Women over 300lb Starting Weight

iWishMyNameWasRebel wrote: »

*waves hello* Hi, can I join in? I've always told people that there is a world of difference between being someone with more than 100lbs to lose with a lifelong struggle, and someone who was always lean but gained 30-40lbs after having kids (or another life event). It would be great to be among folks with similar struggles.

Age: 46
Height: 5' 9"
Starting weight: 370-380 lbs (many years ago, like 2005 I think)
Current weight: 280lbs
Goal weight: 170lbs (I guess? I've never been a healthy weight so I have no idea)
Current loss to date: Varies, LOL. I was at 225lbs a few years back but regained some

This was me! My original goal was 215, then I kept lowering it because I had NO idea what number I needed to set for myself.

I'm also 5'9". GOOD LUCK!!!! Feel free to add me for support

rbfdac wrote: »

Started at 311. Current 176. I'm 5'9" and it's been 10 months. I track every single food item that goes in my mouth and I hit the gym 3-5 times a week. It takes hard freakin workin and dedication. YOU CAN DO IT.

When you slip, you get back up. You don't beat yourself up, you just keep trucking.

Add me for support if you need it.

Wow! That is awesome! That is truly inspiring! When you were 311, what type of exercises would you do? And I have the same question as @aylerz, did it take you 10 months to get down to 176lbs?

I'm starting at 377. I need to be about 180. I'm down now to 352 so it's coming off, slowly but surely. I get discouraged sometimes because I have so much to lose, but I know I can do it. One day at a time.

Hi all! Reading all of your posts is so inspiring! I'm 29, soon to be 30 in December.. My heaviest was just last month, when I hit 350. It terrified me. I'm not new to dieting/new lifestyles, or exercising. I lost about 50 lbs from my then heaviest at 320, went down to 270, and was able to maintain for a few months until my mother passed away (she was a poor source of motivation - mainly to tell her I was losing weight, getting healthy and I did it despite her telling me throughout my childhood and teenaged years that I'd always be fat and ugly).

I pretty much immediately fell off the wagon in 2013 when that happened, and have been struggling with coming to terms about where to pull motivation from ever since. A few months ago, my sister in law introduced me to the keto lifestyle. I kind of figured it was just another fad diet with a bunch of mumbo jumbo (you know what I mean, right?). I tried it for a month or so, lost 15 lbs, but let my laziness and lack of motivation get the better of me and racked the weight back up.

In the meantime, I actually did more research on just what all is involved, and since my father (who lives with my husband and I) has diabetes and epilepsy, I decided to give this keto thing another spin, since it's touted to help control blood sugar for type 2 diabetics, and help with epilepsy (although I have found no hard scientific concrete evidence to either claim).

But, I've decided to do this for myself, and hoping to inspire my father to eat better so he can get off his meds too. Life is hectic and finding the time to squeeze in a workout is difficult. I'm a desk jockey more or less, an ad designer for a small marketing firm. Trying to get in extra steps throughout the day is difficult but not impossible. And in the last 3 weeks since starting back up on the keto lifestyle, I've found it to be much easier this time after all my research and reading posts in a couple groups I'm in on Facebook. I noticed my cravings for my vices (chips, crackers, pizza, pasta, etc) are fading, I'm able to mentally say "I don't want this" vs "I can't have this", and the near constant pain I've been in for months (whether back, feet, etc) is now diminishing just a tad, every day.

I'm not saying keto is the holy grail or anything, but it sure is a great tool for me. Through it, I've lost 10 lbs in 3 weeks, and I'm looking forward to keto-ing on. And I'm not even strict about it. My goal is to mainly keep my carb intake under 50 a day, which is outstanding considering I would consume a good 300-400 carbs in a day before. I'm trying to reduce my chances of getting diabetes and heart conditions that run on my dad's side of the family, and hopefully reduce my chances of getting breast/colon cancer that runs on my mother's side (I've been blessed with amazing genes, lol).

Feel free to add me - I may be long winded in posting, but I love listening to others, whether it's venting, asking for advice, shooting the breeze, wondering what to make for dinner, etc. I'm a horrible millenial that loves taking photos of my food as well and adding dinky filters to them. It's just a hobby, I swear!

Hi. I'm 31 and a mom. My start weight was 310 and I'm currently at 279. I also have to have surgery for endometriosis and uterine fibroids and want to be closer to 200 because surgery this big scares me. I do a keto lifestyle but am looking for others going through The same journey for support and accountability. Anyone with similar goals of weight loss and making friends please add me.

