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Well I haven't been 199 since 2006 and thats only b/c I did Atkins in 2004 for my wedding and got down to 178. I was over 200 beofre 2004. My highest weight in 2010 was 253. My starting weight when I started dieting was 218 and now I have lost 50lbs and I am down to 168! I am so happy to get on the scale now. (In the privacy of my bathroom of course.) It has been a long road, but I am so much happier and I seriously jumped for joy when I hit the wondrous one hundreds! Good luck to all of you and I hope you really celebrate when you hit the one hundreds. Promise yourself a a big gift once you hit the mark. That helped me with motivation.
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I arrived at ONEderland exactly 1 month ago today. Yay!! Best feeling ever not being in the 2-0-0's!
You guys can so do it! I once considered myself (and sometimes still do) a very lazy person. I would just sit there with a bowl of chips/popcorn and watch TV for hours after work in the evenings and on the weekends. I complained about bad knees, bad back and achey feet. So, if I've been able to loose weight so can anybody out there. We just have to set our mind straight and focus on our goal!
As the Yo Gabba Gabba gang would say.... "♪♫...keep trying, keep trying, don't give up, never give up...♫♪"0 -
My motivation and reward? My best friend is giving me her treadmill (which has a weight limit of 200) as soon as I get below 200
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Crossed the perimeter a few weeks back, and then got kicked out a week or so later. Held incommunicado at just over 200 by surly border sentries who finally let their guard down about a week ago. This time I am in disguise (Groucho glasses) and hope to sneak past 190 before they find me again. If you see me around just pretend you don't know me.0
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My all-time heaviest weight was 294 but I was right around 280 for 6 years, until I started MFP back in mid September 2010 and reached ONEderland at the end of April/beginning of May (I can't remember the date). I now weigh about 186 and I can't even begin to tell you how wonderful it is to be fit and healthy (I'm 5'10" with a large bone structure, so I actually AM fit and healthy at 186, although I still want to drop a few more pounds).
When I was obese, I looked and felt at least 20 years older than I was (I'm 27 now). I was always tired, had no confidence, and was just miserable.
I am so blessed, not just because I look better (which is just a bonus, really), but mostly because I am fit and healthy and am setting a good example for my family and friends.0 -
I have had 9 pregnancies and 5 kids in the last 11 years. I ballooned up to 251 pounds after all the infertility problems, treatments, pregnancies and kids - it was alot of stress. I also have 2 special needs kids. When they act up I stuff my face (or so I used to). I have been overweight just about my whole life - just not as big as I was when I joined MFP. I have been here since March and have lost 62 pounds so far. I am now at 188 pounds! Before my 1st daughter was born I wore a size 14 and guess what? I am wearing a 14 once again! I started out a size 22!
I was thinking I was never going to get to onerland - but I did it! I was so proud of myself! But I am not done. I have 38 more pounds to go...and you know what? If I lost 62 I can surely do 38!! It just takes time, patience and alot of hard work. Anyone can do it...and to everyone out there who is struggling right now - just remember - you CAN do it!! It took you how long to get to where you are? You can't undo it in a single day or even month. Don't get discouraged - just keep moving toward that "magic" number and to making yourself feel awesome!!
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The thing I remember the most about being in the 200s was pain.. pain in my knees, my hips, my feet, my back. Waking up every morning and coming down the stairs, everything creaked and popped and I just felt awful. I was 216, and just loosing that first 20 pounds and moving back into onederland took almost all that pain away. I had more energy and nothing hurt. (of course, as I sit here this morning, my butt hurts, my thighs hurt and my calves hurt, but it's funny that I don't mind the aches of exercise while the stress pain of the weight really bothered me, LOL) But, the poster who pointed out that crossing that bridge doesn't mean a let down in effort or anticipation of the next milestone. I'm starting to get the "140s" anticipation, and I can't wait for that one either!0
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4 mores pounds I can't wait!!!!! Thanks for the success stories!0
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I reached ONDERLAND yesterday finally after struggling for the last 7 yrs with my weight. I was a healthy 138 after meeting my husband. Got comfortable in our relationship and climbed up to 175 for my wedding in 2004. Within a few months of my wedding I climbed up to 200 and beyond. I was 249 the day before I gave birth in 2009 came down to pre-preg weight at 223 and went back up to 231. In January and friend of mine and I made a commitment to get fit and I've still struggled along the way but have lost 26lbs since January.
Onederland is wonderful but I am praying I don't mess up again. Just taking it one day at a time, somedays, one hour or minute at a time. Whatever works.0 -
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Crossed the perimeter a few weeks back, and then got kicked out a week or so later. Held incommunicado at just over 200 by surly border sentries who finally let their guard down about a week ago. This time I am in disguise (Groucho glasses) and hope to sneak past 190 before they find me again. If you see me around just pretend you don't know me.
This post is genius. Thanks for the laugh. I'm literally 1.2 lbs away from ONEderland today (my weigh day) and it'll be the first since 9 years ago. I really hope it will energize me to lose the rest of the weight after I "cross the border."0 -
I hit 199.8 on May 13th here is my blog post from that day:
ONEderful ONEderland!
