Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Hey all! I've just come across this thread. I had my daughter in January last year and had gained 60lbs in pregnancy!

So far I'm down 37lbs But still have about another 110lbs to lose to my first big target.

Since it's Sunday...

I'm Kelly, 25 from Scotland. I have 2 little girls who are 5 and 14 months.
My 5 year old goes to school this year and I'm starting to emotional and trying not to binge because of that. I have fibromyalgia, But I got to the gym once or twice a and I'm away to start jogging again. It helps with pain management.

Away to try read back some of the posts. Look forward to keeping in touch with you all xx

Gzuschick wrote: »

Just starting over again for the, well, I honestly cannot tell you how many times. Silver lining though, is that it means I’m still fighting and I won’t stop. Anyone else here having this problem? I’ll do great for two weeks and then the bottom falls out. Just need to get to the third week mark. Any advice from similars would be so helpful right now.
Thanks all!
Back up and swinging!

Hi there and congrats on dusting yourself off and getting back on the horse!

I'm 57 and have been at this for pretty much my entire adult life. Like you, I'd do well for a limited amount of time but then quit, usually after a binge day of eating or not seeing a number I wanted to see on the scale.

I don't know what finally clicked for me this time but I'm sticking with it even with the bad days and the jumps in numbers on the scale.

THIS time:

1st and foremost - PATIENCE.

I log everything and I log on the bad days, too. I no longer ignore my blowout days. Doing this has removed the shame and guilt and remorse I used to feel when I had them. It also removed the temptation to continue eating badly: "I've blown it now, might as well blow it completely." What it did was make me realize that it didn't ruin anything by having a bad day here and there and also that I was able to eat a lot more than I thought I could and still lose weight. Just not too many blowouts, though.
I'm also having less of them and eat less each time. Somehow acknowledging them has lessened them.

I weigh everyday for feedback but I no longer get bummed out if there's a jump on the scale. It's always water or waste weight and it's usually gone in 2 or 3 days and then I hit a new low (unless I have too many blowouts).

I'm definitely not rigid with my calories or with what I eat. I used to cut out certain foods and also thought I needed to eat at a daily static goal. I eat more of a range now.


You could also work WITH your pattern of being able to stick with things for two weeks and then not. You could cycle your weight loss weeks with maintenance weeks (or days) to give yourself a break especially mentally. There is at least one woman who's been successful at losing more than 100 pounds by sticking with her calorie goal for two weeks and then she ate whatever she wanted on the second weekend BUT got right back to things for the next two weeks. She said she lost an average of 8 pounds a month doing it this way. She's still around once in a while and has maintained her weight loss. Some say that you can never cheat one day or one meal but that isn't true for everyone at all.

Others go one week on and one week off. Or one month on and one month off.

There are so many ways you can do this in the manner that works for YOU.

Eat the foods that make you happy but still allow for adherence and satiation. There is another woman who ate a lot of prepared and packaged food and lost well over 100 pounds. She still posts and has maintained her loss. Some people would say her style of eating is "wrong" or "bad" but it was completely correct for her.

Eat enough - don't try to eat too low if you don't have to. When I try to eat too little for too many days in a row, I have blowouts. If I eat just enough, I can go longer without feeling famished. This is where logging everything and weighing yourself can give you valuable feedback - you can see how much to eat and still lose weight or what to eat to maintain, in black & white.

The most important thing is to have patience with yourself while you're learning to figure out the best way for YOU to lose your excess weight.

Think Spring! Challenge

Name: BarneyRubbleMD
Age: 58
Height: 5' 3"
Highest Weight: 317 lbs (1/3/2017)
Start Weight (Mar 01, 2018): 211.8
Goal Weight (Apr 27, 2018): 203.8 (i.e. lose 1 lb/week)

Weigh-ins, week of
Mar 07: 211.2 lbs (on vacation March 1-6, stayed on diet & walked & didn't binge).
Mar 14: 209.0 lbs
Mar 21: 207.2 lbs
Mar 28: 206.4 lbs
Apr 04: 205.2 lbs (increased carbs & walking, eliminated wheat & rye, added in oats, potatoes & rice).
Apr 11: 202.8 lbs (& 1 lb below my goal for this challenge--not binging this time helped with that).
Apr 18: 201.4 lbs (& 2.4 lbs below my goal for this challenge).
Apr 25:

Weight -/+ this week: - 1.4 lbs.
Weight -/+ this challenge: - 10.4 lbs.
Total weight lost (since 1/3/2017): 115.6 lbs.