Sorry -- posted on the wrong board.

cnavarro002 wrote: »

Hey everyone! We have a great private group for people between high 290's to 400 lbs+ (and are pretty flexible). I don't know how to add a link, but if you search under groups for 350+ pound support for men and women (or something like that) you should find it. It's a safe and comfortable environment where we support each other, have challenges, and just not have to worry about people that only have to lose 20 lbs judging us. Feel free to join or friend me.

The group: 350+ pounds support for men & women

It's a good group and a safe place.

Starting weight this time: 335 lbs
current weight: 314 lbs
Initial big goal: 235 lbs (losing 100 lbs feels like an overwhelming and massive goal right now, I'll revisit the end goal when I get there)
Initial milestone goal: 299 lbs
Initial fitness goal: 10,000 steps/day

I'm 55, 5'9", never married, no kids. I think that (without exaggeration) I have lost 2,000 lbs over the last 30+ years, the same 50 lbs over and over and over, so around 40 times at least. The number on the scale just kept shifting higher each time. So around 10 years ago, I just gave up. I said, "I don't care anymore. I'm going to eat butter, dang it!"

And a funny thing happened. My weight kind of stabilized when I stopped doing the feast/famine thing with food. Sure I was fat, but the weight just stayed the same for quite a while. That was such a relief. Last year I was diagnosed with severe hypothyroidism and severe sleep apnea. I got a CPAP machine for the sleep thing (best.thing.ever!). My doctor prescribed a starter dose of synthroid and thus began a 14-month period of increasing doses of synthroid and going for repetitive blood tests to tweak the medication. It was so frustrating, but now that we hit the right prescription, I am so happy. I used to wake up exhausted. Now, I'm getting up feeling energized in the morning.

In February 2018 my doctor broached the subject of weight loss. She thought that since my thyroid medication was right, I should be losing weight by now, and since I wasn't losing weight, maybe I should consider bariatric surgery. That scared me into caring about weightloss again. The scare seems to have motivated me more than anything has ever motivated me. It is obvious to me now that fear-based motivation is more powerful for me than reward-based motivation. Sufficiently motivated (aka terrified), I signed up for MFP and started caring. Being well-rested and working from a stabilized thyroid has certainly helped and has rewarded me with some scale-number success for my efforts, so I'm feeling optimistic. Actually, very optimistic.

I am not in this for the quick win this time. My goal is not so much a number on the scale or a dress-size number, although that is certainly important. My goals are to figure out what I can eat and how I can eat for the rest of my life in a way that doesn't cause me medical/health problems, and to get more active so that my mobility is not an issue in my senior years. I am not interested in running marathons or winning bathing suit contests, but I would like to be able to go out for a 45-minute hike through the river trail system in my city and be comfortable in my clothes (or an airplane seat). My initital physical goal is to get to a consistent 10,000 steps a day on a flat surface (maybe this summer).

sweetpie704 wrote: »

So far I lost 25 pounds. I'd weighed 305 and now I'm 279.2. I had a cheat day today and im full. I hate myself for doing so. I wish I can stop having cheat days because I want to reach my goal by this time next year because both my girls will be graduating. I want be able to wear a dress for the first time in 20 years. Any advice to stop cheating.

Life can involve "cheat days", indulgences, refeeds, Thanksgiving dinners, etc., and you can still lose weight. The trick is:

1. Draw a bright line around the off-plan eating. Whatever the occasion, whether planned or unplanned, separate it from your "normal". So like, your family feast on a food related holiday? Eat normally before the feast, eat normally after the feast, and don't let it either bum you out or make you feel bad or spread into the next day. Put a line around it in your mind, limit your off-plan eating to that box, then get right back on your plan.

2. Stop hating yourself. You had a cheat day today? OK. It happens. If your best friend was trying to lose weight and she had a day off-plan, would you hate her? Tell her bad things about herself? Beat her up? Decide that she was "a failure" who would never get back on track so she might as well give up? Of course not. Tell yourself, in words in your head, actually think the words, what you would tell your fabulous best friend who you love, at the end of her "cheat day".

3. Tomorrow morning, eat normally. Normally is your plan, whatever it happens to be. That's your default. Wedding cake and Thanksgiving dinner and your mom's special dessert, those kinds of things happen in life. They're just not how you normally eat. Cheat days? Sometimes they happen. Just don't let that be how you normally eat. This is a long haul - deviations will happen, but in the end, the way you eat most of the time will prevail.

Don't hate yourself. It's undeserved. Eyes on the prize, deep breath, and get back to normal.

Hi ladies! Please feel free to add me as I just restarted my journey and I think it is helpful to have connections with others on the same path.

Thanks for this. It was inspirational and eye awaking. We all want fast, but know it will take time. This is a good reminder of the struggles and choices. I appreciate this insight