Hi to all, I am a yo-yo dieter. I have had it with my body weight and I can't stick to Weight Watchers. My top weight was 301 lbs. in the past and weighing 279 lbs. as of now at 8:44 am, 12/16/16, I am determined to lose this weight my way. Hunger is my greatest enemy. When I weighed 301 lbs. in the past, I discovered MFP and went on a 2000 calorie diet. I never got any higher than 295 lbs. but at 279 lbs. as of today, I am very sure that 1600 calories should allow the scale to get me down to goal weight. I know at 1200 or 1300 calories I am too hungry so this 1600 calories which is the amount needed to keep me maintained at 120 lbs. on a small 5 ft 5 in frame is the answer. I also know that was what I ate a long time ago. I have to keep active,walk more which I am doing and let time do its thing.
I don't fit into the mentality of the other groups on MFP. I weigh 100+ lbs. more than they do and also their idea of calories in a day is not making sense to me at all. I saw one lady trying to work a 900-1000 calorie diet. That would be a disaster and so I left the group while the others were praising her efforts.
I know I have a good year to go to put a real dent into the scale but I am hoping someone else has a good year or so to deal with the scale and also might be around my calorie count or higher. I am a RN and work as a Travel Nurse. It's tight to fly by plane and I hat wearing an extender belt on the flight. I am from FL but working in Cali until I go home Nov. 5th and have about 10 weeks to go, plenty of time to drop some serious weight and feel better.