Celebrating Weight Loss When You're Still Over 300 lbs?
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A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.
Lao-tzu
Even the smallest step forward gets you closer to your destination.
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The way I see it, you're not celebrating that you weigh 319, so much as that you have reached that point in your journey. You know still have a way to go but that doesn't matter. They say a journey of a thousand miles starts with one step. I say celebrate each step if you want to, as long as you keep stepping. Try to remember that what you are doing is no easy task, and I know there are plenty of people smaller than you that couldn't do what you have already done.
So keep your head up and try to not rain on your own parade.0 -
CELEBRATE ON MY FRIEND!!!! You have made a great accomplishment and are moving in the right direction. You are not where you wanna be but you are absolutely NOT where you use to be ...and that's what it's all about. A few weeks from now this 319 will be a thing of the past. I am VERY PROUD of you ! You are my inspiration!:happy: :happy:0
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You should be very PROUD of yourself! You are making positive changes in your life and you have every right to celebrate!! Congrats and keep up the good work!0
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Where you are currently with your physique is not very important.
The direction you're going with your physique is critical.
YOU are doing it right. Keep doing it.0 -
You have lost an ENORMOUS amount of weight, which is not only amazing of itself, but also shows you have it in you to lose the rest. You SHOULD be celebrating, and if you don't, we'll celebrate for you.
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I say CELEBRATE! You have worked hard. Sure, there's more progress to be made, but that doesn't mean you can't celebrate how far you've come! Milestones are important and you should set them. No one should wait until their funeral to celebrate their life... they have BIRTHDAYS every year to applaud the journey!
To give you a different perspective, sometimes I feel silly celebrating my weight loss because it is so insignifcant compared to other people. I only lost 50 pounds... which, compared to some of the amazing things people on this site accomplish, seems pretty piddly.0 -
Any type of progress, and the decision you made to change your lifestyle should always be celebrated -- no matter where you are at in the process.0
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Um... I believe 37 pounds is a cause for celebration. You know why? Cause you earned it. You've stuck with it. You didn't give up. You have started that process and are still going. Dont let those doubts control you. Thats allowing other people to control you, those thoughts were originated by mean people who think just because you're not like them you can't do something. You are better then that. Don't quit.
and also if it makes you feel better, Im still fighting the same 5 lbs i've been fighting for a year now. I need to lose far more, but I can't seem to get the combo right between exercise, food, water, sleep and stress to get anywhere, so you can sure bet when I actually make it to 10, despite the fact that i have a 100 to go I will be dancin my a** off.0 -
NEVER downplay yourself, look at how far you've gotten so far! 37lbs is one hell of an accomplishment, the only thing you would be stupid for is if you throw it away! You're an inspiration, keep going you CAN do it!0
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If you don't celebrate the little victories...you will completely miss the big ones...
you've worked hard...that's something to be proud of...don't belittle it...
celebrating it is key.
^^This. You earned each and every celebrating Happy Dance! Go ahead! Enjoy - you are earning it!0 -
Slaps you! Would you tell that to anyone else who has lost almost 40lbs? I bet you wouldnt I bet you would think that person was a total biyatch if anyone belittle that accomplishment.
Well, if you dont think you deserve dancing for your loss I will dance for it. You celebrate every tiny stinking little pound that you lose not because you are losing weight but because you are finally showing yourself love.
Sorry for the tough love! Please be proud of your accomplisment and be patient and be kind.0 -
Celetebrate good times come on! doby do do do do, come on! :laugh:
A loss is a loss, be it 0.1 or be it 2 lbs!
Remember your victories and celebrate everyone!
You're not celebrating how much you weigh now, you are celebrating that you have done the hardest thing, to make a positive change in your life and to admit that change was needed.
This guy cracks me up, it's Nerd Fitness:
http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2012/07/26/priorities/
http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2012/08/16/get-over-it/
http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2012/09/04/power-of-habit/
http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2012/09/06/unhealthy/0 -
A loss of 37 pounds is excellent (hello, that's over 10% of your starting weight)!! Own your success and CELEBRATE it!!!0
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Everything I have read says that just losing 10% of your body weight can make a drastic change for the good in your health. You have already acheived that. As some of the other people said you are not celebrating the fact that you are over 300# (I am as well). You need to be celebrating that you now care enough for yourself to be taking care of you and giving yourself a better life. You are awesome!! There is a quote that I keep on my wall that I have to remind myself of every now and again.
