help!!! Need to lose a LOT of weight

I am as well, but work, time and perseverance is what it takes. I get many recipes from cookinglight.com and weightwatchers. I don't always go as far as WW does (fat free everything) but they still have some really good ones.

sedws12 wrote: »

Ok. So in massively overweight I need to move half my body weight. Anybody have a good recipie site? Cheers x

You didn't gain it overnight and you won't lose it overnight either. Go for consistent weight loss, not dramatic. Along this line, the best I can suggest is to first start tracking what you eat - all of it! If you want to change something, you need to track it. This will give you an idea what where you are currently and what needs to be altered. Then just start trying to eat whole foods (fruits, veggies, whole grains) and lean proteins (chicken and fish). If you really want recipes, there's plenty out there. Just make sure you're followin the amount given to you by MFP - try to stay within that number at the beginning.

I would also suggest adding in exercise. Start off slowly, maybe just running a bit. And if you find that difficult, you can jog or even walk if needed. Just start getting some exercise to burn calories.

Eating the right foods, not eating too much, and getting some exercise will start you to see some results in the beginning. That's probably the best place for you to start if you need to lose that much. Best of luck!

Welcome! I am well on my way, having lost over ninety pounds so far. I also had bariatric surgery. MFP is great for understanding how much you are eating now, and just the act of tracking will point to small changes you can make along the way.

I eat normally, but my portions are changed. I had one slice of pizza for lunch today for instance.

I like skinnytaste.com and chocolatecoveredkatie.com

One step at a time, that is how you walk form NY to LA

I don't even know how overweight I am lol. I know where I'd like to be but I also know what those darned charts say. It would be a far stretch for me to meet that charts goal as I haven't been within that range since middle school. I'd be super happy losing 100 pounds but anything over that would be awesome -- now to lose 100

I've recently hit 100 lbs weight loss. Making small changes each day has been greatly beneficial and celebrating those small victories (healthy breakfast this morning, be proud of that accomplishment). One thing that helped me was parking father away from the stores when i went shopping. Adding small portions of exercise until i was able to not feel like i was killing my joints to do the exercise that I'm doing now. Cutting out the carbs has been a lifestyle change that I'm getting used to. I've been almost a year without pop, and really moderating my chocolate addiction have been the harder lifestyle changes. Getting a good mindset will be your biggest accomplishment and not getting discouraged when that pesky scale doesn't move right away.

For myself, I also use nutritional supplementation. At one point, at almost 400# I was seriously considering gastric bypass and I'm thankful I discovered the supplements that I did when I did.