350+ pounds Support for Men & Women
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i don't have an exact goal weight at this point. I guess you could say I think when I get to 250 lbs I will reevaluate. I am a tall guy and don't prefer myself in the skinny look. When I was in highschool I was was around 220 lbs and liked how I looked then and I was an inch/inch and a half shorter than I am today (don't ask how i got a growth spurt in my 20s and again 30's cause i have no clue).
I don't look at the scale and think oh man I have a long way to go. I break down my weight loss into 20 or 25 lb goals. For instance I set a goal to hit by Christmas and hit it the day before. Then I will start a new goal of 20 or 25 lbs from that and work to achieve that goal. I don't have a time limit on my current goal but usually I use certain holidays as milestones to hit my goals by. This way my goal seems easier to achieve, I accomplish them "quicker" and don't just feel exhausted at that giant number I have to lose and before I know it I will be thinking wow im down to my LAST 20 lbs. (hopefully anyway)5 -
CheezWhiz88 wrote: »Thank you for making this thread. I managed to lose about 60 pounds six or seven years ago but I have since gained it all back +100 pounds of interest. Silly as it sounds, despite weighing 350 pounds, I never thought of myself as looking particularly big. I guess it was just easier to lie to myself and not admit what I knew. I have a few really big reasons to want to lose weight (aside from the obvious wanting to be healthy and live longer). My husband and I want to start a family and I can't in good consciousness even begin to think about that at the size I am. My other big reason is that I am starting to feel "too fat for the world." What I mean by that is that I've noticed myself having to make sure my weight won't be an issue with anything I do. Since I have packed on so many pounds, I will find myself looking at restaurant pictures and making sure I'll be able to sit on one of the seats without turning it into kindling. I have stopped flying places because I am horrified of the possibility that I'll be asked to leave the plane or buy a second seat. I have already had two instances where I went to see a play and I was too wide to sit comfortably in a theater seat and it was devastating. I am frustrated that I went so far backwards in my journey, but I have to look ahead. I have a wonderful supportive and loving husband who is doing this with me, and threads like this remind me I'm not alone in this journey so thank you.
That's exactly how I've been feeling. Nothing I did could ever be done without me considering very carefully whether or not my weight would be an issue. I even told my sister I didn't like a particular restaurant when it wasn't the food it was the fact that they had long tables with bench seats that several groups would share. I'd never have got in. I haven't even been to visit my same sister in Canada because I know I won't fit in the plane seat and the idea of paying for 2 seats would leave me unable to leave the house for weeks. It's horrible.
We're all leaving that behind though. I'm down to 296 as of this morning and will admit I did a lots chubby happy dance when I saw the numbers. I haven't been under 300 since hubby's accident over a year ago. Only another 140 to go. Things are already easier though and I find that's spurring me on.
Add me as a friend if you'd like. I'd add you but can't figure out how to do it from my phone!5 -
@fatoldladyonamission
That's awesome that you are under 300 now! Hopefully I will be able to say the same thing in time! I think I sent you a friend request (although I'm not positive, as I'm still learning how to navigate this website on my phone). Hopefully it comes through!
Keep up the great work- maybe one of your goals can be confidently walking into that restaurant and having a celebratory meal with your sister! 2 -
CheezWhiz88 wrote: »@fatoldladyonamission
That's awesome that you are under 300 now! Hopefully I will be able to say the same thing in time! I think I sent you a friend request (although I'm not positive, as I'm still learning how to navigate this website on my phone). Hopefully it comes through! Keep up the great work- maybe one of your goals can be confidently walking into that restaurant and having a celebratory meal with your sister!
