100-120lbs to lose...anyone else out there?

Feel free to add me i have 100-120 lbs to loose as well!!!!!!!

I'll send you a friend request...I've got 100-120 pounds to lose! Anyone else feel free to add me!

ive lost 187 pounds with still another 16-30 pounds to go...feel free to add me

I am in the same boat...I am needing friends that can help keep me on tract..

Yep. I'm just starting so, we'll see how it works out. I've been doing good with the eating, but I need to get exercise in. Hopefully when I weigh in at the doctor in a few weeks there will be a difference.

Good Luck!

:flowerforyou: I'm on the wagon to. If I can do it so can you. Good Luck and keep up the good work.

I can be your friend

I am a 31 year old guy. I am 6'1" and weighed 275 pounds when I first started getting serious about becoming healthy. I have lost 27 pounds so far, so 48 more to go to reach my target of 200 pounds. I've had an injured foot so I haven't been able to do any heavy exercising, just some light cardio, but have still been able to have success losing fat. This website helps a ton, and I use it everyday, but until I started eating healthy food it was a huge struggle to lose weight for me. Once I realized that sugar was the one thing that was causing me to over-eat, it made things so much easier. I realized that sugar is really a drug for me, that I was addicted to. Even eating fruit will make me hungrier and cause me to over-eat. I still eat fruit, just not as much as before. Once I cut my sugar consumption down to around 30g per day I had total control over my appetite. It is very difficult at first to cut down on sugar, but it didn't take too long until I didn't crave unhealthy foods at all.

I hardly ever post on message boards, but I just happened to see this thread and I felt obligated to share what has worked for me. For the first time in over ten years I feel like I have control of my health. I used to eat so bad that I developed gout at age 23. Now, I eat only eat when I am actually hungry, instead of eating for entertainment. The strangest thing is that it's actually very easy for me to eat healthy now. In the past it was a huge struggle.

The following sites were the absolute key to my success, along with MFP. Instead of describing the intricacies of my approach, I will list websites that helped educate me.


This was the single most enlightening site for me. It is by far my favorite site.

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/welcome-to-marks-daily-apple/#axzz2PWvLJ7cb


Other informative sites

http://www.mercola.com/

http://whole9life.com/


Recipes

http://chowstalker.com/

I have about 130 to lose. Feel free to add me

Hi everyone! I joined MFP in July 2012 and to date have lost 121 lbs. I knew I had a lot to lose but never thought I could lose as much as I have. I am here to support all of you and let you know that you can do it.

I used to be very active and in the last 7 yrs did nothing and gained a lot of weight. Due to the excessive weight gain, working out was really hard. I started slowly and started doing aqua aerobics which was fantastic for me. It was a good workout and was not hard on my knees and joints. I did aqua aerobics 5 days a week for months and that helped me drop a lot of weight. In November of 2012 I decided that I needed (and was able to) to do more and I started doing Zumba as well. I also introduced weights into my workout routine. In January 2013 I made another switch and started doing spinning. I now spin 5-6 days a week as well as do weights.

I was consistently losing 2-4 lbs a week in the beginning and then it slowed down a bit in Nov and Dec. Once I started spinning, the weight loss picked up and I lose an avg of 2 lbs a week again. Some weeks are more and some weeks are less, it just really depends on what I did at the gym.

The other big thing for me was changing my mindset. I didn't look at the total I needed to lose. Instead, I broke it down into smaller goals and provided myself with rewards when I hit those goals. New outfits, shoes, etc.. For the 100 lb mark I decided that I was going to give myself a Spa Day (which I have never done before). That gave me the motivation to get to that goal. My next goal is 130 lbs but I haven't decided what the reward is yet.

The other big thing for me is realizing that this is not a race and a diet. It is a lifestyle change. I realize that there are going to be days and weeks that I am not able to eat as well as I like or work out as much and may even gain a few lbs. (last week was 1 of those for me). Instead of "falling off the wagon", I tell myself that this is life and it's going to happen and then just get right back on track. It is hard sometimes, I'm not going to lie, but the way you feel and look is so worth it.

Knowing how much I had to lose was a big deterrent for losing weight for me and is what stopped me so many times. Once I had it in my mind that I just needed to lose weight and it didn't matter if it was 25, 50 or 100 + lbs, I was able to do it. I don't necessarily have a end goal b/c I am just going to keep doing what I am doing and see where that gets me. I just keep making smaller goals to achieve.

It is possible and all of you CAN do it!!!

Hello everyone!!!

I've only been on the site for about two weeks now. I would like to lose around 100 pounds. However, I'm very tall and don't want to look sickly. LOL. However, I workout and figured to start tracking calories. I few years ago I lost quite a bit of weight but then fracturing my knee and not able to exercise....gained it back. Over the past two years, I've had surgery on both legs, so that postponed exercise again. But now I'm back at it and will do this!! Add me if you would like. I'm known to be a good pep talks.

I started MFP needing to lose 130 pounds! I broke my number down into more manageable goals.

I set goals to get me to each stone gone, then to get me out of each BMI category. I started in obese class 2. Right now, I'm .4 pounds away from 7 stone and 2.4 pounds to get to 100 pounds gone in less than a year! Once I reach 100 loss, I only have 10 pounds to get out of the over weight range and then after that, 20 pounds to goal!

It seems unreal but if you stick with it an work hard, you will be sussessful.

All the best!