Back again........desperate to be successful!

start with smaller goals like 10lbs then 20 then you wont feel so over whelmed by such a massive number and dont forget to celebrate the small victories along the way

I'm also desperate to hop on the health train. I've lost hope when I wasn't seeing any results and also my love for food is my biggest downfall!

Feel free to add me. I agree with rstandrew.....set smaller goals so you won't be so overwhelmed. I am back after being away 18 months with more to lose. 3 lbs in 2 weeks, slow but sure!!

I would LOVE to win this lifelong battle with you. I know if I go back to the basics of putting out more energy than I eat, increasing fruits and vegetables, tracking and staying accountable I can do it again. I'm miserable and have failed over and over again. I'm determined one moment and cave to JUNK food the next. Here we go‼️ We can do this.

This is my second time trying with MFP and I gotta say, this does work. So first of all - good for you for getting back on the wagon. Second of all, learn from me, and don't get *off* the wagon! :-)

Seriously - I am a multi-goal type. I have highest weight, then starting weight for this diet (which had me at morbidly obese), then I use every 5 pounds as a private goal, then BMI goals from morbidly obese to severely obese to obese to overweight to healthy. I am now 65 pounds from highest weight and 51 from my most recent starting weight and almost almost almost at two big big goals - to be under 200 for the first time in decades and to be merely "obese" and no longer what I laughingly call "mutant". It is like emptying an ocean with a teaspoon but as someone who needed to lost a total of 125-135 pounds, all I can say is that while the scale provides periodic (and important) motivation, the only thing that really keeps me going is that I no longer treat it as a diet. It is simply how I eat. Meals that are loaded with vegetables and salads to be filling. Protein from fish and nuts and dairy and not from steaks. Apples and berries and carrots and nuts for snacks. It has finally come to feel like this is just how I eat, and not like I am on a diet.

I read these blogs to see how other people have done it. Obviously it is possible, even after a lifetime of failed attempts, like mine (after all, I've been fat all my life and I am approaching 57).

As the Japanese proverb says: Fall down seven times, stand up eight.

At the risk of making this an echo chamber smaller goals help. Aim for 5, 10 20 then 10 more after that etc. I know there's days for me where I just can't think long term on any goal and need to try for something today to give myself a boost and feel like i am accomplishing something. It could be something as simple for me as not having 1 more soda, or something that is really really hard for me some days which is not stopping at a gas station for a ride home snack, but once accomplished it helps. So the short version, aim small. If you want send me an add happy to encourage where I can.

Good job, and keep it up!