200 + lbs

I had about that much to lose. I'm about 30kg (60lbs) down since January. My knees are so much better! The pain from arthritis was terrible. Now I'm walking freely.
Weight loss has slowed quite a bit over the last few weeks, but I'm moving more and feeling so so so so much better. Focus on 5lbs at a time. Celebrate your losses and enjoy the ride. We're in this for the long haul. Good luck!

Feel free to add me as a friend. I have well over 100 pounds to lose. One day at a time and make small goals. Focus on the first 10, then make a non-scale goal. I walk 30 min a day, no distance or speed requirements. Other days, I plan a mileage amount and walk til I reach it no matter how long it takes. Baby steps, stay under your calories and realize it's all a journey, not a race.

At my heaviest I was 325 lbs. I am now down to 219 lbs. I first lost 40 lbs and kept that off for about a year and then I lost 20 more and kept it off for about another year. I have now lost down to what I currently weigh and I keep at it everyday. I still have a ways to go but I feel so much better and I have my life back. So many things can be factors that lead us down the path to obesity. For me it was stress. I am a stress eater. I now have other outlets for my stress. I got to the point that I was so tired of worrying about my health and my heart that I made a promise that if my heart was ok that I would dedicate myself to getting the weight off! Well, all the test were great and I have remained focused. There is no option for me. I am not perfect and I struggle everyday because I do have a stressful job but when all is said and done, I trust in my faith to keep me focused and I can see the end goal down the road.
Good luck on your journey. I know you can do it.

There's not a single person ever who has lost 200 lb in the first day, week, or month of a pleasant, fun, and downright empowering incremental process of experimenting with and adopting new habits which lead to days like I've had today, reaching a major weight milestone. I've been on this journey for almost 16 full months and have lost 102 lb as of today, having reached the top of my goal range. Had I paused to consider the year + of change, I'm practical enough to have recognized at the time, the time is going to pass anyway. The time is going to pass. Are you going to exist as a person willing to stay obese and die young? Or are you going to exist in this passage of time as one actually taking steps to live as a healthy person?

KristenNagle1 wrote: »

Anyone have over 200 lbs to lose? It feels overwhelming. I keep telling my husband, I am not just a fat person - I am TWO fat people. Ugh. Anyway, I am 1 week in, down 3 lbs. I've always been overweight but I've still been active. At this weight I am getting winded walking to my car and I have pain in my back, knees, legs, everywhere. I gained 87 lbs in the last year to get to this point. I am hoping this is what rock bottom feels like. Anyone else in the same boat? Or close?

Yea, when you have 100 plus to lose, we are talking a 1-3 yr journey. I think it helps to think of it as a permanent life style change rather than temporary dieting. Eventually we'll be able to eat at maintenance, but we can never go back to the old habits if we want the weight to stay off.

I have gone through what you are going through now. In January 2016, I was 378 Lbs and needed to lose 263 Lbs. I am now at 181 Lbs and have lost 197 Lbs to date. I still have about 67 left to lose. The way I have done this so far is to set mini goals for myself or the total is so large it would overwhelm me. One of those mini goals was to hit 189 Lbs which was the point when I was literally 1/2 my original body weight. It was so overwhelming when I realized that logically it would take me 2 to 2 2/12 years to lose to lose the weight that I almost stopped before I barely started. I did finally get my head on straight and have already accomplished more than I could have imagined I could. If you want to friend me, feel free. I will be on here through the end of weight loss journey and into maintenance. I am more than willing to help in any way I can.
I've attached my before picture so you can see how bad this was.

KristenNagle1 wrote: »

Anyone have over 200 lbs to lose? It feels overwhelming. I keep telling my husband, I am not just a fat person - I am TWO fat people. Ugh. Anyway, I am 1 week in, down 3 lbs. I've always been overweight but I've still been active. At this weight I am getting winded walking to my car and I have pain in my back, knees, legs, everywhere. I gained 87 lbs in the last year to get to this point. I am hoping this is what rock bottom feels like. Anyone else in the same boat? Or close?

I started in January of this year at 260. I changed what and how much I ate. I joined the local gym and started moving more and I am currently down just over 85 lbs. I also was having issues with my back, knees and had even started noticing I was wheezing at night when I laid down to go to sleep. I wasn't sick... but I sure was wheezing. Knees still bother me some, but they are much better. Everything else has improved significantly.

You can do this! You can make it happen! You have to be determined and stay motivated and inspired. Take progress pictures starting NOW. Take a full body picture of yourself EVEN if you don't share it with anyone else... this is for you to compare your future pictures to. It is inspiring to see pictures of yourself when you can see the hard work that has paid off right before your eyes and a picture makes you see things more clearly.

Here is one of my most recent comparison pictures... It is doable! You can do it! You just have to convince your Mind of it first and then push forward.