One month at MFP

trishpsl

That is awesome...Keep up the good work

ZBuffBod

Keep up the good work and stay focused. It is freeing to know food is not the enemy and we can enjoy our food on this weight loss journey.

DebHutton55

Make sure you are eating enough fat. Too many carbs/sugars and you can hit the wall after eating. I switched to a low carb, medium protein, high fat diet and I don't have that fatigue anymore and am losing weight. I watch calories, fat, protein, carbs and calcium in my diet. Oh, by the way, fat does not make you fat! There is much information out there.

girlviernes

elisa123gal wrote: »

It is a process in which you grow stronger and make adjustments naturally..not forced. That seems to be the path you are on..and that is great. As you keep going…other positive changes will happen without you making a huge effort. Good luck in getting healthy! You could't be off to a better start.

Thanks! I do feel that is the path I'm on. I have a very good foundation with some room to grow of course. The biggest hurdle to getting my health where I want it right now is the sleep. Hopefully the more healthy I become in other ways, the less willing I will be to sabotage myself by staying up too late

girlviernes

moonbeams896 wrote: »

That's fantastic! It's been great seeing your posts as one of your friends and I'm so happy to see your success! I'm in much the same boat and I started here in May and have seen so much improvement. MFP is great and so are you! Keep it up and I'll look forward to more of your updates

Thanks!! I'm so glad that you are doing so well too! It's so fab to be able to share these successes, makes all the difference

girlviernes

Thanks, trish and zbuffbod. Deb- I get a lot of fat in my diet, that is another thing that I think has helped a lot with binge eating! I'm not low carb but I try to limit it to about 150g/day although I'm not strict on that. I may go lower depending on what my endocrinologist recommends when I meet with her.

taryninoly

so well stated! Thanks for the support along the way good job on your focus and loss!

girlviernes

Update #3 in celebration of 90 days here. Still very happy with my progress. My goal for the next 90 days is to continue what I've been doing and make significant improvements in my sleep. I've got some progress pictures.

These are me at my highest weight (256 lbs):








Here is in August not long before joining MFP (I had started to lose some weight on my own):



Here is September (a couple of weeks into MFP):




October:




November (221 lbs):

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girlviernes

It's interesting to look back at this thread. I've kept on trucking, now it's been 180 days at MFP. Still have a ways to go, but in this for life and the journey is (mostly) very rewarding. I'm now down about 50 lbs/20% of my starting weight and about 3 dress sizes.

jenilla1

Congrats on your continued success! Stay with it. I've been maintaining at goal here on MFP for almost 4 years now, with no plans to stop, so I know YOU can do it, too! (*)