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.

I must say that I find it easier if I have 3 meals and 2 or 3 snacks. Keeps me full. Also, I am eating more fruit again and that also makes me feel better. Reasonably low in calories too.

I just started on this current journey and feel free to add me (I'll send a friend request). Anybody feel free to add me! I'm at 263. My highest weight was 174 and I hope to get down to 170, but if I can go lower at that point I will. I've crashed and burned so many times it's not funny. I did something really stupid in my life and it sent me to jail for 2 years. In those 2 years I learned a lot about my body and weight loss. I lost 74 lbs. The Dept of Corrections follows the Government Food Pyramid that most of us learned in elementary school. No fried foods, Fats were minimum. Unfortunately when I returned home I gained every pound back. I began eating at fast food places and went back to drinking soda, and wasn't walking. I just turned 50 and decided this is it! So I'm taking Baby Steps. Slowly using up the food in my house (that's not considered weight loss friendly) and healthy items are only being purchased now. Slowly i'm learning to buy healthy, cook healthy and exercise more. Baby Steps!

I have about 100lbs to lose as well. Have lost about 15lbs since Januaray 1st just by limiting sweets and unhealthy snacks, moving around as much as possible, and drink tea and about a gallon of water a day. It's so hard! I am very busy and really have to get better at pushing myself to actually work out and I just got back on the wagon. Not an easy journey