What does Onederland mean to you?

shar140

I hit "Onederland" a while ago (I always thought of it as any weight starting with a 1xx, as I've spent the vast majority of my life over that), and now I'm trying to get to the 100lb lost mark (less than 10lb away!). But, I think ultimately now I aim for a healthy body fat %, not a number on the scale (though, that's hard when 100lb lost is so close!). My other 'onederland', is to be able to do a pull-up - which will be much easier if I had less weight to pull!!

Congrats to the OP, as well as everyone else. You are all an inspiration! :flowerforyou:

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SteveK279

Onederland is also the sub 200s for me - 199 and however many decimals or fractions you want to put after the number. It's close now, and was the final of 7 goals I started with in October. I'll see when I get there what I want to do, but I reckon if I went far below 190 it would be too far

briabner

Onederland for me was to be under 200 pounds. I actually achieved this on this past Friday May 24 , 199.2 pounds . I started MFP in January of this year at 225 pounds. Which was my highest weight to date.

justinamay0535

I was 235 when started my journey....I am now 169....Hitting 199lbs meant I was on my way to being sexy again. It meant that I was going to be feeling better about myself.

You already are a sexy lady. You could be a grown up Alice in your own Wonderland. You are gorgeous, Sis. :flowerforyou:

I love that..."You could be a grown up Alice in your own Wonderland." I look forward to seeing a number in front of my weight I havent seen in a very, very long time.

Hanfordrose

John, my husband and I will be going away to see our friends this week and then to other friends next week and this has been on my mind for the last few days. Being away from home and possible eating out at times is going to take so thinking through things and eyeing meals so I don't over eat at their house too. One thing is good is that one of my friends is on MFP too. So, I guess you could say that staying the course for the next 2 weeks is a Onederland. Please in your next 2 weeks keep me in prayer and keep me ACCOUNTABLE ladies. I will be bringing my laptop so I can log in and file in my diet and exercise diaries. But I don't know how much exercise I'm going to get in. Any thoughts ladies? I do appreciate them! Well, it is 11:03pm so I'm going to call it a night! Good night to all!

WDA....You know that you will be in my prayers. I will be looking for your posts. You have been doing so well, and I am sure that this trip will be a great outing for you and John. We both know that you are a strong lady with a real goal in mind for your future. I believe that opportunities for exercise and healthy eating will present themselves. My advice is to 'keep doing what has been working for you'. Get back on MFP regularly with honest postings of your diary.

hkmurphy83

For me, Onderland was when the scale officially read 199.2 on my weigh-in day. My goal is to keep loosing so that even when I have an off week or day, I NEVER have to see a 2 as the first number on the scale, which thankfully I haven't in almost 3 weeks.

ncl1313

To me, it means a ridiculously stupid word that makes me roll my eyes and puts me off the post.

Yet you still read it and chose to respond anyway.

OP and posters, I think all your Onederlands sound awesome! Mine is also two-fold...that pesky 199 pounds and the 19 BMI. Or maybe it should stand for 100% of my goals met! Congrats on all your losses, everyone!

kristendube

it would mean the world to me!!!!! I will get there..

JewelsinBigD

Onederland to me means 100 pounds lost- which is still a ways away but getting closer...at 5'10" if I get below 200 it would be a strange thing for me and a place I have not been since I was a young teen. If I get into one-digit clothes like an 8 or 9 I would be very happy and that would be another onederland for me!

kimmie185

Onederland meant a lot of things to me but the two things that first comes to mind is.

-the first time the scale hit 199 in YEARS!
-when my pant size was no longer a size 20 or more.

Hanfordrose

Onederland for me means I will have lost roughly ten percent of my highest weight ever. It will also be the smallest I've been since I moved to help out my older sister who was very sick with severe depression five years ago. It means that I'm no longer letting losing 3 relatives and going through a bad car accident and a period of severe illness of own consume me anymore.

