Coming Back... 300 pounds to lose.

I'm new to this site and I'm happy to know that the first person I choose to look at the profile was yours. I'm here for you. You got this!!! Any little effort you can make each day is an improvement!

Holy Heysus! thatsah lotta weight! ... Log every ounce of your food now! stick to your caloric goal per day in 4 months I lost 67lbs.. its gonna take you a year or more if you don't self-discipline

Congrats on making that big decision to do better! Rooting for you!

With a lot of weight to lose, you only have to start making small changes to see a difference. My dad passed away at the age of 53 which was basically brought on by lots of weight related complications. You're still young enough to have a full, active life. Go for it!

May I recommend this thread to you? He has some experience:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1276219/i-went-from-morbidly-obese-to-6-pack-abs-ask-me-anything/p1

Welcome back! You can totally do this!

You've lost weight before you can do it again.

Don't focus on all the weight you have to lose. Take it a meal at a time a day at a time a pound at a time.

You will have bad days. Sometimes you might have bad weeks. Don't let that discourage you. We all face times like those.

Just keep going, keep logging, and keep fighting.

I started on Jan 16. I'm here with you. You can do this!!!

You can do this! You're not alone! We are here to support you

@BadgerSensei
I was 529 back in august (593 at my highest), 460 now. logging everything, staying at the calorie goal, walking and steady state cardio has done it for me. I expect my journey to take a couple years; but then it took me years to gain everything.
for support try these groups on here:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/115768-losing-100-pounds-naturally-no-surgery
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/115006-losing-is-winning

BadgerSensei wrote: »

Hey guys. I'm just coming back from a couple years of slacking off. I lost 125 pounds a couple of years ago. Never got to my goal, but got to where I wasn't the fattest guy at work anymore... and then I got married and started grad school and got distracted. Gained it all back. Had to buy a new scale, which informs me today that I weigh 504.8.

I feel gross. I'm getting winded just walking around. It's time to change this garbage... and I'll take all the encouragement you can give me.

For sure you know how to lose. You have proven that. So YAY on that note. Going forward...no looking in the rear view mirror (except for what works)...focus on five pounds at a time. That is how I would approach it. Otherwise, the task begins to be too daunting. Remember you have a wife now...she wants and deserves a healthy hubby.

Wishing you success on your journey...which btw, never ends. It is a lifetime commitment.

BadgerSensei wrote: »

Hey guys. I'm just coming back from a couple years of slacking off. I lost 125 pounds a couple of years ago. Never got to my goal, but got to where I wasn't the fattest guy at work anymore... and then I got married and started grad school and got distracted. Gained it all back. Had to buy a new scale, which informs me today that I weigh 504.8.

I feel gross. I'm getting winded just walking around. It's time to change this garbage... and I'll take all the encouragement you can give me.

You can do this.count all your calories and log them in ..I lost 50 pounds in four months..add me if you can I will be more then happy to help you with your journey

magic71755 wrote: »

Great advice...SHORT TERM CLARITY...great for not just losing weight, but whenever you have a task that needs to be broken down in order to achieve success.

I LOVE IT! Thanks!

For me its all about stopping in that moment of urge/panic/sadness/hunger ... its stopping yourself dead ... just for a moment ... and thinking

I think for many of us it's become so routine to cheat, to think 'oh i'll just have this one today'.... and then one becomes 3 or a whole pack because for some of us its kinda all or nothing ... we struggle with the in-between

Its tough ... a friend of mine said that for learning to ride a bike, we fall off that bike a lot, then we get on again but we're NOT expected to know how to ride that bike the 1st time.... with dieting we somehow think we are ... we think we can do it ... but then the brain gets tired of saying no ... we have limited willpower .... but we have more conscious thought... its breaking the cycle

I've not had a single chocolate, biscuit, cake or anything truly bad since 1/1/17 .... yeah only 3 weeks i know... but i've wanted to ... last night ... so much i could have emptied the biscuit tin the way i felt .... but i stared at it and thought .... and in the end, and with some messages from my MFP buddies which helps enormously, i said no ... i said it won't help .. not this time ... not in the way i need to help myself... so instead had a big glass of squash and a couple apples .... and i enjoyed that ... i took my time

It is hard... we face so much 'easy food' ... but we have to learn within ourself how this is done..