"Life is a competition not with others, but with ourselves. We should seek each day to live stronger, better, truer lives; each day to master some weakness of yesterday; each day to repair a mistake; each day to surpass ourselves." _ David B. Haight0 -
Well, I think you rock0
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Hi, you have done a great job to have come from 356 to 319 that in itself is awesome. I celebrate each pound I loose as a small victory in the war against fat. Each pound is a small battle and one day we will look in the mirror and see that we have won the war against obesity. Please don't fret, you didn't gain the weight in a day and you won't loose it in a day. Count each pound as a blessing to your return to good health. Each pound brings you closer to your target weight so please celebrate and don't let the demons in your head tell you that your not doing an awesome job. Your a winner because you have come this far, don't give up now.0
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I started at 322. I celebrate every pound lost (heck, I celebrate every .25 lb lost) I celebrate every time I decide to grab celery instead of pretzels. I celebrate every time I reach for water instead of Diet Coke. I celebrate every time I elect to do just one more minute on the elliptical or one more lap in the pool. I reward myself every time I hit a 5 pound milestone, drop another 5 % or move into another BMI classification.
Maybe i just like to party! Or maybe I've decided that I'm worth it? You're worth it too!
I won't slap you ... I'm handing you a party hat0 -
you're doing an INCREDIBLE job! you have every right to celebrate, you know why? because you worked your butt of to get where you are and deserve that credit. be nice to yourself, let yourself enjoy this loss! :happy:0
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Just keep it up and you'll be under 300 in no time!
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Wow. Thanks, everyone. I did NOT expect four pages of responses. Ha.
Thank you for the smacks. To those who asked, don't worry - I am doing this correctly. I'm eating my calories and not over-doing the exercise. No pills or shakes or anything like that. Real food.
I don't reward myself with food either, so no worries there. I haven't "eaten my emotions" since I started this journey because I knew that was something I'd have to change if I wanted to keep the weight off. As depressed as I am today (it may just be hormonal), I haven't thought about eating ice cream or a whole pizza. I mostly just want to curl up in bed with a book, not food. I'm so glad those days of eating myself to sleep are over. I DO feel so much healthier.
Picking up a 40-pound object is a really good idea! I'm supposed to go to the store to get a couple groceries tonight, so I might wander over to the pet section and find a 40-pound bag of food or litter just to see what it feels like. One of my friends said, "You've lost your niece!" That made me laugh. My niece is right around 40 pounds, so wow... yeah... that kind of helped put it in perspective.
I love that picture of the lady on the exercise bike!0 -
I'm feeling very strange and down today.
I'm still losing a couple pounds every week, my measurements have come down, and I can wear smaller clothes now. I was riding a high of posting some comparison pictures and talking about it in my blog. I felt awesome.
Suddenly, today, I woke up with this feeling of, "Are you seriously bragging about weighing 319 pounds?" and crashed down.
Don't get me wrong. I'm extremely proud of my loss. The amount I've lost is definitely something to celebrate. It's the *weight* I'm celebrating that bothers me. I realize 319 is better than 356, but it's still over 300 pounds, it's still "morbidly obese", and it's still a competely undesirable weight for 99% of the population.
So now I feel kind of stupid, dancing around and proclaiming to the world that I'm 319 pounds.
Does anyone else feel this way sometimes? If I saw a friend celebrating a weight loss, I'd feel happy for them *regardless* of what they weigh (a loss is a loss), but now I'm feeling sort of self-conscious about celebrating since I'm still so heavy.
Someone smack some sense into me. Please.
According to your ticker you've lost 36 pounds. If you started at 356 you've lost 10% of your body weight . . . Damn skippy that's impressive and a thing to be proud of and to celebrate. This isn't just about the weight loss, the weight loss is the BONUS . . . this is about the healthier life style, knowing you'll live longer, having an improved quality of life, and feel better over all. Celebrate every pound, count each one, if you discount those 36 what's to keep you from discounting the next 36? in 20 pounds (in just a few short weeks) you're going to look at the scale and say "damn, I'm under 300 pounds!" and you can't get there without first being here.0 -
Don't focus on the numbers. If you are in this to just lose weight then your current weight is all-encompassing. If you are looking to change your lifestyle and become healthy then your current weight is only a stop-over to becoming fit. I don't know if I said that right but, I too have been "worshiping the scale" since I started 90 days ago today. My attitude has changed and I am grateful for it. My goal is to go from 537 pounds to a healthy weight. The number I picked was 200 but as time goes on I will see if that number equates to me being healthy. My point is, if you are doing the things that it takes to get you healthy each day then your current number shouldn't matter. I still weigh 443 pounds, BUT I now walk without a cane, I CAN walk now and so many other small blessings that I can't post them all. Take the daily journey and keep moving ahead. You will get to a healthy place.0
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Weight loss is just that; weight loss and my dear you have lost 37 pounds. It has taken me over ten months to lose 33 pounds. Never give up on your goal. And ALWAYS know that this is YOUR journey and it's all about the attitude you choose to have while taking this journey! Much success to you and keep us posted on your progress, we are here to support YOU!:flowerforyou:0
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356 to 319!!!
