Support/Accountability for 300+ gals (sorry guys)

Welcome Everyone... I am back from vacation, scared to death of the scale. Not a typical "fear" for me... because it usually goes in the right direction, and this week I am not going to like what I see. Exercise has been done but completely off my eating plan.

Have a good week everyone...

I've been working very hard this week to get my exercise in. I had several days since Easter where I made nothing but bad food choices, and barely exercised, and I really felt the results. Now I'm determined to be back on track.

Hello Everyone... Happy Mother's Day to all --

The scale is working it's way back in the right direction. Still didn't show the number that I was a couple weeks ago... but, we're working on it! Today - my concentration is on water, water, water... and eating meals throughout the day instead of one a day! I also hope to get in some "natural" exercise cleaning and doing a little yard work. Maybe a walk if it's warm enough. I am already freezing and I'm inside! ha, ha, ha. I will also be cooking meals for my week today - so no excuses since I will be able to grab 'n go.

Tami (idahogirl) -- how have you been?? I've missed you... and am thinking of you, hoping that Mr. Scale has been your friend. Where are you at on calories and how has that been? Glad to hear about your tests. I have kinda been an every other week kinda gal as well - which is frustrating. Especially because I feel like when I do "so good" I don't see the loss, or I see very, very little. Then the next week, I get all excited about a big number and hope that it will continue, only to have a small loss. I get ya'! I'm also anxious to hear how graduation went and what you have found out about the job...

Kimmer -- I'm trying to follow your lead as you stayed positive through a gain... picking yourself right back up and starting again! That persistence is what is going to help you reach that goal! KEEP GOING!! :drinker:

Missjulesdid -- Congrats on starting the journey and welcome aboard! The scale thing... I know that battle. I have a good one now, a "Biggest Loser" one because I needed it to have a high enough weight capacity. But it was bought at a Target which was exciting to me (didn't have to order some super expensive one from a "big" persons' store/supplier). I'll be excited to hear how the gym works out... and how close your guess is to what you weigh. My guess was 50 pounds MORE than I actually weighed when I first started. About the bike - wish I had something to tell you... I've been trying to decide on an elliptical machine and do the research online to see what the weight capacities are. When I reach 100# lost -- I am gonna buy one! That's my celebration gift to myself and part of my goal to not use food as the reward anymore. Plus, by that time, I don't have to spend a couple hundred dollars extra because my weight should/will be low enough to get a more basic model vs. a gym standard model.

I'm really hoping that we keep "developing" this community! I love another group I belong to... love, love, love it. There is so much support and you really feel like you get to know each other. However, very few people weigh over 300# and even fewer understand what it means to have lost almost 60# and still be over 300#... :ohwell: Their support has been great though and has helped me get re-focused after my vacation, are what helps me want to ensure I sign on every single day! I would love to see this group be like that also... So, here's to really creating this community of support!

Happy Sunday ya' all!

Tami --- WOW... You are definately being "hit" from every side. While some of it is positive, it's still hard to work through that negative. I have to admit - I am just completely baffled by your body. It's so weird that your body just doesn't want to break out of the 325 range. Once you get past this - I am guessing that you will end up with quite a loss, rapid in comparison. But until that breakthrough... I don't get it! Have you - or can you - change up your routine? I know that your food part is pretty defined... but what about switching up some exercise? The only other thought I have is that the lack of sleep and stress levels you've been talking about have your coritsol level out of wack?!? I don't know if they can test for that or if the lab tests you had show that? I mean, I feel like you are doing soooo much right, including medical supervision/involvement. I looked at your food journal and I am amazed at the choices you are making - proteins, veggies, fruit. No processed sugars to speak of or indulgences. Anyway - just know that I'm gonna try to send a bunch of the good karma from my bank to you. I'm using a little of it myself this week - hoping that I will be able to input a smaller number into MFP on Thursday. It's been a couple weeks since I've had an "official" weigh-in, so I am hopeful that before that time I can work off all the extra I gained over the vacation and that my body regulates with the start of exercising. Anyway - keep checking back in and know that you have someone cheering for you! ~ Becky

Hey guys sorry it has been a while....

