I officially have to lose half my body weight!!!!!!!

I have to lose only (only!) 30% of my weight, but I gained it for similar reasons and am a similar age. So I relate. I think you may be surprised by how easy it is to lose weight when you have your head sorted. I've failed so many times in the past because I wasn't in the right place mentally. Now that life is (mostly) good and I'm not fighting any demons, I'm finding it much much easier to do what's right for myself.

You can do this. It's nothing compared to overcoming depression and other major life challenges.

Many of us are in the same boat for one reason or another.

Just go for two stones and then keep it off for six months. If you can do that you can go all the way over time. If you can not or will not do that then you know to give up the idea of losing the weight.

My food choices have evolved as well as my approach to eating lifestyle after I got started. In my view you are relative young and just 2 stones a year will get you there by age 50. Fast loss is often easy to regain. Just keep inching down over time does the job.

Best of luck this time.

Yes, I was where you are two years ago. There are many many people people on this site that are living proof that it can be done. Use this app, and count your calories. Forgive yourself when you fall off the wagon and don't use it as an excuse to quit. When you have a long way to go it can seem overwhelming, make small goals. Buy a kitchen scale, weigh and measure everything. Check these message boards, for some great information. I dont know how to link it, but one great one is called "Your guide to get yoou started on your path to sexy pants." Be resolute.

I also need to lose half my body weight. I am 49 years old and I look back to when my husband and I dated in high school & remember that I weighed 130. Wow. That was an entire person ago. I jokingly tell him he got 2 of me for the price of 1.

Various things have happened through our lives to cause fluctuations in weight. I love food. The smells, the textures and of course the taste. I also love to cook. One of my brothers once told me that if I described cardboard the way I describe food, people would look at it as a new food craze.I could have people all around eating it as if it were a tender, juicy rib eye or a moist, sweet & decadent cake. Gift or curse. . . I have no clue, but I must for not only my self, but my husband, kids and grandchildren make a shift in how I cook.

I have always had the mentality that I don't know how to cook healthy and healthy doesn't taste as good so why bother. But our youngest daughter is teaching me that is not true. I can cook healthy and it does taste amazing. We don't have to deprive ourselves if foods we have loved over the years. We do however need to make wise decisions about how much is enough and when to eat it.

There is life and death in the power of the tongue and I want to start speaking new life. I don't want to look back this time next year and regret not doing anything. So, the journey begins.

You are only 45! I wish I had addressed my weight and drinking then instead of waiting until I hit 50. I dumped the alcohol completely - best decision ever - then lost the weight. I wanted to be healthy as well as lose weight I feel like a new person and so will you. I wouldn't think about the half your bodyweight thing - even a couple of stones off and you will feel so much better! Then you can set a new goal. Take care of yourself and put yourself first, and you can do this.

My goal listed would be 45%, but I'd like to go lower. I've been at this for two years on 12-29 and am down 79.6 lbs. It's definitely doable, one change at a time, and I am so much healthier now, at 50, then I was at 35. Feel free to add me, anyone else can too.

I have lost about half my body weight and currently working on maintaining and improving fitness. I went from about 285-290 to my current 145.

Feel free to add me if you like. I still log daily.

herrspoons wrote: »

Just do it bit by bit. Viewing it as one target is just too daunting.

^^^This. I have/had about half my body weight to lose as well. I've now lost 60 pounds, and I still have, at the very least, 60 more pounds to lose. I have learned not to look at those big numbers. Take it five pounds at a time, 10 pounds at a time, or simply day by day. Whatever works for you. I try never to look any further ahead than ten pounds at a time because ten pounds, hey I can lose ten pounds. I've done it six times already.