Too fat, never going to lose weight!!

Every journey begins with a single step.

And attitude is everything! You have to start thinking positively, that it will take time but you ARE going to succeed. You got this.

Start with small goals, 5lbs will turn to 10lbs, etc.

I pretty much started with no expectations about how fast or slow it would come off. Every time the scale went down was a win. It'll be 3 years in January and I still haven't reached goal 1. I did, however, drop over 100 lbs. You don't need to lose "all this fat." You just need to lose a little bit. Once you've done that, a little bit more. And so on and so forth.

"Weight loss is not linear---237 lbs later and loving life"

Please read this success story. I don't have even close to that much weight to lose; however, I have never felt defeated. I'm just making it a priority now.

none of us were born a huge tub of goo yet there we went. it didn't pack on overnight and it sure won't go away overnight. hang in there, don't give up and don't panic. start by getting off the couch and doing less. less eating, less worrying about the speed of loss. like buffalogal and paula say get in the boat and row.

dawn_westbury wrote: »

Does anyone else ever feel like they just have SO MUCH weight to lose that it’s never going to happen?! I look at my stomach, my arms, etc and think “how can I ever lose all this fat/weight?!” .. It’s so discouraging!

You can do it! Just take one day at a time. I like to not only weigh myself, but measure myself too. Week by week you may see small changes that will only become big changes over time. Keep going! It's hard work but worth it! I get discouraged too because I have literally not lost any lbs, not even an oz in the last week. But with my workouts and monitoring my food intake I can feel changes. My abs are tighter, my quads are stronger.

It takes time. It takes a week to lose or gain as much as you do lose or gain in a week. It takes a month to lose or gain as much as you lose or gain in a month. It's taken me now 17+ months to ________ the weight that I've _______. @dawn_westbury , take a moment and guess the words that go in the blanks. Your choices are (lose, lost) and (gain, gained).
Perhaps that photograph above my name, taken about a month ago, shows you a clue. As of today I'm 101 lb down from where I started. It was no accident. Using the resources and the community of myfitnesspal, I learned that the amount of food I had regularly been eating was excessive. I also learned about other foods and ways of preparation which I've added to my kitchen skill set. Eating a proper amount of food for weight loss is easily done. You don't have to lose 100 lb, you just have to pay attention to today. Log your food accurately. Eat what you like, but not too much. Be patient. Be amazed.

I was your starting weight, I'm now down 60 pds approx after 215 days, plus I'm an inch shorter. Aim for improvement, keep focused on the next 5 or ten pounds and remember the time will pass anyway, do you want to be in a better position next year?

What would make you feel better? Being 235 pounds or being 234?
What would feeling overwhelmed and not starting in the first place get you? Potentially being 236 pounds.

Would you rather feel better or feel worse? Even though your goal weight feels like a long way to reach, the act of losing weight is not, and your health can get noticeably better losing only 5% of your weight. That's only about a couple of months of dieting for enormous health gains. Don't look at your end goal, look how much you're gaining at every stepping stone.

Time is going to pass either way. It took me 5 years to lose 120 pounds, that's longer than most people and my results are "worse" than most (I don't see it that way), but if I had that "it's too long and daunting" attitude my results would have been even "worse". I'm focusing on the process itself and learning how to live with a diet that would allow me to maintain a reasonably healthy weight instead of on the weight itself, because that's the most important aspect of weight loss. Almost anyone can lose weight, but it takes a special kind of commitment and work to maintain it, so that's the most worthy aspect of your focus.