Tami, YEAH!!!!!!! congrats on finally meeting your brother.. I am thrilled the two of you hit it off.It is amazing what life can give us when we allow it..

I have taken a different turn...I should take that back because really it is not true, except that I have left the scale alone...I won't be able to give progress except for once every couple of weeks.. It frankly gets in my way..

I have been a manifestation specialist for over 20 years along with coaching, therapy, relationships and a minister...Of course it all goes under the title of Canada's top Clairvoyant...lol...but anyways...in all of these years I honestly did not feel the need to lose the weight. I knew it was there, but I had something to prove. Creeping onto 40 this July told me time had to change...

What happened for me was that I went a little crazy. I no longer trusted for the first time in my life what I teach and what I know and instead I followed, tracked, tried every diet I could find for the last 6 months....A roller coaster of not trusting myself...A spiral of feeling and being out of control...All the time knowing if I would just let this go, just trust what I know everything would be ok...

I had quit smoking and that is what started this whole get rid of the pounds idea of mine...Fear of gaining or failing had a big role in my choices...Any how I was getting ready to teach some law of attraction and it hit me like a ton of bricks....That is how I lose the weight....So I spend a couple days off the site....Got myself on track....

I now eat when I am hungry, Drink water all the time, rush to the gym I am up early every day, hair and makeup done, ready for a day at the office. I feel more alive and more on track then I have felt in months....Please understand I am not selling an idea or a program here... For me I eat when I am hungry, I eat slow and I finish when I feel full....(Which is a quarter of what I am told in most diets to eat) I have been satisfied and no longer think about food every moment...

I can feel the weight falling off and the scale just messes with my head....So for me, I am no longer denying myself anything...however I am also no long feeling the need to satisfy myself with food either... I understand this will be a day to day thing but I have discovered that somewhere in my head there was a fear the food would be gone...So I had to eat it all.. Like I would not get it again....weird...Not sure where it came from....I think child hood restrictions and then being abused and force fed what I didn't want and not allowed what I did...but it no longer has a hold, which is awesome....

Our brains depict everything that is happening...If my body knows it will get food again when it is hungry, I really feel like I won't need to worry about calories.....I am eating great...feeling great...loving my world...Hope you guys are doing great....

MissJules.....I have a suggestion, just a suggestion...You have said on here money is tight, so logic says you are worrying about money while buying your bike even though you have the money put away....Walking is great exercise and it is free..I know you know that, but might need to remind yourself....For me I got caught up in weighing and logging etc etc....blah blah blah....Eat less, walk, and feel good every day...the weight will come off and you don't need to see a scale to know that...I am not judging by any means at all and you need to do what works for you...It just sounds like you are frustrated and holding onto too much, I need the bike, I need a scale etc etc...I need clean food, etc....Eat less, move more hon, it will get done....


hugs all hope it is a great Friday...

Welcome! I'm pretty new too and I've found this bunch in this group to be great. They understand what it means to celebrate the small victories.

Hi all, I'd love to join in on this group and I certainly hit the criteria of 300+.

Basics

MFP start date: May 10, 2011
MFP start weight: 405
current weight: 403
goal weight: 180
#1 reason to lose weight: I want to be more active and to fit more comfortably in the world, especially planes.

I'll be setting myself weekly goals. They'll be small to start because I can be easily overwhelmed. The first week's goals are to track everything I eat, staying within the calorie limit MFP has set, and drink at least 8 glasses of water.

I'm seeing a doc in two weeks and at that point my plan is likely to change but right now my plan is to make better choices about what I eat, and to be aware of what and why I am eating.

If anyone would like to add me as a friend it would be welcome.

Today marks the start of week two for me, so new goals.

Start eating more vegetables, pay closer attention to my carbs to get the number down, add some exercise to my week.

Right now my weigh in day is Thursdays in the hopes of it helping me to get through a day off, which is harder for me to stay in control because it's less structured, so we'll see on Thursday how I've done.