Road to Loose100

I am right there with you. I have about a 110lbs to lose. I am happy to provide enocuragement and support, feel free to add me and we can check in here daily to hold each one accountable.

So to start today off, one of the best suggestions I have ever gotten is to start small. Don't try to do a complete over haul all in one day, becasue you will never stick with it. Work on your diet and then add small bits of exercise and work your way up. I've made slight changes to my diet every few days and I find it better to stick with it. Now i am going for walks to get in my exercise and will eventually start to do more once it becomes normal to exercise. Hope everyone is having a good day. So what changes have you made so far?

Aspice4life wrote: »

I appreciate your suggestions! So far I have started eating breakfast and pushing lunch to 2 or 3 p.m. to avoid feeling starved when I return home. I've stalked my work fridge with mostly veggies and lean meats... No breads. Still have to wk on fridge & pantry at home. As for exercising, that has become quite limited as my right knee doesn't cooperate. I am hoping to begin a series of 3 gel injections next week in lieu of having a knee replacement. Hope you have a wonderful day!

I know how you feel about the knee. I have a bad knee thanks to the Army, I do injections every 6 months and they do help alot. walking is about all I can manage, no running for me ... Elliptical is also a very good friend of mine

I also am starting over and have trouble with my knees. Looking for friends to support and be supportive.

@uoflgirl89 I did, thank you!

Anyone can feel free to add me too. When I came back to MFP after having my little guy none of my friends were active anymore so I cleaned house and am looking for a group of active and supportive people to do this with. Definitely helped me the first time around

On the long, hard road myself again. I sort of semi retired, but now working from home doing the family business bookwork and running the business. Tend to eat and not exercise a lot.
Looking for some support to keep on track.

I have about 80 more to go, feel free to add me... I have lost a little over 50 and when I am at goal, I will have lost 132 in total... (if you do request me, remind me where i saw you)

Aspice4life wrote: »

I appreciate your suggestions! So far I have started eating breakfast and pushing lunch to 2 or 3 p.m. to avoid feeling starved when I return home. I've stalked my work fridge with mostly veggies and lean meats... No breads. Still have to wk on fridge & pantry at home. As for exercising, that has become quite limited as my right knee doesn't cooperate. I am hoping to begin a series of 3 gel injections next week in lieu of having a knee replacement. Hope you have a wonderful day!

Okies but why? Did you eat any form of bread before?

Also, there is some debate as to the effectiveness of this so take it with a grain of salt and realize I am only speaking from personal experience and am not a doctor, why do you only eat 3 times per day? I eat about 6 times per day in small amounts and I'm never starved for food. The recommendation is normally breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack.

But I am not a big morning eater, so most days I do snack, breakfast (at work), lunch, snack, dinner, (optional) snack. Or if I'm going to the gym or for a run or otherwise won't be home until late, it's snack, breakfast, lunch, snack, snack, dinner. I started at 340lbs and I am down to 250lbs. Again, this worked for me so I'm not saying it's for everyone but have you tried something like this? Your body will normally react better, as in burn more, if it knows it's getting food on a consistent basis.

Further, to my point above, if you ate bread before why are you depriving yourself of it now? Bread isn't "bad" you just need to control how much you eat of it . . . just like everything else. If you ate too much of anything it's bad for you - I am a huge fan of moderation!

You don't have to exercise to lose weight, but you have to consume less than you burn daily. That's it.

Feel free to reach out if you ever want to chat. I'm not perfect but I've had a lot of success so far. It's taken me over 2.5 years to get this far, but I've kept it off with few (other than normal) fluctuations in weight.

Love the attitude! You can do it.
I do agree with above... that's a long time between eating. I would suggest some small, healthy, snacks along the way to keep the body happy. I didn't use to do this, but it really makes a difference for me.