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Thank you, @conniewilkins56 !1
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Welcome @jenniferelizabethwiseman. Great work! I look forward to seeing you in the forums!2
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@lauriekallis, Thank you, I DO feel very welcomed and am already starting to do some reading in the forums, which have been very inspiring!1
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I was within 40 pounds of my personal goal and then I got lost somewhere along the way….I bounced back and forth within ten pounds for months until the holidays….now I have gained back 40 and I have 80 pounds to go to get to my goal…you have inspired me to get in gear in the morning….unless I do this myself, no one can lose it for me….I am done playing around….my breathing is hard again, I am snoring again and I have felt like crap for weeks….I am going to do this!4
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@conniewilkins56, you can do it! You are worth the effort and deserve to feel better!3
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Come on @conniewilkins56, you can do it! There's a hot momma inside you just itching to get out and strut her stuff! At the rate you're able to shed weight, half of that 80lbs will be gone in a flash, and then you can knuckle down and lose the remaining forty. You owe it to yourself to make better choices that will propel you to better health, and you can absolutely do this!4
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I agree 100% with all of you…3 years ago when I could barely walk I vowed, “ Never again”…..and yet I have played around and let myself slide backwards for months….I could attribute some of it on stress, Covid, my husbands health, my grandsons upcoming heart surgery, etc. etc….but eating didn’t solve a thing except make me fat!….well, I am done making excuses…..as of this morning I am giving my health priority again…I can’t control what anyone else does or what they eat….it is time to put my health needs first again…..back to square one and in the drivers seat!3
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Amazing changes. How did I miss all the great posts???🤷🏻♂️1
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I think MFP is playing hard to get with posts lately.3
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Hello, I just joined today. Looking for help to stay motivated. A number of years ago (11 to be exact) I reached my heaviest weight, did low carb and lost 55lbs in 1 year. It was the hardest thing I had ever done and I discovered (after some soul searching) it created an unhealthy relationship with/toward food for me. Since then, I haven’t really focused on food logging. I tried a few times and could not stick with it. I felt too restricted and felt the old unhealthy thoughts trickling back in. It wasn’t the low carb diet that did it, it was my obsession with it that did. I did W30/paleo for a while after (not counting cals/carbs but focusing on food quality versus quantity). I felt wonderful, but life got in the way and I couldn’t afford to continue spending the amount of money on groceries I was. I was still trying to eat healthy, but since the C word hit, stress of that and my SO’s loss of job and Illnesses, and my having to work 7 days at week at 2 jobs, have taken a toll on my health, physically and mentally. I am still approx 25lbs down from my heaviest, but I am nearing a milestone birthday later this year and I am realizing that the older I get, the worse my body feels carrying this weight. I have been lucky to not struggle with any major health issues myself, but I worry about it as I age. So I have set a goal for myself to lose some weight by my birthday. 40lbs is my goal. (In reality, my doctor would like me to lose around 90-100lbs but that’s a long term goal!) If I get there, awesome!!! If not, then I continue to press forward and reset a goal for myself!
Incorporating more movement in to my life, and more fruits and veggies is what I am doing. Still allowing myself the “treats” but focusing on working them in to my day around the healthy stuff, rather than binging and allowing myself to let it ruin my whole day, which in the past would set forward a chain reaction of “f-it!” Moments.
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@mrsjenfrank welcome to the group!
You'll discover here that elements of your experience have been shared by most of the group members - we've all struggled with managing our weight for years/decades, and we've discovered some things that work for us, and some things that don't...
Of course some things that previously worked may stop working,...and things that didn't work back in the day might be worth a try again at some future point.
That's the beauty of this group. It's a safe space to discuss experimentation - successes - failures - the highs and lows of falling off the wagon and hauling yourself back on again.