*jumping up and down* I did it!!!!!
This morning the scale FINALLY had a 1 at the begining of it, barely (199.8) but it was there. I think I was on the scale atleast 10 times before I believed it. It has been over 5 years since I have seen that. I am so happy I want to dance.
I also just figured out I have less than 20lbs (19.6) to get to my 1st BIG GOAL (not being obese). Suddenly that doesn't seem impossible anymore. I kept thinking - I will never get there, I will never actually do that! But now I feel that it is attainable. Might take me a little while yet, but I will get there!!!
And I am on track - actually a little head of where I need to be - to reach my goal for my BFF's wedding in Novemeber. I will do this!
Wow I suddenly have a much better feeling about things - its such a nice feeling.
Now to look forward to next weekend when I will get to run my 1st 5k for the year!! Lets keep the good news coming!
I am now down to 192 (its a slow go for me some months) and its great to see that number keep going down- I like other people have said am eagerly awaiting 180's now!!0 -
11 pounds to go for me! Aiming to reach this by Labor Day. Congrats to everyone who has reached or on their way to Onederland!0
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I haven't been under 200 in at least 10 years (probably more like 12). I weighed in at 200.2 this morning. Soooo close! I want to be there by 7/8 because we're going to visit my parents then. Every time I've started trying to get healthy and lose weight, going home has torpedoed my efforts. I'd go out to eat and eat my parents cooking and then when I got home, I just wouldn't ever get back to it. I'm hoping being under 200 will be more incentive to eat right and work out while I'm there.0
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It's been a feat and it's glorious, but, you just start striving for the next set of numbers, or so I do! I was 236 and was able to get to 199.8 and then stuck at about 205 for quite a long time...then, down to 193, then back to 203...it seemed 200 was my arch nemesis for years! Now, this time around, I'm sitting at 190.6 and am waiting with serious anticipation to hit the 180's. There is definitely SOMETHING about the 200 lb mark - that was my goal, forever and a day, to just get under that - now, it's under 190...then I'll want to be under 180...and so on. But, it's also pretty rewarding and terrific to FINALLY be LESS than 200 lbs! Keep working at it - it's totally doable and so worth it!
The story of your struggle to "onederland" is inspiring. You had a few defeats - but kept at it! Often when I have a defeat, I'll give up for an extended time. I'm off to a very slow start. (Starting at 230, its been ~1 month, and don't have much to show for it yet) But I'm going to get to onederland this time!0 -
I havent been under 200 since 2004...I am currently 205 I am freaking out because I am so close! Ready to get there!0
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7 pounds.....just 7 pounds to go....and I've stalled completely
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Me too, just 7 pounds to go. I can't wait to see the number 1 !!!!
Ooh we are at the same place and have the same goal....WE CAN DO IT!!!
Me too! I've been 5 from it for a week and half and I just want to see that number ONE!0 -
7 pounds.....just 7 pounds to go....and I've stalled completely
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I'm 47 and was in the 200s (as high as 270) for every day of my adult life. In March of this year I reached
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and that day I started dancing dancing dancing for joy!
I feel like a stranger in my own body. I feel like my mind has been transferred into a different vessel. I look in the mirror and wonder if I am still the same person! When I meet people who've never known me, I don't know what they are thinking because I can't imagine that what they are seeing is really me!
It feels awesome and unreal at the same time.
But it feels wonderful, and that's why ONEderland is such a perfect name for it!0 -
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May 19 this year I went into One-derland.
Haven't been there in almost seven years. I quietly celebrated it.
Three days later my town, Joplin, Mo was hit by a devastating tornado.
And I found myself lost and full of emotions I had never had before.
I realized how food was such a comfort for myself and people around me.
I toggled back into the 200s and that was an awakening.
I found a weakness I didn't know I had.
I had reprogrammed myself not to celebrate with food, but I hadn't grabbed a hold of the fact that I comforted myself with it.
So with God's help and prayer, I was freed from that bondage.
Now sitting at 192, I am enjoying the freedom from those burdens.
Continue to pray and support my hometown, so many lost so much.0 -
I just hit One-derland two weeks ago. I'm tearing up just thinking about this because I have so many emotions inside of me that I haven't had a chance to release yet. I want to celebrate it but I really don't have anyone to celebrate it with. My mom is obese so I don't really want to share it with her. I feel like its rubbing it in her face. My hubby is deployed but he will be here in a month so I guess that will be good enough.
I haven't seen this size for 11 years...well 11 years 8 months when I got pregnant with my youngest son. I never thought I would see it ever again when I reached 324 lbs after the birth of my 3rd child. It took a lot for me to get here but it was worth it. Being under 200lbs means the world to me...to know that I finally did it....that I actually saw this through...I'm beyond happy.
Just today I walked pass the mirror with just my undies on and I had to do a double take because I still can't believe the reflection in the mirror is me.0 -
I arrived in ONEderland just this morning and I felt like this:
WOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
The best thing for me was going shopping today in the Misses section of the store. All of my pants were 24s and I had been cinching them with a belt for months (I'm actually on my 2nd belt now). I bought a size 16 today!!!!0
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