lose 200lbs in less then a year ?

That's why we keep saying - stay the course. Weight is up/down according to all kinds of things. Especially when you are overweight by a lot, the swings will be bigger. It's just a percentage of your total weight. At 460 pounds, you can hold a lot of water.

Keep it going.

I understand where you are coming from as 2 years ago I was 378 Lbs. My health was in jeopardy and I could hardly get out of bed and walk to the bathroom which was just a few steps from my bedroom. I lost 160 Lbs in the first year but I fought for every pound lost and it was hard to keep up that kind of self-discipline for that long. I kept a tight reign on my eating and started exercising a little at a time just after starting. I added to my exercise during that first year until I was exercising for about 2 1/2 hours a day in total. Two years into the process and I am now almost 220 down. The lower your weight gets the slower the pounds come off.

I'm also of the mind that you don't put a time table on losing. I just took it one step at a time and one day at a time. One step at a time has become my philosophy for life in general. I began hiking in April of this year and when I get to a long step hill, I don't look at the whole hill, I just look at my feet and take one step at a time. I find myself getting tired if I look at the whole hill and I know it's all in my head. I reached one my goals and hiked to the top of Mt. Diablo which is 3849 feet and it was 15 Miles total round trip. Try to focus on small goals at a time otherwise weight loss can be very overwhelming. I've been there, a few weeks into my weight loss, I freaked myself out by telling myself that it was going to be about 2 1/2 years to lose all the weight. Math was not my friend. I was figuring the most I could possible lose was 10 pounds a week logically. I had to talk myself off the proverbial ledge to get myself back on track. I am pretty much on track to hit that time frame but if I haven't lost all the weight, I'm okay with that too. I have found that I need to be happy with everything I have accomplished and the rest will take care of itself.

I find that when I put a time limit on losing, its almost like I self-sabotage because when I'm so close, I eat something I shouldn't and gain a few pounds back.

My advice is just to take the weight loss one step at a time, don't get too upset when you have a set back as that just seems to escalate bad situation. Keep reminding yourself that you are doing the right thing and giving yourself positive reinforcement. I have found that to be extremely important. I yoyo dieted for a long time and every time I would stop a diet, I would seem to add 20 pounds to weight.

I wish you the best of luck in the future.

Tina Marie

1. Your weight loss calories are going to look "too high" because your maintenance calories are high. My starting weight was 535lbs and my weight loss calorie goal was over 3000 calories. It's incredibly important to determine your actual maintenance and subtract no more than 1500 from that to determine your daily goal, if you're going to do the counting.

2. You are not too heavy for a scale. The scale I have at home goes up to 550lbs and cost about $25 on Amazon. You just have to search for high capacity scales.

3. Get a long (8ft or longer) sewing measuring tape and go by inches more than pounds. It is very inexpensive to get one.

4. You have to stop making excuses as to why something doesn't make sense or won't work or whatever it is. Rather, work on changing the attitude to how you can make it work.

5. Set doable goals to start. My first goals were adequate water and at least 30g of fiber every day with 15 minutes of "bonus" activity accumulated throughout the day. Buy foods that have 3g of fiber per 100 calories in the serving. If your carbs don't meet this criteria, put them back on the shelf.

Note: SW was 535lbs, CW is 273lbs. Unlike so many people insist here on MFP, I did not just slough off pounds because I was excessively heavy at first. Undereating at 2400 calories a day slowed my progress immensely. Eating for what my body needed accelerated my weight loss far more than massive calorie cuts. I lost about 100lbs give or take in the first year and a half, and that was with lots of activity and counting calories and a couple of surgeries to address issues that came up from weight loss related health issues.

Get a doctor on your side, no matter what, get your baseline levels on record and see them every 3 months at minimum to track losses and bloodwork improvement. That's where I saw the most change in the first 2 years. The outward appearance change happened much later.

I think you are going to surprise yourself if you keep working. Start small with what you can do. I knew a woman once that only walked around her house initially because she was afraid if she left she wouldn't make it home. She lost the first 30-40lbs just walking circles around her home and getting her nutrition goals on track. The Guinness record for worlds heaviest woman (900lbs or so) went on to hold the world record for most weight lost, she started by swaying her arms back and forth because that's all she could move.

The MFP cals are pretty accurate. It takes a lot of calories to sustain 489lbs. If you haven't found good luck with MDs you could look into a dietician and/or a physical therapist/trainer who can help you build up your strength and help address some pain issues.

Best of luck!

bjcrewe wrote: »

With in the next week or so (when i get money again) I'm going to try to change my diet and drop my carb to as close to 0 as i can get. My diet is going be be mostly meat(more then likely chicken or pork)and vegetables.

If that will work for you, go for it!

I would freak out and binge after about a week, personally. I need moderate carbs to stay sane.