11 Of The Biggest Things I Stopped Doing To Lose 90 Pounds - WITH PICS! *What have YOU had to STOP?

justanotherloser007

A serial excuser here, I have health issues that have nothing to do with weight. So everyone has excused me for a long time, and I felt quite powerless and hopeless to lose anything. Basically? I didn't know much about nutrition or losing weight. When I joined Mfp in 2013 at 277lbs it was more of a hope to not gain more weight. I have been on prednisone since 2003. So Dr's basically were like, "That is prednisone for you" And while, yes prednisone is a life wrecker for a life already wrecked, today I am down 70 lbs. I like how my Dr. still has said nothing, other than you have cancer - but I mean about my weight. Turns out I don't have to excuse it, and this list has helped me already. I didn't know about volume eating before ya'll started piping in! Last month I started eating salads again.

Volume eating helped me make a decision about cheese. Evidently, cheese is my cake. Lols, I don't know how else to say it. I won't eat cake or candy except on occasion. I have always been an avid salad eater and potato eater, known as the "spud queen" in my time and not just because I have a smidge of Irish in me. Obviously I love salads, but with 3 oz of bleu cheese AND some bleu cheese dressing plus add other things for color. I don't know why this high calorie food never made alarm bells. But it did not. I imagine it is because when I don't eat meat, cheese is what I consider in my mind a substitute. So I never considered it a "This is a tiny piece of marbled fat of steak with meat on it". Because then it would have registered for me!

So seeing clearly is important, I had to make the choice to give up my favorite cheeses. In taco land here in Houston, where the food is so very good is challenging but NOT IMPOSSIBLE... Let us just say that I don't look down my nose at no fat mozzarella anymore and 1% low fat cottage cheese is the closest I will get to eating a meal of cheese again.

I am beginning to wonder if this is really one of the main reasons I am obese to begin with! I thought forever it was the crackers and wine, which I gave up a decade ago!! LOLs, but the cheese which I ate with the crackers and wine? Well that is good for you! You would think that I was raised on a dairy farm. I imagine, that somewhere out there is an avid nut eater who is severely obese with a wonderful diet of fresh foods wondering why they are so fat when all everyone can talk about is junk foods they wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole! Lols, life is weird and I am awkward! But now to more weight loss, I am grateful to be alive! If you know this person, send me a message I would love to talk. Anyway, feel free to friend me. I will be here probably forever.

pdd1216

Great post! I have to give up thinking that I CAN'T do this and that I'm doomed to be an morbidly obese person. I have and I can again.

sargemarcori

justanotherloser007 wrote: »

Obviously I love salads, but with 3 oz of bleu cheese AND some bleu cheese dressing plus add other things for color. I don't know why this high calorie food never made alarm bells

If you're not looking to cut it out entirely, Bolthouse Farms has a really good bleu cheese dressing made with yogurt! I don't know how it's so low-calorie, because it doesn't have fake sugar.

justanotherloser007

I love bolthouse farms!! I have never seen a bleu cheese, but now I will go out of my way to every store to find it. There is nothing more satisfying than literally eating a whole darn bowl of salad that is the size of a watermelon, with onions, cucumbers, turkey and bolthouse for around 280 calories! This is how I don't feel hungry!! This is how I can do this so much easier.

sandovalive

Very inspiring!

alisampm

@justanotherloser007, "a meal of cheese"

I think we might have just become best friends. I too said "special occasions only" to cheese. I LOVE it on everything, but it's way too easy to have way too much.

Cheese and hummus. I could eat hummus for days.

justanotherloser007

I won't lie, it is common for me to eat 220g of cottage cheese for breakfast, so it is 1% fat now and lots of my daily protein! Carbs in the am make me feel hungry and unsatisfied for no apparent reason. My hubby just shakes his head as he eats some kind of cereal. He could look into it, he was diagnosed as diabetic ten years ago. It is just perfect in my mind.

zagadee

Hello Beautiful people 😃
I need some advice am really struggling so I decided to Came here to seek some advice/information to get batter I will be brief trust me!
I sit 9-10hrs day infront of my monitors working I have have tried to stop the habit of snacking, I can2 find anything to help me or replace, I can’t find something to motivate me I have been fighting to loss weight for all my life.
I can’t find motivation to keep going because I don’t see results regardless of how much exercise or diet I take that cause me to stop.I have healthy Issues too it’s a lot going on with my health so I need someone who been through this journey to help me or a partner who we can fight together throughout.Thanks for your time to read and respond God bless you.

viajera99

@zagadee -- you need to start your own thread. Be sure to include your height, weight, activity and weight history so people can help you better. Good luck.

alisampm

Hello @zagadee,

I agree with @viajera99 that you will get more helpful responses on your own thread with more details. Here is how to post: https://support.myfitnesspal.com/hc/en-us/articles/360032625871-How-do-I-post-in-the-forums-

But, I will say, YOU CAN. You can seek help (which you are), and support (which you are), and be open to feedback (which you are) so you CAN be successful. I promise, even when it seems impossible, you can do it! I will friend request you so you can see my diary and know a little bit more about how I have done it one day at a time.

zagadee wrote: »

"I can2 find anything to help me or replace, I can’t find something to motivate me I have been fighting to loss weight for all my life. I can’t find motivation to keep going because I don’t see results regardless of how much exercise or diet I take that cause me to stop.

