Need to lose 100 + pounds and scared

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  • courtneyfabulous
    courtneyfabulous Posts: 1,863 Member
    You'll learn to love this new lifestyle - soon you'll wonder why you didn't start sooner! You won't even remember what you did before you started eating for health and moving your body!
  • bobfernandes
    bobfernandes Posts: 8 Member
    I at the beginning of my journey. I need to lose about 180-200lbs. It was easy to put it on and way harder to get it off. The hardest thing is retraining my brain to be healthy and staying motivated to do so.
  • blueboy2526
    blueboy2526 Posts: 19 Member
    As others have mentioned - it is a marathon not a sprint. We are all human and give in to temptation upon occasion. My view is this "you are defined by what you do the majority of the time" have fun when you need to and be good when you should be. My vices are beer and bread. I have managed to drop the bread, but i do still enjoy the odd beer with friends. I want to lose weight and get in better shape - becoming a monk is not the route to achieving this. Good luck with your journey x
  • misa_x1
    misa_x1 Posts: 5 Member
    Nutrition plans and exercise. Nutrition plans and exercise. Supplements are only meant to supplement nutrition and exercise. When it comes to your progress, no matter how slow or fast, each small step forward is a step forward regardless. It's what I tell all of my clients. You can do it. And you have a whole lot of us to support you. Get after it!!!
  • msphenix
    msphenix Posts: 1 Member
    I love these encouraging posts! I'm in the same boat as you with a goal of 101 pounds to lose. I've lost and gained 77 pounds before and know that the emotional component to weight loss is what trips me up every time. I like small goals and love that comment, "Lose 10 pounds...do it 9 more times" from AprilCoe. Thanks for posting this!
  • brdnw
    brdnw Posts: 565 Member
    I lost 95lbs. I went from 285lbs to 190lbs. The bulk of it, 65lbs, i lost in like 7 months or so.

    it's really simple. eat healthy, be active and be consistent with these choices. you're going to have days that you eat unhealthy foods, just keep them in moderation and immerse yourself in trying different healthy snacks.

    i had a thread of mine that popped back up today that i talked about how i lost my weight (and how in the middle of it, i gained back 40lbs..) but maybe my post can help make the process feel more tangible. it's really just about consistency. let your good choices far out number your bad choices, your active days far out number your lazy days and you'll see progress.

    Just when you start, realize it does take months and months...but you also find how great of a feeling it is as you see your body change.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10421927/285-190-warning-i-wrote-too-damn-much
  • ajleefan1
    ajleefan1 Posts: 22 Member
    I know how you feel. I've lost 46 pounds so far and I still need to lose 100 pounds more. My issue is I get to a mini goal I set for myself and then I start to self sabotage. My first goal was 50 pounds and then I realized how close I was to it and I started eating more and working out less. I didn't gain any weight but I was only losing a pound a week. Currently I'm trying to get down to 199 before my 30th birthday in March (i'm 267 now). Getting back on track is hard esp. knowing soon the holidays will be coming (and lots of good food will be cooked). And I also think a part of me is afraid to see what would happen if I did lose the weight. I've been overweight my whole life so the idea of being a healthy size or even being out of the 200's is kinda scary.
  • pedermj2002
    pedermj2002 Posts: 180 Member
    I got started with my own journey back in June. At that point, I wasn't even considering MFP, or any tools to help, none of that. I was just looking to improve slightly, *and* see if I'd stick with it. I didn't even tell my wife I'd started doing anything because I didn't want to get her hopes up, and then quit.

    Fear of being a failure kept me quiet for the better part of two months. Finally, around the end of August, I figured out that this wasn't just a fad for me. I'd decided that I was going to make this happen. I'm going to get into better shape.

    Will you quit? I can't say you won't. My crystal ball is in the shop, and they didn't even offer me a loaner :)

    But here's something that might help you, since it's helped me as I move forward: I have a choice, every day, to decide what I will do for my physical betterment. I acknowledge that choice, and I own the decision. If I stop, it's not my wife's fault, it's not my dog's fault, it's mine. If I continue, it's not my wife's pressure, it's not my dog's chasing me, it's mine. I decide if I move forward, and I decide if I stop.

    I have decided to move forward. There are days it's not easy.

    Right now, I'm developing a cold. I wake up with a runny nose. I can pause for a day if I need to, but right now, I'm moving forward.

    Right now, my step counter (Google Fit) isn't sync'ing up, so I have to manually adjust my calories used to account for this. It's annoying. But still, I move forward.

    In the end, it has to matter to you. You have to have that reason to get out of bed when it's cold and wet and an ugly day and still do it. You need a reason to pass by the sweet treats more often than you have them. That reason, whatever it is, will be what keeps you moving forward, including through the bad times where it seems like all progress has come to a screeching halt.

    My reason is simple: I was a fat, lazy slob who didn't care about his weight. I got seriously tired of being that person. I decided not to be that person anymore. My house is (mostly) clean. My weight is down by 14lbs so far. I'm still working on my motivator, but I'm not lazy anymore. I don't want to be that person again.

    And so, when I'm pondering taking a day off, I ask myself one thing: Am I quitting? Am I going back to who I was? Or is today just a day off from working on this, and tomorrow I'll be back to being the new me?

    My answer is still the same: I'm moving forward.

    If you need help with motivation, if you any of what I've said resonates and you think I can help, feel free to add me as a friend. And let's move forward together.
  • swati1279
    swati1279 Posts: 2 Member
    It's like you are resonating my thoughts. I have 100+ to lose and have just started yet again. It's daunting but this time I'm trying to think about it in smaller goals and want to make sure I keep logging honestly. Please add me too. I need a support system of people in the same boat.
  • veggie16mfp
    veggie16mfp Posts: 114 Member
    Started logging last week. Have 100lbs to go. This is my third serious attempt and really need to stick with it this time. So sick of carrying an extra person around in weight. It just makes everything so much harder than it needs to be! We can do this!!
  • WendyLaubach
    WendyLaubach Posts: 518 Member
    I've lost 96 lbs. in the last not-quite-a-year. What got me started was a scary blood test: I absolutely refuse to have diabetes! What kept me going was seeing that a consistent (logged!) change in eating and exercise habits led to a very consistent, reliable monthly weight loss. It felt great being lighter and fitting into smaller clothes, and gradually I realized that all I had to do was maintain the behavior and wait patiently for even better results. A year later, here I am!--in a size 10, no more 3X.

    Always before, the idea of losing or gaining weight seemed like magic that arrived from the sky. If I lost, I was like Cinderella at the ball, and if I gained, it was midnight and my coach had turned into a pumpkin. The difference was that I saw I was in control of what happened. That was huge! I never have to be afraid again. I had been living with that sense of helpless dread for decades. It's gone! You can do it, too. There's nothing special about me.
  • jimshine
    jimshine Posts: 199 Member
    The only real tip I have is as you get comfortable with that mile walk, add on a little distance slowly. When I started I did a mile every other night. I took a break from the diet and regained some, but pushed my walks to 5 miles 5 times a week. It made a huge difference! The weight came off faster and I never hit roadblocks again. Usually it is harder to look lose as you get closer to goal. But with adding distance and frequency of my walks, it is actually easier and quicker than when I started.

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