Help!

Dude, you so got this!

60 lbs?! Ahhhh, you can do it! It sounds like a big number now, but once you get caught up in the swing of things between tracking, exercising and watching the weight come off it won't be so bad! Add me! I've lost 50 in the past, and now I'm back on losing the baby weight I gained.

You'll do great...Good luck!!
Tough but so worth it :happy:

Ok, so this is not my first time on MFP.. I used it almost two years ago after I had my third child, I lost weight well as I was breastfeeding and my gallbladder failed so I ate zero fat until removal, after my gallbladder was removed the weight crept back up.
Background info.

150 my best and most healthy weight, I was 17 and pregnant, before delviery weighed 167 delivered and weighed 146, yes the day I left the hospital I was like oh that was easy.. DUMB DUMB DUMBest thing I ever said to myself.

19 years old in an unhealthy relationship with my sons father and pregnant with our second child 253! A 100+ pounds bigger than I was during my last pregnancy and high school. I left him at 8 month pregnant, we have become friends again we realized we were not good partners just friends and co-parents... before delivery I weighted 260 biggest weight ever and I will NEVER go back, after delivery I weighed 241, I have big babies so that helps with the quick drop.

at my babies two month appointment (I am in a new and happy relationship by the way) I weigh myself for giggles after we walk out of the patient room from her shots and I weighed 183! yes, I was working out, breastfeeding, and happy in my life (part of it could have been to spark a little jealosy in my ex ) but in two months time I dropped a signifcant amount of weight all by eating very well, working out every day and taking time for myself!

fast forward about four years and my husband (same man I met while pregnant with my second child) no longer supports my weight loss goals too much, he (here come the excuses, but at the time I fell prey to them) cooked fatty foods (mind you he is a gorgeous slamming body never has to work for it kind of guy, rock solid muscles and the worlds worst eating habbits) I begain indulging in them eating all my past favorite foods that for almost three years I had not even craved anymore, we had a few rough patches because he has a jealousy issue (this is why he didnt support my weight loss/maintaince efforts) he was always afraid I was getting hit on at the gym, so my weight slowly but surely crept up again, so by time I got pregnant with my third (our first) I weighed 208, at delivery I weighed 233, and this is where my gallbladder went to hell-in-a-handbasket so I dropped quick we are talking I was at 196 by time my baby was three weeks old! yes the weight was coming off easy again, no workouts. nothing!!! just breastfeeding and a zero fat diet! So I joined MFP to keep up the loss and get my self back! guess what? its backkkk!!!! I am back to 235 after just delivering my fourth our second child and final child and I am not going to sit here one more day letting this child rearing body take me down with it for one more second! I have been working out daily and eating within my goals, but I am terrified that I will slip back into my old ways!

I do not want to have to write this story again, I want to write a new story about how I finally WON!! how do I keep motivated? how do you all keep motivated.

according to my doctor I should weigh about 160 for my body structure I am tall 5'8" and I am built with a wider frame, considering my BMI verses my actual body fat percentage he said that I am not as "obese" as the chart might say but I certainly need to get my weigth down.

So 160 is my overall goal, I will adjust based on my appearance and my overall health, I weighed 150 in high school but it wasnt my best look either, I mean I was skinny but not toned and tight I was just "there" I would rather by 160 same size jeans as my 150 days but holding up well lol if you know what I mean, so weights are now a part of my life ...

so I appoligize for the long rant, but i need help, I need to know what I can do to make sure this time it sticks, what are some good motivational ideas?

help please, I do not ever want to go back! I have 4 kids, a bachelors degree and a wonderful husband all of

Hi! I started in March and have lost 40 so far. At first I concentrated only on logging all food, without worrying too much about staying under my goal. Just log, log, log! I found that I would eat less then, so I wouldn't have to log embarrassing things like 6 candy bars. I plan to log basically forever, or I know I'll regain. Oh, and keeping lots of salad and fat-free dressing on hand helps too.

Good luck--feel free to add me--we are the same age!

Dude, you so got this!

what she said! ... small goals , like I am not going to eat that cookie.... or drink that beer.. that's my small goals

For me, it was swapping out things one at a time. For example, instead of soda when I eat out, I go with unsweet tea and sweetner. That knocks around 200 calories out of my day right there, more if I eat out for lunch and dinner. Little by little, I've swapped out a lot of things that I ate for lower-calorie alternates. And because I did it slowly, I don't feel like I'm missing things very often. So try something like that and see where it gets you.