121 Lbs lost in 11 months.....

Congratulations for coming as far as you have! Maybe try something different to give your body a shock?

keep up the good work over a year ago i weighed 288 im staying around 240 been having trouble getting this weight off i want to be under 200 by august

awesome job!! you are probably at a plateau and your body is taking a rest from all the weight loss it has endured over the last few months. I have hit a plateau and am only at the 35 pound mark. You are a great inspiration! If have come this far so there is NO doubt you will finish this journey and reach your ultimate goal.

How inspiring that you have done this on your own! Keep the faith and keep marching forward. Hope you watch Biggest Loser as I find that inspiring each week. Anything you are doing to help yourself, eating healthier, walking, running, aerobics, yoga, is a plus! Keep your eye on the prize and don't give up!

Congratulations - that is a major accomplishment - you should be really really proud of yourself and deserve to treat your self to something very special to make loosing over 100lbs!! Maybe a nice necklace or earings - something you can keep for a long time?

work out longer and build up the stamina and then work out harder. congratulations on your weight loss!

Keep going thats amazing! I know how much work that took ( no actually I probably will never know ) Keep going you have a right to be healthy and look good, and you have worked very hard for it. Maybe it is time to change things a bit ( not to much you seem to be doing well w/ what your doing ) Maybe allow a few dinners sometimes ( once a week ) OR raise your calorie intake just a liitle and walk. You can always switch back. Good luck!:blushing: :blushing:

wow that's an incredible achievement ! You've lost 121 lbs in 11 months - - amazing - - of course it is going to go slower now - that means it will stay off - - try to change up the calories to trick your body/mind - - you know, eat more for two days then eat less for two and so on - i've heard that helps when you are at a plateau - i'm only on day 1 and i am so inspired and motivated by your blog that i just know i'm going to be successful - - i hope to be where you are in 11 months.

Your body just needs a break. You've lost a lot of weight - we don't all respond to weight loss the same way. Try going to the library for fitness books or tapes for new ideas on working out. You should be very, very proud of yourself.

As you lose weight, your body has different needs. A 200-lb body doesn't need nearly as much energy as a 300-lb body (congrats, BTW, that's awesome!). You figured out how to work your 300-lb metabolism to make it burn fat, now you need to start all over with your 200-lb metabolism. You've changed the ratio of muscle-to-fat in your body, that's why people hit plateaus & stop losing, 'cause they don't realize they need to adjust to their new needs. A good doctor can analyze your metabolism & give you some ideas.

Everyone's body is different, but I would recommend cutting back on carbs (nothing drastic, just reduce whatever your current level is) and making sure you eat/drink something with protein every few hours. That will keep your metabolism on an even keel, and ensure that your body isn't burning the protein from your muscles. The chemical formula that burns fat in your body requires three parts fat, one part protein. So you have to provide enough protein, or the fat won't burn either.

Muscles burn more calories than fat, so the greater percentage of muscle you have, the better. If you don't eat enough protein, and your body starts taking the protein it needs from your muscles instead of from food, you'll lose muscle mass. And the more muscle you lose, the more trouble you have burning calories & losing any more weight!