Introducing r/xxLoseit!

[giggi]

Hello ladies!

I'm a mod over at r/xxloseit. The sub has just relaunched after a long period of stagnation and we are super excited to bring it back to life!

With permission from the mods of r/xxfitness I'm making this post to invite anyone who is looking to lose weight, no matter what stage of your weight loss journey you're on, to come join us at r/xxloseit.

Today's Weekly Feature Post is called Self Promo Sunday, we would love to hear about you, your journey, your struggles, and you can connect with other women on the path to weight loss.

We also have Featured posts for every day of the week (except Thursday, but open to suggestions). The community is just starting back up so you can help be a part of building it together!

Hope to see you soon!

 

[pjfl]

@giggi I'm excited for this! r/loseit seems so big and I never feel like I can find people to relate to as I'm looking to lose 20ish pounds (that I regained). Between this sub and that one, I'm ready to get back to my best self!!

 

[kindofb1ue]

@giggi Will r/xxloseit be femme/feminine-identified nonbinary friendly? Asking because the current description only mentions women, unlike the r/xxfitness description.

 

[giggi]

@kindofb1ue Yes! Totally.

I identify as queer myself so yay!

 

[kindofb1ue]

@giggi It would be nice if the description could reflect that then.

 

[giggi]

@kindofb1ue I updated it!

It was actually the original description from 6 years ago when the sub was created so it was long overdue for an update anyways.

 

[kindofb1ue]

@giggi Thank you!

 

[maysama123]

@giggi Subbed!

 

[dawn16]

@giggi Does it mean that the weight loss queries have to be posted on r/xxloseit?

 

[gpanda]

@giggi Great!

Question, is this sub going to support or promote 1200 calorie diets ? The loseit sub seems to be big on these, and I’m not a fan.

 

[episcopalman]

@gpanda Yikes, that seems low. I'm 23, 5'4", ~50kg, low exercise (I lurk, mainly focusing on getting my diet into a better place) and apparently my maintenance should be 1,400. 1,200 sounds... Grim...

 

[speden]

@episcopalman I mean, the difference is basically a chocolate bar... it's not that bad. (Didn't downvote you, not sure why so many are)

 

[episcopalman]

@speden yeah, I don't track my calories (my eating is a whole mess of a thing) so it was more a really rough estimate.

 

[giggi]

@gpanda Hmmm I'm not sure to what extent promotion goes.

So far, a few users asked to have r/1200isplenty added to the Related Subreddits section in the sidebar so I added it there.

I don't think we would actively promote any single diet over others. But at the same time, if there are posts about 1200 calorie diets, we wouldn't delete them either.

1200 cals may work for some but personally I did try it and it really wasn't for me.

Actually, I'd love to hear any ideas on how you think we could reconcile this!