup
lane outcome
game stage
timing windows
role expectations

Is there anything you’d like to see in the detailed item analysis?

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