For the newbies: here is what losing 80 pounds is like

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  • HandyASH
    HandyASH Posts: 109 Member
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    Thank you for this post it is just what i needed to read today.
  • booboo68
    booboo68 Posts: 302 Member
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    You rocked this post!!!!!
  • Erikalynne18
    Erikalynne18 Posts: 555 Member
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    haha, this is awesome! :) I don't have 80 lbs to loose but I can relate to a few of those stages just the same :P
  • darlinw4814
    darlinw4814 Posts: 6
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    This is truly motivation. Thanks.
  • Melo1966
    Melo1966 Posts: 881 Member
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    Thank you for sharing.:flowerforyou:
  • Micahroni84
    Micahroni84 Posts: 452 Member
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    I have to print this out and hang it on my mirror!
  • HMToomey
    HMToomey Posts: 276
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    12th Month - Dammit!! I keep dropping sizes. Getting replacement clothes is getting so expensive!! I barely have the stuff for two months and it's too big again. Must buy smaller sizes so I have more time with them. So glad I stopped starving myself. BMR and TDEE all the way!!

    LOL So true! :laugh:
  • kylejh
    kylejh Posts: 221 Member
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    What a great way to describe it. People think it's impossible to drop that kind of weight (me included a year ago!), but anyone can do it if they set their minds to it. Thanks for posting this. :)
  • RekindledRose
    RekindledRose Posts: 523 Member
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    That was great! I love your synopsis! Definitely worth bookmarking!
  • Talus731
    Talus731 Posts: 56 Member
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    Love it! Thank you for sharing!
  • onyxwood
    onyxwood Posts: 45 Member
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    Love this.......thanks for posting!
  • Ellas_Time_4_Change
    Ellas_Time_4_Change Posts: 171
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    Really needed this today, thanks! :flowerforyou:
  • BadAzzBea
    BadAzzBea Posts: 461
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    OMG I love this! High 5!!!
  • kvg1210
    kvg1210 Posts: 35
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    So you found out about this app and are determined to lose a bunch of weight and let your inner skinnier person out. It's going to go something like this:

    1st week -
    I'm going to lose two pounds a week. This is going to be great. I'm going to be so determined and so dedicated...

    2nd week -
    The hell!?!?!? Why didn't I lose anything? I've been so good. I worked so hard. I should just give up. I'm just meant to be fat. I'll never lose this weight.

    3rd week -
    How did that burger get in my mouth? Or the pizza? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! I'm a failure...

    4th week -
    Holy cow!! I lost four pounds. That's a pound a week. That's not bad. I think there's hope.

    2nd month - I'm losing so much weight. This is so great. I'll be to my goal in no time at all!!

    3rd month - Um.... hello??? What happened? Why aren't we losing weight now. I didn't change anything. I even worked out more. Why do you hate me?!?!? I want cake!

    4th month - Whew - doing good. I'm OK. Look at how far I've gotten. Yay me. Just hang in there. I'm going to try going to the gym.

    5th month - Going to the gym is hard. I can barely get three days a week in. And everyone there must think I'm so fat and wonder why I'm there. And I'm so sore. Can't move anything. Sitting down is hard.

    6th month - I thought I'd be farther along. Why haven't I lost more? I've only gone down two sizes. Shouldn't I be at my goal weight already? Maybe I should try that fad diet or that starvation diet? So tired of people trying to get me to splurge and eat my old favorite junk foods just because I'm working out now and deserve a treat. They just don't get it. I can't afford to splurge right now!

    7th Month - I'm going to kill someone right now. I hate this stupid diet. Why didn't I just stick with what I was doing before? It was working. Maybe not as fast as I wanted, but it was working. Where are the cookies??

    9th Month - I reached the halfway point!! I'm doing so great. I love my gym. I go there five times a week now. I found this really great class and the instructor is so awesome. This trainer taught me some great new exercises. Some of my friends want to exercise with me now. They are so amazed at how much I've lost and they want to know my secret. I've given up all my old fat clothes for all these awesome new clothes. (Yikes for my credit card bill, but yay for my closet!)

    10th month - Plateau?? FU plateau!! So tired of this. Maybe I should try working out with a trainer because obviously I don't know what I'm doing anymore. I've even started gaining weight because I can't stop binging on junk because I'm so depressed to have become so stuck and just when I was half way there...

    12th Month - Dammit!! I keep dropping sizes. Getting replacement clothes is getting so expensive!! I barely have the stuff for two months and it's too big again. Must buy smaller sizes so I have more time with them. So glad I stopped starving myself. BMR and TDEE all the way!!

    16 Months - I feel great!! You know, even if I don't make it all the way to goal, the size I'm at now is pretty nice. I'm definitely getting a lot more attention. I'm OK if this is as far as I can get. I'm just really enjoying this new lifestyle. And all these changes I made for my health have inspired me to make other changes in other parts of my life. Over all I'm a much happier person and my life is a whole lot better than before. I got rid of the negative influences in my life and have a great circle of supportive, positive people. Work is much better. My attitude about life is better. Life is wonderful!! I feel like a burger tonight. I worked out hard today and I have the calories. I can have it.

    18 Months - 80 pounds!!!!! I can't believe I lost 80 pounds!!!! I'm a smaller size than I was in high school!! It's so weird to see myself in the mirror. I'm the same size as my skinny friend. How did that happen? And I'm a single digit size now. Never thought I'd be able to say that!!

    Wow thats reality for you - i hooe one day to be able to write something as inspiring as this
  • danibu98
    danibu98 Posts: 281 Member
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    This is exactly what I needed to read today :)

    Thank you so much!
  • ladyjh578
    ladyjh578 Posts: 207
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    BEST POST EVER!!!!! Thank You for sharing with us :-)
  • wetuscox
    wetuscox Posts: 11 Member
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    You read my mind!
  • natalie412
    natalie412 Posts: 1,039 Member
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    Very true!!! I didn't have as much to lose, but we all go through similar phases.
  • Otterluv
    Otterluv Posts: 9,083 Member
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    Yep, that sounds about right.
  • thebowhunter
    thebowhunter Posts: 173
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    Great post. I am down 85 pounds as of today. I have been at it now for 4 months. Thankfully I have lost every single week for 16+ weeks. No gains and no plateaus so far. Your starting post was a good read.

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