100lbs seems so far

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Patience, patience, patience. Log everything. You adjust in time. I've been on 100 diets and they all failed because they were restrictive. The amazing about my fitness pal is by counting calories we can enjoy all the foods we love. You can do this. Stay focused. Believe in yourself. Look at it this way one day you'll arrive but it's going to take patience. You can do this !

Tiffyrh07 wrote: »

I need to lose at least 100lbs but it seems like it's never gonna come. I've tried losing weight so many times before and the most I've lost was about 15 pounds and then I would give up and go right back to my old ways. My weight got up to 245lbs within the past year. Now I weight 238.4 but it seems to be bouncing back and fourth and I've been over 200lbs for the past 6 or 7 years. Feel free to add me for support.

You've already made a great accomplishment for taking the first step and working hard at losing over 6lbs!!! Take it 1 or 2 lbs at a time. You got this girl!

Hey! Small goals are the way forward...celebrate every new stone reached, every 10lbs, every BMI stage reached, when you're the weight you last were a year ago/2 years ago. I buy a new item of clothing each stone I reach (nothing expensive though coz hopefully it'll not fit after a couple of months!). Best wishes with all your efforts!

I need to lose 150+. It is a long way. But remember, it didn't come on quickly so it definitely wont come off quickly!

I agree with the smaller goals. My initial goal was 50lbs. But I just kept going as I saw the improvements and how great I felt. I'm now down 103lbs! I'm just maintaining now and working on toning. Good luck and I hope you find what works for you!!

BeautifulDestruction67 wrote: »

Maybe it would work better for you if you changed the way you think about how much you want to lose. Instead of I want to lose 100# which seems daunting, think...." I can lose 1 lb, 100 times". Give yourself rewards when you meet certain weight loss goals. Like at 10, 20, 30 lbs lost etc.

It was a real eye-opener for me, i was logging details into UA Record for the first time yesterday, and got to the spot where it asked for my goal weight. i started entering my ultimate goal weight, when i read what it said, that my goal weight should be 259-289. wait, what? that's still pretty big. so i clicked on the 'more info' option. basically, it said, set stepping-stone goals. then you feel like you've accomplished something. then you can change it. OK! I can do that!

also, the goals. my husband and i set some goals that seemed very lofty. like, when i break 300 i get a bike. 24lbs later i get a new fitbit that i've been wanting. the numbers seemed so far away, but with the little progress i've made, i realized, i break 300 in 6 POUNDS!!! I CAN DO THIS! I GOT THIS! and when i start getting discouraged, i look at my list that is on my phone, and think of where i am and where i've come from, and i can focus. and i just hope i remember this post next time i get discouraged. a couple weeks ago i had a few days that i let myself go. i drank a bunch of soda. i gained 4lbs back. i'm sure it's mostly water weight, and i blame the soda more than the calorie overage, but i regret it. coffee is my indulgence, the occasional fun-size chocolate bar, and i put essential oils in my water so it tastes better. that's what i'm focusing on today. drink more water.

Try to view it all as doing something for your body, to keep it healthy. Drink water, eat more fruits and vegetables. See if that helps. Not only does eating healthier make it easier to lose weight, you feel better when you do. As time goes by, you'll notice different things that work for you.

100 pounds is a lot to lose. Keep the 100 pound mark in mind, but set some other goals along the way. Getting into the 240s, 230s, 220s. Celebrate at the halfway points, like 235 - halfway to 230! - and when you hit 199, celebrate that the 2 is now gone from the hundreds place on the scale. Celebrate dropping clothing sizes. There are a lot of things to celebrate along the way, so use those goals. Once you get on a roll, the success breeds success. You'll want to keep going after you hit the first one.

Whatever you do, do NOT try to starve it off. You'll end up overeating. Don't go in with an attitude of "I've got this! I can be perfect!" because nobody is. Just work on what you need to work on, nice and slow. I'd start with switching to water and adding some fruits and veggies. When that becomes easy for a couple weeks, decide what new thing you could do or add. Don't overwhelm yourself.

It's going to take a long time, so commit for the long haul. You're going to drop some bad habits and develop some better ones - it just happens. You're going to encounter some nasty comments from jealous people, maybe the ones you would least expect to be mean about it. You're also going to get encouragement from people you'd never have thought would be so encouraging. Lots of changes coming. After a year or two, you'll be thin. You can do it.

I like the HappyScale app. You set milestones breaking up what feels like a huge goal into much smaller increments. Every time I meet a milestone I celebrate! Good luck to you, you got this!

I don't even have an end goal and I don't want one. I just want to reach my next micro-goal, in2 pounds (which will make 55 lost). And the one after that is only 7 pounds below that (because the tens digit on the scale will decrease). After that, another 3.3 will take me to 60 lost in six months, and so on.

These micro goals, I can achieve. Losing over a hundred? Blah. Forget it. And yet somehow, my micro-goals have gotten me almost a third of the way to what the weight charts say I should have for my goal.

Added to this are other goals like buying the next smaller size, breaking my walking distance record or time or step count, etc.

Little victories, baby.