200+ Pounds to lose Please Motivate

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  • HeinekenMan
    HeinekenMan Posts: 80 Member
    I have over 200 pounds to lose and don't even know where to start....I also have a very rough time with motivation...If someone could just gear me in the right direction and give me some motivation I would appreciate it...Thanks

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  • brit__2006
    brit__2006 Posts: 201 Member
    You can add me if you still need more friends. You have made the right step, and if you are really ready to make a change in your life then you will be successful. Just know it's only failure when you give up. If you have a bad day or even 2 bad days, get up brush yourself off and continue. You never have to restart something you don't stop, it's a learning curve that will take time. Many people will give you advice of what they did and what worked for them, and feel free to try it, but dont be discouraged if it doesnt work for you because everyone is different. The best advice I can give you starting off is:

    calorie deficit- either eat less, exercise more, or both (you have to count calories and be honest with everything you eat)
    take your measurements 1-2 times a month
    strength training (i regret not doing this from the beginning)
    have fun, make your workouts something you enjoy and that makes it easier to continue them

    Good Luck!

    anyone else can add me if they'd like as well. I will try to be a big support for your journey..
  • RAEQ127
    RAEQ127 Posts: 106 Member
    My biggest motivation is time. Next year at the same time do you want to be in the same position and possibly even heavier and worse off? What about in 5 years when your knees are close to giving out? Pick your poison. Struggle now with what will naturally be hard and painful or struggle later with a different type of pain and struggle. I still hate cardio. On my cardio days I wake up dreading it, but I do it anyway. I struggle daily because my natural state is to be grossly overweight, but my goal is to make my new normal healthy and active. Best of luck!
  • andreagomez80
    andreagomez80 Posts: 1
    You will lose the weight...think about other challenging things that you have accomplished in your life...at first they seemed impossible right? But you did them. You are the only one who can make or break the deal... and if someone tries to sabotage you in this journey, they don't deserve to be around you.

    Zumba has worked out great for me, it's fun and it relieves stress...plus you feel super sexy when you dance all those raunchy moves in front of the mirror and you feel great when you can follow a whole song without making a mistake :)
  • tannyb
    tannyb Posts: 131 Member
    When I first started I had about 160 or so (I'm still not quite sure of my final goal, I'll see when I get there) to lose and have lost 107 so far. What helped me was setting small goals. The next ten or twenty to get to the next round number. Right now my goal is 199, so the small amount to get there doesn't seem so overwhelming as the 53 or so total I've got left to go.
  • dunnodunno
    dunnodunno Posts: 2,290 Member
    You can do it. Take baby steps at first & try to improve upon your eating habits & exercise everyday.

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