Top Tips for Losing 100lbs (beyond CICO)

Coolhandkid

Don't think of it as "what do I have to do to lose weight". Think of it as "what changes can I make to improve my life". Stop the cycle of losing weight then going back to old habits. Establish new ones instead. This should be a lifestyle change, not a period of sacrifice to achieve a short term goal.

mgoddard1527

WBB55 wrote: »

daniwilford wrote: »

My three best weight loss and fitness purchases good walking/running shoes, digital kitchen scale and fitbit.

Cosigned

Triple agreement! I'm aiming for 100lbs too. Down 28 since end of May. Great advice in this thread so far. For me, it's been amazing to see the difference in how I'm feeling! Plus I can't believe I'm saying this but I've become addicted to walking (exercise).......huge change from an admitted junk food, couch potato junkie!

Also, it's a mindset change. I didn't get this fat overnight....not going to get skinny overnight. Slow and steady wins the race.

Azexas

elarian wrote: »

Hi all,

I've checked in and out of MFP for years but I'm now determined and focused for >100lbs to lose. I know basic math is my ultimate success and endorphins my secret potion. I'm keen to know what has helped all of you to reach your goals beyond the daily tracking we all know actually works. I want to know your motivation. That day to day go-to thought that helps make it happen. For me, I want to be healthy, strong, (and balanced!) enough to try paddle boarding next summer. I have lots of time to reach my goal, and I would love your personal motivations as inspiration!

Thanks and feel free to friend me. I'm psyched to be committed to this supportive community!

What worked for me was:
investing in a food scale for the kitchen and weigh everything.
received a fitbit for Christmas and it really helps remind me to get up and moving.
Investing in a good pair of sneakers for the gym and outdoor walking.
Packing and logging my lunch and snacks the night before incase I ran out of time in the morning (#foreverrunninglate)

But what also helped is learning to forgive myself if I had a poor logging day or a day I completely blew my calories. Learn to dust it off and remember that tomorrow is a new day.

lemurcat12

elarian wrote: »

I want to know your motivation. That day to day go-to thought that helps make it happen.

My goal was to lose 100 lbs. I've lost 95, and plan to lose the remaining 5, although I'm pretty comfortable where I am.

What worked for me was focusing on some non-weight-related goals, mainly activity things like getting back into running and biking and then training for a 5K, 10K, half marathon, and triathlons, but also various eating related things (hit calories, but also bring lunch X days/week, eat vegetables with all meals, that kind of thing). Now I'm expanding this to weight exercises -- I've been doing them throughout, but I've gotten interested in seeing how strong I can get. Also, I love number crunching, so went nuts with all the calorie/macro stuff, but applied this to my exercise goals as well. Related to all this, I put together very concrete plans/goals that focused on much more than weight loss goals for one year, 6 months, 3 months, one month, and each week. For me that really keeps me aware of what I'm doing and why, and (weirdly) makes it fun.

bmdubs

daniwilford wrote: »

My three best weight loss and fitness purchases good walking/running shoes, digital kitchen scale and fitbit.

Yes. Shoes and a Fitbit

Blueseraphchaos

oh, realized i totally didn't address motivation....

for me, it was having high cholesterol and the fact that no one could figure out why i had gained almost 100 lbs in 3 years...doctor after doctor later, and specialists later, we solved the weight gain. lol.

losing weight got the cholesterol down.

but sidesteel generally has very good advice. (i know i don't really post much but i have been lurking here for 5 years, lol). the best way to get motivation isn't even so much to get motivation but to just implement one small habit after another. they add up and before you know it, you're there. my registered dietician recommended i start with 30 minutes of exercise per week (since i had so many health issues and stuff wrong with me). if i didn't make it, move on every monday. fill half my plate with non-starchy veggies. and drink water.

i failed horribly most times at the exercise, but i was all right with the other two because i already ate pretty well. i eat worse now than i did way back then just because i realized i can eat junk and still lose weight....LOL.

but one little step at a time will eventually build habits, and then you don't need so much motivation. weighing food at this point for me is just....a habit that i don't even need to do, i think, because i am rarely far off from what i figure is a serving. but you can do it!

Kalikel

Motivation. Oops.

I want to be healthy. That includes a lot more than being thin, but being thin is part of it. If being 250 pounds was the way to health, I'd swallow Oreos, donuts and cheeseburgers like they were going out of style. It's not about how I look. It all begins and ends with health.

The looking better is nice, though.

Weight loss is motivating. Success breeds success!

Blueseraphchaos

Kalikel wrote: »

Motivation. Oops.
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The looking better is nice, though.

Weight loss is motivating. Success breeds success!

yup, lol.

somehow completely missed that part my first go-round in this thread. derp....

caroldavison332

I had a blood sugar spike of 455 (it's supposed to be below 126 for diabetics) and my dr. thought tha tI might go into a coma. In the 25 days since then, I've not eaten a single processed food item, and eaten perfectly under calories and carbs. I walk 6 miles daily and climb 8 stairs daily. I pre log food and don't go against it. I fast 14 hours Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights so that my body burns fat and not sugar. I planned to attend speed dating at our Rennaissance Fair so I would be motivated to continue eating for life and exercsing. Another goal to to fit into a smaller size suit for the Hispanic Leadership Fair at which I will be speaking. I plan to loose 45.5 pounds by Christmas. I lost 8.5 pounds, it looks more like 20. I packed up 3 pair of jeans that were falling off of my body and other clothing as well. I packed other clothing in boxes to ensure that I would wear them as I moved down through their side and otherwise shopped in my closet. Best wishes.

yarwell

caroldavison332 wrote: »

I had a blood sugar spike of 455 (it's supposed to be below 126 for diabetics) and my dr. thought tha tI might go into a coma. In the 25 days since then, I've not eaten a single processed food item, and eaten perfectly under calories and carbs.

How's the blood sugar responding ?