I got it and accepted thank you. Feeling slightly positive about being under 300 but desperate to get to about 190. Hopefully that won't take forever! Good to have you as a friend we can motivate each other!0 -
Hi everyone. My name is Mags. I’m going to be 40 this year. I’ve just stumbled upon this thread and I’m so pleased it exists! During Christmas 2013 someone took a photo of me and when I saw it, my jaw dropped... I looked old, tired and so big. It hit me then that I needed to do something. This was my heaviest - 350 pounds. So I signed up with MFP and in 2014 lost 75 pounds by counting and logging everything I ate and mainly walking. Then family bereavement happened and just like that I was back to where I started... My downfall is emotional binge eating... Then 18 months ago I met my soulmate who loves me for who I am and totally doesn’t mind how much I weigh. However after a year of trying for a baby and two miscarriages, I’ve decided enough is enough. I’m fully aware that pregnancy and obesity (in my case morbid obesity) don’t mix very well. So having a baby is my motivation this time. And my wedding day in July 2019 So I started again this year and so far I’m down to 323 pounds. My goal is to get down to a healthy range and a weight of around 150 pounds. I hope that together we can motivate and encourage one another and we will be one big success story 4
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fab_for_40 wrote: »Hi everyone. My name is Mags. I’m going to be 40 this year. I’ve just stumbled upon this thread and I’m so pleased it exists! During Christmas 2013 someone took a photo of me and when I saw it, my jaw dropped... I looked old, tired and so big. It hit me then that I needed to do something. This was my heaviest - 350 pounds. So I signed up with MFP and in 2014 lost 75 pounds by counting and logging everything I ate and mainly walking. Then family bereavement happened and just like that I was back to where I started... My downfall is emotional binge eating... Then 18 months ago I met my soulmate who loves me for who I am and totally doesn’t mind how much I weigh. However after a year of trying for a baby and two miscarriages, I’ve decided enough is enough. I’m fully aware that pregnancy and obesity (in my case morbid obesity) don’t mix very well. So having a baby it’s my motivation this time. And my wedding day in July 2019 So I started again this year and so far I’m down to 323 pounds. My goal is to get down to a healthy range and a weight of around 150 pounds. I hope that together we can motivate and encourage one another and we will be a one big success story
Hi Mags, I'm 41 just and started with a similar weight to you. I was 325 two weeks ago and am now, as of this morning 296 which I'm utterly thrilled about. I'd not been able to do anything about it for a long time but I'm finding a 5:2 fasting diet is working miracles for me. Good luck with your journey.1 -
Hi Everyone,
I started my journey in November 2012 at 145.6kg - 321lb, I started following a calorie controlled diet and by November 2014 I was down to 71.1kg - 157.6lb - I have been working on maintenance ever since.
I currently weigh 77kg - 169.8lb, because I was unwell from October 2016 through to finding out what my condition was, and how to manage it, so I am back here to re-lose some weight - I have no intentions of going back down to 71.1kg - 157.6lb because I have changed many aspects of my life since losing the initial weight and I feel that a goal weight of 74.5kg - 164.2kg is much more realistic.
I am primarily here for accountability and macro management, rather than calorie counting and weight loss, but I know that with my love of weight training and my spinning bike, weight loss will happen naturally if I remain in a calorie deficit, but I don't knock myself out trying to achieve this ... so if anyone wants to add me as a friend, for support, accountability and the odd useful piece of advice, please feel free to send me a request and I'll accept ... I'm in the UK and work full time, so my responses are usually in the evenings and weekends.
I wish you all the best on your journey everyone.
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Hello Everyone!
My name is Holly, I'm a 34 yo female. At my heaviest I was 335lbs. I am currently around 286. I am eating 1200-1400 calories a day based on my physicians recommendations. I am 5'7".
I have a serious carbohydrate addiction, and often find myself secretly binging. I've been doing it for years....I've also yo-yo'd since I was young. I've tried all the fad diets, and I've tried all the fad fast fixes. But I find that counting calories and watching my carbohydrate intake does me best.
I'd ultimately like to be down to 150lbs. I swore to myself that I would take this go one day at a time, and not hate myself when I do misstep. I am an all or nothing binger/eater.....Sure I say I'll only have one slice of pizza; 45 minutes later...all the pizza is gone. No bueno.
I need to realize I AM OKAY if I don't eat the damn candy bar...I will not explode into a fiery ball because I didn't get what ever it is that I wanted at the moment. ~sigh~4 -
I got on here after giving in to a slice of cheesecake that I'd frozen from before this change that I started... and realize I should just come on here when it's still just a temptation, because you all are pretty freaking inspiring! Side note: one slice of Costco cheesecake is FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY calories. Another thing to check before indulging. Ugh! Today isn't over though so one slip doesn't mean I should keep slipping. Glad to have supportive words here to read.4
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cassie9393 wrote: »I got on here after giving in to a slice of cheesecake that I'd frozen from before this change that I started... and realize I should just come on here when it's still just a temptation, because you all are pretty freaking inspiring! Side note: one slice of Costco cheesecake is FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY calories. Another thing to check before indulging. Ugh! Today isn't over though so one slip doesn't mean I should keep slipping. Glad to have supportive words here to read.
Hi Cassie, this may or may not work for you but I find that if I log anything I'm tempted to eat before I eat it then I see the impact it has on my calories for the day and my macros and it has stopped me from making a stupid mistake a couple of times now. I can't bear the thought of being in the red!6 -
@fatoldladyonamission thank you, that is a great suggestion and one that I utilize before going to restaurants so I know what to order before going, but you're right that I should have in this instance since my guess for calories on it was more like 300-350. I did go red yesterday, but am trying to take it in stride. While each day is important, it's the big picture, the string of days, that will show the results. I've been red twice since the beginning of the year; while my overall goal is to lose weight of course, I've found I can't control how my body reacts (I tend to lose 12 one week and gain 8 the next even with no eating or exercise changes) so I changed my planned goal to just tracking. No matter what, no matter how much I've eaten, I'm going to record it and be honest with myself. I don't know if it'll work, but I know my motivation hits a wall when I plateau.
