100 lbs to lose and keep falling of the wagon

Personally I think you need to be a bit easier on yourself, there is no should or shouldn't eat in your diary,

I don't really understand how you think you're eating more carbs than calories unless there is a typo in there, because carbs make up calories (there are 4 calories per gram of carbs).

Start small, set yourself to 1-2lb weight loss per week to get your calorie allowance from MFP. Get a food scale and start accurately logging your food intake for a couple of days of normal eating. This will help you see where you are taking in needless calories. Review your diary and see where you can make small sustainable changes to bring yourself down to your calorie goal.

For example you mentioned spaghetti & garlic bread, if you're not weighing out the spaghetti, you are probably underestimating the portion size (I know I was free-pouring about 125g pasta instead of the 75g recommended portion size) and that can make a big difference.

You can make other small changes depending on what your own issues are, here are few other examples:

• Drinking your calories (Sugary sodas/cofeees, Iced Tea, etc) switch some or all to diet soda, water or lower calorie versions of coffees
• Cooking Methods (shallow/deep frying in oil) - switch to baking/roasting/grilling, try using a 1 cal spray instead of free pouring oil.
• Eating large portions of calorie dense foods - switch to lower calorie versions/substitutes or eat smaller portions of them
• Condiments - Creamer, Mayonnaise, Butter, Salad Dressing - they all add up.

Focus on getting down to your calorie allowance, once you have got that under control you can start making small changes again to improve your nutrition.

You don't need to workout or do exercise to lose weight - it can help a little but the majority of weight loss happens from what you're doing in the kitchen. Exercise is great for overall health and fitness, find something you enjoy doing that you can build up slowly, even just a gentle walk helps and the more you do it, the easier you will find it and as the weight comes off it will also get easier.

I am here for this! I have anemia and hypothyroid which makes me SO TIRED ALL THE TIME. Finding energy to work out is so hard. And putting thought and energy into what I eat sometimes just doesn't feel worth it. I've lost the same 15 lbs like 6 times in the last year. And it makes me so sad to think about where I could be if I hadn't given up all those times. Need accountability friends. Upbeat and positive friends!

I would love an add! I have hypothyroidism and adrenal fatigue. List 50# last year, but gained back 30, lost 2 this week, though. (Still need to drop another 118) Needing support! I am a mom 27 and forget but I need to cook special meals for myself due to my celiac and other allergies. I used to be so active! I was running 6 miles a day swimming 2 miles, and teaching Zumba 5 days a week. Now I have to start over My adrenal fatigue has made things harder than ever.

Don't give up. As long as the wagon has wheels keep getting on.

I suffer from major fatigue, never been officially diagnosed but it's debilitating. It's gotten a little better now that I've dropped 18 pounds, but I can somewhat related. Exercise keeps my fatigue at bay, or at least the majority of it. Add me, I'm a great support base

mjtaylor87 wrote: »

I have always been a big girl. And i am fine being a big girl but i have gotten way to unhealthy.

In high school I was always big. But it wasn't a bad big. it was a strong big.

Now I have 2 kids and a husband. I was diagnosed with Fibromyagia 2 years ago and I have aloud it to bring me down. If you don't know what that is here is the short version: it is a nerve disorder that causes the nerves in my body to tell my brain that I am in pain when there is nothing causing pain. The smallest touch can feel like being hit with a baseball bat. My son sitting on my lap feels like a grown man jumping on me. During bad flare ups the sun, just on a normal day, can feel like being branded by a hot poker. It causes sensory sensitivity, which in me, can make my boys just running around the back yard yelling feel like i am at a drag strip with do ear protection. SO i have let it keep me in side. keep me away from doing things with me kids.

In high school when i felt my healthiest i was a little over 200lbs. I started my weight loss journey last month at 306lbs. Right now i am stuck at 290lbs. I am so out of shape that i have to sit down half way though a zumba video.

Thank you for sharing this!! I can't believe I am posting this on a public board but my weight has fluctuated from 154'ish in high school after losing 30 pounds when I thought I was fat around 180 pounds... to 182 in Weight Watchers when I joined at 280 pounds a few years ago.... so I lost 99.75 pounds doing WW and gained it back after a couple of years it started... and then some after going through a divorce and losing my brother as well when he was 45 and it skyrocked up to 304 at the highest weight ever and I was mortified avoiding every mirror around.

I'm at 258 as of this morning. I set mini goals on here. Right now my next goal is 249.9 (under 250)... from there I will modify my goal again to a lesser number. That way it isn't so overwhelming.

I'm 5'8 and have a large frame and will always have curves. I had breast reduction surgery in 2006 and it was too late to resolve my back issues. I was more than a DDD cup and it made activity difficult.

I've suffered with fibroids on my uterus that have made the last 16 years very difficult. My doctor refused a hysterectomy as I was still of child bearing age and wanted kids but wasn't able to conceive because of them. Finally in November of 2016, he took out my uterus and ovaries (hot flashes at 45 are a joy!). And in December I had an emergency vertebrae fusion after whiplash that lead to a severely herniated disk that should have left me paralyzed and possibly dead. I am so thankful for my health, for not being paralyzed, and for finally feeling a huge amount of relief from both surgeries. THANK YOU GOD.

Now that I am finding my energy again (bleeding daily makes you anemic even with Iron pills to supplement) I am exercising and getting many more steps in and journaling my good AND bad days and working towards a healthier me.

I also want to thank you for explaining how fibromyalgia is to live with. I truly really didn't know what it is like and that was a real eye opener and I am really sorry you have such a terrible condition.

I will do my best to support you (and anyone else who reads this and wants to add me). Just remember not to beat yourself up. You do sound hard on yourself. We are only human. We do make mistakes. All of us do. And also realize you did not wake up overnight weighing what you do. It takes a long time to put it on. And it will be a journey to take it back off and especially to keep it off.

I'm ready to do this with you (and others who would like to add me) as well!!! I want to get off my blood pressure pills and I would also love to not need an inhaler before I mow my lawn or shovel my driveway!!! Fortunately that's typically the only times I need it. I can typically use my air walker and my elliptical bike without needing it. But I have an inhaler in my purse daily.

I wish you better health and a positive journey and keep your chin up!! Target 1-2 pounds a week. I've always heard it's unhealthy to lose faster than that. Also one thing to remember... once you start trying to exercise more and work out, muscle weighs more than fat.

Let's do this!!!

I fall off the wagon all the time, but I get back on as often. In 8 months, I've lost 90 lbs, falling off the wagon all the time. You can do this! I still have another 80lbs to go, but know that falling off the wagon is going to keep happening but so will the weight loss because I'm determined. You can do this.