100+ to Lose and only DAY 2 HELP!

I'll tell you what helps me, especially in the beginning. First of all, the hardest part is making up your mind and starting, you've done that, GREAT job!! The second part is to either put up a picture of yourself when you were smaller, or if you don't have one, find someone that you would like to look like. Put it somewhere that you will see EVERDAY, and everyday tell yourself, I'm gonna do it! You may slip and have a bad day, or a bad week, BUT every time you see that picture it will bring you back. Once you have determined to do something, it's mind over matter. Set your surroundings up to help you, not bring you down. Good Luck and somehow I just know that you've got this in you and you CAN DO IT!!!!!

Just keep telling yourself you didn't put it all on in one day and it won't come off in one day. Make this commitment for yourself and your health. You can do it.

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You can do it! It's a journey that will have it's ups and downs. YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!

I'm on day 4 trying to lose 65-70 lbs. It's not quite 100 but still plenty. I think a positive outlook always helps. It's going to be hard but worth it in the end. Good luck! I know you can do it!

Hi, I was where you are today. My highest was 265 and my goal weight is 145.. Thats 120 lbs lost challenge!! Today, Im 200 (as of Feb 29th, im going a month without the scale), but I know Ive lost 65 lbs so far and about 55 to go. If you look at it as 100 lbs to go, that is too scary. Instead focus on only 5-10 lbs. Then when you lose that 5-10 lbs, then focus on another 5-10 lbs. Trust me, thats how I got my 65 off. Feel free to friend add me if you want.

I slip all the time. main thing is to not give up and do it for you and your health. My momma always says "Nothing tastes as good as thin feels". Let me tell ya Cheese is pretty darn tasty. lol a lifestyle change is what your doing not a diet. Once I started this site and logging my food intake it really opens your eyes to what your consuming and the amount of calories that are in everything. I have about 100 pds to lose and i've dropped about 8 of them. it doesn't seem like alot but every pound that goes is like a one ound bag of sugar your no longer carrying around with you. I like visuals lol before you know it that 3 pounds you lost in a week turns into the twenty pounds you lost over a two month period. keep up the will and we will all show one another the way.

You have been given a lot of good advice. What has worked for me is taking baby steps, not depriving myself of treats and cravings- because going on a "diet" generally means depravation and self destruction in my eyes, and not obsessing over if the scale moves or not. There are days where the scale won't move, and on those days you have to take a step back and look at yourself and ask if you are feeling differently than when you started, and if your clothes are fitting differently, and if you have more energy, etc. Break the big goal into mini goals and celebrate each accomplishment!

I'm going to hit 100 pounds lost any day now. I won't say I've "slipped up" because I'm not on a diet...nothing to cheat on or fail. But I have had plenty of days where I haven't made the healthiest food choices.

The point is not to be perfect. It's to start, and then refuse to stop.

Log in EVERY day, even when you have slipped up. Be honest on your food log, even when you slip up so badly you want to hide. Consider every day a learning experience. You don't have to be perfect, but you have to learn from your mistakes. My stupidest mistake? I used a "mug" for a measuring cup for about three months before discovering that the mug was actually 12 ounces not 8. Dumb as a box of rocks I was, but I learned and I fixed. (No, I did not go back and change my old food logs. I was honest in the sense that I didn't realize I was making a mistake, and I did not punish myself for it.)

So, my advice is to just keep logging and let the information you log teach you what you need to change. You don't get a High School Diploma or a College Degree in one week, and you won't learn everything you need to change and be able to do so in one week either (let alone one day). This is a process. If you are feeling better and more confident in a couple of months, you are succeeding. And you WILL succeed. No, not necessarily by losing ___ pounds in ____ weeks, but by feeling better than you did a couple of months before.

Haha. I just wrote a blog about this yesterday. It's called "Got Knocked Down But Getting Back Up". I have slip ups and that's where I've failed in the past. I used to slip up and then get mad at myself, so mad that I'd just say well if I'm gonna blow it, I'm gonna blow it for sure! And do even more damage and quit. This time around, I'm trying to do meal planning, I'm walking more, setting smaller goals. When I started, I had 154lbs to my goal weight. Now I have 138lb left. Instead of focusing on what I have left, I focus on what I've accomplished. Also, as far as my goals are, I don't just set goals for the # on the scale. I set them for increasing my fitness (like setting a goal to walk every day for at least 15 minutes and then work up to a bigger goal). And I set them for my water too. I tend to forget to drink enough water, and when I do that, I'm dehydrated and crave sugar and tend to overeat. I've noticed drinking water when I start to feel hungry, will actually make the hunger go away. So I'm teaching my body (hopefully) to stop interpreting thirst signals for hunger signals- therefore it's easier to stay within my calories allowed. Sometimes it doesn't work, and rather sit there and think about "Man, I'm hungry" I eat a healthy snack. Since starting this journey just over 3 weeks ago, I've learned how people can say they lost weight by eating more. When I choose the right foods, I'm usually eating more often than when I was eating yucky food (not calorie-wise because the unhealthy foods are very high obviously).

But the key is just to keep going. It's a journey and I have to recommitt to it everyday. I almost feel like I'm in AA or something, because I really am taking it one day at a time.

Just breathe.. You can totally do this. I have more then that to lose still but it is one day at a time and this site has so many supportive and utterly awesome people. I'll send you a friend request if you'd like some support!