175 to 250 in 4 years. WTF. Time to change.

I completely understand where you're coming from! I moved away from home about 8 years ago and was 160 pounds and pretty fit. Over the next 6 years I went up to 246 pounds. It was crazy! After having my daughter two years ago, I have kicked my own *kitten* and I am now 157! You can do it! It takes way more discipline on the side of nutrition than exercise (that was the case for me anyways). Hope you make a good change!

Even for me it was hard to believe I let myself go as far as I did. I've been using this app since the beginning of the year and have been slowly successful. I've lost 7 pounds. But I believe that losing slowly I will be more successful at keeping it off. I've tried losing quickly and just as soon as I was where I wanted to be I would gain it all back plus some in just a matter of a couple months. Good luck with your journey if you want to add me as a friend for support please feel free!

That's the tragedy of "dieting" when used to mean "severely restricting calories and/or food groups to attain weight loss".

Knowledge is power.
Food logging is a pain, but really does help.
Calorie counting is useful, but doesn't work for everybody.

The biggest lie in "dieting"? That you can go back to what you were doing before and magically maintain your dieted down to weight.

For those who have trouble with their weight, weight management is usually a lifetime commitment. Losing weight effectively needs to be about understanding the choices you make about your diet, and their impact.

Almost always, long term success is about losing the weight through a combination of lasting dietary modification (smaller portions, fewer empty calories, more foods that are nutrient dense and low calorie) and lasting lifestyle change - usually a change to consciously burn more calories through activity/exercise.

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We can do it! We just have to be vigilant and keep our eyes on the prize. By this time next year id like to start the insanity series, but I'm in no shape to do that routine right now. I've got too much extra baggage weighing me down. Time to get my act together and it all starts with eating right.

I'm down 16 lbs since the holidays and have been really committed on the food side over exercise. I'm 53 and only 5' so slow and steady is the name of the game...

I spent the first 5 weeks just diligently weighing and logging everything and making sure I balanced my macros daily and more importantly "weekly" . Focus on lean protein and lots of good complex carbs from fruit and veggies, but don't deny yourself something you really want to have! Just work it into your calories/ macros and it'll be fine. If you go i over one day, you can spread that out over the next day or two and it still works out by the end of the week. Everyone will tell you your chances of long term success go up if you just modify what you like to eat, maybe look for lower calorie options for your favorites... And drink all your water because it does help fill you up at the very least.

I am not much in the exercise department, but I finally added an hour of swimming a week in addition to my logging and at Week 6 I started tracking my steps to see where I was. This week I'm adding 30 minutes a day of stretching/ strengthening.

It's working well to focus only on one new thing at a time, so take your time and you'll set yourself up for success! Best wishes on your journey

One step at a time - looking to make more friends and share lots of motivation and tips with you all - the more friends the happier!