I wish you every success - setting a 40lb interim goal sounds eminently sensible! Come meet us over in the other chat threads too, and I'd encourage you to take the time to read some of the archived threads, because there is a treasure trove of good advice in there!4 -
Welcome to the group Mrsjen. We’re all in various stages of weight loss and dealing with life. This is a good place to vent and share your experiences. We all need support!2
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conniewilkins56 wrote: »I agree 100% with all of you…3 years ago when I could barely walk I vowed, “ Never again”…..and yet I have played around and let myself slide backwards for months….I could attribute some of it on stress, Covid, my husbands health, my grandsons upcoming heart surgery, etc. etc….but eating didn’t solve a thing except make me fat!….well, I am done making excuses…..as of this morning I am giving my health priority again…I can’t control what anyone else does or what they eat….it is time to put my health needs first again…..back to square one and in the drivers seat!
Well, tomorrow is my NEW week and new way of eating for my health….this time it has to be serious!2 -
Well Connie, stress doesn't help, does it. But eating the stress doesn't help either. 🥺
Hello @mrsjenfrank 👋
Did you say veggies and fruits? I just started a bunny thread a couple of days ago!
Look for the 🐰🐰🐰🐇s and come post there!
I've gravitated here because many of Novus' posts articulate my own beliefs about what has a better chance of working. They're definitely worth a read to see if some of the ideas resonate with you.
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Hi Everybody.
I'm Andy or Bullfrog if you prefer. 37 years old from New Zealand, married with a 4 year old, a 1 year old and a spoiled dog. 12 years ago, I lost around 100lbs. Since then I have been on the roller coaster gaining and loosing, gaining and loosing. I've probably lost over 300lbs in total but unfortunately, today I'm back where I started, weighing in at 133kg (293kg) and over 100lbs away from a 'healthy' weight.
I've done various things over the years to loose, when I first lost the 100lbs I was on the 'South beach diet' I've tried calorie counting books, Intermittent fasting, the SBD again with mixed success... But my more successful periods have been when I eat very boringly (same few things day after day), plan my days foods and count it all with MFP, and stay under that damn target. Unfortunately that hasn't happened anywhere nearly enough over the last few years, hence the position I find myself in now. But I know if I follow through it does work.
I've exercised a lot over the years, even completing 2 full distance Ironman triathlons (at a far higher weight than I'd care to admit). I've gained weight in full blown Ironman training, and lost weight doing no exercise at all. I'm living proof you can't out run your diet.
My goals/plans are simple.
1. Plan my daily meals and log them into MFP and stay under, or at least close to that calorie goal.
2. Actually stick to what I planned.
3. Make good choices more often than bad ones. Every day I need to make the choice to do the right thing, not the easy one and order that take out. With 2 small kids I know I won't be 100% good. But I really need to minimize those bad choices.
4. Exercise a sensible amount, enough frequency and duration to improve my fitness again. But not enough to build up a massive hunger and blow my calorie goals by over eating exercise calories.
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Sounds like a good plan. Your 293 number is in lbs based on the overall discussion.
How fast/slow do you tend to lose your weight when you're losing?
Do you stop tracking when you reach goal?
I like the sounds of your exercise strategy!
One "trick" to remember re: exercise calories is that all day tracking watches and MFP generated exercises do their math differently.
Tracking watches show extra calories you could THEORETICALLY eat at 100% subject to verification. But MFP generated exercises show "gross" calories, not net. You have to deduct the amount of calories MFP has already assigned to the time slot to get the theoretical net value.1 -
Welcome Bullfrognz! Most of us here have lost and gained and lost again in our lives. The trick is finding a lifestyle that will help you maintain the loss. For me it’s been planning and logging every day. I don’t make great choices every day - just more days than not.
Please feel free to join in the discussions. Read some of the older posts about finding a way to control weight in a manner that’s sustainable for you. Lots of wisdom there.2 -
Hello! Been AWOL… for absolutely, no good reasons looking back, so please forgive…!
Hope you are all doing well and I can see a lot of you are here still and plodding on with great stuff…Fab!
I have had many stern talks with myself… and from my long suffering Consultant and GP and …. I resolve NO… I PROMISE to stay the course this time….no matter how bumpy, pot holey or even sink holey this bloomin’ road to sexy smaller small’ish pants gets!
Edited - to make some sense! Possibly 🥴2 -
Yay, welcome back stranger! So glad you've hauled yourself back on the wagon and are ready to give it another shot! We've all been there.....2
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Welcome!….love seeing all the new and returning members!….join in any conversation and scroll through past posts!1
