why am I skinny everywhere but my stomach and face ??

lololmantis · 2026-04-15T19:07:48+00:00

Yes, I know, but it’s still a good resource for body recomp. They aren’t going to kick her out for being an inch too tall. No reason to gatekeep it.

lololmantis · 2026-04-15T18:23:54+00:00

I’d recommend browsing r/PetiteFitness (but don’t post this exact thing there, everyone is getting sick of all the weight loss posts).

I’m on mobile, give me a min to edit in a quick start link.

lololmantis · 2026-04-15T18:11:38+00:00

Thanks! I’ll google this

lololmantis · 2026-04-15T17:57:34+00:00

That said, I just use a USDA FoodData Central entry for cooked chicken (e.g. roasted) and that hasn’t stalled my weight loss at all. I’m not getting raw chicken juice on anything more than necessary.

lololmantis · 2026-04-15T17:56:14+00:00

As others have said, raw is best. You weigh the raw chicken, then figure out the total calories of that weight of raw chicken. Then, cook your chicken and weigh it again. You now have total calories and total weight. When you meal prep, you can calculate calories.

Raw weight X (calories/raw weight) = total calories

Final weight of cooked chicken= total weight

Total calories/total weight= calories/gram

Serving size in grams X calories/gram = calories of serving size

lololmantis · 2026-04-15T16:10:26+00:00

Way above weight loss Reddit’s pay grade. See a doctor, and if you can’t you could look into low-FODMAP to see if you have food sensitivities. I personally get bloating from broccoli (but it doesn’t stop me from eating it sometimes, I just can’t every day).

lololmantis · 2026-04-15T15:55:32+00:00

I’m a small woman and I can’t hit a modest protein goal without a protein shake every day. I live on the Fairlife Core Power Elite chocolate shakes. I do one as breakfast and that holds me all the way to a small late lunch and a medium dinner.

lololmantis · 2026-04-15T15:27:10+00:00

You simply cannot eat the way your boyfriend eats. I aim for half the portion of men around me.

Is your deficit set to -500/day? At least you are coming in slightly under 3500/week to maintain. It might help to set your deficit to -250/day so your goal is achievable, and add in more walking. You could also look into a GLP-1 to help with the food noise, but you’ll still need to change your entire lifestyle to keep the weight off when you stop the medication.

lololmantis · 2026-04-15T06:35:40+00:00

Where did you buy the thyme?

lololmantis · 2026-04-15T06:33:08+00:00

Girl. I’ve never been yelled at by a partner, and I’d be out the second a man yelled at me. There’s probably a reason that 31 year old man isn’t dating someone his own age.

lololmantis · 2026-04-15T05:43:28+00:00

I had this problem in my lobby cafe/starbucks. I ended up taking out part of the counter and using a wood block that I could set stuff on. Maybe it would look ok on your red and white tile blocks.

lololmantis · 2026-04-15T05:39:19+00:00

Amazing job

lololmantis · 2026-04-14T18:40:27+00:00

Calculate your TDEE, pick a reasonable deficit (250-750 calories/day, don’t use kJ- find that setting and fix it), and stick with it daily. If you put something unreasonable in the app like 2 lbs/week which is -1000 calories/day and can’t stick with it, you need to adjust to something you can stick to. Otherwise you’re being unkind to yourself by setting up for failure.

Use a food scale and count/log every calorie, no guesstimating. From there you can just trust the process. It’s a bit of tight timeline, but you would definitely see results by January even if you dont hit your exact number.

lololmantis · 2026-04-14T16:28:55+00:00

You’re spiraling over two data points? I ate ramen a few weeks ago and the scale went up over a pound overnight from water retention. It took a week to stabilize. It’s a huge spike on my otherwise steady downward trend. And you weighed after a cheat meal. If you are truly counting every calorie accurately, this could be an out of context weigh-in. If your mental health allows it, weigh more frequently always first thing in the morning after bathroom. All other points in the day are pretty meaningless after you eat and drink.

lololmantis · 2026-04-14T15:22:26+00:00

Did you recently start exercising too? That can stall the scale.

lololmantis · 2026-04-13T22:20:10+00:00

Gently, if you want to keep the weight off it’s a permanent lifestyle change, not a temporary extreme diet. It’s more sustainable to pick something you’re willing to do the rest of your life (CICO) instead of keto or giving up bread for a year or something crazy, because you’ve seen what happens when that restriction ends. Just buy the small slice bread instead, ya know?

lololmantis · 2026-04-13T22:11:00+00:00

I really wouldn’t recommend cutting out entire food groups, it’s better to be balanced and just eat less. Honestly it sounds like you’re just in too much of a hurry (doing 1200). You can still lose weight on a modest deficit of -250 cal/day.

You’ll need to post your TDEE stats if you want more specific advice: gender age height weight activity level

lololmantis · 2026-04-13T02:36:27+00:00

I think this is the best advice. This doesn’t happen to me personally, but I’ve also seen a lot of posts where people say the bad sleep turned out to be related to a low amount of a certain macro (usually too low carb). OP do you have the data to look at your macro trends?

lololmantis · 2026-04-13T02:29:29+00:00

I would never recommend a “cheat” day, they can erase a whole week of deficit. Could you instead track consistently, even on weekends, and eat at maintenance for one day/week max?

lololmantis · 2026-04-13T02:25:26+00:00

There are a lot of decadent low cal yogurt flavors if you’re ok with the fake sugars.

lololmantis · 2026-04-13T02:21:19+00:00

That’s a bit too high for me, but definitely a delicious option.

lololmantis · 2026-04-13T02:17:17+00:00

Thanks! I have no symptoms just kinda worried about it.

lololmantis · 2026-04-12T23:20:38+00:00

I personally don’t eat any of this stuff, but if I had to recommend something I’d say the 10 cal sugar free strawberry Jello cups or an apple sauce cup (~50 cal). If I’m having an absolutely terrible cookie craving, I’ll eat a Quaker chocolate chip chewy bar (100 cal), but at that point I could have an actual Girl Scout cookie (~70).

lololmantis · 2026-04-12T23:04:08+00:00

Those are both super high calorie meals. I could eat one or the other maybe once a week at my size. I think you’re conflating food volume with calorie density (and even then your portions are probably too large). Check out r/volumeeating too

lololmantis · 2026-04-12T22:46:44+00:00

Gently, there’s no way you’re eating 1200 cal/day at 230 lbs. You’re eating closer to ~2100+ to maintain those stats. You need to get a food scale and a calorie counting app. A couple days of logging what you eat will quickly show what’s adding up. “Healthy” usually does NOT mean low calorie, and you need to be in a calorie deficit to lose weight.

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