Do you celebrate that?
YES!!!!!!!!! YOU BET!!!!!!!!
You are on the right track to a healthier life - and you celebrate every pound, every good choice you make!
Keep up the great work!0 -
A loss IS a loss! You are doing something that is extremely hard and succeeding at it. Before you know it, you won't be over 300 lbs! Cut yourself some slack and continue to be proud and celebrate your accomplishment! Keep up the good work!0
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I understand how you feel in a different way. I have lost less than 10lbs, but am nearing my goal. I feel so proud of what I have lost, I am posting pics often, and just feeling great, but then see people who have lost 30-40-50 even 100lbs!! And I think, now that's some hard work right there, my measly 8lbs is nothing compared to that! And then I feel kinda bad for being sooo excited about it.
But I realized we are all different, and for my body type and height, that 8lbs has made a HUGE difference for me and it shows. I did not lose it overnight, I worked hard for it, I had to make changes and keep with those changes. So what if you're still over 300 you have lost a great amount of weight and are doing an amazing job! Every pound loss is worth celebrating!0 -
I found this on someone's blog. According to this you have lost a mid-sized microwave:
WHAT HAVE YOU LOST COMPARISON:
1 pound = a Guinea Pig
1.5 pounds = a dozen Krispy Kreme glazed donuts
2 pounds = a rack of baby back ribs
3 pounds = an average human brain
4 pounds = an ostrich egg
5 pounds = a Chihuahua
6 pounds = a human’s skin
7.5 pounds = an average newborn
8 pounds = a human head
10 pounds= chemical additives an American consumes each year
11 pounds = an average housecat
12 pounds = a Bald Eagle
15 pounds = 10 dozen large eggs
16 pounds = a sperm whale’s brain
20 pounds = an automobile tire
23 pounds = amount of pizza an average American eats in a year
24 pounds = a 3-gallon tub of super premium ice cream
25 pounds = an average 2 year old
30 pounds = amount of cheese an average American eats in a year
33 pounds = a cinder block
36 pounds = a mid-size microwave
40 pounds = a 5-gallon bottle of water or an average human leg
44 pounds = an elephant’s heart
50 pounds = a small bale of hay
55 pounds = a 5000 BTU air conditioner
60 pounds = an elephant’s penis (yep, weights more than his heart!)
66 pounds = fats and oils an average American eats in a year
70 pounds = an Irish Setter
77 pounds = a gold brick
80 pounds = the World’s Largest Ball of Tape
90 pounds = a newborn calf
100 pounds = a 2 month old horse
111 pounds = red meat an average American eats in a year
117 pounds = an average fashion model (and she’s 5’11”)
118 pounds = the complete Encyclopedia Britannica
120 pounds = amount of trash you throw away in a month
130 pounds = a newborn giraffe
138 pounds = potatoes an average American eats in a year
140 pounds = refined sugar an average American eats in a year
144 pounds = an average adult woman (and she’s 5’4”)
150 pounds = the complete Oxford English Dictionary
187 pounds = an average adult man
200 pounds = 2 Bloodhounds
235 pounds = Arnold Schwarzenegger
300 pounds = an average football lineman
400 pounds = a Welsh pony0 -
your response made me smile.Don't focus on the numbers. If you are in this to just lose weight then your current weight is all-encompassing. If you are looking to change your lifestyle and become healthy then your current weight is only a stop-over to becoming fit. I don't know if I said that right but, I too have been "worshiping the scale" since I started 90 days ago today. My attitude has changed and I am grateful for it. My goal is to go from 537 pounds to a healthy weight. The number I picked was 200 but as time goes on I will see if that number equates to me being healthy. My point is, if you are doing the things that it takes to get you healthy each day then your current number shouldn't matter. I still weigh 443 pounds, BUT I now walk without a cane, I CAN walk now and so many other small blessings that I can't post them all. Take the daily journey and keep moving ahead. You will get to a healthy place. Keep up the good work! Now you can walk, soon enough you'll be able to run! 0 -
Do yourself a favor and learn to celebrate yourself and your loss at every size, because otherwise, all of this hard work will be for nothing.
Trust me, if you don't, you'll be feeling this way even when you hit your goal weight.
I've been there...went from a size 14/16 in high school to size 4/6 in my early 20's...but I didn't have that internal change. Even at a size 4, I was embarrassed to wear bathing suits, revealing clothing, etc. It's really a shame that I didn't learn to a) celebrate my body or b) cut myself enough slack to make that new weight a reality and not just a passing phase. I was so hard on myself, I gained it all back, plus some. It's been 10 years since I looked that good, but I'll get there again.
Be kind to yourself 0
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