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@cassie9393 That sounds like a very good way to do it. I think I'm a little obsessed by the scales if I'm honest. Weighingbmysekf several times a day which is leading to obsessing and stressing if the numbers don't go down. It's not z good way to be but I can't seem to help myself somehow. Still I'm literally only two weeks in too so I have time to adjust.1
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cassie9393 wrote: »Today isn't over though so one slip doesn't mean I should keep slipping.
This is SO important! I know in the past I've given in because "Oh, I already ate a candy bar, so the day is shot... might as well have a Big Mac and some cookies and some chips too..." I feel like that's why CICO works best though! You can still have a slice of cheesecake and lose weight if you keep count and stay under anyway!2 -
@fatoldladyonamission yup, I can relate! I weigh myself a lot but my official weigh in day is today. Case in point, I was down another 3lbs yesterday since last week's weigh-in but this morning was up 0.4. After a week with my supposed calorie deficit at 7700 calories, and yesterday looking so good, the final number of the week is so frustrating. So, it is what it is, I know I'm eating better (cheesecake notwithstanding lol), and I'll keep tracking to see how it goes! Eventually the numbers will move again.
@rabidhamster87 Oh yes I've been there too! Mine is usually at a restaurant when I'm like, I've gotta have some ________ whatever fill in the blank. Then it's like if I'm going to have that, I might as well have that other thing that I was thinking looked good, etc. Then it spirals and I'm feeling guilty and am in denial about it. It's a bad cycle so yes, I'm all about the CICO idea! Have it, get it out of your system then most important for me is recording it!2 -
Hello, My name is Randy. When I started this weight loss journey back in March I was 430 lbs. I had went in for my DOT physical and the good doc sat me down and had a big talk to me. Not that the weigh in wasn't eye opening enough, that talk hit me like a ton of bricks.
He told me about a book called "Love hunger" and I picked a copy up and read it and it helped me trendously as well. I learned why I was eating like I was and got a grip on it.
Everything has been good so far. Since March 23 I have went from 430 to 348 with moderate exercise and keeping my calorie intake under 1600. And it's been easy this time. I have lost and gained many times in my life, but this time it's just been different. I give the glory to God for putting me in the right places at the right time. That heart to heart talk from the doctor, that book, and lots of prayers have helped me so much.
I still have cravings on occasion, still want to skip the gym here and there, but I just keep moving foward. This app and the friends I have on here are invaluable as well.12 -
@GothicsDarkAngel I just saw on your blog that you're an RN who's worked on a bariatric floor! Maybe you could "weigh in" (ha) on @CassieBinTC 's question about whether or not to go through with WLS in March!CassieBinTC wrote: »So, my WL Journey started in WLS Class in July/August of 2017. I did the 12 weeks of classes required by Kaiser and lost 50 pounds by the time I was done and I had fulfilled all of my requirements. After you go for your consultation you get put on a wait list to schedule surgery......well I just got that call. First they offered me a cancellation for this Thursday and I declined. Then the offered me March 23rd, which I scheduled.
I have been on the fence about having surgery for about a month now. As I got a call for a cancellation for December 1st but couldn't do it because I had medication in my system from Bronchitis. Perhaps I don't need it because I am doing OK on my own. I can always cancel if I continue to do well on my own. But the biggest thing I am afraid of is plateaus. The lowest I can remember being as an adult is 298. I tried for a very long time to get past that an ultimately gave up and gained 10 pounds back before getting pregnant. This gives me 2 months to really decide what to do. I am currently 311 as of this morning that means I have 13 pounds until I get to that point.
I am asking for everyone's input on this. What are your thoughts on WLS?
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@BigRR That book sounds really interesting. It must've been good to make such a difference in your life! I'm definitely going to check it out.1
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Hi - My name is JoAnn and I was 356 in October. Started working on my own and got down to 345 when I saw a weight loss doctor about a week ago and am following a really low carb diet. Down to 341 and praying to get down to 250 at least. I have high blood sugar, cholesterol, and blood pressure. The really wonderful thing is I have started to reduce the amount of insulin I take every day! It is encouraging to see others working to lose an appreciable amount of weight. It is a long road, but as they say - it starts with the first steps.4
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My name is Bert, I've been on MFP since last September. I started out at 603 and just weighed in at 498 this morning. I'm just doing CICO and increasing exercise by walking mainly at the moment. Have a long way yet to go, but I'm highly optimistic and looking forward to 2018!16
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My name is Bert, I've been on MFP since last September. I started out at 603 and just weighed in at 498 this morning. I'm just doing CICO and increasing exercise by walking mainly at the moment. Have a long way yet to go, but I'm highly optimistic and looking forward to 2018!
That's an amazing loss Bert! Wow. I can't even imagine how hard it was to start at 603. Fantastic job.2
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