Doing great. Getting ready for the stuggle of holiday cookout. I see 50 minutes of aerobics before I got to sleep. :ohwell:

I"ll talk. My biggest struggle is impatience. I just want to wake up every day and be a bit lighter than the day before. Is that really so much to ask if I ate under my calorie goal and drank my water and kept my sodium in check? But no, my scale does not cooperate with my want of a daily loss. It is frustrating. grrrr.

(-- i know i could weigh weekly instead but i need the once a day feedback from my scale)

And when I go a few days/week at the same weight, I start to think that what worked for me two weeks ago isn't working for me anymore and I start reevaluating my plan. You can't imagine how many times I have tweaked my diet in the last 4 in a half months. Yep, patience is something I need to learn.

I have to remind myself to stop and look at how far I have come. If I look at the numbers, I am doing great. When I started in mid-January, I was 341 lbs and in the last 4 and a half months, I have lost 59 lbs. I am at 282 today. That is like 3 lbs a week average and I should be thrilled with those numbers. I just checked my May numbers and assuming I don't lose anything by tomorrow, I'm averaging 2.25 lbs a week over the last 4 weeks. See, that is good and I should be happy with that, and I am, but I still feel impatient and that it is going slow. Maybe I need a shrink

thanks for listening to me whine. I will take some cheese with that.

I'm doing well. It's been a bumpy first couple months, but still at it. Getting more and more active here and there. Majority up though.

Monday isn't my official "weigh-in" day (it's Friday), but I cheated and checked the scale! I am 6 lbs away from my first goal weight (350!.. wow what a big number, but still smaller than where I started!) but it will mean I've lost almost 50 lbs as it is!

So I'm doing pretty good. I'm hoping to keep doing well. I hit a few blips along the way, massively sick and such but I'm doing well. I gotta clean up my diet a bit more though.

I'm almost at my 3 month check-in (the one where I take pictures and compare where I was with where I am. etc. June 13th is fast approaching.

I just want to be so much more healthy and moveable! I'm tired of not being able to move!

I also have to take it one day at a time. I am frustrated that I've tried to commit to this for the last 6 months and have only lost 21 pounds. Last week was a good week, and I'm hoping to keep the scale moving downward this week. I've really upped my exercise, and it definitely helps with my energy level. I'm hoping to see a big number on the scale next week!

I'm having a great day!!! Last week I exercised more than I have since before my hip went out on me (had to get it replaced) and finally back to the level of exercise I had previously been doing. Well yesterday I put on 3 pounds and was discouraged but did notice my clothes were more loose, by a good bit. I went shopping today and I got in a size 26 jeans!!! They were stretch jeans and pretty tight but whatever I'll take it lol...I bought them in hopes of them fitting better at an event I'm going to next month. I'm assuming that 3 pounds was muscle. So yayayayayay!!! So excited

I'm glad this thred came about. Ive lost 32 lbs so far but slipped and messed up for like 3 weeks straight. I have increased. My excerice and I'm happy. So far. I know it didn't happen over night and it will take a while to get there. We have to stay string and encourage each other! We can do it!!!

Hello Everyone!

I just thought I would check in. I'm trying to stay positive but I haven't lost any weight in the last two weeks. I've been trying to change different things to see if I can find my magic weight lost trick. My sodium has been really high so I am trying to lower it and see if that helps. I drink a lot of water but it isn't coming back out lol (sorry TMI). If I could just lose 6 pounds I would be under 300 lbs. I have been eating healthier so that has to count for something, right? I hope everyone is doing good and losing that weight!

Hello Everyone!

I just thought I would check in. I'm trying to stay positive but I haven't lost any weight in the last two weeks. I've been trying to change different things to see if I can find my magic weight lost trick. My sodium has been really high so I am trying to lower it and see if that helps. I drink a lot of water but it isn't coming back out lol (sorry TMI). If I could just lose 6 pounds I would be under 300 lbs. I have been eating healthier so that has to count for something, right? I hope everyone is doing good and losing that weight!

Hey girl dont give up keep up the water and wish i had something better to say to help. if you ever need a lil more support Im here
and youve lost 20lbs so far you got this

I"ll talk. My biggest struggle is impatience. I just want to wake up every day and be a bit lighter than the day before. Is that really so much to ask if I ate under my calorie goal and drank my water and kept my sodium in check? But no, my scale does not cooperate with my want of a daily loss. It is frustrating. grrrr.

(-- i know i could weigh weekly instead but i need the once a day feedback from my scale)

And when I go a few days/week at the same weight, I start to think that what worked for me two weeks ago isn't working for me anymore and I start reevaluating my plan. You can't imagine how many times I have tweaked my diet in the last 4 in a half months. Yep, patience is something I need to learn.

