only 30 lbs to lose?

i've lost 40lbs.. about 10 more to go, or maybe just 5 (depending on what my body looks like). the last few are the hardest, don't get discouraged!

its sometimes a slow process. I am now just hitting the 30 pounds lost mark..It took me from April till now. I think its persistance..and before you know it..the fat melts..Keep at it..log everything...

Bump!! Thnx!! I have 25lbs that I want to lose. I decided to break it up into bits to make myself feel better...I'm doing 10lbs at a time on my ticker. Lol. We are going to do this. Feel free to friend me. :flowerforyou:

My goal is to lose a total of 40-45 lbs. I've been on here for a little over 85 days working at it. Thanks to the Lord and His strength, I have lost 20lbs. I actually got my first NSV today and my clothes that I could barely breath in fit or fit loosely. Excited to lose the rest. You can do it, just keep working at it and don't give up. You may have to adjust things and try different things to see what works. This is a journey for me so I'm working on finding what I need to do to be healthy and will make me happy.

I am in the exact same boat. It's frusterating cause I'm trying so hard and it's a slow process. There are times where I feel like I don't care at all cause I'm not entirely unhappy with my body...and I hear the same comments from people trying to be nice, that I look good and they wish they were my size. It makes me feel comfortable and like I don't need to lose the weight. But then there are times when I want to be in shape and I know I can feel better and healthier and I don't want to give up. This site seems to really be helping me to stay on track and there are so many inpirational people on here.

I started losing weight at the beginning of the year (late January) and by Memorial Day I lost 25 pounds. All I did was stick to a 1200 calorie/day diet. I didn't really worry too much about what I was eating as long as I stayed in the calorie range. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures because when I started I didn't really believe I was going to be able to do it. Right now I eat about 1400-1600 calories/day and would like to lose about another 5 or 10 pounds, but I'm happy to be able to maintain my current weight loss. I don't worry about enjoying the things I want every now and then (usually on the weekends) and I try to make up for it with a little Zumba for cardio occasionally.

It can be done. Good luck to you.

i have the same weight loss goals

I am trying to lose about 26 lbs...so far, i have lost 6.6

My plan is to get to this is break it down into 5% increments but I didn't give myself a time frame to achieve because I knew I would be disappointed if I didn't meet the definative timeframe (although in the back of my head, i would be so excited to reach my goal by the end of October when i turn 35)...I did attach rewards (non-food related) to each 5% increment to keep my motivated though

I am almost to my first 5% loss (1 pound away) so I am now trying to decide on a reward...I think the best reward would be when my husband is visiting over Labor Day (we will have not seen each other in 4 weeks) and says "have you lost some weight"...he doesn't know I am trying to lose weight and it would be glorious for him to recognize it w/o me having to tell him but although the scale shows the loss, I personally can't see it in the mirror or feel it in my cloths so i am not expecting him to recognize it either.

Yes! I have about 30 to lose and I feel like its not happening as fast as others. Guess we shouldn't complain but according to my doctor I'm obese so I should be concerned and I do want to be healthy. You're not alone! Good Luck!