I am Super Morbidly Obese according to my DR.

All you can do is own it and move on.

There are a lot of helpful people (and not so helpful) on this site and both will help you find your way. Good luck!

Hello!! Welcome to the best step of your journey! Feel free to add me as well! I too log everyday and honestly, we can all use the support!

Good luck! I am here everyday as well.
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I was once where you are. When I started (it wasn't here, but elsewhere), I was 5'4" and 343 pounds with a BMI of 61.8. So, yeah - I know exactly how you're feeling.

I've lost quite a bit since, both on my own and through MFP, so it DOES work. Struggling a little still even now, but I've accepted that the battle is going to take some time to win. But win it I will.

You're in a good place!

Welcome to the journey of your lifetime. Glad you are here and making the first steps towards a healthier you. Please, feel free to add me as a friend.

As background, I was really good about watching what I eat and getting in exercise back in early 2013 and I dropped nearly 35 lbs. Life got in the way (or you could say I got lazy) and started back up again 2 weeks ago. It is not easy and old habits will come back into play. But with determination and honesty, you will have success.

I am a 49 year old married woman with 3 adult children (only 1 living at home) and currently weigh just under 230 lbs. I have a mini-goal of reaching 199 by Christmas. My husband and I are on this journey together, which helps having someone supporting and pushing me.

Feel free to add me as a friend.

This label hit me HARD. When I realized I was not just morbidly obese, but SUPER morbidly obese. I cried. I was in the category with people who are bed bound. I was in the same category as people who have to have portions of a wall removed to get them out of the house. I was in the same category as people who can no longer drive, or clean themselves without assistance. The same category as people who can no longer shop even in "plus size" stores.

It's a hard pill to swallow. Sounds like you have the right attitude to make the change you need to make. There are a lot of awesome people here on MFP who lost over a hundred pounds without pills or surgery. I'm not one of them though-I had weight loss surgery after losing 70 pounds on my own. Do what YOU need to do to be successful and if it doesn't work then adjust your approach and keep trying. I have been really pushing for weight loss for the past SIX YEARS. Most of that time was spent bouncing between 310 to 345 ... Sounds discouraging but if I HADN'T been working, I likely would have ballooned to over 400 during that time.

I had a LOT stacked against me: Hypothyroid, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic migraines, insatiable hunger, seemingly uncontrollable cravings, emotional eating and to top it all off my beloved husband became severely mentally ill resulting in a devastating divorce... What a mess... BUT I addressed EACH issue and this took time and patience and love for myself.

I wish you the very best on your journey. No matter how difficult it gets for you, just don't give up. Adjust your approach and try again and again and again. As many ways and as many times as it takes until you find what works for you and what YOU can live with.

I have three suggestions:

1. The best advice I can think of is to add healthy habits to and delete unhealthy habits from your life, bit by bit. You don't have to do it all at once. That can get overwhelming and lead someone to just throw in the towel. Also, small accomplishments feel good and reinforce how well you are doing. Small accomplishments add up to big successes over time.

So, try doing a little bit at a time. Identify your biggest downfalls and tackle one at a time. Such as: Drink soda? Give that up. (I have a friend who gave up caloric drinks for Lent and lost 15 lbs in 40 days - this could be you). Don't exercise? Start taking 15-30 minute walks as tolerated. Love eating junk for dinner? Start off your new, healthy lifestyle by having salmon and steamed broccoli for dinner one night per week. Once you've mastered something new, and made it a permanent part of your life, move on to the next thing. You did not get "super morbidly obese" in one day, and you won't get to a normal weight in one day, either. Pacing yourself is the key to success. Being healthy takes time and training - you can't start at a sprint. Considering that you weigh more than 300 lbs, small changes that you make are going to result in a pretty quick weight loss. Speaking of training...

2. It is important to train your brain to be positive and healthy. This is the corniest thing ever, but my MD's APRN, who is working with me on my weight loss, taught me this technique, and it works 100% for me. This is how you train your brain:

When you eat healthy food, think to yourself "this tastes amazing, and is so good for me, I am awesome, look at me getting healthier", etc. When you eat something that you shouldn't, think to yourself, "this does not taste as good as I remember it, this is not making me healthier, I really do not want to eat this again." It sounds silly, but if you try to eat good food instead of junk food, and you reinforce your choices with this sort of brain training, you will feel better about yourself, and find that it is easier to make better choices in the future. You can do the same thing with exercise, such as by thinking when you exercise: "it feels so good to be out in the fresh air, I feel healthier day by day, I can feel my body getting stronger and slimmer with exercise, I really enjoy exercising, I am good at this".