jennipooh82

This…. Wow! First off CONGRATULATIONS! You look amazing and your 11 outlooks really hit home to me! I have been on this weight loss journey for a while with points where I give up… but what you say is so true! Excuses get in the way, and I stopped believing! Well since May 28, 2021, I’m back in the ‘Get ME fit’ again band wagon and have been loving my results and willpower!
I’m down 24.2 pounds. In away it doesn’t seem like much but my body is certainly transforming and I’m becoming to love it more and more!
I learned it’s not all about what I eat but also knowing what my body is letting me know (am I full- stop eating; I’m I hungry- grab something (healthy) to eat). Learning to understand our bodies, what they NEED vs what they don’t run so well on. I’ve actually come to love the learning process this time around, the new ways to fuel my body in a better way, one that gets the best out of what I put in. And in a world with CONSTANT processed junk and influences, it’s hard. I try my hardest for eat good food and exercise daily. Does that mean there is not processed food in my daily intake- nope, there in certainly processed food but I try to really not used it if not needed.
And you are SO RIGHT, there is no end date. This is something that many have to work on daily! So here is to better choices and when falling down- brush yourself off and back to the grind.
Please friend me, I can always use the encouragement too! And I try my very hardest to reciprocate.
~Jenni

ableser

Thank you for this! It's so true and encouraging. Congratulations on your journey.

medee35

Hello Community,
I am looking for a diet and fitness buddy who lives in the CSRA.If you are interested in creating a support system to help staying accountable while on this journey,Kindly please send me a massage or a friend request .The journey is lonely when you don't have anyone who understands your struggle or who's not on the journey Let's do this 🤗🤗 JOIN ME JOIN ME🙏🙏

MaggieTor3

Thank you Alisa I don't know how to send you a friend request or I would.

noel2fit

Great thread! Thing I learned recently- when I workout, I need to drink my protein shake. If I skip it to "save calories" I will eat horribly later because I'll end up starving. Getting out of the starvation mindset where eating nothing is the best thing to do has helped me lately. If I stay satiated, I don't binge junk!

s1im62

I stopped pretending I'm still a teen or young adult and could eat as much as I want anytime I want. Bought a food scale and faithfully log everything on MFP. Have lost the 40 lbs I wanted to lose, and am maintaining now. Streak of 1145 days and counting!

You look great BTW! Keep on doing what works for you.

alisampm

MaggieTor3 wrote: »

Thank you Alisa I don't know how to send you a friend request or I would.

I'll request you.

alisampm

medee35 wrote: »

Hello Community,
I am looking for a diet and fitness buddy who lives in the CSRA.If you are interested in creating a support system to help staying accountable while on this journey,Kindly please send me a massage or a friend request .The journey is lonely when you don't have anyone who understands your struggle or who's not on the journey Let's do this 🤗🤗 JOIN ME JOIN ME🙏🙏

Not sure where that is, but I'd be happy to be friends.

aeborowski

Wow! The original post here was so eye-opening and this entire thread is inspiring. Thank you for sharing!

OHMEMEMETRICIA

Great share! I think one that resonates with me is no end point. You are right, the endpoint to life is death so the healthy “lifestyle” cannot end if one wants to keep living a healthy life. As a long time maintainer, I have to eat the same way as I did with losing weight give or take 300 calories and occasional indulgences. The hardest part is getting BACKONTRACK as soon as you feel yourself slipping back into old habits. It’s a process! Thanks for the much needed inspiration and reminders of how this all really works! Awesome job with the weightloss and blog post!

diddlywiddly

This was wonderful to read and very inspiring... I have the need to get out of my own way, too. For me what I have to stop doing is mindless coasting. I can be very motivated and put in lots of work, but if I'm not mindful of things daily or at least weekly I tend to slowly lose momentum and sometimes weeks, months, and years can pass. This is basically true of a lot of things in my life so I'm working on not letting that happen by setting myself up for success with better planning and regular self checkins.

odusgolp

I absolutely adore you. Way to go.

yweight2020

Absolute amazing insight into what worked for you, wonderful job. Keeping trigger foods out my house.

karolinapr86

Thanks for the post! I absolutely agree 😍

l stopped being miserable. That’s for sure.

tchnlrn1229

I have to stop waiting to take photos until I look better. I'm afraid when I die there will be no photographic evidence that I lived because I've refused to be in photos for so many years! I also need to stop wishing for a quick fix. Wishful thinking does not help. Consistent behavioral choices and changing some habits does.

willboywonder

Perfect. That’s great. I like your list of things. Those are a problem for many people. The two biggest things I stopped doing is: (1) I stopped drinking alcohol; and (2) I cut out junk food, which includes my worst enemies like potato chips, corn chips, tortilla chips, cake, pie, and crackers. Once I cut them out, I saw my weight quickly melt away. I haven’t consumed any of these things since 12/31/2020, seven months ago. That’s the magic for me.

mjs101102

TY for posting. I needed all of these reminders as I'm going through this now. It's hard to be patient. I've lost the weight before, but then gained it all back for a variety of reasons. It's hard to let the past go, have patience, and focus on one day at a time. TY again. And congrats on your journey!