lose 200lbs in less then a year ?
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1. Your weight loss calories are going to look "too high" because your maintenance calories are high. My starting weight was 535lbs and my weight loss calorie goal was over 3000 calories. It's incredibly important to determine your actual maintenance and subtract no more than 1500 from that to determine your daily goal, if you're going to do the counting.
2. You are not too heavy for a scale. The scale I have at home goes up to 550lbs and cost about $25 on Amazon. You just have to search for high capacity scales.
3. Get a long (8ft or longer) sewing measuring tape and go by inches more than pounds. It is very inexpensive to get one.
4. You have to stop making excuses as to why something doesn't make sense or won't work or whatever it is. Rather, work on changing the attitude to how you can make it work.
5. Set doable goals to start. My first goals were adequate water and at least 30g of fiber every day with 15 minutes of "bonus" activity accumulated throughout the day. Buy foods that have 3g of fiber per 100 calories in the serving. If your carbs don't meet this criteria, put them back on the shelf.
Note: SW was 535lbs, CW is 273lbs. Unlike so many people insist here on MFP, I did not just slough off pounds because I was excessively heavy at first. Undereating at 2400 calories a day slowed my progress immensely. Eating for what my body needed accelerated my weight loss far more than massive calorie cuts. I lost about 100lbs give or take in the first year and a half, and that was with lots of activity and counting calories and a couple of surgeries to address issues that came up from weight loss related health issues.
Get a doctor on your side, no matter what, get your baseline levels on record and see them every 3 months at minimum to track losses and bloodwork improvement. That's where I saw the most change in the first 2 years. The outward appearance change happened much later.9 -
cmriverside wrote: »Pretty sure OP isn't sunburned right now...I think he's in Canada!
4-5 feet snow in front yard and on day 2 of white out so i don't think its sun burn. Frost bit maybe lol
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cmriverside wrote: »Pretty sure OP isn't sunburned right now...I think he's in Canada!
4-5 feet snow in front yard and on day 2 ir white out so i don't think its sun burn. Frost bit maybe lol
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cmriverside wrote: »Pretty sure OP isn't sunburned right now...I think he's in Canada!
4-5 feet snow in front yard and on day 2 of white out so i don't think its sun burn. Frost bit maybe lol
well you can still get a sunburn in winter but a know lol0 -
cmriverside wrote: »Pretty sure OP isn't sunburned right now...I think he's in Canada!
4-5 feet snow in front yard and on day 2 of white out so i don't think its sun burn. Frost bit maybe lol
I'm sure frost bite adds water weight as well
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CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »Pretty sure OP isn't sunburned right now...I think he's in Canada!
4-5 feet snow in front yard and on day 2 of white out so i don't think its sun burn. Frost bit maybe lol
well you can still get a sunburn in winter but a know lol
You'd need to have skin exposed to the sun, and that ain't too likely except for maybe racoon face 3 -
I thought one's risk in snow was actually quite high - due to reflection of UV rays.
People going skiing in Australia are warned about that.
Although, agreed, I dont think OP has been out skiing and sunburn is not likely to be his issue here.
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Tacklewasher wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »Pretty sure OP isn't sunburned right now...I think he's in Canada!
4-5 feet snow in front yard and on day 2 of white out so i don't think its sun burn. Frost bit maybe lol
well you can still get a sunburn in winter but a know lol
You'd need to have skin exposed to the sun, and that ain't too likely except for maybe racoon face
well thats true but yeah its possible to get a burned face. and depends on where you live in the winter as well lol
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Took a measurement of my waist today and have lost 5 inches sence i last took in October.60
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I think you are going to surprise yourself if you keep working. Start small with what you can do. I knew a woman once that only walked around her house initially because she was afraid if she left she wouldn't make it home. She lost the first 30-40lbs just walking circles around her home and getting her nutrition goals on track. The Guinness record for worlds heaviest woman (900lbs or so) went on to hold the world record for most weight lost, she started by swaying her arms back and forth because that's all she could move.
The MFP cals are pretty accurate. It takes a lot of calories to sustain 489lbs. If you haven't found good luck with MDs you could look into a dietician and/or a physical therapist/trainer who can help you build up your strength and help address some pain issues.
Best of luck!6 -
With in the next week or so (when i get money again) I'm going to try to change my diet and drop my carb to as close to 0 as i can get. My diet is going be be mostly meat(more then likely chicken or pork)and vegetables.
Looking at surgery the end of the month or early Friday I'm hopping to hear tomorrow. Hoping he will do it earlier rather then later sooner i can get my tyroides removed the better.5 -
Glad you have a light at the end of the tunnel for the thyroid problem. Hopefully, once you have it out and your treatment down pat, things will get even better for you. {hug}2
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Congratulations, that's fantastic!
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I have to say, you are really inspiring! I read your thread the first day I started here, and have been wondering how you are doing. You are making wonderful progress! I'm so impressed! You really do have people all over the world cheering for you!!3
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With in the next week or so (when i get money again) I'm going to try to change my diet and drop my carb to as close to 0 as i can get. My diet is going be be mostly meat(more then likely chicken or pork)and vegetables.
If that will work for you, go for it!
I would freak out and binge after about a week, personally. I need moderate carbs to stay sane.6 -
Has it been asked yet (so many pages of support, and I'm lazy ) if you have a full-body photo of yourself? Maybe not to show here if you don't want to, but a new photo every 20 or 30 lbs at your weight could help you really see the payoff for your efforts. Then when you get lower, you could do it every 10 or 15, since smaller losses will be more apparent. 5
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PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »Has it been asked yet (so many pages of support, and I'm lazy ) if you have a full-body photo of yourself? Maybe not to show here if you don't want to, but a new photo every 20 or 30 lbs at your weight could help you really see the payoff for your efforts. Then when you get lower, you could do it every 10 or 15, since smaller losses will be more apparent.
I would but I'd need to take it in front of a mirror and this may sound odd but mirrors scare the he'll out of me.
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ask someone else to take it for you.PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »Has it been asked yet (so many pages of support, and I'm lazy ) if you have a full-body photo of yourself? Maybe not to show here if you don't want to, but a new photo every 20 or 30 lbs at your weight could help you really see the payoff for your efforts. Then when you get lower, you could do it every 10 or 15, since smaller losses will be more apparent.
I would but I'd need to take it in front of a mirror and this may sound odd but mirrors scare the he'll out of me.
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