Discouraged.

PrivateVenue

So far I've lost 73 pounds, which is wonderful and I'm very proud of myself! I think what's getting me down is that I have so much further to go. When I weigh myself on the Wii, I'm still at the very top of the Obese section. My clothes are all too big, but I feel disgusting. I still have all of the problem areas. I almost feel like I hate my body more now than when I weighed over 300 pounds.

I'm constantly looking for motivation. Mybodygallery.com has become my new friend, besides MFP of course. I have also watched at least 100 weight loss transformation videos on YouTube. I'm not going to stop doing what I'm doing, I've worked too hard for what I have now. I just want to know, what do you guys do when you're having a bad week and need a pick me up?

melsinct

Congrats on your loss so far, great work!

I went through 2 lengthy plateaus (one was 4 months!) and struggled at times to keep the motivation up. What worked for me was to look at old pictures of myself where I was at my fattest. I would see how far I came and knew I never, ever wanted to go back there nor did I want to ever have to re-lose that weight again. I fought for every pound I loss, there is no backsliding.

Also, break your losses up into mini-goals. I did it in 10 pound increments, so I could look forward to the middle number changing (170 to 160s, 160s to 150s, etc.). I don't know exactly what your weight is now, but your goal can be in 10 pound increments, or getting under 200 pounds to the 100s...whatever makes sense to you and it attainable in the reasonably close future.

cmriverside

Every calorie I track reminds me not to go back there. It is so much easier to keep off the weight than to lose it.

I was angry with myself, embarrassed and ashamed when I was heavy. That's not a happy place to live. I prefer to be confident and happy and proud of my health.

Keep going. It will be so worth it in the end - it's your new life.

Congratulations on the incredible change you've made already.