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

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  • umachanxo
    umachanxo Posts: 926 Member
    This is awesome.
  • andeey
    andeey Posts: 709 Member
    Great post! Spot on and funny. =)
  • Serendipityunt
    Serendipityunt Posts: 120 Member
    Thank you! This is exactly what I needed to hear today :)
  • tiffanypardus
    tiffanypardus Posts: 54
    loved reading this !! I think I'm going to print it out so I can read it when I feel like stopping. Thank you!!
  • charmarbobar
    charmarbobar Posts: 251 Member
    This is a pretty inspiring post! Thanks for sharing!
  • highflyer88
    highflyer88 Posts: 148 Member
    Love this post! Thanks for sharing it because it reminds everyone to keep plugging away no matter how frustrating it is.
  • firedupfriend
    firedupfriend Posts: 140 Member
    Aaaahhhh ......Month 6.

    It is everything it is cracked up to be!!!!

    Great post!
  • sarahslim100
    sarahslim100 Posts: 485 Member
    well done!!!!
  • loadsandloads
    loadsandloads Posts: 353 Member
    awesome post! Congrats
  • rvicini
    rvicini Posts: 252 Member
    Absolutely superpost! The full truth. My point again, why worry starving and all? If you do it, it will come... This is a voyage that can be enjoyed!
  • verptwerp
    verptwerp Posts: 3,628 Member
    OUTSTANDING !!!!

    I LOVE YOU !!!

    IN A MFP-TYPE WAY, OF COURSE :laugh:

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  • george29223
    george29223 Posts: 556 Member
    this post is 100% true i know i lived it
  • cmcy24
    cmcy24 Posts: 17
    This was absolutely perfect. Thanks so much for sharing.
  • BarbellBlondieRuns
    BarbellBlondieRuns Posts: 511 Member
    spot on! lol
  • Norm3958
    Norm3958 Posts: 1 Member
    awesome , this is so true, Thanks for posting:smile:
  • Lunnunis
    Lunnunis Posts: 71 Member
    I really enjoyed reading the post. I'm at the six month point and half way to my weight goal. Yes people are telling me I look thin (I don't, I still have BMI over 30!) and offering me cakes. I'm resigned to the plateauing and disappointments and will not panic if I put on a few lbs as at Xmas they are soon gone again. I can do it!
    Thanks for the post, it's great to know everyone has the same problems.
  • tracimichelle213
    tracimichelle213 Posts: 26 Member
    Love it!
  • gayatrik
    gayatrik Posts: 173
    I need this as an inspiration... I have been wanting to lose 2 yrs and joined MFP in April 2011.... n didnt do anything :( I wanna try this time seriously....
  • CynthiaS
    CynthiaS Posts: 208 Member
    Hehe this is awesome congrats again :)
  • Bibianna2012
    Bibianna2012 Posts: 88 Member
    What an awesome upbeat post! You are a great writer!!! Thanks for posting!
  • HJMAYES
    HJMAYES Posts: 72 Member
    This is awesome. Thanks for sharing. I was laughing so hard I almost cried!
  • Mischievous_Rascal
    Mischievous_Rascal Posts: 1,791 Member
    Positive realism...nice!
  • EmilyRanae22
    EmilyRanae22 Posts: 506 Member
    haha love it!...If I need a little extra motivation to lose the baby weight after she's out I will be getting it from this :)
  • jadior
    jadior Posts: 191 Member
    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!!

    This is so great! Thank you
  • sisswright
    sisswright Posts: 65 Member
    This journey really is a rollercoaster and not as easy as people think or hope it will be, So Glad you pointed that out to people.
  • kyunda
    kyunda Posts: 340 Member
    this is great!
  • SteelersFan7
    SteelersFan7 Posts: 217 Member
    This cracked me up. It's so true. Thank you for posting and inspiring us all in the process. :)
  • crazyola26
    crazyola26 Posts: 109 Member

    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!

    This made me LAUGH! Thank you for posting, very inspiring!
  • beachygirlk
    beachygirlk Posts: 28
    lol LOVE this!!!
  • DoctorKatey
    DoctorKatey Posts: 15
    Love this post. Love it, love it, love it. Thanks for making my day. :D

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