Need to lose 100 pounds and scared

You can only focus on a pound, or so, a week. You are not going to lose 100 pounds today, or tomorrow. You will probably lose a pound or so this week. Do so and claim a victory and prepare and repeat next week.

Take your small victories as they came and continue forward. (insert cliché of your choice here) One day at a time, Step by Step, A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step, et al.

A pound a week is not a large number nor is it a difficult thing to do.

That being said, weight lose is not linear. There may be weeks when, for no apparent reason, that pound didn't come off. Not to worry, keep up with the program and it will.

Enjoy your walks and enjoy your shopping for new clothes.

It is a little scary if you think about it all at once. I started on here almost a month ago with 264 lbs. My ideal weight is about 155. Before this, I spent about a year becoming mindful and informed about the foods, thoughts, and exercises that I'll need in order to reach my ideal weight and be happy there.

I've found that focusing on small goals is the best thing to get over that fear of something new. For me, this means focusing on every 20 lbs lost. I've lost 18 so far and have stayed on track with my logging this week, so I'm rewarding myself by dressing up as a character at a comic-con this weekend. It's something I've always wanted to do and never had the confidence for before now. It's a little victory, but it's so worth it to me.

As for what will keep you going, I don't know. For me, my motivation is both my health and my vision of who I want to be. When I saw that I was closer to 300 than 200, I was really upset and realized that I was only going to get bigger. With my family history and my hobbies, this wasn't an option.

Now, I'm just not giving myself a choice about failing to get in shape. I refuse to even entertain the idea that I'll fail. It's a long way to go, but it will happen as long as you don't let yourself give up.

jls - also keep in mind its about the small changes. Drinking water, preparing meals (get to cook), weighing and not necessarily the weight :-) Its about walking from the back of the parking lot, or choosing to drive a different way so you don't pass that nasty fast food place :-) and learning about you! What you like (hiking, swimming, biking, playing with the dog) and what makes you feel great.

Also you have great support on MFP. Keep the good advice for you and ignore the bad :-)

I need to lose over 100 too, im aiming for the first 100 though. I have lost almost 50 lbs so far. And the way i got there was starting off small, 10 lbs was a goal at first, now its 20! so my next goal is 70 lbs lost. you can do it.

I also have 100 lbs to lose. Every time I look at it as 100 lbs it seems so far away...however, I have set my first goal of 10 lbs for the month of October and know I can do it! I have done this so many times over and over again but once you reach the first goal you will soon be ready to set a new one!

I agree with everyone who's mentioned setting smaller goals. That took me a while to really figure out. But it feels *so* good to hit one of my little goals - and when I step back, it really does feel like I'm a lot closer to my overall goal.

I've been on this weight loss journey before. The problem is that I'm my own worst enemy. If I fall off the wagon at ALL, I usually just give up and cry and throw in the towel. But I'm slowly learning that it's normal - and a good lesson for myself to get back up and keep going. So what if I had a cookie that I wasn't planning on? Maybe I'll just do a little extra cardio.

You can do it.

I have well over 100 lbs to lose. I lost 60 lbs in 2014 and was walking 4-5 miles a day, I even did my first 5k walk. But I injured my knee training for another 5k and had to have knee scope surgery. Not THAT big of a deal - but I was really out of my walking groove for a good 6 months or more and that took the wind out of my sails. I gained the weight back.

jls2837 wrote: »

This number seems so big to me and I'm trying to conquer my fears of doing something new and unfamiliar. Does anyone else feel this way when starting a new lifestyle? I've tried SO many times to get in better shape and have ALWAYS fallen off the wagon. What makes this time different? Fear of the unknown and my lack of confidence has been controlling my life.

I'm 3 days into tracking calories and have been walking a mile everyday since Monday. Will I ever get there?

I found starting out was the hardest because everything seems so immense. For me I had to keep telling myself, "It'll stop sucking if you keep at it." Got through the summer quite successfully, and now I'm on to my next challenges: cold weather food and exercises. I've found that there's a degree of masochism involved with large amounts of weight loss. I found it more effective to quit cold-turkey on some things and go a little crazy for a while, but if that won't work for you focus instead on gradually reducing bad habits. And remember, any challenge is going to suck at the start, but it *will* get better with time. :-D

I've lost 98lbs. When I thought about that number several months ago, it was depressing. So I stopped thinking about it. I thought about every number. Every day was a goal. Every week, every month. It's still that way.