200lbs to lose. Need some motivational support.

Hiya!!

Welcom to mfp!! Ive only been on here for a week but its very useful and supportive! Ive got ALOT of weight to lose and know that it will take a long time!! So far ive lost 7lb in a week so im doing something right!!

Hello Jon,

Congratulations on making the decision to make a change in your life for you. I'm on a similar path, in which I want to lose 100+ lbs. Add me as a friend, if you like, and we can motivate each other to new heights.

I have about 61lbs I want to lose. Im verrrrrrrrrry lazy right now, and absolutely love eating diviine food lol.

I am kicking into gear today, and actually did my work out DVD instead of just thinking about doing it.

May go to the gym later, or use my elliptical at home.

Good luck, and you can do it!! If you want to chat or need motivation or encouragement (or would like to offer it) just hit me up!!!


Katy

Hi Jon! So please don't discount me as a friend because A) I'm currently gaining (pregnant) and Will have about 50-60lbs to lose once it's all over with...but I would love to be a support partner for you. I've been on the site for over a year now. I was making good progress when I got pregnant, so in five months I'll be starting over again. My first day on the site, I recieved a few friend requests and those friends have stuck with me through all of this. This site is wonderful for advice, motivation and biggest of all supportive friends that will harass you if you stop logging, and pick you up if you have a bad day. I wish you tons of success on your journey!

Hey Jon! I would suggest breaking down your goal. When I had 100 pounds to lose I focused on 10-20 pounds at a time. It kept me from getting overwhelmed by the big goal.
Have fun!

Welcome to the club. Feel free to add me, so that we can help keep tabs on each other.

Some things that help me:
1. finding people "like" me - Women in the 25-35 age range who are around 200 lbs and want to get to the 170ish mark... I feel that having someone who is going through this so similarly is much more beneficial than hearing that Ms. Size2 is 1 lb away from being Ms. Size0 and only had to lose 4lbs in the first place. This site is great for people of ALL sizes, but I don't think my dietary goals and those of someone that little are at all the same and I don't feel like they will understand the small victories. (Walking PAST the breakroom during free cake, shopping in the "normal" department and actually fitting in something)

2. Finding REAL life friends who will do this with you. If nothing else, it helps to have that one @sshole buddy who will slap you on the back of the head and say "Triple Cheeseburger? Really? Did you NEED a triple Cheeseburger???" but only if that person will go... "Well, sounds like you *did* have a crap day at work and I would have had one too... now... let's go run."

3. Friend people who will look at your diary and give you crap when you are way off but still support you. I actually do consider who will see what I eat and it keeps me accountable.

4. LOG EVERYTHING. Don't skip the slip ups because they are embarassing. Don't lie to save calories or to save face. These entries are learning experiences and you can use the binge as a chance to go "okay, trips out of town make me eat like crazy and gain ALL of the weight back in 2 days... next time I will skip 3-4 of the white russians and maybe have a smaller steak."

Best of Luck. The hardest part of any journey is the first step. Congratulations on making that first step!!

Hi!

Congratulations on that first and most important step! I started about 3 weeks ago this journey. I need to lose 130 for health reasons. Feel free to add me as a friend for support or just to talk, we all need that. We are all here for the same reason, and although we all have different goals we can understand what you are going trough.

You can do this!

feel free to add me...i am looking to lose a total of 150 lbs and still have a long way to go.....everyone here is supportive and it makes it easier when you have friends going thru the same thing.

Hey! I know how you feel ! I need to lose 200 pounds too! All you can do is take one day at a time and don't look at the big picture, make little goals for yourself each month! It will go by so much faster like that!

I've got around 150lbs to lose. I've found that logging my foods on here has helped me alot. I had no idea before how much i was actually eating.

The motivational forum is the biggest help after the food tracking. Just seeing all the people who have lost the weight is inspirational. Everytime you find yourself thinking you can't do it have a look through there and see the people who have done it. If they can we all can. We just have to keep up with it.

Welcome to the forum