penguinlover0716 wrote: »

Hello, my name is Celina I am 5’ 6” and 250 Ibs. I am trying hard to loose weight not to change a number but to feel healthier and better about myself. I have tried time and time again but I am weak and always end up getting busy with college and work and breaking. I am hoping by grouping up with others I will be able to be stronger. I need encouragement. I can’t keep giving up I want to better myself.

Hi @penguinlover0716 Celina,

Welcome to LL.

One of the more important things I have learned from my many failures is that if you have a hard time sticking to a process do not start by suggesting that a lack of willpower is to blame. Start by reviewing the process and determine what parts of it, if any, can be made to be easier. Weight loss is not a time to challenge your resolve. That happens anyway. The process of weight loss needs to be as easy as possible so that adherence is less of a challenge. Hopefully in addition to encouragement we can help you find ways to make your process easier.

astidog99 wrote: »

Hi Just found this group. I am 54 yr old, 5ft nowt and weight... nope too soon for that lol. I have a lot to lose- I look at charts with healthy weight and BMI and I and sure I will never ever get close to them but I still want to try and get rid of a lot.

I am trying baby steps- one thing at a time. I am using MFP and just working on keeping under the calorie recommendation (which I have fixed for now at the initial recommendation of 1410) (Please don't do the maths lol) and ignoring everything else for now. So far so good. I am seeing the numbers very slowly going down.

I do surprise people- I don't eat a lot. It is rare for me to finish a meal in a restaurant as there is just too much. My problem is I eat the wrong things, mostly because I just don't like the majority of "healthy" food (including the majority of fruit and veg!) You never know, my later posts may reveal the weird things I am eating and keeping me within my goals.

Hi @astidog99,

Welcome.

You do not need to ever share your weight if you do not want. Different people have different comfort levels with what they share online. I am quite private myself.

If you read enough around here you will see that I subscribe heavily to the theory that you should eat a healthy number of calories before worrying about what kind of food should be involved. Most food has nutrients you need some just has more than others. I do not like to think of food as right or wrong or as healthy or unhealthy. Weight loss is healthy all by itself. Nutrition is important but there are many ways to make that work these days.

1973marley wrote: »

NovusDies wrote: »

Introduce yourself here. Share as much or as little as you like.

Hiya I'm in my mid 40s have fibromyalgia which makes exercise hard have also got epilepsy but now got it under control so want to concentrate on my weight.
Every year something has cropped up health wise but I'm determined this year I am going to lose my weight.
It's just I'm from a small town and don't have anyone I feel comfortable talking about my weight too them. And I would love some support. I am not that familiar with mfp if there is settings u want me to change I think u can show ur diary etc let me know what I have to do. I am currently 220 and want to lose 100 pounds which is a very tough ask but I just have to stay positive and that's the part I find hard.

Hi @1973marley,

If you want to show your diary you can. It is not required here. I don't use the app as much as I use the website but someone can point you in the right direction.

I have never found it sustainable to set out to lose 100 pounds. I did find it sustainable to try and get through one day at a time in a calorie deficit. By focusing on the day I made it a priority to make the process as simple and easy as possible and try to be happy doing it. That was important because when I started I had much more than 100 to lose and it was even more daunting. My plan was to ignore weight loss as much as possible and when it showed up on the scale consider it a bonus prize of eating a healthy number of calories each day.

You can do this. Don't expect yourself to be perfect and certainly do not expect yourself to have it all figured out right now. It can require some trial and error. Largely once you get the hunger piece solved the rest of it is managing your mental state which is the piece that can be the hardest.

twinmombalto wrote: »

Hi all,

I'm new (again). I've been playing on MFP for a few years and could never sustain much forward progress. But I'm trying again! I have about 85lbs to lose. Look forward to getting to know everyone and trading support.

Hi @twinmombalto,

I think the kind of support we can offer here is helping you to look at your plan to suggest what you might need to try to make this one more sustainable. I say try because can take some time and experimentation to figure out for yourself. One of my problems with many of my previous weight loss attempts was that I kept trying the same approach. I had to learn what to do differently.