Over 100 lbs to lose?

I need to lose 100 pounds but I shooting for 80.

b_lisieux wrote: »

Bonnie we share the same stats and timeframe of when we started. I am trying to learn more about this site. My life is very sedentary due to age and 2 bad arthritic knees so controlling my food is the major thing for me. I just discovered the "community" tab today. Just reading others posts and motivation is great. Congrats on breaking the 290 cycle! Haven't weighed in yet. I'll hope for some good results too. Without exercising and being older makes losing weight tough. All of you young people out there, lose it now while it's easier.

Thanks for the shout out! I'm going to be 60 in November and decided if I want to stand a fighting chance of getting to 80 I needed to make some lifestyle changes. Mainly eating healthy as moving more. Although my knees are not the greatest I am able to walk on the treadmill with 0% incline. So I do that 3 days a week. I'm eating a bowl of cereal for breakfast now instead of skipping it. That's an improvement. I track my food. It's been a real eye opener. I started 7/27 just tracking food, eating whatever I wanted. On 8/1 I started a 30 day challenge, paying attention to what I ate and how much I ate, trying to stay within a certain number of calories daily. As the month has progressed it's gotten easier and I've lost some weight too. Baby steps. It is going to be a long process. It's important to recognize that and stick with it. I feel better and I know with the holidays coming it's not going to be easy. I may have to take some "vacation days" for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Congratulations to everyone on making the decision to get to your healthy weight.

If you are looking for a support system here on MFP, I invite you to join a group especially for people who want to get rid of 100+ pounds. It's a fun, supportive and non-judgmental group of people who understand the struggles we face. The link is:

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/3322-100-pounds-with-no-surgery.

Hi, me too. I've got about 110 pounds to lose in order to be at a healthy weight, and I feel totally overwhelmed by it. But, I also feel ready. I'm reasy to get healthy, and also ready to (hopefully) look good in a bikini for ince in my life. Add me if you like, and best of luck.

We sure can!

I've lost 11 lbs in the last 5 weeks. Which happily means I reached my 1st goal of 10/5. Only 11 more to go! We can do this! Bonnie congrats on your August victory. Now on to September.

Wow, congrats Bonnie, AidaF an vnb. Great job! I'm just about 9 or 10 days into it. I want my WI day to be on Fridays. For me the biggest change is journaling everything. It's not something I really like to do but I do it anyhow as it's been quite the eye opener on some of the stuff. I have a big family and many, many, social events that seem to revolve around food, but I do my best to plan ahead. So far, one party down and I had calories left over. Whew....now that for me was a milestone. This upcoming holiday weekend though...2 parties back to back. All I can do is my best and try not to stress out. The lesson I need to teach my own self is that there are days when I can't or won't be perfect and that that is ok. It's not the one party that does me in, even if I ate and drank everything in sight that night, it's the attitude saying, oh well, I screwed this up so one party turns into a few days, into a week, etc. etc. I am my own worst enemy when it comes to that so I'm working on my own head. Need to remember that it's a marathon, not a sprint.

@b_lisieux I can totally relate to both "social events revolving around food" and the mindset of not giving up after just one bad meal/day. I've had several bad days in the last 5 weeks, but I sucked it up and did better the next meal and/or day. This truly is a marathon not a sprint. If you have to take it one meal at a time then that's what you do. Meal prep has been my saving grace. It was hard at first but once you get the hang of it, it's quick. The logging in the beginning is a pain, but it does get better, especially if you're like me where I eat almost the same things just different combinations/seasonings. Hope this helps! We got this! Stay strong and remember, one salad doesn't make you skinny, like one burger/fries doesn't make you fat. Consistency is KEY!

Well in that case I have 30 more lbs to lose 4 more times!

I need exactly 100 lbs off. Add me! My second weigh in is tomorrow

I have 100 lbs to lose, I have lost 22 lbs, have a long way to go, could use some support.

I have about 100# to loose and I am just getting started. I gained massive weight while being a surrogate 3x in a row and now I need to focus on myself. I am completely new to this and I don't have the funds to hire a trainer so I have been crazy trying to figure out what I need to do and how each thing will effect my weight loss. It would be nice to have a support team other than my husband(weighs 120 soaking wet) and my daughter 11 years old and weighs 78lbs. They do not understand the struggle, but are supportive as much as they can be.

I also have 100 or more to lose. I'm already down 30 pounds and could use the support and will be supportive in return.

Down 8.25 in 2 weeks. I'll take it! Two parties back to back this weekend. Kind of scared about that!

Akijade wrote: »

I need to lose 108 lbs to get down to the weight my doctor would like to see me at (230). Though if I could get back down to 260 (the lowest of my adult life), I would be over the moon (338 lbs rn, started at 344 a little less than 2 weeks ago).

You can get there hun, feel free to add me x