I am sorry that I didn't see this post sooner. The words 'consume me' hit home. You're talking about depression, and I can see that you have been fighting your way back from all of that.

By the way, this isn't directed at you...the poster of the message above. It just got me thinking seriously about an important topic...Depression and how it relates to food.

Depression is a real medical condition. For some people, it is a lifetime issue that requires medication and constant evaluation by professionals. For other folks, it is a 'situational depression' caused by an event in their lives...sometimes an illness or a death. This kind of depression is most often temporary, but none the less of a serious problem, when it is happening. However, depression (mild or severe, situtional or chronic) does not mean that you cannot control your eating habits and activities of daily living. A lot of folks will use it to justify their eating.

In a period of only 10 years, the following events occurred in my life. 1. My baby sister was murdered. 2. My Mom died of cancer. 3. My Dad and stepmom died in the Northridge earthquake. 4. My 22 year marriage ended in divorce, so that my husband to marry my other sister. 5. My oldest son committed suicide. 6. I lost guardianship of my only grand daughter to her drug addicted mother. 7. That grand daughter (age 5) was sexually molested one month after being taken from my home. After which, her mother took her to an unknown location; and I have not seen her since.

All of those 'situations' could have justified eating myself into the grave, if I thought that way; but honestly, that wasn't why I ate too much food and the wrong kind of foods. I ate for the same reason that I had eaten for most of my life...the same reason that many of you ate. Food tasted good and felt good. I got a bit of a rush from some foods, like chocolate and sodas. Food gave me something to do, when I was bored. I had developed a lifelong habit of overeating for no other reason than it was a habit.

I could easily skip breakfast and sometimes even lunch; but once I started to eat, I didn't stop, until I fell into bed. Dinner wasn't dinner. It was the beginning of my continuous food feast that started about 4 in the afternoon. I developed the habit of eating non-stop, once I started. That's how I kept my weight in the 200's.

I don't log my food diary at the end of each day, because that can lead me into the idea that I have the freedom to eat when, where and how much I want. I plan ahead and post my food diary at midnight or early in the morning, before I eat my first meal. I make sure that my food plan includes breakfast, lunch, afternoon snacks, dinner and evening snacks, plus loads of water. All of this and still within my calorie goal is how I am keeping 'the old Sue' from getting into a 'food feast' that used to start later in the day.

I also work with my doctor and a nutritionist, who helped me set my daily calorie limit and regularly check my labs to assure that I won't become unhealthy, while trying to eat healthy. I am in a wheelchair most of the time and on my walker for just a few painful steps around the house. Despite that fact, I exercise almost every day for 30 minutes or more, using Sit And Fit routines.

I can't afford to sit around and feel sorry for myself. Bad things do happen in this world; and YES, they will even happen to me. Okay, but that doesn't mean that I have to 'pig out', when times get tough. I have goals for my life that don't include a wheelchair, a walker or a self-induced pity party. We all need to get a grip on our lives, set worthwhile goals and stop look back for a reason to justify staying fat.

Onederland is not really my goal. It is just a step toward something MUCH BETTER. I want those knee replacement surgeries that will allow me to stand, walk and run again. I want to walk beside my hubbie, not have him push my weight around in a wheelchair. For that goal, I must get to 199 pounds. That will put me on the list for my first surgery...a first step to many future steps.

My real and attainable Onederland is becoming the healthiest possible me that I can be. At 69 or 89 years old, my Onederland goal will still be something that I must reach for every day. I won't find it on the day that I reach 199, but I will celebrate that day.

sweetpea129

To me Onederland meant seeing a "1" before my weight for the first time in 14 years. It meant that i felt like i was "normal". It felt like i was floating on the clouds all day. October 11th, 2012. Then once i hit 100 lost, my other onederland, that was even more magical. January 9th, 2013. I suspect my final onederland, when i hit goal weight, will feel even MORE amazing.