And finally,

3. Question whether you really know what it will take reach your goals. I don't mean for this to be offensive. In fact, I will openly admit that when I started my weight loss journey, I was morbidly obese and I had little understanding of what it would take to become the healthy person I wanted to be. I could not do it on my own. I went to a nutritionist to learn how I needed to eat to be a healthy person, and started reading books to learn about how I could use exercise to meet my weight and fitness goals.

Considering meeting with a nutritionist, going to Weight Watchers, or taking other steps that make sense to you, in order to learn how to go about getting healthy in a sustainable and safe fashion. Also consider health issues that you may have, and how they might impact your plans. I started my journey as a T2 diabetic and worked with an endocrinologist to get that under control with diet and medicine. For me, it was either stick to a low carb diet or learn to get really comfortable with insulin and needles.

Welcome to MFP!

Feel free to add me!

Feel free to add me. I was 401 in June.

Welcome. I weighed more than 300 pounds in June of 2011. I hit a healthy BMI in September of 2012 and have been maintaining ever since. You can do this, and MFP is a great tool to get you there.

I was 300+ lbs when I started this. I don't actually know my top weight because my scale wouldn't go over 300. I count my loss from 300 because that was the first weight I could verify on a scale (I wouldn't go to the doctor, I was too embarrassed). This has not been an easy road, and I'm still on it, will be for life, but MFP has been a great forum for me. It has kept me accountable, and the occasional infusion of bro-science aside has taught me how to be truly healthy in what I eat and now I move.

Please feel free to friend me. I log daily (even the ones I don't want to admit to). I'd be happy to help with your journey and I'm always looking for a new friend to help me on mine!

I have three suggestions:

1. The best advice I can think of is to add healthy habits to and delete unhealthy habits from your life, bit by bit. You don't have to do it all at once. That can get overwhelming and lead someone to just throw in the towel. Also, small accomplishments feel good and reinforce how well you are doing. Small accomplishments add up to big successes over time.

So, try doing a little bit at a time. Identify your biggest downfalls and tackle one at a time. Such as: Drink soda? Give that up. (I have a friend who gave up caloric drinks for Lent and lost 15 lbs in 40 days - this could be you). Don't exercise? Start taking 15-30 minute walks as tolerated. Love eating junk for dinner? Start off your new, healthy lifestyle by having salmon and steamed broccoli for dinner one night per week. Once you've mastered something new, and made it a permanent part of your life, move on to the next thing. You did not get "super morbidly obese" in one day, and you won't get to a normal weight in one day, either. Pacing yourself is the key to success. Being healthy takes time and training - you can't start at a sprint. Considering that you weigh more than 300 lbs, small changes that you make are going to result in a pretty quick weight loss. Speaking of training...

2. It is important to train your brain to be positive and healthy. This is the corniest thing ever, but my MD's APRN, who is working with me on my weight loss, taught me this technique, and it works 100% for me. This is how you train your brain:

When you eat healthy food, think to yourself "this tastes amazing, and is so good for me, I am awesome, look at me getting healthier", etc. When you eat something that you shouldn't, think to yourself, "this does not taste as good as I remember it, this is not making me healthier, I really do not want to eat this again." It sounds silly, but if you try to eat good food instead of junk food, and you reinforce your choices with this sort of brain training, you will feel better about yourself, and find that it is easier to make better choices in the future. You can do the same thing with exercise, such as by thinking when you exercise: "it feels so good to be out in the fresh air, I feel healthier day by day, I can feel my body getting stronger and slimmer with exercise, I really enjoy exercising, I am good at this".

And finally,

3. Question whether you really know what it will take reach your goals. I don't mean for this to be offensive. In fact, I will openly admit that when I started my weight loss journey, I was morbidly obese and I had little understanding of what it would take to become the healthy person I wanted to be. I could not do it on my own. I went to a nutritionist to learn how I needed to eat to be a healthy person, and started reading books to learn about how I could use exercise to meet my weight and fitness goals.

Considering meeting with a nutritionist, going to Weight Watchers, or taking other steps that make sense to you, in order to learn how to go about getting healthy in a sustainable and safe fashion. Also consider health issues that you may have, and how they might impact your plans. I started my journey as a T2 diabetic and worked with an endocrinologist to get that under control with diet and medicine. For me, it was either stick to a low carb diet or learn to get really comfortable with insulin and needles.

THIS IS SOME GREAT ADVICE!!

Oh - and try not to forget that it's a marathon, not a sprint. Every healthy change you make today will have a ripple effect a year from now and beyond. Try to look at the big picture when the changes feel like they are coming too slowly.