I hate being labeled as "morbidly obese"

Haven't lost that much, only 47 but I started at obese. I'm 5'2" started at 208. I was on depression, anxiety, high blood pressure meds, water pill for HBP and sleeping meds. After loosing about 30 lbs, I'm OFF all those medications. I did this all at home also. I've done Slim in 6, Body Revolution, 30 Day Shred, elliptical workouts, weight training, ab workouts, running, etc. You can add me if you want!

I have been there and you can do it if you are ready to do the work. I've Seen it. I've done it. I'm still doing it. You can too. Friend me and we can continue together. :happy:

I have been there. I completely agree with the above post. If you want it bad enough you will do it. It's not going to be an over night or even a year process. It takes time. If your willing to give it the time and work hard every day to do better then the rest you will get there. You have to want it bad enough to keep going on the bad days/weeks. You can do it.

then lose the weight! you can do it! i am trying to lose weight myself i'm not anywhere near obese but i can lose a few pounds feel free to add me!

If you want to lose weight, here are a few things you need to remember:

1) It will take time, so don't rush.
2) You will trip and stumble, don't give up
3) You will sweat, that's good
4) You will "starve", if you do it wrong
5) You will lose, if you do it right
6) You will refuse to work out, do it anyway -- NO EXCUSES
7) You will be subjected to all sorts of advice, listen and learn -- and don't believe a thing anyone tells you about diet pills, weight loss supplements, quick fixes, fad diets or magic pills
8) You will meet great friends, if you allow them to kick your butt into gear every now and then
9) You will gain a new self confidence you've never had before, which is why you are where you are now

I'm sure there are others, but you will learn them.

I've lost 150 ish pounds in 15 months. It's not easy and somedays you and I will crash and burn. If today was a bad food day, Oh well tomorrow is a new day. If you have a smart phone I recomend the ap, it's a time saver.

I don't know what finally got me to come to grips with the term "morbidly obese" but I finally did. And it scared the living daylights out of me since I am 62 and morbidly obese folks drop like flies in their sixties. I'm retired and retirement ROCKS! Not going to work? Every day a Saturday? What's not to like? And here, I wasn't going to be able to enjoy it. Our financial calendar helped us figure out how to make our money last until our mid-90s but I was unlikely to get to spend it all after having to work so long to make it. And, no, we don't have much money, but just enough if we are very careful to NOT HAVE JOBS!

So, what is the best and only way I can increase the likelihood that I will enjoy this indulgent stage of life long term? Why, getting healthy, of course. And getting healthy means, among other things, not having a BMI twice what it should be! And, for the first time in my life, I'm not thinking of when I'll be "finished with this diet." I'm thinking of a lifelong commitment to smart eating and exercise that will make me a slim and healthy person.

I am a morbidly obese woman who has been such for pretty much all of her adult life who knows that if she doesn't change her life now, she will die young. I am training myself to 'eat like a normal person" not like a fat one. If I eat and exercise like a healthy, normal person I will become one. Simple as that.

(Now I just have to reread this tonight when I'm NOT wolfing down buttered bread in front of the TV. It may be simple but it ain't easy.)

I haven't lost that kind of weight, but I do know that you need to set a specific goal for yourself, and also determine what your meal plan will be before the day gets started. Set a long range goal (your ideal weight, and several short range goals)

Example: My goal is to lose 100 lb. in 1 year from today. I'll start by losing 7 lb. this month. Then, determine what tomorrow's breakfast, snack1, lunch, snack2, and dinner will be. Don't eat after 6pm. Rid your food supply of boxed or packaged man made food and eat natural foods such as fruits, veggies, fish, and chicken. Eat cottage cheese and plain greek yogurt (FAGE or Chobani) and add your fruit to it as it is very tasty.

Repeat the following month until you reach your long range goal. I "promise" you "CAN" do what you set your mind to because a battle like this starts in the mind. Once you are truly determined to do this, then you start in the kitchen, as described above. I wouldn't focus any effort on exercises, other than walking, until you get your weight down and see your doctor.

Feel free to add me as a friend if you'd like my encouragement. I posted this earlier today.

Stick to the task till it sticks to you;
Beginners are many, but enders are few.

Honor, Power, Place and Praise
Will come, in time, to the one who stays.

Stick to your task till it sticks to you;
Bend at it, sweat at it, smile at it too;

For out of the bend and the sweat and the smile
Will come life's victories, after a while.

OK, LOVE THIS.

Hi there,
I'm totally with ya, the “Morbidly Obese” title sounds not only traumatic but almost contagious. I hate that association. I have never actually committed to weight loss for more then a few days at a time because, the 2nd I got discouraged and I didn’t see or feel results I’d be at the nearest fast food place or restaurant eating away my failure.
My husband has lost 135 pounds in the last 2 years with diet and Saviina weight loss pills, and even though he has been very successful, It didn’t spark any fire in me until recently.
My father became ill due to kidney complications and we were sitting in his hospital room and my cousin snapped a photo of me. I wasn’t aware of it until last month, she sent me all the photos of us in his room. As many of us overweight women and men know there are creative ways to disguise our weight in photos, and for the first time I was seeing myself as others see me. Lets just say It was NOT a good feeling. None the less I sat for 2 days looking at the photo being my own worse critic. Finally I decided that If It really bothered me that much I was going to have to do something about it. So that following day was the 5th year anniversary of my grandmothers passing, its always one of the hardest days of the year for me. I am a huge believer in watching out for "signs" to follow them so, I associated that day with the perfect starting date.
I decided I was going to just start by committing to 2 days at a time because that seems realistic for me. I just hit my one month out date and I’m down 21 pounds and counting. I started a weight loss family and friends fit group on my face book, just so I could have daily encouragement from the people I love and care for the most. Its also gave me something to be accountable for which helps me to stay focused. Its bad enough when I let me down, but I have people now watching and being helpful which actually seems to really help me get by day to day. I find that the daily support is what I needed. I truly feel that in the beginning faze when its very easy to get off track you need help daily. I really hope this helps you find some encouragement. Because as they say its one day at a time!
Cheers!

I started in the "morbidly obese" category. Stopped my diabetes medication last week and hope to be out of the "obese" category soon.

You CAN do it!

Me too! Let's roll! I mean let's stop rolling. : ) Friend me,,,

It maybe a blessing in disguise that you chickened out of that bariatric surgery. You would have to do a whole lot of work with that surgery, like watching your diet and exercising to ensure that it's a success. So, now you have a chance to just do the watching your diet and exercising, without the complications of surgery. There are many people here losing weight without the surgery, there are those that are here post surgery as well and also losing weight. IMO it is better to do it without the surgery. It will most likely take longer, but as far as I know there is no risk of infection among other things with reducing calories and exercising.

I haven't lost as much as you are asking but I truly understand how you feel. I have been here and been dieting for a short 7 weeks and with 107 lbs. to lose have already lost 58 lbs.

In the past I lost 65 lbs. in four months but that was when I was working at a super physical job. Now as a disabled person (unrelated to weight) it is much harder.

I am on medication for high BP, I am labeled diabetic and suffer from many physical and some other issues.

I am over 1/2 way on the start of my journey to my personal goal weight, (21 lbs. lower than the doctors have set). The difficult part for me will be after losing to goal weight.

58 pounds in 7 weeks? I'd be interested in knowing how you did that.