I have to remind myself to stop and look at how far I have come. If I look at the numbers, I am doing great. When I started in mid-January, I was 341 lbs and in the last 4 and a half months, I have lost 59 lbs. I am at 282 today. That is like 3 lbs a week average and I should be thrilled with those numbers. I just checked my May numbers and assuming I don't lose anything by tomorrow, I'm averaging 2.25 lbs a week over the last 4 weeks. See, that is good and I should be happy with that, and I am, but I still feel impatient and that it is going slow. Maybe I need a shrink

thanks for listening to me whine. I will take some cheese with that.

Hey girl first off i have to say CONGRADULATIONS that is an amazing amount to lose in this short amount of time.
I have the same issues with the scale and cals if i eat low why isnt it dropping
what i do is I still weigh everyday togive me a out look on my day but i only report it to MFP on mondays its nice ot see the drop and ive been eating alil more each day and Im seeing the scale drop (i somehow got on a LOW CAL diet i ended up only eating 800-900 cals aday trying to up my cals.

good luck & Also how are you doing with this now

Thanks for the reply and for asking how I am doing now. I'm still losing, I'm still impatient with the time it takes, but I am good. I find it amazing how far I (and we all) have come.

Here is a story for you all. At the start of 2012, I remember struggling to walk up the stairs to our bedroom. I would be winded every time I climbed those stairs. I remember laying in my bed contemplating my death because I just knew that my heart that I could feel beating so hard, was not going to hold up to the stress I was putting on my body much longer. I lied there wondering how my little children were going to get by without me. I lost my childhood sweetheart, my soul mate, my husband, to cancer when my oldest was just 11 and having him grow up without a parent was heartbreaking and here I was about to inflict that same fate on my 5 and 6 year olds. While my current husband, their dad, is a great dad, he is not me, he is not a mom. That experience was what flipped 'the switch', as I call it, and let me be ready to finally lose the weight. I never want to have those thoughts again, especially for something that I can control.

To think that it was only 5 months ago when i started this journey and how much I have learned and changed since then, I am so grateful for this website. The stairs are not a problem anymore. One of the biggest things I have learned is being aware of the consequences of my food choices. For instance, I had a milkshake the other day (it was so good in case you were wondering) but before I made the decision to drink it, I knew that it would put me over on my daily calorie goal, not to mention my daily macros would be off the charts. I knew I would not see a loss on the scale the following day. I also knew that it would not put me over maintenance calories for the day and my weekly totals would still be in line for weight loss. I also know that it is not a treat I would have on a regular basis. 6 months ago, none of those thoughts would have gone through my head. It would have been 'want a milkshake' 'sure', instant gratification.

I know that I am not home free yet, i have a long way to go and am still at risk for a heart attack or other problems of the morbidly obese but I am on the right track and I don't plan to ever go back. I have changed and I am not the person I was before. As I said before, I am eternally grateful to this website and to anyone that shares their struggles and triumphs and provides support and knowledge. If anyone out there needs support, feel free to add me and I will be happy to cheer you on.

Hanging in there. I would just like to get down to 350 and then I would feel like I have made it on this weight loss journey. Every time I get close I end up gaining it all back and then some. At least posting my food journal on here has held me accountable some what as to what I am putting in my mouth. Great to see some interaction on the board here.

I'm getting there.

My timeline has shortened, somewhat. First appointment for fertility on Tuesday, so fingers crossed they will take me as a client and not say I have to lose x many more pounds. I've tried jogging a little. That's a big NSV for me, I haven't remotely jogged at alll for many many many years. It's only a few minutes so far, but working on increasing. Even TTC and during I will be getting healthier, not fully eating for two etc. Still trying to lose weight.

Good luck with your appointment! I hope all goes well for you!

well let's see......monday i went to work and at some time during the morning split my pants up the back side and didn't know it had been to the grocery store for work came in and putting groceries up and 1 of my co-workers whispers hey you've got a HUGE rip in the back of your pants! embarrassing to think i was walking around a grocery store with my green flower LB underwear showing but at least i had some on right! .........tuesday comes around and i weigh in and GAINED 2lbs......although i figured it was coming because i strayed over the weekend......wednesday was actually uneventful.......thursday had a flat tire on my way home from work........friday my car is makin a crazy roaring noise when it gets going 20 mph so gotta get it checked out.....i will say
although it was a stressful week i am proud to say that i did not fall back into old habits.....usually if i'm stressed out i'll eat like there's no tomorrow and even though i did give in last saturday i REFUSED to do again this week.........some days i could have dived into a gal of "Pet Ice Cream Heavenly Hash" and drowned my sorrows but i am making better choices and trying my best to avoid stress eating!
hope everyone else is having a great one

you are amazing congrats on the weight loss so far

I'm doing Great! And can proudly say that I am no longer part of the 300+ group! Finally crossed over to 200s this week!!