Looking for those who have 100 + to lose

Hi Laura,

I started at 275 and my goal is 165 so that means I have over 100 pounds to lose! I have lost about 28 and then got stuck around the holidays and gained some back. I still have alot to lose, but I can do it now that I am back home and into my routine.

My best advice... regular exercise. Find something you like, or can at least tolerate and make sure to get regular activity!

I have shared a couple of things with this group now, and if you don't mind I would like to share something else. I was reminded of this, and how it felt, after reading that MzMolly went hiking and a year ago she would never have thought of it.

Every October my husband and I go on a vacation somewhere, different every year. In October I was at 70-72 pounds lost and 9 months into my journey.

We went to CA, this last year, and we had tickets to a Chargers football game. Well, by the time we got towards the parking lot all parking was taken and we had to look in surrounding areas. My husband was getting more and more frustrated that we were getting farther and farther away from the stadium when we came across this complex that had parking and he wasn't going to take it. I asked why not and he said it was too far away and that he was going to back track and see if he could find something else closer, by chance. I told him to park in the complex and lets get with it, we had a game to get to.

Well, we were about a mile and half away and as we started walking I put it in high gear! I had my walking shoes on, I had my HRM on, like always, and I was ready to get into that stadium. I booked it and left my husband in the dust! About half way there, he was huffing and puffing and he looked at me and said, "A year ago you would never have even considered doing this!"

I didn't say anything but internally I was smiling and I thought to myself, "You're darn right, now move it!" hahaha A day very similar to that will happen to each and every single one of you. Keep working at this, every day, and remember that your goals are attainable.

Something else that I did during that trip, that I have not done in YEARS! I put on a bathing suit and three times that week I went in the pool, where we are staying, and did 30 minutes of laps, as exercise. Me, in a bathing suit, not that it looked great, but a heck of a lot better than the year before it would have, but me, swimming as my exercise for the day. I liked it so much that as soon as the weather is nice, again, I am going to get to a pool more to swim!

One piece of advice, that I have realized just myself, recently! Try to change up your exercising! I know it is winter, but try to find some different things to do. If you can find two different things to do, do one one day and the other the next day, then back to the first and so on. Two reasons! You do not want to get bored by doing the same thing every single day. By getting bored you can easily slip into an excuse as to why you don't want to exercise. The other reason is because the more you exercise if your body gets used to the same thing, every day, it will not lose as fast because it knows what is coming.

I have stairs in my house and I used the bottom one with a kettleball to do stepping and arms, at the same time, on one day. Elliptical another day, Wii zumba another day, walking another day. When it's nice I will be on my bike again. I also live in ND and we have A LOT OF SNOW. There is a vacant lot across the street from me with tons of snow mounds. I bundle up and go walking through those snow mounds. You get such an intense workout and it is so good for your legs trudging through the snow. So try to change it up a little every day.

You will all make it! Keep the ultimate goal in mind and use your support system.

Welcome to MFP! Slow and Steady wins the race. Success is never giving up and picking yourself up every time you fall down.

Hello EVERYONE!
I would love to be friends with each and everyone of you. I started my journey 11 months ago and was at my heavest, 286 pounds. I was ALWAYS tired, felt like I was 90 years old, depressed, could not sleep and every part of my body hurt. I could not not do anything without being out of breath. I finally got to the point I was feeling so sick and rotten I went to the dr. I was given my wake up call. I was told I have fatty liver disease and with a fatal liver disease in my family I took that very seriously.
I began my journey. I use this site religiously, exercise routinely and eat healthy. I decided to stop killing myself.
As of today I have lost 93 pounds! I don't just feel like a new person, I am a new person. I have gone from a size 24 down to a 12 and that is starting to get big on me. My pain is gone, I sleep again and I am no longer depressed. I feel like I am living agian.

There are days when I don't do so great but the difference is this time I don't give up when I make a bad choice. I just get back at it!

YOU ARE SO WORTH THE EFFORT AND HARD WORK. YOU CAN DO THIS!! If I can do this all of you can!!! TRUST ME!
I hope to get some friend requests!
Molly