Obese SOS

fatkhanass wrote: »

Hey I'm on a weight loss journey for 9 days. I have my convocation coming up.
I'm 249lb and in desperate need of a "you can do it"
SOS guys

You can ABSOLUTELY do it!!!

It takes 21 days of consistent logging for it to become a habit. You're almost half way there!!!!

Feel free to add me as a friend. I don't post in the communities very often, but I'm trying to log my food more consistently.

Keep it up!!

When is your convocation? Weight loss is a slow process so best advice I can give you is to focus on a long term lifestyle so that you can maintain your weight loss.

You've got this!

I do not use a gym..I have lost 71 pounds in 5 months..and I am going to be 58 in Sept..You have got this..just make up your mind..start moving and don't look back!

fatkhanass wrote: »

@johunt615 convocation is in October

Will I atleast lose as much as people would notice a difference in me??

Plus I don't have access to any gym
Will sticking to the calorie goal help me make that difference?

My sister in law and my husband are huge fitness people - like the ones you see in magazines. No joke. And here I am. But you'll notice a difference very soon. Give it 3 weeks of consistency. Don't watch the scale, watch yourself. Take pictures at the start here, then pics again at the 3 week mark. Notice how your clothes are fitting.

Also, DON'T CRASH DIET. Those pounds won't stay off. Weigh once a week. What I started doing now (with the help of my hubby and his sister) is that I've devised a plan. Here's how it's going:

1. Keep a calendar. Each day that you stay on track, make a star on the calendar. If you indulge one day, make a sad face. Each sunday, weigh yourself first thing in the morning and write that weight on the calendar. If your weight isn't moving, look back at the week and see how you did. Maybe you had more sad faces than stars. Then use that as motivation for the coming week. Also, if you overdo the eating for a meal one day, the whole day isn't ruined. My sister in law gave me this metaphor. If you got a crack in your phone screen, you wouldn't keep cracking it, or smashing it. No way, you can manage with a crack but then you're careful after that. Same goes with the eating.

2. For working out, start out slow. 3-4 days a week for 20 to 30 mins. And make sure you stick to your schedule. Do a combo of cardio and strength training and slowly, over time, ramp up your distance and your weight. Then add a day. Don't start working out 6 days a week in the beginning because you'll burn out. And workouts can be at home. Cardio consists of anything that gets your heart rate pumping. Run circles around your yard, do jumping jacks and different calisthenics. Use the Swork It app - it's a good one.

These are all advice I've gotten from my family and I'm telling you, WE CAN ALL DO THIS!

Yes you can lose enough for folks to notice by October.

Start counting your calories, drink water, get outside and start walking. Oh and get 7-8 hrs of sleep at night as this helps with hunger.

I can easily burn a lot of calories just biking. Last year I was biking an hour and a half pretty well most days. I also walked for at least 45 minutes a day. This is of course getting your heart rate up. Run up and down stairs. Go on you tube, lots of exercise videos you can work out to...good luck and you can do it.

You can definitely do it. With no exercise at all I dropped over 20lbs just changing my diet. The funny thing is I didn't even eat less... I just ate better.

Chicken, Pork Tenderloin, Turkey, Salmon are delicious and take to seasoning so well you might not even realize you're eating at all the time. You can eat a pound of lean cuts for under ~500 calories. A POUND of food. Meanwhile, 4oz of chips can be about the same amount of calories.

With the weight loss, it helped me get the weight off my knees and got me back in the gym to continue losing weight. The truth is, weight loss can seem intimidating because highly motivated people who are in love with fitness do so much that your body simply can't do. But they do that because they love to and they want to.

You want to lose weight. Maybe later you want to become stronger. It doesn't matter. What matters is your drive and I think you definitely have the drive to get there. It may be scary and discouraging to look at the scale. So don't. The scale is not your friend. Your pants are. Your shirts are. Your belt is. Those will tell you if you've lose weight better than any scale. Scales can't account for water weight, undigested food, bloating, etc. Your clothes will never lie to you.

Good luck, and if you want to add me as a friend for the occasional encouragement feel free.

fatkhanass wrote: »

I have no access to any gym @DavidMoore2696

The great thing is, you don't need a gym to lose weight. Walking is a great way to exercise. If you don't have a pedometer to track how much you walk, get one. You can get a simple one, not a Fitbit, for very little money. Use it every day and try to keep improving how much you walk. Set a goal and keep trying to beat that. Many people try to reach 10000 steps per day but it doesn't have to be that high to start or that low later on.

In addition to checking the scale, be sure to grab a tape measure and keep track of the measurements of your hips, thighs, calves, upper arms, neck, etc. There's a place here in MFP to enter them. Since you're interested in people noticing you've lost weight that's going to be your best indicator of success.

You CAN!!!! My advice is to not put too much pressure on the when.... Just the do. I'm new too... Add me as a friend if you'd like.